The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-10-23

lance OF IL miles from the place near NH
City. whereit takes out Of the Humboldt
river to . point nearly opposite Hum
ooldt House, where the large natural
reservoir sites are located, is o we'll
under way. and il is thought that by jan
nary, 1911, the ditch will be completed
in its entirety. The ditch will have d.
mansions OF 40 feet across top, % feet on
bottom. with average depth OF eight feet
The amount Of water this ditch will carry
will be vast. ample to carry the flood
waters OF the Humboldt any time.
J. r. Froberg, inventor OF q new kind
Of flying machine, has returned to Gold
field from Washington ID. c., where he
went to have his new aerial machine
patented and TO find capital with which
to build one Of them. He states that he
met a party Of wealthy men and engi-
neers in Chicago, and that they offered
him all the backing he needed after hear
ing Q description Of his invention and
looking over his plans and specifications.
The Western Pacific has i~nsugurated
a train service bet seen Elko and Winnie
mucca. Trains arrive On Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, departing on
alternate days. and connecting at Elko
with Salt Lake trains. The trains carry
a coach, but so far the passenger BUSH
ness has been almost exclusively confin-
ed to carrying company employees. Last
week four carloads of horses were ship
ped over the new line from Winnemrcca.
William Mcleod, . miner. was killed
in the Golden Prince mine at Phoebe last
Saturday night. falling Dearly 500 feet to
the bottom OF the shaft. Two other men
were in the bucket with Mcleod, and
when they we're within . short distance
OF the top the latter was stricken with
heart failure and dropped. Mcleod
worked in Utah and Montana camps be-
fore coming to Phoebe. He vas terribly
crushed by the fall, and when picked ny
his head was practically severed from his
body.
Thursday morning about 1880 O'Clock
William Lilly. foreman Of the concrete
work at the Las Vegas shops. was caught
by the rapidly revolving machinery OF
a concrete mixer on the site Of the rail
road cottages, receiving injuries from
which he died at 8 o'clock. In some
way his sleeve was caught, drawing his
left arm into the machine with such
force that il was torn from his body and
remained hanging in the cogs after the
machine was stopped. The unfortunate
man was whirled about with terrific
force, nearly all the ribs On the left side
being torn loose and his back was
broken.
Jim May, the liking" Of Nevada
gamblers, Saturday n~ight.opened his new
Palace gambling saloon in Reno, and the
opening was attended by about 300 people,
including many from San Francisco. The
building. with its equipment and furnish
ings, Is valued at more than $50. 900, and
and is on the location Of the old Palace
gambling den. The fact that Jim May
has sunk this much money into a build
ing for gambling purposes and that he
has opened it when The new Nevada anti
gambling law gives the gamblers only
another yesr in which to flourish, would
indicate that the gamblers intend t.
fight the anti-gsmbling bill next election
and expect to have it repealed or amend.
| ed 80 that it will not be effective.