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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1911
Page
2
The document indicates the item was entered at the Post Office at Eareks as Second Class Matter on Saturday November 18, 1911. It appears as a standard periodical mail matter note within an archival newspaper segment.
The Carson Appeal recalls Nevada pioneers as the old timers who built the state amid hardships before railroads telegraphs and modern power. It notes pioneer families, routes, and markers fading into history while honoring their enduring legacy and the mothers who stood beside them. Also reported is Aviator P Rodgers’s crash near Pasadena Long Beach on the Atlantic Pacific journey. he escaped serious injury, machine wrecked, recovery expected in days.
The Navy near Washington plans two battleships to be named Oklahoma and Nevada, each with ten main guns and around 27 000 tons, heavier than the Arkansas and Wyoming vessels under construction. Commerce Court in Washington granted a temporary injunction delaying ICC rate orders in Spokane and Reno cases while reviews proceed.
Congressman Hoberto backs continuing the Hamilton to Currant mail route in White Pine County Nevada. Lincoln County grand jury returns twenty one indictments for gambling law infractions. Lovelock Indian village moved to an 18 acre government tract with huts along one long street to be lit by street lamps. Tonopah payday on November 10 totals 236000 dollars paid by mines. Bonanza predicts payroll reaching 250000 monthly. Lovelock saloon case Breckenridge Habeas Corpus denied. to serve jail days plus 200 fine. Pacific Coast hay shortage expected to boost Nevada hay prices. state crop to top last year with a 12 percent gain over 1910 amid national shortage.
Washington report states Kentucky gained a Supreme Court victory allowing the state to tax Southern Pacific steamers valued at 12 million dollars operating between New York and New Orleans, New York and Galveston, and New Orleans Havana routes, on grounds of domicile. The railroad argued the ships never entered Kentucky.
Acar consigned to Adams and McGill received at McGill Junction from Soda Spriggs Idaho includes 200 Shropshire backs with black nose and feet markings. The lot is described as exceptionally fine strain for breeding purposes by Ely Expositor.
In Irwin Canyon three miles north of Troy Nye County the Irwin Broa with a large rash on Duck water operates a gold mine. They have erected a five stamp mill and will spend the Wister to mining claiming it will yield ore enough for 15 per day per man. They prefer mining to ranching. At Troy only assessment work on mines is ongoing. Potash fields visible from the schoolhouse window will get a four mile graded road eighty feet wide. Fifteen workers are on claims there and Jesse Mendes of Duck water contracts to furnish the ticker for upcoming drill and pump. State Engineer W M Kearney and a three person party recently stayed overnight with R A Deas.
Five envelopes held half a million dollars each were drawn at the late J. S. Polk estate settlement in Des Moines. The testator left property to be divided into five equal parts among his widow and four children, with the envelopes containing lists of real estate and securities claimed at the home of one son.
After a dinner dispute at Taylor ranch near Lovelock, Jesse Owen shot Charlie Lee, the Chinese cook, through a door as he emerged from his room. Five shots struck Lee, injuring him severely while Owen was arrested and later released on $1000 bail. Dr West attended Lee, who is expected to recover.
The California coast kelp, long a bathers’ curiosity, is reported to contain about 40 percent potash, offering a potential new domestic source. Secretary Wilson noted the discovery could reduce dependence on German potash and support a U.S. industry, with the Geological Survey also pursuing independent prospecting.
The latest metal quotations list silver at 6 cents per ounce, lead at 0.25 per 100 pounds, and copper at 812.2 in New York.
Notice to creditors of Peter Ronetti deceased in Eureka County Nevada. Executor Loum Grovitany, appointed by Third Judicial District Court, requests all claims with proper affidavits to be filed with the clerk within forty days of first publication. Attorney McPantix represents the executor. First published November 18, 1911.
Tam now prepared to manufacture a combination galvanized sheet steel and cement roof plate to resist fire and reduce insurance costs. Chimey, just any nod, we safe, and cheaper than any brick chimney. Call at my shop s and get full information, I W Cromer.
King George and Queen Mary boarded the liner Media in London on Saturday en route to India for the Imperial Durbar in Delhi next month. President Taft discussed supplemental anti trust legislation with Attorney General Wickersham as a federal corporation act potential measure for the coming session. A cha rge against Harry Thorne for murder and attempted robbery is set for execution December 2.
More than 4000 imported food samples were found misbranded or adulterated at entry parts during the year. The work was led by the inspection foreman of the Bureau of Chemistry in the examination of foods and drugs. A total of 9,113 samples were found misbranded or adulterated.
Supreme Justice Blackmar denied a certificate of incorporation for a Brooklyn baseball club because of the name Reno. The judge said the word Reno is linked to public mind and to prize rights in the state, making it unsuitable for the club’s public and sporting associations.
The Lincoln County grand jury report criticizes the sheriff’s office for inexcusable prisoner escapes and lax jail oversight. It condemns county authorities for unfair property assessments and accuses Clark railroad of negligence in posting notices related to cable signaling incidents and engine related fatalities.
A daughter was born at Kohy Hill in Bureks County on November 12, 1011 to the wife of Jum Mann, a new arrival noted in the local record.
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