Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-01-22

Oil and coal Indications have been
found i'll Mason valley. Lyon county.
Ms. Ray Harris is expected home
next week. Ray sa!s the world will
look brighter when SHE comes
The sheriff has Levied upon all the
property of Senator K. d.. Jackson in
Lyon county and will sell it On Febru-
nry sth to satisfy a judgment obtained
10y the Bank Of Nevada.
There are now On file 32i 600 applica
ti"us for pensions i'll favor Of survivors
Of the Spnish.American war. The pen.
sion agents are still doing business
at theold stand.
An Indiana astronomer mas discovered
that the climate ~ the sun is generally
warm. This has been suspected before,
and it ~ eomcwhni strange that nobody
ma ie the actual discovery.
4 Chicago woman has sued Il baker
for damages BECAUSE she found Il piece
w 'A'Nh III 81 po''iNbG I'ANhh9'i " "'hh'
Here at lcas; If one Woman who appar-
entity does tot Arlignt III -chnw ing the
rag.
Tho dally ~ D"ccmir"r :, 1903, is
missing from oar files. II any 81 oar
Subscribers lmE" u paper of that date,
they Will confer 4 favor hy sending it to
the "iiice. rho daily lilies 81 1903 will
bc neon pet" without it.
Reports from Fish Creek Valley and
he Sand Sprnc~ country il Nye Conn
~ state that the white eage is abundant,
hnd the Iced is better III the valleys
-outh 80 Eureka this Winter than il has
been for several SCISSORS. \ scarcity Of
snow on the desert ducs not permit sheep
to 20 very far from the iontlhlls.-Eu.
rcka Sentinel.
Billy Simpson, formerly Of E!ko, was
u arrested III Reno the other day for dis
turbing the peace. When lac came be-
fore Judge NHsh for trial, he plead gull
y and told the judge that he was not
very drunk when arrested and thought
ten days III the cham gang would he
about the right sentence. Judge Nash
thougt thr same end put Billy back into
the place hc had lri, only the lay before.
The ISpErEypESr ~ reliably informed
that EIk"'s new depot building will hr
built Of wood with a brick foundation.
II will contain u ticket office, waiting
room. Telegraph office, baggage o
and an express Office. Its location has
not yet been deter mined upon, but it Is
said 1t will either he built where the
ilagpOlc now stands or at the east end -.
the Inrk. The work will begin 40 soon
M the location ia settled.
The second section ~ No !, the east.
bound passenger, Cullilcd with the west
bound freight No. 30 at the head of the
cut bot wccn woolscy hhd Orcnna at l
o'clock Saturday morning. No n was
seriously hurt. The engines were bad
" used mr., and four Gnndolas were turn
al over. Tho blame for the accident If
said to rest with Ia" operator ut Hum
holdi. who misuude rstuui the orders
given him as to the time allowed each %
the trains.
~ Nuung American Girl on her iirs'
trip to lialy, entered II shop IN search %
blnck dafning WOOL says u writer II
%IIarpcr's Bazaar. "Shc spoke no Italian
and the clerk spoke no English. Sh,
pnniomimcd dnrnrng II hole and poiutc'
to her stocking. The clerk brough
white dnrnIng cotton. She showed tia
her q, ockrng WIS black, and blacii darn
ing cotton was produced. But sI
wanted wool. \ long pause, :lIcn' Ban
blcatcd the American girl. She got Tn
wool"
Constable Mccoy prrcstcd f"nr Chin"
town women Saturday night "n th
charge oi selling liquor I" mmor'
= they wore turned loose nttor being !
Jail a shor, time and wore again nrrcstc
ycstcrday. They all gave bail for the
uppcnrcnrc before Justice Motgnn tn
forenoon. Tho defendants appeared {
the time appointed mud cncli entered
plea 81 not guilty and demanded n jur
q triul. Tho cases wcrC sct Tor tnal NJ
q o'clock Tucslny morning AIDA vcni'
. Tor thirty jurors was issued.
The state Unworthy will make mn g
hiblt Mt ST Louis that will open the ry'
Of the EWt. Tho exhibit will show VIII
the government experiment expcrimeI
station ~ doing for the milton and q
~ ~farn.crs Of Nevada. Il will be- "xtcnsi
| md lhc products will show 'bcf"rc nj
n nitcr." In other worde II will demo
n eiratc what can 10 done with water n,
II. what will grow withon! water. Co
ID missioner Ycrington is much p%lcnncd
II tho i~ntcrcst taken by tho University n
O snya TINT exhibit alone will he the mon
d ~ attracting many home seekers to I
istaio.-Ncyada Observer.