Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-03-14
State News
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A local DAY Train lS soon 10 De put oH
between Reno and San Francisco. 20.
A Farmers Institute is to be held in
Elko on the Sd and 4th of April next.
Electric power is to be transmitted to
Tuscarora from plant at Shoshone
Falls.
Reno and Winnemucca gun clubs are
arranging for competitive shoot for
trophy.
Hay, from Lovelock Valley is being
shipped to New York, where it is worth
$40 per ton.
The people of Austin are burning coal
largely, because of the scarcity and high
price of wood.
Over ten thousand sheep were driven
into Lincoln county from Utah during
the recent storms.
Utah men are inspecting mines in
Galena District, Lander county, with
view of purchasing.
A rumor is afoat to the effect that the
railroad shops and roundhouse at Carlin
are to be moved to Elko.
Ernest Nichol, the noted Nevada ball
player, has signed to play with the
Spokane team this season.
The Reno girls won the basket ball
game played in Reno last Saturday with
Stockton high school team.
Ore that averages $115 per ton in gold
is being shipped from Kennedy District,
Humboldt county, to Salt Lake.
Many cattle will starve to death in
the Quin River country unless warm
spell comes soon to take snow off.
Charles Hodes was found dead in bed
at Guadalupe Hurtado's ranch, near
McDermot, last Monday morning.
Harvey Boone and Miss Alice Beck,
two of Bodies popular young people,
were married in that town last week.
The copper belt in Cochise COMFY,
Arizona, is said to be from three to four
miles wide and sixteen miles in length.
Kennedy District, Humboldt county,
is developing into a wide-open camp,
gun plays being almost daily occurren-
ces.
Southern Pacific Railway postal clerks
will hereafter cut out Reno as stopping
place, and will run from San Francisco
to Ogden.
1t is estimated that the gold pro-
duction of Tonopah for the present year
will equal the output of Alaska for the
past three years.
An electric plant is proposed for the
State prison. The estimated cost is
1920, and the plant will save the State
about $240 per year.
Gin May, female resident of Bodies
Chinatown, attempted to commit suicide
last week with butcher knife. She is
supposed to be crazy.
The bill granting franchise for rail-
road from Reno to Pyramid has passed
the Legislature. The length of the new
road will be about thirty miles.
Mrs. Ida Scott was found dead in her
cabin in DeLamar last Friday morning.
She was AZ years of age and well
known character in that section.
A. J. Waltz has filed desert land
claim which takes in about half the
town of Bodie, and property owners are
preparing to fight his alleged title.
Victor Brinso, who was severely cut
in row with another Italian in Reno
last week, died Sunday. Dondero, the
knife wielder is in Jail on charge of
murder.
Charles Rockingham interviewed one
VIM. Munich, at Golconda, with a pick
handle on account of degratory remarks
made by Munich, who is now seeking
damages in court.
A bill has passed the Legislature
granting Richard Kirman and associates
a right of way from the head of Carson
Valley to Carson. An electric road will
probably be constructed.
Stephen A. Kinsey, one of the first
settlers in the State, died at his home
in Genoa last Sunday. He was native
of New York, aged rs years, and leaves
widow and one brother. .f%&
J. C. Patrick was found dead Monday
lin a cabin about Is miles from Reno.
He had been a sufferer from asthma for
along time, and left a note saying, 81
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