Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-16
FR0H SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.


Tho tax rate for Lander county this
year has been liked at 81. 10 on the 500
The middle class OF he high school
entertained the other classes and teach
"rs last night. They proved themselves
TO DO good entertainers.
Roy Kendall and Paul Deboye. the
escaped prisoners from the Austin Jail.
were captcred at PaIisnde last Tuesday .
They hare been landed in their old quar-
ter III the Jail 81 Lander county.
Tho high school has accepted the
chaIlerE" OF the Crescent Club OF the
State Uni"erHity Tor II joint debate, but
r"Jrctcd the list Of questions submitted.
Tho debate will takc place here at a
date in tho near future.
Lie IonOpah papers state that a sur
vcy for Il railroad from that city to Man
hnitnn sa being made. W. C.. Richings
q: the lonOpah railroad company Is
m"N .ng tie survey and Inns quite u force
of men with him.
Both the Smith and Clark roads are
beng rushed toward Bunirog, trying 10
get MO he district in order to tie up as
many u; The shipping mines IA possible.
The Cnrk rond has steel laid Tor a dist
nnce Of thirty miles ont OF Las Vegas,
and the graders are many miles ahead
~ the track layers.
improvements being mnde by the Vir
pipIu + frr,,ryn, r.,t,n, -
Hawthorne are said to indicate that Il
movement is on foot TOR q combination
with the Wcetern Pacific for construct.
ing IA through line to southern Nevada
gold fields, to divert that traffic from the
Southern Pacific, which now has Il mo-
nopoly of it .-Virginia Chronicle.
George Gould, the man who is FUR
nisting a large portion OF the money to
build tho Western Pacific railroad, is ON
his way to Nevada. lie is expected in
Carson City almost any day and accord
ing to n telegram received here some
time ago, will be the guest Of Governor
John Sparks. Mr.. Sparks stated ycster-
dny that he expects the railroad magnate
here in "a short time. Ono OF tho pur.
poses OF his visit, it il learned, liz to find
II Carson City has any business TO induce
him to run u limo to this city. Tho
announcement TINT no il on his way here
will in all probability cause tho men
whose interests are nj st IKE in this city
to prepare to receive him and show him
tho city III a proper manncT.-Journal.
Samples 81 ore, said to have been
iound nine miles uortheast OF the
Comst0ck, were shown yesterday car.
rying fifty per cont gold. The disoov-
crcr, whose nHmO WIS not "ascertRinCd
says thore in more OF the Same kind
where the samples CANE from and that
when no completes his locations tho
locality will 10 made public. Tho find
il III this county and ia probably in
tho vicinity Of tho Badger district
Chronicle.
W. y. Friedrich. tho preacher detect.
Two OF Montollo, has Il card in tho Wolls
Herald in which ho cluims That himself,
Wea. Johneon and Judge Hogan are GU.
titled Ia all tho credit Tor the arrest OF
tllB lEuluUS WHO NIt HU" w JUL tpI MIN
ing tho tramp nt Montcllo. flo sayB he
arrested Johnny and obtained his O n
~fcRsion. This ia not the first instance on
record whore a man hns claimed ovory
thing III sight.
Tho jury in the case oi Chillion Bowen
who killed q WashOc county rRnchor
named Stephenson in San Frnncisco
several months Ago, found him guilty oi
murder in the frat deg REQ. with n recon
incubation Of mercy. Unless the Judge
considers tho recommendation OF tho
jury BJwon will stretch homp. TIT
world would DO better of II all mon q
Bowon's stamp woro sleeping boneatl
tho daisies.
a Duluth dispatch Of the 9th sayt
Frozen 30 hard that sharp knivcs coul
make no impression, tho body OF MarsiI
Brcckcn lies in mn undcrtnkcr'd chop !
this city. Brccken WA found in n snow
drift just outside tho city iroLon m 30
I'd ns ice. IA soon M tho body tina"
sufficiently n post mortcm oxaminatio
will 10 held. a certificate Of dcpos
Tor 800 md sGS in cnsil woro found
tho unfortunate name pockets.
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