The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-21
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada


chased a fine piano for the school.
paying the sum Of $400. Part of this
money was raised by the pupils CIV
/ ing an entertainment last month.
In the fifty-mile relay race at Reno
/ Sunday between the Reno Wheelmen
and the New Century team of San
j Francisco, Reno won by seven-e. .ghths
/ of a mile Carter OF Reno made the
best relay; time. 1920. Mckenzie of
/ the same team rode the fastest mile;
| time, 2:41.
Harry Lewis was arrested last week
by Deputy she if Hartigan for threat
ening. the life of Lottie Clayton of the
! lower end OF town. Lewis was brought
/ before Judge Lindsey and was gwen
/ an opoorunity to leave town and he
went at once. He had wrecked the
room of the Clayton woman, breaking
pictures and destroying her Clothes
Tonopah Sun.
President Hofer Of the Carniva! has
received word that I'll me .sines on
the Comstock will cinse .nwn oa the
3rd and 4th of July in order 10 FnaDie
the miners to ae,cld th= 'sarr.vai IN
this city. This ac.',,n on the Part OF
the Superintenden.s . s"i"sons ana
courteous and will he thoroughly ap-
preciated by the people of this city
Carson News.
Detective Thacker arrived from San
| Francisco Sunday morning and went
to the county jail where he inter-
viewed the two prisoners suspected of
being the Gates Brothers. He says
the men are not the ones they We're
thought to be. but says it is mo
than probable that they belong to the
gang that recently held up Denver
and Rio Grande train.-Elko indie
pendent.
Robert Dempsey, the young engineer
who was shot in both legs ~ masked
men at Coldfield .wo weeks and half
ago. has departed for 'i'alln lie. Col
oradeo He left Tonopah last Satur-
day night for Deep Wells from whence
he was hastened away by train. His
wounds have improved rapidly under
the excellent care of Mrs. Donaldson
in charge of the miners hospital
Tonopah Sun.
new mining map of the Tonopah
district has been turned out by the
geological survey department al
Washington. 1t is stated that the most
conspicuous feature of the map is the
absence of blue ink which indicates
that there are no lakes or streams in
the district requiring the color to des-
ignate them. The plat of the city IS
shown on the map and the surround
ing mountains. The mines and pros
pect holes are indicated by tiny
crosses.-Miner.
The mining properties of the Gold
Hill, Salt Lake, Fraction and Tonopah
city COMPANIES have been consoli-
dated and taken over by the Jim But
Ter Mining Company. The deal has
been virtually completed for SIX weeks
but the final steps were taken about
: ten days since. An effort viii be made
TO locate pay lodges in the various
claims The Gold Hill. Stone Cabin
and Wandering Boy claims are al
ready beyond the stage of prospects
as lodges OF considerable value have
been encountered.
Despite the fact that the canal con-
tractors are wo. king in nearly solid
rock, good prog. ess is being made and
by the middle of August the grea'
I 6nfS ad
; far as the dam site. says the Churchill
: Standard. The steam shovels are each
; excavating between 700 and 500 yards
: Of dirt per day. Contractor Fuller Is
, serving 10000 meals month. en-
\ ploys a la ge number of men and one
5 steam shovel. Hit water bill alone
amount to .aC pee month and water
has to be hSuled distance of sever
miles.
r. II. Rushton, president OF the
Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia
and Thomas ~ Kink. a wealthy cap
italist of Baltimore arrived in Rent
Monday morning from the east and
left shortly afterwasd in their specia
car TOR Tonopah. These men are heav'
ily interested in a financial way al
that place. They will go by specia
: train to the end of the Tonopah rail-
way, returning about next Friday. ane
thence direct to Philadelphia. Whef
men of such financial standing visi
Nevada Il means much to the State
for they are millionaires many times
over and have fortunes INK asted in tn
, mines Of that place. They are mel
of money. wide business experienc
and have had sufficient faith in Ne