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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
HOW COPPER IS BOUGHT AND SOLD

sumers lave got the idea OF acting in
concert. They remain out of the mark
ct together and &C me il to buy to-
gether. More and more do they ap-
pear to be acting in concert. What
is their reason will have t. be sur
missed. OF course they figure On buy
ing their copper more chc2ply than
othcrwise-a matter that is well
worthy of consideration; for has not
Mr.. Ryan pointed out several times
that the American consum.r has i'll
the past paid considerably more for
his copper than, the foreigner But
do they figure that by their concerted
abstention they will tire out timid
producers and thus obtain cheaper
copper? 1t is certain on the other
hand that when they try to buy at the
same time they hoist the price up on
themselves, perhaps cent per pound
betwcen the opening and closing of a
day, whereupon they accuse some
body other than themselves of rig
ging the market
If consumers abandoned the idea
of playing speculative game, If each
one bought his copper as he needed
it, we fancy that things would be bet
ter for them in the long run But
while the present policy obtains we
may look for periodic buying move
ments,' intermediate spells of dull
ness, slow declines in price and sud
den, sharp upturns, and in general,
conditions more erratic than they
ought to bc.-Engineering and Min
ing Journal
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
PLACER development At HAWTHORNE

sweat Canyon. They have installed
a miniature dry wash machine, and
while our reporter was prescott Put
through about 100 pounds of dirt,
which experts say will yield FIVE dol
lars per yard. They are intenlcning
putting up machine with 20 times
the capacity of the little one.
Above Fash and House, ]. c. Rod
der and w. p Ross are sinking two
shafts and are satisfied with results
SO far. Knowing ones predict that
this ground will prove to be very val
liable with further developmen7 work,
as it is situated below what was form
erly very rich quartz claim.
AT the New York the big four
Steve Dondero, Archie Graham, West
Ballinger and Frank Ross, are taxing
out high-grade ore and are getting
ready to start up the mill for a rec
ord run.
Ted Brodigan has resume! work
on his claims and Cliff Herring and
partner are prospecting:
Taken altogether, the old district
has not presented scene of such
activity since the Pamlico and La
panta were producing the richest gold
ever mined-Hawthorne Bulletin.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
BAR ASSOCIATION Recommendation

Recommendation was made at the
annual meeting of the Nevada Bar as
sociation in session at Reno recently,
that the State Legislature be elected
for term of four years and that but
one session be held during that period
Of time, and it was further recon-
mendcd that the Legislature meet as
one body instead of two houses as at
present. This provision would in
volve an amendement to the State
Constitution.
Another recommendation was made
by the constitutional amendement
committee that the Constitution OF
Nevada be so amended as~to make it
prohibitive for any member of the
Legislature to hold any position or
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

By recent reports. it is found that
the railway accidents in the United
States in the last year. of serious or
fatal nature, numbered lO,7SS, which
shows that railway travelling is about
as safe as walking along crowded
street. far safer than riding in an
automobile-even safer than driving
"Dobbin" along country highway.
OF the accidents mentioned no less
than 47l2 occurred through trespass,
for example, walking on the roadbed,
while only 3840 lost their lives or
were seriously injured while riding on
trains. This is serious commentary
on the carelessness of our citizens
and at the same time wonderful
tribute to the management of our rail-
ways.
1t is stated that on the so-called
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
WAITING

The policy of watchful waiting for
things to happen in, Mexico still pre-
walls, the present idea being evidently
to wait for Carranza to get the upper
hand and then recognize him. The
stars of Villa and Zapata are waning
Enthusiastically Probably it was fear
of further turbulence in the north,
following the disruption OF Villa S
army, that inspired the new warning
to Americans to leave Mexico. Shall
we venture to hope for the peace of
wearniness? 1t looks as if that were
the only kind of peace there would be,
for Washington will not contribute
anything else. Our Mexican policy
is still an enigma. Poor little Haiti
indulges in rioting and the Admins
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

