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THE EUREKA SENTINEL rOBUSMBD IVIIT MTDBIMT BT 3D. A. SKILLMAN FIFTY-SECOND YEAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES One copy, one year..fl.OO One copy, six months.... 1.60 Single copies ten cents _•«- _ — Entered at the Post Office at Eureka as Second Class matter SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1*22 STILL TRYING TO SAVE ENTOMBED MINERS Jackson, Cal.. Aug. 30.—One hun dred feet of earth this morning sep arated the rescue party, working In the underground depths of the Ken nedy mine, from the entrance to the 4600-foot level In the Argonautmlne, where it Is believed at least some of the forty-seven men who have been entombed in the burning mine since midnight Sunday are trapped. Rescuers Make Great Headway Remarkable headway has been made within the past twenty-four hours in the'work of attempting to cut through from the Kennedy. Over 600 feet of loose rock have been cleared away by the rescue party up to this morning, and with 100 feet yet to go It was expected that the lower level of the Argonaut would be reached some time during the day or night. In a statement to newspapermen this morning, Timekeeper George M. Downing and Underground Foreman St. Clair of the Kennedy said that everything depended on the unknown character of the rock ahead. If hard surfaces are encountered, the work of the rescuers will be delayed. No Caves In Tunnel If the same character of loose rock in which the rescuers have been fev erishly working for the past twenty four hours lies ahead the Argonaut will be entered during to-day. Contrary to expectations, no caves were found by the workmen. The old tunnel in which the rescue party is working was “squeezed" to use the expression of Downing, but the walls had not caved in. The rescuers are working in six hour shifts, sixteen men to a shift, and are cutting through from the 3600-foot level of the Kennedy. This will tap the 4600-foot or lowest level of the Argonaut. One Man in Peril Before “Practically our only hope," said Downing, “lies in finding the men in air pockets in the lower levels formed by bulkheading the entrance to drifts to prevent gas fumes from the burn ing mine from reaching them. If the men had the strength and the pres ence of mind to bulkhead themselves in. they could live for several days and we may find them alive.” Ernest Miller, one of the entombed miners, accomplished a similar feat in Butte, Mont., some years ago when he saved himself and twenty—five companions from death through sheer courage and presence of mind. How They Were Saved In the Butte affair. Miller coun seled with his comrades and they bravely set to work, walling them selves in. clinking the cracks with mud and effectively cutting off the gas fumes. On the fourth day res cuers reached them. Conditions at the scene of the Ar gonaut disaster appeared much more cheerful this morning as the third day of suspense dawned. It is believed the Are in the main shaft in the Argonaut has been checked. Gas fumes have ceased tc issue from the Muldoon air shaft and rescue parties have descended this shaft hoping to gain entrance to the main workings of the Argonaut be low the point where the flames have been raging. Mine Rescue Men at Work No water is now being poured down the main shaft. This practice has been stopped in an effort to cleai the shaft of steam which prevents the Government rescue workers, equipped with oxygen helmets, from descending into the lower levels. Several hundred feet of timbering in the main shaft and entrances tc levels have been cut away up to the 2600-foot level to rob the flames ol fuel. L«Ml UigUl » yai 1/ ui wui nuiou uc scended the Muldoon shaft to the 2400-toot level and plugged a leak in a door between the Muldoon and the Argonaut to stop a draft. Suggestion About Reversing Fan During a conference last night Superintendent B. I. Hoxie of the Fremont mine at Amador City, sug gested that the fan in the Muldoon shaft be reversed. Hoxie contended that if this were done, instead ol drawing air from the mine the fat would blow air back down the shaft forcing the flames downward. This he said, would have the same effeci as backfiring in fighting a forest fire The councillors, while thinking well of the suggestion, did not adopi it. It was pointed out that it would take six hours to reverse the big fat and much valuable time would b< lost. Flame* Crept Upward The situation was countered b] plugging the leaks in connecting doors between the Muldoon and th< main shaft. Two years ago when the Argonaui mine was closed by fire, it was found that the flames crept upward among the timbering," driving the men out There are few people hanging about the shafts at the Kennedy and Argonaut mines this morning. Cain seems to have settled over the fain Hies of the Imprisoned men and th< people of Jackson. For the mosi part they have