Yerington Rifle Team Wins Key Match in Reno
The Yerington rifle team defeated the Reno Club in Reno with a 983 to 265 score. Gridley led with 180 of 200, while Nash won the 500 yard event. A. B. Springer was top scorer for Yerington with 174 and a silver cup was donated for the visiting high gun. Unfavorable wind and snow flurries marked the day.
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Yerington
Reno
A. B. Springer
Reno Sporting Goods Company
Springer
Reno Gazette
Gridley
Nash
Reno Rifle Club
Sixman
Erington
Mason Woman's Club Entertaining in Mason
Last Saturday afternoon the Woman's Club of Yerington enjoyed a cordial visit in Mason by the Mason Club Ladies. About two dozen Yerington women attended as spring towers framed attractive rooms. Mrs J J Wilson spoke on Japan while Mrs Tl Bott shared Shanghai experiences. Refreshments were served by hostesses in Japanese costume and guests praised the gathering.
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Woman's Club of
Yerington
Mason
Japan
J. J. Wilson
Tl. Bott
Shanghai
Welcome Home J B Stocker and Bride Serenaded
J B Stocker and his bride returned from Sacramento to a welcoming week. Friends gathered Thursday evening and used gasoline cans and noise makers to serenade them for about an hour, creating a loud din. They left the cans on the Stocker porch as souvenirs. The couple had spent the evening with friends and did not expect the musical visit.
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J. B. Stocker
Sacramento
Yerington Electric Buys Reading Line Unites Valleys
The Yerington Electric Company has purchased the Walker River Telephone Company known as the Reading line. George West, the Yerington manager, planned to extend into Smith Valley but was denied by the Public Service Commission. The merger places Mason and Smith Valleys under one management and paves the way for Artesia and other planned improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellington
Yerington Electric Company
Walker River Telephone Company
Reading Line
Wellington
George West
Yerington
Smith Valley
Public Service Commission of Nevada
Reading
Mason and Smith Valleys
Artesia
Dairy Stock Tested for Tuberculosis In Smith Valley
C C Tidd leads Farm Bureau president and Dr Neilson of the Federal Veterinary Department in testing over a thousand Smith Valley dairy cattle for tuberculosis. About four percent reacted. Testing ran from Feb 2 for three weeks. Farmers received three fourths of condemned animal value from state and federal government, about $90 per head. Reactors were shipped to Reno for slaughter under federal inspection.
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C. C. Tidd
Farm Bureau
Neilson
Federal Veterinary Department
Smith Valley
Reno
Fernley Farmers Form Bull Association
Western Fernley farmers met at W A Pray home on Friday 27 to organize a block of pure bred bull ownership. About 10 farmers with herds of one to six cows attended agreeing each participating cow would contribute 10 dollars toward buying a bull. They aimed to form a fifty dollar cow block to acquire a 500 dollar Holstein Friesian bull, selected as best for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Fernley
W. A. Pray
Fire alarm caused by burning grass near Mrs. Riggs home
A grass fire in the eastern town district triggered a fire alarm last Saturday. The wind helped fan flames but firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze with no damage reported. Residents felt alarm until the cause was identified.
Yerington Youth Seeks Success in California Plant
Harvey C. Larue of Yerington, formerly in dairy, reports employment at Holt Caterpillar works in Stockton California. He will start at the bottom and work upward, and many friends in Yerington wish him success.
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Harvey C. Larue
W. G. Larue
Yerington
Holt Caterpillar
Stockton
California
Harvey
Fallon athletic club plans new activities and social events
Churchill County news reports a newly organized Fallon athletic club planning gym equipment arrival, social night on March 27, and a baseball team aimed at a 1920 Fallon championship. Also notes property sales, railroad hay shipments, two local marriages, and hotel conversion discussions for the Nevada Sugar Company building.
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Fallon
Elb
Dhub Suspicies
Seventy-One Nevada Men Killed In War
War department statistics show Seventy-one Nevada men laid down their lives during the German conflict. Three were captured and repatriated, 176 wounded, Nevada's total casualties 250. Of the dead, three officers and 29 men killed in action, one officer and 14 men died of wounds, one officer and 17 men died of disease, four died in accidents and two from undetermined causes. Wounded include two officers and 62 men slightly, four officers and 77 men severely, and 31 undetermined. The report notes a St Patrick's dance at Rink Hall tonight.
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Nevada
Germany
War Department
Big Salt Deposit Near Yerington
Fallon reports from V C Bernard stockholder and director on Diamond Springs Salt Mining Co. plans to mine near Fallon Nevada. Brine density 26 to 30 degrees, salt deposits built to 60 to 6000000 tons with 99 percent purity. Machinery to scrape, dry, and load salt to tram cars for shipment to Fallon depot.
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V. C. Bernard
Fallon
Diamond Springs Salt Mining Co
Diamond Springs Salt Mining Company
Nevada
Churchill County
McKinnon Sells Mine Settlement Reached in Simon District
After legal consultation Hector McKinnon and the Simon Silver and Simon Extension Mining Companies reached a full agreement on disputed Simon district mining claims. Under the settlement McKinnon receives stock and cash while the two companies take over the contested claims. Paroled to handle the matter, McKinnon warned the Pardons Board of attempts to patent his older claims, two of which are among the district’s most valuable.
