Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-09-14
The u J. wipterman,el Co. Jevelen

reasonable rates at their place OF basi.
ness. Engraving free OF charge on all
articles sold.
Algeria has a river Of genuine ink,
caused by the joining OF two streams.
one Uf which comes from IN iron region,
while the second stream flows from a
peat swamp. On meeting. the acid Of
one stream blends with the iron solution
OF the other, and ink is the result.
The Newe Gays TINT u well known Car
son woman has ma ie three unsuccessful
attempts to commit suicide by the poie.
on route, but each time physicians have
saved her life. Domestic intelicity is
said TO be the cause Of her wanting to
leave this vale Of tears.
The jury has been secured in Sacra.
mentO, to try William Whaien, the min
ing promoter of Eureka, on tho charge
OF obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses. He sold the Sacramentans a lot
OF worthless mining stock. His trial
sill begin Monday. There are five in.
dictmente against him.
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Governor Sparks deserves and should
ha Sc the united support Of his party
He accepted the nomination because
his party demanded it. There should
be no wavering i'll the ranks now.
Every democrat should stand by the
governor now and vote for him in
November. There should be nc
skulkeB.
II all the mints in the United States
began to coin today, and kept it up at
the rate at which they have worked
since 1892, making double eagles, eagles
halt.eagles, quarter-eaglee, silver dollars,
halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and
pennies, they would complete Sl,O)0,.
DOC, 900 on Aug. 20, 2Ol6 A. D.
The California democrats nominated
ex.Congressmen Theodore a. Bell for
go vernor and a full State ticket. The
convention adopted a resolution de.
%nouncing the Independence League as a
political machine created by William r,
Hearst for his own political preferment
and for the purpose OF preventing the
nomination o. Bryan in 1908. All true
democratic are called upon to oppose
such ends.
or the 10000 Canadians engaged in
business or following professional pur.
cults in the United States many hold
prominent posts. 1Who's Who in
America" mentions 2i5 Canadians
Allowing one-eighth of those born il
Great Britain but brought up in and
therefore rightly to be credited to Can.
ada, the number OF Canadians becomes
2I6, or % for every 10000 Canadians in
the United States. With this may
be compared the British rate per 10000
Of %, that OF 81 for the Dutch, that
! Of 8 for Swedes, and that OF 9 for ma.
9 tive Americans (black and white), OF l.G
for native white Americans.
The ram on the Hibernia Bnnk Of San
Francisco is said to be the work OF q
bunch Of conspirators. Yesterday John
Carter was arrested while urging the
elderly in the line to sell theil
bank books to him. The bank Officials
are certain that Garter wns employed h,
the enemies NJ the bank to spread ialse
ruinors OF its financial condition. Tho
run continued yesterday nnd all de
mands we're promptly met.
1t is safe to sny that every man wnlkf
two miles IL day, il only in stirring
about his room or Office IL Il man lives
to be thirty years old he will walk 81 200
milee. The man who believes in a
daily constit utional Of five miles will
walk 5i,75O miles Tho circumference
Of the earth is 24,S90 milee, Walking
five miles u day, u man who has walk
ed for thirty years will walk around the
globe twice, and have a few Thousand
, odd miles to his credit.
] G. a, Bungi, OF Mexico City, his
, discovered that what seemed n pool oil
twenty-five feet circumference is in
reality a quicksilver lake Mt least three
acres square. The fact that its surface
was covered over with heavy stones
completely hid the valuable deposit.
Bungi has succeed in interesting the
Lagerwnlls Of Sweden the PROPOSE
ton and +. Lagerwall will visit Mexico
to look il over. The L%agerwnlls owr
nearly all the iron mines Of Sweden.
A San Francisco dispatch says that
the Western Pacific viii reduce the time
D Of building the road from Salt Lake 10
San Francisco ny six months, and. IL
possible, II year. Tho engineering de
partmnt hopes to have tho entire lin,
completed and ready for use on Jan
uary |, 1908, with through passenger
and freight trains from San francisco
\ to Baltimore. Forty.seyen milos oil
. trnck have been laid out Of Salt Lake
ara tho road is now within eixty .liv,
miles Of tho Nevada line.