Local Nevada Notes Bring In Town News And Names
Como rises in prominence as Chas Gegg Dan Glen and Joseph Organ Star ranch visit. Ada Barr hotels Lafayette. Ore crusher for Huntington planned at Olinghouse. Benson hotel stays and testim ony heard in three cases. Lumber for William Stock to Paradise. Westerfield tours Austin and Eiko. Pioneer Alex Middleton Humboldt county arrives from Battle Mountain. Dr Hood Battle Mountain travels west to Mre. W.C. Pitt Lovelock ill. Lyman resigns as northend mines superintendent on the Comstock. Nevada Battalion to be paid off August. Chainman mine White Pine closed pending Charles Lane from Alaska. Evan Williams Ormsby candidate for governor before Silver Party convention. J South Oregon, W Baker McDermit, J Berrard Quin River registered at Winnemucca. A R Hardin named Cane Springs delegate to state convention. Sunday stage from Tuscarora yields cyanides and gold from Dexter. Stock train to Chicago. more shipments next week. Nevada wool 12-14 cents per lb. hundreds of thousands stored awaiting price rise per Elko Independent. 300,000 sheep within 30 miles of Mountain City. plentiful feed, scarce water. W C Baber McDermit to California seeking climate change. B F Riley Paradise for county assessor. man killed by No 2 express at Humboldt. inquest today. Gage Nominated: Henry T. Gage Los Angeles for California governor by acclamation.
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A. R. Hardin
Cane Springs
Tuscarora
Dexter
Carrol and Calking
Chicago
Humboldt
Nevada
Elko Independent
Mountain City
Elko County
W. C. Baber
McDermit
California
A Soldier’s View and Liquor Rules in Carson Va lley
Corporal Evans of Company D writes that the Nevada battalion has ceased active fighting and ponders muster out versus staying for peace duties. He notes weather in Carson tempts a longer stay, or desert outpost life. The district court in Carson tests if U S law banning liquor sales to Indians covers the Washoe. Edward Riley’s arrest for whisky sales to a Washoe tests their citizenship rights under a 20 treaty.
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Evans
Woodland Mail
Nevada Battalion
Carson
Nevada
United States
United States District Court
Edward Riley
Gardnerville
Douglas County
Prominent Railroad Officials Travel West on Special Train
Gen James Longstreet commissioner of railroads with W G Curtis and superintendents passed west yesterday on a three car special. They stayed overnight at Lovelock and will continue west this morning. At Gartner near the Utah Nevada line an engine derailment occurred. foremen J Rouse and Peter Meaden were fatally injured when a rope broke while repairs were underway. Nearby photographer Meaden advertises portraits near the post office with two weeks of gallery display. Eastern Star notes call for a meeting at 7:30 tomorrow night. Trib is clean with pleasant odor and acts as a powerful liniment fulfilling promises.
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United States
James Longtreet
W. G. Curtis
Noble
Fitzgerald
Lovelock
Gen. Longstreet
McKinley
South
Gartner
Utah and
Nevada State Line
Terrace
J. Rouse
Peter
Meaden
Rouse
Peter Meaden
San Francisco
Angulaf
Weekly Crop Bulletin Nevada Weather Bureau Week End August 22
The Nevada section reports much cooler weather with no rain and clear skies. Wheat and oats harvests continue in the northeast and mid counties while wild hay harvests persist in a few areas. Alfalfa second cut in the northeast is fair, potato crops below average, melons peaches and plums ripening in Churchill, ranges generally in good condition, Humboldt sees highs to 93 and lows of 41, haying near completion with good yields.
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Nevada
Weather Bureau
Churchill County
Humboldt County
Prospecting the Owyhee River Bed Below Mountain City
The Elko Independent reports a determined effort by A M Harris and others to probe the Owyhee river bed beneath Mountain City. A large sinking pump will be operated day and night to reach bedrock, with mining men believing the gravel may yield rich returns though bedrock in the main channel has not been reached. Fred Nye has driven 500 horses from Mountain City to Nebraska, reportedly finding the market tough at under two dollars per head. Brown and Piper have received a new stock of oil cloth and linoleum and invite customers.
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Owyhee
Mountain City
Elko Independent
A. M. Harris
Fred Nye
Ross
Nebraska
Nevada Pythians tribute gavel and mining notes
Nevada officials present a Nevada mahogany gavel with Nevada silver to Supreme Chancellor Cosgrove at the Knights of Pythias session in Indiana. An Alaska Treadwell mine stamp mill expansion to 540 stamps boosts capacity. excerpts mention local businesses and medicinal ads from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska- Treadwell Mining Company
Douglag Island
Treadwell Company
A Novel Trip Through Southern and Eastern Nevada
Henry B. Rule, a life insurance representative, finished a long trip around southern and eastern Nevada. From Reno to Elko and back he travelled 3500 miles by stage, visiting Nye Lincoln White Pine Elko and mining counties. He praised water shortages but noted strong stock feed and growing mining prospects including DeLamar and Cherry Creek. He plans to return to Reno by train after possibly selling his horses.
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Henry B. Rule
Life Insurance
Winnemucca
Silver State
Reno
Elko
Nevada
Nye
Lincoln
White Pine
Nye County
California
Keating
Adams
DeLamar
Cherry Creek
Mr. Rule
Ae A
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Ada Barr
Lafayette
Olinghouse
Huntington
FE. L. Allen
Denver
Busch Hotel
Eiieworth Ingalls
William Stock
Paradise
W. J. Westerfield
Austin
Eiko
Alex Middleton
Battle Mountain
Dr. Hood
W.C., Pitt of
D. B. Lyman
Northend
Comstock
Chainman
Charles Lane
Alaska
Evan Williams
Ormsby County
Rilver Party
J. South
Oregon
W. Baker
J. Berrard
Quin River
Winnemucca Hotel
B. F. Riley
County Issessor
Riley
Cochran
Gage
California Republican Convention
Sacramento
Henry T. Gage
Los Angeles
Eastern Star
Marron
Brown & Piper
Pythians
N. A. Hommel
Supreme Lodge Knights of Phythias
Indianapolis
Cosgrove
John Montiz
Verdi
Richard Herz
Supreme
Hommel
Crry
Tonepo
Lucas County
Frank J. Ciesey
F. J. Cursey & Co
Toledo
Hauu
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Haull
F. J. Cheney & CO
H. Warees
Syll
O. W. Wverrene
H. B. McDonald
Wadeworth
Valley
Hood
Gent
F.C. Rowles & Co
DeWitt
Eagle Drug Store
Eagle Rug Store
Mrs. Winslow
Mrs. Winelow
Mra Winslow
Wo Csres
Rosita
Cal
DeWitt's
Rewaant & Co
Ingent
F.C. Ronis & Co
Eagle Drag Store
F.C. Robins & Co
Henry B. Rule of
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