Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-10-27

fall Is something over $50 inches
say, fifteen times as much as
London. Cherrapunji stands on a
plateau, overlooking the plain of
Sylhet. and it is 4.455 feet above
sea level Westminster Gazette.
Walter Elmore visited his faith
er's ranch at Elburz yesterday and
returned this morning on the
Western Pacific. He informs us
that blackleg is playing havoc with
his fathers cattle Up to this
time seven head have died with
that disease. He is at a loss to &C
count for the presence of the dis
ease at the ranch at this time.
len years ago several cattle died
with the blackleg at the ranch but
since that time the ground has
been all burned over. 1t seems,
however, that all the germs were
not killed.
The grand jury of Humboldt
county recommended that the dis
trict attorney proceed to try j.
Frank TRAINER on the indictment
charging him with the murder of
NJ RS. Quilici. 1t will be remem-
bered that TRAINER was tried in
Washoe county for the murder of
MIR. Quilici and convicted Of muir
der in the second degree, while
Eurie, his partner in the crime.
was convicted in Humboldt county
of murder in the first dergee and is
now under sentence of death.
Both these men deserve the rope
and we hope TRAINER will get
what is coming to him if tried
again.
1t is popularity believed that
winged sesIs from trees travel to
great distances on the wind, but the
Investigations Of a British scientist
who has spent much time at Singa-
pore indicate that winged seeds
have far narrower range of fight
than have powder" seeds and the
plumed seeds. The greatest dis
lance travelled by the winged seeds
of a forest tree observed by this
authority was 100 yards. Under
the most favorable circumstances,
he calculates, it would take this
plant just 100 years to spread 300
yards and ]. 500, 900 years to spread
from the Malay peninsula to the
Philippines if a land connection ex-
listed. Scientific American.
During the month of Septe rber
thieves and burglars reaped a big
harvest in New York City. 1t is
estimated that during the past
month silverware an jewelry worth
more than $3.50, 600 was stolen.
The thefts in the city during the
months of June, July and August
aggregated $500, 900. an unusually
large sum. but September proved
even more profitable for the
crooks. The most aggravating
feature is that the metropolitan
police seem to be unable to arrest
a single thief or burglar or to
recover any of the stolen property
New York City is, indeed, a regu-
lar. paradise for the crooks If the
country.
a Kansas editor announced he
would try for one week to print
the truth and he is still in the hos
pital. He didn't get by the first
day. The following item appeared
in Mondays issue and now the boys
are getting out the paper. This
is what he said: Married, Miss
Sylvia Rhode to Ed Canadian last
Sunday evening at the Baptist
churcn. The b;ide is an ordinary
town girl who didn't know any
more that a rabbit about cooking
and she never helped her mother
three days in her life. She is not
a beauty by any means and has a
gait like a duck. The groom is an
%up-to-date has been loafer, living
off the old folks all his life. and
don't amount to shucks nohow.
They will have a hard life while
they live together"
In concluding an account Of a
quiet wedding" Western
Kansas paper says: 81 J. Ander-
son. father Of the bride. who never