The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-04
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Reno also has dog tax. 1t took
effect yesterday.
Lake Tahoe is higher than it has
been TO-. many years.
Frank Keith will be the new super
intendent Of the Tonopah Mining COM
pany's mines at TonoDah.
The political stakes have not been
driven and politicians don't seem to
know just where they are at Time
will smooth out all the wrinkles,
however, and settle all differences for
two years.
Robert Parry. superintendent of the
Pacific Consolidated Mining company.
left yesterday for Pyramid, where 1t
is stated he will make preparations to
increase the force at work on his COM
pany's property.
The Searchlight says that ore assay
ing $10037 per ton has been struck in
the Golden Terra mine. The values
are mostly in gold, being less than $37
in silver. This assay was made from
picked sample of ore taken from the
above mine at a depth of only fifty
five feet.
Howard Sharp, who killed E. C. Ken
dali in Goldfield two weeks ago, was
taken back there Thursday by Sheriff
Ingalls, The preliminary examination
will take place at GoIdield Monday.
Messrs Bowler and Vermilyea are at
torneys for Sharp and Key Pitman and
n c g. n.
tion.-Hawthorne Bulletin.
The United States circuit court of
appeals yesterday affirmed the judg-
ment of Judge Hawley in the case of
Ida X. Clark VS.. the Eureka County
bank. in which Mrs Clark had recov-
cred judgment for the sum of $11.251 as
damages for the convention OF one
twelfth of the capital stock OF the
Rocco Homestake Mining company.
After being buried In a snowdrift
since February IL. the body of William
Fl. Stafford. an ex-soldier. was recov-
! cred near Truckee Saturday He was
one of three men killed in snowslide
at Lakeview station a few miles west
of Tfuckee on the date named, and the
body is the last to be recovered. One
was found on the day of the accident
and another several weeks ago.
One of the participants in the ban
quet given Steel Magnate Schwab at
Tonopah gave this toast the following
morning. Mr.. Charles NJ Schwab,
here's to your health and prosperity
No
full as your future was!' The fact
that the man who proposed the toast
is iurist indicates that he had par
| taken literally of the liquid part of
the banquet Enterprise.
1t is reported on good authority that
another rich strike has been made at
| Olinghouse canyon in the Orc mine
] owned by D, NJ. Harvey and others
The find is stated to be an exception
ally rich one, gold being found In its
native state. The Oro is one of a
group of three. the Oro. Orc Exten-
sion and Tennessee. These properties
adjoin the mines recently sold to the
Springfield Mining company.
Engineer Howe and his corps of as
sistants have finished surveying the
preliminary line between Massie and
Fallon for the proposed new road The
line fixes the distance between the two
points at fifteen and quarter miles.
The work will not be concluded for a
few days. it being now necessary to re-
trace the country TO determine the
length of grades. cuts and fills. etc,
that the yardage may be estimated
Boston.--A meeting of the directors
of the Tonopah- Rhodes Railroad COM
pany was held here today. At the
meeting 1t was decided to issue bonds
to the value of half a million dollars,
payable in gold and bearing a liberal
inte est. The bonds run for number
of years and their payment Is guar
anteed by the Tonopah Mining COM
pany, one of the richest corporations
in the bonanza camp. The money
raised by the sale of the bonds will
be used in equipping and construct
ing the railroad.
Yesterday the largest car of wool
that has ever been loaded in this city
was placed in a vehicle car at the de-
pot. The car contained Ill bales of
wool. all from the Sweetwater district.
and was billed direct to Boston. where
special sale has been made. Another
car containing ninety bales was load
ed and several more cars will be load
ed i'm the next few days. all for the
same firm in Boston. Nevada wool Is
in demand this year and the buyers
are paying the top price for it-Jour-