The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-11-29
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1918
Nevada State News

RhyOl1te mas ceased W NC PVoI
office. the Government having d.
rected that the mail formerly sent
to that point be discontinued, be-
cause no one at Rhyolite would serve
as postmaster.
The position of official reporter for
the Railroad and Public Service Com
mission has been given to Frank
Healey of Tonopah, formerly with
the West End Mining Company. He
will reside at Carson.
Former Senator Barney Reymers
of Yerington intends to depart with
Mrs. Reymers to their old home in
Hanover, Germany, about Deem
Der Is, where in all probability they
will reside in the future. Reymer
has disposed of his ranches in Lyon
County.
]. F. Shaughnessy of the Nevada
Railroad Commission is an applicant
for the appointment of Interstate
Commerce Commissioner to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Com
missioner John H. Marble. His ap-
plication has been forwarded to Sem
ators Newlands and Pittman.
B. G. Bleadsdale of Las Vegas, Dep
uty State Superintendent of schools
for the southern district, has just re-
turned to his home after making an
inspection tour of the schools in his
district. He travelled 1016 miles in
all by automobile without a mishap
to his car on the entire trip.
Reno journal: An increase in the
number of cases of measles IN this
city, amounting almost to an cpl
demic, has stirred the board of health
to action particularly in regard to
that phase of the situation which may
bring many residents under the ban
of the law for failure to report cases
as demanded by the city ordinance
and under which the board of health
is working.
A number of Iowans and Kansans,
associated with Los Angeles people,
have taken up $1,000 acres of land in
Fish Lake valley, in Esmeralda Coun-
ty, and near the California line, and
are preparing to put in a great num-
Der of irrigating wells. The land is
among the richest and most produc-
tive in Nevada and with water is
capable of growing almost anything.
State Mining Inspector Ed. Ryan
and H. M. Wolfng of the Govern
ment Bureau of Mines, whose home
is in Washington, have started on a
tour of inspection of the mines and
mining districts Of the entire State,
beginning last week at Tonopah.
Later Mr.. Wolfng's notes and views
will be arranged in proper form and
published in Government bulletins
and reports.
William E. Curtis, the well known
correspondent, who died two years
ago, once lent $50 to Eugene Field in
Kansas City. Many years later in
Chicago he reminded him of it, and
Gene said he would think it over.
Next day in Sharps and Flats appear
ed TIE Glowing paragraph: "Wil-
liam =. Curtis, the distinguished
Washington correspondent, was in
the city yesterday looking after some
of his permanent investments. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mine Telephones
Mine telephones have long beer
acknowledged to be of decided value
in the operating system of mines
of medium and large size. A some
what novel use of them. however,
which has not yet been widely prac'
ticed, but which may be of some
value, is to use them for listening al
the surface to the shot firing in q
distant heading. The telephone is
left in condition at a safe distance
from the heading and the shots may
be easily heard and counted at the
surface.--Engineering and Mining
Journal.
Educational facilities in the Philip