Eureka Sentinel Notes and Local Movements in Early April 1908
Eureka Sentinel reports a busy week of local travel and governance including the County Commissioners meeting on April 6, Judge Breen’s trip to Ag tia for a farm court, and Henry Bush arriving from San Francisco as his father passes away in Hamilton. It notes moves by Locke & Co reopening their office at Clark and Paul, Minoletti visiting Switzerland, and various residents returning home or traveling to Colorado and Lincoln County. The piece also mentions Perey Pollock arriving from Tonopah to manage business for Eureka Live Stock and Fr. F Golding learning car operation, plus updates on Mrs. W F Cox’s medical treatment and Dr. Barnett’s care for cancer recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mims
Olga Wilhelm le
Sadler
Tybo
el Thomas
Palisade
George Winters
Glenwood
Colorado
Winters
RH. Locke & Oy
Aear
Clark
Paul Whests
Julion Minoletti
Newark Valley
Jesves
Switzerland
Henry T. Bush
San Francisco
Hamilton
Henry Bush
A.S. Henderson
Panaca
Lincoln County
Perey Pollock
Eureka
Tonopah
Eureka Live Stock Company
Mr Pollock
Fr. F. Golding
Injunction Petition Filed Against Smelting Company in Salt Lake Valley
The United States Court at Salt Lake heard a petition to modify a permanent injunction to halt smelting ores in the Salt Lake Valley containing more than ten percent sulphur. The case was submitted Thursday and no decision was reported by Sunday afternoon. In Eureka, Trsman Wawman, a Eureka county rancher and businessman, died at the county hospital from general debility and old age. he had lived in Diamond Valley and left a daughter in Oregon and another in Indiana. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Smelting & Refiling Company
Salt Lake Valley
United States
Salt Lake Inez
Sentinel
Prema
Eureka
Ovare
Matture
Trsman
Wawman
Prouver
Diamond Valley
Oregon
Indiana
Buffalo
New York
Top Nevada Asphalt and Co. Incorporation Filed in Reno
The Top Nevada Asphalt and Company with capital stock of 1,000,000 filed articles of incorporation in Reno in March 98. It aims to develop deposits of asphalt and petroleum recently discovered in Pine Valley near Palisade, Eureka County, to determine their extent. Incorportors are H. J. Humphrey, S. HL. Wheeler and L. Blakeslee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eax
Top Nevada Asphalt
Reno
Pine Valley
Palisade
Eureka County
H. J. Humphrey
HL. Wheeler
L. Blakeslee
Desert Sandstorm Nearly Buries Auto on Nevada Road
On the night of March 24 an auto traveling between Fallon and Rawhide, Nevada, nearly buried by a sandstorm, left occupants San Wheeler and Wits, formerly of Haroka now Reno residents, endangered by suffocation as the vehicle fought to escape the drifting dunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fallon
Rawhide
Nevada
San Wheeler
Wits
Haroka
Reno
Dow Ort
Reno Express Robber Arrested
Albert L Miner was arrested Monday in San Francisco on charges of robbing the Welle Fargo Express driver in Reno a few weeks earlier of a pouch containing money and jewelry. He was also linked to robbing Sparks post office of stamps worth $1000. The jewelry was pawned and proved to be Miner s saddog. Miner allegedly confessed to the robbery while with the Southern Pacific Company of Sparks. He had previously been arrested for stealing pay checks and forging signatures but was discharged after the evidence proved insufficient. He is 31 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Express
Albert L. Miner
San Francisco
Welle Fargo Express Company
Reno
Sparks
Miner
Southers Pacific Company of
Beowawe and Lander mining camps show cautious spring rally
Reports from Northern Eureka and Lander district describe improving stock and herds, early water use to ward off pests, and cyanide trials at Cortes boosting ore concentrates. Tenabo and Little Gem mine prospects are debated, while teachers’ short Nevada tenures prompt calls for school-system reform and longer contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenabo
Lander
Wureka
Beowawe Mercantile Company
Beowawe
Nevada
Tegohera
Ock Goes to China Visits Mrs Celestial Home
Wong Ock known as Qek a Chinaman, left Eureka for San Francisco after a poker and roulette career here. He reflects on Eureka’s mood, his plans to visit his home in Obina, and hopes locals recover financially to resume business when he returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureka
Eureka
Sam
Obina
Cporte
Mysterious Caller Plagues Berkeley Socialite
