Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-03-21
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The open season for ducks and geese
expired on the 18th of this month.
Governor Sparks has affixed his sigma
ture to the general incorporation law.
George Hark, formerly of Carson, will
soon open a butcher shop in Tonopah.
There are now between thirty and
forty buildings in course of construction
at Tonopah.
The bill moving the county seat OF
Nye county from Belmont to Tonopah
has been killed.
Report says a body OF 500 ore has
been encountered in the Chatovich
mine, at Silver Peak.
The State tax rate this year is rs cents
on each 5000 valuation-a reduction of
only five cents below last years levy.
Ben Timblin, former employee at the
Reno Asylum, has become insane him
self and is now confined in that institu-
ton.
The Humboldt River is rising steadi-
", and sufficient water is assured in all
parts of the humboldt Valley this sea-
son for all purposes.
Considerable excitement prevails in
Virginia City on account of recent
strike in the Lady Bryan mine, the ore
running $25, 900 ton.
The Storey County Commissioners es-
innate that the county revenue for the
current year will fall thousand dollars
short of meeting expenses.
The proprietor of the stage line be-
tween Sodaville and Tonopah has order
ed an automobile for the transportation
OF passengers and light freight.
F. II. Maxwell has been held at Tono-
pah to appear before the grand jury of
Nye county on charge of embezzle-
ment He is out on $500 bonds.
new mining district called Atwood
has been formed in Nye county, so miles
northwest from Tonopah. Water and
wood are SAID to be in abundance.
Messrs. Long and Monroe OF Reno
have formed the Tonopah Pressed Brick
Company and will install a $40 900 plant
at Tonopah, for the making of bricks.
The machinery for the Curtz-Evans
mill, in Alpine county, is all on the
ground and a millwright is expected to
arrive from Arizona in few days to
put it in place.
Frank Golden is preparing to erect a
three-story brick building on Center
street, Reno. The building will be used
for stores, flats and offices, and will cost
$50,000, or more.
Several hundred feet of track and tres
tie across Salt lake have disappeared
below the water. Much trouble is an
ticipated in making stable road-bed
across the lake.
The University of Utah track team
will meet the Nevada team at Reno on
MAY 26th. A debate also will take place
between teams of the two universities
on the date mentioned.
Carson has an incendiary who is en-
deavoring to burn up the Toupin build
ing and the Tapagona barber shop. His
second attempt was made last Monday
night, but was not successful.
Ed Holmes, member of the Assem-
bly, from Storey county, died at the
home of his sister, in Gold Hill last week
Friday from an attack of pneumonia.
His funeral took place Sunday last.
Washoe loses twelve miles of railroad
by the recent reconstruction of the line
OF the Southern Pacific. That will mean
the revenue on $4,000 worth OF prop
erty at the present rate of taxation.
The Legislature has passed the bill APP
propriating $4,000 for displaying the
product of the State at the St. Louis Ex
position next year. Nevada should
make very creditable showing on that
amount.
An attempt was made to wreck pas
senger train near Wadsworth Sunday
night by putting huge boulder on the
track. The obstacle was run into by a
freight train, however, which saved the
passenger.
1t is reported that the Glasgow 4
Western Company will start up its
smelter at Golconda as soon as the fuel
bins can be filed Supt. Farren says
200, 600 tons of copper ore are in sight in
the company's mine.