Oil Finder Signals Oil Finds Near Yerington Nevada
Prospector tests south of Yerington using a Mansfield oil and water finder reveal oil at depths from 250 to 575 feet across Coal Valley Basin and Pine Grove districts. Six tests on the Was sick Oil & Gas Co. ground show oil between 325 and 410 feet, with coal seams also noted and a large potential oil body.
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Yerington
Mansfield
Coal Valley Basin
Pine Grove
Wassick Oil & Gas Co
Lewis
Mount Grant
Wassuk
Pinegrove
Mason Valley Oil & Gas Co
Liverpool
England
Australia
Africa
Japan
Watsoville
Cal
Shell Co
Walker Lake Road Praised by Assayer Stevens
H J Stevens assayer of the Tono pah Divide returns from coast trip praising the Walker Lake road. He says both Walker Lake and Lucky Boy routes are in excellent condition, notes only lack of signboards, and urges southern motorists to visit the lake for its scenery. The city council held its regular meeting last Monday.
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H. J. Stevens
Tonopah Divide
Mr. Horton
Weepah Company
Walker Lake Road
Lucky Boy
Walker Lake
Nevada
Sunflower silage yields high quality feed in Montana trials
Farm Bureau reports from Montana Agriculture College show sunflowers as a productive silage crop yielding 30 to 40 tons per acre. Mammoth Russian variety favored with 15 pounds of seed per acre drilled in 20 inch rows and irrigated. Cows consumed the silage with normal milk flow and no adverse effects. large cows ate up to 90 pounds of seed daily.
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Farm Bureau
Montana Agriculture College
Yerington Couple Married in Reno Ceremony
Miss Lottie Ross and Lee Scott of Yerington wed Saturday evening in Reno at Professor R. C. Thompson's home with Emil Ott and Salome Riley as witnesses. The couple, both University of Nevada alumni, plan to reside in Pittsburg California next week.
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Lottie Ross
Lee Scott
Yerington
University of Nevada
Reno
R. C. Thompson
Thompson
Emil Ott
Salome Riley
Scott
John Ross
Nevada Highway Commission
Miss Ross
Fabri & Co
King, Malone & Henderson
Ile
Scott W
Lincoln Hall
Gama Phi Beta
O. A
Pittsburg
Cal
Jolly wedding chiravari for Mr and Mrs Scott on Bridge Street
A lively evening gathering at the bride’s home on Bridge street celebrated the marriage of Mrs Scott formerly Miss Lottie Ross. The couple wed in Reno last Saturday and the Times extends best wishes from many friends in Yerington.
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Chiravari
Mrs Scott
Lottie Ross
Bridge Street
Mrs. Scott
Reno
Yerington
Times
Knight's Memorial Service Planned at Methodist Church
Arrangements made for the Knights of Pythias Memorial service at the Methodist Church on Sunday morning July 3 at 11 o'clock. The program includes a musical prelude, prayers, anthems, sermon on Our Pythian Dead, offertory, to conclude with benediction and postlude. J A Dixon pastor invites all.
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Knights of Pythias
Methodist Church
Laindie
Perkins
Mayin
Nelson
J. A. Dixon
Carson News Reaches Thirtieth Birthday Milestone
The Carson City News marks 30 years of publication on Tuesday 21st. Once delivered by carrier boy Marty P Gifford who is now a publisher, the paper emphasizes its ongoing role as a lively progressive voice in Capital City affairs under current management.
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Carson News
Carson City News
Carson City
Marty P. Gifford
Carrier Boy
Marking New Route by Southern California Auto Club
Emerson of the Southern California Auto Club completed charting a route from Pishop over Montgomery Pass through Yerington to Reno and Tonopah. He temporarily marked the roads. the club will provide permanent markers.
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Runver Emerson
The
Southern California Auto Club
Pishop
Montgomery Pass
Yerington
Reno
Tonopah
Yerington Plans Largest Fourth of July Jubilee
Committees announce a top festival with outside visitors for the Odd Fellow's building dedication marking a city epoch. Lodges and groups including American Legion and Commercial Club prepare parades floats and events as two baseball games, boxing matches, and a grand ball promise strong crowds. The Lam building will host a public rest room with Reno Band providing music during the day and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerington
American Legion
Yellngton
Nevada
Reno
Nevada Highway Race Heads Toward Yerington Progress
Nine entrants depart Reno at 4 30 in the morning bound for Yerington with planned overnight stops at Like Ton opal and return to Reno by Friday. Chip Kelly expects arrival between 9 and noon Friday and signals traffic control at Main Street intersections. Race progress posted at Wassuk building and telegraphic reports from Imlay Elko list Essex Hudson Olds and other makes among leading cars.
