Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-01-23
FROM DAILY.
Salmagundi.

~. ~ .NtllI IL cOu1ucu III IlR Dtu NJ
the repot Hotel with pneumonia.
}. Isoln, W. G. Owens and J. w.
Puett cam" up from Carlin this morn.
ing.
.. NJ. Barnes 90, in from Gold Creek
Saturday night. He will return to
morrow.
Engineer Fred Davis left last night
for his home ut Duluth, Minnesota.
He will return in a few weeks.
New York city consumes $500 900
poun Is Of fresh beef, lSG, 5000. 900 Of
pork, and Isl, 000, goo ot mutton a year
at II cost 81 500. O0,O0l.
y certain man in thus town who male
five good resolutions Mt the opening OF
tile year siys all but four ~ them are III
good working order.
the Argus says that 5000 changed
b ,md- III the foot race AZ lOvelock last
week week between babe Mayer and
Davis. An Elko sport bagged most uf
the coin.
There are sixteen prisoners III the
county Jail. Six of them are United
Stntcs prisoners. The rest ARE held for
the grand jury or are serving sentences
for petty n~tTenscs.
The Gazette reports the discovery 81
"A good quality ~ cuHl - Verdi. The
loca'"rs are now sinking on the ledge to
determine the Il epth and extent ~ the
deposit.
Railroad survcy ors are surveying a
cutoff between E.lko and Moleen. The
new line will strike the man track near
the old water tank and will cut oil con
siderable grade aud "A number ~ curves.
The wheels Of the Nevada Legislature
started on their biennial run today.
Ass"mhlymH Wilson WIS elected
Speaker "f the Assembly. Lieutenant.
G"vcrnnr Allen will p'c.id- ever the
Senate
III" ""rdi'r"u - MR. Dr. far.iu"r is
reported very S"u"ue Dr. tiarinrr has
ON !" San Francis ia rrsprnsr t. -
Telegram m'urmng inn III iii" @..rinus
cnuiiuon -: IN. wife rh+ cniI-,. COM
mmnri! hopes riHai Mn. Gardner mny
return 4" ih"u full, restored in health
rnmriarut is mn ir tn tIr lxDErExp
rNr 'lht boys ~ irr twenty ono YEARS
al Z ar'. permitted la gambl" ~ GER
tam saloun~ III town. Saloon Keepers
VIII" permit rnIuurs u" drink or gnui'lc
III the -ulu"ns ar" liuhl" {" severe. pun
'shmcni. . rhis item sLouId serve. ~ u
warning t." them
IL" southern Pacific Company have
reduced rates on ilour from Reno to
eastern Nevada points that will prove
az great value /" Nevada Hour manu-
facturcrs. Ia some Instances the com
pany have reduced them from as Ia 81
per ton. That concession will he apprc.
rinted.-GaZctte.
Saturday night Cons able Mccoy ar.
rested a nan named $3.50 on a charge OF
vagrancv. lie was taken before Justice
Morgan this afternoon and plead not
Gu'iN h''i Anht'I wv lllilf w IfbIISull III
attorney and procure witnesses. Justice
Morgan granted his request and cOntin-
u"d tle cHs' until IN O'Clock tomorrow.
j. Connolly filled. up "n Carson booze
the other day and wound up by huIglar-
izing II saloon. lie plead guilty ut the
preliminary examination and was held
l." appear before the grand jury Car
son whiskcy must bc a tough article. II
1t will max" "A common nan rOb Il eal-
Don. what effect will II have on the leg
i~slatora.
Tho boy WE gong away Ia school full
az high hope. Il shall make the foot.
ball team ana color two pipes the first
year ho said, His mother kissed him
and wept. Ills father wrung his hands
in silence. They were too full to speak
then. But when he was gone they were
calmcr. they talked together 81 him. and
prayed that his ambition might not
carry him beyond his strength.-l.ite.
Tho period oi great railroad coLstruc.
ton in tine country was between 1880
md 1890, aud il was thought that never
again would rccordu bG made in II siugle
year that would compare with ~ APP
pr"xrmnl"ly approach yearly records of
TINT pcriad, Hul in the pnst year u
little over GOO miles ~ railway have
been constructed, at an estimated cost
Of about S2On.0OOOu0. unI ;hc work OF
development il still going on.
Would u not he q good business
proposition Tor the county commission.
era to have signs painted and hung
upon all the iron bridges in the county
warning tho travelling public not to
drive ucross bridges faster thnn u walk
under penalty Of II heavy IincY with.
out thcRc signp teams are driven urrusS
these bridges in u ,rut. The result 81
thia in n few ycnra will rr the ruin ~
the bridges.
\ hig snnitnrium liz one ~ the posi-.
hilitica for ElkO IN the near future. Mr..
MaylIOm, the Denver cRpitalisi. hna IN.
tCTpgtpl DIR. BprcLpr. "A noted uhygirinu