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HI DEMI
INKS Ml
To the Press of Nevada:
^Adjutant-General Sullivan is in re
ceipt of a telegram from General
Crowder congratulating Nevada on
the fact that she took second place in
the nation-wide race in the classify
ing of the remaining registrants of the
September, 1918, registration.
A short time ago the first race for
the classification and physical exam
ination of all registrants between the
ages of 19 and 36 in which every State
ii\ the Union was making strenuous
competition, Nevada also took second
place and resulted in this State ob
taining prominent recognition by
Washington as well as by eht other
less fortunate States.
The success of Nevada in making
the splendid record she did in both
races, is in a large measure due to the
work of the boards of the State. Ev
ery board entered into the spirit of
the race from the very first, and with
out any limit to the amount of time
they expended on this war work, lent
every effort to complete their respec
tive tasks in record time. Had one
board failed to respond, the entire
State's work woul have been in vain.
I ne first county to finish her work
in this race was Esmeralda. The
counties were divided into one* dot
and the two dot classes according to
the number of registrants. The one.
dot included the. counties with a lesser
registration than the tw o dot. Washoe
county with the gerate-t number of
registrants of any county in the State
took first honors in the Two dot class
and w.'.s amongst the first counties
to finish the work.
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USE VIGTORY ELOUR
' UNTIL CHRISTMAS
To the en <lt!iat stocks of Victory
and other sttbst tttte Hour may lie util
ized without v. i-te, the Federal Food
administrator for Nevada lias request
id all hottsev. iv baker* and restau
rants to continue the purchase and
use of substitutes to he used at their
convenience and in any quantities
they desire ; ttelt use is not ntanda
tnVy, hut is necessary in view of the
utter criminality of f- od waste under
•present conditions of world shortage.
"Stark famine is blighting half the
world," runs the food administration
sttement. "and no loya1 citizen of Ne
vada is willwti, for the small stocks
of substitute flours itt the hands of
t nr grocers to spoil and he wsateil.
In so far as this waste occurs, just
so far ,-rc we guilty of withholding
foodstuffs from starving millions. And
exactly as we meet our present press
ing obligations to save and send food.
ju«t so will we he judged by future
generations as having done ottr duty
to humanity., True, some of these
other flours cost slightly more than
wheat, hut the quantities are so small,
and the time during which it will he
necessary for us to use them so short,
that the difference is not appreciable.
I.c! its meet this small demand, as we
have met all others."
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VIRGINIA III DISTRESS
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Virginia City is still in the grip of
the influenza. It became necessary
for Acting-Governor Sullivan to tele
graph the Red Cross of San Francisco
for nurses, it being impossible for the
home people to care for the numerous
eases. In response aid came and the
arrival of live trained nurses relieved
the tension of all interested in the sick
and suffering.
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THE GREATEST MOTHER
The Red Cross, with the help of the
high-school domestic science equip
ment,, its instructor, Miss Creel, and
volunteer assistants, is doing a splen
did work among us in sending ot
nourishment to the sick. Twenty-one
l>atients are now being served in ac
cordance with the doctors’ orders,
three times a day or hourly,'if neces
sury. A spirit of neighborline"
prompted Mrs. Bleasdale to begin the
s work, but patients who can procure
no caretakers have become so numer
ous that Mrs. J. I. Wilson and Mrs.
Leavitt helped to establish the pres
ent noble seVvice. Volunteers are
working unselfishly. < )ne of the un
tiring workers informs the Times that
an abatement of the dreaded disease
is indicated. •
THE CHILDREN Dili
in USE THEN
Published by request of the Parent
Teachers Association, and is taken
from the editorial section of Popular
Mechanics Magazine:
New York, October 23.—Sever
al thousand cases of German
made toys arrived here today.—
Associated Press.
Toys! For whom? For the inno
cents carried down when the "Lusi
tania” sank? For those tear-eyed
Belgian children who stretch forth lit
tle arms from which the hands were
struck off by the swords of German
girfs with pitiful sightless eyes? For
officers? For those French boys and
those whose little bodies rest in the
churchyards of Italy, that died in pain
from poisoned Hun candy? For those
e ther children slowly starved to death
in Poland or massacred in Aremenia'
Toys? Toys made by Huns to
whom innocence and childhood are
but toys to t>e played with and then
crused and broken? Toys whose very
contact contaminates and leaves upon
the touch of babyhood invisible clots
| of blood? As well bring a deadly ser
; pent into the home to spew its venom’
! on the cradle. Why shall we befoul
land taint the purity of American child
| flood with a reminder of the fiendish
i treatment the Huns have gloried in
| ncr sinfec that fateful August of 1914?