gone to their homes leaving the work of rescue to trained men upon whom they are reposing growing hopes. DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR RICHARDS FOR CSONOHFHB Advt BOARD OF EQUALIZATION The Board of County Commission era met u a Board of Equalization on Monday. August 28, with Commis sioners R. J. Reid. E. C. Johnson and F. A. Fulkerson; Clerk R. McCharles, and Assessor W J. Hooper present. The minutes of the last meeting ' were approved as read. W. J. Mahoney appeared before the Board and asked for a reduction on the assessment of Jennie C. D. Meyer, et al. It was ordered that the assessment of Jennie C. D. Meyer stand as assessed by the Assessor. The following affidavits for relief of assessments on patented mines were filed: Affidavit of D. O. Kelley for the Mildred claim assessed to George H. Coverdale; valuation $500. Affidavit of J. R. Murphy for ten patented claims assessed to J. E. Sex ton; valuation $5,000. Affidavit of J. E. Josey for Peer less Mining Company on the Califor nia and Silver King claims; valu ation $1,000. Affidavit of J. E. Josey for the Eu reka-Croesus Mining Company on 14 claims valued at $7,000; and one claim assessed to the Eureka King Company valued at $500. Affidavit of Dewey McNaughton for the estate of Mrs. J. McNaugh ton on the Williams, Pioneer, Mc Naughton and Kit Carson claims valued at $1,520; and 40% of the McNaughton claim to A. Fraser, valued at $230. Affidavit of A. Vaccaro for the Helen Mortimer claim assessed to H. M. Segar and valued at $500. Affidavit of F. J. Brossemer for the Eureka, Keystone and Clipper claims assessed to Harry Esther and valued at $1,500. It was ordered that the Clerk be authorized to strike the foregoing patented mining claims from the As sessment Roll. Upon the opinion of the District Attorney it was ordered that 35 head of cattle assessed to Elizabeth Thomas, valued at $980, be stricken from the roll by the Clerk. The Board adjourned sine die. BIG INTEREST TAKEN IN BOXING CONTESTS A large crowd Is on hand every night to watch the participants in the boxing contests do their training for the events that will take place on Labor Day, Monday. Sept. 4th. Long Kid Murphy appears each evening at the Eureka Theater and boxes a few rounds with his sparring partners, but does most of his work at his quarters in the Colonnade building. Ed Delaney, one of his trainers, will appear in the semi wind-up of six rounds against K. O. Gavin, who was seen in action here on the 4 th of July, and who made a good impression on the crowd present at that time. These men will weigh in at about 135 pounds, and the bout will a be a fast one. Trapper Wintersteen is at the Pa vilion at 7:30 p. m. and after a short session of bag punching, skip ping rope, and medicine ball exer cise, takes on his partners for a few rounds of boxing. He received a blow in the groin Monday night that in jured him enough to cause a lay-off from his training the next two days, but he was back in harness again Thursday, and will be as good as ever when he appears in the ring next Monday night. From present indications there will be a large crowd of outsiders here to witness the bouts, and the attendance from the town of Eureka will be heavy. The first preliminary of four rounds is arranged, and the names of the men taking part will be announced to-morrow. —Advt. El’RKKA SMELTERS HAVE RAISED TWO MILLIONS . Reno Journal, Aug. 25: Accord ing to a wire received from Eugene Davis at Boston to Robert B. Todd of Reno, the recently organized Eureka Smelting and Mining Company has been financed for present needs. Thd company, it is said, will call for about $2,000,000 for use in the immediate future. This amount no doubt calls for part payment on the Eureka-Ne vada Railroad and preparations for the smelter. As to whether or not any cash has been set aside for pay ments on any other properties to be acquired is not known at this time. FORECLOSURE SUIT FILED Wlnnemucca Silver State: Suit for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage has been filed in the county clerk’s office here by the San Francisco Cat tle A Loan Company against W. W. Burnett and Viola Burnett of Ade laida, California. The suit involves eighteen promissory notes which de fendants gave to plaintiff in lieu of debts owed that company and for failure to pay which a chattel mort gage was given on property in Cali fornia and in this State. The amount of money involved in the notes is given as $73,500, of which only $8, 320.35 has been paid. FOURTH PRIZE FOR WOOL WON BY POTTS BROTHERS To the Editor of the Gazette:—In the Gazette of August 10 it was stat ed that a Gardnerville firm bad won the fourth prize in the wool contest conducted by Webb A Son, *of Cali fornia. This was an error as fourth prize was won by Potts Bros., of Potts, Nev. Austin, Nevada POTTS BROS. FIDDLING WITH HISTORY “Who fiddled while Rome burned?" asked the schoolmaster. There was a painful silence; then came a voice: “Hector, sir.’