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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
Merritt Olds of Gardnerville has

Merritt Olds OF Gardnerville has
applied to the Public Service Commis-
sion Of Nevada for an extension OF
his certificate of public convenience
and necessity to permit him to hau
sheen shearers and their equipment
from Minden to points radiating
therefrom, and between the various
sheep camps within the State, on
call This is the first application o.
this sort filed with the commission.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
SOME live ITEMS
FROM SMITH VALLEY

The supper and entertainment for
the benefit OF the NJ f. church last
week was grand success from every
viewpoint and reflected great credit
upon the ladies in charge Over one
hundred were served at supper and
about SIS were realized from supper
and delicious home made candies that
we're OH sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Jones made bus-
ness trip to Gardnervillc last week.
Mrs. C. Carter has been confined
to her bed for the past week with
severe cold.
MIR. and Mrs. Hi Jones returned
from California Sunday where they
have beer spending the winter.
Mr.. Joe Yeagcr spent Sunday in
Minden
Mr.. p. Pourdc who has been criti-
callv i'll at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Carl Hanson, is slightly improv-
ed
Mrs. George McVicar entertained
at an elaborate dinner Saturday even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Louis B. Olds,
Mrs. Robert Bayer the Misses Mar
gueritc and Clara Fulstonc. Messrs.
Bruce McVicar and Ed. Reading
NJ. l.. Taylor will soon start build
ing new house in Wellington. The
two pretty new bungalows just COM
pleted. belonging to Mr. Gould Read
ing and Bert Werner make great
addition to the little town of Well
ington.
Mrs. Joe Clark of Grant View has
returned from visit to California.
MIR. and Mrs. Guy Rogers spent
a couple of days in Yerington last
week.
The Smith Valley Cooperation
Company are unloading car OF ce-
mcnt at Hudson this week.
Mrs. Nelson and son OF Gardner
vile were visitors in the valley last
The Smith Valley Civic Club held
it's regular meeting at Smith Saturday
Owing to the small attendance busi-
ness OF importance was laid over url-
til the next meeting, which will be
held at the Club House i'll Simpson on
March 10Th, when it is hoped all men,
bers will be present. The social to be
held at Mrs. f. p, Beaman's, March
llth, was postponed until April Isl
when an appropriate program for the
day will be given.
There will be meeting OF the Farm
Bureau at Wellington Hall the evening
OF March 18th. A full attendance is
desired. There will be several good
speakers and refreshments and social
time after the meeting.
MIR. V. CANAL returned friday
from business trip to Reno.
Mir. OFT Jones recently purchased
band OF sheep from j. Powell
Mrs. p. Fl. Cook OF Mason. was
a visitor in Grant View the first part
of the week.
Mrs. c. NJ. Krummes OF Gard
nervillc, was guest OF her son Peter,
at Smith last week.
The Odd Fellows will hold dance
at Wellington Hall Mach 10Th.
Mrs. C. +. Wedertz is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Guy Rogers,
Over 80 caroads of sheep and cattle
were shipped from Hudson last month.
Mrs. Robert Bajcr who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
McVicar for the past three months,
will return to her home in Burmah,
Idaho, this week.
Mrs. Stanley Hunnewell has gone
TO San Francisco with her small son
Claude to have his eyes treated. ne
has been under the care OF all eye
,>oc;,1;c+ for some time
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

w. Fl. keyser was among the
morning arrivals from San Fancisco.
He states that his wife is showing
steady improvement and is in better
spirits He is very much encouraged
over her condition which is good news
the many fiends OF the family IN
this city.-Carson Appeal
Mrs. keyscr is the mother of Mrs.
George Whorton, OF Yerington.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
A PRETTY PICTURE

Travellers passing through town are
charmed with the appearance of Haw-
thorne now. The laws are green,
pretty flowers are peeping up through
The earth and the fruit trees are III
iull bloom 1t is indeed a pretty
,icture.-Hawthorn Bulletin.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
DISCUSSIONS ON
CHILD TRAINING
READIH6 TO CHILDREN

