The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-11
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

A Mexican was run over and killed
by a train at Toano last week.
The Southern Pacific depot buildings
at Wadswoth are being dismantled.
The Carson carnival committee will
use 5000 electric lights in the street
decorations.
r. A. Trimble Of Silver City is now
using 50-horse power electric motor
to run his mill.
An estimate is now being made OF
the cost of the proposed railroad from
Massey to Fallon.
The regular payday for the P.oche-
Nevada Mining Company has been
placed on the 5th of each month.
All eastern mail for Ely, now goes by
way Of Eureka, arriving there from
eight to ten hours earlier than here
tofore
The charge of violating the eight
hour law against ]. B. Ellis was dis
missed in the Justice Court at Fallon
last week
The attendance upon the Reno pub
lie schools is steadily and rapidly on
the increase. The enrolment this
month is twenty greater than for
April.
Mrs. HI. j. Roseneau en- route from
San Diego. Cal. to her home at Merf-
den. Minn.. died from consumption on
the train at Battle Mountain Thursday
morning.
George Barry. who departed for st.
Louis yesterday to enter the lists for
the welterweight championship of
America will wear the colors of the
Reno Wheelmen Club.
Carson citizens are agitating the
question of new school-house for
that city. To judge from what is said
by the Carson papers we should Judge
that the building is badly needed.
Chas. c. Pohle. a miner. died on the
stage about twenty miles out from Ton
opah last Wednesday. He was afflicted
with miners consumption and was en-
route to San Francisco for medical
attendance.
The Reno Street Railway Company
has let a contract to Eccles & Smith
Of San Francisco for the steel rails for
the projected street car line. Practic-
ally all the other contracts have been
let. Survey work commenced this
morning.
The athletic tryouts by the Reno
High School, held at the Southside
grounds. were somewhat disappointing
IN that the records were lower than
AZ sc year. Tne boys are confident of
improving conditions before the inter-
academic meet.
Elsie Branson, recently of Wawson,
Y. T.. where he published the Daw-
d month ago with the object Of estab-
nshing paper at Goldfield has de-
cided TO enter the journalistic field OF
Ionopah, and will next Wednesday
print the first number of THE Tonopah
sun. Appeal.
Capitalists are now sending experts
to the numerous mining districts in
Nevada where milling plants were in
stalled in early days ana wnele. as a
rule. not more than 65 per cent of ore
assay values We're recovered. With
modern milling methods there are mil
ions in working over what in early
lays was classified as waste rock.
The Globe-Democrat has this much
to say of the Nevada exhibit at ST.
Louis: "Nevada's principle display at
the fair will be in the Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy. here will be shown
various way. 165 valuable minerals
produced by the State. A slap Of
compressed lumber, which formed a
bracing timber In the Comstock mines
900 feet below the surface VIII be
shown. The tremendous pressure of
ne eartn comp. sssea the STICK so rnat
It now resembles lionum vitae anu
lakes on high ponsn."
We have received another mail sack
full of government junk. bearing the
(. ank of Senator Newlands. A hasty
glance at the labels on the books show
them TO be of very little value TO a
man who does not expect to reach the
age of Methuselah when called hence.
II is doubtful If the whole collection
viii ever be worth the two bits the
drayman charged to haul 1t to the Of
flee. If any lover of books wishes to
feast on government publications. he
can get cartload at this office free