Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-06-03
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmugundi.

The cypress office is doing business il
the new depot.
The attention Of Good 1emplars l.
called to II notice elsewhere.
TO to the Commercial Hotel for YOU
Sunday dinner. See the bill Of fare.
As Monday liz IL national holidn,
thc5c will be paper issued from his Of
flee.
John Frost came il from White Rock
this aftcruouo. He reports tina, section
quiet and prosperous.
According to the latest dispatchse,
the laps have Port Arthur completely
b!uckaded by land and sea.
Tho editor will leave for Reno tonigh,
to attend a meeting Of the Bonrd OF Re.
gents on Monday aud tie annual Com,
mcnccmcnt EXERCISES Of the University,
lie will return Friday mprnmg.
The INDEPENDENT uas received "A COPY
Of the Nevada edition ~ the Prospec.
;nrs CompIii'.u. cln2L by ". ~, Gimp.
man of sd: L,hr. II IL full Of uistruc.
tive matter for the ]prnspector and miner
John Sharp Williams. Democratic
leader Of the House ui representatives,
says III excusIng his craftsmanship, that
he never SAW any Republican, until he
was thIrty."iGht years old and that he
can't be expected Ia get used To them.
Miss Alice Roosevelt visited the Phil.
ippIuc reservation at the World'a Fair
the other day and the lIorrotcs iunued
their brightest clothing, killed fifteen of
their latest dogs, three pigs and TWEEN.
ty-tivc chickens and executed their
frncicst dances FOR her benefit. The dis
any Ot the cooked dogs.
The Odd Fellows extend a general
invitation To Ia public Ia JON them
Monday afternoon in the Observance
OF memorial Day. The ugr ~
found elsewhere will he carried out,
Prof Game will deliver an interesting
address and the choir will render music
Appropriate To ia, occasion. Everyone
shonli turn out and pay this tribute to
those wLo sleep on the hillside.
The INDErESDE%T did not mean to
say the other day that E.lko county had
no officer qualified Ia act IA coroner.
Tho opinion Of the Attorney general
...,N. 800, .I- H. M ~
What the writer Intended to say was
thai Elk had no county % Each
uatIce Of the peace lis cN.0tliciu corouer
according to the law ns Interpreted 10y
Attorney General Sweeney.
Harry Davis mas received orders to
report nj the Naval Academy on June
lin. for the purpose Of passing Il ply.
Steal examination. II hc stands this test
hc will enter the Academy nt once. II
If the intention ui himself and Stanford
WCathrTs to leave on the night Of June
IL, md Z" t" 81 Louis to take in the
big show. From there Hurry will go to
annapolis, and Stanford to West
Point. Success TO you, boye.
Mr.. +. VI. Anderson. u gcologist in The
emplO! Of he Southern Pacific company.
gpent several days here this week iuvea.
the Elko oil fields. He made u
tia or"ngh examination Of tie country
north and south 81 the river aud gather.
cd many fossil specimens. He wa very
r"tic'nt IA expressing an opinion upon
she existence oi coul or oil III this field,
but vcntur"d thc"pinIon that tn" Rocky
Mountain Company would lInvr Ia 20
Gown 1000 fret t0 get oil. Mr.. Amber.
also said thnt II his report was favorable
IT," mllrond company would sink wells
and thoroughly test the oil fields. lie
left Tor his home III Brr,kIcy. Cal, last
night.
District Attorney Sanders 81 Lincoln
county has applied To Governor Pardec
Tor toe pardon Of John Hancock from the
San QTCntIn prison, where he ~ serving
Il four y"ars'tcrm for burglary. Hancock
II wanted for lHving murdered DR..
EngcltC. "a veterinary rurgcon, and
a man NAMED Joe Edmiston vino left
the ~ncighborhoul OF i:iversidc, Cal.
'or prospecting tour III Nevada i'll April
1888. Gov. Pardcc has said the mnn
will lHv" Ia serve ont hi- term III ;hc
California pcuitcntiary and u; the end
OF tina; time the Nevada officers will
have nm opportunity to talk" him int"
cnE;udy.