/’ "No, not Hector. Try again." “Towser, sir.” "Towser! What do you mean?” “Well, if it Wasn’t Hector or Tows er,” said the voice, aggrievedly, "it must have been Nero. I know it was somebody with a dog's name.”—Ex . change. FORD TO CLOSE HCTORIRC FURLS Detroit. Mich., Aug. 38.—Henry Ford, In announcing Saturday that hit plants would be closed September 1C because of conditions in the coal Industry, began a fight for what he believes Is a great principle, the As sociated Press was Informed to-day In sources close to the manufacturer. Mr. Ford, it was stated, has start ed what he declares Is a fight against alleged profiteering in coal and he believes he Is In a beter position per haps to do so than anyone else. He feels, it was stated, that by taking up the right, he is doing every other manufacturer as well as working men throughout the country a real ser vice. Mr. Ford denies there is a coal shortage. The investigations of his representatives has convinced, it was stated, that coal brokers of the coun try have an enormous supply of coal on band. The Ford Motor Company could obtain enough coal to cover a tract ten acres square If It would sub mit to being victimised by profiteers. It was declared. For several weeks, it was asserted, the Ford offices at Dearborn have been flooded with offers of coal with deliveries guaianteed. It was de clared that the prices asked ranged from 30D to 300 per cent above the The Detroit manufacturer believes normal cost. that If he yields to what he terms "the hold-up" of the coal brokers ev ery other manufacturer will follow suit and that coal prices will reach an unprecedented figure. One source close to Mr. Ford said the manufac turer had "at the back of his mind” a picture of working men being un able to buy enough coal to keep their families warm because of the prices that eventually would be asked "un less this profiteering was nipped in its inception." The Ford Company recently has received a large number of offers on the part of coal operators to sell mines. None of these offers have been seriously considered, however, because of the present transporta tion conditions. It was explained by persons close to Mr. Ford to-day that the offering of mines meant but lit tle “as they can be purchased now for almost nothing, because of the large stocks of coal held by brokers." The manufacturer still believes linking of the Louisville £ Nashville and the Detroit, Toledo £ Ironton railroads, the latter his own property, would solve not only the Ford com pany problems, but those of every other coal user in the lakes region. CHARLES RICHARDS FOR CONGRESS Charles L. Richards, candidate for the Democratic nomination to Con gress, arrived in Eureka by Monday’s train on his tour over the State. Mr. Richards is inherently a Nevadan, having been born in Austin forty four years ago, and has lived in the 3tate ever Bince. He has manifested true loyalty and confidence in the State of which he is a native and has since early manhood directed his en ergies towards developing its re sources. He went to Tonopah in 1901, which was just one year after it was discovered. There he be came interested in mining and ac quired substantial holdings in real estate, mining and Nevada securities. He served two years as District At torney of Nye County and was elected to the Assembly in 1919. He is a heavy taxpayer in three different counties; a lawyer by profession, and a good business man by training. He now aspires to represent Nevada in the halls of Congress, and says that his whole heart and soul, as well as his every business interest, is in Ne vada. CALIFORNIA PRIMARY RESULTS San Francisco, Aug. 30.-Complete returns at 1:45 o'clock from 3699 precincts out of the 6695 in the State give for the Republican nomination for United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson, 183,828 and Charles C. Moore, 127,507. Complete returns from 3684 pre cincts out of the 6695 in the State give for the Republican nomination for Governor, Friend W. Richardson, 155,207; William D. Stephens, 150, 611; for the Democratic nomination, Woolwine, 30,397; Jones. 15,779; Prohibition, Stephens, 2414; Jones, 438. Lieut. Gov. C. C. Young is running two to one ahead of his opponent, Joseph A. Rominger, for the Repub lican nomination to succeed himself. Charles G. Johnson, of Alameda, had all the best of it in the race for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer, with 54,587 votes report ed for him from 2043 precincts. For Chief Justice of the State Su preme Court William P. Lawler was leading Curtis D. Wilbur by nearly 20,000 votes as far as the justice vote had been counted. The tally stood, Wilbur, 58,315; Lawler, 77, 751. TRAINWRKCKER8 IN CUSTODY Chicago, Aug. 28.