A characteristic of the copper mark
ct in recent years has been the buying
OF copper in great operations extend
ing over period OF two or three
weeks, followed by period of two or
three months during which the market
is dull, relatively little business being
done. With a production of refined
copper at the rate of l5OOOO,OOO
pounds a month there must be sold
ABOUT 100000 pounds per day, or
100000 pounds per week, on the av-
erage, to dispose OF the output of new
copper. Taking into account the re-
claimed copper-the product OF the
Junk smelters-and the speculative bus
mess, and occasionally the reselling
by consumers themselves, the aggre-
gate of transactions in copper ex-
ceeds an average of 100000 pounds
per day. With so huge business it is
unlikely that there is ever a day with
out some transaction by somebody,
but with total of three or four mil
lion pounds per day the market would
doubtless be described as dull. After
long period OF such.a market there
comes what we speak of as a great
buying movement" when during a
week there may be sales of 100000
600 pounds of copper, or in fortnight
twice as much. The buying in this
way has been becoming more and
more pronounced. What is the rea-
SON for it?
We may offer an explanation with
out getting at the reason. The ex-
PLANTATION is that the American con
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
JUSTICE GETTING q INNING At LAST

David Caplan and M. A. Schmidt
went to trial in the Superior Court
in Los Angeles, Monday on a charge
of murder. They are alleged to have
been the accomplices of the McNa-
mara brothers in the dynamiting OF
the Los Angeles Times building Oc-
tober |, 1910.
the Los Angeles Times building Oc-
tober |, 1910 Demanding separate
trials the Court proceeded with the
case against Schmidt, ordering Caplan
excluded as spectator.
miter, who turned States evidence, is
the principal witness for the prosecu-
ton. Released from the county Jail
here after having been locked up
for many months, McManigal disap-
peared. He was said to fear assassi-
nation. Under an assumed name, he
worked as a painter at Universal
City, the motion. picture colony near
Los Angeles, for three months. Then
he was identified by newspaper men
and again vanished. Recently he has
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
the UBIQUITOUS IDIOT ON THE TRACK

Hartman roads, of which the South
ern Pacific is the largest factor, not
a single life as lost during 1915 to
a train passenger or a employe while
on a train. There were numerous
accidents, but not single fatality
and only few serious injuries. That
is wonderful record; one for any
railway management to be proud of.
1t would be interesting to know,
but the record is not clear on the
point, how many little children lost
their lives by being allowed to wan
der on she right-of-way No doubt
the number is appalling. for scarcely
a week passes that We do not read
of such an accident in the North
west. This is species of careless
ness on the part of mothers that is al
most criminal.-Portland Oregonian
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

employment of profit or to receive
the emoluments of any position OF
which compensation had been increas-
ed by the Legislature of which he was
a member during his term, until the
period of one year had elapsed there
after and it was further recommended
to provide that State officials saving
the Governor, Lieutenant-G Governor
and Justices of the Supreme Court be
appointed.
A recommendation was read and
adopted urging that the Constitution
be so amended as to make the term
of Justice of the Supreme Court
twelve years instead of six as at
present and extending the term of
Distr ct Judge from four to six years.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
The American Way Of Helping Versus the Australian Sys>
tern1>>A Yankees Experience There

was less than $500, on taking posses
sion, The cost of all legal transfers
in this transaction was SIS. The day
afterlthe legal transfer had been made,
the government set force of men at
work on the land leveling it and pre-
pairing it for a crop. In two weeks
the land was leveled, seeded, and wa
ter was turned on the land. The
development of Victoria lands is OBJ
tanned by the Victorian government
from the postal savings, for which
it pays 3H per cent to the depositors
and charges the farmers per cent,
the "a per cent being ample to de-
fray all expenses connected with the
transactions.
When the crop of alfalfa was about
ripe on the land of the man from the
Imperial Valley, sheep were offered
to him and on such advantageous
terms that he fed sheep in place of
having to find a market and sell his
hay. When the sheep were fit for
the market, they were sold by COM
missioners or brokers, who work un-
der strict regulation and who secure
all the capital required from the COM
mercial banks of the country The
man from Imperial Valley, when last
seen, some three years after his ar
rival in Victoria, was contented and
prosperous and happy. He had met
all his obligations and had $1,000 in
thg9 d;snk.-Stockton Record.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

