Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-01-29
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o D. DAILY

Read our business locals elsewhere.
A big batch of senate and assembly
bills reached our desk this morning.
Some of them are very important.
There will be no racetrack legislation
introduced by the Washoe delegation
this session if the members keep the
pledges they made to II delegation from
the Reno Commercial Club.
Mr.. and Mrs Ferd Johnson of Mon
tello gave this Office II pleasant call this
afternoon. Their little girl wandered
off yesterday afternoon and was found
by Mr.. holland who returned her to
her parents.
Mr.. Frederick Davis left for Salt
Lake this morning. He will remain
there Il few days and will then go to
Minneapolis on business connected with
the Bunker Hill Mining Company. He
will he away several weeks.
y peclliar occurrence has taken
place in Northwestern Rhodesia, when
the mail bag containing the letter for
northeastern part of the country were
destroyed by lions neal Petankc. The
big animals ate the mail matter.
A letter from Mrs. Mcclellan states
that she and Mr.. Mcclellan left San
Francisco on the morning of January
2lst OH the steamer State of California
for San Diego, arriving there on the
evening of the 23d. They will remain
there about two weeks visiting all
points of interest in and around San
Diego.
4 fire broke ont in the Sutro tunnel
Wednesday night at the junction of the
main tunnel with the branci leading
from the California shaft. No serious
damage is anticipated rs the tunnel
laterals were bulkheaded as soon as the
fire was discovered. This will shut off
the air and the blaze will soon ex-
haust itself.
Both the Italian and French govern
ments are encouraging the use of an,
timony pigments, which have the
advantage over white lead Of being
innocuous, and over ziuc paint of being
permanent and sun proof. Anthony
is also obtaining Il wide application in
the manufacture of bearing metal and
other alloys.
What is probably the highest restaur-
ant in tho world has been opened mt the
Eismeer station of the Jungfrau railway
in Switzerland. 1t is situated 10, OOO
feet above the sea level, close to the
summit of the mountain. The food is
not cooked by means of ordinary fuel,
but by electricity generated by the
L%utschinc waterfall, deep down in the
valley below.
In the argument of the Hogan case
last night, the attorneys for tho defense
were loud in dcnunciation of the South
ern Pacific company for prosecuting the
defendant. They seemed to think that
the company had no right to protect
its property in this state by the prose
cutiOn of criminals. Isn't it strange
that men with sense enough to bc ad,
mittcd to tho bar should talk such
nonsense to II Nevada jury.
Controller Eggers has our thanks for
II copy of his annual report, According
to the figures given in the report. II
cost the taxpayers 1900. 813. 12 to carry
on the state government last year. The
controller estimates the cost of the
state government for 1900 at 81, 1873.
2iO.WO. He says that with ordinary
prudence in appropriations and average
economy in expenditure II tux of &C
cents OF the 300 assessed valuation
ought to be enough to defray the OK,
pcnscs Of the state government for the
next two years, and leave u surplus for
tho next Legislature.