Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-31

Il. NJ. Sullivan, the manager OF Cans
says there will be no fight between
Cans and Nelson at Goldfeld il George
Siler acts a referee. lie says he Will
forfeit the 5000 already posted us Silel
is prejudiced against Cans.
F. NJ. Dempsey. principal OF the
Tuscarora school, arrived from Calitor.
nia this morning and will 90 To rus.
cnrora in the mornmg. lilo is no
relation Of Dempsey OF iistic fame, but
he has plenty OF muscle TO mag the
youngsters he viii deal with this winter.
There will be no lack oi accom- noda-
tons Mt Roise during the session Of the
irrigation congress. to be held at that
place September 3 to s, Tho citiz ems
have opened their homes, and 1000
visitors a secure rooms after the
hotels are filled. Tho railroad company
las provided u special track and will
keep the sleeping cars there during the
congress for the use OF the delegates.
Five thousand visitors are expected.
Charles Buffers has been awarded by
the Institute OF Mining md Metallurgy
OF London a gold medal in recognition
OF his researches III tho extraction and
treatment Of gold orcs. Mr.. Buffers is
the head OF that company operating i'll
Sixmilo Clnyodu, md he spent thou
sands OF dollars in experimenting to
find "A way OF working the tuilings, after
others had net with failure.-Enter.
prise.
An exchange says that alcohol will re.
move grass stains from summer clothes.
The exchange liz right. 1t will also re.
move summer clothes and also spring
and winter clo:hes, not only fro IL tho
man who drinks it but aIao from his
wife aud children IL will remove
household furniture from tue house and
catablcs from the pantry; the smiles
from the face OF his wife, and happiness
from his home. AS n remover Of thlnge
alcohol has few equals.
The town of Ramsey is growing very
rapidly. 1t now has n population OF
over 500 people. and new recruits are
arriving every day. Corner lots are sold
Ms high as 1880 md those inside bring
us high rs $1,000. Several new business
houses have been established during
the past few weeks and the town in gen.
eral has an air OF prosperity and by the
coming fall it ia believed that it will be
the nome OF 1000 people.
Under a neS law in Norway every
would bo-bridc must exhibit a %certiti-
cate that she knows how to- cook. In
that country II dyspeptic il regarded MS
a natural curiosity, while over here they
arc the rule rather tlInn the exception.
by all means let ia have The Norway
Law aud a nation full OF good cooke,
which will do more to reform vice than
all the efforts put forth by the profes-
SIGNALS. IL liz the bad food and bad
cooking TINT il making us II nation Of
graiters and filling the country Will,
~dyspeptic cranks. No people car be
sane whose stomacbs are sore md
tender.-American Farmer.
Tho Humbolt Star says that BRAKEMAN
ID. Hayes was struck on the head with
II club and knocked from the top Of a chr
early "Wednesday morning. Two men
boarded tho train somewhere east OF
Sparks and were seen hy the train crew
trying to break the seals and rob the
cars. They were put oil several times
but managed to get on again. Finally
Hayes started ncross the train on the
cars from the cnboose to make another
effort to catch tho men, but had gone
only a few car lengths when he was
struck by one OF tie meG and knock ed
TO the ground. lilo was only partially
stunned and managed to get to his feet
md attracted the attention Of the con-
ductor in tho cabncsc who applied the
brakes and stopped the train. Hayes
wRs picked up and n thorough search
was made for the would.be murderers,
but without success.