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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1921
Page
2
The Carson News reports a committee favored uniform valuations across real estate classes with a new 1922 schedule. It details Special land, Cultivated land with four cultivated tons per acre, two classes of meadow, irrigated and arable land, grazing classes, and minimum per acre values, aligning with 1920 state figures.
Following Cottrell's resignation as State Highway Engineer, G W Borden, formerly Cottrell's assistant, becomes acting engineer. The board delayed a permanent appointment until early next year due to unsettled federal highway legislation. Cottrell will serve as consulting engineer and later head California Auto mobile Association Good Roads Bureau, advising Nevada on current projects.
A rattlesnake with six rattles was killed on the Ly courthouse lawn by Thomas Vivian. A gardener spotted the snake as it concealed itself near the lawn and Vivian promptly dispatched it with a hoe keeping the danger contained.
The Winnemucca Star notes Lovelock prize cornfields, with a Biddleman ranch field in the upper valley averaging twelve feet and a lower Lovelock eighty acre field averaging twelve feet four inches. The Rochester Silver Corporation pays a second dividend of 20 cents per share on September 20 to holders of record September 10. New hair styles show some little pictures had big ears.
A Elko prep press report from the north says a large moonshine operation runs wholesale through The Junipers, a Nevada Idaho border mountain area. Officials in Nevada and Idaho are described as unable or unwilling to raid the fastness, with the Junipers likened to other outlaw regions and cited as a major source of bootleg liquor entering Elko County. The piece recounts sheriff L S Clark’s failed pursuit into The Junipers, illustrating the peril and impunity enjoyed by outlaws in the fastness.
Carson Nevada Aug 24 The banking committee of the State Board of Equalization reports an increase of 90400 in the assessed valuation of Nevada banks bringing total bank valuation to 3757720 The First State Bank of Las Vegas rises from 50000 to 100000 and Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Eureka from 10000 to 25000 The Battle Mountain State Bank of Lander County added with 25000 valuation A preliminary livestock valuation report was issued with no changes or recommendations. Rev Michael J O Reardon Ely pastor dies in Salt Lake City hospital after a trip to Ireland.
A fragment notes a pursuer giving up pursuit and choosing life, ending a chase near The Junt. No further details on people, dates, or location are provided in readable text.
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