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Hector McKinnon
Simon Silver
Simon Extension
Simon
Geo. B. Thatcher
P. A. McCarran
McKinnon
Robert M. Prince
McKin
Fernley Plans Booster Book on Local Farming Aid
Fernley, a farming community, will publish a booster booklet detailing its hay quality and livestock breeding advantages. The county agricultural agent will prepare the booklet with cuts showing alfalfa hay production steps. Costs covered by selling booklets to hay producers.
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Fernley
Republicans to Select Delegates April 3d
Lyon County Republicans met at the Courthouse in Yerington to decide how to choose delegates for the state convention and ultimately the National Convention in Chicago. With no local candidates named, the County Committeeman will issue a call for all Republicans to meet April 3 to appoint delegates to the Reno Convention.
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Lyon County
Yerington
Chicago
Reno
Everybody Helps To Keep Town Clean
Humboldt Star urges residents to pick up litter on the streets and take pride in a cleaner town. The editorial calls for collective action so every person benefits from a tidier community.
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Humboldt Star
Yerlington Unveils New Fire Engine Tryout
The City of Yerington installed a new Ford fire apparatus at Central Garage after assembly at Nugent Garage. Fire Chief Kelly oversaw a Tuesday test amid a simulated oil and gas blaze, Jim Nugent driving while Kelly commanded, the wagon extinguishing flames along Main Street in minutes. Central Garage will gain a full alarm system and 24 hour service for the department.
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City of
Yerington
Nugent
Kelly
Aly
Jim Nugent
Chief Kelly
Dexheimer Sisters Entertained In San Francisco Matinee
Mrs. J E Gelder entertained Misses Esther and Zetta Dexheimer at a San Francisco matinee last Saturday. They traveled with their aunt Mrs. George Phelps of Oakland and are in good health enjoying California. They began studies at Ibald's Business College in Oakland where one sister may finish in two months due to work at Pee County High School. The Times extends best wishes.
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J. E. Gelder
Esther
Zetta Dexheimer
San Francisco
George Phelps
Oakland
Dexheimer
California
Ibald’s Business College
Efther
Pee County
Times
New Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Chester Strosnider
Dr Beaumont Brown reports all progressing nicely after the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Chester Strosnider at their home on Thursday March 11.
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Chester Strosnider
Beaumont Brown
Church Services and Mass Schedule Display
Methodist Episcopal Church lists 10:00 Sunday services 11:00 Sunday School and 2:30 sermon. Wabuska 7:30 Evensong and sermon on The Minister's Hope. Midweek service in parsonage. pastor J A Dixon invites all. Mass on first Sunday 9:30 at Mason Nevada. other Sundays 9:30. Rev Joseph Cunha.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Wabuska
J. A. Dixon
Mason
Nevada
Joseph Cunha
Christian Science Church Sunday Services Begin at Mrs Sweat Home
Meetings start Sundays at 11 00 A M with Sunday school at 9 00 A M The March 21 1920 sermon topic is Matter held at the home of Mrs Jack Sweat and features a lesson on the subject.
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Christian Science Church
Jack Sweat
Mason News Notes Highlight Local Club Activities
The Mason Ladies Society at Maw son Church met at Mrs William Bakers home for a brief business session and refreshments. Home Hygiene group gathered at Mrs R M Kidder's home with bed making demonstrated by Miss Neilson. Jack Bartley and George Millner leased a Eureka Nevada hotel to run it. Mason Woman's Club hosted Yerington Club with a program on Japan led by Mrs J J Wilson, plus talks on club work and Japan experiences from Mrs Bott. A lunch followed. Mrs Friedhoff gave a solo. Cards at Baker home yielded prizes to Mrs A Chisin and Mrs V S Grafton. Other attendees included the Kidds Ikins Dickson Parrish and Judson Smith. Several residents reported travel and health updates, including S Johnson resigning from Nevada Copper Belt, and A G Sturgeon planning Reno trip. Mrs W A Day and Mrs Mattie K K Pugh were mentioned among visitors and absences. W Gibbs of Fallon visited Mason.
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Mawson Church
William Baker
R. M. Kidder
Miss Neilson
Jack Bartley
George Millner
Eureka
Nevada
Mason Woman's Club
Yerington Woman’s Club
Japan
J. J. Wilson
West
Kidd
Wise and Schacht
Baker
Judson Smith
2. L. Kidd
Dickson
Ikins
Parrish
Rand Judson Smith
C. H. Shirtz
Tonopah
W. A. Day
Machy
S. Johnson
Gypsum and Sulfur Trials to Boost Alfalfa Yield
Four farmers in Fernley and Masonville begin a 10 acre study applying 100 pounds of sulfur per acre and 1000 pounds of gypsum per acre to alfalfa plots. Two Lot checks, five plots, two communities. Purpose to raise sulfur content and improve soil structure, with home analysis and crop checks. Weather note mentions approaching spring.
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Fernley
Mason
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Fernley Farmers
Bull Association
Yerington Boy Abroad
W. H. Caldwell
W. H. Lipscomb
Joseph H. Arthur
Brooken Hills
Mr. Lipscomb
Texas
Hazen
Olive Odgen
William ©. Hayden
T. A. Jones
Grace McCormac
M. J. McCormice
William E. Paul
M. E. Parsonage
Retv
Hoyt
A. R. Berry
Lone Tree
J. H. Moore
Strassburg Real Estate Agency
Ender
Berry
Bay City
Mich
Big Nevada Sugar Company
St. Patrick's
Zetta
Esther Dexheimer
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
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