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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
2
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The Nevada Copper Belt Railroad Company issued a complete eight page folder with a corrected Lyon County map and portions of Esmeralda Storey Ormsalley? and Douglas counties. It highlights Bodie Bridgeport Masonic Topaz and Coleville as reachable points and notes Hudson town in Smith Valley as a freight and passenger transfer stop. The piece praises district advertising but condemns outsourcing printing to Reno shops.
The New York Sun presents a vivid sketch of John Hays Hammond’s career, likening it to a Rider Haggard adventure. The piece praises Hammond’s modesty and questions who supplied the remarkable details of peril and daring in this biography.
The Reno Journal urges organizing to confront the Republican foe, but critics say voters should focus on business like mining, farming, and artesian water development. The Goldfield Tribune ridicules political agitation while the Manhattan Post defends strong local press support as essential to community growth and advertising vitality.
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports the Senate backed the Bristow resolution to amend the Constitution for direct statewide election of U S Senators. Francis G Newlands voted against the measure with Senator Nixon supporting it.
The Mayor of Yerington appoints five delegates to the second annual Inter Mountains Good Roads Association meeting in Pocatello Idaho on June 22 23 and 24. Residents wishing to attend may inform the Mayor for appointment. Special railroad rates available. This offers a chance to learn about road building practices in other states.
Work to raise the battleship Maine continues as cofferdam tests reveal extensive hull damage with the 20 feet under water section likely destroyed. Uncertainty remains whether the explosion originated inside or outside the vessel. remains of Ensign Merritt may be recovered. Meanwhile, massive water runoff from the East and West Walker rivers threatens farmland, prompting plans to store water and irrigate land via high land canals.
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