The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-04-13
State News From Exchanges

the evening of April 13, and will at that time start their State
campaign.
The work of installing a cyanide plant at the Lucy Gray mine,
near Las Vegas, has been practically completed and Will be put into
commission in the near future.
The Commissioners of Ormsby County have cut the salary of
game warden to $40 a month, and in case of a conviction under the
game laws, an additional $40 for that month.
The Boston Ely Mining Company has decided to prospect Its
ground from the 200 foot level by the use of diamond core drills,
which will be put into operation abeut April 10.
Martin Azparren, the Basque sheep herder on trial at Winnie
mucca for the murder of George Duferena, was convicted OF man
slaughter, after the jury had deliberated for two hours.
Judge Van Fleet of San Francisco held a session of the United
States District Court in Reno last week, this being the first time in
the history CT the State that court has been held outside OF the
city of Carson.
The Winnemucca local counted noses lately and found that it
had 100 Socialists enrolled on their books. This third party is max
ing great gains in Nevada and is conceded considerable Importance
by all Nevada party leaders.
The last issue of the Silver State contains the announcement
that E. R. Harroun has bought the paper of Thomas Nelson and
associates. MI. Harroun has been editor and manager of the Win
nemucca paper the past four years.
Forest D. Goody, of Osceola, has brought in news of an ar
tesian we'll on his ranch in Spring Valley, in White Pine County
The flow, with the aid of a pump, runs 100 gallons a minute and
will be stored in large reservoirs for irrigation purposes.
Though the Elko County property owners pay taxes on but
$27, 100000, they claim a valuation in the aggregate of s52,OO0OOO,
and the Elko Independent suggests that the assessor of the county
get busy and hunt up the $35. 100000 missing from the tax roll.
The baseball fans of the Ely district have organized a team
for the coming season and have extended an invitation to the en-
thusiasts of all nearby towns to attend a meeting Saturday evening,
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arranged.
Ralph Kellogg, recently connected with the Grand Central
mine in the Tintic district at Utah, has been made superintendent
of the Ely Consolidated property at Ely, succeeding James Quinn,
who intends to look after his mining interests in the Gold Circle
district in the future.
number of wealthy Chicago packers have recently acquired
title to more than 4O, 900 acres of fertile land in the Las Vegas and
Amargosa Valleys. 1t is the purpose of the company to sink wells
on the Amargosa river, an underground stream, and to irrigate the
land from these wells.
An embryonic Luther Burbank, who resides in Reno, claims to
have discovered a grating method that will make the ugly, cumber-
some sagebrush of Nevada bear flowers that will rival the beauty of
the California poppy. He is conducting growing experiments in
Reno at this time, according to the Gazette.
On Easter Sunday a special train brought members of the De-
Witt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, from Virginia City.
Carson City and Gold Hill to Reno to join members there and
marched in a body to the Trinity Episcopal Church, whore services
were conducted by Rev. Samuel Unsworth.
While investigating conditions in the Arizona State prison re-
Gently, Governor Hunt spent a night in a felons cell that he might
test out the prison system in vogue. The Falon Standard thinks
Governor Oddie of this State might have more consideration for
Warden Baker if he would spend a few nights as the wardens guest
Professor J. T. Church, head of the Department of Meteorology
and Climatology at the Nevada State University, is putting the final
touches on the bulletin that is to be issued ty his department In
the ear future. The bulletin will be IN "The Prevention and
Avoidance of Frosts in the Fruit Belts of Nevada" 1t will contain
all the results of the numerous experiments that Professor Church
and his assistants have made in the past
NJ. s. Kyle, United States Surveyor General at Reno, has not
yet ordered his force of engineers into the field, but expects shortly
to receive authorization. BE reports that there is a larger number
OF settlers awaiting surveys of their lands than for many years. APP
pnc6uons r coming IN Dy every u vernm 10 taAinB
great pains to accommodate these home seekers and 1t is expected
that there will be great activity during the season.
Common house flies are becoming SO troublesome in the lower
levels of the Yellow jacket mine in Virginia City that the miners are
unable to work for them. The flies arr rapidly increasing by breed
ing. They are covered witha white dust, and when they dart around
in the dark they strike the miners in the eyes and often blind them
for q time with the dust Superintendent Black has secured a large
quantity off paper to place on the walls OF the drifts to catoh the
flies.
q. O. Dodge, the horseman who was shot at Reno on Thursday
by Paul q. Streib. manager for the Ellis Peterson veterinary hos
pital. now has a good chance for recovery. He rallied after being