The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-16
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

East Reno is now in telephone COM
munication with the parent city.
| The funeral of T. F.. Doneley will
take place at Reno tomorrow Sunday
afternoon.
| Craig and Stoddard have been ap-
pointed by Judge Curler of Reno to
defend Wallace. he of bogus check
| fame.
East Reno is booming whisky. Two
hundred population and twenty
three saloons. They seem bound to
rival Reno.
! John Rec d. who assaulted and near
ly killed Frank Donohoe in a box car
near Verdi. has been bound over to
appear before the grand jury.
The Lovelock Tribune reports the
bee industry of the Truckee meadows
in thriving condition. Three carloads
of bees will be shipped from San Die
go this week.
While fooling with a A revolver at
Moors, John Wis (thats his name)
was accidentally shot In the right leg
between the knee and hip. Only a
flesh wound was made.
Mrs. Marie Joseph Lucas died at
her home in Battle Mountain at 5:45
Monday evening. The lady was well
known throughout the state, a native
of France, and aged so years and II
months.
! Wednesday was red-letter day in
the Wells postoff1ce During business
hours of that day s2S00 was taken In
by the money order department The
money was mostly from Austrians,
who sent it to- the First National bank
of Pittsburg. Pa. for deposit.
The berths In the palace box cars
are all occupied these nights, judging
by the number of tramps which may
be seen ''piling OUT these mornings.
The migration of the genus hobo has
begun, and this, with the music of the
frogs now heard. is a sure sign that
summer is here.
Lieutenant Governor Allen SAYS:
Churchill promises more than at any
time since it was organized as a coun-
ty. Its agricultural possibilities are
just becoming known. The advance
ment following the new canal will
give people something to wonder at,
besides ensuring never-failing crops"
Wage reductions are beng made
among the railroad employees Of the
Southern Pacific. A few days ago
some of the yard men at Ogden were
cut down, and the talk now is that
the cutting will not stop until all de-
partments have been affected In case
it reaches the trainmen, engineers or
shop men. ii is said that it will mean
a strike. and such a strike as would
tie W the Hartman lines from Chi
cago to San Francisco.
In Eureka county curious case Is
being tried by a jury in the justice
court. DR. G. c. Gordon is suing Judge
Peter Breen for $299 for professional
services rendered. Breen not only de-
mes the service. but asks damages for
s299 for malpractice. etc. Defendant
claims that the doctor stated that the
ailing child did not have scarlet fever.
to other members of the family and In
fact was scarlet fever.
The body of Herman Mott, who lost
his life as the result of a railway ac-
cident at Wadsworth Monday night,
has been removed from the county
TO prepare the remains for burial The
body had gruesome appearance. with
one leg amputated above the knee,
where the surgeons left their work,
shortly before the patient died. The
other leg Is cut off below the knee as
a result OF the accident The body
has been made ready for burial and
awaits orders from the mother. who
resides at Lake City. Oregon. Mr..
Motifs relatives are said to be we'll
to-do. and the news of the fatal acci-
dent came as a great surprise to them.
In all probability the remains will be
taken to Oregon for burial.
The United States department of ag-
riculture is at present operating with
the state of Nevada in carrying or
a set of experiments that have for theil
object a better understanding of th'
best method of irrigation available ii
this state The field OF these expert
nients will be in the valley of tn
. Humboldt river near Lovelock, In tn
Carson valley near Gardnerville. am
! in the Truckee valley near Glendale
The work will be under the charge o
J Professor G.. HI. True of the Unite
: States expe iment station, who Is act
ing as the irrigation agent in Nevad
for Elwood Mead of the United State
department of agriculture. The bes
: methods of irrigation to bring abou
II desired results, the economy In tn