The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-19
Nevada State News

brother of the well known Clayton
family of Elko County, is announced
to have occurred at San Jose, CAL,
last Monday following an extended
illness.
The trial of James Neven for the
murder OF Mrs. Eta Hanna has been
set for March 2 in the district court
at Reno. Neven entered a plea Of
not guilty in the court when he was
arraigned.
Senator-elect and Mrs. T. L. eddie
left Reno Saturday evening for Wash
ington, ID. C. The Senator will Sc
lect a home in Washington and will
be on hand March 4th to take his
place in the Senate.
The University of Nevada has writ
ten to White Pine County for the
three swans that the county is anxi-
Gus to dispose of at a very low price.
| The three swans are the young birds
that were raised last a and since
reaching maturity the old swans have
refused to let the young fellows live
on the county lake.
J.. G.. Scrugham, State Engineer,
upon his return from Washington, d.
| e., Tuesday stated that a draft of a
bilb satisfactory to all Federal de-
partments interested and giving des-
ignated States rights to proceed with
determination of rights along the
Colorado river has been prepared and
will be presented in the United States
| Senate in the near future.
Victor Ajax and wife, indicted by
the Federal grand jury for an al
legged violation of the Mann Act and
arrested at Ely, have been released
under bonds at that place. Erick
Pohl, arrested under the same charge
in connection with Ajax and his wife.
is being held in New Mexico. The
charge is based upon the fact that
four girls, named Evelyn Hawley,
Bernice Kroman, Elsie Jenkins and
Dorline Hendricks, were engaged in
Salt Lake and transported to Ely for
purposes of debauch last November.
A land deal OF unusual import to
White Pine County was consummated
several days ago, when Otto Meek,
prominent business man of Ogden,
purchased four seventies of the inter-
ests of Guy Saval in the Baker ranch.
The consideration is estimated around
$4,000 900. which was paid partly in
cash and by the exchange of property
in Ogden and Wyoming. To be more
explicit, this property consists of the
Ogden stock yards and the serum
plant there and real estate in Wyom-
ing near Evanston, all Of which was
turned over to Mr.. Saval by Mr..
Meek.
Orders to close the big calcining
plant at Death Valley Junction have
been received from headquarters in
New York and the mill will cease to
function as soon as the raw product
now in process is treated. This will
complete the prostration of the borax
industry which made the valley fam
Gus throughout the world and marks
an epoch in the history of the Pacific
Coast Borax Company with the first
suspension of operations. The pa
ralysis is due entirely to the last
freight raise which operated to pre-
vent the company from continuing
shipments to its warehouses in Bay
onne, N. J..
Reese river ranchers are looking
for an Independent scale through a
mutual company which has been or
ganized with a fund of $4,000 to
make a thorough exploration of the
basin situated below Austin. The
syndicate has secured a standard oil
drill from Wyoming and a complete
equipment, the freight alone of which
delivered at the station Of Ledlie will
call for $4,000 charges. H. Newman,
an expert from the Wyoming field,
will have charge Of operations and
the field will be prospeeted in a most
thorough manner. No stock has been
offered for sale.