The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-07-06
Nevada State News

The Tonopah Mining Company after
this will shut down Sundays, running
only six days each week.
Rates on excess baggage on the
Southern Pacific lines have been cut
down one-half, beginning July |.
The tax roll Of White Pine County
will this year show an increase OF a
million dollars more in valuation than
last year.
Cartoonist Buell.. formerly with the
Tonopah Sun and whose work is among
the best in the country. has accepted a
position with the Reno Gazetts.
The body of 15.year-old Harry Sifford,
who mysteriously disappeared at Fall
lon, has been found at Saltwater, over
Is miles from where he went in bath
ing.
According to figures complied by the
Government the average yield of grain
to the acre in Carson Valley is tons.
while it gives alfalfa as five tons to the
acre.
TEX" Cockrell was freed at his pre-
liminary trial in Winnemucca Tuesday
for the killing of NJ. Z. Jacobs at Tip
top, the court rendering a decision that
the shooting vas justiiable.
Messrs. Dalton & Clifford have sold
their interest in the Reveille Publishing
Company of Austin. Nevada, to Lester
w. Haworth and associates, who took
possession of the business July l.
1t is estimated that the registration
in Gold6eld for the election this Fall
will amount to about $500 names. AT
its next meeting the board of county
commissioners will subdivide the town
into voting districts.
The United States Geological Survey
has a force Of engineers at work cover
ing the State from Lander north to the
Oregon and Idaho lines preparatory to
issuing a complete Typographical map
of the State of Nevada.
A fire broke out in the business sec.
ton OF Verdi Tuesday morning and be.
fore it was under control 800, 900 worth
Of property went up in smoke. The
fire is supposed to be the work of an
incendiary, a the towns fire hose was
found cut in several places.
The Tonopah Mining Co. has de.
clared q quarterly dividend of 25 cents
a share. The company suspended divi.
dend payments a year ago, up to which
time dividends had been paid at the
rate Of 100 per cent annually. the par
value Of the stock being 81 a share.
The State Police have been recalled
from Rawhide by Governor Dickerson,
because as he stated in an interview
there is nc further occasion for the
presence Of the force there. He is also
credited with the statement that the
force is to be greatly reduced. Head.
quarters will bs maintained at Carson.
At San Francisco on June 90 the Fed.
eral Grand Jury returned an indict-
ment against the Southern Pacific Com.
pany containing 10 counts, charging
the railroad company with Relating in
connection with shipments from Ne.
vada for the Pine Box and Lumber
Company. A similar indictment con.
tanning the same number of counts also
was returned against the Pine Box and
Lumber Company for accepting re.
bates.
The residents of Goldfield are keeping
cool at a small expense at the present
time owing to a fight being waeed by
two rival ice companies. A Los An
geles firm got busy and cut the rate on
ice aud the National Ice Company, a
Goldfeld concern, went them n bet
ter with the result that ice has dropped
from $50 to $50 per ton. Both CON-
panies state they are out to win and the
Goldfelder wears the smile that won't
come off,
Anna Blundell. Lee has been decl AIRED
to be the surviving wife of John Lee,
the wealthy Wadsworth merchant.
who died several months ago. leaving
IN estate v~ariously estimated at from
$500. 900 to $500. 900 in Nevada and
California. and it was ordered that she
should be entitled to share in the estate
in Nevada and to act as administrative
over property in this State valued at
$44,4 50. this being the appraised value
of the estate in Nevada.
A fight is on between the Goldfeld
Consolidated merger and the Nat Q.
Goodwin Company of Reno. the merger
people making bold the assertion that
they will break the latter company and
put them forever out of existence.
Graham Rice. a partner of Goodwin in
the brokerage company. has been short
ing the market and the merger people
are now going to make him cover his
losses at the market price Of the stock
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