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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
'YERINGTON WOULD
Be THE GAMER
The Finding of Oil at Oil Basin Would Solve
the Fuel Que ton for This District

Should the operators Oil strike oil in commercial
quantities it is impossible figure anywheres
what would the State of Nevada would GER
tanly much indeed To Yerington district would
that mining claim in the district kind
OF showing all could find market for the
with fuel oil close hand very low grade could
med at paying profit The smeer question would be
tied and the smelling of the copper of would
start within short time 1t would mining
business would forge ahead rapidly and that farm products
would find healthy market right at home Our town and
country properties would wonderfully in
buyer could always be found IF proves to be an
oil field only to the of barrel well would
longer have struggle and scheme get outside capital
into the district for capital would actually
roll in twenty barrel we'll Oil Basin would that
thousands of there that vaueless only
oil indications would Immediately from $Ioo $500 per
and that the Yerngon district would be second
in the United States With millions gold copper
thousands of of rich farming soil abundance of
plenty fuel oil why wouldn't be great district
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
1.-THE KN|ER|M GROUP
SHOWING UP WELL
Some Ground East Of Yerington That VIII be
the Center of Attraction Before Long

The material i'll this drift is of veir
matter. seams of good ore running
through it. 1t is confidently expected
by Mr.. Knierim that before the footwall
is reached this drift will make into a
body of shipping ore
The Knierim group bas good neigh
bors, being only stones throw, you
might say, FROM Mountain View The
same ledges that crop out on the Big 20
and other properties break through on
this ground.
From men who are capable of passing
judgment on the formation and the
showing already made, it is safe to say
that Mr. Knierim will reap good re-
ward from the money and time already
spent.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
PLEASANT
GATHERING

The Christmas entertainment given at
the Barrett school house, Thursday eve
ming Dec. "a, by the children Of the
Barrett and Plummer schools, was de-
4 ciied success. The children acquainting
themselves very favorably to crowded
house. That we are never to old to en-
JOY Santa Claus, was proven by the
enthusiasm shown by the older people,
when the blowing of horns, the ringing
Of bells and the shouts OF happy young
sters, heralded the approach of Santa
who came bouncing in and presented to
his admirers a very beautifully decorated
Christmas tree, laden with gifts for all
those present.
The following program was rendered.
Chorus, Merry Christmas Sleigh Bells, -
by forty children; recitation, NY Wash
ing Day." Hazel Strosnider; recitation.
Ups aud Downs" Eddie Batchelder;
vocal duet, II You Cross Your Heart. :"
Esther aud Ernest Cross; dialogue, The
Photographer, by the children of the
seventh grade; quartette. The Di >ie
Kid. Markham and Tennyson Thrail-
kill, Leonard Dunn and Fred Strosuider;
recitation. MY Emily Jane" Leona
Robinson; recitation, Santa Claus, "
Myrtle Cross; solo, Bethlehem, Fran
chs MCGOWAN; farce, The Toy Rebel
lion," BY twenty small children.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
BOOK CLUB
DONATIONS

Saturday, January I'd, the Book Club
held a meeting of unusual interest to
which guests came. The lesson was fol-
lowed by Mrs. Davis reading of juvenile
answers to the question what is the
the most beautiful thing you have ever
seem" left by some of the ladies several
weeks ago with the two lower grades
These answers were full of originality
and straight to the point. 1t being bus
Niness meeting. the following donations
were found to have been received durin(-
the month: Miscellaneous magazines
DIR. Chappell, Mr. ]. F. Yonng. Mrs
w. f. Harmon, Mrs. John Snyder, Mrs
Frank Stickney. One years copy o
Life" and National Geographic Maga
zine, r. H. Britt. Also as particularly!
handsome New Years gift came the do
nation of set of Stoddard's lectures by
Attorney Willis. and others, in sums
as follows: w. w. Willis, SIS; W. w.
Coleman. s.; Minna Hernleben, S.
Brown & Chisholm, So; Elmer Hanson
81. so; Mrs Slauson, 81.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
MINING AT SILVER
CITY

