Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-11-18
FROM THURSDAYS Dali,
Salmagundi.

Salmagundi.
FIX. Murphy, the W~innemucca after,
ney, came up Saturday to assist in the
defense OF Paul Loyelnce.
The trial Of Frank Williams, nlins
Linderman, the Winnemucca murder.
er, has been postponed until the 18th
OF December.
Major Miller says taxes are coming
in very slowly. Taxpayers should Mt
tend to this little matter before pen
alties and costs are added to their taxes.
The Reno police are making IA round
up OF the vagrant neg-oes that infcst
that city. All that have no visible
means Of support will bc driven from
the city.
Barney Oldiield, the champion auto
mobilist. is in Reno making arrange
nents for a race on the 20lD. IIc
pronounces the Reno track a good
IL aud snys no will try to capture the
record for Il % mile go.
About S,4O0, 600 gallons nf water are
~evaporated daily from the Sal, ponds in
Utah when the pumps IRE operated ten
hours Il day during June and July. In
August the salt harvest begine, and the
yield Is at the rate OF $50 tons per inch
per acre. Utah produces annually near
~ q 1000 tons OF salt.
People from Utah are purchasing un
tile land they can in Pahranget Valley
and the day is not far distant when the re
will be a line OF Mormon settlements
from one end OF the valley to the other,
The church has tn expand md for the
purpose Of keeping their peopl. together
they are purchasing up the land OF the
valleys Ill Nevada AID ha,lding up
settlements.
The attention OF Judge Brown and "A
jury is still occupied with the Cali muir
der case. The prosecution rested its
case this forenoon and the defense call.
ed the defendant us the first witness.
lie told the story ~ the ii.ht tiat
resulted III the death OF Juan Fernandez
and exhibited the wour,s made by
the dead man knife.
A report is going the rounds tiIrt
within three months after the couple
ton of t,lark's railroad from Salt Lake
to Los Angeles grading viii begin on
ID line from Cilicnte north to Wells.
The proposed lue will run through
Panaca, Phoebe, Ely and Cherry Creek
and will open up II fine mineral bear
ing country.
This government Is getting closer to
the people all the time. Secretary
Shaw says the treasury Is empty and
the millions OF people who are -Drokc"
themselves are thus drawn nearer to
the administration by IA common bond
OF sympathy. If all the people who
are financially embarrassed stood to-
Gether it goes far toward explain
ing the election result.
The remains Of al unknown man
have been found at Tonopah ncar the
entrance Of the North Star tunnel. The
body was in Il badly ~dccomposed con-
diJtioh and it is not known whether the
man died from natural causes OF was
murdered, although there are mdica.
tons that his head was fractured from,
blows received with some blunt instru.
ment. lie WIS evidently II prospectcr.
y curious instance of the formation of
artificial N was witnessed i'll the
town OF Agen, in France recently. \
lire broke out i'll u sawmill when the
temperature was 10 degrees below
freezing point. The water thrown up
on the fire was instantly ~vaporizcd, and,
rising in tho cold, dry air, was immedi.
ately condensed and fell Az snow. With
bright starlight and a strong northwest
wind blowing the whirling snow above
and the raging fire below, Il brilliant
spectacle was presented.
The Experiment Station Staff OF the
University will hold farmers institutes
in Starr Valley, LamoiIic, South Fork,
Mound Valley, Ruby Valley and Clio
yer Valley the first and second weeks
in June. They bad intended to hold
the institutes this month but OWING
to the large amount OF work on hand
mud the short time at their disposal this
month they concluded to postpone the
institutes until Juno when they vii
have plenty Of time to devote to the
work. Duo notice OF the time and
place OF tho institutes will be given
through the press and by posters.