The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-11
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada
ABOUT WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Accidents and Incidents Told in
Our Exchsnges--Notes on
the States Growth.

The Tonopah opera house, now in
course of construction. is 4Ox10O feet
with a stage 20x20 feet.
The Southern Pacific company has
two gravel trains at work balasting
the track between Vista and Reno.
Several of the academic records
have been broken by the Reno high
school boys during their practice and
tryouts.
Indications of oil with a paraffine
base are reported on the salt marsh
south of the Paymaster camp in the
Tonopah country and many locations
have been made
The little town of Empire Ormsbv
county, is reported to be humming
with industry-ore tailings reduction
and the Adams gypsum mill and mine
furnishing employment for many
men.
The Comstock thus far has raised
over si700 for it's proposed carnival
of three days duration. The Enter
prise says the subscription will reach
$3.50 or more. and great preparations
are being made.
Nevada towns are being sidetracked
plentifully by the changes under way
on the Central Pacific. Battle Noun
tain will be left two miles from the
main line when a new cutoff near
there is completed
For several days past fruit trees
have been in bloom in the valley, says
the Lovelock Argus, and vegetable
gardens are well advanced. If there
are no destructive frosts the fruit
crops will be good.
1t is reported that the cold weather
OF the past week, in the Como hills.
has caused heavy losses to sheep-own-
ers who have herds of sheep in that
range. The loss in young lambs is
said to have been on an average of
over 100 daily.
Matt Campbell spent yesterday in
this city. He has Just finished a phe-
nomenal lambing in the Pyramid
country, having 123 per cent and four
lambs over on the band. This is the
best record ever made in Washoe
county.-Journal
The Lyon County Times is of the
opinion that it is even possibly with
Riley on the board the people of Hum
boldt can dispense with the services
of the other two commissioners. Like
the hotel keeper OF song Mr.. Riley is
doing d-quite well.
Mr.. Blackwell. who purchased the
Sweeney ranch near this city, is sink
ing well for artesian water and has
good promises of a flow. The result
will be watched with interest. The
land is of the best in this section,
but without sufficient water to insure
crcps.-Carson News.
Last week a quantity of counterfeit
money was passed in Reno among
the business houses, says the Ca
The guilty one made good his escape,
after having been identified by one
of his victims. He arrived in town
and posed as a man of means. visited
the resorts and spent his money very
freely.
At the recent college of embalming
held at Salt Lake by DR.. E. Myers
OF Springfield, Ohio from April 21st
to April 30th, inclusive, there We're
present nine students. of whom ]. L.
Keyser of Elko was one At the eX-
animation before the state board of
health of Utah he obtained the high
est percentage of any member of the
class. reaching 95 per cent
The Carson News says: Yesterday
morning party Of eastern ladies en-
route To Tonopah were much inter
ested in a crowd of Indians congre-
gated at the depot. They gave several
squaws nickels for the usually unap-
pl eciated pleasure of kissing their
proposes. The result of this innova-
ton was seen this morning when
not much less than half a hundred
Indian kids were at the depot ready
for the eastern travel.