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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
FAITHFUL EMPLOYE
GETS A PENSION

Walking eighteen miles a day for a
snowsheds of the Southern Pacific Com
pany at the summit of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, during which time he has
had to fight several desperate battles
battle with the severe winters of the
high Sierras, is the record of Manuel K.
Silva, whose name has been placed on
the pet sion list of the railroad. Silva
describes the hardships endured in that
sparsely. settled section in manner that
would make the fingers of the news
writer itch for pencil and wad of
copy-p paper.
Il have walked eighteen miles every
day for thirty-one years, a beat of three
miles, over which | made three round
trips every night Figure it out Sixty
five hundred and seventy miles year
and 203, go miles in thirty-one years.
More than eight times around the
world ~
Silva is a native of Portugal and is
now on a visit to that country with his
wife.
He entered the Southern Pacific SER
vice as a section laborer i'll 1879, and a
year later became shed-watchman on
the night shift He has worked steadily
and faithfully since assuming that posi-
tion and was absent from duty only twice
because of sickness.
The duties of watchman are more
responsible than one would suppose, and
Silva held the position for thirty-one
years without a complaint being regi-
stored against him. He has been re-
tired and pensioned, although he is only
81 years of age, and upon his return
from the old country will settle in the
vicinity of the mountains for which he
has developed such fondness.
Silva has a record that few other she'd
watchmen or track walkers can approach.
He is one of nearly a thousand employees
that are now ENJOYING pensions from the
Southern Pacific Company. The pen
sion system is voluntary on the part of
the railroad, length of service being the
only requirement. However, volun-
tary leavetaking upon the part of EN-
ployes, should they remain the conf
pany's employ for thirty or even less
years, would cancel their right to
pension
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
WILL OPEN UP
CRABB PROPERTY

c. II. Terwilliger, manager of the
Santa Ana Rawhide G. NJ. & NJ. Co., is
developing some very promising ground
in the old Crabb district, about twenty
miles south of Yerington and about a
mile east of the Charlebois ranch, on
the East Walker River. This company
has twelve claims i'll the group and now
have shaft down seventy-five feet on
ledge which is three and one-half feet
in width and has a pay y-streak ten to
twelve inches i'll width. The ore is of
good milling character. A short dis
tance from this shaft a prospect hole
sunk on the same ledge shows ore which
runs from $40 to 500 per ton. Consid-
cradle gophering work has been done on
the property, but Mr. Terwilliger now
intends to sink to some depth-500 feet
at least-and see whether the property
will warrant further development or not
To this end he has secured small six
horse power Fairbanks & Morse gaso-
line hoist for prospecting work and
twenty-five horse power hoist for deeper
work. This latter hoist is good for 1000
feet. The company has just completed
building new cook-house and a bunk
no use and is prepared to carry on this
work of development during the winter
months
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30

y. G. Douglass, Jr., was an arrival III
camp this week and Immediately pro-
ceeded to get busy on the old Kennedy
Con, mining property at Buckskin, upon
which he has secured lease and bond.
He intends to do some responsible work
on the ground and demonstrate what it
is worth. He has secured from the own
ers of the property plenty of time in
which to do this work aud the price to
he paid for the property, if it proves to
be what he thinks it is, is fair one.
Mr.. Douglass put force of ten men
TO work on the property this week under
the superintendency of Phil Stacey.
The first work will be to make double
working shaft of the old
Bell shaft, which is now down to a depth
of 10 feet. Power is to be obtained
from the Truckee River Co. S line, which
runs within short distance of the prop
erty. A good-sized compressor is to be
installed and the hoist, drills and pumps
to unwater the mine are all to be run by
air. The plant to be installed will be
capable of sinking to depth of 1900
or 1900 feet. 1t is the intention to go
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
H-YERINCTON
ASSESSMENT WORK

