Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-22
tFROM FRIDAY DAILY.I
Salmaqundi.

ASSemblyman Wilson will deliver the
Memorial Dh, address mt the Presby.
inn church
Walter Stoii'l brought his brother Ia
the county hospital yesterday. He is
afflicted with the lOcomotOr atuxia.
Surveyor Stewart nf Reno was "A mas
senger ioI Wells this m0rning. He will
do some surveying in the eastern part
Of the county.
Constable Mccoy has the cham gang
ut work cleaning up the streets. When
TINT work is 'tnnr, lie will set them 10
I haul,nr gravel around tie county high
school. =.
Assessor Beard. Of Wnshoe has nsses-
sed property mt Wordsworth ut the came
figures as last year The mining out.
look ut Olmghousc has made the people
81 Wadsworth very hopeful.
Some men claim :hat advertising is nn
act Of charity; yet Il two line local Diet
rimental to their business womb u
Wv =" W. ph'i h W Fhtl. S.llSINItIst
thou art Il jewel in the mud
|. Over six inches Of snow fell during
the storm Of last Saturday and Sunday
nigh. aud the freeze TINT followed
played havoc with the trees. plants and
shrubbery. The weather for the past
week is equal to that Of winter. Austin
Rrveillc.
The Austin Reveille Is blowing about
an ornnge tree IN that town which pro.
duced three oranges this year. Pshav!
Recorder. Aicbison has m orange tree
which has been Il steady producer for
four Year,, and at the present it is load
ed with luscious fruit-Elawthorne tSul
letin.
There was another conference yester
day between President Burt Of the
Union Pacific and representatives 0f the
Omaha strikers. As a result Of the con.
ference, it is understood that u settle.
ment will he reached before the end Of
the week. President Burt declined To
discuss the matter for publication.
William Lloyd, president OF the Ely
Miners Union who was tried last week
in Ely Tor the attempted kidnapping of
John A.. Traylor last January. was
found guilty Of simple assault and
JLdge Brown sentenced him to pay n
fine Of $3.50 and costs amounting to $40
or he imprisoned in tho Jail Of White
Pine county for the period OF 1925 days.
The execution of the sentence was stay.
ed until tile Goth.
Speaking Of the school bell that now
calls the children Of the land to their
books five days i'll the week, n bright
contemporary Gays: "There is IN the
sound Of that bell greater potency than
i'll the bugle call. 1t is the fortress OF
orr liberties, the defense OF II institu.
tons. the hope Of the race in its evolu.
ton towards the highest culture and
civilization. The pretty school ma'am
Is II greater factor in our body polite
than the cannon or Congressman"
Chef engineer Hood oi the Southern
Pacific Company said yesterday that the
shops so long talked ~ would surely
come to Reno. He said it was the COM
pnny's intention to put up extensive
works here Tor repairing and consider.
able new work would he done here.
Engines will he changed here going
both east and west. Orders for grading
ARE expected ut any time.-Gazettc.
\ writer in the New York CONNER.
cial, Of date May D. says that part Of
! John Hays Ilammond's report relating
to- the mount " ore in sight in the Miz
pah mine has been disclosed and asserts
that Tive measurement puts the figures
at l.01U,0O0 tons, aud the values at 80
per ton. II grind total ~ over 10000.
600.
Eastern parties are in Reno today se.
Letting Ia site for the establishment NJ a
wooden mill which will, when erected
II running. furnish u local market for
the wool product Of Nevada. The con.
Germ will not be very large to commence
with, but will involve an expenditure OF
about $4,000 md will from the start
give permanent employment to about
80 mcn.--Tclcgrnm.
The famous Washington Elm in front
~ the Wadsworth Athcnaeum. in Hart.
ford, Conn, WIS fcllcd recently Un nc.
count of the possibility ~ its being
blown down IN the spring storms. II
was discovered TINT Il crOse section made
IN ono ~ its limbs showed IL Ia be part.
ly hollow md revealed that thie hollow
space took the shape oi the familiar pro
file bust ~ George Washington. Al.
though some people are inclined Ia
donbt the vcracity Of this report, it 10
asserted by the people Of that city that
the specimen 10 really described and has
been viewed 10y many persons. II will
bo remembered that this elm was so
call ID because General Washington aud
Rochambeau met under IL in Hartford.
and the tree has been regarded as q
' landmark in the city for over n century,