The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-08-07
LOCAL BREvITIES


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j. ID. Wallace of Ely arrived in Eu-
reka yesterday and is looking over
his life insurance business in this
section.
Miss Stella Gianoli of Eureka has
been engaged to teach the coming
term of school at the Sadler ranch
in Diamond valley.
F. Dignan an attorney OF Reno was
in Eureka Tuesday on business con-
nected with one of the old patented
claims of the district.
/ j. e. Josey, assistant secretary and
+ treasurer of the Eureka Croesus and
other Davis companies, returned from
business trip to Elko on Thursday.
The County Commissioners ad-
journed late yesterday after a busy
two days session. A transcript of
their proceedings will appear in our
issue of next week.
j Earl Nelson arrived from Elko this
week with a three-ton truck and
trailer and will engage in trucking
and freighting In this section. He
was accompanied by his family and
will make his headquarters in Eureka
The two parties from Austin, who
were arrested and held for several
days by Sheriff Mackey on a tele-
graphic warrant from officers of Lam
der County. were turned loose last
Saturday as no one had arrived from
Austin to take them back. They left
az once for Salt Lake City.
Reports of heavy discharge of
gas from the well being bored by the
Illipah Oil Company near Ely, result
ed in an unprecedented automobile
traffic from Ely to the derrick Thurs
day last. No further news have been
received of the details of the excite
ment.
The Farmers and Merchants Ma
tional Bank of Eureka unpacked and
put in place their furniture this week.
The banks interior now presents a
fine appearance, and together with
the courtesy that has been extended
all of the citizens of Eureka by Cash
Ter Travers, portends prosperous
future.
Eureka now has one road out of
town that IL can feel rather proud
of-that leading to the Angelo De-
paoli ranch on the Newark Valley
road. The loose rocks have all been
taken out and IL has been otherwise
improved, and for an eight mile auto
ride these pleasant evenings is really
worth the gas you will burn.
The Eureka base ball team left for
Palisade on a special train at 1880
this afternoon. About 40 rooters ac-
companied them, and all will attend
the ball to given there tonight, and
the game tomorrow morning. The
team is in good shape and expect to
bring back the bacon on a train that
will leave Palisade for Eureka at 80
p. m, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Anderson of
Hamilton were auto visitors Monday,
coming over for some merchandise
consigned to them there.
Mrs. Kate Cicali was an arrival
Monday from Salt Lake City, where
she has been for several weeks with
her sister Mrs. A. Anderson, who had
sufficiently recovered from an opera
tion she underwent there to return to
her home at Bingham, Utah.
During the electrical display ac-'
companying the storm last Sunday, a
bolt of lightning followed the tele-
phone wire into the local railway Of
flee and besides completely destroying
the telephone instruments set fire to
the building. Quick action on the
part of George Laird the agent
quenched the blaze before any serious
damage resulted.
No. IL, the new locomotive recent
ly delivered to the Eureka-Nevada
railway made its initial run to this
place Thursday. 1t presents a fine
appearance and will be big factor in
assisting the heavy traffic over the
road. The delays incident to secur-
ing new equipment can be partly APP
preciated when 1t is known that an
order for this engine was placed last
December. while delivery was not
made until the end of July-nearly
eight months later.
Ray Broy, former resident of Eu-
reka who is now connected with the
brokerage firm of Lewis & Broy OF
San Francisco, was in town several
days this week meeting old friends
and looking over the district. 1t was
his first visit in five years, and after
seeing some of the underground de-
velopments in several of the mines
here, he expressed himself as well
satisfied with the outlook, and that
his belief in Eureka's big future was
stronger than before.