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YERINGTON, NEVADA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16,1919
VOLUME LX I
Number 32.
WORK 10 SHU ON
MKERUKE RH
Assemblyman Stannard of Mineral
'county, who was chiefly instrumental
in passing the act authorizing the
building of the highway on the west
side of Walker Lake, hes received
the following letter from Engineer
Cottrell:
Mr. G. B. S'tannard,
My dear Mr. Stannard:
I have at last found a very
good man to take charge of the sur
vey oj the west side of the Walker
Lake and will carry through, not
only the survey of the job, but the
plans and construction. He will do
all of this work in Hawthorne as I
consider it better to do it in that
manner.
This man will, report to this office
next Monday, the 18th, and should
be in Hawthorne by the latter part
of the week.
I had another man who was to
have reported during the latter part
of July fdr this work and was very
much disappointed in receiving word
from him at the last minute that he
could not accept the job.
C. C. COTTRELL
State Highway Engineer
Carson City, Aug. 12, 1919
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WABUSKA HOME DESTROYED
BY FIRE
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Rawlins, of Wabuska, was completely
destroyed by fire last Wednesday
about noon. None ®f the family were
at home at the time of the fire, the
family having gone to Wabujska, and
so the cause is unknown. The Raw
lins place is about two miles from
Wabuska and the home was among
the finest in the Valley.
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INSPECTION OF THE
NEWUNOS PROJECT
INSPECT NEWIANDS PROJECT
Judge Farrimglow and several other
men taking r’.ctiye part in the hear*}?
of the action brcnvght by the govern
ment against Truckec river water
users to deter name their respective
water rights returned to the city '.last
Friday night from their reviewing ex
pedition over the Kewland's project,
saye the Reno Journal.
The party consisted of Judge Fas
rington. Project Manager Richard
son; Mr. Patrick, district, counsel at
Fallon; Judge McCarran and Judge
Summerfield. They leit Reno Friday
morning in automobiles and went to
Derby Dam where they reviewed the
project. At Wadsworth they de
toured to the Pyramid Lake reserva
tion and viewed the project there.
The trip .then continued on from
Wadsworth through Fernley along
tHe line of the Truckee canal to the
Lahonton reservoir. At the reser
voir they examined the project and
the various works there. Through
the Carson Valley inspections was
made of> the Fallon ditches and the
various farms in that vicinity. At
Hazen the men boarded a train and
returned to Reno.
Tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock
the men interested in the water pro
ceedings will meet at the city hall
and consider ways and means by
which the shortage of water exist
ing at Fallon can be improved and
efforts will be made to have Reno
officials consent to a reduction in the
water being taken from the river by
the local users. This reduction, one
of the lawyers in the case said last
night, will enable a sufficient increase
in the flow of the Truckee river to
alleviate the conditions at Fallon.
The hearing of the government
case was postponed . until October
7th. At that, time the water users,
some 200 in number, will open their
side of the case and present argu
ments tending to prove that the
quantities of water now allotted to
them are necessary for irrigation of
lands owned by them. It is also
tought that at the hearing the state
will t»ke aa active part to protect
its rights.
KILLED BY A FALL
Harry T. Hobson, superintendent
of the Marne Divide, was killed Sat
urday afternoon by falling from the
top of tlie 30 foot head frame to the
bottom of the 52 foot shaft- Hobson
lost hit balance as he kicked a tim
ber from the frame. He was con
tcions when found. He is survived
by a widow, parents and a brother.
He was a graduate of Leland Stan
ford university.
MINES MID NMD
INFORMATION
Tuscarora—3000 acres purchased by
Union Cattle Co.
Goldfield—Ore valued at $67,000
broken in one blast in Red Top mine.
Winnemucca— Harmony mine is
rushing immense development work.
Carson City—Cash value of state
railroads $77,904,460; assessed .valu
ation $70,114,014 Cash value public
utilities $11,597,365; assessed valuation
$10,800,251.
Tonopah—Preparations for large de
velopment work completed by Oro
Divide. Co.
With the world’s copper business con
trolled by American producers and re
fillers and a prospective demand lor
the metal exceeeding anything hereto
fore known, the copper states can
now expect years of prosperity.
Winnemucca biulding permanent avi
ation and race track field.
