The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-09-03
FORTIETH YEAR
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910.
Nevada State News

The business house OF A. w. Arthur
at CarIiu burned Thursday night. Loss
$1,000.
The Elk saloon and lodging hous at
Caliente burned Sunday afternoon
Loss $4,000.
]. q. Young of Wabuska is the only
candidate in Lyon County at the
primary election. He is running for
member OF the county board OF education
Latest computations place the vote
OF Nevada at the coming election at w.
600. Using this as a basis the present
census should show a population OF at
least 100, 900.
H. Pohle, manage of the Reno branch
OF the Rainier Brewing Company, has
been arrested on a warrant sworn to by
the Surety company. The defendant is
charged with embczzlipg $500 from the
brewing company.
The Consolidated Mining Company OF
Goldfeld has declared another dividend
of 50 cents a share or a quarterly dis
bursement of $1,779, 574. This is the
ninth dividend that the company has
paid making a total amount OF $ll ,027,14
A. A. Heer, a Reno attorney, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Justice of the
Supreme Court. He will be an oppon-
ent of Judge Norcross, who previously
had no opposition.
Christ Thanos, president of the Greek
community for Nevada and one of the
most influential members of the Greek
colony in the Ely district. disappeared
from there Friday, leaving unpaid debts
among his fellow c%ountrymen aggregat-
ing $1,000. Faro bank was the cause OF
his trouble.
A large bridge on the line of the Ne
vada Northern Railroad burned out at
Greene's station late last week, and
passengers bound from Crbre to Ely had
to cross the space on the unburned por-
tons of the bridge and ride into Ely in
the caboose OF a freight train. The
bridge was 100 feet long,
1t is asserted that the sun OF $65, 900
in 10 and 20 dollar bills was shipped out
of Reno last Saturday evening and is
now being distributed through the
ounties along the line OF the railroad.
This money it is said will be used to
purchase votes at the primary election
to further the interests of certain can
didates.
Two masked men entered the South
ern Pacific depot at Lovelock Saturday
morning and held up the telegraph
operator, Stepnosk by name, then rob-
bed the Office of SIS. The operator was
forced to accompany the robbers a mile
down the road before he was released
and allowed to return to his station.
Detectives are working on the case.
A couple of tourist printers were the
first to beat their way on one OF the new
Western Pacific trains and, as they
alighted from the pilot OF the engine,
were arrested at Elko. They were
promptly released by the Judge when
he learned Of the high honor they had
attained, and discharged them from
custody. They were promptly grabbed
by the proprietor of the Free Press,
who was short OF help.
More than 100 sheep belonging to D
G. Wheeler Of Reno drank from a pool
OIL the county road near the Old English
mill, a short distance northeast OF Sparks
Saturday, and soon died from poisoning
Later it developed that the pool contain
ed a cyanide solution discharged from
the cyanide tanks in the mill. Wheeler
will have an investigation made by the
county physicians and will have the
Commissioners sbate the nuisance.
The Reveille Land and Irrigation
Company, Lander County, which owns
170, 900 acres OF land in the Reveille Val.
ley. has recently brought a drilling plant
in from California, which they will in
stall at once for the purpose of ascertain
ing if arteslan water can be secured in
that section. The experiment Of this
company will be watched with interest,
for if it prove successful it will not only
make a garden spot of the Reveille Val
ley, but it will lead to the experiments
ton for water in other sections of west
ern Nevada, where the prospects OF
obtaining an artesisn flow are just as
good as in the Reveille.