The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-02-23

Two new high-school buildings are
to be dedicated in this State soon.
one at Sparks and n at Elko.
Sixteen men have enlisted for ship
yard work in Tonopah and 30 are
ready to sign at Elko, where it is be-
lieved 100 men will be obtained.
At a recent meeting of Tonopah
retail grocers at which all were pres
ent it was voted to discontinue So
Letting orders after Feb. Is. Elev-
en- grocers entered into the agree
ment at the request of the State
Food Administrator.
Governor Boyle has approved the
ad interim appointment of DIR. Ed
ward Records as State veterinarian
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of DIR. Mack. DR.. Records
was the first assistant to DR.. Mack
in the State hygienic laboratory.
An emergency ordinance has been
passed in Winnemucca providing for
the licensing of dogs and prohibiting
other animals from running at large
in the town. The ordinance makes
it a misdeameanor for anyone to
keep a dog without procuring a Ii
cense for it.
Everett N. Buck, son of j. Holman
Buck, editor of the Western Nevada
Miner. published at Nina, died at
Fort Bogard. N. M. last week, ac-
cording to information received by
his father. The young man was %
years of age and was in the service.
Lee Wright, an employe on the
railroad of the Nevada Consolidated
at Ely. shot and killed T. P. Reidy,
another railroad man, according to
the Ely Record. The shooting took
place at Ruth. The shooting was
precipitated. according to Wright,
when Reidy threw a bottle into his
room.
Governor Boyle has appointed Mrs.
Frank Red Commissioner of Mineral
County to succeed her husband whose
death occurred a few days ago. The
Governor stated that all applicants
for the appointment expressed their
willingness to withdraw should Mrs.
Red desire the position. This is the
second instance within a few months
in which Governor Boyle has appoint
ed a woman as County Commissioner
following the death of her husband.
Solicitors from the agricultural
department of the Nevada-U Utah Su-
gar Company have been endeavoring
to induce farmers in the Fallon re-
gion to plant a greater beet acreage
and report that results obtained by
them have been unsatisfactory. One
of the solicitors made the statement
that if the farmers did not sign for
a larger acreage the company would
close its affairs in Fallon and pull
down the sugar factory.
Nevada had 1874 71 acres of land
of all classes on the assessment roll
in 1917 at a total assessed valuation
of $33. 592. 535, according to a table
prepared by F. N. Fletcher, secre.
tary of the State Tax Commission
The average value per acre wasS4.44
OF this amount privately owned land:
total $3.50, $50 acres and the variou:
railroads own 1898, 721 acres. The
average value per acre of railroad
lands is $1.93 and of privately owned
lands $7.23.
Henry M. Hoyt. State Food AID,
ministrator and member of the Law
firm of Hoyt. Gibbons. French &
Springmeyer, was taken to San Fran
cisco from Tonopah Friday night suf.
fering from partial paralysis of an
arm and side. He will enter a sana,
forum at San Francisco and probab
ly will be away from Reno severa
months. 1t is believed that the af.
Fiction is merely. temporary and thai
ne will recover his former health
: after a sufficient rest.
James Norris, wanted as a desertel
from the army, was arrested at Ely