Berkeley police and Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone Company seek a persistent caller dubbed Telephone Tom who has been harassing Mrs. John Wheeler, tied to Tonopah, Nevada, for three weeks. Calls originate from San Jose to Oakland and San Francisco to Berkeley, including the Alta Vista exchange, with no sighting of the man. Mrs Wheeler calls him a crank and a pest as detectives investigate the anonymous tormenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Examiner
John T. Wheeler
James G. Ford
Bureka
Tonopah
Berkeley
John Wheeler
Nevada
College Town
Oakland
Bay Region
Milla College
Wheeler
Alta Vista
Ang
Dewerlves
San Jose
San Rafael
Napa
San Francisco
Wheeler Aiya
Crank
Mra. Wheeler
Roprcos
Morank
Eureka Republicans Appoint Delegates for State Convention
The Eureka Quinty Republican Central Committee met in the district attorney’s office on Saturday evening and named W. E. Griffin El Bertemav J. L Requa and C. H. Duborg as delegates to the Republican State Convention at WinneMac on April 20. The delegation goes uninstructed. Grand Matron Marie L Coffin of the Order of Eastern Star arrived for an official visit to Ephigenia Chapter No. 4. A lecture and banquet followed, paid for by the attendees, before departure on Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
O. B.S. Visita Eureka Mra
Marie L. Coffla
Quinon Ciny
Order of Eastern Star of Novae
Ephigenia
Merc. Coffin
Infant Death Inquiry At Ruby Hill Over Starvation Suspected
Justice Williams headed a coroner’s jury in Ruby Hill to probe the infant of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Deary. Testimony showed the child born March 2 1908 was fed with condensed milk and cream of wheat, later found emaciated, and the mother said the breasts produced no milk. The jury ruled death by suffocation due to starvation from the mother’s lack of feeding knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Hill
D. J. Deary
James Willaims
Ruby Hill Township
J. Hl
A. P. Mayberry
J. H. Rogers
Ea Moyle
Joseph Willian
W. J. Eathorne
W. F. Burnett
A. 8. Henderson
Baby Hill
Mrs. Coates
Miss Kitchen
Mr. Deary
Ethel Kitchen
Mrs. Deary
Tory
de. Barrett
Justice Williams
Ube
Opportunity to Perfect Title and Guaranteed Abstracts
A sales pitch from the Elko County Abstract & Title Company urges property owners to obtain guaranteed abstracts to ensure a perfect title. It notes many titles are imperfect and warns delays in selling due to title issues, urging readers to contact the company for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko County Abstract & Tithe Company
County
Biks
Stargo District 4 Comer Development Probed for Progress
Sapt E J Anderson of Stargo Milling and Mining Co arrives in Barska from Nye County to ship ore and rails from Denver to the mines. He notes three companies operate in the region amid weather suspending development. A 9600 foot tunnel intersected ledge at 125 feet with granite, porphyry and lime. ore has gold and silver values and will use cyanide processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E J. Anderson
Stargo Milling and Mining Company
Deover Corporation
Barska
Stargo
Nye County
Koreka
Denver
Colorado
EB & P
Saya Bla
Eureka
Anderson
Notices of Location for Mines in Mineral and Eureka Districts
Documents of record note location notices and certificates of location for the Hardpan and Lone Pine mines in Mineral Hill district by R. V. Broffey. Also recorded are certificates for the Robert Stanley mine in Eureka district and Holly Extension Nos. 6 and 7 on Adam s Hill by Mra Anna Laird, O M Perry, and G A Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Hill
R. V. Broffey
Hardpan
Lone Pine
Robert Stanley
Eureka
Lani
Adams Hill
Mra
Anna’ Laird
Holly
Adama Hill
O. M. Perry
G. A. Fletcher
Mining Resources of White Pine District by Hunt
The SexTINeL has received a booklet titled The Mining Resources of White Pine Mining District by 8. F. Hunt. It offers district history and detailed notes on ore formation and general ore character. The work is comprehensive and neatly printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Pine Mining District
F. Hunt
Public School Honor Roll Names Sealed in List
A school honor roll includes Obersteg George and Im Obersteg Walve Loot bourrow Idella Spinane Ida Whitmore Ceeighitvin Whitmore Aggie Yout Gears Ida Arthur High reflecting student names in a public notice style. The fragment lists multiple students across several surnames indicating a district recognition event.
