Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1903-02-12
State News.


Nevada. Iu Montana the question
was voted down last week also.
When the Salt Lake-Los Angeles
line IS built the run can be made be-
tweee lne two cities IN Is hours
al speed OF 30 mites al hour.
Through trains will probably run
faster than that.
The annual statement OF Wells,
Fargo 4 Co., shows the gross re-
ceipts for business done in Nevada
for the year 1902 to be $04, 1886. &c.
The expenses for the same length OF
time were $S4 S96.52.
W. D. Phillips, agent for the S.
P. Co. at Reno, and Harry Butts, a
local gambler were bound over to
await the action OF a grand jury on
the charge of robbing the ticket
Office of the Company at TINT place
on the 20th of last month. The bond
of each was placed at $4,000 which
was furnished.
The Independent says sentiment
in Elko county is almost solid against
the enactment ofthe present irriga-
ti1n bill pending in our Legislature;
that the mac inery of the Lii is
unwieldIy and that it will prove ex-
pensive to the people if enacted into
a law in its present form.
The cost of power, as furnished
by the Truckee River General Elec-
tric company to the mines on the
Comstock Lode, is 81 per horse
power per month, based on continu-
Gus service and a two-minute peak
load. The saving is over 200 per cent,
IS steam costs in the neighborhood
of $2l per horsepower per month.
The Southern Pacific engineers
have nearly completed the line for
tie long tunnel through the Sierras.
1t will be over five miles long, aud,
# built, will be one OF the finest in
construction in the world. 1t will
eliminate u curve Of twenty miles
over the high line aud 10 away with
Il climb on either side of ZOO feet.
The west portal will be at Blue can
yon and the east portal eight miles
west OF Truckee.
For several years California has
had law that people divorced in
that State shall not re-marry within
n year. The effect OF the law has
been avoided SO generally by parties
slipping over the border and being
married at Reno, this state, that now
Il new divorce bill introduced in the
California Legislature provides
that when judgement is reud-
cred in divorce cases an interlocutory
i cree shall be rendered and tue
iinal decree shall not be given till O
year Later. This would prevent the
evauiag Of the present law, and
Caifurnans wou d not come 10 this
State to get married.
A week ago last night at Reno
tw, maskedmen held up the pro
prjetors of the Weiland saloon at thu
pDint OF revolvers. They wen
through the cash register, securing
S57. aud took diamond pin from
tne bdrkeeper. Some fifteen mel
were present at the lime and gam,
Of pool was on. The spectators wer,
al lined up along the side of til,
room. In going out the robber
met i man named Albert Waugl
ming in, aud without Il word, on,
of the robbers struck Waugh On tht
head with the butt Of his pistol, il
dieting a bad scalp wound. III
robbers ran in diff rent direction
III leaving the saloon, but mal
answering the description of one o
taem was arrested shortly after bu
was discharged.
Indian punch was found frozen Il
death Tuesday morIing, north 0
,,hinatown aud aud in plain sigh
Of Ely. He had been celebrating
ne new year with the Cliname
Turing the night, aud attempted {
cnrry to camp with him little to
much booze. From the appearing
# he snow, it seems that the In
: diau had fallen down und role
,beut good dul iu trying to g
up, Int couldn't mike it. AS tn
night was very cold one, it didn
) take him long to become goo
Iniun. White Pine News.
Ip the Glasgow & Western Co
I. niue at Cherry Greek, last week til
s cable broke and the cage droppe
o 400 feet 10 the min shaft. Charlt
Klrbstein, who WAS on the cage ha
his legs mangled in u frightful mal
! ner and had several ribs broker