The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-04-24

standing ID IrOnl OI a "a were
sentenced to a fine Of $500 or $50
days in jail. In the case of Jones,
who is but sixteen. sentence was sus-
pended.
Owing to a difference of opinion as
to what was the proper price to pay
for shearing a sheep. a lot of roach
ers employed on the Dangberg fiocks
at Gardnerville struck last Saturday.
The men demanded an increase from
nine to ten cents per sheep for de-
priving them of their wool, and the
boss refused the raise. Hence. the
trouble.
Range feed in Nye County will be
more plentiful than in years. the
Tonopah Bonanza says. tits reported
from Smoky Valley, Duckwater,
Currant Creek and other portions of
the county that the mountains are
deeply covered with snow, which has
drifted into the canyons where it will
be protected against the sun, assur-
ing an abundance of water for agri-
cultural and placer mining.
With an aeroplane equipped with
a 125-horse power motor. V. r. Will.
a Sacramento electrician, purposes
to make to make a flight over the
Sierras to Reno. He says he is not
discouraged by the failure of Robert
Fowler's attempt to fly over the
range about a year ago, as he says
Fowler's engine vas not strong
enough. Wills machine is a Nieu-
port and his engine is a rotary with
seven cylinders.
Charles Lunstrom, a teamster So
years of age, was run owe Monday
afternoon by the ore train at Millers.
The unfortunate man was rushed on
the train to Tonopah, where both
legs were amputated. He did not
survive the shock and passed away
this morning without regaining con-
seriousness. Lunstrom, when the
accident occurred, was trespassing
on the railroad property. and al
though warned he disregarded the
caution and paid for his rashness
with his life.
One OF the first arrests in Nevada
under the new Federal drug law was
that of Sam Lee, a Chinaman. at
Tonopah Friday. A marked coin
was used by the purchaser of the
dope. The officers searched the
Chinaman's premises and secured a
quantity of both morphine and CO.
caine. 1t was the system of the
Chinaman to make several hundred
per cent profit on his goods, as but a
small portion of either drug was sold
for a dollar. the usual amount of the
purchase.
The attempt of Mrs. Louis Barth-
burn, housekeeper at the ranch of
Joseph Perazzo, to kill herself by
cutting her throat with a razor, is re-
ported in the Yerington Times. Her
husband, who worked on the ranch
also, found her lying in the kitchen
in a pool of blood. Mounting a horse,
he secured help from the Farrell
ranch. Mrs. Farrell stanched the
flow of blood with absorbent cotton
and DIR. Leavitt took the woman to
the hospital in his automobile. She
probably will recover.
Timothy Harrington, Sc years of
age, a native of Ireland, passed away
at the county hospital at Reno re-
Gently from an attack of pneumonia.
Harrington was a victim of an acct
dent in Tonopah some time ago and
lost a leg. His case was taken up
by the Industrial Commission and he
was awarded compensation in the
sum of $500. Receiving a large
part of his money Harrington, upon
leaving the hospital, started out to
spend it in riotous living. The COM
mission then forced him to return
$1400, all that remained. and since
that time has been giving him $50 a
month.