Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-08-23
NOMINEE FOR

PUBLICAN nominee lot Oihpcu oldlcS
Senator in Nevada, was born at Do
tens Bar. Placer county. California.
on April 3. 1850, being the youngest
Of a family Of two sisters and n
brother, all Of whom are alive. as well
as his parents. He received his early
education in the common schools of
Placer county while employed en- his
fathers farm. When IL years of age
he went 10 Oakland. worked in a bcx
factory during the days and attended
school at night. Two years later he
vent 10 work as a student in the office
Of the agent Of the Central Pacific
railroad at Newcastle. learning tele-
graphy and the general work in a
railroad and express off &c.
In the spring Of 1881 he located at
Browns Station. Humboldt county.
Nevada. as agent and operator and
later on in that year WIS transferred
to Humboldt House where he worked
until June. 1888, when he accepted
employment from the Carson & Colo
RADIO Railroad Company. at Esmeralda
county. where he remained until the
latter part of December 1884.
when he was offered and accepted
a clerkship in the First National. now
the Washoe County Bank Of Reno. In
August. 1886 he organ zsd the First
National Bank Of Wirnemucca, and
naturally became its cashier and
manager. which position he held until
1901. when he became its president.
and which position he still occupies.
Mr.. Nixon is also the general
manager Of the Nye and Ormsby
County Bank, with houses in Tonopah
and Carson City. and another branch
will shortly be opened in Goldfield. He
is also largely interested in the cattle.
sheep and ranch industry in Hum
boldt county; is president of the Love-
lock Commercial Co. one of the largest
mercantile establishments in the State.
located in the prosperous Lovelock
valley. He is also president OF the
Lovelock Land & Development Com
pany. which is farming many thous-
ands Of acres of land. worthless before
this company. at large expense. put In
a storage reservoir and built ~levees,
bitches. dams. etc.
Mr.. Nixon cast his first vote in
Nevada for James G. Blaine. He
served Humboldt county In the Legis-
lature Of 1891 as q Republican mem
Der Of the Assembly. In 1887 he
married Miss Kate Imogene Bacon Of
Princetown. Illinois. They have one
child. a boy sixteen years Of age. now
being educated in the public school at
Winnemucca.
Mr.. Nixon is heavily interested In
some Of the best mines in Tonopah
and one Of the pioneer investors in
Goldfield. in which camp he more than
a year ago invested a large sum in the
discovery locations made by Stimler
and Marsh at Grandpa as 1t was then
called. He is n Of the principal
stockholders in the Columbia Mountain
Mining Company which has COM
menced the important operation Of
tunnelling through the mountain. and
the success OF which will mean so
much for that camp.
Mr.. Nixon is interested In the ad-
vancement Of the new town Of Sparks.
being one OF the men who has set
apart a nice tract Of land at that pace
for a public park.
George S. Nixon is one Of the men
who is upbuilding the State Of Nevada.
He is a bona fled citizen OF the State.
Every dollar he possesses he made in
Nevada. He has had a permanent
residence in the State for over twenty