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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
A brief item records an entry at the Eureka post office dated the 23rd, with a note mentioning Gloss Mutter. The read text preserves the official action and a named individual in a concise local notice style.
United States Senator J. R. Barton of Kansas found guilty by a Kansas City jury on all six counts of accepting compensation from Rialto Grain and Securities Company to appear as attorney before the Post Office Department. Verdict may end his Senate term, with potential fines, imprisonment, and lifetime ineligibility for office. The case's appeal process and prior reversals are noted, including six months and fines previously imposed.
Advices from Tonopah McKane and Schwab report the Pacific Coast Smelter at Suisun Bay near San Francisco purchased to treat ores from Schwab McKane properties in Southern Nevada. The plant, largely new, will require minor modifications and will receive ore from Tonopah Extension and other McKane Schwab mines. Copper ore flux planned and the smelter to be blown in soon, capacity around 120 tons daily.
The Tonopah Water Company at Rye Patch has lands attached by multiple entrants under the Desert Land Act. After staking the 4000 acres two years ago for pincer mining, the area was reclassified as desert and open to entry. The dispute hinges on whether the lands are mineral or nonmineral, with the Land Office at Carson set to decide.
The Oregon forest wealth centers on Coos County with 1 300 square miles of forest and an estimated 13 000 000 000 board feet of timber. Douglas fir dominates the western forestry belt lifting merchantable timber to about 80 percent. Giant tideland spruce reach enormous diameters and heights, while stump values and hollowed tree bases offer unexpected shelter and craft for settlers.
Mrs Frances Burton Harrison was instantly killed in a downhill car wreck on Long Island. The party included Mr and Mrs Lawrence I Scott of San Francisco and Charles T Crocker, Harrison's brother in law. The steering failed, the car overturned, and Harrison’s neck was broken. Other occupants were seriously injured. Harrison, born Mary Crocker, was a daughter of the late Charles F Crocker of San Francisco and one of three heirs sharing his substantial fortune of 12 040 000 and 15 000 000. The report notes a separate freight-rate dispute in the Pacific Northwest involving the North Pacific Coast Journal Association alleging bias in rail rates benefiting San Francisco firms over Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, with concerns over competition and accessibility to California markets.
The case of P. B. Lawser, alleged Nevada goods embezzler from Palisade Eureka County, lingers in Ogden Utah. Governor Sparks of Nevada signed a requisition for his return. Lawser fought extradition via habeas corpus while Sheriff W. M. Sweeney pursued the warrant. Lawser remained jailed through Thanksgiving as legal maneuvers stalled extradition and possible transfer back to Nevada.
The Eureka Public School lists students reaching top marks for the month ending November 24, 1905, with names across grades and depictions of deportment. Additional rolls show daily attendance and high scholarship at Ruby Hill School and Prospect School, naming pupils at multiple grades and the supervising teachers.
A Beati fic Lodge No 7 memo honors Past Chancellor George Gavin with resolutions and mourning. Reno Mayor Daniel W O Connor dies after pneumonia at 68, buried in Lincoln Kansas. Wealth production of US farms in 1905 reaches record 4415000000, corn crop 1708000000 bushels. Subscribe for the Santavey.
The San Francisco Mining and Engineering Review claims Tonopah mines are paying a higher dividend percentage than any in the country. The Virginia Chronicle notes Tonopah has paid less than $1,000,000 in dividends so far, while Comstock mines like Virginia, California, Crown Point and Balcher reportedly disbursed over three times that amount monthly in 1876. Andrew Lepitich, a Lander County rancher, is declared insane and sent to the State Asylum at Reno. Holiday goods and toys are advertised at Man Brothers Store with a fresh candy line offered for the season.
Humboldt County attorney Otto T Williams filed a suit seeking 1637.00 against Humboldt County to force Elko County to pay for transient sheep taxes on residents sheep ranges. The case cites an 1908 act requiring taxes be paid where sheep range resides, with pro rated shares to other counties. Eureka Lander and Churchill already paid Elko for ranges within its borders. Humboldt refused. Salt Lake capital buys the Silver Peak Valcalde mine, sixteen claims located in 1865, likely boosting regional mining activity.
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