The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-08
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News NOleS Gathered
From Many Places ia
Nevada

Union Con. and Crown Point have eacn
been assessed 10 cents per share.
Griffith p. Griffith and Miss Goddy Nc
Dowell of Elko will be married on tho
10th inst
A cloudburst occurred at Mound House
Wednesday afternoon, causing consider
able damage.
The board Of equalization. which met In
Austin last Monday reduced the assess
ment on the Austin Mining Company's
mill from $15,S7o to $4,000.
The sportsmen of Reno are arrang.ng
to secure 3OO-acre tract on the Jonea
ranch, southeast of that city. and will
turn 1t into game preserve.
Two Reno schoolboys, aged 10 ana -
years, were arrested Thursday. charged
with assault and battery. They had
pummeled another boy who "souealed''
on them.
The body of an unknown man, sup
posed to be tnat of laborer on the
government canal, was found at Eighrn
Crossing, between Reno and Derby. early
yesterday morning, the man having been
run down by one OF the night trains. The
identity Of the dead man has not been
established
Senator Fairbanks was presented with
handsome cane by some of his admir-
ers at Carson City this week. The cane
is made of horn. handsomely polished. At
intervals of four or FIVE inches silver
bands are entwined. The handle is of
abalone shell and silver. beautiful In de-
sign and artistic in workmanship.
Secretary of State w. G. Douglass says
that his auto did not kill one of the
horses of the ,eam that he collided with
near Virginia City a couple of days ago.
Mr.. Douglass says that he was running
his machine about ten miles an hour and
that the accident was caused by one OF
the animals shying directly in front of Il.
| No country on earth can beat Elko
county in the raising of potatoes. ]. Il.
Nuttall recently received consignment
of potatoes from Richard Wood. of the
Smith & Davis ranch that were beauties.
both as to size and quality. One Of these
potatoes weighed 81 pounds; eight Of
them tipped the scales at 21 IL pounds.
Wells Herald.
| Unless the managers Of the Fusion par
ties wake up pretty soon the campaign
in this state will go by default. Up to
this time nothing has been done by them.
So far as we know they are as dead as
the traditional mackerel. II they expect
winning campaign in the short time IN
tervening between now and the Stn OF
November. they should set the ball In
motion at once.-Elko Independent.
| A dispatch from Caliente says that
samples of coal found soutA OF Virgin
river by McIntire and Forrest were
brought in recently. These men located
four claims on forty-three foot body Of
what they claim Is the first coal ever
found in southern Nevada. They are
taking these samples to Salt Lake Tor
tests as to their value as combustibies.
and will try to enlist capital for pros
pecting their find.
| D. p. Tarpey, once a resident Of Ne
vada, .s dead at his home in San Fran
CISCO where he passed away after suffer-
| ing from Bright's disease. The dead
man will be remembered by many of the
older residents of Nevada, as he lived
for number of years at Virginia CITY,.
Phoebe and White Pine. He was Interest,"
ed in a number OIL mining properties and
also acted for number of years as land
agent for the Southern Pacific.
The property owned by the Cyrus
Noble Mining Company In Lincoln county
consists of eight claims and has consid-
erable development work. most import
ant Of which is an incline shaft $40 feet
deep at an angle of "a degrees. A test
run recently made through the Duplex
mill indicated that the ore will have 70
be treated by combination process,
possibly pan amalgamation and concen-
tration. The local story Is that Mr..
Weaver acquired possession of the Cyrus
Noble from James Coleman for and In
consideration of one very bad cigar, -
! Reno Gazette.