Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-02-07
A SUMMARY Of
THE DAILY NEWS
Events at Home and Abroad
That are important.
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Condensed From Dailles for
the Benefit of those too
Busy to Hunt for
Them.
There are now over 1000 oil companies

There are now over 1000 oil companies
tn California.
Encouraging oil indications are said
to have been found recently near Ar
cata, Humboldt county.
Snow has caused temporary sus-
pension of work in the Brown Bear
mine, Shasta county.
The Los Burros placer mining dis
trict, in Monterey county. is attracting
some attention just ROW.
A big strike Of OIL is reported on the
Gibson place. west OF Arbuckle, IL
Colnsa county.
1t is rumored that the new company
that has been organized to handle the
We've Got 1t mine, at Grub gulch,
will lie in need of about 200 miners
within the next three months.
Over 800 men are employed in the
salt industry in Alameda county.
Temple Harris and Jack Moore re-
turned from the desert last Friday and
have been showing their friends some
fine opals in the rough. Many of the
specimens are beautiful to look at even
in the present state, and contain a good
deal of fire.
A l1foot deposit of bituminous coal
f is reported to have been uncovered in
/ Stacks canyon, near Salinas.
ii. &. Wolfse - a prominent farmer,
/ died ON his ranch near Merced recently
/ He was director of the Commercial
bank Of Merced, an active busines.
man and member of the l. o. o. +
/ His estate is valued at 800, 900 in LAND
and ready money. He was native oi
! Germany and GA years of age. A wife
and several grown children surviv,
him.
/ The horticultural commissioners o
| King county have instituted quaran
| tine against florida and Louisiana citru
legged prevalence Of an insect known a
the white fly (Aleyrodes citri) on tn,
+ stock
/ King Thompson, young man want
ed in Sonoma county. Cal, for burg
/ larry, was arrested at Ashland, Or
/ Thompson is accused of breaking opel
the safe of the Sonona laundry an,
stealing $50. He was indicted by tn,
Sonoma grand jury and arreste OIL
telegraphic instructions.
Robert Marks. machinest, was fright.
fully mangled by being drawn into d
threshing machine at Cahto. He viii
recover.
The schooner kione was driven ashor'
on the northern coast of British Colum
! bia some time ago The dead bodies o
two Of her crew were found on board
The third one was missing. The mel
no doubt died of exposure and the yes
sci drifted about helplessly.
Redlands has purchased site for
new city hall, also property for a fir
hall A special election will soon b.
aeld TO vote bonds for new buildings.
! Mrs A. +. Harrington. whose husban,
was run over and killed by an electri
cor OF the Los Angeles railway eompan,
last July, was awarded damages in tn
sum ol Clo,OVu. phe biousht ouit ~
1885, 900.
The Valley Water company has beel
Incorporated mt Hanford, with paid
up capital stock of $4,000. to suppl,
water to the Coalinga field, and especi
ally to what is known as the Confidenc,
group OF wells, and to the English com
pany which recently purchased til,
property of the California Oil and Ga,
company. The company is getting
ready for active business as rapidly a
possible. A Dow pump is being built
TO order expressly for this company
As 1t must lift the water 1900 feet, il i.
being built TO stand IA pressure of l00l
pounds to the square inch. The water
plant will cost $4,000.
A Sonoma county board of trade has
been organized TO advertise Sonoma
county and attract the attention of pros
pective settlers. Mayor James s Sweet
Of Santa Rosa has been elected presi
dent, and MI executive committee ha.
been appointed to outline policy ano
course of action for the new organiza
tion to pursue.
AL Ebanks, proprietor of the Fuller
ton hotel, was stabbed and probably
fatally wounded by a drunken Mexican
Ebanks refused to sell the Mexican n
drink of wine owing to the latter's con
dition, whereupon the Mexican drew a
knife and cut Ebanlks i'll the abdomen.
The Mexican. who is II section hand,
was arrested. Eoanks is 81 years OF
age and has wife and family.
Norman Mills of the county treasur'
er's office at Tacoma. is under arrest
charged with embezzlement. His books
show shortage of $1,000. which
money he has sq ,uadered ON woman.
The people of Los Banos ordered a
gang of Japanese laborers TO get out
of the town which they did. The Japs
were to take the place of the white la
borers employed on the Southern Pacific
tracks.