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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
HIGHWAY
CUTS SACRAMENTO

The city of Sacramento is to be cut
of the Placerville branch of the Lin
coin highway as q matter of punish
ment for supporting the Northern"
or Victory" route across Nevada. ac-
cording to advices received at Reno
from California. Gail s. Hoag, of
Ely, Nevada, who succeeded II. G.
Osterman as field secretary Of the
Lincoln Highway Association, has
made the announcement that Sacra-
mento will be dropped from the high
way, and Sacramento In reply de-
ounce the action as spite work"
on the part Of Hoag and the Lincoln
Highway Association.
According to the California press
Sacramento ran counter to the wish
es of the Lincoln highway officials
when she became a supporter of the
Overland Trail across Nevada, also
known az the Northern" and Vic
tory" highway route. Sacramento is
credited with having taken this action
on account of the alleged diversion
of tourist traffic at Ely. Nevada, to
Southern California. Partisans of
the Lincoln highway also charge that
a few weeks age Carl Lamus, repre-
senting the city of Sacramento also
made the statement that the Sacra-
mento Chamber of Commerce was
no longer interested In the Lincoln
highway"
According to Hoag's announcement
his association will change the route
of it's Placerville branch by turning
off the Folsom road at Perkin and
following the paved road through
Florin, which back to the main
highway about seven miles south of
Sacramento.
The incident is a development In
the fight that has ragged for several
| years between advocates of the
Northern" route In Nevada and
those living upon or interested in the
| Lincoln highway. Considerable riv-
airy between the respective advocates
OF the two routes" has existed In
Nevada for a long time and eventual
ly California was drawn into 1t. North
ern California supporting the North
ern route because she claimed that a
majority Of the Lincoln highway tour
lists were being diverted to Los Ange-
les at Ely, Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
WAGE REDUCTION
NOTICES POSTED

Notices of the intention OF the
Southern Pacific Company to reduce
wages on January 1 have been posted
in the yards at Sparks. Nevada. and
are causing considerable comment
among railroad men. Committees
representing the men will confer with
officials of the railroad in regard to
the proposed wage reduction which
involves all classes of labor.
For employees in the train and en-
CINE service the wages in effect on
March l., 1920, will be restored.
Switchmen are reduced sixty cents a
day. Wages fixed for other classes OF
service include: Shopcrafts, sixty
sever and one-half cents an hour;
shopcraft helpers, forty cents an
hour; helpers apprentices from for
ty cents to fifty-four cents an hour;
regular apprentices from t~wenty-nine
to fifty-four cents an hour.
Car department employees, fifty
cents an hour; helpers, thirty-ive
cents an hour; stationary engineers
and coal passers, sixty-three and one
half cents an hour; telegraph and
telephone linemen, sixty cents an
hour.
In the maintenance of way depart
ment the cut varies for different
classes of service from five to ten
cents an hour with no cut for com
mon track laborers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
INVESTIGATE A
CONDITIONS In ToNop..

Wild rumors circulated hs,.
to the effect that over so So
scarlet fever we're under trs.,~.i
at Tonopah. but the fact IA Tia, s
ing the whole month there 49,"
been more than IL cases. sav. !"
Times. To further demonstrs,.
healthy condition of the cam,
set at rest all questions about -.
lacks being Of a virulent tyne !, -
be explained that the doctors A..
able to agree in their diagnosis =, -.
complaints. Some hold that 1, =
nothing more serious than es,u.
measles; others claim that thu v,.,.1
ton is a mild form Of scarlet -
To determine the facts DIR. 8. 7.
secretary of the State Board !.
Health, was wired to come To To,s
pah.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
RATE CONFERENCE
ENDS AT CARSON

Carson, Nevada, Nov. 19.-The ore
rate conference which started yester-
day will be concluded late this after
noon following a busy session in
which representatives of mining in
terests in Phoebe. Oreana and other
points in the State presented figures
to show that the freight rates on ore
were excessive and had hindered the
development of mines.
Henry M. Rives, secretary Of the
Nevada Mine Operator Association
said the value of ore produced in Ne
vada this year would be about one
fourth of that In 1918 and half
of the 1919 and 1920 production
largely because Of the high fare rates
charged. J. C. Brumblay also spoke
on the conditions of mining to-day
compared with a few years ago. while
G.. e. Cook of Oreana and e. G. b.
Marriage OF Phoebe told of conditions
in their communities.
Ten railroad representatives have
been present at the conference, but
made no statement other than to ask
questions.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
ORE shipment
RATES FILED

