Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-11-30
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worth from $lZ to SIS per.
Canvasback ducks have made their
appearance in Mason Valley.
Joe Giraud, the sheep baron, has
been some time in the valley looking
over his sheep interests.
]. S. Thompson, the cattle man, is
in town looking over the stock and
feed situation.
Mr.. Walker has just completed
cozy bungalow on South Nevada
street.
Ed Erway, former engineer Of the
Mason Valley mine team, is now SUI
perintendent OF an egg farm over
| Mrs. Mcintyre has had her home
place newly painted and it adds great
ly to the appearanle of the house.
Taxes will soon be due. Get busy
and attend to this disagreeable piece
OF business by seeing Charley Mr.
Mcleod.
Doc Nicholas is making lots of i'm
/ provements on his holdings east of
town, among them being commodi-
i Gus COW barn.
Bunchgrass on the flats and slopes
west and east of town is shooting up
fine for this time of year, thus insur-
ing good pasture for the herds next
year.
Will Powers, one OF the pillars of
the Lyon County Bank, is in style.
He has the flu. but is wiling 10 be
out OF style. However, he is pulling
through.
Doc Knox is remodeling his home
on the northwest corner OF Main and
Bridge streets, When finished it will
grace that part of town nicely.
Churchill Canyon way.
The building being erected by the
Catholic Church to be used as a chap
el and school on the Indian lot on
Bridge street is nearly completed. Ed.
Ross is the architect.
This has been banner year for the
i honey-man The price is good-away
above the figures of last year-and
the quality unexecelled. A good many
thousand dollars will be distributed
this year among the producers who
handle this byproduct.
Tie farmers are doing considerable
plowing these days. Some OF them
are trying out the new-fangled tract
ors and getting good results Others
are using the good old reliable horse
the same as their grandfathers did
--and, as usual. getting good action
on the salt-grass roots.
The Dyer residence in Nevada
street, between Broadway and Littell
avenus, is undergoing pleasing
change in, shape. When completed it
| will be handsome Swiss cottage and
also greatly to the appearance of that
street of pretty residences.
Al Wishart, chief man at the Mason
Valley mine eating foundry, is ths
latest victim of the prevailing unpleas-
antness. He is at home meditating
on the hard lines of life. He will get
well, as the miners need him at meal
| time.
The buildings erected by the Citi-
zens' Coal & Lumber Company, Main
and Bridge streets, are a credit to
the city. Cities much larger than Yer
ington cannot boast of such substan-
tial structures. Friedhoff and Cod
dington, the owners, have faith in Ma
son Valley and particularly Yering-
| ton.
The sidetracks OF the Copper Belt
line at Mason are lined with ventila-
tor cars awaiting loading by the po.
tato growers, who have big teams
working early and late hatiling in
Lyon County's prize spud crop. The
price is around $50 ton, which will
net our farmers tidy sum. The Yer
ineton depot is also shipping quite
few loads of potatoes.
The recent north wind Started the
honker geese on their soutward mi~
grafton. Most every day flock or
two can be seen in V-sahped lorna
tion in the sky vending its way to the
grain fields of sunny California. Some
OF them stopped over in Mason Val
ley for short stay to give our local
nimrods a chance to display their
marksdanship. SO far Mr.. Honker
has not suffered.
w. II. Churchyard has been wrest-
ling with the influenza this week.
sometimes e was on top and some
times the flu had him three points
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