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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
2
The article notes the 16th century seeress may have guessed about movies submarines and airplanes long before their time. It suggests her lines were likely edited for metre but the ideas remain striking, with a doubt about the hyperbole of bloodshed.
Documents record a $50 deed for a Prospect frame house in Eureka County between Antonio Ferro and P H Hill, with May 11 1917 recording. Grants from the United States to Flora D Hobart cover multiple sections in Nye and White Pine counties, recorded May 12 1917. May 15 notices include King mine location in Safford district by E B Siri, and Oro Gordo mine and Nephi No 6 mine location certificates in Lynn district by C Garcia and A Royal. Also note Nevada State Life Insurance Company license approval with officers and directors listed in Sparks and surrounding towns.
The SeNatire notes receipt of two bulletins from the University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. Titled Home Potato Patches and Field Crops for Late Planting, they are for distribution to individuals interested in agriculture.
Ted Johnson writes from Angel Island describing army life near Fort McDowell as he states he is glad to be in the army. Deputy State Superintendent James V. Comer ford visits Eureka schools, inspecting elementary work and High School. Nine month attendance averages are given for High School and Elementary departments with the Sophomore class excelling in attendance. The high marks in scholarships and honor rolls for various grades are listed, including the May 11 ninth ending honor roll and staff credits for music teacher Cunette McGilliveay.
The May honor roll lists Raymond Pastorino Clarence Kitchen Walter Kitchen Vida Kitchen and Maski E. Klrnx as pupils with perfect attendance and no tardies. Teacher reports the names for the Ruby Hill school.
Unclaimed letters still awaiting collection at the Eu reka Nevada post office as of May 19 1917. Individuals listed include Domingo Peyrot Gracian Tidourreta Laura Hoeg h Post. Please call for these letters by name and reference Adver bined.
L W Haworth publisher of the Battle Mountain Scout and the Austin Reveille died suddenly Friday night May 11 at his Battle Mountain home. His wife and children, living in Reno, rushed to Battle Mountain after news of his death.
Marguerite Clark appears in The Seven Sisters at Eureka Opera House on Sunday May 20 with Burton Holmes Travelogue Motoring in England opening the program. She returns Friday May 25 in The Crucible film drama about Jean Fanshaw who endures reform school and triumphs over adversity, restoring good to those who harmed her. Mr States unveils a movable frame for the picture screen allowing stage space for future public events.
Geneva dispatch reports that British and French censors hid Russia’s collapse before the revolution. Paris and London knew unrest in Petrograd, with German intrigues cited. A March audience with Tsar Nicholas II led to a proposed divorce and confinement of the Empress, a plan urged by Sir George Buchanan.
Carson report says a new large electric power project will divert waters of South Fork in Eko County to a dam system in the Ruby mountains near Kleckner canyon. The plan includes a 1000 foot wide dam, 70 feet high, to generate about 9000 horsepower at a cost of 1.5 million dollars. A 140 mile power line to Ely mines and Bullion Union Eureka is to start June 1, 1918, with power to Bullion, Union and Eureka mines.
Maurice J. Sullivan as adjutant general directs the work of registering men in Nevada for the draft. County boards in each county will supervise the process, consisting of the Sheriff, County Clerk, and County Physician, with district attorneys aiding. Boards may appoint registrars in voting precincts. Registration blanks have been sent to all county boards.
Thursday’s metal quotations show silver at 74.5 cents per ounce copper at 30.50 dollars per pound and lead at 8.50 dollars per hundredweight in New York trading with prices listed for quick reference.
In a terse remark about the Ambassador remaining in Petrograd the Czar’s anger propelled him toward the pro-German camp. He likely would have pursued a separate peace within weeks, but the moment was overwhelmed when the revolution began.
The State Board of Education via secretary J Bray mails guidance to public school teachers urging use of pupil labor on farms and gardening during the crisis. The policy excuses absence for farm work and allows promotion based on ability to complete next grade work, with makeup plans to preserve graduation rights for the 1916–17 school year ending June 30 1917.
Deputy superintendents of public instruction plan to sue State Controller Cole to recover traveling and office expenses for 1917 and 1918. They argue current statutes grant $1300 annual expense money per office without needing an appropriation, though none was provided by the last legislative session. A Rochester woman imports a Toggenburg milch goat from Napa to cut living costs and plans a local goat club as others follow.
Eureka Nevada May 19 1917 notice calls all members and interested persons to a meeting on Saturday June 2 1917 at 2 oclock p m for better protection of ranches and ranges President J A Bailey and Secretary Treasurer Bernard Damele urge organized effort in Eureka Nevada
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