The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-10
INLAND NORTHWEST

lie had threatened several times 10
commit suicide, according TO his wife
Congressman Addison r. smith Of
Idaho has prepared two bills with the
purpose If permitting doctors Of este
opathy 10 enter examinations for com
missions In the medical branch Of the
army and navy.
| John Black miner employed by
| the Nevada Wonder Mining company.
| fell down the @OO-foo' shaft Of the
mine and was Killed. M one saw him
| dent happened.
Pat Bond and sherman Owensby.
two Of the choral trio, who admins
| tered Knockout drops" TO william
| Cooper IN the robbery Of the Rio Vista
hotel In Sparks month ago, were
| convicted " robbery last week.
william Mcmillan, CORNER state
| treasurer and one time Republican
candidate for governor of Nevada, died
| at Battle Mountain, while en- route
/ from Austin 10 Reno TO secure medical
| treatment He was 81 years old
Mystery surrounds the Identification
Of n body found in the Truckee river
/ near the reduction works dam, east
| Of Reno The body, which was found
| by Harry Cross, fisherman, had un-
donbtcdly been In me water several
months
During the last rev days quite a
number Of young men OF Reno have
| answered the ''call 10 arms and de-
| parted for San francesca TO enlist in
various branches Of tiie service. Near.
| ~ all Of those who left To enlist had
been drafted,
Henry J. Gosse, Jr,, 20-year-old son
of II. j. Gosse, proprietor of n hotel
at Reno, died Of spinal meningitis In
an army hospital In Honolulu, after
an Illness of two months Gosse was
In the field artillery service of the
United Stutes army
Two Basque sheepherders arrived In
Elko, New, last week from the north.
rrn part Of the county to whom draft
and the drawing was entirely new.
Neither had registered or heard word
Of the requirement. They were per.
mltted by the county clerk to register.
Henry Yelser and JEFF Jordon two
old time prOspectors who were grub
staked by TOnopah residents, found u
! l5O0foot ledge of gold and silver ore
on Tollcha peak IN the southern end
of Nye county, Nevada, that promises
20 develop into something big Assay
returns show values of $500 to $270.
one OF the most sensational cases of
alleged cattle rustllng has been
brought To focus In Nevada, through
the arrest Of John Esser and Joe May,
both cattlemen halling from the Heat.
ty district, where they own extensive
ranges and are counted among the
wealthy cattle owners southern Ne
yndH.
Convict labor ON Nevada farms has
proven failure. according to reports
from Smith Valley, wncre thirty or
more prisoners were given tryOut.
The company that engaged the prIs.
oners was TO pay the state $3.50 per
day for each man, II very rmnll por-
ton OF which was tn be placed to the
credit or the prisoner
The Tonopah 4 Gofdheld Railroad
company has tiled three suits against
the Nevada state tax commission, the
state of Nevada and ed. Mallcy as
state treasurer, and further naming
Esmeruida, Nye aud Mineral counties,
their treasurers and eN-olficio tax col
lectors rs defendants, The company
claims excess mileage valuations on
which Ii. paid 1916 taxes.
The FIRST hoy To finish his three
months plg club feeding contest under
the direction of the University Of Ne
vuda extension department was Leland
kccmu of the Sanders district, The
pig nude an average gain of almost
two pounds per day. which is re-
marknble showing The final weight
OF the pix was 20 pounds at seven
months ut age.
Assured OF lOO,OOO.tSu tons OF high.
grade iron ore ina Cnurchm canyon
near Nabusku, rreSIdeu, Taubcrt ot
the Minnesota Nevada Mines company
announced last week that Within few
I
ton OF one mtllion dollar electric
plant for the manufacture Of pig iron
In quantities OF one thousand tons d
day.
The fighting over the $4,000 estate
left by Ella Hubbard Erauck started
last week In the district court at Reno,
Nevada, Mrs, Jruulc Spencer, mother
of the deceased, Is seeking Ia wrest the
bulk Of the property trom Al Frauvk
who claims to have been the husband
nT Ella Hubbard and who is the
principal beneficiary ia the will.
The Nevada women are listed Il
take an Important Interest in the
liberty loan bonds which are to ht
fluated In the fall
Increasing dewan4 made hy war on
the oil production Of the world Is
bringing "a the notice Of tue inter,
mountain country the vast importance
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