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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
OLIVER ROBERTS PASSES

Oliver ROBBERS, a former resident
of Carson City, died in San Francis
co April 2oth., aged 2 years, six
months and IL days. He was native
of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He
lived at Bodie, previous to his resi-
dence i'll this city, and was known to
his close friends as "Gillhooly." He
is survived by his widow, who is a
dughter of the late George Tuffly.
Surviving relatives are the son, OH
yer l.. and stepdRughter. Mrs. Jose
and the grandchildren, Eleanor, Paul
and Louise Il. Roberts.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
Warren Wins Shoot

Much interest was taken in the
bluerock shoot that occurred at the
local traps last Sunday. A. Spring
er, who has but recently taken up the
sport, mas made such good showing
that he was matched against Walter
Warren, who recently captured the
championship OF Nevada and Califor-
MIA. Warren, however, proved an
easy winner, breaking IS targets
out Of the possible 100, Springer
breaking but so. Owing to the dis
agreeable weather the attendance at
tn shoot was not as large as it other
wise would have been.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
DANCE AT WELLINGTON
(Confributed)

The dance at Wellington on last
Saturday night, was reported as being
huge success. There was at least
20 cars, and several Fords. from Yer
ington. Latest reports were to the
effect that some unclaimed Ford was
still between here and Wellington.
Later investigation proved that the
stopper" or starter was lost, and
the contents spilled. Everyone ar
rived home safely not later than
Monday morning.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
Lady Game Warden


At the meeting OF the County Com
missioners last week Mrs. Violet
Mcleod was appoined as game
warden for the county at a monthly
salary Of $50 per month and travel
ing expenses at the rate Of IS cents
per mile.
So far as known, Mrs. Mcleod is
the only woman game warden iii the
U. S. TO the average male. game
laws, like prohibition laws are more
honored in the breach than in the
observance, but with lady OIL the
job it is probable that hunters will at
least be more careful.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
DEATH OF SMITH
VALLEY RESIDENT

Mrs. w. l.. Taylor died at her
home i'll Grant View last Monday
after a brief illness. Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor were homesteading on a
tract Of land in Smith Valley, where
they are comparatively recent arri-
walls. The deceased lady leaves to
mourn her loss, a husband, a daugh-
ter and a sister, Mrs. Theo. Schnci-
der df Hudson The remains were
brought to Yerington OH Monday
and will be shipped today to Wis
consin, accompanied by the husband
and daughter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
PENROSE AIRPLANE ARRIVES

Matt Pcnrose was an arrival this
morning in his, Curtiss airplane in
its second flight from Reno to Yer
ington. The trip this morning was
made in 70 minutes, the route chosen
being along the Carson River the
stormy weather and clouds prevent
ing the plane from reaching the al
titude necessary for a direct line
flight The plane will remain here
Tor several days, during which
time, if the weather is favorable sew
eral flights will be made.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

Laddire Bell, the 10 year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bell OF the
Fast Walker ranch. under went an
operation flor appendicitis at a local
hospital last week. The young pa
tient is reported to be recovering
nicely. DR. Beaumont Brown, as
sisted by Drs. Leavitt and Edwards,
performed the operation
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
TRIAL JURY DRAWN

Lyon County officials Yesterday
drew As names from the 1920 lists to
serve as trial jurors i'll Yerington on
May 10Th. The cases to be tried are
Clarence Wise. charged with forgery,
and one civil matter.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
BOOST FOR OUR
COUNTRY CLIMATE

A. NJ. Grassini returned to his
home in Oakland California, after
spending two weeks at the Sales
Bros. ranch. but before he left he
reported that he had gained 10
pounds in weight and had enjoyed
his vacation and liked the country.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12

Fl. G. McMahon and wife passed
through Yerington yesterday. Ell route
from Reno to Goldfield. stopping here
for a few hours to visit Mrs. McMa-
hons father, j. c. Kennedy.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-05-12
Methodist Episcopal Church

