Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-07-26
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmaqundi.

Miss Lou Dewar has closed her school
at South Fork and is spending the
vacation in Elko.
F~alrbanks has money 10 burn, but he
hasn't agreed to furnish ally for a Taft
torchhght procesion.-Atlanta Con-
stitudop.
A southern Kansas editor has noticed
that men wear 10 keep from crying, and
that cry to keep from swearing.
Kansas City Star.
Ii you wear shoes, read the ad " the
Reinhart Company. They carry a com.
plete line OF the White House and Buster
Brown shoes, the shoes that give you
the best service for the money. Read
the al whether you wear shoes or not.
The worlds nee crop in 1905 aggre-
gated ITO, 900, 600 900 pounds. The
great bulk Of this enormous yield was
produced and consumed by the people
Of Asia, tho Chinese taking the lead
both In production and consumption.
MB. George Hunter wGs taken sud-
denly I'll at her home on the ranch yes
terdHy afternoon and fOr time her coE-
diuon was serious. DR.. Hood and Mrs.
Mclaughlin, the trained nurse, we're
summoned and did everything possible
to relieve her. She was resting COM
fnFlably at laak arcnnnta
Tho ST. Louis Globe Democrat pre-
sents tho following for solrtion: -Con-
undrum: IL two cents more OF cotton
and two cents more wages are put into
a shirt, why Is the price Of the garment
marked up twenty-five centsf' Dead
easy! That thieving tsritI!-Louisville
Courier journal.
The highest tree in the world is said
10 DO an Australian gum tree OF the
species eucalyptus reguanas, which
stands III the Cape Otway runge. 1t il
no less than AS feet high. Gum trees
grow rapidly. There il Que in Florida
which is reported to have shot up 10 feet
In four yeare, and another i'll Guatemala
which grew 40 feet in II years.
Mr.. f.. q. EIardesty, an old resident
Of the northern part OF thus county, died
yesterday. tic had been sick for some
time and his passing WAC not ~uneSpect-
ed. lie leaves a large circle OF relatives
a,,l l,,,.la - .n,r l,iu lnnuFlnFn IN
the unseen land. We have not the data
for n more extended notice today, but
will gladly publish Il lifting obituary il
furnished the data by ANY Of lie survIy-
ing relatives.
Lord Crumcr says that Egg ptians
have n propensity for hoarI'ng gold.
A native who recently died lett slOO,-
900 stored in gold III his house. Many
Egyptians who nre possessed OF wealth
will borrow money at interest to con-
ccal the fact. Large quantities Of gold
coin ARE annually melted in Egypt md
converted into ornaments.
Tho steamer Columbia aud tho steam
schooner San Pedro collided oil the
Mendoclno coast OF California, Satur-
day night and the Columbia sRnk in five
minutes. Three hundred passengers
and n crew Of seyenty-four men under
Captain =. a. Doran wore on bohrd.
mo passengers wero asleep ut tho time
and all but about ono hundred wore
drowned. Captain Doran stuck to his
DOS, OF duty and won't down with bis
ship. Tho reports Of the catastrophe
are very meagcr.
because Constable Crosby OF Wads
worth shot his companion, while reetst'
ing ar rest several months ago, Scott
Lauycr, a laborer Of the old town, set
fire 70 Crosby's saloon Sunday morning
and more than halt ~ tho business
norton Of tho town WIS destroyed
Lpuyer WA nr rested anu whom taken TO
iail no shook his fist in Crosby's lace
and shouted: am even with YOU 1
ptnrted the IRE" Lynching was throat
cucd, but better counselH prevailed
Tho loss ia estimated at sl5,OOo, with
but little insurance.
While cycling around koitcrmg WI"
startled 10 eco what appeared to me
10 DO two moo lighting IN 0 Hold.
On reaching the field I dismounted and
climbed over the fence 10 eco what II
WA and discovered IL WIS Il stono stntuo
representing Cain eIayinR Abel IL ID
uuioue. Cain has ono knco pressing
Abel 10 tho ground and ono arm upliited
nrady 10 strike. Tho STATUE muet 20
hundreds Of years old,and Ia supposed TO
DO on the exact epot where tho murder
wos committod.-Inndon Tit Bits'
a., IL mos. amazing said a metal
Ir,,ist. nov tho world relies on metals
Tor lie metaphors and smiles Thus nm
orator Ia pilyer toDgucd or golden
! nouthed. An explorer In n ny
African suns. 4 rcsoluso CHAP has az
iron will. A sluggard moves with lena,
on foot. An ostrich has n copper li"eo
a.omacb. a millionaire hos tic. a
avindlcr 10 az slippery az quicSeii'oi
.-..awor linn Now YOit