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A4 ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada Saturday, February 12, 2000 News from past issues of the ELKO FREE PRESS compiled by the Northeastern Nevada Museum staff. '1 hotel. The newly installed marquee extends from the Idaho Street side, over the main entrances to the Brand room and hotel itself, beyond the bar and famous Lounge. The material above the marquee is a natural stone called Pink Kasota from Minnesota. The marble below is Edwards Tennessee.

There are 700 pieces of marble covering the building. The ground upon which the Commercial Hotel stands was owned by the federal government in the early days and then transferred to the Central Pacific Railroad Company in the 1860s. The first building on the site, known as the Humboldt House, was constructed in 1869. Around the turn of the century, the business became known as the Commercial Hotel. Newton Crumley, purchased the place in 1925 and developed it with his son, Newton, who has carried on with extensive improvements through the years.

The bar has been in operation for more than 50 years. Adopting and following a policy of good, clean fun, the Lounge has brought leading entertainers to this city Ted Lewis, Paul Whiteman, Sophie Tucker, Gertrude Niesen, Rubinoff and Spike Jones and others. The new marble-covered Commercial remains the meeting place for tourists and locals alike. 25 YEARS AGO February 10, 1975: Planned consolidation of Western Pacific Railroad operations, including the elimination of WP terminals at Winnemucca and Portola will result in the transfer of at least 50 families into Elko. John Lusar, superintendent of the eastern division of the WP in Elko said the change will mean about 50 train and engine crew members will be based here.

Employee relocation will be achieved by the seniority method with those having less seniority being "bumped" by those with more years with the railroad. February 10, 1975: Elko High School's Ken Funderberg and Mac Hearon claimed individual wrestling championships in the Nevada State "AA" Wrestling Tournament held in Yerington. The Indians finished fifth in the team standings. Funderberg, who was named the outstanding wrestler in the lower weights (98-136) won two matches by decision and pinned a Yerington boy to win the 98 pound crown. Hearon took two decision victories and then pinned John Mitchell of Fallon in the championship match in the heavyweight division.

Other Elko wrestlers competing in the state championships were Bill Sylvester, Joe O'Donnell, Ross Peterson, Joe Bruning, Ian Parmiter, Pete Mori, Jim Rivers, Dave Whitaker, Randy King, and Jon Uriarte. By Janet Petersen, Museum Program Coordinator from Eureka to Elko. At times they were forced to get out and scrape the mud off the car to see if they still had a car February 10, 1925: Reservoirs above Elko are being kept filled to capacity these days, owing to the amount of water being received from the springs at the head of Kittridge Canyon. It is estimated that about 300,000 gallons of water are coming out of the spring each day and pouring into the reservoir. Consumption of water is not nearly as great as during the summer months and city officials are having little difficulty keeping a plentiful supply on hand.

With an additional well being drilled at the China Ranch, Elko will be equipped to take care of all the needs of water users in this vicinity during the coming months. 50 YEARS AGO February 10, 1950: The Raymond Parus ranching property at White Rock has been sold to the Petan Company, who own the former Garat properties in northern Elko County. Parus died in 1948, the property was purchased from his holdings. February 10, 1950: The colorful Commercial Hotel, has changed appearances many times throughout the years and now it is covered with 35 tons of marble. Work has been recently completed on the latest change to the 100 YEARS AGO February 10, 1900: Detective Fitzpatrick of the Central Pacific is now in Carlin conducting an investigation.

He is after persons who are taking coal from the company's sheds in Carlin without authority. Eureka Sentinel William Spencer, who recently returned to Pine Valley from Cape Nome in Alaska Territory, left the Hay Ranch in Pine Valley on Thursday of last week with a band of 25 horses that were raised on that ranch. He took them to Beowawe, thence by rail to San Francisco, where about 15 more animals will be added to the herd. All will be shipped to Cape Nome where they will be used for pack animals. 75 YEARS AGO February 7, 1925: Lawrence Holland and Celso Madariaga of this city, returned from a business trip to Ely and Eureka and report that the roads are thick with mud, water and snow.

The two were visiting these sections in the interests of the Elko Livestock Wool commission. Stock is reported to be in good condition, and from the appearance of their automobile, there will be plenty of snow and water in those sections for the coming year. From Eureka to Elko the roads are very muddy and in very bad shape for auto travel. It took Holland and Madariaga 16 hours to make the trip MYSterY dHo to week's mystery photo is from the Northeastern Nevada Museum's unidentified photo collection. Anyone able to identify the place or the person in this picture is asked to contact the museum at 738-3418.

