Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-11
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmaqundi.

Inc young ok picnicked Mt James
Russcll's ranch this afternoon. q.
Detective Sullivan gave this Office a
pleasant call this forenoon.
Mrs. Woods. the music teacher, and
tw" daughters arrived last night.
We regret to learn that Hon. u. L.
llardosty Is lick at his home oil South
Fork.
The Good Templnrs will have Il noon
light hay ride aud picnic mt Mr.. Dewar's
ranch tonight.
The tickets rn the Irrigation Congress
At Ogden will be goni rutiI September
DOH instead ri the 2lth NJ previousl IL
publ ned.
The solicit,ng committee for the races
have in the ncighhorhoni ~ 500 ON
their list. This insmrcs plenty Of money
to max" tia" races u success.
The commissioners Yesterday appoint
ed Commits ,iuncr Wra:i.crs and Hon.
II. J. !larde sly as delegates tn the Trri-
CATION Congress Both expect to attend
II. T.. FrcuienthaI has retired from
the management Of the Lincoln County
Record and :h" paper is now being run
by Chas. w Garrison. vii" has leased
the plant.
People VIM figure The cost Of the nav
al review of Oyster Bay mt 100000
make Il mistake. 1t only cost 100000.
or course the President and his childrcn
enjoyed it immensely.
The Water Company notifies it, pat
roDs elsewhere that the water will he
turned off at g o'clock tcnorrow and
may remain oil nearly all day. Read
the notice and get a supply Of water be-
tore it is turned off.
The Silver Stnte says the commissiun-
ers Of Humboldt held no meeting yes
terday, on account Of it's being a legal
holiday. The Elko commissioners paid
no attention to the lay md transacted
the usunl business. Some day a nice
question may arise on the action Of the
Elko commissioners yesterday.
Contracts are ont for the construction
Of n ~ story brick building upon the
site Of the old drugstore. The building
will have n frontage of thirty.onc feet
and Il depth Of eighty feet. Tho old
foundation Will he removed md a new
one put III. When completed the build
,,,. ILL l. -: A. Al. -
An insurance statisticilu has pub.
lished II report showing that the suicide
rate has increased from 1916 per l,OOO,.
600 Of population in 1890 to II in 1890.
Such figures furnish much food for
thought md mako one wonder il a word
Of encouragement would not have saved
many of those in despair.
George K. Hawkes., western represen.
tative of the Fla'o Commission Com.
pany of Omhha, il III town interviewing
stockmcu. lie is buying cattle md
sheep for his house. The coming Of
eastern buyers into this field after nm
absence Of two years will make the
western buyers teal fairly with the
stockm0n.
Southern Pacific passenger train No.
> met with Il narrow escape from a SER
ious accident late Friday afternoon just
west OF Promontory on the Gust end.
II had elaCkcncd up NJ Il email station
when a freight train which was follow.
ing too close ran into the observation
car and badly damaged the car. No
one wa injured.
! liuptistc SavOrnin was stabbed 10y
GERMAN Savornin Sunday afternoon at
the %latter's sheep camp ahon, forty live
miles north OF Paradise III Humboldt
county. The wounded man WIS taken
to WinucmucCa mud is beng cared Tor
by nr. iirnuX The stabhing was the
result Of II row,
fulfilling will br lively in EIko in n
few days. In addition to the CONNER.
ciul Hotel, Dotta's new building and the
new butcher shop Of Hayes & Smith,
work will soon begin IN the new drug.
store and the Hunter Company's new
store. Tho work OF %excavating the Gel.
lar for the latter building ia now under
way.
Tho New York capitol haa cost s23,-
72i, 00n. Massachusetts hae u 81. ZOO. 900
capitol IN Boston aud Michigan u cap.
, itol building at Lansing costing 81 1900.
200. Texas has recently completed At
Austin. at II Goa, Of si,00O,O00, one Of
the most elaborate capitol buildings in
the country. Indiana hns expended
$4,000. 900 for the Same purpose, iowa
81. O0O. 600, Kunena & .5Jn,000 md Min.
ncsutu a.. OO0.0O0.
Tho journal VI the American Med.
icnl Association has published u care.
fully compiled table Of the authcn.
ticatcd cascs of death mud severe in.
jurics in the Northern Statee carsed by
this years celebration Of the Fourth Of
July. The toinl is 1903. Deaths from
ircworbe or explosives not causing
locliinw numbered 90. Dchiha due Ia
lockjaw mum bored 40. Ton pcrsons
we're mndo blind; IL lost one Of their
cycp; 30 lost hauds, arms or lcgs; III
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