The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-05-19
EASTERN NEVADA.

eral DAYS i'll the eastern part OF the State
this week and was pleased to note a
general air Of activity in business cir
cles.
Elko is mn lonbtclly the livliest town
i'll the State at the p eaent time. Money
dom hat characterized The palmy DAYS
The Dept Hotel cannot accommodate
it, patrons and the pr6prietors are max
ing additions To ineir service as fast as
possible.
w. w. Booher Of the Elko lndepend-
enI 10 putting AZ, a new building which
will contain some very handsome offices
and the te. anls are waiting To move i'll.
The sound of saw ard hammer maaes
music in many parts OF town, e
buildings are being tushed to complexion
and J 5. Gardner & Son, archi e,ts and
builders, have a seasons work ahead OF
them. The residences have been re-
paired and renovated. the business
houses are enjoying a brisk trade.
The Elko Tusrarora stage line is taxed
beyond its capacity with passengers and
freight, and Gen. Torreyson Who made
\ trip TO ruscarora last week says the
stage passed fourteen wagons and other
vehicles loaded with freight and passen-
gers en- route to Gold Creek.
tien. 1orreyson says the people are
elated over the new bonaza found in the
Dexter, the bright prospects oil various
other mining properties AID that the old
camp is infused with new life.
III. b. Rule, special agent Mutual Life
Ins. Co. has spent six weeks in and
about Elko and reports business OF ali
kinds hourishing.
c. II. Sproule of the Free Press says
business is humming along and that
everybody in that seclion is prosperous
and happy, himself incl,"led. They will
whoop it up on the 4th of July and in
vite all the people in Nevada to 90 there
and celebrate.
At Battle Mountain A. d. Lemaire &
Sons who cRrry Oh HI extensive business
report bright prospects in store for their
town OH account OF promising gold, cop
per and coal mines IN the adjacent Dis
tiicts. Business il good now and con-
tinues to improve, shipments of ORE
have been made and the rctnrns yer,
satisfactory, there is a food of water in
the Humboldt, a great plent, in the
hills, aud ranchers and stockmeli will
have u good season. A.. ID. leniaire will
leave Battle Mountain next week for a
two months visit to France.
w. g. Hancock of the Capitol Hotel
says business is good in his line and 1. e
mining pros poets alluring.
Bob Blossom says he is playing hos
Of the ranch nov and is saving his
money to bet on the baseball match be-
teams on the IN OF June re- vi
course he will lose that money aud his
porkets will be rs slick a. his upper lip
which is now without that handsome
mustache 80 much in evidence ut Los
Angeles.
Master Mechanic Slater took us
through the N. G. shops and We must
say the coach "Silver State" is a daisy
and the sllous cLn turn umt rome nice
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for samples If coal from the coal mine u
few miles from Battla Mountain owned
by his company. Chey have a seven
foot vein of tirst-class coal now and the
mine will eventually be a bonanza to it,
owners aud u farier in the future pros
perity OF Battle Mountain.
Judge Hag-r IL happy and gave us to.
cordial u greeting. He had better Learn
to swim however because ii he comes
this way we will have to throw him into
the Truckee and let him float down Il
the sea.
They have some good things in Battl,
Mountain and some things moi 80 good
The mosquitoes fed Oh Brother Torreysor
and evidently like tender lawyers bu
the natives laughed at the vain attempts
OF the pests to make any impression ot
the cheek of the newspaper man. TIL,
natives ought to bottle these mosquitoes
one per hottie, and sell them to passing
tourists for tarantulas.
We had a very large evening with tn
good people of Battle Mountain AM
commend their hospitality.
We spent a few hours in Winnemucc'
and the Silver State says: