Ganal May Be Open by End of the Year
Colonel Goethals told an War Department inquiry that he hopes to pass a ship through the Panama Canal before year’s end. He referenced Captain Ronald Amandeen seeking Fram’s passage to the Antarctic region, saying every facility would be offered if feasible, though no assurance can be given now.
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Goethals
Goethale
Panama Canal
War Department
Garrison
Ronald Amandeen
Nox
Expositor Warns Against Cherry Creek Strike Rumor
The Ely Expositor criticizes reports of an 18 foot crosscut on a vast gold bearing ledge 26 feet wide west of Cherry Creek. An Expositor team and mining men found no substance after a Sunday visit and a 120 mile trip to verify. Legal blanks and mining locations are offered at the office.
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Johnson Springs
Ely
Tts
Cherry Creek
Plenty of Money for New Mines
The Salt Lake Tribune notes that big capital is eager to acquire producing mines despite financing challenges. The Canadian Mining and Exploration Company examined 428 mining propositions worldwide in eight months, but acquired none. Gold propositions dominated, yet the company remains confident that careful weed-out and future single successes will replenish its treasury.
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Turrow
Min|nwl and Exploration Company
United States
Canede Mortal
South Americas
Federated Malay States
South Africa
Interpal
I Nforestay
Salt Lake Tribune
Parasite Found Which Will Save Alfalfa Crop
Washington reports a parasite discovered in Italy by W R B Thompson to combat the alfalfa weevil. The organism, soon shipped from Europe, promises to protect Western alfalfa fields. Officials note the pest has not spread like the cotton boll weevil, but many farmers rely on alfalfa as a principal crop and stand to benefit from this biological control.
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Washington
West
Italy
W. R B. Thompson
United States Bureau of Entomology
L. O. Howard
Bureau
Europe
Paroled man to see wife and baby in East
B Black a Tonopah forgery offender, sentenced to the penitentiary, will be released on parole May 1 and return to his young wife and newborn daughter in the East. He came to Tonopah a year ago with a bride, forged a check for wife’s board, pleaded guilty, received the minimum sentence, and attempted escape when he heard of his wife’s illness. The pardon board granted parole.
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Baby
B. Black
Tonopah
Black
Board of Pardona
Indian Fighter Honored J D Roberta Named to National Committee
Indian fighter J D Roberta, one of Nevada’s early Indian fighters, received word from Denver that he has been named a member of the National Committee of the Order of Indian War Veterans. Roberta fought the plains Indians in the early days.
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J.D. Roberta
Nevada
Denver
Colorado
Order of Indian War Veterans
Roberta
Prates
Nevada to execute Andrija Mirkovich by shooting
Judge Averill set May 14 as the execution date for Andrija Mirkovich at Carson State Prison. The death row inmate, condemned for John Gregovichs murder, will die by a gunshot in Nevada, the first legally shot execution in the state in years.
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Tovopsa Ponaoza
Weanesasy
Averill
Andrija Mirkovich
Carson State Prison
John Gregovich
Supreme Court
Mirkovich
Nevada
Reno State Fair Dates Set With Races and Events
The Nevada State News notes the Reno state fair will run September 22 to 27 with daily racing and harness events. Fallon plans to ship sugar to the Grand Army encampment as beet sugar industry promotion. Also mentions Ely high school site condemnation and Mormon settlement plans in McGill, plus measles outbreaks and local legal and civic matters across Nevada.
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Reno
Fallon
Grand Army
Ely High School
White Pine County Grand Jury
Nevada 10 Have Gypsum Factory Near Moapa, Clark County
A gypsum plant for hard wall plaster and hollow tile will open in Clark County Nevada about two and a half miles east of Moaps. The Moapa Gypp Company, financed by Los Angeles capital, controls 640 acres with around 6 million cubic yards of crude gypsum. A second gypsum deposit was recently purchased within two miles of the first. Over 400 carloads of ground gypsum have been shipped to California points for fertilizer. The plant, expected to process 200 tons daily, is under the supervision of President A H Condes, a seasoned mining man. The gypsum lies in blanket formation and can be mined with a steam shovel.
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Arew
Clark County
Nevada
Moaps
Los Angeles Capital
Moapa Gyp Company
A. O. Hupp
Moapa Gap Company
Shooting Scrape At Goldfield Idfield Nevada
Victor Ajax once a world heavyweight wrestling champion was shot in the side by Jack Berthro in Goldfield Nevada on Tuesday Berthro had previously threatened others Ajax ran a French cafe in Goldfield for years and was a well known figure in the community The case recalls the fatal shooting by Jack Hines of Count Podhorsky in Goldfield and Hines later acquittal on unwritten law grounds.
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Goldfield
Ajax
Jack Hines
Alaska
Count Podhorsky
Hines
Nevada Enacts Strict New Drug Law for Purchases
The act requires druggists to keep a register recording name, residence, drug type and quantity, purpose, date and time of sale, with signatures of both the druggist and purchaser. Violations carry penalties up to 250 dollars or 100 days in jail, with harsher penalties on subsequent offenses. The list covers arsenic, cyanide, morphine, cocaine, and related substances, and physicians face criminal liability for aiding habitual users.
Bond Irwin Mines Prospects At Irwin Canyon Nye County
George W. Seay returned to Ely from Irwin canyon after a visit with Harry Malloy who has been opening mining property there for a year. Seay and Malloy took a bond on the Irwin brothers mines for California parties and plan near term development. He will consult California ties before returning later this month.
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Bond
Irwin Properties
George W. Seay
Ely
Irwin Canyon
Nye County
Harry Malloy
Mr. Seay
Malloy
Irwin Brothers
California
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