A. q. Guthiel, who arrived here from
raysoil, Utah, last week, has let CON
tract 10 McClusky and Davis to do the
assessment work for this year OH the
Utah Herington property and also the
West Herington ground. Both of these
properties are very promising. The
otah- ferlngton is the only lead-slver
showing of any consequence close in.
considerable work has been done on it
III way, and there is probably thou
SAND feet of shafts tunnels, cross cuts,
etc. but with all this work very little
depth has been attained The ground
lies east of the Mason Valley and the
Butte Eerington and the ore so far ex-
posed is a lead. silver ore carrying s.
values in gold and from Is to Is per
cent i'll copper. This ground is in a
proven copper belt and with deep de-
velopment ought to prove one of the
biggest and best copper properties in the
district. Is is understood that Mr..
Gutheil is endeavoring to have his COM
pany do considerable development work
on ~ claims, which constitute this es-
tate.
The West yeFhgton is also promising
ground and with development work is
bound to make producer Both prop
critics are close to the Nevada Copper
Belt railroad and ore could be cheaply
shipped from there to the smelter at
Thompson, and both could begin pro-
ducing ore almost Immediately, which
would help pay the expense of develop
ment
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
RED CANYON ORE
SHOWS VALUES

VIM. II. Brainard, who has been de-
veloping lead-silver property in Red
Canyon for some time past, is much en-
couraged with the showings he is obtain-
ing. He has Just struck new lead and
is driving tunnel on it. He expects to
carry on this work all winter He be-
lieves that with depth a splendid piece
of mining ground will be made in the
district, and the only thing that worries
him is whether or not he can get the
means to continue developing the prop
erty He is expecting some people to
come i'll and inspect his holdings shortly
and is quite confident that he will do
business with them as he is willing to
make most liberal terms to get the prop
erty developed. The ore so far as open
ed shows excellent values. An ASSAY
made in Yerington recently shows gold
values of sl7 90 per ton; silver, SIS. 56;
lead, S37. 26. Another assay made by
a Salt Lake assayer shows 0.24 ounces
gold, So ounces silver and 40. 3 per cent
lead. Still another assay gives gold .07
ounces, silver OIL ounces lead 5S. 8 per
cent, silica l5.2 per cent, iron per cent,
sulphur per cent.
The Western Ore Purchasing Com
pany has given Mr.. Brainard rate of
S2,7l per ton for treatment of this ore,
also transportation rate of so cents per
ton from Hudson to Wabuska, and IS
per ton from Wabuska to Utah. 1t
would probably cost him S. or S6 per
ton to get the ore to Hudson by team.
The United States Smelling Company,
of Midvale, Utah, has offered Mr.. Brain.
ard S65 per ton for ore of the character
of the sample sent them. and he SAYS
this sample was not of the best ore at
that
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
LEASE AND BOND ON KENNEDY CON.
PROMISING OLD PROPERTY AT BUCKSKIN TO BE
DEVELOPED TO CONSIDERABLE DEPTH

down first to the 350-foot level and then
cross cut, and thereafter run cross-cuts
every 100 feet as the shaft is dropped
down. This is the systematic way of
opening up a property and it will tell
the tale of mine or no mine i'll few
months.
The Kennedy Con. is the first strike
made in the camp of Buckskin, and on
the surface and for some distance below
the property shows very fair gold values.
At depth of about 100 feet body of
copper sulphides was encountered, rather
low grade, but of fine concentrating
character, and while the gold values are
not as rich as those in the ore above
they are of suffi cient value to help out
the lowgrade copper wonderfully in re
duction. Mr.. Douglass is very well
pleased with the showing on IL prop
erty and believes that it will warrant
the expense he is going to in develop
ment. The proving up of this property
means much to the district, and it is to
be hoped that Mr.. Douglass and his
associates meet with their fondest ex-
pectations in the work they have
planned.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
or
PUBLIC LANDS

The Secretary of the Interior hereby
gives notice that he has vacated depart
mental order of withdrawal in so far as
the same effects the withdrawal for irri-
CATION purposes under the act of Juue
II. 1902 (S2 Stat, 5SS), for use in con
nection with the Walker River project
in Nevada, of the following
lands III the State of Nevada, and by
his authority such of said tracts as have
not heretofore been finally re-
stored and are not otherwise withdrawn,
reserved or appropriated, will be subject
to settlement under the public land laws
of the United States on and after No
vember l3, 1911, but shall not be sub
ject to entry, filing or selection until
December Is, 1911, at the United States
Land Office at Carson City, Nevada.
warning being expressly given that no
person will be permitted TO gain or ex-
ercise any right whatever under anv
settlement or occupation begun after
withdrawal from settlement and entry
and prior to November 13. 1911, all
such settlement and occupation being
forbidden; provided, that on and after
the date that the lands become subject
TO settlement the State of Nevada may,
if the lands restored are subject to such
selection, select as indemnity in the sat
isiaction of its school grant, not to ex-
ceed two sections of land in each entire
township restored, or one section of
land i'll each fraction Of land i'll each
fractional township restored where the
restored area therein exceeds 5. 900 acres.
Mt. Diablo principal meridian, Ne
vada. T. II N, r. q T., all Sec. 13;
SEA Sec. Il, Es. NEi NWi, SEi SW4
Sec. %; all Secs. "a, 25, 20, T, II N,
r. "a f.; all Sec. 2; NJ, SW4, So SEA
Sec. 3; NEa and 81 Sec. 4; 81 Sec. 5;
SEA Sec .; all Secs. to II, inclusive;
NJ Sec. Is; NJ and SW4 Sec 10; all
Sec II, Is and l9; M Sec 20.
According to report from the L. S. |
Geological Survey, future developments |
for power in this locality will probably |
be best served by low dam, which will |
not utilize the above described lands
JOHN MCPHAUL,
Acting Assistant Commissioner of
the General Land Office.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
MASON VALLEY
CREAM CONTRACTED

