Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-09
iFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY
SALMAG USDI.

Jim Paurod il in town.
Major Miller and Joe %IIennen are
in from Pleasant valley.
Hunter n Wallace have Il new al
III this issue. lieni II.
Lonis Dean is IN t"xn today. lie
still carries lns left arm in II sling.
The Commercial Hotel will ~, a
Sunday dinner tomorrow at ~ cents
each.
Lew Engler il whiting his Elko
relatives aud frIrmi-. He will r-main
with us Il couple Of weeks.
Empty whiskcy barrels bring IS
each III Tonopnh aud are used to
haul water to the camp.
The Government thermometer reg.
lstcred % iii the shade today. The
mercury run ou; Of the top of the
thermometers around town.
l.. Weaver, arrested in Carlin for
selling w~hiskey to Indians. was rom
victed yesterday il the United States
court. He will be sentenced .;londay.
1t IL so blamed hot that nothing OF
interest liz gong Oh i'll town. IL the
hot weather lasts much longer, there
won't be energy enough left in the
nt4Dnla tn uaf nm "a ,lnu R,ht
Sheriff Campbell collected Sl7iG2j
for fees and licenses last month. 4
large portion Of this mount is
monc! collected for sheep license.
Sheriff Campbell is o ont rustling
for more.
There are -. U0O. 900 square miles OF
lnnd on til" earth inhabited by 1900.
OcO,COD people. Thus there is little
more than 20 acres on the carth's
surface for every person living there
on.
Several ladies in Phoebe are now
engaged in locating mines, and like
many ot the steTncr sex, are not par
tIcular as Ia whether they get on
somebody else's ground or not. They
Just go right along and locate both
everything in sight and II 81 sight,
permitting the location work Ia rs.
main Tor some other person la come
along and do it.-Pioche Record.
A soldier returned from the Philip.
pines tells how to make d scarecrow
ns he saw them VI USE there. II con
slsts III hanging II small mirror on
the top limb Of II tree. There should
he about six inches 1T string To the
mirror so that II can swing abuut us
1t III blown 10y the wind. The flash
of the mirror it appears scares the
birds away. One or ~ &c mirrors
hung ON tree Is sufficient.
\ young couple from the country
drove into town the other day. The
yonng lady wore Il -pcck.u-boO
waist u luce costume extending
downward from the shoulders, with
QucrD.Anu front aud IA rabbit.
fence rear. The sun shonc with un.
usual force. That nigh. when she
was preparing Tor bed she discovered
Il handsome lace design beautifully
gunbuTncd upon her back. aud ON the
left shoulder was the silhouette of "A
mans hand. Keep your eyes upcE
for n young man with his LETT hand
badly sunburncd.- GardncrriIlcConr.
Ter.
There is too much voting 10y proxy.
4 Republican once explained his
vote by saying that being a sheep
rniscr ne OF course voted the Repub.
liGn ticket. lie allowed his sleep Ia
ho hIs voting. And yet. III what RI.
spcct does he differ FROM the man
whose vote ia governed 10y tho price
Of hogs, cattle. horses or Wall street
BtOcksS II, ms Hanna thinks, money
tRlkR. 1t ia not strange TINT some al.
low their property to do their voting.
'''A ~ WV ' w i"'' ~ E'NNl uncut
administered according To high
idealsJ and founded upon the DE.
claratIon of independently men must
do their "wn voting, and they must
cast their woes according Ia judg.
mcnt and conscience ~-CommOner.
\ stranger entered the dining room
~ the Miners Hotel this noon aud
ordered dinnar. After finishing the
the meal he handed Lake the China
mnn III charge Oi the dining room u
20 dollar t~onfcdrHto bill in which Ia
take out tho pay for his manl, and
sl9.75 IN change was given the
stranger. btkc surmisCl Tint the
bill he linI received waa bogus, so he
Immediately went across the at rect 10
%Scwell 4 Coz store ir lind out the
raiur ~ the bill, and WA informed
that ho hud been swindled. Tho last
seer 0t Lake ne wis SHOT footing" il
down the VI rect after the At stranger
md hin monry.-Timcs. Review.
While coming from Tuscnrorn yea
tcrdny with his big freight team,
George Grant wa caught in "A cloud.
burst about u mile north OfwCiland'a.
liis team had just struck II deep ra
y,nn ,pIpn Ihn plptila nnnnpI mud Iltp