The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-19
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

/ ". A. Moore of Newark Valley
.os been in town several days attend
ING to business matters.
Johnny Blair and Dominica Cerut-
= were in town several days this
veek from Antelope Valley.
Came Warden Martin Mahoney
states that the close season for ducks
commenced on January l6 and that
i is now unlawful to kill ducks.
Charles De Almond of Elko met
tsadore Sara here Tuesday and they
left that day to complete some sur
vevs in the country south of Fish
Creek.
Charles M. White. a consulting
0eologist of San Francisco and a
former professor of geology and
mineralogy of Harvard University.
spent several days here last week
boxing over the Eureka district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Carletti and
infant daughter and the Misses
Emma and Flora Buckskin autoed up
from Alpha Friday on business and
took in the moving pictures and o
! ,al dance that evening. returning
home to-day.
There was a fall of about four
inches of snow in Eureka last Mon
day, and several inches have since
allen. The snowfall is reported to
have been considerable more in the
north and western portion of the
county. South of the Eureka Coun-
ty line the fall was light.
Mrs. Peter Salvi. who has been in
Eureka with her children since last
Fall. received a telegram the first of
the week announcing that her hus-
band had met with an accident and
broken his leg. Mrs. Salvi and child
rem left by Wednesdays train to join
her husband at Ely. Nevada.
With the price of good coyote pelts
reported to be commanding from So
to Sl2 each. a number of Eureka
boys are now engaged in setting
traps in the nearby hills and canyons
and quite a number of these preda-
tory animals are said to have been
caught in the past ten days.
Frank Winzell. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Cockrill. and Miss Ada Mosely autoed
up from Garden Valley Friday.
This was Mr.. and Mrs. Cockrill's
first visit here since their marriage
and they we're exchanging friendly
greetings with numerous Eureka
friends and receiving congratulations
The party returned home this after
noon.
Sheriff James Mackey left by We'd
nesday's train with j. j. Tognoni.
sentenced in the District Court last
week to spend from five to thirty
years in the State Prison at Carson
for robbing and assaulting Samuel
Dennison. Mr.. Dennison left by
the same train for Carson. and it is
understood that he has hopes that
the State Prison authorities can as
sist him in inducing Tognoni to con-
fess as to what was done with the
$500 taken from him.
AS recently announced in the SEN
TINEL. and also bulletined at the post
office. a Government revenue official
connected with the income tax de-
partment was scheduled to be in Eu-
reka on Thursday, January II. His
visit here was to assist and instruct
all persons in making out their state
rnents and to answer all questions as
to exemptions, etc. Besides a num-
Der of Eurekans who have recently
prepared statements. many ranchers
and stockmen came to town to con-
suit with and have him assist them
In making out their statements. and
there was considerable disappoint-
ment manifested when a dispatch
was received from T. c. Freheimer.
the income tax man. stating that he
was detained at Austin and could not
keep his schedule at this time, but
would be here later. The date for