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Obersteg
George Im Obersteg
Walve Lootbourrow
Idella Spinane
Ida Whitmore
Ceeighitvin
Palisade News Notes and Gold Discovery Hype
Correspondence from Eureke County notes O A McDonald returning to Palisade after an extended visit, while B L Plummer travels from Min voralou on business and returns. Hawilton's J McEllen visits Palisade en route East from San Francisco. A recent gold discovery near Saf ford, ten miles west of Palisade, sparks excitement though no valuation or ore quantity yet determined. many locals have visited the site and staking claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureke
O. A. McDonald Ra Agin
Palisade
Esat
B. L. Plummer Tage
Minvoralou
Thoreday
J. McEllen
Hawilton
San Francisco
Supt Rixa clarifies Nevada School Census law
Orvis Rixa superintendent of public instruction requests publication to fix misreadings of Section 62 part five of the 1907 statutes. He notes the engrossed copy omits a line and cites the Nevada Compiled School Law to define which children count as school census children. Carson City date given. includes note on 89th anniversary of our fellowships’ founding on April 26.
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Sunriver
Nevada
Orvis Rixa
Supt. of Public Instruction
Carson City
Rich Obe Strike Near Hamilton in Treasure Hill Area
The Julia No. 9 mine on Treasure Hill west slope, two miles south of Hamilton in White Pine County, reports a rich ore strike after a year’s work. Partners Phil Paroul, Jobo Clndrelli, and D. Ferrovial describe a 135 foot tunnel and a high grade lead and silver vein exposing between ten feet and more, with ore yielding about 60 percent lead and five ounces of silver per ton. The find follows past silver outputs from nearby mines in 1868 and 1889, fueling White Pine excitement about deeper rich ore bodies in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Paroa
Bareke Ouse
Ube
Nevada
Jalia No
Treasure
Hamilton
White Pine County
Phil Paroul
Bureke
Jobo Clndrelli
D. Ferrovial
Phil Paral
Julia Nox
Con Man
Treasure Hill
Ruby Hill News Items Highlight Local Departures
William Vivian and family left Monday’s train for DeLamar Idaho Mia William Williams and family left Wednesday for DeLamar Idaho Theo Mateoa departed Monday for Salt Lake City due to his wife’s illness Newly elected officers of Eu teks Loos No 265 WFM were installed at Baby Bul Thursday evening A banquet, singing and recitations followed into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vivian
DeLamar
Idaho
Mia
Willliam Williams
Theo Mateoa
Salt Lake
Euteks Loos! No. 265
Baby Bul
Railway Agreement Violated by Nevada Northern Railway
The Nevada Northern Railway from Cobre to Ely refused to ratify a State Railway Commission agreement to cut fare from ten to four dollars on April 1 and adjust interim charges. The company was cited to appear April 14 to show cause why the terms of the former agreement should not be revised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Northern Hailway Company
Cobre
Southern Pacific
Ely
State Railway Commission
Ap Bo
Card of Thanks for Jobs Scobie in Eureka and vicinity
A note of gratitude from Jamns Scom to the many kind friends in Eureka and nearby who assisted at the death of my late brother Jobs Scobie. Sincere thanks for support, sympathy, and practical help during the bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Vicioity
Boris
Jobs Scobie
Jamns Scom
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Rus Eureka Sentinel
James Scoble
Cambridge
Wisconsin
John Scoble
Augaire
W. F. Cox
Diamond Day
T. C. Coleman
Morthern Eureka and
Batka
Uear Cortez
Cortex
Keystone
Cortes
Jeasers
ED. Waits
Anid
Wil Winter
Cortez
Geiger
Yeoabo
Sawvinet
Ock
China
Republican
Mian Kitchen
Comer
Recorder of
L. H. Francis
W. M. Forster
QSPRS
San Paul
Henry E. Mitchell
Biola. A
Sand
Br. A
Edward and Clark Streets
C. Hamilton
Smith-Richard
Walls, Farge & Co
Wsevada
ELKO
Otto T. Williams
Dota
the Union Bakery
Camillo Gallo
Main Street
Old Bares
Ring
Rich Obe
EAB Hamilton
THE
Eureka County Bank
Eureka, Nevada
Oscar J. Surre
Bear L. Surre
W. E. Garrim
H. F. Goroma
C. H. Gonman
John Hancock, Sr
Savings Department
Webesue
Mall
Express
ZADOW
Mre
Louise
Main and Clark Sts
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