Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-23
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
SalmaQundi.

&. +. Pearson and Charley Graham
are down from Mardis. When they left
that camp, there was about six inches
OF snow on the ground and more was
falling. oil.
1t ia reported that thermometers in
Ruby valley registered twenty degrees
below aero Sunday night. How is that
Tor the beginning Of winterY
The many friends OF Mr.. and MB.
Quincy will regret TO learn that they
are badly crippled with rheumatism.
Mr.. Quincy has been confined to tho
house for several days. b"
We began acting the Official vote Of
Elk" county by precincts this after
noon. The table is q long one md it
will take considerable time to get il
ready for the paper. Is press Of other
work Inns prevented US from getting the
table up before this,
Frank p. Mapnix, the defeated can.
didate for secretary Of state. acknowl.
edgcG his defeat IN the last issue OF his
paper, the Buliirog Miner. He extends
thnnks to all who supported him ind
bows gracefully to the will Uf tho PEG
pie rs expressed at THO ballot boy.
The books ni the auditor and recorder
at Genoa show that THE yenr the tax
able value OF the property in Douglas
county aggregated 81. OI0,6O5. Thus in
the first time that Douglas county has
passed the million dollar mark. Tho
taxes collected amounted to S23,i09 II.
Of which Sl5,GQG.07 went to the county
and sf80304 to the st ate.-GarduerviIlp
Record.O Courier,
In the Inst 500 years oycr twelve
billion dollars worth Of gold il estimnt-
cd To have been dug from the earth.
Not much moro thRn one-halt OF this
ia definitely known to DO in existence
in tho moncniary stocks OF the globe.
az this, however. tho United States il
believed To hold from y billion and a
quarter To q billion and q halt.
a llrG broke ont IN the round house nj
Winuemucca early Monday morning
and the building WINS entirely destroyed.
The money logs 10 said TO be email, but
the loss 81 the use Ut the round house
will he heavily felt hy the the railroad
company. Trnnic il unusually heavy
nov and tho seven stalls Of tho round
house l'nye constantly been in USE for
tho housma OF engines ,gf,,
rlle ptesent COLI sndR Iitnls anumbpr
Of hur people ,Rothnnt tooal or wool 10
keep them warm. Our coal dealers re-.
port plenty of conl on the road. buI
have iden whom II will chow up. 1a Il
quite probable Tint tho coal billed ioi
Elko has been diverted to eornc othei
point. II 30, thero IL likely to DO con
siderable suffering here. u the colo
weather continues.
II the United States ever get into
var aud her soldiers arc Killed on NJ,
Held oi bHiIIr, there will not 10 the dii
lculhee about identifying them tina
arose IN tho Civil War. ~lloroce witt
give their 1.-Two, for their country are uo
70 elecp in unmarked gtayes, Tor over,
solhief NJ the Nation, Id hc officer o
private, 10 " wear suspended on n cor,
or thong around his neck, beneath hi
clothing, m aluminium tag the size OF
ailvor hal: dollar, On this ting Ia to b
tho owner name, aud tho compan,
regiment and corps Ia wlirh he belongt
The Identification tags are to III
furnished irec 10 phvatca. and to officer
nj coot price. The y ctoiary Of Wa
has given the order. md Il will be con
piled with NJ o o ma possible.