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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
2
Salt Lake Tribune argues Germany must fight to the last ditch to keep wartime gains. It contends Germany profits from captured Belgium and northern France, plus stolen wealth from several nations, making victory essential to avoid economic ruin and ensure the plunder endures.
Allied troops retook the Rheims Soissons area and discovered giant German siege weapons. The emplacements resembled a Pittsburg steel mill with a 40 foot diameter foundation and 1100 ton drum. Dispatches note Paris shelling halted for two days as Germans moved the guns.
The New York Tribune urges Congress to repeal income tax exemptions for State and Municipal officers. It condemns preferential treatment of officials earning public salaries and argues taxation should apply equally. The piece cites public office as a merit earned through effort, not privilege.
State Attorney General Merton E. Lewis said he could prove by affidavits that newspaper publisher William R Hearst received at his New York home on two or more occasions. The remarks referenced Bela Pasha, executed by France for treason, and Count von Bernstorff, the former German Ambassador.
Paris reports the Allied counter-offensive since July 18 has captured 70000 prisoners and more than 1000 guns with over 10000 machine guns seized. Carmody, once a Goldfield figure now in France, is severely wounded. Roger H. Clapp of Round Mountain, a lieutenant in the army aviation corps, was killed in action on the French front last Friday.
Elias Boomhower died August 1 after a week of illness at his San Jose home. Born March 19, 1839 near Rennselaerville New York he joined the California gold rush traveling from New York via Panama. He lived in Nevada City Austin Hollister Eureka County Nevada and San Jose. He married Mary J Sherman November 26 1868 at Grass Valley. Survived by widow eight daughters three of whom live in Elko County and San Jose and six grandchildren. Interment in Hollister family plot.
The following ore shipments to Utah smelters were made this week by the local railway. Nine cars from Richmond Eureka Mining Co. of speils. Four cars by White Pine Lead Co. from Hamilton. Five cars by Peerless Mining Co. from Prospect Mountain.
Darel Dunkel son of Dan Dunkel of Reno has been killed in France, per a telegram received by his parents. He was a former Reno University student and enlisted in the engineers.
The Tonopah Socialists filed a complete Nye County ticket for the primaries except for a district judge due to no timber for the office. The filing cost 2400 dollars, paid in a single lump sum to the County Clerk.
A trainload of cattle and sheep left Winnemucca on the Southern Pacific as western hay shortages push stock east. Shipments from Golconda are also reported while California hay and pasture shortages depress feeder markets.
Carson resident August Peterson, son of Emil Peterson, visits his father after spending two years in the lees. He served as a water tender on the cruiser San Diego, recently sunk after a mine collision.
Documents of record detail Adams Hill Corporation to Eureka Holly Mining Company bill of sale for mining machinery on the Racine claim with $500 recorded July 27 1918. Another deed to B H Joseph Company for undivided one fifth in Golden Rule Blue Bird and Clipper mines recorded July 29 1918. Additional deeds include Bernardini to Paroni for one fourth in Nevada Nos 1 2 3 4 mines and Aguirre to Leon Aguirre for Lot 7 Venezia Hotel with $5000 recorded August 3 1918 and a Mt View No 38 mine location certificate recorded August 5.
A. Fordin, assistant superintendent of the Miller and Sox sheep department, was assaulted on a Winnemucca street Thursday by seven to eight Basques amid a longstanding feud. Reno high school faces a near all female faculty as men teachers remain unavailable, leaving Principal Mack and one other male staff member.
Adjutant General Maurice Sullivan reports a ruling from the Provost Marshal General allowing regular students in War Department approved schools pursuing full-time technical courses essential to the war to enlist in the enlisted reserve corps and be placed in Class Five for the draft.
A building slump on the Pacific Coast reduces demand for gypsum products and gypsum firms nationwide. The Mound House plant has halved its workforce to 15 men from 30 as output falls.
About 800 drafted men, largely from Idaho, received a welcome in Winnemucca. At Golconda they explained they hailed from a dry territory and bought 1500 bottles of beer as part of their stop.
Seven Jarbidge residents were fined forty five dollars each in Winnemucca for violating Humboldt County game laws by killing more sagehens than the limit last week. They were apprehended by the game warden while in the northern Humboldt area.
Director General McAdoo issued an order effective immediately forbidding liquor sales in railroad stations or on railroad trains under government control. A trainload of colored troops arrived in New York and emerged from a tunnel, one soldier shouting in dialect that they were in France at last.
Nevada crop bulletin notes general improvement in July with many districts short of irrigation water. Winter wheat yields reach 29 bushels per acre in Clarke, Douglas, and Lyon. spring wheat up, barley down. potatoes decline across Douglas and Humboldt. hay below average with reduced acreage. Ranges are good in White Pine and Nye, fair to poor in northern counties. gardens thriving. Clarke County fruit crops especially peaches and grapes showing strong yields.
Washington Aug 12 The war industry board will survey wool and worsted stocks to decide if enough material exists for winter uniforms and overcoats. The board directed spinners to stop hand knitting and halt shipment of worsted yarns until further notice. A Tonopah restaurant sign jokes about stirring coffee as a nod to wartime thrift.
Notice announces sale under the foreclosure decree in Eureka County Nevada. James Mackey sheriff directs sale of Cortes Mining and Reduction Company assets and related mining claims in Mill Canyon valley near Beawawe. Sale to settle judgment of 2162.91 principal plus interest, fees, and costs, in US gold or equivalent. First publication Aug 17 1918 with last publication Sept 7 1918.
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