Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-05-26

Work or the new 900-ton sampler
at Hazen which is being constructed
by the Western Ore Purchasing Com
pany to care for the enormous in
crease in the production OF ore in
Ibis State, has been started. The old
plant of the company at Millers is be-
ing torn down and moved to Hazen,
where ii will be greatly enlarged
The company operates a 3OO-ton
sampler at Hazen now and expects
10 be able to care for all the lore with
an ll0O-ton capacity.
Every unmarried man aged twenty
one.to thirty-one who lives in Port
Oxford, Curry county, Oregon, the
yesternmost town of the United
States, already has volunteered for
ervce either in the army or the navy
The volunteers from the little town OF
$50 people number one third of the
.dult male population, Eleven of the
,olunteers were due to arrive in Port
and Friday to enlist in a BODY. They
made stage ride OF seventy i've miles
over mountain roads to reach the
train.
The Western Pacific Railroad ex-
)ects to be running trains into Reno
IN regular schedule by the first OF
November. All materials forithe road
building are now ON hand. and no
shortage of material will delay the
construction. Contracts for grading
will be let. with the understanding that
Ill grading and other work must be
completed by the lst OF October.
The new standard gauge road will
connect with the present main line OF
he Western Pacific about mile
asst OF the Chilcoot tunnel.
The forest service is planning to
tilize the forest ranges to the fullest
extent this year Ranchers have been
lotihed the government will permit
grazing on all ranges, even to the
5oint OF overstocking in order to re
ieve the serious food shortage that
threatens by fattening as much stock
5 possible during the coming summer
\ number Of applications which had
)een disapproyed have been recalled
nd approved wherever it has been
possible to find room to crowd the
took onto the grazing grounds.
The Review Miner Of Lovelock re-
)orts a serious food shortage at jar
jidge. The stock OF flour, beans, SUI
EAR and other staple articles in the
own are out, and the restaurants are
serving their customers with corn
neal mush and small pieces of bacon
COR several months the town has
been without fresh meat, milk and but
ter. The mining companies have been
laying off men on account OF the food
shortage. A temporary relief is
looked for soon, as several heavily
oaded teams have left Idaho points
or Jarbidge,
Fred Drury, brother of Mrs, L. d
Summerfeld has been admitted as one
# the Nevada representatives to West
Point, and was ordered by telegram
10 report on June IA, subject to earlier
call
/ Drury was a graduate of Reno high
school with the class of 1916 and was
appointed to West Point by Congress
man Roberts. He was excused from
taking the mental examinations an6
successfully passed the physical ex-
aminations at the Preside several
months ago. He expects to be or
dered to report earlier than June IA
Acting in sell defense. Martin Jas
per shot and killed an Indian named
Alfred Bob last Sunday afternoon
near Cardnerville. The two men were
returning with supplies from Gardner
Vile to the Springmeyer- Grmmon
ranch in Alpine county. when the In
dian, who had imbibed little too
freely OF FIRE water while in the city,
became abusive to his squaw, who was
returning to the ranch with the men.
/ Jasper defended the squaw, which an
tagonized the Indian, and he began
relting Jasper with rocks One OF
the rocks struck Jasper on the head
and about laid him out. when he
reached for his pistol and shot the
! Indian.