Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-24
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Levi Strauss G Cos
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NO smart women kiss ole another.
aud the most they now do is to rub hats.
This is as it should he, In all the weird
worli "f women nothing has 30 flabber-
rnsted the mere man MS tho reckless
va!or with which ladies used to browse
on each others complexion without the
slightest provocation Vanity Fair.
Utah eheepmen have renlized $4,000
to S2nl,OO less on their wool than they
dit year ago. according to the estimate
OF buyers who rave been il the field
during the entire season. In Idaho the
difference is about twice ms great. In
Wyoming and Montana similar losses
have been sustained. Altogether it has
been an unsatisfactory year for sheep
men in the states named although the
price of wool has been higher than it
WIS in 1902.
The Portuguese government has re-
ccived II proposal from Prince Francis
Henry Of Hohenlohe for the formation
OF n large company for the exclusive es.
yablishment and exploitation of eana-
~ SS N"AS VI ItlOb III
Madeira. The proposal guarantees tim
one'third Of the receipts shall be paid to
the state and that a further slO0, 900
shall be deposited with the Portuguese
government. Two snnatoria are to be
concluded within the space OF twJ
years.
There are Mt present in this country
about 100000 miles ~ railway line, not
including the double tracks or the sid
Ings. IL has been estimated that in
these trucks there are laid at present
steel rails which aggregate S25, 600. 600
tons Of steel. That total is hard to i'm
agine, but it can be sal that it would
make an immense mountain il all the
material could be gathered into one
place. These rails make the highway
OF he nation, the real roads over winch
the of tho country IL hauled.
The Southern Pacific Company is
making big preparations tc handle the
Grand Army cxcursionists tina will pnss
over the road next m onth enroute to tho
national encampment that meets at San
Francisco ON August 18th. The com
pany expects to handle more trains than
"hen the Christian Endeavor and
Epworth League conventions wore held
in San Francisco. Wouldn't it be a
good time to advertise the resources OF
the State while these people are passing
through.
Tho president Of the board OF lady
managers OF the II. Louis fair is report.
ed as being Of the pure blond type,
divinely tall. OF perfect self possession.
admirable judgment, exquisite taste
and having the front name OF Apollinc,
which, We ure told, is the feminine for
Apollo, the friend a! the muses., lover Of
music and prototype Of all that is beau
tiful and refined in Greek myth and
legend, This would seem to indicate
that the picturesque and ELUSIVE press
agent Is beginning to get in his fine
work.
The BOrclli comet is visible to the
naked eye in the northeastern sky about
midway between the pole star and Vega,
the bright star in the northeast heavens.
1t appears about rs bright as n star OF
the third magnitude and, although it
las n tail three million miles long, this
part Of it is not visible without a tele-
scope. Astronomers say TINT 0 o'clock
in the evening is the best time to look
for it. 1t ID travelling toward the sun at
the rate OF five degrees II day with iu-
creas,ng speed and brilliancy and will
pass TINT planet on August 2lst, when
it will be about t~hirty.one million miles
distant from the sun.