Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-24
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
SnImooundi


Something wont wrong at the electric
,la At la,t night and the town was in
dnkuSss.
The republican primary this after
10 IN failed to e cate amy en:hu 'iasn IN
the rnnts n the faithful.
Attorney Henderson will leave to.
nigh nr Lake Tahoe. lie will join
Mrs. henderson at the lake Sunday and
will return Tuesday morning.
The Reiuhart Company are selling
their entire stock "i summer dress
go ,us ut pri ,es that mako the ladies
smi'r. See tic new al.
This for,no , Judge Bru - report
ed 2I2 vo'ers registered in this precinct.
There should be about a hundred more
on the list 5etora the books close.
4 letter received from Mrs. Booher
this morning states .hnt she reached
Buffalo, New York, mt :':l0 Tuesday
morning. She had Il pleasant trip and
was well.
The National Bank Of Chelsea, Mae
sLchuseils. clr cd its doors yesterday.
Lo mInG the funds to the directors ia
sid to be the cause OF the banks failure.
II is repDrteI that IA movement is ON
foot To clos 70 tue street crossing at the
weIt uni OF the freight hou &c. This
Gro - az hs al ways been regarded rs
dhugeruu', but it ia very doubtful il the
people "f the town will consent to ite
beng closed. 1t strikes the writer that
more crossings arc needed and that the
wi 20 POLICY is TO keep what we have.
Assistant Superintendent Fitzgerald
Of the Oregon Short Line was in town
this morning and left for Ogden on No.
4. While here here he stated that the
rui!road company would remove the clos
ct, built at the east end Of the park a
short time ago. md put it inside OF the
depot building. They will connect it
with the Commercial Hotel sewer aud
thus 10 away with a public nuisance.
The Virginia & Truckee car shops
are n o buster than Tor years. 10 the
neighborhood OF thirty mechanics are
new working full time. In addition to
the work that il beng done for the rail.
rond company, "a large number Of custom
orders have becn received in the machine
department.
Aprop ps Of oar greater American
navy" the Springfield Republican re-
marks: six new battleship5 within
the ext six months. four more i'll the
six months following and still more in
the six months after that-let no one
Imagine TINT tho United States will not
be IA great naval power 10y 1907. But
there are those who never will DO
satisfied."
ServiceabIe telegraph poles cnn, it is
found. be constructed OF paper. Such
poles are made OF paper pulp, in which
borax, tallow, etc, are mixed in small
quantities. The pulp is cast in a mold
with n core in the center, for ms n hollow
rod OF the desired length. The paper
poles are said tn be lighter and stronger
than those Of wood, and to be unatTect
ed by the sun, rain, dampness or any OF
the other causes which shorten the life
OF n wooden pole.
4 magazine writer says Speaker Can.
noo in worth more than a million
dollars, and ia noted ut home IA tho
richest man in his county. One would
no Yer suspect this from 1Uncle Jon's-
homespun clo,hos, his KNIT "gallussess"
md his old. fashioncd mannerisms, but
President Gompers, OF the American
Federation ri Labor, seems to have
suspected it from tho pelker's attitn 10
on certain Legislative measures.
a barber, sailing under the name OF
Fuller. who has been working at Dawes
barber shop. skipped out Thursday
night and took 1910 with him. Part o:
tho money belonged to him. part to the
other barbcrs in tho shop and the re-
not reported to Sheriff Clark until this
morning and no in unable to learn
which way Fuller flow.
Tho refusal OF Governor Sparks TO DO
II candidate agaiu has put tho Elko
county democracy all Mt sen. SO FAR
there has bnt little Sweeney sentiment
manifested itself in Elko. II Senator
Hunter and Hon. Geo. Russell will not
accept the nomination, how would Chief
Justice Fitzgerald suit the democracy
Of the StateP Ito is clean, and able
aud wonld mR'to nm OK ,ellent governor.