Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-04-07
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next thirty days, organize and proceed
to Lincoln county to choose the site
Tor the farm. No SALARY il attached IN
the position, but the travelling expenses
ot the commissioners are paid.
y party Of five railroad surveyors
arrived at Copper Flat on Wednesday
mornings stage. The force will work
under the supervision Of MIR. Carpenter,
and the route for the proposed new
railroad will be mapped ont with all
possible specially Mining Record.
N l. Guldagger, mt Jones' old Stand
ID prepared to Go blacksmithlng in al
ot it's branches Mt prices to suit the
times. Horse ehoeing and wagon work a
specially. ~ work guaranteed Take
your work to MIR. Guldagger's should
you wnnt it lone well and at reasonable
prices.
Why do you Pay big prices for wall
paper when you car buy much cheaper
OF Steninger Bros? They nave hun.
dreds OF samples OF foreign and domestic
papers from D cents per roll and up.
Show you the samples i'll your own
home. We are paper hangers and
painters. too, and always glad TO talk
shop.
Tho only business transacted by the
commissioners as Il town board at tho
last meeting wrs the payment Of the
tire plug and light bills, s5S for the for
mer and s4l.00 for the latter. A good
many taxpayers would liketo know what
authority the bOarl has for paying the
fire plug bill rs the contract expired on
the first Of January. Why not make n
new contract?
Miss {. Voight md Miss Louise
Dewar nave formed "a partnership and
will open u mill inery store under the
firm name OF Voisht Il Dcwar in the
rear rooms Of the Commercial Hotel.
They will open Il full and complete
line Of the latest millinery i in a few
days. Ii ladies are cordially in.
vited to call and see their stock before
purchasing their Easter bonuets
Tho Japanese advances III advertising
as in all else. Here is an illustrations:
Oar wrapping paper Is IN strong as
the hide OF an elephant. Goods for
warded with the speed OF IL canuon
ball. Oar silks and satIns are rs soft
rs the checks OF II pretty woman, rs
beautiful M the rainbow. Our parcels
are packed with as much care rs a
Young married woman takes OF her
husband Kansas City journal.
Tmrty-iive years ago today young
man and a Young woman in the State
OF New iork. joined hearts and hands
for life. They afterwards journeyed
westward and after lapse OF years set.
tied III Elko, where they have lived Tor
twenty-five Years. Today the same
couple are celebrating the thirty fifth
anniversary Of their marriage. Their
many friends i'll Elko wish Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Bruce many more years OF happiness
and prosperity,
j. w. Jennings, fire chief and deputy
sheriff Of Esmeralda county, was seized
by four masked men Oh the streets Of
GoIdticld Wednesday night and taken
from the town to the desert. Jennings
was a member Of the militia of Colorado
and was Il guard at the Crir pie Creek
bull pen. II il said that he was cruel
and lnhuman to the men in his charge,
many OF whom nre now III Goldlield.
Tho men Ii took him are said To be
former miners Of Cripple Creek aud
their act il said to be in retaliation Tor
Jennings inhumaD conduct.
FL Dorado, the oldest district in the
Stnte OF Nevada where mining wus
done before Nevada was ever thought
OF by the Spnniards and Mcxicans.
and has belonged to Mexico and Ariz-
oBa M vel MS Nevada is, according
tn the Phoebe Record Que OF the great.
est producers Of hidden treasures in
the west. Its shipments amount into
tho millions. The grcat drawback 10
I'll Dorado has been her transportation
facilities and fuel. One has been snlv.
cd by tho Tnilroad which il Within
twenty five miles from there md the
other 10y coal oil md gasoline.
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