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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1914
Page
2
Nevada officials criticize lavish appropriations for the Panama-Pacific and San Diego Expositions in 1915 and vow to scale back expenditures. Readers are urged to question how much is left to bid and where money is being spent.
In Greeley Colorado on February 23 two homesteaders Frank Cameron and Mary Hardy reversed their lifelong bond with wedding rings as watch charm and keepsake. The rings revealed they are siblings born of an orphanage upbringing in Iowa. Cameron age 45, Hardy a neighbor from a 15 mile distance, and their tale traces rings gifted in youth and a dime carved keepsake. The strange union highlights a ceremony halted by a familial twist.
Severe weather in Southern California last week caused over 4.5 million dollars in damages to railroads, orchards, and farms as rocks and silt cover acres and wash away roads bridges and houses. Los Angeles alone faces about 250 thousand dollars in street repairs and seven lives were lost by drowning.
Secretary Bryan testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Mexico noting Villa defied the United States and Britain and detailing Benton’s killing. He said he sought an army surgeon’s examination of the body but received no reply and declined to provide more details.
The latest metal quotations list silver at New York 5.74 per ounce copper at New York 14.50 per pound lead at New York 4.00 per 100 pounds. The Fallon Standard notes extensive detail work before Truckee Carson lands open for settlement with filing unlikely before late fall or possibly the following spring.
Henry Moore Teller former cabinet officer and long time U S Senator from Colorado died at his daughter's home in Denver after months of ill health. Teller rose to fame in the Senate for his dramatic speech against the Sherman silver purchase act and remained a leading figure in both parties. Born 1830 in New York State, his career spanned politics and reform. Texas mining law now allows prospectors to pay 10 cents an acre for a permit to search for minerals with potential ten year leases on paying finds.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company will be held at the office of the company at P. H. Hills Furniture Store Eureka Nevada on Saturday March 28 1914 at 2 o clock p m for electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting C A HUD Secretary Eureka Nevada February 28 1914.
Notice of application by William Owens of Carlin Nevada for permission to appropriate public waters from a spring and Simonds Creek overflow. Intended use irrigation and domestic, water not returned to stream. Application No 2853. dates Feb 28 1914 and Mar 28 1914.
The Nevada Cattle Owners’ Association secretary responds to an editorial in the Appeal denying political aims while noting internal divisions. A 1913–14 tally shows cattle estimates from 186,000 to over 468,000, with 282,000 unrecorded head, as supporters press for an accurate stock count and continued commissions.
The Nevada population around 80 000 is served by a state government costing about one million dollars yearly. A commission form could cut costs by at least 50 percent, improve efficiency, and remove graft from offices. Proponents note idle clerks in Carson City and political favoritism, urging legislative action when next session convenes.
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