The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-07-26
IN YEARS GONE BY
TEN YEARS AGO
(From The Silver Stat. Filss)

This morning Misses Frances Leach
and Mary Coyne arrived in town,
arrayed in the picturesque. costume
of the typical "cowgirls." The young
ladies are walking from Denver to
San Francisco by easy stages, max
ing their way as they 60. Tonight
and tomorrow night they may be
seen at the Nixon opera house, in
a boxing contest.
Mrs. N. Weber, formerly of Gold
Circle, has leased the Hotel Lafay-
cite dining room and will open for
business the latter part Of the week.
Regular meals will be served, as
well as an a la carte bill of fare.
Since Manager Crossen took charge
of the hotel the business has grown
to such proportions that it became
necessary to serve meals in the
hotel.
Haying has again been seriously
delayed in this section of the coun-
ty by unusual and heavy rains.
Sunday night rains in the vicinity
of Sod House placed the entire sur
rounding country under water. At
5 o'clock last evening a heavy
shower at Mill City damaged all the
wagon roads in that section and
injured the railroad roadbed to q
considerable extent, although traffic
was not delayed.
Today A. w. Glaze and H. Mayo,
representing the West Coast Adver-
Using company, are writing a new
sign for the Stephenson Drug COM
pany, which will cover the entire
north side of the building.
Mrs. L. D. Hubbard and children
are visiting relatives at Unionville,
and before returning to Winnie
mucca will visit with Mrs. Hubbard
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Organ,
at Mill City.
For the first time in three years
Winnemucca citizens went without
mail this morning until after IL
o'clock. Yesterday afternoon cloud
burst washed out about one thou
sand feet of Southern Pacific tracks
at Argenta, besides doing other dam
age, and as a result all wectbound
trains were held at Carlin and east
bound at Inlay until the track
could be repaired.
During the past AZ hours the
vicinity of Golconda has been visited
by two cloudbursts. The first &C.
CURED Tuesday evening, damaging
both railroad tracks to considerable
extent and taking out Southern
Pacific bridge. The second came al
about FIVE o'clock last evening, but
SO far as known at this time did no
material damage.
Today word was received by FIR.
Meehan from San Francisco that
Joe Lorentz is recovering from an
attack Of blood poisoning. The pa
tient, who is q Southern Pacific
section foreman here, was accom-
panied to a San Francisco hospital
q week ago Sunday by his sister,
Miss Daisy Lorentx.
Yesterday morning Miss Beatrice
Langwith wasS operated on for ap-
pendicitis in a San Francisco hos
Fpital. A telegram to the yong lady's
father, Judge Langwith, received
yesterday, stated that the operation
was successful and that the patient
was resting easily.
Thursday evening A. C. Brown,
the Railroad street grocer, was
knocked down by a highwayman
and robbed. He was returning home
from down town at about ten
O'Clock, and started to enter his
premises from Sixth street. Without
warning, he was struck down from
behind and rendered unconscious,
and while in this condition the foot
pad went through his pockets, TAX
ing between $500 and $4,000 in
coin.
Today Mr.. Brown is confined to
his bed with a sprained ankle, sus-
tanned in the fall when he was
struck.