Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-02-04
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Mrs; Arthur Miller and child arrived
from Salt Lake last night.
Frank Mead arrived from 81,
,'S' ign I" attend the funeral of Air
Bruce. "''
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Smiley CANA
from Starr Valley yesterday to attend
MIR. Bruc"'s funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Garden Gam. :,
from Pleasant valley yesterday %
attend Mr.. Bruce's funeral.
II largest Office buildings in New
lork contain 23OO miles of telepbons
wire and almost 10, 900 telephones.
Miss Either Wedthers win, has hasr
VISITING friends in Elko for the past
returned to her home in Star
valley this morning.
When children are told what a smart
uah their father is they look at their
hother as If asking her if they are to
believe Hutchinson Globe.
February began cold aud stormy. If
to-day Is a fair sample of what the
weather Is to be for the month. il will
be a hard month on stock.
! have w"ath"r"d many ~sDu,IIs"
NaiH the steward of an ocean liner. ..but
ON the last trip there were 81 babies
IN the Ntceruge. aud when they all cried
at 'nrr - wtS the biggest spuall | cver
encountered AT sea"
Cold seems 10 have no effect I'm Soy
cral varieties Of FISH. Perch will live i'm
ponds frozrn uvcr all winter: and the
white fish Of Canada have been frozen
- stiff that they were brittle enouyh
to break. Vet slowed signs of life when
properly thawrI II Exchange.
J. r. HIr.ut. the Gold Creek mer-
chant AMI h.. D S-~per, has AN ad in
tins issue. IL aries "A compIete line
II mtrchan las and has the nearest
NNaN
hotel To- TIA" i grpIgs. If YOU are going
to the new Cat. it will pay You to
read hi, ui
Owing 10 the death Of Mrs. Bruce
this morning. the funeral of Mr.. Bruce
has been postponed until Thursday af.
t"TnpIn Al . o'clock al the family resi-.
i"nc". The attention of Odd Fellows
and Daughters of Rebckah is called 20
the funeral notice elsewhere.
The vice president Of "A Wisconsin
national bank (d.funct), who is now
doing time in the pen, was a church
elder and active in religious work. The
night before the bank went "fuerv" he
addressed a church gathering on the
Trust in Me" He also made a
practice of heading his ledger pages
with s%criptural quotations, and ON one
page where he had written And Jesus
wept,' he raised an entry from Fl6. 900
10 $4,000 without shedding "A tear
himself. Prufcssed religion is often a
cloak for ~rascality. but it usually wears
N t.-Clark County Review.
In "A conversation Over the phone with
Mr.. Hartman at Gold Creek yesterday.
he said that the three men who left
Elko last week for Jarbidge had reached
his place and would leave there today
for the new camp. They had taken the
tongue ont of their sleigh and were
going To hitch their horses tandem. In
this way. he said, the horses could
follow the broken trail and could make
distance between Elko and Jarbidge
was not nearly as great as reported.
He figured 1t ut about 10 miles.
Seventy five miles fro,,l Elko to Gold
Creek and thirty five from Gold Creek
90 Jarbidgc. He also thought this
the best time to go into the camp as the
roads were now much better than they
would be in the spring.
II. w. Hammond, the mining en-.
ginccr who has been operating i'm Elku
county for the last year. is now in
Boston and New York closing financial
matters which cover some very import.
ant mining properties in Northern Elko
county. Having operated for twelve
years in California, Nevada and Utah,
Mr.. Hammond is firm in the belief that
Elko county has some wonderful
mineral resources. How to develOpc
these l~cgitimately. and at the same
time keep out the stock jobber, and
cheap" mining operator is the main
object in future operations rs viewed
by the eastern investor. To aid in
perfect Legitimate mining operations is
Mr.. Hammond's firm intention, and
wherever possible expose the fakir. is
the determination Of those in the EAST
who have lost heretofore through such
channels. Mr.. Hammond will he in
Elko in u few weeks.