+. NJ. Lowell, representing the Fallon
creamery, was in town a couple of days
this week i'll the interest OF his company
He visited quite number of ranchers
who are in the dairy business here, and
that his visit was not in vain is shown
by the fact that he has contracted with
mixers here to ship to the Fallon cream
cry 1900 pounds of cream per week.
The Fallon creamery people are GER
tainly up to business. They found that
considerable cream was going from this
valley to Reno, and as they needed the
material to make butter in their own
plant they came here to get it. They
were in a position to offer a little better
terms than the Reno people did, and
they get the cream.
This is good business for Fallon and
the farmers who are milking cows here,
but it is not good business for the COM
munity in this valley. There is no rea-
son in the world why a pound of cream
should 80 out of this valley. A cream
cry in Yerngton would pay the mixers
a little more than they could get for it
by shipping outside, as they would have
no freight or express charges to pay.
For some weeks past the establishment
of a creamery III Yerington has been un-
der consideration, and it would seem
that the time was at hand to get an in
stitution of this kind i'll operation.
1t is certainly good business propo-
sition for anybody to invest in who
knows the business, or has man in
charge who thoroughly understands it,
and it is to be hoped that those inter
ested in the country's progress will not
delay too long in grasping the oppor-
tunity that now presents itself to estab-
lish an industry that will be money
maker for all concerned in the business
the creamery itself and those who
furnish it with raw product.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30

When your doctor orders YOU to stop
work, it staggers you. II can't" you
say. You know You are week, rundown
and failing in health, day by day, but
YOU must work as long as you can stand.
What you need is Electric Bitters to give
tone, strength, and vigor to Your system,
to prevent breakdown and build You up.
Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when
Electric Bitters will benefit You from the
first dose. Thousands bless them for
their glorious health and strength. Try
them. Every bottle is guaranteed to
satisfy. Only soc at all druggists.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30

DR.. and Mrs. Smith entertained a
number of little folks at their home OIL
South Main street Monday afternoon to
help their son Harlin celebrate his fourth
birthday.
Mrs. J. I. Wilson assisted Mrs. Smith
in helping keep the little ones amused.
IIammocks, swings, teeter totters and
numerous games were played until four
O'Clock, when they were taken 10 the
dining
The table was trimmed in the autumn
colors red, orange and brown-and at
ecah place there was a small cake, hold
ing four candles, together with other
refreshments. After a big romp they
were returned to their homes
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Sold Whisky to Indians

S. P. Santos, Constable of Manhattan
Township, Nye county, arrived i'll Yer
ington Wednesday with +. Mayheld,
charged with selling liquor to Indians.
Mayfeld was brought before the United
States Commissioner here and waived
a hearing He was then bound over to
appear before the U. S. grand jury with
bail fixed at $500, which he failed to
furnish. He was committed to the Gus
todv of the Sheriff of Lyon county to
await the arrival of a Deputy L. S.
Marshal to take him to Carson.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Mason'S New Pastor

Rev. w. II. f. Jones, formerly of
Springville, Utah, a native OF Indiana,
a recognized evangelist, having held
many important pastorates throughout
Missouri and Kentucky, has been called
to the pastorate of the Mason Baptist
church, and has accepted, Rev. Jones
is a man of unexcelled ability in church
work, and comes highly recommended
by the General Missionary and other
members of the American Baptist Home
Miss ionary Society. He arrived i'll Ma
son few days ago and big reception
was given him.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
LOOKING FOR SUGAR BEETS.
A CROP THAT WILL PAY MASON VALLEY FARM
ERS WELL FOR THE RAISING

