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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
2
Washington August 22 Congress ends its extraordinary session at 3:02 pm after Taft vetoed the Curzon Tariff bill at 2:02 pm. The adjournment is marked by limited uproar and unusually calm scenes compared with past sessions.
Recording of session notes Congress passed and Taft signed the Canadian Reciprocity bill along with statehood measures and public bills. The 1910 census reapportionment, popular election of senators, and various tax and trade laws were debated. Inquiries into steel and sugar monopolies, government expenditures, and arbitration treaties were noted with many measures carried to the next session.
Inoculating land is vital for alfalfa. Farmers must introduce soil bacteria, using pure cultures or dirt from successful fields, to ensure even distribution. A patch of well-inoculated soil can expand to inoculate larger areas, aiding establishment.
A Butte hammer and drill team set a world record in the national contest at Hancock Michigan, drilling 59.25 inches into granite in 15 minutes and winning a 1000 prize from John D. Ryan of Anaconda Copper. The team of Jobul W. McCormick W. J. Maclain and Michael Kingell averaged 96 hammer strokes per minute, surpassing the previous 66 ladhes record set a year earlier.
In reply to queries from New York to the Governor of each state, 23 governors announce support for uniform divorce legislation. They favor federal enactment or a common statute to be adopted by state legislatures. The topic will be debated at the governors conference in Spring Lake New Jersey. Governors Hadley of Missouri and Hoke Smith of Georgia are among those to express opinions.
At Lovelock last week a team driven by P. H. Holtman collapsed and he was thrown out. The fall left Holtman with two broken ribs a broken shoulder and additional injuries.
Deputy County Assessor surveyed Chinatown shanties at about 500 dollars each. Eureka's mining firms reported ore stocks, daily smelting capacity, and bullion values, with totals from multiple companies. Population estimated around four thousand, two thousand outside the district.
The article notes that telephone dispatching eases work for Southern Pacific crews. It highlights already lightened duties in some divisions and plans to extend the system between Sacramento and Sparks. Previously only teletype and telegraph taps notified wrecks, but now any crew member can call to report trouble.
Nevada news notes large payrolls in Ely and Goldfield with layoffs planned by Harriman lines including Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Reports on factory and mill outputs, legal actions in Elko, and a fatality in East Ely accompany broader western retrenchment.
Livestock agent M V Irwin of the Rock Island Railroad predicts beet prices will soar higher than any previous U S history. He cites scarce hay, limited feed, and ongoing stock shortages in the West and Southwest as the reason for anticipated elevated meat prices through fall winter and spring.
Olliver Brears, in Nevada to curb liquor traffic among Indians, reports multiple arrests. D N Wilson and Charles Watson were jailed in Reno for selling liquor to two Pinte Indians, wards of the government, while Francisco Anginaga, a Mexican, faced a charge for selling liquor to a Washoe Indian. Anginage to be tried in state court, others in federal court.
On and after September 1 the post office will inaugurate a new system for transporting periodicals. It will be more economical and reduce reliance on mail cars during delivery periods. Periodicals now sent entirely by mail trains will be dispatched by freight routes to various hub points and then re-shipped to destinations.
An Italian miner Charlee Parrilla was attacked by an unknown man in Manhattan early Saturday. He was found with his head broken by an axe, and surgeons removed twenty seven skull pieces. The motive remains unknown.
The Reno Journal notes Nevada's population reaching 80 000 carrying state government. It highlights rich mineral resources gold silver and copper, vast agricultural potential, wool outputs, and a strong push for direct democracy measures. It cites high wages, favorable climate, strong public schools, and numerous wildcat mining corporations leveraging Nevada’s mining reputation.
Mark Twain recalls a boyhood prank in Hannibal when he and companions painted a mariner’s yawl bright red and watched the owner react. The boys then seized the painted craft and enjoyed a trip to the island, testing their quiet consciences amid humorous recollection.
The gossip notes Oscar Turner a Tonopah mining promoter and Ely Copper Co president faces a divorce action from his New York wife. Reportedly she seeks financial settlement after years of his reported affairs with Indian women at his long time office in the financial district. The Turners have grown children and his wife is said to plan the case amid speculation about his public reception by her family.
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