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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1900
Page
2
Daily except Sundays notice for Windle and Brackett as lessees listing office at Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets. Subscription rates show one year six months three months by mail and weekly by carrier in Winnemucca, Nevada with address for correspondence to The Silver State.
Weather summary for 24 hours ending 5:09 PM reports mean barometer 29.74 inches. Maximum 33 degrees, minimum 2 above zero, mean 29, normal 37. Precipitation 0.18 inches in four hours. Prevailing wind direction 8. Observer J Hayden notes November 20 reading of 22 above zero.
Rain or snow expected tonight and Wednesday with a high south wind. Mcadie region forecast notes unsettled conditions and chilly temperatures ahead.
Chicago gears up for the National Irrigation Congress November 21 to 24 with plans for public addresses by General Mules, Secretary Wilson, and Senators Foster Carter Beveridge and Perkins. Government experts discuss forestry and irrigation while business leaders and President James J. Hill weigh in on funding and the arid West reclamation effort projected to cost about 150 million dollars.
The passage notes a broad push for federal action on internal improvements including rivers and harbors. Manufacturing associations join the effort, aiming to secure Congressional action, with the topic to be explored from all angles at the Chicago congress.
Leonidas Hubbard Jr argues patriotism should be taught in schools beyond military valor. Education should inspire unselfish patriotism that protects state interests during peacetime, prioritizing honesty and civic duty over mere physical courage.
Congressman Francis G Newlands convened a Reno gathering of water users at Bryan hall to exchange views on irrigation. He noted both major parties held irrigation planks and posed whether the federal government should own storage sites on the Truckee headwaters or locals should build and run a reservoir under community control.
Judge Hawley in U S District Court at Carson ruled for Lillie M. and James Vansickle. The suit sought to block Wells Fargo from levying on or selling Douglas county real estate claimed transferred to thwart P W Vansickle’s creditors. The court found a valid indebtedness between the parents and son at deed time and that transfers were bona fide and a valid preference to wife and son.
The Southern Pacific company reports for the Pacific system: gross earnings 45,061,060 dollars, operating expenses 27,439,389 dollars, income from operation 17,622,270 dollars. After miscellaneous income and deductions a deficit of 95,930 dollars remains. Deductions include 10,623,256 dollars in bond interest and 1,232,278 dollars in taxes. Mileage increased by 65.94 miles, mainly on the Southern Pacific Railroad of California.
An advertisement warns that counterfeit versions of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are selling fraudulently. It urges honest buyers to avoid fakes and trust the original for cures of piles sores eczema and other skin diseases, attributed to Brown Bros.
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