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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
MASON VALLEY
SMELTER TO RUN
FULL CAPACITY

The Mason Valley Mines Com
panyss smelter at Thompson will prob
ably be running at its full capacity
of two thousand tons of ore a day
very shortly. For some time past, in
fact, from the time the first furnace
was blown in, the smelter has only
been operated at from ne-fourth to
one half of its capacity. This has been
due to its not being able to secure
sufficient ore of the right character
to make economical working For
some months past, however, the smell
ter has been handling quite a large
tonnage of ore from the Balaklala mine
in Plumas county. California, and has
made such a success of the treatment
of this ore that the owners of the
Balaklala' property have made a con
tract with the Mason Valley Co. to
handle all of the ore. This week No.
2 furnace at the smelter was closed
down and some overhauling done and
arrangements made to start up both
No. and No. 2 furnaces The Balak-
lala ore is quite high grade product,
carrying nice gold values, and is an ore
that works nicely with the ores of this
district. 1t is expected that the Plumas
county product, in connection with
other ores now going to the smelter,
will tax the plant to its full capacity,
and that Is or 30 carloads of the Plu-
mas ore will be rolling into the smell
ter daily, all of which is good bust
ness for the district.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
GUN AND RAZOR
USED IN ROW AT
TOWN OF FERNLEY

There was a row at the new town of
Fernley in the northern end of Lyon
county one day last week in which 4
gun and razor were used but in which
there were no fatalities Fernley, on
the main line of the S p, is getting to
be a stopping place for quite lot Of
undesirables since the Lassen cutoff
has been completed. On the day above
mentioned an old man had check
cashed at the saloon conducted by W.
G.. Willis A couple of tough char
acters hanging around, one of whom
was W. Shelton, known as the Cow
boy Preacher, who was employed at
the Miller ranch in Mason Valley some
months ago, saw the old man receive
the money and started out to get the
wad. Mr.. Willis saw the play and
started to escort the old man to the
train which he desired to take. Shel
ton interfered and Willis hit him over
the head with a gun. knocking him
down. While on the ground Shelton
drew razor and cut Willis severely
on the left leg. There being no off
Ger in Fernley the Constable at Ha-
zen was sent for and he came down
and arrested Shelton, who was given a
hearing before the Justice of the
Peace and discharged. In the mean
time Sheriff Randall had sent Deputy
O'Brien to Fernley and he interviewed
Shelton and suggested that Fernley
was not going to be good place for
him to reside, so he moved on
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
HAS SPLENDID
PUMPING WELL
FOR DRY FARM.

A. f. Mcneil, who some time ago
filed on dry farm northwest OF Yer
ington, has developed a well on the
ground that promises to give him all
the water he needs for irrigation and
other purposes. We speak of the farm
as a dry one from the fact that the
land lies outside OF the zone in this
valley upon which water can be OBJ
tanned from the river for irrigation
The land is splendid soil, and with wa
ter on it will produce all kinds of crops
in abundance. Some time ago Mr..
Mcneil started TO put down well on
the ground and timbered shaft down
to a depth OF seventeen feet. He en-
countered considerable water at this
depth and put on a pump and gaso-
line engine to get the water out so he
could sink deeper He finally CON
cluded that it would be best to bore
the well the balance of the distance,
and this he did, sinking a six-inch cas-
ing twenty feet from the bottom of
the shaft, making depth of 81 feet
all told At this depth he encountered
a splendid flow of water which came
up into the shaft several feet He has
installed a gasoline engine and 8
inch centrifugal pump and few days
ago gave the we'll severe test. He
ran the pump for seventeen hours,
pumping 200 gallons of water per min
ute, or 1900 gallons per hour, and
only lowered the water in the well a
few feet The pump sets in the shaft
at the high water level and at the
greatest only has to suck the water
five or six feet Mr.. Mcneil believes
that he has water enough in this well
to irrigate his entire ranch, The
ground lies close to the electric power
line and he contemplates soon dis
carding the gasoline engine and sub
stituting an electric motor for his
pump.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
SMITH VALLEY
MINE REPORT
MONTH OF JUNE

