Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-03-09

fought surgeons and nurses, jumped on
IA table. got through the sky light, and
chased over the roofs OF Eevei al building
before he was captured. He made "a
mistake in resisting. The urgcons will
now decide that before performing the
operation first contemplated, they must
cut of his legs to keep him from escap.
ing again. When IA doctor gets after
you with Il knife, don't r~eeist. II never
gets you anything.
Twenty years from today. says all en-
change, the boys OF today will be men.
They will be doctors and drunkards.
lawyers and liars, editors and idiots,
ministers and murders, liberals and con.
servativcs, and so on down the line. II
Is I'M pOssibes tn tell what class each boy
will he. II Is impossible FOR u boy TO be
subject Ia such influence that will keep
him III the Tigh: iii ~rCction. Follow the
boys ns time rolls on, and in twenty
years from now some Of them will be in
congress, while some OF them will he in
Jail. Every boy is training for Il certain
class and IT is the duty OF every parent
to know which.
The Southern Pacific is arranging to
construct at once "A hotel at Carlin, Elko
county, and another Mt Sparks, Washoe
county. Tie necessity for the new eat.
ing houses Is said to be due Ia the i'll
cr"asiug traffic of the read and that
decent eating places, not associated with
liquor dispensarirs, lie provihod for the
train crrws, engineers and iircmrn on
that division. An additional reason is
that the roads are handling many
thousands OF soldiers over the lines and
that suitable eating and supply places
must be provided for them .-O5seryer.
The Fallun Herald, i'll an article head
cd The Land of Promise" mentions
Roosevelt Us father Of the reclamation
act mcasur Of which Senator
NewlInds was the author and originator,
and Ii conceded to be 10y every resident
o. Nevada, not blinded by partisan
prejudice. Had it not been for Senator
N~ewltnds persistent efforts in the
carse Of irrigation Fal!on would have
remained mn insignificant village in the
heart OF the Churchill desert without a
population sufficient Ia support "A
partisan shcc', such ns it is.-Nirgiuia
Chronicle.
There WIS one lucky buyer Saturday
~ ia. Gala, Ia1l L. A.. ~ - -n-l
Of uucallcd for packages and miscclla.
mcous bundles which passengers over
the line either forgot or had no money
to pay freight charges on. SAYS the
Reno Journal The buyer did not want
to 20 high, 40 he bid - cents ON a bun
die tied up with n iecc Of gunny sack.
When he opcuci i; he discovered he
had ore specimens containing gold that
IL estimated to be worth at lcnst $50,
Ihc ore is SO rich that the free gold can
be sliced ont III little yellow pieces.
The State orpan's home new building
III Carson has accommodations for 100
children. The State wards now number
G2, OF whom 81 are boya. Tho hcigh, Of
The structure from hEc to dome ia 10
feet. The grounds comprise an area Of
Ii hcrcs of agricultural land, uppn
which is raised all nf the vegetables fur
table use and feed Tor livestock which
includes siX cows. Since the establish.
mcnt Of thch home ia 1879, seven hundred
children have been admitted within its
portals and supported and educated at
the states expense, many Of them
occupying positions OF trust.
Jack Wall. = well known resident Of
Carson, committed suiyil lie Sunday
afternoon at Rye Patch while rn.routc
from Carson to Manhattan with Frank
Ilrln md Fret kuohlocx. Tho three
Ind secured leases on n claim nj Man.
haitian and were on their way to begin
work. They had stopped to rest ut
Rye Patch and Helm and KnobIock
were attending to tho horCss when Wall
killed himself. Tho cause OF the sui.
eide Is not known. Wall was IL native
Of Indiana and was IS years ~ age.
lie leaves a widow. Ills rcmnin, will
lie taken tn Carson Tor burial.
T.. J. StciumctH Of Carson City has
presented to Professor Frlndson Of the
fctcncc department Of the University OF
Nevada, II very valuable collection Of
birds eggs and ncsts. together with u
complete set of notes representing bird
lie in Nevada MIR. Stcilmclz hns been
years collecting the eggs and nests and
they represent the cEgs and nests of
nearly every kInd Of bird ever aacn in
the state. Tho collection IL quite com.
plctc and will he II great addition t. the
department Of science at the college.
Among the eggs may bo mentioned those
Of the American eagle, the buHzard,
hawk. lagoon, pelican and Of many
other BIRDS, which make their homes in
the mountains or ~ tho swamp land Of
the statc.-GHz"ttc.
Tho most ]CuriOus nlmrhuusc IN Eng.
land is 81. MHry'a hospital at Chichester.
There eight old wolncn live actually in
tho church. which is n fine old building
dntinR from 1850. II wH originally a