Eureka Local Brevities July Saturday Aug 14 1915
Mrs Rose Davis returned home by Fridays train from a business trip to Elko. Sheriff James Mackey returned Tuesday from an official trip through the north end of the county. Mrs Mary Fulton went to Union by todays train for a week with her daughter Mrs Angus McGillvray. Ralph Irwin brought an auto load of peaches and apples from the Irwin ranch. Tony Romano warns against horses running on the range. Mrs C M Dull returned to Los Angeles after weeks with her parents. George and John Potts visited Eureka and Diamond valley to view cattle. W A Moore shipped 15 carloads of lambs from Diamond Station to the Eastern market and will ship 16 more. Ernest Simonsen and family visited from Newark valley. Thomas Plummer and Mrs Amos Plummer attended to the estate of Benjamin Plummer. Art Phillips arrived from Los Angeles to assist with mining assessment at Phillipsburg. Florio sold Spring lamb crop to Handley Brothers who plan 20 carloads to the Eastern market. Assessor H C McTerney left for Carson to meet the State Board of Assessors then to California for the exposition. A Basque worker at Roberts Creek suffered severe burns from carbolic acid misused as liniment. Miss Alma Spinner returned for a month with Eureka relatives. she is Auditor for the Western Union in Los Angeles. Charles Greenwood, formerly of Eureka, shows health improvement in East Auburn. Dan Morrison of Eureka receives news of his condition improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Davis
Elko
Herbert Burdick
Mineral Hill
Eureka
James Mackey
Mary Fulton
Union
Angus McGillvray
Ralph Irwin
Duckwater
Irwin Ranch
Otto May
Elsie Hooper
Reto
San Francisco
Tony Romano
Sentinen
C. M. Dull
Los Angeles
R. McCharles
George and
John Potts
Monitor Valley
Diamond Valley
W.A. Moore
Newark Valley
Diamond Station
Board of Equalization Expunges Numerous Patented Mines
The August sessions of the Board of Equalization, with County Commissioners Otis Fulton and J M Requa present, processed labor affidavits for 1915 mine work and exempted many patented mines from taxation. The board struck off the listed mines and left other assessments unchanged, including Dunphy and Morrison properties, with Phoenix mine exempted.
Death of John Caviglia respected Eurekas citizen
John Baptista Caviglia died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Repetto on Spring street Wednesday August 11 after a year of declining health. A native of Palo Geneva Italy aged 76 years and nine months he spent decades in the wood and pack train trades in Nevada and California. The funeral was held from Repetto’s residence with Judge Peter Breen officiating and hymn singing, burial beside his brother Bernard in the Catholic cemetery. His two nieces Antone Tognoni and Herbert Burdick of Eureka are the only surviving relatives locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureks County
John Baptista Caviglia
Ben Repetto
Spring Street
Raymond Ganduglia
Newark Valley
Eureka
Ruby Hill
Tybo
de Lamar
Nevada
Antone Tognoni
Herbert Burdick
Palo
Geneva
Italy
Peter Breen
Caviglia
Eureka Club Plans Austin Trip For Game And Fandango
The Eureka Base Ball Club votes to travel to Austin next week for a match with the local club and to attend the three day fandango. The Lobster Club Band may join, and the quartet drama The Bank Cashier will be staged there. Five autos are arranged with more likely to join. Previous attendees recall the welcome last year and wish to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Baseball Club
Austin
Lobster Club
Wedding Bells for Miss Rebecca Eccles to Mr. Harry Stratton
Invitations issued by Mr and Mrs Thomas Eccles of Ruby Hill announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Rebecca to Mr Harry Hardin Stratton at the Ruby Hill home on Monday evening August 23. Stratton is described as a popular rancher and stockman from Cherry Creek White Pine County, who will wed a respected teacher in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Eccles