Ren0—New $100,(100 university build
ing to be erected at once.
Tonopah—Silvertone group at Han.
napah to undergo development cam
paign.
Eastgate—Companies organizing to
thoroughly prospect oil fields.
Stillwater—Travellers Oil Co. to
resume drilling upon arrival of ma
chinery.
Blair Junction—Development of local
alum deposits promise big industry.
Virginia City—Con. Virginia and Op
hir exposing high grade ore in large
quantities.
Carson City—Many new mining
properties opening throughout the
district.
Muskogee Phoenix—A hard sur
faced road in front of your farm
would straightway increase the value
at least $25 per acre.
Mina Bureau ®f mines established to
boost local developments.
Goldfield—50,000 tons of $8 ore ex
posed above tftie 120 foot level *4 the
Cracker Jack.
Hly—uu properties turning vv nite
Pine into busy camp.
Round Mountain—Silver Point dis
trict opening good" values in gold
and silver ones.
Ely—Plans to extend the Lincoln
Highway to Los Angeles under way.
Increasing copper activities expected
as result of new market.
Coldfield—Eastern capitalists pur
scase Mother Lode mine;work shart
ed. Placer claims in Title canyon
open 06 gravel
Eureka—Eureka-Croesns mine pre
paring to ship 24 tons of ore every
24 hours.. 11 tons of ore shipped out
of district in the past week.
Blair Junction—Southern Nevada
Oil & Gas Co. to operate oil field 3
miles south of town.
Goodspring—New mill of Yellow
Pine Milling Co. completed and now
ready to work.
How can our country pay high
prices for labor and high prices for
products of the soil and have low
priced finished commodities.
l'allon assured a $15(10 municipal
swimming pool.'
Carson City—Local men investi
gating reported oil strike in Lyon Co.
Tonopah— Rosetta Divide prepar
ing to install electric hoist. 100 of
properties in districtt operating with
power drills and hoists. Tonopah
Erisco airplane line company organ- |
izing with capitalization of $250,(XX). I
Gerlach—Operations in Leadville
Mine producing ore averaging $30 a
ton.
Manhattan—Spanish Belt mine ore '
strike assays $376.30 per ton.
Nevada's farm crop, estimated valu
ation $21,875,000; live stock $29,285,- j
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Virginia City— Caledonia mine and |
other properties to be reopened and :
developed.
Duckwater—Indications of oil in |
local field causing boom.
New England displaces 3,000,000
tons coal with oil this year.
Goodsprings—Development of Va
nadiuVn ores in Yellowpine district I
steadily increasing. Rumors of con
version of Jean sampler into plant for |
treatment of vanadium ores received. :
Winnemucca—Humboldt Irrigation ;
project being inspected by govern
ment.
Labor shortage reported in mining
district. Old mines being put into
shape for production.
Tonopah—Cornucopia Divide Co.
to develop property: Substantial in
dustry assured with development of
alum mines in Silver Peak district.
Goldfield—Silver nugget weighing
19 pounds taken from the Bacon
group mines.
Arden—New management to de
velop and remodel local plaster plant.
Winnemucca—Ore discovered in
Kitten Springs district assaying $934
silver and $4.80 gold.
iDenio—Ledge opened in the copper
belt assaying $25 to $300 per ton.
1U LEM
Reno— Aug. 8—Permanent head
quarters for the Reno chapter of the
American Legion have been opened
over the old Palace bar on Center
St. and Comercial Row. Harry C.
Drew has been appointed executive
secretary, with offices in the hall
ivhere he will take charge of needy
service men, secure them employ
ment, attend to insurance and handle
all the executive business of the or
ganization.
The permanent headquarters are
possible through the beneficence of
the War Camp Commu'nity Service
which has agreed to rent the hall and
pay the maintenance cost for the
next few months. The people of
Reno are donating the furniture.
At the first meeting in the hall on
Monday night it was voted to name
the Reno chapter Post Darrell Dun
cle to honor the first Reno man to
be killed at the front. Duncle was
killed July 17 while trying to rescue
a wounded comrade.
Tonopah has adopted the same plan
and named its chapter Post Elmer
Bell. Carson has adopted Capitol
Post and Ely has selected Quinten
Roosevelt. Charters have been receiv
ed for thse Jour posts. Carson was
just organized last week and Verdi
with eighteen members is also asking
for a charter.
