The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-15
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Lieutenant Jack Neal. formerly OF
the Nevada state university, with his
family, has one to South Africa.
Someone robbed the cash rogiste- il
Tie Valhalla saloon at Gar1nervi'.e
last Tuesday nignt # $4.S5, al II con
tanned. The thief gained az entrance
Though the uaek widow. =
Oliver H. Perry. an assaye- and
prominent resident of Reno, died there
last night. Commodore Perry, the
famous American naval hero. vas a
great uncle Of the deceased.
W. A. Lane, who was killed by a
derrick in Star valley a few weeks
ago, took out a life insurance policy
fol $4,000 on the Both of June. His
widow will receive the full amount
of the policy as 0 o as the settlement
can be made.-IGdecendent.
Silver Peak is very dull. The only
excitement we have is the bowling
coyotes, dogs and drunken suuaw at
night. 1t is the only late game that
could be dispensed with to the adj
vantage of chickens and decent men
anu women.-Hawthorne Bulletin.
For strictly Iradunerated, moderl
~chyalry, a certain dancing swain
takes the corn pone. While the fires
that nearly wiped Elko off the map
were raging and the bucket brigade
worked like tigers in a death fight
he boldly courted a licking, which he
richly deserved, by askig one of the
fire-fghters if he would please give
hin, a bucket to carry water to the
merry dancers.-Elko Independent.
A. F. Mcdonald, the well known
miner, boarded the train last evening
at the Ward shaft, and when the OLD
depot at the southern end of the thu
mel was reached, he jumped from the
car to the platform and fell with the
result that he was severely bruised
about the body, had a front tooth
loosened and his chin and upper lip
SCARED with gashes. AS he is a
heavyweight, it is remarkable that his
injuries were not more serious.-Vir-
ginia Report.
Esmeralda county claims to have
the largest alum deposit in the world.
A. E. Montgomery and S. r. WATSON
are opening up what is believed to be
n of the largest alum deposits ever
discovered about twelve miles north of
Silver Peak. They have proven it TO
be over 100 feet wide and the indica-
tons are that they are not more than
one-half or one-third through the
ledge, and the majority of it is pure
chrystalized alum. They claim that
there can be a carload produced ev-
cry day for many years to come, and
it is a distance of twenty-eight miles
from the Carson & Colorado railroad.
This Office has received a box of sam
pies from the mine and has placed
them on exhibition in the Chamber of
Commerce. Those interested in min
erals will enjoy looking at the sam
ples.-Reno Ledger.
The farmers of Carson valley have
started a move that others should fol
low and profit thereby. Last week
they held a meeting 70 devise means
to regulate the amount of water that
should be used by different owners
along the river. so that each farm
would receive its share and no one be
injured. A committee was appointed
and the farmers have each bea.l as
signed a certain amount of water to
away with lawsuits and no en-! OF
trouble. The shortage of water for
the second crop started the move.
which is proving more han satisfac-
tory all concerned. On top of this
the farmers have several reservoirs
IA the mountains that contain a con-
siderable supply of water. When the
second r is of the fields this sto G
water will be freed, and from past
experience it is demonstrated that t1e
water will, in a great measure. as
J sure the third crop cg alfalfa. There Is
O use in taking. When it comes &c
farming the Carson valley farmers
nolc the high torch.-Carson News.