Indictments Stain Elko and Nye County Officials
County grand juries charge Elko Deputy Harbin with willful malfeasance and seek removal, while Constable Cotant faces similar action. Nye County pours charges of nonfeasance against Commissioner Douglas due to alleged intoxication. Local reaction grows, critics call the grand jury a farce as bans tighten under Reno federal actions against bootlegging.
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Elko
Nye
Crond
Elko County
Guy Harbin
George W. Cotant
Grand Jury
Nye County
W. J. Douglas
Board of County Commissioners
Douglas
Tonopah
Reno
Time and words swallowed avert eating pride
A pithy adage notes that one who swallows his words may never endure the need to eat them, implying silence can spare public embarrassment and preserve dignity.
Nevada and California Livestock Shipments Get Rail Improvements
Returning from San Francisco on March 15, livestock shippers and growers in Nevada and California noted a well attended meeting with Southern Pacific Railway officials. Nevada shippers anticipate better feeding, watering, and handling facilities at Sparks, Carlin, and Montello yards, with the twice weekly livestock extra proving successful and a northern extension planned for 1922. Improvements aim to cut shrinkage and increase returns by speeding fat cattle and lambs from range to market.
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San Francisco
Nevada
California
Southern Pacine Railway
Moteal
Nevada Livestock Association
Save the
Keno Journal
Metcalf
Sparks
Carlin
Montello
Susanville
Lovelock
New Wage Scale for White Pine Employees
Ely Record reports the County Commissioners adopted a new wage scale for road crews. Districts divided by hay and grain costs set daily rates of 6 dollars for one man two horses and 8.50 dollars for one man four horses. Town districts Ely East Ely McGill Cherry Creek and Hamilton pay 7 dollars per day for two-horse teams and 9.50 dollars for four-horse teams, with 2.50 dollars extra for each additional team. Eight-hour days enforced with no travel time. county provides equipment.
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Ely
Board of County Commissioners
East Ely
McGill
Cherry Creek
Hamilton
The Awakening He Love and She Matrimony Metaphors
A playful comparison portrays He Love as a dream and She Matrimony as an alarm clock. The line imagines personal relationships with contrasting images, suggesting awakening moments in romance.
Newnaspfte News Highlights Nevada Developments
Nevada items report a Winnepucca dormitory plan for out of town pupils, quail trapping to Clark and Wa shoe counties, a new Reno garage for 20 cars, and a June 16 Reno track horse meet with 400 top horses. Also bids sought for a five story Reno hotel, a Copper Canyon Mining fire losses, a Las Vegas Co op store receiver, almond blossoms late, Sparks compressor explosion injuring Ira Wagner, a police shake up in Virginia City, US Gypsum adding plasterboard plant, death of Joseph McEachin, Fallon creamery transfer to Mutual Creamery, Tommy O Connell’s quick Las Vegas to Tonopah run, school fund gains from John Mack estate, Mason Valley line sale to Bell, Chartz windstorm loss, Leonard Styles defrauded, and a grand larceny warrant for Reuben King.
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George Wingfeld
Reno
Golden
Reno Post of the
American Legion
Copper Canyon Mining Company
Copper Basin
Lander County
Las Vegas
United States Gypsum Company
Arden
Nevada
Joseph McEachin
United States Marshal
Democratic Party
Fallon
Mutual Creamery Company of
Salt Lake
Co-operative Creamery
Los Angeles
Tommy” O'Connell
Tonopah
Reno Gazette
John Mack
Carson City
Mason Valley Telephone Company
Carson News
Chartz
Leonard Styles
University of Nevada
Styles
Reuben King
King
Reverting to the Agricultural Conference at Washington
The text recounts a Washington conference on farm policy praised for independence yet practical. It notes refusals to blame unions, support for modest freight cuts, longer credit for farmers, and calls to revive markets. It warns profiteers and urges self-sufficiency and farm-based resilience.
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Washington
Goupers
Gompers
Morton
Georgia Farm Bureau
International House
Scientific Method of Cleaning Ditches
Ely Record describes a successful field demonstration at Hot Creek ranch by county agent Thos. R. King using a wooden float carrying copper sulfate to remove moss and water plants from irrigation ditches. The method eliminates moss by biocide action, letting debris drift away and leaving ditch bottoms clean.
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Ely
Hot Creek Ranch
Adams-McGill Company
Thos. R. King
Farm Bureau
Hot Creek
Moses
King
Carson News Ed Malloy Trades for 1922 Liberty Dollars
Ed Malloy traded a number of silver dollars Saturday and arranged to ship Copper Canyon gold to the San Francisco mint. He requested as a special favor that remittance include one thousand Liberty dollars of the 1922 issue. The new silver pieces arrived Friday and Carsonita quickly exchanged for these bright pocket pieces. Malloy aimed to ease friends' access to the coveted coins amid high demand.
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Carson News
Ed Malloy
Copper Canyon
San Francisco
Carsonita
Malley
Montana Movie House Reduces Admission to Ten Cents
Great Falls Montana March 25 Owners of the five hundred thousand dollar motion picture theatre announce that after the present week the general admission will be cut from thirty to ten cents The owners claim the reduction to be the first instance in the United States of a return to the popular prices of 1912 by a house of this class
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Great Falls
Mont
United States
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FOI Nevada Stock Shippers
White Pine
Farimers
M National Bank
Eureka
Federal Reserve Bank District No
R. C. Kelley
J. B. Rebaleati
Kelley & Rebaleati
Goodyear
Michelin Tires
Schneider Drug Store
MRS. H. M. Schneider & CO
Newnaspfte News
Winpemucca High School
Clark County
Washoe County
Battle Mountain
Dan Shovelin
West
Pacific Fruit and Express Company
Ira G. Wagner
Virginia City
F. Conney
Frank Conlan
Wontana Movie House
The
First National Bank
Winnemucca, Nevada
J. Sheehan
Doyle W. H. Moffat
William Stock
Taylor G. BE. Stall
Federal Reserve Banking System
Lssue
England
Dominion
Canada
France
Ialy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Federal Reserve System
Nevada Capital
United States Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. Sewell
E. B
Ennor
A. H. Kimball
W. L. Merithew
Eureka Gash
Express
J. B. Biale
Giant Powder Co
Europa Hotel
Edward Herrera
Main and
Clark Streets
Eureka, Nevada
W. H. Russell
Eureka Garage & Supply Co
Dodge
Verdi Lumber Company
Elko, Nevade
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