Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-06-29
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BUY JOLLY. n IS Jolly
al Fisher is in town.

Harry X. Thaw has been indicted by
the New York grand jury for tie murder
Of Stanford White.
Sherf Clark has the chain gang at
work on the ditch north Of town. Chas
Roberto is guarding the gang.
An umbrella WINS left in the !. q. o. f.
uall Memorial Day. The owner can
get the same at this Office by paying for
this notice.
q. NJ. Hensel has returned from the
East. He says the promoters OF the
Lamoille electric plant are getting their
plans in shape to bring in power and
light.
The L. j. wintermanrel Co., Jewellers
are prepared TO do repairing at the most
reasonable rates at their place Of bust.
Ehess, Engraving. free of charge on all
articles sold.
Get ready to be Jollied on
June 30th by Mr.. Jolly of
Joliet. If you miss it, you
will miss it, so don't miss it.
a black COW with spike horn has
strayed from town. She is branded j.
U. on left hip. Anyone returning the
COW to the owner at thus Office will be
suitably rewarded.
Fix Senator II. A.. Comins OF White
Pine county, who is named rs IA possible
candidate for governor, ON the republic
can ticket, Gays he has the matter under
consideration. Nevada voters will
probably do considerable considering
before consentin9 TO cast their ballots
for Couins for that position.-Virginia
Chronicle.
In speaking OF the cost OF living in
our Tonopah and Goldield articles, We
forgot to say that in both cities the
union scale Of wages prevails and that
no men work for less thad O. per day
OF eight hours. Women receive cor.
respondinRly high wages. This pre-.
serves an equilibrium between the cost
OF living and the earning capacity Of the
people.
The city council Of Reno has finally,
after considerable agitation. taken up
the matter ot removing the tenderloip
from the business district. At present
the distric: is but one square from Vir.
ginia Street. 1t is proposed to remove
it to he point where the Virginia g.
Truckee Railroad and the river intersct.
Here the district will be closely con-
centrnted and kept under a strict
police supervision. T.
h conference committees Of the
senate md house on the railroad rate
bill Formulated their third report yester.
day and it was signed by all the con
ferees except Senator Tillmap. Tinman
Chime that the Standard Oil Company
got in ITS work in the exemption OF pipe
lines from the list OF common curriers'.
The law MS agreed upon 10y the con
ference committees contains a pruvis on
prohibiting the issuance Of my free
transportation for interest ate passage and
provides a class Of many exceptions.
The Gazette says the report is current
TINT the Southern Pacific coutem plates
deciding back to the government all the
mineral ltnd upon which it secured
patents several years ago and which is
now involved in litigation. The rumor,
the Gazette saye, is persistent aud as
the storyigoes, the principal officials Of
company cay they are not willing for
known mineral lnnds to be seized by it's
land agonts upon false representations.
IL this step is taken by the railroad
company it will settle the litigation over
the Olinghouse mincs.
If you desire a Jolly good
time on June 3Oth remember
Mr.. Jolly, the Jolly Jollier of
Toilet OH "Jolly side of life"
At Leonard Hall. Tickets
on sale at the Drug Store
Monday 25th.
The Sacramento Union has the fol.
lowing: Superior Judge Hart yesterday
denied the petition OF William Whalen,
the Nevada man against whom four
complaints Of obtaining money by false
pretense are charged, for II writ OF
habeas rofpus. Whalen wis given q
week to plead in each case. Whalen is
said to have secured abont $500, 900 in
this city on representations that mince
he owned IN Nevada, near Eureka, we're
well developed and produced ore worth
from $500 10 $4,000 n ton. II ia alleged
by his accusers that the claims have no ,
been developed, and TINT they are
practically worthless.
WIN. b. Yatca. who married u woman
In Reno last winter when he had II wife
living IN California. plead guilty Ia tl.
charge Of bigamy yesterday in liz.
Washoo county district court. Yates
and tho attorneys on both sidcs OF
the case made etrong pleas for
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