Nevada in Brief: Fire Truck Purchase and Local Incidents
Carson City buys a 36 000 fire motor truck with delivery due in 90 days. A stock raiser refused 280 a head for 20 work mares at Carson Valley. Ely resident Frances E Noones is under arrest for attempted murder. Elko County sees land sales expanding to attract settlers. Nuggets found near Manhattan and other placer discoveries raise hopes of rich finds. A $250 reward for Jean Menta’s murderer brings total to $1000. Elko editor Kenneth Booth heads to Tulare California. Lamoille rancher Bert Rockwell arrested after a fence dispute. case in Elko court. Grand jury validity challenged in Elko. one juror claimed Wyoming residency. Artesian flow on Hudson ranch yields 10 gpm. Judge Ducker sentences George Riley to 30 years for criminal assault. Rabbits reappear, ruin Winter wheat in Elko County. Elko lawyers form to prosecute horse thief McCombs. Carlin man Pruett pads in on SP siding dispute. Gill, SP agent, slated for promotion to California post. Yerington Times notes SP completes Fernley to Susanville railroad branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances E. Noones
Ely
Christine Ness
Land Department
Southern Pacific Company
Elko County
Manhattan
Kenneth Booth
Tonopah
Bonanza
Elko Free Press
E. M. Steninger
Tulare
Cal
Bert Rockwell
Nevada
Lamoille
Samuel McIntyre
Elko
Justice’s Court
W. A. Hyatt of
Deeth
Wyoming
Hudson Ranch
Smith Valley
Plymouth Company
William Dressler
Richard Kirman
Ducker
George Riley
Paradise Valley
Humboldt County
S. P
Fernley
Lyon County
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company
Reno
Sabe Choat
Virgin Station
Winnemucca
Lester Howard
Howard
Cheat
Sheriff Lamb
Callahan
Dr. Mangan
Jack Salsbury
Carbonate
Death Valley
Zabriskie
Tonopah & Tidewater
Funeral Range
Nevada Tax Commission Orders Property Valuation Hearings
The Nevada Tax Commission sent summonses to large Washoe County property holders to show cause why a proposed 10 percent horizontal valuation increase should not be applied. In four counties, increases were set, with Douglas 15 percent and Humboldt, White Pine, and Elko at 10 percent, while White Pine was reduced from the original proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nevada
Washoe County
Nevada Tax Commission
The
Tax Commission
Douglas County
Humboldt County
White Pine County
Elko County
Lincoln County
Nye
Oborehill
Tonopah Belmont Mining Company
Esmeralda Power Company
Hugh Brown
Toyppsl
Esmeralda
Tex Commission
The Game Is On Your Move Front Rank Challenge
On the checker board of life you move forward against opposition. Good men line your path and ambitions are thwarted. To rise you need brains planning foresight and nerve. The board is before you and the game is on. It's your move Calumet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Fire destroys Reno hardware store in big loss
Nevada Hardware & Supply Company burned with the stock worth about 100000 dollars. Insurance partially covers the loss. Firefighters prevented spread to nearby buildings.
Infantile paralysis alarm spreads in Elko county
Doctor Hood warns that lax quarantine will spark an epidemic of infantile paralysis as 15 cases are reported to Health Officer McDowell. Most cases are under observation or quarantine with one death among noted instances. Adults can be affected and recoveries range 60 to 80 percent though lasting health defects may follow. Albany dispatch notes former Governor Salzer's removal and Glynn sworn in as governor amid impeachment findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Arthur Hood
Free Press
McDowell
Hood
Rushing Nevada Exposition Building Demanded Early
The Reno Journal denounces San Francisco exposition demands for Nevada's building to be ready by March 1914 four months before the fair opens. It argues the move would divert public funds to outside interests and urges Nevada officials to resist any pre July 1914 construction or early funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills
Nevada
San Francisco
Reno Journal
Cheap Reduction Process Winnemac Silver State
L S Roylance a San Francisco mining engineer registered at the Hotel Lafayette. In 1895-6 he worked with New Era Gold Mining and Milling Company Kennedy whose president was L B McMurtry. The firm failed due to unprofitable treatment of low grade ores. Roylance moved to San Francisco and developed electrochemical ore treatment patents now allowing cost of 1.50 per ton after mill arrival. Rights for US Canada and six other countries sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemaces
Kennedy
United States
Canada
New Nevada land office to open in Elko January 1 1914
New land district to cover White Pine Elko Nye Churchill Eureka Humboldt Lander and Lincoln Counties with a public notice from Jane Clay Tallman US Land Commissioner. District serves about 29 million surveyed acres plus 25 million unsurveyed awaiting entry while Carson City’s office transfers plats maps and records to Elko. Clark County adopts sheriff and deputies as game wardens.
