Better Cream and Butter Through Clean Practices
A Missouri dairy note emphasizes producing higher quality cream to raise butter prices. Key points: buy cream by grade, keep everything sanitary from milking to storage, rapid and low-temperature cooling, thorough cleaning of all equipment, and immediate separation. The aim is cleaner handling and quicker chilling to boost cream quality by 30 percent.
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Missouri
Wisconsin
L. G. Rinkle
Dairy Department
University of Missouri
Whisky Peddling Arrest Tells of Indian Whisky Ring
F W Brooks was arrested on a charge of selling whisky to an Indian. Jack Helk faces a hearing soon after the marshal arrives. A Piute Indian named Jake Stewart, a saloon porter, acted as intermediary, paying money and procuring whisky for stewards and white traders on a percentage basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Brooks
Jack Helk
Hulk
Jake Stewart
Te & Ly
Stewart
Halk
Lyon County Railroad Center News Highlights Local Life
Miss Bonnie Maquest visited Reso for a weekend with relatives and a schoolteacher change occurred when Mabel Harrison resigned to teach alone and wed Roy Smith. John Feeny leased 120 acres to an Italian farmer for five years, with artesian wells and carpenters fixing the Clark house. Mr Sami bought 200 acres west of the Warren ranch and plans a large barn. Outsiders arriving to work vacant land in the north valley. Hard Times Ball drew wide turnout. A Wabushi visit by Jack Carter and wife. Mrs Leavitt of Oakland stopped en route to Yerington. Winds brought a storm and notable real estate transfer chatter. Tree-planting plans and beautification efforts noted. Dance in Dyer Hall on February 20 with full orchestra. A hunter failed to bag a goose, but a lucky strike happened when a goose struck an electric wire and dropped into a Utah man’s yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Maquest
Reso
Mabel Harrison
Roy Smith
Clyde Vance
Wabuska
Palisade
Chicago
John Feeny
Feeny
Clark
Sami
Warren Ranch
J. P. Perazzo
Jack Carter
Wabushi
Dr. Leavitt, Sr
Oakland
Hayes
Mrs Dye
Yerington
Dyer Hall
Thompson
Artesia farmers eye river road and wells boom
Ed Mollart and J. W. Sibole went to Mason to bring a county road grader and start work on a new county road, delayed by a storm. The road will aid Artesia farmers by providing a direct route to market. Wells are increasing, J. O' Brien and Sam Garbarino are drilling, alfalfa is thriving, and spring crops loom. Chris Jorgensen expands poultry operations with two incubators, signaling a future hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Mollart
J. W. Sibole
Mason
Artesia
J. O' O'Brien
Sam Garbarino
Chris Jorgensen
Notice warns trespass on Nevada Copper Belt route
The Nevada Copper Belt through Wilson Canyon is not a public thoroughfare and all persons are warned not to trespass. Anyone removing fences or driving stock through the canyon will be prosecuted if caught by the Nevada Copper Belt Railroad.
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Nevada Copper Belt
Wilson Canyon
Nevada Copper Belt Railroad
For sale a good team wagon and harness cheap
Local ad lists a team wagon and harness for sale at a bargain. Inquiries directed to C. M. Coddington at Yerington Feed and Soda Water Factory, phone 251. Advt appears across all pages.
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C. M. Coddington
Yerington Fee and Sodawater Factory
Mad Coyotes Ravaging Oregon Cattle and Sheep Herds
A Rockville Oregon letter describes mad coyotes spreading rabies and killing stock. Cattleman Mr Greeley reports nineteen cattle losses, coyotes bitten cows and a calf, and an attack on a sheep camp. The writer warns of danger to Nevada and urges a legislative bounty and kill efforts.
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Roy Me
Gwan
Rockville
Oregon
Mr. Greeley
Nevada
Young Couple Weds in Valley Ceremony
Wallace K Green and Dora B Dunn wed Wednesday morning at the bride’s parents home in the upper valley Rev Frank Summers officiated. Best man Frank Allum and bridesmaid Eva Dunn participated. After dinner the couple left for San Francisco then to the valley to begin married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Summers
Wallace K. Green
Dora B. Dunn
Childood
Frank Allum
Eva Dunn
Government Forestry Service
Mong County
Cal
Asm
Mrs. Green
Maser
San Francoisco
Farmers Institute Visits to Aid Valley Farmers
A message from Chas S Knight Director of Agricultural Extension at the State University notes that extension workers will visit on the 19th and 20th to confer with farmers, dairy men, cattle raisers and citizens. Miss Norma J Davis will demonstrate cooking and household management for women and girls. Mr Vo Ke Scott arrives next Tuesday to meet dairymen and identify local problems and promote attendance. Yerington residents are urged to support and host these events.