1000 A. M. Sunday school.
HOO A. Nj. Preaching
Afternoon-Service i'll the country.
500 p M. Preaching.
500 P. NJ. Wednesday. mid-weelS
service.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

an axiom has been developed which, briefly stated, is that .too much water can not be stored in the soil prior to planting" Many of the best producers of cotton last year on both coarse and fine soils put two-thirds of an acre foot of water into their land before planting. and the particularly inter
 eSJing thing about these places is that their total water use for the year was generally held to approximately two acre feet. The reason is simple. Their land was irrigated after blowing when it was in the best condition to take in water and the water was stored in the soil. As soon as the plants were up, careful cultivation to conserve moisture was given and further irri- gation was withheld for a long time. Of course. roots are bound to develop where there is available water. Soon the water near the surface was ex- hausted and the roots were forced to go down at a faster rate than the growth of the upper part of the plant. There was plenty of deep moisture to keep the plants in healthy condition, but their handicap in having to bring it from so great a depth was sufficient
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

this irrigation is either flooding the rough plowed ground where cotton Is to be planted flat or irrigation in fur
 rows. where cotton is to be planted on ridges. In the latter event, rleep fur rows and consequently high ridges should be made. If sufficient water is not added to the soil the first time over, 2 second irrigation immediately following the first should be given; then, as quickly as possible. the dry soil from the top of the ridges should be knocked down into the furrows which will expose a fine moist surface on top of the ridges in which to plant. The planter can immediately follow the drag which is used to tear down the ridges. with the result that it is not necessary to plant so deeply that there is little chance of a stand in order to put the seed in moist soil.
 Preparation of plowed land prepar- atory to making ridges is a simple matter of discing, narrowing and floating, but seed bed preparation of land to be planted flat is not so simple. The necessity for perfect leveling has not yet been shown by any crop like it has by cotton. Land must take
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

to discourage vegetatiVe growth and to encourage early fruiting, and the result was that even in coarse soil 1t was well under way. Most cotton growers have come to appreciate the danger of serious shedding when soil has become too dry and is suddenly given a copious irrigation. 1t seems practically unquestioned that this shedding is not due so much to the exact moisture content of the soil be- fore or after irrigation but to the rad icai change from an extremely dry to an extremely wet condition, with it's consequent shock to the plant If cotton plants still have plenty of mois- ture available in the lower depths of soil, a light irrigation which moistens the upper more or less dormant roots. changes the moisture equilibrium of the plant so gradually that serious shedding does not result.
 It seems that not far back this ar ticle was dealing with the irrigation prior to planting rather than a treatise on cotton irrigation in its entirety. Returning to this almost forgotten subject, it might be said that usually
 the most favored method of appIyins
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20
By H. C. Heard County Agricultural Agent.

The time has passed when the county agents of flee, locally representing the university, feels that it has as one of it's duties boosting for a greater acre age for cotton. For the fact remains that we are go- ing to plant a bigger acreage of cotton this coming season than we should. The time will never come, however, when it is not in perfect or der to exert every effort for the production of more cot ton per acre. It is deplor- able that while individuals occasionally make yields of a bale and a half to a bale and three-quarters per acre, our average yield in the Salt River Valley has never got ten appreciably above half a bale per acre since our Cotton industry has assumed
 leadership in Maricopa county agriculture. The pathetic part of 1t is that folks producing half a bale to the acre are not in inn mediate danger of becom- ing vulgarly rich, and it is the second half bale per acre rather than the first which brings in the nice, glossy, fuzzy velvet. ,Furth- ermore, there is a reason why each individual does not make a bale per acre from every crop of cotton planted. This reason may
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

water uniformly, and there is no one who has studied cotton growing that cannot recall plenty of instances where the grower has sustained great loss by over irrigating the majority of a field because a spot in that field was at the time suffering from lack of water. Proper leveling of cotton land should presuppose possession of buck scraper, a simple, relatively inexpen- sive implement which. in the opinion of many who have used it, should re- place the silver dollar as a medium of exchange in any irrigated community.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20
COUNTY FARM AGENT GIVES TIPS ON PROPER MANNER IN WHICH TO PLANT COTTON ON THE RANCHES OF SALT RIVER VALLEY DISTRICT

