Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-29

WIN
S. p. track he saw an old man ~.
ing between the rails near the pass.
enger depot. The old fellow WIS
sound asleep and seemingly happy
in his dreams. As it was near time
for No. 2 to pass through, Mr..
Shields took the old man ny the
collar and dragged him off the
track out Of danger. In a few min
utes No. 2 went through, but The
old man slept on. Had he Tot been
found in time, he would have been
ground to pieces by the train.
Last night Tony Richie, an Ital-
ian, filled up on red-eye at the
Louvre saloon and got into trouble.
He was put out and revenged him
self by Throwing rocks through the
large plate glass windows. He was
taken to Jail and thrown into the
b%ull-pen. There he busted himself
by breaking the jai. windows,
smashing buckets and doing consid-
cradle other damage to Jail proper
ty. He was taken before Judge
klatte this forenoon and given six
months in Jail and fined $50 besides.
He will miss the red.eye for several
moons.
One of the biggest bells in the
world is in Cologne cathedral and
is known as the "Gloriosa". 1t
was cost from twenty-five French
cannon captured in the Franco
Prussian war and was presented to
the cathedral by the kaiser. 1t
bears the German arms and two
inscriptions. One, in Latin, ex-
presses the emperor's gratitude
for the divine mercy in granting
him victory. The other, in Ger
man, declares: Il am the emper.
or's hell, and | proclaim his glory.
| fill a sacred post, and | pray heav-
en to grant peace and prosperity to
the German empire"
How brief is the summer on the
highlands Of Labrador" says Sesz-
keith Pritchard in TIE Wide World
Magazine. Snow does not melt
till July; then with a rush Tnidsum-
mer comes Grasses and leaves grow
almost visibly, the wild cotton soon
filings out its little white pennons.
millions of berries ripen on the
ground, the loon cries, the ptar-
migan calls, and you may even e
e butterfly balancing in the warm
wind. But then also wakens the
countless army of hunchhacks, lean
and gray mosquitoes, piping blithe-
ly for blood. So summer reigns.
Then suddenly one day at the end
of August, after the sun has sunk
behind the barren crags through
the balmy warmth of evening, one
may wake up to find everything
TRANSPORTED and the first snow of
another season already falling"
We have received a copy of
Bank Examiner Howell's report
for 1911. 1t contains a good deal
of interesting matter about the
condition of the stale banks. 1t
also gives the cost of this branch
of the state government for the
year at $7,S94.94 Among the
items of cost, is the salary of a
examiner who drew 5000
from the state last year. We would
like TO inquire what necessity there
is for a deputy bank examiner in
Nevada. There are only twenty
banks in the state that are under
the jurisdiction Of the bank ex-
aminer. and it certainly seems as
if n man could look after them.
But. then, u liberal legislators
created the position Of deputy bank
examiner and it must, of course be
filled.
Charles G. Reeder the Seattle
land speculate who bought $500
aces OF railroad lund near Willow
Point recently, has made inquiry
for bids for drilling some wells on
the land. II is MIR. Reedcr's
intention to develop the land TO
some extent, or at least prove the
pr%acticability of putting water on
1t. The price he is to pay the rail-
road company for the land is 81 an
acre, 40 cents an acre being paid
down, with ten ear time in which
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