Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-25
Schilling's Best is sure sier
OF good dealing and pretty sur,
sign Of good eating.
Moneyback.
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.

horses to Kunsns City today.
Allen Fisher il down from Wells. IL,
reports everything quiet at the head OF
the Humboldt.
The Rebekah social was a SUCCESS last
night ind quito a handsome sum was
realized for the Home fund.
The Western Meat Company shipped
twenty n carloads OF beef cattle tc
San Francisco last night.
Miss Jessie Harris is reported us get.
ting along nicely and Ray is able to be
ont. The other sick people are improv
ing.
IL all reports are true, Lovelock will
soon have a new postmaster. Who will
receive the appointment we have no,
the least idea.--Argue.
Bert Storer and Mart Johnson have
purchased the Palace Hotel at Reno.
The Gazette says the building will
undergo extensive improvements.
Engineer Harlow returned from Snn
Francisco last night and left for the
eastern part Of the State this morning to
look over the Western Pacific surveys,
Caliente at present has 10 saloons.
live eating houses, four barber ehops,
three merchandise stores. two black.
smith shops, one livery stable. one
butcher shop and n bathing resort.
Eddie Hicks, a full bloodcd Shoshone
Indian, has joined the Reno Carpenters
Union. lie attended the Carson Indian
school M is said 10 he n first class me-
chnnic and fully imbued with principles
Of unionism.
Tho total assessed value OF ~properiy
in White Pine county this year Is $751;
l95. m increase over the assessment OF
Inst year Of s66.IS0. The tax rate this
year is s335 on each 300 valuation, as
compared with 1866 last year.
Mrs. l. II. Brush has been held to
appear before the grand jury OF Nye
county ON a charge OF embezzlement.
She is charged with collecting money.
the bills for which Lad been assigned to
Leicovich Bros. Of Tonopah, and appro-
pTiatinR the same to her own use.
The case Of German and True vs.
p. +. Wore wen to the jury about 10
o'clock last night. This morning judge
was notified that tue jury could
not agree, hut did not call them in.
Reports say that tho twelve good men
are about equally divided. The we're
still ont when we went To press.
The News says it is reported in Car.
son that Wurden Cnn>idine has pur.
chased the Reno Ledger and will take
possession % the same in a few weeks.
The Views snls the Ledger being n
weekly pa~cr, the editorial work will
not interfere with MIR. CoDeidine's Of
duties.
Another ";nptHr NJ Jefferson DAVIS
has just died ut Falls City, Neb. Like
many another Of his fe~llow-captors of
he denied on HE deathbed the
famous and infamous old @yoman's
clothes" story. That mory has been
pro Icd false a thousand timcs, vet there
are those who believe il.
The 81 men who held up the Butler
in Tonopah IN the 18Th Of last
January and shot II IT tho proprietors,
Cole. we'e arrested in Salida,
Colorado. Il Few weeks ago. The names
Df the men are Ryan and Brown and
they ar" wanted elsewhere Tor crimes.
will have to face n charge OF
Another prehistoric minc Inns Just
found. this time in the Chiricahua
IN Arizona. Instead OF the
dozen or So Of skeletons usually discov.
cred guarding these lost mines, the
Of nm ancient city were found near
By. II city which, it is said, Must have
contained n population OF Mt least
persons Mt one time.
Tho Central Pacific Railroad Company
in this county 425 ,G5S acres OF nat.
nntcd land and SIG. 40i acres Of impatient.
ri. The patented land il assessed ut 81
per acre and the unpatented Mt 20 cente,
Of 10 cents as stated in yester.
issue. Tho figurcs given yoster.
lay were take from the statement OF
Humboldt county's district attorney TO
Tho bolrd of equalization Of that county.
Twenty cents an acre on u%npatented
land IN Elto county and five cents nm
m the same clnsa Of lands in Hum.
boldt county shows n grcat deal Of len.
Icncy to- the railrond, 10 nothing worsc,
ID the part ~ Assessor Guthrie. Lcni.
nncy IL n very mild term Tor IL,
Tho bonrd NJ equalization Of Hum
bolht county took n recess Monday I'M.
III October 81 without acting upon the
presented by the district nitor.
ncy alleging inequality md diacriminn.
~ shown In the assessment OF rnilrond
nnds, Tho Silver state anya III, pro-
was read ard informally discussed,
but no official action VIVA taken IN rc.
gard Ia il. II striltca the INDEPENDENT
hat the State Revenue board should
AXE up this matter mud scc TINT this
bonrd Of equalization acts upon IL nj ito
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