The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-09-16
NEVADA STATE NEWS

Death Valley scotty has quit south
ern Nevada in favor Of the southern
| California movies.
William Doane. serving time for
burglary In Washoe County, walked
/ out Of the ~penitentiary where he was
privileged as a trusty.
Efforts are being made by the wa
ter company serving Virginia City to
keep pace with the increased demand
for domestic water.
Burning waste papers menaced the
News building in Goldfeld, occupied
by the Tribune, when the smoke
stack took FIRE and belched flames
over the roof.
Stewart institute reports the re-
turn Of 100 Indian girls who spent
their vacation acting as household
servants in San Francisco and adjac-
emit cities.
The Republicans of this State are
urging President Harding to appoint
Hugh Henry Brown, Tonopah lawyer,
to the Supreme Court of the United
States at the next vacancy.
Coal is selling in Virginia City for
SIT per ton and no difficulty is be-
ing experienced in filling the orders.
Nevada has 1876 more registered
automobiles this year than last.
Henry Nagel OF Yerington, won
first prize awarded by the Lyon Coun-
ty farm bureau against rs other con-
testants who raised pure bred Poland
China pigs for breeding purposes.
Joseph A. Blum of saltwater in
Churchill County. has an orchard
that this year will yield close to $1,000
worth of fruit. Apples is the prin-
cipal crop. 1t includes some peaches
and pears and covers a little more
than an acre.
Federal loans to the amount of
$104,850 have been received this
year by farmers of Churchill Coun-
ty. Loans amounting to $1,000
have already been approved and ad-
ditionai loans for $4,000 have been
applied for.
The Western Honey Corporation is
in the hands of a receiver. About
1900 hives of bees and other equip
ment scattered about on eighteen
western Nevada ranches are among
the articles to be converted into cash
to satisfy judgments now outstand-
ing.
Although he had withdrawn from
the non-partisan contest for judge of
the district embracing Ormsby, Stor-
ey and Douglas Counties. Attorney
General L. B. Fowler received $40
votes in Tuesdays primary election.
Judge F. p. Langan received CTS in
the three counties and G. A. Ballard
polled 896.
Churchill County voted $50 yes
and 583 no for a $4,000 county
high school bond issue to provide ad-
ditional quarters for the Fallon high
school student body. A second pro-
posal for $4,000 in bonds to pro-
vide for a gymnasium for the county
high school went by the board by a
vote of 676 to ass.
Gambling is legal when two or
more candidates register a tie vote
under the Nevada election law. The
election officials of Manhattan, after
counting the returns four times to
avoid mistakes, announced that c.
G. Hansen and w. r. Wilcox each re-
ceived forty-seven votes in the race
for justice of the peace. The nigh
man was Charles e. Lloyd with six
ty-one votes. His running mate will
be decided by Tipping a coin.
Preliminary steps for opening up
the immense gypsum deposits lying a
short distance from Gerlach, in Wash
oe County. are now being taken by
the Pacific Portland Cement Com
pany. according to authentic reports
current in mining circles, the belief
being that development of the prop
erty and the erection of a large mill
will be undertaken within a few
months. Employment, when the plant
is in operation, is expected to en-
gage about 500 men.