Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-04

L.. 4. McCarty, compiler aud publish.
er OF the -Statistican aud Economist"
one OF the most valuable hano books
published in the country, is in Nevada
making the last distribution that will
DO made Of his book. In the San
Francisco tire he lost his valuable L.
brnry Of over 1000 volumes and data
be spent a life time in collecting.
IL. W. Patterson, the man who cashed
checka, stolen from the Robson Mer.
CATTLE C~ompaDy's saie at Sparks, was
found guilty OF receiving stolen prop.
erty by n Sparks jury after a few min
utes deliberations. He has been sen
fenced to serve six months in Jail and
pay a fine Of s5U0. IL he serves his sen.
tence aud canuot pay his fine he will
board fourteen months and ten days at
the WashOe county Jail.
Senator Hunter received a oouvenir
postal card from Mexico this morning
that is a curiosity. II bears the picture
%: an enraged bull with n man ut his
head and beneath the picture are the
words Il SOLO" Tom, says the man in
the picture is "froggiug." lie does not
know who sent the postal, hut it is
evidently from some well posted on the
senator's perverse nature as u solo
player.
MH. SHETLAND, who lives Just east OF
the morgue, Is confined to her bed with
IA severe attack OF rheumatism. Her
husband il still confined TO the house
from lie injury no received at George
Hunters ranch last month, There are
two email children 10 look after and the
charitable ladies Of the town should
give them some attention.
c. G.. Dcgmnn and Il. Thrown o Reno
and D. Trenholm Of Chicago arrived from
Reno last night IN their way to their
placer mines at Bald Mountain, White
Pine county. They will probably leave
tomorrow for the mine. II is their
Intention to begin work ON nm extensive
scale rs snon as their materials can be
got on the ground.
Tho Capitol commissioners have in
sured the capitol building and armory
at Carson for Sl35,090 on sixty day
policies. The policies were limited to
sixty days because the commissioners
deemed it unwlse To enter into three
year contracts before the solyency Of all
the companies effected by the Sun
Francisco fire WIS known. The policies
were divided among the companies
dong business in the State.
According to the Reveille, no less than
three railroad surveys nave been run
from points north OF Austin to Tonopah
and GoIdtield. The Western Pacific has
run n line from Battle Mountain, Sam.
uel Newhouse and associates have sur.
veycd a line from Beowawe, and the Ne.
vada Central has surveyed an extension
Of it's line. IL the Western Pacific line
is bLilt, it will shorten the distance be-
tween TOnopah and Salt Lake 800 miiee.
The social given by the Rathbone
Sisters Inst Saturday night Melted SGO95
which has been forwarded to a lodge of
Rathbone Sisters in Oakland to be
used FOR general relief. The ladies
were advised to do this by several
prominent citiZ ans because the money
might lay here Ter an definite period il
paid INTO The Eiko relief fund. 1t will
do more good in Oakland thar il would
ly ing lille here.
1t ia whispered around town that the
parties who staked the Norwegian cuok
after his release from Jail are anxious 70
hear OF his whereabouts. They are be.
ginning to tear, so it il said, that they
hRye been buncoed worse .han other
Eikoites were last October, when they
rushed to the cooks new gold fields near
Beowawe. From present indications
the Norwegian cook seems to be o very
elusive individual and his gold mines n
dream.
Tickets for the "Roncy's Boys" enter
tainment, Friday evening, May 4tb, will
he on sale Mt the drug store Monday
morning. This will be 2 high class en.
ter:ainment ind the last for some time.
Prices Reserved seats 10 cents; gener-
al admission, 80 cents. \