Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-20

n wire cot, Al pv~. lnqnt. ~
this office.
IA ,TED-.W a.hmp or homework by
;'e day BY II competent woman. In,
quirr at this file.
Jamrs Brown has "I,e e u nelt din
ing rooTG III the Matter 'ina,, wnrr,.
ne viii So, We regular tnn short order
meal. 1 ,s"Iicit Il shur- ni the ruh.
lie piIrnnag..
20 tiENT--Seyer Il lice rooms with
bnin privileges, one block from the
pest office at the Kennel, house.
tie stove III the postofiice Mt Virginia
City exploded Wednesday from some
uDknoSD cause nud a piece %: the fly
iron s:ruc: Mrs. D.. Murr hy, slightly
iuilr ng her.
The committee Of arrangements for
the Christmas tree will meet at the
INDEPENDENT "fi:e Saturday evening Mt
I O'Clock. \ tuli attcndaDcc is re-
quested as business NJ Importance will
Samc DeIOEe tue COmm1ttce.
y confederate placed some saws il
the window OF the Jail II, Reno for the
prisoners to use i'll saving their way to
Liberty. Tie tools were seer and the
plan TO escape foiled. The new jail M
. 40 ua, rui Irou uar- 80" "a pos
rs escape from il readily. ',-
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Livery thing was quiet in G.ldti
,tterday The mines and mills We
'"rkInR with practically the same uu
"r OF men rs on the day before. Is
81 outside miness hal reached a.
amp. GoTeInor sparks and Gene
runston nave left Goldtield.
Robert Tucker and Mr.. 9. Peprod
came III from Tucker station last even
ing. Mr.. Penrod left for California this
afternoon tn spend the winter. The old
gentleman is in splendid health and
looks good FOR many more years.
Unless another ave occur- in t.
Ipha shaft at Ely, the inprisonr,
.ners will be out by Ghristrla
emit live feet were gained Wedn,
ly and the 500 level was reached an
ne station and shaft at that po.uL We
und intact.
Dnr'ng the year ending Nove,DbcI
On, Washoc county spent SiO,92O
." prosecution Of criminal cases. The
ere 30 criminal prosecutions 10y Il.
district attorney. Twenty srvcu COZ
ic'IoDs were secured III the distrlrf
court and convicted ,persons are now H.
the penitentiary.
According to the papers in the sOnth.
ern country Preston and Smith, the two
II nov couIIncd va lie state prison tor
AZ coTardiy mnrler of john Silva,
the Goldiicld restaurant keeper, are each
receiving IS the day while in prison,
One Of the papers tigures that il Smith
serves the fun time he "In IRA. down
The sum Of 3lS.2jg for serving ten yea s
and Preston the sum Of S45,G24 for the
fuu~ twenty-five y. ars.
y few days ago a steam boiler, weigh,
ng COCO %pOunGs, blew up AT the s!iy,F
dipping plant at the Thomns Nelson
ranch Mt Stone House, Humbold,
county. The boiler landed 300 yard:
away. Ben Borel, the nearest mar Il
the engine house, had one arm broken
but no one else was IL jured, all being
Uut Cf the danger liue at the moment
The dipping plant was completely
wrecked.
The ! 1000, 0~0o-gallon reservoir at liazsr
has been completed and the water turn
ed in. Beginning Tuesday the engines
tnke water. nj that point instead Of II
Massic. The water for the big reservoir
Is brought by pipe line from the Carson
canal and II pipe line from the reservoir
carries the water 10 the town, with
l25.foot head. The project was CON
pleted Ht a cost OF 300 900. 1t give
flazcu Il very adequate supply of water
Sparks Forum.
Congressman Bartlett's bill to post
poue assessment work on mining claim,
was before the senate "Wednesday mn,
action on 1t was defeated by Senator
Carter Of Montana moving for M eXccu
tive session mt the moment the bill wa
to be voted on. This shelves the bill
until after the holidays. Mr.. Bartlett
Inns wired the Tonopah Bonanza TIN
there is no possible chance 10 pass tn,
bill this year.
Lee LABEL who for eight months ha
been ticket agent at the railroad depo
has taken a IFrcncb" leave ana tn
last seen Of him was ut Beatty and il 1
presumed that be will moi again be seer
in these parts voluntarily. MIR. Label
= departed and como OF the funds Of In
| railroad went with him. \ ruugI
checking up completed last night dis
! closed that $500 disappeared wit
Label. Tho missing clerk was We
known in Tonopah.-Tonopah BonaDzi
The Silver State Gays that counteriei
$40 pieces dated 1905, atc IN circulatio
, IN WiunemnccR. Tho coins are hard |
detect as they are perfect in appearance