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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1921
Page
2
A state bulletin reports sharp declines in 1921 metal output due to unfavorable markets and strike conditions in Tonopah and Divide. Gold and copper production fall from 1919 to 1920 with further drops expected, while lead and zinc face closures. silver lead districts remain active in pockets like the Ploche area.
Dr A F Adams completed a long crossing of Nevada from Ely to Reno with his wife and three children, taking nineteen hours of driving time on Monday.
Reno Gazette reports A A Codd returning from Leadville mines near Gerlach after inspecting mine buildings and road repairs. He employs fifty one workers and has turned Leadville into a steady shipper. Each carload runs about $6000 with four cars shipped monthly, yielding near $25,000 in monthly net returns. A carload carries about thirty five tons of concentrates.
Washington July 18 The homeless Temoak Indians of Ruby Valley Nevada would receive farms under a bill by Senator Pittman Democrat passed today by the Senate and sent to the House It would appropriate 75000 dollars to buy land with water rights for government wards
Washington reports government action on Henry Ford’s offer to take over the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama for conversion into a fertilizer facility. Officials say Weeks may seek Congress authority to lease the plant to Ford or others and notes that Dupont and other chemical firms may submit bids. Ford proposes 150 million dollars over 100 years plus cash, arguing the project could help farmers and be managed efficiently.
The Tonopah Miner, Nevada, suspended publication after a nine teen year run as a weekly mining review. Owing to dull mining and business conditions following a miners strike, the owners announced the temporary shutdown.
The Grocers' Review notes El konite soap will soon be marketed by the Elkonite Soap Company of Oakland. The soap is produced by adding coconut oil to ore from Elko County containing silica, alumina, potash and borax.
Former Nevada state senator W A Keddie and aviator John Austin Frost died when their plane fell in flames from about 300 feet near Elko on a Sunday night. The craft, reportedly Nevada’s first locally built plane, burned beyond recognition. Keddie, a well known figure in Nevada and Northwestern California, planned to fly between Elko and his North Fork Humboldt ranch. Frost was a Reno native and University of Nevada graduate, a former Army flyer.
J E Amenda of Ilipah Petroleum Company loaned his car to a friend who crashed it and left it thirty miles east of Tonopah. The unique Nevada make suffered tire removal, missing headlight wiring, windshield loss, battery theft, and a sabotaged wiring system. Parts were sourced from Indianapolis and a repair crew was dispatched to recover the chassis.
Elko yesterday echoed wartime slogans with Constable Cotant turning “work or fight” into “work or jail.” He rounded up undesirables, directing over fifty nonworking ranchers to board outbound trucks and seek employment to meet hay-demand, or leave town.
The Tax Commission cites Central Pacific Western Pacific Los Angeles Salt Lake Nevada Northern railways and several Nevada power firms to appear with the State Board of Equalization on August 1 to justify increased assessments. Final action is planned for October when the board sits as the final equalization body. The August session aims to inform assessors and the commission on the state’s taxable property values. Some companies may choose to appear in October.
Judge Moran rules Reno Sunday closing enforcement unconstitutional. Legislation passed last winter by the Legislature allowed the Reno city council to close certain business classes on Sundays. Court finds the law a bad example of legislative overreach contrary to Federal and State constitutions.
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