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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
2
A novel irrigation method in interior Alaska relies on deep thaw and continuous sun from May 20 to September 15. Thawa extend one to three feet into soil, providing steady underground moisture that yields superior celery radishes cabbages turnips potatoes and other vegetables, with Alaska raspberries praised as unique.
Thomas A. Edison unveils joint phonograph and photograph records called the kine tophone. He claims the device will soon bring grand opera to country districts and theater talent to remote towns, and even campaign speeches to schools and stores. He predicts national committees will soon work with Edison as a key inventor, though the machine won’t yet aid this campaign.
The Las Vegas Age reports a civic gathering at the power house led by J A Shanahan to inaugurate activity at the new railroad shops. Mrs Walter Bracken born Anna Johnson of Eureke started the engines, signaling hopeful progress after months of waiting and pending final detailing.
The Nevada Railroad Commission members Henry Thurrell J F Shaughnassy and H F Bartino prepare data for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The data covers commodity tariff rates as Reno and Winnemucca terminals were placed in class rates previously. Commission aims to obtain evidence to push rate reductions.
The Nations Mining Company buys the Stall Brothers lease in National Nevada for 500000 cash. The lease yields rich ore mined from great depths. Ore values are counted by the pound rather than by the ton. Ore is transported up to 70 miles to the nearest railroad point by auto. Production from the lease runs about 100000000 a year.
An inquest into the death of Bob Black, killed by Jack Longstreet, absolved Longstreet of blame. It was proven the Todian threatened to kill him. Black had worked for Longstreet for years and was known as quarrelsome and dangerous, especially when intoxicated.
Special to Sentinel from Reno Nevada Sept 5 The Dickerson wing of the Democratic party sweeps the state with D S Dickerson for Governor Rey Pittman for US Senator Charles Sprague for Congress John B O Sullivan for State Treasurer Cleve H Baker for Attorney General and Edward Ryan for Inspector of Mines leading by about two to one Republican races for Governor and Attorney General are very close with Oddie Massey Brown and Springmeyer in doubt E E Roberts defeats J F Douglas for Republican Congress nomination McMillan defeats Balzar for Republican State Treasurer Massey leads Washoe County but Oddie dominates in the south and mining camps More results expected I will report when settled
Special dispatch from Reno reports Oddie leading with 2845 votes, Massey 2743, Brown 2757, Springmeyer 2798 as of noon. Official tally needed to determine winner, with Brown potentially overtaking Springmeyer.
Wells Fargo Express Company fights a Nevada tax change, sending G W Stockton of New York to Carson City to contest the move by the State Board of Assessors to tax net income rather than tangible property. Stockton will meet with Attorney General Stoddard and Railroad Commission members to seek a transfer of the levy to tangible property, warning of a major legal battle if no agreement is reached.
A dispute over politics led George Russell, former Census Supervisor, to fight R E Skaggs and L L Hodson. Skaggs issued a challenge promising a fair duel in the back yard of the Commercial Hotel. Reno reports Russell may press Elko County DA to charge Skaggs with issuing a challenge to a right duel as unlawful.
An Ogden Utah dispatch reports an order from Julius Krutschnite director of maintenance of way Harriman system to cut expenses to a minimum. Local officials of Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific railroads halt all improvement work and begin strict retrenchment.
The San Francisco San is an eight page penny paper with Democratic leanings. Henry J. Bartlett serves as general manager and H. A. Donu as editor, both ex-Nevada journalists. A help wanted note seeks a Eureka representative for Cosmopolitan Magazine to renew subscriptions and expand circulation with commissions offered.
The Atlantic division section at Panama is opened to navigation as part of the sand and rock fleet. Combined with the Pacific entrance, the canal now has ten and a half miles in actual use. The new division, not yet finished, features a channel 15 feet deep at the shallowest point and 100 feet wide at its narrowest, with dredges expanding toward 500 feet width and 45 feet depth.
The Interior Department restores lands to entry covering 1 737 000 acres in California and Nevada. Settlement begins November 21 with entry starting one month later. Acting Secretary Pierce announced the restoration, noting the lands are not easily irrigated and were withdrawn from the ruckes and Carson project.
Fragmentary verse recounts unnamed figures found along a road of memory and longing. The speaker invokes Tom the immortal child, a dreaming girl, and an unquiet sister with ancient eyes, evoking transformation, desire, and a vanished innocence on a journey through time and place. The piece blends mythic imagery with personal nostalgia.
Claude Sharon, son of W K Sharon of Piedmast, was cast out by his father after marrying Edith Fowle of Reso. Living in a small room at 1009 Kills street, he is penniless and unemployed, while his wife lies in a hospital. Sharon lost his mining positions in Virginia and Nevada and faces rejection from his family who refuse to aid his search for work.
A rugged Dunbar to Clyde ferry tale shows two elderly ferrymen rescuing a man who ignored warnings as a rope detach leads to a dramatic dunk. A bishop’s wife, slum-household talk, and two rules about judging others appear in a string of short anecdotes and quips from a historical column.
The text presents a disjointed dialogue at a meeting where a woman described as homely stands shyly. A reverend observes her with earnest eyes and offers a blessing. A bizarre aside about a hogfish swallowing prey and exiting its throat follows, adding surreal imagery to the fragment.
A compilation notes Clark County melon output exceeding 650000, a 15 percent dividend ordered for First National Bank of Rhyolite creditors, and typhoid deaths in Virginia City linked to water. It also covers a fatal accident at Goldfield, a $6 million Salt Lake Route contract split, political remarks by Major Minnamancot, Tonopah flooding, Sixmile Canyon ore treatment advances, and large hay purchases by Churchill County stock feeders.
Fragmentary OCR shows county commissioners passing bills with listed items and allocations. Details are unclear but indicates approval of several nondescript items or warrants, with names and figures partially legible.
Notice declares intent to shoot and kill any hogs found within the fenced area around the author’s house in Eureka town between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. This statement appears as a public warning or notice from an individual, with no further details on enforcement or consequences.
Announce an information request from Galena Illinois seeking any sibling of the late Michael Dargin who left for California in January 1864. Include verification of father Lawrence Dargin and mother Catherine Geary, with correspondence to Emanuel Bors in Eureka Nevada dated August 27, 1010.
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