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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-10-26
WHY 6. @. GANG
HATES MCDONALD

Governor Mcdonald has stood
like A. 'mmovabIs rock against
all the forces Of graft and cor.
ruptien In New Mexico. For that
reason all the o~rafters and COZ.
r~uptlonists In New Mexico pour
out their abuse upon him AMI
can see nothing but Mcdonald
In the present campaign. Ne
has stood between the people
OF the state and those who
would plumber them. That Is
why the plunderers consider his
candidacy. even for . minor OF.
fieo, tho paramount issue 70 be
decided at the polls.-Aibuquer.
que Journal.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-10-26
BACA towers
Above BURSUM

mo" by way Of comparison
or contrast Of the two msn that
are running for governor. I
know Dc eaea: he has been iieu-
tenant governor for four and
half years standing next 70 me.
and he Is a man o. whom I am
proud. He Ia . better educated
mar than Bursum: no 10 Q man
Of better Judgment: he 10 Q man
OF greater integrity End cleaner
'fe. ! have found him worthy
In every place In which he has
been placed and ! have been In
4 position to see him tried. Ne
Is . true and loyal friend, and
he 10 q capable officer. and N
you elect him governor, In my
opinion, you will find II deslrs.
Bile that you elect him two Year,
after he has taken that office,
giving hi, q four year TERM
Gov. William c. Mcdonald In q
speech Al las Cruces.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-10-26
HAS MADE
GREAT STRIDES IN
EDUCATION UNDER
DEMOCRATIC RULE

Since Statehood School Facilities
Have Been Wonderfully Improved
and Per Capita Expenditure Has
Been Nearly p~oublsd--poor Of op.
D~ortunIty Opened Wlds 10 Every
Child In New Mexico.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-21

Its carbonic acid gas hinders
bacterial development in your
system-Schlitz beer is as un-
friendly to germs as the Brown
Bottle is to the damaging
effects of light.
Drink Schlitz each day. The
Brown Bottle protects it. Its
nutritive value is unimpaired
by light. That's why it tastes
SO good.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
FUNERAL At RENO

Hundreds of sorrowing friend.
gathered at the Methodist Church a;
l:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Rebs
Snare De Almond, who died in Ma
son last Saturday
The esteem in which Mrs. De Ar
mond was held in Reno was evidenc-
ed by the wealth of flowers that bank
ed the casket. The services wer,
conducted by Rev. w. +. Lowther
pastor of the Methodist church ant
SIX of Mrs. De Almonds former class
mates, in high school and at the uni
versity, acted as pail bearers. They
were Stanley Palmer, Everett Cheney
Julius Parry, Walter Palmer, H
Gignoux and l.. Barber.
Following the impressive service
at which the Methodist choir assisted
the funeral cortege proceeded to tho
Mountain View cemetery where inter
ment was made.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
H[OTAT|ON At LUN|NG

The last issue of the Walker Lake
Bulletin says:
Plans for the construction of re-
duction works of large capacity for
the treatment of its own ores and
probably custom ores of the Santa
Fe district are being worked out by
the Wedge Copper Mining Company,
which proposes to erect plant at or
near Luning.
Knute Fretiag, consulting engineer
and metallurgist for the Wedge Com
pany, has been working on a process
for the treatment of the carbonate
ores of the district by fotation fol-
lowing sulphadizing, and has pro-
gressed far enough to feel sure that
the metallurgicial problems can he
solved. In company with Mark Wal
ser, president of the company, Mr..
Frietag will go to Reading, Pa,
June l. to lay the company's plans
before some of the larger stockhold-
ers.
The Wedge Copper Mining Com
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
DAIRY RECORDS PAY

