Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-24

The editors of the Silver Stats aut
Humboldt Star, published at Win
nemucca, are throwing unsavory bou
quetS at eauE tns through theiI
papers. rhey uon't seem to Ike escl
other aud ure ted "a: u.lr re aders all
about the uorOie.
j. j.. SheahaL, assistant geueral
agent oi the ilU4.e i~usnrance l'uuipan,,
arrived froU SIu r,rancsoo MS morn
my. La 10 ,.oA."s over the usgs oil
the compan, III 'uwn. The Home pad
every lola vi its san t~,nucsoO 1853 %
us o o Us the Il. Jus,meuis cu.iu be
made.
Tho tnal III Mayor Schultz has u.Iun
IN earnest. When court convened yes.
terday morning. Sheriff O'Neil returned
forty-One taIesueu served cut Of fifty.
The work OF getting a jury Was then
begun and one juror had been passed at
noon. 1t is expected that the jury will
be completed today.
Elko now has two well equipped
nssay otficee. This is AN indication that
the old town is waking UP out oil it's
long sleep. Elsewhere in this issue will
be found the ad of W. @. Wright, the
assayer, whose Office Is LII the Oseu
building. MIR. Wright has had several
years experience at the busrn .ss and
thoroughly understands it. See his nd.
The people OF Top9pah should not
p%atronIZs the prize tight to DO pulled
oil there on Decoration Day. They
shonld not lend their presence and
influence to u d%esecrauop OF the day
set apart for. honorIng lie memories
OF the heroes who fell on the
bloody bat;letielus Of the civil war
The memories that cluster around that
day are too sacred TO the American
people to be desecraSed by two brules
pummeling each other III II prize ring.
Distinguishing the disastrous lire in
the underground workings OF the
Homestake mine III South Dakota is a
herculean task, lie immensely OF the
undertaking may be gathered frum Ii
local papers figures as to tie amount
OF space to be filled III flooding the
According to these figures there is I'm
area OF nearly 10, 0J0, OCO cubic feel be-
tween tile l,4OU and 400 foot levels.
At the latter level are the burning thu
bers.
The Nevada Mining News, a new la.
per started in Reno, charges Senator
Nixon with saying that Goldield Con-
soliuated would soon pay dividends, and
upon this representation people invested
in the stock after which the Senator
announced that there would be no divI-
deuds and that the money in the treus-
ury was needed TO put the mine IN
shape. The paper devotes several col.
umns to the matter and charges the
Senator with BENG ~.he ingenue OF the
stock narket."-Carson News.
Forest j. Swears, who was in the
Merchants Exchange saloon and gam
bling house at Columbia when tie
place was robbed by two masked men
last week, has identified a man III
Tonopah as the larger of the two robbers
and the fellow has been taken back to
Goldteld. Swesrs identified the alleged
robber by his voice and also by the
upper part Of his face. which was moi
concealed by tho mask Tho fellow
arrived in Tonopah aud while there
spent money with u lavish hand.
Swears is positive that the fellow ia one
Of the robbers.
On May 18th, a man who clailIed to
DO Captain ID. l.. Keller of the 9th U,
s. Infantry cashed two worthless
checks for 81, 800 i'll II Reno bank. The
man had cards and papers to prove his
identity and was also identified by II
lIazen SALOON keeper. After cashing
tho checke, the forger gambIed oil II
part Of the money and then disappear
ed. Tuesday a telegram from the pay
master at Fort Sheridan was received by
the bank stating that the checks were
torgeries and Uncle Sam would not
honor them. 1t appears from informal
ton from Fort Sheridan that SIX blink
checka Of the war department we're
stolen from the paymaster there about
ten months ago and nothing had been
heard from them until the checks cashed
in Reno turned up. Officers have IA
good description Of the torger and are
on his trail.