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_ . ~~ _V E RING TON, NEVADA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9, r907._^_ NUMBER 42
MANY INJURED IN STAGE ACCIDENT
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Coach Turns Turtle Thursday Nights''Eight People Are Wounded
| THE INJURED t
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G. SCHANTINA, dislocated shoul- *,
der. ;
MRS. G. SHANTINA, internal ♦
injuries. 4
t NEELASCHANTINA(infant)con- j
t tusions and abrasions of hand, ♦
I neck, leg and hip. 4
t ASCUNTA SCHANTINA. 2-year- ♦
4 old, internal injuries. ♦
t MRS. J. A. HUNTOON, coin- t
T pound fracture left wrist. f
♦ MRS. OTTO UNGREEN, inter- t
I ual injuries. 4
♦ GEORGE ESTES, driver, badly *
4 shaken up. ♦
J W. T. WARREN, wrenched leg. 4
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The passengers on Thursday night’s
incoming stage had a battle with death
on the outskirts of this city. But for
the fact that they “were favorites of
Fate,’’ a grewsome tale would have to
be recorded.
When the stage belonging to the Wa
buska-Yerington Stage and Auto com
pany left Wabuska Thursday afternoon
ast .t contained eleven passengers and
he driver, George Estes. Those on
ward were: G. Schantina ot Yering
ton, wife and two girl babies, Mrs. J.
Iluntoon, of Yerington, Mrs. Otto bin
green, Reno, W. T. Warren, Dayton,
Dan McQuarrie, Jesse and Arthur Midg
ley. Virginia City and an unknown man.
Ihe trip was uneventful until within
a few hundred yards of its destination.
Near the bridge which crosses the
Walker river a heap of dirt placed in
the road caused the leaders of the four
horse team to shy. The stage was car
ried on an embankment and toppled
over, dragging the occupants several
yards before they were ab’e to extricate
themselves. Meanwhile the horses were
running away at a furious pace. The
driver, George Estes, did all lie was
able to do and the passengers agree that
it was impossible for him to have
averted the accident.
The injured were scatterred along the
road at various distances. As soon as
the news reached Yerington, the com
The Stage That Overturned Thursday Night, Injuring Many
pativ sent jts autos to the scene ami
brought the disabled to town, where
they were placed in Smith’s hospital,
doctors Smith and Masterson and the
corps of nurses working over the
patients.
The two most seriously injured are
Mrs. Huntoon, whose arm is badly frac
tured, and the two-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Schantiua who is internal I y
hurt. However, the doctors express
themselves as being able to save lx>th.
Mrs. Iluntoon is a sister of R. A.
Dyer, the local merchant. She was re
turning from San Francisco. The
Schautina family reside up the valley,
where the head of the family owns a
ranch. Mrs. Lingrene was en route to
join her husband, who is employed on
the construction of the new bank, build
ing. She had come from Keho, Mr.
Warren is a resident of Dayton, whilt
the Midgley boys and McQuarry are
from Virginia City.
The story of the wreck is told alike by
all. Mrs. 1,ingreen was interviewed by
a Times representative. As she lav in
bed suffering from her injuries, she re
lated her version df the accident. “We
just crossed the bridge,” said she,
“when the lead horses became frightened
[ at a pile of dirt in the road, before we
} had time to think we were carried on an
| embankment and the stage turned tur
tle. There we were imprisoned under
neath the coach, being dragged along at
a furious clip. How we managed to get
out of our predicament 1 do not know.
Some little distance had lieen gone l»e
fore the last was able to get out. I was
raised-on a farm and am used to horse ,
I am only sorry that I happened to le
inside and unable to render the driver
assistance. ”
Mr. Estes, the driver, was seen. lie
said substantially the same as the others
He had good control of the team, but
its sudden lurch to the road side practi
cally rendered him unable to do an; -
thing. He held the reins as long as ' e
could, or until he himself was hurled
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from the seat.
