The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-18
State News From Exchanges

trains have exceeded this rate OF speed
for certain portions OF the distance be-
tween Sparks and Carlin, bat an average
rate Of so miles per hour for the entire
distance, according to railroad men. has
never been maintained heretofore.
Creditors are making an effort to re-
organize the Sullivan Trust Company.
which went down with q crash about
two years ago, and helped to carry sew
eral banks down with il. The creditors
of the company are of the opinion that
some Of the properties are Of great value.
The company was largely interested at
Mahattan, at Fairview and in the Lou
Dillon and Silver Pick Extension at
Goldfeld.
The bottom lie said to have fallen out
OF Lucky Boy, the camp near Hawthorne.
Seventy men we're let out Saturday night
in that camp. Some OF the leasers have
suspended operations. Lucky Boy is the
mine that Johnny Miller, one Of our
boys at Hawthorne, was offered $780,
900 for when it was first discovered. A
good deal Of money has been taken
out Of the mine, but several hundred
thousand dollars lees than was offered
for it.-Elko Independent.
Charles E. Coe and Thomas b. Coe,
brothers. who took up land on the
Truckee-Carson irrigation project. have
been notified that the General Land Of
fee has re~considered the ~canceling of
their claims, and that they may still hold
the land. Their appeal was made on
April Is, 1909. They showed that they
had not received water when it was
promised to them and that therefore their
first payment should have been delayed.
It is possible that others who had their
| claims cancelled will be reinstated.
Despondent because the woman he
had called his wife had left him and
gone to Rawhide, where she is said to be
living with another man, R. w. Butler,
a Reno gambler, went to his room We'd
nesdaymorning and swallowed potassium
cyanide. He died in a few minutes, but
he was not found until Wednesday
night. Coroner Davis was summoned
and found a note written by the deceas-
ed reading. "Sadie. You have thrown me
down." This is all there is to tell the
sorrows of this man.
The work of the gold dredger in Ell
Dorado Canyon has proved such q sue
cess that the Colorado River Dredging
Company has ordered another big
dredger and intends to put it into opera
ton in Vegas wash, one of the richest
canyons near Las Vegas, Clark County.
It is reported that this dredger will
handle 5000 yards of dirt per day, and
will save most of the values. The people
Of Las Vegas are encouraging this work.
as they believe it will mean much for the
camp. unless the dirt from the ~dredgers
is washed down into the valleys and in
jures the farms.
Governor Dickerson, Attorney Gene
raj Stoddard and Secretary Of State
Douglas are looking for a site for the
new Nevada penitentiary, an appropri-
alton for which was made by the last
Legislature. The three officials named
by the Legislature to purchase this site
inspected several on Saturday. The
law provides that the site shall be in
Ormsby County and that it shall con.
sist Of more than 100 acres of agricul.
tural land with plenty of water for ir-
rigation purposes. Attorney General
Stoddard states that the Commission
will purchase a site of several thousand
acres and that farm products will be
raised On the land by the prisoners for
all the State institutions. He also states
that all beef and dairy products will be
provided by the prison farm.