The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Nevada State News

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canvass Of the men working in Cold
field by the Tribune shows that $50 men
,ro dsilv employed in the 20 mines and
Mills in that section. For a district thst
ia being regarded as somewhat worn out
il is a pretty good showing.
AT a meeting Of the Directors Oh Tue
Gold6eld Consolidated Mines Company
At San Francisco last week, the company
declared its regular quarterly diVioeno
If 70 cents per share. This means q
distribution oil 81 ,O65, 900 to the share
holders.
deal was closed on Monday through
which 1000 acres Of land in Ruby val
lev, EIko County. will be ~colonized. a
reservoir is to be built on Robinson
creek for irrigation purposes u IL 10
calculated that 175 families will occupy
the tract.
w. II. Williams, a mining man known
throughout Nevada and the northern
part of California, died Sunday morning
in Berkeley, California. He was super
~intendent of the Morning Star mine IN
Nevada when that was the most import
ant silver producer 10 this State.
The Union Oil Company Of California
is arranging to spend 100000 in estao-
fishing a fuel station in Reno. 1t has
purchased land near the eastern limits
of the city. The company plans to make
Reno its distributing point for Nevada In
the future instead OF Sacramento.
G. E. Bunker, formerly with the Sac.
ramento Union, and +. +. Runyon cor
respondent for many Eastern papers at
Reno, have formed a partnership for the
purpose OF furnishing Rochester news to
daily and weekly papers all over the
United States. Both OF them are well
known newspaper and publicity men.
Justice Of the Peace Dave Stanton
OF Rochester has an original way OF
treating obstreperous attorneys in his
court, according to Mark Waller. When
a lawyer would not stop Directing and
interrupting the proceedings the other
day, Staunton, so Waller says, grabbed
the attorney and threw him bodily out
Of court.
j. L. Wallan, a rancher living near
Reno, shot and killed a man who had
broken into his house late at night. The
dead man has been identified as THE
Sheeny Kid" a teamster, lately in the
OF the Utah Construction Company. 1t
is not thought that he was a burglar but
most probably was demented on account
OF too much alcohol.
Ben Swsgo. former restaurant man oil
Virginia. Nevada, and Truckee. Cali
%fornia. died Thursday night in Rochester
from wounds inflicted by Bert Scott Mon
day night. Scott is in the Winnemucca
Jail awaiting the action OF the Grand
Jury. Swago and Scott had trouble over
the employment of Scott in a saloon in
Rochester. Scott will claim accidental
shooting.
While a number OF towns in Nevada
are figuring on Incorporating, Sparks is
now figuring on ~severing the incorporated
ties. 1t has been found to be an expen-
sive luxury, which could be handled
without the greater expense OF city dads
aud all the trimmings that 90 with it.
A petition is being circulated in Sparks
asking for this move on the part Of the
Washoe delegation.
A memorial has been received In
Washington from the citizens OF Elko,
asking that an accurate survey OF that
town be made. No tie to section cor.
ners can be found from the iron bar be.
tween the passenger and freight stations
that serves al the town bench mark.
and this has blocked street improvement,
as 1t had been commended that there ID
no way OF establishing what the streets
OF Elko really are.
A vigorous educational campaign
against the overdressing Of young girls
is to be instituted by the civil depart.
ment Of the Twentieth Century club al
Reno as the result OF a discussion thai
followed the club meeting. The mem.
hers OF the club are Of the opinion thai
Reno girls are ''overdressed," and be.
lieve that the mothers Of the city can be
taught that good taste and moderation
in dress 90 hand In hand.
Being thrown from his rig In a run.
away near Empire, Ormsby County
Wednesday afternoon, Max Baxter bad
his neck broken and died almost instantly
Baxter's horse became frightened at Q
pig tied IN a wagon and began to run
The wagon was overturned and Baxter
was thrown out and killed He leaves .
vile and five children. The pig was in
a rig belonging to A. selmi. Selmi'.