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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
$25, 900 For the Fight.

BOSTON, June flight promoters
of Goldfield, Nevada, today offered 60
post a. purse of $4,000 for a fight be-
tween Johnson and Kaufman on La
Dor day. Johnson wants $4,000 10
fight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
MOUNT TAMAlPAIS MILITARY
ECADEMY-San Rafael California

Efficient teaching staff. Accredit-
ed by Universities. Junior Schoes
separate. Only Western School hAv-
ing Cavalry and Mounted Artillery
Opena air Gymnasium. Open-air SWIM
ming Pool. United States Army Of
ficer detailed by the Secretary Of War
Twentieth year begins August 1Stth.
Charges $500 and $500 per Schooo
year. Arthur Crosby, A. NJ, D. o.
Headmaster.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
shriners Leave Louisville.

LOUISVILLE. KY, June 1.-THE
twenty-fifth annual session of the
Mystic Shriners closed last night with
brilliant ball. BY midnight most of
the visitors had left the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
VISITING With Daughter.

Mrs Irene Haines of Orlando, Okla,
arrived in the city this morning for
visit of several weeks with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. S. Reed, at the state pen
itentiary.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Didn't Finish.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.-Be-
cause L. d. Maroney and Miss Frances
Hitchings of Eureka, failed to arrive
in this city in time to testify, Heney's
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
NOTICE..

All persons having Kermiss bills
please send to J. W. Langdon before
Saturday, June II.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-11
Park Club to Meet,

The Woman's Park Club will hold
its regular nesting at the Y. NJ. C. A.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
STATE NEWS

NJ. ]. Killegan. serving ten years
from Esmeralda county, died at
the State prison Monday night.
1t has been definitely decided
by the Southern Pacific company
to convert all their engines run
ming between Sparks aud Carlin
into oil burners.
Mrs. Howard Cherry, wife of
the editor of the Lovelock Review,
committed suicide Monday by tax
ing carbolic acid. Dependency
was given as the cause.
The State railway commission
says the people of Nevada will
get coal 81 a ton cheaper from
now on. The railroad company
has agreed to make that reduction
in freight rates.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
Application No. 1896.
NOTICE
OF application for permission to APP
propriate the public waters Of
the State Of Nevada

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day OF July, 1909, in accordance
with Section IS, Chapter XVIII. of the
Statutes of 1907. one Thomas l.. Mitch
ell OF East Ely, county of White Pine
and State of Nevada, made application
to the State Engineer of Nevada for per
mission to appropriate the public waters
OF the State OF Nevada. Such appropri-
alton is to be made from surplus waters
froui what is commonly called Gala
CHER Slough, in Lyon CO.. Nevada. at
points about 100 II. easteriy from bridge
or culvert No. 3SA on the line of the
Nevada-C California railway, and in ap-
proximately the N l-2 OF Sec. 20. T. IS
~. 4. - f.. NJ. ID. b. & NJ, by means
OF dam and pump, and fifteen cubic feet
Per second is to be conveyed to points of
use oy means of pipe line and there
used tor the treatment of ores. including
their concentration, reduction. smelling
ana an incidental processes, also for do
mestic use.
Water not to be returned to stream.
1863. ''
1909. '"S1'' ~
Signed: FRANK K NICHOLAS
State Engineer.
Proof OF the publication of this notice
must be filed with the State Engineer
WITHIN ~ days from the above date. or
tue application will be declared void.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

Kossuth Mining Company. Location
of principal place of business. San Fran
cisco. California Location of works.
DEVILS Gate and Chinatown Mining Dis
trict, Silver City, Lyon county, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the
Kossuth Mining Company held on the
9th day of July, 1909, an assessment OF
fifteen cents per share was levied upon
the subscribed capital stock of the cor
poration, payable Immediately i'll Uni
ted States gold coin to the secretary Of
said company. at its Office, room 5Ol
Greenwood Block, No. l+9 New Mont
gomery street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 10Th day of
AUGUST, 1909, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 10th day of
September, 1909, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with cost OF adver-
Using and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. II. McHURON,
Secretary Kossuth Mining Company.
Office: Room 301 Greenwood Block,
No. l49 New Montgomery street, San
Francisco, California. jy24-ot
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
List of Bills Allowed.

