The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-26

YER State Lovelock has 80 cases of
scarlet fever.
The Nevada Valleys Power Com
pany recently took over the operation
of the power plant at Battle Noun
tain which was purchased last year.
President Wilson has nominated
Ashley c. Dawley, receiver of public
moneys, and John E. Robbins. regis
ter of the Elko Land Office for a Sec
ond term in these positions.
w. A. Nagel. a Rawhide butcher.
has been acquitted of a charge of
numbering Mrs. Genevieve Kelly
about three months ago. following a
quarrel which the woman is said to
have started in Nagel's place of bust
ness.
Mondays Tonopah Times says a
change occurred in the business life
of Tonopah when George Wingfield.
the well-known mining man of Reno,
purchased a substantial interest in
the Tonopah Banking Corporation,
and was elected president of that
institution.
AS nude as when born, Warren
Fisher, a passenger on an eastbound
train, lost his mind as the train passed
through Sparks at night and wan
dered away from it, being found six
hours later in the railroad yards and
taken to a hospital. His clothing
was later returned to Sparks by the
Pullman Company.
DIR. Winfred Berdell Mack, direc-
tor of the State veterinary control
service and professor of veterinary
science and bacterology at the Me-
vada University, and for several
years one of the most prominent edu-
Gators at the institution, died at his
home in Reno January 10 following
an illness of three months.
A. R. Nelson, a track Inspector of
the Salt Lake route, while coming
down the grade from Apex to Las
Vegas on his speeder. collided with
the engine of second number two
last Sunday morning, receiving in
juries from which he died that even
ing. The deceased had been a resi-
dent of Las Vegas for several years
and his death was a shock to many.
The construction of the shale oil
plant at the University of Nevada at
Reno, which was announced some
time ago by the Crane Oil Shale Cor
poration. will be started within the
next three weeks according to Alex
M. Boyle. general manager of the
company. The company also expects
to erect a large plant at the shale oil
beds ear Watson, Utah, within the
next few weeks.
Ira Mcfarland of Indian Springs.
while recently in Las Vegas. reported
that a catastrophe had befallen his
chickens. He went to his chicken
yard a few mornings ago and found
dead ones everywhere, with a full
grown bob cat in a corner. He killed
the cat and on investigation found
that there were 45 dead chickens,
eight ducks and six turkeys. all vic
| Tins of the cat. A hen was the sole
survivor.
By order of the chief of police of,
Sparks. the Wallstab saloon at that
place was closed a few days ago. the
action having been taken after a.
number of disturbances had occurred
that rendered it undesirable. 1t is
said that notwithstanding the warn
ing to Germans to "obey the law and
keep their mouths shut" men o
nected with the saloon made seditious
utterances and as a result of this the
place was ordered closed.
Denver S. Dickerson, Cover nment
Inspector of explosives for this State,
has been in Tonopah to check the too
liberal use of powder there and to
trace all explosives used in operating