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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1904
Page
3
Local notes list numerous residents and guests visiting Eureka from Duckwater Alpha Tonopah Priday Skelton Gardnerville and Hamilton. Movements include court and church events plus business trips by bankers and mining executives with several arrivals and departures across White Pine County.
The Eureka and Palisade Railway reports ore shipments for the week ending April 20, 2004. Details list quantities and destinations as part of the weekly reporting of mining freight movements and railroad activity.
The New York silver price stands at 55 cents an ounce. Lead quotes list 4.00 and 3.50 in Now Work and Salt Lake City respectively. Copper is 12 1 2 cents in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune notes Governor Nevada criticized his staff for not obtaining uniforms, initially suggesting the only perk of joining a Governor's stall was wearing one.
A Eureka widow, Martha Gairette, seeks divorce from J. F. Gairette of Balfour & Gairatte in Woodland, California. The court granted the decree on cruelty after the plaintiff and her son testified. no custody issues were raised and property rights were settled out of court. The plaintiff had been married to the late A. M. Hillhouse, a Nevada bar prominent figure who died in Eureka around 1880.
The marriage of Mr. D. Bick Dickerson and Miss Una Reilly occurred in the Brown Hotel parlors Eureka on April 28 1904 with Judge L W Cremer officiating. The bride sister Mrs Charles Pettee attended from California and M Cohn of Cherry Creek was groom’s man. The bride daughter of the late James Reilly of Hamilton White Pine County and sister of Assemblyman James Reilly of Cherry Creek. she previously served as Minute Clerk in the Nevada Assembly of 1903. Mr. Dickerson is Recorder of White Pine County. They departed Sunday by private conveyance for Ely to reside.
The Postoffice Department notified Ely Nevada's postmaster of a schedule change on the Wells to Ely stage mail line. The route becomes local to Ely with Eastern mail routed via Eureka, arriving up to ten hours earlier. Eureka Ely service may require two-horse stages on the full route.
J. H. Bennson, backed by Chicago and Los Angeles investors, arrived at Alpha Eureka County to inspect Whalen copper mines. A campaign to settle all outstanding labor and supply claims and resume operations is under way, with Charley Lay, the company manager, in Alpha for several weeks.
Judge Peter Breen, in Reno on April 21, told a Journal reporter that Eureka is currently dull but not exhausted. He said events shaping Eureka’s permanent prosperity are forming, with every indication they will succeed and bring Eureka to major activity within the next year.
A Wednesday 1 pm blaze at Joe Savery's Eighteen Mile House on the Hamilton road consumed the corral and fourteen bales of hay along with a dead-ax wagon. Firefighters saved the barn though the blaze's origin remains unknown, suspected to be a chimney spark.
Tonight the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs host a commemorative ball at the Masonic and Odd Fellows hall. Committees have arranged details for comfort and enjoyment. supper by Mrs. Huebner at the Gregovich hotel opposite the hall completes the evening.
W L Pritchard known as Nick o the Woods and once a leading California freighter is gravely ill at his Oak Park home at about 70. He built a vast freight network across California Nevada and Washington and later diversified into rail and other ventures. Once wealthy he reportedly faces mortgage heavy losses and fading fortune. Local report recalls his early Eureka Palisade line and Tonopah era ventures.
William Hayes died on a train in Columbus Nebraska on April 22 1904 while returning to his Ely home after a year abroad seeking health. He was born in Ireland April 15 1849 and immigrated to America at eighteen, later living in Virginia City Hamilton and Ely. He leaves a sister in Ely a brother Father Hayes in Iowa and two brothers and three sisters in Ireland.
Eureka faces a May conflict as the school election falls on May 2, a Monday, while Memorial Day also looms. County Superintendent Hancock confirms the fourth Monday in May as the election date, testing town planning and local expectations. Andy Stinson travels to Palisade to inspect the abandoned road bed between Palisade and Beowawe, deeded to Eureka County by the Southern Pacific. He will report the needed work and cost to the Board to convert the property into a county wagon road.
Superintendent Charles Read, en route to Salt Lake, said Burleigh drills will start as soon as in shape to prospect new ground in the Diamond and Excelsior mines. A force of men will be employed at day’s pay on the properties.
The Eureka School lists students achieving perfect attendance punctuality and excellent grades in April. Recipients span various grades including Receiving, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh, with teachers noted for several entries.
The Southern Pacific Company announces a low round trip rate of 67.50 to St. Louis from Wells Elko Winnemucca Lovelocks and Reno Nevada with 90 day validity on specified travel dates from May through October. Details available from agents and Mr T H Goodman in San Francisco and J M Fulton in Reno. Nevada Educational Directory noted in The Sentinel. Nevada Horses for Japan report on Six Mile House riders canceled by snow and a Fractured Leg in Pine Valley.
The storm persisted through last week with heavy precipitation on Tuesday and widespread damage from tornadoes in the East. Snow melted quickly but roads near Eureka remained poor. Rain fell on the coast and frost likely harmed local fruit blossoms.
Tybo Mining and Reduction Company of Tybo Nye County with offices in Boston is insolvent and placed in liquidation in a Boston bankruptcy court. Reported debt around $80,000 with numerous creditors in Eureka Tybo and nearby areas.
A Mining and Scientific Press correspondent argues Eureka Nevada slag dumps might be usable for Portland cement production, but shipping costs and abundant centralized cement sources limit this. The piece notes lime iron and manganese in the slag and mentions potential for mineral wool production by melting slag into fine strings for industrial use.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will be held on Monday. All bills against the county should be filed with the County Clerk no later than Saturday, April 30.
Judge Peter Breen received a petition from local attorneys led by P. M. Bowler Jr requesting an extension of the Nye County term due to a smallpox outbreak. The court had been postponed from April to May 2 and, following the petition and private advisories from Tonopah and Belmont, was moved to June 1. The document notes seven and a private letter cites nine new cases, including four white individuals and five Indiana residents, intensifying public health concerns.
George Gavin orders a carload of Waukeegan Barbed Wire set to arrive in Eureka soon. Gavin says the wire offers more foot per pound than any other barbed wire and equals the strength of the strongest wire.
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