Can one even look upon a Noah's
Ark "Made in Germany” and put from
his mind those hundreds of helpless
innocents whose silken locks arc:
: twined with seaweed? Can one hold
.1 \ I Cl 111.I II U HI III 11 v. I *11 IMS *11111 I'M S'-*
♦ he thousands dead from famine who
once made glad a mother's arms? Can
a boy find delight in the contortion*
■ if a mechanical Hun clown and forge1,
those brave young men who writhed
in agony when crucified on castle
i wa'ls by. these same Huns? Can a
ball colored with the red of Huns fail
to suggest the dame from bursting
grenades hurled by arms uplifted in
the attitude of "kamerad"?
Let those who would invite fear
some ghosts into the home to hover
round the Cristinas tree buy German
toys. If one would hang the boughs
■' itIi evil omens, and bid the wail of
: agonized spirits float through tile
, branches and fan the flickering flame
j of candles, let him buy German toys.
L.et those who can, make merry with
i the product of those very hands which
| even at this moment are eagerly idling
: - hells with poison gases and deadly
1 flames and hurling them against our
n#n flesh and blood. •
And what of the merchant who for
sordid gain would barter these sou
venirs of a loathsome nation and in
sult the loyalty of lisping litis? What
could more* delight the cunning Hun,
what more quickly bring the sneer
' ing smile to cruel faces, or gladden
heartless hearts, or encourage him to
hope that even now we tolearte his
! brutality and welcome what lie wants
j to sell? If now, when as a nation we
are in universal condemnation of
j Hunisni, yet do we bold out our
hands to accept his works, what will
j he think and with what measure shall
he estimate the sincerity of our expres
■ -ions of repugnance and horror at
; what he has done since the sun rose
I this morning? What mitigation can
I we claim in the thought that-Ainerica
i was not yet overseas wnen these
| trinkets were fashioned? Even while
the gaudy paint was yet fresh upon
1 these trinkets were Itelgian girls be
j ing dragged into slavery worse -than
j death.
We do not lack for toys: toys by
trainloads made in American factories,
by hands which are clean: toys also
by carloads made by our ally in Japan
where childhood is sacre'd. and love,
not hate, is taught at mothers' breasts.
Kvgn were there none, far bitter our
boys an girls shouldl go without than
| tind pleasure in the handiwork of a
j nation which made a public holiday
to celebrate the loss of the "Lusita
| nia,” and which in thest* latter days
i is steeped in the "glory" of monstros
, ities. Could our little men who sac
rifice many a childish pleasure to buy
war stamps and contributesHennies to
the Red Cross, and our little moth
ers who knit so patiently with hands
that can barely hold the needles,
would one of these knowingly find
any pleasure in any toy "Made in
Germany?"
H. H. WINDSOR.
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The West Hardware Company has
a new ad. in this issue of The Times
that will pay you to read. This firm
carries everything in the line of hard
ware—from a needle to an anchor,
you might say—and if it is anything
special you want they will order it
j for von. They know the value of the
judicious use of printer's ink in get
ting their wares before the public. )
Nice courteous treatment is accorded
| to nil.
NEARING THE BID OF
LONG HjUGHT GNSE
In the Federal Court Monday the
matter of George Pyatt, bankrupt,
was brought up. The proceedings
were instituted by the divorced wife,
who petitions for a review of the case
and an accounting by the dankrupt.
The complaint as argued before the
court is to the effect that Pyatt at
the time of declaration 1iad ample
means to provide the $50 a month
alimony allowed in the lower courts.
There is a question of jurisdiction in
relation to the other matters. The
court has the matter under davise
ment.
The old case of Miller & Lux vs.
about 50 defendants along the water
shed of the Walker River was also tip
on a stipulation review. The attor
neys for both parties stipulating that
the adjustment of the water rights
might be made by order of Judge Far
rington. The Judge in turn suggests
that the signing of the court order
provided it agreed to by counsel of
both parties, he made by some other
judge to he called in. Following such
an order subsequent orders could be
properly signed by Judge Farrington,
as they would be an amendment to
the original order.
It is now believed that by such a
stipulation ns to distribution that this
case, which has occiqsied the court for
over ten years, will be settled to the
satisfaction of all parties.
In the entire water course, involv
ing several hundred water owners,
there are but six, on the upper end
of the stream unaffected by the case
or the decision.
It is anticipated that the entire mat
ter will he disposed of within a few
weeks at the latest.—Carson Xews.