Superintendent O'Brien. of the
Smith Valley Mine, turned in the fol
lowing report of operations for the
month of June:
Main incline shaft sunk fifteen feet;
advanced level on 200 thirty feet;
opened cut on 100 level and started
stone; put in air pipe and track on
160-foot level and started raise to 100
foot level for air; Jagged shaft from
l00-foot to 200 foot level and put IN
lining; built piece of road to facili-
tate ore hauling from the mine, also
built platform to load from; loaded
out from slopes and ore dump about
GO tons of ore. The road building and
arranging for shipping took consider
able time and consequently, the head
way made in the mine was not as
great as usual"
Two carloads of ore of the lower
grade are being run at the smelter this
week and another carload is ready for
shipment.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
CAPTURES BAD MAN.

Tom O'Brien, who has been an Off
Ger a Ludwig for some months past,
who was a member of the State Police
for long time, and who formerly was
an officer for the S. p. Company at
Oakland, was, few days ago,
transferred to Fernley, where deputy
Sheriff was much needed. About the
first job he tackled there was the cap
ture of an ex-convict named Sweitzer.
Sweitzer did time in Folsom prison.
He robbed roadhouse near Reno
some nights ago, escaped from the
Reno police after drawing a gun on
one of the officers, and made get
away. Sweitzer is wanted for em-
bezzlement and it is said Auburn, Cal.
authorities want him, while he is ac-
cused of murder at Fallon. There
will not be many bad ones get by
Deputy Sheriff Tom O'Brien, of Lyon
county.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
OLD CAMP OF AURORA
KEEPS UP REPUTATION

The old camp of Aurora is keeping
up her reputation as tough mining
camp In the early days of the camp
there were many shooting scrapes and
killings and lynch law was resorted
to to bring about order and get rid OF
the undesirable citizens
On Monday of this week word
reached here that on the night pre-
vious Al Warren had been shot and
desperately wounded by Mexican.
Later news was to the effect that
Warren had been shot three times
while on the way from his saloon and
restaurant to his home with his
wife 1t seems that he had had trou-
~ble with Mexican named Marcus,
who had been employed in the restaur-
ant, and had discharged the man and
paid him off. On Sunday night War
rem and his wife were going to their
home from their place of business
when the Mexican confronted War
rem on the trail and fired several
shots at him at close range from
heavy revolver. Three shots took eff
feet, one in the arm, one near the
heart and one i'm the thigh His wife,
who stood close by and witnessed the
tragedy, summoned aid at once, a ply
sician was called and the injured man
was made as comfortable as possible
In the meantime posses were quickly
organized and search begun for the
gunman. Sheriff Grutt, of Mineral
county, Immediately got busy and
about noon Tuesday gathered in his
prisoner at Morgan's station on the
East Walker and took him to Haw-
thorne and placed him in Jail. War
rem succumbed to his wounds about
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
Mining News from
Southern Section

Silverado-Another shipment of nice
ore was made from his old property
this week by A. NJ. Wishart, the les
see. Mr. Wishart came down from
the property with the shipment. The
ore gave returns at the Thompson
smelter of 262 ounces in silver and
$3.50 per ton in gold. Mr.. Wishart
is taking out quite a quantity of this
kind of ore and has made up his mind
to start the mill on the property as he
has large tonnage of ore that will
run about $50. He has the property
in shape to run several years on this
kind of ore The higher grade stuff
will go to the Thompson smelter reg
ularly when it can be gotten to the
railroad for shipment The roads are
in good condition now so that ship
ments can be crowded along.
Tonawa G. M. & M. Co.-This is
the name of the new company which
is operating the old Monte Christie
property. The company has had the
mill on the property overhauled and 1t
started up the first of this month. 1t
has capacity of Is or 80 tons per day
and the ore now being put through av
erages $50 per ton and the vein in
the mine from which it is taken is
about 10 feet in width The new tram
way from the mine to the mill has
been completed and is delivering ore
to the mill every day. Quite force
of men is employed in different ca
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18

