Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-01-26
rROI SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Tic IuscarorH stage pulled out with
forr horses this morning.
;lr. and Mrs. George Hunter will
leave Tor California tomorrow.
: unatptlicc has been cstabliscd at
Palmetto, Mrs. Rodcnkirch having re-
ccivcd notification to that effect u fcw
lays ago. She has received tho ap.
pointmcTt Of postmi-trcs5 and will tile
&. her bonds at once.
III" dead body OF mn unknown man
was fnmud near Las Vegas, Lincoln
r"unty last week. Attention WAS attract.
ed 10 til" place 10y Il handkerchief tied +"
the branch OF IL mesquite tree under
which the body WIS fouuu.
IucsLay afternoon a Ing ave occurred
ON the Cholltr Groupings, at NirsIuig-
city carrying down Il cabin, two mine
Ears, winllass, toOlr and "A lot OF lumber.
II il not known how far dow the de-
bri. "rni. as the ground all around the
cave - very soft. and IT If dangerous to
venture TO close. The cave liz supposed
to have been caused by the rain soaking
in" the loose ground and displacing the
mIuc timherE.
.i,n tor Nixon has succeeded III utter.
,a,ug thU Department OF Agriculture i'll
an attempt To lind ont il trees can he
grown on desert land without irrigation.
Tho department has arranged with a
Bnti-h foreign officer i'll South India 10
EYrEt1y fla. ll.t ur,,,.rt ~ Ayvtgs,ltnV
with seeds ~ the -Drudnr," which IL a
South India cedar tree. The first cxpe-
rim"ut will b" tried III Las Vrgas, Lin.
coin county, Nevada.
There III nothing IN a legal way nov
except u possible defeat at the polls, that
can prevent thc county sent OF Esmcr.
aida county FROM being removed to
Goidticld. Ia" signatures II over three.
iitth- 81 the qualified voters OF the
county hny" been secured, which,
according to Law, will compel the county
Commissioners t" call rpccinl election.
IL the Commissioners refuse they will ~
rn"ndamusci. -Tonopnh sun.
William VI. Stewart, furmcr United
states senator and once millionaire mine
owner, has been elected onr 81 the
schuol trustees Of iBullfrog and this week.
i'll connection with tSu miners, u cir.
Culnting n subscription paper in order TO
rniso funds to erect u school building
and employ n teacher. Efforts tn secure
special All from the State for school
purpuscd failed and the aged Senator
nccordingly started out to take up n
collection.
a Eureka Iii patch 81 tho 18th saye
Tint Mrs. IicirhoId Sadlcr and son, Al
fred Sadlcr. prominent rceiicnts OF
Reno, arrived here last evening and
started today 10y sleigh stage to Ely.
ninety ml!"H away, uCtOts II country that
has been sue Sbouud for several days.
At Ely. III white Pine county Ex.Cov'
Crnor Rcintuld !inil"r lics seriously i'll
from exposure sustained while making
the identical trip three weeks ago, ms life
being %dcspnircd Of.
\ stranger named John burns applied
T." the n%tlicinls yesterday Tor nesisinncc,
ITO WV ''N'iE ''SsI W thl' NV rltI '''l
To walk from wnd'w"rth I" this city and
wna o%vcrLakcu by u snowstorm on the
plnina. u" grtnpch tho snow from be.
meath n pine tree and by stninping his
toct on tho ground and moving around
all night kept from freezing to death,
lliR left foot WINS badly frozen and after
having the injury dressed hO wns given Il
DO IT, tho Jail. Burns was almost hnro,
footed when tc reached thin city.-Vir,
gInin Enter prise.
"BuUm' towns in America arc not the
only place. in which land values IN,
crcnap. y London nowfpnpcr says that
within thirty years the value of lnnd in
London proper has increased from Il
hundred nnd HiSty.cight million pounds
tn four hundred and eighteen millinn, ~
two and II halt timcs. Tho most vnluahI,
land ~ in the rcighborhUOd Of the IInul
81 England. where il hn4 been eold al
tho rate ~ thrcc million two hundrct
and fifty thousand pounds an nero al.
most three hundred and seventy. five
dollars II Hqunro foot.
Tho Silver Bow STANDARD is the lat
cat candidate Tor public favota. Iu H.
fret issue editor Small payr: 4 Unite,
number ~ this iasuc - tho Standnr,
had tho headline printed in pure gol,
dust from tho Reed aud Robbie lcaec
Ihia IN tho first iimo III tho history q
wostcrn journalism TINT such Il papc