The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-11
PARADISE
PICkINGS
Letter of Usual Interesting
Notes From Our Cores
pOndent

Paradise. June 9.
Irwin Case came home from the
State University last week.
Mrs. Hattie Burge expects to ac-
company Rev and Mrs. Bradner on
their McDermit trip next week Thurs
day.
Word has come that Mrs. Hamm has
had what was supposed to be a case of
spotted fever since leaving mere. but
was i'll only a week.
The Fourth of July celebration is
suret hing. Posters advertising the
celebration promise a literary pro-
gram in the forenoon and sports in
the afternoon.
Mrs. G. Alexander, who has been in
San Francisco the past month. visit
ing sister-in-law and other relatives.
and friends there. is expected here
next Wednesday
Mr.. Guthrie and brother arrived the
first OF the week and sunk well and
placed a windmill for Mrs. McMillen.
Excellent water was obtained in
abundance at is feet.
The patrons of the school turned
| out last Friday to attend the last day
exercises of the school The program
by the little folks was very good, and
reflected credit on everyone who took
part.
Mrs. H. Groth expects Mr. Groth.
her husband. who has been in Jordan
Valley, Oregon. the past four months,
to arrive by the 18th or sooner. He
will remove his family and goods TO
Jordan Valley, and they will take up
/ their residence on a ranch at that
place.
Mrs. Ella Gillian, Miss Louise
| Swartz, Miss Minnie Bradshaw, Mrs
| C. ]. Lye, Mrs. ]. F. Harvey and l.
B. Ward are the delegates from the
local D. OF r. lodge to the state as
sembly, L o. o. F.. which meets in
Reno June 1918. At least the two
hrst named will attend and possibly
ctbers of the delegates.
About twenty-five Paradise people
went up through Cottonwood canyon
Tuesday to surprise Miss Minnie
Bradshaw, who is camping and keep
ing house for her father and his mer
while they build the fence about &
tract OF land up there. The visitors
took along large supply OF gooC
things, and spent very happy day
The Naomi Lodge, D. of R.. Para
disc Valley, elected the following off
GERS at the regular meeting held jun
Sd: Noble Grand. Miss Frances Case
Vice Grand, Mrs. Nellie Mealey; Sec
retary, Lorenzo Recanzone; Treasur
er, Mrs. c. A Bradshaw. The lodg
is now in better condition than it ha
been for years.
lhe grasshopperl are getting larg
enough now to begin to make thei
presence known b. the damage the.
do. But it is he opinion OF SOM
that ;ney will not Irove as great
pest mis- season as last. and not 8
great as was a. frse feared. Their
are many reasons for this. The wee
OF cold weather came at right tim
to destroy many of the younger hop
: pers: then the ranchers fought theT
with fire and water. On the Rile
} ranch straw was scattered about In
, insects crept under at night to kee
warm. and the straw was burned. an
/ the grasshoppers were destroyed
J great numbers. At the Byrnes' rane
i water was turned on; the grasshoE
: pers constantly moving up towar
) the head OF the valley encountered II
water. and many were drowned |
! some instances it is reported thi
stock have been driven about whel
: the grasshoppers were thickest an
2 the pests destroyed in great number
: There are some who are sunerir
i, greatly from the presence OF the hol
pers. At Mr.. Palmer's ranch u
pasture is greatly damaged; T.
\ I've is also a loser. But on the who
D IL is believed this year will not
4 so bad as at first feared.