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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1920
Page
2
Governor Boyle urged forming a Nevada taxpayer league to oppose public expenditures and push for tax reform. He called for classified taxation, cooperation with Live Stock and landowners, and field surveys to guide equitable levies while checking state spending.
A coyote believed rabid was killed by M. Danforth in front of his Winnemucca home as it fought with dogs. Nevada soon to be an internal revenue district. Nine men rounded up in Tonopah as police moved a dragnet. Cattle rustling cited at Reno Nevada Live Stock Association meeting. A committee was appointed to report on the issue. Some skaters face dangers as winter approaches.
Nevada Livestock Association members at Reno last week debated open range control and Federal management for Nevada and 12 Western states. They questioned King Bill proposals placing public lands under the Forest Service, citing risks to ranges from nonresident cattle and sheep and desire to reseed and rebuild ranges. Opposition focused on repealing Carey Act and Desert Entry provisions, with concerns over 640 acre tracts and home stead entries.
Elko Free Press reports boys trap along the Humboldt River chasing high fur prices. Eber Stenig er, editor’s son, snagged a five foot otter in a trap and a beaver whose leg was gnawed off by the trapped animal.
Governor Boyle appoints W H Johnson of Reno to fill the unexpired term of George K Edler on the State Department of Highways. Johnson is a leading Reno merchant and faces a demanding, largely thankless assignment if he performs well.
Paris dispatch reports Premier David Lloyd George, a key architect of the Versailles peace, doubting prospects after Paul Duchanel’s election as French president. He surmises upheaval for the peace makers and predicts his own downfall within six months amid shifting French leadership and events in Washington.
Rumors claim Mary Pickford planned six month stay in Nevada with apartments at Minden Inn, aiming to exploit state divorce laws. Gardnerville records deny reservations but speculation persists. Also, Elko school head George C. Jensen resigns, effective at end of the current school year.
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