Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-03-11
Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

Mr. Friedhoff has finished work ON
tue new schoolhouse and will leave for
Keno tonight. He will return durip,
summer and put in the concrete walks.
Mrs. Eisenbarg returned las. Mich,
rom her visit to friends in New York
visited Washington and other large
tiles and had a splendid time.
regret to learn that Miss Minnie
- is quite sick at the home of her
s.ia.1N 1noo, California. Her many
ppe she may soon rscoy.r
Official base ball gu" beachs
tains many thjags OF l'io. IL con-
ball fans 'terest to base
This afternoon Mr.. Keyser,
Towell from the Redwood hosp John
a ride. Mr.. Vowel went to the hustor
on the 18th of December and this wal
his first outing. He is gradually i'm
proving and hopes to be around soon.
The Consolidated Mines Company of
Goldfeld paid $%32'OsO.47 to the sheriff of
Esmeralda county as bullion tax for
the quarter ending December 81, 1909.
The gross value of the ore reduced was
=, 03j, O66. % and the net value. $I.OlS.-
1851.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dewar will leave
tomorrow morning for Salt Lake. Mr..
D9war has been in poor health for some
time and he goes to Salt Lake to consult
physicians. From Salt Lake, they may
20 to Southern California.
Through passenger trains are running
ON the Southern Pacific. No. 3 went
through last night and this morning No.
| Went west. Passenger trains Nos. q
and 10 will arrive from the west to-
night. 1t looks good to see trains pass
ing over the road again.
Tn bridge across the South Fork on
the Bullion road washed ont "A week ago
last Tuesday. This shuts Bullion off
from communication with the outside
world. The commissioners shonld do
their best TO replace this bridge as soon
as possible.
An Irish tenant who had just bought
under the purchase act bDastcl to the
agent that his landlord was now God
Almighty" and that he feared nothing.
Don't you feel too sure. Pat" was the
reply. Remember, God cvictcd his
first two tenants"
The foreman of the Rex mill at Gold
Circle was caught in a belt yesterday
and killed. As there is no Justice of
the peace in Midas township, District
Attorney Taber was wired regarding
AN inquest. Attorney Caine also re.
c lived a dispatch, but neither the dis,
patch he received nor the one to the
district attorney mentioned the fore.
mans name.
The Reno Gazette OF the LIST SAYS thai
State Engineer Nicholas claims that
Governor Dickcrson read TO him the
charges against him, but refused t.
give him a copy of them. 1t also says
that the governor will appoint Emmitt
Boyle state engineer. Mr.. Boyle is q
graduate of the state university and i,
thoroughly competent to fill the posi-
ton.
Judge Harrington of the Fedora
Court, who has been in California 70
the past few months suffering fr on
vdriCose veins and which resulted in hi
undergoing an operation, returned t
this city yesterday. The Judge i
slightly lame as yet otherwise appear
to he in the best of health. Carson
News.
If Commissioners Bytton. Moody and
Willis do not geta hustle ON and stol
the melting snow from washing ont tn,
roads and bridges. something awfu
will surely happen. They should con
suit the weather man at once and stol
the snow from melting or have tn
water run over the mountains inStea,
of into the Tuscarora road. They car
at least. spread themselves over tn
county. from Jarbidgc to Bald Mount
ain and from "Sprucemont to Gold Circl
and keep the water of the roads
The Virginia Chronicle of March is
says: That the commissioners of Lyo
county mean business Is seen from tn
fact that bright and early ycsterda
morning men ware put at work on re
building the court house and count
building mt Dayton. The contract WI
let ont Saturday and with no delays tn
building should o o bo ready foI
occupancy. II is claimed that the Ye
ington interests may try to enioin IL
commissioners from paying out an
money on this contract.
, The report has gone out from he
r that several men have been frozen
: death this winter on the road bctwe,
! Elko and Jarbidgc. That this rcpo
has been circulated is evidenced by Il
fact that Postmaster Doughty has Z
ceived letters of inquiry regarding
II anyone has frozen To death while <
ing from here to Jarbidgc or has Iii,
on the road from any other cause. 1t
' not known here. Someone must ha,