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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1919
Page
2
Gov Emmet D Boyle announced a special Nevada Legislature session likely mid November to address industrial relations laws and seek constitutionally sound measures. The session may last a week with an estimated cost of 15000 dollars and could also consider ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment and other minor items.
Joseph Martin, a Reno wood and coal dealer, pleaded guilty to short weight charges. A judge ordered triple the shortage as punishment under weights and measures law. Warnings cited weighers’ error and illness of Martin’s men. Four complainants testified, with shortages of 750, 600, and 250 pounds.
The Gardnerville Record notes that traditional Indian signs link a heavy pine nut harvest with a hard winter, and a light crop with a milder season. This fall nuts are scarce except at high altitudes, suggesting an open winter, while farmers hope for real cold and snow.
Bob Skaggs, former speaker of the Nevada State Legislature and noted prospector, has sold several mining holdings for about 70 000 dollars. New York brokers paid roughly 15 000 dollars for the Pullion property and hold an option on the Bald Mountain property near 65 000 dollars.
Word from Tonopah reports rapid progress in equipping the Louisiana Consolidated mine at Tybo. Poles for the power line are being installed, two sifting machines are en route, and a complete Tennessee smelter has been purchased and shipped to Tonopah. The mine remains mostly unwatered except during the winter between the fourth and fifth levels. Two sotation machines are on the way.
W C Whittemore, attorney for Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad, asks Nevada Tax Commission to assess the line at salvage value as a price for sale to Nye and Esmeralda Counties or the State. He says the road is bankrupt and losses last year nearly equal taxes and interest, and warns it would be junked if not sold.
Edwin C. Mulcahy of the Sparks Tribune and Eleanor M. Kennedy were married in Chicago last week and will reside in Sparks. Prominent entries include John H. Carter & sons of Wells Nev for Hereford cattle at the California International Livestock Show in the California Building on Marina from November 1 to 8. County officials in Douglas County approve a slot machine license fee of $100 per month per machine. A fire in Battle Mountain destroyed the Baugh garage and Mendive warehouse, with volunteers preventing further loss early last week.
Italy will raise its own sugar with 148000 acres planted in sugar beets and production projected at 286,520,000 pounds, an increase of 110,200,000 from 1918. If reached, output may meet needs and end monthly ration though distribution and citizen protection remain unsettled risks.
Wells Herald reports that the Legislature increased jurors daily pay from 3 to 4 dollars and witnesses pay from 2.60 to 4 dollars per day. Mileage allowance also rose from 20 to 25 cents per mile, with careful meal planning implied.
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