The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-04-19
Nevada State News

succeeded DIR. W. L. Samuels as County
Physician OF Washoe County.
George B. Russell was appointed last
week to be County Game Warden Of
EIko. the Commissioners selecting him
on account Ct his experience.
John Anderson, indicted for forgery at
Elko last Saturday. pleaded guilty and
was sentenced on Monday to a year and
a half in the p~enitentiary at Carson.
Jack Pugh. who came to Candelaria in
1880 and has worked in most OF the
southern camps since then, died in Tono-
pah on Wednesday after a long illness.
AL Shelly, who sold his meat market
in Tonopah q month ago and started for
Bishop, California, where his wife lives,
never reached there and she is causing a
search to be made for him.
The Tonopah Bonanza states that the
largest pay day so far chronicled in Tono-
pah took place on April 10. when a
quarter OF a million dollars was paid out
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The farmers OF Lyon section through
the working of Sheriff Dick Randall
have contributed a carload Of potatoes
to the sufferers OF the Ohio valley. and
the same will be forwarded East at once,
The body found in the Humboldt river
at f ko was not III. Phillipson, for Phil
lipson proved that he was alive. 1t is
now supposed to have been that of a
Swedish shoemaker who used to go wsd-
ing up to his neck in order to get sober.
Stefan Serder, shot three times III the
back by John Honcher. a fellow Aus
TRAN. died of his injuries at Reno, and
Honcher has beer charged with murder.
The officers now believe that Honcher
killed Sedar for revenge and to protect
himself against another charge.
A dispatch states that Congressman
Roberts has asked Congress to provide
a Federal prison in Carson City. He
asks $50, 900 for its erection. This build
ing is certainly needed, for several times
Judge harrington has been forced to send
Federal prisoners to Leavenworth and
Mcneil. The Government besides pay
ing this expense. is also paying for the
keep OF prisoners in Washoe and Storey
Counties.
A. W. Globe, a Wells, Elko County,
merchant, saved repairs to his safe by
his foresight last Wednesday night.
Since robbers some wears ago blew his
safe. be has always left it open with very
little money in il. In addition he has
tackled a sign close by telling prospective
burglars just how to open the safe. Last
Wednesday night the burglar came,
found the sign. got s12 out of the safe
and decamped.
Mrs. Mary Molleson. one of the pioneer
residents of White Pine County, was
found lead in her bed at the Molleson
ranch in Steptoe valley OF Thursday
morning of last week. Deceased was in
her 8Sth year, and had been in feeble
health for some years past. She was
the mother of Fine Molleson. with whom
she had resided for several years past.
The remains were laid to rest at the
Molleson ranch.
Attorney General Thatcher has sue
ceeded in getting access to the books OF
the sta g Bank & Trust Company. At
least, he has been given an order by
Judge Langan in the district court at
Carson. permitting him to examine the
books and papers and to have them in
his possession. The order has not been
served as yet on the Receiver, Frank
Wildes, whose present whereabouts were
not stated in court.
A strike of high grade ore has been
made in a raise from the 2500- foot level
OF the Sierra Nevada mine on the Com
stock. 1t is believed this will settle the
differences between the mine owners and
the men in control OF the Pumping Asso-
citation. The Pumping Association had
run as high as S125 per ton. Many Com.
stock stocks have more han doubled in
value since the strike.
The Ely Record says the first carload
of guano has beer shipped from Ely to
the markets of California by Henry
Gunderson. Jack Marriott and Russell
Moyle from deposits in caves which they
recently discovered near Osceola. The
wagon haul from the caves to Ely is $40
per ton. from Ely to San Francisco IS
per ton and from San Francisco to Los
Angeles "a per on. The price Of guano
at Los Angeles is $45 per ton. which will
leave a fair margin of profit for handling
the product The caves are quite extern
sive, and by tests made it is thought that
at least 300 tons can be secured and
shipped during the present season. Good