Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1908-04-04
FROM over NEVADA
Items of Interest Culled
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Goldfeld is now the proud possessor
ola national bank.
The Nevada State police are after
o,;um smokers in and about Reno.
strike of high-grade gold rock has
heeu made at Cloverdale, Nye county.
Thomas Hannigan, a pioneer pros
,ector of Churchill county, died there
recently.
One hundred thousand dollars has
heeu subscribed for a water system to be
installed at Rawhide.
Robbers entered the postoffice at Raw
hide last Saturday afternoon and looted
the cash registered mail.
The Italian car, second in the race to
Paris. passed through Goldheld last Sun
day on the way to San Francisco.
TR. Hofer of Carson has been APP
pointed to the position of Bank Exam
liner made vacant by the resignation of
w. II. Miller OF Elko.
Several Fallon. Churchill county, cap
italsts are at the head OF project to
build railroad from Fallon to Rawhide
and later on branch off to FaiTview.
The Buffers company have taken a
lease on the Chollar groupings at Vir-
GINA City and propose to work them in
their Sixmile Canyon cyanide works.
A deal involving many millions is
under way at Olinghouse, Washoe county,
whereby the control of prominent mines
in that district will pass into the hands
OF eastern people.
A company working the waste dumps
OF the old Lincoln mines, near Berlin,
Nye county, cleaned up in a three-days
run $500 in gold and silver and so per
ton in copper ore.
Sheriff Phil K. Smith of Lincoln
county has been acquitted of the murder
of his brother, the trial having been held
a few days since at Phoebe. There was
absolutely no ground for his arrest.
The report circulated recently that
bandits had held up and robbed min
ing promoter near Rawhide OF S47 900
in gold, is declared by Captain Cox of
the Nevada State Police. and the deputy
sherihs at Rawhide. to be a rank fake.
w, +. Armstrong, a recent arrival
from Wyoming and with the reputation
Of being bad man. was shot and killed
by W. II. Carter in self-defense at Win
nemucca last Sunday. Both men were
gamblers, and the trouble arose over a
game Of cards.
Recent discoveries in the neighbor
hood of Mono lake. CAL. have shown
the presence OF oil. At depth OF $50
feet large body of seepage was en-
eoun,ered and in such quantity as to
prove good pumping we'll. -Four oil
rigs are OH the road to the fields.
II is reported that secret service men
have been sent from Washington TO in
vestigate the alleged misrepresentation
made about certain Nevada mining
camps by promotion companies. The
work is being prosecuted very quietly by
the postal authorities and all facts relat-
ing to the matter are being kept quiet.
Captain Jim, the aged chief OF the
Washoe Indians, has been soliciting cor
tributions from the younger members of
MS tribe for several weeks past. lie
expects to raise enough money to enable
him to visit Washington and lay petit
ton before the government for the car
ing of the old Indians of his tribe. He
bears letters of commentator from many
State officials.
George w. Place of Reno is looking
Tor $50 women to settle in new colony
TO be started on new cooperative plan
on an island south of Honolulu. In this
new colony, it is stated, that women will
make and enforce all laws. They then
Will have complete control of the new
government and will be allowed to say
under what conditions men will be al
lowed to visit the isle.