The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-23
Battle Mountain Letter

Battle Mountain, April 23 - Editor
Silver State: To all appearances. Bat
tie Mountain has passed the acute
danger of being blotted out of exist
ence as a railroad town.
1t never, in fact. depended to such an
overwhelming extent on the business
of the Central Pacific, excepting for
occasional work performed in the re-
pair line as to the roadbed. etc.
The little towns main support is de-
rived from the surrounding country,
which is both agricultural and mineral.
Many thousand head of live stock
are annually handled ard cared for in
this section of the country.
This years wool clip was a very
generous one, both as to excellent
quality and top piices realized. The
total shipments of the seasons wool
output is computed to exceed the
three-quarters of a million mark.
Nevada wool is much sought for by
eastern markets. especially by the lit
tie state of Connecticut, which consti-
tutes the wool manufacturing center of
New England
The principal shippers were Warren
Williams, Argenta; the W. F. jenkins
company and M. Mitchell and Louis
LeMaire of Battle Mountain; Thomas
Nelson of Stone House.
In consequence. du. ing the present
shearing and shipping season, which
will have extended over two months
at its finish, Battle Mountain has
reaped great benefits from a monetary
viewpoint.
The great '25 RANCH" with headquar-
ters at Battle Mountain, Hon. George
Russell of Eiko owner, is also a large
As usual, the opening of spring
marks an epoch of great activity in
mining, all the different mines having
so far put In the field a working force
of a hundred men.
Although somewhat reduced In popu-
lation owing to the exodus of a few
families, 1t seems strange that there is
rot a vacant house to be found I'm the
little burg.
The public school can justly cong at
ulate itself on having Claude Schoer.
one of the brightest graduates of the
liberal arts class N. U. of '03, for its
principal.
The extensive branches of the Le-
Marie family are in the van as pro-
notefs of many schemes conducive to
the welfare of the town.
All business places, from the hotel
keeper and merchant down to the sa-
loon man, a,e able to record a good
balance in their favor on the yearly in
come ledger.
supeI abundant supply of the best
kind of artesian water is in no small
way responsible for the excellent SAN
itary status prevailing here.
DIR. Pope is worthy successor to
w. II. Hood, now a practicing physi-
clan of Reno.
Last Mondays republican meeting
was one of the most enthusiastic had
in the past twelve years. No less than
fifty members out of total en- oEment
of seventy up to date were in decided
eidence.
They lay just claim to being the first
republican body i'm Nevada to show up
this year with a complete organization
and to acclaim Geo. S. Nixon as their
standard bearer in the upper house of
congress No doubt that gentleman,
under these circumstances, will not re-
fuse their ardent p aver of being ae-
corded the honor of first add ress to
II EN-.
AS matter of fact there are still
some ten additional names to go on the
roster. and when the fact is taken into
that lis votes were polled
in this precinct at the last election, a
total membership of eighty republi-
cans will give the readers of your VAL
liable paper a clear idea of the political
status of Battle Mountatin: and ii
would almost seem superficial to state
that Lander county is once more safely
ieinstalled In the states republican
column.
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