Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-09-16


Charelcs W. Faribanks. Ia" Reyubli.
Il candidtte for Vice President, will
make Il tour Of the count. lie, will 90
to San Francisco hy the nurtlt ru route
and return through Nevada. lie will
speak III Carson City and other places
i'll the state. EIko Republicans should
try to get the iceberg here.
The press dispatches do not tell OF
people %tumbllng over themselves in IN
effort to secure land in Churchill county
FOR settlement. However. there il n
small but steady st treat Of people drift.
ing this way and settling. 1t is rather
peculiar, too, that most Of these peopl.
display considerable means STANDARD.
Contractor McGinty is MAX :up rood
progress with John iiandcison's resi-
dencc. When completed. It wall b- the
lland.omest and he Il arranged residence
Ill Elko. Comfort and venIrncc have
been the Guidm.! principles in it's cor
struc,iop. No expense has been spared
to make the house comfortable. conven.
lent and c~ommoIious.
Latest returns from Maine rive the Re
publicans 25,9j5 majority IN - " .le
10000 rs telcgraphed Roosrv-.; fr Coy
crnor Hill. The most careful estimates
indicate Lat the Republican MINORITY
wiil lie nearer $1,000 than tire critical
$4,000. The Democrats gained 81 per
cent to the Republicans ID. This makes
the world look brighter.
Persons passing i'll front II til. River.
side hotel "a few evenings ago notice I a
queer combination III the street. Gov
cruor Sparks, candidate for the United
STATES Senate. WIS seated in his buggy
and on ON" side 81 inm vas Senator
NcwIaud=. while on ihr other stood
George =. Nixon. another senatorial
candidate. Passrrb!s c"ul,! not help
noting the strange pir'urr-iiaze,tc.
Our Republican friends are having "A
good deal +" say about Congressman
Van Duzer beng u promoter -! wild cal
mining stocks. They srrm to fnI get
that other are worse than they claim
Van Duzcr to be. One of the -":her-- Is
running FOR an exalted uoci.i"n Oh the
Republican ticket in this state aud his
victims are many. The INDEPENDENT
may give the name OF tht wlld cat pro.
mOter nrd IL list of his local victims be.
fore IA" '"mpaign Is over.
III" railroad company Is making n
searching Invc-tigau". OF the accident
at L~aught"n's. The responsibility for
the accident seems to attach to Operator
Cnlrrll at L~aughton's and Engineer
lsoar1 WHO WIS in charge Of the first
engine un second N".j, which ran asst
Ltughtou'% contrary to orders. Is,ard
claims that CnntrcIl Displayed q green
flag as "a signal that the track was clear,
when the third section Of the easthound
train had not yet arrived and taken the
side track in order Ia allow second No,
> to 90 ahead.
With receipt Of S2O.0u0. 600 year and
tonnage of more than lT.Ogu, 500, the
Su"z canal il not aIr idle waterway. Ia
1903, 3,Iui vessels passed from the Med.
itcrrdncan To the Red sea. The Pharnuhs
and the P~.olcmIr~ never imagined the
possibilities Of modern artificial chm.
ncls. and never dreamed 81 the enrich
ncnt "f Egypt by the bniIi;ug at 81
mighty dam at NsSouan, although they
constructed huge r'"rrvOITS To- ]iuiyOund
the water 81 tn" Nile. spreading them
gradually over the land and 'hc rrl,
masking their %rudntry II marvellous
grarary.-N.;Y. Trihur
The officially recorded wealth Of the
United States in 1850 was 81. 10. TSD.O eco.
but when IN 1860 II frc.h inventory was
taken 1t was discovered that nur possess
" II had Swollen To- the amount uf Sl6.
lj!,GlG,OO'. nm increase 81 i9D per cent.
This was tho banner period an the basis
VI percentages. il wa the ii Of the
Development Of our wonderful resources
i'll the precious metals and al AN unpre.
ccdcntcd opening mp II the gr"nt west.
ern country. In 1870 tho increase
shown was SEC per cent. Since 1870
the average dccrruill increase has been
lGS per cent.