THE FOLLOWING BILLS WERE EXAM
4 ined aud allowed by the Board OF County
Commissioners OF Lyon county. State OF Nevada.
at a meeting held July 5, 1909, to wit
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24

german Coach Horse, Grand, 1909,
will stand this season at y. i. Ber-
trand's ranch, one-half mile east of
Yerington, every day in the week This
horse is the property of the Mason Val
ley Farmers Coach Horse Association.
It will pay farmers to see this horse and
get terms from ~ f. Bertrand.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24

A camping party composed of Henry
knierim and wife. 4. X. Lam, George
Knierim, Jr.. and Clarence Cameron left
this week for Blackburn's, to the south
of Yerington and among the foothills OF
the Sierra, where they will take life ca sy
for couple of weeks.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24

The purest, cleanest. most wholesome
whisky in the market Bottled i'll bond
under the supervision of the United
States government.
For sale By Vic Bernard, Bank saloon,
Yerington.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
SAFE AND NOT SAFE

There are no relative degrees of safety in banking bank either
sae or unsafe impossible middle
where the bank will be safe
Likewise with banks service either good it is
good is good for alike
II safe for you do business with this bank record willie
snow and customers will tell
we know that is safe for all
ponsle men, Then have
our customers in modern money
rather loan money to safe know good
than to take risk for a larger profit
We prepared alike
and we believe YOUR business successfully
economically with the safety YOU
LYON COUNTY BANK, Ysrington Nevada
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24

Parties having keys to the Yerington
Commercial Club Rooms, which were
presented to them previous to May /,
1909, and who are not now members of
the club, are requested to turn the keys
in to the secretary at their earliest CON
venience. T. NICKS, Sec.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
DISBURSEMENTS.

AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED FROM
FUNDS As FOLLOWS;
General fund to Oitcefs salary fund S51 81
General fund 10 District Judges sal
AIRY fund ----,.--.-.-. ...--... as ~
1850 Is
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
Chu rch Notes

The usual services will be held both
morning and evening.
Rev. 6. c. King, district superintend-
ent will address the congregation Sat
urday and SUNDAY evenings.
Quarterly conference Saturday eve
ming
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
VARIOUS SCHOOLS

Total .......... Kls ~ az
Respectfully submitted
CLARK GUILD. Auditor.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNT
CASH BALAxcE JrLv !. rqq.

state Fund n
Common - ioOi fund xf6l n
General fund "a, a,
Officers Salary Fund ....... fs-i "A
District Judges salary fuxd - 100
Interest aud redemption fund 90 -
Silver City SPECIAL fund 40 a
NrFington City special iund - a.
Canal school special fund - tlot 1,
Game aud FISH preservation hied ins 10
County high school maintenance
fund .,.... r7e
Di-iri5t No High school Maintain.
anoe fund ..... SIS
County High school Bond fund $ "
various iieiaTt iunds ,....---..-..... Is %
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
YERINGTON STOCKS

The following quotations are taken
from Salt Lake papers of date of July
%.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-07-24
JOINT
OUARTERLYREpORT
.--oF THU
AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF LYON co MY.
OF LYON co MY.

10 the Hon Board Of Count, Commissioners Of
Lyon county eNitda'
Gentlemen We herewith submit our Quarterly
Report Tor the quarter ending June 40, iy1g
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
SCIENCE IN BREEDING

I'm the breeding OF to-day utility
swings 10 the front as the chief stand
ard OF merit For this TO be secured
and pcrpetuated the Importance OF
careful and systematic selection and
mating must be everywhere insisted
upon
We talk about man being helped or
hindercd by his environments, by boys
being brought UP under d chokcd en-
yironmcnt, but do we stop TO consider
the environments OF the farm animals
from which We arc trying 10 reap a
harvest of gain. or the animals that
are performing our farm work?
The successful dairyman IL the man
who applies the most improved busi-
ness methods to his dairy operations
from the COW TO the delivery OF his
produce 10 the consumer.
IL IS difficult 10 conceive of a good
system Of farming without there is a
systematic rotation OF crops Any
other system is based largely upon a
hit and miss plan and Is largely de-
pendent upon tho season and markets.
The man who follows a definite crop
ping plan every year IS the winner dur
ing series Of years
The practical farmer should regard
his farm as a book Of nature that ls
spread out before him. inviting the
closest study and the most careful
observation OF facts pertaining 10 soil.
climate. variety OF production 10 which
IL IS adapted and the markets for tho
products
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

