Nevada State News Briefs Highlight Mining Politics and Weather
State Mining Inspector Ryan names James W. Gaughan his deputy with prior work at the Wibura mine in Seven Troughs. A government inspector tours Nevada checking bonded liquor tax compliance. Henry Mack resigns as Chief Deputy under U S Marshal Humphreys. a civil service process will fill it in February. J E McKinnon named superintendent of the Orphans Home, Reno. Tonopah plans 160 electric lights at $3000 yearly. snow blocks Jarbidge summits. Sleighing good at Charleston. hay rises to 100 per ton. An Oroville couple wed after a train meeting. Alexander Anderson found dead at Goldfield after a spree. Key Pittman appointed Colonel on Governor Oddie’s staff. Murray Sheep Co ranches sold to Leo Winder of Murray Utah with water rights. Tonopah cemetery may move, graves safe. Carson City rumor: legislature to reform appeal process. Churchill Valley land leveling expands. desert reclamation proceeds. National Mines case: survey of underground workings granted in Reno case. H E Christie appointed Deputy Constable despite embezzlement charges. Assemblyman Arnold to ban election bribery. bill fines up to 5000 or 3 years. Reno crime declines since gambling ban. police force to be reduced.
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Ryan
James W. Gaughan
Wibura
Seven Troughs
Nevada
Tonopak
Jarbidge
Elko County
Charles Stanley
Charleston
Oroville
Tonopah
Bonanza
Reno
Local option for gambling sparks Nevada legislative speculation
A Carson dispatch notes looming legislative action on the anti gambling law with talk of repeals and alterations aimed at allowing local option in the southern part of the state. Reno and Sparks face shifts with potential referendum plans. rail progress also reported as Nevada California Oregon Railroad orders 63 pound steel for a line toward The Dalles.
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Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad Company
Alturas
Oregon
Dalles
Columbia River
Dunaway
Reno
Largest Alfalfa Ranch in State Sparks Big Irrigation
The Golconda Cattle Company led by Congressman-elect William Kent of California begins irrigating a 100000 acre tract in Squaw Valley Elko County. A dam across Rock Creek now holds water at 50 feet deep to feed 25000 acres with planned widening and height increases to supply 35000 acres. The firm winters about 20000 cattle and plans further works benefiting county and company interests.
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Winnemucca Star
Golconda Cattle Company
William Kent
California
Squaw Valley
Elko County
Rock Creek
Endowment proposal urged for mothers by sociology professor
George Elliott Howard of the University of Nebraska urged the American Sociological Association to endow motherhood, arguing the state should pay and protect parents raising families as public servants. He said a woman who bears a child to the state should not receive state care for that child. The call followed Walter F. Wilcox of Cornell predicting no children under five in the U.S. by 2020.
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American Sociological Association
George Elliot Howard
Uniy
Nebraska
Walter F. Wilcox
Cornell
United States
The Boy and the System at the Cleveland Bank
A boy attempts to deposit a dollar and a half after a teller rejects a half dollar. He sits to reflect, then reappears at the paying window, insisting on the larger sum. The teller accepts, but the bank incurs extra bookkeeping from the encounter.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bank
Ayater
Nevada celery story grows famous in Carson Sink climate
O J Vaunoy's celery draws praise from Eagle editor and Sacramento readers for 27 inch pale white stalks with crisp brittle texture and superior flavor. Reports from Nevada Oregon and California hint Carson Sink could supply the state with finer celery than imports. climate at altitude noted as ideal for quality.
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Churchill Eagle
O. J. Vaunoy
the Eagle
Vanney
Carson Sink
Nevada
California
Utah
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Henry Mack
U. 8
Humphreys
Civil Service
Orphan's Home Commission
Bray
McMillan
Deady
J. E. McKinnon
Alexander Anderson
Big Provance
Goldfield
Key Pittman
United States Senate
George S. Nixon
Oddie
Pittman
White Pine County
Murray Sheep Company
Leo C. Winder
Murray
Winder
Jones and
Alcock
Tonopah City
Carson City
Ducker
H. O. Orr
Seattle
National Mines Company
National
Humboldt Star
H. E. Christie
John E. Christie
Reno Township
A. D. Bird
Emery J. Arnold
Esmeralda County
Carson
Washoe County
Sparks
Sam
the Boy and the System
Henderson Banking. Company
Ehleo
Scheeline Banking & Trust Co
Reno, Nevada
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Commissio
P. i Hjul
Eureka, Nevada
Mrs. A. Fraser
NEVA
Hotel Zadow
Lovige
Zadow
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