The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-12-14
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Sam Davis has secured the concession
he was after for the '49 Camp" at the
Psuama-Psci6c exposition and il will be
run on the lines Of that which be had In
the Mid winter fair Of 1894. There is no
reason why he should not make some
money ont OF it this time il he will see to
il that grsfters do not get the best Of him
a. they did in 1894, when he was out Of
pocket ct the end Of the exposition
while a bunch Of bummers had all the
money.
TEX" Clark, known as q professional
gambler all over this State, where he
has lived since 1895. when he fret APP
peared at Winnemuccs, has been taken
back to Texas, where he is accused of
having killed three men, The crimes
were committed IL years ago. Tex"
recently heard from q cousin hat he was
suspected OF it and told sheriff Lamb of
Humboldt County, who put him in Jail
and notified the authorities at San An
tonic. His real name is Thomas Cooper.
The Nevada Livestock Association was
in session at Reno last week. working on
legislation to be brought up this coming
session OF the Legislature. DIR. A. ID
Melvin, Chief of the United States
Bureau Of Animal Industry; George P.
McCsbe. Solicitor OF the Department ;
Ax1av Cora~nt Timetables I'D mann
prominent sheep men were present. Nc
Csbe introduced a draft for a bill on the
q%usrsntining of livestock and DIR. Melvin
talked on communicable diseases in
livestock.
George Graham Rice, the stock pro
moter who ran afoul Of the Federal Gov
eminent and received a sentence Of q
year in the New York ~penitentisry, lie
now writing articles for the New York
Morning Telegraph. Rice is handing
out dope on mines and mining and his
advice to investors is along the lines Of
the same stuf he dished out before be
was sent to prison. Several copies Of
the Telegraph have been received in
Tonopah and the articles OF Rice have
caused considerable comment.-Tonopah
Bonanza.
William Mcclure Gotwaldt was mar.
ried in Reno on Thursday evening tc
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Ross. Got" il
known all over Nevada. where he has
lived for many years, and where he ha,
taught school, mined and run news
papers. He has been connected at diff.
%ferent times with the Reno Journal. Car
son Appeal, Winnemuccs Silver State
and Tonopsh and Goldield papers, has
been editorial writer of the Sacramento
Union, and since his return to Nevads
some months ago has been mining editor
of the Reno Gazette.
The convocation of the Episcopal
lchurch for the district Of Nevada has
adopted a resolution pledging clergymen
to require a certificate Of health before
performing the marriage ceremony sin
any case where there is reasonable doubt
as to the fitness of either party to the
marriage" The convocation also advo.
Gated the passage Of a law by the next
Legislature requiring that such certificate
Of health be presented to the County
Clerk upon application for a license r.
marry. 1t also urged the coming Legis.
lature to amend the divorce Law 30 as to
provide for one years residence in the
State.
Six prosecutions under the Pure Food
Act for violations within the State OF Ne.
vada are contemplated by the Depart
ment of Weights and Measures under
charge of Prof. s. G. Dinsmore at the
University Agricultural College, rs a re.
suit Of recent investigations into the quail.
ity Of goods sold by certain mercantile
companies throughout the State. The
suits have not yet been filed. and will
not be given out until then. In the ex.
animation OF weights and measures. con.
ditions were found rather bad in the
eastern part of the State. where Sc pei
cent of the scales and measures used
were found to be inaccurate out OF 1000
different tests made. In other counties
the per cent was found lower, although
a good many violations we're discovered.
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