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INTELLIGENT WORK
ON THIS PROPERTY
Since niv last letter I have received
the following wires from Ludwig,
showing shipments:
For the period October 17 to 24
shipped to Thompson smelter 1,025
tons. The ore averaged 3.50 per cent
copper. For the period October 25
to 31 shipped to Thompson smelter
1.150 tons. The ore averaged 3.90 per
cent copper.
Under Mr. Moore's management
mill expenses have been discontinued,
and a more vigorous development of
ore value- in the mines inaugurated,
with very satisfactory results, as will
be seen by the following information
copied from a wire sent out by him
under date of November 2:
"Produced almost 300,000 pounds of
copper in October. Total men em
ployed at the mines, 121. Develop
ment conditions good. On the 4(H)
foot level in the Western Nevada we
have cross-cut in the last two days siid
cent. Ore body on the 81X1 level
feet in new ore averaging \3'/j per
north of caved stope in the Ludwig
now lifty feet wide, and averaging bet
ter than 5 per cent. Seventeen feet
of ore east of caved stope on the 700
foot level in the Ludwig averaging
better than 4 per lent. Winze be
low the 350-foot level in the Casting
Copper all in ore averaging approxi
mately 6 per rent. Development work
of the properties -hire taking charge
more than 8(10 feet. New positive
ore proven approximately 20,000 tons;
average V/ cent.”
'1 hirteen-and-a-half per cent ore in
the Western Nevada, heretofore run
ning 4 to 5 per cent.
Discovery of ore on the 350-foot
level in the Casting Copper. Large
quantities were shipped from the 200
level, but they have been exploring
below for months without finding the
ore till now.
Detailed report of Nevada Copper
belt railroad for 21 days ending Oc
tober^, 1918:
Ore, 278 car lots: revenue, $7,906.91:
miscellaneous, such as lime, cattle,
etc., 82 car lots: revenue, $2,819.13:
total car lots, 360; revenue. $10,726.04:
less than carload quantities, passen
gers, etc., $2,157.15; total receipts.
$12,883.19.
Yours very truly,
A. J. OREM.
November 14, 1918.
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CURD OFJNIUKS
We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to t'e many friends who
offered their sympathy and kindness
during the sickness and death of our
beloved son and brother.
MRS. M. DICKINSON
AND FAMILY.
SHORT ITEMS
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It is reported that coyote pelts are
worth from $12 to $15 per.
Canvasback ducks have made their
appearance in Mason Valley.
Joe Giraud, the sheep baron, has
been some time ia the valley looking
over his sheep interests.
J. S. Thompson, the cattle man, is
in town looking over the stock and
feed situation.
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Mr. Walker has just completed a
cozy bungalow on South Nevada
street.
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Ed Erway, former engineer of the
Mason Valley mine team, is now su
perintendent of an egg farm over
Mrs. McIntyre has had her home
place newly painted and it adds great
ly to the appearanle of the house.
Taxes will soon be due. Get busy
and attend to this disagreeable piece
of business by seeing Charley Mr
McLeod.
Doc Nicholas is making lots of im
provements on his holdings east of
town, among them being a commodi
ous cow barn.
Bunchgrass on the flats and slopes
west and east of town is shooting up
line for this time of year, thus insur
ing good pasture for the herds next
year. '
Will Powers, one of the pillars of
the Lyon County Bank, is in style.
] He has the flu, but is willing to be
I out of style. However, he is pulling
! through.
Doc Knwx is remodeling his home
on the northwest corner of Main and
Bridge streets.- When finished it will
I grace that part of town nicely,
j Churchill Canyon way.
| The building beifcg erected by the
i Catholic Church to he used as a chap
el and school on the Indian lot on
Bridge street is nearly completed. Ed.
! Ross is the architect.
This has been a banner year for the
j honey-nun. The price is good—away
: above the figure- of last year—and
; the quality unexecelled. A good many
thousand dollars will he distributed
I this year among the producers who
j handle this byproduct.
Te farmers are doing considerable
plowing these days. Some of them
| are trying out the new-fangled tract
j ors and getting good results. < )thers
are using the good old reliable horse
| —the same as their grandfathers did
—and, as usual, getting good action
j on the salt-grass roots.
The Dyer residence in Nevada
1 street, between Broadway atid Littell
! a\enus. is undergoing a pleasing
j change in.shape. When completed it
i will be handsome Swiss cottage and
j also greatly to the appearance of that
; street of pretty residences.
i
I A! Wishart, chief man at the Mason
Valley mine eating foundry, is tli£
latest victim of the prevailing unpleas
antness. He is at home meditating
on the hard lines of life. He will get
well, a? the miners need him at meal
time.
