Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-25
FROM DAILY
SalmaQundi.

Mrs. Tom Van Driellnn OF Jucl
Creek is spending a few days in ElKo.
Henry Voight has let the contract foI
the building 81 II house near Jas
Dcwar's residence.
Rev. ID. II. McCullaugh returned to,
day from Starr Valley where he held
services yesterday.
Charley Glider returned yesterday
from II prospecting trip to tho southern
country.
MrB. Harvey Rutherford is down from
the North Fork, her little boy being un
der treatment at tho Boiling hospital.
\ drilling machine for the Dexter
nine at T%uscarora WAS unloaGcd here
this morning. 1t will be used in
prospecting the mine.
Bishop Spaldrng arrived Sat urday
night and held services at the Episcopal
church yesterday. lie leaves Tor
Eureka tonight.
Tho Western Pacific il making good
progress with the right 81 way east Of
Elko. Today Ham Mccain and MIR.
Randolph Of i~laileck decided the right Of
way Tor the road through their ranches.
The Offering at the SOnth Fork
preaching services "Wednesday night
will be Tor the purpose OF assisting the
Snn jose people to rebuild their church.
II WINS utterly destroyed with no claim
whatever OF insurance aud its people
have been left pcnnilcss.
Rev. ID. II. McCullaugh, ID. ID. and
Row. Geo. II. Greenfield will hold ser
vices Tuesday night this week ut La
moillc and "Wednesday night at South
Fork. II Mr.. Grecntield's services arr
desired ut Elko word should he left at
the telephone Office.
Marshal GrimmOn will arrive from
Eureka tonight with John ~Frrryman.
arrested mt Pulisndc on the charge of
selling whiskcy to Indians. He will
al6o bring the witnesses md the
examination will be held before the u.
:. commissioner tonight 81 tomorrow.
Vice President Fairbanks has nskrd
God To bless the State OF California.
AZ hc probably did it IN his usually
pondcr0us glacial style ~ confcrrmg
IL special favor upon the Almighty in
putting the request. it is doubtful il
Jehovah paid much attention. IL man
expects to have his prisons answered he
must get oil the ice wagon before he
prnys.-SaCrameDto Bee.
Tho Both OF May, the day set apart
Tor 5trewing flowers on the graves o! our
dead, will bo observed in Elko 10y the
Odd Fellows. The exercises will he III
line with those Of past years and will be
appropriate to tho occasion. Rev. Per
civnl s.. Smith will deliver the address.
While tho exercises will be conducted
by the Odd feliows the people OF the
town arc cordially invited to JON with
them in observing the day. The pro.
gram appears elsewhere.
Pref. Game and Miss Matte Rose
returned from Tuscarora last evening.
They were accompanied 10y Mrs. George
Miller who leaves for Oakland. Cali
%fOruia, tonight an No ..
a visitor in "A thiuly settled part Of
England was told by Il resident whom
he met that no physician lived within
ten miles NJ him. "WhaI!' exclaimed
the visitor. "rcn miles from a doctorY7
aye. cir, ton miles," rcspundcd the
parish mostly dies natural deaths"
Constable McAdams in circulating
around town todny. He told tho report.
or Tint Il rich pruspee. had been found
nbpnt four and II bali miles south Of
carlin. Jack Pearson. he said, brought
in els hundred pounds 81 ore from tho
iiDd yesterday tint nssRyCd SilO0 per
ton in gold aud carried u small nmonnt
Of silver.
Mr.. Shirley has lcnscd the drug store
cornnr from the Henderson lIunkinp
company and will erect thereon u neat
frame building llxG0 feet. The buiid.
ing will contain two rnOms. the corner
ono will he usoh by Mr.. Shirley Tor II
enlOon md the other will be for rent,
Tho contract Tor the building hns been
let to Mr.. Nolson. 1t viii be completed
M Soon aa possible.
"LinCa Of mon strung ont for block
can bc aeon daily in Oakland awaiting
turns TO quonch their thirst in Saloons,
which nrc doing n thriving trade. Tho
lines lille IN Mt II door ard ont nj nm
other, no lettering about the premises IL
allowed, the order to lire and fall back
being strickly enforced" was the SONG
md dance yarn broattod in the ear Of II
Chronicle man by Il vol known resident
who returned ycstcrdny from California
Virginia Chronicle.