Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-01-13

The weSi thB ihG.
Joe Tabcr Is wrestlm with "a had at
tack of iutiamntory rheumatism.
Miss E!e Inns rendered her resignation
rs teacher VI the high school t0 accept u
POSITION IL the Keno schools.
Thomas Porter, one ~ the oldest resi-.
dent, Of Nevada, died in Reno wednes
day afternoon at the 4 of 81 years.
Tho Thcinns Hunter Company has
something interesting today about cn
lnrged photographs. IL may mean You.
District Attorney Williams has gone
10 Eureka and Ex-IDistrict Attorney
IIeutcrs III IL prosecuting the Deford
case.
The gcnral fund Of Was'loc county
il exhausted and no claims against that
fund can be paid before June, unless
the Legislature changes The present law.
The U. :. grand jury ignored the
charge Of disposing Of whisky to
Indians against Morton Henry. lie
wis released from Jail Yesterday after
noon.
\ Kansas nun was arrested on COM
plant ~ his wife for getting drunk.
He was fined principally on her tcsti.
mOny-thHt lie came home with his ~ ts
like those of IA Goldfish dying with the
touthachc.
Albert Waidnan, the main witness
III the case Of the men who murdered
Jack Welsh ON "A freight tain III
Humboldt county nearly two years
ago has been put in Jail at Reno III
default Of 500 bonds.
An attempt vas made to burn j.
w. Cnency's saloon AT Derby the
other morning. Coal oil was poured
ON the building and u match applied.
The fire was discovered IN time Ia pre-
vent the destruction T.; tho building.
The incendiary escaped ~ the darkness.
Mr.. J. &. Doughty has resigned his
place as principal Of the Tufcarora
school to take a position with the
Eureka County Bank, at ElHo. and will
he Il resident Of Elko in Il short time.
Tho banking company are now paying
their annual dividend ut the rate Oi 10
per cent per nunum.
Now, Tommy" said the teacher.
what IL thus word | have written on
the board-s-l.o.wY" "Dunuo.- -Oh,
N-a x.n,, Il, 4I,,1, NUInt I... -.
papa cnll you when you 20 on an or.
rand and don't got back for "A long
timo?' "iou'd lick INC il | told yer,
mR'amT-Nrw York Sun.
Senator Spooncr Of iscousm JOINS
in the Utt-rcpeatcd warning to youug
men against seeking positions IN the
government departments at Wishing
ton. Its an undesirable thing he
saye. -ior a young man tn come here
with any such object in vic%. When
ever "A constituent Of mine seeks Il
position, either Tor himself or another.
! point ont the isadvnntagcE oi grow
ing up in this life
The Strtc Board ~ Asarssufs meet
III Carson next Monday. Controller
DAVIS Ie quite HDIiors lhrt the Board
rccommcd To the incoming legislature n
bill providing for the Oregon eystcm OF
taxation. Controller Davis writes that
the object Of the proposed hill IL t0
make tho lcvying and collection u
State thxcs lees complicated and more
efficient. Tho Stutu rovcuc board
has mnde "A careful study Of tho
sy"tcm now in vogue III Oregon
and Idaho where il Inns given
unqualified satisiactInu. This aystcm
provides for a~pportIonlng Ia each county
a lump sun which must he paid into
the Stato TREASURY.
Mrs. \ Ferris. ono ~ tho only two
women frcightcra IN tho United Stntcs.
accidentally shot md killed herself
Inst Saturday morning about fOnrtccn
milrP south az Goldicld. She was
hauling her fret load to Bun Frog,
and whs accompanied by her con.
They cnmpcd over night aud were
preparing to rcaumo their journey.
The woman carried II double. barrcled
shotgun in the bottom ot hcr wagon.
She VIM arranging some ot her freight
whom tho boy left her to attend to the
lIorscs. When hc returned no found
his mother lying dcad in the wagon.
hcr entire left Gidc having been shai.
tered 10y the charge Of tho gun.