The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-12-14

The stage which phys netween Vir
ginia City and Reno, in opposition
to the V. & T. r. r. has been dis
continued for the season.
I A. Donnelly has been arrested
= at Reno charged with grand larceny
Donnelly is alleged to have stolen
$50 in gold from John Claspel, who
died there recently,
The Reno Journal saws a company
has been formed there to rehabilitate
Steamboat Springs and make it once
more first class place of resort as
it was in years past.
There are between $4,000 and
10000 sheep being fed around Reno
and about 10000 hea 1 on the Love-
lock meadows. Buyers say Nevada
mutton is the best in the market
The Reno Journal reports strike
in Peavine district, Washoe county,
OF a ledge the paystreak of which is
one and half feet in width, the ore
running $1O2.04 per ton, of which
90 per cent is copper.
Last week the courthouse at Elko
took fire through the closing of a
not air register by member of the
grand jury. The fire was discovered
in time to quench it without serious
loss to the building, but it is said
to have been a close call.
A Colorado syndicate which had
bonded several claims in Olinghouse
canyon failed to fulfill their contract
on Friday and the deal is off. The
Reno Journal says that if these
claims are ever bonded again it will
require 100000.
The reduction works at Reno made
twenty-one day run and shut down
for repairs and alterations and to
put in fuel, after turning out a
car OF bullion. The result is en-
couraging and it is hoped the works
can besupplied steadily with suit
able ore.
In Lovelock valley this year, a
yield of fifty and one half tons per
acre was obtained from Thies sugar
beet plantation. This is one of the
valleys in which experiments are be-
ing carried on to determine what
the soil of Nevada will do in sugar
beet production preliminary to the
erection of sugar refinery.
Elko County shows up with very
brief delinquent tax list this year.
The Independent says: Treasurer
Dawley has Strengthened out his de-
linquent tax list and the result shows
delinquency of $145.78, due from
four taxpayers. OF the amount de-
inquent $124.0s is due from the
Gold Greek Mining Company. Had
this company paid up there would
be q delinquency of only $2l.7O.
A very good showing for the people
of Elko county.
Ely proposes to work prisoners
sent to the county Jail and at its last
meeting there the Board of Commits
sioners ordered that hereafter all
prisoners sentenced to term in the
county Jail by the Judge of the
District court or by the Justice of
the Peace, be kept at labor on the
public work at least six hours day
for six days in the week when the
weather permits, and in case any
prisoner refuses to work the Sheriff
is to inAict the statutory punishment.
1t is said that there are 5000 car
loads of freight in and around Og-
den awaiting transportation over the
Central Pacific. Four hundred of
somethese are coal. This is one of
the early arguments advanced for the
strongest building to the coast, by
line, across Lincoln county. The
gap to be filed is only 240 miles.
over an easy grade, and coal traffic
alone will make the road paying
investment from the day it is COM
pleted.
Churchill county ranchers are
discussing means of securing more
water. Some advocate storing water
In reservoir to be built within the
confines of Churchill county, and
others are advocating building a
large canal from the Truckee river,
distance Of thirty-fve miles or
more. These are some of the enter
prises which residents of that section
had in mind when the water storage
ana other kindred bills were passed
IN the last legislature. They pro-
pose to utilize some of the water