Local notes from Eureka and Palisade community
George Young visits from Palisade while County Commissioner El Thomas returns by Saturday train. A wood sawing contest planned. Rev Father Maulon travels railway. Leighton family returns to Eureka from Cedar. Bert Wilkins and wife head to Denver with England trip hinted. Widespread grippe and alternating cold weather. roads discussed by Fraser and Thomas. R B Johnston opens Beowans hotel and general store. George Halstead travels from San Francisco to Duckwater via Marek and back. doctors say eyesight cannot be restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Young
Pallsade
el Thomas
Pallade
Shallenge
New Tor
Father Maulon
Thoreday
William Leighton Sod
Ekareka
Eureka
Alex Fraser
Palisade
Ba ‘Thomas
North End
RB. C. Johnston
Beowans
Beowane
George’ Halstead
San Francisco
Canaal
Mareks
Duckwater
Nye County
George W. Houlstead
Mining notes and town updates from Hamilton district
Trades reported from White River include ore strikes by Mesara Cowen and Frager on a developing vein. Judge H Bush regains activity after weeks away. Cobre town site owner A P Let notes mining plays while a Belle View lode operation begins. Belle View workers started Monday as bankers eye a Spring opening. Mail sack misrouting caused delay until Monday Sept. F. 2. Hunt of the Nevada Load Co brings four diverse ore samples, signaling expanded mining activity. Louis Zadow recovers from illness and Louis Lapi leads Sunbeam group work on Treasure Hill claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Judge H. Bush
Mesara Cowen
Frager
Etmuod Qegier
Hlandbrook Allen
A. P. Let
Cobre
Belle View Lode
Theien
Louis Zadow
Wie
BR. A. Deanbaw
Mirses
Margaret Lani
Evalena Mateau
A. B. Wetoler
Ely National Bank
Ely
Bureka
Hunt
Nevada
Cmpany
Louis Lapi
Sunbeam
Treasure Hill
Lei Feele
Fanione, R. A.D
Engagement Announced for Miss Pauay Perkins and Mr. Cleveland Baker
The engagement is announced in Oakland California between Miss Pauay Perkins daughter of U S Senator George Perkins and Cleveland Baker assistant district attorney of Nye Guanty. Baker born 1889 in Kareka now living Oakland is Stanford University graduate 1904 and a lawyer. Also noted is the death of Mrs Francis L Burton widow of Francis L Burton shot at Mina and died in Chicago. Rawhide reports twenty three saloons holding licenses in the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauay Perkins
Oakland
California
Cleveland Baker
Nye Guanty
Miss Perking
United States
George Perkins
Baker
George W. Haker
Kareka
Lving
Standford University
Francis L. Burton
Mina
Buck
Chicago
Barton
Eureka County Budget 1908 1909 Receipts and Expenditures
Eureka County Board presents estimated receipts and expenditures for 1908 and 1909 across General Fund, School Fund, Road Fund, and Fire Fund. Includes balances on hand, state and county taxes, licenses, bullion tax, and assorted salaries, hospital, indigent care, jurors, and miscellaneous expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commisioners
Eureka County
Baw
Balaew
Walary
Jnifern
Palisade
Beowawe
Prinavers
Cs. Csi. Sereere
Burka
Bure
Palisade Railroad Foreman Reports Robbery in Winnemucca
Donahan, foreman of an extra railroad gang at Palisade, reports being robbed of 700 in a house in Winnemucca’s red light district. Lon Davis and Ida Wheeler are accused. both deny the theft. Donahan, intoxicated, gives a hazy account. Authorities investigate the claim while witnesses contest whether the money was lost in their company. Also noted are teachers examination papers graded by Deputy State Superintendent A B Lightfoot in Carson City with 68 applicants assessed and licenses to be issued after a State Educational Board review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falisade
Winnemucca Star
Donahan
Palisade
Redlight
Lon Davis
Ida Wheeler
Winnemucca
Twe
A. B. Lightfoot
Oarson
Board of Education
Complaint for Damages Filed in Eureka County Court
A suit filed January 27 1908 in Eureka County Clerk's office names Patrick Coyne as plaintiff and the Southern Pacific Company as defendant seeking 10000 damages for injuries sustained while working for the railroad at Palisade in August 1906. Attorneys are McGinnis and McCorn and J H Devine for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
Patrick Coyne
Plaintif
Southern Pacific Company
Tunes
Palisade
Mginnis & McCorn
J. H. Devineare
Fragmentary note about delayed hibernation season
A garbled entry mentions a bright day and animals or people in coats, followed by a plan to delay by six weeks. The legible idea is a postponement of a usual hibernation period and a return to rest.
