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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
5
Hank Taylor, a lone miner, has tunneled over 500 feet into a mountain near Vine Grove seeking wealth. He reports a vein 9 to 14 feet wide with values from 3.75 to 15 dollars per ton, claiming the property could be a true mine and hoping capital will soon develop it.
A satirical notice from the Vermington Times mocks Pret Vogler’s desert crossing from Khartoum to Swat. It describes fezzes, degrees, and his induction into a dramatic order with 6 others, a Hayles lodge parade, and camels and hay rack initiation amid jeering spectators.
Verington resident J P Collins toured the new boom camp Sunday, inspecting properties and expressing pleasure at Rawhide’s activity. He has seen historic mining booms and notes Rawhide’s lively prospects with spring and ongoing strikes promising better times.
Resolutions of Respect memorialize Orvis HK Strosnider as a beloved schoolmate. The teachers and pupils of the Mummer school extend heartfelt sympathy to his family in their hour of grief and vow to publish the resolutions in the Verrington Times.
To those who kindly aided us in our recent sad bereavement we wish to express heartfelt thanks from I. A. Stross and family.
A sad accident last Saturday claimed nine year old Orvis Strosnider. He died from a gun misfire while on a footbridge by the river near his home in the valley. The boy, bright and well liked, died from a wound to the right arm after a hammer discharged when the gun’s trigger caught in a cable. He had often been with his father I A Strosnider on trips. this was his first absence. The family and valley mourn his loss as the coffin was laid to rest Monday afternoon.
Bert Hilygus and Bert Milygus quietly married Miss May Carpenter in Reno Tuesday night. The groom grew up locally and is among the valley’s popular young men. Miss Carpenter is the eldest daughter of Dr. B Carpenter, a leading Verington practitioner, and possesses many accomplishments. The couple wishes them a happy and prosperous life.
Chanteur Smith Thursday lowered the Verington to Rawhide record by several minutes, beating the former holder Vogler of Bow. The trip took 2 hours and 460 minutes of running time. The Peerless car, driven by Vowler, achieved the feat. Aboard were Ed Whitacre Mason Metwxl Chas McLeod and Chas Volman.
In the Leavitt building Knierim and Son occupy magnificent new quarters with a modern store interior. The stock is fresh and well arranged as the firm builds a splendid business. Emerim and Son quarters will become a Pioneer bakery site under a new lease.
Ray Jones pleaded guilty this morning to discharging firearms within the city Hotits after firing a shot through the Commercial hotel bar room door while drunk. He was fined 300 dollars or 150 days in county jail and jailed by Constable Peterson. The shot narrowly missed the bar patrons. Jones came to Reno from Yerington yesterday.
A meeting is held today in Carson City by San Francisco interests seeking control of Kennedy Consolidated property stock at Buck. Dissent may arise as present stockholders oppose the California proposed option. Notable stockholders include Judge Hannon and WG Campbell among the Verington group.
A Nevada certificate records a co partnership at Mound House Lyon County with members Edward Regan Frank A Regan James Regan and Edward C Haire resident in Carson City and Mound House. Notarized by T R Hofer on December 16 1907 in Ormsby County Nevada.
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