—Confessions of actual participation in the wrecking of the Michigan Central Express near Gary, Ind., recently, by removal of 37 spikes from a rail, were made by four men held in connection with the disaster which cost the lives of two engine men, according to police au thorities. Following the alleged con fessions, five of the nine men arrest ed on Sunday were released and six others were taken into custody. Four from whom the confessions have been obtained are all declared to be strik ing shopmen, although they indicat ed that no union officials were im plicated. / {RIGHT FUTURE FOR HAMILTON DISTRICT Ely Record: William Harwood. <rho is associated with Judge D. C. McDonald in a bond and lease on the lennie A. property at Hamilton, ar •lved from the camp Tuesday m or ti ng. this being his first visit to Ely n a year. During all of that time le has been engaged in opening up he old property and in taking ore >ut for shipment, some of which Is low being hauled from the mine to he Keystone siding. Mr. Harwood states that last week he Hamilton district was visited by he president of the company which -ecently purchased the Eureka rail ■oad and on which trip he was ac ■ompanied by his engineer and other ifflctals. Local people regard this rlsit of much importance, and it ihows that the new management of :he railroad is looking around for tonnage for its road, which, it is '(aimed, will be greatly improved in he near future. They are also of the jplnlon that the new management of the mines and railroad will be in the market for the ores of the Hamilton district, and it is the general opinion that the company will establish a lead smelting plant in Eureka with sufficient capacity to treat all ores >f that section of the State. Should this eventuate the Hamilton district prill soon become a camp of much Importance, because producers would then be enabled to ship all of their lower grade ores, of which there are hundreds of thousands of tons al ready mined and lying on the old dumps which could be turned into lulllon at a splendid margin of profit. NEVADA JiTATE NEWS Qua Petri had his right leg ampu tated in a Reno hospital as the result of Injuries suffered in a conveyor belt accident at the Mound House S. T. Kelso, treasurer of Mineral County while on an electioneering trip suffered slight burns on his face when the auto in which he was rid ing overturned between Sweetwater and Hawthorne. Over 100 persons, from all parts of the State, are at Carson under in dictments to appear before a Federal grand jury on liquor law violation charges. They appeared before Judge Farrington and entered their pleas. Nine pleaded guilty. Mrs. J. E. Polk, niece of Oov. W. D. Stephens of California, died Tues day at Winnemucca as the result of injuries suffered when an automo bile driven by her husband over turned near Golconda while speeding on the Victory highway. Pictures of candidates for election, placed on telephone poles in Washoe County, have stirred the wrath of N. C. Brown, Carson City manager of the Truckee River General Electric Company, and he has inaugurated a clean-up campaign. As the result of his efforts, the telephone poles no longer serve as billboards for polit ical aspirants. Seven feet of very hard rock was drilled through Monday at the well of the Elko Oil Development and Im provement Company, making the to tal footage 1460. The eight-inch casing has reached a depth of 1451 feet, following closely behind the tools, in the event that if oil is en countered everything will be in read iness to take care of the flow. Flora Glocoechea, five - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Glocoechea, was killed Sunday after noon near Elko by the accidental dis charge of a shotgun. The child, to gether with her father and her broth ers and sisters, was in an automobile, the father having started in pursuit of a coyote that threatened damage to his bands of sheep. When the car stopped, the father of the family climbed to the ground. The little girl, attempting to hand the shotgun to her father, accidentally discharged the weapon, the charge entering her forehead. NEEDED PROMPTING "You say your wife has received an anonymous letter informing her of something you did before your marriage? Well the best thing you can do is to confess.” “I know, but she won't let me read the letter, and I don't know what to confess.”—London Opinion. ICE WAS THICK Ice was eight inches thick in some places near Tahoe City on Lake Ta hoe last Winter, it is said. Old tim ers claim that this is the record with in their recollection. Aklavlck, a trading post on the delta at the mouth of the Mackenzie River, is the most northerly post of fice in Canada. Two malls leave the new post office by steamer during the open season and one by dog team during the Winter, the latter being the most lonely as well as the long est postal route on the continent. DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR RICHARDS FOR CONGRESS—Advt. For Sale 400 yearling Ramboulllet Rama, big boned, straight and nice wooied. These bucks are one hun dred per cent in service, being ac climated and Mountain raised, thus almost as hardy as the wild Mountain Sheep. Should be seen to be appreciated. For further in formation, write or wire JOHN G. TAYLOR, LOVELOCK, NEVADA after dinner stories brief MENTION 1 Samuel Qrandstone was a hustler a VoVS?