The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-27
{. A. I:ettinger Came to Re-
move Remains of Step
father, N. Burt
BOYHOOD DAYS SPENT HERE
Went to School in Fuilding That Stood GO.
pIsite Court House-Now Lives
in Patio Alto

Nearly a third Of a century ago E.
A Hettinger attended school in VIM
inemucca, not in the present handsome
and commodious temple of learning.
but in the building that stood on
Bridge street. on the ground now oc-
copied by the residences of s. J. Bon
nifield and Geo. S. Nixon. The vicis-
situdes of time, the lead of fortune
the trend Of events that David Harum
SO expressively characterizes as 1.-The
happenin' of things, have taken Mr..
Hettinger over a great deal of terri
tory and into many places since then;
the hand of time has left it's finger
prints on the town that was once his
home, too. He found things changed
I'm appearance almost beyond belief
on arriving here yesterday, but his
visit was not for the purpose of rem
iniscent study, nor for the pleasure OF
finding the associates of those old
days. He came to see to the removal
oe the remains of his step-father,
Nathaniel Burt. from the old ceme-
terry on the hill to the new plot,
where he might rest surrounded by
his fellow Knights of Pythias, who
with him have already penetrated the
mysteries of the great beyond Aided
by the members of that grand fra
ternal order. who have extended to
MIN every possible courtesy and as
sistance, he accomplished the object
or his visit this forenoon, and will
leave this evening on No. 3 for his
ncme in Palo Alto, California. The
grave on the hill was opened Inis
morning, and it was found that all it
contained were in a remarkable state
OF preservation; even the outer box
chat held the casket had not decayed
co any extent. In pretty plot in the
Gew ground the remains were REIN
Ierred.
! Many of the old settlers remember
Mr.. Burt. if not Mr.. Hettinger. Ma
ItEanial Burt came to Humboldt coun-
ty in company with o. Sampson, In
1872. Mr.. Sampson owned a consid.
Jrab.e number OF cattle. and shortly
after settling here several of the cat
tile died. Sampson sent for Mr.. Burt,
who went out to the ranch and made
all examination of one of the dead
Icattle, for the purpose of finding out
the cause of it's death. While en-
gagged in the work he accidentally in
loculated himself with poison from the
animal, and few days later died at
the Giroux hotel. from blood poison
ling. His friend, Sampson, died a sud
den death. which resulted from the
kick of a horse he was attempting
to brand. The animal kicked vicious
! ly at him as he approached it. Alck-
| ing the irons against his side with
such force as to fatally injure him.
Mr.. Hettinger is a contractor and
builder in Palo Alto. and his reputa-
ton extends far beyond the limits of
his home city. He built the MEN,
orial chapel in the Leland Stanford
university, and furnished the wood
work for many other large buildings
in Palo Alto and elsewhere in Califor-
ma. 1t was during his residence here
| that the corner stone or the court
house was laid, and he went to school
during the years 1872. '73 and IA.
There was not tree in town at that
time, and the population of Winnie
lmucca, Mr.. Hettinger states, was only
about 500.
! Mr. Hettinger arrived yesterday
from Montana. where he has been on
business. He spoke frequently and
with feeling of the kindness shown
/ him by the members of Ivanhoe
Lodge, No. is. X. of P. The lodge
generously donated him a lot in the
burying ground in which to lay the
remains OF his dead. and did far more
than this in surrounding him With
many reminders of the sincerity and
loyalty that animates the actions OF
the members Of tho order