By V. +. Scott, State Leader in
dairying.
During the last year. several farm
ers in Mason Valley have been keep
ing record OF the production OF their
dairy cows. They realize that we
cannot tell the actual value of dairy
cow by looking at her or by guessing
that she gives a certain number OF
gallons OF milk, and that weighing
AID testing the milk is the only way
to keep an accurate check and know
whether a COW pays profit or rs
kept at loss.
Mr.. w. r. MCGOWAN has built up
a very good herd in only few years
lat realizing that he could not build
rp any more without keeping herd
rccord he has begun to weigh the
milk one night and morning each
month having it tested as often as
I State Leader Dairying can do so
which is about once in three months.
i,r. MCGOWAN was one of the hrst
inen to agree to forming COW test
Jig association in Mason Valley, hir-
j, one man to weigh and test milk
{ all the members of the associa-
I IN thus relieveing the farmers OF
T. e bother of weighing and taking
samples and assuring a more regular
t4st. 1t takes about 600 cows to as
sire the success of a COW testing as
citation and at present there have
rot sufficient cows been promised tc
warrent hiring man so the private
cords are still being kept.
During the month of April, Mr..
A'cGowan milked Is cows, nine of
which produced over 40 pounds OF
tgtterfat each for the month. -Four
Of these cows produced over 81
pounds each and one 6l8 pounds.
These cows are paying good money
for the labor and feed.
How many cows in the valley are
doing wel2
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27

A brief review of the conditions
existing in the Yerington district.
covered the past fortnight, indicates
that the awakened interest in mining
is increasing. The wealth of copper,
gold and silver with which the dis
trict abounds has scarcely been touch
ed The area is one of the best and
largest in the western part Of the
State and affords to the investor an
opportunity unsurpassed by any other
district in the West. Here one finds
a great number of propects which
really may be classed as mines
for the reason that they have been de-
veloped and in greater or less de-
gree the ore opened up and ready for
the miner. Notwithstanding this
state of development and the dis
closures OF ore tHeSe HlIntS are
designated and referred TO as pros
poets" With every indication that
with the intelligent expenditure Of
money in developing such properties
they can be made to pay big profits,
the reasonable prices asked by the
owners of many of them afford an
attractive opportunity for investment.
Running from south to north the dis
trict from the Western Nevada prop
erty to the old Ironsides, covering a
distance OF about seven miles, no bet
ter showings anywhere are disclosed
1t is doubtful il the same area i'll any
other part of the country possesses
a greater number of producing prop
critics and alluring propects. Within
these boundaries are located the
Western Nevada, Mcconnell, Ma
lachte, Yerington Consolidated, Utah
Yerington, Butte e-Yerington, Mason
Valley. Bluestone, Empire New
ada, Montan-Y Yerington, Reno
Yerington, \ and others, as well as the
properties in Mason Pass. all lying on
the east slope OF the range which
marks the western boundary OF the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
D|LL0N'S MESSAGE

John Dillon, member of the house
of commons for East Mayo, who re-
Gently bitterly denounced the govern
ment's methods of dealing with the
Irish revolt, has sent the following
message to Judge John P. McGorty,
the Irish Fellowship club, Chicago:
"The Irish insurrection has inflicted
serious injury to the Irish cause. All
hope of securing home rule in the
near future depends more than ever
on the union of the Irish race
throughout the world and especially
on the support of the Irish in Am
erica"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
CONDITIONS LOOKING BETTER
IN YER|NCTON DISTRICT

district, and all of which have produc
ed valuable returns and many o.
which are now being worked at !.
profit. Though at present the de
velopment work in progress is but
slight all these properties present un.
usual opportunities to the mining in
vestor. A systematic plan of advertis
ingthe district and its wonderful de
posts pursued by the owners of these
mines and propects would soon at
tract men with capital to the many
good things to be had for little money
The advertising that the district Is
now getting is principally the results
meagre to what they should anc
would be with concert of actor
among the owners, comes from the
persistence of leasers who are
now the principal workers in the
district Nevada is great State
and Yerington is great district. Yer
ington should be household wore
all over the land, in every place where
the man with money for investment
hibernates. Mr.. Mine Owner" dc
you not think that it is about time
that you begin to make noise
advertising what you have for the
man who is willing to place his mon
ey if he knew where on the map W,
are, and where to find us? Let ev
cry man boost for his neighbors prop
erty, and his own property, for tn,
district and for the entire State
Don't knock because your neighbo
has been fortunate enough to interes
capital but all help to convince thu
capitalist that he is making no mis-
take in purchasing one OF the goot
things in the district. OF course
charity begins at home. Be sure
that you have a good propect an'
don't be afraid to recommend il
Help your neighbor and you help
yourself and in helping yourself yor
help the district and tie State.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
EMP|RE.NEVADA BUSY

