The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-12-09
Nevada State News

John Monahsn aud T. F. Rowe. who
pleaded guilty 10 forgery committed at
Winnemucca, were each sentenced to
serve one year in the Nevada peni-
Tertiary.
Mike Mshon, a miner, was thrown out
OF a rig in Reno Monday night and had
both legs broken. He is now in q local
hospital and it will be some time before
he will be able to walk again.
Fred Magilton and Y. l.. Bauer, in
dicted and brought to trial at Ely OIL q
charge Of stealing a steer from Swallow
Brothers and killing it. we're acquitted
Saturday night by jury.
Appointments to West Point Military
Academy have been made by Congress-
man Roberts of Nevada as follows:
Principal, Thomas F. Mcdonald of Battle
Mountain; ~alternates, Howard Bryant
OF Elko, and James W. Rice of Ely.
Mae Long. q girl from the restricted
district OF Reno, is occupying a cell in
the City Jail awaiting trial on a charge
Of grand larceny. She is accused by
Kishan Singh, a Hindu from the West
ern Pacific, of having robbed him Of
5000.
The Tonopah Belmont Development
Company has declared its regular
quartely dividend Of % cents per share.
The amount to be paid through this
dividend will be $4,000, making a total
paid in dividends by this company of
81, 465 900.
The new quartz mill at Manhattan is
nearing completion and it is believed
that it will be ready to treat custom ore
shortly after the FIRST Of the year. As Q
dozen l~leasers are awaiting their turn at
the mill it means more bullion for the
Pine Tree camp.
The Southern Pacific Company is
making arrangements to have hotelmen
in Sparks feed and lodge its strike
breakers who are tired OF remaining
within the walls Of the company's reser-
walton. No trouble is expected between
the strikers and strikebreskers.
The well which was being sunk by the
State machine on the Raycraft ranch
e Carson, was stopped at a depth of
800 feet. The pipe had gone through
successive stratus of clay and qnickstsnd
but no flow was encountered. The we'll
will, however, make a good pump well.
DIR. T. F. Richardson, State Veterin-
arian. after inspecting all the hogs in
the Mason Valley. announces that there
is much hog cholera there at present, and
that more than 1000 hogs have died from
the disease this year. Action will be
taken to fight the spread of the disease.
While hunting birds, Bert Biddle and
Bryan Trevillian discovered the body of
Mrs. May Lewis lying in the brush near
Virginia City Thursday. The woman
had been dead for more than two days
and had died of exposure. She was
middle aged and had been seeking work
in that locality.
The smallpox situation at Seven
Troughs is entirely cleared up. the last
cases having been dismissed last satur-
day. There are no more suspects In the
camp. The last three cases were OF such
mild form that a great deal of doubt is
expressed as to whether they were really
smallpox.-Lovelock Miner.
Mrs. Charles III. Odds, wife of a local
Goldield business man. was run over by
a taxicab in that city Monday night
while returning from a wedding and was
seriously injured. One ear was nearly
torn off. her right leg was fractured in
two places, her scalp was torn and she
was otherwise injured. She saw the
taxi coming, but became be wildered and
ran in front Of it.
Reno's population at present, accord
ing to Charles Mcbride. who recently
compiled a directory for that city, is 49,
800. He places the population of Sparks.
Minden. Carson, Virginia CITY. Gardner
vile and Fsllon at 1850, giving q popu-
lation in towns and cities in this end Of
the State Of 10. 800. This is about one-
fourth of the entire population of the
State, the census having placed the pop
ulstion of the State at 81 1875.
Warden Ray Baker reports that the
work Of building the State road from
Reno to Carson with convict labor is
progressing rapidly and that it will be
finished in good time. He has had the
men rushing the work and at the same
time has been carefully watching to see
that it Is done in a frst-class manner.
At this time there are about 100 con.
victs working on the road, and so far