Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-06-26
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Ex-senator Gregovitch. Of Eureka. is
III town. He looks IA il life ON the IIase
Range agreed with him.
Dr. Joseph Henderson arrived from
san Francisco last night. tie will re-.
main III town several days visiting his
FIR" relatives aud friends.
y modern physician SAYS when a man
has rheumatism there are hut two things
hr car do; he can grin and bear il. or
bear It and not grin.
In" value Of diamonds in the United
States is estimated To be $500, DOC. 0CO
or this non Sl70.0O 0 goo worth
are "w ned 10y residents OF New York
In parying before his congregation a
Young unmarried preacher of Illinois
said: 'Oh, Lord, rive us pure hearts,
clean hearts, sweet hearts. And all the
GiTi- III the :iIurch uttered amen.
Mrs. Chapman's condition today
shows Il marked improvement over that
81 last Monday. She IL now able tn eat
and she secms Ia he gaining strength
every day. There are Row hopes Of her
~rcc"vcrN from her present illness.
An abstract of the military returns
Of the several States. just made public
10y the Secretary OF War credits Nevada
with IL officers and I2t enlisted men
and G,SOO men available Tor military
duty.
y y Indicate has begun exploring the
Raymond Il Ely mine at Phoebe md one
OF the shafts has been ~reopencd down to
the 1900 level. The company will cx.
pend 80, 900 in work. and il the mines
come up To expectations development
will begin Mt once.
Clint Patchcn, "a former prominent
resident Of Lincoln county. died in Ro.
chester, New York, on the 2Jth Of May
at the ago Of - year,. He represented
Lincoln county i'll the State Senate from
1871 to 1895. lie was the author Of the
Kiss and never tell law that adorpa the
Nevada statutes.
\ Missouri editor has created IL sen
sntl"n 10y printing n strong editorial de.
frnsIvc Of Sunday fishing. He insists
1t IL no more n sin To catch Il fish on
Sunday than Ia catch a acknowledged
chicken Tor Il minister's dinner. The
comparison IL clever and may save him
much unpl' asant critIcism from tho
pulpit.
Tho base ball game yesterday between
tho TOnka and Elko mines resulted III nm
easy victory Tor the home team. Tho
Tonka hoys made eight tallics aud the
Elko boys rolled up thirty seven. Tho
game between the Rough aud Rcady's
and 4 picked nine WIS won 10y the Tor
mcr by u score 81 - Ia II. Tho scorca
Of both games show very poor hall.
Yesterday the work Irain of the rail-
road company pulled in and left the en-.
booso on the track west Of tho hotel and
did some switching in the yard. Tho
crew was not gone over half mn hour.
but when they returned they found that
some u hal gone through the ear and
stolen clothing, provisions and every.
thing III sight. There is no clue to the
thieves.
Tho officers nave got trnck 81 the men
who bnrgluri2cd lIcssun& Co.'S store Fri.
day night and are APT To land at least
one 81 thCu. Yesterday q follow sold
one ~ tho knives IN Dccth Ia u drummer
for The house that sold them to the own
crs. lie got II good description ~ the
mnn aud acnt II Ia Constable Mccoy who
recognized the man M II loafcr about
town. Aftcr selling the knives tho Tel.
low made Il break Ia get on the train
and dropped n dozen or u OF the
knives out 81 his pocket. Constable Nc
Coy went cast after the thief.
Dunn a Bradley h8v, decided 10 make
extensive improvements in The CONNER
ciul ITotcI property. 4 thrcc.siory brick
addition % feet wide and running back
tho lcngth II Tho present brick pnrt OF
tho hotel will bc built between tho hoteI
md the old freeman Hail md another
story Will bc put ON the hotel, making
all the brick part three stories high.
They will also put in u heating plant
pnd heat the brick part with steam aud
hnvo hot mud cold water and baths
! throughout the brick building. Mr.
Nelson will put II force Of men 1t worl
tomorrow cxcnvntiug Tor the ccllnI
which will extend back tho entire
length 1t tho addition. When these
improvements arc completed, Elko vii
have u Iiral .clnEs hotel in every pnrticn