The museum's unidentified photo collection is always available at the front desk. CE33iI 0 Gffi3 GEO Gfi (SSuB itiowcase raies Violent crimes 732 685 637 611 566 per 100,000 people Murders, 23.4 21.6 19.7 18.2 16.9 manslaughters (OOP) Prisoners (000) 740 1 ,085 2000 at 1 by Fair The 1990s were tough on crime: The violent crime rate per 100,000 people steadily dropped as did the number of murders and manslaughters while the prison population increased. 1 ,1 39 1 ,1 98 (NA) I II I I I- I-T T-Ti ism BOARDING Animal Grooming Dog Obedience Classes Schedule Early for Holiday Boarding Grooming Open Industrial tyavEIko 738-2108 To NEW YORK (AP) Will talking dogs or dolls be the must-have toys of 2000? How about Web-linked games or Harry Potter action figures? Only a few toys will ever become nationwide selling sensations, but the scouts are ready to start figuring out which may be this year's hot toys. The hunt begins this weekend in New York when the nation's toymakers and retailers gather at the American International Toy Fair What will surely catch their eye; The plethora of high-tech toys that have vast interactive capabilities as well as lots of extensions of popular toys of years past, including Pokemon, Furby and Barbie. cw "Technology is everywhere.

That's a given these days," said Chris Byrne; a II ii ii ymau for -I I I-I-I I I I I-I-I-II New York-based toy industry consultant. "But there are a lot of other fun things out there that may pique their interests." Last year was a strong one for the toy industry, recovering from a disappointing 1998. Toy stores were crowded throughout the year not just during Christmas thanks to a number of popular items that enticed shoppers. Among the big hits was anything linked to the popular Japanese cartoon Pokemon and the new "Star Wars" movie. Even the interactive Furby dolls, introduced in 1998, flew off store shelves, with more than 12 million units sold last year.

But now toymakers are challenged to keep the excitement going.jsome- thing analysts say may not be too easy. Jim Silver, editor of the trade maga" zine The Toy Book, said this may be a tough year for the toy business because there aren't any movies creating a buzz, like "Star Wars: Episode The Phantom Menace" did in 1999. In addition, he said, there aren't many toys being talked about as the gotta-get items for 2000. "It is not just about selling toys during Christmas. What exciting toys are they going to put out there that will bring people to the store during the other nine months of the year?" Silver said.

Still, toymakers are confident that they have new and interesting products to show at Toy Fair, which begins on Sunday. 1 1 1 1 vft ELKO GENERAL hospital ii fi ii ii ii feature toys tied to popular past hits. The Pokemon mania continues in 2000. Toy Biz has collector marbles representing the 150 Pokemon characters. Wizards of the Coast is expanding its widely popular Pokemon trading cards with 82 new cards and an instructional CD-ROM to help kids learn how to play the card game.

Tiger introduces a new companion to Furby with Shelby, an interactive doll that lives in a shell. It can speak to other Furby and Shelby dolls, and also expands its vocabulary as children play with it. The latest addition to the Barbie craze is Mattel's Jewel Girl Barbie, who wears trendy fashions and has a more realistic body, includ, jng wider hips and a belly button" the first time ever a Barbie has had one. Sesame Street's Elmo will be back again with Let's Pretend Elmo by Fisher-Price. Kids can pose the red, furry doll like a monster or an airplane, and he will emulate the sounds of that thing.

And there won't a be shortage of toys tied to popular movies and television shows. Toymakers like these products because they receive free advertising from the heavy publicity that these shows get. Tiger Electronics has an electronic tabletop game based on the TV show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Playmates will have action figures, plush dolls and electronic toys based on "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," due out this holiday season. Mattel was awarded Thursday the much sought-after rights to make dolls, action figures and high-tech toys based on Harry Potter, the widely successful book series that is being made into a movie. WHAT WILL YOUR KIDS BE WHEN THEY GROW UP? Help make the most of your child's future by opening an Education IRA.

Open an Education IRA and expand their choices for tomorrow. 0f 753-3800 487 Railroad Elko -pa Technology again plays an important and fast-growing role. Many manufacturers are stepping up their offerings of "smart toys," most of which are embedded with computer chips or link with computers. Mattel's newest dolls are called Diva Starz, four figurines dressed in hip clothing that move their heads, eyes and eyelids, and can speak with whomever is playing with them and to each other. Fisher-Price has a yet-to-be-named robotic dog for preschoolers that responds only to her owner's voice.

A number of manufacturers, including Playmates, Mattel and Hasbro, are featuring interactive baby dolls, which can react to sound and Jtoucl), Some also speak, and their speech improves the more a child plays with them. Toymakers are also making a push into cyberspace with a number of new toys that connect to the Internet to be updated with new games and activities. Radica's Norm Nutman is a sports trivia game that can tap the Web for fresh data. Hasbro's especially My Barney is a plush purple dinosaur that can link online to get new games, songs and nursery rhymes. "We are starting to see the toy-makers get more and more advanced when it comes to technology, and they are making playtime so much more exciting for kids," said Byrne, the toy industry consultant.

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