Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-07-10

that women's feet are growing larger,
Horrid man! What did he want to
discover .AAss :05:-E=ch
J. F. Haley, newly appointed bullion
tax collector, has taken his oath of
Office and filed his bond. He %nnounce
that he will take his first revenue
gathering trip at once.
All the county high school teachers
have notified the board of education of
their acceptance of the positions to
which they We're elected. This iusures
another successful term of the school.
The commissioner of Indian affairs
wants to sell the Carson Indian school
to the state of Nevada. He has asked
Governor Dickerson to open negotia-
tions for the purchase of the property
by the state.
The complaint in the case of the state
against Tom Taylor was held to he de-
fective by Judge Bruce last night and
the case was dismissed. A new COM
plant had not been filed mt II late hour
tnlS AFTERNOON.
George Fl. Derbyshire, II passenger
conductor OH the Southern Pacific for
many years, died i'm Sacramento Sun
day night Of Bright's disease. His re-
mains were taken to Winncmucca for
burial.
DIR. Birtch, the eye specialist, will Wis
it Tuscarora Tuesday, July eth. for one
day. All parties wishing their eyes en-
anined. or glasses fitted. will please
leave w0rl al the !HIstufliCe. On July
Sth DIR. Birtch will visit North Fork. =
If james Schoolcraft Sherman has
any friends it is up to them to labor
with him to cut Off those Wall street
lamb chop side whiskers and change his
good and sore ut him.-Toledo News
Bee.
Hereafter strangers having business
at the Western Union telegraph Office
will not he put to the inconvience of
inquiring rs to its location. The local
manager has been quite busy today
putting up attractive signs in the vicin-
ity of the depot.
We are reliably informed that the
Western Pacific will begin work OH the
heavy cuts near Ryndon Just rs soon rs
the steam shovel, which was ordered
sOinc time ago, arrives ON the ground.
1t Will take several months to complete
this work as the cuts are long and deeer,
one of them being over seventy feet in
depth.
n bar Of bullion weighing 90 pounds
and four ounces was received at the U.
>. mint in this city yesterday from the
Consolidated Mines Company mt Gold
field, the value of which was ovcr 500
COO. The lar is one of the largest ever
received ut the local mint and rs soon
! as refined will be sent to the mint at
, San Francisco. Appeal.
The preliminary hearing of the SCOTS.
charged with numbering Il defenseless
man named Webb ut Dry Lake station
on the San Pedro and Los Angeles rail-
road, resulted in their being held to
appear before the grand jury of Lincoln
county. The hearing established the
fact that the bullet which killed Webb
was fired from the gun held by Mrs.
Scott.
Spencer Cone WyckOff, Il Brooklyn
fs1.aH a, ln..y ANAL
letter in which he says he ''hus made a
fcrvcnt prayer to Almighty God that
He will compel the republican delegates
to rccOnvcne, reconsider their recent
action and place the name of our honor
cd president in nomination." Mr.. Wye
koff is evidently Disguised with Taft's
nomination.
While riding III horseback near Tcna.
10 about s o'clock yesterday morning,
f.. III. Hopkins, II mining man was shot
from behind with Il 1880 rifle. AS neal
rs we a learn. five shots were fired,
one of which struck Mr.. Hopkins in the
upper part of the right thigh, just miss.
ing the large blood vessel. He wa
brought to Elko on No. q last night and
taken to the Boiling hospital. where DIR.
West attended to the wound. Mr.. Hop.
kins is resting well today and no serious
results are feared unless infection sets
in.
The Denver convention was dashed
into II fury Of enthusiasm yesterday by
Oklahona's blind senator. Senator
Gore was called upon for n speech, and
when he mentioned Bryan's name the
convention went wild. The cheering
lasted II hour and twcnty-scven min.
utcs. just forty minutes longer than the
cheering for Roosevelt at Chicago. Tho
delegations from most of the states
marched around the hall and pandc.
monium rcigncd. II was the greatest
ovation any candidate evcr received in
Il national convention.
Constable Drake brought Michael p.
Griffin from Wells last night and turn.
r1 him pypr IN fbn rtatnI,. ,r 2I,,.:r