World Briefs Highlight Global Trends And Oddities
A survey notes state insurance against bail in North Dakota works well while Europe endures its driest farming century. Princess Mary’s bridal yell echoes Victorian reigns, and over two million Americans over 60 remain unmarried. Insects cause $1.1 billion in annual crop losses in the U S. England develops glazed artificial stone, and hard coal prices rise amid downturns elsewhere. Oil from a 1860 Pennsylvania well persists at modest output, and a long eight-day calendar watch debuts. A Norwegian spelling bee in Bucyrus crowns an 87-year-old winner after hours of competition. Paris conducts ferret hunts to curb rats at great cost. White-room color experiments suggest birds may shift hue across generations. Pittsburgh milk storage uses glass-lined tank cars with agitators. South Dakota tenants pay with turkeys per acre, and dehydrated banana figs store well when dry. Vienna bans public dancing without license, and water-lily paper may soon appear in Ocotlan, Mexico. Copper reefs near 240 miles long in Morocco promise rich ore yields.
Old Toulon Smelter May Open
The Public Service Commission of Nevada approved a commodity rate plan for carload ore shipments to the Toulon smelter, reducing prices from Reno Hazen Wabuska Mina Mill City Winnemucca Elko and Cobre. The April 3 change lowers rates enabling the Toulon plant’s revival and aiding Nevada's mining sector rehabilitation.
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Public Service Commission of
Nevada
Toulon
Southern Pacific Company
Reno
Hazen
Wabuska
Mina
Mill City
Winnemucca
Elko and Cobre
Elko
Cobre
Big Nevada Ranch to Grow Raisins
Under the Oakes Realty Company the old Pahrump ranch in southern Nevada will be transformed into a major raisin grape producer. The move aims for one of the largest Pacific Coast acreage devoted to the industry with packing and shipping operations planned on site. For five years the ranch produced hogs and cattle, but distance to the nearest shipping station proved unprofitable, prompting the sale by railroad executive stockholders.
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Oakes Realty Company
Pahrump
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Oakes Company
Pabrump
State Banking & Trust assets slated for public sale
Judge F. P. Langan orders Receiver Frank L. Wildes to auction the bank’s assets after three weeks of advertising with sealed bids allowed on sale day. Estimated assets total 65 000 dollars including Tonopah Carson City and Manhattan mining properties. Deferred dividends 14 000 dollars must be paid along with receiver and attorney fees. Ass’t AG Robert Richards stated depositors will not receive any funds.
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F. P. Langan
Frank L. Wildes
State Banking & Trust Company
Tonopah
Carson City
Manhattan
Ass Nt
Robert Richards
Measure by rule and brick in Clyde yard tale
A Clyde boatyard yard worker misreads a two foot rule while measuring an iron plate. The plater asks for the size and the laborer wittily replies that the plate equals the rule length plus two thumbs, plus a brick and the breadth of his hand and arm, except for one finger.
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Clyde
Mick
Everybody's
EXPERT REPORT FAVORS COLORADO IMPERIAL VALLEY PROJECT
Washington March 1 A lengthy report backing the Imperial valley irrigation plan via the Colorado river was sent to the Senate by Secretary Fall. It urges a high line canal from Laguna dam to the valley funded by lands benefited, plus a Boulder canyon reservoir and power provisions. The full inquiry and hearings are cited, with recommendations to prioritize river use, irrigation storage, and orderly power allocation.
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Washington
Imperial Valley
California
Colorado River
Senate
Fall
Interior Department
Director of Reclamation
San Diego
Cal
Board of Engineers
Davis
The
Reclamation Service
United States
Laguna Dam
Boulder Canyon
Secretary of the Interior
Boulder Dam
Congress
Engine 4042 Accident at Sparks Round House
Sparks Tribune reports a board of inquiry completed an exhaustive investigation into the mallet engine No. 4042 sinking into the turntable pit at the Sparks round house last week. Initial reports blamed a leaky throttle. The board concluded it was caused by an unknown person.
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Sparks Round House
Board of Inquiry
Sparks Tribune
Annual Stockholders Meeting at Ruby Hill Mine
The Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company calls an annual stockholders meeting at B C Hills furniture store Eureka Nevada on Saturday March 26 1922 at 2 PM for electing a Board of Trustees and other business. J C H Hjul Nevada March 4 1922 Eureka.
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Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
B. C. Hill
Eureka
Nevada
J. C. H. Hjul
New Nevada State Police Appointee Warns of Fair Enforcement
Duderkirk welcomes the county’s newly appointed Nevada State Police member. The officer, wearing star number 19, pledges relentless prosecution for any violation of the booze law while promising equal treatment for rich and poor. He seeks no active campaign yet vows to observe the prohibition act and curb bootlegging.
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Nevada State Police
Ouderkirk
Henderson Banking Co Promises Safe Services and Rates
Henderson Banking Co advertises careful attention to all banking business. It pays four percent annual on savings deposits and offers safety deposit boxes from $3.00 per year. Drafts, traveler's checks, fire and life insurance, and steamship tickets including Cunard Line are sold.
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Cunard Line
Sheriff’s Sale of Nevada mining claims and property
Martin Mahoney sheriff of Eureka County Nevada announces a public auction on February 27 1922 at 1 PM at the Eureka Court House to sell unpatented lode mining claims Lucid Tuffa Lucid Tuffa Extension Magdalena Pack Saddle and Pack Saddle Fraction No 1 along with related mining gear vehicles and tools to satisfy a judgment of A A Wait versus Eureka Nevada Mining Company for 1933 principal plus costs and 7 percent interest.
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A. A. Wait
Eureka Nevada Mining Company
Gether
United States
America
Eureka Mining
Eureka
State of
Nevada
Magdalena
State of Nevada
United States of America
Poeta
Sale Postponement Notices From March 7 and March 31
Two notices announce postponements of sales. M Mahoney lists the first sale moved to Tuesday March 7 1932 at 1 p.m. The second sale is rescheduled to Friday March 31 1922 at 1 p.m.
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Nereby
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Queen Alexandra
England
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Paris
Pittsburgh
South Dakota
White Rock
Vienna
Ocottan
Mexico
Morocco
Big Nevada Ranch
Maaure
Wholesale and
Rotah
Verdi Lumber Company
Elko, Nevada
Colorado
Reynolds & Eather
Hous
W. H. Brennen
Ofice
A. E. Belanger
Europa Hotel
Annual Stockholders Meeting
W. M. Clute
Geological
Clarence Johnson
P. O
Stockgrowers and Ranchers’ Bank, OF
Reno, Nevada
Pioneer Soda Factory
F. J. Brossemer
Main and
Gold Streets
Elko Ee
Henderson Banking CO
Elko Light Machinery
Adolph Biancani
Commercial
St. P. O
Western Electric Power
J. H. Supp
Eureka, Lander, Elko, White Pine
Lincoln Counties
Box 92
Wells, Nevada
Eureka County
Silver State Chemical Company
Winnemucca P. O
West Temple
Salt Lake City
Marco Venturino
Almont Pastorino
Sherify
Et Pt Judicial District Court
Eureka-Nevada Mining Company
Martin Mahoney
M. Mahoney
District Attorney's Office
Third Judicial District Court
Bention
Range
W. R. Reynolds
Eureka-Croesus
Ben Repetto
J. F. Repetto
Tase
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