Local Brevities From Eureka September 4 1917
Eureka era notes report J K Anderson departing Salt Lake by morning train. A large Indian fandango slated for Duckwater next week. Mrs H M Schneider returns from Ely visit. Eureka County volunteers Theodore B Johnson and Frank Nostrosa now in Dayton Ohio. Multiple teachers assigned to Pinto Wells Reno Tonkin and Prospect districts. Local officials and residents, including Miss Anna Laderer Miss Agnes Lucey Miss E Kreischer, return or relocate for teaching posts. A range of travel, school openings, and civic updates fill the page with routine summer-to-fall transitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Anderson
Salt Lake
Duckwater
H. M. Schneider
Ely
Theodore B. Johnson
Frank Nostrosa
Eureka County
Dayton
Ohio
A. C. Florio
Winnemucca
Anna Laderer
Reno
Pinto
Agnes Lucey
Wells
Elko County
D. States
Eureka’ Theatre
Misa Ella Hildebrand
Pine Valley
John Nicholas
Barther
J. Hi. Jury
Robert Harvey
Ruby Hill
Butte
Montana
Maud Porch
Tae
State Normal School
Will Evans
Eureka
White River
White Pine County
E. Kreischer
Berkeley
California
Tonkin District
Will Hawkins
Washington
L. Belle Oest
Prospect District
Auburn
Pros- Pest
Grace Clark
Cottonwood
Henry Hagar
Harry
Ruby Valley
Hureka
Sentinel
Agnes Morrison
Antelope Valley
Ed Lytton
Biko
George
Lamoille Valley
John Calder
Alberta
Ganfda
Berryman
Prospect
Prospect. Mrs. Calder Was A Resident of Ruby Hill
Lake City
Hutte
Red Cross Chapter Organized In Eureka
Eureka formed a Red Cross chapter after a Thursday theater benefit of 19.80 proceeds donated by Mr. and Mrs. States to seed the branch. Officers named were Chairman Mrs. Clarence Johnson Treasurer Mrs. C. H. Hull and Secretary Miss Mary Fraser. Miss Fraser reports 59 members enrolled and calls for joiners to contact her. Events included visits from Dominick Curto and Rose Curto, plus highway improvements to Mineral Hill routes. The theater slide show of Ted Johnson and Frank Nostrosa drew applause and the Eureka Cash Store unveiled four large signs for groceries mining stock, hardware, and agricultural implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
American Red Cross
Eureka Theatre
Clarence Johnson
C. H. Hull
Mary Fraser
States
Red Cross
Fraser
W. S. Raine
Pine Valley
Boyle
Ted Johnson
Frank Nostrosa
W. H. Russell
Auto
Austin
M. E. Schmidtlein
Jeasie
Russell
California
Eureka Cash Store
Carload
Lota
Eureka Farewell Benefit Honors County Boys of War
Eureka Theatre hosted a large gathering to honor Eureka County lads drafted for service and to raise a fund split between the 18 draftees and four earlier volunteers. District Attorney N P Morgan spoke and introduced C E Allen of United States Mining & Smelting, whose address urged unity for democracy and an end to autocracy. The event, with Nostroga orchestra, extended into the early hours and yielded social and financial success though final proceeds were not yet tallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Theatre
Eureka County
American Lake
Washington
Tacoma
Daniel Nostroea, Jr
Will Flavin
Lawrence Kautz
Angelo B. Tognoni
Charles A. Depaoli
Herbert McCabe Burdick
George Arthur Isaac
James Buckskin
Henry Rattazzi
Harry Hagar
Joseph Tognoni
Elko
Nye County
N. P. Morgan
C. E. Allen
United States Mining & Smelting Company
Mr. Allen
Allen
America
Belgium
France
Nostroga
Sentinel
Protested water application heard in Eureka case
Deputy State Engineer presided last Saturday over a protest hearing in Eureka where Richmond Eureka Mining Company sues Frank McBride over a 0.25 cubic foot per second water appropriation from the Consolidated Spring. Attorneys Morgan and Eather represented the defendant as testimony concluded and a view of the spring was conducted for state engineer consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McBride
Eureka
State Engineer’s Office
Nevada
Engineer Case
Case
Eureka County Commission Proceedings and Local Notes
