Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-12-28

IN Smith Valley, have returned TO
Boston.
Day and Wedts, sheepmen OF
Bridgeport, are wintering several
Thousand head of sheep at the Tur-
ner ranch in Smith Valley.
The butchers complain of the
cost of putting beef on the block.
It's the cost of getting it off the
block that bothers the most OF US.
Mrs. A. K. Simpson and Miss
Klla Simpson, of Smith Valley, are
visiting A. K. Harris and wife, of
Campbell, Santa Clara county, Cal.
Bill Davidson and John Lock-
wood, of Bodie, are doing assessment
work on a claim they have on the
East Walker River, near Cambridge.
Joe Gallaron. B. Cordova and Y.
Mennatu, Mono county sheep men,
who are winter!ng their flocks in
Smith Valley, were in town to spend
Christmas.
Ice seven inches in thickness can
now be cut on the sloughs here
abcuts, and the icemen will begin
the harvest soon if a few more cold
nights come along.
Pat Gallagher sent about fifteen
tons Of ore from his gold mine in
Mason Pass, to the jackson mill in
Silver City. last week. The ore will
be crushed next week.
Al. Cummings, the Wabuska
trapper and hunter, has 80 far this
season killed and trapped about forty
coyotes, three wildcats, and numer-
Gus skunks, rabbits and hogs.
There will be dance under the
auspices of Anchor Lodge No. IL, A.
o. u. W., on the evening of Febru-
airy 22d, next. The committee may
decide to have masquerade.
Andy Stewart, who has been
working on the Spragg mine, re-
ceived word Monday night that his
Swear old son had died in Empire.
He left for that place Tuesday morn
ing.
"A. Pugh and wife were arrivals
from California the first of this
week, and continued on up to the
Ludwig mine. They We're accom-.
panied from Reno by their two
daughters.
Mart Church, who formerly lived
on the Laws ranch, and who is en-
ployed as operator on the S. P. in
San Joaquin valley, is visiting Day.
ton relatives. He is accompanied
by his wife.
Mrs. w. r. Penrose and daugh.
ter, Miss May Brisson, Miss Lucretia
Barton and Miss Etta Warren were
up from the lower end of the valley
last Friday evening to attend the
entertainment and dance.
Last Sunday, on the down trip,
Mart Krway had the misfortune to
have horse in the stage team break
its ankle near the Wade ranch.
Mart secured horse from Harry
Warren to finish the trip, and the
injured animal was shot.
-Born-In Virginia City, Deem
Der 2Ist, 1901, to the wife of J. Pol
glaise, a daughter. Mrs. Polglaise
was formerly Miss Erway, of this
place, and grandpa Mart looks as
smiling as a basket of chips when
you congratulate him now.
The Yankee Girl gold claim, two
miles from Wellington, Smith VAL
ley, owned by Messrs. Mack, Taylor
and Bell, has been leased to Messrs.
Beck, Kllerson and Wright. The
claim is looking well for what work
has been done on it and is showing
an Sinch vein of high grade ore.
The dance given by the For
esters on Christmas Kve was well
attended, and a merry time had all
around. The hall was tastefully
decorated with einblems of the Order.
The supper at the Commercial Hotel
was an elegant spread. The TMKs
acknowledges the receipt of ,om-
plimentary ticket to the dance.
While driving hogs and trying
to corral boar at the Nichol ranch
Thursday, Charlie johnson was bit
ten on the leg, near the thigh, by the
enraged beast. The wound was
quite a severe one, and Charlie i'm
mediately came to town and had the
wound dressed and sewed up four
stitches being necessary to draw it
| together. Charlie is now doing as