At the present time there are two
principal methods OF raising funds for
these purposes. but Director Logan W.
Page OF the public roads department
OF the government believes that before
plans arc rot OH foot for raising funds
much should be sald regarding the
manner In which such funds should be
expended.
IL should not be assumed that Simply
because county owns quarries from
which trap or limestone rock can be
secured that the expensive macadam
road must necessarily b. built.
The qualifications OF any rock can
not be definitely decided upon untl
laboratory tests have been held.
Much mopcy has been almost thrown
away In this country. however. on the
construction OF rock -surfaccd roads,
those having tho construction In charge
neglectlng 20 call In the services OF
expert chemists and using rock totally
unsultcd TO their traffic or climatic
conditions
In many cases the results were dis
sstrous. tho roads quickly raveiing and
going TO pieces because the cementin6
value was lacking.
a county which shows sufficient
progress TO bond Itself in liberal
amount for the purpose OF securing Inn
proved roads should keep Its money
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
STRAWBERRIES GROWING ON ICE

ON the old Oregon tran. with It's
historic association. may be found one
OF natures marvcls. probably not du-
plIcatcd In this country at least
Near South Pass CITY, Wyo.. is tho
Pacific Spring. a beautiful spot, where
the old frcightcrs and cmigrnnts frc-
quently stopped for few DAYS after
the long and arduous trip across the
barren plains. Here they could rcst
and enjoy somc Of The almost forgot
ten luNurics OF life.
Pacific Spring is 1000 feet above sea
level. and about il, at the hcadwatcrs
OF the Swcctw1ter river. Is a series Of
small valleys. or rather meadows. shell
tered by the southern extremity of the
Wine River mountains. On the north
side of the hills is what IS locally
called n nat" whore the grass grew
I'm greon Insurance. In this tall prai-
ric grass was found the tiny red Wild
strawberry.
This does not seem marvellous In the
warm sunshine. hut take q spade and
remove The turf and solid cakes OF ice
arc found At a depth of often less than
foot.
Tho reason for this Is quito simple.
Tho warm spring sunshine melts the
snow. which runs down the mountain
sido. This goes on till late summer
and fall. when the small stream Of
water freezes at night
As tho warmth OF tho sun touches
only the top OF tho mountain. tho little
stream soon becomes solid ice. By the
actions Of the elements and washing
OF earth down tho mountain deposit
OF soil is made on this ice. which. when
the summer rolls around once more
springs into green, fresh life.
The few hours Of sunshine which
reaches this sheltered spot each day
sufiices TO ripen the Strawberries. but
cannot melt the ice beneath them nor
warm tho soil below tho roots OF these
brave volunteers,-Mrs. 5. b. litter
mgton.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
CROP VALUES OF CALIFORNIA

Investigations that have been made
into tho yields OF various crops In CAL
ifornia by the California promotion
committee give insight into the vast
Importance OF those Industries to which
little consideration Is generally given.
According TO tho calculations OF the
committee tho total Industrial output
OF the state for the year l9OS amounted
to 81 .0O5. 900. 600 OF this vast total
agriculture played n very important
part. its production amounting 10 moro
than siO0Oo0oOo. How much impor-
tancc is TO bc attached 10 these figures
is better understood when II is realized
that this output Is just double that OF
three years ago.
Fifteen years ago wheat was about
the only grain grown. and at that time
it was the mainstay OF agriculture.
The average annual production OF
wheat then was vauled At about tf0.-
100000. with other grains compara-
lively without computatiyc value. In
1905 wheat value had fallen 10 about
S19.O0O.o0 while barley had increased
TO $26.SiI .89I raised on land valued aJ
AuNlf lIAil fH'sNNNrNN's N.Y. NNlNiu NlA-
creases annually IN output. was valued
ut S22S.000. making a total output value
OF these two grains OF more than S27.-
600. 900. which was moro than tho COM
bined values Of all other cereal prod
ucts OF the state.
Hops, also, which Is growing in
dustry. makes "A heavy output on an
invested capital OF about s. 900 900.
More than half OF tho grape vines
growing In the United States hrc In
California. with an annual output value
OF moro than $4,000. 900. aud for the
production of which there Is an in
vested capital Of moro than SiO0. .000.-
900. About $1,000 900 Of capital Is
invested I'm these four Industries in
california. and from these four pro
ductions al0nc-barlcy. rye. hops and
gra7eS-the state receives nm annual
income OF nearly $4,000. 900. or one
fourth OF the total OF all agricultural
products
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
FOLLOWING The GRASS ROUTE