State Commander Schrugham has
determined upon at more intensive
campaign for new posts and expects
to have every community in the state
within the organization before the
summer months are over. He has
appointed state committees to organ
ize new chapters and bring many
more members into the organization.
It it estimated there are about 6,000
ex-service men in the state who
should be members of the American
Legion.
At the meeting of the Post last
Monday night it was learned that
General Pershing is expected to visit
the Pacific Coast in September, and
if this turns out to be correct an
effort will be made to have him stop
off at Reno and deliver an address to
the people of Nevada.
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TO REOPEN OLD
BULLION MINE
Three Nevada miming men, George
E. Mainhart, C. A. Chapman andW.
D. Synaes, of Ludwig have promoted
a company in Grass Valley to take
over the Bullion group of mines and
claims, one mile and a half south of
the city limits. A million dollar com
pany, called the Grass Valley Explor
ation Company, has been formed,
with John Muldov of Grass Valley,
as president, C. A. Chapman secretary
and treasurer and Geoge E. Main
hart. superintedent of operations.
The three, together with Symes
and J. D. DeSahla. o’ Sail Francisco,
constitute the hoard of directors.
De Sabla is one of the former owners.
'Tlie liullion group is composed o:
some eight or ten locations and in
clude* ttlie Bullion Consolidated,Un
ion Jack. Smuggler, La Bruja, Bullion
Lode, Leeman Agricultural Claim,
the North Bullion and North Bullion
Extension. The area covered is now
about 1,11) acres, and more than one
mile of tlie noted Bullion or Union
Jack is controlled.
The Bullion mine has been devel
oped to a depth of 1500 feet and has
a record of producing $500,000 in
gold, is <piartz running from $8 to
$50 per ton. The Smuggler produced
$.100.00 from shallow developments
and the Union Jack $100,000. Others
hf tlie properties have produced to a
greater or less extent, bringing the
totaj up to'approximately $1,000,000.
All operations are ,to lie through
the Bullion workings and it is ex
pected a new vertical shaft will he
sunk. The first move will he the in
itallation of an electric hoisting plant
md pumps for unwatering the mine.
Reduction plants are to await further
levelopments. It is stated that a
preliminary expenditure of some
5.100,000 is contemplated.
Mainhart, who is a mining engi
leer, is a native of Grass Valley,
[fis father, George Mainhart was in
vas formerly the superintendent
of the Bullion and asss<>ciated prop
erties, and it is largely due to his
;reat faith in the property that its re
ppening has been undertaken.—Reno
Gazette.
U?MY NURSE VISITS.
. .. YERINGTON
Miss Alice Neilson, an army nurse,
vho has recently returned from
:ight months duty in Kance, is vis
ting Yerington, being the guest of
VIrs. G. E. Leavitt. Miss Xeilson
s still wearing her overseas uniform
is she has not yet been discharged
rom the service.
Her brother, Nels Neilson. is one
>f the prosperous ranchers o^ the ;
loitth end of the valley.
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FOR FARMERS
Last winter the Nevada Industrial
Insurance law was so amended that
thp farmer, hiring men, may take out
industrial insurance the same as the
miner, the mill man, and others who
come under the provisions of this act.
Prior to the amendment to the law
the farmers were excluded from the
benefits of industrial insuranace, and
considerable complaint on the exclu
siveness oi the law was made, the
farmers, or large stockmen, figuring
that their business being just as haz
ardous as mining and just as essen
tial, that they should be allowed to
participate in the benefits of the
Nevada Industrial.Insurance,
George Smith, of the commission,
states that the rate of one per cent
has been fixed for the premium fee
and 25 cents per month pe individ
ual for hospital fees, mak;ng one
dollar and twenty-five cents per one
hundred dollars per month for each
one hundred dollars worth of insur
ance carried on men.
In figuring the earning capacity
of the employed on farms board-and
lodging, is considered as pay. In the
case where farm lianas receive a cei
tain wage, as furnished by the em
ployers application, the board and
lodging is figured at the local rate
of living on the farm of that section.
In most cases it will go as one dol
lar a day per man. A man earning
$60 a month on the farm is credit
ed with a $90 wage list, and so on
up and down the line.
