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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
new TUNGSTEN MILL AT
S0DAv|LLE COMPLETED

Company composed of Philadelphia
business men who are officials or
large stockholders of Tonopah Min
ing of Nevada. 1t is said that this
company contracted its output for a
long period of time at price far
above present quotations.
The tremendous demand for tung-
sten in the manufacture of high speed
tool steel caused sensational advance
in the spring of 1916. A high price
OF SIS per unit of 20 pounds of 90 per
cent ore or concentrates was reached
and a premium of 10 per cent was
offered for the purer grades for a
short time. The price fell rapidly
to $40 per unit, $l.00 per pound, pre-
sent quotations, but the metal is be-
ing contracted now at about SIS. For
several weeks purchasers bought any
thing offered and small lots rendered
by leeses and prospectors were eager
ly taken. Many poor man made a
nice piece of money mining and sell
ing the ore. Outside of Nevada
California and Colorado are the chief
producers.-Reno Gazette.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
CATTLE IN NEVADA ARE
FREE FROM ANTHRAX

Anthrax, one of the most dreaded
diseases among cattle and one which
has caused thousands of dollars in
losses to cattlemen and ranches in
Nevada, is practically unknown in the
State today, according to DR.. W. R
Mack, State veterinarian, who has
been waging fight against the dis
ease for the past three years.
Two years ago in one district alone
over 400 head of cattle died from an
thrax and throughout the State that
year there were in the neighborhood
of 600 deaths. This year there have
been no cases in the district where so
many head of cattle died and only
aboue rs deaths have occurred from the
disease throughout the State.
Every spring men from the State
veterinarians Office are sent into dis
tricts where the disease has occurred
and all cattle and horses are vaccin-
ated. The work is done free while
the cattle owners Pay for tn evaccine.
DR.. Mack says the situation is we'll
in hand now and next year he expects
that there will not be one case in the
state.-Gazette.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

\ Victor LeBarron, serving a life term
for murder, committed in Nye courty
was shot and probably mortally wound
ed by prison guard at nine o'clock
this morning while attempting to make
a spectacular escape from the bull
pen" at the prison by scaling a 40
foot wall and clambering through the
heavily charged wires that surround
the prison.
LeBarron climbed up the 40 feet OF
sheer rock ike a monkey and gained
the wires. Despite the fact that the
usual heavy electric current flowed
through them, he was not affected and
was crawling through the entanglc-
ment to freedom when a shot brought
him down.
The bullet entered LeBarron's left
side and it is thought entered the
spleen.
In this case the wound is sure to
prove fatal, physicians saying that he
cannot live "a hours if the spleen is
penetrated.
LeBarron was turned into the "bull
pen" today for the first time in sew
eral months. He has been confined in
the dungeon as a result of his muir
derous assault on Dick Thomas, a
guard.
1t was not thought possible that a
man could scale the rock wall which
surrounds the pen and for this reason
prisoners who are considered danger
Gus are turned in these for exericse.
LeBarron paid no heed to the
guards warning cries to stop and the
latter withheld their fire till the mur-
derer has succeeded in scaling the
wall. Even then it was thought the
heavy current of electricity which
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
HUGHES SPEECHES MAKES
Administration DEFENSE

Mistaken conceptions of Governor
Hughes as cold and unapproachable
are yielding rapidly to the charm OF
his personality and the fiery vigor OF
his addresses, just as those acquainted
with him predicted would be the case
once he divested himself of the mantle
OF reticence imposed by his judicial
position. He talks to the people in
language they can understand, en-
ploying the familiar colloquialisms of
the day with an ease astonishing in
one accustomed to choosing his words
with careful nicely.
Mr. Hughes audiences are learning
that it was not the real Hughes who
walked in the grand, gloomy and pecu-
liar majesty demanded by the tradi@
tons of the Supreme bench, The
real Hughes was the Hughes who was
governor of New York, who founght
and whipped the bosses, and who ap-
pealed successfully to the people
when the legislature refused the leg
islatuation he demanded The real
Hughes is the present Hughes, down
among men and glad of it, fighting
in the thick OF the fray for his con-
victions, sufficiently the politician to
meet his foes with their own weapons
but too much the statesman to sacri-
flee principle to expediency.
1t is not possible to determine just
how many votes for himself Govern
or Hughes is making by his campaign
tour, but the decision of the admins
tration to publish the last German
note in the Lusitania case, six months
old, demonstrates that the President
and his advisers have become appre-
hensive. For such publication, there
will be many excuses yet there can
be only the one reason which Mr..
Hughes has supplied.
No purpose, other than political,
can be served by making public at
this time the text and terms at the
German assent to American demands
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
MURDERER IS SHOT WHILE
MAKING HIS ESCAPE

