Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-13

valley yesterday to spend n week With
Mrs. Frank Honeyman.
Claude Anderson has resigned his
position with the railroad company and
Ii. II. Kohler has succeeded him.
Mark Cecil pass ii through last cven-
ing on way home from attending the
supreme lodge a. .. U. ". which met
mt Toronto. Canada.
Sheriff Clark has seventeen prisoners
to look after, five Of whom will have to
square matters with Uncle Sam when
the U. S. district court meets.
Mr.. Brain is still alive, but gradually
growing weaker. He las u tenacious
hold on lie, but there is not the faint
est hope OF his recovery.
Mrs. Lieberi, IL sister OF Dave Casper,
arrived from New York City last night
on II visit. They had not seen each
for thirty years and their meeting was
a joyous one.
j. +. Shaughuessy, assistant superiD
tendent Of the Oregon Short Line, has
resignHl and Il. T.. Rowlands Of Ogden
has been promoted to the vacancy. Mr..
S~haughnessv. resigned to Iook after HE
mining interests ut Fairview.
The board of pardons met IN Carson
yesterday to hear applications for
pardon from tho innocent men deprived
Of their liberty i'll the penit e%ntiary.
Charles Ansal. convicted OF cmbez
element in Esmeralda county, was given
his freedom. There are a number of
applications before the board.
An exchange i'll attempting to elur
the ladies' say7: what would be
thought Of "a man who would have his
pants made sc veral inches too long and
then 90 round holding them up with
u hand He would be considered
cruzy, Of course, does he know OF my
woman doing anything like that?
Girls are OF few days and full Of mus
chief, and whatsoever is deceived 10y
them is not wise says, Il young man =.
When the fair girl cheweth her gum
with much haste, md stampeth her
pretty foot, then look out. She cometh
forth in the evening with a low neck
dress and short sleeves, but in tho
morning she lieth in bed while her
mother hustleth.
The miners OF BuckshIu district have
formed n union and raised the wage
scale. The camp has always been II a
camp, but the scale has been increased
from 81 to S4.50 for shaft work and 60
for contract work. AS soon as the new
scale went into effect tho Kennedy and
Pitt nine clio 3ed down. Several other
operators CON planned, but they are pro-
ceedIng with development work and the
lcasers find it Improbable to suspend
operations. Those who oppose the scale
say TINT il should not have been estab-
lished until the mines Of the camp had
established their ~pernIanency.
The store 81 w. l.. Semenzl & Bro.
mud tho hardware stole OF Ed. Schmidt,
both in tile heart OF Reno were entered
by burglars Sunday night. 4 dozen
knives, &C in cash md other goods we're
taken from the first named store and a
dozen revolvers, two repeating miles,
eight razors and n number OF kniies and
other hardware from the Inter. The
property taken from Schm;drs store is
valued at about 300. Mr.. Schmidt Inns
been i'll business in Reno nearly eight.
cen yrnrs and this about the 10Th time
his place has been robbed.
As there in some misunder standing M
to the time tho registration books close
this ycar, the writer submitted the mat.
ter to Judge Brown this morning md
got his opinion. After reading the law,
Judge Brown held Tint the books cloRe
this year at 6 o'clock p. IN. on Saturday,
September 9Th. The law reads that the
books shall be open on all legal days
from and inter tho first day Of June
and prior 10 the tenth day OF September
prior to any general election. As the
tenth day Of September falls on Monday
this year, tho Inst legal day fM regiRtrn.
ton will be Saturday, September Sh.
Voters should make II noto OF thus and
not put of registration until II il too
late. Remember that you must register
this year before q o'clock D.. IN. OF Satur.
dry, September 9Th, il yon want to vote.
On September LET, the first all.stceI
passenger coach To he run on II western
RAILROAD will be placed in commission
by the SontlCr IN Pacific company. A
TOW days later M all stool mail car the
lirst in usc in the United S,aics will bu
placed on the road. These care will mark
ma innovation in railroad equipment IN
the west, and they will 10 completed ut
the Sacramento shops within tho next
siIiy days. Work on other steel care
will BE- under way boiOro TINT time and
IA fast ns they are eau bc turned out
they will DO euhsti utod Tor the coachce
+, now in use. The steel coaches arc
lighter and moro substantial il,an The
wooden once nov in use.
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