Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-17
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALMAoUNDI.

70 lbVZ, q Oeen nLed At v5.G5 on
each 300 valuation.
Constable Laeper is reported on the
road to recovery. He IVES getting
along nicely thus afternoon.
Sam NJ allen is down from Starr
valley. He reports the people Of
that sectIo. we'll and happy.
Arthur P. German was yesterday
elected United States Senator by the
Maryland legislature to succeed
George l. Wellington.
The jury that tried r. ". Apsey
Of Lyon county ON the charge Of
selling whietey to Indians failed to
aVrece after being out all night and
Was discharged. The Ease was con-
tinued until the next term OF OF U
=. District Court.
The State Board OF Assessors fixed
the valuation on live stock and other
property yesterday. The valuation
~ railroads wss before the Board
when the report closed. The Carson
News devotes but little space to the
meeting Of the Board.
Leondias Sklcris. the yonng Creek
charged with do. y up his country.
men along tine railroad. gave bonds
today in the sum Of $500 and wss re-
leased from cpSt.1y. His friends in
Oghep furnished ,t- hail through the
bank. Skleris leaves !nr Ogden to-
niVht.
Marshal Emmitt has turned Com.
missioner Parnni over to tho Eureka
county sheriff. He sold whiskey to
Indians just once too often and now
must serve two months in Jail and
pa! a fine Of $3.50 and the costs of the
cas- beside. Pretty expensive bust.
uess for him.
KilpAtrick Bros. & Collins Of
Beatrice, Srb. have been awarded a
contract by the Southern Pacific
Compap, for shortening the line
between Vistn and Wadsworth, a dis.
lance 81 twenty milss. The contract
price il near half a million dollars
Silver State
The attention OF rhs boys and girls
OF Elko is called to the prizes offered
by the W. I. Smith Company TOR the
best seasonable ads. IL ia a chance
To arm $3.50, beside giving the boys
and girls some useful practice In the
art Of writing ada. Now. boys and
gIrls, Eut on your thinking caps and
go to work in earnest
Tho reporter took a stroll through
the Elko flour mill this forenoon with
Dir. McElroy, the miller. New ma
chinery has been put in recently and
the mill Is 10 thoroughly equipped
to turn out the highest grades Of
flour, 1t seemed to tho reporter that
the tlnur now being made ut the Elko
mill was hard 70 beat any where.
The notorious Crowley case 10
again before the Board Of Pardons.
The Boari listened tn the reading Of
the evidence yers'eriay in the Crow
lev case and adjourned until this
morning to permit the Governor to
meet with the assessors. The Kend-
rick case. the Appeal saya, was taken
updeI nd visement by the Board. Ma
mention il made Of the Morris case.
Crowley. Ken'lrick aud Morris are
three brutal murde: ers who deserve
no more mercy than they gave their
victims.
Chesley Woodward has sued II. r.
Cooke. formerly ~ Tuscarora. for
$4,000. Mr., Woodward alleges that
he employed Cooke to look after his
tRtereets in certain mining property
over which there wAa Il controversy
bet ween Woodward and u man named
Eastman, anu thai Cooke diregard.
ing his duty aiumpe i the ground.
Later the property YES cold for 49,.
900 ind Woodward received e. 800
md Cooke $4,000. Mr. Woodward
now wants Couke TO pony up $4,000
more. Copks's money III Salt Lake
has been tied up to await the result
OF the suit.
About siS weeks ago Otto Sohroel.
ef n saloUn.koeper, and Bert Cas-.
SMELL got into a fight at Dayton,
during which tho latter got the Tor
mer's finger and thumb in his mouth
and chewpd them considerably be.
fore Schroehor could got away.
Schroeder did mol pay much Rtten.
ton to the injured members at the
time and dressed them himself; but
in n few days his injured h md caused
him much pain, lic came TO this city
and Friday DR.. PickRrd ampu,etcd
the thumb The trouble wis caused
by Cassinclli call nR upon his wife,
from whom he was divorced a short
time ago, and who went TO 1.-Two lie q
house owned by Schroeder. Tho
latter ordered Cassinelli away from
tue promises and a fight cnsued.-
Virginia Enterprise.
The Woman and her wrnp.