The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-21
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

George M. Smith. former editor and
publisher of the Courier at Gardner
Vile, has accepted position on the
Reno Star.
Fl. r. Lemaire, Ed Friberg and Chas.
Miller have taken a lease on the old
David Todd mine situated in New York
Canyon, about four miles northeast of
Austin.
that the jumping of land, supposed to
contain oil is becoming a popular thing
in Fallon and that every property own
er in the town has to watch his hold
ings closely to keep land grabbers
away.
VIII Martin and Leland Sparks, son
of Governor Sparks, have returned
from Belmont University for Their
summer vacation. Leland Sparks was
accompanied by Hugh, Paul and Sam
Williams of Salt Lake City, who will
be his guests for several weeks.
Stanford Weathers, a sophomore in
of one of the pioneer history makers
of Nevada who resides in Elko coun-
ty, departed a few days ago to take
up his duties as student in the
United States military academy at
West Point.
p. A. McCarran, the well-known
young sheepman of D.tho. will leave
for the north in few days. He viii.
visit Oregon and Northern California
where he will buy wool for the Flan-
igan Warehouse Company of Reno.
Mr.. McCarran made this trip last sea-
son and succeeded in purchasing ovei
25, COO pounds of wool for the company.
George Brown, formerly of Gardner
vile. has completed arrangements fo!
establishment of a brick yard at Car
son. He has leased the Klien prop
erty near the race track and will
establish his yard there. Mr.. Brown
understands the business thoroughly
and the local field alone gives prom
Use of being an important factor in,
consuming the output of his plant.
The Southern Pacific Company has
made a special standing rate for the
season to al, baseball mines desiring
to visit other towns for game. This
only applies to the members of the
mines and when there are at least tel,
members in the team. The rate is
one-half fare and applies only to men,
bers of the team, not to the accom-
panying public. The liberal rate will,
not doubt, stimulate the activities of
the baseball players all along the line
of the railroad. and some interesting
games may be looked for during this
season.
Bennett Symons, an old resident of
a lingering illness, says the Chronicle.
He was a miner by occupation. De-
ceased was a native of Cornwall, Eng
land aged IS years. He is survived
by a nephew. Humphrey Symons. He
was a resident of the Comstock for
forty years and was at one time sup
erintendent of the mines at Como. The
remains are at Kuhn's undertaking
parlors in Gold Hill. He was a member
of Gold Hill Lodge. Ancient Order Of
take place from the hall of that lodge
next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
last Sunday night and has been run
ming steadily since, says the Sun. The
mill has worked splend,dly from the
start and has hardly ceased for an
hour. AT first 1t was necessary 10 shut
down for a short time to tighten one
OF the wide belts that convey the
power from the shaft above the stamps
to the huge grinding pans on the plat
form below. The putting. pounding and
hammering of the mill are a welcome
all over the city all week. 1t has been
shut down for repairs for nearly nine
weeks. The III Is now hammering on
some rich ore from the Valley View
mine and has a lot more ahead from
the same. The mill will have all the
work it can do by working day and
night.
William Mather, foreman of Thomas
Rickey's ranch in Antelope Valley. ac-
c.dentally shot himself in the right leg
at Topaz, Wednesday night at O'Clock.
He had hung his revolver. Al calibre
Colts and belt to a nail in his room
and covered them with his coat. In
the evening he entered the room and
started to remove his coat from the
hook. In doing so he loosened the re
volver from its holster and it fell to the
floor and the force of the fall exploded
1t. The bullet entered the right ankle
and shattered the bones. Mr.. Mather
fell to the floor but the noise of the
explosion soon brought several men
to the scene Of the accident ana the