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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows currency and date garble with phrases about Ope copy and Pine copy. Mentions Hy Carrier per month and standard Post Office filing at Eureka as second class matter.
Nevada State News reports a Reno youth entering the U.S. Naval Academy, Churchill County appointing Leo Wightman as sheriff after a suicide, a worker killed at McGillamolter near Ely, Western Pacific railroad layoff impacts, Fallon sugar plant prospects, and plans for new hotels and irrigation projects. It notes banking troubles in Searchlight, Ely mining changes, and safety measures against theft. The piece blends local political shifts, infrastructure growth, and social issues across Northern Nevada.
Tonopah broadside from January 9 1909 outlines proposed measures discussed with Acting Governor Dickerson. It calls for employer liability for deaths and injuries, semi monthly payrolls, job barter crimes, initiative referendum thresholds, annual election petitions, free state textbooks, free technical and night schools, a 16 year child labor limit, voter registration certificates, opposition to police law, eight hour rules for plaster workers, proportional representation, repeal of eight hour license, wage stoppage rules, powder sale limits, vehicle crew limits, miners home establishment, and labor lien precedence. Signatories M J Scaylan president and D H McNett secretary.
The Southern Pabillo Company reports its new Osrlin ice house with 15000 ton capacity intended as an icing station for green fruit shipping. Three elevators are installed and ice may be shipped from Utah and western Nevada for storage due to uncertain local crops. A new Interior Department ruling allows Carson project settlers to live within 50 miles of their land while retaining old residence until self support.
Warden Maxwell reports to state prison commissioners that convict counts rose each year since 1898, listing totals from 60 in December 1898 to 217 in December 1908. He requests funding for 100 additional staff and more guard accommodations to handle growing inmate numbers.
Two promoters discuss increasing capital and possible sock supplies. The first calls the idea weighty, the second agrees, and they consider June two as a remedy. A man with tight shoes is said to forget other troubles as a proposed panacea looms.
A Nevada Senate bill outlines creating Clark County by dividing Lincoln County with Las Veras as the county seat amid governor support for salary adjustments. Other measures include election law amendments, mining reports, and licenses for hunters fisher and nonresidents, with Newlands re-elected as U S Senator and assembly uses extra attaches raising state costs.
The Goldfield Tribune urges honest bullion tax payments, arguing counties should publish last quarter receipts to prove mining wealth. It warns evasion damages investor trust and stresses posting official figures, citing Nevada tax records and wider financial circulation. A Nevada-Born auditor, William R Beckwith, who made and lost a fortune, died by suicide in Carson on January 2. his family reportedly resides in Chicago.
A humorous tale describes a Nevada prospector crossing the Great Divide and reaching the pearly gates. After finding streets paved with gold and monuments rising around him, an archangel’s toe is stubbed. St Peter reveals a fake hell townsite to deter him, prompting the prospector to depart.
Nevada Legislature will amend the railroad commission bill to remove maximum rate clauses and leave rate setting to the commissioners. Railroads had secured an injunction after being told to observe existing rates, and the plan shifts to defining only reasonable rates.
Laborers at the McGill mine in Ely returned to an eight hour day after a wage cut threat. The manager originally reduced hours and warned of pro rata pay, prompting a several day walkout. Seeing resolve, the manager abandoned the wage stand.
A nationwide observance recalls Abraham Lincoln born on February 12, 1809. At noon, clocks from east to west fall silent for five minutes, as cities pause to honor the savior of the nation and the emancipator of mankind in a shared moment of reverence.
All other overshoes in the house reduced 20 percent.
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