The buildings erected by the Citi
zens’ Coal & Lumber Company,Main
and Bridge streets, are a credit to
the city. Cities much larger than Yer
ington cannot boast of such substan
tial structures. Friedhoff and Cod
dington, the owners, have faith in Ma
son Valley and particularly Yering
tou.
«
The sidetracks of the Copper Belt
line at Mason are lined with ventila
tor cars awaiting loading by the po
tato growers, who have big teams
working early and late baffling in
Lyon County’s prize spud crop. The
price is around $30 a ton, which will
net our farmers a tidy sum. The Yer
ington depot is also shipping quite
a few loads of potatoes.
The recent north wind Started the
honker geese on their soutward mi
gration. Most every day a Hock or
two can be seen in V-sahped forma
tion in the sky wending its way to the
grain fields of sunny California. Some
of them stopped over in Mrson Val
ley for a short stay to give our local
nimrods a chance to display their
marksdanship. So far Mr. Honker
has not suffered.
W. H. Churchyard has been wrest
ling with the influenza this week.
Sometimes e was on top and some
times the tin had him three points
down, but at la't accounts Church
yard bad a hammerlock bold and the
Hue was about in.
The usual amount of dressed turk
eys were shipped from the Yerington
station this year. The price per
pound is very high. \ turkey the
s'ze .if your :-'t being worth a for
tune.
ft is rumored that- several saloon
men will, after the 16th of next month, >
when the arid law goes into effect,
transform their places into soft drink
emporiums where billiards •and solo
games can be played.
A sale of copper was made recent
ly in New York City at the price of
2S'/ic per pound, this despite the gov
ernment fixed figure of 26c per pound
The U. S. government set price of
26c a jound goes out of effect the first
of the year, and there is speculation
as to whether the price will be lower
or higehr. The local mines are strain
ing themselves to increase production
while the market is strong.
Lawrence Masini has bought •the
Lam, Hanson & Netherton stock and
will move the Toggery to the Lam
building. Lawrence expects to show
Yerii^gton a dandy toggery shop.
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INFLUENZA NOTES
It is to be regretted that influenza
is still prevalent in our community,
but it is hoped, with the reinforce
ment of mask-wearing by the board
of health, that the situation may soon
be improved. It is observed by many
that in the i >wns and cities through
out the cotintr’ ring of
te masks has been most rigidly en
forced, the disease has been stamped
out sooner. I.et us keep our masks
on for the sake of the other fellow,
if not our own.
Mr. Ole Somers, who suffered a re
lapse, is now improving. His wife
and children, also ill for the past
week, are reported better.
Beatrice Thrailkill, who was strick
en with influenza about ten days ago,
is still Very sick. Recovery has been
slow with Beatrice.
Mrs. Hattie Kremmel has been very
ill of influenza at her home north of
town. Mr. Fisher of the same fam
ily, is improving.
I he doctors report the following
sufferers: Rawson and \da1ns fam
ilies, Mrs. Neely, Mrs. Mary Galla
gher, Mrs. McBarrrs’ two children.
Mrs. Farncy and Mrs. Ella Wag
goner.
Dan McLeod also has been unforl
unate in suffering a relapse, and is
now said to be in a serious condition.
Miss Hazel Strosnider is recovering
after rather a serious attack.
Mr. R. L. Waggoner has been ill
all week with influenza and Mrs.
Waggoner has also been confined to
their home by sickness. Both are re
covering now. Their paper is just able
to be out and that is all.
Mrs. Dr. Leavitt has been unable to
leave her home for many days and
her genial presence is much missed
in all Red Cross work. Hopes for her
speedy recovery is extended by her
many friends.
Mrs Jula Hilton met with a very
painful accident last week from which
she still suffers much pain. While
washing glasses a small piece of glass
entered an open cut on her right
thumb, causing infection.
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lonjEsn
Washington revokes all restrictions
on construction. The State Council
of Defense was notified by the Non
War sectionshrd ulhrdluhrd ulypfwyp
Induhtries Board that all restrictions
heretofore enforced on construction
projects are removed.
Construction of every kind may
now proceed without permits.
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MASON HEMS
I'he sad death of A. Depoali oc
curred at noon, the 26th inst., from
irHuenza at his residence in Mason,
lie was 59 years, 3 months and ID
dys old. He was a native of Italy and
has resided in Lyon county for the
past 40 years. Deceased leaves a wife
and nine children to mourn bis loss.
