The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-04-28

LOCAL BREvIrIEs.

W. A. Moore of Newark valley
uas in town a couple of days the
first ofthe week attending to business
matters.
Bernard Damele of Tonkin has just
purchased a new REQ Four auto and
uas in town with the car the middle
of the week.
Rev. E. H. Price arrived from Elko
nv fridays train and held religious
services in St. James Episcopal
church that evening.
gtMrs. James Griffin and little daugh-
ter of Carlin, Nevada, were arrivals
here by Mondays train for a visit
with Mrs. Grifin's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Morrison.
Miss Annie Smith, Grand Chief of
Of the Order of Pythian Sisters of Ne
vada, left Eureka by to-day's train
on an official visit to the different
lodges OF the State.
A. G. Florio purchased several
small lots of cattle in this section dur
ing the week and is in the market
for more. He is buying to stock up
his new Duckwater ranch.
On their trip to Ruby Hill and the
Silver Common mine Thursday. the
Walter E. Trent party lost a 34x4 1-2
Weed skid chain. If the finder will
leave same at the Eureka Garage it
will be forwarded on to them.
w. A.. Barnes, the mining engineer
of San Francisco who came here last
week to sample and make a report
of the Holly mine on Adams Hill,
finished his work here and left for
the Coast by Thursdays train.
Chicago first to announce meat
less day." says a recent news item.
If this is a sign of patriotism, Eu-
rekans should indeed feel proud, as
they have just passed through a meat
less week. and that unannounced.
The SENTINEL learns that another
strike was made at Silverado yester-
day in the Queen mine of the Sum-
NIT Queen Mining Company. The
new strike is reported to have been
made in a recently cleaned out drift
on the 800 level and the ore contains
considerable black metal and chloride.
Commissioners Edgar Sadler and
R. j. Reid left by auto this morning
for aninspection of the roadsthrough-
out the northern portion of the coun-
ty. Complaints regarding the roads
that have been washed out in. near
ly all portions of the county have
been coming in lately. and although
weather conditions for repairing the
roads are far from favorable yet, it
has been determined to make a per-
sonal inspection and arrange for at
least fixing up those places where
travel is now made impossible by the
washed out condition of the roads.
Since the representatives of. the
louisiana Consolidated Co pany
we're in Eureka. rumors have been
current about the streets to the eff
feet that this company has secured
an option on the Eureka-N Nevada
Railway, which will be broad gagged
in case Eureka is made the northern
terminal of the road from Tybo;
that the smelter will not be built at
Tybo, but will be built either at Eu-
reka or near Palisade on the main
line: and that arrangements have
been made for starting out survey
ing parties for the new road by May
Is.
That asparagus grown in Nevada
is second to none has again been
demonstrated. for A. G. Florio this
week brought up from his recently
purchased Duckwater ranch some as
paragus of particularly fine quality.
II had been grown quickly and to a
good height and was 90 crisp and
tender it could all be eaten. Mr..
Florio is most enthusiastic over the
outlook of returns expected from his