Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1908-08-29

Roy MCGOWAN went to Reno Wednes-
day to dispose of his crop of hay.
c. H. Miller transacted legal business
at Dayton on Tuesday and Wednesday
Mrs. l.. Bovard was registered at the
Golden hotel in Reno Tuesday of this
week.
Miss Beth Wilson of Nordyke will re.
turn to the State University at Reno
next week.
If you catch any one killing game out
of season take their name and address
and send it to this Office.
c. w. Davis has opened the Yerington
Cleaning Parlor on Main street. He will
do all kinds of cleaning and dyeing.
c. B. Wiseman returned Tuesday from
a trip to Salt Lake City. He stopped al
several Nevada points on his return trip.
The first building at the new Mason
townsite is about completed and will be
occupied as a saloon by Mr.. Grant oi
Schurz.
]. Y. Blair of Stockton. California,
who has been delivering enlarged pic
lures here for about two weeks, left
Wednesday for his home.
-Four men are working on the new
skating rink on Littell Avenue. The
building will be 40xl00 feet. We will
all be able soon to get skates" on with
out drinking Intoxicating liquors.
At the M. E. Church next Sunday the
services will consist of Sunday school at
the usual hour in the forenoon and a
song service in the evening. There will
be no sermon as the pastor will be away.
The school board has fixed Monday,
September IA, as the date when the Yer
ington schools will commence the fall
term. The audience room in the rear of
the Methodist church has been engaged
for the primary department.
w. B. Edwards, the wholesale lumber
man, spent last Sunday in Yerington
He is interested in the Rawhide Junction
townsite and says they have finally con :
pleted all arrangements and that the new
up-to-date stamp mill will be built inn
mediately.
The Smith Valley oil excitement con-
tinues and every foot of ground for miles
around the little gas spring has been
taken up. Morningstar is reaping some
benefit from the rush and everybody is
hoping that the greatest oil field in the
west will be developed.
Some enterprising book concern To-
Gated at Ogden sent large quantity of
supplies to the Yerington school board
The freight amounts to over twenty dol
lars. None of the members of the school
board ordered the supplies and they have
decided to let the Ogden house settle the
freight bill.
Hazen was all burned but the railroad
depot on Sunday afternoon. The post
Office and all the mail went up in smoke
which may account for letters that never
arrive. Once the fire got started there
was no way to check it as Hazen, like
Yerington, has no water system and con-
sequently no protection against fire.
J.W. Simpson of the Owl saloon seems
to be one of the happiest men in Yering
ton of late. He is enjoying life to such
an extent that he really has forgotten
that 12-hour shift is all that is expect
ed of any man and his business hours
are now from a. M. to p. M no limit.
Fortunately his wife is visiting in Cali
fornia.
Jeanne Elizabeth Weir, Secretary of
the Nevada Historical Society, spent
Wednesday and Thursday in this city
seeking facts for the society. She went
over the files of the Times and visited
some OF the mines. Miss Wier is en-
deavoring to secure the files of all the
newspapers of the State from which stu
dents can secure facts about the growth
of each section. The work being accom-
plished is of the right kind and should
be encouraged by all
Fred Wade of Wabuska was the first
taxpayer to sign the new petition for q
high school. He had to come lona
way to sign but he realized that hi:
children would soon be old enough an6
far enough advanced SO that they would
either have to go without an educutior
or be sent away from home at heavy
expense. The expense of educating the
children of this county in outside cite.
is double each year what it would cost te
maintain high school.
A. N. Judd of Watsonville, California
was looking over this district the pas
week and inspecting the Long Ton