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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1909
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled postal rates or announcements with repeated words and missing details. It mentions carrier, monthly fees, and post office classification but lacks coherent facts, places, dates, or names to form a clear news item.
In Reno on July 26 Judge Pike gave George Elkin and Fred Elkins fines of 1000 and 200 dollars respectively after a retrial request. Both paid and were discharged. The case revealed sales of stolen property and alleged bribery aimed at District Attorney Woodburn and police, shocking local residents.
In Rhyolite on a Thursday a pair of depositors from Bullfrog Bank and Trust Company and others tied up in the Pioneer Bi-Metallic leasing scheme demanded funds from Joe Small, who was forced to raise deposits at the First National Bank with a gunpoint show of force. Small and F. H. Stickney of the Isttar organization arranged a loan to cover the shortages and both Coll and Summers were later arrested as preliminaries are set for Monday due to counsel delays. Nevada Bank Commission to require show of backing for state bank approvals and praise for Bank Examiner Veo Fleet.
The article notes a potential Nevada program to grow Arabian and African dates within five years, with Government experiments near the state’s southern region and climate similar to arid regions. It also reports a disastrous fire at the Astoria skating rink in Reno, causing about 100000 dollars in losses, mostly to W Parry and the Steadebaker Wagon Co, with insurance around 11000 dollars.
The San Francisco Superior Court heard July 23 a petition to appoint a guardian for James Dunphy a young millionaire stockman with extensive land and castle holdings in Beowawe Nevada and California His sister Miss Jennie Dunphy was named guardian after Dunphy initially objected. Witnesses described Dunphys erratic behavior including drunken episodes while his attorney Tim Lyons shifted roles amid the contest over control of his affairs. The case pits wife Dodie Valencia Dunphy against Jennie Dunphy for dominance of the fortune.
The second semi annual apportionment of state school money to the counties of Nevada for the year 1900 has been made by State Superintendent Orrin Ring on the basis of 64 046 358 per census child, as follows.
Louis Bloriot crosses the English Channel in an early Sunday dawn flight using a small amatlent monoplane. The 21 mile voyage lasts under 30 minutes with an estimated speed near 45 miles per hour. He wins a 5000 prize from the London Daily News, besting Hubert Latham and Count de Lambert who planned to fly Monday. Blériot’s monoplane is 20 feet wide with a 25 horsepower motor and weighs about 400 pounds. The later passage notes Nevada railroad rate disputes with Southern Pacific and Nevada & California, seeking reductions of 30 percent and 15 percent respectively, to be argued August 17.
State School Superintendent Professor Ring, 77, is critically ill in a Reno hospital. Doctors have given little relief as he remains bedridden after four years of illness.
A Pittsburg Silver Peak mining suit episode ends with Judge Somers denying a motion to quash. After court, Jussen confronted the judge, then returned subdued, while the prosecutor notes the scene in Tonopah Romanga. In Salt Lake City, Utah Fuel Company pays 73,000 dollars and 75,000 value land to settle a federal case over coal lands.
The bodies of H. L. Edwards and Edward Gillette were found at the bottom of a 40 foot shaft about five miles from Mud Springs. They were believed to have suffocated by foul gas, discovered by Schell who found the camp deserted. Edwards was a well known missing man with extensive holdings in the county and formerly lived in Salt Lake. Gillette ran a hotel at Chafey mining camp, about 30 miles away.
Nevada State News reports Goldfield to host a mining congress with wild west entertainment for visitors. Prof. John Edwardo Brayly fills in at state superintendent’s office during Ring’s absence. Mrs. Jobo Sparks, widow of the late governor, receives a $10,000 relief warrant from the last Legislature. A camp group from National Humboldt County will attend the event with ore valued over $10,000. Danvers Steinmetz bid high. John Brouner Co sues to block Governor’s mansion furnishing contract. Earle R. Clemens, ex Ahbyville editor, joins a New York opera company at a three figure salary. dubbed “tenor from the desert.”
San Francisco Chronicle reports May Barie, suing Nevada millionaire Geo Wingfeld in U S Circuit Court, to obtain recompense for alleged broken promise to marry. She previously claimed 750000, but amended complaint now seeks 7000000 due to increased value of Wingold properties.
On Ruby Hill Eureka County Nevada July 26 1909 a marriage occurred to the wife of James H Jury.
Fragmentary OCR shows a dated attestation for a financial record involving banks trustees and directors. Names include H F Golding Oscar J Smith W Be Griffin and officials B McCharles and J McCrantes. The date text reads the 49th day of July 1909, with county clerk certification.
M. McNeil, president of United Copper Company, warned Salt Lake Tribune representatives that reducing the lead tariff by one cent per pound would shut about half the nation’s lead mines west of the Missouri River. He argued the cut would double the cost per ton and erode profits, harming the West and lead byproduct mines tied to silver. He noted he is not acting from self interest.
A reward offers 750 dollars for information on the lives and last residence of John and Patrick Mahon or McMahon and their deceased wife. They went West in the 1850s, had mining ties, and left no children. A 500 dollar reward is offered for correct information with proof of right parties, plus 250 dollars to the editor through whom the column is published. Address Andreen John Mabon 610 North Jackson Avenue Clinton, Tlingis.
The Mineral Hill Precinct No 6 and Diamond Valley Precinct No 7 publish lists of registered voters with deadlines to file objections. Officials like the Registry Agent remind that qualified voters may register or correct erroneous names by specified dates and hours before the election.
Orville Wright and Lt Frank of the Army Signal Corps establish new time and distance marks in a endurance flight. Wilbur Wright watched as the pair broke previous records amid government pressure and the goal of completing the so called endurance tent.
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