courses through the wires would bring
him down. Bat when the charged
wires showed no evidence OF stop
ping the murderer progress the guards
opened fire.
lie Barren, Jose Salgado, who is an
Elko murderer ,and another convict
are considered dangerous prisoners
and are not allowed to come in con-
tact with the other convicts.
LeBarron nearly killed Guard
Thomas three months ago, beating
him over the head with an axe. He
also attacked convict named Curtis
who interfered with his murderous
attack on the guard.
He is considered one of the most
desperate men ever confined in the
State prison.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR
NEVADA STATE FAIR

Preparation have been under way
since the first of the year for the
annual State Fair at Fallon and with
more elaborate and complete pre-
MUM list than ever before arranged,
it is expected than an unusually large
display of exhibits in all classes will
be in evidence during fair week
Monday, September II to 10 inclusive.
Some of the finest stock on the
coast will be exhibited from various
parts of the State, including horses,
cattle, hogs and sheep. Dairy stock
in particular will be a marked fea-
ture of the fair this year.
The former kite-shaped track has
been concerted into half-mile circu-
lar track and more attractive events
than ever will be offered on the 1916
program. Liberal purses and pre-
miums will be offered and some of the
finest strings of racers in the country
re to be shipped to Fallon for the
State Fair.
The stalls for all classes of stock
have been improved this summer
while the poultry pens have had
numerous additions. In every re-
spect the outlook for the 1916 Nevada
State Fair at Fallon is more promis-
ing than ever before.
Through the assistance of those
connected with the University of Ne
vada. the Boys and Girls clubs,
which have been organized in every
county in the State, are brought into
touch with the State Fair There
are $500 club memebers and special
premiums have been offered for ex-
hibits which they have produced on
the farms and in the gradens. This
was happy thought for it will in
terest the young folks in the State
Fair and give to them a just reward
for the splendid efforts they are put
ting in for agricultural development
and in domestic science work.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
TRAIMEN VIEW OF THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE

gets tired after a l0-hour ride during
the day. But the man IN the engine
cab must keep fresh, he must keep
his mental activities keen for he must
see every signal, keep in mind every
order, and when he enters railroad
yard must know just what every one
OF all the way from so to 800 switch,
signal and block lights mean; and ii
they are as they should be to guaran-
tee him clear track. Yet eye fatigue
is one of the first symptoms and re-
suits of long hours of work, and men
tai dullness comes close second.
Safety first" for the travelling public
demands that men on railroads be not
overworked
There is yet another side-one
which affects the commercial side OF
railroading. Why are some freight
trains handled with such speed that
men who handle them are not on their
runs over eight hours, while other
freight trains hauled with the same
class OF motive power and over the
same right-of-way, are IA to 70 hours
clearing one division? Why is a
carload from New Orleans to Sioux
City, while carload of other freight
is three to four weeks?
Trainmen say the railroads SO over
load dead freight trains that they
cannot make their time. This is done
in order to increase the railroad S
profit This is why the trainmen who
handle these trains must LAY out" on
sidings and at way stations, and be
on their run IA to l6 hours.
Trainmen also offer the hint to the
shipper that if the eight hour law
goes into effect, it will solve the
freight car famine to a great extent.
Railroads schedule, in order to avoid
overtime wages, and freight cars will
be rushed to their destination and un-
loaded instead OF ding -donging along
on the road for weeks.-Sioux City,
Iowa, Tribune.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

