The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-13
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News NOleS Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

Nine hundred men are now at work
on the irrigation canal.
The Ohio -Tonopah mine at Tonopah
has been shut down temporarily.
Governor Sparks is in Utah on
mining and live stock business inter-
ests.
The Comstock Aierie of Eagles won
the prize piano by majority of 3O0,-
91S and moved it to their hall Monday
While taking a flashlight photo
graph at the Grand theater at Reno
Monday evening an overcharge of
powder was exploded. j. B. Schweit-
ger suffered several painful scalp lac
erations and the photographing ma
chine was badly wrecked.
The trustees of the new school at
Sparks yesterday morning appointed
Mr. Mckinley of Churchill county
principal of the school in place of Miss
Kate Payne of Wadsworth, whose du-
ties will not permit her to take the
position. Sparks is the Reno Gazette's
name for East Reno.
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Smith are
at Reno from Gardnerville. Mr.. Smith
was for number of years editor of
the Gardnerville Record, but the con-
soldation of it with the Courier has
placed Mr.. Southworth on the tripod.
Mr. Smith has not yet decided the line
along which his energies will be di-
rected.
Saturday afternoon Warren Wartime,
wood chopper at Andersons camp,
started for Carson on snowshoes. In
coming down the hill his shoe hit
some object, throwing him. When he
gathered himself together he found
that he had broken his right leg, and
as he was alone at the time, he had
| to crawl back to the camp, or close
enough to attract attention. He was
then taken to Spooner's camp and a.
doctor called.
Virginia City, April IL. - The old
town has taken on new life today.
Every train brings delegates and visit
/ ors from all parts of Nevada, who
come to attend the state republican
convention called for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the national re-
publican convention. Considerable in
terest is manifested. The convention
will be called to order this afternoon.
1t is thought that it will last two
days. The general opinion is that
the delegates will be instructed for
Roosevelt
A record breaking run was made
over the Lucin cutoff last Saturday
when the second section of passenger
train ran from Lucin to Ogden. dis
tance of los miles, in two hours and
thirty-five minutes. During the run
two stops were made raising the run
ming time to over sixty miles an hour.
Tbs is the first regular passenger
train to use the new road, and the
change was made as an experiment.
1t is estimated that the saving of time
over the Terrace route will be over
six hours, although it is but forty
seven miles shorter. The great ad-
vantage comes by the absence of
curves and grades.-Reno Journal
]. M. Fulton was interviewed yester-
day upon the policy of the Southe
Pacific company in regard to chang
ing to the new system of road and the
| policy on matters of interest to Reno
Mr.. Fulton was asked of the change
In road whereby Wadsworth will be
left ON a branch line of the system.
and said that he did not think that
this change would be made until the
division was changed at Reno. The
wheel tappers and repair shops are al
| Wadsworth and it is necessary for all
of the regular trains to make that
point as the crews change. all car in
| specting is done and engines are over
hauled at that point. 1t is true that
trains will be run over the new road
at times before the change Is made
in the division Journal
The tangible outlook for, disposing
of promising mining properties should
Danish the quest for the countless al
legged lost mines, such as the Breyfo-
gle, Pegleg and other myths, the ex-
istence OF which is as shadowy as the
tabled pot of gold at the base of
rainbow. Still. local veteran prospec-
tors are daily repeating fairy stories
of fabulously rich ore finds. the dis
coverers of which have long ago been
hailed to the unknown hence or are
occupants of prison cells, who furnish
credulous acquaintances with dia-
grams of locations in the Funeral and
other mountain ranges bordering
Death Valley desert, where ore depos-
its of fabulous wealth are alleged TO
exist, a search for which would prove