The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-24
IN YEARS GONE BY
TEN YEARS AGO
(From The Silver State Files)

list candidate for sheriff, is in town
today. Mr.. Miller is making an
active campaign and states that he
is meeting with much encourage
ment. (That is the experience of
every man who ever imagined that
he was running for office. After
the campaign is over they generally
come to the conclusion that there
are an ungodly number of uncon-
scionable liars infesting the country
in which they make their habitat.)
A full house something not pos
sible these prohibition times)
greeted Miss Caroline A. Lowe at
the Nixon Tuesday night. Judge
r. Gilray presided and J. w. Doug
lass, Socialist candidate for Justice
of the peace, officiated as vice.
chairman.
Fred E. Makinson, the well
known rancher, has moved his
family from Jackson creek to Tur-
lock, California, where he will spend
the winter.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
w. Miller opened new restaurant
in the Robins building on Bridge
street. They will make a specially
of hope cooking.
Chester Smith and Joseph Rougon
have leased the Nixon opera house
to take possession November 1. The
new management promises to have
an attraction each evening of the
year.
E. A. Ludwig, former Barrett
Springs operator, but at present in
terested in lease on the Black
Hole mine at Dun Glen, is in town
today. He states that the camp
is again forging to the front, on a
solid foundation. There. are about
thirty-fve men working for wages
in the camp, in addition to a dozen
or more working for themselves.
The Smoker" given at the Nixon
opera house last night in honor of
the grand jury, by the Humboldt
County Chamber Of Commerce, de-
veloped into quite an elaborate af-
fair. There we're about 200 of the
most prominent citizens of the coun-
ty present, and thoroughly good
time was enjoyed by all. j. Shee-
han, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, Col. E. R. Place, general
manager of the Winnemucca North
ern railroad and Roland Jacobs,
acted as reception committee and
President Sheehan presided at the
preliminary exercises.
The grand jury came into court
this morning at GAS and submitted
its final report to Judge Quicker.
The following true bills were found:
C. Kemp, forgery: V. A. Laughlin,
embezzlement; Jack Sullivan and
John Day, grand larceny, GOOD
night, Day.; Harry G. Hontz, fell
ony; Pietro Martini, assault with in
tent to kill; Charles A. Greene,
grand larceny; C. d. Perkins, grand
larceny; Lee Wilson, murder; John
O'Day and James Brady, burglary.
All person indicted by the grand
jury were arraigned this afternoon
at 2 o'clock. c. ID. Perkins, in
dicted for grand larceny, who was
not represented by counsel, again
stated that he was able to employ
counsel, but did not desire one at
this time. He pleaded not guilty
to the indictment and his case was
set for Monday, October %, with
bail fixed at $1,000.
To the foreman of the grand
jury of Humboldt county:
We, Your committee on roads,
beg leave to report as follows:
That during the recess of the
grand jury your committee have
looked over the roads in the diff
ferent districts in the county and
find the roads in a great many
places in the county badly in need
of repairs, automobile roads as well
as wagon roads. (Still in the same
old shape.)