Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-03-28
NEWS FROM LYON COUNTy,s
RAILROAD CENTER.
Batch of Interesting Items From Wa
buska and Vicinity.

Mrs Olson is on the sick list at the
present writing.
Mrs. Fred Wade spent several days
in Reno last week
Peter Gallagher made trip to Reno
on business last week.
Miss Nellie Wade is taking trained
nurse course in the Reno hospital.
Will Penrose and ]. O. Parker had
telephones installed in their homes
this week.
J. o. Parker and Grover Young are
preparing considerable new ground
for seeding this spring.
Pete Perazzo returned few days
ago from California, where he spent
some weeks for his health.
Cattle pasturing on alfalfa have
commenced to bloat and few have
died in this vicinity as result
Mrs. Jack Smith and children have
moved to Thompson to reside Jack
is improving and has had but one bad
spell since entering the hospital.
The chicken industry is getting to
be quite an important one hereabouts
About four times as many chickens
will be raised this season as were
raised last year.
Mr. Smith, of Washoe, was in town
again Friday and Saturday last. There
seems to be some attraction in this
part for him. else he would not make
that long drive SO often.
Wong Leon, the Chinaman who has
been operating laundry for the past
three years in Wabuska, has extended
his business ard is now operating
neat little restaurant in addition to his
laundry.
Ed. Dyer has returned to Wabuska
to reside and is going into the chicken
business on quite large scale. He
has engaged 500 incubator chickens
from Petaluma, Cal, to be shipped in
installments.
Mr.. Chappell, who has been pa
tient in the Reno hospital for some
time, stopped over to make a short
visit to the Parker and Meadows fam
lilies this week. while en- route to his
home in Aurora.
Mr.. ]. p. Cronin, of the Joseph w
Salz Wool Company. was in Wabuska
yesterday. and loaded two cars of
wool to be shipped to the firm at San
Francisco. He advises that the quail
ity of wool in this vicinity is better
this season than it has ever been be-
fore.
Bones" (the musician)) is going
to plant about 10 acres of garden
truck on the Parker ranch. The boys
will soon be watching his melon patch.
Melon seeds are generally planted in
the dark of the moon. and that is
when the boys will probably harvest
the crop.
Albert Perkins, formerly with the
S. p. at Wabuska, returned from Vir-
ginia City last week and made flying
trip 10 Yerington. While he said moth
ing to his friends regarding his in
tentions, we have already formed an
opinion, and expect to see Mrs. Perk
ins soon.
Mrs. Maud Johnson and her mother,
Mrs. Warren, had shipped to them
from Kansas City, eleven kellerstraus
Crystal White Orpington fowls at
cost of little over Ss per fowl They
are beauties. They now have 500
White Rock incubator chickens from
Majaho. Sacramento, and expect about
500 more later on.
A couple of ladies were talking over
the phone the other day. and as they
were about to wind up ten-minute
conversation. the following was heard
How are your incubator chickens
getting along3 How many eggs are
you getting? My hen S are doing fine
the hens are doing all the laying and
the ROSTERS all the cackling." Then
a male voice butted in. saying: Eyes,
and here is a rooster waiting for a |
chance to cackle, give me the line for
minute. please. am in hurry"
Then the women hung up"