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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1921
Page
4
Goldfield Tribune critiques cancelled orders by manufacturers and jobbers and calls for a single general election with a nonpartisan ballot. Mike Free Pres proposes abolishing primaries, replacing with one general ballot listing all candidates. Ballot would be printed a week before and funds saved.
Floyd W. Parsons reviews the January 12 Evening Post article on U S mining, arguing mining remains a key industry next to farming. He notes wartime prosperity gave way to dullness and readjustment, highlighting tariff, licensing, standardization, and freight-rate costs as top issues and urging constructive policies to support mining and related oil and mineral control.
Washington report recounts Charles G. Dawes blasting war investigation committees for partisan bias while defending the American army and Pershing. He condemns profiteers in France, warns of future bureaucratic decay, and criticizes promotions and the Distinguished Service Medal system.
Tonopah Times reports Deputy Sheriff Gillan and six men pursued Morey Jack after a Sunday incident in Hot Creek where he attacked a Mexican girl and threatened others while intoxicated. Jack, 76, is the father of Willie Jack, once jailed for murder. he was brought to Tonopah with Dr McLeod after the assault.
A Nevada Tonopah bank teller, Arthur Raycraft of the Nevada First National Bank, agreed to a loan after a stranger offered $10,000 in government bonds as security. The man paid 36 cents interest and pointed to another bank that charged $10 for a safety deposit box.
Sheriff Harris and District Attorney Castle returned to Elko to investigate the killing of Dollard. His body lay in the cabin for three weeks. Investigators found a still used for jackass brandy manufacture, with evidence of recent activity though little brandy recovered from bottles.
Five cent loaves of bread have appeared in New York for the first time since the war began. Only the smaller bakeries are supplying loaves at this price.
During a hearing, Gen. Dawes denounces a rotten promotion system that blocked deserving soldiers from advancing for supposed salary savings. He claims Pershing wanted promotions, but higher authority refused, causing broken hearts and army unpopularity amid wartime waste statements. Dawes tells Chairman Johnson he’ll resign if called general again.
Carson Feb 1 State Mining Inspector Stinson proposes Senate bill 24 to license hoist engineers after exams by a board led by the inspector. Fees set at 5 and funds to cover exam and license costs. Eight regional boards named at Virginia City Winnemucca Elko Ely Pioche Las Vegas and Tonopah. Two license classes. one for two years experience, second for operating engines up to fifty horsepower. Violations carry 100 to 500 fine or 30 days to six months imprisonment.
Senator Scott led passage of a Nevada divorce reform bill restricting service by the found clause and setting six months residence, elongating to eight months in some wording to curb collusion and fraud while keeping the grounds unchanged.
The Senate bill imposing a 15 percent duty on imported hides would add about 15 million dollars yearly to imported hide costs and 26 million to domestic hide prices, lifting raw material costs for shoes by around 40 million annually and raising shoe prices by about one dollar per pair. The Tanner Council urged Senators and Representatives to oppose the measure.
Carson February meeting of the agricultural committees hears Vernon Metcalf of the Nevada Live Stock Association discuss funding for rodent extermination and rabies programs. Gov Boyle vetoed previous rabies appropriations. livestock leaders debate continued support and coyotes role in pest control.
Adelaide Jeffries reports January honor roll for Ruby Hill School. Eighth Grade pupil Clarence Kitchen, Fifth Grade Telfer Kitchen, First Grade George Kitchen make the list for punctual and perfect attendance.
The Independent argues the term Czecho-Slovak results from linguistic accident and political caution. It notes Bohemia Serbia as territorial labels, Slovak Czech differences were amplified to separate Hungarians from Austrians, and Masaryk leads the new republic. It discusses Slovak parity and the controversial Czech spelling form.
The text recalls a prewar prank where Parisians received bogus invitations to dine at Georges Clemenceau’s home. The guests were strangers who accepted politely, and Clemenceau hosted a pleasant evening before revealing he did not know who sent the invitations.
In 1917 the American population in China rose 10 percent from 1916 and American firms grew from 187 to 216. Japanese residents increased from 104 275 to 144 402 with firms up by 80. Russian numbers fell by 1 925 but firms rose by 1 402. British population declined but firms gained 11. Overall foreign residents increased by 84 872 and firms by 2 831 from the previous year.
A bar chatterer muses on naming a man who works all night and sleeps while others toil as a day dreamer. The dialogue unfolds with a rummy departing the scene in Milwaukee detail.
County commissioners from across Nevada met in Carson City with legislators to discuss boosting county officials salaries. Herman Wald, a Reso merchant, left 20 000 to charities. Banatar Fitzgerald of Nye County married Helen Cornick of Los Angeles in Carson City. Fred Ranger, a noted miner, killed at the Tonopah Divide mine after a shaft accident. Senator Chapin of White Pine was named Joint committee secretary. Assemblyman Harry Bartlett of Elko named secretary of the panel. No ore shipments were sent this week over the local railway.
The piece describes early Babylonian auctions of virgins held annually in a market setting. Beautiful maidens were sold first to the highest bidders, with fortunes concentrating on the auctioneer and eventually benefiting poorer men who acquired wives and a stable start in business.
Reno residents sign a protest urging the Legislature to table the proposed repeal of the primary law tied to the state prohibition framework. Sam Belford leads discussion urging limits on repeal and election officer control. Sadie D. Hurst, Belford, and Frank D. Sawyer sign the protest after a Reno meeting condemns the repeal effort.
Joe Bush a veteran prospector and former mine owner in Reveille and Southern Nevada died after collapsing from wood alcohol poisoning near Tonopah. He was treated at the county hospital but died a few minutes later. No inquest will be held.
Chicago January 31 The Morris Company a member of the Big Five packers declares a stock dividend totaling thirty seven million dollars. Stockholders receive nine shares of additional common stock and three and one third shares of preferred stock for each share of common held.
A Kentucky price survey by the Manufacturers and Employers associations finds Louisville's cost of living down 28 percent from February 1, 1920 to January 15, 1921. A family with a $76.27 income could buy the same items that cost $100 last year. The drop covers food, clothing, shelter, fuel, and sundries.
San Francisco and Oakland dailies will boost subscription rates starting February 1 due to higher production costs. San Francisco morning papers rise to 1.15 dollars per month from 0.90, while two San Francisco evening papers increase from 0.55 to 0.75 per month and 0.03 to 0.05 per copy. A third paper changes to 0.60 per month and 0.03 per copy. Oakland evening papers plan similar rises.
The Virginia Chronicle notes bright prospects from the estate of the United Comatock Mines Company in Gold Hill. Observations show the scope of ongoing operations, highlighting a vast mining and milling plan regarded as one of the largest ever perfected, expected to bring Comstock renewed prestige as a gold and silver center.
Elias ranches superintendent Frank Button reports snow up to fifteen inches in Elko County and ranchers say the coldest weather in years has frozen horses and cattle in spots. He notes this signals ample irrigation water for Humboldt and Pershing counties. Winnemucca Silver State.
A new Cunard liner Albania sailed from Liverpool to New York on its first voyage. The ship offers a single class with all passengers in cabins and access to the entire vessel. The cruise contrasts summer luxuries for the rich with winter scarcity for the poor.
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