Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-07-20
YER|NCTON MEN TO
BOOST LAND SALES

the naming of Lyon County men as
officials and directors to associate with
the promoters OF the old organization
there has been display of interest in
and support of the aims and ambitious
of this concern, which promises to
make of it great factor in the growth
and future prosperity of Mason and
Smith valleys
The object of this organization, as
announced in a previous issue OF the
Yerington Times is the colonization
of large tracts of land i'll the two val
leys which are now held under private
ownership, and which are easily cap
able of supporting many times our
present population.
The officials of the company last
week sent out notices Of meeting to
be held in the county court house,
the notices being clever1y prepared in
the form of legal paper purporting
to be summons commanding the
presence of the recipient at the hear
ing of case entitled the Board OF
Inquiry, plaintiff VS.. the Investor
defendant. The novel form of the
notice succeeded in bringing large
number of business men to the meeting
which was presided over by Clark J.
Guild, acting as judge, and selected
jury. Mr.. Guild stated the purpose OF
the meeting. pointing out the advant
ages of increased population which
will be one of the results OF the sue
cessful termination of the plans of the
company.
The first speaker of the evening
was +. H. Whitacre, who told Of the
organization of the Great West Land
Co. Inc. of Nevada which has taken
over the holdings of the Great We>t
Land CO. OF Utah and whose holdings.
in this valley consist OF some S,oou
acres in the north end OF the valley
Fred Chambers. formerly fish and
game commissioner of Utah. spoke
on the possibilities of colonization III
Mason and Smith valleys. telling OF
the great valley that we have here
and of the need for more ranchers.
Don Tolley was the next speaker
He gave a sketch OF the work that s'ic
former company has accomplished
with small force stating that Ill the
eight months that they have been mere
thev have interested p families. cach
having bought from 40 to 100 acres.
and OF the possibilities of interesting
at least 100 families here within the
next year.
Mr. Small spoke upon the raising
of sugar beets in Mason and Smith
valleys and of the good crops tha'
have been raised this year aud OF the
lessons that have been learned from
the soil
MIR. Heinzie, President of the La
honton Valley Sugar Co. OF Fallon,
spoke upon the sugar beet industry
and of his twenty years of experience
in both the raising and the manufac-
ture of sugar. He said that IN all the
time that he has been in this business
lie has yet to see a country that can
come ND to this for the raising beets
both in quantity and quality, and OF
the possibilities of sugar beet factories
here in the near future
A. Fl. Birrell of Salt Lake City
was the last speaker and told OF the
plan of the colonization and how they
secure settlers for district He also
told of the plan of the organization IN
which $5O,00O.00 revolving fund was
to be maintained for the purpose OF
advertising this project and that the
first thing i'll the way OF advertising
was the taking of moving pictures
of the water supply from the lakes ana
reservoir on down through the TWO
valleys to Walker lake and of the send
ind these pictures with man back to
the eastern states showing the same
and lecturing on the country telling
OF he advantages derived i'll the sett-
ling in our valleys
Subscriptions for stock amounting
to over three thousand dollars were
then taken from the following:
Citizens Lumber Co. W. f. Powers
Dr. B, Brown. w NJ Penrose. Ed,
Herneben. c. w. Malone. I, F.
Rawson. y. +. Bertrand. DR. G.. r.
I.eavitt. w K Butner, Frank Bovard.
l.. Mesini Fred Strosnider -. ].
! Thcis, A. +. Purvinc. Geo. /. Willis
K. c. Dyer. Jas + Barton. Fabri & Co
| c. II. Masterson. Jeg Rice, Jay Glenn
mons. Geo Whorton. Geo Martin. A.
L. Swanburg. + L. Littell, A 5
Phipps. Brown Auto Sales Co. Jas,
j. Kelley. Max Ostrosky. p. Lauren
deau, John Baker. A. Fl Theis, c. II,
| Milne Orie Suasey and Harry title