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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1913
Page
8
A farmer should build a personal workshop and learn basic repairs to save time and money. The piece lists essential tools for woodwork and metalwork, including saws, braces, a forge, anvil, grinders, and dies, arguing ownership reduces trips to town, teaches youths practical skills, and supports lower living costs.
J D Barlow returns from Oakland with plans to acquire a four mill for his Fondeway Can yon mining property near Stillwater. A ten stamp mill from Oakland costs about 2000 dollars and can crush 16 tons per day. Weighing 2800 pounds and operable by a gasoline engine, it requires little water and suits the budget of small Churchill County miners.
Secretary of State reports 18 state legislatures have approved the direct election of Senators by the people. Approvals listed include Minnesota, New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Oregon, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Montana, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Vermont. Biannual meetings mean calendar year approval odds slim. Carson hatchery receives 100,000 annual silver salmon eggs from California, to be shared with Carson and Verdi butcheries.
A business philosophy piece extols results over methods arguing that any plan that brings in money is proper. It cites delivery wagons, charge accounts, cash vs credit, plain figures pricing and the one price system as examples of ideas that succeeded only because they were put over. The author credits innovators who persuade customers and emphasizes seizing ideas and pushing them through to victory.
A discussion of large Texas land grabs by a few men altering farming into a corporate enterprise. Railroads show consolidation trends. farms may grow into corporate kingdoms with stores, mills, hotels, and villages. The piece warns this could turn farmers into tenants or employees under powerful landowners, harming the United States.
State news from exchanges notes no shearing corrals at Winnemucca this year and Tonopah vagrants sentenced to 90 days with no appeal. Douglas County hospital residents must drink only water. saloon warnings posted. Nevada senators push mint and army office retention. Salt Lake Railroad opens a home loan department in Las Vegas. Local report on a Las Vegas school teacher attacked by students, later investigated by the district attorney. A parcel post clerk reports a dead man’s ashes sent to San Francisco, and Land White Pine public school plans a new newspaper as a 630,000 corporation forms in Modesto for a third daily paper.
Nut grass thrives on the edges of the Carson and Humboldt sinks covering thousands of acres. The mature crop carries no masthead dolri tive seeds and recent analysis shows an oil content of 8 percent, higher than corn. Market men note its fattening and sweet meat qualities in bogs nearby.
The article notes a receiver’s services valued at ten thousand dollars for year one and nine thousand thereafter, implying a university chair to educate receivers and award a degree. It criticizes gambling bills, predicting legislative changes to loosen bans and arguing the state would lose if gambling remains restricted while gamblers profit.
Thomas Dixon of Eureka Nevada proclaims ownership of numerous corrals in White Pine and Eureka counties and asserts strict enforcement of 1912 Nevada law preventing removal of his horses cattle and other livestock from these ranges. He allows shared corralling for separation but requires owners to return livestock promptly to the herd-ground. February 1 1913.
Notice of application 9839 by W J Meskegor Blackburn Station Eureka County Nevada for permission to appropriate public waters from Carlew Crack using dam and ditch to irrigate and domestic uses. Water not to be returned to stream. State Engineer W M Keanney signed. Republication March 1 1913 last publication March 2 1918.
Notice announces Charles Wesley Williams of Duckwater Nye County Nevada intends to make five year proof to establish land claim before Eureka County Clerk in Eureka Nevada on March 1913. Witnesses include von Manele and Martellett.
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