The Goldfeld parties who are interest
en- in the Milwaukee Comstock mine at
Silver City. and who are represented by
Ed Thompson, former Comstocker,
have made good progress i'll the erection
of their plant and now have the gallows
frame in place and within few days
will begin active development work,
from which big results are expected. as
rich ledges are known to exist below the
water level. Virginia Enterprise.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
What is Being Done

The Yerington Oil and Gas company started drilling Oil
Basin four months ago with Keystone drill No s. and sunk
eghnch hole depth of four hundred feet when was
found that Standard rig to gain the depth
which would have to be reached to ascertain for certain
whether it oil producing field
This decision followed by the closing down of the
Keystone rig and Standard rig has been purchased and will
the ground ready for operation by the first of February
This may appeal being boost advertisement
above named company, but such the
that this company needs and is entitled to all the
couragement and financial support give for
taken the initial step towards making this the
greatest districts in the country it should bring
ducing we'll.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

The Knierim group of claims situated
in the range of hills about twelve miles
east of Yerington, are beginning to at
tract attention. Although but little
work has been done on this property the
showing Is exceptionally good and war
ants the owner in spending the money
to develop it.
In running a tunnel on one of the
claims forty feet of iron was passed
through Gold returns were had from
this material. The face is now in high
" mineralized quartz which gives good
assays in gold
From the bottom of the eighty five
foot shaft an east drift is being advanced
toward the foo,wall, which will be
reached in about ten days.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09
Capital for Development

The development work going Oil Basin is mainly
due to outside capital Yet there quite number of Yer
ingtons progressive citizens who helping with few
red dollars EACH But the main financial support obtained
from who have other interests this district.
No exciting has been in Yerington
where else financial aid sinking we'll Oil Basin
but each every approached has told straight
that cinch that oil in commercial quantities would be
Yet the surface Indications according
experts of FIVE justhes taking chance expend
of enough money put down we'll If oil is deve
oped has been hurt but if good we'll is
story will be told Yerngton district will move
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

board of commissioners of Lyon county
for the years 1907 and 1908 adjourned
sine die.
The Board of County Commissioners
met Jan. 4. with c. T. Martin, as chair
man, and transacted the following
business.
The bonds OF several county and town
ship officers elected we're examined and
approved as follows;
ID. w Melarkey, as county treasurer,
tax receiver and county clerk; d. p.
Randall. as sheriff, assessor and mining
tax collector; Clark Guild, as county
recorder; c. II. Miller, as district at
torney; J. D. Leavitt, as county survey
or; Herman Davis, as justice of the
peace, Dayton township; Greedy French,
as justice of the peace of Silver City
township; J, A. Carter, as justice of the
peace OF Mason Valley township, and
c. l.. Ambrose, as constable OF Mason
Valley township.
petition sigued by 254 electors OF
LYON county praying that a special elect
ion be held to vote upon the que stion of
the location OF the public high school at
tho city Of Yerington was read and duly
considered. 1t was ordered that in ac-
cordance with law. register agents be
appointed throughout Lyon county in
the several precincts for the registration
of all voters who wish TO vote upon said
question II was also ordered that the
special election called for be held on
February %, 1909.
II was ordered that j. r. Masterson
he appointed as county physician i'll and
for commissioners districts No. and s.
at salary of SIS per month. 1t was
further ordered that DR.. Beaumont
Brown be appointed as county physician
in and for commissioner district No. |,
at a salary OF SIS per month.
Jack Lester was appointed constable
for Silver City township.
1t was ordered that the court house be
insured for $40, 900 for three years for
the sum of $500 as per offer OF John
Lothrop, an insurance agent.
The experts report on the county re-
cords Office was read and ordered pub
lished in the Yerington Times.
On motion it was ordered that 100
trial jurors be selected from the great
register of 1909, of Lyon county to serve
for the ensuing year.
The tax rate for Lyon county was or
dered levied as follows, to wit:
General fund, SO Ia on each 500
valuations; common school fund, 10 Ia
on each 500 valuation; interest and re-
demption fund. .07 l-2 on each 500
valuation; state rate, 20; total for State
and county, 81 so for year 1909.
The money in the hands of the county
treasurer was counted and found to be
correct; total amount, S24, 3S9.22,
On motion it was ordered that the re
corder and clerk be allowed an assistant
during the month of January, it appear
ing to the satisfaction of the board that
said help is necessary.
1t was ordered that hereafter S day
be allowed for man and team on all
county work.
| 1t was ordered that commissioners
Martin and Strosnider proceed at once
to have building constructed as an
Office for the justice OF the peace OF
Mason Valley township.
No further business appearidg, the
board adjourned until Feb /, 1909, a
| @ nic1ncl, a III
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

