25 Jun 1915
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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
1
Special to The Independent reports Carranzaites driven from Mexico City in a severe battle, ending all efforts to arrange a peace conference. The piece notes intervention seems inevitable amid the clash.
Fresno reports a major fire at the Barton winery with widespread flames forming a lake of burning wine. The extent of the damage is estimated as severe, threatening nearby structures as emergency crews battle the blaze.
The Reno Gazette riffs on a typo in the Independent's Elko story claiming Elko’s summer climate outshines Phoenix’s mild winter climate. The quip notes Elko’s climate as notably fine and invigorating while joking about Phoenix.
Winnemucca hosts a postponed game with Reno rescheduled for Sunday and a new contest set with Elko. Elko players travel by the Western Pacific Sunday morning and exchange boasts of trimming the locals.
Co. E. Woodward and J. F. Riordan from Mountain City stay at the Mayor. They display fine placer gold from their claims on Van Duzer creek. The creek has yielded placer gold for thirty years and may yield a big mine once the ledges are found.
R M Dorsey and three ladies from Tampa traveled by car to the exposition then returned via Elko today at noon for gas and supplies. They described the San Francisco show as the greatest ever and noted 32 days outward with 13 days lost to wet weather. they expect faster return travel.
A column lists numerous questions about Panama Exposition attendance, July bond elections, Fourth of July plans, Salt Lake travel, Overland Trail status, Elko and nearby town developments, weather forecasts, county fair surprises, and local curiosities. The piece ends by noting the author can answer only the first query and then references Abraham Lincoln's death clock hand.
Commissioner Griswold arrived from Starr Valley and met Commissioner Gregory to discuss the sewer bond election. No plans or special meeting have been set, and the board may postpone the July 3 election with action expected this evening or tomorrow.
Governor Boyle appointed R. L. Douglass and W. A. Keddle from Fallon to fill the unexpired terms of Thomas Hunter of Elko and Frank Williams of Goodsprings on the state board of agriculture. The board oversees the state agricultural society and the state fair to be held at Fallon this year.
The Carson Appeal reports near Carson City a San Francisco miner named G F Dyer in town four months privately testing ledges on a mountain near the Chedic graphite mine. He claims 32 claims mapped with 70 years of ore within them and assays from nine samples yielding modest to large values.
A local fishing party led by Mrs. William Doyle was planned for South Park with guests from Carth, Kansas, and Nevada, but the event was postponed to next week due to windy conditions. Charlie Mitchell planned the drive to a ranch south of town while Mr. Doyle remained at home.
The article reports Mr. Dyer revealing previously suppressed facts about a large mining proposition. He showed returns from his work and left for San Francisco to confer with associates before resuming modest exploration on the claim. The site, staked for decades and later relocated, yielded puzzling mineral quality in the froat and ledges, drawing him away from Freer State toward Nelda before his return.
In Elko County a rabid coyote was seen near the town’s outskirts this morning. Sheriff Joe Harris and deputies John Adams and Bert Davis, recently sentenced to state prison for burglary, investigated the sighting after a man with a chain gang hauled gravel from a local pit.
Chester Tindall and Miss J Herron of Idaho were married by Julge Taber in his chambers last evening. The couple left for a trip to the Exposition after the ceremony. County official Wm Weathers and Miss Tindall served as witnesses. The Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company declared dividend No 23 of 10 cents a share payable July 31 to stock of record June 30 totaling $335,914.80, lifting the grand total to $28,642,916.80.
From Detroit Michigan Mrs McHarness hosts four ladies en route to the San Francisco Exposition. The group includes Mrs Macleod Mrs Wilcox Miss Carrie Wilcox and Miss Dorothy Calvert staying three or four days before continuing.
Two months before certificates are decided, Miss Adelaide Philips of Ruoy val ley leaves for Reno to attend a summer term at the university after taking teachers' exams under Miss Kno meyer. State board at Carson will pass on all papers once decisions are made.
Nevada exhibitors win the grand prize for mining department exhibits and claim several top prizes in agriculture at the San Francisco exposition. The piece notes Nevada's rich resources, abundant minerals, and potential for future population and economic growth in a sparsely settled state.
Agent Long of the Southern Pacific faces an irate rider who complains the No. 2 limited did not stop for him. Long claims the fare for the limited train is five dollars extra and would have halted the train if notified in advance.
Special to The Independent reports a historic event as an aeroplane sinks a submarine. A Zeppelin destroys a Rus' army diver in the Baltic. Mrs. Cameron dies in San Antonio. her daughter Mrs. C. L. Fike, wife of a Western Pacific train dispatcher, notes the loss.
Berlin June 25 Germany completes a preliminary draft second note to President Wilson. It pledges freedom of the seas without harming neutral vessels and promises to refrain from attacking neutral ships if the United States guarantees protection of submarines. The Lusitania issue remains unsettled.
Judge Castle sentences Joe Murphy to six months in county jail for resisting an officer and James Tutt to three months for vagrancy. A warrant for W D Allen is issued for forgery as Allen fled after writing checks totaling 80 dollars. J Keno arrest warrant to be pursued for defrauding the university term. Mrs Millard returns home after delivering flags to Ely, Carson.
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