The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-05-13

The state prison was 90 successful IN
rsnching last year and raising 400 tons
Of alfalfa with prison labor that the
acreage is to be increased this year.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Bray has just returned to Gar
son from an extended trip Of Southern
Nevada and reports conditions in that
section Of the State in . most flourish
ing condition.
Nevada gypsum is being used as q
fertilizer in the orange land Of southern
California where it brings a price Of
nine dollars per ton. It is mixed with
manure and spread upon the lands prior
to blowing and cultivation.
A pumping system is to be installed
at Winnemucca to supply that town
with water by the corporation now
doing business. It is proposed to put
in . plant hat will furnish about .
million and . half gallons per day.
There is an auto rate war on between
she route men between Tonopah and
Manhattan. The fare has peer cut
from $40 TO 80. This sounds pretty
good to the people out that way who
have been used to almost buying .
machine for the run between the two
camps.
William Phelps, a young man who
has been serving q term in the Nevada
Penitentiary for robbery, was released
Tuesday, but was arrested as he stepped
from the portals Of the prison. He has
been taken to San Francisco, where he
will be tried for deserving from the
United States Army. He was sent to
prison for robbing . companion in
Carson.
The body Of Mrs. Charles Jones. the
second Of the unfortunate women who
lost their ives last Winter by the burst
ing of the Hobart creek dam, was found
last week about five or six hundred
yards below the point where the house
stood. The body was encased in ice
and snow and was in good condition.
The remains were taken to Carson for
interment.
Frank O'Brien. . sheepman on the
Pyramid Indian Reservation, states
that his herders recently discovered the
buried carcasses OF four horses. and
there is a suspicion that the owners of
the horses were also murdered, as the
graves Of the animals are close to the
trail of Indian Mike and his renegades.
who committed numerous d~epredations
aud were slain later by posses. Search
failed to reveal any human bodies, bat
is Is feared they will yet be found.
j F. TANNER, one OF the men ac-
cused Of the murder Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jean Quillici at Inlay, is now confined
in the Washoe County Jail Trainer
had his case transferred from Winnie
mucca, on the ground that he could not
secure q fair and impartial trial in
Humboldt County. Nimrod Uric, the
other man charged with the crime, was
convicted in Humboldt County and
sentenced TO die.
OF the 40 young men who passed the
entrance examinations TO the United
States Naval Academy. out Of the $50
who had received appointments. are
two Reno boys. John Lusk and Winfred
II. A. Pike, Jr. both Of Reno. Lusk
il q Freshman in the University Of Ne
vada and came to this State five years
ago, Pike is sou of the late Judge
w. II. A. Pike and is at present at
tending the Reno High school, He is
. native of Nevada.
The Western Nevada Miner states
that several large deposits Of phosphate
and nitrates have been found within 80
miles of Nina. The matter has been
kept quiet for some time and recently
large tracts have been located by East
srn people who were made wise. II the
statement il all that Is claimed for the
discovery il will prove equal TO . dozen
mines and result in . lot Of money being
made and spent in that section of
Nevada.