Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
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Father Manion of Eureka was II caller
: this Office this afternoon.
FROM DAILY

~ tins once tnlS AFTERNOON.
Sixsy-two thousand dollars worth O
glld bullion arrived ut the Carson min
"Wednesday and Thursday from tn,
Consolidated Mines Co. of Goldfield
Ono Of the bars WAS tins largest that
has been received at the mint for tie,
years weighing 1900 ounces.
y Dover tOklahoma) man sent a shirt
oa laundry and by mistake II woman,
nightic WAS returned to him. He look,
cd her up, mingled his bushes with
i.:s while exchanging the goods and
later married her. How's this for a
romantic shirt tale In s4.inty ~cir"i.sr
Western Publisher.
The Humboldt Star says that Il mess.
age was received at Guirv,rlu reporting
Il big strike ON the Queen group at Gold
Circle. The message stated that 1.-THE
strike is the richest the world has ever
known and vcritablc chunks of pure
gold are being taken out" The Queen
group is owned 10y Storey and associates.
\ pretty little check for 81. 500 was
received at the governors office ycstcr-
day bcing Ncvada's five per cent share
Of lhc funds received from the sale Of
public lands it the state during the year
ending June 30, 1905 and the same will
he appcrtioned among the several
counties of the state wherein the sold
land is lOcatcd.-Ncws.
Reports of wood famincs and disap.
pcarinS forests of today are not ncw.
reports as the following from the Ne
vada City Transcript of November II
of that year indicates: Wood seems
to he scare i'll Virginia City. The
Enterprise says that in two more years
the wood will b. pretty thoroughly
cleared from all the hills convenient To
the mills and towns"
Government chemists, who have been
working for several years trying to lind
a substitute for wood pulp, used in the
manufacture of the cheaper grades Of
newspaper, claim that Il good article of
P'"' P'P,' '"" W. nl''c ''""' corn
' 80 '' '''"'' IL VS. VI ''c
wood pulp product. Large plants are
v, wv 'H'"'''N'''' 81 ONE hu" '"rils'a'hN
That now 90 To waste will soon have a
stated commercial value.
There is uuit. a stir around the mint
this week Us the building is being re-
paired and put III first class condition
for the winter. AS,ay"r III Charge Col.
cord has at present twelve men employ
eel III the work and III eight ooin Is
having all III" old paint and plaster re-
moved and replaced and "A new ston"
moor placed IN III" melting room. All
tn" stone work will b" r"ppintcd and
the roof painted. Ii Is estimated hat
S!.opO VIII be spent III the work. Car
son News.
interior DEPARTMENT VIII, h,v. been in.
vc,tii,,tiuD ,br u,tont, issued to tho
roiIrond c,mlntuy for Land, i'm this
county have uncarthcd considerable
TtlIt'tlIlIs~N. FOR instance, III Is Sslltl IlslI
some of the mines AT Bullion have been
patented as agricultural lands. When
one remember. that the Bullion mines
have produced two or three million
dollars. il is evident that somebody lied
when they swJrc that the land was
more valuable for agricultural than for
mining purposes.
The business men Of Reno have ap
pcalcd To- the people of the state for
their moral and financial support in the
fight for II terminal railroad point in
Nevada. Their appeal should not he in
vain. 1t is the duty of every business
man in the state to give every assistance
in his power 10 RonOin this fight. There
shoulI la no divided councils. All
shnnlI nuI. "a IpI,ruiupl effort Ia