The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-08
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Rev. G. w. Black of Lakeview. Ore.
has located In Fallon and will have
that place.
James Pollock has been appointed
Justice of the Peace OF Scarks By the
,ounty commissions. He will deal
with all cases under the direction of
the sheriff that occur there, and In
addition will act as registry agent.
The board decided that for the time
being there would be no constable ap-
.,ointed for that place
Wednesday afternoon a dispatch was
received in Reno. stating that United
States Marshal Frank Emmitt had
been operated on at Lanes Hospital
in San Francisco and that no disease
Of the kindaeys. liver. stomach of in
testines was discovered and that the
physicians are puzzled. At the hour
t sending the dispatch Mr.. Emmi.t
was reviving.
The water in the Truckee river Is
much higher this season than in many
years. Du. ing midsummer the rocks
in the river bed are usually exposed
and at times there is practically no
water in the river below the ditches-
A large volume of water is being taken
out for irrigation and stiil the river
is unfordable. Lake Tahoe Is full OF
water to the top OF the dam.
The convicts in the penitentiary at
Carson obsel we'd the Fourth by sus-
pending work In the quarry and about
The prison. Otherwise the day was not
celebrated. In the dining room. how
ever. there was considerable excite
.nent during the noon hour. Two long
term convicts. both hard cases. became
involved in a wordy quarrel and In
moment they were mixed in q rough
and tumble fight. An alarm was sent
to the main Office causing the guards
to promptly respond. The two prison.
ers were quickly subdued and are now
.ng a hearing by the warden. The
combatants Wee conside4 ably bea.en
up but no blood was spilled.
The Overland baseball team Of Reno
has decided finally to enter for the $1,000
prize to be given to the team winning
the most games in the tournament to
oe conducted at Tonopah on July %,
l6 and 27. In order to thoroughly pre-
pare for the event the boys win prac-
tice faithfully until that date and
few changes will probabl be made In
the line up in order to secure the
strongest nine possible. Manager Sad
leir says that no playe.s Will be Inn
ported for the occasion. however On
the nth the team will likely play at
Lovelock. The game was first sched-
uled for Reno, but as the wheel race
with San Jose will occur here on that
date Lovelock will be asked to take
he game.
Over 100 feet of track at Cold
Springs on the line of the N-C-O rail-
road was washed away by a cloud
bu. st last Tuesday night and traffic
on the road was temporarily delayed.
The storm was terrific in that locality
and the wind and rain did a great deal
of destruction. Juniper trees were torn
up by the roots by the force of the
wind and the driving hail tore the fol-
iage from those which remained stand
ing. A large part of the railroad em-
bankment was washed away and it will
be several days before it can be repair
ed. In some of the ravines near the
scene of TIE cloud burst. the hail was
piled up for several feet. La ge bould-
ers. which were carried from the
mountain side by the rushing water
are strewn along the track and in ev-
ry direction may be seen evidences OF a
terrible storm.
The last sad rites were performed
over the remains of the late Joseph r.
Ryan in San Francisco Thursday. The
hall In which the ceremonies were held
was simply decorated with streamers
of purple, picture of Mr.. Ryan oc-
cupying a prominent position on the
wall, dlaped in black. Surrounding the
casket and piled high Wee numberiess
floral offerings of unusual size and
beautiful design. More conspicuous
was a tribute sent by the Virginia
City miners and by officers and direc-
tors of various mining concerns. John
S. Par fridge. Exalted Ruler of the B.
p. o. E., presided over the impressive
ceremonies. The pail bearers were:
James Quirk. George B. Hester. W. J.
Douglass. r. Levers. A. J. Mcdonald.
A. w. Havens and Leon NJ. Hall. The
remains Were Inferred at Holy Cross
| Cemetery