Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03

more, a price which wonld make n race
morse worth about 81 ,OGO, 900 and a setter
dog s5a,OOO Dr. upwards.
Tho caaa Of the State against the four
men arrested at Montellu Saturday Tor
beating aud robbing Deputy Sheriff
arriher OF Churchill county in n boz
car Friday night came up before Judge
bruce shis AFTERNOON and was continued
until o'clock Thursd day, Mr.. Aruher
arrived last night to testify ii the case
TIC Will leave for CarlIn tonight in
search "f the men who broke Jail n,
Fallon.
Ihe. Missouri river is the huperies
river ever Created. 1t is catluc all the
'ime-"ht'ng yellow clay banks and
eorhheld', oO acres at Il mouIhfu.; wind.
my up It's banquet with II truck car.
ueh aud llckInR its teeth with the tin.
DER of Il big rcd buru. Its yearly menu
ls lo'u0o "o'e' 1t gooi rich farming
Ind, several miles II railroad, and a IL W
huhdveh house, = 'nres: or two and I'm :
counted miles "i sind bars.-George
FITCH in Amencan Magazine.
Mount Vernon, the home Of Washing
ton and his burial place, Is visited 10y
tho'isands of tourists every year, but
W~Hshingtoninns don't go the re-. You
near WashIngto folks endeayoripp 10
iidg their visiting relatives and frieuds
from other places from the trip to
Mount Vernon, Most folks who visit
Washington want to see Mount Vernon.
lhey suggest the trips To their Washing.
ton entertainers us sOon us they get
there.
The Ogden officers arrested two
crooks about l O'Clock Saturday morn
ING ~ they were robbtug a millinery
store. On tie person Of one Of the men
was found II bunch Of keys with which
almost any lock in the city could be
turned. One OF the keys was "A wonder.
There wa not u door or cell in the city
Jail that the key would not open. BE-
sides the keys, the officers found sl3I,5 30
ari postoiiice and eXpress receipts for
more than $1,000 tina: had been sent to a
Mis-. Depcw. Where the woman lived
tile receipts did not say
Abont II ton OF Iumb"r, consisting OF
~ pine plank, - inches thick, II inches
wide and Ii feet long, four doors aud
Tour wlndOHs, came into Fallun last
Saturday Icy express. II IL orwarded
20 the mining camps ny fast freight. 1t
pays regular express rates. THINK Of il!
When lumber bus become so precious
rs to be sent 10y express at the same
cost as Il bale ~ silk, and OF about the
same intrinsic val e, at the mines. To
depend on the times amounts TO a sus-
pension Of business. Lumber is almost
rs valuable as bullion in Churcbill's
great mining camps Churchill Stand.
ard.
Daring tie year past Boston has been
forced to yield her proud position Of sec
ond port in the United States Tor OK
ports to New Orleans. she falling nearly
$1,000, 900 behind the Crescent city.
Galveston, Texas. Is croTding close for
for the second place with an increased
business FOR the year Of nearly s36,OO0..
600. The reason for the decline Of Bos-
on Ii assigned to the incapGcity Of the
railroads to take care Of tho freight
traffic. Steamers at times lIa," .-h =
leave port with only about half Of the
cargo they intended to carry. At the
game time, however, unusual CONNER.
clRl activity IL opening the resources Of
the south. hitherto III developed, and no
doubt another decade will dGvelop Il vast
amount OF trade.
The Worlds Work obtains from the
last census the surprising fact that
among the working women OF Tue
United States there must be included
nearly 1000 stock raisers and Growers.
almost rs many fishermen and oyster
men, and more than 1900 miners and
quarry mon. Also there are l67 masons
JIG plumbers aud ~tittcrs. $40 wnt ,hmen
and policemen, l9j bIacksmiths. III
wood. choppers, l5i bUatmen aud sailors,
100 lumbcrmcD, i3 carriage aud hack
drivers. 26 switchincu and yardmcE, 81
~brRkemcn, q shipcarpcntcrs, 81 steve.
dorcs Is lOng9horomcu, 81 civil en-
gipcers and sur veyOrs.