The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-08-09
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of Navajo county, Arizona, where he
served a year as district attorney, wal
today appointed district attorney of
Washoe county, his term of office to
begin on September l.. He will fill
out the unexpired team of w. b. Craig
ard expects to he a candidate for elec-
ton to the office.
Mr.. Moran is known to the older
residents of the county where he was
born. A year ago he returned after
an absence of several years, but never
theless he is thoroughly acquainted
with local conditions and as he is an
attorney of excellent education and
considerable experience in both legal
and criminal practice his friends say
that he will make an excellent Off
cial. At present he is an associate of
D. II. Harrison.
One other application for the posi-
tion was received, that of E. l.. Brown,
an attorney with offices in the Clay
ct RS building.-Gazette.
This morning about 3 O'Clock a barn
on Hood avenue in the O'Sullivan
tract, belonging to J. A. Snyder, was
discovered to be on FIRE. An alarm was
hurrieduy sounded, and in a few
minutes the volunteer fire department.
was upon the scene. The fire had
gained considerable Roadway before
the alarm was given, but the depart
ment did heroic work and soon had
The FIRE under control. Mr.. Snydtr's
fine surrey, which he recently pur-
chased, was completely destroyed. The
tarn is almost a total loss. As there
was 40 insurance Nh. Snyd,r's loss
will amount to about $500. The de-
partment responded very quickly to
the alarm arriving at the Ere in a few
moments after the alarm was sounded
and did most excellent work.-Gazette.
HAZEN, New, August ST.. w. Huff
faker, an engineer in the service of the
United States reclamation survey of
Churchill county, and a nephew of Dan
Huffaksr of Huffakers, near Reno, was
drowned in the government irrigation
canal near Hazen yesterday afternoon
about 3 O'Clock, while swimming in the
canal with Robert Wilbur, also a mem
her of the U. S. G. s. AS soon as he
was drowned the water was shut off
from running ito the canal and a num-
Der of surveyors dove into the canal
and finally succeeded in finding the
body, after it had been in the water for
over two hours.
Governor John Sparks, State Con-
troller Sam Davis and Attorney Gen
eral Sweeney left yesterday morning
for Tonopah to settle with the bonds
men of the late Sheriff Logan, wht
killed some months z
Sheriff Logan had embezzled sew.
eral thousand dollars belonging to
Nye county, but the fact that he was
a d~efaulter was not known until after
his death, and his books were exam,
ined.
His wife has offered to give over
all his life insurance towards making
up the amount and it is thought that
the tondsmen will make good the bal.
ance of the amount without any trou-
BILE.
Governor Sparks left Reno In an
automobile yesterday morning and
went to Carson where he met Attor.
ney General Sweeney and Controller
Davis. They then started for the
southern country in the auto.
James Nevin will leave for Tono-
pah tomorrow morning and join the
crowd and the meeting with the
fondsmen of the dead sheriff will be
held on Friday.
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