Rawhide mining camp dazzles as Eureka man declines $50,000 offer
Clarence Kind formerly of Eureka, with one sixth in the Royal and Tiger group, was offered 50,000 for his share in the Rawhide mines. O J Blumenthal pressed the bid multiple times, but Kind refused. The camp grows with around 8000 residents, real estate prices climbing, and most money coming from transients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kind
Eureka
Eameralds
Hite
Goldfield
Haa
Coe
Nevada
Ite Minera
Deposite
Sam
Dunham
Toroah
Anya
Rawhide
Rzospt
Tonopah
Royal and Tiger Group
O. J. Blumenthal
Kind
Blumenthal
Stinson
Griffiths reform advocate urges humane prison system
Millionaire reformer Griffith J. Griffiths, ex-convict and former Wales Consolidated Company official, speaks in San Francisco urging humane treatment and reform of prisons. He cites Elmira Reformatory methods and argues reformation, not retaliation, protects society and could modernize California prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith J. Griffiths
Wales Consolidated Company
Raby Hill
Grifiths
San Quentin
California
Calvary Presbyterian Church
San Francisco
Griffiths
Elmira Reformatory
New York
Elmira
Guardianship Petition Filed in Reno for Minor Heirs
In Reno District Court Mre Jennie Chensy seeks guardianship letters for Alfred T Claff and Geraldine M Olof, children of the late Mrs Margaret Chaff of Berkeley California. The petition states the children are heirs to a Nevada estate their mother left, to be managed until they reach age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Reno
Mre
Jennie Chensy
Alfred T. Claff
Geraldine M. Olof
Margaret Chaff
Berkeley
Cal
Nevada
Metal market quotations update
The latest metal quotations are listed, showing current prices and changes for base metals. Details appear fragmented but indicate fluctuations in Piet, So, Me, and related commodities with potential minor shifts in pricing across items.
Change in Mail Routes Discontinued Eureka to Hamilton Route
Postmaster reports a mail route from Eureka via Hamilton will end February 1 2008. Mail for By and Hamilton will travel via E P to Palisade Cobra via Nevada Northern to Ely, then Hamilton mail by stage. Ely to Hamilton will be three times weekly. George Hageman wins the new Eureka to Ely contract through 1910 with Hamilton Kimberley and Ely legs priced at 2100 and 9008 per year. An order from the Postmaster General bars liquor transport on certain mail routes for contracts after January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broy
Postoffics Department
Eureka
Hamilton
Palisade
Nevada Northern
Ely
George Hageman
Bay
Kimberley
Postmaster General
Tte
Location Notices and Deeds Recorded in Eureka and Safford Districts
A compilation of mining location notices for numerous mines in Safford and Eureka mining districts recorded January 23 to January 29 1908. It lists Zenoli Silver-Vopper Company Belton Bruce Henry K Mitchell G W Turner John Gietlhuber and others as parties and includes deeds transferring land in Eureka with values noted, including the Four Eyed Nick ranch and blocks in Eureka town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Top
Mohawk
Wedge
Sunnyside
Livvolo
Safford
Mohawk Lode
Zenoli Silver-Vopper Company
Eilith Sherraden
Toho Bruce
Zenoli
Delmas
Sadie
Interprice
Domingo
Alphanaus
Bounyside
White Rooster
Davie
Fairview
Twins
Mino
Booker Hill
Little Percy
Red Mountain
John Kirby
St. Patrick
Mountain View
Mountain Conn
Green Mountain
Little Prank
Lifford
John Bruce
Mazop
Eureka
Jackson Abats
G. W Turner
John Gietlhaber
John Giedhuber
J. B. Bisle
Heary Parmigiani
Brotherton Goldbach Wed In Belmont Nevada
George W therton and Misa Nellie E Goldbach united in marriage by Rev F H Robinson at Belmont Episcopal Church Nevada on January 21 1908. Groomman Harry Goldbach and bridesmaid Mise Viola Brotherton assisted. After a wedding supper a grand ball ended near sunrise. The couple will reside in Rye Patch Humboldt County Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Nye County
George W.therton
Misa Nellie E. Goldbach
F. H. Robinson
Tonopah
Harry Goldbach
Mise Viola Brotherton
Brotherton
Charles Goldbach
