Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-21

Mrs. q cenwald Of SLi Lake, is vi. e.
ing her sister, Mrs. Frank Miller. Mrs.
Greeuwald was formerly Miss Lizzie
GRAFT and one Of the writer's pup -
when he taught Elko's public school.
She called at the office this afternoon
and recalled incidents Of her school uays.
In spite Of the frequent depials
emanatlnH from Winnemucca, which
town will be vitality affected, 1t can now
be authoriatively stated that upon the
completion OF the construction WORK
now III progress at Inlay, the raiirou,!
yards mt Winnemucca will be abandoned
The change, il is stated FROM San
Francisco, will be made between June
10 und July 10 Of this year.
For the intoT nation Of u number OF
the INDEPENDENTS reaiers Who have
male inquiries rs To what part OF the
state the new minng town OF Rawhide is
'i'uaicd, we will state it Ia in the ex-
'F".'m. nor her part II Esmeralda
conI, g, and Is ~ miles from Fallon, in
Churchill GO G::... The latter county az
hrst laid claim - the new district, but
II joint surrey t., the surveyors OF both
counties csiabii i.r,I the rights OF Es-
merulda.
Yesterday morning while Sam Stana-
wa! the driver OF Wells-Fargo's express
wagon IL Reno, was in Gray, Reid &
Hrishr's department stOr" delivering
packi gc-, II holI thict took IL sack ron
tanning 52,FU ~ ro.m MAD $1,000 i'll cur
rency HIu "a smnlt i4cKaEc Of jewelry
fromi ia" s".i /! the Wagon and made
good ii- ~ rh... The sack WIS found
shortly sitter the robbery in the alley
back Of tho Masonic hni;iing. The thi,f
hal taken all The u oney. but left tho
pack OF jrSelTy valued at $40. The
pnlic., have no clue T." the thief and it is
doubtful II he Ia ger captured.
Al out -four TIrs OF Goudle track
have ALREADY II. IN tat on the Ogden
Lurin cul-rtT al H." Southern Pacific
,ompuny over q mt \ III Lake. Not
,Eithst anu Ip tr,, financial stress "A full
force ~ inhnIcrs fn' ..cen kept %contin-
uHlly at work "h iha- contract. Prompt
RcrIUn was uere,RIrJ rcHus OF the
unu-ully hish ~her III the AXE this
Season, which ia -iIene,I FOR u time to
wash away 'Lr wiIOr structure. Tho
grade hHs been wiuened and fOur trains
are working daily hauling large quaint
titles IL rock TO be dumped INTO the lake
to withstand the washing effect OF the
water on the roadbed
The stove III this office seems to have
been possessed with seven devils or IA
whole swarm Of other evil spirits today.
1t began to smoke about 10 o'clock his
forenoon and kept it up III spite Of all
VIC could do. Scraps OF zInc and Il
sack Of table salt were put i'll the stove
without effect. About ! o'clock
the tire was put ont with water,
aud the smoke ceascd g.. q half bour or
80, when it started up again. More
water WINS put III, but had no more
effort on the smoke than water has ON n
ducks back. Smoke poured out ri
every chInk and Grevicc IN the stove long
after the fire Was ont. IL finally duwned
upon our smoked up BRAN that the
smoke from the HiOve below was com
ing out 81 tine office stove, caused by a
stoppagc III the chimney. Joe Long and
Jack Russell examined The chimney and
found a Trick lodged in it. The SCOT
had gathered around the brick and the
smoke could not get through. So the
devils aud other evil spirits we're nothing
but a brick lodged in the chimney.