The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-12-11


New county officers elect will assume
their duties on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday of January next The
9th.
The Experimental Station Staff of
the State University will hold three
Farmers Institutes thus year. The first
will be held at Gardnerville, from Dec.
II to ID. the second at Lovelock, January
30 and 81, and the third at Elko, Febu-
airy 81 and %,
People in town should have no trouble
this year in selecting presents for those
they wish to remember, rs the merchants
have laid in a good stock, and the field
that is open TO the purchaser is the
largest in a number of holiday seasons.
| Naturally the children come in for the
first choice in the minds OF the people,
and Santa Claus has been most generous
in this line.
The sale of the lot on the corner OF
Main street and Brougher avenue to the
State Bank and Trust company for $l0,-
500 has had a salutary effect on Main
street property. The Brougher broth
ers' lot 1O0x1o0 feet, diagonally opposite
the newly acquired bank property, was
offered some time ago for a figure on
siderably less than $4,000, but to-day
that sum will not touch it.-Bonanza.
"Babe" Mayer and Bob Caldwell ran a
1OO-yard race Monday afternoon for a
1910 purse. babe" beat his mar fifteen
feet and pulled down the monev. 1t is
SAID that between six and eight hundred
dollars changed hands on the result.
Those who backed "Ba5e" with their
coin are happy and those who put their
r, oney on the other man have gazed
upon it for the last time. 1t is always
thus in a feot race.-Independent.
Jake Leick has sold his ranch which
is situated near Kennedy, to II. j. Lor-
entzen of W%innemncca. Mr.. Leick has
purchased a ranch in Idaho and left last
week with a carload Of horses for his
new ranch. Mr.. Leick lost a fine black
stallion last Sunday, having died from
injuries which he received while being
driven from Kennedy. The horse
weighed between 1900 and 100 lbs. and
was highly priced by Mr.. Leick.
At the last meeting of the Board Of
Commissioners it was ordered that sealed
bids will be received for the sale and re-
moval Of the old bridge at Battle Noun
tain across the Humboldt river by the
Clerk of this Board at Austin till two
o'clock p. N. Saturday December 18th,
1902. Said bridge to be removed within
ten days after the successful bidder is
notified of the acceptance Of his bid.
Each bid must be accompanied by the
sum hidden.
Miss Lottie Hooking who has been i'll
for the past eighteen months with ulcer
alton Of the stomach, came down from
Austin yesterday. She will leave to
morrow for San Francisco to enter the
Women's Hospital. She is accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Minnie Waters. Miss
Lottie is quite well known in Battle
Mountain, being here under the care of
DR.. Hood some months ago. The young
lady has many friends who all wish that
she may find much relief.
A. r. Holcomb returned last week
from a trip to Kennedy. Mr.. Holcomb
informs us hat the prospects for this
promising camp are very bright and
that things are running along very
smoothly. He tells us that Charles
Vadner will shortly let a contract for
the building Of a road from Kennedy to
Mill City so that the ore extracted from
the mines he is operating can be trans
ported to Mill City and be reduced in
the mill which is now running steadily
at the latter place.