time as possible, or until fruiting has become quite active. It should be re- membered that there are three dimen- sions to every farm; length, width and depth, and that the man who thorough ly farms an acre of land to depth of five feet is farming about twice as much earth as the man who farms an acre to a depth of only two feet; and. furthermore, that the man who farms deeply does so at no increased cost. If the fourth or fifth feet are to be farmed, they must be irrigated, and
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

yOlld CllC SO4lCi VI VI SAO farmer, but too often it is due to careless or indiffer- ent farming.
 Coto or Pluto or Socrates or Patrick Henry, or Alexander Dowie, or some other sage of by-gone days, once cas- ually remarked that seed properly planted in the right sort of a seed bed is a crop half made. This careless remark is worthy of any sage in his tory. and despite the fact that it is a long time from March until the last bale is ginned, it is no less true of cotton than any other crop
 In polite society a good job of blow ing is not held in disfavor. This good job of blowing usually presupposes that all the organic matter in the form of stalks, weeds, etc, has been cut up in such shape that it can be thor oughly and completely plowed under. In the case of bermuda sod 1t should mean two plowings, one shallow, just underneath the sod, in early fall. and the second as deep as may be as late as possible in the winter to allow early planting of cotton. On land which tends to break up rough a good discing should be given ahead of the blow. Deep blowing on well disced land in- sures that the bottom of the seed bed shall be fine and reasonably compact. which is a point of a good deal more importance than is usually con sidered. A safe rule to follow in depth of blowing is to so adjust levers and hitches as to run the blow as deeply as it will go. This means, with most soils. that it is ordinarily economical to blow to a twelve-inch depth, as measured by the eye, which will almost invariably measure from nine to ten inches by the rule. Of course, it takes power to gouge down an extra four or five inches, but the best crops which have come to notice this year on either coArse or fine soils have been invari- ably produced on land which was thor oughly plowed to an actual depth of nine ten inches. Of course, there are exceptions to most rules and there is considerable question as to how deeply virgin desert soil should be plowed, but there is little evidence to support the theory of many that blow ing on this type of soil should be very shallow.
 Many mistakes are made relative to the irrigation prior to planting, and it should be borne in mind that this 1rrigation is not merely to bring seed up, but to maintain a satisfactory condition of the plant for as long a
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20
TOLEpOANS BETTER
 GO EASY ON TAGS

TOLEDO.-Any person. man or maid found smoking 10000 cigarettes in this city will be arrested. That's the number Of flags stolen from cigar store here
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20
SURE OF HIMSELF
(Home Sector)

(Home Sector) Employer: Do you consider your self a good salesman" Former Mess .Sergeant-"Say } could sell F'ords in Venice"
Arizona republican., 1920-02-20

be soil, or it may be storm damage, or other factors be- yond the control of the farmer, but too often it is due to careless or indiffer- ent farming.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
North
Richmond

new 8-room home with hot-water
heat, hardwood floors. tile bath and
other modern features. Large lot
and garage Close TO car line
Liberal terms. Price. $3.50.
j. u. CARNEAL & SON.
NOrthc Eleventh Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
Attractive, Modern
Home
$40 Stuart Road
tSORTH RICHMOND.

tND!TH KItNMOND).
Eight large rooms, hot-water heat,
rift grain Aoors. birch doors. extra
nice fixtures. newly papercd and
painted. This property is unusually
well constructed and is In one Of the
incest locations In this beautiful and
rapidly enhancing suburb. One
square of car line with car service
unequaled IN any suburb Posses
sion at once.
:MOOREFIELD BLAKE. M,
90 North Etgh.h S,-..,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND SUBURBS

On Third Avenue, High
land Park-Modern Groom
brick house, hardwood
floors, papered throughout,
side entrance, deep lot.
Price, $500.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

