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"" The Yerington Times "
VOLUME LXII YERINGTON, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920. NUMBER 8.
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MEASURES TO
STOP INFLUENZA
Friday the City Board of Health of
Yerington passed an order prohibiting
public gatherings, congregating of
people for any other purpose than
business and closing theatres, shcoole,
churches, and lodges for an indefinite
time.
This action, which was taken to
prevent the spread of the influenza,
which now claims over 30 patients in
the city limits, meets with the appro
val of the County Board of Health
The purpose of the order is to pre
vent the spread of this epidemic, but
will surely fail if the heartiest co
operation of the people themselves can
not be secured. The doctors, City
Board of Health and the County
Board of Health are working to
gether on this matter, but even they
cannot secure the fullest measure of
success unless the people are with
them.
^ As you can readily see the accom
plishment of this, as well as the dura
tion of'the quarenutine, rests with us.
The Chief can order your child off
the streets, but he cannot keep hin
home. He may disperse crowds o
people but he cannot keep others froir
forming. It is “up to us.” We alone
can and must. The Local Board i:
trying to ward off a serious epdemic
and has asked our co-operation. Let
us not only make their efforts a com
plete success but at the same time
guard our own welfare. ,
The County Board of Health, at
their meeting, February 5., 1920, ap
pointed their County Physician and
the Commissioner of this district tc
deal with the epidemic shbiiil it visit
this valley during the recess of that
Board. This committee now stands
ready to equip the Red Cross rooms
provide two trained nurses and under
the supervision of Miss A! il
son. care for all patients a, actual
cost, who cannot afford the services of
a nurse at home. This building will
accommodate about 15 patients.
If your neighbors are all down with
the influenza, don't visit them in order
^ to inquire after their health but if you
can be of any assistance and ear
run their errands don’t fail to offer
your services.
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LOCAL SMITH
VALLEY NOTES
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The Smith Valley Women's Club
met at the honui of Mrs. II. C. Jes
seu last Saturday afternoon. A
special program was given in honor o
Lincoln's birthday and Lincoln's Get
tysburg address was read by Mrs
W. C. Higgins. Following the pro
gram, a short business session took
place place, after which the hostess
assisted by her daughter served de
licious refreshments to the following
members and visitors: Mcsdame:
Foster, Higgins, F,. Beaman, Jones
Hendal, De Jarlis.
Mrs. Charles Hinds was operated
on at the Yerington hospital last week'
and is doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rogers and the
latter's mother, Mrs. Wedertz, are on
I a business trip to Reno. •
A. C. Treiloff is spending the week
in Simpson looking after his business
interests at the Colony ranch.
Five new cases of influenza have
been reported at the Plymouth ranch
but no one is seriously ill. All tlu
other sick ones around Smith are get
ting along nicely.
C. E- Wedertz county commission
er, has purchased the Dr. Knox resi
dence in Yerington. and will move
there about the first of the month.
The steam shovel on the Colony
ditch is making rapid progress as they
are working a night shift now and
Superintendent Marliave hopes to
have the work completed for the lamp,
ing season as nearly all the sheep own.
ers around Simpson depend on the
water from the Colony ditch for wa
tering their sheep. Several bands
have been brought down from the
mountains as the feed is entirely ex
hausted in tlie hills becaus ot the long
dry spell.
Mrs Clark, formerlf of San Jose, has
returned to her homestead at Grant's
View and will begin the erction of a
new home at once. A. Douglas, of
Hudson has the contract. Mrs. Clark
was accompanied by her two sons
WONDER IF THEY ARE
ALL ASSESSED
Tile Bureau of Crop Estimates
makes the following livestock esti
mate on Nevada rangfcS and farms, for
the year 1920:
Horses, 75,000, valued at $4,500,000.
Mules, 3,000, valued at $192,000,
Milch cows, 35,000, valued at $3.
080,000.
Other cattle, 535,000, valued at$24,
075.000.
Sheep, 1,596,000, valued at $16,
348.000. '
Swine, 32,000, valued 4t $448,000.
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OFFICERSJLECTED
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Farmers' Mill & Feed Co., the
recently organized company of local
people who propose to construct a
modern fjour mill in our city, C. J .
Guild, Frank Bovard, M. R. Penrose,
C. M. Coddington and J. M. Miaon
chi were chosen as directors, with Mr.