10y hatneflne Beebe, Author OF Kim
dergarten Activities, Home Occupa-
tons for Little Children.)
have been watching two groups
OF little children at play. One group
spends most of it's time trundling
themselves and each other up and
down the sidewalks in various sorts
of vehicles, kiddie caSs. tricycles, toy
automobiles and wagons, in gazing
at the traffic and various happenings
of the street; in going to the store
for candy, and now and again
chasing each about. The other
group is always elergctically play
ing something lively outdoor games,
and dramatic representations of In
dians, Fire Departments, Red Cross
Aid, giants, farmers, explorers and
builders. These and endless other
initiative plays, all have their turn.
Why should the little boy of the
FIRST group sit dreamily on the door,
steps, when left to himself apparently
waiting for something or somebody
to come along and entertain him?
Why should the little girl of the Sec
ond group sit under a lilac bush
holding in her hand switch tipped
with a yellow dandelion head, and,
like dainty Fairy Queen, touch
everything with her magic. gold
tipped wand, so absorbed in her inn
aginative play that she is entirely
bblicious of passersby?
The answer is easy. One child has
an undeveloped imagination, and the
other al mind so full of pictures that
she has unfailing resources for all
unoccupied hours or moments.
Without knowing the exact circum-
stances, l can be reasonably sure that
she and the other children of the sec.
ond group have parents who make
practice Of reading to them. They are
probably quite as busy as those faith
ers and mothers who would like to
read to the. children but somehow
never have time;;' who recognize the
importance of education by means Of
books, but who are unwilling to sacri-
flee inclination in order to give time to
their children; who know full we'll
that the early years are the impression
able ones, but let the golden opportu-
nitiesand psychological moments drift
away.
Those parents to whom my little
Fairy Queen belongs find the time
make the necessary sacrifices. and live
up to their privileges of enrichins
their childrens' imagination and culti-
vating habit that means endless JOY
and future opportunity for self-educa-
ton of the best possible sort
Mrs. J. p Perazzo. of Wabuska.
Chairman OF Extension Work of the
Nevada Federation of Woman's
Clubs, makes the following COM
mcnts on the foregoing article:
The above experience might be ap-
Piled to those children of kindergarten
training and those without it. The
kindergarten child finds time to enter
tain himself and to do so with profit
to himself.
Let us encourage our kindergarten de-
partment in every way, realizing the
good it can and is accomplishing for
our little people.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Christian Science Services arc held
at Leavitt Hall Sunday mornings at
III 90 o'clock. A loving invitation is
extended to all.
The Lesson-Sermon for March
18th, is Substance"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09

A. E. Brown was over from Lud-
wig on Monday night and found that
some children tried to wreck his car
while he has been away, taking every
thing that was movable and breaking
all the glass~fixtures on the car.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09


H. B. Stewart mechanic at the
Brown Auto Sales Company garage
left for Fallon on Monday of this
week.
Mrs. Sam Harris was Yerington
visitor today. She informs the Times
that Frances Gratz, the l4-year old
girl who came from Sacramento
some time ago, has been living at
Mrs. Harris ranch for three weeks,
but is now living at the home of
Professor Hill, who will see that the
girl receives a good education.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Theis enter
tanned at card party last Saturday
night which,. from the reports. lasted
we'll into the morning. After the
game refreshments were served and all
the guests left after a very pleasant
evening.
Manuel Bettencour has leased the
k.ura Butler ranch, near the Harris
ranch.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09

Du Boise Cornish was an arrival
from Reno, where he has been visit
ing for the past week. He reports
things very quiet at that place.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-03-09

Valley ranchers are now busy
planting alfalfa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN !!
This Minister Evidently Not One Of
the New School Of Blunt and
Direct Speech.

Though scare-head scoops and front
page news "stories" do not come
often from the department of Frank
N. Wallace, state entomOlog:st, never
theless reportorial drones who buzz
around the bee division Of Mr.. Wall
lace's domain may count always on
at least one good daily story. Here
is the latest one:
He was young minister of the
old school. He did not follow the
modern doctrine Of frankness in his
speech, especially with the lambkins
of his flock. clustered and fused"
he stood before large gathering of
smiling, good-looking up-to-the-minute
poppy lambkinettes and In guarded
tones reminded them of the pitfalls
and evils of this hayward world. He
reached the climax of his address and
with blush of ultra-modesty he said /:
"And. my dear young friends, do you
know that even this very day there
has come to mine ears n rumor that
there is in this very community a
hand of bold, bad bootlimbers Pin
dianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
WAS WARDlNG OFF BAD LUCK
Small Matter to Young Woman That
She Was Also Holding Up Busy
Street Traffic.

