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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-05-31
MASON VALLEY.

Mason Valley lies to the southeast of Day
ton about forty-fve miles, and is bound ed
on one side by the Walker River range o.
mountains and on the other by the Pinenut
range. 1t is a valley about thirty miles in
length and on an average eight miles wide.
The land is watered by the East and
West Walker rivers which rise in the Sierra
Nevada mountains, in California, and flow
first northeasterly and thence southeasterly
into the valley, where they join, and
then continue in a single stream to Walker
Lake, in Esmeralda county. The West
Walker is next to the Carson river in extent
in the county. From where 1t enters the
county, near Wellington. to where it emerg-
es is distance of about forty miles. Green
field is the most important town in the val
ley and is situated about twelve miles south
of the line of the Carson and Colorado rail-
road, in the most thickly settled portion of
the valley. 1t is place Of about in
habtants and is kept up by the surrounding
Mason Valley there are some 22,64o acres
of land under cultivation. Most of this is
in alfalfa, although some grain is raised,
and number of acres of potatoes arc put
in each year. The amount of land under
cultivation is not fifth part of the land
that is owned and upon which water can be
run for irrigation. The average crop of al
falfa to the acre throughout the valley is
about four tons and the average price paid
per ton for hay is 81. Ranchers estimate
that it costs them about SI.25 a ton to raise
their hay and put it in stack. This makes
their land net them about SII an acre.
Wheat that is we'll cultivated will produce
on an average throughout the valley forty
bushels to the acre, while there is choice
bottom land that will yield from sixty to
seventy bushels an acre. The price of wheat
on board the cars at Wabuska, the railway
station of the valley, is about $I.37 per
bushel. Potatoes average about twelve tons
to the acre, and the average price for them
on the cars at Wabuska is $40 per ton. The
mining camps along the line of the railroad
to the south furnish market for produce OF
this kind. Experiments with the sugar-beet
have shown that the soil throughout the val
ley is admirably adapted to the cultivation
of this vegetable. The alkali soil in the
northern part of the valley will produce
about thirty tons of beets to the acre, and
land that has been more highly cultivated
will produce from fifty TO sixty tons to the
acre. Beets are not grown, however, as
there is no sugar factory in the State, conse-
quently no market Tor this kind of produce.
Hops grow well in any part OF the valley
but none are raised for shipment. Fruit of
all kinds grows finely and is Of the finest
quality, the only danger to crop being the
late irosts in the spring. There is no tim
Der country in the valley but numerous
groves of cottonwood and poplar frees have
been set out, and they grow well. The To-
Gust tree also thrives on land along the riv-
er. Mason Valley is quite a beef-raising
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-05-31
'Aaast' PRIZE s!59,0ea.00.
INN Qpsia AMI IN

CLUB RATES: Q Tickets for $50.
Special Rates Ayranged a0iM AGENTS.
AGENTS WANTED In Inc every town
the United States and BRUSH America.
The payment of Prizes is guaranteed by a
| special deposit of five hundred thousand dol
lars $500, ,000), with the State Government, and
approved by Jesus Arechiga, Governor.
Drawings under the personal supervision OF
Lie. HerminO Arteaga who Is appointed by the
Government as Intervenor.
II CERTIFY that with the State Treasurer all
| necessary guarantees are deposited, assuring
full payment of all prizes of this drawing.
HERMINIo ARrEAGA, Intervenor."
IMPORTANT.
Remittances must be either by New York
Draft Express or Registered Letter, American
money. Collections can be made by Express
Companies or Banks. Ticket sent direct to
management will be paid by drafts on New
York, Montreal, st. Paul, Chicago, San Fran
cisco or City of Mexico. For further informa-
tion address.
JUAN PIEDAD, Manager.
Zacatecas, Mexico.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-05-31
LYON COUNTY TIMES.
JOB DEPARTMENT.
The most complete country Job Office m
the State.
All Kinds OF Work done with Neat
ness and Dispatch.
Ar
PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION.
DYSPEPSIA.

