The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26
NEVADA STATE NEWS


tined on accoun of smallpox.
Oficers of Elko have started a dog
killing drive. All homeless dogs are
shot.
DIR. Sweet of Minden is building a
warehouse al Minden to take care OF
HIS honey crop.
Crude oil-burning heating plants
are being installed in several Douglas
county schools.
Nick Conner, In charge OF the Gosh
ute Indian agency. near Ibapah, has
32S Indians under his care.
The Eagle of Fallon prints a list OF
go oil companies incorporated in that
district. Twenty-four have derricks
on their properties.
Round Mountain placers have yield
ed approximately $125,e00 during
the present year. according to the Ne
vada Mining Press.
Jim Abbott, called the Deer
lodge Kid" is In jail again. Paroled
from the State prison, he stole a sad
die and schaps at Elko.
The Nevada delegation of Odd Fell
lows, 100 strong, has gone to Santa
Rosa to attend a Nevada-California
| convention Of the order.
The shortage of housing and room
ing facilities at Virginia City is a
problem that the Comstock Chamber
Of Commerce will attempt to solve.
Down in the historic old mining
| camp of Candelaria work is being
started upon an ore reduction plant
that will have a daily capacity of 800
tons.
The Elko Soda factory building and
plant were destroyed by fire Thursday
morning. The fire whistle was froz-
en- and a general alarm could not be
given.
w. A. X. Robinson, formerly Of
Austin and later of Yreka, California,
has been appointed manager of the
Wingfeld r~anching interests in
Churchill County.
During the first three months of
the year 1876 the Consolidated Vir-
ginia mine on the Comstock yielded
$~8,262,7S0, according to the Virginia
City Chronicle.
With Is patients in the general
hospital, the Elko Independent says;
1.-The institution Is growing nor in
popular favor and some very credit
able showings have been made"
Mining Of all kinds will be normal
in the Spring, according to s. M.
Soupcoff Of the American Smelter
Company, who recently visited camps
in the northern part of the State.
Mason Valley farmers have agreed
to raise approximately 500 acres of
sugar beets for the Fallon factory
next year. Experiments carried on
previously have shown a profit from
this form of agricultural activity.
Mrs. Lydia M. Bartine. relicit OF
the late Horace F. Bartine, twice
Congressman from this State and for
many years a member of the Nevada
Railroad Commission, died in Carson
City Tuesday night, aged IS years.
Mr.. Bartine died in Winnemucca
while campaigning for Congress on
August 81, 1918.
The Dangbergs of Carson Valley
owning the States larges single cul-
tivated tract, have plated 1000 acres
of land and offered it for sale in small
subdivisions. The movement is ex-
pected to make a solid city of Minden
and materially increase the popula-
ton Of Gardnerville.
The seven-months-old baby Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. r. Mills, of Golconda,
was burned with chloroform and was
brought to Winnemucca for treat
ment. A little brother got hold of a
bottle containing a small quantity OF
chloroform and attempted to give the
baby some. The baby was burned on
the mouth and neck. The injuries are
not serious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Belgen and
children have returned to Las Vegas
after trying to ~re-establish themselves
In their old home town of Bristol,
England. They found deplorable con-
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 l.. The new
venture will be managed by Messrs.