Eureka News Summary of Local Doings in 1915
Eureka residents report carloads of sheep and hay shipments, school promotions, and travel notes. Anna Lucey will teach Cortez district, Claude Ford heads to Tonopah and Bishop Creek, and John Johnson's son Martin joins First National Bank of Italy in Los Angeles. Frank Pastorino and others return from Elko business, while W. S. Yates improves health at Reno. George Harte and Phillip Meyer on regional travel, three Prospect district eighth graders advance to Eureka County High School, and Handley Brothers plan more lamb shipments to Chicago. Gertrude Hagar returns to Eureka from Park City to visit. Mahoney contests Dunphy estate land valuation before the Tax Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Anna Lucey
Cortez
Eurka County
Frank Winzell
Claude Ford
Tonopah
Bishop Creek
Cal
Dave Ogilvie
Mrs. Ogilvie
Elko
Frank Pastorino
James Rattazzi
John McCharles
G. B. Bisle
W. 8
Yates
Pine Valley
Reno
the Sentinel
Martin Johnson
J. C. Johnson
First National Bank of Italy
Los Angeles
California
Theodore Harte
Western Pacific Railway
Mr. Harte
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Prospect District
Eureka County
Emma Goss
Jennie Gibellini
Martin Borgna
Phillip Meyer
Elko Mercantile Company
Smoky Valley
Lander County
W. H. Russell
Otto May
Grass Valley
Ed Wilhelm
Adelaide
Elsie Hooper
A. P. Twenvoord
Russell
Nolan Reynolds
Mary Fine
Alec
Will Fraser
Roberts Creek
Handley Brothers
Diamond Station
Chicago
Walter Handley
Laramie
Wyoming
Gertrude Hagar
Park City
Utah
Eureka B
San Francisco
Eureka High appoints principal selects new faculty
Eureka County High School announces Principal Charles Priest has chosen his assistants for the coming year. J D Gold Jr from Waynesburg College will teach. Miss Mary Ethel Berlin to head Commercial courses, filling vacancy from Miss Lucille Snyder. Board to act on additional appointments at the evening meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Charles Priest
Eureka County High School
J. D. Gold, Jr
Waynesburg College
Waynesburg
Penn
Gold
University of California
Montana
Mary Ethel Berlin
Priest
Eureka
Dayton
Nevada
Berkeley
Jigs to Start on Adams Hill Ores after Shipments
W R Jig Adams Hill ores maker Swicegood plans seven jigs on Bullwhacker and Holly mines, with leases from Fletcher brothers. Water from Eureka Works will supply about 8500 feet of pipe for surface lay now, then burial. First pipe shipment due next week. jigs to operate within two weeks if no delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R
Hamilton
Salt Lake
Swicegood
Adams Hill
Fletcher Brothers
Holly
Eureka Water Works
Eureka
Burial of Ben Plummer from Eureka county dies after heat
Benjamin L. Plummer, 39, a Eureka County rancher and stock raiser, died July 25 after fainting at his Mineral Hill home. Funeral held July 28 at Carson City with private services by Rev. Hugh McCreery. Interment in Carson City Masonic Cemetery. pallbearers from Carson City. Survived by wife Wilhelmina Sadler Plummer, son Edgar L. Plummer, parents Amos and Sarah Plummer, two sisters and five brothers. He spent most of his life in Eureka County and was a longtime member of the State Stockmen Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Benjamin L. Plummer
Kitzmeyer Undertaking
Carson City
Hugh McCreery
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Lotz
J. W. Legate
Joseph Stern
Parvin Jones
Dan Sullivan
A. Plummer
T. F. Plummer
Edgar
L. Plummer
Ben Plummer
Cornucopia
Amos
Sarah Plummer
Eureka County
Mineral Hill
Plummer Ranch
Hill
Plummer
State Stockman’s Association
Ore Shipments This Week From Eureka Mines
Ore shipments to Salt Lake smelters were sent by train from Eureka this week. William Harwood dispatched one car load from the McEllin mine at Hamilton. C F Muir shipped one car load from the Carl Muir mine at Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Eureka
William Harwood
McEllin
Hamilton
C. F. Muir
Carl Muir
Suit Commences Over Mining Property Lease Dispute
A suit filed in the district court by Charles Minoletti against W R Swicegood seeks 2550 dollars. A writ of attachment seized a shipment of ore at the depot, with the Sheriff in custody. The complaint centers on a lease dispute regarding mining property at Hamilton amid a year of high profitability for the school and policy influence by absent objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Charles Minoletti
W. R. Swicegood
Hamilton
Commissioner Proceedings In Eureka County Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held Monday August 5 with Commissioners Fulton Sadler and Requa the Clerk and District Attorney present. The minutes were approved the County Treasury checked and the Game Warden bond of 1000 approved. The Board ordered the Dean Dunphy and Grayson estate managers to build fish ladders so fish may ascend. The Board then met as the County Board of Equalization and transacted business a report will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Otis Fulton
Edgar Sadler
J. M. Requa
F. A. Fulkerson
Eureka County
C. H. Duborg
Dean
Dunphy
Grayson
Board of Commissioners
County Board of Equalization
Local notices detail sales and arrivals in Eureka