Ruby Hill
Rebecca
Harry Hardin Stratton
Cherry Creek
White Pine County
Assessments Struck From Roll Over Eureka County Sale
The 80 acre El-260f SW 1 4 of Section 33 Twp 23N R54E is stricken as sold to Eureka County with no revenue. Maud C Mine assessed to George Tassel is stricken for the same reason. B W Tremont 82 of Cloud is stricken as sold for taxes with no revenue. The Board adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
Maud C
George Tassel
B. W. Tremont
Comerford Named Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
James V. Comerford of Virginia City will become deputy superintendent for Nevada's second district on September 1, covering White Pine Lander and Eureka counties. He replaces J. W. Palmer whose term ends this month. Abel, long a deputy, leaves August 31 after Bray opposed his reappointment amid board deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Comerford
Virginia City
Nevada
White Pine
Lander
Eureka
J. W. Palmer
Comerford
Comstock
University of Nevada
Santa Clara College
Virginia
The
Virginia City Chronicle
Abel
Bray
Reno Gazette
J. F. Abel
State Board of Education
Boyle
Hendrick
University
Property Deeds Recorded in Buckhorn and Eureka Counties
Documents record transfers of undivided interests in the Bonnie Bell and Eldorado mines in Buckhorn district for one dollar between W R McCrea W J Mahoney and Dan P Murphy and a Plummer ranch with cattle and horses in Eureka County Nevada, recorded August 6 and August 12 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. McCrea
W. J. Mahoney
Bonnie Bell
Eldorado
Buckhorn
Dan P. Murphy
J. W. Plummer
A. Plummer
Eureka County
Nevada
Water Wagon Trip Starts Over Lincoln Highway
The first water wagon tour along the Lincoln Highway has left Mt. Vernon NY en route to San Francisco. Dr Howard Russell founder of the Anti-Saloon League travels with four Ohio Wesleyan students forming a quartet. The trip is under Lincoln Lee Legion auspices with stops for songs and talks. They expect to reach San Francisco around September 5 following the Lincoln Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Lincoln Highway
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Howard Russell
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio Wesleyan
Lincoln-Lee Legion
Russell
Death of John Burdick in Park City wagon accident
A telegram from Park City Utah dated August 5 reports John Burdick 27 a Stewart Construction wagoner crushed beneath his lumber laden wagon on Scott hill five miles from Park City His body found in the road near a chuck hole no witnesses The accident likely occurred when the wagon struck a hole causing him to fall beneath the wheels His team continued until stopped by a fellow teamster Burdick and his wife and small son had moved from Salt Lake City two weeks earlier to Park City for work on the Brighton dam lumber was headed for the dam project
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake Tribune
Jack” Burdick
T. A. Burdick
Eureka
Park City
Utah
John Burdick
Stewart Construction Company
Scott Hill
Brighton
Burdick
Salt Lake City
Pine Valley hay rancher contracts for delivery to Eureka market
Marketing agent W. Vanwinkle of Ennor ranch in Pine Valley arrived by Monday’s train. The Pine Valley ranch produced a large hay crop and Vanwinkle traveled to Eureka to sell. He contracted to deliver 10 carloads f o b the ranch at $14 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Vanwinkle
Ennor
Pine Valley
Mr. Vanwinkle
Eureka
The Metal Market Quotation Report
The latest metal quotations list silver at New York 45 cents per ounce copper at New York 18 cents per pound lead at New York 4.50 dollars per 100 pounds. The item notes current prices and locations for United States metal trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Local Brevities Runaway train trip and family reunion in Ely
