Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1908-04-11
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w II Carter, who killed II. S. Arm
,,rorg at Winnemucca, has been exon
Grated.
Edward L. Gilman, an accountant OF
roronah committed suicide at that place
last Sunday.
pnev Grammar, the well known race
track plunger, died at Rawhide last week
from pneumonia.
Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco
will make the commencement address at
the university in June.
plans are being laid and preliminary
s,e,s taken for the construction of Gus
tom mill at Ramsey.
A w. Riley, one of the best known
cat,lemen of the State, died at his home
a, Santa Rosa. Cal, last Friday week of
old age.
The Postal Telegraph company has
engineers in Nevada with view to es-
tablishing system of their service in
this State.
Fred Skinner who was convicted of
the murder OF Mona Bell at Tonopah,
has been sentenced to a life term in the
State prison.
Within the next few weeks 5000 en-
ployes will be added to the construction
crews working on the Western Nevada
railroad in Nevada.
Governor John Sparks. who has been
sick 70. some time, will shortly go to
California with the hope that the change
will benefit his health.
Jumbo Miner is the name of new pa
per published in the mining camp OF
that name in Washoe COUNTY. G.. l..
Sanford and W. 7. Harrington are the
publishers.
1t has been suggested by the Reno
Gazette to the Nevada Commercial
League to give a water festival on the
Truckee this coming Fourth OF July in
stead OF a carnival.
c. II. Day, personal representative of
Governor Johnson OF Minnesota in his
fight for the Democratic nomination for
the presidency, has been in Reno for sew
eral DAYS framing up a scheme to secure
,e Nevada delegates for Johnson.
The miners OF the GoldfelI district
last Thursday by a vote OF ~ to Is, de-
oded to call off the strike which for sew
eral months has tended to paralyze the
industrial progress of the camp, and to
start to work wherever employment was
offered at the Tonopah scale OF wages.
The Colorado company which owns the
Nugget claim in Olinghouse canyon has
ir some time been experimenting with
dry washers on the property, and have
MT with such success that two S0-ton
machines have been ordered for the pur-
pose OF extracting values from the ore.
Albert l.. Minor, formerly of Reno,
has been arrested III San Francisco, and
is charged with robbing the postofiice at
sparks. Wells Fargo detectives were
also after him, claiming that he was re-
Sponsible for the theft of $1,000 from
Their express wagon at Reno few weeks
ago.
Borax Smith, who has had practically
'he monopoly OF the borax output in the
onitei States, is about to have competi-
uon' A new concern, to be known as
the Sterling Borax Co, is about to take
over the borax fields of Ventura county,
Ch., and open factories in different parts
OF the United States. Smiths mines are
in Death Valley.
The commissioner OF the general land
once has issued instructions to registers
ana receivers Of land offices relative to
'he recently enacted law providing for
making second desert land entries. The
law permits any person who has lost or
forfeited or abandoned prior desert
iand entry to make second entry as
'nough the former entry Lad not been
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