The Fallon beet sugar factory, which
is about ready to start up on the output
of beets from Churchill county, is look
ing to Mason Valley to help out i'll rails
ing a sufficient quantity of beets to keep
the institution going to its full capacity
III the future.
Theodore Mirow, an expert sugar man.
who is connected with the Fallon plant
spent several days this week interview
ing the farmers of Mason Valley and
explaining to them the system the Fall
Ion company proposes to adopt. The
plant at Fallon will handle the crop of
beets from 5, 900 acres of land, the aver
age yield per acre being 20 tons. This
is approximately 100000 tons. The
farmers of Churchill county have not
produced over 10 or II thousand tons
this season, owing to the unfavorable
conditions i'll the weather, the lack of
water i'll some instances, and not having
a general understanding of the business
of raising beets. Those who put in
crops there this season are not in the
least discouraged and will put in larger
crops next spring and many more will
go into the business.
Mr.. Mirow has been explaining the
proposition of raising beets to our farm
ers, with the view of getting them to
raise them and ship them to the Fallon
plant. If lie can induce enough of them
TO get into the business say, secure
agreements that 500 acres will be put in
he will send man here to instruct
the farmers how to conduct the business
OF raising the beets, preparing the
ground, planting, cultivating, irrigating
and thinning and harvesting
The Fallon company will pay S4. 50
per ton for the beets delivered on the
cars here, and will pay the freight to
Fallon themselves A liberal estimate
for the expense of tilling the soil, plant
ing the beets, cultivating and harvesting
them, is from SIS to $50 per acre. Con
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30

| sider1ng that the crop will average Is
| tons to the acre on land in this valley, and
it will probably do better than that, the
farmer would be getting SOL so per acre
for his crop. Deducting $50 for cultiva-
ton would leave him a net earning of
S37. so per acre for his land There is
probably no crop that will do as we'll as
this in Mason Valley for the amount of
expense and labor required.
If the farmers here are going to give
this proposition trial now is the time
to do it. Now is the time to begin get
ting the land ready for the planting in
the spring. The Fallon company has
blank agreements which can be had for
the asking. They are very liberal CON
tracts, only requiring that when YOU
sign up to furnish beets from 20, 40, 80
or 100 acres of land that you do it.
AS before stated if several hundred
acres of beets can be guaranteed the
company the company will send man
here to instruct those who are to put
their land i'll beets just how to go about it.
You should not forget the record made
i'll this valley 20 years ago, when it was
demonstrated that from Is to 80 tons of
beets -an be raised to the acre, and of
richness in sugar matter of from 10 to
p per cent saccharine.
1t is a foregone conclusion that if the
industry is ever started here the ship
ping of beets will only end when a large
factory is established i'll our midst. 1t
will take an acreage of 5000 acres to
secure the construction of a factory, for
that is what a factory needs to make a
con tinuous run after the crop is har-
vested.
1t is understood from Mr.. Mirow that
several farmers here, to whom he has
explained the proposition, have tenta-
lively agreed to plant a certain number
of acres i'll beets next season. 1t would
be nice thing if he could secure agree
ments for 1000 or | 500 acres to start
with.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
will Contest Rates

Judge T.. S. harrington, of the Fed
eral Court, has issued a restraining or
der prohibiting the Railroad Commis-
sion from putting into effect the new
rates recently established by the COM
mission between interstate points on the
Southern Pacific line. The injunction
is returnable on September 30-today.
The Southern Pacific claims that IT the
rates are allowed to stand, as revised
its business will be ruined aud It Will be
compelled to carry freight at loss.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Trial Jurors