Funeral services will be held at Day
ton some future date, pending the re
covery of other members of the fam
ily, now convalescing.
W. J. Askins, one of the oldest as
well as one of the most efficient em
ployes of the Copper Belt railroad,
has resigned and is going to the coast
for a long needed rest.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bonner and
three daughters arrived last Wednes
day night from Haley, Idaho, and
learning that W. J. Bonner, was in
Oakland, California, left on Thurs-"
day motor for that city. We are
| pleased to learn that Mr, Bonner, Sr,
I is rapidly regaining his health.
Miss Nellie Halverson left Wednes
day to spend Thanksgiving with her
parents at Virginia City.
Among those who have entirely re
covered from tire flu we are pleased to
note Mr. C. Logan and Mrs. Apper
•on.
For several days past curious
crowds have been examining a Ger
man helmet, which is on exhibition at
the Mason Mercantile Company store,
having been sent from F'rance by
Lieutenant R. P. Moore, formerly of
Mason. Roxy wrote that the German
from whom it was taken “is busy
pushing up daisies in a field ten mites
back." Lieutenant Moor was first to
enlist from Mason afld if your corres
pondent mistakes not from Lyon
county. He is serving in the motor
transportation service.
What a wonderful change in Floyd
Slutter; note how his countenance
beams with smiles, how he radiates
gladness, how his steps of lightness
wake no echo. Mrs. Slutter and
daughter have just returned from an
extended visit in Nebraska.
Chas. Apperson. brought to Mason
Hospital four months ago from the
Thompson smelter with an injured
foot and whose life was several times
despaired of. is now on the road to
recovery, after amputation of the
right leg.
Immense quantities of potatoes arc
being shipped from this station on ev
ery freight. As many as nineteen cars
in one day have been shipped. The
quality excellent.
Miss Elsie Conway spent the week
end at the Warren ranch. Wahuska.
Miss Miriam Riggs, recently recov
ered from an attack of the flu. is again
on duty at the Mason Mercantile Co.
store.
The many friends of Mrs. John San
tino, who has been in poor health the
past four months, are pained to learn
it was necessary to remove her to tHe
Mason Hospital for treatment.
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[EMIT ITEMS
Mrs. O. Olson has as her guest Mrs
Klenor Ciller.
Mrs. Ambler of Reno visited Mrs
S. 1*. Pray last. Sunday.
Milton Pray was called to Yering
ton on business this week.
Mrs. Viola Ummons> of Reno is
visiting Miss Juanita Edith Perry.
Mrs. C. Fontaine is reported to bi
much improved from her recent ill
ness. 9
Mrs. \V. Gnteh returned from Reno
'and has as her house guest Miss Mar
ion llee.
Mrs. R. Austin left last night for
Winnemucca, where she was called on
business.
Mrs. J. R. Middleton is convales
cing at the home of her mother, Mrs.
G. A. Perry.
Vesta Bradshaw of Reno spent the
week end as the guest of Mr. and Mrs
Fritz Stock.
natter Marks returned last week
from Wisconsin, where he was call
ed hy the death of his father.
Miss Anna Abbott received word
that her uncle, Walter D. Abbott, has
been severely wounded in France.
Mrs. MaryTrenworth of Paradise
arrived to visit her son, Oliver and
family. She will remain indefinitely.
Mrs. O. Olsen has returned to
Fernley after spending several months
with her daughter, Mrs. E. Giller, in
Colorado.
Night Operator Hutnburg has re
turned to his position. He relieved
Mr. Lamb, who was transferred to
Battle Mountain.
T. J. Bradshaw of Reno was in
town last week. He spent som time
in llazen visiting his daughter, Miss
Thelma Bradshaw.
The Fernley Mothers’ Club held its
lirst meeting since the epidemic last
Friday. Plans of holding a Christma
celebration for the children were dis
cussed.
The preliminary hearing of Carmen
Yillegis, a Mexican charged with
being drunk and threatening the life
of several fellow workmen at Patna
was held in Fernley last week. He
was bound over to await the action
of the grand jury..
Mr. Grant spent yesterday in Fern
ley organizing a Sunday school.
The Fernley Red Cross Chanter
held its annual election of officer
yesterday and elected the following
Chairman, Mrs. L. I. Wheeler; Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Frank. Hill; Seen
tarv, Mrs. \\ . Watson, and Mrs. W
'hitch ;rs Treasurer. \ board of d:
rectors is t. he elected -oon.