Mrs Amelia Fletcher and two grandchildren Orrill and Granville Fletcher Jr and Miss Estelin Glanf left by Toemays train for LamoiIle valley Elko County to spend weeks with Mrs Dave Morrow sister of Mrs Fletcher on their ranch Ed Whitmore returned from Ely Nevada for I C C Whitmore family reunion with three grown sons and two married daughters Myrtle Rice and Raymond Rice broke right arm after being pulled from a horse under a clothes line in Eureka the arm set and child recovering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Fletcher
Orrill
Granville Fletcher, Jr
Estelin Glanoff
Toemlay
Lamoille Valley
Elko County
Dave Morrow
Mrs. Whitmore
Ely
Myrtle Rice
Raymond
Eugene Rice
Eureka
Buckhorn Club Gathers Elko Free Press Tournament Buzz
Fans crave another Buckhorn Club game after their win over Elko. Teams from multiple towns seek a date with Buckhorn as Rodeo week tournament plans unfold and the lineup is expected to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Free Press
Buckhorn
Elko
Strap Muzzled Dog Bites Boy in Lovelock
A dog belonging to Ludwig Marker bit a boy named Riley ten years old on Saturday in Lovelock. The owner faces prosecution after the boy’s father sought a warrant from Justice of the Peace Hood. The dog was muzzled with a strap, and it is argued the muzzle was insufficient under county ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Lovelock
Ludwig Marker
Justice of the Peace Hood
Card of Thanks for Jown Caviglia’s Illness and Funeral
The family expresses appreciation for the help during the illness and at the death and burial of the late Jown Caviglia. Antone Tognoni Mrs Hexpert Buapick Mr and Mrs Ben Ferrero provide thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jown
Caviglia
Mars
Antone Tognoni
Hexpert Buapick
Mas
Ben Rererro
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Ernest Simonsen
Simonsen
R. Mc Charles
Thomas Plummer
Amos Plummer
Benjamin Plummer
Art Phillips
Cal
Phillipsburg
Lincoln Mining Company
A. C. Florio
Handley, Brothers
Florio
H. C. McTerney
Carson
State Board of Assessors
Eureka Land and Stock Company
Roberts Creek
Alma Spinner
Spinner
R. A. Laird
Western Union Telegraph Company
Charles Greenwood
East Auburn
California
Dan Morrison
Greenwood
Board OF Equalization
Otis Fulton
J. M. Requa
C. E. Morse
Liberty
Continental
F. Stollenwerck
Mineral Con. Minea Company
Great Republic
Lyman Fulton
Bowman, Racine
Europa
Juan Molino
Adams Hill Con. Co
Wide West
Alabama
J. H. Rogers
Richmond-Eureka Mining Company
Buckeye
Mammoth
Sentinel
Savage
Lookout
Nugget
At Last
Lupita
Skylark
Calloway
Richmond
Tip Top
St. George
Surplus
Porter, Brown
Marcelina
East
Silver Region
Victoria
Great Eastern
Grand Central
Diagonal
Richmond Rancho
Rearguard
St. Patrick
St. Andrew
Fries
Frank
Tennyson
Triangle
Champion
C.F. Burton
Buckhorn Mines Company
Monarch
Eastern
Harry Faull
Jackson Mining Company
Tinnie, Wilson and Jackson
P. Paroni
Munroe
Ed Berryman
Diamond Mining Company
Antelope
Gaslight
Hybernia
Diamond
East Oakland
F. & P. Scott
Hugenot
Ida
Krao
Lantern
May Day Queen
Napa
Morris
Old Put
Whip-poor-will
Sagebrush
Star of Eureka
Excelsior
Carl Zeno
Connelley
John McNaughton
Williams
McNaughton
Pioneer
J. H
Pervision
Avalanch
Summit
Nevada Giant
Compressor
Junction
Premium
Garrison
Jeannette
Central Con
Conclave
Alta
Equator
Remnant
St. Louis
Meteor
Conjunction
Mt. Tenabo
Hidden Treasure
Idaho
Manson
Fitzgerald
Kingsbury
London
William Mahoney
Dunphy
Dunphy Estate
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar Sadler
Agnes Morrison
Mra
James H. Jury
Benjamin F. Reddington
John Caviglia
Fandanco
Palmer
Recorder of
Jobe Burdick
Pine Valley Hay
Buckhorn Club
University of Nevada, Reno
Ford Automobiles
Goodyear
Eureka Garage and Supply CO
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