Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-11

be confirmed as soon as he returned tc
Washington. He said there was nc
doubt about that.
C%assanelli We. Ventura. is the title OF q
suit to be tried in Dayton, Lyon
county. wherein plaintiff asks to recover
5000 damages from defendant for
handing him 2 knockout blow with u
shovel last May
Although it viii moi be a session when
a United States senator ID to be elected
the legislature this year looks MS IL it
would have a lively old time. Every
member is said to have three or four
measures to inlroduce.-Jnmrrn,.
Joseph Cans aud j. me- Britt have
signed articles to ii hi il r"nupuh on
March 18th. lu'I it ahou time To stop
prize fights in Nevada? The coming
legislature should answer this question
in the affirmative by repeal nv the prize
fight law.
The regular annual me my OF the
stockholders Of The First y ;ruual Bank
was held yesterday ut sh eli the old
board OF directors and officers were re-
elected, and the usual semi ruBual diyi-
dend OF 81 per share was declared pay
able at once. This Is Il aplendiu show
ing for the new bank. D. .@g
Reno is in the grip OF II fuel famjre.
Il dealers ere ont OF wood md coal
and there is no Immediate prospect of
their getting a supply. The Gazette
says there is suffering in Reno homes
now because OF lack Of fuel and condi-
TORS are growing worse cach day.
The commissioners lix,l Treasurer
Dawley's bond mt SJr,ut0 with sureities
Ill double .he mount. md he presented
II bond with sureties Tor 1907, 0O0, three
times the amount tixcG 10y the commits
sioncrs This shows the confidence the
people OF the county nave in MIR. Dawley,
1t is something for him 10 be proud of,
Rev. Henry A. BucLtell, Colorado's
new governor, took the oath Of office
yesterday in Trinity NJ. f. church, Den.
yer. lie delivered his inaugural ad.
dress i'll the church and closed the cere-
monies with pra, er. Governor Buch-
tell Ass sted largely in building Trinity
church wnen he was pastor II the cur=
creation.
\ New Orleans man has proved tlrut d
chick ell can live % days without iuot or
water. lie makes affidavit that when
his family moved recently Il chicken ST.
currly nailed IN a box was III the cellar
OF the new hou 20, having been forgotten
by The !ormet tenHpts. pToniy.three
days late: the cool was moved to explore
the cellar and discovered the chicWen,
emaclntch, but still much alive.
just SO sure as when the immense
bodies Of copper ore in the camp Of Ely,
become knGWH "a the world together
with the advent ot tue railroad did make
real estate soar skyward and small
fortunes change hands in a single day.
just so sure will old Phoebe, with her
immense deposits OF rich gold and sill.
yer lead ore, together with the advent OF
the railroad, reach hat same zenith in
renl estate where it will reanife n email
fortune ia obtain ggound on which L.
pitch a tent Record.
It ia reported that some Of the Of
iicials at Searcbli.h hi are graflimg. 1t is
alleged TINT one official collected fort,-
five hun ired dollars from gambling
places for winch lao return was mada
to the COUNTY another official ia accused
Of using his milice ~ hulldoEe a woman
who was formerly II iavorit , Of "A promi
men mining man, who gaze her $1,000
shares ~ stock Gnd then induced the
woman tn return it.-Caliente Lode Tx
press.
hlko u up against a very hard PROPOSE
lion so far m Il public hall is concerned.
So long, rs Leonard Hall could be OBJ
tanned for public gatherings, the needs
OF the town were fairly well supplied,
but now that it is closed TO- She public
there Is no hall III the town IN which
iRnces ana other HmusemPnts can be
hold. Tins is a severe blow to the town.
Lust week G. II. Asbury. Superinten-
dent Of Indian affairs in Nevada paid
Schurz 4 visit and distributed among
the ipdirns al the Walker Lake reserva-
lion abnut $4,000. This money was in
. !ment Tor their land 10y the govern
ment. The head OF each family OF the
PiutaS received $500, but only s25 OF
this amount was pad iB cash, the
balance u hp taken in farming impli.
menta cic. Tho occurring OF 30 much
money 10y the Indians made things
lively nj the reservation towns for n few
daye, but the money did not last long,
th:rsop Nc~s.
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