pacities on the property and the old
Monte Christie is evidently coming to
the front again after years of idle
ness.
Mount Patterson-Costigan and
Nudge are employing quite force of
men in opening up vein of ore that
runs from 3 to feet in width and is OF
fine milling grade This property is
some three miles south of the Silver
ado and near the old Kentuck They
will build mill on this property just
as soon as the material can be brought
in and set up
A deal has been made on the old
Kentuck and it is expected that the
property will soon be in full working
order There is quite stir through
out the entire Mount Patterson sec
ton and quite number of new loca-
tons are being made.
Masonic-The New York Company
has put hoist on its property in this
district
The Stahl Bros have installed a new
pumping plant on their prperty.
The Bryant property is now equip
ped with new mill which is operating
very successfully.
There are also quite a number of
smaller properties operating in the dis
trict and a string of freight teams and
auto trucks are busy hauling supplies
into these new and old camps.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
UNITED STATES
COPPER MINES
LEAD THE WORLD

According to advices from New
York the United States stands out
prominently as the largest copper
producing nation OF the world. Japan
comes next after the United States.
but Uncle Sans mines every year
yield up more than seven times those
of the Mikado. The United States
yields more than one and one-half
times the aggregate OF the ten other
leading nations. The wire says that l..
Vogelstein & Co. have issued their
annual statistics on copper for the year
1913. The first ten producing coun-
tries of the world with production last
year in long tons are as follows:
United States, $4,000; Japan, y,
600; Spain and Portugal, $4,000; Chile,
39400 Canada, $4,000; Russia, $4,000;
Germany, 30,500; Peru, 25,700
First-hand sellers are getting 1886
to l4c a pound for elcctrolytic copper
delivered thirty days. The first quota
ton is the prevailing price in this
country, while buyers are willing to
pay somewhat higher on the other
side Europe is booking good tonnagcs
at present prices and there is fairly
good domestic business being trans
acted No price cutting of import.
ance is reported.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
MEAT GOES UP.

News comes from the big Chicago
packers that retail prices of fresh
meats will be advanced from | to 3
cents per pound in the next thirty
days. The cause given is that the cat
tie supply is Is per cent normal and
that there are ten million less cattle
than there was ten years ago, while
here are 20,000000 more people to
feed
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18
Information Wanted.

Franz Karl Kaiser, a native of
Waibstadt, Baden. Germany, who in
1893 had sausage factory at Bishop,
Cal, and lived at Lovelock, Nevada,
in 1906 or 1907, his wife and their son
Wilhelm will receive good news by
communicating with German Society,
1E Fourth Ave. New York.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-07-18

Up to date II voters have registered
in Wabuska Precinct. There are :
Democrats, Republicans, | Socialist
and | non-committal
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03

with Orson Adams, in person, as pres
ident Of the bank, and he gave me a
deposit slip for the amount, which
have in my possession. | hold a
guarantee bond from the National
Surety Co. of New York covering all
deposits of county funds made by me
as treasurer in that bank. The ma
t.onal bank examiner closed this
bank on November 2S, 1913.
I'm checking up my account as
treasurer with the receiver after the
bank had been closed | learned for
the first time that Mr. Adams had
failed to enter the credit on the
books of the bank, and for this rea-
son the Surety company claims that
ii is not liable for the deposit.
have brought suit against the COM
papy for the amount of the deposit
Continued on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03

doubtless be able to have it waived
and secure his entrance with but
little further difficulty.
The objection was raised because
Robert was unable to present his
high school diploma at the time of
taking his examinations. He could
not show that document because he
had not at that time completed his
high school course although he did
graduate and formally receive the
sheepskin few days later.
He passed the physical examina-
tion without difficulty and his high
school diploma is. on the face of 1t.
sufficient to exempt him from the
usual mental tests.
Congressman Taylor is using his
influence to have the belated diploma
accepted and his friends are conf
dent that young Rhone will be ad-
mitted.
When he goes to West Point two
Grand Junction lads will have enter
ed Uncle Sans preparatory universi-
ties, Duncan Collins having success
fully passed the entrance exams. for
Annapolis earlier in the year
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
We TALK ONLY
OF SURRENDER
Ca|der0n Says CarTanza Won't
Mediate DiSput With Gen.
eraI Huerta.
lBy Associated Press. ]

