The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-11-12

OhSoy Oounty Is gettlng 70 De quite
divorce center itself. Is or 30 "pstienI
walters" having recently taken up theil
residence within the city limits Of the
capital Of the State.
An epidemic Of scarlet fever ID
threatened amonethe school children si
McGill. White Pine County. Drastic
measures have been taken by the board
OF health to prevent the mslsiy from
spreading. Three cases OF scarlet fever
have been reported to the health officers.
Willie Smith, young boy Of Ely. was
killed through a peculiar accident few
DAYS ago. While climbing into buggy
his father was driving the team started
and the boy became entangled in the
fast revolving wheel. One leg Was 90
badly injured that amputasion was
necessary and the lad died from the ef-
fects Of the operation.
The Nevada Salt & Borax Co. of Fall
lon has been organized with capital stock
placed at $4,000, 900. to develop the salt
marshes in Carson sink. A railroad will
be built from the sink to Fallon. dis
tsnce of 80 miles. 1t Ia close corpora.
tion and already has q borax plant at
Jersey City. New Jersey, and one at
Santa Barbara, California.
Sardis Summerfeld, of Reno, a Re-
publican. and sam BeIford. OF Ely. q
Democrat, met at the Majestic Theater
in Reno Saturday evening before the
largest political gathering ever seen in
that city and debated political topics Of
the day. Scpreme Justice Frank H.
Norcross presided and the debate was
void of personalities. A special train
brought a number of politicians from
Carson City to hear the debate.
Information is reported to have been
received at Western Pacific headquarters
that the Southern Pacific Company has
had its track at ElkU, Nevada, connect
ing the Western Pacific and Southern
Pacific roads. torn up, cutting off the
interchange Of traffic and preventing the
use Of two lines easterly from that point
1t is said the traffic war between these
two roads has reached very bitter stage.
As the investigation Of the books Of
| City Clerk Christie of Reno by Claims
Superintendent Pickard Of the National
Surety Company progresses the scandal
becomes worse and the defalcation is
constantly growing. As a result OF this
inves igation. Deputy City Clerk A. F..
Cunningham has been arrested and re-
leased on $1,000 bonds. He is accused Of
forgery, and probably will be charged
with embezzement.
The new opera house built and pre-
sented to the town OF Winnemucca by
Senator George S. Nixon is to have q
new heating plant installed. The present
hot air plant has never given satisfac-
tion. it being found impossible to heat
the building during cold weather. Dur
ing the Senator's recent visit to Winnie
mucca he gave orders to secure some
competent authority on heating, and
after the best system had been decided
upon, to have q new heating plant in
stalled.
The Nevada Supreme Court has hand
ed down a volumious decision in the
case of Sherman VS.. the Southern Pacific
Company wherein judgment was
rendered the plaintiff for damages re-
ceived. The decision was by Justice
Sweeney. was concurred in by the other
judges and covers every question that
could possibly arise in damage case. 1t
holds that company must give to its
passengers the highest degree of care
and is liable for the slightest injury that
the highest degree of human prudence
and foresight could avoid.
Death Valley Scotty, who was chris
tened Walter Scott, was in Reno the
other day, and although he vas not
spending much money and was not
making things hum as he usually does
when he reaches Reno, he had some
samples Of rich ore with him that will
run as high a. $4,000 to the ton. He
declares that he has uncovered new
bsnanza in Humboldt County, and that
he is on his way to Vallejo. California.
where he has deal pending in regard
to this property that will make the min
ing world sit up and take notice.
Scotty is dressed roughly. as usual but
seems to be poorly supplied with coin.
Frank Jennings. aged 20. q repairman
on rolls at the McGill concentrstor, near
Ely. was injured by fall on Saturday
afternoon and died Of hemorrhage Of the
brain at 8 p. m. OF the same day on the
operating table at the Steptoe hospital.
The accident is attributed to the care
lessness OF other repairmen who we're
working on Temporary staging higher
up. As they were moving the staging,
part Of 1t got away from them and
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