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Chas. S. Knight
the State University
Norma J. Davis
Vo KE
Scott
Yerington
Arm broken by fall at Dayton home
Mrs. John Lothrop of Dayton broke her left arm between the wrist and elbow after a fall on upper Main street. A Virginia City physician reduced the fracture and she is recovering as well as could be expected. The wife of former District Attorney John Lothrop, she is said to have many friends who hope for no serious complications.
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John Lothrop
Dayton
Upper Main Street
Viginia City
Freshmen Lose the Goat in Humorous School Prank
A high school event recounts a class prank at a Friday party where the Freshmen tried to steal the lamb during the hall departure. Amid staged chaos, Miss Gladys Quinville aided the ruse, a plan that ended with the Freshmen failing to recover the lamb and feeling humiliated as they “lost their goat.”
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Fred Strosnider
Mr. Strosnider
Aunt Columbia
Uncle Sam
Miss Columbia
Fred
Vic Bernard
M Summers
Summers
Lamb
Gian
Gladys Quinville
Strasnider
Jim Bernard
Jim
James
Bernard
Slaughter House
In the Wrong Box Judge’s Cork Assizes Anecdote
A judge recalls a Cork county assizes tale where jurors supposedly walked into the dock after being told to take their accustomed places in an amused recount. The anecdote highlights a humorous mix up during a legal proceeding.
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Cork
Methodist Church Services Invite
The Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and a 7 30 p.m. service. A cordial invitation is extended by Pastor Frank Summers. No hunting allowed on church premises. P and J P Perazzo.
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Frank Summers
P. & J. P. Perazzo
Windup of Court Session in Reymers Mortgage Suit
The court ended a session with rulings on a foreclose mortgage case B H Reymers vs Mason Valley Amusement Co and related petitions. Default approved and sale of property ordered. fees fixed at 79.97 with 24.95 taxes credited. Guardianship hearings for Walter W McKay featured witnesses from both sides and motions denied. Ralph Brown vs J G Wise suit included discharge of temporary receiver and dissolution terms remaining in force until final judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Reymers
Mason Valley Amusement Co
E. E. Hull
Reymers
Walter W. McKay
Rebecca A. Brown
Julia Greeley McGowan
G. F. Rawson
G. E. Leavitt
E. A. Blanchard
Chas. M. Allum
A. F. McKay
Walter McKay
Petter
W Nesses
Petiioner
Cora Wise
C H. Wise
J. G. Wise
Reed
Hester Wise
Guttery
McKay
J. E. Campbell
J. A. Guttery
Mr. Wise
Ralph Brown
Campbell
Frank Robinson
James Meagher
Rebeces
A. Brown
J. F. Wise
Eli Welsh
Plantiff
Lahontan Dam Completes Great Carson River Irrigation Project
After four years and 1.5 million dollars, Lahontan dam on the Carson River forms an immense artificial lake. Storage capacity reaches 290000 acre feet with a fifty mile shoreline and 120 foot maximum depth. The project currently has about 45000 acres under cultivation and plans to open more lands as needed.
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Great Lahontan
Carson River
Truckee-Carson
Desert
Carson
Truckee
Derby
Lahontan
San Francisco Guest Eyes Piute Flat Gold Prospects
Mrs. A. Mathas of San Francisco, rep of the Vinyl Co, visits Brooks Cottage guest Mrs. R. M. Smith. She considers investment in Piute Flat gold prospects, planning potential joint development with Mrs. Smith, which could bring two female mining operators into the district and alert local mossbacks to missed opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mathas
San Francisco
The
Vinyl Co
R. M. Smith
Brooks Cottage
Smith
Piute Flat
Yeriington
Chamberlains Tablets for Constipation Ad
Advertisement touts Chamberlains Tablets as easy to take and agreeable for relieving constipation. Claims they are obtainable everywhere and suitable for those troubled with economy of time and discomfort.
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Chamberlain
Wages suit against Yerington Bullion Mining Co seeks judgment
In Las Vegas court Hab lit v Yerington Bullion Mining Co the plaintiff seeks wages and the court overrules a defense counsel entry objection, grants twenty days to answer after demurrer was overruled. State ex rel McKay v Blanchard certiorari denied. Receiver reports due within ten days with claims and asset condition. Jury draw ordered. clerk and commissioner to select names. court reporter paid. court recessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Hablit
Yerington Bullion Mining Co
Clark J. Guild
R. L. Waggoner
E. B. Hull
Attorney Guild
Demurrer
State of
Nevada
Walter W. McKay
E. A. Blanchard
Reading M. & T. Co
Smith Valley Mines Co
J. Andrey Guttery
Warren Hauser
Steve O'Brien
Frank Tenabe
Herron
Ricard & McCone
McLeod
Barlow
Mabel Singerland
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Lyon County
Farmers! Institute
John Deere
Mason Valley
Lahontan Dam
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