Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-08
Salmagund
From Tuesdays Daily.

Mrs. Hinckley of Beowawe, was
in town today.
Rev. E. H. Price left for Reno
today to attend a church meeting.
Judge Requa of Palisade took in
the best town in eastern Nevada
today.
Taxes are coming in slowly. See
that yours is paid by the first
Monday of June.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Howell re-
turned from Reno this morning
where Mrs. Howell successfully
passed the State examination in
Option ,try.
Harry Furbish, the magazine
fraud was caught at Wells and
brought back to face his victims.
He plead guilty before Judge Castle
this forenoon and will receive
sentence at 5 o'clock.
Harry Bruce and M. H. Cooper
have started a dry cleaning plant
in town. They have the latest
machinery and an experienced man
to run ic. See their ad for further
particulars.
The county commissioners yes
terday ordered District Attorney
Carville to settle the suit brought
by the state against County Treas
urer Miller for 500. 80, which the
board allowed last January for ex-
ira help in the treasurer's office
during the collection of taxes and
which Controller Eggers claimed as
illegally withheld from the state.
Seventy million dollars have been
expended by the reclamation servi G
since the passing of The reclamation
act in 1902. and $48, 900 200 is
available for use in the next four
years, every cent Of which will, in
time be returned to the treasury
according to the last report Of the
secretary of the national irrigation
congress.
An inch of rainfall is equivalent
to COG barrels of 45 gallons each
to the acre. This amount of water
weighs owe ll3 tons. Think of
hauling it to the farms in wagons
holding a ton each, That seeming
ly light air and clouds are capable
of handling this enormous amount
of water is of one Of the marvels
of meteorology. One inch Of rain is
not such a heavy rainfall either
Farm and Firesidc.
+. j. Young and Mr.. Mcdaniel,
who r interested in the Sauth
F,rk natural soap deposit gave this
office a call this forenoon. Mr..
Young is president of the Anchor
Realty company of San Francisco.
He was born in Reno and the scent
of the sagehrush still clings 10 him.
They e very much intlrest"d in
the medal awarded the natural de-
post n! the Chicago exposition Ia
Aherti & Bochrr which is now the
property OF tic latter.
Engineer Piece is busy getting
things in shape for a lively cam
paign at Bull N. fle is looking
over the roads TO Raine's siding on
the T.. & 2. and the road from Bull
lion IT, a ioint on the Western Pa
cifc at Van Driellpn's ranch west
Of town. The cost of placing these
roads in condition for heavy teams
and the freight per ton will deter.
mine the shipping noint. It is esti.
mated that 500 tons of ore a month
will be shipped from Bullion this
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LOthrop OF
Dayton will celebrate their golden
wedding next sunday. Both are
pioneer residents of the state, hav.
ing crossed the plains in OK team
with their parents MIR. Lnthror
was ten years Of age when his
parents left Missouri for Cali.
fornia's gold. fields. He is fond OF
relating his experience in the
Mountain Meadow massacre. Mrs,
Lothrop crossed the plains ter
years later than her husband. Mr..
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