Washington, d. G., July J.
The American delegates to the Mag
ara Falls mediation conference, JUS
tice Lamar and Frederick w.
Lehman. returned to the capital to-
day and conferred with President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan. While
the Niagara conference is in recess
awaiting Carranza's canvass of his
generals under the plan of Guadalupe
as to sending delegates to treat with
Huerta's emissaries. the American
delegates will remain in Washington,
and the three South American medi-
ators will remain here and keep in
touch with the situation, awaiting
the next move.
Senior Calderon. one of the consti-
tutionalist leaders, expected to repre-
CONTINUED on Page 81
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
APPLE COST
PUZZLE U. S.
EXPERTS TO
SOLVE HERE
Production Expenses May be
LeSSened by Investigation
Now Being Made For the
Government.
TO WORK HERE TWO WEEKS

7 NCLE SAM is anxious to learn
the exact cost of a box of APP
Piles and he has chosen Grand
valley as the best place to investigate
the production expenses OF the high
est grade fruit. For three weeks
George Ii. Miller and S. NJ. Thomp-
son, experts from the office OF farm
management of the agricultural de-
partment, will gain statistics from
Mesa county ranchmen on orchard
expenses with a view of preparing a
report which will have the effect of
cutting down growers cost all over
the country.
This is a part of the campaign
being carried on by the government
for the betterment of the FARMER and
rancher and will meet with a hearty
response from local people. Messrs
Miller and Thompson have not been
here long enough to obtain any def
mite figures, but intimated from
what they have already learned that
it cost more to raise apples here than
1t did in the big apple sections of the
east.
They have been experimenting in
the Fruityale section and will be
here for the coming two weeks. From
here they will go to the northwest
These gentlemen are experts in ap-
pies; the experts in peaches, pears
and other fruits have not arrived as
yet. They have been collecting data
FOR two years, and do not expect to
have their findings made public for
some time to come.
The practical effect of this infor-
nation when finally compiled is ap-
Parent when one realizes that it will
present the labor-saying and cost
reducing methods OF every fruit dis
trict in the nation. Uncle Sam
hopes not only to cut the expenses of
the orchardist but to also reduce the
price the consumer will ultimately
pay.
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
BRUMBAUGH
REFUSES TO
HOLD PLACE
Bonding Company Forces New
Man; Or. Green Has Not With
drawn From the Contest For
Office.
FIGHT WAS LONG STANDING

