Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-03
rnou SATURDAYS D,ILY.
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Sixty Reno Elks and their wives and
,,;.nds went to Tonopah to aseist in the
installation Of u lodge of the order in
tina, mining camp.
C.. L: bender. an official Of the
Washoe county Bank, is reported very
IN mt bis homo in Reno. from blood
no;svpmr caused T.. AN liberated
tooth.
Tho S p. Company is applying for
natepts Oh lis land granite in every part
y, Nevada. and locators OF mineral
lands should file protests To protect
their rights.
through the efforts Ut Senator Nixon,
the salaries Of Deputy Marshals Stern
and Mack have beeen increased. Stern
will receive 800 more per year and
Mack 300.
A Des Moines man carried on u con.
yersu,iou with the surgeons white they
ampututed one Of bis legs. He may
have somcthiDg more to say while they
null the other
Tho jamestown exposition was opened
Yesterday with a great display on land
and water. President Roosevelt made
an address and pressed the gold button
which formally opened the exposition.
Emperor William has ordered that
the field guns, gun carriage. and am-
munuon wagons OF the German artillery
be painted "A dull gray. The change is
based upon the experiences OF the
Russ japanese war.
Frank Golden aud Harry Alderman
have announced that they will construct
u Fix story hotel at Keno to cost s45O,
90 exclusive OF the lot OH which the
hotel is built. The hotel will be located
on Center street overlooking Truckee
river.
Walter Elmore will organize "a chain
gang from me prisoners i'll the county
. jail Monday morning and put them To
work clean No up the streets and alleys
i'll HE tO~n. there Is plenty OF work for
the gang Ia do.
The q z'tte says that on the dry fol
loving the settlement Of the Goldtield
labor trouble I'VE four hundred tickets
we're srtI aI the Southern Pacific office
III leEO Tor GoldiieId. This broke the
record 81 ticket sales INTO Southern
Nevada.
The directors OF the chamber OF CON-
merco are working quietly and SUCCESS.
fully III the matter Of raising funds.
ILcJ viii have something OF Importance
10 tell tine people before many days.
Ever thing now looks bright Tor \ glcr.
EIko county before the summer Ia
over.
The Journal sny 8 that a mine OF min.
eral soap has been found II few miles
north Of Reno. Elko county has Ii nine
OF the same kind OF stuff. The material
took a bronze medal ut the Chicago
"orld'J Fair which III now tie property
OF the winter. siderable money Inns
been spent on the Elko county roup
uilner but the returns In we been nit.
a KANSAS newspaper wants 10 know
what ID to become OF the Philippines.
Thousands OF people III this country
nave their theories, but the Amer car
public docsn't seem to be worried at all
abOnI the ~proposlti0n. provided we can
get nd of thD white elephant come way
or other without compromising tho
nat''n's Observation-Disclosures News.
Tho president has signed proclaua-
items creating the Toquima and Monitor
National forests in central Nevada.
lheSe forests embrace the ToquimR and
monitor ranges OF mountains in the
northern portion OF Nyc county md the
Tou'liern portion Of Lander and Eureka
oouh'io6. Those ranges lilo southeast
'fon Austin and northeast from Tuon.
an Tho area Of the Toquima forest
IL JOo'WO acses and Of the Monitor SIS,
7G0 acres.
iho lntest fairy story OF tho rediscoy.
cry OF alleged lost mines 10 that the
'HnnB'ghi," in Death Valley Funeral
range, has been found. The mine in
S"r' 70 have been given that name by a
pfoFpcctor who lost tho muzzle sight OF
nS milo and found II piocs Of bright
mo,"I 70 roplnce II which proved ~ DO
native silver and he christencd the bca.
aon -Gunsight." On returning for
Suppiioe no told. OF bouldors Of the came
mo'a' largo W warehouses and organic.
I'll phrty to go to the place but failed
10 lind Il.
mo hnngman's nooso IL beng grad.
daly frightened about tho uucks OF
ou'th aud PrgtOD, tie owardly Gold.
ne'd %murdorors. Several witnessed
~S''iiied Thursday TINT they saw Pros.
"n hfo tho ehOt that killed Silva, tho
restaurant Keeper who would not obey
'ie orders OF the I. ". w. Their owl.
"ehco wns direct pud positive and their
,uehhbcation OF Preston complete.
'"'.' Ii charged with being an acccs.
o'y before tho crime,