Tungsten mining is becoming an
important industry in Nevada and be-
cause of the high price commanded
by the metal it promises to add ma
terially to the revenues from the in
dustry.
At Sodaville, the Atkins, Kroll
Company has completed its 100 ton
concentrator and it is in operation.
The company also continues to oper-
ate the mill at Boris siding, five miles
north of Luning which is leased from
the Del Monte Gold Mining Company.
This mill has been equipped with
some new machinery and the cap
acity extended to 40 tons per day,
so that the two mills have a COM
bined daily capacity of l40 tons. One
hundred and sixty men are employed
at the mine which is opened to a
depth of 800 feet
Active construction is under way
on the rs ton concentrator which
the II. M. Byllesby Company is
building at Toulson, station on the
Southern Pacific railroad rs miles
south of Lovelock. While construc-
tion work is being done the company
continues to ship its product to Utah
for Concentration. The mines at
Ragged Top. 10 miles from Toulson.
continue to develop tungsten ore of
good grade, shipments averaging 4
per cent. Two tractors are employ
ed hauling ore at Miriam where it is
loaded.
Both the Atkins Kroll and Byllesby
produce scheelite ore. The Atkins
Kroll property was purchased for
$4,000 before the price of tungsten
abnormal figures. The Raggaed Top
mine sold for $2s00O0 on bond
when raw prospect and is believed
to be one of the largest deposits of
scheelitc ore in the United States.
Payments are made at the rate of $l0,-
600 month, but provision in the
bond for large royalty to be appli-
ed on the purchase price when the
concentrator is in operation will great
ly increase the monthly payments
The ground was located by four men
residents of Lovelock, and was sold
through the agency Of II. II. Hunter
of that place.
duction in Nevada was in the Snake
range in the eastern part of the State
where half dozen concentrators
are in operation. The principle pro-
ducer is the United States Tungsten
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
NUMBER 50

that could not have been served six
months ago when the note was whit
ten. If it is proper that the Ameri-
can people should now know what
Germany proposed, it was proper that
they should have been told when the
proposal was made Secret diplomacy
when the fact exists, and public diplo-
macy six months after the fact, are
suspiciously near of kin. They look
too much alike for either to be attrac-
tive
If the terms of the agreement are
as they have been reported, even its
publication will leave the situation
precisely as Governor Hughes des-
cribed it to be- There never has been
reparation from Germany for the at
tack upon the Lusitania and the con-
sequent loss of American lives, al
though there is promise of it. Not
dollar has been collected as idemni-
ty from the German government and
not single American claim has been
prosecuted although there are hun
dreds of them on file in the State
department..
Should it prove, as it now seems,
that the Lusitania case looks so bad
that even the publication of the un-
satisfying German note will improve
its aspect, it is obvious it is bad
enough though st should be shown it
it not as bad as it looks-Herald-Re-
publican.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

The railway managers are flooding
the country with publicity regarding
the increase in wages" that is being
demanded by the members of the
four railway brotherhoods who are
engaged in actual handling of trains.
1t seems the railroad managers can
not make an honest presentation of
this issue any more than they can of
the rate question, the question Of
their valuation, or their inside inanc-
ing.
The railway employees are not ask
ing for an advance of wages. In
fact they are asking for the adoption
of plan that will decrease the in
come of many of them. They are
asking for an eight-hour day, instead
of being compelled to stay out on the
road from II to 10 hours.
Their argument in favor of this
change is reasonable. They say that
passenger trainmen and fast freight
trainmen would not be materially af-
fected by such rule as few of them
are now on road more than eight
hours. The men who would be af-
fected are the trainmen who handle
dead" freight trains These men
are on the road usually the limit per-
mitted by the federal laws-l6 hours
and often longer than that before
they get back to their homes. Their
expenses on the road must come out
OF their own wages.
The greatest evil, however is the
physical and mental effect upon men
working that length of time. 1t needs
no argument to prove that after eight
or 10 hours continuous strain, ones
physical and mental activities get
sluggish. 1t is during these periods,
say trainmen. that wrecks most fire.
quently occur; and then the railroad
arrangements blame it on to the
"carelessness' of the railroad en-
ployes.
Even the traveller in the Pullman
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
VISIT YOUR NEIGHBORS

