Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets November 28 as Holiday
President Roosevelt issues a Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday November 28 for observance. News notes rail progress with Western Pacific constructing Salt Lake to San Francisco using 85 pound rails and advancing track design. Other items report a 1903 convicts escapee located in Colorado penitentiary, Butte merchants seeking restored Bell telephone service, tax rulings on medicines with excess alcohol, balloon race results from St Louis led by Pommern and Isle de France, and Farmers National Congress resolutions backing reciprocity, initiative and referendum, anti futures trading in ag products, waterways, and road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pacific
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Frank Howard
Folsom
Cal
Colorado Penitentiary
Butte Merchants’ Association
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Pommern
Isle de France
Dusseldorf
America
Farmers’ National Congress
Oklahoma City
Must Be Sober to Travel on Southern Pacific Train
Santa Rosa Cal Oct 28 A new rule bars any passenger judged intoxicated from boarding outbound trains. Yesterday two men under the influence were refused entry by the brakeman and left behind. The policy, described as stringent, aims to enforce sobriety for travel. A second item notes John Pardy offering blue linen maps showing mine locations on Prospect Adams Hill in Eureka Nevada Mining District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Cal
Southern Pacific
John Pardy
Adama Hill
Eureka
Nevada
Ely Railroad Files Answer Says It Was Never Intended As Freight Terminal
Nevada Northern Railroad filed with State Railroad Commissioners in Ely against a depot dispute. It states Ely’s freight depot is 1650 feet from the corporate line and that Ely was never intended as a freight terminal, with the Robinson district 8.15 miles away. The railroad argues ground limits, side streets, and an agreement for a passenger depot only, while 60 acres are used for depot and track purposes. Suits seek moving tracks and damages. Profits last year totaled 68,681. Carson News.
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Ely
Nevada Northern Railroad
State Railroad Commissioners
Ely City
Nevada Northern
Robinson District
Carson News
Nevada State News Various Nevada Updates
Mrs Bessie Steiner dies of cancer in Reno. A three story reinforced concrete hotel rises at Winnemucca. Driver John Boetho of A S Allen wood and coal yard killed in Goldfield. Walker river water rights dispute nears out of court settlement. Carson and Colorado tax suit yields 26022 for Esmeralda County. weight in Tonopah and GoldfieldRailroad tax case. Goldfield Tribune pursues Sam Davis over $2000 for camp humorists. Mining location blanks offered for sale at BESTINEL office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boetho
A. S. Allen Wood and Coal Yard
Goldfield
Walker River
Miller & Lux
Mason Valley
Supreme Court
Carson and Colorado
Esmeralda County
Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad
The
Goldfield Tribune
Sam Davis
Tribune
Los Angeles Club
Elko County Tops Nevada in Prosperity Says State Auditor
State Auditor Rof toured Nevada counties and named Elko as the most prosperous with the largest varied resources. It carries significant taxable property, about 10 million more in the roll than Washoe, near debt free with 1500 outstanding, a cash balance around 50 thousand, and the lowest state tax rate. County affairs are described as economical and well managed, with strong political resources and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Rof
Reno Observer
Riko County
Washoe
Weite
Sweeping Injunction Bars UMWA Leaders in Wheeling District
Federal Judge Dayton in Philippi issued a broad injunction restraining United Mine Workers leaders John Mitchell T L Lewis and company directors from organizing or interfering with 1000 non-union miners employed by Hitchman Glendale and Richland coal firms in the Wheeling district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
West Virginia
Philippi
W. Va
Dayton
John Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
United Mine, Workers of America
Hitchman Coal Company
Glendale Coal Company
Richland Coal Company
Publicity Chairman Visits Counties and Mining Camps
