The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-26
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News NOtes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada


ews of the Southern Pacific will |
change at Spa. ks instead of Wads-
worth afte. tomorrow.
The Stardard says that up to the |
present time 100000 have been sub |
scribed iowa d building a railroad |
{ ON the Southern Pacific into Fallon. |
L. r. Bryant, a former student OF |
The University of Nevada who has |
been working for the Southern Pacific |
Company at Wadsworth, has accepted
a posit on with the Southern Pacific
surveyors.
Reports from Fallon are to the er-
feet that the oil well on r. L. Doug
las prope. ty is down SO feet. The oil
sard has been passed through and also
a stratum of white sand. The drill is
now in clay.
James Hart, a freshman in the Uni
veIs'ty of Nevada has been elected by
the student body to fill the pos. tion Of
track captain next year. Mr.. Hart is
well qualified for the position and will
without doubt ar ange some interest
ing meets for next season.
United States Revenue Collector
Blakeslee has returned from Tonopah
Goldfield and other points in the south
ern part of the State and he repot ts
| that portion of the country to be in
! a very prosperous condition. He
| speaks very highly of Tonopah ano
| Goldfield. saying that the towns arr
| lively and business is good.-Journai
The old officers of the Nevada Uni
We sity Cadets have elected the fol-
! lowing officers to command the bat
TALON during the coming term of col
lege: Major Cash Smith; captain OF
| company A. Will am Stark: captain OF
! Company r. Will Pope; first l.euten-
| ants Will Pierson and Ha. old Loud
erback. second Eeutenants. Claude
Smith and Harry Chism. All of th
men chosen are well trained and will
without doubt make very good officers.
Right on the heels of the d scove y
! of oil in r. L. Douglas well at Falion
comes the finding by j. Fl. Sheehan
and party of large deposit of genuine
oil shale in the hilles near Churchill :
county seat. When placed over ciga;
lighter an oily black substance began
10 ooze out of the rock and bubble and
bo |, giving out strong asphaltic COL
Or Mr.. Sheehan says that this shale
exists in abundance and be believes |;
to be an indication of the existence
of an oil field there.-Gazette.
Since oil was struck on the land
owned by Robert Douglass in Fallon
people have located the land for miles
around the find. In a communication
to the Reno Gazette L. Fl. Taylor. en-
gineer United States reclamation ses-
vice. has the following to say rega. d.
ing locations: For the information of
persons interested in prospecting for
minel al oil in Carson Sink Valley.
Churchill county. / desire to call at
tention TO the fact that all of the pub
lie lands in said valley have been
Withdrawn from entry except under
the Homestead Act. and are thereto
not subject to location under the min
eral land or mining laws of the
United States"
Two thugs held up Harry Bertrand
Tuesday night near the cattle corr ais
and beat his head with a rock until
blood flowed from dozen wounds.
They then rifiel his pockets and Sc
! cured SAP and a watch. The victim of
the holdup was on his way from town
to Major ingalls, ranch near Sparks.
where he is working. The men that
assaulted him asked him for cigar
ette and, when he declined. they at
tackled him. Bertrand was uncon-
scious for a time. and. upon recov-
c ing his senses, he walked into town
and reported the case to the police.
Chief Leeper began an investigation
and directed his officers to arrest any
one resembling the descriptions gwen
| by Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
There's going to be a general up
heaval in the baseball world in Me-
vada if the plans OF that old war horse
Dan O'Keefe, are carried out. The fact
is. Mr. OKeefe has organized base
bali club. His men aie now in train
hiS ana nave uSSh toi Soiiic sA"e.
Eve member is working hard and
faithfully and with one end in view
to take the scaps of the Robinson q
Willis and the Carr & Elliotts. I'VE
are gong to beat all those fellows.
said Mr. Keefe last evening. Every
man on our team is an artist with Il
reputation to maintain. After we de-
feat your Reno and Sparks teams we
are going to look for bigger game. In
the meantime the 'OKeefe's' are ready
In the State."-Gazette.
The present workings OF Touopah.