On the Empire-Nevada property
the Gallagher-P Pennington lease j
daily producing ore from the l20 foot
level of the double compartment
shaft, of which frequent mention has
been made. Last Sunday night tn
old stope from which very con
siderable amount of ore has been tax
EN-, caved in, but fortunately no on,
was working at the point of the &C
cident at the time, at present the main
work being done on another leve
and along the course of the vein
Oberg & Fabre, working in the Re,
Star shaft, are taking out and ship
ping high-grade ore regularly. Thi
enterprising partnership have beer
leasing and working on the Empir,
Nevada for several seasons and hav,
done well at all times.
Ross, Adams & Hart, leasing or
the eastern block of the "A q l.
hill, have sunk a IS shaft and ar
now stopping and shipping a high.
grade of ore.
]. E. Gelder is shipping regularl,
to the Hazen sampler from which
point the ore is sent to California.
The management is constantly re
ceiving applications for leases on thi.
property, but as the company contem.
plate the erection of teaching plan
of its own in the near future and pre-
fer to hold the ore for treatment OF
the ground at present it is refusing all
applicants.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
JUSTICE HUGHES LIKED

1t seems to be the general impress
sion that Theodore Roosevelt hasn't
even on outside chance to receive the
presidential nomination at the hands
of the Republicans. In other words.
the effort to send uninstructed dele
cations of Chicago secretly pledged
to the colonel has most signally failed
and Hughes appears to be the chief
beneficiary. Therefore it NAV be
safely concluded that the associate
justice is the favorite at the present
writing. Ex-Secretary Root will have
some of the New York delegates, but
he is not formidable as a candidate
in the estimate of the average on
locker. Cummins is perhaps the
strongest of the "favorite sons" con-
tingent, but both and formed Senator
Burton of Ohio have suffered some
what of an eclipse since the Oregon
Republicans registered their prefer
ence for Hughes, whose name was
forced upon the ballot by legal pro-
ceedings in which he had no part.
Both Crmmins and Burton made
speeches in the We5foot state and
presented their claims. Then came
the primary, as the result of which
Hughes received more votes than
both of them togethcr.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27

OF the English jails. General Friend.
an experienced soldier who knew Ire
land, was put under an Egyptian gen
eral, who bombarded the CITY for
forty-eight hours after the procla-
nation commanding the inhabitants
to stay within doors, and sentries
barred the escape of fugitives from
the burning streets.
! blame nothing on Sir John Max
well, except his igorance.
In my view, Augustine Birrel and
Sir Mathew Nathan should have been
impeached or tried.
1 entirely approve of the refusal
OF troops on the part of Lord Kitch-
ener and. General Sir John French.
These great soldiers showed wisdom.
tor anyone with 10000 armed DO
lice. Should be able to mangae Ire
land.
We hnd Birrell whining for SOL
diers. Dublin castle had ten to one
in hghting elements against the Sim
Feiners when the outbreak occurred.
While the bravery of the rebels was
brilliant, no hastily organized in
surgency can long prevail against the
staying power of the disciplined state
forces OF the corporation.
A stop cock, if called in, could
have ended the revolt by cutting off
the water supply in selected areas
and could thereby have saved 5000.
0OO pounds worth of property and
many lives.
The courage of the Sim Feiners
atoned for much of their folly. in
the minds of whose who realized that
their spirit was not pro-German, but
in the main the revolt was against
the conversion of Dublin castle into
Redmondite Tammany hall Unless
some political salve can be applied
to her newly opened wounds, Ireland
will be confronted and her officials
perplexed by a fresh era of bitter
ness and evil memories, or be even
obsessed by the spectres which brood
over national vendetta.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
BALL PLAYERS NEEDED

The United States Marine Corps
is in the market for baseball players.
Recruiting officers have been di-
rected to bend their energies towarf
the securing of first-class ball players
to fill the teams representing the
Corps in various parts of the world
The Marine Corps teams at Peking
China, and Managua, are considered
by many travellers to be thoroughly
representative American teams ioi
near big league calibre.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27

paper of any consequence in our trade
territory that our bureau does not get
This bureau looks over these news.
papers and when we find town
where the merchants are not advertis
ing in their local paper, we immediate.
ly food that territory with our litera,
ture. 1t always brings results far in
excess of the same effort put forth
in territory where local merchants
use their local newspapers freely.
Just word to the local merchants
by the Independent. You merchants
of Elko can kill much of the business
of these foreign competitors by ad-
vertsing regularly in your own home
town newspapers. This is an argu
ment that answers, most effectively
those that say that advertising does
MT pay. And, if you please, local
merchants who do not patronize the
home paper, are usually the first tc
want favors Of the local editor, and u
they fail to see the name of their
firm in print they get sore about it
Wake up and advertise.-Elko lnde-
pendent
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
pany was largely financed by a group