The roads in this part « f the countv
are in a miserable condition. The stage
company contends that the blame lies at
the doors of the commissioners and will
likelv hold the county responsible for
the accident.
Tne coach was liadly used up, but the
horses were scarcely scratc led. The
vehicle was for many years used in the
Yellowstone park and has had a varied
career.
General Manager Vogler of tl»e com
pany did everything in 1 is power to
help the victims of the accident. It is
not probable that any damage suits will
follow. _
INJURED BY JUMPING
FROM FAST MOVING
AUTOMOBILE
Mr. and Mrs. W. Smith, who left this
city several days ago with the big sixty
liorse power passenger auto belonging
to J. F. Adams, met with a serious acci
dent while near Yerington. They were
driving the car down a grade when it
became unmanageable and Mr. Smith
called to liis wife to jump and he leaped
out of the opposite side of the machine.
As Mrs. Smith jumped from the auto
her foot caught on the machine and she
was thrown beneath it, the machine
passing over her body. Mr. smith es
caped injury.
Mrs. Smith was taken to Yerington,
where she is now confined to her bed.
Her injuries are not considered danger
ous, but they are very painful and will
confine her to her room for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were taking the
machine to Scliurz for the purpose of
using it on- a passenger line between
Scliurz and Rawhide, a new camp dis
covered at the border line between Es
meralda and Churchill counties.—Carson
News.
PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT
A very sociable event took place at
Montelle, or better known as tlje Du
montelle Mining Camp on the night of
November 1. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gam
bel gave a dance to their friends at
Montelle hall. Dancing was indulged
in until 12 o'clock, when a supper was
served by Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Du
niontelle, who had done the honors of
the place, after which dancing was re
sumed until the early hours of morn.
After having partaken of an early break
fast, the party broke lip. all expressing
the pleasure they had derived from tl e
event.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. G. D011
ham, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Eowenstein, Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Gambel, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Du
niontelle, the Misses Hattie Morgan,
Nettie Eaughlin, Virginia Bettencourt,
Eouise Fegunda, and Messrs. Gabe
Eewis, Percy Morgan, Henry Fish, M.
Arretch, Joe Matthews, Drew Wilson,
Johns, Both and Master Eester Morgan.
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Interesting Talk to Children
Rev. Dr. Beatty of the Methodist
Episcopal church will preach a sermon
to the children and youth next Sunday
at 11 a. tn.
Dr. Beatty taught school many years
before entering the ministry and during
four years he was field worker for the
Sunday school union. Both these oc
cupations brought him in touch with
youth and eansed him to study “the
child problem.’’
His talks to children are not only in
teresting to the voung people, but help
ful to adults.
„ The Prospect Road House is serving a
hina dinner every night from 11 to 2,
•ud the “Rounders’’ and others who go
!n ,or the Celestial bill of fare are plav
lnK it strong.
WESTERN NEVADA HAS
AMPLE FUNDS IN
TREASURY
Maurice M. Johnson, of the Newliouse
staff, and manager of the Western Ne
| vada Copper company’s mines at Yer
i ington, has returned from the property.
I He confirms the report that the tunnel
' has reached the second ledge, hut savs
! the values at the point of contact are not
sufficiently high to have caused the ex
i citement that overcame the mine force
when the news was sent in from camp a
few days ago.
The expectation was that power drills
would he placed in commission yesterday.
After one and another little, hut vexa
tious delays, the power company had
everything ready for turning on the
electric current when Mr. Johnson left,
so he looks for rapid and telling work at
■ the property from now on. In the bet
\ ter developed portion of the mine he
i states that sinking in ore from the upper
to the lower tunnel still continues, while
| a drift on the lower tunnel looks good.
