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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1917
Page
4
President Wilson urges full American mobilization for war. He calls for food and war supplies for all allied nations, shipping to battle submarines, and a national service by industrial forces. Farmers’ role is pivotal, middlemen to curb waste, and national unity to back the war and peace.
Charlie Chaplin tells Woman's Home Companion humor requires study and audience sense of superiority. He notes the clown must make people feel smarter, then describes pulling a capitalist's whiskers and hat as a sure source of laughter.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that Stockholm relies on natural water power to heat homes with electric hot water tanks. Electricity from nearby plants heats water overnight, then automatic piping provides steam-like warmth all day with no coal smoke or ash.
The Wood River in Alaska is closed to fishing for breeding by red salmon escaping nets in Nusha gak bay. Since 1908, with 1914 as the exception, annual counts are made by a rack and narrow gate across the stream. Federal agents monitor day and night as the tally is kept by an automatic counter. The highest daily count reached twenty five thousand five hundred forty four.
Word reached Austin Saturday morning that Willie Moore of the Cold Springs ranch Smoky valley died from an accidental gun discharge while cleaning a firearm. The incident occurred at 4 o'clock with death at 7 o'clock. He was about 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore. details were scarce at press time.
Fallon school board selects the Verplank property on main street for a new high school. The purchase price is $10,000. A bond issue of $85,000 is awarded to Reno National Bank on its bid of $86,140 with certified check. A well known Manhattan camp member reportedly bought about $7 in small flags to show sympathy for both sides, amid talk of wear the Stars and Stripes or fight with no fighting yet.
J D Scott has been elected principal of Winnemucca High School after Prof Jewell announced he would not seek re election due to accepting a position as chief deputy in a state office in the West. Scott previously led the grammar school.
The notice calls for settlement and entry of 68.40 acres in section 24, T17N, R49E and adjacent lines in Eureka County Nevada. It lists Thomas Kitchen of Eureka as the applicant with 4-208 filed April 10, 1917, and notes prior claims by qualified settlers with preference rights under homestead law. The land office at Elko Nevada will accept entries June 27, 1917, with final publication May 19, 1917.
Warning to trespassers in Eureka Nevada on South Spring street. Prosecution to the full extent of the law. Names Mr. and Mrs. A Lairp cited as property owners.
A notice invites buyers to purchase wild horses and provides a contact address at Post Office Box 72 in Eureka Nevada for further particulars.
After Monday October 23 1916 dogs running at large in Eureka and nearby areas without muzzles will be killed. The action follows a rabid coyote visit to Eureka on Friday that struck three residents.
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the company office in P. H. Hill's Furniture Store Eureka Nevada on Saturday April 24 1917 at 2 o clock PM for electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year and other business. H HIUL Secretary Eureka Nevada March 31 1917.
On January 2 1917 Mrs Matilda Eccles of Diamond Valley Eureka County Nevada filed with the State Engineer an application for permission to appropriate public waters from Big Shipley Spring. Water will be conveyed by ditch and dam at five cubic feet per second to multiple sections for irrigation and domestic use from January to April each year. Water not to be returned to stream. First publication March 8 1917 Last publication March 31 1917.
D G Kelly and Tom Philipson are notified that Kelly expended 1000 on the Belmont Lode mining claim in Eureka Nevada during 1916 and, if Philipson fails to contribute within ninety days after the last publication, the claim will be forfeited to Kelly under Section 2324. First publication January 13 1917. Last publication April 21 1917.
Notice that taxes on the proceeds of the mines in Eureka County for the quarter ending March 31, 1917 are due and payable. W J Hooper, Assessor, warns that the law will be strictly enforced and directs payment to the assessor's office in Eureka.
The undersigned warns that no person or party may trespass on the Distinction Mine surface ground without the owners consent. Distinction Minf. Co. March 2, 1917.
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