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Reno
Like
Tonopal
Chip Kelly
Yerington
Main Street
Wassuk 67 c
Jr. McKelvey
Templar
Josephs Ottens
Buick
J. A. Nikrent
Pred Nikrent
Sincoh
William AW. Brimlette
Studebaker
Hart Weaver
Mudson
Roy C. Craig
Frank Cochran
Oldsmobile
C. W. Westwood
Imlay
Elko
Essex
Hudson
Olds
Lincoln
Tenplar
Hupmobile
Ford
W. Dameier
Boundary dispute dominates Lyon County court session
Judge Hart presides over a regular Lyon County District Court session focusing on the Mathews Sentina boundary line dispute. Seventeen witnesses are slated. outside attorneys Geo. 5 Green of Reno and R. L. Waggoner of Susanville attend.
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Hart
Lyon County District Court
Mathews-Sentina
Geo. 5
Green
Reno
R. L. Waggoner
Susanville
Lyon County Roads Best in State
Several cars in the Nevada road race traveled through Sixton while surveying the route and collecting data. Bill Bramlette claims the Reno Elko segment is worst, Tonopah to Reno best, and roads within 40 miles of Yerington are the state’s best.
Lyon County organizes National Farm Loan Association
A meeting in Lyon County to form The Lyon County National Farm Loan Association elected Geo. Martin as president J. Bartlett as vice president John Beauport as secretary treasurer and Andy West Jim Parker and Ed Kaemeyer as loan committee. Headquarters will be in Yerington. Initial funds of 50000 set aside with hopes for more as Congress authorizes Treasury deposits to support Federal Land Banks.
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Mireau
Nationa Farm Loan Association
Huckoan
Geo. Martin
J. Bartlett
John Beauport
Andy West
Jim Parker
Ed. Kaemeyer
Lyon County National Farm Loan Association
Yerington
Federal Land Bank of
Berkeley
Cal
Washington State
Congress
Treasury Dept
Federal Land Banks
Changes in Livestock on Farms Reported by Bureau
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports up to May 1 1921 hog numbers rose 21.9 percent from a year earlier with calves and births down versus last year and two years ago. Cattle numbers rose 5.7 percent in early 1921, with calves born down and net farm movement lower than two years ago. Farmers are rebuilding herds after last year's cut.
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Bureau of Crop Estimates
Farm
Yerington Council OKs Pearl Street Fence Plan
At a regular meeting the Yerington City Council granted permission for the ball club to raise an eight foot fence for 40 feet along Pearl Street at Gelder Athletic field. The club will fund the fence by selling ad space to local businesses. W. W. Davis was hired to repair the sewer north of town. Councilman Churchyard approved buying a tank and pump for the city truck.
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Yerington City
Ball Club
Pearl Street
Gelder Athletic Field
W. W. Davis
Churchyard
Interesting items from Smith Valley
Mr and Mrs Louis B Olds entertained at dinner. 3 L Netherton and son Stanley Jr with Mrs Netherton's mother Mrs Mc Neely of Yerington visited from Bridgeport. Joe Quilici spent days in Reno. W L Blackwell returned from Sacramento with niece Lucile Blackwell and friend Veryl Wiseman for an extended visit. Mrs H Jones entertaining for a week. Fourteen carloads of cement one carload of steel and a carload of mules arrived at Hudson Monday en route to Topaz Lake. Jones at Mono Lake seeking his sheep. Charlie Hinds spent days in Reno returning home. Mrs HL Rider of Reno visiting husband and son Harold. W Nickel east for an operation and cancer stomach report. Little Bila Manni ill but slightly improved. Mer and Mrs Louis B Olds drove to Yerington Saturday and shot nine movie pictures.
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Louis B. Olds
L. Netherton
Stanley, Jr
Netherton
Mc.Neely
Yerington
Alpha Day
Stanta Sturbeck
Bridgeport
Joe Quilici
Reno
W. L. Blackwell
Sacramento
Lucile Blackwell
Veryl Wiseman
H. Jones
Lloyd Jones
Daniel
Folsom
California
Coil
Woodland
Hudson
Topaz Lake
Jones
Mono Lake
Charlie Hinds
HL. D. Rider
Harold
W. Nickel
Bila Manni
Mer
Louis &. Olds
Mining Activity At Comstock Attracts California Delegation
A large group of leading California operators and engineers will visit the Comstock district to observe ongoing mining operations especially at the south end of the lode. The Virginia Chronicle notes the Comstock’s vast resources and the region as a center of Western mining activity, poised for greater growth.
