Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-01-16
FROM THURSDAYS DAli.,:
Salmagunli.

elouu AIN laSt nlSnt. ..... ... ......
WIN. Griswold ia in from Rub, valley
He reports everything lovely in that
section. .".
The tax levy ot Douglas county for
the year Of 1903 has been fixed Mt $3.50
on the 800 valuation.
Judge Brown will leave for Eureka
tonight to hold court for Judge Breer.
When he gets through there. he will
probably go I" Ely.
4 line piece ~ marble from Mr..
Craue's quarry IN Lamoille valley has
been left Mt this office. 1t will TO taken
to the Cbamoer Of Commerce at Reno.
The Silver State says that Babe"
Maye r and Swift" Davis OF Lovelock
will run Il hundred yard race this after.
noon at Loveluck for a purse Of $500 a
side.
There il a brisk demand Tor Elko real
estate. Within the last ten days. lis
trict Attorney . Henderson hn4 sold
N"Cihs W ~ DttNbt6fNI NINill lht FHll-
road company by ~ J Mayhnn a little
over a ear ago.
Isn't IT frnn: il Il woman has actual
work la d", Il washing or a baking. no
helps, hut il she gives n party, and
ther" is nothing Ia 10 hui stand in line
mud shake hand. al lras, a dozen wum-
Ell -aseist.-
Bv q notice elsewhere it will he seen
3 that A!bert BartelSou Of Wells and MISS
Della l.. Gordon. Utah. were made on ,
today. The ynnng people will make
their home at Wells. where the grnnm is
employed Nv the railroad company.
n January apportionment of State
schoo' funds appear elsewhere. Last
year this cnunIy's portion Of the State
school fun! was ST372.l5 us against S.
h1i.lJ this year, ~ increase Uf sl2l2.
THIS shows a very healthy condition 81
the StnTe school fund.
Mrs. Jlnr Lake. On. Of the earliest
residents ~ Reno, died at noon ycster.
day. She lat seen Reno grow from
Lakes Crossing on the Tructcr Ia II
city Of 500 people. She WAS u native
Of New York aged &C years. Her re-
mains viii he taken T." Sun Francisco
and crenatcd
h transport Logan arrived at San
Francisco !o4'tcriay from the Phillip
e. ,i,a., ,ri,I, I nsD l,nl-.I - L.. -.
hoard. Que half Of them were dishon-
orably Iii charged and most 81 the other
half were wceded ont 81 the service 6s
undesirable.
Montague L~ivermOrn, a driver Tor the
Troy Laundry ut Reno, committed sui
eide yesterday morning by shooting
himself. 1t is said that he was 1925
short in his accounts. The worry over
the matter so distressed him that he
preferred death to arrest. lie WIS 81
years uf age
An uncontirmed report has it that
Carlin Is to have a new station building
to he constructed Of brick and when
completed two sets Of dispatcheR will
have their headquarters there, one set
to work from Carlin to Terrace; the
other from Carlin.to W~innemuccn.
The extreme tn which the pension
business has been carried is illustrated
by the case Of II MisSourian who having
served two Years in the Confederate
army, deserted and served over ninety
days in the Union arrDy, and is claiming
a pension under the law Of 1890.
The State Assessors have met aud
dish ndcd and as FAR ns the people and
the railroad is concerned. it is the same
old tune on the same old fiddle. We
will continue To pay freight tn Sarra.
mento md return and we are told to ga
to il we don't like il. The incoming
Legislature should put III extra time
righting this matter for the people go
Carson Appeal.
1t is pretty cold weather in Nevada
and some people complain a trilie. One
look at the Press dispatches Of the cast
will convince the average Nevadln that
he is about the luckicst indiridunl Oh
earth. Snow in tho hills, dust IN the
streets and no one suffering for the
want OF n fire to keep HIM warm or the
food to feed him. II mag not bc all
milk and honey, but there is enough to
keep the wolf from the door aud the
hearth stone warm.
Chamberlain aud Make, Of San Pedro
Mexico. broke the worlds record in u
douhle.h lndcd miners granite ro.k
drilling contcst Mt FL Pnso for n pirso
Of $1,000 by making u score Of ~ ] ! in.
chcs in II minutes. Tho worlds record
WIS II - ~ inclea. made ut Bisirec in
lnG2 III fifteen minutes. IN tho single
handed contest Fred iockcy u Boulder
county, Colorado. broke the worlds re-.
cord by drilling Il hole III the gtaait,
81 IL inches IN Is minutes Thu
worlds record made ut Lcadvillc in
1880 10y Richard cnnlcy WINS u - IN.
chcs.