Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-23
COMO. April 20. 1892.


ED. TINES :-Your advice to the
people of Lyon county as to using
Mason Valley flour is timely and
good. Will it be accepted and act
ed upon? Well, not to the extent
it deserves. The fact is, it greatly
depends on the women, and they, l
am sorry to say, are sometimes
prejudiced for or against an article,
and their prejudice is harder to
overcome than that of the average
man. A man may have particu-
lar liking for a certain brand of
whisky, but if it is quite a distance
off and hard to get, and friend
comes along with another brand he
takes to it kindly. 1t is not so
with a woman. If she has been
using McCreary's or any other
brand of -four and likes it, it is
very hard to make her believe that
good bread can by made with any
other brand. | will cite case that
came within my own experience.
Many years ago, more than | like
to remember, kept grocery store
in Pawtucket, and had for Gus
toner a widow who kept boarding
house. She was good customer,
and very particular in making her
purchases, and sometimes, as will
prove, little notional. She came
in one day and wanted a barrel of
the Hiram Smith" brand of -four
I had none of that brand, but as
sured her that the Beach" brand
was just as good and that many
of my customers preferred it. She
did not like the change but was
out of -four and would try it, but
knew she would not like it. She
came in that evening and said that
-four must be changed, she could
not use it. | went and got the
-four and left in its place a barrel
of "Genesee," famous brand at
that time. That suited no better.
She could make no bread that was
fit to eat, and must have a barrel of
"Hiram Smith" -four. | said |
would 60 to town that day and get
her a barrel. We retailed consid-
cradle -four by the quarter and
there were plenty of barrel heads
lying around with the Hiram Smith
brand on them, and / bethought
me that one of these heads put in
barrel of "Bcach" -four would make
all the difference in the world, and
it did. l filled up the barrel had
taken her, put in a bright "Hiram
Smith" head, and took it over.
Ny father said it was not honest,
that | was lying, and / will own
that l trembled little as I saw
her coming into the store the next
day. But | need not, for she assur-
ed me the -four was just splendid,
and that / ought to see some bis
cult she had made that morning.
l know woman in Nevada who
always used that famous "Pioneer"
brand of -four made in Sacramento.
When the first Touring mill in
Reno started, their brand was al
most fac smile of the Sacrament
to mills, and was only distinguish
able by the word Reno, in very
small letters, instead of Sacrament
to. The lady speak of used the
Reno flour with good results until
she happened to spy that little
word Reno on the sack. Then she
suddenly changed her mind, and
all the Royal baking powder in
Dayton would not have made good
bread out of that flour. So you
see, Mr.. Editor, my point, if l have
made 1t clear, is this: the women
of Lyon county have it in their
power, to great extent, to help or
hinder the success of the Mason
Valley Touring mill. The name,
"Silver State" ought to make it
popular with all Nevadans. Then
the merchants can help by always
having it in stock. Last Fall when