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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
2
Reno women and Gov. Boyle plan a one day special session on February 7 to ratify the federal suffrage amendment with expenses capped at 1000 dollars. The governor sent letters to legislators and Carson City women pledge free room and board for members. no other bills will be considered.
Nye County grand jury returns indictments against Mickey Sullivan and Mike Moriarity for syndicalism with bonds set at 5000 each. A Tonopah dispatch reports miner Tom Johnson killed by a mine explosion at the Midway property. A Elko child dies from swallowing gum causing intestinal blockage. Reno lawyer Charles Lewers dies in San Francisco after illness. A Keystone brakeman Charles Bebbling is killed in a Nevada Consolidated train wreck. John L. Considine named director of prohibition for Southern California with Nevada tie via R C Stoddard. Arrowhead postmaster W J McDonald notified. further car contract anticipated.
State Superintendent W J Hanting faced a smallpox case on a train in the eastern part of the state. Passengers were held at Reno for health inspection and quarantined at the pest house while precautions were set. Overalls and a sweater were issued, then swapped for appropriate clothing sent by auto.
The Ely Record notes mail service between Tonopah and Arrowhead with wireless links soon, while Elko Free Press reports hay values from 18 to 25 dollars per ton in Lamoille Valley. Goldfield Tonopah rail opposition grows as Esmeralda Nye counties ask PSC protest against line destruction. Also, former U S Collector William Anderson is arrested in Reno on charges tied to a Portland divorce case and faces extradition.
The text outlines the effective midnight January 16 enforcement duties. It bans manufacture and sale of beverages with 0.5 percent alcohol or more, designates illegal sale locations as nuisances, and grants search and seizure powers except dwellings absent unlawful sales. It requires destruction of liquor and sale proceeds to treasury, bans liquor advertising, allows home production of non intoxicating ciders for personal use, and permits sacramental medicinal industrial uses with restrictions. It limits physician prescriptions, requires monthly limits, and mandates complete sales records. penalties include up to a $2000 fine and two years in prison.
Battle Mountain prepares a new financial institution with a $25,000 capitalization. Directors include Fred Altenburg August Le maire Sr George Russell Jr Dave Shropshire G M Southward Henry Starrett and W G Adams. C M Southward serves as president with W G Adams as vice president and cashier.
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