19 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
1
A compilation of society matters and oddities from Hobart Mills Overton and Carson including a vanished manager affair a widow rumor a death report for Barbara Weber in Carson a half man horse freak sighting in Lewiston boundary disputes near Wadsworth and a forthcoming book on silver by Justice A L Fitzgerald with notices of regional events and personalities.
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Sparks herd from Alamo Hereford stock farm near Reno swept all first prizes in its class at the California State fair. The herd also earned the association gold medal and the grand sweepstakes for cattle overall.
The A C Cleveland Ranch near Spring Valley White Pine County Nevada is a vast 17000 acre stock farm irrigated by Cleveland creek with 900 miner's inches. It features 120 box stalls 12 by 12 feet, a large store a visitor hall and extensive barns and fields of alfalfa hay and clover. The ranch houses Herefords Shorthorn Durhams graded cattle a large band of roadster horses and a weed free farm with modern implements and gate access without dismounting. Nearby Osceola 16 miles away has yielded over a million dollars from placers though water scarcity limits mining seasons.
A De Lamar Lode dispatch describes Calientes as a scorching busy hub with 110 degree heat, a mix of Americana investors and ranch hands. Contractors set up tents and stockyards for a 30 mile sprawl while Italians Greeks and Austrians settle in to save money and seek quick wealth. Well diggers arrive with gear to supply water for graders and steam engines in the industrial army.
The Washoe County assessment totals reach 7,689,930, up 1,500,000 from last year, making it the wealthiest county ahead of Elko at 7,558,339. Elko rises 806,769 year over year but remains behind Washoe in overall rank.
Washington reports Senator Stewart sold land here to the Government for a Hall of Records for 67000 dollars. The transaction marks a fiscal step in local state affairs this September.
A joint meeting of farmers and representatives from nine states outlines a plan to form a large cooperative. The project combines three societies the Producers and Consumers Union of Tennessee and New York with 400,000 members the American Society of Equity with 60,000 members and the Farmers National Co operative Exchange with 20,000 members to control markets and build infrastructure.
Milwaukee report on Father M. J. Ward Beloit who vows no priest will absolve members who take the International Typographical Union oath. Archdiocese administrator Father A F Schinner endorses Ward’s stance asserting priestly role limits in union loyalty.
The Cecil Rhodes scholarship intended for a Nevada student was awarded to a newly arrived university assistant professor from Washington state. Nevada students contest the decision, a Reno Journal report notes, while one student recently returned from California to prepare for further study.
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