IS that misery experienced when we sud-
denly become aware that we possess Q
diabolical arrangement called q stomach.
The stomach is the reservoir from which
every fibre and tissue must be nOurished,
and any trouble with 1t is soon felt through
out the whole system. Among a dozen
dyspeptics 10 two will have the same pre-
dominantsymptoms. Dyspeptics active
mental power and bilious temperament
are subject to Sick Headache; those,
fieshy and phlegmatic have Constipation,
while the thin and neryousare abandoned
togloomy forebOdings. Some dyspeptics
are wonderfully forgetful; others have
great irritability of temper.
Whatever form Dyspepsia may take,
one thing Is certain,
The underlying cause Is
IN the LIVER,
and one thing more is equally certain, no
one will remain q dyspeptic who will
The morning call., 1890-11-21
THE FALL IN SILVER

The Secretary OF the Treasury succeeded
on Wednesday III completing his November
purchases Of silver at 9sA cents per oun-e
The metal was TINS got back to the point at
which it started when the Silver Act passed
II no reaction takes place the silver miners
will not make as much as they expected by
the passage of their measure, ard the mines
which were TO reopen in consequence of the
Government demand for silver will remain
closed as before.
The losses Of the operators in silver
through the recent decline must about bal
apce the gains they had made UP to October
There were probably as many buyers at ITO
as there had been at IS; what the latter
made the former have BOW lost The flucstt-
ations in the price of the metal have proba-
bly, had much to d. with the recent disturb
aIces in Wall street. Not only has a good
deal of money vanished into the air, but
when silver became all article OF speculation
it was Withdrawn from banks and carried
on margins, and thus large sums were alb
soTbed in loans on certificates.
The invisible supply of silver proved
larger than any one had expected, and larger
than the market could suggest. And the
consequence is that the Government is get
ting its silver at or near the old market price.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
MORE OBJECTIONS.

STROLLER Again Declares He VIII Not
Sign the Returns
The eff cial canvass WIS again interrupted
yesterday morning for short time 10 give
the Commissioners chance to examine the
officers of some of the disputed precincts.
Although the officers insisted that they
understood The Story system of counting
perfectly and had counted the ballots cor
rectiy, it was still difficult 10 make much
out of their tally-Sheets.
STROLLER repeated his protest against the
returns He said they were maDifestly
fraudulent, and he, as one of the Commits
SieneTs, could not ird0rae them. a great
many American and Reform Democratic
votes had been cast Tor him that lie knew of,
yet were counted for his opponent. With
the knowledge of such facts. he would not
put bis signature 10 the official canvass.
Mayor Pond agreed that the counting was
probably fraud, but didn't see any way TO
help it.
DIR. O'Donnell maintained that under the
circumst auces the Mayor had no legal right
TO certify TO the returns. He further stated
that the returns being counted were not the
originals. The originals in many cases had
been destroyed.
The Mayor asked how he knew that.
because the Registrar told me" he an
swered, that extra tally sheets had been
given to many OF the precinct boards"
Mr.. Smiley replied that such was the case
in few Instances, and even then tile origi-
mails had been returned.
The matter was finally dropped and the
canvass resumed. Twenty-three precincts
were completed, the days work closing Oh
the Twelfth Precinct of eForteth District
The morning call., 1890-11-21
HUMBUGGERY.

OF course the public do not always obtain
correct opinions from newspapers which
are established for certain purpose. or run
with certain object in view. Fer instance,
newspaper which is owned by a person or
corr Grafton which desires TO accomplish q
specific object is not likely TO say anything
which viii initiate against its owner or
owners. We are led TO these remarks by
observing that an effort is being made TO
prove that California in The recent election
cast her vote in favor of the Republcan
party. because our citizens were in favor OF
the rassage of law by Congress which
would authorize the Government to go into
the business of loaning money upon farm
ing lands, etc. AS Tidi culons as this ap-
pears. there are newspapers here which
would like TO have the inhabitants of the
Eastern States believe that such was the
case Again, it is said by certain news
papers that our citizens are opposed TO the
idea put forth by prominent Democrat,
which was to have United States Senators
elected by the people instead of The Legisla-
ture, because they voted The Republican
ticket. Still another proposition is sent
forth. to the effect that the election in
this State turned upon the choice of a United
States Senator, candidate for the PreSi-
dency in 1892 1t would be superfluous TO
inform our citizens that the election did not
turn upon any Of those questions, for such
ideas were not advanced in any quarter.
The election was carried upon the simple
idea that the public wanted to get rid of the
rule of Buckley and his gang of plunderers.
II was vote against corrupt rule No moro
nor less
The morning call., 1890-11-21
CHECKING FRAUDS.