Traffic gets held up In queer ways"
said cop at Forty-second street and
Fifth avenue. 1T was only just the
other day that we had a blockade that
tied things up for half an hour.
II noticed a young woman pound
ing something against the curb.
Looked funny to me, and could not
figure what it was. People passing
by started to run, looked again and
crowded around her. l headed for the
middle of the bunch and saw she had
busted open her package and was
breaking lot of mirrors on the side
walk, one by one. s
"'What's all this about?' / asked.
"'Oh, mister officer she says, I
broke mirror while ago and If
don't break seven more right quick
I'll have seven years bad luck. By
rights they should be broken all at
once, but could only do it one at a
time. And, now, please, won't you
help me get out of this crowd ?'"--
New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
CORN ROOT. RIOTS
CAUSE BIC LOSS
Specialists Advise terminating
Kernels From Every Ear to
Be Used for Seed.
RAG-DOLL TEST IS FAVORED
Estimated Damage by Disease in 1919
Placed at 100000 Busheis-De-
stroy, or PIow Under All
Stubble Possible.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Corn, Of one variety or another, is
,ur most widely distributed cereal
,rop. Therefore, any single disease
that takes a toll of per cent is a
natter for serious consideration. The
United States Department of Agricul-
lure estimates the damage done by
,orn root rots in 1919 at over 125, 000,-
200 bushels. Multiplied by the aver
age price of corn for that year, we
have before us the unpleasant fact
that these rots exacted a tax Of over
$20O.000,O0O.
When it. considered that one Of the
same organisms which causes corn
root rot also causes wheat scrub and
that these organisms carried over on
corn stubble may infect field of
wheat the next year, the seriousness
increases.
Works lnsiduousiy.
Corn root rots are among the most
deceptive diseases known to agricul-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
PRODUCTION OF GOATS MILK
Result of Experiments Conducted at
Government Experimental Farm
at BeItsville.

AIilk-goat experiments in grading up
from native and grade Toggenburg and
Saanen does with purebred Swiss
bucks, begun in 1911 were continued
last year by the United States Depart
quent of Agriculture, at the govern
ment farm at Beltsville, Md. The
flock comprises 26 does and s kids
of one-half, three-fourths, seven
eighths, and fifteen-sixteenths blood.
The average daily milk yield per doe
In 1919 was 3.92 pounds, an increase
of 2.42 pounds over the yield of the
ten selected native does which formed
the foundation stock of the herd. The
highest milk yield for an individual
doe in one day is Sc pounds. For
1919 the flock showed an average Of
81 per cent butterfat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
Paying in Dresden China.

Little pieces Of red-brown china
bearing the usual Dresden mark are
being passed from hand to hand in
Saxony. 1t is not that people are bar
tering their cups and saucers or are
getting rid of the contents of their
china cupboards, nor are they making
each other presents Of the delicate
porcelain for which the mark of Ores
den has been noted.
A new coinage in porcelain has been
put into circulationsto supersede small
paper money, and one of its valuable
assets is the fact that it can be
washed, SO no one need complain of
dirty money. The little red-brown
discs have met with q hearty welcome,
and the factory Of Meissen has never
sent out anything more popular than
these little pieces of china that are
too small for plate, too shallow to
hold water and not adorned with any
thing but the most simple devices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
Preparing Rag Dolls According to the
Improved Method.

