Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-05-27

The hot Springs Hotel is running u
brand new bus instead Of tho old ono as
mentioned yesterday. Since last night
about forty.seven people have told the
reporter Of his mistake.
a large deposit Of shale similar to
TINT in the Elku field Inns been discover.
ed in the hills near Fallon. When burn
cd an oily, black substance with a strong
asphaltic odor oozee out.
The railroad company has made a rate
of one fair for the ruunt! trip to Reno for
ul who with Ia attend the commence
ment exercises Of the State University,
See the notice elsewhere for further par
tIculars.
Reports from Fallon are to the effect
that the oil we'll on r. l.. Douglas prop.
erty Is down 60 feet. The oil eaud has
been passed through and also a stratum
Ct white sand. The drill is now III clay.
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The reserved seats for tho entertain.
IN ioucrroA m-ht are sell ny rapidly
nu'! he indications are good for IA big
house. IL the Attendance justitics "A
rcpetl ion "f tl.r play. II matiuee purtor-
rnanac will hc given ;nturla! afternoon.
The Youngsters are working hard Ia
make the entertainment IL SUCCESS.
The OHIO Democrats sent nm unrn-
structed delegatGr to tn" 81 Louis con.
ventiou. The delegation will vote us Il
unit il the minority OF them SO decide.
The platfoI III deals with 81 matters
only. AL questions Of "a national char
acter were referred to the 81 Louis con-
vention.
AS soon rs the ticket office Wa moved
TO the new depot yesterday afternoon,
carpenters began tearing down the
shack that has been used for Il tempo.
rary office TOR several months. Tie lum-
Der liz now piled i'll the street. The re-
moval OF this shack adds u good deal to
the appearance Of the town.
4 lev artificial fuel has been invented
by an Indiana man, and recent tests
seem to Indicate that it las "a field. The
fuel is manufactured from earth. chemi-
Gals and crude oil, and pressed by u
machine into compact bricks. The
bricks burn with intense heat and little
or no smoke and odor. The process is
less expensive than coal mining. the in
,a,N, ,l..x.. .l-a -. Al -
one tor Of his fuel will give the equiv
alent Of heHt OF u and onG.hali tons
OF coal.
IL you notice anything OF the Or
binary in the conduct OF Claude An
derson and Erskine Mayer for the next
few days, pay no attention to it. Their
heads may be turned by their comfort.
able quarters in the new depot, but
their hearts are i'll the came old place.
No one should blame the boys for being
proud OF their new office. They will be
all right i'll a few days. In the mean.
time, they will sell railroad tickets for
cash and answer all questions in the po.
litest manner Just give them IA chance
to please You.
Tho men who attempted to hold up
tn" TnEOTah stage Monday night must
have been green hands at the BUSINESS.
The stage was two or three miles
from town when the passengers On top
noticed two men lying by the side Of the
road. They notified the driver and he
whipped mp the horses and they had
barely started to run before the men at
the side OF the road opened fire ON the
coach with rifles md fired at lcnst fifteen
shots. None of the shots took effect and
the stage was soon out Of sight OF the
robbers. There were sixteen passengers
on the stage, one OF whom was George
S. Nixon,