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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1919
Page
2
Nevada Press Comment argues state prohibition arises from arrests for whisky sales. It cites offenders ignore law, face prison. Warns stricter sentences ahead as authorities crack down on bootlegging and illegal distribution, urging lawfulness and home production restraint.
A. Puccinelli, Elko hotel proprietor, was found guilty in justice court of selling liquor. He received three months in county jail and a $300 fine. He plans to appeal to the District Court, with trial set for the April term, and was released on bond.
We express appreciation to all who extended sympathy and kindness at the death and burial of our beloved little one. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roninson, Jr.
J L Van Derwerker executor for H K Mitchell sues Mrs Mae DesMarins in district court this week for 3115 dollars claiming a lien on the late Maurice Hartnett mining property. The action seeks full repayment of the specified debt secured by the estate.
An editorial discusses early air mail optimism amid transport limits from Hareka, citing Salt Lake Tribune views on a Europe United States air service by summer 1920. It notes Brancker’s Atlantic flight feasibility, growing transcontinental tests, and Salt Lake as a future air mail depot. Admi r alty airships, Melbourne to London routes, and rapid aviation advances are highlighted as era-defining.
The Treasury Department reports total circulating currency at 7.78 billion dollars as of January 1 1919 averaging 55 76 per person. Gold holdings exceed three billions Federal Reserve notes are near three billions silver dollars surpass 400 million and national bank notes stand at 723 billion The remainder consists of greenbacks small coins and other forms.
Ted Johnson writes from a town just evacuated by Germans describing life with occupying troops in France after landing in Liverpool, moving through Luneville and Chateau Thierry sectors, weather, dugout comfort, ruined towns, and relief at bread and normal life. He hopes to return home soon after two Christmases abroad.
Assemblyman Hill of Washoe County pushes a bill to increase sheep license revenue by targeting foreign owners who avoid payment. He notes northern Washoe County bands of thousands of sheep exhaust vegetation and evade taxes, urging a northern license collector during grazing season and tying tax due to acres owned.
Nevada trappers finally captured the second mountain lion preying on stock near Lee Elko County. Tybo, once a thriving mining town with hundreds, now has fewer than 20 residents and only one schoolchild as miners hope for revival amid the ghost town decline.
A resolution by Senator Ashurst proposes purchasing the Lower California peninsula for the United States. The administration has not approved the bill, citing that the Mexican constitution forbids ceding any Mexican territory.
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