The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-06-14
Nevada State News

The opening Of the Truckee-C Carson
reclamation project lands to homestead
entry will take place during fair week at
Fallon in September. The
ment was received from Washington last
week.
Secretary Of State Brodigan says 5S5
automobile licenses have been taken out
30 far. a number that he thinks repre-
sents only a fourth Of the machines
owned In this State. He will renew his
request to county officials to enforce the
payment of the license fees.
Stock men all over Nevada are wear
ing comfortable smiles, for the rains Of
the last ten days have started grass and
insured sufficient feed to last until next
Winter on the ranges. Not only stock
men are delighted, but ranchers in gen.
eral have had all their anxieties relieved
by the series OF storms.
Rabbits seem to be q pest this season.
More young rabbits are about than in
years, and on some of the farms they
have destroyed all kinds of garden truck.
From appearances the Indians will have
a merry drive this Fall when the Dummies
are ripe for gathering. The farmers are
putting in spare time shooting the pests
of.-Carson Appeal.
Monday when Hanks, Haas and Mil
Ter went out to the Hanks properly to
make camp they had an exciting time
with a big stallion which undertook to
herd their camp horses into q bunch of
wild horses east OF Trout Greek. After
taking several shots at the animal with q
small rife to no purpose he was finally
shot and killed by a 1890 calibre CUR as
q last resort.-Contact Miner.
A ~cloudburst occurred Sunday In Seven
Troughs canyon. Owing to the buildings
in the bed Of the canyon having been
washed away by the big cloudburst last
Summer, and not restored, the damage
was immsterial. It is said that the
amount Of water passing down the
canyon was almost as great as that dur
ing the big cloudburst, but was gradual
and not at any time approaching the
dimensions of a disastrous wave.
The Mammoth smoke stack of the
Floriston pulp and paper mill, at Floris-
ton fell in with a crash Tuesday. The
stack vas ITO feet high and was built Of
iron. The cause Of the falling in was the
removal of dirt from around its base. A
crew OF men had excavated for the pur-
pose of r~emodeling it. and had dug too
close to the base of the chimney. The
machine roomwas practically demolished,
it being directly under the chimney.
Winnemucca will not be incorporated
under the charter as passed by the last
Legislature. This vas decided last week
by the voters at an election held to rati-
fly or reject the proposed charter. The
vote was 12l in favor of the charter and
III against it. The charter proposed a
commission form of government for the
city. This was opposed vigoi ously, as
also were several other provisions OF the
proposed charter which, it was claimed,
would increase the licenses OF the bust
ness houses.
At Carson City last Saturday Judge
Lsngsn handed down his decision DENY
ing the motion of Attorney General
Thatcher and Attorney Forman. in
which they sought a review of previous
orders given by the court in matters per-
tanning to the State Bank & Trust Com
pany receivership. The decision was a
lengthy one, and recites in detail author
titles and references bearing upon the de-
cision. The Attorney General and At
torney Forman entered exceptions to the
decision OF the court, and an appeal was
at once taken to the Nevada Supreme
Court.
j. Trusdall died Saturday night at
the Steptoe hospital as the result Of burns
received the previous morning at McGill,
says the Ely Expositor. Trusdall was
employed as a switchman at the smelter
end and was standing on the running
board of a donkey engine that was at
tached to a car of molten matte on its
way from the reverbs to the converter.
One OF the dogs on the side of the car
broke letting the matte pot tip over.
Before Trusdall could get out of the way
the fierce heat from the molten mass set
bis clothes afre and before the flames
could be e~xtinguished he was frightfully
hurnad