Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-08-13
SMITH VALLEY NEWS.

Mrs Clark left FRIDAY for Carson City.
Her daughter, Mrs Edna Lane. is vis-
iting friends in the lower end of the
valley.
Geo. Fouke and J. w. Carter returned
Sunday from Placerville with a load of
fruit They report a good fruit crop i'll
that section. On account of a shortage
of fruit in the East, however, the larger
part of it is being shipped there.
Geo. Wingfeld's chauffeur passed
through Wellington Sunday in Mr..
Wingfield's Doris car on his way to
Reno. Mr.. Wingfield has recently OBJ
tained the controlling interest in the
Masonic mines.
Mrs. Rade and the Misses Dora and
Bertha Williams of Wabuska were visit
iting at Mrs Ira Fallon's last week.
Jas. Nichols was shaking hands with
old friends in Wellington last week.
He is 10Th century farmer.
H. f. Olds of the Plymouth Company
returned last week from two weeks
outing at Yosemite. He said he en-
ioyed himself immensely and is going
back next year.
L. W. Simpson motored i'll from Col
onv Ranch on Tuesday. W. W. Cole
man returned to the ranch with him.
G. s. Simpson and T. A. Dickinson
spent few days last week on Desert
creek. The boys report sore shoulders,
especially Dickinson.
R w Beaman had a nice little walk
Sunday While in the mountains back
of Burbank canon his horse got away
from him. Nothing more, only he fol-
lowed the horse back home
Frank German, of San Francisco,
was i'll the valley last week soliciting for
the American Weekly and THE YER
INGToN TIMES.
James King spent part of last week
fishing and hunting up Hove canon.
Again the music of the sickle. Most
of the smaller ranchers have their hay
cut. The general report of the farmers
is that the second crop is much heavier
than the first.
Mr. Clarke, of Bridgeport has been
very i'll at Wellington. He is now on
the road to recovery, however.
c. +. Days having outfit passed
through Wellington last Wednesday on
its way to the Hot Springs ranch. Cor
nelius Malloy is managing the ranch for
Mr. Day this summer.
Miss Anna Livingstone and little Miss
Susan Ligget are spending a part OF
their summer in Smith valley. They
are stopping with Miss Livingstone's
cousins, the McNicars.
There's no place like home-in Smith
valley.
Gould Reading, accompanied by his
sster-in-law, Mrs. Arthur Reading and
her two little sons, motored down from
Bodie Friday, in Readings Mitchell car.
d. HAYES arrived in Wellington last
week. For several wears he has been
i'll the southern part of the state and
California. His home is in Bridgeport,
Cal, for which place he departed last
Wednesday.
When John Menta returns from Reno
next week he will be i'll the married
state. May they both live happily ever
after.
The people of North Wellington were
treated to an excitement Monday after
noon which was unlocked for; that was
runaway team with a load of fire be
hind them. A couple OF Basco boys had
gone to the hills that day after load of
wood They had returned about noon
and had gone into the house for lunch.
One of them stepped out for something
and saw his load of wood in flames. In
his excitement he forgot the team and
commenced unloading the blazing logs.
! The team became frightened at the fire
! behind them and away they went as fast
as they could go. The team ran per-
haps three or four hundred Yards when
one of them fell and stopped the other
( They were going at such a pace, how
ever, that the wagon ran over the fallen
horse AS it happened, they were near
ditch and plenty of help. The fire