Carson, Nevada, Nov. 23.-Freight
rates of lao per cent in advance of
charges on carload lots will be
charged on small shipments of ores
to smelters from Nevada on and after
November 2S. The tariffs providing
for restoration OF this schedule. which
had been withdrawn some time ago,
have been filed with the Nevada Pub
lie Service Commission of Nevada by
the Pacific freight tariff bureau, and
govern rates made by all railroads OPP
Grating in this State.
This action was taken in accord
ance with recommendations and
agreements at the ore rate confer
ence held in this city last week. Its
effect, generally, will be that the min
er who is working small, high grade
streaks, will be enabled to ship the
ore at rates that will not be prohibit
tive, but will enable him to utilize
the profits in further development
work and the making of mines of low
grade in quantity.
1t was also suggested at the con-
ference that the railroads make rep
aration for the very high rates
charged during the period that the
100 per cent rate on smaller-than-
carload lots was not in force, and II
is believed that the railroads will give
relief in this respect.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
RECORD MAIL FLIGHT MADE

San Francisco, Nov. 22.-An air
mail flight at the rate of It's miles an
hour between Reno and Elko. New,
was made yesterday by Pilot Claire
X. Vance, a speed record for the wes-
tern division Of the service. II vas an
nounced here at air mail headquar-
ters. The time for the fight was one
hour and twenty minutes. the dis
lance being 235 miles. Vance left
Reno at 7:10 a. m, reaching Elko at
$40. The best previous record for
the distance was made about a week
ago by Vance, when he made the
fight in n hour and thirty-seven
minutes, flying at the rate Of 155
miles an hour.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
REAL WASHOE ZEPHYR

Carson Appeal: Monday, while the
wind was doing a few minor things
in this valley. 1t was kicking up d.
does in Washoe valley.
Parties coming yer the highway
had some strenuous experiences. c. G.
Sellman lost the top on his car. A
big Cadillac was stripped and the top
ripped to shreds. Several small cars
lost tops and one was blown on the
road. but no damage done.
The ". and T. local train hit. the
brunt Of the high wind between Wa
shoe and Franktown. when the COW
sring on the engine cab was landed
in . nearby field. Hay stacks were
stripped, and altogether II was a real
washoe zephyr. Just the kind that
Mark Twain experienced when he
properly named the character of wind
that souses down the sierras toward
the comstock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
SIX MONTHS HAVING
IN CARSON VALLEY

Practically six months of haying
season Is the record of Carson valley
this year. Cutting of the first crop
started in June and only last week
was the last of the hay crop put in
the stack, the November crop being
stacked on the F, c. Springmeyer
ranch, and consisted of about 80 tons
of third crop. 1t has been one of the
most remarkable seasons ever known
here, and although now in the middle
of November, alfalfa fields are still
green and late feed is excellent. which
NEAR a big saving OF hay already in
the stack. says the RecordCourier.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
OLD Time NEvADAM
STILL IN HARNESS

The San Francisco Chronicle of a
few days ago carried an interesting
story of John w. Maddrill, an old
time Nevadan, who at different peri
DDS In the long 6 was connected
with some of the States most noted
newspapers and for a number of years
was public printer, residing In this
| town. He will be remembered by a
lot of the old-timers, says the Carson
Appeal.
In the early days Of the '~nineties"
1t was the pleasure Of the present
publisher of the Appeal, together with
| his wife before their marriage, to
have worked with Maddrill on one of
California's big dailies, and an init
macy that was carried on for quite a
| period proved Maddrill one OF the
best fellows going and rue as steel.
| His advice and knowledge of the
business" was frequently sought and
as freely given and 1t never lead
astray. He was n of the old-time
printers and newspaper men, one of
those who could do anything in the
shop" from proving a galley and
rolling a form" to sitting and di-
recting matters from the editorial
chair. 1t was men of his character
and mold who laid the foundation
for the present standard of the press.
The Chronicles story follows:
John W. Maddrill. veteran printer
Of the Palace hotel, yesterday cele-
brated the completion of his thirtieth
year in the service of the hotel. In
recognition Of his long term of se--
vice. Halsey e. Manwaring. manager.
presented him with a check calling
for a substantial sum-.
Few men there are who can boast
Of having worked for thirty years at
the same job and this record is the
more remarkable in that Maddrill has
taken a vacation of but one week in
all these years. There is nothing re-
markable in that SO far as l can see.'
said Maddrill yesterday. I have Of
ten been urged to take a vacation.
but somehow or other / could lev
manage to get away.
"'At the times / wanted to go on a
vacation / neve could find my one
that l would care to trust in my lit
tie printing shop and so / just stayed
on. Even during the time of the
l still stuck to the cases of type and
the printing press. There was so
much to do and so few men to do the
work that l hardly waited for the
ruins of San Francisco to cool before
I had my little shop going again. The
Palace press used to print the menu
for a number of hotels in those days
and we didn't lose a minute in get
ting started again.
"Maddrill has served under nine
arrangements of the Palace and is the
only printer ever employed by the ho-
tel. He is the oldest employee of the
hotel in the point of service. Mad
drill was State printer Of Nevada in
the early days of that State. but left
in 1882 to fill various positions on
California newspapers until 1892,
when he vas given charge of the Pal
ace print shop.
81 don't want to quit this work
even though I am getting on towards
the ~octogenerian classification. 4
wouldn't know what to do II I stopped
work."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26

