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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1919
Page
3
Saturday July 19 1919 Eureka Nevada notes list residents traveling from Ely to Eureka Major events include Julius Huebner moving to Eureka from Prospect and James Mann returning from Salt Lake to take over the Connolly mine duties Local rainfall disrupted haying while Frank Nostrosa and Ted Johnson return from military service to Eureka.
A bill in Congress proposes suspending annual assessment work on mining claims during 1919 by filing a notice before December 31 1919. The measure would relieve prospectors if enacted but its passage remains uncertain.
A letter to the Winnemucca Silver State states the Austin Reveille has been sold by Mrs. Alice L. Haworth to T. H. Dalton of Austin. Haworth will retain ownership and continue to publish the Battle Mountain Scout.
Eureka celebrated a national holiday with two days of events drawing visitors from all sections. Highlights included a Rescue Hose Company's annual ball at the Eureka Theatre, four photo plays, two social dances, a bronco busting contest won by Elmer Hylton and Jack Burns, a high scoring ball game vs Austin, and multiple age group races including horse, foot, sack, three legged and pie eating contests with prizes ranging from 2.50 to 50 dollars. A greased pig and donkey race substituted for the missing pig race, while a motorcycle race drew crowds on Main Street.
Mr Fred J Bather wed Miss Myrtle Josephine Jeffries in Eureka at the Hoegh residence on Spring street with Will Flavin and Miss Lillyan Jeffries as witnesses. The bride, a former Dupree South Dakota native, taught in Eureka public schools for two years after moving here from Palisade. The groom, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Henry Eather, worked eight years with P Paroni and recently partnered with Flavin to form a grocery business, now residing with his bride at the Hoegh home.
Tom Barry of Eureka and longtime Eureka Land & Stock Company employee was seriously injured when a horse stepped into a ditch and threw him into a mower. He sustained the loss of two fingers on his right hand and likely two more will be amputated. Skin is torn from his left forearm and arm muscles are damaged. Doctors expect surgery and skin grafts. recovery will take at least three months.
State officials Benjamin V. Cole and Robert F. Cole toured Eureka en route to Ely on official business. An elderly woman claimed she owned no land and joined their party after meeting them in the desert ten miles from Fallon. The Coles paid her hotel costs in Austin and she continued to Ely with them after soliciting aid in local businesses.
Miss Maud E. Porch of Eureka and Mr. James J. Bart of Reno wed today at the Porch home in Eureka Judge J J Lucey officiated The couple plans a longer notice next week and details will follow in an extended item.
The remains arrived by last Friday’s train from Martinez California accompanied by a niece Mrs Hattie M Fanning and taken to Nob Hill. Funeral services were held Saturday forenoon with J J Lucey conducting the burial beside her husband in the Catholic cemetery.
A party of 13 Eureka Croesus Mining Company officials and associates arrives by special trains from Pal sade. F L Torres Eugene Davis Major H G Catlin lead the group with Davis daughter Eugenia and Miss Florence Taylor. They stay at the Brown Hotel as renovations finish, signaling renewed activity in the old camp.
Doris Kenyon stars in The Great White Trail a New York and Alaska gold rush tale about a man woman and child fighting the world for happiness. William S. Hart appears Friday as Yukon Ed in Heil Hound of Alaska a hardy prospector and leader who guides a city lad toward a lesson.
Workers dismantled the tube mill of the Silver Conner milling plant and sold it to Utah mining property owners. About 28 tons will be shipped by tractor to the local depot, with transport planned from Prospect Mountain tomorrow.
Former Red Cross secretary and traveling representative for Nevada California and Arizona is promoted to survey Pacific division activities with a home office in San Francisco. Second Victory Loan Installment Due July 15 at Federal Reserve Banks or through Eureka County contact W J Hooper. The world was not made in a day. Neither is a fortune by honest methods.
Miss Noke O Burdick daughter of Eureka residents T A and Mrs Burdick married Ed mond W Schuler in San Francisco on June 19 After a southern California honeymoon the couple plans to reside in the city The bride a longtime Western Union employee in Eureka is praised for charm and musical ability The groom a Navy veteran recently discharged works in San Francisco's wholesale district
The first complete military motor convoy left Washington heading for San Francisco under Col. A Owen Seaman. Sixty three trucks including ambulances and repair shops travel to prove coast to coast motor transport viability. Recruits will be enlisted during the journey with a schedule through Salt Lake City and northern Nevada to arrive in San Francisco by September 1.
Notices record locations for Jupiter No.1 Jupiter No.2 and Stars and Stripes in Eureka Buckhorn districts with July and August dates. Also listed are Monte Cristo No.5 in Richmond district and an Honorable Discharge from U S Service for two men. Jackling Holdings announces R C Gemmel as assistant managing director effective August 1 overseeing Utah Copper and related firms.
In Eureka Nevada on July 8 1919 a child was born to the wife of 8 Quilicl con the occasion recorded in the local notices.
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