Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-11-10
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Goldfield is to erect a sos, 900 school
building
Goldfeld streets are to be paved with
asphalum.
Two railroad lines into Greenwater,
Death Valley, are projected.
Several Italian capitalists of Reno will
shortly establish a bank at that place.
Blair, the new town at Silver Peak,
Esmeralda county, has a population OF
1000.
The new machine works and foundry
being built at Tonopah are nearing conf
pletion.
The railroad employees at Sparks have
received a substantial raise in their
salaries.
The City Council of Reno has decided
to limit the number of saloons in that
city to ninety.
The machinery for a macaroni factory
at Sparks has arrived and the concern
will soon be in operation.
Terry Griffin, an old resident of Gold
Hill, dropped dead at his home last Tues
day afternoon of heart disease.
The Guggenheim people have pur-
chased forty copper claims in the Green
water territory, southern Nevada.
Mario Rappetti, lineman working on
an electric line at Goldfeld, was electro
cuted at that place last week Friday.
The University Rugby football team
defeated the University of California
team last Saturday by score of to 0.
Matt Callahan, resident of Nevada
for fifty years, died at his home at Galena
Creek, Washoe county, last week of old
age.
Chris Joriman, who was shot by Mar
tin Bronco at Eureka, two weeks ago, is
dead. Bronco will be indicted for the
murder.
The wool-growers of Elko county have
formed an association for the mutual
benefit and protection of stockmen in
Nevada.
The postofice has been moved from
Washoe City to the Commonwealth mine,
and the station will hereafter be known
as Joplin.
The Tonopah railroad is suffering from
a coal famine. and unless a supply is
coming forthwith will be put out of
commission.
John Waldren, who was employed on
the Hickey irrigation project at Alkali
Lake, committed suicide there last week
by shooting.
The postofice authorities have con-
Guided to establish mail route between
Carson and Glenbrook, beginning with
December 7.
The Dangberg Land and Cattle Com
pany of Douglas county, will bore wells
and fit them with centrifugal pumps for
irrigation purposes.
The mining camp of Fairview, Church
i'll county, is agitating the question of
putting in electric lights and supplying
power for the mines
Fred d. Smith, President and Mana
ger of the Nevada Ore Sampling Com
pany, is preparing to erect large sam
ping plant at Hazen.
The Death Valley Auto Transportation
Company is the name of Boston syndi-
cate that will undertake transportation
i'll the Greenwater country.
The man who was found murdered in
Reno last week at the stockyards, is
thought to be Herman Salmon, of New
Mexico and Grass Valley, Cal.
press dispatch says Joe Cans and
Kid Herman, of Chicago, have signed an
agreement to fight at Tonopah on New
Years Day for a purse of $40, 900.
Mrs. Richard Bagley died in Reno last
Monday from starvation, having resisted
all efforts to make her take food. She
had been i'll long time and was anxious
to die.
The Mohawk Leasing and Developing
Company, of Goldfeld, on whose prop
erty J. Leahy, OF Gold Hill, was recently
killed, has voluntarily donated his widow
81, 500.
According to San Francisco reports
the deal that was on for the sale of the
Reno Power LIGHT and Water Company