The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-20

state. OF the late Henry Miller, land
md cattle baron of the West.
n cost the State ss,774.51 to op-
rate the state Prison during the
month of November, according to the
vauort of Warden r. b. Henrichs,
sIed with the Secretary of State.
Oficial reports from the Comstock
mines the last week show increased
activities in development and explor-
alton work. with general conditions
most favorable and the outlook for
the future exceptionally bright.
A Goldheld shipper claims a short
age of coal in n Of the cars re-
eel. ed by him, and has requested the
public service commission TO assist
him in getting the matter adjusted.
Mrs. wilhelmine Heimsooth, an old
time resident Of Carson City. commit
ted suicide by hanging herself with a
rope from the casing Of q door in her
home. A chair on which she stood
had evidently been kicked to one
side.
In order to lower the lost of liv-
ing, the Round Mountain Mining
Company he's purchased Berg Broth
ers' store and will hereafter sell for
cost. W. J. O'Brien. who had charge
Of the Millet store will manage the
business.-Manhattan Magnet.
Eighteen American Legion Posts
have been organised in Nevada to
date. Their membership IL now
around the thirteen hundred mark.
according to the reports that have
been forwarded to the Office Of the
State secretary OF the organization.
The Ellison Company has purchased
the Snapp ranch, one Of the best in
the Quin River valley. says the Win
nemucca Star, the purchase price
amounting to $125.o0o. The sale In
cludes ALI the livestock and personal
property. With the purchase of this
property the Ellison Ranching Com
pany becomes the largest land owner
In that section OF the State.
Possessed Of the delusion that he
had lost a fortune In the mining stock
market. c. ID. Aprie, q Reno waiter,
slashed his throat In an attempt at
suicide In a crowded poolroom In that
city. He was taken to a hospital,
but walked away. later appearing at
the police station, where he asked to
be sent to the hospital again.
A Tonopah dispatch says: This is
the first month OF the full pay check
with the bonus attached and with
nearly all the operating companies
reporting their lists fun. The pay
roll under the new system amounts
to approximately 100000 with as
much more paid out for supplies and
materials used In construction.
Wearing a pair Of socks that had q
new look and Tailed with q descrip-
ton Of some stolen from the store OF
z. Reinhart Company at Golconda,
caused the arrest Of Arthur Hender-
son at Golconda by Constable Brady.
He was brought to .winnemucca and
lodged in JAN. Eight mackinaws.
four pairs of shoes and several pairs
Of sox, which had been stolen from
the store the previous night, were re-
covered.
A Tonopah dispatch says the mine
operators closed o deal "Wednesday
for the purchase Of the Lothrop-Davis
store and 1t viii be used as the COM
missary under the agreement entered
into by the miners and the operators
when the labor troubles were settled.
Duncan e.. Shinn of Reno Is manager
Of the store and the mine operators
will take possession on January !.
The Lothrop-Da store is one Of the
Oldest mercantile houses in Tonopah.
A dispatch from Carson City says:
Labor Commissioner Cole has sub
figures in reply to an inquiry
from the New York Sun. showing that
oyer ss.5000O0 was lost in produc-
ton, etc.. from strikes IN Nevada dur
ing 1919. Over $450.O00 was lost In
wages to the workingmen. The fg-
are based on thirty days strike
at Ely. ten at Battle Mountain. forty
SIX at Tonopah and three at Virginia
City.
Captain 4. H. Pomin. skipper OF the
steamer Tahoe on Lake Tahoe for the
past twenty-four years. was found
drowned IN the cold water Of the lake
near . pier at Tahoe City last Tues
day by his wife. It was thought ne
was walking on the pier when the ice