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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
4
A gray mare with an X on the left shoulder is dead and a bay mare with a clipped left ear is missing. No identification other than ME NE A. McIntosh Granite area residents offer a $10 reward for information leading to recovery.
Yerington area readies for rivalry with Ely as Nevada-Douglas Copper reports assays on the 530-foot level showing an average 6.5 percent copper across a 250-foot strike with a high of 43.40 percent. The solid sulphide ore includes small amounts of gold and silver, with ore body width not yet confirmed due to no hanging wall found. Developments at 630 feet confirm continued sulphide ore in north and south drifts, suggesting deeper resources.
Taxpayers and residents are urged to attend the City Council meeting Monday evening June 22 at 8 o'clock to discuss a proposed water plant for Yerington Mayor J G R Smith notes the gathering. Also reports Wm Haist of Wisconsin injured trying to board a train at Wabuska with a hospital stay in Sacramento and a $100 purse raised for him.
Sunday night Ow! Hall hosted a lecture on Practical Education featuring hypnotism palmistry and magnetic healing with Mrs A J Barrows and child, admission 25 cents adults. A Saturday strawberry festival at M E church June 27 includes ice cream and a varied program. Also notes on local business moves petitions school issues and upcoming events in Yerington and Ow!hall.
The Chicago National Republican Convention named William Henry Taft of Ohio for President and James Sherman of New York for Vice President. Taft is praised as a leading Republican statesman and a strong standard bearer for the party.
The Mason Valley committee promises the biggest Fourth of July celebration yet with races drawing entrants like Joe Holland from Wabuska and top locals Attys Pilkington Miller and Barney Reymers. Anticipated attendance tops three thousand as Angus McLeod's health concerns prompt family travel to assist. Local development includes a model farm on the old Nagle ranch, a modern hotel, graded streets, and planned waterworks with substantial building material orders. Community drives include a High School petition at the Times office to support education and town growth.
Proclaimed by Mayor G R Smith in Yerington Lyon County on June 1 1908. Regulation bans burning orecrekers or brewhars on Main Street and adjacent alleys Nevada and Center streets. Police chief and fire chief ordered to enforce strictly.
In Mason Valley Township Lyon county Nevada a summons in the Justice Court case Rothechild Mere untitle v Buck skin Bullion Mining Company orders service by publication in the Yerington Times for the defendant not found in Lyon county. The action seeks judgment for 209.29 with 7 percent interest from December 1 1907, plus costs. The suit was filed May 1908 and publication runs from June 6 for three weeks.
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