Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21
Glad to seq MIR. Fitzgerald on the

MIR. Mcbride. Mr.. Slaughter md Mr..
hlaiiett left ;uwn 1. ia .ue on a
hunting aud camping triy, They will
he z 'ne several dane.
MIR. cunc, and Mrs. Fisher left Inst
night for Oakland, where Mr.. Quincy
Will b~ under the care DR.. Meigs. lie
expects I" rrmain away ab mt IA month
P'"hably 'It. finest iii ,moud ever
drawn from the miLes AT Kimberly will
he rxhit.itei at the Worlds Fair. |,
weighs I'D ca al nnI IL valued 81 near.
~ Il quuter Of - %miiliOr, sterling.
Seymour Jacobs ioss WIS adjusted
Saturday "r the full amount OF his
p"lic!, S2,2j0. tie lei; Tor San Francis
4" last rl.h' !" settle with II + creditors
II Ia! II - st"cn for lir tie store.
Tn water pipe b,o,ic ~ several pInc.
cs Yesterday AMI the president. vice
president. g' iInral manager ant, IA fact.
nearly ia" "iIuie push were uu, digging
up Il" = pc and repairing the breaks.
An exchange says that Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow ls Xix
/ let, -" inches !i-h and 20 thin that
"lrm he goes Tor II stroll his shadow
looks about like Il crack in the side
walk.
There was IA match game Of baseball
PLAYED yesterday at Shelton bet werp
the Mould Valley aud LainoilIe mines.
III which the Mound Valley boys were
victorious by a score Of II 10 .. There
WINS a large crowd at the game and all
had "A good time.
Miss Amelia Da%nneberg OF Palo Alto
California, was drowned IN Pyramid
Lake Friday while bathing near the
shore. She WIS "A member OF a party OF
Chlif0rnians Who were camping al the
lake. She was 20 years and 10 months
OF age. Her remains were shipped to
PalO Alto Tor burial.
Ia ThOmas Hunter Company is
getting ready to build n brick store on
tn" site they now occupy. They will
build Il frame building adjoining the
Pioneer saloon on the west, to conduct
their business III until the new store is
ready Tor occupation. Part Of the
matcrihl II nov OF the ground.
il IL said that in China there lis "a cat
that has dropping ears. The Mombas
cat al the west coast Of Africa is covered
with still, brIstly hair. \ Paraguay eat
IL only one quarter rs large rs the ordi.
nary cat Of this part Of the world. II
has "a long body iml short. shiny hair.
In South America there lis Il race Of cats
winch do not know how Ia meow.
Vt IA meeting Of the board OF asylum
commissioner on motion Of Governor
Sparkle, a resolution WIS adopted pro.
vidlng TINT all skilled work at the state
asylum shovid be pcrfOr med exclusively
h! union men who should be required
I" show their cards. and the eupcrintcn-
dent WA instructed to give citizens Of
Nevada the prefer cnce over all Others in
making appointments.
MI watches are compasscs. Point the
honr hnnd Ia the sun and south is exact.
~ half way between tho hour hand and
MI on the watch, counting Tor ward ND
Ia noon, but back ward after the sun hns
passed the meridian. For instance:
suppose that it 3 o'clock. point the hand
indicating 5 to the sun. and the figure
y on the watch is due south. Suppose
TINT il is | o'clock point the hund indicat
ing ! to the sun ,nd II on the watch is
exactly south.
The cost "f producing gold has fallen
sixty per cent since 1870, but the price
al the refined product il the same, and
Is likely To- be eve the same. This en-.
plains why every gold mine on this
Coasi, that promu cs any returns at all
on the capital invested, IL snRtcicd up
as quickly as II liz offered for snlc.
Abandoned prospects arc being trans.
formed by modern methods OF operating
int" paying minee, and Il second golden
K III coming on California nnd its sis.
ter States Of the great Golden West.
Mrs. HEREFORD, n former resident Of
Elko, stopped over Saturday night on
her way from FL Reno, Oklahoma
to SnI Francisco California, Ia
visit Mr.. "ruce's family and other Elko.
ties. Mrs. llcrturd WIS formerly Mrs.
Peel and her husband was the railroad
agcn, md operator here over twenty
years ago. She is u delegate T." the
National cncampmcnt Of the W"man's
Relief Corps that meets tomorrow. She
will visit her old Elko friends until to-
morrow, when she will leave for the
city io attend the rncHmpmcnt.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.