The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-02-11

DIR. Carpenter, the dentist, is 10 town
for ten days and will make regular trips
here from now IN. Grown bridge and
plate work a speciality. Prices moderate.
Teeth cleaned and polished for 81.
Friday morning saw the finish Of a
poker game OF ten days duration and in
which thousands OF dollars changed
hands. A snug sum of outside money
was left with Fallon sharps. -Fallon
Standard.
There will be a free illustrated health
talk given by Mrs. Carpenter to mothers
and daughters at the NJ. f. Church Fri
day afternoon, February 18th, at 3
o'clock. Subject: Home Nursing"
W. j. Sinclair, of Tonopah is quoted by
the Lincoln County S~earchlight as say
ing: young Quartette mine is by far
the biggest gold mine l ever saw, and I
guess | have seen them all. 1t easily
surpasses our famous Mizpah mine at
Tonopah."
A $50,000,000 mortgage to secure a
bond issue OF equal amount was filed in
Salt Lake last Friday by the Western
Pacific Company. The proceeds OF the
bond issue are to be used in the pur-
chase of existing railroads and the build
ing of a new road between Salt Lake
and San Francisco.
Joseph Bawden Of Grass Valley and
another miner named Stevens, met a
horrible death in the Fremont mine at
Amador City, Cal, last Thursday. They
drilled into a missed hole, Bawden's
body being blown in two at the waist
and Stevens dying soon after he was
taken to the surface.
r. +. Hoy, who has been in Battle
Mountain for several weeks past, en-
gagged in erecting a residence for r. T.
Jenkins and remodeling Mrs. Edith
Jenkins residence, finished up his work
Saturday night. He and some OF his
workmen will leave for Thomas Nelson's
ranch where they will do some work for
Mr.. Nelson.
Ex-Governor Sadler was in Carson a
few days ago. Sadler's announcement
as a candidate for U. s. Senator is the
leading topic OF conversation among the
pollys, who discuss his chances vigor-
ously. 1t is said the Ex-Governor will
make a hot canvass, as he has just clear
ed up $4,000 from the sale Of Part of his
interests IN eastern Nevada.-Ex.
DIR. Pope went out to Chiara's ranch
last Thursday and found Mics Annie
Chiara suffering from a case o: genuine
smallpox. The doctor quarantined the
ranch and it is thought there will be no
danger of it spreading. Miss Annie was
visiting at Beowawe u short time ago
and as the disease is now prevalent In
that town, it is thought that is where
she contracted it.
One of our eligible young men has
received a sweet scented noteand choice
ly worded epistle from an up to.date
lady, stating that she had agailed herself
Of the opportunities afforded by leap
year to make a marriage proposal In
an interview with the gentleman in
question we found that he felt favored
by the proposal, and it's two to-one there
will be another wedding here soon.
The property of the Tenabo Mining
Company at Cortez, Lander and Eureka
counties, was sold at Sherifi's sale in
Austin last week for s67, 700. Walter
Magee was the purchaser. va. Report.
The Report is badly mistaken in re-
gard to the above and stands to be cor
rected. 1t was the Spencer ranch, 10.
Gated between Austin and Cortez, that
was sold and not the Tenabo company's
property.
The completion Of the national irri.
cation work now in progress will result
10 Churchill becoming the most pros
porous county in Nevada in agricultural
products. 1t will bring uLder c%ultiva-
ton a vast area OF now u~nproductive land
the rich soil Of which is adapted for rails
ing every variety OF farm products and
fruits Indigenous to the temperate zone
and that now desert region will be the
home OF hundreds OF prosperous farmers
in less than five years hence.