Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-10
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SalmaQundi.

The attention Of painters is called "a
the ad of the Elko school trustees found
e!@,wbere.
Seven miles Of new track were cut in
on tie Southern Pacific Friday between
Tonka and Elko,
Mr.. Mayer notifies she public today
'iiai lie eau accommodate Il Limited
numher III the dining. room. See the
Depot Hotel al.
Carr Bach Of Virginia City Is IN town
locking over the situation with the view
~ starting mn up.t" date bakery. lie
snys he likes the outlook mud may locate
mere.
.IuIsr Iiawley has decided tn. suit
Of Miller il Lux against T. Is. Ric.cy
II n""rty one huu,ired other defend
ants, anvpivUmg priorities to the use Of
Walker river. III favor nf the Plaintiffs.
T.. ID. Van,lcririih. for some years en-
rl"! cd III the Carson mint, has resigned
w "SNtl ~ ppSlNIou VI tDltI CleTh Will
the State Bank IL Trust Company Of
Carson. Ills position in the mnt has
been filled 10y the appointment Of w. NJ.
David.
IL las been estimated by a., expert in
the employ Of the government that agri-
cultural machinery reduces the number
Of men employed to do "a given amount
OF work tn one third, while manufacture
ing machinery reduces the number Ia
one.tiftieth.
MIR. Quincy is resting "nsier toda, and
seems to be getting along nicely. Mrs.
Fisher. his daughter, arrived from San
Francisco tins morning and will remain
with him until he fully ~rcovera. Her
coming cheercd him up wonderfully
and hr feels ike a boy today
MIR. !. J.. Wo,'verton got III from
Ruby valley last evening and left this
forcuUon Oh the return trip. He SAYS
that not wiihsinnlIng ice has formed
III his section every month tins season
there will De a large fruit crop. The
prospects Tor good crops 81 hay and
grain are excellent.
j. &. Russell and Miss ID. Pedder mr.
rived from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
last night. Mr.. Russell Is Interested i'll
the Nelson mine at Mountain City and
Miss Pedder il u sister To the mon by
that name now at the mine: They are
waiting for IA conveyance to arrive to
take them to the nine.
At the recent corn carnival Mt Peoria
Mo-, there were on exhibition an apple
Of the pippin variety and an ear Of ordi-
nary yellow corn, the former weighing
six pounds md about the size OF nm
average watermelon. while the latter
measured fourteen inches i'll length,
contained 9i7 grains by actual count.
wa Two inches in circumference, and
was picked from its stalk nine feet from
the ground.
A serious accident happened during
the relay bicy Gle race between the Car.
son mud Gardncrvihc teams at the latter
place Sunday. As Jack Wing. the Car
sou rider. was coming DOM the stretch
ON the Inst lap ut sensational speed a
little Indian girl attempted to cross the
track and WAS struck 10y the wheel.
Wing WINS pitched headlopg and badly
hurt but will recover. The Indian girl
was hurt internally had ut Inst accounts
was reported dying,
Patriotic citizens who whoored yo.
cifcrously for war with Spain are likely
t0 scratch their hcads at the into, nation
that iT.GiG "invalids' Of that conflict
have already made application for zen
sioLs along with $3.50 "widows and or
plans" IA more people are killed and
wounded every Fourth Of July than
succumbed in the whole Spanisb war.
it may puzzle the ordinary tax.paying
citizen to account Tor this extraordinary
pension list.