Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-04-17
FROM WEDNESDAYS nAlL,
Salmauundi.

non mine at rnnopah.
Tie Gazette says the aSs.ss u valua
ton of WaslIoe county thus year will IL.
in the neighbOrhood Of q, 500. 400.
The hest recommendation in pleased
patrons. Stenimrer Bns.. decorators
and painters. refer You to work done
here. See them for prices.
Steve Furgusun arrived this morning
from T"n"p+h. lie SAYS there il Il vast
amount % prospecting being ,i"ne III
TOnopah and that it lis "A very lively
camp.
II is claimed that stu, UUO, $50 feet Of
lumber has been cut from the Maine
forests in the Inst year. Over hall Of
this is spruce, the most OF which is used
in the manufacture OF paper.
\ girl in Ashland, Pa. who did not
like to 90 to school, had Il habit OF stick
ing needles in her hands and arms III
home. Surgeons operated "u her the
other LAY and discovered that she was
terribly stuck up. The! t""k lbs
needles ont Of her hand. anti arms
Big Ben" the world famous clock IN
the tower ~ the Houses ~ Parliament,
LOnGon. is being lit at last b., eler,rir
ity. so that it's time may be read during
the occasional clear nights. II is still
unreliable, however, not having been
cleaned since 'SS. and its weekly wind.
ing takes Two men twelve houre.
The -ecent Legislature granted IA fran
chise to &. S. Lemon and associates to
build - railroad from Il Irn,nt ON the
Carson Il Colorado to Tnunpah. Lemon
represented Eastern capitalists aud last
Friday the Tonopah Railroad Company
WIS organized at Camden, New Jersey,
to build the road. Its authorized cap.
ital is S2,500, COO.
MB. Jarley's Wax works ana a dra.
matte and musical entertainment will be
given ut Mizpah Hall on the evening of
May Sth under the direction OF the
Womau's Guild Of the Episcopal
Church. The proceeds ~ the enter
tainment will go toward the err ction OF
an additional Dor for the Sunday
school. Further particulars will appear
later.
1t is impossible to estimate how far
reaching may be the effect of President
RuOsevell'+ vigorous forms Of speech.
Prince Henry oi Prussia immediately
picked up the expressions, made HIN
feel like thirty cents Ego way back and
sit down" out Of sight etc, and now
Baron Won Sternberg has learned to
say. lite hully-right of the bat
The cost Of repairing aud overhaul
ing the Iowa, including the damage
caused 10y the recent explosion. is es-
timated by the Navy Department at
g. O,OOU. These repairs cannot be COM
pieted under six months. The Iowa has
been i'll commission for about i've years,
and prior tn the accident recommends
tons hat already been made for an ex
t"nsive rIhHulinr Of the vessel.
Failing tu sc, any word from the L..
= Marshal Of Michigan, COnsi Me-
Coy ;aETed the man loose yesterday
noon that he arrested Friday vening rs
nm escaped counterieitcr Last night
he receive ! - dispatch from the Mar
shal Saying ihn, II the man had a large
ragged scar on wrist to hold Inn. The
man under arrest had the scar, but the
telegram came several hours after he
had been given his liberty. He struck
out Tor the west last night. =
Massachusetts has established m the
supreme court Of the United States it's
right sO limit tho height OF skyscrapers.
and tn take down several feet OF Il
building in Boston which was carried
up before the laY was passed. New
York is agitating a radical Limitation
upon high buildings Ia be erected here
after. and has been urged thereto, not
only by the New York city Tire depart.
meet. hut 10y One Of the most eminent
architects aud one who has put mp many
:all buildings.
On Satur lay the taIpa! ers uf this
school district will vote upon the ques-
ton Of issu ny bonds to furnish the
necessary funds for building and equip.
ping another school. room. The trus.
tees hnve placed the amount required at
$1,000, but il in not likely hat the full
amount will be required. But whether
il is or no.. everyone entitled 10 vote
should go To the polls and cast his bnllot
Tor the proposition. Thore should be a
solid vote in favor Of furnishing tho
means necessary Tor tho education Of the
! children.
Andrew Carnegie is re ported TO have
said that some years Hgo he wanted Il
cross a mountain in Pennsylvania and
Il youngstcT Offered tn take him over toI
10 cente. Mr.. Carnegie thought the
price was too much, but. after long argu.
meni, paid il. mot because the trip wa
worth it," ma the story goce. "but be
cause ] had Ia get IN the other side al
tho mountain. MIR. Carnegie said: Il
predicted That the hoy wunld some iay
mako q fortune and he has. Ills mann
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