Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-10
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
SaImaqundi.
Mr.. Game let, for Reno las. night.


was in "a yn this for enoo
Tito attention. Of members Of the Jock
cy Club is called to n meeting notice in
this Issue,
Tho new town Of Ramsey is booming.
II is said that offers Of s25D nave been
reiu sed for choice corner lots.
A general strike to begin at noun
today in st. Petersburg Lns been ordered
As preliminary the men employed in
"a dozen establishments went out at
noon yesterday. The sitution in Russia
shows no signs Of improvement.
y LIS Angeles dispatch Of, the End
says that ". II. Adams, Il rrospec.or
reiufn'n r from P,na'uipt range. snys
that eight pers ms died during his stay
from the terrible heat. lie says TINT
the thermometer registered at l35 in the
shade ut Ballarat and III ut midnight.
Tie GUz lite says that the people OF
Reno and Southern Nevada are in the
clutches VI the ice trust. The Union
and National ice companies have divided
up the territory between them md it is
impossible to got n sufficient supply for
the peop'e o. Reno and Sparks.
l.. A.. Blakeslee, internal revenue
collector for the district Of Nevada, has
resigned his position ind his son in law,
II. J. Humphrey, will be appointed to
the place. Henry Mack OF Gardiner
Vile will succeed to the position vacated
by Mr.. Iiumph -ey, that Of deputy us.
mare hal.
From the menger reports OF the do
inRs OF the Panama commission most Of
them, especially our $40, 900 a year Sec
retury, seem to spend their time on
trips to and from Panama on the govern.
mont ships where everything is Furnish
Cd free by the taxpayers. This makes
the water fly. IL not the dirt. md is
cheaper than living on shore.
Miners who are operating on Fox
mountain in the D.ephole region, l3j
mile tom Reno. New, express the belief
TINT they have found tin ore. They
have taken IL "A quantity Of the formH-
tion and will have assays made Of it
To test its values. IL their tupposition
III true. il will mean n big thing for the
district nn accoun Of the demand ind
scarcity 81 the metal in this country.
According to reports from the district
many miners are arriving not only
from western Nevada. but from Love.
LICK. Fairview and Winnemucca.
The robbery OF tho Central Market
Thursday night is pretty good evidence
that Elko il not FREQ from the criminal
element. The officers should be on the
alert Tor this clnss and the citizens
should exercise vigilance in caring for
their property. II ID generally con.
coded that a map who commits burglary,
will commit murder il necessary to
avoid detection. AS the life OF a good
citizen is worth the whole army Of
burglars that ply their trade. no mercy
should be shown to them IL caught.
Campaign buttons are becoming
numerous in tho Southern states with
tho inscriptions: ~For President in 1908.
Chas. w. Fairbanks" The federal
officials nro discreetly keeping the
buttons in their pockets, as they know
that to espouse the cause OF tho Wabash
statesman, would rumple tho feathers
OF Teddy and probably lead to their
divorce from tho public trough. lie
ruilInF pnFly IN nnI nynttnl nIn,t ,I.I
egatcs to the National convention, which
is two ycars oil, especially as Offices
and hard cash have always decided who
tho delegates to n republican national
convention would vote for.
Tie hois,ing works OF the Alta mine
in Gold fill caught fire Thursday night
from the PxplC. ion oi u coal oil lamp
md III n few minutes the side and roof
Of the building were burning iierccly.
W. ID. Bray, the engineer. stuck to his
pest and raised two men from the Sdiro
tunnel level Of the mine. Ito first run
down the cage and played ont about 90
feet Of cable M Il danger signnl and then
waited FOR the signal to boist. This nc
soon got and tho cage quickly reached
the surface with the men. Tho binding
smoke prevented Bray from seeing the
slati, but no only raised the cage Il few
tect ahovc the collar md the mcn jump
cd of. Bray then staggered from tho
building almost sufTncated and drowned
by tho food OF water poured IN by the
tiremen.
Tho nonsense TINT tho Carson Newa
mud other republican pnpcrs dieh up Ia
their rcaders on the lie mocratic outlook
in this state ia enough Ia ,nnke a dog
Rick. Every fow dnys the Nrwe has Il
column or Hn Of drivelinR rot about
Governor Sparkle. Sam Davis. General
Sweeney and Other prominent demo.
cmts. The Move In evidently worried
nror the political cit uation and Ia whistl-
ing 10 it's party graveyard to keep ito
courage up TO the sticking point. Tho
republican editors should acttle their
W political toubles boforo they mix
up with democratic politics.