Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-03-27
FROM THURSDAYS Da,r.,.
Salmagundi.

Nul. "a ~, i IT, INST ulHuI
from Chifor MIA.
The Reveille says that Charles Ahlers,
a Reese River rancher. has been arrest.
ed and jaile.l 1T Austin on the churge OF
incest.
Assemblyman Thomas McCabe Of Nye
county wa married in Carson ON the
9th to Miss Livn Bartine. daughter u
the eX-Cnngressnnn.
IL you want tn look as clean us "a new
pin, use Life Buoy Soap Tor sale 10y the
Thomas Hunter Co. See the al
Rev. George IL. Greenfield has re.
turned from Larnoille. lie says a num-
Der OF ranchers Of that vuley will Mt
tend the Farmers Institute.
Arizona has Il Inv now which prohib-
its the establishment of e%aloons within
five miles OF railway or public conatruc-
ton works.
Our old friend John Deunis wants a
new stomach and says he will give his
note for two million dollars for a brand
new one and throw his old one into the
bargain.
4 drunken Italian made himself very
abuONInus at the Depot Hotel this norm.
ing and he WAS assisted ont with the help
Of u billiard cue. In the ructinn one Of
the front windows WAS broken.
Tests in tenement houses show tina i'll
five minutes after sweeping $500 germs
settled on a saucer three inches across
In the same length 81 time before
sweeping - germs settled on the sau
Ger.
S. \. Knapp, Of ~rouopah, makes the
statement that average assays and "a
measurement OF the ore in sight in the
Tonopah company's claims show that
they have ore i'll sight which will yield
bullion to a "alue Of SlO0, 600. 600.
Miss Lena b. Grunig. whose dIsap-
p%earnnce from the home OF her guard
ians in Oakland. California. caused sn
much comment III the Examiner, is III
Wadsworth. The Dispatch Gays she
has found employment in the family Of
". II, Pierson.
Al Il session Of the District Court held
yester lay Mr.. Harrington Withdrew from
the defense Of Fred Stone, indicted by
the last grand jury on the charge OF
murder, ana Judge Brown appoinsed NJ.
S, Wilson to defend Stone.
For the use OF the Philippines 10000
600 silver coins Of the denomination Of |
peso will he coined. The ratio of these
coins to gold will be as , to /. That is.
two silver pesos will have d sustained
value equal to a gold dollar. Tho pesos
will contain SIG grains pure silver, while
a gold peso would contain twelve and
nine tebths grains.
An inmate of u hospital II ST. Peters
burg, Russia. whose name is not given,
claims to have the documents about him
to prove that he is 200 years old. He
has been n widower Tor i23 ycars. He
had "a son, who died i'll 1924, aged %
years, lie remembers Peter the Great
hi' ~ iiNltbs W lltlllHlll HDllDt.
1t has been computed that il the
Leaves Of nm elm tree sixty feet high
were spread out on the ground edge to
edge they wonId cover five acres Of
land. These leaves. averaging 7,000.CO0
to Il full grown tree, will absorb water tn
the amount OF seven tons during the
normal summer day. Were it not for the
ingathcring by the stomata during tho
night a Few elms would o draw oil oil
the water from e district.
III new Irrigation law has made n
heap OF work for the clerk and the re-.
corder OF Elko county. Deputy Wi
liams has begun work on the records Of
the District Court and is doing his best
to comply with the law. Recorder
Grover is waiting for Information uc
fore tacklinG the one thousand or more
water rights on record in his office. 1t
is nm utter impossibility for him to do
the work within the sixty day prescribed
by the law. lie is in n quandary us to
what he should do.
The Farmcra'lnstitutc com mittCe was
out again this forenoon and succeeded
in enticing n goodly number OF dollars
from tho pockets Of the people into the
Institute sack. Enough has been
collected to warrant the committee IN
going ahead with the arrangements, but
more is needed to foot tho hills. Tho
committee will meet ut the District At
torney's Office Mt T:l5 THE evening tn
complete tho arrangements. 4 full
attendance ia requested.
James ]. Quinn, q hcriiT Of Silver Bow
county, Montana, arrived last night and
left this morning with Albert Peterson,
alias Nygard, wanted in Butte City on
tho charge Of forgery, Tho prisoner il
charged with forging n check Tor 1900
on his uncle. Sheriff Quinn wae n pu.
, pill in the Lower Gold llill during the
winter Of 70 AMI so when the editor OF
the INDEPENDENT was the teacher. Mr..
Quinn knew his former teacher Mt sight
this morning md tho two Ind n pleas.
an; chat over old times.