The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-08-12

the state treasury
There are nos approximately 800 en-
pIoyees connected with the Southern
! Pacific It Sparks This includes all
tr.inmen, shopmen. section men and
construction men.
All the Labor Unions OF the state have
arranged ! o celebrate Labor Day in Vir-
ginis City this year and the Virginia
people are preparing TO make il the big
gest celebration OF the kind ever held in
Nevada.
Patrick Casey, who is to be hanged in
a few days in the Nevada ~Penitentiary, 10
a physical wreck and he will have to be
carried to the gsllows unless be recovers
very rapidly. Only Is invitations will
be issued to witness the execution.
The Western Pacific Company is hav-
ing an Oakland company drill a we'll
near its round house in Elko in an effort
to secure artesisn water for its engines
and for other purposes. II this well is a
success and an artesian flow is struck.
the farmers OF that locality will have
wells bored for irrigation purposes.
The Salt Lake Telegram says that
thinning in Nevada this year, in the
point Of production, has been very sue
c~essful. The camps that sprung into
existence from ak to eight years ago
have been brought up to a state Of ef-
hciency never equalled before in the his
tory of the State. with the exception OF a
few years during the bonanza days Of the
Comstock."
There is no bubonic plague among the
rodents OF Nevada. California experts
sent to this State to examine the squir-
rels, field mice and gophers for traces Of
the plague have been unable to find it.
So far the California experts have ex-
amined squirrels and gophers in Doug.
las and 0rmsby Counties, and not a
trace Of plague has been found. 1t Is
believed that the Nevada rodents are so
far free from disease.
The Carson Appeal says that Monday
morning a force OF prints was put to
work in the State Printing Office where
they will be employed for the next few
months. The work now in hand is the
printing and binding Of the Statutes Of
Nevada as compiled and arranged by the
Code Commission. 1t will be quite q
job, as it includes all laws Of Nevada.
nov in force and those passed at the last
session and to take effect in 1912.
The case OF the Nevada California
Power Company against the First Ma
tional Bank Of Rhyolite is now ons trial
in the Federal Cont in Carson before
Judge Harrington. The power company
is suing for a deposit in the defunct
bank, claiming that the bank was insol-
VEN for a long time prior to its closing.
The first National Bank Of Rhyolite is
one OF the banks in which o. J.. Smith,
now under indictment in Eureka County,
was interested.
The recently incorporated Valley View
Land and Water Company Of searchlight
is planning to reclaim a vast area OF
desert land in Southern Nevada and in.
cluded in the project will be 20, 900 acres
of land in Piute Valley, close to the
town Of Searchlight The company is
capitalized at 81. 800, 900 and has plenty
of money to carry out the project. Much
OF the land will be irrigated by means OF
artesian wells. The land is to be Gu IT,
waited and distributed under the provi-
sions OF the Carey Act.
The Postal Savings Bank in Goldfeld
has a better record than any other postal
bank in the United States, it is claimed.
On the day the Goldfeld bank opened
the sum Of $4s4S vas deposited by Gold
field money savers, while in Chicago on
the frat day the postal bank in that city
opened. only $4,000 was deposited. At
the present time the Cioldfisld Postal
Savings Bank has total deposits OF
$40, 526. and this none has been de-
posted by 85S pee pie.
News has been received at Carson OF
the narrow escape Of Mrs. j. Z. Donnelly,
wife OF the Superintendent CT the Ne
vada State Police, had from drowning at
Marlette Lake a few days ago. Mrs.
Donnelly was at the lake with friends
fishing and had gone out onto a log
to cast her line when the log turned and
threw her into the lake. When she came
to the surface she grasped a limb OF the
log and managed to hold on until help
could arrive.
Chicago and New York capitalists have
purchased a site in Reno aud will in a
short time begin the construction Of a
cold storage and packing plant. II is
stated that they have arranged with
Manager L. +. Dunaway OF the Nevada