ture, say specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
They affect the kernels of corn in
such way that while. they may germi-
nate they often will produce sickly.
diseased plants which may die in early
stages or produce infected corn. These
diseases weaken the plants at the low
er joints, and if they come to maturity
the damage is perpetuated.
1t is necessary for farmers wishing
to avoid corn root rot to germinate
kernels from every ear Of corn to be
used for seed. The simplest method
Of making a test is by means of an
improved rag-doll germinator. This,
in its essential features, consists Of
nothing more than broad strip of
muslin backed by moistureproof fiber
paper. Rows Of seed kernels are
placed On the cloth which is rolled
up and left in a warm box. The re-
suits are, of course, checked against
the ears from which the kernels were
taken, and only perfect, or nearly per-
feet, ears are kept for seed. This
gerrninator is very simple and fur
nishes a practically complete test.
Bleached or unbleached muslin can
be used for the rag doll. The cloth,
which usually comes in 54-inch
width, is torn across into 12-inch
strips, "a inches long. Before being
used the cloth is boiled, and it should
be damp when the seeds are placed
on it. This cloth is laid on strip
Of glazed paper, little longer than
the cloth, to allow folding over at the
eds, fresh newspapers being placed
on the table under the paper to avoid
infection.
About 8 kernels are then taken from
each ear and, beginning at the butt,
are laid in rows across the muslin
strip, so that when the strip is rolled
up and placed in terminating box
the tips of the seed will be down.
ward. The rag dolls are sprinkled
twice daily, and at the end of days
are taken out, unrolled, and in
spected. The appearance Of the
sprouts is guide to the quality of
the seed. II more than one seed shows
signs of infection, the infected ear is
thrown out. If the farmer has enough
corn it is best to throw out an ear for
a single bad kernel.
Destroying the Stubble.
Root rot is carried over in stubble,
and every effort should be made to de-
stroy or pillow under as much stubble
as possible. Increasing the fertility
of the soil and crop rotation have also
been found beneficial. One difficulty
about rotation as a remedy is that root
rot affects corn and wheat and in
many localities is always present on
the farm. For this reason the de-
partment is anxious that rag-doll germ
inators be put into general and intelli-
gent use, and the season started with
clean seed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
REALLY DESERVING or PITY
Those Who Allow Themselves to GET
into the Habit of Self-Excuse
Are Unfortunate.

The tendency to self-excuse is typi.
cal of the conceited. They simply viii
not see themselves for what they are
persons who have great deal to
learn. And because they Will not ad.
nit even to themselves that they need
self-improvement they remain pefpet.
ually in need Of it.
Are not persons thus conditioned
more deserving Of pity than Of con.
tempt? Even their monumental self.
satisfaction should not make people
laugh at them. Poor souls Life to
them is a game of blind mans buff,
in which they are forever ut" forever
cropping wildly, but never grasping.
No truer words have been penned
than Ruskin's. "Conceit may puff .
man up. but not prop him up" And
how sadly hard 1t is to convince tha
conceited that they are conceited, and
thus save them from the painful penal.
ties of conceit.-H. Addington Bruce
in Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
WIDESPREAD WAR ON
NATIVE FARM WEEDS
Survey Set on Foot by Depart
rnent of Agriculture.
New Varieties Constantly Arriving In
Foreign Seed and Through Other
Sources-Entire Farms Aban-
doned to Pests.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
( The United States Department of
Agriculture has set on foot what is
intended to be the most comprehen-
sive weed survey ever undertaken. Up
to>date comparatively little is known
Of American farm weeds. They are
classified in botanies and herbariums,
but there are no definite data in re-
gard to their spread; the prevalence
Of any particular weed in any local
ity; the amount of annual damage
new weeds, increase of old species; ).
or local methods of eradication.
To supply the need for such data
the section of weed Investigations has
sent QUESTIONABLE to all the more
than 1900 county agents of the de-
partment. This questionable asks the
names of FIVE worst weeds in each
county, in order of their Importance;
the methods, if any, used by farmers
to combat these weeds; and what
weed problems are especially serious
Ill any particular county
Comparatively few native American
weeds have given farmers serious
trouble, but new varieties are con-
stantly arriving in foreign seed and
through other sources. Some of these
have become such pests that entire
farms have been abandoned to them.
A canvass of 200 representative east
ern farmers showed that an average
| of % days year is spent at the bust
est season in trying to get rid Of
weeds. Investigations. by the bureau
of plant industry over number Of
years are taken to indicate that Gull
tivation after the seeded is prepared
has no other use than to destroy
| weeds. If this theory proves correct
| it will add more heavily still to the
annual expense chargeable to weeds.
! 1t is the purpose of the department
to use the projected survey as basis
| Of operation in directing widespread
war on the weeds now here, or the i'm
| portation of any new ones, and to
seek any local eradication method;
which may be worth general dissem-
nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
BRIGHT Youth.