England Is cutting down her meat
bin with America. Last year Britain
bought s7.50O,0O0 less from us than the
year before II is also a significant
Tact that she bought $500 600 less beef
from countries outside her own borders
In the same time
England cats as much beef as over.
and in fact much more. The slgnln-
canoe OF her smaller meat bin there
fore. is that she is buyinC beef Al lower
prices She is getting EraSs-fcd beer
from the Argentine Republic and AT
prices that arc beginning 10 hurt our
beef raisers- With the disappearance
OF our great grass ranges we cannot
make beef az cheap as we did before
and the Argentine Republic with her
millions of acres OF the finest grass In
the world. is undersclling US.
The great Canadian ranges that
have been opened up during tho past
fcw years, arc also turning OF sheen
and fine beef. which find ready sale in
tho English markets and AZ lower
prices than the American exporter can
meet.
Free grnss makes cheap beef. and the
markets OF tho world are simply fol-
lowing tho ranges What VIII become
Of our surplus of our fresh meat sup
ply is serious problem ond ono that
must Inevitably affect the fortunes OF
our American tsgmors 10 an alarming
degree.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
FEEDS HIS CHICKENS BY A CLOCK

DIT Patterson. California man. who
rs away from homo a great deal. has
devised an ingenious way of feeding his
big flock of chickens regularly every
dan whether he Is al homo or not
lie set up in tho chicken house big
alarm clock which goes OF regularly
at s o'clock every morning and o'clock
every afternoon.
The alarm gives out tho welcome
news TO all the chickens-littlc. biz.
old and younG-thlt breakfast OF din
nor Is coming. and the ringing brings
out al OF the fowls ON. the keen jump.
II did not take thom long 10 learn the
significance OF The feed boil"
BY a clevcrly devised attachment the
revolving alarm wheel twists open a
number OF small sliding doors In the
feeding trough which hold hack the
feed. The sudden opening OF these
doors permits the requisite amount OF
feed % fall out
one advantage Is sthat the chickens
are led on schedule time" and get
their meals regularly-to the very min
ute
So successful docs Pattcrson's device
work that he has decided To- secure "a
patent ON his Ingenious Contrlvancc and
has already madc application for one
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
PREPARING POULTRY FOR MARKET
TO PROFJ7ABLy DONE QUICKLY SUITABLE FOOL
rs fIRST REQUISITE
SUITABLE FOOL

Whether or nst YOU buy your fce
during tho winter. BE- hardly pays r
feed chickens hatched tho prcNiou
spring. except II coursc tho mos
promising puilcts Tor next sprIns'
laying. Kccp the others Vcu fcd aat
growing untn uhcy weigh bctwcci
thrrc and four pounds. then put thcn
iu the fattcnine ooops and give thcn
sil they WIN cat Tor ton days or two
weeks and rush them to market Bo,t
young and old fowls should not be r.,
within twenty-four hours previous t'
killing
Whether YOU ship dressed or olivt
must depend upon your market and
tho wishes Of the parties 70 whom you
ship II YOU ship 90 packing hous,
or a commission firm n is customary
TO ship In coops but n you ship 90
some retail grocer or market In tho
city 50 viii perhaps be best 20 ship
fowls dressed
Dry-pickcd fowls bring n slightly
higher price In The open market White
or bun colored scll best. az the pln
feathers DO not show go much on thc
dressed fowl. and this gives IL a ncatcr
appearance.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

