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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1920
Page
4
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Fred Eather leaves Thursday on a business trip to Elko. Victor Vanturimo goes to visit his brother Eugene in Napa California. Twenty two carloads of sheep and one car of Ducks shipped out by local railroad this week. Numerous residents plan winter stays in Reno and California as mining interests and ranch ventures continue.
Rome reports Gustav Lewtner, a renowned engineer, claims a system to convert atmospheric static electricity into a dynamic current. The device uses antennae with an ensta collis to torre and a spiral component to harness the charge.
Nevada's population fell from 51,875 in 1910 to 77,407 in a later census, with 1900 and 1910 figures cited and 1916 estimates reaching 106,734. The Mountain division remains the least populated, with Nevada sixth in area and notable desert and uninhabitable lands. School census, by contrast, shows a 16 percent enrollment rise from 12,443 in 1910 to 14,485 in 1920.
Chicago reports the United States circuit court of appeals upheld the wartime act convictions of Big Bill Haywood and 93 I W W members. Some defendants remained jailed on bonds or had sentences reduced by time served, with others to complete terms. Mildred Harris Chaplin appeared on stage in Caliente Nevada at age seven.
The Nevada Supreme Court reversed Nye County's district court and ordered County Clerk E. L. Glass to place Independent candidates Harry Dunseath for district attorney and W. H. Thomas for sheriff on the general election ballot. The ruling held the clerk acts in a ministerial capacity and cannot bar candidates over petition address issues. Justice Sanders wrote the opinion, with Justice Ducker concurring. Chief Justice Coleman was absent.
The September honor roll lists students by grade for Bureka Elementary. Criteria include perfect attendance, no tardies, and 85 or 80 in subjects, varying by teacher. Esther Bjorn and Isabelle Merialdo oversee classes. legal blanks for sale noted at the Sentinel office.
Reno Nevada October 4 Mr and Mrs Armand D Aleria former Mrs Kate L Nixon widow of late United States Senator George Nixon arrived by auto from Los Angeles saying marital differences are resolved Mrs D Aleria will not stay in Reno and plans a San Francisco trip before returning to Los Angeles She said she will dismiss her Los Angeles divorce petition upon return D Aleria had been a theater organist in Los Angeles and Reno and was known as Adrian D Aleria later adding Count to his name claiming royal lineage
Attorney George Shreve said a telegram from Count Armand D Aleria in San Francisco reported reconciliation with Countess Kate J D Aleria. The telegram claimed property was released and they would be in town Wednesday after two weeks of negotiations and visits to her ranch near Monrovia.
Elko resident Sabino Govela died in Salt Lake when his race car crashed during practice for the Utah State fair event. The car wheel failed, causing a skull fracture. Govela, an expert mechanic and Rainbow division veteran, had hoped to win the Salt Lake race and had previously won an Elko county fair auto race. He leaves a Portugal-based mother and a Rhode Island brother, with funeral services in Elko under American Legion auspices.
A. W. Sewell bought the entire interest of John McFarlane and J. B. Fitzgerald in the Elko Meat and Grocery Company for cash and will run the Tuscarora store with his new Elko location. County pension practice discussed as Indian woman denied aid for children claiming parity with white mothers. Charles Stringer, prisoner who escaped July 4, telegraphs intent to surrender in Carson City. remains at large since escape with John Esser.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports Senator Snortsworthy delivers a good speech at a corner stone laying but misses terminal facilities. The master of ceremonies confirms arrangements and signals the band to play The Star Spangled Banner.
FOR SALE A 12 horsepower gasoil ne hoist and cooling tanks one ship of 10 cubic feet capacity 500 feet half inch wire rope electric cable and mining equipment tails steel air pipe and more Mrs Jennie Leighton Eureka a 925t SALESMAN WANTED High close stock salesman with oil stock proposition of Montana company Write Capitol Com Oil Co 517 Montana Bidg Lewiston Montana 82502-9 FOR SALE Fifty acres Faulkner Ranch water also eighty acres in Duckwater AU patented Two lots on Speg Eureka Address Mary Trainer 3201 Alki Ave Seattle Washington 8183 BUGGY FORK SALE top buggy with shafts in good condition bargain Apply Sentinel office for details a i tt
Washington reports total continental population at 105,685,108, up 14.0 percent since 1910, with Alaska outlying areas and military losses yet to be announced. Census Director Rogers pins slower growth on reduced immigration and WWI casualties, notes births above deaths, and cites 6.4 million farms, up 1.5 percent from 1910.
The board ordered payments to numerous individuals for salaries, mileage, road work, supplies, and printing. Notable items include Burdick 150, Brennen 160, Taylor 30, Cobb 75, Eureka Sentinel printing 294, and road work payments to Donnelly, Scott, DeWitt, Pudtt, Raine, Knight, Roberts, Simi, and others. The document records indigent support for M Geronimo and Mrs M Howard and ends with certification by Clerk B McGhavles.
J. C. Denton a mining man with past roles at Quid field Gutman and United Wantern property was found shot and buried in a Los Angeles house with bloodstains, after moving there last month with three women. His daughter in Phoenix had not heard from him and the women are missing.
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