Nevada State News Highlights and Local Tax Notes
Sparks reports 1631 qualified voters for the general election while Fallon tops taxes at 5 dollars per 100 of assessed valuation. Las Vegas lowers city tax from 0 to 56 cents, Reno plans a $36000 hotel on Wear Street amid a trade dispute, and embezzlement charges arise from Har ry W. Mapes case locally. Irregularities in party books spark probes. Battle Mountain crash injures officials. Gardnerville notes sweet potato trial success. Ely conductor Fred Stunden named safety inspector for Interstate Commerce Commission with a 3000 dollar salary.
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After Dinner Stories and a Wager War
A Western post lieutenant new to duty bets with his colonel over a wart on the colonel’s shoulder. The bluff backfires as the colonel exposes no wart, then writes Texas for a revenge letter. The San Antonio reply confirms the junior officer’s $100 win staking the bet on quick shirt removal.
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Highway Contractors Warned On Ely Eureka Road
State highway engineer G W Borden and division engineer Sam C Durkee visited the Ely Eureka project after county complaints about road conditions. Contractors were told to provide safe detours when using the old road. failure may delay pay checks. Observational note about aging remarks appears unrelated.
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Scrugham Seen as Versatile Nevada Governor Candidate
Democratic candidate Scrugham, a Kentucky native aged 42, rose from machinist’s helper to University of Nevada professor and state engineer. He served in World War I, rising to lieutenant colonel, led railway artillery production, then returned to Nevada to apply decisive, harmonizing water rights leadership and irrigation dispute resolutions.
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Diskin Seeks Nevada Attorney General Post
Attorney general candidate M. A. Diskin, a Democrat running unopposed in the Nevada primary, has fifteen years of law practice in the state. He served as Esmeralda County District Attorney from 1912 to 1917, later moved to Reno, worked with U S District Attorney Woodburn, and now maintains a Reno practice with a family and active civic life.
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Jack) Diskin
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State Treasurer Ad Malley’s Long Public Service Career
Democratic candidate for State Treasurer Ad Malley recently completed a second term, elected by large majorities. His career spans coal mining in Pennsylvania, mining contests in Leadville, police chief and sheriff roles in Tonopah Nye County, and a record praised as Nevada’s best. He also serves as a director of the State Orphans Home, aiding the institution’s high standing and the children’s welfare.
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New German suicide method reported in Oldenburg
An 18-year-old suitor and his fiancée, forbidden to marry, wrapped themselves with wire and threw a loose end over a power line, dying instantly. In the Virgin Islands, parents are fined 20 cents for each day a child misses school and 10 cents for every tardy pupil.
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