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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1903
Page
2
The Sureka Sentinel reports that the eight hour workday law for underground mines and ore smelters takes effect Saturday April 25. It outlines eight hours per day, emergency exceptions, penalties for violations, and a sixty day effective period from passage.
Senator W A Clark announces purchase of all Oregon Short Line south of Salt Lake including Leamington cut off and terminal facilities to Salt Lake City. Grading will start at Daggett Cal and route extended via Calientes and through Nevada. Road to Riverside and eventual completion in about two years. Also reports Wyoming live stock disease spread. Overman Mining shaft fire in Gold Hill Nev. warrants issued for Dr Thrasher and Mrs Funke. debate over possible abolition of flyers. miners strike copper ledge found at Copper Canyon.
The Salt Lake Herald warns that a deadly condition called osteosarcoma or big head is spreading through sheep herds across Utah, Idaho, and eastern Nevada, with deaths running into hundreds or thousands. The disease appears after a harsh winter, blood-impairment weakens animals, and contagion is debated. quarantine and prompt action may save a portion of flocks.
In Bakersfield California April 20 desperado Jim McKinney cornered in a Chinese sofa house was killed with his pistol in hand after a battle that mortally wounded Deputy Sheriff W E Tibbett and fatally wounded City Marshal Packard who died later The confrontation near the business center drew great excitement as McKinney had boasted of matching outlaw Tracey and resisting arrest earned his final confrontation with lawmen.
The shaft house of the Nevada Gold and Silver Mining Co near Pyramid Lake burned on April 14. Blackie Short died in the blaze and Calvin R. Johnson perished after reaching the surface. A mining writer criticizes blindfold sampling as a means to assess ore value, warning of salt techniques.
Two carloads of big mules were passengers on yesterday's train for Sacramento. They belong to Nick of the Woods and were formerly used in freighting to Tonopah. Grocery List 5 is a low priced wonder. Mailed free. Write today. Car Loads or Family Orders, Table Foods of Quality Feldbusen & Co., Sacramento.
Regular c Bapt G D Abbott left on Sunday for San Francisco to be gone a week. W S Reine and wife are now permanent ly residing at the E & P Hay Ranch Me and Mrs H Jobmeon who were eying at the st Gerald all Winter left Thuredsy svesing for Ryndon. P A Parry of Pine Valley who has been in San Francisco for medical treatment since January last is home again. Mrs C Stevens nee Kitty Knight of Bareke vising at Parry ranch in Pine Valley and plans to visit Bareke before returning home. E E Brass who lived in Pine Valley for years now resides in New York arrived from the West and will visit friends here and in the valley. W C Eston and wife left for Los Angeles. he has transferred from the local post to the Los Angeles division. On Wednesday April 22 Miss Nanonie M Raine daughter of J and Mrs J Raine of Palisade married H A Ekstrom by Rev Greenfield of Elko. The bride has lived in Palisade and vicinity. Ekstrom is a foreman at the reconstruction camp near Ryndon. The wedding was quiet with relatives and Mrs Susie McConnell of Beolang present. They left for Ryndon Thursday with good wishes from friends. Last Friday morning the community faced the death of J C Brooke by drowning while returning to his cabin near William’s rat. His hat was found near the water. body not recovered though dynamite tests yielded no result. Clinton Brooks, son of the deceased, is awaiting word on recovery.
The Governor has signed a new Nevada corporation law spanning over forty pages. It is described as more liberal than Arizona's, which has long held the world's benchmark for peace and freedom, according to the Pacific Coast Miner.
The United Brotherhood of Railway Employes, Ogden Utahs largest labor group, with hundreds of members, met Wednesday night and unanimously endorsed the proposal for trade unions cooperative stores, a policy recommendation from the central trades assembly.
The Washoe grand jury which met in Reno last week drew sharp criticism from The Daylight and Wadeworth Dispatch. It is likely another grand jury will be impaneled after neglecting to indict in the Dondero murder case and money rumors surround the release. Judge Carter ordered the Dondero case submitted to the next grand jury, with a three month gap before the body meets again.
Three teams carrying new equipment for Fortuna Grand Copper Company at Pilot Knob arrive from Toana. The Old Glory shaft at Giroux will get a 60 horsepower boiler a large hoisting engine and a big pump with a 7 inch discharge along with extensive piping as faster removal of old gear proceeds. Local notes show April 1908 in Reese River Nevada. Births and marriages listed for Lovelock Lamoille and surrounding areas.
The O'Keefe Company has absorbed all opposition stage lines into Tonopah, causing slow service and long waits. A Sodaville to Tonopah route now takes about twelve hours over sixty miles, with public support urged to improve the line. Cadetship winners at Reno include M. of Carlin and George Palmer from the freshmen class at the University.
Henry Cutting a pioneer and mine owner of Tone, pah, wed G Obeason of San Feandreas at Con Church in Reno. The couple plan to reside in San Francisco after their marriage.
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