As many letters of inquiry have
been received from different outfits
hiring crews on farms, where steady
work is the rule, applications will be
furnished and this class will undoubt
edly come under the law and take
advantage of it. It is only since
the first of July that this law has
been available lor the farming or
agricultural interests of the state.
As the farming is regarded as just
as hazarduous as any of the callings,
the rate fixed by the commission is
regarded as low. It practically sup
plies air accident policy to all employ*
ers on the farm at a low rate, anti
reading the lists of injured on the
farms throughout the state it seems
that the commission will be kept very
busy on the adjustment that must
follow with the insuring of farm hire
It is up to the farmer and those who
are employed to take advantage of
one of the most beneficial acts that
the state hhs in force and which has
already rendered a vast amount of
good to the other laboring classes in
this state.— Caarson News.
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OIL AT WABUSKA
it is rumored on good authority
that the Traveller's Oil' Association,
formerly operating in the vicinity of
Fallon, are to begin prospecting in the
oil fields near Wabuska. While
the exact position of the new well is
not divulged, it is said to be about
six miles east of Wabuska.
Experts have pronounced the Wa
Iniska Fields as having the best oil
indications of any undeveloped oil
land in the country.
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CHURCH SERVICES
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUECH
Methodist Episcopal Church.
10:00 a. in.—Sunday school.
11: a. ni. Sermon on "The Pleasure
of Jehovah,” or, "Does God
need us as much as we need
Him?”
8:00 p. m. Song Service and sermon
on“The Glory of Jehovah” or,
“What is Glory?”
Every body invited,
J. A. Dixon, Pastor.
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Mass on first Sunday of the month
at 9:30 a. m.
All othpr Sundays at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School every Saturday at 2
p. m.
Week day Mass at 8 a.m.
At Mason, Nevada
Mass on first Sunday of the month,
10. 30 a. m.
All other Sundays 9:30 a. m.
Sunday School every Friday at 3 p.m.
Rev. Joseph Cunha.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Leavitt Hall
11:00 a. m. Sunday Service.
The lesson sermon is “Soul.”
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INGOOO GAME
Fallon carried off the honors in
the Hall game played on the local
high school diamond last Sunday
afternoon, the final score being: Fal
lon, 2; Yerington, 1. The game was
a good exhibition and well worth
the price of admission, but the at
tendance was not as large as the ball
players had hoped for.
On next Sunday, the 16th, Yering
ton will play the Sparks railroad
shops and the game will be the very
fastest of the season.
Mr. Hill, manager of the team, in
forms The Times that the club has
engagements for the balance of the
S'eason and can play at home or out
of town. Naturally, they prefer to
play at home, but unless the a 'tend
ance increases substant’a ly they w 11
be unable to pay the expense of the
visiting team.
The club is giving a beneht dance
Saturday night at the Kink Hal! a
special feature of which is to be a
six piece jazz band which has b^en
specially brought in for the occasion.
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ENGINEER APPflOVES
HffiMOH PROJECT
E. G. McClellan, a prominent en
gineer of Eastern Nevada, and who
specializes in water and especially
irrigation projects, passed through
Yeington Fiday, being en-route from
Aurora, where he has been with
Joe Giraifd, the sheepman, to Reno.
Mr. McClellan has been intimately
associated with all of the principal
irrigation projects of the West, and
he ays that he knoff of none undevel
oped that ha posssibilities as great
as that of the Walker River District.
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SHALE IN CHURCHILL
Recent investigation carried on in
the eastern part of this county have
determined the existence of immense
shale beds that contain many es
tial quantities of petroleum and it is
not improbable that locations may
become as valuable in the eastern
county district as they are this time
in the Stillwattr district. Over in
Elko County shale beds are being
worked for the oil they carry and
convenient transportation has given
an aspect that promises to make the
industry a leading one of the state.—
Churchill Standard.
IRRIGATION DIRECTORS
HOLD MEETING
J. I. Wilson. F. \V. Simpson, F. O.
Stickney, Jay Clemons, Fred Ful
stone, the directors of the Walker
River Irrigation Distict, have return
ed from San Francisco, where; they
were in attending a meeting of the
directors of the District.
The purpose of the meeting was
the filing on water at the head of
East Walker River.