en-. il constant communication with
the District Attorey's office, supply
ing information.
The State will attempt to prove
that Caplan aided in purchasing the
dynamite at Giant, Cal, with which
the Times building was blown up,
causing the death of twenty em-
ployes, and that Schmidt ran the mys-
terious launch which carried the dyna-
mite to the southern California coast.
1t is less than year since they were
arrested, Schmidt in New York and
Caplan in Oregon.-United Press Re-
port.
Organized labor has not taken an
active part in their defense. Because
of lack of funds, attorneys, hired when
first arrestd-anud substitute men
who did not demand such big fees.
The prosecution will be handled by
A. H. Van Cott, formerly connected
with the New York District Attor-
ney's Office.
1t is expected that it will require
two or three weeks to secure jury.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

An American citizen of Norwegian
birth, with a capital of $1,000, decided
to take up land within the boundaries
of the Truckee- Carson project of the
United States reclamation service.
The man selected 80 acres, built a
house and barn for shelter for him
self and horses, did some fencing,
cleared and leveled 40 acres of land.
At the end of 18 years he had ex-
hausted his capital without having
been able to seed any of his land or
produce any kind of crop. He had
paid for water that he could not use !;
he had complied with the regulations
of the service, and was an intelligent
farmer. He had to pay cash for every
thing he purchased, and when he had
spent his $1,000 he was without credit
and had to abandon his farm until he
could find work and earn enough
money to put his farm on paying
basis.
An American farmer from the I'm
perial Valley of California decided to
try his luck in Australia. He landed
in Victoria ith capital of 5000; made
application for 80 acres in recla-
nation district controlled by the
Australian government; secured the
land on a 33-year contract, with inter-
est at per cent; 20-year contract
on house and Improvements at 5
per cent; he paid 20 per cent of the
value of the improvements, which
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

The Hathorne Bulletin man took a
trip through Hawthorne district, COM
monty called the Pamlico, Thursday
with G. B. Stannard. The old district
presents scene of activity little sus-
pected by our town folks.
The first camp is that of Charles
Leavitt and Fred Sloan, who are sink
ing a 200-foot shaft for ]. H. Miller.
They are now down about 100 feet
and are lifting the dirt with whim
They expect to sink another 100 feet
before getting to bedrock. The fam
lilies of Mr. Sloan and Mr.. Leavitt are
living near the works.
The visitor next encounters the
camp of S. H. Brady-in which Sen
ator Pittman is interested. They have
a gasoline hoist installed, and are
down l28 feet, where bedrock was
encountered. They are now excava-
ting for an ore pocket and bins and
chutes. There are II men employed
at this shaft and everybody is busy
1t will be some time before sluicing
will begin, but when it does we ex-
pect to see a steady stream of gold
flowing from the camp.
Frank House and John Fash have
purchased a claim west of Never
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

the American Museum of Safety for
having made the greatest advance
ment in safety and accident preven-
ton. 1t was also awarded the high
est award by the Exposition for safety
first appliances, traffic promotion,
track, equipment and motive power.
AS high official of the Southern
Pacific, Mr.. Mccormick is deeply in
terested in the subject of accident pre-
vention, and postponed special east
ern trip to accept the special chair
manship.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
IMPROVEMENTS BEING
MADE AT TAHOE

Two hundred men started to work
this week at Tallac, Lake Tahoe, tear
ing down the old hotel building and
starting other improvementsc ontem-
plated by Mrs. Anita Baldwin (Mrs.
Caughry,) daughter of the late
Luck Baldwin, who is now sole
owner of the celebrated resort. A
summer mansion for her own use, a
concrete hotel building and a concrete
wharf are the prospects under con-
sideration. 1t is estimated the cost
of the contemplated improvements
will reach well toward million dol
lars.-Carson Appeal.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
S. P. AT EXPOSITION

f. o. Mccormick, Vice President
of the Southern Pacific Company, has
been selected as special chairman of
Safety First; Accident Prevention
Day" of the Worlds Insurance Con-
gress to be held at the Panama Pa
ci6c Information Exposition on Thurs
day, October H.
The Southern Pacific is one of the
l.aders, as we'll as pioneers, in acci-
dent prevention work and was award
ed the Hartman Memorial Medal by
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
PIONEER OF SO DIES

