The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-18
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

up telephone line in Mason and Smith
valleys.
DR.. D. e. B-uton has been appointed
county physician of Lander county at
0 salary OF SIS month.
The snow is still deep in the noun
tains, but the pack trains are carry
ing in supplies over the snow.
Misses Eva Short, Kate Schultz. Ha-
eel Crisler. Lena Mara and Ida
Brougher are aspirants for queen of
the Carson Carnival.
Lovelock is becoming a great bee
town. Several carloads of the busy
little workers have been lately shipped
to that prosperous section.
In eix months the smelter near Card
re: y lie will start W and another step
Il. tho advancement of Douglas county's
mining will have been taken.
The new hotel at Boca will cost s15.-
900. 1t turns out that the only things
saved WREN the old hotel burned Were
two nickle in the slot machines and
piano.
A man named Banning was severely
injured the other day while working
on the Orphans Home building at
Keno by being struck by a falling
timber.
Nevada's lamb crop will be very large
this season. This Is the busy part Of
the year for the sheep owners. for
upon the number of lambs depends
the money bag later in the season.
A company is being organized in
Mason Valley to take over the holdings
of Miller & Lux, who own 20 600 acres
of land. which they are willing to
sell for s1es,ooo on FIVE years time.
Alfred NJ Smith. an old alumnus OF
the University of Nevada and famii-
iarly known as Long Tom" is at
present operating In the Abangarez
gold fields of Costa Rica. Central Amer
ica.
The warm weather of the past few
days has got the Carson river booming.
The west side of Carson valley has
been transformed into a lake. From
all indications there will be an abund-
ance of water for irrigation.
Reinhold sadlier. grand master of the
Odd Fellows of Nevada. has issued a
Memorial Day proclamation. designat-
ing May 30th as day to be observec
by members of the order In this state
in perpetuating the memory of de-
ceased brethern.
There is not a mining district in
the United States today that has as
bright future as Tonopah. Ins'd
of four months the monthly payroll
win run uu nearly 500. 900. The build
ing of the Tonopah railroad will revo-
lutionize business in this district
Tom Whiting. who has been working
spending a few days in Carson. says
III, News. There are four men at
the mine now and more will be put
on as on as air p'ne end a blower
can be Installed. The tunnel is in be-
tween five hundred ard six hundred
feet and II is expected that the ledge
will be tapped within the next forty
feet
DR.. w. H. Patterson. supe~intend-
ent of the State Insane Asylum. stated
Monday to a representative of the
Gazette that he intends to resent his
resignation to the Board OF Trustees
some time in the near future but not
until after Governor Sparks returns
resignation is the recent election OF
DR.. Patterson to the .vice-pres'dency
al q mana cement Of the Reno Power.
Light and Water Company.
There is an undesirable class OF men
in this town that should be got rid OF
and at once. says the Bonanza. They
have no visible means of support and
subsist on others for a living. Tono-
pah needs no such people in its midst
and it is to be hoped that the officers
will follow the example of their fellow
officers in Reno. This undesirable class
of people are arrested ard given one
hour to leave town, and II is un-
necessary to say they depart at once.
Judge Arnot of Alpine county was
recently the reel. rent OF a letter from
England informing him of the death
OF Lewis Chaners. who created the
first mining boom In Alpine county
HI acted as the agent of British cap
italists and altogether blew In about
S1.500e0r IL mil's. furnaces and tun-
nels, which. when ready to operate.