"star Of Bethlehem" as II is called.
aims for the poor.
Seven days before their New Year,
the Chinese worship the Kitchen God
by preparing dishes of candy and vari-
Gus sweets with which they smear his
mouth. Later they burn him amid the
firing of Of crackers, the deity being
sent up In a chariot of smoke and IRE
to a conference with the king OF the
celestial regions. The idea Of smear
ing his mouth with sweets is that he
may not say anything but honey
ed words, or that his lips may stick
together and so prevent his talking
too much.
The Kitchen God. according to story.
had been III treated by his brother and
sIster.ln-law, who we're very rich and
had many servants. but allowed their
brother 10 work with the servants and
have dinner with them. Their cruelty
developed day after day, until at last
they treated him heavenly by seating
him In q sedan chair made OF paper.
The creation OF giving gifts at
Christmas came. not from presents OF
gold and silver given TO the Christ
child. as many believe. hut from an
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24
Houorcd by Grand Lodge.

Al the recent meeting of the Ma
mic Grand Lodge at Waco. Texas
B. Barnes. was appointed District
leputy Grand Master for the 18th,
Iason ic district. Mr.. Barnes has also
cen appointed one OF its inspectors
lie Grand Commandery OF the
tate another high honor which is
cry much appreciated. The Snyder
'om an derry has long been recog-
lixei as one of the leading Lodges
II Ibis part of the state, and the Sc
ection of one Of its members to such
iigh honors is proof OF its efficiency
xr. Barnes is postmaster at Snyder.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24
GOOD Will TRIUMPHANT Under TEST

AS this message is being written,
Dodge Brothers daily weekly and
monthly production, is at the highest
point in its history
The most casual sort of inquiry Will
satisfy you that this production is
being absorbed as it is delivered.
Within sight and sound as we write,
a great addition to Dodge Brothers
immense works, is being rushed TO
completion.
The interesting thing about this sit
uation is, that it is not likely that
half hundred people have ever
bought Dodge Brothers Motor Car
just because they wanted a motor car.
Of the more than half a million who
have bought 1.-THE overwhelming
majority did so because of the name
it bore.
1t has always been treated, by the
American people in particular, as an
exception-always set apart, and
singled out, and never judged by
ordinary standards.
1t has always been thought of, and is
still thought of, first, and foremost,
and all the time, only in terms Of its
goodness, and the results it gives.
All Of this is wonderful, in one way,
and quite natural and logical in an
other.
1t all dates back to the day when
John and Horace Dodge conceived
and designed and finally built the car
after warning each other, and their
associates, not ever to think Of it in
any other terms than the best obtain
able value.
They began with a few almost alb
surdly simple principles, bluntly ex-
pressed and rigidly executed, about
decency and honor and integrity
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

such as most of us wrote in our copy
books at school.
They reduced these old copy book
maxims to a splendid and scientific
system, pouring more, and more, and
still more value into the car, and then
marshalling all the resources of mod
ern massed manufacture to get their
product into the hands of the people
at an honorable and an honest cost
These policies and principles have
never been changed, and never will
be changed, by so much as hairs
breadth; and they have come to be
recognized and accepted as Dodge
Brothers principles wherever motor
cars are driven.
1t has all happened as John and
Horace Dodge planned it-quite sim
ply, naturally, and automatically, all
over America, and all over the world.
People do discriminate, as Dodge
Brothers contended they would;
people viii find out when a motor car
IS well built and gives good service
and great good value.
Dodge Brothers market today is
where they planned to locate and
establish It in the mind and. the
heart of every man and woman who
admires good work, we'll done.
1t will last, and it will keep on grow
ing, as it has kept on growing for five
years Easter than Dodge Brothers
works could keep pace with it), as
long as the number of those who be-
lieve that a manufacturer should
build to serve and not merely to sell,
continues to increase.
All is we'll with Dodge Brothers to-
day, because John and Horace Dodge
builded well in the beginning, and
because their business will continua
TO build we'll until the end.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

