Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
S~almagundi
ROM DAILY

tNs ....a
\ freight train went OF ihc tracl
near Wells last night.
The Thermometer showed 9B degree
at $40 this afternoon IN this Office.
l.. l.. Hubs IN left last night for IN
extended trip though the middle west
ard Texas. He will be away abont
month or six weeks.
W. F.. Holloway, n New Yord capi
t%.liSt. arrived yesterday. He is here
rpr the purpose of looking over the re,
sources Of the county with II view to
future investment.
80 \ wcstbound freight train went off the
track ut Cornus, the second siding east
Of G%olcunda., yesterday afternoon.
The cause was II broken journal on II
refrigerator car. No one was hurt.
Traffic WAS delayed several honrs by the
,. wrc'k. o.
Harry Bruce returned last night from
his trip to Round Mountain. He brought
with him some fine samples of ore from
-. the claims, in which he and n number
'... Of other EllsoitCs are interested. He
reports the prospects very bright ut
Round Mountain.
The Lyon and Ornsby County Labor
union has passed resolutions protest.
ing against the employment of convict
Labor To haul and store coal i'm the State
'. Capitol and the Governors mansion and
r"nsurcS such action VI the part of the
State i'll taking away an opportunity
from Il number Of citizens 10 earn n
living and tending To force them
through lack of opportunity Ia earn a
dishonest living.
FIX ASScmblyman George B. Russell
received word today that he had been
appointed superintendent Of the census
for Nevada. The position carries with
j. 4 salary OF $500 "A year and per
~raisitcs enough to raise the amount to
= about $1,000. The INDEPENDENT con
graduates George III landing the plum.
Il i II republican job and we know of
49, other republican that we had
rather see get II.
.As Il result of an inexperienced
druggist in a Reno drug store putting
III" wrong ingredients in Il prcscrip
ii III, Miss Rose l.. Bcaulicu. Il pretty |
Young woman of Reno, took poison in
sicml Of medicine and nearly lost her
lite. In some way the clerk substitut-
al S%trychninc for some other drug with
the result that Miss Beaulicu became
critically i'll. The case will be report
-d 10 the State Board of Pharmacy.
We" Wing. II Chinese merchant Of
Carson City. has been arrested on "A
charge of manufacturing whisky in IL
new form and selling il to the Indians
ON the Walker Lake Indian rcscrva.
tiun. He seems To have invented n
ncw kind Of whisky. He makes it in the
form of mall pills. and one of these
pills will make an Indian 80 drunk
that he will want Ia 20 on the war.
path. y chemist claims that the mix
tnre contains - per cent alcohol and
considerable opium.
Edward WEIGH, IL well known resi-.
dent of storey county. committed
suicide yesterday morning by hanging
~ - ~ "'J'iitihS III i'Sl !
dencc at Gold Hill. He lost one Of his
eyes several years < while at work in
one Of the mines and recently the
sight Of the other became impaired and
he was under the impression that he
was going blind. He was otherwise in
poor health and this. coupled with the
loss Of his sight, made him Respondent.
According to the Battle Mountain
Herald, Nevada has II surplus of
champion baseball clubs. In the
Hcral1's comments found elsewhere,
Elko's claim to the championship is
the L0volock team on the 9TH of July.
Tho Herald is evidently sourcd against
the Elku club and cannot do it justice.
None Of the Elko players were mixed
up with the purchase Of the Lovclock
players and IL is wrong for the Herald
to charge them with it. Tho Elko boys
play clean ball.
John R~0thcnhutchcr, Il Reno dentist.
has invented Il process for cmbalming
vegetables that will keep them sound
and fresh for indefinite intervals. IIo
will not divulgc his secret. but II has
boon learned that it involves II partial
drying of the green vegetables and
treating them with II harmless prclnr.
alton that arrests the process of decay.
In order to restore the vegetables to
their former condition. another pre-.
paration is used. which works such Il
change that the original freshness and
food vnluc of the plants are restored.