Eureka Notes and Travel Log Highlights From May 1917
The Eureka Sentinel reports arrivals and departures including William Kennedy from Battle Mountain and J A Bailey from Garden Valley. A Palisade to Eureka train delivered flour cars, and extra trains carried passengers mail and merchandise. Deputy Fish and Game Warden Martin Mahoney issues hunter notices while trade shifts occur as Victor Venturino and Frank Pastorino swap stage lines and cattle deals. The weather remains stormy with frequent showers, and a six horse team delivers ore from Monte Cristo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Eureka Cash
John Tatten
Tonkin
Salt Lake City
Martin Mahoney
Palisade
W. H. Russell
Elko
Dodge Auto
Handley Bros
Earl Cobb
Palisade Township
A. Moore
Victor Venturino
Frank Pastorino
Cold Creek
Prospect and Tonkin
Property transfers and mining notes from Eureka records
Public notices record deeds in Eureka with parcels in blocks and mining interests in Lynn and Nephi No. 6 mine. Names include Gertrude Hagar Daniel Morrison Mary Franchi E Y Jones Lynn Six Mining Co A Royal John Fader. Also volunteers accepted into US Army at San Francisco and local mining updates plus Catholic Benefit Ball May 16 at St. Brendan's Opera House. Local travel and industry notes mention Dan Kelly William Wagner J Vey John Laxague F Cochran and copper shipments from Oak Station amid railway disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Hagar
Daniel Morrison
Eureka
Mary Franchi
E. Y. Jones
Lynn Big Six Mining Company
Great Divide
Lynn
A. Royal
John Fader
United States Army
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Theodore E. Johnson
Frank E. Nostrosa
Dan Kelly
McCloud Springs
Oak Station
William Wagner
J. Vey
Jim, Butler
Tonopah
John Laxague
Monitor Valley
Nye County
F. Cochran
Austin
Laxague
Palisade
A. C. Florio
Earl Overton
Duckwater
Florio
Altar Society
St. Brendan's Church
Opera House
Brown Hotel
Eureka Nevada Railway service revival sparks county meeting
The Eureka Nevada Railway plans limited service from Palisade to Eureka starting May 8 1917 with weekly trips and no freight to points outside Nevada. Merchants miners and county officials press for road improvements and a return to normal freight handling as tensions with the Postal Department and railway over mail carry intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Griffin
James
Carlin
Nevada
James Griffin
Daniel Morrison
D. States
A. Moore
Palisade
Union
States
Ment
Eureka
Railroad Commission of Nevada
Eureka-Nevada
Sentinel
Postal Department
State of
Salt Lake
Rareka
Eureka County
Union Summit
Sentinen
New
Sexton
Eureka County May 5 1917 Commission Proceedings
Regular meeting of the Eureka County Board of Commissioners includes approval of minutes and accounts, salary rules for Deputy Game Warden Martin Mahoney, liquor licenses granted to E B McCabe W B Green and Miss Jennie Lee, tax rate inquiry from Nevada Tax Commission, hospital funding request withheld, surplus funds deposited in First National Bank of Elko, burglar insurance arrangement, and a 12 mph street speed limit with penalties. Meeting adjourned to May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar Sadler
R. J. Reid
W. S. Raine
China Jim
J. M. Requa
Justice of the Peace
Palisade Township
Martin Mahoney
C. W. Grover
Eureka County
E. B. McCabe
W. B. Green
Jennie Lee
Eureka
Nevada Tax Commission
A. Laird
A. E Kimball
First National Bank
Elko
Nevada
Sentinel
Postal inspectors gather evidence in Nevada mail case
In Lovelock Nevada on May 9 postal inspectors stationed at Eureka and Palisade have been daily offering mail containing war department messages to the line's employer. The action aims to substantiate the government's claim for forfeits up to 1000 dollars a day for refusing to carry the federal mail contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovelock
Nevada
United States
Eureka
Palisade
Eureka & Palisade Company
War Department
Teachers Rehired at Winnemucca and Elko Grammar Schools
Notes of former residents record Miss Jeasie Diamond re elected vice principal and Mrs. Jennie Smith re appointed primary teacher at Winnemucca grammar school. Mrs. Kate Cicali and Mrs. Lillian Porter are rehired as teachers at Elko grammar school at salaries of 100 dollars monthly. The remark about a man eating a frankfurter or pretzel adds an offhand aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeasie Diamond
Jennie Smith
Winnemucca Grammar School
Kate Cicali
Lillian Porter
Elko Grammar School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fee
William Kennedy
Battle Mountain
J. A. Bailey
Garden Valley
Agnes Morrison
Antelope
Diamond Valley
Phil Paroni
John Littlefair
Monte Cristo
White Pine Mountain
Recorder of
D. B. Laxton
Joe Sweet
Mr. Laxton
Reno
Nevada Railroad Commission
Ladies’ Altar Society
Ruby Hill
Eurepe County
Richard Jury
Europe
General Medical Board
Ita
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