Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-01-12

slant rainfall. Tho ssme conditions ex-
LIST in Terra del Fuego, except that the
rair often takes the form OF sleet OF
snow.
Reports from some sections OF the
county say there will be a heavy loss Of
cattle aud horses left on the 4
The loss by the Palace Hotel lire ut
iieno has been settled. Tho adjusters
allowed $4,000 for repair OF the building
and enough on the gambling outfit to
bring tie total up to about : 1000.
John NJ. Pattison tool the oath us
governor Of Ohio yesterday. After
taking the oath, he reviewed the parade
OF iUOO troops from Il glass cage. The
governor has been sick for some time.
The contractors grading for the West
crn Pacific ut Chilco"t are dischargIng
the japanese laborers. They arc too
light for the work. Although willing
enough the little brown men cannot
keep up with The Americana, Greeks or
Italians.
j. G. Thompson, IA young lawyer OF
Goldiirld, and j. +. O'Bricn, editor OF
the Golificld News, had "a street fight
several months CO., which resulted in
the editor severely critIcising the lawyer
IN his paper. In order to ever things
up a bit, the lawyer has brought n
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Virginia City Is beginning prepare.
ton FOR II mid summer celebration.
Several firms have already pledged
their support. Reno. Carson and
Virginia City take turns in celebrating
the 18th Of July and this year is Virginia
City's turn. The people OF the Com
stock never tagged i'll their patriotism
in the darkest days OF the old lode, and
nov that the clouds have vanished they
will put up n celebration that will do
honor To their city.
While it may he possible that diphshe.
ria will break ont in Elko, there Is no re-
ason why the people should be fright.
ened. At the first symptom OF this
disease, a physician should be
ed and his orders strictly obeyed. II the
physician says the disease is diphtheria,
do not set your judgement against his
and djsobey his instructions. IL You do,
you may pay dearly for it. Every case
should he qua%rnutined md the quaran.
tine should be strictly enforced.
The president sent Il strong letter to
congress yesterday IN winch be praised
the work Of the Panama canal commis-
sion and criticised everybody that does
not believe that things are going all
right ON the istbmus. lie opposes any
reduction OF salaries as tina would PUT
incompetent men at the work. lie 2ays
that the work Is being done rapidly
and that the canal vii! soon hc an
accomplished fact. There seem to he
a whole lot Of things ON on on the
isthmus that the president doesn't
seem /, know anything about. IhercHl
be some tuD i'll the senate over canal
matters before the present session
ends.
The latest dispatches say that the
Western Pacific is gong ahead with it's
track laying on the United States train
ing wall extending into San Francisco
bay despite the injunction obtained by
the Southern Pacific Engineer Williams
IN charge OF the work insists thai his
company IL violating no injunction in
lny,,-, "a N=--f. 49, II "m-
pany IL proceeding on the theory that
the land 1t IL occupying is government
property and that the State courts have
no jurisdiction over it.. Tho company
proposes to obey tho courts and secure
its connection with San Francisco and
the Pacific ocean by legal means, but il
dnrs not propose to be bluifcd out by an
Injunction that ia not elective.
Indian George Moliitt, an old Piutc,
put a stick OF wood loaded with giant
powder into his stove at tho Indian
camp near Sparks Saturday night and it
exploded and he was almost instantly
killed, his equaw fatally injured and his
little papooso badly mnnglcd. The
officers are investigating the affair.
They are Of the belief thai tho Indian
had either bought or stolen Il piece Of
wood, in which the ginn, powder Ind
been placed by some one who had in.
tended to blow up the person who had
been robbing his woodpiIc. II it is
found TINT the Indian bought the wood
aud the person selling it placed the
ponder III the wood for the purpose Of
killing some one, TINT person will be
arrested.
Tho rnnchcrs in Pleasant valley,
South Fork and Mound valley are
waging war on the rabbits. The pcsts
arc 40 numerous and destructive that
the ranchers are making u concerted
effort to get rid Of them. They build
fences around their haystackg in which
they fix II trap gate, During tho night,
the rabbits enter these gntcs md feast
on the hay. Once in there is no escape
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