Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-14
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Grain is already being put in
in Mason Valley.
Gale Bristol, of Wabuska, was
in town this week.
The Legislature will close its
business on the goth.
We still have few pounds of
babbit metal for sale.
Billy Owens took his departure
for California Thursday evening.
Mat Brannan knocked out Shea
in Carson Thursday night in So
rounds.
Yesterdays south-bound train
was an hour late owing to delay on
the Central Pacific.
Light showers night before last
and yesterday, and sign of more
storm as we 60 to press.
Quite a number of carloads of
potatoes are being shipped from
Mason Valley to California.
Word reached here last even
ing that Mrs. Mary Cobb was dying
of pneumonia in Virginia City.
All the sick people about town
are recovering from the grip" and
there are no serious cases now re-
ported.
IT. J. A. Flaws will have a car
load more or less of fresh vegetables
in to-day. Onions, radishes and
lettuce.
Paul Ames, of Smith Valley,
returned from his four months trip
to his old home in Maine, the first
Of this week.
There is plenty of water in the
river now and probably will be
all Summer a sufficiency for irriga-
ting and milling purposes.
Sheep shearing was begun in
Mason Valley the first of this week.
Probably 10000 head of sheep will
be sheared in the valley this season.
Lumber for the Sutro Tunnel
Company now has to be hauled from
here to Sutro by mule team. Sew
eral large loads were hauled this
week.
sold Haynes" has moved his
carpenter shop, which stood on
Main street, back onto the creek and
has made stable Of it for Sam
Elston's use.
-Assemblyman Leeper, of Reno,
drove over from Carson last Wednes-
day night and returned Thursday
morning Mrs. Leeper is J, visiting
Mrs. Riley, Of this place.
Some San Francisco men went
out to Mason Valley this week to
buy horses. They want a couple of
carloads, and will doubtless be &C.
commodated by the ranchers.
Fine job work done at this office.
We are constantly adding to our
stock Of type, etc, and can turn out
as nice work as any Office in the
State. Lyon county people should
remember this.
The Omaha Bee, of recent
date has a long article about the
gold find in Ell Dorado canyon, this
State. 1t seems to not yet have
caught onto the fact that the gold
find" was a hoax.
Repairs are being made on the
Greenwood ditch, in Mason Valley.
Where the ditch takes out of the
river a place has been washed out
that will necesitate a new connec-
ton with the river. 1t is estimated
that it will cost 81 900 to make the
necessary repairs.
The buds on the peach trees
hereabouts are swelling and the
green grass has made its appearance,
which indicates that Spring is here.
Whether or not we will have more
cold weather remains to be seen. If
it comes two or three weeks from
now it will be good bye peach crop,
Experiments in growing pota-
toes last year demonstrate that
farmers can double their crops by
the use of proper fertilizers aad a
sufiiciency of plant food. Good
cultivation is also necessary, but
with the extra expense attending
the growth of potatoesi in the exper-
iments made. it is shown that the