Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-08-15
Items Of Interest.


What Is Going On In Nevada.
Picked From the State Exeh.c->.
!. The examination of applicants for an
trance to the State University will b,
held August. %. % end "a.
A lot Of Nevada honey shipped to Chi
caeo brought one cent per pound in az
cess OF the regular market price.
A section Of the railroad track ON III.
Z. h G. R. r., near Clifton was vasbed
out by cloud burst Friday evening.
A free delivery postal service has ban
ordered established November Lat !,
Reno.
A cloud burst flooded the town Of
Eiko Tuesday. doing but little damage.
however.
Out Of total Of 10000 Indians in the
United States only 56 are reported by
tho Government agent as insane.
L. A. Blakeslee of Reno has been an
pointed Deputy Internal Revenue Col
lector for Nevada, vice Charlie May.
The Washington authorities have sur-
gested to Census Supervisor fremont
OF this State that he make his headousr.
ters in Carson or Virginia City
Storey county is planning to purchase
the Sisters Hospital to take the place of
the county poor farm which was recentlv
destroyed by fire.
The Southern Pacific Company win
have an exact reproduction Of the Sal
Rocks OF San Francisco at the Paris Ex-
position, with seals and sea lions.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson pessed
through Nevada last week. From the
speeches he made, no benefcial' reuults
are anticipated
The Nevada State Fair will be held At
Reno during the week commencing Sep-
tember Is. Reduced fare will be eiven
on all railroads.
Miss Lillian Snyder, talented Carson
girl with a rich soprano voice, who has
been studying in Paris the past three
years, has returned to New York.
The electric light plant at Tallsc, Lake
Tahoe, was totally destroyed by fire last
Thursday. The loss amounts to about
$4,000. A new plant will be erected u
soon as possible.
The five or six million silver dollars in
the Mint are being shipped to San Fran
cisco. They are put up in sacks and
officers are about to watch the transpor-
tation from the vaults to the car,
Eighty-four per cent Of the entire State
of Idaho is still public land, amounting
to more than 100000 acres OF this
area the Government Geological Survey
estimates that 100000 acres can be irri-
gated successfully,
Lieut. Samuel B. English, who is in
Reno recruiting, was successful last week
in recruiting two men. Their names are
Henry Giovannone, native of Switxer-
land, and Chas T. Sands, who is known
about Reno as farm laborer.
The drilling contest at De Lamar,
Lincoln county, July 26, was won by
Matsen and Stevens, who made q hole
25 1916 inches deep, against McAuliff
and Brown, whose hole measured rs l-l6.
The match was for $1,000.
W. II. Hobart, ex-State Controller of
the State of Nevada, returned from
Alaska last Wednesday after a months
vacation. He reports that Johnny Dor
mer, formerly of Carson, broke his right
leg below the knee about two weeks
ago, and it was feared that amputation
might be necessary to save it above the
knee.
While it is not positively settled, it il
given out at the head Office at Salt Lake
that the Utah and Pacific will not con-
tinue their line farther south than Nc
Cune, which is the station at the State
line. The delay at that point is caused
by certain county incumbrances lin Ne
vada and also an opposition of the Cen
tral Pacific, which are being worked
against the new road. 1t Is stated that
the road is being run at a loss of 5000
month. .-DeLamar Messenger.
Peace Conference Ends.
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