The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-06

w. A. Barnes. accompanied by his
wife. left on a business trip to Salt
lake City by Mondays train.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Mcbride re-
tnrned Wednesday from an official
trip to the north end of the county.
ID. Mclaughlin. the contractor.
.utoed into Eureka this forenoon
from the northern part of the coun-
ty.
Walter Handley is home from a
several months absence in California,
where he has been recuperating from
an operation for appendicitis.
Dan and Dewey McNaughton re-
turned home this week from Ely.
Nevada, where they have been en-
ployed for the past several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Plummer
and Richard Gibson autoed up from
Mineral Hill Thursday and will re-
main until after the Liberty Loan
celebration.
M. Gregg of Tonkin was a visitor
in here several days this week. Be-
sides having some repair work done
on his auto at the Eureka garage.
he vas attending to business matters
and visiting with Eureka friends.
At a regular meeting of the Mob
Hill Fire Company Tuesday evening
the name of Fred Allen. now posted
as a deserter from the United States
military service. was ordered strick-
en- from the membership roll of the
company.
The Eureka Land & Stock Com
pany commenced shearing its fiocks
at Oak station on the local railway
on Monday of this week and is con-
tinuing the work Notwithstanding
the cold and disagreeable weather.
A crew of II men is employed.
With a shearing crew of 20 men on
hand, and all preparations made by
Domingo Recatume to commence
shearing at his pens at Alpha on
April 2. reports from there Thurs
day stated that it had been decided
to postpone all operations until better
weather prevailed.
The three-inch fall of snow Tues
day in this section was followed by
an extremely cold wave from the
north and this continued until Thurs
day evening when the weather mod
Grated. The barometer now indi-
Gates a spell of good weather.
Members of the Rescue Hose Com
pany put in a couple of strenuous
afternoons this week in taking down
and replacing the flag pole on their
hose house after it had been repaired
and a new pulley put in place. The
present pole had stood since 1900
without repair and needed renovat-
ing and a ley rope.
Frank C. Lewis for the long term,
and j. B. Bale for the short term.
were the only candidates who filed
applications with the County Clerk
for nomination for trustees of Eu-
reka School District No. l, and al
though there will be no opposition
to their selection. the election will
be held according to law and the
polls opened at the school house at l
p. m. on Saturday. April 6.
While no official announcement has
as yet been made by the Post Office
Department. the local railway
brought up the mail from Palisade
on Monday. Wednesday and Friday
of this week, and it is thought this
arrangement will continue. This no
doubt means that the stage mail SER
vice from Palisade. that is still being
conducted. will be withdrawn and
the train carry all the mail.
w. A. Moore of Newark Valley
came into Eureka Thursday from the
sheep shearing camps in the north
end of this county. where he went TO
negotiate for a shearing crew to
work on his focks. He found that
the had waathar had slowed I'm the