The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1902-07-25
STATE NEWS
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Lyon county has surplus Of ST.,
900 in the treasury.
The new Riverside flour mills at Ren,
will have I50-barrel daily capacii,
and will begin pulverizing whea
August l.
The population of Tonopah is now
1900. The Tonopah mail now goes il
six times week, via Candelaria This
change makes it twelve hours later.
The Tonopah Miner says that Lynch
and OMeara, lessees on the Mizpah,
have voluntarily raised the wages OF
their employees to $3.50 per day.
An Ohio man has discovered q
method of manufacturing gas from air.
We have lots Of that kind of gas IN this
vicinity, but we simply call it hot
air.
Owing to a scarcity Of laborers, the S.
j. Company has brought sixty Pueblo
Indians from Arizona to work ON the
road at Ogden
The dead body of man supposed
IA have been a railroad laborer was
found IN decomposed condition near
Argenta, last Sunday
Tonopah now has thirty-live saloons
and six faro games, besides roulette,
etud poker, twenty-one and crap
games.
The Bonanza, in the near future,
will add to its plant linotype type
setting machine and will be issued
daily.
The old abandoned town OF Ophlr
IS 10 have new life. 1t Is being sur
Veyed into town lots again aad IL is
predicted that it will soon become a
thriving village Appeal
The latest rumor in this part of the
State is that Supreme Judge W. A.
Massey will be a candidate for Congress
On the Silyer-Democratic ticket
The residence at the Syndicate mill
at Bodie, occupied by John +. Parr
and family, was destroyed by fire last
Monday morning,
Emigration is vending its way west
ward. Three different parties of emf
grants passed through Carson this week
to settle in and around Wellington and
Mason valley, ii
The Woodmen of the World of Nev,
will initiate l55 candidates in the
mysteries of the order on September 20
at Reno.
\ sporting railroad man was play
ing craps at the Wadsworth last night.
The Limit was taken off the game and
the player frequently had Slo0 to win
or lose on the turn of dice Dispatch.
A new gold discovery said To prom
Use rivalry TO Tonopah has recently
been discovered In Washoe County,
Nevada, one hundred miles northeast
of Amadee,
The grain crop, wheat, oats and bar
ley, in Smiths valley, viii be above the
average this season, and more grain
will bs raised rs more land was put in
last Spring.
An oil excitement is on in the Vi
entity of Thistle Springs, about Il
miles from Searchlight. The diseov-
cry of o il was made in sinking new
well, and the prospects are good for n
rich oil district TO be developed.
A drought is on in Arizona. The
grass on the ranges has all dried up
and cattle are dying by the thousands,
while stockmen are shooting down the
horses TO preserve the water and feed
for their cattle.
The proposed automobile line be
tween Placerville and Tallac has been
abandoned. The tests made with the
machine all proved unsatisfactory. On
one of the trips it met the stage coach,
the horses became frightened and up
set the stage The driver now threat
ems to sue the owners of the automo-
bile.
Nearly all the farmers of this valley
have finished putting up their first
crop of alfalfa. The crop throughout
the valley has been about up TO the
average. Some ranchers fell short,
but others made il up. A splendid
second crop is looked for, aud the new
crop is being held at a per ton. -
! Yerington Times.