Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-16
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

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the drugstore today. 1t keeps the hot
sun out OF the show windows and Turn.
ishes Joe Taber with plenty Of shade.
]. Is. Sheldon. the veteran telegrapher.
Ii confined to his house by ~illuess. Until
he Is able to attend to his duties, J. T..
Greenawalt will be the acting manager
OF the Western Union ofice.
The latest st Petersburg dispatches
indicate that Russia is eager for pesce.
\ favorable reply to President Roose.
veIts request will be sen and it will
fully respond to the presidents note.
According to II Tonopah paper, the
p~ostoflice department is preparing to
investigate the business methods OF
several wildcat-companies that are
fieectng the public from Tonopah and
Goidtield.
Frank G. Bigelow, the Milwaukee
bank thief, began his sentence oil ten
years ut Fort Leavenworth yesterday.
lie was treated the same as any other
thief AT the prison aud submitted with.
out a muEnur,
While riding a wild horse last Friday
night Ambrose Tructt run into a barbcd
wire fence near Wells. Truett's feet and
legs were cut by the wire and the horse
was badly injured. Truett's injuries
are painful, but not serious.
A friend at Shelton lag sent us a copy
OF the WEEKLY INDEPENDENT OF April
Dist, which Was missing from II files.
II goes without saying that We appreci-
ate the favor and i'll return give him
thanks. We still need another CODY Of
that date.
by "A notice elsewhere, it will be seen
that Mr.. (iutrIdge has cold his whole
sale liquor business to the w. L. Smith
Company. The purchasers will here
after carry a stock OF everything i'll this
line and will be pleased to receive the
patronage Of the public. See the notice
and give the purchasers your patronage.
Since the article elsewhere about the
boys Jumping on and OF moving cars
WAS written, Judge Bruce has informed
us that he would request all the officers
OF the town to arrest every boy caught
hanging around freight trains md bring
them before him. The Judge Unlimited
pretty strongly that he would send every
one brought before him 10 jail for at
least Fix months. Boys. stay away from
There il considerable excitement in
the Spring Valley district near Love
lock. Several hundred people are now
III tho vicinity OF he strike ma ie several
days ago. On account Of the excite.
mcnt, work has stnrpcl on the bonanza
mine. II in said over 800 claims have
been located III the district III less thnn
a week. Mining mon say the ledge dis.
covered il the mother lode from which
the millions taken from tho placer mines
ame.
In the twcnty-second annual read-
justmcnt Of the s~uiaries Oi postmasters,
male on the basis Of receipts OF Offices,
several changes will he made in Nevada
after July LIST. The salary Of the post.
master at Butler will be increased from
10000 to $3.50, mt Reno from $4,000 to
t3i0O, at Austin from $1,000 to 1890,
and Mt Carson City from $1,000 to $2IOO.
Tho salary Of the postmaster at Wade-
worth hus been decreased from $1,000
to Il 800.
Professors Frandscm, Kennedy and
True wound up their series OF Farmers
Institutes ut Glover valley last night.
Prof. True wrote from there that their
trip Ind been successful. They had
good audiences everywhere and a great
deal Of iutorcst was manifested by tho
farmers. They reached Ruby valley too
late Saturday TO hold an afternoon SEES
ion, but n very eucccssful meeting WIS
held III tho evening. Tic house was
packed and the speakers were attentive.
~ Listened Ia. The people OF Pole canyon
wanted u meeting hold there, but the
professors were unable To hold il ms the
time Mt their disposal would not permit,
Prof. True passed through to Reno ON
No. 3 this afternoon: