Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-08-20
SMITH VALLEY NEWS.
Especial correspondence

hVe stamp mill to be erected about a
quarter of mile northeast of yelling
ton. The mill will be run by water
power.
w. f. Reading returned last Tuesday
from his outing at Lake Tahoe. We are
glad to see Bill back Mr. Readings S
first name is Bill and his middle name is
Francis. He is thinking, however of
changing his middle name to Sydney
Hence, very appropriate initials for Bill
Assistant State Engineer Van Nagle
was in the valley last week to appoint a
water commissioner for this district.
Harold Olds is contemplating the
chicken business. Oh, | wonder how
! he got those feathers on his trousers.
j A farewell dance was given last Friday
night to Neil McVicar and Miss Grace
/ McVicar who leave for Reno on Monday
| Everyone reported an excellent time
/ The music was furnished by the Tuin
Pauhny orchestra and G. F. Fouke
! Guy Rogers spent few DAYS last
week camping on Desert creek. He
SAYS he spent the first night by the fire
driving his bed and other paraphernalia
1t seems that on rounding a sharp turn
i'll the trail his pack horse slipped and
rolled into the creek. He succeeded in
getting the horse out unhurt but he
Z tho ,,io1,fe
Charley Everett of Atwood is with us
again. Everyone is glad to see Char
ley's smiling face beaming on the
horizon.
Orlin c. SAWYER had his foot badly
crushed while operating on Simpson 5
harvester last week. He was taken to
the hospital i'll Yerington.
Mrs G. S. Simpson left for Yering-
ton Sunday to be treated for damaged
foot She has very bad foot, all caused
by mosquito bite.
Nick Hironymous passed through
Wellington Sunday on his way to his
home at Yerington.
Chas. Gallagher, his son, Joey, and
| nephew, Eddy, passed through Yelling
ton Sunday on the way to Lake Tahoe
Last Tuesday evening a crowd of
Smith farmers, armed with boa con-
striCtors and Waterman 5 ideal fountain
pens, met at the Smith post office to
decide who in the world is, and also the
fate of the humble writer, H b. X
| The writer will state that he is ready
| for a combat with anyone calling at his
home i'll Smith valley. He bars all
those using the Johnson uppercuts or
the hair pulling system. 1t would be a
wise idea for the contestant to supply
| himself with good running suit and a
| pair of everlasting spikes, as Fl, B. X. is
awfully hard to catch when frightened
Eugene Cater, pioneer of the west,
has returned to Smith valley for the
summer. He is one of the Forty miners
of the early days of California and
1 Nevada.
The Misses Bertha Jones and Edith
| Fulstone of Sweetwater were i'll Well
ington Monday. They were on their
way to Reno where they attend the
! University
Frank Moss and Lish Dickinson spent
Monday at the hot springs.
/ Drs Smith and Leavitt were called
to the valley this week on account OF
the illness of two Portuguese boys. We
learn that one of the boys died while the
other was taken to Artemisia hospital
in Yerington. The boy that died was
suffering from appendicitis. The other
has typhoid fever.
The genial civil war veteran Hiram
Reynolds, was shaking hands with old
/ friends i'll Wellington last week. For
his age, siXtyfour, Mr. REYNOLDS is as
nimble as boy, and is possessed of a
ringing tenor voice He likes to sing,
especially the old civil war songs, and
everyone likes to hear him. He is also
an excellent dancer, Hi, " as every
body calls him, served under Sherman
and Grant, He was with Sherman
army when they were marching
through Georgia, "
Clarence Beaman is thinking of spend
ing the winter at I.uning.
Frank Yperrigueri passed through
Wellington Monday on his way to Sar
Francisco
| Jim Cambell, better known as "UI