Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-03-27
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.
MB. Quincy is reported better.

MIS-. quincy S reported better.
Carson has Il case Of diphtheria. The
patient is quarantined.
Mr.. und MB. j. T.. Holland OF North
Fork returned last night from Califor-
mia.
The post Office appropriation has
grown to be the biggest one on the list,
but i'll this instance Mt least, Uncle Sam
gets nearly all his money back again.
The post.mortem inspections OF food
animals by the government in 1902
numbered 3S,903. CD. and CT $50 carcass
sea were condemned.
All who are interested in baseball are
requested to meet at the county record.
ers office at 8 o'clock tonight for the
purpose ni organizing a team and to
discuss matters III general relating tu
b s"h4ll for the coming season.
George NJ. Dyer. recorder OF Lander
county, died suddenly last Thursday.
Heart failure was the cause OF his
' ~ u VI "tS ~ pIpLtCI III We
rada. He WAS ii man universally re.
spected.
\ p story building is to he erected in
New York, 100 feet square, and On land
worth SlCO II square foot. The building
30 feet high, will cost only Sl,i0n, 900,
only 40 per cen more than the land.
1 (lIipaa .Npn.I..l q, INIT I,r 81 81.
square ~foot-sS00 FOR 4 room 20 feet
square.
4 letter from Prof. Wilson states ,lnt
DR.. Kennedv. Prof Franlsen and wife,
Prof. Dn;en. Prot. True. Miss Barden.
werpcr. DIR. Jpr"bs. MISS Beth Stubs
and himself will leave Reno Ter Elku nu
the night ~ Aprii 2GI.
). T.. Nich"llun. Supreme Deputy A..
o.. U. W arrived Frun ihr west last
night. lie repnrts that Order in ii very
healthy condition in this Jurisdiction.
Mr.. Nicholson will remain here several
days lacking after tho interests Of the
Order.
Although it has frequently been SAID
TINT the veterans nf the civil WAT are
rapidly disappearing from public gazr.
II Is II fact that among the membership
OF the United States Senate there are
fourteen men who served ia the confed-
crate army and thirteen who served IN
the federal ARMY. Among this nun Der
Senator Pcttus IT Alabama served in
the MeXican ns we'll AS III the civil war.
james Holland came IL from North
Fork ycster lay afternoon. lie reports
a foot Of snow and ice on the level i'll
that vale! and lots ~ snow in the noun.
tains. The Soccts o. plenty Of water
Tor ~irrigating pur poses are excellent.
MIR. Holland will move to his ranch in
PleHranh Valley rs soun as the roads will
permit. lie will attend tile Farmers
Institute il possible for him to get here,
The Car-un News is wniling because
it, campaign b Ia have not been paid.
In order tu assist the News III the col.
lection Of it, bill, the HUMBOLDT Stand.
ard SuggcstI thRt they he referred to
Senator Stewart, who held the strings
to the Republican sack. The News
slIOull keep its troubles to itself.
y coIStruc iOn gang numhcr,... about
eighty men, who are now stationed mt
Stone lIouIe. will souu have completed
their work nj that point and the outfit
will then move to the Piutc siding, five
miles ems, Of Battle Mountain, and be-
GIN work on the cutoff which liz To be
bu Ii from Piute to Mosel. east Of Battle
MUuutuin.-ilumboldt Standard.
The Farmcrs' Institute committees
mot Inst evening and talked over mat.
tiers. \ plan Of entertainment WAS lis
cusscd and decided upon and the pre-.
limiuary arrangements made to give the
visiting farmers and the Station Staff u
reception Saturday night after tho In.
stitutc. In order to make the reception
"A success il il necessary to raise none
to- pay the expenses. The committee
will call upon the business men and
people generally tomorrow forenoon TO
gather i'll the needed coin. Tho iNDE
PENDENT hopes the rcspnusr will he
worthy of the cause.
Governor Sparks will not allow my 81
the bills passed 10y the recent lcgisln.
turc la iii" a natural death 10y failing to
sign them before the expiration at the
proper time. lie Informed the Reno
journal that he would rather veto Il bill
than allow the time for il to lapse.
Among the measures that he signed Inst
week aro the net Incorporating the town
Of Reno, the Hardin corporation hill and
the net moving gambling IN Reno away
from the ground floor.
\. q. Root, Of Dnngbury. Conn, has
just flushed wla; ia probably the ~tinicst
complete engine evcr constructed Of the
mauy miniature affairs That have been
made. II stands on II piece oi metal the
exact ei2c ~ u dime, the material being
gold, silver, brass and steel. Tho largest
plrt Ia loR than half M inch long. the
iy-whcrl being but seven aixty.fourtls
NJ M inch III diameter. Tho main shaft
10 five giXIpcuIha az mn inch Inup. Ihp