11 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
1
Ore shipments this week reach four cars as Atlas claim shows expanded unexplored ground along shale and limestone contact. Old workings cave and survey relies on new mine development. Number 7 winze reveals ore offshoot. number 8 winze drifts yield shipping ore. Holly mine shifts reduced then resumed. mill foundations underway despite storm.
A petition by the Nevada Shippers' Transportation Company of Reno asks the Nevada Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience to establish an auto truck freight line from Reno to various points in the state. The filing ties the plan to Federal rate confirmation and includes a table of existing railroad rates.
The Goodsprings Gazette reports mines there may shut due to the low price of ore. The Yellow Pine, a leading pioneer, faces loss of both mine and mill while some argue for restraint amid economic pressures.
George A. Foster and B N Richardson announce a new Fallon oil venture named Fallon Oil and Gas Extension Company. Nevada incorporation for 2500000 shares at 10 cents each holds 40 acres leased plus 180 acres patented, adjoining Fallon Oil and Gas discovery well. Early surface shows praised and stock offered at 6 cents per share, likely to rise to 25 cents after permit and well No 1 reopening.
The board grants two weeks for Christmas break starting Monday the twenty. The State Teachers Institute meets December 20 for four days in Reno. Eureka will be represented though attendance is optional. Supervisor Whitely praised student assemblies before an announced storm. National School Week features a debate on Eureka County building a modern high school with teams Harris Lucy Rogantini for the affirmative and Davis Biale Skillman for the negative.
A Christmas Rye dance will be hosted by the Rescue Hose Company Hall Association at their pavilion on Friday evening, December 4. The gathering aims to celebrate the season with church and home observances followed by a social dance to spread Christmas spirit and cheer.
The District Court postponed the weekly calendar from Monday to Friday due to absences of counsel for Staite and four pending cases, then moved the calendar again from Friday to Tuesday, December 4. The note ends with unclear garbled text about a person getting rich quick.
Judge Averill rules in Nell Richardson v Board of School Trustees Hawthorne the teacher is entitled to full salary as per contract if no definite resignation is recorded. Richardson sued after being paid $140 while others earned $160, leading to a $1,005 verdict plus costs for the plaintiff.
Carload ore shipments moved over the local railroad this week to Utah smelters. Four cars from Eureka-Croesus and four from Eureka-Holly. Twenty four cars of speils from Richmond-Eureka.
Renewal and new members listed for Eureka County Chapter American Red Cross led by Roll Call Director W. J. Hooper. Names include L. A. Harris J. E. Josey R. W. Hooper Judson V. Hooper Mesdames Zadow Josey Kitchen Hooper Swick Hjul Russell Lederer Hooper Mernaldo and others.
Post office officials urge the public to wrap Christmas parcels securely and address them plainly and mail early. With Christmas two weeks away, officials hope that careful packaging and clear directions such as Not to be opened until Christmas will help ensure safe on time deliveries.
In Elko nine were arrested in a single day as frigid conditions push the habo westward. Reports from rail towns indicate many men heading toward the coast, with authorities noting increased movement and vigilance along main routes.
Dickson returns to office after unexplained absence as a friend probes his whereabouts. A Los Angeles Times quip notes two days unaccounted for, hinting at possible reasons behind the delay.
A Eureka Nevada notice records births in December 1920 and November 1920. It notes a son born to the wife of William D Robinson in Eureka on December 5 1920 and another birth in Alberta Canada in November 16 1920 to the wife of John Whaley, formerly Miss Irene Potts of Monitor Valley Nye County Nevada.
The Board of County Commissioners held its regular meeting on December 6 with Commissioners Reid Johnson and the Clerk and District Attorney present. Minutes approved, funds reconciled with the First National Bank of Biko, bills to be published, officers reports filed, Highway Department bills postponed to January 5 for Commissioner Fulkerson’s presence, R McCharles sworn as Treasurer with a $50,000 security bond.
C Duckworth named division engineer of Western Pacific Salt Lake division replacing the late H C Maxon with Elko base. A proposed gaming suppression initiative starts in Reno seeking statewide signatures to ban money games and horse wagering and to end slot machines. Nevada Public Service Commission orders track upkeep on rail routes through Elko with cost per car for switching. Elko Free Press reports Luiz Valenzuelo, shot in Wells, died at county hospital. ongoing Peeping Tom disturbances noted.
T F McGeary of Duckwater notes bands of northern sheep passing through on winter routes to the south. Sheep and cattle markets have collapsed, reducing hay demand and delaying sales. Ranchers face higher labor costs and uncertain markets but expect to weather the downturn if winters are mild and feed markets recover.
The board of school trustees approved a bonus of 12 percent of current salaries for Las Vegas Grammar School teachers for the rest of the school year contingent on faithful performance and contract fulfillment. They rejected breaking contracts to fund pay increases and resolved the issue with a bonus plan.
About seventy five Southern Pacific shop workers were discharged for taking two hours off on election day to vote or for not completing required work. Superintendent W S Watkins said pay for two hours was allowed by law and precinct records showed most who laid off did not vote.
Three violators of the Federal prohibition act have been bound over in Reno to await action of the Federal grand jury meeting next week. B. C. McQueen arrested for operating a still in the residential section was held on $2500 bonds which he could not secure. Alimon is the high cost of thinking they could live together.
The Nob Hit Fire Company hosts a New Year’s Eve masquerade at the new pavilion in Eu reka. Spectators enter via side doors. maskers only until 11 for the dance, with three judges awarding a cash prize.
J B Josey and James Mann Jr depart for California and Salt Lake City. W S Yates becomes Shaw Hospital patient. Attorneys Brown and Hose look into James Murray estate. John McCabe returns from Salt Lake to manage mining claims near Phillipsburg. Manuel Aguirre and Florence Caton marry in Eureka. Cold spell with heavy snow possible. three inches fallen today. Death reported for Fanny Locke in Oklahoma City. Jacob Jorgensen loses two rabid cows in Diamond Valley. Ramondini treated after coyote bite. Eureka mining visitors Atchison and party tour local properties. American Legion meeting set for December 11 at 7 30.
A series of mining claim proofs of labor across numerous lodes in the Eureka mining district including Helen and Helen Fraction, Harris Washington Porphyry Lead Nugent Blue Rock and others recorded Dec 4 7 9 by various claimants and companies. Also deeds transferring Curto house and lots in Goodwin Canyon Nevada for $10 recorded Dec 4.
A Brass Time brief notes Death Valley Scotty is in Ely giving Turkish baths to desert needy. Once a bath receiver, he now provides baths, reflecting a rough prospector path and changing fortunes in the desert.
Washington announces Lemavor Moses of New Hampshire will introduce a bill to pay fourth class postmasters a salary from 125 to 999 dollars annually instead of commissions on postage stamp cancellations. About 41 600 postmasters would be affected. Debs Votes Record Tallied in New York. Eugene V Debs Socialist candidate for president in the last election earned nearly 950 000 votes the largest Socialist presidential tally in U S history and about double the 1916 socialist vote.
Helena Montana December 7 1914 wages of all workmen at the American Smelting and Refining Company's East Helena smelter were reduced 50 cents per day due to the low price of lead. The note ends with a quotation about seeing good in everyone.
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