Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-02

through this city recently on the way 10
Tonopnh, ran into u flock OF turkeys
near Wabuska, anG climbed a tele-
graph pole. severely injuring the occu.
pants OF tho machine. And yet, some
people have sDid that an automobile
would not shy Carson News.
Adoiph Weber was arraigued in the
Supreme Court OF Placer county yester-
day IN the charge OF numbering his
mother and next Monday at 10 a. m. was
set rs the time for him to plead. There
are no new development in the case SO
FAR us known. Weber appears more
flushed and feverish for the past few
days than lie did ut first.
The United States is not the only
country to make war ou quacks aud
quack medicines. The German police
have begun a systematic campaign
against them. They estimate that the
| population has increased % per cent,
regular medical men T6 per cent and
quacks l,5G7 per cent. There are more
women quacks than men.
\ curious custom obtains among the
CoOrgs. When OF them kills a tiger
or a panther, he ia married to the dead
animal, regardless Of its sex. Propped
upon framework OF wood or bamboo,
the animal is carried in a procession,
and the marriage ritual ia strictly oh.
erved, while lavish hospitality is dis
pensed,-Calcutta Statesman.
No, the republican majority in the
next house will not be the largest the
party ever had. The republican ma.
jority will DO ll6 over all, but it was
1873 over all in 1894, and the demo.
cratic party did not Immediately and
forthwith turn up it's toes to the dais
les. In fact, some think Tint it still
lives.
MIR. Gutridge returned last night from
Mountain Home. Idaho, where he W nj
to put the officers ON the watch for the
men who stole his horses. He planted
hCSI'iIAOb vi WIG MT IN llOl Stb uluUH
the line. He thinks the men cannot es
cape capture even il they succeed in
eluding Sheriff Clark and Constable
Mccoy and got into Idaho.
Somebody has playfully remarked
that there is nothing 81 false as facts
except figures. Economists have lonf
contended that rs compared with Eu,
ropeans the people OF this country are
neither frugal % saving, but ar,
spendthrifts. Now comes the Bureau
OF Statistics in Washington estimating
that there are 7,3i5,i43 depositors il
the banks Ut the United States, will
nn average Of S4l8 TOR each. In Eng
land the average for each depositor j,
s37-Unly a fourth as much. IN the
United States the total bank deposits
amounts to &3T per head OF the popu
lation.
Storey county will make an effort il
the Legislature to Ina We the snlary OF til,
judge OF the first judicial district reap.
portioned a;.rong the counties compos
ing the district. Az the law now stands
the Judge gets "a 900 a year, apportiob
ed tn the counties ia follows: Storey
$1,000: Ormsby, 1850; Douglass, $500
Esmcralda, a5O5. Lyon. s7l5. When
the present law was passed, Storey hat
a large population and n great amour
| ~ lpunl hnainacc UNA trnnannfad la,
conditions IRE different now and th,
people want relief. II certainly look
rs il they had good grounds for com
plant.
a writer in the Eureka Sentinel says
Good advice to those who contemplate
going into Southern Nevada is to gC
to Goldtield, or one oi the other new
ly established camps, and there out
tit, and prospect in a new region il
which no discoveries have yet beer
made; for in tho vicinity OF the nov
wcll-known camps, like Tonopah, Gold
field and Crater, the country has beef
solidly staked for miles, and it is nj.
most useless to hope to tiud n vacan
piece OF ground where there is tn,
slightest prospect Oi value being dis
covered. II ia in tho cxtention of thes,
fields to tho north west and southeast
and for TINT matter in my direction
that the opportunity for prosorctor nov
lies.