George S. Green, father of Attorney
George S. Green of Reno died
Tuesday afternoon at his ranch known
as the Mine Mile Ranch" nine miles
north of Aurora. He was native of
Ohio. aged SO years and had been i'll
for a month. Green came to Nevada in
1883 and settled on the Nine Mile
Ranch, living there ever since. He
possessed considerable wealth. The
funeral occurred at Bodie today.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
Tract Of Land Mountain Side Swallowed by Recent Ouak
ing of Earth>>>Woman Affected by Escaping Gas

of the State, just before eleven o'clock
1t caused a great rumbling that could
be heard for miles
The Cook family were in bed asleep
when they were awakened by the
shock and noise. Mrs. Cook and the
hired man on the place who ventured
out toward the scene OF the explosion
were overcome by gas and it was
some minutes before she regained
consciousness. Mr. Cook who had
been more cautious was able to rem
der assistance~to the others.
Spring Creek is tributary of the
Humboldt river and comes in near
Elburz east of Elko.
No scientific explanation of the
cause OF this phenomenon has yet
been attempted. 1t was unlike vol
cano. There was no smoke nor ashes
accompanying the explosion. The
hole in the earth can not be described
as crater.
The place being boggy and covered
with trees it may be that the gas con
fined in the earth was of vegetable
origin. 1t may have been stored up
in water reservoirs.
1t is probable that the shaking of
the earth cracked the ground and
gave vent for the gas. The gas es-
capped through the opening with great
force and tore away the surrounding
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
STRANGE EXPLOSION ELKO COUNTY EARTHQUAKE @ THE STATE AUSTRALIANS rvRA@ IRRIGATION
People Of Mason Valley Get Pure Arce>Shae Up Genera
Throughout State1>>More Scare Than Damage

The earthquakes on Saturday were
the most pronounced felt in Nevada
during the past twenty years. The
earthquake reached from the State of
Washington to eastern Utah, includ-
ing Nevada and Idaho, but seemed to
reach its heaviest around Winnemuc-
ca, Nevada.
AT Yerington the first shock as no
ticed at about $3.50 in the afternoon.
This was SO slight that people gener-
ally did not notice it all all AT 5:55
the shock was very pronounced,
causing chandeliers to oscillate and
walls and foundations to vibrate. 1t
was very pronounced and lasted about
80 seconds. AT 11.55 p. m, however,
the strongest shock, lasting about IS
seconds, occurred. This caused build
ings to rock and frightened people
generally, but did no damage In one
or two instances buildings in Yering-
ton settled to the extent of binding
doors SO that it as difficult to open
them
In Goldheld, Tonopah and other
towns to the south as we'll as Carson
City, Virginia, Reno and towns fur
ther north the effect experienced was
the same as at Yerington No injur
les to persons were anywhere report
ed. East of Reno, along the lines of
the Southern Pacific the effects from
the last shock were more severe.
The damage done in Winnemucca
by the big shock was probably greater
than in any other place in the State
except the Kennedy section, which
may have been the actual center of
the disturbance, says the Star.
In Winnemucca a number of brick
buildings were damaged to some ex-
tent Fully half the brick chimneys
in town were either thrown down or
damaged so that repairs were neces-
essary. The greatest damage to any
building was at Winneva Hall, where
the fire walls were thrown down. The
front of the building was cracked and
an architect will arrive here from San
Francisco shortly to repair the build
ing.
The gable ends of the adobe addi-
tion to the Winnemucca Hotel were
thrown down Here the twisting mo-
ton of the earth was shown One OF
the brick chimneys which was broken
was not thrown into the street, like
the others. The part of this chimney
above the break was twisted around
nearly a quarter OF turn, but re-
mained upright
Near the south approach of the
levee leading to the county bridge,
the water main was broken and the
street flooded. At the north approach
to the bridge several narrow assures
were opened up across the roadway.
The concretee bridge was not dam
aged, though in places the filled in
roadway sank two or three inches.
Considerable damage was done III
several stores by goods being thrown
from the shelves. In residences glass
ware, vases and bric-a-brac was
shaken down and broken. The great
est loss on this account was in costly
china and cut glass pieces.
Though many small windows were
broken throughout the town, only one
large plate glass window was de-
stroyed.
At the Diehl lodging house on
Bridge street part of the rear brick
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

