The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-15
HAPPEN|NCS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

I
A daily stage line is now In opera
lion between Carson and Topaz.
The Tonopah railroad is having hard
luck Another engine was wrecked last
week.
Reno expects to have street cars run
ming by the time the races are called by
.he heno Jockey Club in October.
having sold whiskey to Indians, was
neld TO appear before the grand jury
by United States Commissioner Walds
of Reno.
The Reno Power. Light and Water COM
pany has mortgaged its property to the
Mercantile Trust c. mpany of San Fran
e.soo for S75O,0O0
Chief Engineer Taylor of the gov
ernment irrigation work will soon
move his headquarters from Reno to
the new town of Hazen.
j. p Raine of Eureka county, has a
alN-leSBeu Gail Oh eAH-pitloH DIT ol LOUIS
.air, and is cleaning up 500 or soo0
week on the proposition.
Prof. Guy w. Waits of Reno has
been elected principal of the Eureka
SCHOOLS and VIII move his family TO
mat ,own early in September.
Surveys have been completed and 1t is
likely that Monday will see woik begin
4pon side tracks at Mound House for
$4,000 sampler, winch viii be eIeesed near
lie passenger depot. I'm. e. prise.
DR.. ]. E. Stubbs, president of the
University of Nevada, delivered a lee
,uIe at Nevada Ci,y Saturday evening
sor the benent of the Carnegie library
ii that place. this subject Was: "Aillolis
ne LespIsed ana heJeceea or Men,
The stan reporter of the Reno paper
ahose vivid description of an eccentric
s,ar in the Eas,eln heavens caused con-
SIDERABLE excitement amongst the astron-
ol4e4 OF the county, no" ,nil.ns 1t was
d comet he saw. rake ano,ner Or. mo.
.. o ,her.
The company incorp rated last spring
TO construct a large electric plant in
power for Gardnerville. Vng.nia City
and Carson City has secured the back ing
of fennss lvanla ca.ital and it. is an
llouncea tnat Work upon the plant VIII
begin shortly.-News
well-grounded rep rt is afloat that
syndicate, composed of Democrats ana
Republicans, promoted by George b. Rus
sell. foreman of the Independent office,
has purchased the Free Pless. The paper
will be managed by Mr.. Russell and re-
man Republican in politics.-hlko Inde-
pendent.
S.nee the saloons at Ninth Crossing
have been closed there has been no.
table decrease in crime there, and II
is the intention of the authorities to
maintain even better order in the fu-
ture. The barring out of all saloons
is a part of The program and in the fu-
ture all applicants Tor license VIII be
hatly Ieflsed.-w ellsworth ID D-spatch
A dispatch to the Gazette from To-
nopah says that heavy rams had been
falling in the vicinity of Goldfield and
Tonopah all of last week and that on
Wednesday terrific cloudburst occurred
that flooded both towns. inf citing quite
mile from Coldfeld. the streets were
flooded, Standing two feet deep in water
while the downpour lasted. Ton. pah was
also deluged.
The old camp of Tuscarora Is rap
idly reviving The Elko Eclipse Golo
Mining company has been developing
a four-foot ledge running from SIS to
800 per ton, another ledge on the
ground also showing good values. The
company expects to start milling soon
and claim TO have enough ore in sight
10 keep ten stamps going for years.
p. ~. Mckenzie late superintendent OF
The Dexter. will operate the mine under
a lease from the company. Systematic
work on the Grand Prize is about to com
Through a deal consummated by Su-
perintendent Hall of the Comstock
Pumping association with the Alta
Mining company last week the mines
at Gold Hill are to be entirely drained
and worked on q scale that has annf
ben attempted before in twenty-five
years. The pumping plant has been
secured and the work of installing IL
will begin this week There are thou
sands upon thousands of tons OF ore
m the lower levels of the Gold Hill
mines. and once unwatered will give
work to many men for years.