Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-03-26
Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

The output from Tonopah last week
totaled 5.206 tons. valued ut about
$1sO. 100.
Governor Dickerson has signed the
direct primary law passed by the last
legislature.
Mrs. Willis will leave Saturday for
California, where she hopes to rid her
self OF rheumatism. Her many friends
hope to see her return soon free from
aches and pains.
Pioneer. the infant CAM of Nye
county that sprang into the limelight u
little over two months ago. gives prom
Use of becoming one of the greatest
mining districts i'll the State.
The Lincoln county grand jury will
investigate the recent shooting ut
Moapa, where Deputy Sheriff Maxwell
and Il Mexican exchanged no less than
30 shots ut each other without scoring Il
single hit.
Mondays Bulletin says that three in
ches of snow fell in Rhyolite Sunday,
which was a greater depth than had
fallen for a number of years. 1t was
still showing there Monday and the
weather was very disagrccable.
Mr.. PenrOd returned last night from
Vallejo. where he spent the winter.
He looks rs if he had been well taken
care of and was good for many more
winters. He says he is glad to- get
back to the sagcbrush. where there is
plenty of to grow.
1t costs the taxpayers of Hawaii
something ovcr 500 each per year to
educate the Is, 5G4 children in the pub
lie schools of the Territory. There are
l4 public school employing 47G teach
ers; and 81 private schools, with 21S
teachers, and 1881 pupils. English is
the language of instruction in all.
Mr.. Keyser has received q letter from
Paul saying that he has Il good position
i'll the engineering department of Port
lands city government. Paul took the
civil service examination last year and
the record he made won him the posi-
ton lie now holds. His many friends
here will be pleased to hear of Paul's
success.
An Italian supposed to be Luigi Cara
ycnta. on the way from Reno, Nevada,
to Italy, was found unconscious on the
railway track heal Perry, Illinois, Tues.
day. Upon his body was nearly 800
in gold. Garaventa is believed to have
been attacked for purpose of robbery
and thrown from Il train. He probably
will die.
Leopold Stern, deputy U. S. marshal
and an old resident of Carson, died in
that city Tuesday. Hc was born in
Germany in 1910 and settled in Carson
in 1862. Mr.. Stern held many import.
ant positions in Carson, all of which no
filed with honor. He was ono Of New
ada's hest citizens. He leaves n wife,
three daughters and two sons.
Clcve Carter, the victim Of the shoot
ing affair Mt the Boston and Phoebe
mine ut Phoebe about ten days ago, died
from tho effects of the injuries received,
Mt the Stockham hospital last Sunday
morning and William Savage, together
with his ~acconplicc, Mike Miller, will
have to answer to the district court for
murder in the first degree, tho grand
jury having found indictments against
them.
We regret to learn that Mrs. j. j.
Campbell and her littlo grandson, Bort
Stokcr's boy, arc very sick with pneu.
monia. Both of them were taken with
the disease Saturday night. Bert Stokcr
and Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Cainpbcll's oldest
| daughter, arrived from Lovclock last
night. It is reported that Mrs Campbell
and the boy are in Il very serious on.
dition. Everybody hopes that both of
them will pull through.
II was reported lust night that Joe
Maskcr was liable to croak from the
wound inflicted by his girl, May
Stanley, yesterday morning. I'm.
fortunately there was no foundation for
the report as Maskcr is getting nlong
nicely and will I've out in week or SO.
Just rs soon as he Is able to travel, he
and tho woman should I've nude to leave
town with instructions never to return.
No arrest has been made as tho officers
consider it II useless expense to the
county.
While We have no intention of mcdd'
ling with tho work now In progress on
our streets, we suggest that II bo done
we'll. In order to make II complete jol
Of II. tho streets should bo we'll rolled
after the gravel is put OH. This Womb
press tho gravel into the soft dirt ant
mako n solid rotd bed. II would alst
compel the purchase of n good rollor.
, This wc believe the city dads should d'
!, at their next meeting. Do tho worl
, we'll while you are about IL, MFR. Com