Past Pages Feb. 11

130 YEARS AGO

Earned His Salary: The Appeal has frequently taken occasion to allude to the condition of affairs by which Lieutenant Governor Jewett Adams drew a good salary for working one month out of twelve. Yesterday, in giving the deciding vote in the Senate by which the Williams resolution (regarding freights and fares on railroads) was saved from being tabled, he did is duty and earned his salary for the year.

100 YEARS AGO

Four sheep herders are missing and fear is entertained for them. The men were last seen in Northern Washoe County and have not been heard from since that time. A posse has been organized and will look for the men.

70 YEARS AGO

Gov. Carville has signed the Farndale bill. The new law requires municipalities organized in another state to qualify to do business in Nevada and be subject to Nevada laws. It will require the City of Los Angeles to observe Nevada Laws.

50 YEARS AGO

A grant of $35,000 from the Max C. Fleischmann Foundation will help the Nevada State Museum's general operations, Clark J. Guild announced today.

20 YEARS AGO

Nevadans would vote on whether to boost state sales tax under two new Assembly bills.

10 YEARS AGO

New postal rates are proposed which include a one-cent boost in first-class stamps to 34 cents.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.