Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-13
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmalundi.

Valley. He reports the people Of that
section happy and contented.
Ed. Carville. the Mound Valley ranch.
er. is in town. He reports everybody
happy in that section.
A mechanics union with a member
ship of 10 was formed at Carson Satur-
day night by Stare organizer. W. 4.
Burns.
Levi AnSeny, the newly elected Sen.
ator from Washington, has IL hundred
thons md acres OF land and harvested a
million bushels OF wheat last year.
Some "r Sheriff Clark's boarders tire
Of his grub and leave him when their
sentences expire. tie now has twenty.
one tn feed aud look after.
the will ~ the late ID. Is. Lyman OF
Reno was admitted to probate Yesterday.
The estate IL valued at slS5,00O the bulk
Of which is left t." his two Sons and three
sisters.
Mrs. Houhcr will leave for Reno to.
night to attend the wedding Of Mr. j..
NJ. Fulton and Miss Stubs. She will
also visit Mrs. Kaye i'll Gold Hill and
Mrs. MauSer in Virginia City.
"What to Eat is the name Of "A Min
neapolis paper that comes to us now and
then. We would respectfully inform
the publisher that what To- eat lis not so
much important ju-; o lis hcw tn yet
il.
Trac! Fairclnli came III from the
North this after unnn. lie reports
plenty 81 Euow he; wcrn tie summit and
Tuscarora and hut little on this end of
the road
Reports around town say that MIR.
Gutridre has Won from ten thousand to
thirty Thousand dollars from the San
Francisco sports. MI his friends hope
the reports are true and that jim will get
home with all OF il.
\ Missouri farmer gave his son
eighty arres 81 land. Saying, My son.
l believe | attn ii better father Ia You 10y
giving yOn eighty acres ~ Missouri
land than by sending yon t" cullrge to
learn how to smoke cigarettes and play
footbail."- Ex.
Mr.. Williams, the hriller at the oil
well, was called to California Yesterday
afternoon by the death of his brother
in-law. He will return in ii few days.
During his absence Mr.. Hickerson will
see tba, everything moves along at the
well.
From now on the re will bc reports OF
n number Of cattle dying. II the as
SCISSOR lad the power to tax the dead
dead cattle reported instead Of the live
ontf, the assessment roll 81 the county
would he greatly increased.-Pioche
Record.
II has Teen mu ch colder in the sur.
rounding valleys than in town here dur.
ing the past week, Joe IIoIlinger re.
ports three head OF cattle frozen to
death III his corral at Eagle Valley one
night. while Henry Lee reports several
frozen cattle at Pnnaca,-Pioche Re.
cord.
Allen Fisher. the veteran bugologist,
cam down from Wells this forenoon.
When nsked what the news was he re-.
LIED TINT the weather WIS SO nice that
hc had concluded TO Go below Tor thirty
days. Mr.. Fisher will remain in town
until tomorrow and will then leave for
the western part Of the State and Cali.
for mia.
Engineering estimates TINT the popu.
lation oi tho United States and its de.
tendencies now exceeds 81, 900, goo in
h%abitants. The Philippines contain
more than 1000, 00r inhabitants, Porto
Rico has $4,000. Hawaii l5i.O0O. md
Alaskn G3,592. China stands first in
population, tho British Empire second,
Russia third, and the United States
fourth.
ESQ New Year mud the local Chinamrn
arc making big preparations for tue
fostivitics. Delegations from the East
and Wcet arrived IN Nos 3 nnd 1 and
were welcomed with bursting bombs
and Celestial music The ~visitOrs were
escorted to Chinatown where they
mingled with fricnds. drank Chinese
gin md enjoyed themselves ns only
ChinHmen can when their now year rolls
around.
Ae soon as M ariuor plate il made
That cannot DO pierced u projectilc is
invented TINT will pierce il. and 30 OH
indefinitely, Tho submarine bout, that
WAC expected to open up new possibili.
tiee in warfare, will 10 much limited iu
its operations II tho discov very OF Siguor
Piso, mn Italian, fulBlls tho claims made
Tor il. u is II hydrnscopc, operated
from the deck ~ u ship. which lights M
the ocean To n surpriainp depth and IN.
dius. making visible cal,les md torpc.
doce, md IL will make il possible 10 do.
tCct the approach -! II submarine boat.