Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-03-18

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G.. {. Bredow tn the train. \ full at
tendance is requested.
The Thomas Hunter Company appre.
ciates the value OF printers ink and
knows how tn use il. They have the lin
esi store i'll town and carry the h st
stock OF Everything tn cat- and want
say today.
WIN. Smiley is down from the IL.
ranch. He reports considerable rain in
that section during the past week and
says that i'll his opinion there Is now
about the same noun 81 snow III the
Rubics rs there vas last year This will
be gratifying news "a the ramchers on
the i~lumbuldt.
Isn't IA %coruner's inquest without wit
nesses Il new thing in this neck Of the
woods? Ii is the first thing IT the kind
this writer ever heard III. S:ch pro.
ceedings are sure To bring r~unlruIp, W.
on "a law that should be sire Is enforced
whenever it is brought into ac,m n.
The old plunge bath at the H. Strings
has been torn down and rrI laced with
a larger and more substantial building
There is a four-foot board walk around
the pool and the new building contains
four c~ommodiOuS dressing ruoms.
Everything is now in first class shape
and ready for use.
Mr.. Nixon, the political agent Of the
Central Pacific Railroad III Nevada,
having gore over to the Republican
party, ana Dci:'g. il Ii So, the favored
senatorial Candidate 81 It portion OF
that PARTY, maI.y thoughtful people are
-~anxiously" Wondering h"A the Carson
News is gong to round zap the Repub.
hcau party Of the Sta Tor AN anti rail-
war Reno Journal.
Coroner Morgan summoned "A Jury
this forenoon and held an inquest on the
remain Of the man found dead on No. 3
Monday. The jury viewed the remains
and examined the effects II the deceas-
ed. No witnesses were sworn and ex-
amIncd. From this the jury found that
the remains We're those of &. e.. BrcdoW,
an american, aged about forty years.
Ih" rema'ns will he shipped to Mrs.
Bredow, "inuna, Minnesota, on No. u
tins evening.
N"la Peterson. IA young man. filled up
on BOOZE III Carson last week and ended
his spree Fri lay by shooting himself
through the head. The bullet pissed
through his head from one tem.ple TO
the other, but did not kill him. n. was
alive at last account and the Appeal
says his general condition points to re-
coverN. The physician who has the case
III charge cannot tell as ia ms eight, AS
1t Is feared the optic nerves have been
entirely shattered. There is a faint
chance Of saving the sight OF one eye.
Peterson now expresses deep regret for
the act and will he content to get along
without his cycsight il he can recover
The Journals dispatches say TINT the
boom started in tie House last week 10y
Representative Smith OF Michigan for
Speaker Cannon for the Preside ncy is
causing "a graHt deal Of alarm to the
Presidents friends in Washington, II
" also said tina the talk Of Senator New
lands as the Democratic candidate will
not down. With II strong eastern man
on the ticket with Ncwlnuds. il IL beIicv-
eel the Democrats could win the fight.
Fh" breach i'll the Republican ranks is
beyonI repair Kui"cs are ont and sill
not he shcuth.d. Whichever faction
loses III the Chicago convention will do
Il, ably work at the polls.
Phoebe WINS visited with one OF the
worst wind storms yesterday that ever
struck this section. The wind must have
attained IA v,lOCity OF at least 100 miles
au hour; front porchcs were blown down
and many stove pipes were torn loose
from their fustcnings. The worst dam
L done WA to the old PIoche hotel;
the entire front az the hotel was ripped
oil III II piece and set upright in the
middle 81 the street leaving The front
rooms "xF oscd to the gyratioDs Of the
wind. which SOC made havoc OF the
ceiling aud everything that WIS in them.
Tho front Of the old Mandich store blew
down and broke II wagon tongue. 1t
kept up nearly all night, and this norm
ing turned into u driving snow Storm
Fiochc Record.
The ranchers OF South Fork have or
gWhzrd for the purpose OF waging n de-
structivc warfare on the ground squirrels
that intcst that section. a meeting OF
th" ranchcrS WINS held lust week and
George llardcsty was elected chairman.
Tho ranchcrs present agreed to mike nm
earnest campaign against the posts on
their ranches. Mr.. llurdesty came To
town Monday mud requested the writer
to lay the condition oi things before the
Experiment Station Stuff and ask for
their assistance. Tho rcqucs, was com.
Piled with. 1t ia safe to say that the
Station staff will chccrtully do nll in
their power to nssist the ranchers in
their fight against this destructive pest.