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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
2
A fragment from the Eureka Sentinel notes Evelt Stordat and A Beill Man linked to a local public item. The readable text is sparse but indicates an identity or label within a regional publication and a named person.
A group of ESTOMBED miners were rescued after an incident at Eureka. The event prompted emergency response and local authorities coordinated a cautious recovery operation at the scene. No further injuries reported and miners are expected to recover.
The legislature approved changes on mining claims including recording grabstake agreements and a 90 day locator duty to mark four corners, with July 1 as the effect date. In a separate rescue, seven miners trapped four days in the Herwind-White coal mine near Feeetwell were saved after pumping the flooded passage opened. President Roosevelt faces labor unrest framing. Clarence H. Mackay announced Postal Telegraph expansion to Nevada with crews to begin work soon, routing via Reno to Goldfield and Tonopah.
Bandmaster Duss and wife are final surviving Harmonists heirs to a large Pennsylvania estate. The Harmonist sect founded by George Rapp began in 1808 at Zellenople then Economy, later Economists. Celibacy diminished numbers. Duss led the community after boarding school, rebuilt finances, and now claims headship and estate rights despite near total dissolution. The piece also briefly references an old railcar poem and Edwin L. Gable’s work.
Abstract of recorded deeds and location notices in Eureka County Nevada listing transfers of land parcels and improvements including 80 acres in section 86 township 2 north range 51 east, Summer Ranch near Eureka, and multiple lots in Eureka towns. Also records location notices for several mines with names such as Georgiana, Rath, Creole Belle, Liberty, Bullfrog and Promoter, Spot and High Grade, plus proofs of labor on Reeves and Berry mines. Names include Granville D Abbott Florence Abbots Vincenzo Lani McCoy Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald Jennie Wilhelm Lovian Zatow Louisa Sadler Georgiana Mine Goodhue J. W. Goodhue A. F. Stinson John Bagg Alfred Hoebner EL Morrin W H Whitmore G L Hageman EK Whitmore Joseph Ford and others. Recorded April 1907.
Southern Pacific and Nevada rail lines plan to challenge the new railroad tariff law in court. They argue the Western classification No 42 and rate cuts exceed the act, aiming to keep schedules until the commission acts or through litigation. Goldfield line has not yet filed its schedule as required by law.
In Eureka a discussion about why book beer signs feature a goat traces back to a sixteenth century Bavarian contest. A Brunswick noble challenged Munich Hofbräu with a beer test and a bet that ended when a small goat in the courtyard supposedly toppled the Brunswick noble during a standing on one foot attempt. The crowd declared the Munich beer superior and linked the incident to the term bock beer.
J. B. Marshall of Goldfield has been appointed State Bank Examiner. Mrs. McAvoy was exonerated in Reno court last Saturday on a dress theft charge. A fire at the Nevada Engineering works in Reno damaged the molding building with an estimated loss of 4000, insured for 3000. Mrs. Jonnie G. Nichols, claiming to be an agent of a Berkeley Children’s Home organization, is denounced as an impostor by State Superintendent H. W. Brayton.
In Ring on April 29 at 9 am four year old Ethel Nash daughter of Joseph Nash dropped dead while sitting on her mother’s lap and playing with her apron strings. The death was instantaneous and physicians offer no explanation. Also announced: sale of 10,000 to 12,000 Jules Alube cattle in Elko County to Sparks Humphrey. sale of P Garrat ranch near White Rock to John G Taylor for about 190000.
The Nevada Legislature passed a new stock law mandating inspection of horses shipped out of state. Penalties include fines from 100 to 5000 and up to five years in prison. Sheriffs inspect brands, report monthly to county boards, and notify owners. County government seat moves from Hawthorne to Goldfield.
New rules permit the States to select indemnified lands in fractional portions of legal subdivisions subject to publication of all selections in a county newspaper. Minor changes aim to ease land selection by State officers and require notice in the local press.
Diphtheria remains prevalent in Reno for two weeks though not virulent. Seven houses are under quarantine but schools stay open unless spread continues. No deaths have occurred where early medical care was sought. health board urges immediate physician contact at first signs and strict quarantine of affected houses to stamp out the disease.
Shipping records show horses moved from Diamond Station to San Francisco on April 25 1907 by Angelo Florio aboard the Over the Burcks and Palisade Railway with numerous brands listed including 70 over bar and circle over circle. A second shipment on April 30 1907 via Eureka and Palisade Railway from Diamond Station to Kansas City Missouri by St A Libby lists 19 branded horses including 15 and 7 branded marks with several unique symbols and a deputy sheriff noting a bar through branding suspect.
Washington reports reveal a claim that $50,000 flows yearly to the Pinkerton Company for spying on Western Federation of Miners members. The Federation plans to open all Miners' Union meetings to public access after the next convention. Ringer Hermann, ex-Oregon congressman and ex-General Land Office commissioner, is acquitted of destroying permanent records after a 12-week trial and 12 1/2 hours of jury deliberation. The first lodge of Elks in southern Nevada is founded in Tonopah with about sixty Reno members taking part.
A report from White Pine County describes a mineralized porphyry ledge about 43 miles from Boreka and 19 miles west of old Mountain. SNTrsK repens and Mr. Repetto located eight claims after discussing the region with Mr. Simonson. The ore carries gold and copper with a bold, prolonged ledge showing similar rock throughout the stretch. The party plans further development work and returns soon for more exploration.
The latest metal market notes show silver at New York six cents per ounce and lead at New York ninety six dollars per hundred pounds. Casting copper in Salt Lake City quoted at two dollars fifty nine cents per pound.
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