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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
3
Eureka residents prepare for new school term opening September 3 and registration closing September 8. Local activity includes travel updates, religious services, a Masons meeting, and community notices. Several residents travel to California and Nevada, while others relocate or plan visits.
R Coral B Coral known locally as Garibalda died in Eureka on Friday August 10 1906 from general debility and dropsy. He came to Eureka in 1878 and worked in burning coal for furnaces then lived there in various occupations. A native of Italy he was about 61 years old.
Special correspondence reports the Ballion region near Beowawe and Tenabo rapidly expanding with multiple mines. The Eagle mine on Ballion hill employs 25 men shipping high grade galena and silver ore. The Clipper and Larson properties expand under new owners Leo Larkin and Charles Caupteil, yielding lead silver ore worth over $100 per ton. Gold Quartz and Keystone developments push two shifts, with copper ore up to 20 percent and $10 to $30 per ton prospects. Tenabo prepares water works and a power stage, while labor shortages hinder faster progress despite $4 daily wages.
Julius Matson and Peter Nelson, workers in a Palisade tunnel, fought Wednesday night. Matson slashed Nelson with a three inch blade, inflicting a ten inch wound on the left side under the arm, a three inch cut near the appendix, and a facial slash from below the eye through the lips. Nelson is in serious condition at Elko hospital. Matson faced a preliminary hearing Thursday for assault with a deadly weapon and was bound over for the grand jury, then jailed after failing to post bond. Matson, about 30, is described as small and hard looking.
Governor Jon Sparks State Controller Ian Davis and Attorney General Sweeney traveled to Tonopah to settle with Nye County bondsmen on the estate of Sheriff Logan who was killed months ago. Logan had embezzled several thousand dollars from the county but was not known to be a defaulter until after his death. Logan’s books were examined and his wife offered to help cover the missing balance, with bondholders expected to recover the remaining amount without trouble.
Correspondence from the North End of Eureka County reports visitors Ella Bradley and son Dean from Salinas to Palisade. George Young spent days in Eureka. Mrs. W. J. Hooper and Mrs. Kate Chall visit Palisade. Palisade school trustees elected R. A. Dean as teacher for the full term. Rumor of a Palisade young woman to wed a Southern Pacific tunnel man. The new county building courtroom and jail at Palisade completed. Andy Anderson eyes injury worsened. Myre Anderson took him to Salt Lake City for an ophthalmic consult.
Delegates to state conventions begin to stir in Eureka as interest grows. No primaries have been called yet, raising the possibility that central committee members may decide who will represent Eureka at the forthcoming conventions.
A freight train wreck occurred near Palisade last Monday when a timber load fell from a wagon into the Southern Pacific main track. The timber wedged the tender on impact, derailing and damaging the rails for about 75 yards. No injuries were reported and a wrecking train from Carlin was dispatched to clear the line.
A fragment notes August as the final period for naturalisation to grant voting rights for the upcoming election under state law. It states that a person must be a citizen 40 days before being allowed to exercise franchise.
Headquarters of the Southern Pacific Company issued orders to assist all employees displaced by the San Francisco fire. By now nearly 100 workers have received relief ranging from 50 to 2000 dollars to tide them over until they can stand on their own, with funds allocated for their support.
Disinterment tale from Eureka to Reno and then Alabama. Mrs Kate M Thornton, widow of Harry L Thornton, has arranged to move the bodies of herself and their two infants from Nevada to Mobile Alabama to be laid beside a deceased sister. Also details a county school apportionment report by Lew Rearns and a Summer Rates to Lake Tahoe notice. The snippets reflect local history, finance, and travel notices from 1908 Eureka Nevada.
The Board of County Commissioners met Monday with Fraser Henderson and Paroni present. They audited the treasury totaling 21 146.10 and approved insurance placements of 2 000 for three years plus 14 000 and 6 000 with three agencies. Registry agent George Finvin named for Prospect precinct to fill a vacancy. Citizens from Barth urged road repairs near iron mines, with company offering to fix it. A dispute over deputy pay for the Fourth of July and election duties arose between the Sheriff and Commissioners, ending with the county paying the bills and promising future consultation.
The Eureka Commissioners report new fire department supplies including four play pipes 18 combination spanners and 24 hooks for drying cotton hose. Hooks will be mounted in the fire house beside the Court House to keep the hose dry. The spanners fit all fire plugs except two a fact welcomed by the fire boys. Episcopal Services Next Sunday Rev Percival Smithe of Elko will conduct morning and evening services at St James Episcopal Church in Er vice at 11 and 7:80 slow time. An invitation is extended for all to attend.
An inspection of the Miners' Union books shows about 2,000 workmen in the Goldfield district with over 1,400 wage earners. The wage roll exceeds 300,000 dollars per month, and most of this sum is spent in Goldfield as miners are described as good liv ers and free spenders. KEW TO DAY.
The Eureka County Central Committee of the Silver Party will meet at the Justice of the Peace office in Eureka Court House on Monday August 13 1906 at 730 pm. Full attendance is requested as important business will come before the committee.
Notice from Eureka Nevada 1906 authorizes irrigation water use only from 8 am to 9 pm Mountain time with charges based on garden size. Water use is secondary to domestic needs and may be stopped if supply is needed for others, with a $2 reactivation fee.
A seven year old sorrel horse branded with a bar over Bgure 2 and rented LP strayed from Huntington, Wisconsin in Eiko County while following a small black horse. Heading north at last report. A ten dollar reward for information leading to recovery. Contact for details.
Goldfield Nevada shop Marks and Co. closes after clerks strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Tonopah Gasot Anguat cites clerks' refusal to join IWW as cause, with Goldfield branch to cease operations. locals report picketing and a store closure notice. California Board of Equalization raises railway assessments by over 11 million, total taxes 14 million.
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