Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-09-27

u"hh lNt ru u tiIuI III,
p"'T' "r i"'in's ,m. f,iriy l..gum al,
oeeefe u'e ne.r"D ls cDde uus louuI,
Q will be augmented by many ne i.
holnesteadcR. Churchill Standard
Japan 's playing the big bully Will
horea, which has beeu struggling alopp
q good many iear. with II b-ackbopeless
government. Great BrirH,p, thonvb
a hulliei tnaLy weak peoples into sub.
"'iss'oi, and tile United States did
something like bullying IN a]ppropriat.
li'R the Philippine islands. However,
SPAN neatly bullied US IN, Of $40, 900.
o0o in that ounneCuon. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Engineers q. W. torrey, !. Is. P~arsun-,
and Arnold, and s. G. Bosue, son of V,
o.. Bogur, chief engineer Of the Western
Pacific are in town looking over the right
OF way OF the Western Pacific through
Silver street. Engineer Arnold will
have charge Of the construction Sork
between Elko and Tonka. Mr.. Bopue il
connected with tue law department OF
the company.
Inc pamphlet sem out by the
Chamber OF Commerce is bearing fruit,
Every mail brings inquiries and requests
Tor copies at the booklet. Thus NOR
niua'a mail brought Mr.. Merry several
Letters OF inquiry and requests for
copies. When the booklet ON EIko and
the agricultural and stockraislnR indus
tries Is published une sent out, the re-
may be something doing in the old
town.
Hon. l.. II. johnson and Hon. John
Zelcb Of Minneapolis arrived from San
FarnciscO last night. They are heavily
Interested III the Nevada Bunker fill
nining property at Bullion and are hero
to examine the property. Superintendent
Davis left with them FOR Bullion this
forenoon. They will return Wednesday
afternoon. Mr.. johnson was uccom-
panied by Mrs. johnson who is stopping
with Mrs. Davis.
The Goldtield Tribune has prepared a
list OF the employees Ui the various
establishments IN that thriving can't
and it shows that 1876 men are emplo,
ed there and They receive a total wage
OF s27,o T a day. The highest paid are
the chefs aud musicians who tie Oh SlO
eight hours; next come the plastereB
and lathers whO receive 60 so for eight
and then came the plumbers who
get 80.
While he was i'll Oklahoma Secretary
TGft said with a knowing look: Il have
never yet been in the town where u drink
could not be secured by a man who
for it, How does he know this.
Has he been eyerlastingly looking for
drinks in prohibition towns and finding
them? IL he an Eabitual law-breRkersY
What a president such Il man would
make. Evidently he cares no more for
tho law then Roosevelt does.-Exchangc.
Judge Mack OF Reno and Attorney
J. c. Campbell OF San Francisco had a
wal NJ words in the Goidtield courtroom
last week. Judge Mack is the attorney
Tor EsmerAIda county IN the tax suits
against the Tonopah railroad company,
and Campbell nsked Judge LAngan TO
Mack from appearing before
the grand jury while that body investi-
gated the charge OF perjury against j.
+. lleddens, superintendent Of the rail.
road, growing ont OF the tax suite
the company.
i wealthy Chinese merchant IN Pekin
was convicted OF murder aud sentenced
o death by beng deprived Of sleep.
Four wnrdens took turns III keeping
hin awake, and on the tenth day he
he'd. During the ten dnys his weight
decreased from Isl to i3) pounds.
Tlloro wns a lively time on the State
'uIr grounds Saturday afternoon, over
Tho charge that an attempt WINS being
made to six one Of the races, 80 that a
,ertain horse would win. During the
Srangllng II. W. Cotton. owner Of one
the horses mixed up with two OF the
policemen. Sheriff Ferrell finally
the tight. There was over $4,000
IN the pool COX und the crowd was con
,iderably excited. The race was finally
pulled off md Jeanette, Cotton's horse,
won IN n caDtet.
Tho night operntor and Il signnlmnn
lud u row III front Of the depot building
o'clock this morning. The night
operator seemed to bO spelling Tor n
light and the signal a peeled oil his
coat and seemed TO TO willing To accom-
nodate hIm. Tho writer watched them
Tor n Tow minutes, hut neither showed
signs 0f Indications as Senator Hunter
you'd say. Tho aignalmRn swore to a
,omplnint this afternoon charging tho
.perntOr with assault and battory.
Mr., NJ. v. Musgrove, Novada'e COM
missioner 10 the international Mining
TO DO held in Madison Square
Garden uoxt year, is IN town. " In
hio intention to make nh exhibit OF the
mineral Of NeVadn nj tho OK
that will he n credit To the
prentoel mining state in the Union To
this end, lc s~oliciis specimens OF ore
from every minc III tho State. Tho
r-niro.,wner oi EIko county should SEQ