The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-05-20

The flood waters OF Mary's river ana
Hank creek, north of Deeth, Elko
County, estimated at lao. 900 acre feet,
are to be conserved and so. 900 acres Of
arid land will be reclaimed.
Ben Mason, q negro, claiming to be a
minister of the African Methodist
Church, is under arrest at Reno on a
charge of stealing from the home OF
Archdeacon Hazlett Of that city.
1t is doubtful if there is another city
on the coast that has the natural gravity
pressure on it's water mains as in Vir-
Sinia City. At q fire last week it re-
quired eight men to hold the nozzle OF
one line of hose In moving from
point to another.
According to information received
the trouble between the Western Pacl-
fc and its employees has been salts
factorily settled and there will be no
walkout. While official information is
lacking it is said that the Dien were
granted an increase Of about 80 per
cent.
+. NJ. Smith, better known as
s'Borax" Smith, has secured complete
control of the rich Halifax mines in
Tonopah. and the work Of developing
the same to a greater extent will com
mence Immediately. The present SHAFT
will be enlarged to three compartments
and much underground work will be
done.
A young woman giving her name
only as June" was brought to Win
from Lovelock. where she had
lived in the haif-world for several
months, and died in the hospital there
Sunday night of opium poisoning. She
would not make o statement. and it is
thought that she took the opium with
suicidal intent, as she had quarreled
with her lover.
The explosion of q coal oil stove in
the home of John L. Godfrey OF Vir-
giniA City Monday night resulted in
the destruction of the house and its
contents. The stove had been used for
cooking, and after the evening meal
the fame had been turned down and
the members of the family had gone
into another part Of the house.
j. II. McMnrray. a former stock
broker of Ely. has been indicted by the
White Pine County Grand Jury on u
charge of embezzlement. 1t is charged
that the defendant received from Oscar
Palmquist on December 8. 1910. a check
for e65, which was to be used for the
purchase of Giroux stock. and that he
appropriated the same to his own use.
William q. Allen, who oeme to Reno
10 secure a divorce, his wife living in
Indianapolis, has been notified thai the
wife beat him to it by getting a divorce
after his departure eight months ago.
Allen lost no time in summoning
Margaret G. Coulter from San Fran
cisco and was married to her by
Justice Davis. after which the pair
went to San Francisco.
Mrs. M. Ellison and another woman
whose name has not been given. were
arrested at Ely on a charge of whole
sale shoplifting. The women had
entered three stores and had carried
away in their clothing valuable goods.
The stolen articles were found in their
rooms after their arrest. Poverty drove
them to the act, and they were re-
leased on paying small fines.
A Tonopsh paper some time ago
printed q rumor that D. Mckenzie. he
of the Frances Mohawk fame in the
leasing days at Goldfeld. has secured
an option ON sufficient Goldfield Con.
stock to control the enterprise. But
this has drawn from George Wing.
field . denial 10 which he says that he
expects to be in the mining game at
Goldfeld a. long 10 there is q Goldfeld.
The Justice OF the Peace Of Yering.
sou has transformed q former faro table
into his bar Of justice and now hands
out his decisions yer the time worn
table in . manner which gives satisfac-
ton to at least one Of the parties of
every case. Many Of the men who sp-
pear before the bar recognise the table