Bovard as president, Penrose vice
president and Guild, secretary and
treasurer.
A site for the mill was selected on
the Bovard tract near the power house
station on Bridge Street.
Representatives of the company will
within the next two weeks, visit Salt
Lake City for the purpose of inspect
ing the Midget Marvel mill in opera
tion.
At the meeting $9,000 in cash was
subscribed by men present and sev
eral hundred dollars pledged. The
company announces that its books
will be held open for three moths in
order* that the farmers of the district
may have an opportunity to subscribe.
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FERNLEY ITEMS
( From tlie Fernley Enterprise)
Tlie writer's visit to Yerington last
Thursday week was much enjoyed by i
him. lie met lots of fine people and I
Yerington is a nice little city with
fine brick blocks and a bunch of live- ;
wire business men that will make our
county seat a city worth looking at
md visiting some day hr the not dis-1
taut future. J. F. Xugent, one of the
automobile live-wires, lias a fine large;
concrete garage that would be a credit ;
to a city many times the size of Yer
ington. also the fine brick block that
is the home of that solid financial in
stitution. the Lyon County Bank. The
building and business would be a real
credit to any city in Nevada.
George Rechel, . W. Cogswell and
Rudolph Miller, the building commit
tee appointed by the Odd Fellows
lodge of Fernley, went to Reno last
Monday. We are informed that a fine
two-story brick building will be put |
up bv the lodge this spring, the upper
floor to be used as a hall for lodge
purposes and the ground floor will be
used for'a bank.
Fernley valley ranchers are ship
ping from thirty to forty carloads of
hay from the Fernley station daily
One outfit is shipping 2800 tons.
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DEATH OF MRS GRUTT
Airs. Louise A. Grutt, wife of Eu
gene Grutt, former sheriff of Mineral
county, and prominent mining opera
tor of that county, died at the Grutt
home in Re*to last Monday, after an
illness of two months. The Grutts
removed to Reno from Mineral county
only a short time ago. Services will
be conducted at the chapel of the
I’erkins-Gulling Company tomorrow
afternoon at two o'clock.
Mrs. Grutt was born thirty-six years
ago, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mantes of Soledad, California
Her parents survive her, besides her
children, Eugene, Jr., and Elizabeth
Grutt, and the following brothers and
sisters:
Mrs. L. T. Thomas and Mrs. Alwin
Hart,, Hollister. Cal.; Mrs. E. A.
Dunham of Salinas, Cal.. Mrs. Emma
Lovell and Carl Mantes of Los An
geles. Albert and Mabel Mantes of
San Francisco, and William and
Theodore Hortense of Soledad.
who have two new tractors that
have just arrived at Hudson, and will
soon be busy turning the virgin soil
under the new irrigation project.
A. G. Reading and wife of Welling
ton. have returned front an extended
visit to friends and relatives in Reno
Miss Katherine Flanigan is home
again after a month's visit with her
brother and family in San Francisco.
.1. I). Yeager of Simpon, will'finish
seeding his ground this week. Several
others have their ground ready, but
are holding off for that prediched
storm.
NEW OIL AND
F. j. Hastings, President and gen
eral manager of the Wassuc Oil & Gas
Co., which has extensive holdings in
the Mineral County oil fields, 25 miles
south of Yerington, returned from
Livingston, California, where he has
spent the last few weeks in the inter
est of the oil company.
The organization of the company
wa recently completed, and Mr. Hast
ings named as president and Charles
Kingsley, secretary. The company
will soon be installed in an office on
Main street, Yerington and the detail
work of issuing stock certificates, etc.,
will be attended' to .
Representatives of the company are
now in Bakersfield securing a drilling
rig that will be capable of putitng
down a hole to.any depth that may be
necessary. •
Mr Hastings has the utmost confi-.
dence in the Coal Valley field, and ■
authorities agree that his ground I
offers the ideal site for drilling
Necessary buildings will be immedi-,
ately erected on the ground and all
will be in readiness for the commence
ment of operations as soon as the rig
arrives. F'or the present Mr. Hastings
will have his office at Room 26, Hol
and Hotel.
VOLCANO SPOUTING
Mount Lassen burst into an erup- ,
tion Thursday and there is no sign of
abatement. It is by far the biggest
eruption in the past three years and
a column of smoke rose thousands of
feet. Xo earthquake shock was felt.
