Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-01-18
fFRoM SATURDAYS DAILy.l
SAI.MAGU NDI.

last evening.
Sheriff Campbell collected 1872
last mont for fees and licenses.
Miss Dust lost her gold watch on
the street at noon. Joe Gardner
found it and restored il To the owner
DIR. Stubs has been invited To- de.
liver mn address, before tie NatlunR!
Livestock Association on irrigation
and lts relation to stuckmen.
J. C. Doughty canc down from
TuScarorn last evening. lie IL on
his way tn Lovelock to take Charge
Of one Uf the schools in the valley.
\ hundred years ago there were no
farms west of the Mississippi; today
the Western wheat crop IL 1000.
00O bushels, or one quarter thu, Of ;lle
world.
Mr.. Wm. Mitchell will Lave for
California tomorrow at;eT noon TO
spend the winter. lie has Promised
Ihc iHbtI i"'l'I'sNl w bc ItH eODN
while away.
thurman parents deserted three
little girl-. the eldest beng even, III
Truck"c the other day. Iicy resort
cd Ia bc=gImg until good hearted cIti-
Zcns took them in hand AMI will pro
vide for them.
viii Adams, an Elku boy, was mar.
ricd III Aunccnda, Montana. "u the
10th Of thug month /" Miss Az dina
ncsOurdIc. They will make BuItc
City their future home.
This morning there WAS about SIX
inches -! enOw on the ground. but /!
melted rapidly during the day, The
late storm has Get at rest all Doubts
as To the watcr supply tar tho coming
summer.
The quarterly report Of the auditor
and treasurer FOR the quarter ending
December 81, 1900, appears today.
Although 1t Is dated JauHury I, 1901.
1t dill noi reach this office until late
yesterday forenoon.
y wc4t-bpuud freight train loaded
with ice went INTO tie ditch this
morning, west uf Summit, California.
Tho tram was tHdly smashed up, but
10 Tar a. learned no one WAS injured
The wrcc~ will delay No, q eight or
ten hours.
Fortunately FOR us We still have IA
domain Of almost ilIimituhIc extent
winch IL capable Of supporting u
population IA large ~ itself ~ that
we have at present. Water Ia all
that r. needed Ia mukr thc now arid
west the garden 0t !nr world The
time has now come when tins matter
demands the c0untry's earnest at
tcntIon 49, NhIcaco journal.
Frank Flock, arrested here Tor sell.
ing liquor to Indians. was indicted by
the u. ). grnrG jury. lie plead
guilty and WIS sentenced to tive
months Imprisonment, III the Storey
county jail. tho other parties from
here were given ii year and Il day ~
the pcnitcntary and SlUj fine.
Quite a number Of Elkn cnmniy's
stOckmrn will leave for SAT- Lake to-
morrow morning L" attend the Ma.
tionHl livestock Association. The
wives 81 some Of thcm will so ulong
Ia see that their lords de- not cu;.up
too many carcrs III the City Of the
Saints.
U. s Surveyor Grn"rul Kyle says
the busrr cs~ II iIs Dnire increased
200 per cent during the past year
The appropriation tor the tiiicc has
been Increased from GlJu0 to SgJw
This will enable the Surycyor.G Cen
eral to employ tue necessary help
to do the work 81 the Office.
Senator ". f.. Chandler OF New
Hampshire, after over forty gears
service has been beaten for r]ccicCtIu"
Burnhnm, his opponent. was chosen
on the first ballot. Ghmdirr's friend.
ship for silver and opposition To rail
rOnds caused his retirement.
Tho claim is made Tor South Da.
kOta TINT II has for the third cOnaCru.
tive year prOduccd more wealth per
capita than ~ other STATE in the
Union, the total Tor the ycar just
ended having been $l0G.a 0O.OJO. OF
this sun s27, UOO.OUO comes from live
stock, slS,OO0,N0 from cora. $1,000.
600. FROM wheat and Sl2,' OO,UOV from
mInOrnlH.
According to mn official r, urn the
British forces III South Africa on DE
Ccmbur LIST consisted Of 2lO.2g3 Ollie.
ere and men. Tho Killed To jntc
wore SOS, wounded 1886. dead
from disoHsc or wUuuda. 7,7SG. mum
Der in hospitals ~ South Africa
1927. About 1911 troops have
been acnt back to England; 31.5ls
have boon sent homo .icl aud wound.
ed; Is have been rotmrui to india
aud 1884 regulars and LIE roiuninlS
hnvo been returned To th" ]colpnirh.
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