A good deal of promiscuous shooting is
being indulged in at the present tire
in this city. One day this week stray
bullet broke window in the pantry OF
Frank Stickney's residence. There is
penalty for this and the guilty ones
had better desist.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

Letters to Willis& & Hoppin from Harry
Beer, now IN Angels Camp, CAL, state
that he is anxious to return to Nevada,
and will do SO in the near future.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

ments for the mine within short lime.
The company has never made ship
ment and not sufficient development
work has been done to measure up ore. =
Deseret News.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan are down from
East Walker. Look out for write-up
of Mt. Grant district next week.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

Edwin Crowell, an old resident of Si'-
yer City, died there last Tuesday. He
was a native of Maine.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1909-01-09

and on motion it was ordered that the
board of commissioners of Lyon county
for the years 1907 and 1908 adjourned
sine die
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
SHEEP -HERDER HAS
 GONE BUG HOUSE

Mounted on a fast race mare and defying any officer but Deputy SheTin Jeff Adams to come and take him, Otis Fleming, whose hair is gray, is lodging several deputy sheriffs in the lower part of the Salt River valley, who hold a warrant for his arrest for having emptied two loads of buckshot into the back of Beu Marshall last Thursday evening says the Phoenix Democrat
 All of yesterday and today the of. ficers have been searching for the fugitive. who is armed and well enough mounted to give an ordinary horse a long, hard run to overtake him unless they resort to the use of firearms.
 Deputies Adams, Wayne Davis Knight and Constable E. W. Keene are all engaged in the hunt, and if any of them happen to jump Fleming when Deputy Adams is not present there is a strong possibility that he will not submit without a fight.
 Marshall called at Fleming's ranch north of Liberty Thursday afternoon and they engaged in a dispute over racing saddle Hot words passed between them, and Marshall finally gave Fleming beating.
 Marshall then walked away and was about to mount his horse and leave when Fleming appeared with a shotgun and discharged both barrels into Marshalls back at a distance of about fifty feet. When a doctor reached Marshall he extracted 169 bird shot from his. back
 Constable Keene of Buckeye was notified and at noon yesterday went i to arrest Fleming, wno refused to . submit until Keene secured war rant. KeeDe called on several by islanders to help him make the ar rest, but they refused on the ground that Keene could not act without . warrant for F'leming's arrest. Keene went in search of a justice to issue a complaint but finding none returned to keep track of Fleming who was leaving in a buggy, and leading his race mare. Keene fol lowed him and Bird Happy to the Agua Fria river bottoms.
 When Keene got close, Fleming mounted his race mare, and yelling out that mo man in the country can arrest me but Jen Adams" put the spurs to his feet mare Keene was soon distanced. and had To give mp the chase.
 Sheriff Hayden Was notified yester- day shortly after noon, and a com plaint was sworn to before Justice Johnston. Hayden, with Deputies Adams and Davis spent part of yes terday afternoon searching for Elem ing, who is believed tc have spent the night at one of the ranches down the valley, as he was riding bareback and had no provisions for a trip.
 Fleming is we'll known locally, hay ing been engaged in the racing Of horses in these parts for several years. He recently took up 150 acres near Liberty.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
THINKS MORE COPPER
 NEEDED BY WORl D

