Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-09-16


the latter's birthday. Each guest
was given thirteen guesses as to
Johnny age and at the thirteenth guess
Bill McTaggart won the BOBBY prize
by selecting thirteen as the right
number.
The reason Blanchard's popularit,
IS waning as celebrant of marriage
prospective benedicts have learned
that the genial justice insists that il
is his prerogative to kiss the bride
first and some of his enemies claim
that he also insists on kissing the
maid farewell just before the cere.
mony.
Mr.. Gail Martin the new principal
has secured consent of the trustees
to fit the old grammar school up for
a gymnasium to be used by the pupils
and students of the grammar and
high schools. The boys will re
model the interior and install gymnas-
tic devices and shower bath and have
place in which to meet that will b.
attractive.
E. c. Hamelin and Ray Kiger, the
travelling photographers who have
been taking pictures in and around
Yerington for the past ten days left
for Carson City on Wednesday, Their
pictures have given much satisfaction
and a number added to the attractions
at the Mutual Theatre on Tuesday
evening where they were shown on
the screen
Lam, Hanson & Netherton are sell
ing fully their share of harvesters anti
other latest improved farming machin-
cry. The farmers of Mason Valley
are rapidly adding to the productive
mess of their lands, and increasing
their incomes by adopting and using
the most improved devices for tho
saving of labor and the cultivation
and harvesting of crops.
Little Annabelle Happelle the baby
dancer who entertained the patrons Of
the Mutual Theatre during last week
gave her farewell exhibition last Sun
day night. The child enters the
spirit of her work with all her heart
and while many of the audience
thought she was working too hard
it was almost necessary to take her
off the stage to induce her to quite
A very few years ago one of the
teachers in a public school of Lyon
County, who is now a voter in the
county, is reported to have given the
following definition to a class, none of
whom were over fifteen years OF age
"a miner is man with strong back
and weak head" Perhaps some OF
the subjects of that definition would
like to study" advanced civics" under
tuition of that teacher.
A marriage license was issued by
Charles Mcleod this week to John
Sandman and Laura Mccoy
both of whom have many warm
friends in Yerington. The bride elect
who is a native daughter of the
Golden West, having been born il
Shasta County, California, for sew
eral months past has been the head
cook of the Brooks Home Cottage
After a tour through California tho
happy couple will continue to make
Yerington their home.
Miss Felice Cohn, of Carson CITY
accompanied by her sister, Miss Lett.
tia, visited the Woman's Club of Yer
ington, last Saturday, and delivered
an address on the topics of the day
1t is hardly necessary to comment on
the identity of Miss Cohn yet it may
be of interest to her warm friends and
admirers to say that, added to her
many accomplishments she was, dur
ing her visit, editress pro tempore OF
the Carson Weekly, which Editor
Gray turned over to the women dur
ing his two weeks vacation
Rumors of one or more local we'd
dings soon to occur in Yeringtor
were frequently during the week
Several of the willing bensdicts accus-
ed blushingly denied the charges and