The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1892-01-18
THE RECORD OF A YEAR.
83I Cars Of Wheat Shipped from
Lovelock During 1891.
A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.

40 Carloads of Gypsum Also Shipped
from This Prosperous Town,
II the year just ended has been
marked with severity it has also
been distinguished by goodness. If
chastisements have come to us as in
dividuals, families, communities and
as a nation; if the earthquake, and
the tornado and the confagation have
combined to teach us our dependence
ON the Supreme Being-all these
should be esteemed as ministers of
the Highest to teach us that we are
pensioners upon the infinite bounty
OF the Almighty that in our prosperity
we should remember His mercies; in
our adyersities we should deplore our
transgressions. 1t is evident to the
most casual observer that the past
year has been significant in the mani
festations of divine guidance and
goodness. To-day peace reigns
throughout our vast domain. No
foreign foe invades our shore. How
superior our condition by way of con-
trast with our neighbors on this side
OF the globe. Certainly the farmer
stands nearest to God. The farmer
ministers to the want of King and
Prince, of President and Senator the
farmer must be esteemed as the direct
medium of blessing through whom
God manifests his goodness to the
nation. We, of Big Meadows, have
been accustomed to such phenomenal
crops that it almost goes without say
ing that the past year has been
phenomenal in its agricultural pro-
ductions. According to figures given
us by Agent L. NJ Donelin there
were
S31 CARS
Loaded at Lovelocks with freight
during 1891. The amount of grain
was ,614, ,57l pounds, and forty cars
of gypsum. To these figures should
be added the output from Granite
Point, all of which comes from the
lower Big Meadows. These figures
cannot be obtained as there is no
agent at that point. But the grand
total would be upwards of one thous-
and cars and two million pounds of
grain. We can form but faint con-
ception of these figures; the mind
staggers under them. Understand,
these figures are not guessed at, they
are realities. The writer can furnish
any desirous persons with the num-
Der of bushels of each kind of grain
raised and threshed by the fifty
ranchers on Big Meadows and Love-
lock during the year 1891. To pub
lish in the SILVER STATE these data
/ would take up more space and type
than the institution possesses.
I There were 1868 acres devoted to
the cultivation of grain. The prin-
/ cipal growers are as follows, with the
number of acres of grain grown last
year after their respective names
Kruse 800, Larson 800, Pitt $50, John
.on and Morkenberg 220, Thies 240,
Jesperson 200, Hatton 100, H. G.
Marker 200, Brown & Munk,
200; Marzen 100, Downs 1875
/ Tomlinson l50, Dumas, ITO, n. p.
Damn 1l5, Anker ll5, Fuss ITO, Car.
penter l55, and Killebrew 100. Then
come the following, each with less
than one hundred acres: O'Kane
/ 30, Smith 40, Billups 10, Coffee
Charlie 10, Cleary 80, Mortenson 40
Jensen 40, Grannis 40, Welsh So
Clark 80, Hauskins 80, Harrison 43,
j. c. Damn 40, Ludwig Munk 35,
Nelson 45, Hansen 45, Reed 20, Olsen
20, Bastian 30, Moore 5, Hanson 30,
Westfall 40, Maxwell 30 and John
/ Damn 80. The Jerry Fenton ranch
was rented by Messrs. Brown and
Munk, and ex-senator p. n. Marker
vast domains, on the tules, were
rented to numerous individuals. For
most of the above segregations we
hereby take pleasure in acknow-
/ Lodging, publicly, our thanks to Mr..
Joseph Dumas. The prime alfalfa
growers, as nearly as we can ascertain
at this date, are as follows, with the
respective number of acres appended :
Marker Brothers 2000, Capt. Joe Mar
zen 1900, Joe H;h $50, Carpenter 200,
/ Thies $50, Larson $50, Ruddell 120,
John Hill 1875, Ed. Emmons 100, j.
r. Brown 100, Harrison 100, Fuss,
! Westfall and Downs so each, Judge
Brown 20, Pitt $50, Anker 40 and
John Reed 100. OF course there are