Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-13
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SalmaQundi.

Sunday night.
The west end Of the roof OF the new
wool warehouse was blown off by the
wind this forenoon. About one-tifth Of
the roof was damaged.
The public sale Of the furniture. dish
es. utensils, etc OF the Depot Hotel will
begin at 10 O'Clock tomorrow nj the din
ing-room. Mr.. Wise Of Battle Mountain
will be the auctioneer.
The fire boys were routed out yester-
day afternoon for a practice drill. Chief
Henderson took them on a run to the
public school building, where they at
tacIed the hose 10 Il fire plug and wet
lown the street. The drill WIS n sue
cess.
An Egyptian papyrus which dates
back To about 1000 B. G. has the follow
Ug injInctious: ~Cnlumnies should
never he repeated Guard thy speech
before all things, Tor II mans ruin lies
IN hi. tongue The wise men Of the
race early learned good seEse.
The Water Company has troubles Of
its own to-day. Tho water from the new
reservoir WAS turned into the old pipes
yesterday afternoon and many Of them
burst under the pressure. Superinten-
dent crtchlcy has n fnrcc 81 men re-
pairing the breaks.
William iouIton If Brighton, Eng
lnUd. has invented a device he calls IA
hypOscOpe, 10y means Of winch II marks.
man is enabled Ia aim his nfle at an OBJ
jet hc cannOt see directly. That is
with his body concealed. leaving alb
s%0lutcly nothing except a rifle barrel for
the other fellow to shoot ut, the soldier
who uses the hyposcope can deal lie.
structiun to the enemy.
This forenoon nr. Gardner found
tw0 cases Of smallpox mt the Indian
camp e the bridge leading to the
stages Of the disease and her baby is
Just breaking Out with it. DR.. Gardner
consulted District Attorney Henderson
and Commissioner Rigsby this after
noon and steps will doubtless be taken
to tnkr rarc 81 the Gulw and her child.
\ lrIi"r received this morning by
Sheriff I.rmh !r"m Tom Murray. Writ.
ten Mt I:uTus, Otrguu, statcs that the
charg" "gains! him for attempting To-
kill Frost or E!bert, some time before
the later murdered the two Ulcers who
were attempting to arrest INN. Murray
adds liant iiic people Of burns and vi.
cinity wee deligh;c I to hear Of the cap.
tire az E.ntr'.-SilvcE State.
\ Traveller recently asked %youngster:
"Nhnl are On going To- dn " henyon grow
up?r thu boy turned! his head away,
blusllcd with embarrassment and began
to draw spmiairclcs in the dust with his
bare toe. Ia the meantime his father
answered for him: II RECKON that
bo!',l hC Il preacher; he's Il powerful
pert tinker When no amt bashful. an
he's t"n earn lazy to work.
This las he one Of the worst days
ever seen in Elko. Since early this
morning the wind Inns blown II perfect
gale, sending dust md gravel and cob.
blcstoucs toward the Utah line. At
times the opposite si,le Of the business
street hn& been hidden from view by the
dense clnui- nf dust. II il keeps up
unit it brings a good storm, there will
bc some compensation for today's dust
and dirt.
WIN Stevens, has been brought in
from Tonopah and turned over to War
den Considinc for saio keeping. lie
will ma in the prieOn long enough to
serve ont II sentence OF two and ono. half
ycars, beng convicted OF the crime OF
assault with intent To kill. a remark.
able thing about the affair is TINT not.
withstnndiug the big population, Of tho
mining camp, tllis ia the very fret man
furnished 10y Touoruh for the prison.
Carson News.
\ Sunday school class III II Philndcl.
phia church wna listening iu II lesson on
patience. The topic Ind bccL carefully
explained, and ne mn aid 10 tho under.
standing, the teacher Ind given 10 each
pupil II cad hearing the picture Of n
boy i;ahins. "Even PLEASURE suid enc,
requires the exercise ~ patience. Sec
the boy fishing. lie must sit and wait.
Ito must 10 patient. And now shc
said, "cap my boy toll mo what we need
most when we go lishing?' Tho answer
was shOutcd with oDc voice: ~Bait!"
The fire at the Gem restaurant this
morning wa caused by II defective stove
pipe. AZ there nrc n number oi wooden
buildings in the business part OF town
that have stovc pipes instead Of brick
or other chimncys. il has been suggest
cd to the lSDrrEHDENr by Chief Hen.
dcrsnn that the owners OF these build,
iugs take out the stove pipes RnG RI,
place them with chimncya. This would
, doubtless bc u good Investment for the
I owners Of the wooden buildings nnt
' their neighbors.