Barley Creok
Rye Patch
Humboldt County
Nevada
Opportunity to Perfect Title in Elko County
A buyer seeks to purchase property but discovers the title is far from perfect after examination. Elko County Abstract & Tithe Company offers guaranteed abstracts of title as a systemized service, urging timely preparation to avoid delays in selling due to overlooked or omitted title details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Episcopal Guild Meeting at St James' Girls Home
The next meeting of St James Episcopal Girl is set for Friday afternoon at 1:00 o clock at the home of A J Stingon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Guild
St. James
A. J. Stingon
Tub
Palisade Briefs Chronicle Snow and Local Happenings
Palisade residents report a mantle of white after Thursday snow. G W Jones left Palisade to attend his son in law Lowrie's funeral in Oakimad California. A pay day drew crowds to saloons amid hard times. County and rail officials visited Palisade to review reconstructions on the Dragon Short Line. Temperatures dipped to 10 degrees below zero, with 20 below at the Hay Rand. Anderson, a former S P signal maintainer, arrested for passing worthless checks. Mrs. F H Fallenbach left Palisade for Marysvale Utah to join her husband recovering health. The S P derrick worked on a flat car in the Humboldt river during the new steel bridge project. A large saloon annex and fixtures hint at robust business in Palisade. Charley Radeen and James Rogantiel dug a Pinto Creek well, yielding seven feet of water at fifty feet depth, challenging prior beliefs about local water scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondenes
Bareks County
White Rovers
Eureke
Thomas
Sapt
Manson
Supt
Davis
Dragon
Palisade
Hay Rand
Anderson
Hawking
Southern Pacific
Humboldt River
Valley House
Jenat
Palleade
Pinto Creek
Charley Radeen
Silverado
Eareka
James Rogantiel
Eureka
Auuk
Radeev
Rogantini
Fortune Favors Joan Steele in Rawhide Mine Lease Bid
John A. Steele, once a local miner now of Ely White Pine County, seeks a six month lease on the Eliza May mine at the Rawhide mining camp in Bern Be meralda County and is reportedly delivering ore valued at over 600 dollars per ton in gold content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Steele
John A. Steele
Ely
White Pine County
Eliza May
Rawhide
Bemeralda County
Teachers Not Competent to Judge Students for Trades
Harvard president Charles W. Elliot sparked a controversy in Chicago when he proposed teachers sort pupils into trades by law. Reno educator E E Winfrey disputed the idea, arguing parents are best to guide future choices and urging a graded manual training program including sewing and cooking for girls and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Elliot
Harvard University
National Society For the Promotion of
Auditorium
Chicago
Reno Journal
E. E. Winfrey
Barska
Reno
Winfrey
Igh School
Spineless cactus debate pits Burbank against government science
In an official bulletin government scientists declare the spineless cactus uneconomical and unlikely to thrive in the desert, while Burbank counters that the plant prospers in heat and provides abundant food. He claims enemies within the science ranks and predicts swift proof of error only after records confirm his success against political challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Union
Burbank
People
California
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Eureka Sentinel
Griff Griffiths
Reformer
Metal Market
Recorder of
Goldbach
Aira. F. H. Fallenbach
Marysvale
Utah
Whoina Boen
The
Sentinel
DR. E W.o'srien
L. H. Francis
Hoare
Levan House
Spring Street
E. J
W. M. Forster
Risers
San Franc
Henry E. Mitchell
W. F. Burnett
Wiollam
Edward and Clark Jie
C. Hamilton
Ov Wells, Fargo & Cos
Otto T. Williams
Dotta
J. E. Doane
Automobile Exchange
W. Onondaga
Syracum
W. Y
ZADOW
Louise G. Zadow
Worner
Eureka County Bank
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Osoan
J. Surra
Best L. Surrs
W. E B. Garrury
H. F. Goupma
C. H. Gonmax
John Hancock, Sr
Cinett Sre Ae Commission
Savings Department
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