shelters and while II. c. Hallmark at
first declared that 1t would be q waste
Of time to talk Of returning to pre-
war rates at this time he later ex-
pressed the opinion that the railroads
and ore shippers should be able to
adjust the rates to permit shipments
Of ore from the mines for treatment
at smelters.
Figures on the tonnage hauled by
the larger carriers w.s presented by
Traffic Manager e. II. Walker Of the
Reno Chamber of Commerce.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
NEVADA WORK HORSES
TO SUPPLANT AUTOS

Three carloads Of light horses will
go forward from Winnemucca to
San Francisco. the Silver State re-
ports. The shipper is Frank Gorham
of the Double Square ranch. near
Gold Circle and he has made an ad-
vantageous sale Of his horses to San
Francisco dealers who have informed
him that a trend is on in coast cities
to do away with the light auto truck
in favor of horses, which. they assert.
provide means of transportation more
economical than the auto In cases
where stops are frequent.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
RAILROADS WILLING TO
ADJUST RATES FOR ORE

Carson, Nov. 21.-Expressions of
willingness ON the part Of the rail-
roads to fix agreeable freight rates in
cases vhere large tonnages or ore are
to be shipped to shelters were given
by representatives Of the carriers at
the close OF the ore rate conference.
held before Chairman ]. F. Shaugh-
messy of the Nevada Public Service
Commission. Saturday night.
w. G. Forster of the Tonopah &
Goldfeld Railroad expressed a desire
Of his company to cooperate with the
shippers Of large bodies Of ore to the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
ORE RATE HEARINGS
At CARSON CITY

OdTcUns ANGNaaof 80
mony of Manager Brumley of the
United States Smelling and Refining
Company that high freight rates on
coke and limestone used in smelling
are holding up ore smelling charges
and that reduced freight rates will
bring lower smelter rates. was the
feature of a hearing before Chairman
j. F. Shaughnessy Of the State Public
Service Commission to-day on an APP
plication Of ore shippers for reduced
rates on ore shipments.
The smelters have given the ore
producers any benefit Of lower charg-
es on smelling necessities, he said,
but the increase of twenty-five per
cent allowed the carriers had necessi-
tated a reduction from eve smelters
to three by his company. due to de-
creased ore shipments. At n time
the Ruby Hill mine was shipping 200
tons daily to the Salt Lake smelter,
but this has been discontinued be-
cause the excessive freight rates made
1t prohibitive.
Traffic men are inclined to look up
on war prices to prevail at the pres
emit, he explained. and he believed
that lower freight rates would result
in greatly increased shipments.
Twenty representatives of shippers.
carriers, smelters, chambers of COM
MERGE and other public interests were
present when the hearing opened this
morning with Chairman Shaughnessy
the only member of the Public Service
Commission present.
The hearing opened with the read
ing of letters by Chairman Shaugh-
messy received from ore shippers from
various parts of the State tending to
show that freight rates should be re-
duced. Herbert Badt of Tobar and
Robert Preston Of Rochester were
present and spoke briefly on the
present costs and disadvantages of
shipping ore.
When 1t was suggested that the
matter of reduced smelter rates
should be gone into at this time Hen
ry Rives, secretary of the Nevada
Mine Operators Association. said he
believed the question of reduced
freight rates should only be consid-
cred now. E. H. Walker, traffic man.
ager of the Reno Chamber of Com
merce, also stated he believed the
matter of freight rates should be con-
sidered first.
H. C. Hallmark of the Southern Pa
cifc Company asked If the time was
ripe for the movement of larger
amounts of ore.
The Eureka Chamber of Commerce
is making a strenuous effort to have
the rates charged for hauling ore
over the Eureka Nevada Railroad
which runs from Eureka to Palisade,
a distance Of eightyfour miles, re-
duced and in a tabulation of rates,
which will be presented at the con-
| ference late this afternoon or to-
morrow. comparisons are made be-
| tween the rates charged by the Eu-
reka Nevada road and the Nevada
| Central Railroad which operates be-
tween Battle Mountain and Austin, q
distance of 93.3 miles.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial No. O4580

