County Commissioners Action Report March 1901
At the regular meeting the county board rejected Dr. B. D. Giroux as county physician and granted Andrew Davidson’s petition for Justice of the Peace in Unionville. Bonds approved, various county bills acted on, alley in Winnemucca wired for survey, A F Trousdale authorized as surveyor, road work from Lovelock to Itenwood canyon granted, and Ruddell ordered to oversee repairs. Adjourned to March 4, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board County Commissioners
B. D. Giroux
Davidson
Unionville
Winnemucca
A. F. Trousdale
Upper Town
Beeen Lay
Akin Streets
Lovelock
Itenwood Canyon
Ruddell
Local and Personal Notes From Unionville and Surroundings
R Quadlin and A Davidson arrive from unknown places while Arthur Baxter returns to Unionville. Antonio and Marcelino Laucheca visit from near Springs. George W. Hinman resumes work on the road after returning from Francisco. Jim Pitt and Speaker Van Duzer and a freight crew now total sixteen between Wadsworth and Carlin. Local road improvements expected. R M Wickland and wife move to Winnemucca. Wickland works as an engineer on the line. S. Stubbs of Reno promotes subscriptions and ads for the Artemesia annual issued by State University students. The Silver State receives the Board of Taxation report for 1899 and 1900 with taxation recommendations to the Legislature. Unionville’s National mine shows promising ore, with high assay results and a potential permanent ledge near the Peru mine site. Constable LaVoy arrests Max Sioux for drunken disturbance near the depot. Sioux sentenced to 15 days in county jail after a chase. Washoe seeress Bowers, 84, remains in fortune telling in San Bernardino. The ad notes counterfeit Witch Hazel Salve from Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Wickland
Winnemucca
Wadsworth Sterday
Wickland
Stubbs
Reno
Artemesia
State University
Board of Taxation, Missioners
Sadler
Jones
Davis
Vali
Probable Legislation and Nevada Convict Statistics
The Virginia Report notes strong public interest at the current session with talk of an eight hour law and mining notice changes. It cites wage-salary debate for state officers and legislators and details December 31 1900 convict counts, origins, offenses, literacy, and inmate transfers at Reno.
Miners Demand, Fuse Rates, and Silver Prices in Mining Notes
Miners are said to be in demand at Bodie at four dollars per day. The fuse burns at a rate of thirty seconds per foot, with cautions that a one minute burn is overly optimistic. Amalgamation that saves quicksilver preserves gold, and wherever quicksilver goes, gold follows. Silver bullion in government vaults costs ninety-two point three cents per ounce, with ongoing coinage. The Comstock Tunnel Company has long held the SUTRO rights in Nevada. Bonds trade near five cents in New York. Vein apex rules allow locating beyond vertical side lines along dip. Contracts for exporting fifty thousand tons of high grade ore to Europe have been made from Missouri and Kansas. Zinc ore scarcity in Europe. district yields exceed what American smelters can process, impacting prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie
Comstock
Sutro
Nevada
New York City
Europe
Missouri
Kansas
Legislative Notes on Bills and Proposals in Two Chambers
Senator Kelley introduces repeal of a law allowing killing wild horses. Assembly Mines Committee reports substitute for eight hour law. Senate passes divorce proceedings bill by Bell. Senator Williams seeks $2000 state health board appropriation. Senator Pitt’s State Board of Pharmacy bill passes Senate unanimously. Senator Flanigan proposes prohibiting pool selling gambling in horse racing. Assembly Skaggs bill to prohibit free transport passes for public officers. Williams bill to control bubonic plague and other diseases introduced. Freudentaal resolution creates legislative committee to confer with Southern Pacific on freights fares. An old proverb about strength vs weakness closes with a marketing line for Kodol Dyspepsia Care by Brown Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Report
Carson
Committee of Ways and Means
van Duger
Van
Kelley
Lander
Assembly Committee On Mines and Mining
Senate
Bell
Williams
Churchill
State Board of Health
Flanigan of
Washoe
Skaggs
Elko
Freudentaal
Southern Pacific Company
Western state notes on weather and politics
A heavy snowstorm hit the western part of the state while Virginia City reported good sleighing. Major J H Dennis returned from Washington after casting Nevada's electoral vote for Bryan and Stevenson. The Reno Journal notes resignations by A J Floyd and F C Hardesty and new California jobs. Legislature visits university and insane asylum, with requests for 35 00 and larger appropriations. Smallpox quarantine lifted in Virginia City and pupil Young Cameron returned to the State University. State Board of Health praised for handling the case. Southern Pacific crews upgrade rails and switches at Virginia Street yard and repairs to the line toward Truckee. ballast and culverts improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
J. H Dennis
Washington
Nevada
Bryan
Stevenson
Virginia City
Reno Journal
A. J. Floyd
Amedee
F. C. Hardesty
Reno
California
University and Insane Asylum
Cameron
State University
State Board of Health
Southern Pacific Company
Virginia Street
Truckee
Reno Gazette
State Medical Association Officers Elected in Virginia City
A meeting of the State Medical Association was held in Virginia City yesterday with physicians from various counties attending. Papers were read and discussions on the profession were held after which officers were elected: J. B. Packard, president. Dr. Lewis of Reno, vice president. Dr. Phillips of Reno, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Medical Association
Virginia City
J. B. Packard
Lewis
Reno
Phillips
Dr Darling Praised for Veterinary Skill and Liniment Endorsement
The note lauds Dr Darling formerly at State University and later a California Anatomy professor, highlighting his scholarly rigor and Nevada practice. He served as surgeon at Theodore Winters' Washoe Valley stock farm, noting his liniment Trib a as highly valuable for sprains and bruises on domestic animals after thorough trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Our State University
University of California
Nevada
Theodore Winters
Great Stock
Washoe Valley
el Rio Rey
Restrictions at masked event end with admission line
The fragment lists bans on children under a certain age from masking, prohibitions on ladies in gentleman costumes and gentlemen in ladies costumes, and bans spectators from dancing until masks are removed. it ends with an admission note.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board OF Commissioners
R. Quadlin
A. Davidson
Rthur Baxter
Francisco
H. Talcott
Ntonio
Marcelino Laucheca
Ne Springs
George W. Hinman
Ted
Jim Pitt
van Duzer
Wadsworth
Carlin
National
trayor-General Kelley
M. Springer
Thomas Bangs
Humboldt
Peru
J. Bonnifield
Hill
P. Laveaga
LaVoy
Max Sioux
Rougon
Bowers
Washoe Reas
Sannelseco
Brown Bros
Henderson
Redmen
United States
Jones and Heney
Mint
Elko County
White Pine
Ormsby
Storey
Lyon
Eureka
Esmeralda
Mines and Mining
State Board of Pharmacy
Pitt of
State News Notes
Dr. Darling
Denver
Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
Louis
Black Hills
Salt Lake Office
West Second South
R. F. Nelson
Winnemucca Hose Company NO
Armory Hall
J. Rougon
B. Brown
J. T. Dunn Roy Trousdale
H. A. Gilbert
G. M. Rose
G. B. Ackerman
A. L. Brackett
J.H. Sadorus
Staunton
Roy Trousdale
H. M. Leonard
Winnemucca Hose Company
F. Trousdale
J. J. Hill
A. Cc. Brown
Co. Wolf
J, Rougon
J. T. Dunn
C. B. Brown & CO
IME Lafayette Tel
Dave McB
Rose
Bridge Street
Linebarger & Howard
W. F. Linebarger
P. Howard
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