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New
Nevada
White Pine
Elko
Nye
Churchill
Eureka
Humboldt
Lander
Lincoln
Elko Land Office
House
Ferris
Oklahoma
Public Lands Committee
Carson City
US of the Interior
Carson City Land Office
Elko Land District
Non-Partisan Judiciary Suggested By Ely Judge
Judge Ben W. Coleman of Ely declares a nonpartisan judiciary is desirable but unattainable under current laws. He urges the Bar Association to form a committee to draft a bill for the next Legislature and argues public testing reveals true character and political fetters burden voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Ben W. Coleman
Ely
Goldfield
Reno Journal
Coleman
Bar Association
Mrs. Pankhurst Granted US Entry On Own Recognizance
Militant British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst is permitted to enter the United States after a Wilson Caminetti meeting. The Ellis Island deportation order was reversed, and she may stay to deliver lectures on her own recognizance with departure expected after engagements.
Notice of dissolution of partnership in Buckhorn Nevada
To Whom It May Concern Notice is given that the partnership between R. H. Mallett of Elko and C. F. Rickey of Buckhorn Nevada doing business as C. F. Rickey & Co. is dissolved by mutual consent with Mallett withdrawing. Rickey will continue the business as C. F. Rickey & Company, collecting all debts and paying obligations. Dated Buckhorn Nevada October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Mallett
Elko
Nevada
C. F. Rickey
Buckhorn
C. F. Rickey & Co
Mallet
C. F. Rickey & Company
C. F. Ricker
Notice to Creditors in the Bradley Estate
B F Curler was appointed administrator with the will annexed of the Henry R Bradley estate. Creditors must file claims with vouchers at the court within three months from the first publication. Dated October 17 1913. First publication October 25 1918. Last publication November 22 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Bradley
B. F. Curler
Perrons
F. Curler
Henry K. Bradley
Potash Drilling in Railroad Valley May End After Sixth Hole
Work at Railroad Valley advances on the sixth bore as Victor Baradi reports prior holes gave no deposit. If no potash is found, the project will be abandoned after deeper drilling beyond the previous depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Valley
Victor Baradi
Explosion at Steptoe Smelter Kills Two Men at McGill
An October explosion in the Steptoe smelter at McGill Nevada killed A. A. Ellis and a Greek laborer who were lining a smokestack interior with acid resistant compound. A gasoline torch hose detached causing the blast. four others suffered minor injuries while inside the stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Nevada
McGill
Steptoe
A. A. Ellis
Elko Dry Farm Reports Record Turkey Red Wheat Seed
Elko dry farm produced five acres of Turkey red wheat seed yielding an excellent past season. The crop proves well suited to dry farming and the record has not been equalled at Elko. Sale of the seed promises handsome profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko Dry Farm
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State News
Carson Valley
Jean Menta
Pleasant Valley
McCombs
Elko Cattlemen's Association
John W. Pruett
Carlin
Southern Pacific
John A. Gill
California
Yerington
Susanville
Jinfantile
Elko Sulzer
New York
Albany
N.Y
William Salger
State of
High Court
Martin B. Glynn
Zer
Solar
People's House
Senate
Salzer
Capitol
Murphy
Seciary
Tammany
Sulzer
Murphy Vn
NEW Land Office
Clark County
NEW Today
Third Judicial District
People’s Meat Market
Rudolph Radow
Eureka, Nevada
Eureka Nevada Railway
Palisade
Risa
W. R. Reynolds
Eureka & Palisade
Mineral Hill
Zadow
Plummer Bros. Proprietors
B. Repetto
V. Lani
Eureka Brewery
Eurexa's
Purutan Resort
Main and
Clark Streets
Lani & Repetto
Angelo Bereolo
Prop
Ofice
P.H. Hils
Meka, Nevada
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