Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-08
passed the last few months.


Prof. Thurtell is in town today en-,
gag'ng help for II surveying trip to the
northeastern part OF the comfy. lie
will leave for Tecoma tonight.
Tie report that Recorder Shearer was
short IN hit accounts with washoe
county is said to be false in every par.
hcular. There was no shortage at all.
There are today 100000 dayelaborers
III this country. Que and one-fourth
millions belong to national trade unions,
another million To- trades unions not
yet national i'll their scope and the re-
malnder comprises the army Of unorgan.
lied labor.
bert Crawford Of Reno is a hard news.
paperman To kill. The Ledger WIS sold
teom under him and for a few months
he ~is' without a newspaper, but be has
resnrrected the Ledger and is now run
1t to suit hihself. II. has our best
wishes Tor his success
just us the writer WIS leaY ug Carson
Monday night he was informed that
Governor Sparks would be in the race
Tor United States Senator. Tho party
who gave him the Information seemed
To Know what lie WIS talking about.
There VIII no time for Investigation II
to pull out for Reno.
Secretary TAFT has Il friend who is a
farmer near a Maine Prohibition town.
a stranger once vent into the farmer's
house, says the Secretary, aud asked
Tor Il glass OF milk. The farmer TILED
a glass with whiskey, milk and sugar.
The stranger, after draining the cap,
handed it back and remarked M,
Lord What IL GOVT"
The Eureka County Bank ut Elko,
has received and installed a large lot OF
modern fire and burglar proDi Safety
Deposit boxes, winch are kept within
their fire proof vault. and are acces-
sIblc to patrons at n time during
business hours. These boxes are Just
the thing Tor people possessing Deeds,
Policies, Wills, or other papers OF value
to themselves, and the rental charge
made 10y the Bank IL reasonable.
Dan o. Dpan. the Fallon bi,amist,
has he. III sentenced To five years in the
Carson pc%nitcntiary. The penalty for
tins Oifcnse IL fixed 10y the Statutes IL
a line moi exceeding one Thousand dol.
lars, AMI imprisonment III the penitcn-
hary not less than one year nor more
THAI five years, II will bs seen that Dan
got nenrly all Judge Curier could give
him. the only thing he missed Is the
$1,000 tine. He will probably behave
himself when he gets ont Of the pen.
the Miner says that good progress was
made 10y the track laying forces on the
T%nnopah railroad last week and that the
track was within about six miles Of
Tonopnh Saturday night. The stage
station has been moved to Goldiield
Junction, eleven miles east Of Tonupah,
and a freight station has been estab.
iishcd at that point. IL il expected that
the track will be completed to Tonopah
not later than the 10th, and it may pos.
sibly be finished a day or two before
thnt date.
Dennis Ryan q ST. Paul, through
whom has recently been sold To Mr..
Rockefeller a group Of coal aud copper
mining properties. when nsked abou, the
proposed continuation, said: Il don't
know much about it, except when he
gets the thing III working shape and
springs it on the public it will take the
peoples breath away. When he dis.
closes what he controls in the way OF
minoe that are producing rcnl ore he will
make tho mining spectators ~ the
world wonder whether they have been
asleep or awake Tor the last ten years.