Samuel NeWhouse, president of the Newhouse Mine & Shelters and tne Boston Consolidated company. sees worldwide increasing demand LOT copper, and predicts the copper indus .ry is on the eve of a great boom
 He says: The present position or copper mining stocks and the metals Is, so far as 1t appears, a most arti- ficial one. In spite of the decline in metal prices. and in sp-ie of falling copper stocks, the situation of the metal market and the mining indus try today, in my judgment, is strong.
 T venture to predict that the com ing year will see a notable advance in the price of copper. I base this seeming highly optimistic view on not only what ! see and hear in the east and among the financial interests, hut what l see throughout the country and especially in ttv west.
 Every day it becomes more appar ent that we are steadily emerging from he steel age into the electr7caI age. The rapid diminution of the coal supply, the end probably in inc next generation. at tho present rate of consumption. the increasing cost of coal. and the necessity for reservipg coal lancs for the ages to come, make 1t imperative that ether sources of energy be discovered and utilized. [ do not care what the metal market or what the stock market may do to- day or tomorrow, for I am firmly con yineed that great and increasing de mand for copper Is a foregone con clsion, and that the price of the metal is bound to advance"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
MAYS DYING WORDS UNCOVER MYSTERY
War Veteran In Phoenix Re- vealS ldentity-Father Of
 Deceased Is Found.
(Phoenix Democrat.)

Words spoken in delirium, when death was ready 10 silence him for ever. has prevented J. W. Pancray, Phil ppine war veteran. bel ng buried n Phoenix under a name he had as. snmed for some reascn that has not yet come to light
 Paacray came 10 Phoenix three weeks ago from Manila in search oi relief from tuberculosis. He passed under the name of Price" and not until his dying moments did he inti- mate that ir was other than his cor rect name.
 Shortly after reaching Phoenix, Pancray went to the ranch of Frank Barr Friday it was seen that he could not live long. and he gradually sank until his mind began to wander
 While in this delirium. Price told Barr that by writing to A. E. Paneray he n ght learn something of interest. and Barr wrote Panrray. who lives in Cincinnati that a man named J. w. Price had just died here. and during his last moments mentioned tAe Gin cinnati man
 From Pancray the Moore & McClel- Ian undertaking firm received tele- gram saying that the initials of the dead man and the first letter of his last names are the same as that of his son. He requested that his right arm be examined for the tattooed ini- tials. "J. w P"
 These initials hai aiieady been dis covered. and when reported to Pan cray he announced that the dead man must be his son and that he would leave today fos Phoenix to investi- gate and take charge of the remains.
 Behind tAe assumed name of the dead man there may be interestihg developments that will come 10 light later Nothing was found among his effects that solves the mystery. He had with him about S50 when. he died together with a number Of relics and trophies he had brought from the Philippines.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
TERRITORIAL AND COUNTY NEWS
STATEHOOD WAS THE ISSUE
 AS FAR BACK AS YEAR 1872

New corners to tbe territory are probably of the belief that the uni yersal yearning for statehood is something born cf this generation and date, but it Is otherwise. When R. c Mccormick. bet CT. known as Dick Mccormick. was elected to con. gress for the third time. in 1872. the belief then was general that Arizona would be admitted to statehood at the then following session of con gress, and 1t was with the distinct understanding that in the event Of admission he should be the senior senator from the new state. Al that time political lines had not been drawn and he was reelected without opposition. This. of course, gave him the whip handle of the situation and on returning to Washington he was more sanguine of the early admission of Arizona into the galaxy of states than the people now are since the return of Governor Kibbey from Washington. But it was not to be. the plans of men and mice miscarry and the long term senatorship, the prize package on the Christmas tree for which Governor Kibbey is now fiddling. was destined never to adorn his shoulders. Disappointed in that respect he positively refused to ac- cepl fourth nomination and was succeeded by the late Hon. Hiram Stevens
 With Mccormick out of the way nearly every hamlet in the territory had its congressional candidate. Four kept the field and the Father of Tucson Hiram s. Stevens. was elected John Y. T. Smith and King S. wooisey of Phoenix. and Colonel c. c. Bean of Prescott. were the op- posing candidates. Colonel Bean was quite popular in the north and but for his late entry into the race would have been elected, and. even as it was. he gave Stevens a close run for his money.
 Stevens was then urged to push statehood with both hands and feet he did so. but the oppositicn pre- vented a bill to that end being con. sidered. The Apache war was then at its height and Arizona had suffered in reputation, because of the camp Grant killing, and no longer a Dick Mccormick to champion her cause her pretensions to state sovereignty were considered something of a joke The country was declared to be fit only for the Apaches and the only sympathy expressed for the suffering settlers was that they had no busi- ness to be here.
 But the idea of statehood had en- tered deep into the hearts of Arizon- ans and was never suffered to die In MeCormick's day there were not 12,0o0 people in the territory, but
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
JOHNSON ROAD
 NEARING COMPLETION

