Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-16
S~almagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

Constable Davidson of Monticello is il
town.
Mr.. Shirley returned yesterday after
noon from II trip to Salt Lake.
Miss Carrie Stevens. the Dectl
school. ma'am. is in town today.
County Surveyor IIaws left for Mary's
river last night on II surveying trip.
Miss Louetta f. Weir, teacher Of the
Hook district in Starr valley. is in
The indications are that tomorrow
will bc II bad day for Easter hats and
gowns.
.Iailcr Eirnore reports 32 prisoners in
Jail. Ten of these are held for the
grand jury.
Judge Rutledgc is in town. He Il
the prospects look good for II lively
summer in Carlin.
The schools open again Monday. All
the pupils should he in their places
when the bells ring.
AAscmhlymm Winter has our thanks
for II complete copy Of the laws passed
10y the recent Legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Mayer have re-.
turned They will make EIko their
h"ni". "ia'Lto-h have them with us.
The contract for the construction of
Il Western Pacific pier in San Francisco
has been let by the IIurbOr Commission.
The pier is to cDSt $36i. 900.
The grand jury met ut 10 o'clock this
forenoon and is still in session ut this
writing. The Monticello robbery case
was investigated this afternoon.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Harmcr Of Lamoillc died yestcr.
day afternoon. The child WAS about II
week old. The remains will bc buried
in Lunuillc.
Judge Orr Of Reno has refused tn
grant divorces 10 w Eastern couples
81 the grounds of fraud and collision
and that the parties are non-rcsidcnts
of the state. Ii is time something was
don" Ia stop the dumping Of rotten
divorce suits on the courts of this state. |
Somebody dropped II $40, 900 bill on
thc collection plate of Il Methodist
church i'll Washington, ID. c., last Sun.
day night and the church officials are
trying to fluid ont whether or not it was
lpuc by mistake. No one connected
with the INDEPENDENT WAS in Wash.
iugt"n last Sunday.
The Carson Appeal says that the ap.
preparations made 10y the recent leg
stature amount to 81, 800, O39. Ont
Of this the state university gets S22j.-
2i9. the insane asylum $l75. 300 and the
state prison $iO2, 40. Tho general
state appropriation is 800, 595. \
million dollar legislature is "A novelty
for the state Of Nevada. Nevada is
certainly ON the NJ grade in the matter
of appropriations for the support of its
government.
The refusal of the Carson mint To
receive any more bullion. because il
vaults are already stored to bursting. is
u solar plcxus hloy To the eastern knock.
erS who claim that Nevada is all blow
and no gold. Why. Nevada saved this
country from bankruptcy once. and it
can Ito it again. Ina few years Nevada
will h. in II position to pay or the
national debt. build the Panama canal.
and have millions To spend beside
Ely Mining Record.
The American record for tunnel
boring was broken in the construction
of the Owens river aCqucduCt for the
Los Angeles water system when i76
feet were completed during the month
Of March. The record wa made in the
Elizabeth Lake tunnel. The tunnel is
. by II feet. through solid rock. The
entire 2i0 miles of u%cqucdnCt is being
built hy the municipality under dircc.
tion of its " engineers and Is expected
to cost about $50, 900. 900.