Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-02-08

largest gold reserves of any nation in the world
Henry Fords offer to lease the Government
huge nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals. Alabama was
20 be submitted to Congress this week The
Government has particular use for this plant
now tl5at the is over Mr. Ford has offered
TO take it for hundred years, with the under
standing that the Government will complete two
farSc dams still unfinished Until this water power
5 available the plant would be run by steam
The price proposed is S5OOOO0O, plus S55OOO a
year Tor repairs, plus small percentage on the cost
of the work still to be done. The nitrate plant
would he turned back to the government at once in
case oil war.
Mr.. Ford says that his plan is to build a nlant-
featuring city Is miles long-argcr than Detroit
It would really be group OF several small cities
" are2 towns. This is because Mr. Ford believes
hat worknen should live in fairly small con1mu-
rites here they have the advantage OF country
;fe
Before the century is half over, he says he will
urn be * the city complete to the Government Cor
0 the people living there and will fix matters 50
hat Il, tfer he his heirs will make any profit
out OF it. Meanwhile he purposes to make fert
lzcr and he promises to make it for low price
Gaping only per cent profit He has taken Mr.
Gibson down to look over the plant, and Mr. Ed
'on SAYS that fertilizer can be successfully made
The otter has been slow in reaching Congress- by
way OF the War Department, and Ford is accusing
he fertilizer trust OF trying to block his plans
But the city at Muscle Shoals is not all OF Mr.
cords dream. His hobby is Harvesting water
ooWcr He thinks this may be starting point
oward developing that OF the Mississippi River
md other big waterways OF the country making
hem run manufacturing plants light homes, and
urn machinery He says that every farmer should
harness every stream his farm.
The new power would make it possible for other
sreat industrial cities to be built The Govern
nent says the optimistic Mr. Ford could get
almost enough revenue from them for it's needs
md this would "revolutionize the financial system
ii the country
The Government has still to decide on the offer
Down at Fallon the good people OF that COM
nunity recently gave dance benefit to the oil
we'll drillers that have received no pay for several
months. Why not give benefit for some OF the
stockholders of the Fallon oil wells, says the Record
Courier. Every little helps, you know.
Old timers are telling OF winters long ago that
al cNCEcuCQ lnc present one Tor excessive cold
# those winters any colder than it has been for
he past two weeks, we arc decidedly glad that it
happened long time ago
The edge OF the new peace dollar is thicker in
iome places than it is in others But the thrifty
person will find that it will pile up in the bank as
'asily IS its predecessor
will have to bear the OF any increase
wages is OF the safest predictions recently
Vcnturcd
a boy used to be started off to college accom-
aaned by the prayers OF his family he is start
cd off accompanied by sNty.mesn-hour
roadster
\ farmers life would be pretty dull if il weren't
Tor the lun he gets out OF watching the town farm
crs experiments.
Fuel dealers and plumbers have registered no kick
because of the weather
Almost any can be terror in his home,
but it's different uptown
happy medium'-one who is making money
out of being one