pany was largely financed by group
Of stockholders of Nevada Packard
Of which Mr.. Walser is president and
manager, and he feels certain that
there will be no lack of funds for the
construction of reduction works.
While the company has been in ex-
istence but short time, it has a
development fund of $4,000 in cash
and convertible assets, and 100000
shares of stock in its treasury.
At the mine the air compressor
and engine are on the ground and
being put in place and within few
days shipments will commence from
No. Tunnel 1t is proposed 70
grade the ore to eight per cent cop
per. The company has acquired
four more claims and the vein system
as mapped shows mile of veins
within the holdings. The tunnel
has developed seventeen feet of ore
at depth of 900 feet of the slope of
the vein which has been opened up
by drifts for stoping operations.
Roads have been constructed and
necessary camp buildings erected
under the direction of Superintend-
cnt H. o. Howard, who will conduct
the further exploration of the proper
tV
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
HEALY'S VIEW OF ENGLANDS
ATTITUDE TOWARDS IRELAND

Timothy Healy, M. p, in an article
in the Sunday Times, headed "The
Causes of the Irish Revolt and the
Way to Peace" says:
At the opening of the world war
Ireland was left like a nettled horse
without rider, with no person at
the head of affairs drawn from either
of the native races. At the begin
ming of hostilities Ireland aligned her.
self completely with England. She
seemed almost to have lost her iden-
tity in the imperial crucible. Then
came the boycotting of the deeds Of
the Irish regiments from Mons to
.Gallipoi, the indecision of the war
office in the handling of the Irish
VOLUNTEER question, and, worse and
still more tragic, the folly of the
treasury in seizing the moment when
it added twelve million pounds to the
Irish taxes to cut down the grants
for the housing of laborers and arti-
sans, for which huge loans were be-
ing made in England
This especially exasperated the
Dublin population. The slums had
Just been largely cleared by the cor
ooration. but the treasury withheld
advances to erect building on the
cleared areas At the same time the
'ntellectuals witnessed the attempt &c
leprive the Royal Academy of Mu.
sic of paltry 1880 a year, and oi
The promise of improvement in the
national teachers position.
From one end of the country to the
other the nation felt sore at the Of
icial neglect, disparagement and
contempt while Irish blood flowed
ike water in the empires quarrel.
The country was, therefore, left
n cauldron of uneasiness with arm
I'd men on either side to enforce or
-esist home rule when the war should
come to an end.
The result is known to the world
Dur metropolis is charnal house
our noblest buildings are in ashes
our prisons are fostering, our depor-
tations have surcharged the capacity
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
MASON VALLEY HISTORY
By ]. M. Houston

Mason Valley, Lyon County, New
ada is situated between latitude 38'
45' and 39' To- north, and between
londitude 49, and 49, 10' west,
Greenwich meridian, and is about Is
miles north and south, and about 10
miles east and west, and the agri-
cultural lands are included in ten
townships.
By an act of the legislature of New
ada Territory of November 18th, 49,
81. Mason Valley was part OF
Esmeralda County and what is now
Wabuska precinct was made part
of Lyon County and part of Churc-
hill County. By an act of the legis-
lature of the State of Nevada of 1869,
the whole of Wabuska precinct was
made part of Lyon County, and by an
act of 1888 the whole of Mason Val
ley was apportioned of Lyon County.
N. II. A. Mason and w. c. McEwen
in the Fall of 1859, settled on the
Miller & Lux ranch and built will
low and adobe house with stone
chimney on the west bank of Walk
er River
In 1860, ]. 0. Birmingham and
VIM. T. Uoggles) Wright settled on
part of the Miller & Lux ranch. In
1861, Thomas Wheeler and brother
established on the Wilson ranch. In
1862, VIM. Alcorn and brothers also
A. J. and c. d. Lane and w. X.
Johnson moved on the Miller & Lux
ranch, and Angus Mcleod settled on
his present ranch, in 1868. Alex.
Mcleod, Milton Root, David Wilson
and wife, Jesse Woodcock, Frank
Bewlcy, w. H. Spragg and wife, and
Adam Herbold anil wife In 1864 Noah
Greenwood, w. B. Sanders and the
Mickey boys became residents of the
valley.
The first crop of grain was raised
by Angus Mcleod in the year 1868,
and the first alfalfa was sown by
Charles Snyder and by Cornelius
Osborne in 1872.
The first election was held in Angus
McLeod's house in 1866 at which
time there were cast twenty votes.
The election of 1868 was held at the
same place and the election of 1870
was held in B. H. Reyner's house.
This time there were 65 votes polled.
The election of 1872 was held in
Greenfield, now Yerington, and about
100 votes were cast.
In 1866 Samuel Woods was elected
Justice of the Peace. The first Post
Office was established in 1873 and
was called "Mason Valley Postof-
fice," located in the Geiger store with
David Cooper as first postmaster. ].
B. Gallagher had the contract to
carry the mail from Wadsworth once
week and return at 81, 10000 per
year.
In 1861, The Mason and Wheeler
bitches were constructed. In 1907
the Mcleod ditch. In 1868, the jog
giles ditch and the Spragg and Wood
cock bitches. In 1864. the Lane and
Johnson, Alex, Mcleod, and Milton
Root bitches, the latter now being
the Fox ditch. In 1865, the Green
wood, Mickey, Spragg, Alcorn and
Bewley bitches.
John Herbold was the first white
child born in Mason Valley. the
year Of his birth being 1864.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
ON THE COMs1OCk
-FOUR LIVES PAY THE TOLL

