The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-09-02
NEVADA STATE NEWS

Drilling work is at a standstill In
the Fallon oil district at the present
time. for the first time In two years.
1t is thought the the Newlands
project will dispatch 200 cars OF
cantaloupes during the present melon
season.
Raw vegetables and green apples,
eaten by two-year-old Robert Erie,
caused commissions which resulted in
the child's death near Carson. The
parents of the child are travelling
from Washington to California In
wagons.
The Colorado River Commission
will meet on November is at Santa
Fe. New Mexico. to draft the final
form Of contract between. the States
ment governing the waters of the
Colorado river.
An early morning fire at Truckee
Saturday threatened destruction of
the town. The blaze destroyed the
Sierra Tavern, the Bonner Garage
and two residences. Fire equipment
of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company was used in Q%uenching the
flames.
Gus Petite of Mound House, whose
leg caught in a conveyor belt at the
Mound House gypsum plant. suffered
injuries which necessitated amputa-
tion of the injured member. His leg
was nearly torn from his body. and
amputation about six inches above
the knee was necessary.
An order for the destruction of APP
p~roximately seventy-fve stills and
700 gallons of moonshine liquor has
been made by Judge E. S. Earring
ton in the Federal court at Carson.
and the marshal's Office is ready to
proceed within the next few days
with the destruction of the merry
mucilage.
Governor Emmett d. Boyle has re-
turned to Reno from Las Vegas,
where he had charge of the strike
situation fer several days. The Gov
ernor stated that the conditions In
Las Vegas were exaggerated from
the first, the result of fervid imagin-
alton in the minds of railroad officials
and newspapermen.
Because the institution at Berke-
ley, Calf. where Nevada has been
educating its blind, is now full, other
pupils will be sen from this State to
a similar institute at Ogden. Utah.
Five students are being taken there
from Berkeley and three will be TAX
en- next month. The State defrays
the cost of education and keep.
William and Nellie Mcfarland.
charged with attempting to steal a
Ford from a Monticello motor car
dealer, are at the Elko County Jail
awaiting a trip % the State peniten-
tiary at Carson. They appeared be-
fore Judge Taber for trial and were
sentenced to serve from two to fifteen
years, following their entering a plea
of guilty.
John Robb Clarks, attorney of Las
Vegas, has been cited by the State
Supreme Court to appear September
8 to show cause why he should not
be deprived of his certificate and IL
cense to practice law. The com-
plant against Clarks, filed by the
Las Vegas Bar Association, alleges
unethical and improper conduct.
Extensive deposits of gypsum To-
Gated approximately II miles east
and south of Gerlach in the northern
part of Washoe County. said to be in
exhaustible and of fine quality, are
to be worked on a large scale by the
Pacific Portland Cement Company.
A grading contract for five miles of
standard gauge railroad connecting
with the Western Pacific is to be let
within a few days. bids having been
received and passed upon. which will
connect with the mine by an aerial
tramway to be built.