Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-03-27
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

"'e- "hiteE LluleI1 Sit vi usChTu'
I'll thus morning.
Read the new ad Of the WATERMAN
tel Company.
Mn. Mallet returned Saturday even.
ing from California.
Colonel Lyman ID wrestling with "a
severe attack Of the grippe.
The statutes Of the Dist session OF the
Nevada Legislature will over I'D pages.
II all the buildings materiaIize tina,
aro being talked about, Elko will have
IA lively building boom this summer.
Charles f.. Littrell has been appoint
ell post master at Austin. Mr.. Littrell
WIS IA menher nf the last Legislature.
Mr.. uni Mrs. Frank lIoneyman oi
Cln'cr Valley lnd Allen Fisher OF Wells
re urucdthIs morning from their Culiror.
MIA trip.
the entire community will be pleased
to learn that Mrs. Quincy is better today
aud that the prsp"cis ARE good for her
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. White aud Mr.. Eddy,
enroute from Los Angeles to their home
at Williamson, New York, stopped over
yesterday to visit DR.. and Mrs. Hood.
Speaker Wilson and Senator Graham
ahd wife returned Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mr.. Graham lief, for Tuscarora
this morning,
IL was reported III town this forenoon
that oil had been struck in the Rocky
Mountain well. \ careful invest ,gation
failed to eubstnntinte the report.
Tho Southern Pacific Company will
be running trains over the new grade
between Reno and Vista in about six
weeks. There are i've bridges Ia com.
pIete yet between the two points.
Wadsworth will get the gn.by abont the
same time.
The committees on Entertainment and
Reception Of the Farmers Institute are
requested Ia meet at the office II Dis.
trict Attorney Henderson at 1913 this
evening. \ full attendance Of both
committees IL requested.
the University of Nevada basketball
team suffered defeat Friday afternoon
at the hands ~ the Mills college team at
the latter Instit utinn. Score II la s.
The ~sagebrush han'eI' held thor OPP.
p%onents nearly even ,!uring the first
half. the tnllics being 8 to 1.
The attention IT the young men Of
Elko county lis called la the notice Of an
examination for "A Naval cadet to be
held III Reno on Tuesday. April 18th.
The INDEPENDENT would like to see
some young man from this county win
the prize.
\ pair nf womens' shoes made III
Lynn, Mass, to establish Il record for
rnpid ShoGmakins, required 81 differ.
cut operations and the use Of - ma
chimes ana loo piece. All these pHrts
were assembled aud made into a race.
fuI pair Of shoes to wear i'll Is minutes.
Tho three highest mountains in tie
United States. not including Alnska.
ARE Mount Whitney. California, lI,s9S
feet; Blanca Peak, Colorado. I4,J6I feet.
and Crrro I~lnnco. New Mexico. li,1j9
feet. II is cpImcd that Mount Rainier,
Washington. il lI,lUO feet high.
Thee IL u lively kick against the
boy who have been shooting in the
eastern part Of the town. The resi-
dents uf that section are letter mthrd To-
stop the shooting aud arrests will follow
II the boys d" not stop Of their own ac.
c.,rd.
+, &. Van Wagner. an employee of
tile electric company ~ Carson, met
with nm accident Saturday that will
cause him to lose I'm arm and probably
his lie. L. taking the slnck ont Of
high tension wires between the power
house and Reno, he came in contact
Will, II live wire mud before help wal
nearly from his body.
There IL nt lcust ono lighthouse in the
world that If not marked on any mar
incr's chart. II il away out on the
Arizona desert aud marks the spot
where II we'll supplies pure, fresh water
Ia travellers. II ia tho only place where
water may he had for forty five milca Ia
the eastward ami for ut least thirty
miles in nny other direction. Tho
"~lousc" consiats Of II tall cottonwood
pole, tC the top ~ which Il lantern in
lIoistcd every night. Tho LIGHT can bc
seen Tor miles across the plain in every
direction.
Tho University OF Chicago will build
u now library That will cost $2,OOO, 900.
IL will rousisl Of six buildings and an
addition To the gcmr Tl library which
will sc nearly QUO block long. fronting
ON the midway plnisnncc. and will cost
81. 100000. IL will contain room for l.,
100000 books. Around il will he group.
cd the buildings Tor the law school, the
history group, the modern language
group and philosophy. all 10 he con
noctcd by bridges with the general
library. Tho cost Of the entire group
,r;il Ian az npn nOn