The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-24
Local and Personal

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Have your wood delivered. cut any length de-
sired; full measurement and the price most rea-
sonabie.
Mrs. H. F. Buttner and daugh-
ter left for Los Angeles, Friday
afternoon where they will reside
the coming winter.
During the week j. F. Roeder
transferred lot forty-five, in
block twenty-five to Joseph Pow
ers for a consideration of 5000.
Mrs. VIM. Wheatley and family
returned from Los Angeles Mon
day evening, where they have
been spending a few weeks on
a pleasure trip.
Mr.. E. A. Hodges, manger of
the Hodges-Cook Mercantile Co.,
is away on a trip to Ogden and
Salt Lake City on business con-
nected with his firm.
E. A. Taylor returned from
Modena this week, where he has
been attending to the surveying
of some mining properties con-
trolled by him in that section.
A marriage license was issued
Wednesday last by the county
clerk, authorizing the marriage
of Minnie Mathews of Panaca
and j. N. Anderson of Delamar.
Searchlight has about perfect
ed plans for a Chamber of Com
merce and incorporation is being
talked of. The people of our
sister towns are hustlers and are
quick to boost any enterprise for
the advancement of their town.
Mr.. Kahn, of the firm of Kahn
& Brody, the enterprising Phoebe
dry goods merchants returned
from a purchasing trip East, this
week. Mr.. Kahn stated that he
succeeded in getting a large and
attractive stock of fall and win
ter goods which will arrive here
soon. Mr.. Kahn was accompan-
led on his return by his family,
who will remain in Phoebe for a
few weeks visiting before return
ing to their Salt Lake home.
E. Greenwood returned from
Los Angeles Wednesday. Green
wood was accompanied on his
returned by his daughters, Mrs.
Greenwood will follow in a few
days, having been detained. |
They will make Phoebe their
home for the present.
F. A. Waters, general right of
way and tax agent for the Salt |
Lake route. was in town Thurs
day transacting business con-
nected with his office.
Sheriff Smith was up from Cal
iente Tuesday, bringing with
him two more Mexicans, who are
charged with being implicated
in the robbery of the Caliente
Mercantile Co.'S. store at Cal
iente. From evidence now in
the hands of the officers, it is
thought that about fourteen
Mexicans were implicated in the
theft but up to the present time
only four have been appre-
hended.
VIM. F. Mills, a mining en-
gineer from Ely, Nevada, who
has been in Phoebe for the last
week, left for Goldfeld Thurs
day morning. Mills while in
Phoebe made an examination of
several properties, particularly
that owned by Judge Talbot, F.
w. Dickle and Judge Brown in
the Bristol District. Mills be-
lieyes this to be a country of
great possibilities whose advance
ment will be steady and per-
manent.
A contract has been let to w.
S. Couch for the construction Of
the building for the new county
Jail. Considerable difficulty was
encountered in. securing bidders
for this work and at the time
the first bids were called for
no one responded, and subse
quent date was set lfor their re
ception. Mr.. Couch's bid was
for the sum of $1294.5O. The
bidder to furnish all material
This being considered the cheap
est and best bid presented i
was ordered that the contract b,