Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-09-17

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running smoothly in the high school
Inc attendance is better than last year
anu the prospects for a successful years
work are exceedingly bright.
Judge Bruce took another party of
ladies OH II fishing trip this morning.
Asthis is the last day fishing this season.
Judge Bruce and Is PARTY will doubt
less max every minute count.
The hunting >caSJn for ducks op.nyd
THIS morning ami hunters were out
bright and early. Some of them came
Dack LOADED down with ducks and others
sneaked II town empty handed. There
are hunters and hunters and then some
more.
While Pcary and Cook ar. fighting
over the discovery of the north pole,
the people of Elku should be thinking
OF making their town the hcalthicst
place to live in the state of Nevada.
This can only he done by Srwcring the
town.
The News says that Andrew Mautc,
former state printer, Is considerably
under the weather at his home in Car
son. Mr.. Maulc - one of the old time
Nevadans and his many friends through
ont the stat" nope he may soon hr him
self again.
The Reno CiaZcttc's "Prospcrity Eli
ton" is certainly one of the best papers
ever issued i'll the state. 1t contains
t~hirty-two pages of reading matter and
out saying Chat the larger part of i, i,
devoted To- hOo>ting Reno. hut the state
AT large Is given considerable space.
The paper il u credit To- the Gazette and
will surely be "t great benefit to Reno
and the stat" at large.
4 champion doubt" jack drilling con.
test for Il purs' of Sin1 will IL one of
the features "i entertainment Tor uhr
Mining Congress 4; t;niafirld. The con.
test will b" held "n saturday ~ati"rEppn.
Octohcr ,, and is open Gall contestants.
The second priz" Is 500. Champion
drillcrs from Col 1T IL. Montana. Ari-
IONA New Mexico and Nevada are *
prctcd to- enter the contest.
That Their: !, iii increasing interest
ON the outside IN the dUIngn on III,
CurnStock il shown 10y the many letters
of inquiry received at the Chronicl,
office. Oar answer is invariably th,
sam that Virginia j. not experiencing
II boom in the general accepted meaning
of the word. but just II gradual. strong
growth. The Constuck Is too old 4;
camp to undergo the lluttcr am. furry
Of the old days. or the iiustcr that
accompanies the founding al latter day
camps. Chronicle
Lyon county i in the throcs of 4;
bitter fight for the county seat. Dayton
IcTingtOn and Mound House are striv
ing for the hunOrS. The former Ia
been the county seat ever since Lyon
county was organized. but the town ha'
been ON the down grade for scvcra
years and Icrington. II growing town
in the productive Mason valley. is try,
ing to wipe ii off the map. MOUND
House fuvOTs the county seat remaining
at Dayton. Int if it is io bc changed sh,
is in the fight To win.
The bottom is said - have fallen out
of Lucky Boy. the camp near IIaw
thOrnc. Seventy men We're let ont
Saturday night in that camp. Some oi
the lcascrS have suspended operations
Lucky Boy is the mine that Johnny
Miller, one of our boys at Hawthorne,
was offered 5000. 900 for when it WA,
first discovered. y good deal of money
has been taken ont of the mine. but
several hundred Thousand dollars les.
than was offered for il.
II is announced that II. V. MorchOus,
of Goldiicld. is ont for United State,
Senator to succeed George ). Nixon
MurchuuSc has been mixed up in Cali
fornia politics, with more or less sue
cess. and went into Goldficld on the tWI
wave of the boom. An effort il ryi
IDENTIFY being made to draw GcorE,
Wingficld into the fight against hi'
former partner.