Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-09-13
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have arrived.
,.,,s Sch ,er left for Tonopah last
h, resume hJ work Hs princ'p"i oi
-. pullic sch'"''
!, j. reported that 'e"cne. "o
lin Inns been engaged Tor the
.,.,, nf LatIn In the hlHh
,LOo'.
,, Western Pacific contractors have
,oi u,.ir camp about sever m'les
S.h,x town.. Work On this section Will
L-rip in a few d"ET'
-. Major Miller returned from Reno
.o,uing. Being unable to rent a
w. Mr., and Mrs. Miller have taken
rs At Mn. Hennen'r.
p;,,nis,s I'D Hungary are compelled
,,.,bpit to AL odd punishment. Tue
s,r ubo has been silly enough to marry
U.s.. u;, ss IL legally forced to live with
,,J them ~ tho same house.
rbsre is a de cided boom on IN i"Len
rc,Iy well defined Juno that IN
the future the Southern Pacilic VIII
"..,oye the shops from Sparkle, and that
lien ia ,o be the division point be-
,.e.n Winuemucca.
Registration Of students al III III
.,.,,, closed Thursday night With ~
IN the roll. These. with The old students
-, 10 re,urn, will run the total up to
40 This IL AN incrcase OF about ~
nor cent over last ScnT's repatriation.
rB walker, a gambler, committed
.,icije IN Reno early yesterday morning
nv sboo,iup himself. Suffering from an
od vound caused by nm operation per-
torm,J nearly a year ago If given as
The cause OF his taking his lie, ils WIS
native Of Kentucky and leaves a
sister q, Louisville.
wee President Fairbanks talked I"
The Ne ,ple Of Reno yesterday morning
while the tram stopped. He Nddressed
Them M fellow citizens OF Arizona and
then gave them tally To cover ~ the
ui.',kr. The Gazette does no; state
She.hfr the vice president Wa loaded
Si,h tie celebrated Fairhuks cocktail
or uo,. M5re than likely he was not.
TIN Gazette says that an agreement
has been siyn"I by the mine n and
the committee from tile Goldtield
Miners Union which settles the strike
u mtiti ii 10y the miDcB. The agree.
mcnt il said to bc one that guarantees
lust treatment Ia both sides. II IL
expected that the mIncs will bc work
me 10y next Wednesday at tho latest.
4 Spokane echool girl was assigned
the task Of writing m essay Of 30
words about en- automobile. She cub
mitted tho following: My uncle
bought an automobile. lle was riding
ont in the country when 1t busted going
up a long hill. | guess this is about
fifty worIs. Tho other 200 are whnt
my uncle said while he ws walking
back to town, but they are not lit Tor
publication
The Nevada Northern rVilroRd, run.
n;IE IRON 'obrr to Fly, il making a
marvellous record OF earnings, aud
from present indi :ations that company
will this year, the first wear Of its eIis.
.cnce, earn in the neighborhood Of al
OOo,OoN net, which will pay Tor tho cost
OF the building ~ the road. Tie New
ada Noithc RI n ilroad III owned jointly
by the Nevada Consolidated and the
CumberlRnd-El companies.
Probably the oldest and biggest
coltouw ,OI tree in Knnsn, stands on
the farm 81 J. j. Russell, two miles
southwest 81 Onoida. Tho old patr-
arch towers high above all the Other
trees ~,hcrcabouis and meas urcs
twenty feet and ten iDchce in circum-
Terence and about seven feet in
diameter. j: j. Russell wanted 10 cut
1t down and saw it up into boar1a
because Of the enormous amount OF
lumber IN IL some time ago, but could
mol &c, n cav long enough to saw II
IN two. Tho treo Btand' in q creek
bottom. Some time ago II man versed
IN lreo lore, who visited Oncidn, oeti'
mated that the cottonwood trec was 1000
NulFa nlI -GaI,II. tInsall
10 tho physician w~holwaAi just bring
ing him around from a long iIInoss nm
Old mlscr OF Athene, On, said:"Ah,
doc'or, NO have known each Other
such II long time. | don't intend to in.
cult Jon by settlinR your account in
cash; but ! have put you down Tor II
handsome legacy in my will.' Tho
doctor looked thoughtful. "Allcw me,
no eaid, ITO look nc that prescription
again. ! wish To mako a slight aliera
ton IN it,
Startling M some oi tho recent dcyei
opnonta in tho fold NJ communication
ny mchns Of electricity have been, nom'
IL moro unique and unexpected thai
ula' recently perfected by First Lieu
tenant y. =. Knowlcs Of tho u. =, army
IN which he uses tho bodies " livipI
cavalry iIOrsca M n pnrt Of his TELEGRAPH
circuit. by hia systom II il possible foI
o cavalry officer NJ headquarters u