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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
3
A Friday departure to Elko and a Thursday trip to San Francisco mark a batch of Eureka residents on business. Hotel searches, stage line changes, and railroad activity surface amid dates in early February 1900. A pawn of local families and merchants threads through the weekly notices and minor updates.
Metal quotations show silver at 654 cents per ounce and various prices for tin and copper in New York Salt Lake City and other markets. Irwin of Duckwater Nye County purchased the old Strait ranch on Duckwater from Marshall Rich of Eureka along with Joe Hireh ranch ruins, totaling 480 acres of meadow and adjoining land offered at 3500. The Strait ranch is currently rented to Henry Lorigan. Manhattan brokers form Maulattan-Sonoyah Brokerage Company with offices in Manhattan led by George A. Lamlett as president and Walter H. Whitmore as vice president.
Ex governor Reinhold Sadler died at his Eureka home on Monroe Street at about 3 AM Monday in January 2010 after months of ill health. His death followed a difficult journey from Ely, White Pine County, and a fragile recovery before a final heart failure. He leaves a wife and four children, with a large funeral held at Carson City under Masonic auspices and interment in the Masonic cemetery.
J B Money and John Wedekind return to Burkoke with investors to advance White Pine Placer Company. Monroe contracts Free Blank to build a dam at Water Canyon for water storage. Mining crews prepare to run scrapers and wash dirt as thaw comes. Claimants Steagge Bene, Bob, Charley report valuable property at Uncle Sam and Independence with ore grading up to 100 per ton. Diamond Station on Eureka & Palisade Rail line will be shipping ore 40 miles haul. Eng capitalists led by Enoughton bond Skaggs claims at Bullion Elko County, planning another visit when ground clears.
Thomas W Dankle, a Southern Pacific freight conductor, died at Winnemucca Nevada on January 28 1906 from cerebral hemorrhage after weeks of head pain. A native of Boreks Nova, 29, he was son of J P Dankle and spouse of the late. His brother lives in Yonopak Nye County and his body was sent to Portland Oregon for burial. He had four years on the Humboldt division, nine with the company and held life insurance of 1850 with the Order of Railway Trainmen.
The 1995 annual statements show receipts and disbursements for several foreign mining companies operating in Eureka County. Notable figures include Eureka Consolidated Mining Company with receipts of 65830.17 and disbursements of 10002.78, and Diamond Mining Company of Utah reporting receipts of 88281.00 and disbursements of 89945.76. The Palisade Canyon project updates mention the Southern Pacific Company installing an automatic block system between Carlin and Marney, Elko County, progressing toward a brick system to reduce avalanche risk. Local notes cover livestock conditions in Newark, stating losses from recent storms were not as severe as feared, with some ranchers holding many head. Additional items report Thomas R. Weber of Boowans, Berek County, moved to Elko for pneumonia treatment, now recovering, and Mrs. Weber returning home.
Mrs C A Canfield, wife of millionaire tycoon Charles A Canfield, was shot dead on her Los Angeles porch by ex chauffeur Morris Buck who is in custody. Buck claims Canfield sought a loan. a struggle over a firearm led to the fatal shots. Canfield, originally from Iowa, leaves a husband and children. The case ties to prior Eureka California rumors misidentifying Caufield and vast wealth from Mexican and West Coast business ventures.
A venire of 43 men is summoned for Wednesday February 14 at the Duches Court in Eureka to hear the Peter Schaefer case charged with the murder of John Cready. Judge Pater Broon warns jurors not to seek excuses unless legally valid, listing drawn jurors by name in the crowd.
Mrs Flora Morris and Son enlarge the Palace Dry Goods Store on Wort Main street to expand stock. The family moved from the rear residence into part of the store after selling household goods and hiring Dan Nostrossa to finish improvements. The expansion brightens the store and signals business growth.
A local shop advertises a complete line of Valentine cards including new styles like Buster Brown and Bastalde Bowery Girl plus Drop Valentines. The dealer urges customers to call and see the assortment before stock runs out.
NewarK Valley notes report on Eureka area events. Prospecting near Gold Creek ranch by Al Dews on Ernest Simonsen's claim yields a promising vein of mineralized rock though no assay results are available yet. Reading the Sentinel is urged.
Eureka County Nevada outlines semi annual apportionment of state and county school funds. Lew Rooks, County Public School Trustee, reports figures and distribution method similar to state apportionment. Writings discuss Rosetti property sale and local business plans by William Landry, plus upcoming lunar eclipse and mining location blanks for sale.
A Eureka telegram reports the death of William H Davenport at Bakersfield California on January 1 1900 He was a former Eureka County attorney and Republican nominee for Nevada Attorney General He and his family later moved to Carson City and California He survived by two sons Charles and William Davenport Residents of San Francisco His Knights of Pythias ties remain with Beatific Lodge Eureka His career included Virginia City justice of the peace and a notable clash with Farmer Peel in early Comstock days
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