The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-08-31


The increased business along the Western
Pacific is notable. At the present time
eleven train crews are running out OF WINNIE
mucca on the new road.
Burglars Saturday night ransscked several
rooms in Manzanita Hall, the girls dormitorY
buildinV at the Nevada University in Reno
stealing several watches and about 80 IN
money. The thieves have not been captured
What is said by some ranchers to be the
largest second crop Of alfalfa ever cut IN tne
Lovelock valley is now being harvested
Through the valley the click of nearly a nun
bred moving machines tells Of the cutting OF
a wonderful crop Of hay.
The Mazuma Relief COMMITTEES has made
comnlete statement Of all business trans
acted by it in relieving the food sufferers IL
shows that s5904 was the total amount con-
tributed, and the amount disbursed was
s5eOs. 81, leaving an excess of expenditures
over contributions of s5.sl.
Repairs to the Chilcoot tunnel on the line
d the Western Pacific are going ahead as last
A possible. II is now believed that the tun-
mel will be open for travel by October 10. AS
the FIRE destroyed the timbering in the tunnel
in MAY, il will have required six months to
repair the damage of a few hours FIRE.
IL is figured that when the Lahontan dam
il finished near Fallon it will impound 10000
acre feet Of water and that it will back up the
Carson River for over Is miles. 1t is also es-
timated that during some OF the flood seasons
that have been kept record OF that the great
dam could be filed in six months, the over
flow going down the old course.
Joe Dye, alias Joe Donovan, who resided
in Wells, Elko County. for a number OF
mouths a few years ago, has been sentenced
to death in Salt Lake City for the murder OF
Joseph Rainbow, whom he shot and killed
while engaged in the act of highway robbery.
He selected shooting as the method OF death
and is to be executed September l6.
The next meeting of the Nevada Bar As
sociation will be held in Reno on November
Is and 16, at which time the annual address
will be delivered by Curtis II. Lindley, for
merly President Of the California Bar As
socation. Addresses will also be made by
L. G. Campbell of Winnemucca, George 5.
Brown of Reno, Sam Platt of Carson, and
H. r. Cooke of Tonopah.
Following a spree of several days duration,
in which he got into 9 fight with several OF
his companions at Blackhorse, X. COPYRIGHT,
q rancher and farm hand well known in White
Pine County, killed himself in q cabin at
Garrison last week by shooting the top of his
head of with a shotgun. He is survived by
a wife. COPYRIGHT was at one time quite
wealthy, and once owned the controlling in
terest sn the Blackhorse mine.
Sardis Summerfeld, Progressive candidate
for U. s. Senator, has entered into an agree
ment With Key Pittmsn, the Democratic
candidate, TO Tour the State together and dis
cuss the political issues of the day. They
have invited w. A. Massey, the Republican
candidate for reelection, to do the same
thing and make it q three-cornered discussion
but whether be accepts or not they intend to
keep their agreement with each other.
All candidates in Lyon County are running
as independents this year. Dick Randall Il
OUT as USUAL IOF OucIn. llCh OtPo@Ct ~
Constable Ambrose. of Yerington. In order
TO show thai there was no feeling but just tc
get the Office, the two exchanged signatures
on their petitions In all the other Offices il
is a case of run independent, and everybody
irrespective Of party is signing the petitions
The results this Fall will be interesting.
The California State Insurance Company
has refused to pay S25. 900 life insurance is
sued to E. j. Freeman of Fallon. who diec
as a result Of an operation for appendicitis
He was insured on June of this year, wa
taken i'll on the ninth Of the month and dice
a few days after from appendicitis. As thii
concern took premium money, 1t would ap
pear that they are si~de-stepping a legal debt
If this can be shown the company should b
driven out of Nevada as a concern that is moi
reliable.-Carson Appeal.
An effort is being made to reclaim thai
portion Of Grass Valley in Humboldt County
lying close to Winnemucca, and with this In
view K. J.. Hyatt, an expert we'll driller, has
been sent into the Grass valley to begin drill
ing q well. If he strikes artesian water, more
wells viii be drilled and the valley will be ir
rigated in this way. The venture is being
backed by the Winnemucca Commercial Club.
NJ. b. johnson, who lives near Winnemucca,
has demonstrated that farming can be success
fully carried on by pumping water for irriga-
sion PURPOSES and it is believed by the pro-
moters of this venture that irrigation by means
of wells will BE- successful in Grass Valley.