Santa Fe Plans Salt Lake to Los Angeles Rail Line
Two engineering parties survey between Tintic Utah and the Nevada line for a Santa Fe backed railroad from Salt Lake to Los Angeles. Capitalization totals 37 million dollars with holding companies in each state. Route would pass near Eureka Utah and into Nevada then California, linking to Denver and Rio Grande junctions. Construction eyed for next year with broad regional benefits including coal supply, agriculture, and new settlements in White Pine and surrounding valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Tintic
Utah
Nevada State Line
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Maine
New York
New York Trust Company
Denver and
Rio Grande
Utah Coal Fields
Clark Road
Eureka
Fish Springs
Dagway Mountains
Tuah County
Nevada
Antelope Valley
Deep Creek
Antelope
Pleasant
Spring
Esmeralda
Mono County
California
Mono, Lake
White Pine
Coyote Proof Fence Protects Sheep in Oregon Range
In Wallowa National Forest Oregon a woven wire and barbed top fence keeps out coyotes cats and lynxes but not bears. Two thousand two hundred sheep plus lambs were placed June 20 with no herder care and have thrived, prompting private adoption by J W Emmons who tills 670 ewes under similar fencing. A hunter reports six large grizzlies killed this season and weights of lambs inside the fence will be tracked against those outside to gauge gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa National Forest
Oregon
Forest Service
J. W. Emmons
Troy
Emmons
Fire wipes Hazen Nevada town destroying all but depot
Fire in Hazen Nevada razed the town at 2 a m destroying nearly every building from east to west. Miners celebrating a stampede overturned a gasoline generator starting the blaze. Loss nears 100000 with the post office mail unsaved and Hazen Inn Palace and Merchants hotels burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nevada
Higman
Nevada Inn
Hazen
Palace and Merchants
Hazen Lumber Company
Montana Club
It SH tee Its In the World of Sport
The article surveys American interest in sports, noting baseball pennant races, tennis, rowing, golf, swimming, horse racing, football, yacht racing, and a rise of a notable long distance runner from New York. It highlights John J. Hayes, winner of London Olympic marathon, his No. 26 bib, and a one armed golfer Haskins as a world champion claim, plus javelin throwing spread. Notary public John McKernan listed for conveyancing in Eureka Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tiritaln
America
Onn Ncs
New York
John J. Hayes
London
Hayes
Candy
Uncle Sam
Windsor Castle
Queen Alexandra
Royal Box
Engishman
Haskins
Hoylake Links
Ivor Botenzou
la Boutlsiinks
Hoylake
United States
Central Africa
A Miracle In Wheat Sown In Alaska Found By Idaho Rancher
A 1903 Idaho rancher Abraham Adams travels to Alaska in quest of gold. He discovers a wild, unusually large head of wheat near the coast, plants seven pounds in 1904, and by 1907 harvests 53,000 pounds. Experiments say it grades as No 1 hard and rivals Blue Stem for flour. seed sent widely reports marvelous yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Alaska
Abraham Adams
Idaho
Julisetta
Adams
Goldfield saloon sale noted at thirty two thousand dollars
A representative of the Pure Food Commission surveys Carson stocks as merchants stock levels and a sale of the Bank saloon in Goldfield is reported for thirty two thousand dollars. The Tonopah Democratic club urges delegates to back a State Mine Inspector post. A Rhyolite gasoline blast damages property worth fifty thousand dollars and endangers the Bullfrog Bank & Trust building. Attorney Lewers discusses evidence in the Reno Summerfield divorce case including a controversial photograph of Mrs Summerfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food Commission
Carson
Charles Evans
Tonopah
Manhattan
Bank
Goldfield
Democratic Club
Red Light
Bullfrog Bank & Trust Company
Lewers
Summerfield
Reno
Mrs. Summerfield
No More Cheap Beef Says Cattle Leaders
Col T Pryor, president of the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, says cheap beef and land are ending. He argues big ranches are being divided into smaller farms, which can support more cattle per area, but farmers cannot sustain old grass fed prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ke T. Pryor
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
America
Pryor
Experiments With Spineless Cactus Fodder
The Pacific Rural Press reports Luther Burbank’s spineless cactus will be tested in Yolo County and Bakersfield areas. The plant is praised for forage value and resilience, promising feed during droughts. Stockmen are urged to monitor trials on suitable ground across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Rural Press
Luther Burbank
Yolo County
California
Bakersfield
Regains Snug Sum In Decayed Money Tale
Washington reports $10,000 in decayed greenbacks sent for redemption by O Earl of Morriston Arkansas. All but $25 identified. a $9,975 check was mailed. Earl buried the money in 1904 fearing bank instability, recovered later, and Mrs. A E Brown of the redemption division identified nearly all the bills after receiving the unrecognizable mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
O. Earl
Morriston
Arkansas
Earl
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Santa Fe
The
Review
Lovelock
H. W. Cherry
John McKernan
Ruby Hill Avenue
Mahathon Kage
the Brown Hotel
A. C. Florio
Scheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
Ie Milo"i Tisha
Am Aw
Richard Ryland
Daniel Meyer
Yiea
Henderson Banking Company
Joan HenpvEnson
L. O. Henperson
Haypen Henpenson
Henperson
Hleo
Eureka Brewery
Eureka’s
Paul Yost
Main & Clark Streets
Johnson Mercantile Co
Hiram Johbnson
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