Local Brevities Highlight Busy Eureka Attaché List
August 1 1915 Eureka notes report Mrs I T Handley visiting Salt Lake City and gasoline shipments for Rudolph Zadow. Local residents like Edgar Sadler Miss Myra Harris and James Rattazzi appear in court moves ranch travels and estate settlements across Eureka Diamond Valley Elko and surrounding areas. Water shortages loom as a Pine Valley well goes dry while residents plan improvements and travel to Bishop Winnemucca Ely Alpha and Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T. Handley
Salt Lake City
Rudolph Zadow
Eureka
Edgar Sadler
Diamond Valley
Myra Harris
Tenabo
Lander County
James Rattazzi
Elko
A. Capriola
Jacobsen
Senator Thatcher Marries Vera Calhoun at Elko
In Elko Nevada on August 19 Vera Calhoun of Reno married L R Thatcher Eureka County mining engineer and state senator. The couple plans to sail from San Diego for New York then reside in Elko after travel via Panama Canal. Thatcher chaired Mines and Mining and Fish and Game committees in the last Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nevada
Vera Calhoun
Reno
L. R. Thatcher
Eureka County
Thatcher
San Francisco
San Diego
Panama Canal
New York
Ways and Means
The
State University
Senate
Alleged Horse Thief Held To Answer In Goldfield
Louis Barbour charged with horse stealing was held for grand jury after a preliminary examination in justice court. He allegedly stole a horse from Williams at Montezuma three years ago and was captured at Eureka recently. Adams F. Brown represents the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield Tribune
Louis Barbour
Justice Court
Barbour
Williams
Montezuma
Ingalls
Eureka
Adams F. Brown
Ore Shipments This Week to Salt Lake Smelters
Shipments of ore to Salt Lake smelters left Eureka by train this week. J. H. Jury sent one carload from Phenix mine on Ruby Hill. Ed Berryman sent one carload from Diamond mine on Prospect mountain. Alfred Huebner sent one car load from Lucidity fa Beehive and Windfall mines on Prospect mountain. The Reynolds daughters Velma and Yula returned from a Palisade visit with hosting by Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Sexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Eureka
J. H. Jury
Phenix
Ruby Hill
Ed Berryman
Prospect Mountain
Alfred Huebner
Velma
Yula Reynolds
W. R
Brother of Eureka man killed in shotgun accident
W R Swicegood of Eureka received a telegram naming his brother John Swicegood as dead after a shotgun discharge on the road between Jarbidge and Charleston. John, 41, a married man, was en route to assist in mining properties near Adams Hill. Burial planned in Twin Falls Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Swicegood
Eureka
John Swicegood
Jarbidge
Elko County
Charleston
Adams Hill
Swicegood
Elko
Funeral for John Burdick Held in Salt Lake City
The funeral for John Burdick eldest son of Mr and Mrs T A Burdick of Eureka was held August 9 at Joseph William Taylor Chapel South West Street Salt Lake City. Bishop Edward M Ashton presided with a choir singing I Need Thee Every Hour Oh Grave Where Is Thy Victory Beautiful City Shall We Meet Beyond the River. Remains were first mourned at Park City before interment in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burdick
T. A. Burdick
Eureka
Park City
Utah
Joseph William Taylor
South West Street
Salt Lake City
Edward M. Ashton
University of Nevada Opens August 30 With Record Applications
The University of Nevada opens August 30 and expects a prosperous year as applications surge from Nevada high schools. Local graduates pursue Nevada specific training while receiving broad universal education, arguing the state’s needs are best met by its own university. Subscribe for the SENTINEL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nevada
Nevada
Eurekans Head to Austin for Three Day Celebration
Six auto loads left Eureka to attend a three day fandango in Austin starting Friday. The Eureka Baseball Club, Lobster Club Band, and the Bank Cashier melodrama cast travel, including Will Swick Richard Hooper Harry Faull Fred Eather and others. A telegram reports Austin defeated Buckhorn 22 to 11 but Eurekans seek official confirmation.
