The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-06-03

The Directors OF the Goldneld Con
solidated Mines Company held their
quarterly meeting at GoIdheld May %,
and declared dividend number 12. for 80
cents per share.
Lem Allen, late Lieutenant-G Governor
OF Nevada, is authority for the state
ment that the present season Is the
latest in 81 years residence in Nevada,
while last year was the most forward.
He predicts q big grain crop aud a
shortage OF alfalfa.
The Overland Hotel. Pollard g.
O'Neill's saloon, Frank Metznorf's
restaurant. the Happy Hour theater and
the Red Front clothing store were
burned at Las Vegas May "a The fire
started in the hotel kitchen. There was
practically no insurance.
Two miners giving the names Of Herf
and Burner are in Jail at Tonopah on q
charge Of attempting to kill Edward
Achimovich, another miner. for jump
ing their claim. They shot at Achimo-
vich and the bullets passed through his
clothing but did not iojure him.
Winnemucca Star: The Combination
saloon has taken out a license for run
ming o dance hall. This is the first
regularly licensed dance hall that has
ever been conducted in Winnemucca.
The license required to be paid for run
ming q dance hall is g.. 1000 a year.
George Bach, an engineman in the
Southern Pacific shops at Sparks was
painfully and seriously burned Satur-
day night while working on an engine
in the railroad yards. A steam cap
blew of and the blast of steam shot in
his face scalding him badly and iDjar-
ing one eye.
Attorney General Baker has given
an opinion on the eight-hour law, on
strung it to mean that miners must
work eight hours. exclusive of meal
time. He in~terprets the law to mean
that watchmen cannot be required to
be on duty for more than eight hours
out Of the "a.
Prominent Salt Lake bankers are to
purchase the stock owned by the late
A. Borlaud in the first National Bank
of Lovelock. AS soon as the proper
Court order can be secured, all OF this
stock will be turned over by the Ad-
ministrator to the prospective pur-
chasers, when a reorganization in part
OF the affairs of the bank will take place.
J. H. McMurray, formerly Secretary
OF the Herric-K KERN Investment Com
pany, was, after a sensational trial,
CONVICTED of embezzlement at Ely. He
was found guilty of having embezz ed
$3.50 belonging to Oscar Palmquis',
which had been given to him to invest
for Palmquist McMurray was former
ly u prominent and wealthy man in
Ely.
The Nevada Supreme Court has set
the cases Of Springmeyer VS.. Baker. and
Josephs VS.. Legate. relative to the con
tests in the late election. for June 12 as
a date on which the answer to the de-
urrer will be heard. Should the
answer to the demurrer be sust lined
the Court will then name the day and
date when the disputed ballots will be
counted.
Tonopah Bonanza: About 80 miles
FROM Tonopah and in Nye County is a
mine that the world hears little about.
The estate belongs to the Clifords and
is at Glendale. the scene Of a big rush
Two years ago. IL is q poor mans mine
in every sense of the word. Daring the
past year only one man has been at
work steady, aud it is claimed by those
in close touch with the property that it
has produced $45. 900 in that time.
A bronze bust. modelled by Mrs.
Maude Sparks-McKenzie of San Fran
cisco, daughter of the late Governor
John Sparks, has bsen placed over his
tomb in the Masonic cemetery at Reno.
This bust is a fine piece Of work and is
q perfect resemblance of Nevada's
former Governor. IL stands on a tall
pedestal of cement and can be seen from