United States Land Once. Ella
Nevada. October 2S, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that RoSsf
NJ. Price of Reno. County OF WssAos
State of Nevada. has filed In this y
flee his application to enter under 2
provision of Sections 230s-o7. K I
u. s., the following described lE
viz: SEA SwA Section II. TON
ship Is North, Range 81 East, n Z
B. and M.
Any and all persons claiming :
versely the lands described. or asar
ing to object. because Of the mins'
character of the land, or any o~
reason, to the disposal to appn''''
should file their afidavits OF pf0'ss
in this Office, on or before tne ''
day of December. 1921.
JOHN Il. ROBBINS, Resisd'
First publication Nov. ~, WI
Last publication Dec. II, i"l
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
HOLD UP ELKO MEN

Two masked robbers held up about
ten men in the John Brown place in
Elko Sunday night. The two entered
the soft drink establishment and
lined up the card players and then re-
lieved them of what they wanted. 1t
is figured that they secured several
hundred dollars in money and jewel
ry. There is no clew to who did the
job.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
THE CARSON CITY
ORE RATE CONFERENCE

Reno Gazette: That a large ma
jority of the mining properties OF Ne
vada are unable to operate p~roftably
under present freight rates and that
the cost Of rail transportation is also
dis~couraging the development Of min
eral prospects was clearly brought
out in the conference held at Carson
City . few days ago between repre-
sentatives Of the mining interests,
the railroads, the smelters and the
railroad commission. The net result
Of the conference was a showing to
the effect that the mining industry in
Nevada is in a state of most serious
depression and that the railroads hold
the key to the situation.
Evidence submitted by the Nevada
Mine Operators Association shows
that the mineral production for 1921
will be only a little more than one
fourth of what 1t was a few years
ago. With every advance in freight
rates mine production has coincident-
ly declined . Within the last year the
cost of labor, lumber and various ma
terials has fallen. but in spite Of this.
Q silver and gold properties,
with a guaranteed price for their out
put, have closed down or found 1t un-
profitable to operate on account Of
high transportation and smelter
charges.
The conference disclosed that the
smelters are little better of than the
mining companies. Testimony was
submitted showing that they are now
operating at little better than one
third capacity and that they have
been compelled to advance treatment
charges owing to the excessive cost
Of shipping fiuxing ores. which are
necessary to the treatment Of ores
from Nevada. Until the rates r
reduced upon fuxing ores. they in
sist, It will be impossible for them to
return to treatment charges that ap-
proximate those of the pre-war per-
iod.
The ease Is one In which a para
mount industry Of an entire State is
in a condition of paralysis through
the maintenance of freight rates that
are uneconomic. They are not only
destructive to a great industry but
IRE Improbable to the railroad COM
panies themselves. because they have
actually killed freight traffic to an
enormous extent. Unless the ores
and concentrates can be moved to the
smelters, the communities producing
them and the cities serving them will
suffer, and heavy loss of freight ton
mage will become a certain conse-
quence.
The mine operators and the Ne
vada Railroad Commission exercised
sound judgment in calling the con-
ference. To rectify the situation
through proceedings brought before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
would require at least two years time
and would provoke a conflict between
the carriers and the industries con-
cerned. between which the most cor
dial cooperation should prevail. At
the Carson City meeting the mine
owners and the shelters candidly dis
closed the condition of their indus
tries, and II the railroads view 1t
from a constructive standpoint they
will NOT hesitate long about revising
rates to q point that will enable the
mines to resume work. II they fail
to grasp the situation they must
shoulder the blame for the almost
PROSTATE condition of the mining in
dustry In Nevada. aa
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
HOME THOUGHTS

what does your husband do when
he's at homer"
He thinks Of new ways to make
money"
And what do you dot"
"Oh, I think Of new ways to spend
it."-Hojas Selectas (Barcelona).
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II people were forced to follow
their own advice what a sudden 81
lence would prevail.
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NOTICE

DIR. Mabel X. Young Is now b
her Office on Spring Street pre-
pared to do all kinds OF Denis
work.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
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ditions in the mother country, Nth
hundreds of thousands out of work In
the cities, living extremely high and
housing inadequate. Household costs
in England. said Belgen, are rs per
cent higher than In the United States.
A new picture theatre will open at
Elko about December 1. The new
venture will be managed by Messrs.
Woodford and Vizino and is said to
be backed by Idaho capital. A con-
tract for remodeling of the Hay build
ing. formerly occupied by the Menar-
di-Judd Music Company Of Reno. has
been let and the new theatre will seat
about 500 when 1t is opened. vaud-
eville and moving picture attractions
will be offered.
1t is reported that plans are under
way for the colonization of he
Rancho Grande, a ranch property In
Elko County belonging to J. ]. Hylton
and Clayton Brothers. This is the
second property belonging to this firm
to be placed on the colonization mar
ket. the other being the DEVILS Gate
ranch lying near the Rancho Grande.
This plan opens up a stretch Of fer
tile ranch territory over thirty miles
in length.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-22

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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-04-22
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