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BIG LAND OWNERS :
MEET IN CARSON
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The call for a meeting of members
of the American Legion and the land
holders of Nevada, which was issued
through Colonel Scrugham, brought a
large delegation to Carson Saturday'.
Aside from the Legion representa- j
tives. some of the largest land holders '
in the State were before the hearing, i
At the opening of he session Col. j
Scrugham stated that the purpose ;
was to line up the lands in this state j
that could be available (or such set
tlement He explained that while
government aid had so far failed that 1
it would be proposed eventually to ;
make this a state affair, if no aid came j
from the government.
W. c. Pitt, of Pershing County, j
and W. C. Xoteware stated lands i
in that county would be available |
under satisfactory conditions. "J. B. |
Gallagher, of Yerington, said that he i
would offer land for settlement and
hoped that state and federal aid would
make it possible for him to make the
transfer.
During the discussibn L. \Y. Cre- !
hore and Charles Norcross addressed ;
the meeting and showed what Califor- i
nia has accomplished without Federal
aid. That state last year appropriat
ed eleven million dollars for settle- j
ment purposes. While no such sum is j
:wked for in Nevada, he insists that
both State and Federal aid be avail
able before inviting men into undevel
oped ground.
During the discussion L. VV. Loder.
of Fallon, insisted that there is yet
plenty of available land in the P'allon
district with more storage capa^ty. it
was brought out in his discussion
that 21XX) cars of hay were shipped
from Fallon this winter and that 120
OOOtons of alfalfa were cut last sea
son. He says that anything under <80
acres in this district will furnish more
than a living for a soldier or settler.
Joe Wilson, of Lyon County, and j
Frank 8ticknev, both heavy land hold- ;
ers, declared that under the irrigation '
disriet formed in that county there |
was aeerage to supply many of the |
soldiers, hut there must he money to j
carry them through.
J. 11. Clemons, representing landed
interests, assured the members of the i
meeting, that land could lie fouml, Imt
like the others said that the state or
governmental aid must be available.
During the afternoon a resolution 1
was drafted which will lie fordwarded
to Washington, urging immediate 1
funds for the purpose of land settle- !
ment. This will go forward in the j
name of the American Legion, and j
over twenty posts will be represented
in this petition to Congress.
ILLUSTRATED TALK
Iff MISS SEARS
Last Friday the Woman's Club
held .its meeting in the high school
building, where the girls of the do
mestic department, were interested
listeners and spectators while Prof.
Millicent I.. Sears gave an illustrated
lecture on millinery and, later, a talk
on “Thrift."
Miss Sears was introduced by Miss
Maxwell of the high school faculty and
a short preliminary talk concerning
“Thrift” was made by Mrs. J. F,.
Odder, State Chairman of Thrift for
the Women's organizations.
Professor Sears is State Supervis
or of home economics and is enthus
iastic about the work. Her discourse
was much enjoyed and all fortunate
enough to hear her hope .that she will
again visit Yerington.
MRS OELDER
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WILL REGULATE THE
WIDTH OF WAGON TIRES
A county ordinance is being pro
posed in Churchill county that wil'
regulate the width of tires on wagon;
operating on the roads within that
county, it being the aim to prohibit
tile drawing of heavy loads over the
county’s roads on vehicles having less
than a prescribed width of tires
This move is bieng projected under
the direct advice of the state high
way authorities, who assert that the
best hard-surfaced roads constructed
under their auspicies will not with
stand the methods characterizing haul
ing in the counties of the state.
NEMeST
FROM MASON
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Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Comp,
ton. a son. on Sunday. February 15.
Mother and baby are doing nicely.
.Mrs. Lari Jensen and her three lit
tie daughters were Mason visitors oF
Sunday, the guests of Mrs. Henry
Ftreator and Mrs. Rickets.
11. J. Long returned from his Fal
Ion home on Monday.
The many friends of Mrs. V. F.
Grafton will be pleased to learn that
she has recovered from her illness of
tile past week.
Dr. and Mrs. II. F. Baker spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William
Baker.
Miss Leah Barker was the guest o
Miss Gertrude Wise during her recent J
visit to Mason.
