The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-02-13

JO0n MlthsHs = PAonoo
Elko County. passed aw ay suddenly -
LAmoills Valley on Tuesday. He was
81 year, Of age.
The Nevada Board Of Psrdons IN
special session Wednesday commuted
the death sentence Of John Dclan. the
Evhe County murderer. to life imprison'
msnke
The rsennts Of the Nevada Univer-
sily have khan steps to demand an In
vsstieanon 6f ths charger printed In
she Carson Appeal regarding that in
S<itutton.
J.. B. Doe. the miner who was ar
rsstod for burglaring the postofice at
TsdS>o. Lander County. has been hela
to ape before the United States
Grand Jury.
Goldfeld. Nevada. has been selected
for holding the 1909 session Of the
American Mining Congress. the direct
ors having made formal announcement
20 that effect.
The Gazette says that special Inter
nal Revenue officers are in Reno ex
amining the goods in grocery stores to
zee IL they were put up according to
the Pure Food law.
The Carson City assay office ranks
third in the United States for the
mount of money deposited during the
past year. The amount was $1,07l.-
OS0.6 Seattle ranks first and Helena
second.
Joe Donahue. . pioneer newspaper
man Of Cripple Greek and Goldheld.
and well known az one Of the ablest
mining writers in the West. is dead in
Gold6eld Of pneumonia, after an illness
Of one week.
Governor Dickerson has ~reappointed
II. #. Bartine as head Of the Nevada
Railroad Commission. The appoint
ment is for three years. Bartine has
acted a. Chairman Of the Commission
for the past two years.
The Southern Pacific Company has q
force Of men building q hotel at the
depot at Carlin. Its completion is
looked forward to with keen pleasure
by the railroad boys. They expect to
have IL open for business April l.
The new ice house of the Southern
Pacific at Carlin 10 about completed.
and Ice 10 being shipped in from
Truckee and Boca to I'LL it, as the ice
pond just east Of the town was not
completed in time to enable the COM
pany "a gather ice this Winter.
The boom at the new camp OF Pho
neer. between Gold6eld and Rhyolite,
in Nye County. is greater than that OF
Rawhide, considering the difficulty in
reaching the camp. Lots that could
have been purchased two weeks ago for
500 are now selling for $1,000. and
there are 30 many people in the camI
that many are unable to secure sleeping
Accommodations.
The report of surveyor.G General
Deadly has been submitted. It shows
that Nevada has H. S7. 900 acres of
land. Of which over 20. 900. 900 10 agri.
cultural. The report 10 filed with all
sorts Of information a. to land in Ne.
vada. the Federal and State laws in
relation to location, and other valuable
data that makes Il one Of the best re-
ports ' . put ont Of the land Office.
Bat for her steel corset stays Edith
HnfRaksr. wife OF DR.. Huffaker Of Gar.
son. would have been killed by . mad
densd bull. Mrs. Huffaker was walk
ing along : oountry road Q a the city
. day Or 20 aGo with Mrs. Gardner and
. little girl. when the bull rushed at
her and tossed her over q six.foot fence
into . ditch. The horns Of the bull
struck Mrs. Hufftaker in the side, but
failed to penetrate. the steel corset
stays protecting her.
George Venerable. an aged resident
Of Carson who some years ago left
Carson City with more than 800, 900 in
his possession and went to San Fran.
cisco. declaring to his Nevada friends
that he intended to be the king Of the
San Francisco stock exchange. was on
Tuesday found dead in a cloak room Of
the Briggs Hotel at Carson. 1t is be.
lieved that he died Of heart disease.
On his body was found q silver divin-
ing rod. about $40 in gold and some
stock certificates.
At . mass meeting Of the farmers Of
the Humboldt Valley, held at Lovelock.
the farmers voted to form q company
for the purpose Of building q large
reservoir for the conservation of the
waters Of the Humboldt for irrigation
during the dry season, when the Hum
boldt river Is very low. Nearly every
farmer in~thss~ portion Of the State has
agreed to back the company BY pur-
chasing stock. On the recommends.
ton Of State Engineer +. 4. Nicholas.
the reservoir viii be built near Hum
bol5t House.