Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-03-24

territory, from Sodaville TO the Death
valley border, Is staked IN thickly with
mining location notices M a country
graveyard with Observation-Disclosures
1t Is stated by a we'll known bac.
tefiologist that u ten dollar bill will nc.
cumulnte $4,000 microbes in a month.
This will furnish the extrayagant an.
other excuse for not keeping his ten dol
lar bills a month.
The Pennsylvania man who has in
vented n voting md counting ma.
chine is just about thirty years behind
tile late Senator Quay, whose machine
works up any majority the operator
desires Baltimore Sun.
Little Ruth Riley, aged IL yearp, is
being searched for by the police of Sac.
ramento. She is heir to her fathers
estate. valued at several thousand
d"llars, and is believed to be in Reno or
Verdi, living with her grand rarents.
1t is said that George Mills and j. A.
II rngton are aspirants for assayer nc
the Carson mint. Ex-Governor Colcord
o holds the position and draws
down the salary Of OF $3.50 a year. lie
still wants the position and the salary.
While working over II washiub. Mu.
Anne Ellsworth, the wife Of Cincinnati
contractor, dropped dead from heart
di'ease. In preparing her body for
burial, $4,000 i'll bonds and Sl5l III casb
we're found in the hustle she wore at the
time.
Tie Water Company has Just COM
pleted H ditch from the lower reservoir
to the railroad water tank. When the
pipe Is laid. the railroad company will
be supplied with river water. THIS will
cave the canyon water for domestic
purposes.
N. p. Guldagger, at Jones old Stand
ls prepared to 90 blacksmithing in al
of its branches at prices to suit the
times. Horse shooting and wagon work a
specially. ~ work guaranteed Take
your work to Mr.. G~uldagger's should
you want it one we'll and at reasonable
prices.
There is not much news from the sent
OF war. The Japs are still following the
Russian rear guard, which is moving
north mt the rate of eight and a half
miles II day. Tie Japs are operating a
wide thanking movement, but the strength
OF theh Hawking forces has not vet been
ascertained.
U. s.. District Attorney SumnIcriield
has "A senatorial bee buzzing in his
bonnet. While he does not declare him
self to he n candidate for the topa, he
announces himself as being ready to
make the race il no else aspires TO
the place when tue senatorial time
comes around.
Why d" you Pay big prices for wall
paper when you can buy much cheaper
OF StenluGer Bros? They have hun
dreds Of samples OF foreign and domestic
papers from 5 cents per roll and tin.
Show you the samples in your own
nome. We ARE paper hangers and
painters, too, and always glad TO talk
shop. .
An old labor law in England in force
in 1888 contained the following six
clauses: Any tailor who joined a union
was to he sent to jail for two months.
Tailors must work from G o'clock in the
morning until 8 at night. Wsges were
4 moi Tn ha hinhr thnn iQn a. L., fl,
tailor waS to DO allowed 3 cents for
breakfast. Any tailor who refused TO
work was to be imprisoned for not NOR.
than two months, Ii any employer paid
higher wages he was to be fined ;21 md
the workmen who took the Increase were
to be sent to Jail for two months.
A Peoples Palace ia the latest project
OF the Salvation Army in Boston. the
purpose OF which will be to furnish a
club for ~workiDgmen, where they cap
come together under pleasant copdi.
tons, and be drawn away from saloons,
Tho enterprise has passed beyond tho
stage OF mere talk and entered into the
realm OF substantial subscriptions.
These already amount 20 the great sum
OF s62,329 and seem to be steadily grow
ing. 1t is to be hoped the Boston pro.
joct will succeed and that the Salvation
Army will then erect peoples ralaccs in
other cities. Thse palaces could DO
filled with all manner OF wholesome
amusements with lectures, concerts c,c.
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