THE CALL has referred TO the efforts
which the Supervisors are making to extend
contracts after they go out of Office, so that
there will be as much plumber as possible
for the lambs. THE CALL has brought
prominently before the public the city print
ing, becauseit is so manifeStly fraud that
all can see it. In the first place il denotes a
fraudulent intent to try and let contract in
violation OF law, for it is surely fraud not
TO comply with the law, which says tie work
shall be let to the lowest bidder. There
were lower bidders than the Report, which
tie Supervisors say is entitled to the
printing, with proviso that it eaa charge
price which is probably double that OF any
other paper which offers to do the work.
Perhaps the parties concerned in enricning
themselves at the expense of the people
think they can do as they please because
their uSurpations have been tolerated here
t,fore. Grand iuries have not nIieted Su-
pervisors, no matter what they have done
And we have been told that the proper par
ties to prosecute have not, under the boss
regime, seen their way clear to do 50. THE
GALES object at present is 10 direct atten-
ton to the acts of rhe Supervisors. now they
are going out of office, and see if manifest
frauds cam OF he stonped
The morning call., 1890-11-21
WEARY OF LIVING.
A Young Man Suicides Rather
Than Live.

William II. Sproul, a young man, COM
mitted suicide Wednesday night at the
Gratum Hotel, 11S Sixth street. by turning
on the gas in his room and suffocating him
self. He was found dead yesterday, and On
the bureau near him was the following open
letter, which tells his sad story:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18th.
To My Friends 1 am tired of living, SO to-
city on the FIRST day Of last September. but could
find nothing to do until had been here two
weeks then got job driving milk wagon
weeks when lie discharged me for little mis-
take made, and lbave been unable to find any
thing whatever TO do since, and as my money Is
all gone and 10 prospects in sight, l think the
best thing can do fs 10 leave this world with all
its troubles and SORROWS and go into the great
have no friends In this city, but have few In
the East. My mother is living IN Minneapolis,
MINI. ana my father is working IN ~ the Yellow
dresses in my trunk. II succeed IN killing my
self please telegraph the fact to my dear father
and mother and break the news as gently as you
can. for fear 1t will break my poor old mothers
heart. II there Is anything about my death in
the papers send 1t to MRS. Mary Cecil, 1908
South Seventh street, ST. Louis.
ers. l Will leave letter In my trunk addressed
TO my folks. VIII you please mail II to them,
ana oblige WILLIAM II. SPRoUL.
Sproul was a good-ooking fellow of %
years or so, with smooth face and neatly
dressed. He engaged the room Tuesday
night, and next night closed the door behind
him for the last time. He deliberately
planned to end his life and his preparations
must hava occupied h urs.
The first thing he did was to write letters
to his relatives and friends. after which he
stopped every crevice and chink Of the door
and window with plaster of paris. Then he
turned on the gas jet and lay down upon the
bed to die.
Yesterday plumber was called into the
house TO inspect the gas-pipes, as a strong
odor of gas permeated the place. The es-
Gaping g as was traced to Sprouts room and
the young man was then found dead.
Sprouts remains were moved to the MOrgue.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
SMALL BEGINNINGS.

