Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-23

fair 70 be given by the Ladies Aie
society at Mizpah Hall on the evening
Of December 7th.
A~ttorney-G General Moody has instruct
ed Sam Platt, U. s. district attorney, e
inquire into all violations oil the eight
hour day in Nevada and to no secut al
offenders.
Things are doing in the copper fields
or Walker River district. Salt Lake
capital is making things lively there
and big propositions are being develop.
ed as tas. rs men, money and machinery
eau do The work.
Mi. Mcbride received u .:r ,onl
yesterday afternoon and today ne dis
tributed it among The peon'. chose
supply was running short. This will re-
lieve the fuel ~eituation until another
supply is received.
Deputy Sheriff Hardin arrested
Charles Lewis yesterday afternoon uu
the 81 nrge Of disposinp Of w!,iskry Ia
Indians. A complaint was ma lie before
the U. S. comm issioner and The ex-
animation will be held rs soon MS the u.
S. marshal can get here.
The postofice department is Il fore
ing the law against placing lettere or
other written matter in packages OF
the third and fourth class mail matter,
.nnd collecting from v~iolatore the PEN
atty of $40. This law has lately been
violated with considerable frequency,
and the postal authorities are detcrmin-
ed to put a stop to .itH,
The es Of Mayor Sch nitZ and Abe
RUFF were called yesterday hcfnre Judge
Dunno Of San Francisco nmd December
~ was set for their a~rraIgnnent on the
indictments chrIinR them with extort-
ing oDe from the French restaurants.
Neither Of the accused appeared in
court.
james Wilson, n Reno gambler, has
sued his w.fe to recover his pet Russian
poodle dog and a diamond stud, valued
Mt $50. Wilson alleges that his wife
left him several days ago and took with
her his dog and diamond. tie don't
care abou, the loss OF his wife, but he
does wan! The dog and diamond stud.
The next legislature will nave a very
session il all the schemes now incubat.
ing are placed before it. Chief ~ these
is n scheme to change the boundary lines
OF Eureka, Nya. EsmeraIda and Lincoln
counties and to create two new counties
tn be known MS Clark md Bulltrog with
Las Vegas AMI RhyOlite rs the county
seats. This will doubtless provoke n
lively fight and many n poor legislator
Will not know where he is at until his
vote is recorded.
The Indians here are rapidly acquir-
the commercial spirit. Until lately
they have been glad To sell Sagebrush
for 81 per cord, but now TINT the fuel
famine is on they male a raise OF 81.
Those who want to buy brush hereafter
Will have to pay S5 per cord or 90 with.
out it.-Winuemucca Star.
The treasury department some time
since seized four elopln's for under
valuation. Now the animals arc eating
about COO pounds of hny per day each.
aud tile winter has hut Just begnn. Tho
treasury is trembling under the prospect
because the elephants will eat their
heads of before spring. There is such
u thing as a government being too
vigilant, Had Tho elephants been boa
constructor they might have been given
each n sheep or two to swallow and
wou'd have lain dormant uDtIl spring.
But an elephant want his rations every
day, and II he docs not get them no
trumpeis Tor them until they ARE forth.
coming. The government agent over,
worked his official duty.-Salt Lake
ralcgrhm,
WIN. II. JACKSON, recently elected to
congr,s ~ from Maryland, openly states
that lao was elected tn congress because
he could afford to spend more than the
man who ran against him. Tho yotcre
OF his district, lie says, aare ont Tor the
Doodle and they must got il ar they won't
vote This, coming from the proud
State of Maryland, must sound strnnge
to the people OF this so. called "ro,ten
borough, whose representative in,
congress. just elected, made the buying
Of votes the II thing that he most We.
hemensly denounced in HE campaign.
Perhaps those casterners will get tired
II m%Htgning Nevada after n while.
They will. IL men like Mr.. Bartlett can
help it,, Reno Journal.,o
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FROM FRIDAYS DAILY