The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-22
NORTHWEST NOTES

% AgyiccirvIs. OF all foclst f-es -
per cent are prev-nfable.
Mrs. Minnie Priest DuntOn. past
presislasr Of the Rehekah state assem-
bly,. fnEnier state librnrian and prom
inent dub worker. died az o 30 o'clock
last Wednesday AZ Bokse AT 81. Al
phoHsas' hospital Of Br.ghts disease
and arspsy. She was "a years OF age.
Thirty thousand sacks OF onions
stored by Sp,ckton. Cal. commission
merchants in a warehouse have been
dumped during the past week on ac-
count Of no market for onions. which
were In goca condition. The loss to
the merchants is estimated at 100000
Endorsement Of the Knutson bill, now
before congress, which has for its aim
in part the increasing Of pensions TO
be allowed to Indian fighters of the
nation and their widows, has been
made by Governor Mabey Of Utah In
a telegram to Senator Smoot at Wash
ington.
Coal shipments In Utah during the
drst five months Of 1921 have shown
decrease as compared with those Of
a similar period in 1920. Of SO percent.
according to figures compiled by rhe
pubic utilities commission ana an.
bounced recently by Secretary T. e.
Banning.
The old Sheba zine. which was u
producer in the early days of Nevada's
mining life. is being operated again by
8. Fl. Brady and associates. and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Brady. who returned
to Reno few days ago, the showing
on the property is very good. The
mine is located near INLAY.
A. Herguela.. an employee Of the Cal.
lfornia Rand Silver, me- fell 175 feet
down the shaft of the Kelly silver mine
at Randsburg. CAL A broken leg was
! his only injury. Herguela was over
come by the heavy air in the mine, and
fell while attempting to signal the
hoistman from the ninth level.
. The Patterson Mcdonald. Shipbuild
ing company of Seattle has been a.
; warded 81 ,063,S91 in shipping clarns
; against the Australian government by
: the decision of a board Of arbitrator
e appointed by the Australian govern
ment and the company which was fled
with the master In bankruptcy at Sc.
i attic, WASH
Japan, seeking an outlet for Its in
! creasing population, looks not to ltm-
: erica, but to eastern Siberia ESQ Abe,
- dean Of the department. of politics at
y Waseda university, Japan, declared In
statement made public at Seattle n
few days ago. Professor Abe sails for
10 Japan next Thursday, after accompany
s. ing the Waseda baseball team on It's
a. American tour.
IF Wheeler Peak is The highest poirs
n In Nevada. According to map pah-
ID lished by the United States Geolog eel
s. Survey, Department of the nteifer
t, this mountain stands 13,05S feet abe
e. sea level. The average elevation q,
Or the state of Nevada is $500 fael,
At Only four states-Utah Colorado, Wy,
is oming and New Mexico-have a higl,
ID er average altitude.
- | onc hlCillun was llJuEttl, DTODstD.,,
fatally and three others were less scr
ously hurt In fire which destroyed
more than block in densely settssuI
Is flat and apartment house section a.
.. San Francisco recently. The block of
NJ. houses between Ellis, O'Farrell, LNs l.
no ma and Octavia streets was wiped on
on and the adjoining one on the v.rs
TO damaged considerably.
%, Because of the fact that travel err;
's' the Lincoln Highway is diverted Il
10 Los Angeles at Ely, Nevada, the Ca'
81 ifornia State Automobile Assoc atton
ps northern organization with he:.,l
"a quarters in San Francisco Is now
marking the overland trail witt base,
enamel signs, and worthy effort i!
Under way to bring the travel throug,
+ Elko, Winnemucca and Reno to Sal
Francisco.
George Warren Craven was electe
president of the State School of Mine
Of Montana by the state board of ehu
cation. He succeeds DR.. G. H. Clapl
recently elected by the board TO sue
- coed DR.. Il. o. SisSon, who reS'rne
to accept the chair Of philosophy an
K education at Reed college in Portland
& President Craven who was born |
& Helena in 1871, is the first native 0
Montana to head one of It's higher edit
III cational institutions.
j. T.. Booth of Evanston and Donal
McAlllster, formerly Of Diamondvll,
Lincoln county, Wyoming, have bee
81 named by President Harding as re,
A ster and receiver of the Evanston Ian
Office. The senate confirmed the
La appointments and when their oifici.
~ 5onds have been approved they "
fake over the offices. They sue -
Alex Nisbet Of Evanston and Jams
!. 2. Folger of Kemmerer in those pos
on TONS who have served for the p;!