Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-08-29
The University opens Tor registration
of e students August d.

The Republican State convention will
tie held in Reno ON the ~ and 18th OF
September.
Superintendent Orvis Ring will leave
for sun Francisco tomorrow night With
he deaf and dumb mutes OF tie State
and will be rome several days. These
nnfortunates are taken to some resort
II California each year. and Prof. Ring
accompanies them aud looks uuL ior
their wants,-Gazette.
Deputy Assessor W. \. Beard has foot
ed up his assessment roll for this year.
He finds that Washo' has sG. 100000
taxable property. THIS u an increase
Of 100000 over last year When one
stops TO consider tint values in Wads.
worth show Il fall ng ntf Of over $780,
OO9, the sho wing ma lie by Mr.. Beard is
certainly "a good one.-GaZette.
Banking men in Reno state that ther re
is more money on deposit in the banks
OF that town than in it's previous history
although there are many calls for money
for improvements and general business
purposes. A bill for the incorporation
Of the City Of Reno has already been
framed aud will be brou ght before the
next Legislature.
Reform school lads make gond fight.
ing material. rs England has discovered
rnnnnfly ord Tnt.I ,nye kl,,N 90, a..
South African war soldiers who
graduated from reform schools won
three Victoria CROSSES. ten distinguished
service medals %. S. o !, two promo
mentions in dispatches.
n. P. DAVIS was quite seriously
injured in d runaway accident at the
Feliz ranch near Lovelock last week
The team attached to a hay rake be
came frightened and uncomfortable
The tongue OF the rake broke i'll two and
Mr.. Davis WAS thrown to the ground
beneath the horses feet, where he was
kicked by the animals and dragged a
considerable distance.
Nevada rs a mining state is coming to
the front rapidly. That is what those
who know the state best have been
predicting for twenty years. Not many
know the fact, but it is true, that at her
present yield it will take Colorado yet
fifteen years to reach the amount Of
gold and silver that the mines Of Nevada
have already given up.-G"odwin's
Weekly.
The Anglo American Company Is
erecting Il large and costly plant at
Boyer for the production and refining
Of borax. a large force OF men and
teams are engaged in gathering borax,
preparatory to starting the works. OPP
~era,inns will be commenced early next
month. The refined product viii be
hauled to Wmnemucca for shipment.
The property il under the management
Of W. ii. Hammond. president OF the
company, and w. S. Bacon,-|Silver
State.
All existing railroad spans OF over SOC
feet have been built since 1870, and
probably more in America than in all
the rest OF the world together, aud
certainly these arc much better and
cheaper and have been morS rapidly
and safely constructed than those Of any
other country. in Il word. American
engineers have built most OF the greatest
aud most difficult bridges in the world
and in less than half "a century have
developed the art OF bridge building to
Il perfection that no other sort OF con.
structIop has reached.
It has remained for a rich German to
discover Il Of the grRndest uses to
which money can be put Having ap
p~arently decided that Messrs. Rockeiel.
Ter and Carnegie possess the sole right
to the building OF Universities and
libraries, this German, u rich ~fiaancier
in tho little town Of Haschman, has
established a fund for the providing OF
prizes Tor men who will marry the
most homely girls or women over the
age Of 40 who have been Tilted at least
twice. Ia addition to the prizes it is
provided that the homeliest girl in tho
town Of llaschman ehall have a yearly
pension Of $50.