This is the time of the year when
the farmers should visit their neigh
bors. Not only those who live in the
adjoining cities, but also those who
live in other counties, or in some spe'
cial district where that branch of
farming is emphasized in which you
are interested. Last year a number
of these kind of visits were success
fully carried out by the county de-
monstrators, who planned the trips,
taking many farmers from place to
place and showing them what other
successful agriculturists were doing
The merchants and the bankers
should go along with the farmers
so they can learn at first hand what
is being done by the farmers in their
own communities, this is a good way
for them to get acquainted The
success of these visits depends on
how well they are planned as to the
little details.
When talking with a farmer the
other day he said he learned one
thing from his trip last year, and
that it was worth whole months
time to him.
These ncighborly visits are educa-
tional and also pleasure. Now is the
time to plan and make visit through
your courty.-Utah Farmer.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

being of shipping quality
Good progress was made in ex-
tending the fact of drift 504 on the
500-foot level, which has now reach
ed distance of l87 feet, during the
past week IS feet having been made
There is no change of any unusual
character reported as having beer
shown.
The usual tonnages were sent for.
ward to the bins awaiting shipment
to the smelter.
A special meeting of the stock
holders of the company is being held
at Tonopah as The Miner goes to
press. A full account of the. proceed
ings will be given in our succeeding
issue.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

Sage brush is one of those p1enti-
full products of nature for which it
would be desirable to find industrial
use; our readers will therefore be in
terested to know that fotation-oil
is being distilled from sage brush,
and the experiments made at the
School of Mines at Reno, Nevada, in
dicate that it is twice as effective per
volume as an equal quantity of pine
oil.-Mining and Scientific Press.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
ATTRACTIONS AT THE
STATE FAIR AT FALLON

Aside from the fine stock and large
and varied agricultural and 'horticul-
tural exhibits at the State Fair at
Fallon, on September II to 10 in
,lusive, every visitor from other parts
of the State will want to see the great
Lahontan dam, l20 feet in height
storing 100000 acre-feet of water for
the irrigation of Uncle Sans Nine
MILAN Dollar Farm" There are
many attractive features on the
Truckee- Carson Irrigation project
that are we'll worth visit. Attend
the State Fair and see these attrac-
tions.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
BIG LEDGE OPENED IN
THE LUCKY HILL Mine

James S. Hunt who has con-
tract for hauling ore for Ed. S.
Chafey from his lease on the Lucky
Hill property to the Candelaria
station, was in Nina the first of the
week after another ore wagon. Mr..
Hunt says that steady shipments are
going forward to the smelter Re-
Gently a ledge sixteen feet in width
was cut and this is all of shipping
grade. Hunt says that he is handling
twelve tons of ore and that part of
the time only two men are breaking
ore and yet they keep him hump
ing to get it out of their way by ac-
cumulating on the dumps.s He re-
ports that Chafey has also made a
big strike on the 200-level. The
Lucky Hill property is owned by
Fred G.. CRUDE and has been oper-
ated for the past several months
under lease to f. S. Chafey, who is
proving by the number of cars of ore
going out to the smelter that the
old camp can come back.
1t is reliably reported that deal
is on for another property near the
Lucky Hill, the owners being resi-
tents of Nina. The property in
u,,es stior bae hod o,,;ta n Droduct;oc
and still has good bodies of ore ex-
posed in the workings-Western Ne
,,aJ, M:.a-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19
YER|NCTON MOUNTAIN START
ADELAIDE development