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Comstock
California
Willisit
Opersons
Lode
Lyon County Invited to Exhibit at Churchill County Fair
County Agent Reed of Churchill County and R A Mabeh of Fallon visited Yerington Friday to extend Lyon County an invitation to set up a county exhibit at the Churchill County Fair in Fallon September 4 5 and 16. The Farm Bureau office will consider the invitation and other counties are being asked to participate. Lyon county is urged to respond promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Churchill County
R. A. Mabeh
Fallon
Yerington
Farm Bureau
Lyon County
County Quotas Reported for Farmer Co operative Marketing Association
County Agent Buckman notes favor for the proposed association in Church and Pershing counties. Churchill County has secured over half its quota while Pershing promised to meet theirs early. Lyon is the only county reporting a full 100 percent quota to date.
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Buckman
Church‘s
Pershing
Farmer's Co-operative Marketing Association
Churchill County
Lyon County
Gould Reading welcomes baby daughter in San Francisco
The many friends of Mr and Mrs Gould Reading congratulate them on the arrival of a baby daughter born in San Francisco on June 25.
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Mrs. Gould Reading
San Francisco
Mason Social and Newsy Items Recap
G Barlow and T l Cook visited Carson City on Thursday. Mrs FE J Scott and family visited sister Mrs B Edwards of Oakland at Lake Tahoe. Wm Scossa recovering after appendectomy at Mason hospital. John Conway of Sweetwater visiting A G Sturgeon. Last Silver Tea of the season by Ladies Aid held at the church with large turnout and refreshments by Mrs J B Carroll and Mrs Nelson Mathews. W A Day and Roy Kidder fished Wilson Canyon. Day caught a 6 1 2 inch trout. W Churchyard family visiting. Miss Fish Conway of Reto spent weekend in Mason. Mrs W J Askins and son Donald returned from Long Beach. S L Horner of Yerington brought to Mason hospital ill but improving. Mrs Ed Kirchen and family of Tonopah visiting sister Mrs C Shirtz. Mr A Cook returned from Reno with brother A Cook of Omaha en route to coast. Mr and Mrs A W Werner and children visited Mason.
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FE. J. Scott
B. Edwards
Oakland
Lake Tahoe
Wm. Scossa
the Mason Hospital
John Conway
Sweetwater
A. G. Sturgeon
Ladies Aid
J. B. Carroll
Nelson Mathews
W. A. Day
Roy Kidder
Wilson Canyon
W. Churchyard
Mason
Fish Conway
Reto
W. J. Askins
Donald
A. W. Werner
Wellington
Harry P. Davis Weds Fallon Woman in Home Ceremony
Harry P. Davis marries Miss Clarita Ablen Fortunate at the Johnson residence in Fallon. Both are Nevada natives with ties to the University of Nevada. Davis works as engineer and treasurer for Northern California Construction Company, which is building a dam on a large irrigation project near Kuras, Modoe country, California.
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James W. Johnson
Clarita Ablen Fortutne
J. C. Coniff
Harry P. Davis
Fallon
Nevada
Lem Allen
University of Nevada
Reno
J. F. McKay
Yerington
Northern
Calife Construction Company
Kuras
Modoe
California
Nevada Farms and Crop Yields in Census Report of 1920
The census shows Nevada with 3163 farms in 1920, up from 2689 in 1910, totaling 2 357 163 acres with 594 741 improved. Average farm size 745 acres, 188 improved. Wheat 464 151 bushels in 1919 vs 396 075 in 1909. corn 14 714 vs 20 079. oats 74 000 vs 334 973.
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Farm Bureau
Nevada
Census Department
Legion selects delegates to Tahoe convention
The Yeington Post of the American Legion last night chose four delegates for the Lake Tahoe convention at end of July. Delegates named are Will Johns, Jim Bernard, George Wharton and J McCarthy.
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Yeington
American Legion
Lake Tahoe
Will Johns
Jim Bernard
George Wharton
J. \. McCarthy
Christian Science Services at Leavitt Hall Sunday 11
Christian Science services are held at Leavitt hall Sunday mornings at 11 o'clock. A loving invitation is extended to all. The Lessons Sermon for July 3 is titled God.
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Christian Science Church
Christian Science
Leavitt Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knight's Memorial
Hawthorne
Fernley
Amerjet Legion
Panelli
Battling Scotty
Mameda
John Perry
Herb Penrose
Road Racers
Lyon
Smith Valley
G. Barlow
T .l. Cook
Legion
Tahoe
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