The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-02
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News NOles Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Wells elected the following delegates to
the Republican State Convention: G. r.
vardy. M. s. Badt, w. NJ Angel and Mr..
Drake.
Tom Bergman, formerly of Yerington,
had his leg brs ken in two places below
the knee Tuesday while working around
c. & c. train at Hawthorne Just
how the accident happened we could not
learn. He was taken to Carson Wednes-
day and 1t is feared that his leg will
have to be mputated.-Yerington Times
Within two weeks seven saloons one
restaurant. one barber shop and one gen
eral merchandise store have been put
up at Los Vegas, en- the Los Angeles and
San Pedro railroad, and a butcher shop.
a bakery and two m re saloons are en-
route. There are ten grading camps with
in sight of Los Vegas and several within
fifteen miles.
At a meeting of Republicans held
Thursday evening. the following six del
egates to the Republican State Conven-
ton, at Winnemucca, were nominated
and their names will appear on the bal
lot at the primary election today. Elko
district being entitled to six: C. H.
Sproule, II. ]. Jones. E. Reinhart, Q. r.
Williams, Chas. Kaiser and :. s. Far
rington.- Independent.
c. III. Stoddard has been appointed as
auditor and recorder of Washoe county
to succeed Benjamin c. Shearer. who has
er was accepted by the county commits
sioners Nj nday morning and his sue
cessor was Immediately named. Mr..
Shearer was elected to Office two years
ago Mr.. Stoddard will serve until his
successor is elected and qualified
| Gee. S. Nixon. president of the Nye
and Ormsby County Bank is in Goldfield
this week and has completed arrange
ments to open branch of that bank
'SiS- NASAHpoieiIn IL VIII be located III
j. D. Lothrop's store. but before long
the bank will probably have a building
of its cwn. Jno. s. Cook the cashier of
the Nye and Ormsby County Bank at
Tonopah. will have charge of the local
bank-temporarily at least.-Goldfield
News.
/ New cars for the Tonopah railroad are
being received rapidly now They come
over the S. uthern Pacific, loaded on fiat
cars, as they are of the narrow-gauge
type and cannot be run in on the rails
! Oscar Amber, formerly the Wells-Fargo
express agent at wadsworth, has been
transferred from that po.nt to Sparks.
where the company has arranged to open
on efiice at once. Mr.. Amber arrived in
Reno this morning to open the Office
The opening of the office will be of great
convenience to Sparks residents. as up to
this time they have been without express
or exchange c1nveniences
AS result of the petition filed by citi-
zens of Wadsworth and Ninth Crossing
Monday afternoon took a decisive step
with regard to the deplorable moral con-
dit.on that exists at Derby, where the
government is building its irrigating ca
mails. The board acted favorably IN the
petition and revoked the licenses of six
saloons. hoping thereby to put an end
that have been carried on there for the
past few months. The ard did not ap-
point special officer for Derby, believing
that such a person will not be needed
once the tough joints are out of the
way.-Gazette.
/ Sheriff Clark left Elko last Monday af-
ternoon in search of Bob Stratton. want
ed for stealing horse belonging to Jake
Reed at Columbia. He struck his trail
At Mountain City and f. llowed it to Ira
Brackets ranch on Cedar Creek, Idaho.
where he found Stratton at work on the
ranch. The sheriff arrested him and
brought him 20 Elko Saturday on No 3
Stratton has mania for stealing. He
has been in trouble be-. re and served a
! term in Jail here last year for stealing
from Mr.. Badt & Co.. of Wells Stratton
remarked to Sheriff Clark while riding
along In the buggy that he believed he
ought to be examined as to his sanity
instead of for morse stealing. He will
probably do time in the pen this time. =
Independent.