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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1918
Page
2
Washington reports an extension of the filing deadline for excess profits and income tax returns from February 28 to March 31 due to underestimation of workload and supplies. The extension does not alter the payment deadline, with all 1917 taxes still due by June 1 as originally scheduled.
The local railway carried ore carloads to the Salt Lake smelters this week. Harris & Fine sent four cars from the Maine mine on Adame Hill. The Eureka-Nevada Mining Company shipped three cars from the Lucidtuf fa mine on Prospect mountain.
Unclaimed letters remaining at Eu reka Nevada post office include Adver tised and names such as Joan Salda Behere Robert Arrapea Albert Reruald Barbara Babasca Cottage Nurseries Clarence Dickens Barry Dixon O B Eastburn E Gill Mrs Hannah Miller Laura Hobgh postmaster. The notice is dated February 16 1918 and requests callers to claim letters.
Thursday metal quotations show silver at 8.59 dollars per ounce in New York and lead at 8.70 dollars. Copper, government fixed, listed at 23.60 dollars.
At Oakland California on February 5 1918 a son was born to the wife of J B Rebaleati of Eureka Nevada In Eureka Nevada on February 12 1918 a daughter was born to the wife of Domingo Recatume.
The text explains Easter scheduling this year noting Ash Wednesday on February 13 marks Lent. It states Easter falls on the Sunday after the 14th day of the lunar calendar after March 21, yielding Easter Sunday on March 31.
Reports to the Nevada Railroad Commission indicate big oil firms hold more than ten thousand barrels and drums in the state and beyond for periods from weeks to six years. Distributors claim containers are in purchasers' hands awaiting shipment to customers.
In a French court martial Col Voyer sentenced Bolo Pasha to death for treason after a German funded conspiracy to undermine France. The convict showed no visible reaction as the jury declared the sentence and he returned to his cell. Evidence linked German funds and Count von Bernstorff to Bolo’s operations in the United States.
Tonopah Times reports the Federal Trade Commission investigation alleges the meat packers operate as a predatory monopoly with secret price controls and market manipulation. The article cites 1916 Borland resolution opposition and seized packers files as evidence of criminal prosecutions risks.
Henderson of Nevada introduces a bill to make the long and short haul clause absolute and remove ICS discretion. The measure has backing from state railroad commissions and intermountain shippers. Francia J. Heney, FTC counsel in the packing industry probe, seeks California governor nomination.
The Louisiana Consolidated Mining Company advances at its Tybo property with a Wolf super heated steam plant of 120 h p, a double drum electric hoist, 20 h p electric hoist on the 400 level, Aldrich station pump, and new equipment in the machine shop. Drift work continues on the 300 south and 400 north levels as seven trucks haul ore to Tonopah. Forty men are employed.
Washington February 8. Provost Marshal General Crowder approved by Secretary Baker ruled that miners will not receive deferred classification in the draft. Crowder argues uniform upgrading of skilled miners to Class II is desired to avoid draining Class I, while unskilled miners remain in Class I.
The Department of Labor aims to import 110000 laborers from Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands for railroad and farm work, with 50000 arriving as tonnage becomes available. Porto Rico could supply 100000 workers and the Virgin Islands 10000. The University of Nevada in Reno will host a six week Summer Session from June 17 to July 26 for teachers and prospective teachers, with dorms and dining halls open and courses to enhance certificates. Washington reports Senator Henderson presiding over the Senate debate on government railroad contracts during VP Marshall's absence.
Munich correspondent reports Brest Litovsk talks last Sunday between Dr von Kuhlmann, Count Czernin and Leon Trotzky grew stormy and ended in a violent rupture. The German headquarters considers possible energetic military moves against the Russians.
An Associated Press wrap from Paris on February 14 reports intensified fighting on multiple French sectors. Haig and Petain forces, backed by American batteries, captured and organized German trenches southwest of Butte du Mesnil amid German losses, with heavy artillery activity from Flanders to the Swiss border and a sharp encounter north of Lens.
A blaze at the Wingfield ranch barns in Fallon burned several animals and wiped out the structures. A herdman’s quick fence takedown saved a nearby sheep corral. Fire origin unknown.
Washington February 14 President Wilson approved a wartime price agreement set by the War Industries Board and grade A gin producers fixing a maximum price of 12 cents per pound for a short staple cotton base with a June 1 revision date. Sir Cecil Spring Rice former British Ambassador to the United States died in Ottawa Ontario of heart failure early Thursday.
A Nevada State Prison convict submitted a letter to Carson City News urging the governor to allow able inmates to join the army bound for France. The note argues convicts deserve a chance to serve and return, claiming moral support from the public and highlighting wartime sentiment.
Ranchers can obtain large white mealy Poorless seed potatoes, hand sorted, from W. H. Ebert of Palisade Nevada. Write for quantity prices to secure high quality seed with strong productivity.
Notice of application by Frank McBride Eureka County Nevada for permission to appropriate public waters from Big Ditch at Eureka Lot 12 Block 17. Dam to convey 0.3 cubic feet per second to multiple lots for irrigation from April 1 to October 1 each year with water not to be returned. State Engineer Seymour Case signs and dates indicate February 16 1918 first publication to March 14 1918 last publication.
Information is wanted of relatives of William Sweet formerly of Eureka Nevada who died January 31 1918 in Bellevue Hospital New York Address E J Wuioier Clayton New York.
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