The clergyman was examining the
Infants class. Suddenly bright idea
flashed across his brain. He had
found a poser.
"And now, my dear children he
said, rubbing his hands and beaming
with wicked pleasure, "can any of you
tell me how many blue beans make
tive?'
There was long and deathly ST.
lence, broken finally by piping voice
from the back bench: 'Please, sir,
could tell you If the beans weren't
blue"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25

Any slight disorder or impurities
is source Of danger. as every vital
organ Of the body depends upon the
blood supply to properly perform
its functions.
Many painful and dangerous dis
eases are the direct result Of a bad
condition of the blood. Among the
most serious are Rheumatism, with
its torturing pain; Eczema. letter,
Erysipelas and other disfigurins
skin diseases; general debility,
which makes the strongest men
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
Every Drop Of Your Blood
Should Be Absolutely Pure

helpless, and many other diseases
are the direct result Of impure
blood.
You can in large measure avoid
liability to disease by the use of
S. s. s., the wonderful blood REM
edy that has been in constant use
for more than fifty years. S. S. s.
cleanses the blood thoroughly. 1t
is sold by druggists everywhere.
For valuable literature and med
ical advice absolutely free, write
today to Chief Medical Adviser,
159 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
His Mistake.

A man claiming to be Russian mo-
bleman was arrested recently in Brook
Ign while trying to dispose Of "a dia-
mond necklace worth fifty thousand
pounds. The police admit that if he
had posed as taxi driver or steve
dore his action would never have cx-
cited their suspicions-London Punch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
New Noses for Old

DIR. julien Bourget of Paris, who
made reputation during the war in
rebuilding noses which had been
knocked away in battle, is visiting
America with the object of improving
noses which do not have the proper
tilt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
stretcher for Repairs.

end, and cut off the heads, filing them
to point. This keeps the stretcher
from slipping on the post while in
use. Then make a hook from heavy
piece Of strap iron as shown in the
drawing and bolt, to the stick with
small bolts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
sTRETcHER is QUITE HANDY
Particularly Convenient in Repairing
Wire Fences and Is Easy to
Put Together.

For common wire streteher which
is especially handy in repairing fence
take a piece Of hardwood cut as
shown in the drawing. Then drive
small nails into the edge at the large
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
WORMS OF DIFFERENT KINDS
Fowls Affected Are Likely to BE Ex-
tremely Thin In Cases Of
Long Standing.

Some chickens have worms Of vari-
GUS kinds. The intestines should be
slit to find this out. Chickens having
worms are likely to be unduly thin,
and this loss of weight is extreme in
cases of long standing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
DESTROYING the stubbIe.
Eco Mash lie Essential.

Without good egg mash hen can
not lay the maximum of eggs. She
requires daily a large amount of pro-
tein in the most available form to
make the white or albumen of the egg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
GREEN FOOD INJURIES FOWLS
Too Much Causes Gall Bladder to Be-
come Swollen and Even Burst
Flesh Is Hinged.

In the case Of chickens eating too
much green food the gall bladder be-
comes greatly swollen, or may even
burst, and its contents impart green
tinge to the flesh, or even to the skin
Moor the Sau Bladder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
pisrespectfuI.

Finnegan Ito his spouse)- Shure the
children these days have no manners al
al: at all. Phwat do yez think THAI
young omadhaun next door said to
me? "Mr. Finnegan," he SEE, .git yes
picture took an I'll send wan o. thin
to me taycher for valentine" Dos.
ton Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
Empress Of Fashion.

A biography of the late Empress
Eugene says: Twice year the en-
press of the French renewed her
frocks, and this was the origin Of to-
days changeability Of fashion, now
followed slayishly by women"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25
Better Adlectives.

II heard the speech last night was
extempore." ut was nothing Of the
kind. 1t was rotten"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25

A detachable wheel and motor have
been invented for propelling railroad
velocipedes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-25

Money talks-but it converses with
only the favored few.