Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-08-04
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Mccoy out with one Of the best ranches
Ill the county" Mr.. McCoy's old friends
will be pleased to hear OF his prosperity.
New-lard cggs can be preserved for
months by smear.ng the shells OF them
with pure glyccriue on the same day
thht the eggs are lai !. II is best TO
place them i'll Il position with the small.
er end up. Puro g!ycerine is much
better than butter or grease. us it never
turns rancid and thus avoids the chance
OF spelling the flavor Of the eggs -Ex,
y good test for water that elm easily
be tried is to fill a pint bottle lwo.thirds
with water; add half IA tablespoonful
OF graduated sugar and cover if with a
glass stopper or u new cork and place
1t III the light OF n warm room. IL the
water looks cloudy OF milky within
forty eight hours it Is impure. but il
clear 1t can he used without any fear
Of it's causing disease.
\ second steamship is to be placed
III service upon Lake Titicaca, in Peru
the highest lake in the world. ID 900
tect % sea level. There is already
one vessel engaged in traffic upon this
sheet Of water. The latest vessel will
carry hbnnt IJC tons dead weight II
has ample arrangements and facilities
Tor working cargo. and is provided
with accommodations for twcnty-four
passengers. The dimensions art 90
feet III length 10y 30 feet beam and If
feet depth.
Lincoln county has 30 miles of main
railroad, and % miles Of side track at "A
total valuation Of $500, 900. There are
lVV saloons and gambling places in the
county hat pay yearly license OF nearly
Sl0,OUO. The county indebtedness is
over SOB 900. Ut which, SlSO,OuO WAS
contracted for a court house built at
fioche III early times. The debt If
owed to the bankers Of the Sutro estate
III San Francisco, who Offered several
Years ago To settle with the county Tor
- cents Uu the dollar.
Some Kansas City capitalists have
tahen options on some G,0)0 acres OF
land III the Muddy Valley and intend to
Immediately commence drilling wells
for oil, as experiments and tests mnde
gu the soil IN many places have con.
vinccd the parties that 1t is Il great oil
field. Should this prove to be "A fact and
II 1t is al-o demonstrated that there is
oil III the Vegas Valley in which work OF
il similar nature Is Ia be prosecuted,
Lincoln county will be one Of the rich
est i'll the State.-Pioche Record.
Do not forget the laying OF the corner
stone Of the church at Lamoille next
Sunday. Hon. G. Is. Henderson Will de.
liver the address. Arrangements will
tie made tn accommodate with both meals
and lodgings all who come. The grove
at Lamoillo will he cleared So TINT EIlio
people can enjoy the shade up the La
noble canyon during tue day. Morn.
ing service will he held at II am. Sun.
day School will he held ut the close of
the morning service and the laying OF
the r"rncr stone will take place Just be.
fore sunluwn.
Rev George IL. Greenfield returned
from his northern trip Las, night. lie
reports that ElkO county is losing much
Of tlInt trndc of because OF the poor
roads and the cheaper freight rates on
the Oregon Short Lane. The trade q.
Mountain City is going almost entirely
to Mountain Home us is also much al
the Edgem"mt trade, the latter being q
pcimnn mt camp with ore III sight fOI
the next decade. Every ]precautiou
should bc taken Ia hold the Edgcmnnt
trade. The Investment OF money III our
county roads III the north Sould pay in
"a short time III Keeping the business al
home.
Tho Gazette reports a phenomenal
strike II rich ore III the white Horse
mining district. Tho strike was male
III tunnel ON the Ora group, under
bond to I'itlsburg capitalists. While
cutting the tunnel 100 feet from it,
mouth and ID ioct in depth, tho miners
wore surprised to see several large
nuggets Of free gold in tho rock and
upon examination they found that the
prccluns metal ran entirely across the
tunnel a distance Of ton feet. Several
~ the nuggets are said 10 be Ms lnrgc
IA the palm Of tho hand and almost
pure gold. Tho strike il one Of the
most remarkable over made in tho
State.