The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-03
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
late News Notes Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

cashier in the bank at Austin for many
years past, and his assistant, Louie
d. Gordon, have resigned their posi-
| tions.
photographer Ajax Wolf of the u.
s. G. S. left Reno yesterday for Elko.
Wells and other eastern points in Ne
vada where he will measure the
streams ard perform other work for
! the government.
j. p. Woodbury. has been appointed
superinter dent of the Consol dated
New York, vice A. c. Kyle. resigned
and Joseph r. Ryan superintendent
of the Mexican and Andes. vice G.
Mem. Ross, esigned.-Chronicle.
In the window of the Reno Chamber
of CONNIE ce is very fine exhibit OF
| alfalfa raised by James Burke a
Steamboat, about ten niles south OF
! Reno. The hay grows about eight tons
to the acre and grows quite tall.
q. o. Pray Smith. superintendent -
I IL s4.,Nrnut e Nevada NJ ming C..m-
aany. at Fay Lincoln county. was a.
-ested last week for nonpavment Of
noll taxes which We're collected fror
the employees ard not turned over tt
The county officials.-Ente-pris
Will Kearney. who graduated fror
the University this year. has acceptef
a position under Professor Thurte
I'D will survey the Ruby Mountain
He is very young surveyor and de
~erves much praise for the ambitio-
he is showing in undertaking this diff
acult task
At the annual meeting of the Siva
qill Mining Company in San Franc'sc,
Wednesday the following director
were elected: S. Jacobs. A. c. Hamil
+on, Max Goldman. George Miller am
Charles E. Elliott. S. Jacobs wa
4 elected president: A. C.. Hamilton. vice
| president Charles e. Elliott. score
'ary. and ]. p Woodbury., superinten|
cnt
Some large real estate transfers hav.
been made in Reno in the past weel
Judge Cottrell has filed two deeds T.
the county recorders office within tn
last two days. One conveyed lot I
n block B on Virginia street f~or
Tohn Newmarker to Ed Schmitt. Th.
| other one was from Vintona to II. r.
Greer and was for property on Hum
ooldt street
During the past day or two there ha'
been a gathering of the clans. Demo
9rats and "Slverites" from every qua.
ter of the State have been assembling
as though for a convention. althoug
nothing of the sort is billed for the in'.
mediate future. 1t is possible that tn
arrival of some one from the effete eas
'as been the cause of the assemblag
but what nurpose-Carson News
The damage suit or Charles Kelle'
ega'nst the Truckee River Genera
| Electric Company was begun In th'
| United States Court at Carson yester
| lay before Judge Hawley and a jury
| George Kelley, son Of the p:aintlff. wa
killed while working on the company
line between Reno and Virginia les
han year ago. The damages askeS
/
nesses have been summoned to Carson
The new hall to be built by th.
| Womans Guild of the Episcopa
| Church will soon be a reality. Plans
and specifications have been adopted
| and bids for the building of the hal
will be passed upon next Saturday
II will be a handsome structure wher
| completed. The hall WI be about p
x60 feet in the clear and will have
stage ard essing rooms. 1t will b.
located right behind the Episcopa'
Church. The ladies of the Guild de
serve great prai~e for their untir'r'
efforts in rasing the money for tn
| hall. They hope to have 1t ready 70
their annual festival-Elko Independ
| ent.
The Truckee river has always beer
noted for the deaths its turbuien
waves have recorded. Every year 70
the past twenty or more years the
rver has ella med its victims. but May
OF this year will record the creates
number of any month. any year or any
day Twelve cases of drowning were
reported du ing this month and only
three bodies have been recovered. The
search for the body of Mr.. Tinsman
still continues. but there is little hope
held out now that the remains OF
the unfortunate man will ever be
found. The principal bitches leadinS
from the river have been ra'ned. but
at this writing no trace of the missing
man has been found.-Reno Star
Never In the history of the oldest
inhabitant. has there been such
scarcity of tout In this stretch of
! the Truckee river The unprecs.