Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-02-27


Saturday.
Mrs. R. J. Laws came up from Sac
ramento last week and spent a few
days in Hawthorne.
Judge NJ A. Murphy came to town
Wednesday. This was the Judges
first visit since the election.
Sheep are dying at the rate of 1000
head day along the Snake river in
Idaho as result of the cold and deep
snow.
J. H. Miller and family are making
n tour of the chief places of interest
in California They will be absent
about one month.
Doc Hudgens was passenger
for San Francisco last Thursday.
Doc. is on the highway to fame and
fortune in Tonopah.
The dinner given by William R.
Hearst in honor of the Nevada Legis-
lature has been set for the last week
of the session at Carson.
Miss Lottie Schively, who has been
visiting her brother and other Haw-
thorne friends for the past two weeks
returned to Bishop this morning.
Rev. Mr.. Roach, pastor of the b.
die M. E. church, will hold religious
services at the school house next
Sunday evening. Everybody is in
vited.
Sam Cornell formerly with the To-
nopah Miner, will Immediately estab-
lish new evening newspaper at
Reno. 1t will be Democratic in poll
tics.
The noted Bowers mansion proper
ty in Washoe county has been pur-
chased by Henry Ritter of Reno and
will be reftted and the grounds cul-
tivated.
Governor Colcord, Superintendent
of the Hawthorne District mines, is
expected in Hawthorne next week,
when work will probably be begun
on the pipe line.
A report was in circulation yester-
day that Mrs. Louis Gobey died in
Sacramento Wednesday. We have
been unable to trace the report to an
authentic source, and sincerely hope
there is no truth in it.
Robert Stewart and W. ]. Douglas
have purchased the Sodaville proper
ty from A. Laiolo and Mrs. Tnbino
The property includes the hotel, sa-
loon, barn, corral, water right, etc.
The consideration named in the dead
is $40.
Herb. Towers and John Thoma are
down from the Big Indian. They
are enthusiastic over the outlook of
the mines. Deep snow and an empty
larder forced them to seek the low
lands, but when the roads open they
will show oae Of the best mining
properties in the county.
The total number of members OF
the A. o. U. w. on January 1, 1903,
was All, 900. Insurance paid in De-
cember, 1902, $768, 545. Total insur-
ance paid since organization of the
order, 1925, 058, 416.09. These are big
figures, but they are correct.
Miss Edith Hart, formerly of Haw-
thorne, attended masquerade ball
at Tonopah last week in the charac-
ter Of " re lassie.." She sustained
the character so we'll that the mem.
bers of the fire department present
ed her with handsome clock.
Thos. Donahue, the well-known
painter and decorator, has just re.
celved samples of this years designs
OF wall paper, holdings, ETC. Those
who contemplate fixing up their
houses should examine these samples.
They can be seen at the Lakeview
Hotel.
The Southern Pacific Co. has sold
to delegation of Beers large tract
of land near Ogden on the Bear river.
1T is the intention to colonoize the
tract with Beers. II they are as
good citizens as they are fighters
they will be valuable acquisition.
The masquerade ball given by the
Degree of Honor last Monday night
was a grand success in every way
1t is several years since SO large 8
number Of people have attended &
puhlic function i'm Ha.vthorna ~,