The Eureka County Board of Commissioners met on September 5 with present members, the Clerk, and the District Attorney. They approved minutes, verified treasury funds, filed monthly officer reports, set matron A Laird’s pay at two dollars per day per patient with under four patients, and allowed M Geronimo fourteen dollars in care of Johnson Mercantile Co. Also notes James Coyle and family visited Eureka en route to Hamilton after a $30,000 Alaska cleanup, enjoying a temperate rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar Sadler
R. J. Reid
A. Laird
Eureka County
M. Geronimo
Johnson Mercantile Co
Alaska
James Coyle
Mary
Dennis
Hugh Coyle
Hamilton
Eureka
Mr. Coyle
Unusual Sheep Deal In Eureka Trade Of Lambs And Cash
In Eureka this week Handley Bros. traded 10 cars of ewe lambs to A C Florio for an equal number of wether lambs. They added one dollar a head to Florio as part of the deal. The wether lambs were loaded onto cars this morning and shipped East, with Walter Handley accompanying the shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Handley Bros
A. C. Florio
Wether
Walter Handley
Eureka County Local Board Reports No Pending Claims
The Eureka County Local Board reports no further claims before the board. Since the last SENTINEL, Swick had a disallowed exemption for a dependent widow, Bunch was certified to the District Board, Rattazzi appealed by his mother, and Pace Hourihan and Depauli are certified and ready for call. The first increment of Eureka County’s quota will depart for training on September 19, with about 30 percent of the gross quota of 18 expected to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka County
The
Sentinel
Will J. Swick
John Bunch
Albia
Iowa
Henry Angelo Rattazzi
Eureka
Will Flavin
Lawrence Kautz
Angelo B. Tognoni
Earl Pace
John Hourihan
Charles A. Depauli
Moving Pictures at Eureka Theatre This Week
The Eureka Theatre screens Madame La Presidente with Anna Held on Sunday September 9 and a preceding comedy reel The Best Man by Victor Moore. On Friday September 14 Charlotte Walker stars in Trail of the Lonesome Pine about a Revenue officer fighting moonshine in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Theatre
Anna Held
Boulonge
Augustin Galipaux
Mme, Galipaux
Paris
Victor Moore
Charlotte Walker
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
United States Revenue
Virginia
District Court Calendar Call in Fall Term
District Court calendar called before Judge Peter Breen. Case C Minoletti vs W R Swicegood continued for the present. State of Nevada vs Wells Fargo Co four cases continued for term pending a proposed settlement out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Peter Breen
C. Minoletti
W. R. Swicegood
State of Nevada
Wells, Fargo &Co
Monte Burdick Hurt at Ely in 40 Foot Fall
Tony Romano, back from an auto trip to Ely, reports Monte Burdick, son of Mr and Mrs T A Burdick of Eureka, fell from a high line at McGill last Monday. He dislocated his right elbow and sustained bruises to his right hip and side, but no bones were broken. He is in the mining company hospital at East Ely and is expected to recover soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Burdick
Ely
Tony Romano
T. A. Burdick
Eureka
McGill
East Ely
Union Oil man scours Nevada and California for gasoline containers
Rastling Gasoline Containers Erskin Fish, a representative of Union Oil Co of California, spent days in this section this week seeking gasoline and distillate containers held by his company. The firm now has three men hunting through camps to recover property from customers. Purchasers must pay for the container in advance and keep it until return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskin Fish
Union Oil Company of California
Union Company
Nevada
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bubska
Isadore Sara
W. W. Blakeslee
Toiyabe
A. E. Kimball
Charles DeArmond
Aatha Baarent Beta
Akenimwe
Dominick Curto
Peter Salvi
Cherry Creek
Rose Curto
Lane City
Mineral Hill
Mineral Station
Union
George Hildebrand
Sentinel Office
Hildebrand
Stollenwerck
Minneral Hill
Rhode Island
Mineral Hill Con, Mines Company
O. E. Allen
Smarine
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