Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-02-21
R o MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.


John Henderson returned from San
Francisco this morning. He attended
Mr.. Bradley's funeral on his way home.
Everybody likes good coffee und Hun.
ter Il Wallace keep it. They tell you
all about their coffee in their new I'D.
Read it.
Scotty Cohn. one o' Ren"'s oIdtime
sports. WIS found unconscious in the
park Friday night. IIo was taken to
the hospital, where he died early Sun.
day morning.
A Colorado mdn is said TO have in
vented an automobile for farmers. 1t is
Il machine that car be operated by
gasoline or electricity. and is adapted to
blowing, seeding, cultivatIng or harvest.
ing.
WANTED Bright, energetic man Tor
travelling position IN Nevada. $50 per
month aud expenses. Steady position.
References, Travellers Dept. Star Bldg =,
Chicago.
a locoed stranger has beer making
himself Conspicuous in Reno the past
couple Of days. He poses at one time as
Detectiv" Fly M Of Oakland and again
as Captain Seymour Of San Fraccis.o.
lie says he is fcrreting out alleged ir.
regulnrities IL the Reno p~ostofice.
Lust Wednesday evening Mr.. hud Mrs.
otto Williams ate some uf Van Camp's
canned oItail soup. The next day both
Of them were sick Mr.. Williams soon
recovered, but Mrs. Williams was sick
Tor tw" or three days. 1t ia supposed
that the CUP contained some poisonous
matter.
Word comes from Nye county Of still
another strike III the vicinity OF Tnno.
pah. There nre said to be two we'll de
fined lodges III the new district from
which s2iO nseays have been obtained.
Further particulars are unobtainable.-
Enterprise.
In the ) I1e I ii ion II uItiIn hri.
iona, engineers havc found an artificial
N'' ~ a'hA ~ i'uP hll' lOO Ittl uttD
cut down through the solid rock by pre-.
historic irngatOrs and Trading into 10
miles Of bitches, which irrigated neatly
l,O0D.OOO acres Of land now only II desert
waste, covered with the ruins OF thu
ancient people.
Discussing the recently incorporated
Nevada Midland railroad, winch is to
connect Tnnnph with Battle Mountain,
the New York Herald Of last Saturday
says the o ia to be completed by
juno 10. That the scheme is under
taken Tor the purp rse Of land ing the
TonoLah ores at the sIneItcrs in Salt
Lake ID shown BY interviews had with
the incorporators.
a large traction engine passed through
Reno yesterday Afternoon billed for
rnnOpah. The engine alone occupied
the entire flat car. Another car wRs
loaded with wugOns 81 the traction order
and was billed to the came place. This
machinery will he used to hnul ore from
rUn"pah TO the railroad depot.-Gazette
The labor unions have had n bill in
lrodnced in the massachusetts Legisla.
turc compelling an employer in advertis.
ing Ter help during the continuance Of II
strike among his employees to state in
each ADVERT Icment that a strike IL on
md that IA lockout existP. \ penalty OF
slG0 is the fine Tor n violntinL Of the act,
81 which sun oue.half goes To the per.
son who makes tho com plant.
Marion Weaver. Il D year old Chicago
boy, has had his little body covered with
II new suit Of skin. Upon his chcsI.
abdomen. back and sides 2l9 square
inches Of skin have beer grated. Ills
father. the Rev. William X. Weaver Of
the Ninth Presbyterian church. and his
four brothers contributed from their
bodice the new %cuticle. The chi d's en-.
tire body and limbs were scared III u fire
lust September.
Where is the parent who will not
eympnthizo with the mother Of little
J"hnny2 TO II school teacher Mt Now
ark she sent thus brief. but significant
note: "PIcRso don't learn onr johnny
any moar about his insidcs ns it makes
him sassy." johnny hRs been receivmp
inutruchun in alcoholic physiology &C.
cordinR to the text books Rrrangod by
the temperance propaganda,
Tho people Of Wndsworth met tho
E ther day nnl passcd resolutions calling
upon Governor Sndlcr to demand that
tho State Board OF Health enforce the
INV rcgar ny epidemic md contagious
iii 1cnses by quarnntininR Reno. Tho
Governor tnid the resolutions before the
State Board oi ~fIoaltli Rt its meeting
Friday md that body declined to comply
with the demands OF tho people OF
Wndlworth unless tho disease gives evi.
deuce Of spreading.
Tho thing to do IL 10 pull together.
help tho town, help tho county, help
,oursclf. Prosperity Of one il the proa.
pcrity ~ all. Pull down your noighbor