Some months ago PuBdita Ramabai was
in this city soliciting funds with which to
fou nd a school in India to promote re-
cons truetion of society in respect to its
trca tment Of widows. As girls in India are
often widows without having known that
they were wives there is ample room for re-
construction. The Hfndo0 custom of burn
Irg widows at the stake has been partially
aba Ddoned, but life is still made very IN
pleasant for girls who ouiliye their hus-
bands. A correspondent of an evening con-
temporary says that Pundita Ramabai
opened school year and half ago with
one widow. She has since admitted twenty
I'VE and has the promise of seven the coming
year. III is is rather small beginning in
view OF the large population of India, but
the cores pondent evidently thinks that the
Pundita has accomplished wonders. In
lsSs woman nature is different in India from
what it is believed to be in this country
there will be little difficulty in convincing
these girl-widows that a religion which con-
signs them 10 obscurity is fundamentally
wrong. They will easily comprehend COS
pei which gives them liberty and places
them in the front ranks of society, with the
privilege of marrying as often as they be-
come widows. While We presume that Pun
dita RaDiabai knows what she is about, one
cannot help the reflection that it is the men
in that country who need reconstruction
more than The women. man who would
snuff widows out is proper subject for the
discipline Of the birch.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
AND STILL rHtY COME.

In spite of repeated assurances ON the
part of American free-traders that the Brit
ish lalorer is better off in his own country
than in the United States the perverse Brit
ish laborer continues To seek what is repre-
scented as the lower condition. British Off
cial reports show that OF 2249. 149 net emf
grafton 10 all countries in the last ten years
1,535, 723 came to the United States; but
267 1913 went TO British North America, and
but 342, 1877 to the British colony of Austria
liza. Now, as the average Britisher enter
tains pardonable FEELING of pride in his
native country. the inference is fair that he
would not SEEK another flag if be could do
as well under the one he was born n subject
Of. 1t cannot be said either that these Brit
ish emigran's are duped into making this
country their home. TLo,e here are in con-
slant communication with friends in the old
country, and it is in most cases in conse-
Quence of representations made by those
who have made the experiment that others
are induced to seek this country in prefer
ebce to the British provinces.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
WHERE DO TIE PEOPLE COME IN.a

just before the election the Hon. Smith NJ.
Weed said: ''If they (the Democrats carry
the Leslsla ture shall BE- nominated for that
office Che S. natolship) and the ,eople can
depend upon this being the fact" Mr..
Weed is evide ntly not accustomed to indie
pendent constituencies If that boast had
been made in a State where the machine is
less powerful than in New York. the mem
beers Of the Legislature of the dominant
party might take noticn IT, disapp0int Mr..
Weeds expectations. In New York the
bosses hold full sway. Tammanv can dictate
terms it'll the clear understanding that IL
its orders are not complied with the party
will be defeated. Governor Hill has always
had the full support of Tammany. 1t is
partly because he can command the full
Tamnany vote that he is urged as the strong
est Presidential candidate the Democrats
can nominate, in the face of the admit ted
fact that some $4,000 or 4q,Geo Mugwumps
Will not support him. If Mr.. Hill does not
want to be Senator himself lie Will give that
Office TO a man he can rely upon. Very
likely Smith NJ. Weed is that man. But in
this arrangement we do not see exactly
where the people Gene in. Do Legislatures
meet simply to record. the doings OF the
bosses Mr.. Weed was not probably in the
mind OF one voter in hundred who helped
to elect the members of the Legislature.
Yet without having been prominently men,
toned for the Office of Senator he assures
tie public that he will be nominated. If he
should he the event will he political
action Of some Importance. 1t will mean
that Hill does not want to be Senator, but
that he does wan; to be the candidate of the
party for President In 1892
The morning call., 1890-11-21
FIR sEAI, ONCE MORE.

