Worses Tested For Glanders Oram Smelter Must Close
An excerpt from Winnemucca Star describes California quarantine challenges affecting Miller and Lux horses headed to California. Tests by Dr. W. B. Mack at the University of Nevada are required, with 330 horses from Oregon and Nevada undergoing multiple examinations and throat tests before mov ing to the second date for temperature checks. No glanders detected so far, but the process is costly and time consuming. Separately, Balaklala Consolidated Dopper Company must close its Coram smelting plant within 35 days due to improper fume destruction, with a 85 day extension granted to melt 10,000 tons of ore and a $4000 damages award to local farmers. The plant involves $1,000,000 in expenditure.
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Winnemucca Star
California
Miller & Lox
Californie L
United States Department of Agriculture
Tom Columbet
Shipper
Miller & Sox
West
W. B. Mack
University of Nevada
Miller & Lux
Oregon
Nevada
Miller & Lax
Morrow
Shasta Mining Company
Balaklala Consolidated Dopper Company
Coram
Shasta County
San Francisco
Bermuda Onions Now Grown In Nevada
William F. Murphy of St. Thomas demonstrates Bermuda onions can be profitably grown in Nevada. Samples from his experimental crop show potential for two high priced crops per year in Moapa Valley, boosting land value and market prices.
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William F. Murphy
St. Thomas
Bermuda
Nevada
Torough
Frank Clark
St. Thomas Ranch
Southwest
Moapa Valley
Las Vegas Review
Wells bonds awarded to Henderson Bank for 15211
Nevada State News reports the Wells school district bonds totaling 15000 were awarded to the Henderson Banking Company for 15211. Ely imposes a July 4 fireworks ban within city limits. Skelton post office renamed Hylton effective July 1 with George H. Hanna continuing as postmaster. Tom Lane, a former Nevada inmate, must serve remaining term after return from California. Coal discovery near Stillwater eyed with oil prospects. artesian water at Red House near Winnemucca flows with good quality despite slight sulphur.
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Skelton
Elko County
Hylton
Nebraska
George H. Hanna
Red House
Winnemucca
A Client Who Knew His Better Half
A man visits his lawyer to draft a will and asks about provisions for his wife if she remarries. The client jokes that he plans to leave her one thousand dollars a year, doubling to two thousand if she marries again, implying the man who marries her would deserve it.
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New York Telegraph
Wadsworth Hopes for Land Allotment Sparks Revival
The United States Government will begin allotting land on the Pyramid Lake Reservation and transfer the remaining lands to white settlers. The move mirrors actions at Duck Lake Reservation and is expected to boost Washoe County towns. Wadsworth anticipates revival as the Fernley Lassen Railroad approaches.
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Wadsworth
United States
Pyramid Lake Reservation
Duck Lake Reservation
Washoe
Fernley-Lassen
Duck Valley Reservation to be opened for settlement
The Duck Valley Indian reservation in northern Elko County along the Lako boundary line is to be opened to settlement. A lottery system may be used to allot irrigable lands in 40 acre tracts and pasture lands in 160 acre tracts, with mountain lands reserved. About 300,000 acres would be open after allotments and surveys, bringing an influx of settlers and prosperity to Elko County.
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Duck Valley
Elko County
Lako
Elko Free Prn
Nevada
Idaho
Dannington
Eiko County
America
Satirical London view of the United States humorously mocked
The Winning Post editor Joseph Weber ridicules the United States describing a disunited republic with 45 states and four territories. He jokes about presidents and grafters in Congress, millionaires and divorces as major industries, and imports noble Englishmen while Mayflower pride and canned meats summarize the culture.
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London
United States of America
Joseph Weber
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
United
J. Pierpont Morgan
U.S. A
Andrew Carnegie
Jack Johnson
England
Sensational Supreme Court Proceedings Detail Witnesses and Dates
The article outlines a Reno Eureka banking probe with witnesses Griffith and Gorman. It notes Griffith’s reluctant testimony about an affidavit, mentions February 1910 activities in Verdi Nevada and Eureka County, and reports Judge Glynn questioning veracity while notary Dann approved earlier affidavits. The hearing progresses toward a ruling on procedure as Former Cashier Gorman arrives to testify on bank assets and alleged conspiracy.
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Griffith
Eareka
Verdi
Nevada
Smith
Eureka County
Glynn
Washoe County
F. P. Dann
W. E. Griffin
Reno
Gorman
Eureka
Moran
Second Day Proceedings Judge Glynn Rectifies Mistake
Reno June 28 1911 Judge Glynn repairs misread report from the Supreme Court Smith Griffin matter noting he did not state a district judge conspired against Smith and Griffin and that affidavits are false, with testimony presented to support the resistance to Smith. Continued on page four.
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Glynn
Supreme Court
Smith.Griffin
Eureka
Smith
Griffin
Gazette
Smith and Griffin
James Glynn
Miners arrive to oversee National Mines survey
Winnemucca Star reports Fred J. Siebert and Albert Hanford arrived from Reno to manage surveys of National Mines Company underground workings. The move follows a Federal Court order, Hanford a principal Mam moth National Mining Company stockholder, which filed the survey petition.
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Winnemucca Star
Fred J. Siebert
Albert Hanford
Reno
National
National Mines Company
Hanford
Mammoth National Mining Company
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First National Bank
Elko, Nevada
A. E. Kimball
KE. Noble
J. A. Sewell
F. Williams
E. E. Ennor
State News
Wells
Henderson Banking Company
City of
Ely
Tom Lane
Calfornia
Fallon
O. P Cirac
Stillwater
Duck Valley Reservation
Johnny Bull
The
Reno Journal of
O. J. Smith
Palisade
Land
National Mines Survey
Seheeline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking Trust Company Business Exchange
Savings Department
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P.hiul
Eureka, Nevada
A. Erasem
Johnson Mercantile Co
Ance
Hiram Johnson
Hotel Zadow
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