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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
3
Eureka Sentinel notes Rev Father Mannion returned from southern services, parish events this Sunday, and meetings of Masonic and Pythian groups. It covers health updates, school appointments, mining and farming news, Western Pacific railway progress toward Palisade, and winter weather impacts on sheep herds and local economy, with multiple brief notices on residents and property.
The Eureka Windfall Mining Company defendants are named in a Eureka District Court suit led by Robert H Locke seeking 16000 dollars arguing a lease from original owners Greenwood Geraty Morrison was violated. The case alleges dispossession through conspiracy and triples damages to 5600 dollars, with attorneys listed from Eureka and Denver. The Windfall mine, five miles south of Eureka, has yielded rich surface ore and now plans cyanide processing to handle 140 tons daily, with nearby claims showing gold values up to 100 per ton.
The initial report of State Boon Tax Collector J F Haley is among the year. It details license and tax affairs of the commonwealth. It shows that during the year 190% licenses collected in Nevada totaled 420087.00 dollars.
Eureka Windfall Mining Company reports drilling to 825 feet halted by foul air. They will up raise from a drift to improve ventilation and start crosscutting from the 825 foot level. Ore removal is on hold while ore bodies are blocked for handling when the new cyanide mill opens around May. About 40 workers currently employed. County bill dispute continues with County Commissioners and Auditor. Garden seeds offered Saturday March 30 with a limited supply for free distribution.
Eureka public schools will add an eighth grade exam prep and hire another teacher for three months. Deputy Superintendent A B Uightfoot tested 18 eighth graders this week as graduation prep and the board plans moving the twelve eighth graders from grammar to high school room to better manage classes.
James Mann lost seven of eight pups to cold. Three eight hour shifts run at Eureka Con mine. Richmond block closed, workers displaced. John White seeks work in Salt Lake. Friday walks planned by school children. Ruby Hill Dramatic Club rehearses parts. E Allen tours Richmond-Eureka Company. Snow keeps E&P roads open between Eureka and Ruby Hill. Williams visits from New York. Etonley Fine leaves Holly mine for Silver Lick lease. Eighth grade exam planned for late June. Stanley Five loses three cows to possible poisoning. John Kitchen suffers facial injury from a loose pick. Extra horse added to night shift. haulers move ore to mouth of tonne. Water shortage limits boiler operations. three shifts at Eureka Con to maintain 900 tons daily output. Locan shaft maintains two shifts. overall employment slightly reduced.
Ed Greaor at the Windfall ming cut himself while cutting a plug of tobacco. The knife blade slipped, wounding the thumb to the bone. He traveled to Eureka for dressing, with the wound described as serious but not likely to cause further complications.
Commissioner J B Biale and District Attorney A B Henderson returned from Palisade where obstruction of the county road by Western Pacific Railway prompted arrests and a court case. The railway party agreed to repair within 30 days but failed. renewed talks led to a continuance as work resumes. Nevada grazing land meeting noted in Elko with livestock apportionment plans for the Humboldt range.
Guiseppi Togvoni and Katy Togsout transfer 80 acres in township 90 north range 54 east and 160 acres in township 20 north range 54 east with water rights and livestock, consideration 1000, recorded February 26 1909. Also John Mason to J M Higgins deed to mining claims in Lyun mining district JasperNos 1 2 and 3 committees, consideration 100, recorded March 6 1909. Water scarcity closes Richmond mine plants. A P Mayberry reports irregular flow limits power to Richmond Eureka Con and Locan shafts, three shifts operate, 200 tons daily shipped to United States smelter in Arab.
A likely passage of House bill 88 bans charging any money for job hire promises. It imposes prison terms of one to three years for violations. The act omits duties of licensed employment offices. Nevada Assembly considers transferring public utility rate regulation to the Nevada Railroad Commission.
Portrait and sketch profile Spencer Reynolds, Reno Gazette report from March 5, highlighting his public service in the Nevada Legislature, birth in Indiana in 1853, arrival in Eureka in 1878, engineering background, mining influence, and role on the Committee on Cisine and Engrosement. Reynolds is praised as a respected Bann Range citizen and Republican with a safe majority win alongside OC H. Duborg.
Presbyterian Church in Kareka invites all to Sunday services with sermon at 1 pm and 7 pm Sunday School at 12 30 pm and midweek prayer on Wednesdays at 7 pm All welcome Pastor Andus Matheson Subscribe for the Sentinel.
Oregon sheep carried most wool to exchange with an average fleece of eight and a quarter pounds, edging Washington which averaged eight and a half pounds. Across the United States the national average was seven and one tenth pounds. A separate verdict in New York on March 5 awarded the government 134,116 dollars in unpaid customs duties from the American Sugar Refining Company after a jury found misweighing sugar imports.
Mrs. A Fraser announces fall line dress goods now on sale including urgendies air aolls dimitioa and dress ginghama. Old newspapers cost 26 cents a hundred at the Sentinel office.
George T Childe of Fallon Nevada purchases I H Kent’s general store at Stillwater Churchill County including buildings and 10 acres. He and his mother will move to Stillwater and make it their home after the March 4 sale.
Jack West the City Brewery saloon keeper slipped while going down into the cellar on Main Street Tuesday morning. He fell to the bottom and wrenched his back and side, with reports indicating injuries requiring medical attention.
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