Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-09-20
SalmaQundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.

stituted in YerinRton last Thursday with
eiIty-hve charter members.
Everybody Will be pleased TO learn
mat MIR. james Russell is able to sit up.
Hope that he will continue to improve
DR.. Gilliland has returned from his
Eastern trip and can now be found at
us Office, ready to attend to all work IN
the dental line.
The Episcopal church at C.areon was
entered by thieves Sunday night and
1870, the contents Of the contribution
box, disappeared.
Carson merchants refused to pay 10.
electric lights furnished last month un-
til a rebate wao granted for nights when
they were in eclipse.
The base ball game between tue
Eagles and EIks OF Tonopah WINS won
by the Elks by a score of II to 10. All
bets were declared oil by the umpire.
. The commissioners, sitting rs "a boar,l
OF equalization, are still at work or the
assessment roll. Tho result Of their
labors will be M increase in the total
assessment.
We understand that the franchise
granted to The Western Pacific last Mon
day is acceptable to The company and
that mn acceptance Of it, terms will be
filed in due time.
Sheriff Terrell won permit any tbiev.
ing games to run al the State iaiT. He
closed IA ring Himi cane game Monday
and the owner threatens to bring suit for
$1,000 against the agricultural society.
Usually we enjoy hearing prosperity
ialk as much az any body but :Et-n the
United Undcriakcrs huncunce iha; i.;c
past year was the most prosperous in
their history, ani that the next is even
more r-om"!s:ns, - submit thai i. is
time to call a lalt.-Washington
Herald
Joseph Lindsey OF EIko, is quite i'll in
$3.50 ~ ~ az i'tllthI VI uls tlslST-ln'
law, Mrs. G.. r. Dobbs in this city, and
his condition is considered very serious.
MIR. Lindsey IL a very prominent resident
OF ElkO county aud known throughout
the eastern part OF the statc.-Curson
News.
Harry Crawford, a slIoon man and
mine owner Of Ramsey, was found dead
IN his bed nj theC Clarendon hotel, Reno,
yesterday morning. 1t was first thought
that he took his own lie. but an inveati-
CATION revealed nothing to bear out this
belief. Ii is thought that his death re-
suited from heart disease.
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Rolf, mother OF
State Auditor Roll, died Monday after
noon at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
G.. L'nnery, in Southern California.
She was a native OF Pennsylvania, aged
- ycnrS. Mns. RotT WAS one OF the early
settlers OF Reno.
While working on the l0)-ioot leve
Of the Eureka Con. mine on RUBY Hill,
in what is known az the Hicks stOpr,
last Wednesday forenoon, John Wilce,
II miner, was instantly killed by Il bould
er dropping from the roof of the stope,
crushing Inn to death.
o! the thousands OF men who, half a
century ago, crossed the plains in
search of god, only 80 remain, accord
ing to II report received at the seventh
annual meeting 81 the Western Associa.
ton OF California Pioneers held III
Chicago last Saturday. Only ~ former
gold-hunters were present.
The assessement roll OF WashOe
county ioo,s up sIi,G96,GOO this years,
mn increase Of 1899, 600 over that of
last year.. While this 10 a pretty good
showing for Assessor Beard, il falls over
100 per cent below the actual cash
value Of the assessable property in
Washoe county.
a Portland woman is SUNG Tor n
divorce, using the following eloquent
language: "For moro than five years
Inst past dark clouds OF discord have
lowered over the sky Of welded felicity
and menaceous lightning Of disnnion
haa dartcd ita lnrid flame upon the
skies Of aatramcntal hlackness, obsCur-
ing every star Of hope and happiness,
whose %respundant glory illuminated the
dawn Of the iirst few ycnrs Of our
married lifc."
Rain Inst night and rain and hail to.
day laid the dust. Tho storm caught
the p~ostollico building without u roof
ind M u consequence tho posimistrcss
and her assistant made a sorry picture
wadinR through the water. Most OF the
nail escaped, but some Of II showed the
fleets u the storm. II the storm con-
tinucs, Uncle Sam will have n wet time
dong business Mt The old Biand.
George a. Pcitibnnc, one OF tho men
accused OF completely in tho murder OF
FIX .Govornor Steuncnbnrg, wns I'M
able to appear III court Mt Boise yes
torhay morning 10 have his Case act for
trial. Ills physician made mn affidavit
stating TINT Pcttibonc 10 suffering from
nm ulcer OF tho kidnoys, md unlesf
it "A All ..u.o fatal A. npnr,