With the transfer of the old Ade-
laide copper property, situate about
II miles north of Golconda, Hum
boldt county, Nevada. fully COM
pleted, active development work has
been started on the orebodies which
were disclosed and party developed
by the former owners, the Glasgow
< Western Exploration Company,
Limited, controlled by the heirs of
J. T. Goats, the millionaire thread
manufacturers of Great Britain.
The Yerington Mountain Copper
Companys the new owner, has ap-
pointed Charles Kirchen general su-
perintendent of the operations at the
Adelaide mine. Mr.. Kirchen, a
brother of John G. Kirchen, general
manager of the Tonopah Extension
Mining Company, has a well estab-
ished reputation for handling cop
per mines, his experience having
been gained in the big copper prop
critics in Machigan. Mr.. Charles Kir-
chen has also been connected with
large enterprises in Tonopah and
Manhattan.
There is sufficient ore in sight, or
4 shipping grade, to permit ship
ments to commence Immediately. To
facilitate operations, compressor
is now being installed at the prop
erty. The compressor is operated by
I semiDiesel oil-burning plant, and
as soon as it has been put in COM
mission the development work and
the extraction of ore will be under
taken. Great possibilities are be-
lieved to exist that the proper kind
Of work will demonstrate that big
copper mine will be developed on
this property, there still remaining
about 5000 feet of almost virgin
mineralized limestone yet to be ex-
plored, the copper values persisting
wherever prospecting work has been
lone. AS shown by the United States
geological report, which was pub
'ished in the preceding issue of The
Miner, though the orebody has been
extensively stopped above the 100
foot level for about 400 feet, with
out any diminution in size being in
dicated, there have been exploratory
drifts run below the l00-foot level,
which is approximately at the zone
of partial oxidization, revealing an
abundance of ore.
At the old Yerington Mountain
property, situated on Black Noun
tain, in the Granite mining district.
the regular report of operations has
been issued, unchanged in any par
ticular from that of last week with
the exception, of course, that the de-
velopment and production work ex-
tended the various workings corre-
spondingly.
Stopping was continued in stope 62,
the vein in this working being about
the same width as reported previous
ly, that is, about 2 feet, and of a
grade OF ore that is characterized as
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-08-19

The merchant who lays down anf
waits for business to come to him
without advertising will never grow
stoop-shouldered carrying overweight
ed money sacks to the bank.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-07
OAK GROVE.

We had a nice rain Caturday night and oats and gardens are looking fine. Some have finished planting corn, provided they don't have to plant over.
 Those who went visiting Saturday did not return until Monday, on ac- count of the rain Saturday night and Sunday.
 Mrs. Deanie Bryant is on the sick list at this writing.
 Will Bryant is all smiles-he got the nominee for justice of tn epeace.
 Joe Hartsfeld visited his mother at Rosebud Saturday.
 Johnnie Baldwin and Homer Vans lee went to Little Rock Monday to at tend the institute.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-07
TEACHERS MELT
 BREAKS RECORDS

Little Rock, April 7-The attend ance at the Arkansas State Teachers Association is the largest in the his tory of the organization. It has dem- onstrated the wisdom of changing the time of meeting from the Christmas holidays to Easter time.
 It had been announced that John Temple Graves, the noted journalist and lecturer of Atlanta, would deliv- CT an address Saturday, but at the last moment he wired that he had been detained unavoidably, and could not come. This afternoon the visitors are being given an automobile ride over the city and reception at the City Library. The principal speakers tonight will be President E. o. Low cit of the Rice Institute at Houston, Tex, Dr. David B. Johnson of Rock Hill, S. C., president of the National Educational Association, and H. w. Fought of the United States Depart ment of Education.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-07
7'7a77iia-7' '7i7i7iizi7l77777777- CANEY.

Several from here attended church at Old Liberty Saturday evening.
 On account of rain we had no Sunday school here Sunday. Every body come early next Sunday so we can sing while before Sunday school time.
 MT. Paul's team ran away with a harrow one day last week. One of the horses was cut very badly.
 We extend to c. DusseX our sym pathy upon the loss of his little boy, Casimer, who was drowned Satur- day.
 Strawberries are blooming fine now and if nothing happens we will be eating strawberries and cream before long.
 Monday, while driving cattle, Os- car Sims ran his mule against a large sappling, and we are afraid the mules leg is broken. Oscar was not injured.
 As everybody has had something tc say about candidates and mad dogs I can say we have not had any trouble with mad dogs, and the can. didates have stopped speaking.