I he Rev. Archdeacon llowc held
services in the Mason church on Sun
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. 1,. Scott are re
ceiving the congratulations ol' theii
many friends on the arrival of a sun at
the Mason hospital. February 7th
Mrs. \V. \. Day left Saturday for
I‘eno, where she will visit for a week
and will later continue her trip to
many California points.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Compton, of
Sweetwater, have rented the Day cot
tage and will remain in Mason for tin
next few months. Mrs. Ball, of
Washoe, mother of Mrs. Compton
will be their guest.
Joe Hirsh, of San Francisco, was ^
business visitor on Wednesday.
The Mason school children cele
brated St. Valentine's day on Friday
with a valentine box. but la_ter was a
surprise in store for them when tin
mothers and friends invited them to
a feast of ice cream and cake. The
rest of th** afternoon was spent in
dancing and games.
Mr. and Mrs Will Scossa are
slowly recovering from their recent
illness.
On Saturday evening Mrs Alex
Chism entertained a few friends at a
progresive whist party. The first
prize was awarded to Mrs. W. II.
Brown and Mrs. \. («. Sturgeon
Mrs. W. L.aughlin won the free fur
all prize. The hostess serve dainty
refreshments. Those present were
Mesdamcs Johnson, Kidder. Sturgeon
Brown. Kidd, Hunt. Payne, Carrol
Bolt. Baker. Ciraffam. l.aughlin, Han
sen, Askins and Parrish.
Mrs. S. A. Talboc and Mrs. M. D
Parrish were hostesses to the Mason
Woman's Club at the home of Mrs.
Parrish. The topic for the afternoon
was Holland. Mrs. Lever gave a
IS THE QUARANTINE
JUSTIFIED?
(business is suffering to a rather
uncomfortable degree as the result of
the restrictions imposed in an effort
to combat the influenza.
Both the necessity for the continu
ance of,and effectiveness of the quar
antine has been adversely criticized by
competent authorities, but authorities
differ, as authorities have a habit of
doing.
The consensus of opinion seems to
be that the restrictions could be re
moved without danger.
LET’S GO TO CARSON
The Reno Gazette opposes the pro
posed change in train schedules t<
Southern Nevada points on the grouiu
that it would tend to inconvenience
tlie business and social connection
between Reno and Tonopah and Gold
field.
The Gazette either does not know
or does not care that Mason Vallej
done does nearly as much business ii
Reno in one day as the mining camp:
do in a week. This can be prove:
by the records of the railway com
pany.
]f this community is to grow and
prosper it is imperative that we havi
decent train service. Yeringtot
diould be represented at the hearing
next Friday by at least 100 persons
and tlie Commercial Club urges evert
me who can possibly do so to attend
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DANCE AT THOMPSON
Thompson people are planning ;
big time on March 5th, on whicl
late a dance will be given in tin
smelter town. Tony's Jazz band wil
irovidc the music and supper wil
ie served in the Walmska restaurant
\n advertisement containing detail?
vill appear in our next issue.
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FLU IS SUBSIDING
OFFIGIALS AG1
Reports from the various doctor
>f the valley indicate that the influ
•nza epedemic is subsiding, but ven
e\v new cases baling been reported
luring the week. It is expected that
he City Council at a special meeting
d be held tonight will release tin
Htsincss houses from the restriction?
now in force. However, the city wil'
.hen come under the jurisdiction >i
the County Hoard of Health
A meeting of the latter body wa
railed by Dr. Leavitt la t Thursday
Dr. Leavitt. Commissioner Hertr.tnd
md County Clerk Rawson being
irescut. This Hoard, acting on th
advice of Dr Leavitt, ordered the clos
[ ing of all schools .and public places it
Mason Valley. Just how drastic thi
>red of the county board is in refer
ence to saloons and hotels is not clea
but it is probable that the regulation
made by the city will remain in force
.civ interesting talk on Holland, he
H'ople and the country. Mrs. Ellif
e a very fine paper on the Dutch
icoplc and their customs. Mrs. Well;
read an article of the Holland people
n America. A Shakespearan ro
mance kept the ladies busy for awhile^
the prize being awarded to Mrs. Stur
geon and Mrs. Cook. The hostesses
served a dainty two-course luncheon
Besides the club members the guests
were Meslames Dickson, Askins John
son, Kidder, Carrol. Gurr, Baker
Chism, Knemeyer, and Mrs. Boyd
Ellis.
