Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-05
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
SaImaqundi.


today.
Mr.. McIlroy. the real es,nte agent,
has sold the Sproule corner to Mrs.
Sproule and ller bert. The consideru.
ton Ia raid to he e.. 600.
The L nopah Mining has
begun ic5 suits in the U. S. district
court To eject l50 tquttters from its
property. The number Of suits repre-
sents the number of houses that will
have to be moved il the company is
suc'psstul in it's suit.
The condition Of Miss Weathers il
more favorable" this Afternoon than il
was yesterday. Last ni:ht DR.. Perkins
Of Ogden, insisted 10y the Drs. Hood,
performed an operation on her. She
stood the ordeal well ind her condition
at this writing is favorable to her re.
covery.
This afternoon Mr.. Gutriuge closed u
ieni for the. property occupied by Mr..
O'clls store. The consideration was
not given TO the reporter, but from what
he Inns learned OF Mr.. Osell's figures he
is sati in say Ing that Elko zeal estate is
II good thing to have.
A squash weighing % pounds was ex.
hibited at the Waterloo Eutertest last
Sunday. The squash was raised by
VIM. Scheele OF HE ranch near Sher-
Can. Douglass county. Mr.. Scheelc,
according to the Record. Courier, has
ano'hrr squash that weighs so pound
and several more OF gOodly size.
The storm that swept ove= the Gulf
states Thursday destroyed IA vast
amount OF property and killed many
people. In Mobile, the property loss is
t-tinEt"I at 1890, 600, COO. The entire
s"rtiuu ~ rou blocks wide md extend.
'ur the entire length of the city was
under five feet OF water. The wind in
Moni:c reached a velocity OF 30 miles an
hour.
y we'll kno IN PARADISE valley Indian
namcI Jim Patch committed suicide
by rat.ng wild parsnip because his
copper.s timed sweetheart proved in.
constant having fonnd II gay young
l.HrEn.var on whom to lavish her
affections. Patch unhraidcd the girl
Tor her inconstancy I"'t che. no doubt,
replied that she has fouud her affinity
80 Ic went Ia the woods and sought
Heath. fLe method OF dying from wild
uir+nIp III the favorite one sought by the
lndInns. especial, when their troubles
are from affairs OF the heart.
That the soil OF the grent American
desert ID fertile and. with water, cap.
able at producing abundant crops Uf the
best fruits. vegetables and GRIM is
evidenced by the success attained this
senson ir raising peaches md apples at
Indian Creek and garden truck nj
Bcatty's ranch, i'll the Bullirog district.
Each OF these places has plenty Of
water and each has been tundlcd
properly this summer, with results that
are more than satisfactory.
a couple 81 fellows from tho south
ern country ltmird horc thus week with
what they chilled n l;ikaboraka. They
exhibited the nnimnI In n tent wcJnes-
day night aud took in Il hnncn ~ money
II was explained thnt the animal was n
cruss between n burro md one OF the
caucls which rOanIri the desert in
Death Valley yenrs ngo.' Tho spectators
Hid not seem 10 know that such n crcss
10 n physical impnssibiliy for rensone
we'll known to- veterinarians and close
students oi animal nnturo. The bpas,
is evidently n moustrosity OF the Jack or
burro family caused hy too high II state
NJ inbreedinH.-Lynn County Times.
An immense convention hall, dancing
qunrters and skating rink, by far the
largest over erected in Nevada, with the
exception OF National Guard hall in
Virginia City. is to be built Immediately
ON Second md Lake streets by Cali.
iorniB parties, who yesterday closed
arrangements for tho big project. The
building is to be II brick, gGx20 fect IN
dimensions, with n floor epace FOR the
hall Of 0Gxi80 foot, amounting Ia over
1000 square feet. Tho main hall will
be surrounded 10y IL cutlery ton ieci
above the floor, and tho ceiling will havc
I'm elevation OF eighteen ioet.--Rono
Gazette.
Tho brakemen employed upon the
Western division Of the Southern
Pacific, extending west from Sacra.
mento, have crow to pick with Supt.
Scott md tho rest Of the management.
Recently that official promulgated IN
order which requires brnkcmcn. at every
stop, TO drive tho flies from the obsetva.
ton chr attached to the rem NJ the train
IN order that passengers may not be
annoyed by thesc frequent little pests,
At frat the brskomon were too aston
iHhed 70 oven enter u protest, but after
they had vigorously "Sloo ii" tho flee
for a day or two their dignity became
insulted and they aro up in arms over
che order.
Everywhere we hear tlis year, before