Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-28

pale OF high schools and deputy super
intendents, Of Eastern Nevada, at the
high school at 0 o'clock ON the ooh. Im-
portant education Il queetiops viii be
discussed. The me, ting should DO pro-
ouctive Of much good TO the high schools
OF b state. DR.. Stubbs Will arrive Sat-
urday morning and tako part in the
meeting.
An urgency deficiency bin has passed
congress and been signed by President
Roosevelt which provides for another
clerk Us a melter at the Carson mint.
under the provisions Of tho bill the men
will be appointed temporarily until the
first day Of July Mt which time two
employees will he cLo:en under the civil
service regulations. The two new
employees Of the mint viii go TO work
on the first day Of March, being ap-
pointed by II. x. Colcord, euperinten-
dent OF the mint. The appointments
have not yet been announced.
Who is that ieilox Curry who repre-
seuted Nevada at the meeting Of
Hearst's Independence League at
Chicago last weekf According to the
Examiner dispatches, he carries Ne
vada In his vest pocket and is ready TO
deliver it to Hearst. lie must nave
been reading some Of the speeches the
speaker OF the assembly made during
the special session Of the Legislature. IL
the reports from the other states to
Hearts league have no more foundation
than Currey's nas, the league is in a
rerY bad way. Who is Currey anyway.
What chance has a poor man got
when women get after him in this man
ner: Thirty young m OF Bloomer,
Wu.conein, have formed what they call
a womau's leap year urion, whose pur-
pose ls to corral us many eligible men rs
possible during the year. The club has
adopted Il constitution and some OF its
provisions Are said to be very strenuous.
1t is obligatory for each member to take
unto herself n husband before the cloje
OF the year or suffer u heavy fine. AZ
soon as the re- is n vacancy in The union
other manageable women are voted ID.
A Young man in ~Susspviue, Galifor-
mia, advertised for a wife aud a yourg
woman from Hamilton, Montana answer
ed the advertisement. 4 courtship by
correspondence followed md they mr.
ranged to meet in Reno on Wash;ugtnn's
birthday and be married The young
man reached Reno first and procured n
license and summoned Judge Bell to
the Rivereide to perform the ceremony.
Tho intended bride reached Reno in the
afternoon and wheD she met the young
man he did not please her aud she did
not please him. When Judge Bell
Z ached the hotel to perform the cere
mony, the young man explained matters
to him and called off the Wedding
Tho hen, as a money-earner, outrauks
all ether living things on this continent,
excepting the COW and man. Last year
hens, dead and alive, earned three
hundred million dollars. There are
about 300, 600 ,00G hens in tho nation,
and we get on M average OF Al 900 900
eggs a day. During 1900 there were l6,.
COO 600 900 eggs consumed in thIa
country. The cash We pay for our
chickens II eggs for six months wonld
secure a receipte1 bill for the Panama
canal. Since 1850, rggs alone have
yielded a greater sum OF caeh than the
product OF all the gold and silver mines
combined. Calico print works, wine
CHARTERS and photographic establish
ments used over 7O.OOO,CIO dozens Of
eggs last year New York City alone
uses 90, 900 ,0OO dozens OF oggs annually.