Tells Story Of Columbias The New American Sheep
The Columbia, a new type of sheep developed by the United States Department to demonstrate value for mutton and wool on West ranges. Started near Laramie Wyoming in 1912, moved to Du Bois Idaho in 1917, with a 28 000 acre tract. Ram weights 200 250 pounds ewes 125 150 pounds. 1920 wool clip averaged 10 pounds with 48 percent shrink. Lambs reach 72 pounds at 3 two thirds months. Range sheepmen show strong interest for profits in mutton and wool.
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Columbia
United States
Agricultural Bulletin
Laramie
Wyo
United States Sheep Experiment Station
Dubois
Idaho
Ed Dyer uncovers promising ore on Florence ledge at Goldfield
Ed Dyer, on a $1 a day grub stake, reports sighting at least four carloads of milling ore sixty feet north of the Florence shaft in Goldfield. Engineers estimate over 100 feet of ground to prospect with the vein yielding three and a half feet of ore in the 400 level drift.
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Goldfield News
Ed Dyer
Florence
Goldfield
Little Florence
Dr. Robinson
Chicago Associates
Dyer
Carrara
Recovered goods found in Carlin cellar during warrant search
In Carlin a cellar under Mrs. R. G. Sperlich’s rooming house yielded over $1,000 worth of auto parts and cigarettes, eight gallons of moonshine in small kegs, and assorted items after Constable Benning and Special Agent Cordon searched the premises with a warrant sworn by Detective Cordon. No owner confessed and no arrests were made.
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Carlin
Benning
H. H. Cordon
Southern Pacific Company
Cordon
Sperlich
Elko Free Press
Largest Tonopah Real Estate Deal Ties 10-Year High
The Palace hotel in Tonopah changed hands Saturday when Mrs. Mary E. Goetz sold it to the Misses B M Josie and Nellie Dona hue. The two story brick block spans Main street opposite the Elks Club and runs 100 feet to Mineral street with two retail stores on the ground floor. The buyers previously ran Cripple Creek’s Watson House in Goldfield.
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Palace
Mary E. Goetz
B. M
Josie
Nellie Donahue
Main Street
Elks Club
Mineral Street
Cripple Creek
Goldfield
Artesian Wells Boost Pahrump Farm Section Outlook
The Tonopah Times notes a strong artesian well flow near Pahrump boosting irrigation potential. A 72 inch water flow at about 400 feet promises irrigation for about 150 acres of fertile land. Drilling continues with five wells by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad near the Leland experimental station.
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Pahrump
Tonopah
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company
Leland Experimental Station
Pahrump Valley Ranch Company
Fire destroys Turpin rooming house in Fallon
The 3 M Turpin rooming house at Fallon burned Monday afternoon. The structure, long seen as a menace, will not be rebuilt. The property carried $5000 insurance. Judge Miin of the Nevada School of Industry seeks work for four boys about to be paroled there.
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Miin
Nevada School of Industry
Eiko
Leadville Mine Ships Two Cars Concentrates
Leadville Mines Company ships two carloads of silver lead concentrates from Gerlach to a Utah smelter this month. Two more carloads will be produced before the mill closes for winter around December 15. The plant upgrade will boost capacity to 50 tons daily with a 70 horsepower semi Diesel engine.
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Gerlach
Leadville Mines Company
Utah
Nevada Mining Press
Murder at Lambert's restaurant shocks Las Vegas
Marcus Wenrte, a general cement contractor, was shot and killed at Lambert's restaurant Tuesday night by Nick W. Dugan, 54, an employee of Las Vegas Land & Water Company, in front of 11 witnesses. Police called it the coldest murder in Las Vegas crime history. Dugan allegedly scolded the cook Laura Ferra, cursed a lady, and Wehrle was fatally shot in the spine, dying hours later at Railroad Hospital.
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Marcus Wenrte
General Cement
Lambert
Nick W. Dugan
Las Vegas Land & Water Company
Las Vegas
Dugan
Laura Ferra
Wehrle
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