Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-04-26
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Salmaqundi.

MIR. and Mrs. Lott OF New Orleans
who have been Visiting MB. Quincy, left
for California thus afternoon.
Mrs. d. p. Bnrtiey arrj sed from Ely
yesterday afternoon OH a visit 10 her
Elko relatives md friends. 9Le il look.
lug well.
The Southern Pacific. the Nevada
Northen n the Nevada, California &
Oregon railroads have flied their tariff
schedules with the railroad commission
in accordance with the Syphus Act.
The commissioners are studying the rates
to ascertain in what points they conflict
with the law.
Senator Frank j. Brossemer, u Eureka
county, who became i'll last February
while attending the legislature, was ont
on the street again yesterday receiving
the congratulations and greetings of his
friends. For several months MIR. Bross-
emer has laid Ill with spiual meningitis
towering between lite and death and his
recovery n thus doubly pleasing to his
friends.-CarsOn News.
A local mining engineer CO timates the
torrential stream that has been flowing
down Carson street the past three
weeks, represents at least three billion
gallons of water, which. u conserved in
in II storage reservoir. would irrigatc
ono hnndr.,I fhpua.pt ,pr,. ~ I,nt 80,
the plain east OF town, the fertility OF
which is demonstrated 10y the luxuIiant
sagebrush growth. The accumulation
OF snow in ravines and Oh mouptain
slopes that furnished this water flow
represents triDions OF toDs.-Virgiuia
Chronicle
Records for handling heavy traiua
we're broken yesterday when a train Of
LOG cars pulled into Winuemucca. The
train started from Sparks with Con.
ductor Parkinson and Engineers Dur.
ham and Leknert in charge, with orders
to clean upan the delayed freight along
the road. Starting with a rather long
train, they picked up all freight at
Denim. Humboldt and Mill city, and on
reaching Winnemucca had $3.50 tons Of
freight. This record stands unoflciaIly
as the best made by any railroad in the
United StRtes.-Gazette.
Two masked mon. one with a sawed
of shotgun n the other with a big elk.
shooter, just before one o'clock Wednes.
morning stood up the Cobweb saloon
and made their getaway with $1,000 OF
Crumley Bros. coin. Charley Patter-
son, a roulette dealer, ran ont the front
door after the men had vanished
through the rear entrance anu tried Ia
head them of with a revolver. Patter-
son fred two shots at the men. This
had the effect OF bringing a large crowd
into the streets. Walter Dtysdale, bar
tender, Richard Maxwell and Patterson.
roulette dealers. and j.. @. Contey, q
colorcd porter, were tho only men In
The houso.-Tonopah Bouanaza.
Proceedings against the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad for
violating the 1twenty.eight hour act" In
handling stock have been begun in the
us. district court at Carson. The
complaint alleges that on January 9th
a carload OF cattle consigned 10 Los An.
gslee wa loaded Mt Salt Lake and kept
confined without food, res, or water for
thirty.nme bours, wliio tho law pro
vides thai they may be kept only Tor
tw~enty-oight hours unleHs nm extension
10 requee!ed and then only Tor a period
of thirt,.six hours. Also ths. Tive car.
loads Of cattle tsom the lsame point 10
the same consiRnee were forty three
hours III the road without feeding,
resting and Watering, Tho government.
asks that the railroad be tined $1,000 Tor
tho two otfensee.
a Chamber OF Commerce was organic.
ed in Mountain City last Sunday even
ing 70 exploit The epleodi1 reaourcce
aud possibilities OF that section OF our
county. Tho now organization starts
oil with u membership Of IS, and with