Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-05-05

IN Reno Tuesday evening by confidence
men. One Of the gang escorted him
around town and finally asked him to
play poker. The young man fell into
the trap and soon lost a check for 5000.
lie stopped payment Of the check after
telling u Reno banker OF his loss.
The first turbine pnmp Of the Swiss
pattern ever operated on this coast has
Just been started at the North Star mine
at Grass Valley. The pump throws a
six-inch stream 800 feet vertical. The
speed attained by this invention is some
thing enormous, as it travels at the rate
OF 1900 revolutions per minute without
the slightest friction, the gearing
remaining cool no matter how long the
drive. 1t has a capacity OF $50 gallons
per minute.
At the city election beld in Reno
Tuesday, the following officers we're
elected: Mayor. d. w. OConnor; city
attorney, r. G. Stoddard; city clerk, II.
Il. Christie; police judge, Z. A Richard.
son; councilmen, r. Ii Kinney, E. l..
Drappo, F.. p. Quinn, John Newmarker,
n. f. Wilson. q. A. Hoppe and ". j.
Luke members OF the present council
were defeated. O'Connor defeated Tur.
rittin by a majority Of seven. All the
ordinances were defeated.
Judge Brown this forenoon heard the
applications OF John Vowel and G. F.
Holland, public administrator, for let.
tiers OF administration upon the estate OF
the late Hiram Chase. Attorney vii
liams represented Mr.. Vowel and Attor-
ney Henderson looked after the interests
Of Mr.. Holland. After hearing the
evidence and arguments, Judge Brown
appointed Mr.. Yowell and fixed his bond
at $50, ZOO, Mr.. Henderson gave notice
Of appeal to the supreme court.
President Smith OF the Pacific Coast
BoraI Company spent Tuesday and
Wednesday, in this district investigating
our mines with a view to tonnage for the
railroad which he proposes to extend
from tho boraI fields to the mining dis
trict. To friends he expressed himself
az highly pleased with the prospect OF
producing mines to feed the railroad
II Ii reasonably certain that the borax
king will extend the railroad from the
south to this district Goldfeld News
r. l.. Small, "Chaw" SaIton, James
McVickers, John Hayenga and Don
IIn1nnfn nrrlnraA1 ~ KLn IT . ~ c
will leave Monday in their own outfit
for Goldiield whore the boys will form
a cooperative colony. A lodging house
mining bureau and other enterprises
are projected 10y the boys, and is prob
able that a specially will be made in
grub stakes" They aver that nothing
less than n million a piece will ever
tempt them to give up their search
for filthy lucre.-Standard.
DR.. Stubbs, II. B. Maxson, Prof. Ken.
nedy and Prot. True left Reno yesterday
morning on No 6 ell route to Lincoln
county to select the OF location the
experiment station farm, provided for
by the recent legislature. DR.. Stubbe
was taken sick on the train and DR.,
Hood was wired to meet him al Carlin
DR. Hood met the party at Carlin and
found Or. Stubs suffering from "a chill,
He prescribed for him and brought him
to EIko. DIR. Stubs and Prof. True
remained here until the westbound
flyer came along, when they got on
board and returned TO Reno. While
DIR. Stubs wns not seriously i'll, his
condition wis such that DR.. Hood did
not consider it best for him to continue
the trip. Prof. TruO will leave Reno
tonight and overtnke Col. Ma1sop. Prof.
Kennedy and Phil. Triplett in Salt
Lake.