Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-02
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
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President Roosevelt has returned to
Washington,
Battling Nelson Knocked "ur !ourg
Cnrbett last night.
Miss Nulty, 81 the lNDEpENDEST force
is quite sick today and bliss Thompson
held down her case.
W. +. johnson came III from North
Fork last night. lie reports everything
quiet IN that section.
District Attorney Henderson was at
his office a short time this morning.
lie is having a~tussle with the grip,
Joe Tabcr expects to get into tie new
drugstore and have everything in shnpe
by Christmas. He is now waiting for
the fixtures.
The latest dispatches say there is ST
we're lighting east Of Mukdeu. The
Japs have been forced to e~vucuatc Tsune
Chen.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
Brosscmer IL getting along nicely at
the hospital. Everybody in t"%u hopes
he will be all right again soon.
The Underwriters of san FrauclHco
have made new insurance rates Tor
ElKO. There have been reductions all
along the line. The new rates are in
force nov.
Attorney Wilson and Lew bradley
had II little scrap the night before
Thanksgiving and last II Wilson
swore to a complaint charging bradley
with assault and battery.
a civil service examination to secure
cligibies for positions i'll the coast hld
geoietic survey will he held in Reno Oh
the Nth and 18th of December. The
position pays $40 II year and persons
from Is 20 - years of age are eligible.
Sheriff Clark is in hot pursuit Of the
men who stole Mr.. G]utriige's team.
lie wns due at O'Nci!'s last night ami
expected to he at Thee Creek this
morning. Constable Nc, 'oy LETT Wells
yesterday afternoon on the same crrand
and il ahout ten hours bch!ud Sheriff
Clark.
Eugen Cipriana got into u row on
South Fork yesterday with &. II.
Hooper, the deaf and dumb harness
maker, and threatened to kill him.
MIR. Hooper came 10 town last evening
and this morning he swOrc to Il com.
plant charging Cipriana with threats
against lie.
The condition OF the street around the
lower watcr tank il not only a Disgrace
to the town, but il il nlso Il rank NUS.
aDce. IL something IL not done to pre-
vent the flow Of water over the street
before winter sets III, it will be so icy
that it will be almost impossible tor
teams to travel it..
Pref. Thurteil, who il visiting tho high
schools Of the State in the interests OF
tho University, arrived last night aud
spent the day visiting the high school.
lie has visited tie Lovolock and WIN.
high schools and from here
he will go to Eurcku. Prof. Thurtcll
is ono Of the strong men Of tho States
big school ut Reno.
Tho altitude Of Death Valley, Cali
fornia, at It's lowest part, ncar Ben
netts Wclla, 10 stated by the state Mm.
ing Bureau Of California &c be 427 feet
below sea level. Tho water in the wells
III that section contains much mineral
in solution. There arc n few small
springs in the canyons bodcring tho
valley, but none Of the sprinrs arc
perennial.
\ great al rikc Inns boCa made in tho
, lodge ~ tho Kendall claim IN tho Sand.
storm group 1T tioldiicld. Several rs.
eaye have been mndc going upwards
" 10000 per ton, and il ~ stated that
the average inr at least eight inches nj
the present level is $500. This ia ono
OF the richest claims III tho country and
eighteen tons Of orc recently gave mill
returns OF '6j.000.
Tho Nevada EtHtc prison cuniains
double tho number of prisoners It did
two ycnfs & No doubt the Increase
IL duo largely To tile railroad and irrign.
ton activity which has brought many
thousands II lahorcrs. mostly - tho
lower class into the state. The new min.
ing camps have also furnished their
quote M thoy alwaye draw u largo ilont.
! ing population.