intact until its officers have learned
exactly what class OF roads viii best
meet It's requirements. what type oi
road it - best qualified 70 construct
and what 10 can best AFFORD.
Those facts can be secured through
the aid of the national government, the
Office OF public roads. standing ready
TO give gratuitous advice and To supply
skilled highway engineers who are
qualified TO tell what type OF highway
would best meet that county's require
ments and 20 demonstrate those decl-
sions by supervising the building OF
stretches OF model highways, after
which local officials may take pattern
Millions have been wasted in build
Ing roads which local conditions made
lmpracticable and out OF all cost pro-
portion to the county's revenue.
There are exceptions 20 all rules.
however. and Pike county Alabama.
stands as n giittcring exception 10 the
usual construction blunder. There the
county officials had planned 10 expcnd
large sum In the building OF gravel
roads.
W. l. Spoon. United States superln-
tcndcnt OF road construction. being sent
10 make an inspection OF the county's
road possibilities. learned that zoe
miles OF important routes needed I'M
provemcnt.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
TO RAISE GOOD ROAD FUNDS
SHOULD FIRST LEARN WHAT TYPES AGHwAyS ARE SUITED
TO TRAFFIC AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Hc figured that ,hc co-t of gravel
roads would b. 5000 mne-plainly a
sum greater than tine county could BE-
bonded Tor.
conditions, however. were ideal for
sand -clay construction aud hc strongly
urged its adoption. By legal provlso
tho county could be bonded for only
as per cent of the assessed value Of
the real and personal property
The plan Was decided upon and an
Issue ol $4,000 was voted. and $780,
600 worth or the bonds were quickly
sold. being disposed OF in $4,000 ollot-
ments.
Tho FIRST allotment brought pro-
MUM of s625 and the second ono Of
SS25. Forty thousand dollars WAS at
once spont for mules and road build
Ing machinery and work was started
With the sum remaining IFS miles Of
tho finest sand-clay roads IN the south
had been built within TWO years from
tho date OF the bond issue. a generous
sum was still on hand. eight gangs
were at work and the people were so
well pleased that they stood ready 20
take up the remaining issue or S43. 900
and cNpend II In tho same way
There IL financial wisdom in floating
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
VALUE OF THE WEIGHBRiDGE
II Enables the User 10 Note
Accurately the Gain Result
ing From His System
Of Feeding
BY W. R. GILBERT.

We have repeatedly impressed upon
ernzicrs the importance OF using the
welghbridgc In buying. even more par
.ticularly than In the selling OF their
grazing stock
The official returns indicate that tho
system OF Weighing live animals Is
gradually increasing in favor. although
It is stnl far from general and in some
parts is almost unknown.
The practice. however. is moro COM
mon In tho case OF fat stock than In
tho buying in OF store animals. a result,
no doubt, Of the growing recognition
Of the fact that tho butcher. who has
rvcry facility for testing his Judgment
by tho weight oil tho carcasses Of the
iattcncd animals he buys. is In a better
position to estimate approximately the
weight OF a 1.-Two bullock than is the
,ormer. who perhaps never know the
sxact weight OF an animal that has
passed through his hands.
There can be no doubt that the av-
,ragc farmer Is at a great disadvan-
age. as compared with his client. who
$ constantly using the wcighbridge in
lhc selling, though not in the buying OF
iis supplies, and who Is In a position
10 apply tho experience acquired In the
ono transaction TO the other much 10
bis own benoht.
Experience has proved that the
scales are at least as important in the
suying and selling of store as OF TAT
iattlc. In certain seasons, indeed. II Is
sven moro important To know def
sitely tho weight OF the former than
Tho latter. for not only arc immature
animals moro deceptive I'm their weigh
nG capabilities than fattencd stock
but they are subject to much greater
nucuation in market value. and as the
financial results OF the fattenlng proc
.ss are largely influenced by the buy
ng-in price or the store animals. It Is
especially desirable 10 consult the
Heighbridgc In a season when young
growing cattle are fetching prices out
81 all proportion TO the value OF tho
tame animals in a fattencd condition.
Tho systematic use OF the weigh
bridge is OF the greatest assistance in
escaping so undesirable a bargain.
since II shows exactly tho weight that
The buyer is receiving Tor his money.
and II he regulates his bidding In ac-
sordancc with the weight records and
The current fluctuations Tor beef he can
'ave himself from bargains that must
inevitably end 10 his disadvantage.
Tho intelligent stock owner appre-
tiatcs the fact that all classes OF store
stock arc not equal value at the same
rstc per hundrcdweight but it is useful
a. foundation TO know the gross
weight, and. given this. he can then
apply his Judgment in estimating the
responsive and other Inherent qualities
u tho animals