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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1921
Page
3
A cabinet secretary pruned clerks to save funds but faced opposition from Congress. Utah Senator Smoot led an efficiency survey promising major cuts, initially targeting 20,000, later adjusting to 15,000 and finally estimating 4,000 removals, stalled as lawmakers lobby to protect positions.
W H Simmons of the Nevada Public Service Commission and a major wholesale partner notes a broad drop in living costs while some commodities lag. He cites Nevada merchants’ careful purchasing and conservative buying as key to weathering hard times with few bankruptcies.
An automotive ground gate system extends along a recently patented roadway gate enabling a car to open or close the barrier by passing over the extensions from either side.
The Post Office Department reports the three year old aerial mail service covered 1,318,379 miles and moved 1,015,053 pounds at a cost of about 1.343 million dollars in the past year. Average cost per mile and per trip are noted with 78 percent of trips and 83 percent of miles completed. 19 fatalities occurred, linked to transcontinental hazards and earlier defective plane mechanisms. Routes include New York to San Francisco, Chicago to Minneapolis, Chicago to St. Louis, and Washington to New York.
Irene Cohen a fifteen year old pupil at the Girls High School is praised for a remarkable voice said to span three octaves and reach three notes above Geraldine Farrar’s top note in a local showcase.
Prospectors along a Papua river found a bluish-gray rakish substance cast aside as worthless. Two and one-half pounds sold to an American buyer for about $6,000 eight times gold value. The material is comididium a member of the platinum group used in pen tips and fine machinery. Legal blanks for sale at the Sentinel office.
Europa Cafe now operates under Mrs K Morse with first class meals promised. Bingie meals priced at 50 conta and monthly rate $40.00. The cafe features chicken dinner 15, fresh fruit and vegetables weekly, and family dinners as a specialty. Orders taken at the Europa Hotel in Nevada.
John Landa meat market in Eureka announces price reductions on all meats with new per pound rates. Beef and veal include Hind quarter 20 cents Full loin 27 cents Full round 23 cents Fore quarter 1 cent cuts 10 pounds and up 18 to 20 cents Boiling meat 15 cents Prices of other meats received twice weekly per pound Pork sausage 35 cents Bologna 25 cents Head cheese and blood sausage 25 cents Boiled sliced ham 70 cents Whole ham 60 cents.
Notice states passenger trains depart Palisade at 7 10 a m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and Eureka at 8 00 a m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays to meet west bound Southern Pacific at 2 56 p m from Palisade for San Francisco arrival 10 30 p m next morning An extra Eureka train runs Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays with mail and express but no coach or passengers J K Sexton
Pioneer Soda Factory keeps on hand Lemon Cream Orange Raspberry Root Beer Ginger Ale and other soda water flavors. Uses high grade extracts and pure cane sugar. Factory price includes war tax at $2.25 per dozen large bottles. Corner Main and Gold Streets. F. Brossemer, proprietor.
J E Sexton warns Eureka residents that the Nevada Transportation Company may scrap the six day express by replacing Parcels Post with a staged line. If the service ends the company will revert to tri weekly trains and press the Post Office Department to reintroduce a stage line. Pay for workers has fallen to under $100 monthly from about $7000 yearly.
Bulletin No 3 explains the Rail Road Act effective July 1 1926 requires carriers to deliver freight only after all tariff charges are paid. It warns agents to enforce the mandate or face prosecution and notes Be Sexton General Manager signs off.
Joseph Flynn of Romano Eureka County Nevada applies under the 1872 act for a patent on 1246.12 linear feet of Red Jacked Consolidated Lode with gold and silver in Mineral Mill District Eureka County Nevada. The description includes survey No 4472, bearings, corners, and references to Austin Spencer and North Pole Consolidated Lodes and Mineral Hill Mines Co. Claimants and nearby lines are detailed as to locations and lines.
Joseph Plynn of Rowana Eureka County Nevada applies for a U S patent for the Water Pipe Lode claim in Mineral County Nevada. The description covers surface ground boundaries survey numbers and corner notes with detailed bearing objects. The notice directs publication in the Eureka Sentinel for nine weeks and lists John B Robbing as register.
Location details show a survey description in Township 14 North Range 62 West. The notice directs publication for nine weeks in the Eureka Sentinel of Eureka, Nebraska, for claims listed by the Register of the United States Land Office. Last publication June 38.
Notice to creditors that James Morrison is executor of Ag Nes Morrison late of the county deceased. Creditors must file their claims with vouchers and affidavit within three months of the first publication. Published dates April 23 1921 and May 21 1921. Reynolds and Bather Attorneys.
Notice announces tax on the proceeds of the mine in Eureka County for the quarter ended March 31 1020 is due. Tax collection will be strictly enforced in accordance with the law.
For sale includes shovels ore crusher hoisting rope scales and mining gear owned by Mrs Jennie Lrighton Eureka Nevada. Also a public water appropriation notice filed May 12 1921 by Charles H Fox Beowawe Eureka for Boulder Creek irrigation with 1.6 cubic feet per second conveyance via ditch from April 1 to July 1. State Engineer J G Scragh am oversees with publications May 21 and June 18 1921.
William A Moore of Strawberry White Pine County Nevada filed to enter 40 acres in the SE quarter of the NW quarter of Section 9 Township 21 North Range 56 East M D M. Protests, adverse claims, or objections due to mineral character must be filed by June 18, 1921 with John B Robins Register. First publication May 14 1921. Last publication June 11 1921.
Henderson Banking Co advertises four percent annual savings interest and invites customers to see deposit rules. It also offers safety deposit boxes from three dollars yearly, drafts on major world cities, fire and life insurance, Travelaera checks, and steamship tickets on Cunard Line.
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