! Asked if there was any likelihood of a
close-down at the Western Nevada, Man
ager Johnson said there was not. The
company, he declared, had ample means
at its disposal to go right ahead with the
development of the ground-and he hoped
to make a big mine of it before he ran
out of money. He said there was no
trouble with labor and he did not antici
! pate any. Should a demand for higher
wages be made, however, as was recent
| ]y done at the Nevada-Douglas, he would
close down in a second, but he was not
looking for or expecting trouble with
the miners, who appeared to be happy
and contented with conditions as they
exist. -Salt Lake Herald.
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YERINGTON SCHOOL REPORT
Following is the report of the Yering
ton school for the month of October;
\V. K. Fuhrman, Principal; Mrs. Bessie
Davis, Assistant:
Honor Roll-Kathleen Hironymous,
Lawrence Lam. Adele Vaillencour. Kthel
Burrows, Marie Patterson and Ruth
Vardy.
Primary Department-No. boys en
rolled, 28; No. girls. 24; total, 32; per
cent of attendance, 96.
Honor Roll-Milton Samuel, Lily Pat
terson, Hilda Sunstedt, Amy Sherard,
Alvina Bettencourt, Ethel Welsh, Carl
ton 11 iron vinous, Ham Davis, Howard
Wl.itacre, Georgie Littell. Leona Sny
der Walter Whitacre, Keese Davis,
Kthel Nye, Frank Bettencourt, Lee Lit
tell and Verner Hironymous. _—
The teachers kimlly request the pa
rents to visit our school and see what we
are doing. By -so doing you inspire
both pupil and teacher. We ■ no
“special” days. We try to make them
all “special.” Kvenbo.lv is welcome.
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New time card taking effect Sunday,
November 10, stages will leave \ering
tan as follow*: l-«vo 1.’:» P; »'•. >»
a train No. 23 from San Francisco
:„d all eastern points Leave 8 p. m.
to meet train No. 24 ^ Tonopah Gol 1
' field and all points south. Trains No .
i25 and 26 will be diaxmtiuued.
CAMP OF YERINGTON IN GOOD SHAPE
The Orems of the NevadaDouglass Find That the Stringency
of the Money Market Has Not Affected This Camp
The Nevada-Douglas Copper company
is pushing development work at its mines
at Yeringron, New, with a full head of
steam and is in the market today with
four cars of ore which average from 15
to 16.5 per cent copper.
"These are some of the things that
count," remarked Manager Walter C.
Orem today, "who has just returned
from a trip of inspection accompanied
by his father. A. J. Orem. . "When you
ask me to tell you how things are mov
ing at the Nevada-Douglas, that is about
the best way I can put it. Nevada
Douglas is responding splendidly. The
main tunnel' is forging ahead by the use
of machine drills at a rapid pace and
the east drift from it has been in ore for
the past 20 feet which averages front 6
to 9 per cent copper.
"In the Ludwig section we are show
ing up lots of ore. On the 550 level,
we are still driving ahead in chalcocite
copper oie carrying almost phenoniinal
values. We will have a carload of it in
the market in a few days, and according
to the mine assays furnished me by
Superintendent A rent/., it should return
about .55 per cent copper.
"On the 500 level a new shoot of ore
has been recently opened; for 50 feet it
lias been followed along its.strike and is
showing up mighty well. It is 10 feet
wide and runs better than 10 per cent
copper. All the ground between the 400
and 500 levels is virgin territory; hence
we ought to produce an immense ton
nage from this shoot alone.
' ‘We have mapped out a very vigorous
campaign at the Nevada-Douglas mine,” j
continued Mr. Orem, “bit development
for the present will be confined largely
to the driving of the deep tunnel and in
the exploitation of the 505, 550 and 650
levels of the Ludwig and also in sinking
the incline in the latter.
“The past year's development with the 1
aid of ths modern equipment we have
installed.” Mr. Orem went on, ‘‘has
placed us in position to develop tonnage
very rapidly in the drifts from the deep j
tunnel in the Douglas, as well as in the I
incline and on the 650 and 750 levels of j
the Ludwig.
