The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-06
A TRIP TO NORTH
END OF COUNTY


the Fourth at the hospitable home of
Mr. and Mrs. T. +. Minor, at Willow
Creek.
Saturday a side trip was made to
National. The camp was very quiet,
in striking contrast to conditions on
the occasion of our last visit, some
four years ago. At that time the camp
was young, the National mine was
working full blast and hundreds Of
men were prospecting the adjacent
hills. At present there are about thirty
men working at the big mine and all
the prospecting has failed to disclose
ore in paying quantities at any other
spot.
Tom Baldwin is still working his
lease on the '.Chefoov claim, owned
by J. L. Workman, and is finding a.
little high grade in punches. He hopes
in short time to reach body of this
ore
j. L. Workman was at home for the
Fourth from his new camp, situated
ten miles northwest of Tuscarora. tt
has not been formally christened as
yet, but viii probably be called "Di-
vide. y He brought home a number of
samples, which he was at work assay
ing, with satisfactory results.
N. r. X. Hatch directs his mining
operations from his town office, com
bining the duties of Justice of the
peace. At one time Mr. Hatch was
practicing attorney, with large eli
entage, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and it
is not likely that any of his decisions
win be reversed, in case of appeal
Tom McGriff is still holding the fort
a tThe Lacey and while business
is not as lively as in the days of yore,
he is kept fairly busy
A Trip to McDermitt
Sunday a trip was taken to MeDer-
mitt. 1t had been intended to spend
the day at home, but at about 10
o'clock in the morning Albert Remu-
sat came along in his new Overland
car and we accepted his kind invita-
tion to make the trip. Tn the old days
it would have taken a long half day
to cover the 30 miles with a team, but
the trip was made in the auto in about
an hour and a quarter.
i Although we have resided in Winnie
mucca growing on eight years, this was
our first trip to McDermitt, but will
not be the last We found remarka-
1 II,
showing every evidence Of prosperity
The center of gravity was the Ore
Vada hotel in the middle of town.
conducted by Baber & Montgomery.
This is a large building. with a covered
veranda running along its entire front
of some rs feet This was well filed
with visitors, as was the large office
and barroom With the exception of
the time the races were being run, the
crowds kept mp p sort of procession
between the Ore-Vada and the resort
opposite, conducted by Andy Salu-
tregue.
There were a number of Winnemueea
men present. although several had left
for home. Among those who attended
the races were F. J. Oliverius, of the
Palace Tailoring company: Ed Old and
Fred Wilkinson, of the Hotel Lafav
cite; G. w. Cartv, the local cigar fac
tory man. H. L. Bonnifeld, James
Cleve, John Hogan, Len Reed, Ernest
Garteiz, and others.
From 11:45 until | AS the multitude
was fed by the hotel management, and
all left the spacious dining-room well
satisfied, having partaken of one of
those delightful and substantial coun-
try dinners, with its abundance of
fresh fruits and vegetables
At O'Clock the races were called,
but for some reason but one was run.
which was won by "Bighead,' be-
longing to Andy Salutregue
Although it was Sunday and a holi-
day, the stores were open most of the
day, and all We're well filed viii
Baber was doing a rushing business,
as was Joe Jaea and the Lows.
The County Roads
! Although the county roads are ever
the subject of much abuse, they are
really in excellent condition The ff-
teen miles from Packard's s to McDer-
mitt is a boulevard, while most of the
remainder to Winnemucca is way
above the average country road. Per
haps the worst stretch is from Toll
house in TO town, in places being rath-
er heavy on account of the sand
The Road Houses
While travel is not what it used to
be. the road houses report a satisfac-
tory business. At Platora, Mrs Scott
was being kept busy with her multi
farious duties as hostess, postmistress
and telephone operator At Andorno,
Virgil Pasquale was painting, papering
and otherwise embellishing his popu-
lar station. At Paradise Hill, Mrs
Abel was bustling about, making her
guests comfortable and serving those
excellent meals for which her station