Savage Tire Company Starts Shale Sand Road Bed Test
The Savage Tire Company of California begins practical experiments to create a permanent roadbed on the Lincoln Highway portion between Salt Wells and Sand Springs near Fallon Nevada. Engineer leads mixing basaltic shale sand and clayey silt to form a natural cement with high water and wear resistance. A test section of several hundred yards will be built on the south side toward Sand Springs. A well at the point will be drilled and called the Savage Tire well for travelers. Work expected to occupy about two months.
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Fallon
Nevada
Savage Tire Company
California
Lincoln Highway
San Francisco
Salt Lake
Salt Wells
Sand Springs
Indian Receipt Joke Bites Editor in Western Tale
An Oklahoma editor recalls a visitor who paid for a newspaper subscription but demanded a receipt. The Indian explains he must show a receipt at the big gate to St Peter, or else he will have to search the afterlife to find the editor. The tale ends with the editor’s amusement at the unusual demand.
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Oklahoma
Happy Hunting Grounds
Big Gate
St. Peter
Hell
Mining Tax Notice for Eureka County Quarters
Notice that the taxes on the proceeds of mines in Eureka County for the quarter ending June 30 1916 are due and payable to meet my office in Eureka Nevada. The law regarding the same will be strictly enforced. H C McTerney Assessor Eureka County Nevada.
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Eureka County
Eureka
H. C. McTerney
Annessor
Nevada
Calhoun Now Worth Six Dollars After Fortune Loss
Calhoun testifies in a New York receivership case that only five dollars remain from a former fortune of fourteen million. He cites 1906 fire and trolley strikes in San Francisco as causes, says his wife’s estate supports him, and notes a half million dollar life policy pledged at five hundred thousand. Meanwhile U.S. merchant shipping for the year ending June 30, 1916, stood at twenty five million five hundred thousand tons.
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Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads of
San Francis,co
John C. Calhoun
New York
New York Supreme Court
Calhoun
Emily J. de Forest
San Francisco
United States
Internal Revenue to Open Five Nevada California Offices
The United States internal revenue service reorganizes with over 100 new positions in Nevada and California, creating a Reno branch and field offices in Tonopah Carson Winnemucca and Ely. William A. Kelley to head Reno operations and oversee state-wide matters. Nevada and California taxes collected east of the Sierras will be deposited in Reno banks.
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San Francisco
United States Internal Revenue Department
Nevada
California
J. J. Scott
Reno
Tonopah
Carson
Winnemucca
Ely
William A. Kelley
Sierras
Scott
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R.A. Laird
Otto Mau
Pacific Coast
Tax Commission
Perry Evans
X.R. Mayer
Dunphy
Elko
Lander
Sentinel
Hazen
W. H. Moffatt
F. J. McDermott
See
Y Fallon
FORD
Detroit
Eureka Garage & Supply Co
Eureka, Nevada
the Brown Hotel
Main
Station Touring Club of America
Daniel Morrison
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Jons Henperson
Haypen Henperson
L. O. Henprson
Langet Henperson
Asst
Schecline Banking & Trust Co
General Banking
Trust Company
Business Exchange
Savings Department
Compar
United States Federal Reserve Bank
THE
First National Bank
Hike
E. Knesatt
F. Williams
J. A. Bewell
E. E. Ewxon
V. D. H. Jones
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