Word comes from Johnson. Ariz.. that the Dragoon & Northern rail way Is rapidly becoming a reality. Four miles of track have been laid and as all needed material is on the ground the road to Johnson will un- doubtedly be completed within the next few weeks. A locomotive and freight cars keep up with the track layers.
 The read will run through a ricn copper district and. it is said. win cross the property of the Magazine Copper company's claims, owned by Epes Randolph and associates. Last week. at a depth of 100 feet. on a claim adjoining the Magaz ne prop erty. a large body of high grade sul- phides was struck and so far as in dications go the new strike dips full tilt into the Magazine ard will be cut in that property when sufficient deptb has been reached. The Johnson dis trict when opened by the new road. will have an important future before it.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05
The Southern Pacific.

According 10 the report from Phoe- nix published in the International on Thursday, the Southern Pacific is get ting read to begin uCrk on their line
 south from Pearee in the near future. That the Southern Pacific is doing something in this section may be put down as certain, though the represen- tatiyes of the company are extremely reticent. It is known that the recent
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05

visit of Scott White to Douglas was on business connected with the Ran dolph lines which includes the branch from Cochise to Pearce. NIT. White remained hefe for several days and no doubt his presence was in con necfion with the extension of inc road to Douglas
Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-05

their hopes and ambitions were as
 high then as today. Hiram Stevens
 served two terms and was defeated
 by John G. Campbell of Prescott. In this election the Yayapai county bal lot suffers were m evidence. On Q census of the county being taken the population of Flagstaff was returned at 400 when in truth there was not a dozen shepherds in the district and these sheep herders represented
 the population of the place. This enumeration gave Yavapai county eight representatives in the territori- al legislature, and the capital was re- moved from Tucson to Prescott.
 But more than all to accomplish the defeat of Stevens was the loss of the Pinal county vote. Florence. Adams vile, Picket Post and the Silver King county held the heaviest voting popu- E n of any one county and are Known to have voted almost solidly for Stevens, and with this vote in his was an assured certainty, but for some unknown cause the returns never reached the secretary of the territory, with whom all election re turns must be filed. or if they did reach him there is DO record of 1t m the territorial archives. All the oth- CTS are on file but Pinal county for that year is not, and when the count was made Steve" was out and Camp bell got the certificate. Stevens was never inclined to lie down at the beck Of any man. but the gods were against him in the missing returns.
 A. P. K. Stafford was governor dur. ing Stevens congressional services. He was a hard worker in the inter ests of the territory, but like nearly all governors of Arizona he was weak on the subject of statehood He was, however, far seeing enough to consid- CT admission impossible at the time He was succeeded by Governor Trit- tie and he by John c. Fremont Trit- tie was ready to champion Arizona in school and out, but neither he nor Fremont had any idea of pushing statehood to the fore. Mark Smith revived the question and through nis good efforts congress has never been allowed to lose sight of this crying demand.
 With both the great parties pledged to statehood for the territories. with a Republican congressman elected on statehood pledges, and now with an almost certain assurance that con gross, at this session, will not open it's doors, the people of Arizona have valid reasons for believing that fair treatment is not being accorded them.