lS-~pSrsl tent mascot WIS presenter
'F{4' as an omen 81 good for
tune, as symbol OF
health, wealth and prosperity and in
those days long ago the house that
sportcd a branch of misuetoc at
Christmas would never be- unlucky.
II Is from the Druids that the GUS
tom OF decorating our churches and
homes with evergreens comes, for they
believed that all the sylvan sprites
flockcd together on these boughs,
there 10 remain until the warm wealth
er came. In mldwintcr the Druids
sent around Sprigs of ivy and mlstle-
toe to remind the people to decorate
their dwellings with evergrecus. in
order 20 propltiate the sylvan SpriteS
and secure protection from frosts and
wintry blasts. Holly berries long have
been considered MS giving wonderful
power when worn In the shape Of
wreath, which must be made and worn
IN imitation of sacred crown OF
thorns and OF berries, and the wcarer
of this crown must 60 alone at mid
night on Christmas and sit In the
dark, and, in accordance with that
ancient tradition, when worn on
Christmas eve the holly wreath will
evoke visions OF spirit forms coming
I'm the air 10 sing their Noel songs, and
all the beasts will be seen To kneel
down In worship.
The Yule cake and Yule log. TOO,
have their important part In this an-
Client Saxon tradition for the Christ
mas festival season. The cake had the
same powers as the bride cake has on
Christmas night. The Yule log was
used 20 light the Christmas fire the
next year because II preserved the
house from fire during the year and
subducd The spirit of the flames.
Its powers were bestowed In the days
of the Druids. when the betting fires
were lighted and the brands secured
from the fire TO light the fire the next
year. The ancient Saxons burned the
Yule log as a symbol Of the turning OF
the sun toward spring
Even the moon contributed Its
share TO Christmas superstltlons, for,
Us the legend runs. II Christmas comes
during the waning of the moon we
shall have very good year, and the
nearer TO the full moon the better.
Holland, perhaps. has the prettiest
custom of all nations for the Christ
mas festival. On the night before
Christmas In commemoration of the
star of the east, the young men OF
their towns assemble and carry
through the dark streets large,
bright star; all the people 90 out to
greet and give to the bearers OF this
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

Mrs w. Il. Mccormick left Mon
day for her home IN Snyder after
several days visit with Mrs. Frank
Hill and other friends in Crowell.-
Floyd County News.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24
Snyder, Texas

old custom Of priests putting on board
of all outgoing ships Il box of aims.
This box was opened nj Christmas
Zine and masses said for the givers
of the aims, and was called Christ
mass" box. and from this has come
our custom OF Christmas boxes and
gift giving.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24
Notice.

Notice is hereby given of the regu-
lar annual meeting Of the Sharehold-
crs of The Snyder National Bank
Snyder, Texas, to be held in their Of
fees the second Tuesday in January
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

The junior and primary depart
ments OF the Methodist Sunday
school will have Christmas tree
Friday night in the basement of the
church.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

Dunk Merrell and wife came In
sunday from Dallas to visit the for
lner parents. Mr. and Mrs W. A.
Aerrell
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

1Rev. 4 W. Waddill. pastor Method
~ church. Stamford. was in the city
Thursday
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

u. ID. Doak and wife left yesterday
~ Dallas to spend the Christmas
iolidays with their daughter. Mrs.
Iosie Roberts
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

"Ye who have Scorned each e.
Or Injured friend or brothe '
In this fast fading year,
Ye who. by word or deed,
Have made a kind heart bleed,
Come gather here
Let sinncd against and SHINING
Forget their strife's beginning,
And Join in friendship now.
BE links no longer broken.
Re sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the holly-bough.
'Ye who have loved each other,
Sister and friend and brother.
In this fast fading year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young man and maiden mild,
Come gather here;
And let your heart grow fonder.
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken vow;
Old loves and younger woolng
Are sweet In their renewing
Under the holy-bough."
Charles Mackay.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

Parker and family of the Foch
on munity were In snyder Monday
hepping
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

w. F. Burney OF Knapp carried
his little boy to Lubbock Monday
to undergo an operation on his knee.
He Is said to be doing nicely.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

1921. for the purpose of electing Di-
rectors for the coming year.
soc A. G. Alexander Cashier.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. II. G.. Towle visited
at Colorado last FRIDAY