Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-17
FROM DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Mrs. Carroll and daughter left Tor
Battle Mountain this afternoon.
James Russell. Jr. came III yesterd day
from IL cattle buying trip through
Idaho.
MIR. Quincy was very restless und slept
but little last night. liz is more com
Portable today.
Carson is to hav, another bank,
Richard Kirman nnl his associates will
furnish th. capital.
lIarvu McAdam. WIS up from Carlin
this forenoon. He reports oil flowing
down in III" Humboldt in gallon pack
Hges.
The Chamber 81 Commerce OF Reno
hat voted to issue an illustrated pamph.
let descriptive 81 Nevada and describing
its res purces.
DR.. Eby and Phil Foster returned
from Mountain City yesterday after
noon. They report that section full Of
promising prospects.
DIR. IIood's youngest brother, 4. J
Hood, NJ. d., is expected to arrive from
Adrian, Michigan, in IA week or 20. IIe
may probably remain with us perman
emily.
The Great Western Railway Con-
pany claims to have made n worlds rec.
ord for it's train yesterday. The train
ran from London To Ply mouth, a dis
lance Of ZIG miles, in 233aI minutes.
j. i. Scott, mn old time and respected
business man 81 O5ccoln. White Pine
county, committed suicide last Wrdncs.
day 10y shooting himself. Dependency
caused 10y business troubles md whis.
key is responsible for the act
The WulIUc county grand jury has
found indictments for grand larceny
against W. d. Phillips aud Harry Butts
for the robbery Of the Reno ticket office
last Writer. Tho hill against DOndcro,
charged with the murder ~ nu Italian,
was ig nnred.
Another automobile IL making the
trip from San Francisco to New York
This time il If u four.Liurse power ma
, chine u :9Sg!a: mike. IL WIS III Ken
Saturday and il now somewhere be
tween here and there. The one TINT
passed through here was built especially
Tor the trip, while the one on tie way il
nm Old's machine built Tor the genera
trade.
Miss Fila Lying uf Golcouda md Mis-,
Myrtclla woodward Of Lee ARE taking
the examination Tor primary gradc Ger
' tiiicatcs. Mics Mimic johnson viii
grammar grade certificate. She obtain,
ed u primary certificate last year. Rev
Greenfield aud Miss Clnrn Tabpr com
pose the board ~ examiners
Prof. Cairrcy Inns finished installing
mn electric feed cutter md IN %clcciri,
currycomb in Il. W. rarry's stables
The machinery wns put in motion, yce'
tcriRy and il worked like u charm. Thir
iy.fyc horses were cleaned and curric,
in two hours by ono man, The fcCt
cutter cIcwod up two tons in M hour
This aid to the operation oi his stabl,
will reduce work there to IA sysiem
These arc tho first appliances 81 III,
kind in the statc.-Rcno journal.
\ little girl living in Philadelphia Ia
madc Il brief yet very interesting con
tribution Ia historic literature. Thi
child, II girl Of ten yoHrs, participated il
Il short story competition carried on b
tho Philadelphia Telegraph, mn
she told tho story Of the rcvOlutio
IN this way. "I1Icrc wac II rcvOlutionar
war. Tho British rovolutioncd Pinlr
dclphia. SO MIR. Washington took II ia
Of soldiers Ia Valley Forge. Mr.. Wnsi
ington hadn't cny thing Tor tho soldier
10 ont, eo they had to go barefoot. NJ
Washington fclt very bud so no make
Bcnjauiin Franklin. BcDjami
Franklin iclt Ind 10 90 nc naked III
King " France. Tho King Of Franc
eont II lot ~ soldicrs go we licked th
! British