w whose a .AG saar 5sRSG'aa isfR R''5Ra5ts' s9prSd
W last March absolutely refusing
to serve any longer and with the
long drawn out and bitterly contested
race for the office between democrats
still unsettled, it has become ueces-
sary to place a temporary postmaster
in charge OF the Fruita postoffice.
One Of the two men who have
been contesting for the appointment
for the four years term has been
made temporary postmaster. This
man is A. V. Sharpe, a pioneer citi-
zen and democrat of the lower valley
aud naturally the fact that he is
given temporary charge of the office
is an advantage for him in his cam
paign for the regular or four years
appointment.
However. there is no indication
that DR.. S. p Green, the well known
I lower valley democratic leader. will
retire from the race for the appoint
ment He has at all times had a
| large following in support of his can
didacy.
W. T. Brumbaugh. the republican
| postmaster. has been wanting to quit
ever since his term expired. He has
complained continually about having
/ to mold over indefinitely because he
had other business to which he want
ed to give his attention He had
written Congressman Taylor repeat
edly demanding to be relieved. FL
nally he prevailed upon the bonding
company holding his bond to demand
that he be retired and in this way he
has been relieved of the office and
upon the approval of the bonding
oompapy Mr.. Sharpe has been placed
IN temporary charge of the office.
The contest for the Fruita post
mastership has been one of the
warmest in the state. DR.. s. p. Green
and A. V. Sharpe have been the prin-
cipal applicants and so closely divid-
ed has been the sentiment between
these two candidates that Congress-
man Taylor has hesitated to recon-
mend either of them and has been
insisting that the matter be settled
by the Fruita democrats at primary
election. but nothing has been done
along this line.
Just what will he the final out
come of the contest it is hard to fore
east.
The new postmaster should have
taken charge three or four months
ago.
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
MYSTERY SHR0UDS
MURDER OF THREE
Atlanta Man and Two Women
Found Dead in Swamp; BuI-
let Wounds Found.
IRy Associated Press. ]

Atlanta, Ca. July 3.-The bodies
of S. F. Bennett and two unidentified
women were found in a swamp at
East Point. a suburb of Atlanta. ear
ly today The wounds indicate that
all three had been shot. The bodies
of the women were covered with
brush, while that of Bennett lay IN
the open a few yards away. The
coroner of Fulton county has been
summoned to investigate.
According to the police indications
are that Bennett killed the two wom-
en- with shot gun. After covering
the bodies with brush he fastened
the gun to a stump and stood before
It. discharging it with twig. The
charge tore great hole in his chest.
While the women were not identi-
fled, they are believed to be Ben
nett's wife and mother-in-law.
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
GOsSETT TO MANAGE BIG ALLEYS
Local Parties Purchase Finest
Bowling Place in West From
a Denver Man.
GOSSETT. for several
n years connected with the Mos
lander billiard hall. has re-

HARRY GossETT, for several
II years connected with the Mos
1 lander billiard hall, has re-
signed and will leave in ten days for
Denver. where he will assume the
management OF the Denver Bowling
alleys, the largest and most expen-
slvely equipped set OF alleys west of
Chicago.
A deal. consummated by j. F.
Sperry of this city, was completed
yesterday by which j. p. Paulson, the
wealthy fixture manufacturer of
Denver, disposes of the alleys to To-
cal parties in exchange for big 40
acre ranch in Delia county. The To-
cal people who desire not to be
known in the deal, have employed
Mr.. Gossett to manage the big es-
tablishment.
1t is said that the Denver alleys.
which are located at 1925 Champa.
cost $4,000 to equip. Besides tho
ten alleys on the same floor. there
are ten pocket billiard tables and
large cigar business.
Mr.. Gossett will assume the man
agement of the place August l and
invites all his Grand Junction friends
to make the Denver alleys their
headquarters while in the capital.
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
CREW IS SINKING
BARK IS RESCUED
BY Associated Press. ]

San Francisco, July 3-Officers of
the British steamer Hawkhead. which
arrived here yesterday, told of the
rescue by the Hawkhead of Captain
Hansen and sixteen men from the
wrecked Norwegian bark Ingesjorg
condition bow down, 800 miles
from Mintevideo, in the South Allan
tic on May 30. The bark had en-
countered hurricane and all her
boats had been smashed The wreck
was fired by the HawShead to pre-
vent it from becoming a menace to
navigation.
The daily sentinel., 1914-07-03
CANON ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY TODAY
Bank Loss May Fall on Treas
urGT;; Support is Coming
From People.

7 ION. BENTON CANON today
II formally announced his candi-
dacy for county treasurer sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
assembly and primary. In a state
ment he made to The Sentinel Mr..
Canon explains his decision to enter
the race for reelection as follows:
AS county treasurer | made a de-
posit of county funds in the Mesa
County National bank previous to its
failure, amounting to the sum of
3,990.90. This deposit was made