Following is the list of trial Jurors
drawn by the Court and Commissioners
the first of this week:
YERINGToN.
II. c. Legg, Austin Nugent, Louis
Fabri, c. A. Steele, w. +. Clark, Louis
Menke, Vim. A. Reymers, A. S. Phipps,
II. Biron, Robert Sloan. R. S. Brooks,
A. A. Marsal, Manuel Bettencourt, ID.
Crowninshield, A. l.. Daniels.
MASON VALLEY.
Chas. +. Johnstone. p. J. Butler, Geo.
W. Keema, Matt R. Penrose, W. {.
Penrose, c. II. MCGOWAN, Elva Dunn,
Jas. Hilbun, Arthur Pursel r. Alum,
]. A. Hofheins, 5. p. Osborne, Geo. f.
Peter Gallagher. George w
Wilson, Ed Hernleben, Jas. Meadows.
SILVER CITY
Vim. Donovan, Peter Williams, Frank
Bowen, +. F. Davis, II. Cardew, II.
{. Guild, Paul Bennetts.
SMITH VALLEY.
Ebert w. Scott, Harold f. Olds, r.
Thos. Kingsley.
DAYTON.
II. w. Ely, J. Damon, c. II. Swartz.
RAMSEY AND FERNLEY.
+. J.. Ticknor, Lester Wheeler, w.
w. CogSwell.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Forced To Leave Home

Every year a large number OF poor
sufferers, whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs, are urged to so to
another climate. But this is costly and
not always sure. There's a better way.
Let DR.. Kings New Discovery cure you
at home. 1T cured me OF lung trouble
writes w. r. Nelson, of Calamine Ark,
when all else failed and gained ~
pounds in weight. It's surely the king OF
all coughs and lung cures Thousands
owe their lives and health to 1t. II
positively guaranteed for Coughs, NoIds,
LaGrippe, Asthma, Croupe-all lhfoat
and Lung troubles. SOC & sl.oo. lrial
bottle free at all druggists.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Moving Along

At a regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil on Monday night of this week reso-
luton for the final ordinance for a water
system for Yerington was read the first
time and laid over until the next regu-
lar meeting, when it will have its sec
ond reading and adoption and be passed
up for publication. If everything runs
smoothly from now on it may be ex-
pected that Yerington will have a splen-
did water system by the first of next
year or soon after
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
A Dreadful Sight

to II. !. Barnum, of Freeville, N. V,
was the fever-sore that had plagued his
life for years in spite of many remedies
he tried. At last he used Bucklen's
Arnica Salve and wrote: " it has entirely
healed with scarcely a scare left. "
Heals, Burns, Boils, Eczema, Cuts.
Bruises, Swellings, Corns and Piles like
magic Only 25c at all druggists.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-09-30
Gard of Thanks

We wish to acknowledge our proiouhu
of the many manifestations
of esteem and respect accorded the mem,
ory of our beloved grandson, son ana
nephew, and we hereby extend our SIN
cere and heartfelt thanks to those many
friends for the kind acts bestowed upon
us during the sad hours of our recen'
untinelv loss and bereavement
MIR. AND Mrs. CHAs. SNYDER
ORIE WHITING,
Mrs. {. HIRoNNMouS,
JoHN SNYDER,
Jerry SNYDER,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-26
W0MAN'S HONOR SAVED
BY BOILING BROTH,
Correspondent Tells of an Odd Trial
by Ordeal at Hankow.

Writing from Chenyuan, in Yunnan
China, b correspondent tells of an in
teresting ceremony among the Miat
tribes which has come to his notice.
Recently one of his helpers was away
for visit to his home. When he re
turned he excused himself for being
behind time by saying there had beer
broth cooking" in his village. Whef
asked what he meant he said there hac
been quarrel which was settled by
cooking broth
The quarrel started between two wo
men. A certain young woman was in
the habit of visiting an elder woman
One day the elder woman said:
81 don't like you to come here. After
you were here once my husband died
Another visit was followed by my
sons death. believe you bring us bad
luck, and want you to keep away"
Such an accusation aroused great
hostility, and some trouble ensued. Fl
nally one of the young woman's party
offered TO vindicate her character by
the broth cooking test
A day was appointed, and great
crowd gathered to see the trial. A
large caldron was brought out and set
over a rudely prepared fireplace. Into
this a mess Of millet was put to boil,
and an ak head was laid In the bottom
Of the caldron.
When the contents began to boil the
young wornan's champion stripped his
arm bare. His duty was to reach
down into the boiling porridge and
snatch out the ak head with his naked
hand. If his skin were blistered, then
the young woman's cause was lost; If
not, her honor was indicated. Each
side had also wagered a stake Of p
taels.
To snatch out the Ak head was the
work of an instant, and the mans hand
and arm came out uninjured from the
scaldlng bath. 1t was clear. therefore
that the young lady was not the minis
ter Of bad luck.