Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-05-27
TRIP TO SMITH VALLEY.
What Times Reporter saw and
Eeard While in the valley.


Sheriff is an excellent driver, and
the numerous crossings of Eldorado
canyon were passed in a manner
that would have paralyzed Hank
Monk in his palmiest days. On ar
irving at Hinesburg the Sheriff find
ing the buggy overloaded, conclud-
ed to take bath. During the ex-
ertions Of that worthy, in his efforts
to reduce his weight, the reporter
endeavored to interview Mr. Kinds,
the owner of the village. He said
that the arrastra had shut down
pending the discovery of a mine;
the gopher quotations were some
what better; Mr.. Hayes had shut
down his mine, on account of scare
ity of pay rock, and that it was
useless for any newspaper reporter
to get an "underhold" on him.
Kinds is a genial whole souled
fellow. He was employed, when a
young man, as surveyor and civil
engineer, in South America, and his
health was greatly impaired by the
torrid climate of that country.
The Sheriff having greatly re-
duced his weight was now in con-
dition to present himself to his con-
stituents in Smith Valley. At
Wellington the reporter found him
self among number of school
ma'ams-pretty ones too, but no bo-
quets of pansy blossoms or lilacs
greeted him, as on former occasion.
Some vandal had informed them
that the reporter had wife. How
ever, he procured program of the
closing exercises of the school of
which Miss Susie E. Lothrop was
teacher and which will appear
elsewhere. Preparations had been
going on for some weeks for dance
to be given in honor of the depart
ing teachers, and the reporter was
invited to accompany a couple of
pretty girls, to what is known as
the clover shool- house" where the
dance was to take place. On inqui-
ry being made for the Sheriff, it was
found that he had mysteriously dis
appeared, He did not appear at
the dance, nor was he seen by any
person, until late on the following
day.
When the reporter arrived at the
school house an entertainment was
in progress, but as he was unable to
obtain a program, he can only say
that the singing by the Misses Mag
gle Smith, Carrie Ames and the act
ing by Miss Jennie Sweetman was
spledid. After the entertainment
the floor was cleared, and there took
place one of those old time dances
that must be,se to be appreciated.
A Mr.. Musher was the caller and
there was no difficulty about hear
ing his Gould & Currey voice.
There was a big hole in the floor
through which a leg would occa-
sionally go, but such a little affair
as that made no difference, the
dance went merrily on. The pretty
girl who had given the reporter, the
pansies, knew him no more. Sad
and forlorn, he sat on a bench
against the wall and watched a
fierce rancher from the Sweetwater
country take her through the waltz,
the quadrille and "Arka lsas Twis-
ter" cotillion. Bob Ames was mas
ter of ceremonies, and as he failed
to pass the hat to the reporter, he
felt slightly better, still as he had
been relegated to the benches with
Tim Smith, Dan Simpson and other
solid men of the Valley, he felt that
his presence was not properly APP
preciated. But worse than all, an
impudent rancher from Kinds
Springs took one of his pretty girls,
and carried her away with him,
The people of Smiths Valley are
prosperous and happy; The Walk
err river furnishes sufficient water
for the purpose of irrigation, and
good crops are always the rule
there. The Creamery is not run
ming full because of the low price
which the company are willing to-
pay for milk, but this makes no
difference to the farmers ashley
can do better in manufactured
their own butter and cheese. TheI
frost has not injured the fruit, and,
a full crop is assured.
The reporter learned these facts,
in travelling through the Valley,
with the Sheriff, who needed some
protection. On his return the re-
porter was met by a deputation at
Hinesburg who invited him to re-
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