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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
2
Notice states mail matter of second class entered at the post office in Yerington and instructs to address all communications and remit payments to THE YERINGTON TIMES.
The New York World reports 15000 workers idled at the American Woolen Company in Lawrence Massachusetts while other mills run. Labor leaders dub this a strike on the public and push for injunctions against plant closures. The Lever Act context and questions arise on whether prices, wages, or cancellations drove the situation and if the woolen trust faces similar scrutiny as independent mills in Rhode Island.
Reports discuss Nevada mining priorities from the Bureau of Mines including metallurgy for oxidized ore reduction and shale processing, noting transport limits to smelting centers, plus a New York radium purchase for cancer research. It highlights Nevada's growing marble quarrying and fertilizer production, and recalls historic mining milestones and local legends.
The will of former Nevada Governor Adams, filed in San Francisco, faces admission to probate as executors are reevaluated. Emma Adams would inherit most assets, with many specific bequests to relatives, associates, and longtime staff. The estate is valued near one million dollars, with several names linked to Carson City and San Francisco.
An amendment would allow the governor to appoint district judges to sit in for disabled or disqualified supreme court justices, with travel expenses paid. The measure, first proposed by 1917 and 1919 legislatures, forms part of three constitutional amendments considered for the 1922 general election.
The proposed amendment would ban current laws regulating the jurisdiction and duties of the justice of the peace and constables. It would also remove from the legislature the authority to set compensation for justices of the peace and constables.
The Sparks Tribune states Southern Pacific trainmen will get a substantial pay raise and back pay to January 1919. Back pay per man is about 275 dollars, with variations based on tenure and service length since the start of 1919.
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