S. P. Davis, Publicity Commission chairman, returned from visits to White Pine Humboldt Elko and Washoe Counties and mining camps. Discussions touched on a 250 yearly publicity allowance, with Washoe County denying the funds while Humboldt and White Pine favored approval. Davis aimed to classify camps and mines during the tour. Continues Business at State Prison T. K. Haver, jailed for fraudulent mailings, maintains correspondence from Nevada penitentiary as federal fraud order blocks further contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Davis
Publicity Commission
White Pine
Humboldt
Elko
Washoe
Carson News
State Prison
Nevada
United States
T. K. Haver
Metthenmy Claims Roosevelts Hunt August 1909 Report
Civil Service Commissioner John A Metthenny declared before Theodore Roosevelt began a hunting trip in Louisiana that he believed the President would experience a change in fortune. He described the excursions into Tensas Parish and the surrounding canebrakes as the party explored the region during the president's stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Metthenmy
Mr. Roosevalt
Lewintone
Civil Service
John A. Metthenny
Roosevelt Era Tale Tells Of Melhenny And Rough Riders
The article profiles A. Melihenny a Democrat and former Louisiana state senator allied with Roosevelt since the Rough Riders days. It notes his age thirty seven and engagement to Miss Stauffer of New Orleans with ties to General Dick Taylor and Zachary Taylor. The piece mentions his pepper sauce business on Avery Island and his dream of combat as a Rough Rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M'Tlhenny
Roosevelt
Melihenny
Louisiana State Senate
San Juan Bill
Civil Service
Stauffer
New Orleans
Dick Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Jack Greenaway
Minnesota
Avery Island
Iberia Parish
Mr. Roosevelt
John A. Melihenny
Leutenant
I. W. Harris Goo Sold At Eureka Cash Store
An old ad promotes keeping a bottle of I. W. Harris Goo for good appearance taste and health benefits. Sold by The Eureka Cash Store and Raby Hill Mercantile Company.
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Eureka Cash Store
Raby Hill, Mercantile Company
Nevada water right filing by George Kump at Big Arvele Canyon
Application filed on the bed day of October 1907 by George Kump of Ely White Pine County Nevada with the State Engineer to appropriate public waters. The plan is dam construction at Big Arvele Canyon Nye County about 15 miles from the spring known as Crows nest and 15 miles SW of Troy to supply irrigation via a ditch delivering three cubic feet per second to unsurveyed land. Signed:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kump
Ely
White Pine
State of Nevada
Nevada
State of
Big Arvele Canyon
Nye County
Crows Nest
Troy
Stockholders Meeting Adams Hill Mining Co.
The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Adams Hill Mining Company will be held at the office in Eureka Nevada on Wednesday Dec 4 1907 at 2 o clock p m C S Six President Eureka Nevada Oct 14 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Hill Mining Company
Eureka
Nevada
Jotur Parily
Bateman
Bureka
Burevada
Caid
Caid Company
Pomeibides
Pers Son
Cerrine
A. L. Frrewenann
W. B. Garreue
Buoy Kraan Sapien
Paxor
Eureka, Nevada
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Ps. Sorisio
ELY Railroad
State News
Bessie Steiner
Reno
Winnemucca
Bestinel
Elko the Banner County
Johnson Mercantile Co
Hiram Johnson
Live Stock Directory
Joseph
Alen
Yen
Ron
West Ulgh
Straicht
Koreks
Oft Thigh
White Mie Counties
P.O
Bupeks
Henderson Banking Company
Jons Hexpenson
L. C. Hexpenson
Haypen Hexpenson
Osmont, Hexpenson
Bleo
J. J. Hylton
George W. Hanna
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
Levi Strauss
Eureka «Palisade Railway
Palisade
Hamilton
Tyboy
Hot Creek
Tonkin
Newark Valley
Cold Creek
Bald Mountain
Tye, Belmont
Reveill
Pha Company
Diamond
Alpha
Hayeh
G. D. Abbott
Paront
State
Franker
Nicholas
Buckingham & Hecht
Thomas Rosselli
South Main St
Nev
California
Hot Creek and
Tonkin Stage Line
L. Hageman
U.S
Eureke
Wadendays
le Hureka
Koureka
Areks
Hamilt
GC. C. Whitmore
Eka
Stockholders’ Meeting
Will Robertson
Saloon and Pioneer Bottling Works
F. J. Brossemer
Prop
Joe Tognoni
Crup
West Ear
Faeroe
Toesost
Addrom Duckwater
Vincent Lani
Diamond V
P.O. Addrom
G. W. Halstead Cattie
Ftange
Dee
Duckwater
Nevala
Mike Vaccaro
Mange
Eurek County
Prospect
New
P. Carletts
Eureka County
North Western Consolidated Mining Company
Skelton
Elko County
Warrwouk Represent Corporation
Caitornas U
C.C. Whitmore
Hatenima Mia
Hureka
Vistuity
A.G. Harris
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