The second Directors meeting was
held in Yerington Friday, at which
the matter of acquiring the reservoir
and dam sites was taken up.
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RECORD YOUR NOTICE
Many owners of mining property
are laboring under a wrong appre
hension concerning the filing of lo
cation certificates, says the Tono
pah Times. In some instances lo
cators of mining claims have filed
a duplicate of the notice of location
thiuking^that it answers the pur
pose of the certificate of location.
Such is not the case, however, as re
cording a location notice is simply
a protection against the destruction
of the notice posted on the ground.
Therefore it becomes imperative
that a certificate of location be filed
with the County Recorder before the
expiration of ninety days which in
sures protection against relocation
of the property before the expiration
of the year next ensuing.
Tt would be well for those hav
ing property who have failed to
comply with the law in every re
spect to look into the matter that
some one may not take advantage
and file new locations.
This law is general over the state
and should be complied with by all
locators of mining ground.
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Give the ball club a lift and have
a goodtime. Attend the benefit
dance at the Rink Hall Saturday
night.
MASON PERSONALS
(From ottr Mason correspondent)
Miss Miriam Riggs left Thursday
night for Safi Francisco, where she
will spend her vacation with her
aunt.
Mrs. J. F. Moore and daughter,
Isabel, and L. G. Ellis and babies,
and Elaine Parish were the guests of
Mrs. Frank Cordry onThnrsda'y at
their ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Darr Gurr accom- m
panied by Mrs. George Williams of
Detroit. Miohagan, left Saturday flor
Lake Tahoe, where they wll spend
two weeks.
Mr. II. J. Long and Mr. and Mrs.
E. I,. Kidd and daughter, Irene re
turned Wednesday evening from Cal.,
where they spent the past ten days
touring. They report a delightful
time. ,
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lt.er, accom
panied by their guCrtt. Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Poorman and daughters, Mar
jorie and Dorothy, returned from t? ..
Francisco. The trip was made by
auto.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett, of
Ludwig, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
1. N. Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hunt return
ed Sunday night from Pittsburg, Cal
ifornia. where they have resided the
past year. They expect to make their
home in Yerington.
P. H. Cook was a -Reno visitor on
Tuesday.
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Miss Esther Cross*is at the Mason
Hospital where she underwent an
operation for the removal of her
tonsils, * )
| Mr. and Mrs. Will Scossa are vis
j iling Mr. aptd Mrs. J. F. Hillygus at
•vyhorffijafl. (fafi-’or'i'lW
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■ Mrs. \V. A. Day was a guest of
! Mrs. Pugh and Mrs Beaupertof ^er;.
| ington, Wednesday.
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' GREEN-fiUNN
At a (juiet wedding celebrated on
Sunday afternoon by Rev.J. A. Dixon
Wallace Green and Miss Ethel Dunn
were united in marriage. Miss Dunn is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Dunn and a sister of Mr. Green’s
first wife whose sad death was such
a shock to this community'.
Mr. Green is in the employ of the
federal government sattioned at
Bridgeport.
The couple left immediately after
tlie ceremony for San Francisco for a
short honeymoon.
JOHNSTON-BOOMHOWER
Friends in this city were charmed
to hear of the marriage of Mason A.
Johnston and Miss Sadie Boomhower
which occurred at San Jose. Calif
ornia, on Thursday.
Mr. Johnston was a member of the
High School faculty and Miss Boom
hoxver of the grammar school force
during the past year. Mr. Johnston
is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
K. Johnston and is a Mason Valley
man. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of California and will continue
his post graduate work there in the
coming year.
The young couple will be the re
cipients of hearty congratulations oi
hundreds of friends here.
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GARAGE MAN INJURED
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0. D. Fraser, proprietor of the Yer
ington Garage, was quite seriously in
jured, when an automobile on which
he was making repairs started ont of
the garage of its own accord pinning
him against the building and running
over his tegs.
Mr. Fraser escaped with a few
severe bruises, and although still con
fined to his home he expects to be
out in a few day.s
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NEVADA HERO DECORATED
W. II. Garrison of Pioche, who was
a private with the army in France
has won the Croix de Guerre, accord
ing to information received <0rom the
U. S. war department. Garrison is
working in a Southern Nevada mill .
Lincoln County. He has already been
decorated with the American distin
guished service medal.