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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
2
The Eureka Sentinel denounces county assessors for ignoring state laws on public property valuations. It notes a failed winter repeal bid reverting to a simple total variation rule, while urging strict enforcement of the assessment publication law across the state and condemning lax practices in several counties.
The article notes a loan of 900000 to the Sharon Estate Company by Hibernia Savings and Loan Society and a later San Francisco realty sale by the same company for 430000. It cites remarks from W E Sharon in the February 26 1903 Virginia City report about political rival William M Stewart and questions whether the Sharon deals reflect a political influence or a donation in Nevada politics.
The Globe Express Company, capital 65,000,000, takes over Denver & Tie Urante and Western Express on October 1 with Denver HQ. It faces Goulds resistance and plans coast to coast operations. Nevada rates rise as the company notes already high charges and hints at relief from Wells, Fargo & Company.
The Cherry Creek Miner notes a probable sale of the Joanna mine to Cripple Creek capitalists, with Mrs Will as current owner. The White Copper Company paid 6000 toward a bond for copper claims near Ely, bonded for 150000. Active development continues. A mining directory lists 51 corporations in Tonopah Ray Lone Mountain Gold Mountain and nearby areas, with many directors residing elsewhere. A Crow Springs house was struck by lightning, starting a fire that left a man unconscious briefly.
Reno Gazette expands to eight pages while Tonopah showcases a coal oil can house filled with dirt. Doughty of Tuscarora wins a divorce in Elko. A new altar arrives from Louiville Kentucky for Tonopah church and a local school of equalization raises twenty taxpayers’ assessments. A. O. U. W. changes take effect Jan 1 1908 with no September deaths. Churchill County seeks teamsters for irrigation work. wage scale ranges 2 to 2.50 per day. Reno votes $25 000 fire bonds and grants an electric street car franchise with five cent fares and city take of 2 percent. cars to operate by Oct 1 1904. Pacific Coast Miner warns against fake promoters. Nevada mining news reports Mountain City new mill ready this month and a $5000 vein strike in Nelson mines with a $5000 assay and vein cross-cut of thirty feet. Doctor Elby predicts Mountain City will surpass Tonopah by year end.
Olvin T. Fried, once an Edison assistant, in West Orange, showcases a non cavitating balanced screw propeller used as a dry ore separator claiming 95 percent ore recovery. Designed for hydraulic impractical regions, the device aims to reclaim ore with simple operation.
Allen C. Redding, assayer for Tybo Mining, reported in Bareks this week that Tybo has a large ore blockout and is increasing its output of lead-silver ore. About 30 workers operate from the 200 foot level, with work above and below ground. The stock company’s three largest holders are Boston capitalists, and the property is debt free and prosperous. Redding returned to Tybe Wednesday with his daughter after a three month visit to Michigan relatives.
Correspondence from Eureka County notes a diphtheria outbreak in Ely White Pine County with multiple affected families preparing to leave. Miss Eiva McIntyre, daughter of Mrs. Charles Pope, dies after a four day illness. Ely public funerals draw pallbearers from former classmates. public school closed to halt spread.
Attorney General Sweeney and Controller Davis returned from Winnemucca where as members of the State Board of Revenue they attended a Humboldt County Board of Equalization meeting. They pressed for action on the District Attorney’s protest of low railway property assessment. After two hours the county board unanimously kept the assessor’s valuation, and District Attorney Warren likely to pursue a lawsuit to resolve the matter. Peldhusen & Co. ad follows.
Ordered, That the following sums of money be allowed the following named persons respectively, to wit.
Weekly ore shipments ending October 9, 1903 list 40 or loads sent over the Eureka and Palisade Railroad. Also notes church services in Warre Pise County with J E Johnston as minister and an amusing counterfeiting anecdote about Judge Fitzgeralds silver question book cover. Grant Patterson visits San Francisco riding a Rambler bicycle with Mrs Patterson and others. he tours in Nevada and is shown in photos.
Mrs John Beall of Mitchellsville New York aged 65 has given birth to twins. Her daughter in a neighboring township delivered twins about the same hour. Before congratulations were complete the granddaughter announced birth of two healthy children.
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