1t seems that we shall never hear the end
of this business Of the fur seals Only
little while ago it was said that few sealing
schooners, owned in San Francisco, but
cleared from Victoria, would depopulate
Behring Sea if they were not stopped; and
now comes Professor Elliott of the Smith
Sonisn Institution, who gravely informs The
Secretary OF the Treasury that there are not
100000 Ilillable seals on the AIeutiaH Islands
a few years ago there We're 100000 seals
on the Prybiloff Islands, including females,
old males and pups. Now we are told to be-
lieve that they have nearly all Disappeared.
What bias become Of them?
= The catch Of outside parties, whom the
lessres of the rybiloff Islands call poaehers,
. is: known not to have exceeded 30,0C0 skins
in any one year The old lessees # the
islands are not to be suspected of having
exceeded the number which they were
allowed 10 take; and their successors have
kept themselves within the $1,000 limit.
There ought to be on the Islands, in the
h erding St ason, not less but more than the
7,CA),009 animals that were seen there some
years ago Yet Professor Elliott declares
that tile total number is less than million.
There is something here that is incompre-
hensible.
: 1t is 10 be observed that Mr.. Goff of West
Virginia, who seems to know a good deal
about this sealing business. advises the Gov
eminent 10 restrict The catch Of the North
: American Company hereafter TO 40, 900 seals
per season; OF in other words to reduce the
supply of fur which is becoming more
popular every day by oDe-thlrd. We shall
not susI ect Mr.. Golf of wishing to put up the
price of sealskins, because we have no
knowledge that he has any interest in that
article OF commerce. But it is curious
coincidence that his advice to the Govern
. ment should follow so quickly on the heels
of the auction sale at London, at which seal
skins reached the astonishing advance of 100
per cent over last year. Its odd that each
successive item of news about these seals
and their islands should be calculated to put
up the price of the article which the North
American Company has for sale.
There seems TO be no reason why the seals
should diminish in numbers in Behring Sea.
= They have been pretty well preserved for
twenty years, and the operations of "poaeh-
ers" have been conducted under such cir
cnmstances of difficulty and danger that
they cannot have done much toward elter-
minating the breed. On the Copper Islands,
which are owned by Russia, and leased to
the Alaska Commercial Company, the seals
are steadily increasing, though the author
lied catch is larger in proportion to the total
number of seals than on the Prybiloff
Islands. If the animal is disappearing from
the latter, the occurrence must be due to
some undiscovered source
The morning call., 1890-11-21
A PnoBABLn DEFICIT.

A contemporary figures out a deficit of
S274. GOO in the municipal funds for the cur
rent term. As the fiscal year does not end
until June 8, 1891, the incoming Board of
Supervisors win have to contend with the
financial problem bequeathed TO them by
the outgoing board. The heads of the sew
eral departments pear to have been given
license to run into debt as much as they
pleastd. The Fire Department appears to
have led the way into the sea of financial
trouble. The debt of this department is es-
timated at S50.CCo. The election cost S40,-
Geo more than the estimate. Shorthand re-
pOrters appear to have cost the city $4,000
more than the liberal estimate for their ser
vices. We do not seem 10 have had
Mayor for the last few menthS At least
one Of the duties of he Mayer. is to watch
over the several Departments Of tie city
government and TO call officials 10 account
when they show an inclination to disregard
the law, but no such watching has been
done. The only excuse that can be given
for this deficit is that the officials wanted
more money than the tax levy placed at
their disposal. Instead of being subject to
the tax levy they have tried to make the tax
levy subject to them. In other words, as
the people insist upon limit they impose
the limit and then run into debt for ex-
penditures in excess of the revenue pro-
duced by the legal rate of taxation. If we
add the reported deficit to expenditures au-
thorized by law the tax levy would need to
be raised several points above the legal
limit to provide tor both actual expenditures
and the debt Incurred. The reckless way
in which the beard has put The printing
contract through indicates the spirit which
animates the solid nine. The effort to pro-
vide for one OF Buekley's lambs will if sue
cessful entail needless expense of many
thousand dollars upon individuals, and the
legacy OF debt will increase 10 its extent the
burdens upon taxpayers in general. The
Buckley officials evidently were retired
none too soon.
The morning call., 1890-11-21
BUYING GLOVES.

A lady correspondent admits that she was
induced TO throw her influence in the late
election to the Democratic ticket by an
extra charge of fifty cents on pair of
gloves, which the dealer said was made
necessary by the Mckinley tariff. This
lady apparently did not know that as good
gloves as she can buy Of foreign make tor
81 so are made in this city. Possibly the
very finest qualities of French gloves cannot
be equaled by our local manufacturers, but
the medium gloves can be. The object Of
the Mckinley tariff is to help the local
manufacturer. If our fair but impulsve
correspondent had taken the trouble to visit
some established local glove manufacturer
she m ght have saved her half dollar and
preserved unbroken her record as a good
Republican.