Union Mines Shaft Nearing First Level
Union Mines shaft has reached 100 feet with a crosscut planned at 165 feet to intersect the vein at 216 feet. Manager Roy Thatcher, overseeing 50 workers, has bought material for a new bunkhouse and boarding house for 120 men as the compressor nears operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Independent
Roy Thatcher
Union Mines
Thatcher
Salt Lake
Fairman
le Conte
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Thaw Passes Through Eureka En Route to San Francisco
Harry K. Thaw, recently declared sane by a jury, arrives in Eureka by auto on the Lincoln Highway heading to the San Francisco exposition. He travels with a secretary and a chauffeur, pauses for breakfast, then continues toward Austin and the coast. The note also thanks helpers for the illness and burial of John B. Caviglia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York City
Eureka
Auto
Lincoln Highway
San Francisco
Austin
Coast
Death of Former Nevadan in Oakland
Patrick Sweeney aged 74 died at his home 1817 Linden street Oakland on Saturday. One of the Pacific Coast’s best known early mining and cattle men he went to Nevada in 1858 and later moved to California. He is survived by his widow and brother J J Sweeney of Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Patrick Sweeney
Linden Street
Pacific Coast
Sweeney
William H. Sweeney
Eureka
Nevada
California
J. J. Sweeney
Houston
Texas
Wedekind Sells Ranch in Newark Valley Nevada to Eureka Buyer
Henry Wedekind sold his ranch and improvements in Newark Valley White Pine County to Nick Ratto of Eureka who immediately took possession. Four years ago he sunk a water well at 20 feet depth and filed a desert claim then built improvements and produced two alfalfa crops this year. Wedekind left for Reno via Elko to pursue mining in southern Nevada and is described as an energetic versatile entrepreneur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Winzell
Alpha
Nevada
Yates Ranch
Pine Valley
Agnes Morrison
Antelope Valley
Eureka
James
Morrison
Eileen
Robert Kelley
Henry Wedekind
Newark Valley
White Pine County
Nick Ratto
Wedekind
Reno
Elko
Testimony Taken for Water Right Contest at Reynold's Creek
John Laxague a stockman from Lander County traveled to Eureka with Attorney D. A. Pate and court reporter Lena Sciachetti to secure testimony for a water right dispute on Reynold's Creek located about 40 miles west of Eureka near the Eureka Austin line. Alex Dyer drove the party in his automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Laxague
Lander County
Eureka
Reynold
Buckhorn Ball Report Notes Local Game And Player Moves
On Sunday August 15 the Reds and Blacks played five innings to a 6 to 6 tie with Kinney delivering home runs. Umpire Ray Wass assisted by Harry Talmadge. players Howard Conner Ballas Talmage Styles. other notes cover transfers of William Watson Frank O Neil Slim Pritchard and a plan for games in Austin Lander County Winnemucca and Elko during Rodeo week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Kinney
Howard and
Conner
Ballas
Talmage
Talmadge
Styles
Ray Wass
Harry Talmadge
William Watson
Mr. Kinney
Frank O'Neil
Salt Lake
Austin
Lander County
Winnemucca
Golconda
Elko
Lew Ward
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Mra
Ward
Senator Thatcher
Union
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Sadler Ranch
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Sylvia Spaulding
William Evans
Ruby Hill Avenue
A.C. Florio
F. L. Kelsey
Leonard
Elmer Rosevear
Mildred de Sautels
Whitmore
Nob Hill
G. B. Biale
Frank Pastorino
Main Street
Eureka Land and Stock Company
Alpha Station
Chicago
Isadore Sara
Earl Cobb
Art Phillips
Los Angeles
Lincoln
Phillipsburg
Harry Hagar
Hagar
Ruby Valley
Lawrence Kautz
George Dees
Peter Mernaldo
Monte Burdick
Earl Overton
Fish Lake Valley
Ollie Cox
William F. Cox
James Morrison
Noko
Miss Noko
Gertrude Hagar
Thomas Dixon
Ed Whitmore
Willie Zadow
H. M. Schneider
Ely
Elko, Nevada
W.R. Swicegood
Sentinel
Eurekans
Buckhorn
John B. Caviglia
Antone Tognoni
W. H. Sweena
Oakland, California
Sells Ranch
Eureka Ball
Buckhorn Ball Club
Hardin
Hovey
Nevada University
University of California
Howard
Europe
Thomas
Balas
Clark
Julian
Burton
Wingfield
Humboldt Valley
Uncle Sam
Sparks
Southern Pacific
Tonopah
Goldfield
Moapa
Las Vegas
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State Normal School
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Ford Automobiles
Goodyear
Eureka Garage and Supply CO
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