Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-12-08
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Judge Brown is at Ely tits wecl,
holding Il term Of court.
Miss Matte Keith returned from
lialleck yesterday on No. 3.
NJ. a. PiIley has been appointed
tn handle the list Of papers form.
crly circulated by the late l. y.
Sherwood.
The Elk football team Of Sparks has
Issued an open challenge to any amateur
academic team III the State for a game
Mt any time and place
y California log escaped from it,
mopr.ngs and blaukctcd this section
last night and this morning. II c!,ar-d
away at about 10 O'clock, and the oldest
inhabitantE now looks for "a spell Of
good weather.
There was IA rumOr III town today Ia
tho effect that Miss Alice Hunter WIS
married a few days since in San Fran.
cisco. The reporter carried the rumor
~ "'ih ilubE'A WI IlAiCtslol, bt4l AllhI
gentlemen claimed Ia know nothing
about il.
The electric light plant Is being
moved Il the new location. II Is said
that there will bc no interruption Of the
hight service, but people using the Juice
Tor power purposes vii! be without the
fluid Tor four days, COMMENCING To.
morrow morning.
The county commissioner met this
morning, and audited the county 40.
vernhcr expense account. Clerk DawIcy
and Assistant Clerk Henderson beng OH
the sick list, the board too an adipurn-
mcut. On Hccoun OF the funeral ~
Mrs. Mccain tomorruw the board will
meet on "Wednesday morning.
Prot. True and Surveyor Durkru ut
Reno lett yesterday evening on IA trir -
Lincoln county. They were joined at
this pIac" 10y Mr.. BDOhcr. These gentle
men will inspect the 1T" u ness State
experiment farm III the Muddy valley.
nuL take note 81 such MATTER az mny
be Within their sphere Of influence.
Secretary Wilson OF tho Agricultural
Department sums up hls report Ia the
fulluHlng elguiiicaut stutrm"ut:
"WrHlth production 81 the farms Of the
United States III 1919 reached the high
c-t amount over attained IN this or any
other country. -, ilj.OUU 900 The
corn crop alone, surpassIng all previous
yicIds, amount- to > 1OS, 900 ,COJ bushels.
Tho tire insurance companies have
made II huge reduction IN the rates IN
force at Reno. la residence districts
30 per cent, and III business districts 1t
il 10 Ia 10 per cent. Tho stability O;
the city" 10 said 10 bc one OF the mn!u
points conridercd in giving Reno ratcs
equal to those prevalent III large cite"
generally.
Fred r. Doll Of I:lko las entered the
Eureka field Tor n share OF the wool and
hide business Of this ecCtiom. Mr.. Don
III Il fow years has worked up IA splcndId
trade Tor nm insigniticRut business. until
now II liz one Oi the lhrg"st III its line
III Nevada. lIo makes an cIcIutivc
buinrss oi wool md hidcs and its side
line, and trades III nothing else
Eureka Sentinel.
4 little girl being required to write an
essay OF two hundred aud fifty words
about II bicycle, wrOt" the following:
MY auntie has a bicycle. One day rhc
wont ont Tor II ride. When she got
nbuut a mile from home her dress
caught IN the chain and threw her oil
and broke tho wheel. | guess thls IL
about fifty words and my auntic used
the other 100 words while she was carry
ing her bicycle home.
a liogton dispatch OF Nov. - says:
Thomas W. LawROn last night SAID that
no hnd received SO mnny proxies Tint
His control OF both tho NCw York Life
Insurance Company mud the Mutual
LILO lnnuranco Company was absolute,
Lawaon saya that Hartman IL cndcnv0r
to influence the employee of Ina rnil'
ways IN the InturOai of thc insurance
companies. but that tho railway mcn'f
labor organizations nrC with hiu(l.nw'
sou) aud il necessary he will make a.
issue oi tho matter. llc guvcs no iigurct
on the proxies received.
Eighteen mrncra lost their lives FridH!
night by IN explosion III tho Diamond
| Conl aud Coke r%ompnny'p minn No |. "a
Dinmouhyill". Wy0. II IL believed that
all men who prrishod wore instantly
killed. Tho rnusc u not definite. The
shock wls felt all uvcr town. Tho 81
plneion occurred 100 feet underground
nj Icaat 200 fccl from tho mouth oi th'
shat,. At noon Saturday the first bot.
wna recovered. Every mnn in Ia" MIN
persisted. No night SHIFT hna beer
worked ~ the mine recently only u fov
mon bong employed tu keep the work
,nga clclr and III repair for tho dny siiit
UpuaIly 100 to 800 mon are employed II
that mine.
Littlo Dorothy's papa Ind been ser.