At Virginia City, four men are dead
and heavy damage has been inflicted
upon the old Belcher workings in the
Jacket-Crown-P -Point-Belcher Mines
Company by fire which broke out
at l0:l5 Tuesday night in the COM
pressor station on the l400-foot level.
The fire still raging but next
morning the fire fighting and
rescue crew reported that it was we'll
under control. Two lines of hose
have been playing upon the fire since
it started and every bulkhead has
been closed in order to confine the fire
area to the smallest possible limit
Started From Fuse
According to Peter Zinciguera, in
charge of the compressor station dur
ing the night shift, the fire started
from fuse blowing out in the com
pressor station.
As soon as the alarm was given
the helmet crew organized to rend-
err aid in all Comstock mine fires was
called into action and sent into the
burning mine. Asthe electric wiring
was burned out within IL minutes af
ter the fire signal was given and the
lower workings were filled with dense
smoke they worked under the most
adverse conditions. Within a short
time two lines of water were being
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
ASQu|TH's vAC|lLAT|0M

1t is time that easy-going Premier
Asquith should make a personal in
vestigation in Ireland. He has just
announced that he will visit Dublin,
and he goes none too soon.
By proclaiming martial law through
out Ireland the British government
suspended trial by jury and the other
legal guarantees which ordinarily pro-
tect British subjects. The danger
of such procedure is revealed by the
death of Shelly Skeffington, Dub
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27
BIG DEAL At R0VARD


Word was received in Hawthorne
this week that AL. Bovard, who has
been mining in the vicinity of the
camp that was named after him, be-
teween Hawthorne and Rawhide for
the past few years, has given bond
on property there for $l50,00O to
the Buffers people of Virginia City.
Extensive trenching operations
have uncovered the vein for consi-
derable distance or the surface, and
six samples, taken from section OF
the veni 40 feet in length, gives ar
average return of STOP per ton.
The new owner will begin exten
sive operations at once.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-05-27

played upon the fire and every bulk
head was closed. Helmet men were
sent into the old New York shaft or
the Caledonia side to fight the fire
from that point and this resulted in
materially conhning its area of de.
struction
Eight men went underground tic
perform rescue work-Henry Foote
Patrick Craze, Thomas Chegwidden
Fred Hayes, Iver Peterson M. A
Holcomb, Ernest Lamerton and Jesse
Midgeley.
Mcdonald Made Losing Fight
The first body found was that O
Thomas Mcdonald, pump man who
was working on the 16O0-foot level
when the fire broke out. AS soon a.
the fire signal was given and the
poisonous gases began to pour into
the deep workings Mcdonald startet
to climb to the l40O-foot level through
the joint incline. Fighting suffoca
tion as he staggered up the long in
cline he got within IA feet of the
l40O-foot level before he was over.
come and fell to the floor of the work
ings where he was found soon aftei
by the rescue party.
Three Trapped and Die.
No hopes are entertained for thc
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