Fine Specimens of Ore From Mt Grant Country
T M Gamble mining man of note in Pine Grove district visited Yerington early this week. He reported Mt Grant ore assays as high as 2400 dollars per ton, not free milling but a promising smelting proposition. Gamble left samples in town and sent others to Reno Chamber of Commerce. He then returned to advance development work.
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T. M. Gamble
Pine Grove
Yerington
Mt. Grant
Chamber of Commerce
Reno
Rawhide Railroad to Build 15 Miles Toward Schurz Nevada
Rawhide Railway president Gratt states ties and rails shipped for fifteen miles of the line from a Nevada California near Schurz, grading outfits to arrive daily at Schurz, contract awarded to California Contracting Company, completion expected within ninety days. Frank Hanson, a recent graduate of Polytechnic Business College Oakland, has joined Arends and Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratt
Kawaiye Western Railway Company
Nevada & California
Schurz
California Contracting Company
Home Folks Gossip Highlights Visits and Illness
Harry Warren and wife visit relatives in Reno while Wheelan Nye comes from Virginia City to see his brother Gus Nye. Mrs Barton of Dayton visits her daughter Mrs Andy Marsal. William Schooler of Dayton is seriously ill and might not recover. F W Butterfield visits Werington for business. Mrs Dr Carpenter leaves for Granite Yast to open a drug store in a new frame building. Henry Arends and wife of Marion South Dakota visit Mr Arends' brothers Join and A A Arends and may relocate to Werington. Angus McLeod Jr recovers from recent operation for a ranch accident. John Benson and Here Hanson leave for Rawhide to develop three mining claims they located there.
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Wheelan Nye
Virginia City
Gus Nye
Barton
Dayton
Andy Marsal
William Schooler
F. W. Butterfield
Granite Realstate
Werington
Dr. Carpenter
Granite Yast
Henry Arends
Marion
South Dakota
Yerington
Angus McLeod, Jr
McLeod Ranch
Souith
Mcleod
John Benson
California
Hanson
Police Drag-Net Nets Local Crime Suspects
Police report multiple arrests and raids this week. Edward Harkins is jailed after being found with stolen items from A. J. Forbes on the McLeod ranch. An opium raid at a west side laundry led to three arrested Chinese men and a squaw, awaiting preliminary hearings. Indians and a white man also face charges for related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J Forbes
McLeod Ranch
Forbes
Yerington
Edward Harkins
Calaboose
Methodist Episcopal Church Program Notes
A church schedule lists Sunday school at 3 p.m. and services at 7 30 p.m. including Christ Exhausted. The Barretts present biblical instruction on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Commandments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ha.m
Protest Letter Demands Apology to Mayor Smith
A Times reader from Yerington protest letters dated April 2 1908 denounce vulgar slurs against Mayor Smith in the latest issue. The writer requests an apology in the coming edition and signs as a long time subscriber.
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Noriyke
Times
Mayor Smith
Yerington
The
Reno wedding of Bessie Riehm and Z F Rawson
Miss Bessie Riehm became the bride of Z F Rawson in Reno last Sunday at the home of J K Riehm. Justice Emory Smith officiated with J P Stanley as best man and Eva Dandur as bridesmaid. The couple plan to reside in Yerington where Rawson has mining interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Bessie Riehm
Z. F. Rawson
J. K. Riehm
Mill Street
Justice of the
Emory. Smith
J. P. Stanley
Eva Dandur
Yerington
Dissolution of Willis and Gurrkey Law Partnership
Notice declares the partnership of Willis and Gurrkey, attorneys, dissolved by mutual consent. Parties with outstanding bills should settle at either office and obtain receipts. Dated April 1, 1908. Willis’ office is in the tank building upstairs. Also mentions Misses Livingstone of Detroit selling spring millinery in Yerington and a health update from B R Lam’s wife in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis & Guttery
N. W. Willis
J. A. Gurrkey
Willis
Livingstone
Detroit
Michigan
Leavitt
Yerington
B. R. Lam
Los Angeles
Also Mentioned on This Page
MT. Grant Country
Rawhide Railroad
Frank Hanson
Polytechnic Business College of
Oakland
Arends and Hanson
Len
Harry Warren
the Times
Copartnership
OWL Hall
Commercial
Ambrose
Moor
Mountain View
Fred MW. Brown
U. S
Main Street
Wilson Gold Mines
George F. Willis
See
J. J. Wilson
Lyon County Bank
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