Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-07-01
GENERAL NEWS
OF THE WEEK
THERMOMETER nc Death Valley
Registers 40 Degrees--Thc
Nevada Central May BE
Extended.

e3l0teFiell q dollars I'D circulation
Nevada which are difficult to
detect
The freighters have raised the cost
of hauling lumber from Las Vegas to
Bulfrog from $50 to $87. 80 per
thousand feet
Miss Ella Archibald has been
elected queen Of the Reno carnival.
She received j.472 votes and Miss
DeloucbaDte 5,440.
Owing to the extreme beat the
stages between Gold6eld and the
towns in the Bullfrog district are
NOW running at night
Prospectors returning from the
Funeral range say the thermometer
in Death Valley registers 40 degrees
above and that the atmosphere is
like the hot blast from a furnace.
The school savings bank system
has proved a success from all points
Of view IN Grass Valley, Cal The
system has been in operation for two
years and the boys and girls of the
public schools now have or deposit in
the savings bank $4,5l2
The officials Of the Nevada Central
railroad are Inspecting the country
between Austin and Goldfeld with
the prospect Of extending the line to
the latter place. Should the line be
extended to the south it will form a
connection at Battle Mountain with
the Western Pacific, making the
route from the east to Tonopab 1870
miles shorter than by the Hazeh cut
off, with no serious engineering prob.
lens for the entire distance
Work on the Carson ~ Colorado
cutoff has been suspended tempo
rarily, owing to trouble with the
Indians Of Walker Lake reservation.
The cutoff is being constructed on
land granted to them by the govern.
ment, and they ave that ii giving
the grant the government intended
that no railroad should traverse the
property The matter will probably
be settled 10 the courts. Pending
the result OF the decision Of the
courts the Hawthorne route will be
used until such time as the cut off is
built or until the railroad people will
learn their rights in the premises.
The BullIrog Miner says B. J..
smith Of Eureka has purchased the
greater part Of the holdings of DR..
= p Benson IL the BuIIfrog district.
The transfer includes an the propertv
OF Dr.. Benson except his interests in
the Bullfrog Mining Company The
property sold embraces mininu
Claims townsitrs, water rights and
interests in the telegraph and teIe.
phone lines. The exact figure, are
MOI given ont, but Il cash naylneut
has been made Of an amount that
cannot BE- stated without the use Of
hyf dgores. and d certain good
authority SAYS that the consideration
'ans up into the siS figures.
The GoIdteid Waite Company ha,
announced ao increase Ia rates. M.
9lnniog July l. Of 80 per cent. The
circular announcing the Increase saws
the company has been unable to meet
us current expenses OF make neces.
sary improvements aud for those
reasons higher rates are necessary
a. present the meter rate is one cent
gallon ana the fiat rates are in pro.
portion. Consumers are NOT alIoved
as'' "o'e' or giveit awayuuder
penally OF having their supply shut
The circular calls attention to
'nese rules and warns customers that ,
ne water must be given to persons +
w m'' 90 not patronize the company.
me increase 10 the rate has can.ad
me greatest Indignation among resi-. ,
dents 81 that place They Min olive
sasis pearV support to any compe
''''on o. the present company which
water 10 the Goldfeld dis. {
'rict' out on account of the
and the scarcity Of a water supplv il
IS not probable that a rival nlant ,
will be installed. :
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