Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-03
RON THURSDAYS DAILY.
sAI.MAGUNDI.
Write it 1902 now.

Mrs. George dennen continues to
Improve.
Austin has I'M epidemic of mumps
the Reveille says.
A fine shower this forenoon laid
the dust and frcshened the atmos.
phere.
The calendars sent ont 10y the
Remnant Company are ornaments to
any home.
There WAS nothing exciting in
town yesterday. The day was per.
feet and everybody seemed happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace returned
la It evening from their wedding trip.
The INDEPENDENT extends them a
hearty welcome.
Mr.. Phillips r"poris the derrick foI
the Minnesota oil company com
pleted and ything III readiness
for the machinery.
According to the Tnnopah Bonanza
Nye c%ounty's portion OF the licenses
collected more than Jays the running
expenses Of that comfy.
The attention of those ;ntrudimg la
arr.ly for teachers ccrti;icate- il
callc'i TO Il uuti'c iy County. Superiu.
tcndent Henderson elsewhere.
) T.. i!.aN cy .,d :. i.unl.ng If
E"."G joe &c.. - rat. are. IN
l." e, hi...2 !.U~is. .sr She Blu.h
ar"t., ii"! VII % man about sym
days.
SO mnny people are DYING rs "a re.
suit Of lC"e affairs TINT We " on Ter
ON clover uian doesn't vent a
sort OF love insurance -Atchison
GLOBE.
From present indications Ronse-
vCiI's hand. maiden will be a lonely
old virl i'll the 9th Congress. She
does not seem popular with the high
protection boys.
John Courtney, an oil pensiuner
OF the United States navy, fell under
the wheels Of ii freight Train at Reno
TucsLay nigh; and his right loot wa
severely injured.
Articles ~ 'ncorporatiub OF the ST..
Cloud and Western Oil Company have
been filed with the Secretary Of
State. The company is composed Of
Minnesota people. They will pros
pect the Elko ticlL.
At the Adams plaster mill fifteen
tons OF gypsum are crushed every
day Tie product il shipped to Cali.
fornia where all the new buildings
ar" using it instead Of the old
fashioned plasier.-Appeal.
y Colorado paper staies that 1900
tickets have been gold this SrRson
from Cnpple Creek and Colorado
Springs Tor Nevada points. Most Of
them were purchased by mining men.
Reports from every section Of the
county say there is very little snow
i'll the mountains. IL it does not
storm I" beat the band in the next
few days, H~ilIeck's weather sharp
will De badly Iiscrrdited.
Since Ala KIN became the property
OF the United STATES the value ~ thc
product OF her fisheries has been ever
s7O,OU0,t 90, ri her furs ~S3i.UU0,0uO.
and the yield Of her gnid mines up.
proxi -Iately siO.O0O.00
BY the provisions or the Philippine
tariff bill the Philippians producer
will have Ia pay SIG per ton on all
sugar he sells in the United States
while the American producer can
sell III his market by pay ing SIT per
ton.
y West Virgins man who did re-
Gently ~hequrathed 81 each tn his wife
and min. children and she ret ~ his
property, Amounting to $1,000 nr
moro, Tor the erection 81 II wricr
tight vault and 81 desirable AMI
beautiful monument tn himself.
Senator Hanna sGid recently
"We are building II magniiircn, navy
and shall continue until va are
second to no nation. We should also
huild something for that navy To de
icnd." HiR logic reminds us ~ the
womnn wlIu bought IL side radllc nj
an auctl"p because che "niRht
some day OVID Il horse"
\ fair sized congregation at the
Prcsh! terrain church watched ;he old
year out and the new one III. Wheu
the clock clio Sed the death ~ the
old year and the birth Of the new, the
church bell rang. This WAS II signal
for every bell IN town TO jnin in the
noise. The whistle nt the mill and
piping horns added la the racket
For fully hail an hour The din con
tinued.
Tho Navy Department has adjudg'
od md paid Ia Sampson and the
captain Of his ship tens Of thousands
Of dollars Tor tho ships taken ut n
tiago, though Sampson and Quad
wick were below the horizon from tn,
scene ~ TINT battle. and never sav
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