Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-23
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
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Mr.. Woolverton is in from Ruby val
ley. He reports six inches OF enow il
his section.
The Carson News says that Warder
Considine has given up the idea o.
entering the newspaper field and that he
will be I'm applicant for his present
position at the penitentiary.
Leonard j. KntZ, representing the.
U"it!pe Company Of Brooklyn, New
iorl', 10 in t"wn todny trying /" sell
simplex tyresettinR machines. lie is Il
crPckcr.j sci; ut tile business.
Adolph Knudsun viii open the Com
merciul Ho.el barber shop tomorrow
morning. Az 4 TO-, h in IL good workman
in his line he sIn ri receive n lair SHARE
Of the public patronage. Give him a
chance TO make "a liv ng. rinaG IL -
The last spike on the rnilroad, con-
meeting Fallrn with the Southern
Pacific ut i~lmzcr, will be driven Ut Fal-
on Thanksgiving Day. The people OF
that thriving town will celebrate the
event. =
According to the ofiiriai canvass, Nyh
county gave Bartlett. 81 plurality uver
Smith, mud Sparks 1889 over Mitchell.
The socialists poilrd 800 votes fer con.
gresham and 1913 for governor. 4
The first Official printed report OF the
membership OF the next house 81 rep.
reseptativeq gives the republicans 222
members and the democrats l6i, a re-
publican MINORITY oi IS.
The thro wing ~ rice at weddings is
probably the NEST ancient, custom AT
presS mt in ue. In it, Original form it
was undoubtedly lie with of, the wcd-
ding guests that tn" Young couple might
always have epon. h 'n rat.
The recount Of the votes i'll Storey
county confirms the election nf Wilson
Locklin, democrat. MS state senator.
The official returns gavo Lncklin a
majority 81 nine md the recount ~ the
ballots left him with eight majority. This
gives the lie uocrats seven OF the eleven
holduver senntora.
In an interview published in the Reno
Gazette, DIR. Stubhs snys' he has not
resigned as president OF the university
and furthermore that he has no inten-
ton OF r~esignInr. The report must
have been started 10y some one who
wished tn create trouble i'll the univers.
ity.
The conl sitnatron in Ogden is said to
be serious. The journal claims tia,
there Ia plenty Of coal at the mines aud
plenty OF empty cara to haul it, but the
railroads prefer Ia haul other freight.
1t says the Itio Grnnde is doing all it
can to relieve the situaroU, while the
Hartman people are doing nothing.
Things arc still on the boom at Gold
field; 1t is stated that 800 people
there are living in hUtcls and whntcvc
Accommodations they can get, y report
from there states That the camp ia sd
tbropged the people are forced to 20 to
Tonopnh to sleep. The number o:
buildings under construction is given
rs $50.
George II. Rouse. postmaster Mt Lane
City, White Pmu county, skipped out
the other day with $500 belonging to
the Stephen Williams Meat Com pan, q,
The meat company gave Rouse siG0 To
1n t,nrIN -, fi,n EI,. hu,t, fNr ILn H.,
Instead Of depot ting this, he drew ont
sIOn belonging to the company nnd took
the first train Tor the north. fIe was
arrested at Cobre and taken back to
Ely. Ills accounts rs postmaster were
iound correct.
It 10 again reported that the Western
Pacific has purchased the Nevada Cen.
trHl line, running from BATTLE Mountain
TO Austin, aud will extend the road
through Manhattan to ToDopah.
We pny doctor bills when We arc IN.
The Chinese pay them when they are
we'll. As q u ns the Chinese Emperor
is sick HE Physicians sigh Tor they know
that their salaries arc cut of until he is
ngain we'll. Tho zeal with which the
roynl d'ctors get 10 work to net Ills
Majesty back where tb, ir salaries begin
again in enid Ia he wonderful.
Twenty dollars n bnirrI for water!
This wa the price pail for Adurn's ale
at GreeYwatct during fur days Of last
week, Water ia hauled from Aliens
well, 30 miles cast uf Groenwater, aud
has been selling Tor from 50 to a per
birrel. But the water wagon broke
down Inst week and the 1000 inhabitants
81 tho copper cRpp wore thrown into a
workable papic, with tho r"suIt Tint the
-waiered stoch' was frattticaily bonuh,
ut $40 por--ahd the quality wRs none roc
tempting, Mt that, ".a rsalg go
This Ia II time Of high pri .cs in Japan.
Tho cUst OF everything has advanced
enormously. tn" ruiee Of live or to,
ycars ngo are recalled will, regret
Rents and wagcs have advanced pro
po%rtionately. Dwelling houses tina
could be obtained for 10 or 30 yon (s22, 81