The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-09-24
Nevada State News

A conviction under the ~anti-gambling
law means a year in the ~penitentiary, so
those having raffies will have to pull
them off not later than midnight Of
October 1.
The net earnings of the Tonopah
Belmont mine for August. made public
on Saturday, were $211 $50. represent
ing shipments Of Z, 4O3 tons Of ore. This
is a new record for the company.
1t is stated that Theodore Bell, candi-
date for Governor Of California, Is to take
part in the Democratic campaign in Ne
vada.snd in all probability will accept an
invitation to deliver the irst speech Of
the campaign in Reno.
A lake of black bituminous shale has
been discovered IN Nevada. just where
it is located the finders will not say at
present, for they have not completed
their locations. but they say it is several
miles both in width and length and that
it is close to one of the lines Of railroad
crossing the State.-Reno Gazette.
John H. Farmer, the mail clerk who
was q short time ago arrested in Sparks
on a charge of stealing registered pack
ages and other mail, has pleaded guilty
to the charge, and has been sentenced
by Judge Harrington and will SOM time
this month be taken to the Federal
prison at McNeil's Island to serve q
three-year term.
Mrs. J. o. Decker, who has resided
at Lane City near Ely, White Pine
County. for the past four years, was
taken suddenly i'll at Cleveland Greek.
about 25 miles east or Ely Thursday Of
last week with a fainting spell and died a
few moments after in her husbands
arms. 1t is thought her death was due
to heart failure.
B. H.. Klink, a steam shovel operator
in the employ Of the Nevada Consoli-
dated Company at Copper Flat near Ely
was shot and MORALLY wounded there
by o. B. Nelson. a bartender, early
Sunday morning. According to the de-
tails published in the Expositor the
murder was u~nprovoked and q cold
blooded affair.
Chris Weber. who was arrested at
McGill on suspicion Of being one Of the
bandits who held up the Ely gambling
house last week. has proved that he was
not q member Of the gang Of robbers,
and has been dismissed from custody.
When arrested he had over $1,000 in his
possession, but was able to show where
he got all Of it. He was on his way to
Utah when arrested. No trace Of the
robbers has been found.
A special train of 25 cars last veek left
Ely for Baltimore with 1850 tons of cop
per produced by the local mines and
smelters. This is the largest shipment
Of copper ever made from the State Of
Nevada. The copper was reduced by
the Steptoe Smelling and Mining Com
pany at McGill, and each car Of q train
25 carried so tons of the metal. At
Baltimore it will be refined, the gold wifi
be extracted from it. and the copper will
then be in shape for commercial uses.
George Perkins and wife and Sam
Rosenthal and wife, all Of Reno, very
narrowly escaped death in the quick
sands OF the t~reacherous Reese river a
day or two ago while en- route to Austin
by automobile. They attempted to ford
the river. which is shallow at this season
of the year. and had gotten we'll out into
the stream when the auto stuck in the
sand and began to go under. The &c
cupants hurriedly left it and made their
way to the shore with great difficulty
and danger. The automobile sank out
Of sight in the quicksand. and no trace of
it has been found since. Attempts will
be made to recover it.