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Til CHEERFUL CMUE) j
OK, 'blvb.y3 wk&n tke
days are. dt-rk
My ke-art feels li^kt
t.nd sunny
I And always vken ikey
prt-v in ckvrck.„
I tnink or
sometkinq
funny!
/RTCW"!
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Municipal Playgrounds.
Calgary, Alberta, lias municipal
baseball diamonds, sooceii fields, golf
links and grounds for other sports.
There are 0,000 golfers in the popula
tion of 70,000.
TWO ARRESTS
FOLLOW FLU ORDER
Chief of Police Kdlv made several
arrests last week for violation of the
order of the City Hoard of Health,
requiring the owners of the saloons,
hotels, etc., to remove the chairs from
their plases of business and to prevent
people from congregating there.
A rather informal trial of Frank
Rosaschi, of the Palace pool room
and Charles lloland, of the Holland
Hotel, took place Monday before
Judge Blanchard.
Chief Kelly testified that he had
received orders front the City Board
of Health to notify the owners of
public places to remove the chairs and
not to allow crowds to congregate:
that lie notified Messrs. Holland and
Rosaschi to comply with the order:
that thereafter he had seen a dozen
men in the Palace pool room and a
number in the Holland Hotel, and, in
pursuance of his instructions, had
placed the owners under arrest.
Each was released on depositing
:{Ow Dan.
Air. Rosaschj explained that he had
removed all the chairs from his rooms'
hut that it was difficult to prevent
men from coning in: that he had sev
eral times requested patrons not to
linger in the house; indeed, he had
been obliged to ask Judge Blanchard
himself to "move on." The only way
to prevent people from coming into
his house was to close the place en
tirely.
Air. Holland said there *vere never
more than three or four in the hotel
lobby since the order bad been given,
i )n Saturday the chairs had been all
been removed from the lobby, but
that a few of the guests had brought
chairs back. lie said no '“crowds"
had congregated there. lie related
that one party had come to the hotel
or accommodations, but on learning
hat they could not sit down, became
lisgusted and continued on to Reno.
District Attorney Clark Guild, who
•epresented the City of Verington, ex
dained that the law empowered the
Board of Health to make orders simi
'ar to those made in this instance,
tnd that it was the duty of the Chief
of Police to enforce, these orders. He
would not attempt to say whether
he health condiions prevailing in Ver
ington warranted the Board in mak
ing the order. lie was satisfied that
the Spanish influenza did prevail here
but whether it was of sufficient viru
lence or prevalence as to warrant
renera! quarentine measures was for
'he doctors to determine, "and” con
tinued Air. Guild, "1 am not learned
■notigh in medical science to say
whether the action of the Board was
necessary or not." Mr. Guild earn
estly advised every body to obey the
mler, hoping and predicting that the
ban would be lifted in a few days.
The Judge said that if the defend
mts promised to keep the chairs out
>f their places of business and pre
vent cro'wds from assembling, he
would dismiss the case, but that if
they were again brought before him
on a similar charge, he would impose
the full penalty of the law .both fine
and imprisonment.
The defendants agreed to do their
utmost to comply with the orders of
the Board, and so endeth the first
chapter.
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Never Touched Him!
A bullet, traveling straight for the
heart of a Toledo policeman hit the
officers badge, shattered it, ripped his
coat and went off at an angle without
touching Ills body.
Morality the Object.
The end of all political struggle Is
to establish morality us the basis of
all legislation. 'Tis not. free Institu
tions, 'tis not a democracy that Is the
end—no, but only tbe means. Morality
is the object of government. We want
a state of tilings In which crime will
not pay; a state of tilings which al
lows every man the largest liberty
compatible with the liberty of every
other man.—Emerson.
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Well, It Made ’Em Happy.
Ilara-klri, or Japanese form of sui
cide, was a privilege “enjoyed" by
noblemen and gentlemen who woidd
uot die like common criminals.
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The teacher was giving tile class
a natural history lecture on Australia.
“There is one animal." she „aid.
"none of you have mentioned. It
does not walk like other animals, but
takes funny little skips. What is it?
And the elans yelled with one voice:
1 "Charlie Chaplin."—London Tit-Hits.