Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-11-15

1919 are yelling Justify Tor aco1tidarc,
anu -i'o'uess' uur,ue the -republica,
panic OF 1907. -Commoner.
lie hnanci situation in San Prnn
CISCO ls Clearing steadily aud the ontlool
ls said to be very encouraging. Copdi
uons III Nevada remain about the same
None of the closed banks have re-onap
ed.
Ahe attorneys FOR the railroads con.
tnued their arguments before Judge
harrington yesterday. They wer.
expected to finish last night and the
attorneys Tor the commission were Ia
have IN inning today.
waiter Elder, who has been foreman
OF the INDEPENDENT Office for several
"eeRe, has given up the position. lie
VII" leave Tor Seattle in a day or two.
May success attend him. Jack Leigh,
a thorough printer, viii fll the vacant
place Ill the Office.
Charles Riley, superintendent OF the
SILVER Pick mining company committed
suicide at Goidiicld yesterday morning
Dy shooting himself through the head.
n'le! had been drinking heavily the
past lew days and 1t is though, no was
insane at the time he shot himself. lie
leaves a wife and two children.
Byron ElSon, the Young man who
sioie slOO from Prot. Wilson's drugstore
III Keno, was allowed to plead guilty to
pettI larceny AMI Wa given fifteen days
III AL. All hut about Sl5 Of the money
was iound on hiu anil returned to its own.
ers. lie will probably let other peoples
money alone i'll the future.
y railroad era Ter has made his camp
IN the upper end OF the slaughter house
Held. The outtit consists Of "A man
vile aud son, III or II years ~ age. The
man has a contract To grade a section Of
the Western Pacific. The whole force
began blowing Yesterday with a four
IoTse team. The man drove the leaders ,
he wife held The ribbons on the wheel
els and the boy held the pillow.
Southern Pacific land in the region Of
the Truckee-Car ,on project, is beng
settled Oh by immigrants rs well AS rail
road men. The railroad a
charges Sl0 an acre for tile soil, AMI the
government furnishes a perpetual water
right Tor S2G. Chief Dispatcher j. G.
Delmorc OF the Salt Lake division has
Investigated conditions IN Carson Sink,
and he is convinced that the investment
will pay.
y Rome dispatch OF the 18th says thn,
Observatory. states that the sun spots,
which he calculated are twelve times
the size Of the earth, and which will reach
the solar meridian about the middle OF
November and are likely to lead TO
violent magnetic Disturbances, resulting
III storms, Hoods, volcanic eruptlons and
earthquakes. Tie warming has at
tractcd attention from the fact that
former predictions by Signor Albania
have Teen realized.
The Goldtield News advocates an ex-
ira legislative session to pass banking
laws for the protection Of the people and
makes this comment: Under our pres.
cnt banking laws, which, by the way,
ara ~ laws at all, there is nothing to
proven, the officers ALL directors Of a
bank luanlng all their customers uom-
cy to the msclves; and it is known tina,
various banks OF Nevada have stood
behind large undertakings aud have
taken long chances with their deposit
ors' CON, which tine principles Of sonnd
banking would not permit
Congressman ljartleti's proposed law
To do away with the assessment work on
mining clnims this year il meeting with
n good deal OF opposition among the
miners. Tho Beatty Miners union has
sent a strong protest against the bill to
Mr.. Bartlett. Inc claim IL made that
the proposed Law will operate chiefly
Tor the benefit Of Spectators aud others
holding u large number OF claims. 1t
i, equally true that the proposed law
would benefit u great many ProsPcctors
and others owning mining claims. Tho
oucstion has two sides.