Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-08-11

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and Mrs. joe Gardner went to La
moille canyon today to spend a few
daye.
Wadsworth is not dead yet, Us it will
require IA principal and two teachers
To handle the school children III that
town.
Fine showers last night and ebay laid
the dust and tresheuci up the atmos.
phcre. 1t is scvc. al degrees cooler
since the rain.
Jack Faust's barber shop has been
r~cpapercd and new linulcum has been
put on the floor. 1t is now the ncatest
and c0siest shop i'll town.
The Churchill SinmGar | snys that pco.
pie are arriving ut FalIon at the rate Of
from twelve To thirty a day, the majority
"f whom are hnuic-Scckers
The yellow fever scourgc III New
Orleans shows no abatement. Sixty
new cases were reported Wednesday and
twelve UP to noon yesterday.
when No.I. pulled i'll this morning,
three tourists were riding on top Of the
baggage car. The trainmen discovered
them and made them get of.
Jack Faust is discousolate. Ills dog
WAS struck Toy No. > ~ 1t pulled in tins
afternoon and went yclping down ;he
street. Jack has not seen him since
llarvc Me adams came up from Carlin.
When the reporter us ked him what he
was here for, ilarve replied that il Was
none uf the writer's business. That's
l~Iarycs way Of being sociablc.
Mat. Lynch, Il San Francisco druggist
committed suicide III Keno Tuesday
MINT. II" WIS il confirmed mo phIuc
iicnI and he ended his life with the drug
that had brought him to a low state
Of depreciation.
In the bathing crowd Monday WAS
Miss Gladys Jones, but she was not
dressed Tor the OCCASION. Noticing tins,
Mir. Barney ;nci 10 scare her and IN the
mix.up both fell milo the lake. Barney
says II was an accident but GladNs
swcar- revenge Lyon Comfy Times.
y Kama as City dispatch of the 9th
say- 1t IL reported among railroad men
ana contractors there that the William
krnuIc!ici CONSTRUCTION Company ot
that city has secured the contract for
building the Western Pacific railroad.
II Is the largest single contract for
railroad work ever made i'll the United
state.
Ih" remains Of ". W. Stephens m,
the man murdered in San Francisco last
Saturday 10y Ciilliun Bowen, his wifc's
par mour were buried i'll Reno ycatcr.
day. The ror"urr's jury III San Fran.
els - rendered a vcrdIr' charging Bowen
with the murder. Mrs. Stephenson
tainted at the inquest whcn the police.
man who arrested Bowen testified.
Archbishop Chappcllc died OF yellow
fever IL \"w Orleans Yesterday. lie
WIS taken sick last Friday. lie had
returned To- the CITY three days before.
having just completed u tour Of Louis.
iaua, anh announced ON his arraval his
intention of operating IN the efforts
I" stamp ont the FOYER. lie left his
residence but oncc before he was taken
with the fever.
The commissioner at their meeting
Monday instructed the district attorney
Il. I,.gt, o., -,t4 ..,.t.I II.1 ID,
county for the pro.fnia tax on transient
stock grazing in this county for the
years 1908 and 1904. The amount due
IL IN the u~cighGorh0Ji Of $1,000 or ST.
100. Under this law Lander county
has paid S2Sj9O and Churchill county
SnIGD as their pro-ratn for the year
1901.
The Russian and japanese peace
ENJOYS hcld their first session yesterday.
The credentials Of the ENJOYS were pre-.
scented and found entirely satisfactory.
Tho only other business transacted WIS
the agreement upon a program for
future scssruns. Tho ENJOYS have
agreed hat the English and French
languages shall ~ used jointly and
that the official minutes of tie meeting
shall be recorded III both languages.
Tho i!azcn-'Ort Churchill cut-clT is
RAPIDLY nearing comrlctiOu. Tho track
IL lnil out to about twenty niles
something like six miles yet To he lnIl.
1t ii thou. lat tho road will he through
in abomt ten days, when trains will
begin To run. or course the track will
not be entirely completed, but It will be
SO trains can use the track. 1t will
probably be two months until the road
IL pronounced complete and is turned
over to the operating department.
meanwhile tralns will be "pcratoh 10y
the CONSTRUCTION Experimentation
Harvest.
Eli Triplcti 81 Maxwell wishing Ia
I'LL e long felt want Of tourists on route