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Newspaper
Morning Appeal
Location
Carson City, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
3
Public debate in Carson centers on placing the new library outside the Capitol grounds to beautify the city. Speaker Sam Platt defends a main-street site as better for aesthetics and state needs. Also notes Con Ahern’s potential bid for Nevada governor and his strong electoral support.
A. A. Crisler, title agent at the Y. M. C. A. R. has been appointed to a position in the State Bank and Trust Company of this city and will enter upon his duties there at the first of next month. Crisler has proven himself capable in every position he has held and the bank will have no reason to regret the appointment.
The Tahoe City dam project bids total 32 200 by Edward Malley for a 450 foot long structure to be completed in six months. Work begins after July 4 with six bids filed and the project awarded to Malley. In Tonopah the grand jury orders peace officers to kill stray dogs on streets. Reno plans 25 000 to improve main business streets. Ophir mine reports 9 242 52 net from concentrates and bullion from 544 tons of ore at Kinkead mill. Alice George of Sparks to represent Goddess of Liberty at Reno Carnival. Las Vegas Lincoln county census lists 228 children aged six to eighteen.
A Rhyo lite to Salt Lake Herald telegram describes a June 17 game between Rhyolite and Beattty Wm Griffith. A grounder hit a stone that yielded free gold when examined. Griffith kept the stone, mined rock that night, and the ore valued at 927 per ton. He later acquired a company stake and was offered 25,000 for shares. Also reported: B A Austin lost an arm after an accident at Paradise, with amputation at Winnemucca Sanitarium.
The syndicate behind Carson and Walley Springs hires B F Mann formerly of the Grand Hotel San Francisco to run Walley Springs. Mann brings extensive management experience and has begun upgrading the establishment to a first class standard promising patrons the best treatment. Dick Bright adds a barrel house section at his saloon introducing self-serve vintages with Nevada’s finest stock and case goods on sale, attracting new patrons as the venture grows.
Drilling was suspended last evening to clean borers and inspect machinery after a weekly run. Progress was halted at about 160 feet with the last 20 feet especially hard due to quicksand. Sand is moving nearly as fast as it is drilled out. work will resume today as formation changes.
Senator Francis G. Newlands leaves for Portland to join the congressional irrigation committee. He is guided by secretary Walter C. Lamb. The group will inspect Utah irrigation works, attend the exposition as guests, then tour Washington Montana Wyoming and other states before disbanding in Denver. He will then return to Reno ahead of Manila host duties with Secretary Taft.
The citizens of Rhyolite Nevada organized a Vigilance committee to expel suspicious characters. They warn offenders to leave at once or face consequences, aiming to curb petty theft and protect residents from gambling thieves and rounders near the mining camp.
Letter from editor questions why Carson high school has not graduated a class since 1902 while other schools hold commencements with graduates. The writer suspects school management bears some fault and cites local heat reports and other news items from Tonopah and surrounding towns.
In Reno Nevada on July 8 1908 a finish bout between Jack Root and Marvin Hart is set for the world championship with Jeffries acting as referee and belt conferrer. A carnival week follows with Harry Roberts named stake holder and a $5 000 certified check plus $2 forfeit money sent.
A sand hill crane contacted high power lines, forming a circuit and burning through copper wires. The incident disrupted a 30 o clock station and telephone lines, but ten hours of repairs restored service with no mine shutdowns due to duplicate wiring.
William McClure Gottwaldt, a prominent Nevada journalist and former editor at The Journal in Reno, leaves for Carson City to head the news department of the Carson News. He recently served as news editor of the Tonopah Sun and is hailed by Reno editors as one of the state’s leading newspaper men.
James McKinty, mine superintendent at Consolidated Virginia, was appointed grand marshal of Reno’s Fourth of July parade. Local boast he will lead a first class event, praising his work placing pumps in the shaft. Also notes a Corks Ranch dance and a Silver City Empire dance at Cooks Grove next Friday promising a big crowd.
The illness of Mrs Ross Medes is described as severe but stable with careful nursing. Authorities take precautions to prevent spread and the community extends sympathy to the family. A fifteen seat passenger auto owned by Casey of Tonopah arrives to transport travelers from Goldfield to Columbia.
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