24 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1909
Page
1
A notice from Eureka reports a matter of record classification tied to the local postoffice. Details indicate official actions or determinations affecting mail services and related procedures within the town. The notice underscores the formal process and authority guiding the record status at the Eureka post office.
The July 24 1900 article urges Eureka County residents to vote yes on establishing a County High School. It notes Eureka High School’s limits and outlying students who would benefit, compares county efforts with Humboldt and other counties, and emphasizes funding gaps and the Newlands law lowering tax rates. It calls for public support to secure higher education access near home.
A compilation of recorded mine location certificates and notices from multiple districts including Humboldt Backborn Hockhorn Bookholders Cortes and Buck districts. Entries cover locations names such as Red Ant Bisck Ant Lame Bell New Centennial and others with dates July 14 to July 21 1909 and deeds transferring parcels with stated considerations and owners.
Nevada officials publish a circular by veterinarian Dr Mack warning horse owners about glanders a fatal incurable disease. It urges prompt detection and slaughter of all infected animals and disinfection of premises, noting no state reimbursement for destroyed stock and referencing Nevada law. A separate New York dispatch notes Goldfield Con Consolidated stock collapse under bear pressure with a probe into possible water added shares.
Sun Nye County Commissioners order District Attorney Cleve Baker to sue the bondsmen of former County Treasurer B Gilbert and Nye and Ormaby County Bank for county funds tied up in the defunct bank. About 960,689 in county money deposited by Gilbert remained unrecovered after the bank closed. Bondmen including Frank Golden, bank president, may be held responsible if recovery fails. Special counsel engaged to assist.
Word reached Ely on Monday that Miss Ellen Hayes, who left two weeks ago for San Francisco to seek medical care, is in a critical condition with liver cancer. Doctors doubt surgery is possible and expect death may come at any time, causing sorrow among her many county friends.
A former Coloradan touring Elko County reports irrigation appears unused in visited areas. He notes land drowned out but not irrigated and says ranchers waste more water than used, often hurting crops. Monday marked the 424th anniversary of the Virginia City Miners Union, with the long observed agreement between onion and mine owners maintaining peaceful relations.
Denver July 22. Beef packers fear prohibitive beef prices for workers if production declines. A National Beef Producers' Congress will convene in January 1910 in Denver with backing from packers and livestock groups to spur cattle breeding and extend profits, warning prices could rise beyond workingmen’s reach.
Reports from Elko Reno and Tonopah cover a wide range of events. Rev George Greenfield plans travel to Japan and India while Ex Senator Oscar Graham dies in Elko, and Clinton Biggs perishes in a Silver City mill fire. The Mizpah shaft reaches 1400 feet as leasers open up ground at Jim Butler. A large iron ore discovery near Battle Mountain prompts capital interest and potential regional steel production.
At Kureka Nevada on July 17 1900 a daughter was born to the wife of James Evans. At Tonopah Nevada on July 16 1909 a daughter was born to the wife of Charlee Wittenberg nee Liezie Kopp. At Ruby Hill Bureka County Nevada on July 22 1909 a son was born to the wife of William Jury of Galena Humboldt County Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that no trespassing is allowed at Duckwater in Nye County Nevada dated July 2 1908. The brief public notice warns against entry and seeks adherence to posted property boundaries.
Hamilton Correspondence and town news note residents visiting for mining and farming, with Forester Mathewson and partners in the area. Reports of new ore finds near Six Mile House, and mine workers returning from Hot Creek. Also covers coal freight rate cut in Nevada and Piute Indians housing efforts with Senator Nixon’s backing.
Notice warns residents that burning rubbish in Eureka streets is dangerous amid water scarcity and dry conditions. It states such fires are a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment and urges peace officers to arrest offenders. Signed Beano or County Counts stone Eureka Nevada July 16 1909.
Ranch listing offering orange horses 1 auto Fedan hay press machinery and wagons 100 fruit trees and a furnished house barn and corral chicken pigs and turkeys good water rights ideal for horses cattle and sheep but selling due to lack of school. Pleasant living spot with ample range and grazing available.
For sale No 2 Smith Promber Typewriter with extra platen in first class condition priced at 115 dollars cash. Cornet Bellat Silver engraved Conn Con querer new cost 60 dollars, cash 40 pounds. Bicycle Racycle with concert brake in first class shape priced 25 dollars cash. For further particulars apply at the Sewrines.
A new gold washing device by F. W. H. John of Los Angeles operates by one man. Earth dumps into a hopper and moves over screens while water washes away rock. Dirt then feeds a riffled, silver-plated sluice box that captures fine gold particles. The unit reuses water with a pump. it moves sidewise and forward and back to scrub every particle.
The New York Curb Market demands quarterly detailed financial statements from all mining properties quoted on its lists. Failure to send full statements within a reasonable period will result in removal from the market lists without notice. A Chicago despatch notes contrary claims about electrification plans for the Southern Pacific and Illinois Central, which Julius Kruttschnitt refuted, noting 21 new steam locomotives ordered for mountain service.
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