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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
3
Eureka Sentinel item recalls residents traveling to Reno Tonopah and Ogden Utah. Mentions meetings and elections for St Johns Chapter No 5 RA M and community updates on coal shipments and K P work train. Coyote sightings and a runaway horse story conclude the week’s brief.
Eureka County urges taxpayers to pay at least half of their due taxes by Monday to avoid delinquency. A 10 percent penalty and costs apply to amounts unpaid. Taxes may be paid in one or two installments, with the second due next June. The first installment must be paid to prevent the entire amount from going delinquent.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will be held on Monday. All bills again at the contnry should be filed with the County Clerk not later than Saturday, Dec. 1.
The Rev Hey Lloyd B Thomas of Eureka spoke at Episco pal services at Karoks Last Sunday on Thanksgiving Day November 29 arguing true gratitude stems from recognition of dependence on God The sermon urged giving to the needy and righteous acts to build a temple of spirit within prosperity and to make the nation truly great.
As we go to press in Shour, several inches of new snow blanket the area with extremely cold conditions earlier in the week. Heavy ice and frost persisted, while the barometer stayed just above the storm point. Eureka and nearby endured flurries of snow throughout the week.
The young people of Buroke staged a Christmas benefit at the Opera House on Wednesday night. Despite a 40 degree chill, the nearly full house applauded Dean Bradley as Joe Bowers and encored performers. The event ran to 10:30 with dancing until 4 am. A Presbyterian and Episcopal church supper raised about 25 cents per person, with auctioned leftovers. Receipts totaled around 140 dollars, expenses about 70, leaving a roughly 20 dollar balance for Sunday School Christmas activities.
Mr Herbert E Walts of Reno and Miss Katherine M Brown of Eureka were married at the groom's home in Reno on November 21 in an Episcopal ceremony officiated by Rev Samuel Une worth. Attendants were Miss Bonnie Wales and Dr RB P Chandler. A large reception followed with many gifts to the couple.
Nevada canvass totals from the Reno Journal list state tickets and elected legislators. Democratic Silver picks seven of eleven Senate seats with Republicans four. Assembly results show a mix across Washoe Nye Douglas Storey Humboldt Lincoln and other counties.
George G. Ross formerly of Leaville Colorado and a mining figure in the state was found frozen to death ten miles west of Rhyolite on Sunday morning. He left the city Thursday night amid a blizzard for the Gold Bar Mine four miles away and lost the road. This marks the second fatality of the recent storm. An unknown man was found frozen to death south of Gold Senter yesterday.
The law requires that a single co owner cannot move a claim into his name to exclude partners. Each co owner must perform or cause the required assessment work themselves. Afterward, they must advertise their partners out as mandated by statute.
The Postoffice Department is enforcing the law against placing letters in third and fourth class mail parcels and collecting penalties of 10. Violations have risen recently and authorities are determined to stop it.
The Elko Free Press reports former Ruby Hill resident Tom Bryant died at 7:80 this morning in Elko after a brief illness from kidney trouble. Born June 1, 1867 in Cornwall Hogland, he was 20 years 5 months and 7 days old at death. He ran stores, a motel, and a saloon with his father in law Joe Lint at Lamoule Cross Roads, then bought the Hot Springs property in Elko two years ago. He left a wife and three children at the Springs, plus a mother, two sisters, and a brother in Reno or Carson. The Carson News notes Mrs. R. E. Baffice has rented a store at 11 King Street and will open a stationary store by Dec 1 after a San Francisco trip for holiday stock.
Three months into the term Eureka schools report steady improvement and demand punctual attendance. The Senior Class elected officers Walter Burdick president Stella Reid secretary Mary Morrison vice president and Richard Hooper treasurer, with other members named. A State Teachers Institute in Reno December 17 is under consideration. The Literary Society conducted a successful meeting, and a Fischer piano is being procured from Detroit Music Company with delivery by January 1.
Holiday stars now going on display as the largest assortment of gifts in town at popular prices. Call to examine the immense stock. Mining location blanks for sale at the Sentives office.
The Salt Lake Herald reports a US Department of Agriculture order requiring all Nevada sheep to be dipped before leaving the state due to widespread scabies. Nevada flocks moving into Utah or Idaho must dip once at the border or up to ten days before crossing, with double dipping if infected, under federal inspection.
White Pine County postmaster George H Ronse of Lace City fled with 860 belonging to Stephen Williams Meat Company. He deposited 400 for the firm but drew 400 for himself and boarded the northbound train. Arrested at Cobre and returned to Ely. Postmaster accounts found correct. Rubber Wear for Everybody Phil Paroni lists new winter stock including overs and felts German socks men and boys overshoes and Indian children footwear. Dentistry Dr BE W O'Brien on professional visit at Zadow Hotel Sundays evenings by appointment. Drs Barkan and Sewall eye ear nose and throat specialists now in San Francisco at 1700 California street corner Van Ness. The name sells The Eureka Cash Store.
Sheriff Sweeney visits Palisade while Miles McKinnon returns from Rees. Granville Abbott leaves for San Francisco to visit his mother. Bridge carpenter Wallorn departs for Reon. A 250 pound porker vanishes on a dark track after being placed up track en route elsewhere. A confused passenger, left on the depot platform, chases the coastbound train and is restrained after a violent struggle. a rope is used to haul her into a coach as the train resumes.
A Washington dispatch reports postage stamps issued at 6900 post offices will bear the state and city name. The measure, to curb robberies and expose fraudulent accounting, aims to show office volumes and curb padding of receipts. Mexico and Liberia have long used city names on stamps, officials say.
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