Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-06-26
FROM THURSDAYS DA,,n.
Salmagundi.

Joseph Lindsay lis III from Launiile.
Charley Kaiser has returned from
Reno.
W. W. Booher left for Reno last
night.
L. .. Henderson departed Tor Ogden
this morning.
DR.. Hit arrive from Los Angeles
this morn,mp.
Ira d. SmKey. the ev .ngelisi. is now
totally blinh.
j.. w. Puett aud q. B. Nichols III
Carlin are Spending the day in town.
Rev MIR. Meredith. DIR. r:by md Philip
Foster left for Tusca ORA ou this morn.
ing's stage
Miss Edith primeaux ~ ruscarora is
the guest OF MB. VIM Hunter. Miss
Primeaux has BEEN attending Mills Sem
mary.
Mrs. +. u Van VoIkenhurg and child
and Miss Gladys Hunter arrived from
Winnemrcca last night tn visit their
parents for a while.
The family Of j. J. Brown will arrive
from Ogden tonight tn make their
home in EIko. They will occupy the
Elmore house near Mr.. TripIetis'.
MR. Col. H'man left for her old home
at Fredericksburg. Virginia. Tuesday
night where she will epend the summer
visiting her relatives and frierds.
1t is reported that "a rich strike has
been made at Pcavine about & miles
from Reno. 4 ledge OF free gold bear.
ing ore sixty feet wide has been struck.
Judge W. \. Massey delivered the
Commencement address to the graduates
Of the Reno high school last night.
His subject was DUTY us Related to
Living"
h. j. Tdber arrived last night from
New York where he has been attending
the Columbia Law College. He will
spend the vacation in Elko visit ing his
relatives.
The IlumholdtStanIard states that the
Lovclock ball ,ossers failed t. come to the
scratch when the time arrived and thus
the big baseball game has wonnd up III
Il lot Of hot air.
The Gazette says many Truckce
meadow farmers are in the midst OF hay.
ing and in another week all will he hnrd
at 1t. The crop Is not quite up to it's
standard, lint is pretty good.
The Elko ba 'eball team has received a
challenge from the Winnemucca team to
play a match game at WiDnemucca OH
tn" ith Of July. The boys have not as
yet taken any action Oh the challenge.
While 1893 will he the banner EXPORT
year for cotton at the same time he cotton
manufactures of the United States is
constantly increasing. Last year our
factories used for the first time over four
million bales.
The Elko hlseball nine will probably
meet the Wells nine in "A match game
at ElkC Sunday. In the event OF this
game not being played. the Elko club
will play Il picked nine Of the old time
Elko !.all tossers.
Tho Reno City Council has granted a
franchise to the n. &. O. Railway to
build to the race track, and it is ex.
pected that the railroad will be trans.
porting passengers to and from the
track 10y next Sunday.
4 new rule adopted by the Tonopah
Miners Union provides that all contract.
Ors must make - or moro for each and
every shifts work and all men employed
10y II contractor shall he pnit not lass
than IS for Il days work.
Prof.J. II. y bel OF the EIko public school
is spending his vacation with his par.
cnts mt Winnenucca. The term ~ the
public school just closed has been one
OF the most successful in its history.
which is i'll n great part due the efforts
OF the Principal. MIR. Abel Is "A hard
worker and an excellent instructor, all
Of which the trustees recognized when
they rc.appointed him for the next
school year.
This beats life insurance all to pieces:
a chemist has determined by painstak.
ing analysis that n human body oi the
average size contains three pounds and
three ounces OF calcium. The cur.
REM valuo OF calcium IL $500 MI ounce,
which would give us each q value i'll the
retort Of $4,000 or ouo.iourth our
weight in gold. You save the premium
while you are alive, and have yourself
made into calcium after you nre dead
and it won't hurt much. Why hide yonr
cnlcium light?
While rounding u curve OH the North
Shore railroad. near Tocaloma. Cal for.
mia, yesterday, tile engine und tender ri
q passenger tram LETT the track and roll.
cd down tho grade. Engineer Jack
Williams was killed and Robert Clark,
fireman. and Fritz Williams, Wells.
Fargo messenger, were seriously injured.
Tho accident almost parallcIcd that of
Inst Sunday on the same line aud occur.