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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1910
Page
2
The Eureka Sentinel lists the post office notice as second class mail. It notes the paper’s location at Eureka and marks the publication as standard postal matter.
Fortieth year issue discusses a prospective merger of Wella Pargo and American Express, noting little effect on rates due to lack of competition. It criticizes monopoly profits, rail express collusion, and advocates a cheap parcels post to reduce costs and boost postal service profitability. It lambasts railroad and express price practices as highway robbery.
Edmund James received a letter from Judge John KR Kittrell, former Nevada Attorney General, noting his eighty plus years and recent widowhood. He plans to spend his days in Southern California, while a special Reese River Reveille edition highlights Lander County mining and agriculture. The piece praisesEditor Haworth for Austin and Lander County coverage. Judge O'Brien remarries ex-wife in San Francisco after divorce, with notice on today's Sunrises.
The latest metal quotations list Bliver in New York at 51 cents per ounce Land at New York W 67 per 100 pounds Copper at New York 13 cents The piece includes a stray dialogue about Harold being slow and backward and a garbled remark about not getting a summer complaint call in the winter.
Rome and Washington report that former Vice President Fairbanks was denied a private audience after insisting on addressing the American Methodist Episcopal Church in Rome. Vatican officials said they could not depart from policy against recognizing disloyal interference by Protestant denominations, while Washington praised Fairbanks for his stance in supporting religious liberty.
A Scientific American summary compares Mallet compound locomotives with standard high pressure engines on the Southern Pacific Railway. Under similar service, Mallets use 7.81 percent more water per pound of fuel, 14.04 percent more ton miles per gallon of water, 22.50 percent more ton miles per pound of oil and haul 119.54 percent more tonnage due to greater size and power. Gains stem from steam reheating and feed water heating lowering exhaust gas temperature from 788.5 to 451.8 degrees.
A chaotic Nevada roundup reports local crimes political shifts and mining ventures. Ralph Johnson faces arrest after a fatal head wound in Virginia City. John Taylor and James Edson buy the Dutertre ranch in Humboldt County for about 650000. Agnes Hammond sustains injuries in an accident en route to Tonopah. Parlor car service to California to be cut as Western Pacific plans tanks along the route. Parmeter Kent, former Goldfield publisher, travels in custody after federal indictment. Jury disputes lead to George Gibson's release with a three year liquor abstinence pledge. Jarbidge outfitting gains steam as Elko merchants supply miners and travelers.
Emergency winter rates issued by the Southern Pacific Company for livestock shipments to California. Effective February 1, the cattle rate from Winnemucca in 80 foot cars is 64 dollars, Lovelock 64, and 42 for sheep from Winnemucca, 44 from Golconda, and 40 from Lovelock in 30 foot cars. Hay rates to Nevada from California points set at 4.50 per ton to Winnemucca and 4.70 to Golconda for 20,000 pound carloads.
The report shows after the payment of all claims against the estate and collection of all claims, there remains to be distributed among the heirs 62 in cash and real property appraised at 12,500 dollars.
An interview with WNGFIELD discusses the Blackburn camp near Palisade, noting it is a single mine area with about 200 residents, a nascent hotel and store, a planned plant if greens perform, and doubts about a railroad spur until substantial ore and freight volume justify expansion. Ore grades cited are 75 percent gold and 25 percent silver, with development from the 19 foot level and early crosscutting.
During January 1910 four comets were visible simultaneously. Halley’s comet and Winnecke’s were noted, with Winnecke rediscovered at the Observatory de la Plata on October 31 by Pero. The other two comets are Daniel’s and Ioness. Location notices and legal blanks appear for sale at the SawTivEL office.
A garbled page blends Browning poetry passages with a poem about a veteran soldier and a news brief noting Jacob Schaffer, once a world billiards champion, reportedly dying in Eureka, Colorado. The item cites a Denver dispatch from February 7 and includes signature lines from a court record.
The county board invites bids to furnish materials construct and erect a frame building at the center of the new Buckhorn Addition. Bids open March 14 at 7 pm. Bond of 800 required for contract. work to be completed within twenty days after bond approval. Board reserves right to reject any bid. R McCHARLES Clerk Eureka Nevada February 10 1910.
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