wall was thrown down. Part of the
flrewall at the new Overland Hotel
also fell in.
The greatest damage done by the
shock was at Kennedy, sixty miles
south of Winnemucca, and in Pleas
ant Valley. In Kennedy nearly every
building was wrecked, as were the
barns at the S. Saird, w. l.. Pearce
and Cooper & Uniacke ranches. On
this latter ranch the ground sank sew
eral feet in places and the water came
up.
Commissioner Cooper who went out
the next day to bring his family to
town, met them coming in. Mr..
Cooper stated that for twenty-five
miles along the foothills north of his
ranch the line of break or fssure
caused by the earthquake could be
seen. Along this break the ground
sank from six to twelve feet, the ap-
pearance from a distance being as if
new roadway had been graded
along the foothills.
l. st. DeRoylance, general manager
of the DeRoylance Reduction Co.,
stated that his plant in Kennedy was
considerably damaged. One big solu-
ton tank was thrown down and some
OF the machinery was broken Mr.. St.
DeRoylance says that at Kennedy the
first shock occurred at $40 Saturday
afternoon and the shaking continued
almost continuously until 1910 that
night, when he left to come to Win
nemucca.
At Golconda the shock caused the
roaday to sink several inches at each
end of the Southern Pacific bridge
across the Humboldt. The Southern
Pacific water tanks at Battle Mount
ain, Lovelock, Parran and Kodak
were thrown down. Though no dam
age was done to the roadway except
at Golconda, slow orders" were
issued and all trains Sunday morning
were greatly delayed. No damage TO
buildings occurred in any OTTER town
along the railroad except Winnie
mucca
AT Golconda the flow of one of the
hot springs was increased, but the
flow of the larger spring is said to
have been decreased.
AT Seattle, Washington, Professor
E. J. Saunders, who has charge of the
seismograph room of the University
of Washington, said that the seismo-
graph record at the University show
ed that earthquake Saturday night was
one of the most pronounced disturb
ances of recent years. The needles
began vibrating at l0:45 p. m, and
at 1859 were thrown off the drum
by the violent movements.
Professor Saunders said the seat of
the disturbance was 800 miles south of
Seattle. The record showed that two
other shocks were felt before the one
that rocked the whole Pacific coun
try
The first was at 3:45 p. m. and the
other at 7:57 p. m. Both were slight.
Except for the splashing of water
in the big tanks at the gas plants, the
earthquake, was unnotced by resi-
dents of Seattle.
The seismograph at TorJham Uni
versity registered two earthquakes,
apparently 300 miles distant. at y
o'clock Saturday nighS and again at
2 o'clock Sunday morning. The hrst
shock was slight, but the second one
was heavy.
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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09

According to the Elko Independent
the earthquake Saturday night tore
a great hole in the side of the NOUN
tain half mile from the Sam Cook
ranch on Spring Creek fourteen miles
southeast of Elko.
This hole is three hundred feet
across its face on the mountain side
and twenty feet deep. 1t is in oval
shape and the pit is three hundred
feet in width.
Lee Harbin who is just in from
Spring Creek visited the scene of this
freak of the earthquake Sunday after
noon. Many people who had learned
of the occurrence came over from
Lamoille six miles away to behold
the spectacle.
The scene of the phenomenon was
a boggy place on the side of the
mountain back of the Cook place 1t
was covered with, trees and small
spring of water trickled from out of
the wooded spot.
This is now all changed. There is
water enough issuing from the hole
to fill twelve-inch pipe. The trees
have been torn up by the roots and
hurled in all directions. Many thous
ands tons of earth were thrown 800
feet across the canyon.
The explosion occurred at the same
hour of the earthquake in other parts
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-10-09
SMITH RANCHER MARRIED

Thomas Rowe, a ranchcr of Smith
Valley and Mrs. Mary Dumphy of
Reno, were married last night by JUS
tice of the Peace Unsworth. After a
short honeymoon spent at the Exposi-
ton at San Francisco, the couple will
return to Smith Valley to reside.