One of the remarkable 'things aliout j
the Ludwig mine, Mr. Orem says, is that I
the large amount of leached gossan ma
terial outcropping at the surface to a
width of from 60 to 75 feet, is changing
to unleached ore on the lower levels.
This fact is particularly in evidence on
the 550 level, where two shoots one
known as the hanging-wall shoot, the
other the foot-wall shoot—have been de
veloped. The combined width of the
' two is aliout 40 feet and the ore runs
from \l to 15 per cent copper.
The camp in general is in good shape
and is not feeling the effects of the gen
eral money stringency as much as some
others in Nevada.
During the past week some rich speci
men ore has been taken out of the Lud
wig; some of the pieces assaying from
| 60 to 80 per cent copper. -Deseret News. ,
im him maammmmmmmmammmmmmma—ataaaeamaffiw wtuhtbs:
CHEAP COPPER GAN BE MANUFACTURED HERE
Officials ami shareholders of the Ne
vada-Douglas Copper company have
good reasons to feel elated over the
manner in which the proi>erty of that
corporation at Yerington, Nevada, is re
sponding to development. While it is
no uncommon thing to hear something
good alxiut Nevada-Douglas, General
Manager Walter C. Orem received some
news from the front today which pleases
him about as well as anything that has
ever come from those in charge of the
operation of the mine.
Mr. Orem has been informed than an
immense body of high-gradfc ore has
been encountered in the east drift from
the main tunnel, that it had been fol
lowed for a distance of 50 feet up to the
time of the filing of the report of Engi
neer E. 8. Arentz and that the average
copper values for the last eight feet of
this distance was 11 7-8 per cent, while
the first 42 feet ran beet ween 3 1-2 and 4
per cent copper. The dimensions of the
ore body have not been ascertained as
vet, no cross-cuts having been run; but
on the surface the deposits crop to a
width of probably 150 feet. The Cast
ing Copper shaft, which gave encourage
ment all the way from the surface down
to U» present depth, was sunk on this
ore body and served as an indication ol
what might be expected in the drift from
the tunnel.
The Nevada-Douglas is without the
slightest doubt a copper mine of great
proportions and Salt Lake people who
are interested in the enterprise have ex
pressed this opinion in all sincerity a
great many times. The price of copper
would have to fall very much below
what it is now to put it out of business.
“ We are going right ahead with our
development work,” said Manager Orem
today “ar.d I think this is evidence
enough that we do not feel discouraged
over the outlook of the metal. Matters
will adjust themselves after awile and
copper will be in greater demand than
ever. When we get in shape for it, you
will find that the N e vada- Doug lass can
manufacture copper as cheaply as any
body too. ”
C. B. Wiseman was a Reno visitor this
week.
W. T. Warren, of Dayton, is in Yer
ington this week on a visit to his daugh
ter, Miss Azella.
O. K. Huston, the genial mixologist
at the Commerc al hotel bar, is having a
neat four-room bungalow erected on Cal
ifornia street.
Two new blocks of concrete sidewalk
were completed on California street this
week.
James Barton, who became ill while
attending the university at Reno, is in
Yerington recuperating.
The 8-year-old son of W. Baird, who
has been quite ill with txphopl fever, is i
still in a critical condition,
BERT KNAPP AND JOE
YAMA TO WRESTLE
FOR PURSE
The following articles of agreement
for a wrestling match between Bert
Knapp and Joe Yama, the Jap, lx>th of
Yeringtoii, have lieen signed by !>oth
parties, with C. D. McDonald and Harry
YY’arren as witnesses, for a side bet of
f250, winner to take all gate receipts:
First, contest to be governed bv Po
lice Gazette rules, no hold barred; sec
ond, best two out of three falls; third,
Catch weights; fourth, side bets to f>e
deposited on or liefore November 1.5,
1907; fifth, referee to be chosen at ring
side; sixth, either party failing to appear
and not ready to go on with the match
shall forfeit his side bet, unless a doc
tor's certificate is produced showing his
inability to appear.
