Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-31
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

h''' FHu"lh brown, ID. d., Occu pics
The pulpit 81 tho Presbyterian churcl
tomorrow night.
Alfalfa over six feet IN height, growr
seven mIles south Of Rono. is exhibited
at the Chamber ot Commerce of the
Riverside town.
Misses Margaret Russell and Minnie
johnson went down to Brittle Mountain
IN No 5 today. They will spend several
weeks on MIR. Russell'a ranch near that
place.
Did y"u say II chicken chows its food
with its giZZard:- asked the little boy
with the high forehead. Yes; that is
practically the process" III that liz the
case !" qucricd, -h0w can II chicken tell
whether IT has the 'outhache or the
ri"macharli":- Washington Star.
In the Srtrchli.ht district 10 southern
Nevada the Golden Traces mine is the
largest property. The mine il owned
u! Boston people and IL said To nave at
present ~s3,OO0.OG0 IN sight The ore il
hauled fifteen miles on the compnny'.
narrow gauge rOad nu the Colorado
river.
At "a mass meeting II Reno citizens
"Wednesday night AN emphatic rcsOlu.
was passed protesting against the pOllu-
ton OF the TTuckcc river 10y the dis
charge az poisonous chemicals in that
stream by the Floristnn paper mill COM
pany nnd II committee Of three WIS ap-
pointed to sample the water and have
1t nnnlyZ cd.
White Pine Ncws:--I There has been
considerable activity III mining CIRCLES
here this week. Thirty Claims have
been tied NJ Tor nine months for a figure
ranging between S7j,0UO and 100000.
the first payment Of which amounting
I" several thousand, is payable on Octo.
Der first. Other smaller deals arc still
on the taps.
international trade touches as many
diverse md interesting articles as an
old curiosity shop" handles. One Of the
ln;cst and most curious items il cato.
ninc-tnils. y Maine man lately shipped
" hundred barrels I" London. Last
year he sent four hundred nud fifty bar.
rcls. II IL q that there should he SO
little demand IN the United Stntcs for au
article which grows 80 commonly here.
while III London there il Il constantly
widening market. Tho dOwny floss oi
the hcad III the ~catiails is used for filing
high priced sofa pillows and cushions
The Eleventh National Irrigation
Cong res will he held nt Ogden, Utah,
September iJ.h Ia 1871, inclusive. The
program will include papers aud nd
dresses upon subjects bearing directly
upon the application Of the National
Irrigation Act and State problems aris.
ing ont of iis application. According to
the basis 0f representation, the Govern
ar 81 each Stnio nud Territory in auth.
oriAcd T." appoint twenty delegates and
each board ~ county commissioners two
delegates. IA the coming session 81 the
Irrigation Congress will he the most
important III its history. Nevada should
be we'll represented.
Tho White Pine News says tho auto.
mobile line between Ely and Wells IL
not II failure ns the at0ry given 10y Mr..
Wolf to- the ~ISDrrESpEST Indicated. II
ndwits TINT tho e. Ia given in the article
wore true M far ns Tint particular trip
waR concerned, hut says Mr.. Wolf was
given u frCc ride on the trailer nlong
win the baggage Of four other passcng cd
crs. Tho News claims that TINT paTtic.
ular trip wns not u succcss owing To the
damage done the machinery on other
runs by tho dust. together with tho
brcnltagc ~ tho internal paris Of ono OF
the cylinders. Tho machine IL now
undergoing extensive mpnira at Ely.
General Nclaon \. Milca will bc sixty.
tour ycnrs old next August, but lns rid,
den on horseback u distance Of ninety
miles in ninO hours and ten minutes
This performance sliOwe that tho pride
~ M old man, no lCss than II young one
IL in his strength. Whilo Milce lia'
reached tho army ago Of retirement, III
10 Gtill mentally and physically ~vigornu'
and good for many moro years ~ Hrrv
ice. Age limits nrc moro or lcRs arbi
irnry. Some men and women are old al
Iifty md oth"rs siill young Mt three
ecorc. Men like GLADSTONE mud Pope
Loo XIII have accomplished far nor
after the age 81 eiS,y or seventy !llai
most men do in II lie timc.- Sacrament,
Bee.