Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-02-07
LITTLE LOCALS

Mrs. Nesbit, of Thompson, was
shopping in Yerington on Wednesday
of this week.
Georse Wingheld has purchased a
number of blooded race horses for his
farm near Fallon.
Mr.. and Mrs George Butler, Of
Mason, were Yerington visitors on
Thursday of this week
Miss Phinney, teacher of piano and
voice Studio at Mrs E. J. Webster's,
Main street, Yerington. Advt.
F. H. Whitacre returned from San
Francisco yesterday, where he had
been for a week on mining business.
Superintendent Sullivan, of the Cop
per Belt road, with a party of Mason
ladies, was visiting Yerington Thurs
day.
c. f. Shillingford, now Manager of
the Smith Valley Land Company, was
down from Wellington on Tuesday of
this week
S. l. Ennis, representing the Oliver
Typewriter Company, was in Yering
ton on business for a couple of days
this week
Edward Merrill, of Des Moines, Ia,
has been a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
B. Ebert, of Yerington, for severa,
days this week.
The boys basket ball team of the
Lyon County High School will go to
Carson on March for return game
with the Carson team.
Mrs. Hardin, trained nurse, has
leased the McNeely residence on
North Main street and converted the
residence into hospital.
J. J. WEIGH Oack) was an arrival
in the district from Luning this week
and has been looking after his COM
panys mining interests here.
Mrs. Mark Erway and daughter,
Idelle, left for Sacramento Tuesday,
called there by the serious illness of
Mrs. Erway's stepfather, Mr.. O'Neal
Otto Taubret was an arrival in Reno
this week and he and his wife will be
residents of Yerington in few days.
He will start up the old Wabuska cop
per property.
Woman's Book Club of Yerington
invites you to its annual dance on
St. Valentines Eve, February Is, at
Rink Hall. Good music. Lunch served
at hall Advt
We have had several nice spring
like days this week, but are afraid to
comment much about the incident for
fear it will storm again before we get
this issue out.
Fred Bertrand received thorough
bred Mormon rooster Thursday to i'm
prove his stock of chickens. The bird
came from Utah and is of the buff
Orpington variety.
Mrs. w. ]. Sturgeon, of Carson,
who has been here for some weeks on
visit to her daughters, Mrs. John
stone and Mrs. Hill, is quite i'll at
the home of the latter.
George Plummer returned from
Carson yesterday, where he had been
to interview the State Tax Commits
sion regarding the business of the
Yerington Electric Co.
Friday evening, February 9th, an
entertainment and dance will be given
by the Degree Staff of Mason Valley
Lodge No. "a, l. o. O. F. at the Rink
Hail. Remember the date.
1t takes the stage from this place
to Wichman from o'clock in the
morning to o'clock in the afternoon
to make the trip these days. owing to
the ice and snow in the roads.
Be right. Go to Wright Get the
right kind of tonsorial work. Right
in my new shop in the Kaufman &
Downey building Right on Main st.
John Wright.
waiter duDtIl was III llOiii tic
Wabuska property this week and re-
ports lots of snow yet on the hills and
around the camp. The moisture has
made the ground hard to work as it
has penetrated to considerable depth.
The Fallon Eagle says that during
the late storms and high water in the
Carson River about $4,000 acre feet Of
water was stored in the new Lahontan
reservoir. This means enough water
to cover $4,000 acres to a depth of
one foot
The Humphreys and Moffat con
Germ, holders of large land interests
in Mason Valley, have added to their
holdings by purchasing the McKissick
estate in Lassen county, California.
consisting of 5000 acres of land and