Mineral County Skies Bright for 1916 Mining Season
Seventeen hundred pounds of amalgam from the Aurora Consolidated mine moved to Goldfield via Hawthorne with guards. Snow delays and fuel shortages threaten Rawhide mail, stage service, and coal supply, while Mineral County eyeing a busy 1916. The Rochester district reports heavy winter conditions hampering transit but ongoing underground work, especially at the Rochester Merger Mill, with promising ore shoots and high grade vein samples up to 125 dollars a ton.
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Aurora Consolidated
Hawthorne
Goldfield
Post Ofice Department
Sheriff's Posse
Aurora
Waele Sam
Frank R. Red
Rawhide
Oreana
Upper Rochester
Rochester Merger Mill Company
Pitt Tunnel
Rochester No. 4
Ferry
Sampson Lease
Sampson
Boston Globe editorial questions Wilson popularity
The Boston Globe in a Jong editorial portrays Wilson as a people's spokesman but concludes he is not as popular as before, a contrast the Sacramento Bee notes as hard to reconcile.
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The
Boston Globe
Wilson
Sacramento Bee
Tile Trap for Rabbits Use in Kansas Farms
An inexpensive permanent sewer tile rabbit trap effective in Kansas is described in Farmers' Bulletin 702 on cottontail rabbits and their relation to trees and crops. Details were supplied by Mr. J. M. Walin.
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Kansas
J. M. Walin
FARM NAMES AND ADVERTISING IDEAS FOR FARMERS
Dean D W Morton of the University of Oregon urges farmers to use clear letterheads with farm name owner and a small illustration to project business standing. He notes affordable ads in country weeklies can move surplus stock while stressing honesty and crisp, truthful copy.
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Usig
D. W. Morton
School of Commerce
University of Oregon
Dean Morton
Mining men tour Nevada properties sparking hope of smelter start
Messrs Jules LaBarthe F Sizer Fred Flint Jack Welch and A J McNab superintendent of the Themipeor smelter spent days visiting Mason Valley and Thompson properties. The trip sparked optimism among mining interests that rumors of a near term smelter start may come true. Harry Barrett of Yerlington Nevada mailed printed potato ranch cards with farm origin notes to customers and inquiries followed. M Guggenheim of New York head of the Guggenheim trust reported a price of thirty five cents per pound for select potatoes shipped last month.
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Jules LaBarthe
F. Sizer
Fred Flint
Jack Welch
A. J. McNab
Themipeor
Mason Valley
Thompson
Lise
Tast Fall
Harry Barrett
Yerngton
Nevada
Yerington
Monta
How to Make Dairying Pay in the Mason Valley
An early 20th century dairy farmer argues for culling unprofitable cows using routine weighing and testing. He details 1914 1015 herd records for fifteen cows, noting that three failed to meet profit, and that two added cows altered butterfat yields. He calculates profits from butterfat and skim milk, highlighting the need for accurate dairy testing, weighing, and forming a dairy testing association.
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Mairy
Mason Valley
Prkees
Judgment Rendered in Warren and Midge Case
The case Warren and Van Alstine vs R C Midge and Mrs May 1 Mudge shows judgment rendered. The attachment on money in Mrs Mudge’s bank name was discharged and attorney fees awarded. complaint against Mrs Midge dismissed.
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Warren & van Alstine
R. C. Midge
Mudge
Reno Boy 10 Takes Message for Relay League
Davenport Indiana to coast and mountain points will flash a wireless message on February 22. Willis Pressel of Reno will receive the signal at 11 o'clock eastern time as official representative of the American Radio Relay League. A test message will be sent February 18 to check station readiness. Pressel, about fifteen, is the son of F G Pressel, a traveling man who visits Yerington monthly, and he has worked on wireless telegraphy with another Reno youth for years.
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Thei
Davenport
Ind
Willis Pressel
Millstreet
Reno
American Rano Relay League
Tod
Pressel
Los Angeles
Young Pressel
F. G. Pressel
Yerington
A. A. Herr
Burned to Death in Cabin in Rawhide
Mike O'Tlagan died last night in his cabin at Rawhide from a fire. A Fallon resident, he was cared for locally during a winter illness and was well liked. He is survived by a brother, Patrick O'Tlagan of Yerington, and by his mother in Ireland. many friends in Yerington and former Rawhide residents mourn his death.
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Mike O'Tlagan
Rawhide
Fallon
Patrick O'Tlagan
Yerington
Ireland
Mike
Deer and predators move into valleys after heavy snow
Gardnerville Courier reports snow force deer into the valley below Antelope Valley in search of feed. Bears and several mountain lions are seen near Carter's Station as tracks indicate a large lion wintering about 12 miles south of Gardnerville. Quail driven to barns perish from hunger.
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Gardnerville
Mike
Carter's
Antelope Valley
Ore Hauling Resumes at Montana-Yerington Claim
On Monday Henry Sling erland began hauling ore from the Montana Yerington property. C R Archer P A Kremmel and John Ehrman have been active for months. About fourteen carloads contain copper for smelting and will be shipped to Salt Lake at 25 tons per day.
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Henry Slingerland
Montana-Yerington
Messrs.c. R. Archer
P. A. Kremmel
John Ehrman
Salt Lake
Engineers Meet in New York for 112th Meeting
The American Institute of Mining Engineers holds its 112th meeting in New York next Monday February Mth with discussions on military preparedness. General Leonard Wood will address the Reserve Corps of Engineers, Secretary Daniels aids by touring a naval vessel, and a Wilson letter urges mobilizing manufacturing resources for emergencies. The event expects 5300 members and features extensive family activities, such as luncheons, theatre nights, a banquet, club reunions, and a boattrip.
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American Institute of Mining Engineers
New York
Leonard Wood
Reserve Corps of Engineers
Daniels
New York Harbor
Wison Caling
Miing
J. M. Callow
I A. Fa
Railroads Ban Motion Picture Films in Passenger Cars
Western railroads will prohibit carrying motion picture films in passenger cars starting February first to safeguard passengers. The celluloid film is highly combustible and could cause disaster if ignited. Films sent by express are inspected on receipt and transported under Interstate Commerce Commission packing rules, recommended by the American Railway Association and the Bureau for Safe Transportation of Explosives.
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Express
Interstate Commerce Commssion
American Railway Association
Bureau For Safe Transportation of
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Rochester
Sampson Property
J. R. Stillman
Sodaville
Barret
Weber
Schurz
State Attorney General's Office
George and Sullivan
Joseph Wilson
Reno Boy
American Radio Relay League
Montana
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