The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-08-01
OROVADANS SEEK
INF MOVEMENTS
Boosting of the LON. Cutoff, De-
velopment of Artesian Water,
and Phone Line Occupy
Community Center

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ORoVADA, New, July 31.-Ir-
respective of the oppressive weather,
a nice representation of the Oro-
vada Community Center was had at
its regular meeting for the month,
last Saturday afternoon at the 0ro-
vada school house.
There are three important prof.
ects before the residents of Quinn
River Valley, at the present time,
all of which are receiving con-
siderable attention and just con-
sideration. The |. o. N. Cutoff,
which the residents of the valley
hope to succeed in having built
through the center of the valley,
over the road-bed of the present
stage road through Orovada has
been referred to the good roads COM
mittee, which will continue to keep
the subject before the state high
way commission and engineers, in
the belief that they will eventually
understand the dire need of this inn
portant marketing facility, being
in closer contact with the hundreds
of ranchers now bordering the
line, that Nevada farmers in north
ern Humboldt county may better
compete with the market.
The artesian water project is as
yet under the consideration of the
U. S. Geological Survey and further
report upon this subject will be
made at the August meeting.
The telephone" the last to be
discussed, though by no means any
lesser in Importance to the com
munity, was discussed pro and con
absorbing the greater portion OF
the meetings time, during which
time the first seven articles OF
the telephone company's constitu-
ton were adopted. 1t is generally
understood that just as soon as the
summers rush in agrie ultare has
subsided, work on the installation
of poles and instruments will be
begun.
As one of our music directors en-
deavored to impress upon us, re-
gardless of how the middle of a
piece is played, always have the
first and last strains at their best,
for they are the ones that remain
in mind the longer and so it was
with our meeting, we retained the
more pleasant to the last, being
most interesting talks by Miss Mann
and Mrs. Stillwell, both associated
in home demonstration service.
1t was Mrs. Stillwell's first visit
with Orovadans, and one which
shall long be remembered by the
bachelor folk. The theme of Mrs.
Stillwell's discourse was "Co-opera-
tion," depicting the necessity of its
beginning in the home and its re-
lationship to Success" touching
upon the "lot" of the bachelor, and
why he could not succeed as a
farmer while enjoying the essence
of single blessedness. Mrs. Still
well is a splendid speaker, brim-
ming with lodgic born of experience
but what sorrowful fate she has
predicted for the valley, in as much
as seventy-fve per cent of the set
tiers are bachelors. Oh. death.
Where is thy sting?
Harry M. Bretchel, who has been
in Lodi, California, for the past
few months, returned yesterday
(Monday) to his homestead in
company with a prospective home
builder.
On Sunday the ladies of the val
ley held a special Home Demon
stration meeting in Orovada. Mrs.
Stillwell and Miss Mann giving very
good talks on nutrition and how our
daily food effects health. 1t was
mainly for the benefit of the babies
and children, but many adults took
advantage. The weights and meas
urse We're taken to ascertain if un-
der or over weight and out of
eleven babies present only three
were found to be under weight and
they but slightly. Now doesn't
that manifestly mean we have the
real climate and food here?
For the purpose of formulating
more accurate information regard
ing pumping for irrigation in Ne
vada, the Extension Division of the
University of Nevada is supplying