Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-18
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

CdlllduuHul.
We are glad to learn that John Hen.
ders"n's little boy il improving.
DIR Stubbs aud f.. l.. bingham and
}. NJ. Fulton passed through last night
on their way to the Irrigation Cong.
rCss.
Postmaster Doughty came down from
Tuscarora yesterday and went To Carlin
this afternoon. lie looks IA IL the world
WIS dealing kindly with him.
The Elko Steam laundry will start up
abOnt the first Of next month under the
management 81 Mr.. Davis. who WIS
foreman Of one Of the tunnels al Rvn.
don.
Unless the rest Of the county has done
better than Elko, this county will not
have II big delegation at the Irrigation
Congress. All the delegates from here
remained at home.
The Tribune says LovcInck is full Of
doctors. DrR, Duckworth. l%Iarcourt,
Gerdes, Williams aud Pininger have Of
iiccs there. II NJ. DIS. make Il healthy
town, Lovelock should he one uf the
healthies; places III the world.
4 beet weighing twelve pounds and a
tnrnip tipping the scales at five pounds,
which we're grown on Mrs. Frank Clark's
ranch near Mill City, have been sent to
the Reno chamber OF to he
placed in the Humboldt county en-
Inbit.
Deputy Sheriff Sharkey, Chief Of Pc.
lice Lecper and Constable Wilson left
Reno Tor Folsom Sunday morning with
Murphy and Woods, the escaped con.
victs. Murphy and Woods were hand.
cutfcd together and each wore nm Ore
gon boot. The Reno officers breathe
cnsicr now.
John Snow, one of the earliest pion.
GERS ~ the Comstork and onc Of the
best men that ever walked the streets ~
Virginia City. died in Oakland last Sat-
urdRy lie was II native Of Iceland,
hGt'i ~ 9fhIS. ilHN ltIllHlDN "tTt HllIp
ped To Virginia City for burial. May
the old pioneer sleep peacefully on the
siie of the mountain he loved SO we'll.
4 letter received from Mrs. Boohcr
this morning statca that her mother
seemed to give out ut Chicago and from
there 0n she WA very much alarmed.
Her voice lett her md shc could Talk
only in Il whisper. \ physician wus
called the afternoon OF the day rlcy ar
rived Mt Rochester who said her moth.
cr's tronhle WAS due tn weakness and all
abe needed WINS rest and II good cook.
Mr.. Bruce received II dispatch from
Salt Lake last eveEing stating TINT Mrs.
". j. Kroth, nee Miss Millio Wilson
Ind died from typhoid fever. She Tas
Torn nj Grantsvillc, Nevada. October u.
1880. Tho deceased lived III Elko II Tow
years ago and had many friends here
who ara eaddcned by the news or her
| mntimcly death Mny the u~utaillng love
~ God tighten the s0rrowE Of those who
mourn her loss.
Tho aesrssmcn. roll ~ Eureka county
shows mn increase NJ sS5, s09.?3 Tor the
current ycar. Tho increase comes
largely from the increase in the patent.
land Of the Railroad Company. Inst
year the company wns assessed for r.
III acrrs ~ patented lnnda md 0S,3i9
acres Of unpatcDtcd lnnds. THE ycar
their assrtgmcnt included lln,302 acres
NJ p~atGrtcd lands md only 1870 81 nm.
patented. Tho patented lanis nrc asses
ecd mt al per nero aud tho unratcntcd
nj 10 cents mn acre.
The Son,hcrn Pacific Company lIae
issued n ncat folder entitled "f1c New
Nevada" u copy Of which wnR left on on
desk ycstcrday b, Mr.. Fulton. 1t il
profusly illustrated and chock tull oI
interesting matter about tho state. The
data waa mostly gathered 10y Division
Freight Agcn, Fulton and Prof. y. u
wilson Of the University Experiment
Station mud land Agent Il. L.. Fultor
put the most OF II in Bhape for tho prin
ter. Tho company has printed 10000 o
tho folders Tor FREQ distribution and the,
will 10 used mostly in tho East. Tho
distribution Of thin folder will he enrt
to al yCtiIsc The ]tcsnutccs 81 tho STINT,
md IL Nh evidence TINT the ltailtOR'
,...,n. 10 fnIly nvnLn IN lI,n bueiupgJ