The McGarry home and furniture on Atlas Hill Eureka is advertised for sale. Charles Minoletti and Carl Muir of Hamilton and Anthony Jurich District Attorney of White Pine County arrived in Eureka Friday to handle legal matters. Frank Calaway brought the party fee from Ely in a Dorris car. Henry Wallace Knight, son of Mr and Mrs Hank Knight now in Los Angeles, left for New York en route to Trinidad via the West Indies, employed by Standard Oil as a machinist. G B Biale and Frank Pastorino of Eureka bought Harrington saddlery stock in Elko Nevada and will move it to Eureka, supervising packing. Three auto loads from Ely passed through Eureka Sunday returning from Newark Valley and Bald Mountain mining trips. captains were E E Vanderhoff Ole Elliott and William Read, Read from Capitola California visiting White Pine County and mining interests at Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGarry
Atlas Hill
Eureka
Charles Minoletti
Carl Muir
Hamilton
Anthony Jurich
White Pine County
Frank Calaway
Ely
Henry Wallace Knight
Hank Knight
Los Angeles
New York
Trinidad
British West Indies
Standard Oil Company
West Indies
G. B. Biale
Frank Pastorino
Harrington Saddlery
Elko
Nevada
Bald Mountain
E. E. Vanderhoff
Ole Elliott
William Read
Capitola
California
T J
Death of Jack Burdick in Park City Utah
John Truman Burdick 27 died after falling from a wagon in Park City Utah while on a vacation. He was the eldest son of T A Burdick Eureka and formerly of Eureka Love lock Ely and Salt Lake City. He leaves a widow, his parents, three brothers Walter Herbert and Almont and sisters Mimes Mary and Noko. Funeral plans await arrival of his mother and sister from Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
John Truman Burdick
T. A. Burdick
Park City
Utah
Burdick
Hotel
Salt Lake City
Jack” Burdick
Lovelock
Ely
Salt Lake
Eureka County
Walter
Herbert
Almont
Mary
Noko Burdick
Miss Noko
Rabbits Threaten Ranches Across Eureka County
Isadore Sara of Eureka Land and Stock reports rabbits have multiplied rapidly on Fish Creek and other ranches with light hay crops except Bull Creek Nye County where large yields are being stored. He warns that without a hard winter or a disease, ranchers may be driven out of business as rabbits devastate crops and feed on open range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Sara
Eureka Land + & Stock Company
Eureka
Pueretar
Fish Creek
Bull Creek
Nye County
Union Mines Buy Packard Truck for Elko Mine
Roy Thatcher of Union mines visits Elko with stockholders LeComte and Farnam to inspect the mine. He orders a 4-ton Packard truck for hauling ore, to be shipped from San Francisco to speed delivery, with an expected arrival in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mines
Packard
Elko Free Press
Roy Thatcher
Elko
Messrs
Metal Market Quotation Roundup From New York
The latest metal prices show silver at 47 cents per ounce in New York copper at 818.50 per hundred pounds and lead at 85.00 per 100 pounds all quoted in New York market notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
School Moneys Apportioned in Nevada For 1915
Carson City July 26 1915 state officers receive second semi annual apportionment of State School Moneys for 1915 based on 115.66903 per teacher and 2.94965 per school census child with 70 percent to teachers and 30 percent to census children. Each district is allocated one teacher per 30 census children or fraction. Some funds due from the Distributive School Fund remain unsettled in certain counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nevada
University of Nevada Opens with Banner Attendance
The University of Nevada at Reno opens Monday August 30 and reports a banner year in attendance. It trains Nevada youth to lead in professional, industrial and public life, stressing personal attention with a strong faculty and technical equipment. The 1915 catalogue is available by request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nevada
Nevada
University At
Reno
California
West
To Eureka Nevada A Daughter Born To Euther Family
To Eureka Nevada August 5 1915 a daughter was born to the family of Harry Euther. The birth adds a new member to the household, promising joy and future milestones for the parents and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Nevada
Harry Euther
Winter Stock Purchases by O'Neil Brothers in Nevada
To Winter Stock at Walls W C and R C O'Neil of the Twin Falls region have bought 1500 tons of alfalfa hay at Wells Nevada. They will pay 5 per ton and use the Government method of measurement which equals 510 feet to the ton. The O'Neils plan to drive cattle to Wells to winter the stock and sheep they own. Virginia Chronicle notes a ghost story by Van Loan and mentions an obituary record planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walls
W. C
R. C. O'Neil
Twin Falls
Wells
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. J. Mahoney
Dunphy Estate
Mahoney
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Eureka High School
Helly
Ben. L. Plummer
Carson
Ommissioner Proceedings
Call OF
U. of N
University of Nevada Reno
Bray
Bounty Children
Soa
Humboldt
White Pine
John Edwards Bray
Virginia Chronicle
van Loan
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