The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-06-13
INLAND NORTHWEST

SuEcay, June Z.
Dewey George Stall. age 10 years,
arrested under the name of Jack Stall,
.or the burglarizing of residence In
Reno. calmly admits the crime.
Fire destroyed the factory of the |
Northwest Sash 4 Door company at |
Portland Five laborers who were |
cut OFF from escape shoreward leapod !
into the river and two were drowned |
The Quong On Lung store n
Chinatown at Winnemucca, New. Was
raided by two government inspectors
and the proprietor. Yee Sing. was ar
rested for having opium in his posses
sion.
Haystack is persistently producing
the rich gold ore associated with
milling quantities which foreshadoW
healthy, virile development move
ment fer this unique gold discovery
aud section of Nevada.
The contract for what is believed
to b. he first link of the Boise, Butte
& San francisco railroad has been let
To the Macarthur Brothers of London
who are to start work on July L. say.
the Boise (Ida.) Capital News.
The school census OF Elko, New.
has Just been completed, the count
showing 333 chi dren between the
ages of 6 and Is years, and 1917 under
8, making a total of 500 children now
in the town of Elko who are under Is
years of age.
The last of the machinery os the
mint at Carson City, New, Is being
shipped to the coast for the junk pile.
Boilers, engines and the smoke stack
have beeen torn down. The Carson
mint was at one time the busiest
place IN the state.
Francisco Martinez. an honor pris.
oner at the Nevada state prison farm,
escaped last week Martinez was
serving his second term and was con.
yicted at Fallon of assault with intent
to kill. His sentence Was for one
year and nine months.
Charged with the embeZZlement Of
state funds amounting to $4.375, Pat
rick IL. Hart secretary OF the board
OF labor statistics OF Illinois, was ar
rested at Helena. Hart declared his
willingness to return to Illinois with
out extradition proceedings
X. Taku, a Japanese mill hand, wht
as. has been isolated in ward o
was admitted to private sanitariun
at Tacoma for treatment for esysipe
The institution as the result Of an eA
animation by physicians, on the belle
that the man is suffering from lep
rosy.
Representatives of the Brotherh 90,
Of Locomotive Engineers and Fire
men in the northwest district, invol,
ing practically all lines in Washing
ton, Montana. Idaho and Oregon, ar
planning the taking of a strike vot
following the breaking off of negotis
5 lions for higher wages
G Wells-Fargo express rates With
g the state of Nevada will be lowere
'. an average of 25 per cent as resul
Of conference between the official
: Of the company headed by Genera
Q Traffic Manager Lockwood of Sa
, Francisco, and the railroad commits
:, sion of Nevada at Carson City.
: There is a persistent rumor afios
s that there is deal in course of con
e pletion to consolidate practically a
C the placer holdings in Copper Basil
Nevada. with the object not alone
: doing away with all the petty diffe
ences existing among interested pa
ties in the camp, but to bring wat'
onto the ground and sluice the who
gulch under one management.
Several months ago Jim May, 10
mer king Of Nevada gamblers, die
down in South America, and at IL
time 1t was announced that he HI
been killed by the accidental di
charge OF rifle in the hands of a cor
\ panion while they were huntin
4, However, letters from the state
"A partment received In Reno would
4 dictate that May was killed by bandit
u Grazing Examiner A. Il. Alaous h
81 returned from the Ruby national Il
Fl est, says the Elko Free Press, whe
IA he had been for ten days investigi
"a ing poison plant conditions and in
iating an experiment to determi
Il how the losses resulting from grazi
n poisonous plants can be prevente
with the ultimate aim of formulate
plan of grazing management
these losses can be reduced to a IN
imum, ii not eliminated
+; Awakening to find the room
Il flames, Madame Becks, who conduc
II 4 dressmaking establishment in Rer
II jumped from the window of her {
"A tablishlnent and after striking tie
i phone wires, fell upon shed abo
! seven feet below. The woman
ceived injuries sha are consider
serious
Earl Carl and his wife Harrie
the taxi forgers," who duped Pc
=, land merchants out of $500 in mon
m and merchandise before they we
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