The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-08-25

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Will next take up the property of
MRS. WILLIAM STOCK.
Mrs. Stock is one woman in a thou
sand. Her husband, the late William
Stock, settled in the valley in 1854, and
from small beginning he accumulated
goodly fortune. In 1880 he married
Wilhelmina Weohlage, and they began
work together and the result of their
labors may be seen all through Para
his task In this life and left an etsate
valued at many thousands of dollars.
lie was a far-sighted man of affairs,
industrious and saving. Mrs. Stock was
appointed administrative of the estate
and took up the burden of management
where Mr.. Stock laid 1t down and nas
managed the business with the ability
of a financier Since Mr.. Stocks death
she has added by purchase many more
acres of Paradise Valleys soil until to-
day the estate of William Stock owns
five ranches and the holdings comprise
over 1Loo0 acres. Mrs. Stock puts up
ordinarally. $500 tons of hay-aIfalfa
and wild-and grows considerable wheat
and barley. but her principal crop Is
hay. Her home place has a large two-
story house. nicely furnished, fine barns
corrals and outbuildings. The house Il
situated in a beautiful grove of trees
set out in the long ago by her husband
and she is the queen of a property. with
no superior in Nevada. She runs 1000
head of stock cattle and 400 or 500 gooo
horses She ranges her stock in tn.
summer in the hills north of the ranch
where she owns 5000 acres more OF fine
range. Just now she is having her beer
gathered and put into the fields on the
ranch and will have fully 200s head OF
beef to turn off this fall and winter
She is yet undecided as to whether she
will put them on the market off grass
She has about 500 tons of last years
crop of hay as yet undisturbed, giving
her plenty of fodder for her herds this
winter. A son takes the place o. the
father and assists his mother in the
management of the business. Mrs.
Stock has proven herself to be a fine
business woman since she assumed the
management OF the estate and knows
where every stack of hay is and how
many tons 1t contains. In fact. she is
thoroughly informed as to every detail
of the business. She has raised a family
of two daughters and one son during
the years she assisted Mr.. Stock accu-
mulate a property which is now valued
in six figures. Mrs. Stock also runs 6,OoO
sheep on the same summer range on
which she runs her cattle and horses
and clips from her bands over 1900
pounds of wool every spring. She sold
800 head of wethers early in the sea-
son ana realized 1925 per head for them.
She will not sell any more lambs or
wethers until next year. / enjoyed my
visit at Mrs. Stock and found her to
be q woman well informed on every SUP
ject discussed and particularly well in
formed on the subject of handling a L.e
ranch and live stock property. Besides
her ranches she owns a 20-barrel flour
mill, situated on the Little Humboldt
and known as the Little Humboldt Flour
Mill. She has the property leased now
to Miller & Snyder, who will shortly
start 1t up, making flour from wheat
raised in the valley. She has fine gar
den at the home place and an orchard
of 100 or more trees and raises all the
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Owing to the increase In trade, Hess