*?* ***• 1 of the modern school. He believed a tjmp> has been put into 'opmSi fi in the gospel of speeding up. by th„ Federal Mortlculturaln!?? E Over every desk In hli oJHce he ^ u QM of „Teral IHrh ho^L^S ft placed a large printed notice, read Ja,ned to preT#Bt the p|nk ***» Ing: "Do It NOVV from entering this country.00*1*** Rut a week liter, with tirofl nn- _ . ' gers and exhausted air. he tore them Reports from Russia Indicate that the grain crops are good and prosS "Hello.” said a friend dashing In to yield sufficient to feed that ^ and seeing the ceremony of destruc- £.1« tlon “What's up? Doesn't hustling spite of the fact that during the ym, pay? Going back to the old leisure., * me'Yes 1 am." snorted Grandstone. *>»▼• been eaten and the energi** zxsszsr’ - ine they'd spur my staff on to hard The annual fixed charges agalne work ” the Un,ted 8ute8 Treasury on « "Well.” count of the public debt are $41. "Well the net results are that 300,000.000. Of this amount $875’ they've all acted on the motto. The 000,000 is for direct interet't chief cashier has bolted with the con- payment. $284,000,000 for sinking tents of the »afe, my typist has eloped fund and the balance for redemption with my youngest son. four Juniors of savings certificates, Liberty bonds came in yesterday to ask for a raise, and certificates of Indebtedness. Thi and the office boy has found a better actual interest cost exceeds a billion Job and gone off to It.” a year. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FRED B. CROFUT Republican Candidate For MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY Of Eureka County, Nevada ubject to the wishes of the Repub lican Party at the Primary Elec tion September S, 1922 JAMES P. WHITMORE Candidate For ASSEMBLYMAN Of Eureka County, Nevada Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary FRANK J. BROSSEMER Republican Canidlate For ASSEMBLYMAN Of Eureka County, Nevada Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary DR. MABEL K. YOUNG Independent Candidate for CLERK AND TREASURER Of Eureka County CLARENCE JOHNSON Republican Candidate For COUNTY COMMISSIONER First Commissioner District Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary MARTIN MAHONEY Republican Candidate For SHERIFF Of Eureka County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary R. J. REID Independent Candidate For SHORT TERM COMMISSIONER Of Eureka County First Commissioner District PETER MERIALDO Republican Candidate For RECORDER AND AUDITOR Of Eureka County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary D. A. DEES Independent Candidate For SHERIFF Of Eureka County, Nevada JAMES A. RATTAZZI Independent Candidate For SHERIFF Of Eureka County, Nevada G .A. FLETCHER Democratic Candidate For STATE SENATOR Of Eureka County, Nevada Subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary FRED BARTINE Democratic Candidate For SHORT TERM COMMISSIONER Of Eureka County, Nevada First Commissioner District Subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary H. M. BURDICK Republican Candidate For STATE SENATOR Of Eureka County, Nevada Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary JAMES D. MORRISON Independent Candidate For RECORDER AND AUDITOR Of Eureka County, Nevada MIKE DONNELLY Independent Candidate For SHERIFF Of Eureka County, Nevada STANLEY FINE Independent Candidate For SHERIFF Of Eureka County, Nevada DR. WM. H. BRENNEN Candidate For Member BOARD OF EDUCATION Of Eureka County, Nevada W. M. CLUTE Independent Candidate For STATE SENATOR Of Eureka County, Nevada EDGAR EATHER Republican Candidate For DISTRICT ATTORNEY Of Eureka County Subject to the decision of the Republican Primary W. J. HOOPER Independent Candidate For ASSESSOR > Of Eureka County, Nevada^ MORRIS H. JOSEPH Independent Candidate For JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Eureka Township—Eureka County GEORGE F. EBERT Independent Candidate'For CONSTABLE Eureka Township—Eureka County JAMES F. DELANEY Independent Candidate For CONSTABLE Eureka Township—Eureka County WILLIAM E. TAYLOR Independent Candidate For CONSTABLE Eureka Township—Eureka Cbunty New Low Prices On Goodyear Tires and Tubes Fabric Cord Tubes 30x3 $11.40 $ $2.40 30x3 Vi 13.50 16.25 2.80 31x4 21.35 29.40 3.50 32x4 25.45 32.40 3.70 33x4 26.80 33.40 3.85 TAX PAID We also carry Reliners, Tire Repair Outfits, Quick Repair Tube Outfits, and a full line of accessories. Our Repair Shop is equipped to handle all kinds of Machine Work, Welding, etc. EUREKA GARAGE, W. H. RUSSELL, Proprietor