Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-20
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES

grand jury.
It is freely predicted that Ely, White
Pine county, will have the largest
nopuIation of any town in Nevada
within the next three years.
Speculators are buying up much of
pioche's real estate, and the values
that have been so low for years are on
an upward trend.
William Stickler, a miner working
rear Wells. died last week from saliva
ton caused from inhaling fumes of
Quicksilver, which he used in treating
his ore.
The railroad from Eureka to the
Eureka, Con. mine on Ruby Hill has
been completed and ten miners ar
rived from Utah last week to put the
mine in shape for active work.
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The roof OF one OF Eureka's business
buildings fell in one day last week
from the heavy load of snow that had
fallen and damage to the extent OF
$1,000 was inflicted upon the stock OF
merchandise.
A number of the counties in the
eastern part OF the state report a heavy
loss Of stock from the continued cold
weather. In White Pine county,
many cattle died after having their
feet so badly frozen that their hoots
would drop off.
William A. Mears, smooth guy from
Philadelphia, spent several weeks IN
Goldfeld posing as a rich banker and
borrowing money right and lett. When
he left the camp the friends he left be-
hind were sadder and wiser than when
he left them. 1t is stated that he left
debts amounting to s25 900 behind him.
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WI Casson, a%lloting agent for the
interior department, who is in Carson,
warns miners and prospeetors to re-
main off the Walker Lake Indian
reservation under pain OF heavy punish
ment. lie says that a few months after
the allotment of lands is made to the
Indians that the reservation will be
oppned to settlement. There are
about 500 Indian allotments and they
will be made within the next few days.
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The ore shipments over the Tonopah
Railroad last week aggregated 1894
tons. divided as follows Fr9m Tono-
pah-Tonopah Company, sol tons;
Tonopah Extension Company, 23S tons;
Montana-Tonopah, 81 tons, Belmont,
y tons: Midway, 100 tons; North Star,
81 tons. The small shipments this
week are due solely to a great scarcity
of railroad cars. all of the mines having
ore on the dumps ready for shipment.
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A dispatch from San Bernardino an
nounces that the Salton Sea is slowly
but surely advancing under the pres
sure OF the waters of the Colorado river.
Not only is the great sea spreading
toward the Southern Pacific COM
pany's tracks, but the water is encroach-
ing upon the choice lands of the Coach
ella valley. The main line OF the
Southern Pacific is being moved to
higher ground. 1t is said that the sea
is gaining in volume at the rate of hall
an inch every twenty-four hours.
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According tothe Reno Journal, while
the fire iend was getting in his deadly
work on the Palace hotel building OF
that city, Maxwell, one of the owners
Of the building was in San Francisco
negotiating for the sale of his interest to
James May. Unmindful that the
property was being destroyed by fire,
smoke and water, the two men sitting
In "A restaurant discussed the terms oil
the proposed sale, and the money,
1900, was paid over before the news
OF the fire reached them.
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There was a very satisfactory showing
in the decrease of the public debt at
the end of the calendar year. Their
was a decrease of a, 1888 ,lls in pecem-
Der as compared with December a
year ago. This was mostly due to cash
in hand. There has also been a consld-
cradle increase in the gold production
of the country according tosthe report OF
the director OF the mint. The gold in
crease over 1904 was a little short OF
5000 900 while there was an increase
of about l,000, 600 ounces in silver
The increase in gold production was
due almost wholly to the increased N
put in Alaska where it was Fla ,6O0,O00
compared to a little over ~$9,O0O,OO0 III
1904.
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