The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-06-17
NEVADA STATE NEWS

southern Nye County was frst TO
mort the cutting Of alfalfa this year.
The road around Lake Tahoe to
econ city is now open for motor
traffic.
contain John Nicholson has been
..oo,nted probation officer for Elko
County.
,,,arurban service is now operat-
- twe Yerington and Reno
~,,h cars of Is passengers capacity.
CLARK ]. Guild, district attorney Of
1von County, has been elected grand
EASTER of the Nevada lodge, !. o.
o. +.
cbuhchill County is asking for the
.,nroyal of a bond issue OF $9z,OO0
,or building a new high school and
gymnasium.
Winnemucca has just found that
hovs are using the reservoir holding
the city drinking water for bathing
purposes.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee. homesteaders of Orovada,
HUMBOLDT County, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday.
The three-year-old son Of G. w.
Peterson Was drowned In the irrfga-
,,on canal running through the l.. l..
Hudson dairy ranch near Fallon.
Nineteen Carson boys have made
snnlication to attend the citizens
military training camp, which will
he held at Fort Douglas, Utah. this
Summer.
Five Carey act segregations have
been approved at Metropolis. These
are the only ones out of 20 applica-
lions on which the entrymen made
proof.
Jos. r. Romero. who confessed to
the killing of vincente Martinez at
Cerlach last March, was sentenced
to a term of from 10 to 20 years In
prison.
Fifty Indian girls from the Indian
Stewart Institute at Carson have
been taken to Berkeley. CAL. where
they will be engaged at Homework
during the Summer.
BENJAMIN Henley, Will e. Zoebel
and Stan c. Mitchell, all associated
with Wingfeld enterprises. have or
ganized the Humboldt Hotel Com
i pany to build at Winnemucca.
Adam Bay, a resident of Nevada
since the early sixties, died at Haw-
thorne Monday. He was formerly
employed hauling ore from the Com
stock mines to the mills at Washoe
City.
O. P. Skaggs. head Of a chain of
stores extending through Nevada,
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. has pur-
chased the Sunset grocery at Elko
from James S. Hay and will open the
store in July.
Coal has been reduced 81 per ton
by dealers on account of the cut in
freight. Coal now sells in Winnie
mucca for $3.50 a ton. while before
the recent cut in freight rates 1t sold
for s14.50.
Lafayette Edwards OF Panaca was
killed near Miami. Arizona, when he
/ jumped from an auto that was caught
by a railroad train on a crossing and
fell directly under the wheels of the
locomotive.
Hugh Sheldon. an accountant en-
ployed by the Tranter brothers OF
Reno, is charged with making such
a clever forgery of a check that one
of the firm failed to recognize the
imposter.
The Virginia & Truckee railroad
has refused to carry seized booze
from Gardnervile to Carson City to
be used for evidence. claiming that
the law specifically prohibits trans
portation of liquor.
An increase of $40 In number of
licenses issued to automobile owners
is reported by the State. making a
total OF $3.50 up to date with south
ern counties, where Inspector Renear
is operating, coming strong.
Dismantling Of the lower levels
OF the Con. Virginia is progressing
rapidly and the last of the pumps.
which have been working for 20
years, will be pulled. This ends de-
velopment on the Comstock below
the Sutro tunnel.
Wells announces the sale of the
Harrell brick building which for 40
years served as a saloon and museum.
This was the last holding of Casper
Harrell, who. during his residence at
wells, owned more land, more cattle
and more horses than any other man
In Elko County.
High salaries In California and Ari-
iona for school teachers may cause
a shortage Of experienced teachers
IN this State, 1t Is reported from Car
son. AS Nevada salaries are higher
imam Utah salaries. there is a possi-
oiiity that many Utah instructors will
De drawn to this State, however.
Skeletons of three human bodies,
Two men and a woman. have been
found at Trego, IL miles east of Ger
iach, near the Western Pacific rail-
road tracks. They apparently had
Deem buried about a year. An in
vestigation is being conducted to as
certain how the bodies CHANGED to be