The contest will take place at Owl
Hall on the evening of November 23.
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The Ladies' Aid Social
The bodies' Aid social given in the
Methodist church last Wednesday after
noon was a decided success.
Thirty-five ladies were present and
the afternoon was passed most pleasantly
and all too quickly.
The tea, coffee and cake with which
the afternoon session was closed was of
first quality and abundant in quantity.
Ten new names were added to the
roll and the society looks toward the
future with confidence.
Vof the present meetings will l>e held
each Wednesday at 2 p. m. to which all
the ladies, young and old, are invited.
LIVELY SCHOOL DEBATE
The following delate took place at the
Yerington public school Friday after
noon, November 8:
Resolved, That the steamboat has
been of more benefit to the United States
than the printing press.
Affirmative Speakers -Joey Gallagher,
Kathleen Hironymous, George Kneiritn.
Negative Speakers - Ray Hironymous,
Shirley Hoppin, Lawrence Lam.
An excellent argument was put up,
considering it being the first trial fora
number of the speakers,-points brought
out that would almost make one accus
tomed to such say, “it’s hard to beat.”
The honorable judges, Mrs. Marsal,
Mrs. Dillon and Miss Kva Dandurand
ot Dayton, after much argument, de
cided, two to one, in favor-of the affirm
ative. A number of visitors were pres
ent.
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M. E Church
Rev. George \V. Beatty, will preach
morning and evening.
Morning services 11 a. m., evening
services 7 o’clock. .
Morning theme: Windmills,Watches,
Boys.
Evening theme: “Biting the Bare
Hook.’’
Sunday school at 3 p in. Joshua 24,
14-28.
Thursday 7 p. m. prayer and praise
"Gideon and His Three Hundred.”
All are cordially invited to attend
these services.
BOVARD HAS ANOTHER
STRIKE NEAR TO
RAWHIDE
Nineteen miles south of Rawhide a
gold strike has been made, which, from
reports coming to Yerington, promises
to rival Rawhide as a producer of the
yellow metal. The discovery was made
by the same parties who found Rawhide,
A. J. Bovard and Chus. McLeod, liotli of
Yerington.
Mr. Bovard was in this city this week
showing some of the ore, which is fairly
alive with free gold. Of course, tie
stuff he was showing was specimen m; -
terial ami did not represent the average
of the ore bodies by any manner of
means.
The vein from which the gold conies
is 60 feet wide. Several assays were
taken, the lowest of which ran $1.80 in
gold per ton, while the highest soared
into the pictures.
An average sample of 12 feet of the
vein returned a value of $27 the ton in
gold.
The news of the discovery caused
quite a stampede from Rawhide with the
result that many claims were located.
The country formation is porphyry.
WELL BORING MACHINE
M. Feigh Ryan has received his well
drilling machinery ami intends to sink
for artesian water. It is piobi.ble that
the city council will open negotiations
with Mr. Ryan for sinking an artesian
well for city purp 3es
There is every reason to believe that
good flows may be encountered in all
parts of the valley. In the event cf
getting water, there will be incalculable
benefits to follow. At Wabuska a splen
did flow was encountered at a depth of
351 feet.
Mr. Rvnil’s machinery is capable of
sinking to a fleptli of 1200 feet and will
lie employed for prospecting as well as
driving for water.
Notice to Land Purchasers
Under Departmental Regulations all
applications to make entry of or to pur
chase lands, under the agricultural, coal
land or mining laws, must be accom
panied by the required fees or purchase
money, as the case may be, in the form
of currency, coin or postoffice money
order. Checks or drafts of any cliurac
i ter can not be received.
LOUIS J. COHN, Register.
Earl W. Trkmont, Receiver.
United States LandOffice, Carson City,
! Nevada, Noveml>er 8, 1907.
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