Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-12-15

part with their hard earned doIars.
Ii rich ore find is still where the
@Swede' touud il. but where that is he
and possibly Mr.. Owens alone know.
Tn ladies will serve sandwiches. ice
cream. cake md coffee at their mid. WIN.
ter market Tor DC, beginning at 3 p. M.
Miss Caldwell will favor the public
with Il few selections in the evening. =
Governor Chamberlain has appointed
John NJ Gsarn U. $. senator 20 till the
vacancy caused by tho death Of Senator
Njtcucll. Mr.. Gea-in will DO the first
democratic senator Oregon has had
since 1873. He will hold the office until
March I, 1907.
y. z. GI!;as:or. ~ Jones old Stand
IS prepared Ia 60 Understandings III al
Ut Its bhuChe6 Mt prices Ia suit tue
times. Horse shooting aud wagon work q
speciality. al work guaranteed Take
ypur Sork t o Mr.. G~Iliagger's should
y"n Hant It done well aud at reasonable
prices.
Judging from siie disclosures ma le IN
san traECis q after automobiles ac-
ciicnt. the h]oTsclcss carriage is n
dangerous thing for Il married man to
take his best girl n riding ~. The skel-
tons III many closets 20 grinrng away
when an automobile climbs a telegraph
pole whcr going ut Il forty mile clip.
Henderson Banking Co. is prepared to
furnish at reasonable rates I'D the
National Surety Co. Of New York
SURETY BONDS for county officials,
administrators, executors, guardians,
trustees, mercantile employees, mail
carriers, indemnity md judicial honGs
and bid bonds. Insurance against bur
glary q special feature.
\ farmer in Brown county received a
note from young man, who had been
going Hith" his daughter recently,
which read as follows: Deer Sir,
Wood like J~cssic's hand in marriage.
She and ] are III luv and | think | ncde
a wife. f0urs Henry" The farmer re-
piled by letter, saying: "Ffieud Henry,
you don't need "A wife. You ueed a
spcllmg book. Get one and study It for
4 year, thee writc."-Ex.
w. ID. Linton arrived from Ely yes
tcrJay afternoon Oh his way TO WGds.
worth in a Winton, Model B, 3C-borse
power automobile. When Mr.. Linton
left Ely last Fril lay afternoon. there was
ten inches 81 snow on tue ground. His
machine took to the snow like a duck
takes To water md he made the trip to
Elku without trouble. lie remained
one day in Cherry Creek and two days
in Wells. He made the run from Wells,
exclusive OF stops, in about three hours.
lie left this forenoon Tor Wadsworth.
John Lumkkonc, employed in the
North Star mine at Tonapah, Is dead
from IL terrible accident that occurred
in the shaft between the 200 and 300
feet level. lie had loaded the cage and
given the signal to hoist. The cage shot
upward, but the engineer noticed that it
dragged heavily and stopped it at the
2OO.fect level, lie then climbed down
Ia investigate and noticed the body OF
Lumkkonc caught between the cage and
the wall OF the shaft, manglcd beyond
all recognition. Death was instan-
tancOus.
naval academy Inns made a report upon
the hazmg Of Midshhpman Jerome p.
kimball. III which he recommends the
summary dismissal OF Midshipman
Trcumor Coffin OF the third class and
Midshipman Warren \. VanG erver Of
the second class; Coffin for hazing and
Nandcrver for failing to report it. The
report Is in the hands OF the secretary
Of the navy, who says that rs far as he
is informed the cases require prompt
aud drastic action. ioung Coffin was
appointed from Carson City.
With a record production Of 800. COO.
Geo and a reserve o: ore v%ariously
estimated at from S5O,OCO,O 900 to $780,
100000 the TOnOpah mine stands ms one
of the greatest gold properties Of the
Uuitrd States. jim Butler found the
Mizpnh lead, the fist discovery in Ton
opah, in 1900. Loascrs took out several
millions during the first year OF the
history Of the property. Later, the con.
troll vas purchased by Pittsburg people
and n company incorporated known as
the Tonopah Mining company. 1t was
u; first capitalized for 1000, coo shares Of
common and 10000 shares OF preferred
stock. Early in 1903 the preferred
stock was retired Mt par. Stockholders
have received s75O,OOO in dividends. dis
tributcd ut the rHto OF s2jO,0lO quarterly
With Your lntimatcs,