Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-12-18
DECEMBER IS. 1908
The Metal Market.
SAMPLES.

In town MONDAY.
Thomas Millsr, an old resident of
Bodie, died there Tuesday.
Will holland, who has been very
sick, is able to be around again,
NJ. L. Oddie and wife were passen-
gers for Tonopah this morning,
Charley Ganong has returned to
Soda after few days visit here.
Fred Barnes and John Thoma are
developing mines near Coryville.
Guy Taylor has purchased the mer-
chandise business of J. G. Booker &
Co.
Several cases of measles have de-
yeloped in town among the adult
population.
The telephone line between the
Pamlico and Hawthorne will be COM
pleted in few days.
P. M. Bowler arrived from Touo-
pah Thursday and will spend the hol-
idays with his family.
B.I. Potter has bought and will
work the Wheeler tailings at Pine
Grove by the cyanide process.
Frank Smith, who killed Walter
Dunn at Tonopah last July, was ac-
Quilted by a jury at Belmont last
week.
Next week DR.. Berry will send a
force of men to Haw thorne district
to do assessment work on several
claims.
The Republican National Conven-
ton will meet in Chicago, June "a,
1904, to nominate a candidate for
President.
Johnny Conway has purchased the
ranch and stock of James Sturgeon
of Jordan. The price paid is re-
ported to be So, 500
A. c. Pratt has been appointed Su-
perintendent of the Monte Cristo
mine, near Sweetwater. An 0-stamp
mill has been purchased and will be
erected once.
Miss Lloyd and Miss Gracey, our
school teachers, are spending the
holidays at their respective homes
the former at Empire and the latter
at Virginia City.
The new 50-ton mill at Tonopah
will start up tomorrow on ore taken
out by the leasers last year. There
are about 10000 tons of this ore
stacked on the various dumps.
Richard McAlpine, at one time a
prosperous business man of Bellesille
and later of Bodie, arrived from To
nopah last night and applied for adj
mission to the County Hospital.
The Tonopah Company has adver-
tsed for bids for the construction of
railroad from Rhodes Marsh to To-
nopah Bids must be presented on
or before the End of January, 1904.
Henry Dixon and p. J. Conway
have purchased the blacksmith bust
ness of C. H. Dickson and j. A. Con
way in Bodie The new owners will
do all kinds of blacksmithing in
iirst-class manner.
George Compton, accompanied by
Miss Compton and Miss Ida Fridell,
are visiting Sacramento. The Bodle
Miner says it is reported that Mr..
Compton and Miss Fridell will be
married in that city.
Feldhusen & Co., Sacramento, make
prices on provisions far below any
house in the West. Write to-day for
big grocery catalogue =" H. " It's
mailed free mltf
G. L. Barnes, who has bond on
the Big Indian and other mines near
Cory, departed for San Francisco
Wednesday, He will return in two
weeks, when work on the mines will
prosecuted vigorously.
The Degree of Honor will have
children's evening on Christmas
night to which all the children II
town are to be invited. There viii
De Christmas tree, followed b,
games and refreshments, and tt,
members will devote the entire even
lo the pleasure of the children.
All the men arrested for the rob
pery and murder of the Chinese a
lonopah recently were acquitted