Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-03
FROM TUESDAYS DAI LY
Salmaqundi.

today.
Frank j. Cannon, Ex-United States
Senator Of Utah, will deliver the Fourth
OF July Grafton at Cherry Creek.
Governor Sparks has appointed
TLomns McC;ourt OF Austin, to fill the
vacancy i'll the board OF commissioners
of Lander county.
Word wU received in Elko today Civ.
ms the Information that John Roman
committed suicide in Tuscarora this
morning by taking morphine.
Henry G. Shonerd OF Carlin passed
the mental and physical examination
and lIhs been sworn in rs midshipman
ut the Annapolis naval academy.
}. B. Studley, arrested for passing a
worthless check in Reno, has been re.
leased from custody. his relatives hav.
ing made the amount Of the check good.
Part Of the force employed On the
Rocky Mountain oil well has been sent
to the Burner BASIN to put things in
siinpc there for Il resumption OF drill.
Ing.
On Tuesday the great milling plant ut
the properties OF Bamberger's DeLamar
gold mines company emerged from its
period Of initial and trlal test runs and
began grinding Mt ite stated capacity Of
800 tons Of crude ore every twenty four
hours.
Mr.. John T.. Merritt, manager Of the
Rocky Mountain Oil Company, gave the
INDEPENDENT Office n brief call this
afternoon. He said that everything mt
the well was going along smoothly and
that the prospects were very favorable
for finding oil in paying quantities.
The foundation ~ the Tnn0pah mill is
ncarl, completed and will be ready for
the reception 81 the machinery on its
arrival. The plant. which will CONSIST Of
a 10 stamp battery aud two 5.fOot Hunt
ington mills, having II capacity Of 80
Ions a day, will be- i'll operation 10y Sep.
TENDER lst.-Miner.
Undcr u new time card that gnas into
ctIcc: nt one minute after - o'clock, to-
night. the cpsth"und passenger trims
will arrive as follows: No. 6, I Il. NJ; No.
~ 4. NJ; No. ., I:3) \. NJ. The west.
bound trains will arrive rs follows: MOL.
ll:G r. NJ: No 3. l2:l5 p. No. >. T:53
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The News liz III receipt 81 a Telegram
announcing the strike az ore on the 7C0
level Of the Mizpah claim in Tonopah
district. This is the best news
IRON: the camp since il was
Ii is evidence on the side NJ
.permanrncy and indicates n great camp.
Carson N"ws.
rhc growth Of the American pnper in.
remarkable incidents of this generation.
Few people know that the United States
produces 400. 900 tons more Of ia.
per tban Of cotton. In fact, the annual
production is now about Two and n
half million tons, Of about Il value OF
100000, 000. and the productions rapidly
List night while Jim Campbell and
Joe Williams were talking to two
young ladies a drunken loaier came
along and insultcd them. Jim TOOK the
in the alley behind the Bakery
and polished him up in fine style.
Constable Hardin took the iel.
to Jail and DIR. Hood fixed up his
face.
No change n he reported this week
tho strike situation and no hope can
be given for anything like nm immediate
settlement OF the differences between
mino and managers and the
Miners Union. The managers are all
in Los Angeles. md express themselves
as determined to keep the mine closed
tbnn accede to the demand for
increased wages. the real issue % the
rike. -LIncoln County Searchlight.
Constable Mccoy returned last night
from n trip to Ruby valley after Idaho
thieves. IIc deputized Jack
Thomas. james Gregory md Lon Ben
con in Ruby valley and Dick Stratton
end MIR. Gibson in Butte valley and
secured the country thoroughly. visit
all the passes and sprinGs. but no
trncs " the thieves was fouud. They
were in TINT country over three weeks
ago and aro now we'll on their way to
Mexico ar my other place they were
he aided tor.
Tho automobilists arrived in Winnie
Sunday evening and left there Mt
| 80 Monday afternoon for Battle Moun.
tain. They made tho run from Love
lock towinncmuccn, seventy four milcs,
in twelve hours md n half. Instead OF
taking the road along the railroad track
after leaving Mill City, they took the
road over the mountain by way Of Dun
Glen. thereby avoiding the hcavy sand
near Mill City, where Wirton's trip Of
two years ngo terminated. II everything
gocs we'll with them they should reach
Elko this evening.
Mr.. Richardson. who Ina worked Mt
tho oil we'll since John II. Merritt took