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Transcribed July 26, 2001 by Patricia Scott This information was transcribed from copies of the Las Vegas Age housed on microfilm at the Nevada State Historical Society in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the best kept secrets in Las Vegas! NOTE: portions of the paper were destroyed or torn hence the ****. Use your "find" feature on your browser as the listings are transcribed as they appear and are not in alphabetical order. 1905 One year $3.00 This is the first issue of The Age
and to the citizens and pioneers of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada the
publishers desire to pay their humble respects. There exists little need for
a more formal introduction; neither is it necessary to exhaust time and
patience with an extensive review of our plans and purposes. We are
all strangers in a a strange land, come out from the more commonplace abodes
of civilization for a common purpose-to seek prosperity in the development
of a virgin country. ?. K. W. BRACKEN has returned from a business trip to Utah. Come in and subscribe for The AGE, for three months. -- at the AGE office and give us lots of news--mineral discoveries,---ch aid will be appreciated. S. D. MOORE, of Salt Lake City, one of the pioneers of this valley was here. ___ short his visit the first of the week. ?. BANKS and Co? DRISCOLL, of Gold--- are in Las Vegas and will make ... settlement their headquarters for the present. M. G. BARNETT of Los Angeles, is staying at the Navajo tenet hotel for --- days outfitting in Las Vegas for a trip to Bullfrog. -- GADETTE, who has been quite ill ---- attack of bilious fever, is out ----he streets again attending to business. Who will be first to sink an artesian well, to drill for oil? Think what artesian water or oil would mean for Las Vegas. ?., E. HANRAHAN of Boston, Mass., who arrived in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, enroute to Bullfrog, has decided to remain here and go into business as soon as the townsite lots are on sale. Every line of business should be represented in The Age advertising columns. Outsiders naturally judge towns by their newspapers. Wilhelm WERNER, owner of Corn announces that he will soon build a commodious hotel on his property. The Age will grow better from week to week. It will publish all the live news concerning Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. Can you afford not to be a subscriber? The little daughter of "Bob" CAMERON, who suffered a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning is now well on the road to recovery says her physician, Dr. RUCKER. Drivers, be gentle with your faithful horses. They are more than half human and deserve kind treatment. Feed, water and care for them well and they will yield you the best returns. J. H. MATHER, surveyor and civil engineer, with headquarters in Los Angeles, spent a few days this week in Las Vegas looking over some tracts of land recently purchased by the Pioneer Investment company of Los Angeles. Mrs. H. L. HEWETSON left last Sunday evening for Los Angeles where she will spend a few weeks in visiting friends. Mrs. HEWETSON is accompanied by her daughter who will be placed in school for the balance of the semester. W. J. WHITE, proprietor of the Cash store, has a new line of women's shoes which he is selling at city prices. He has also added to his line of haberdashery and put in a new line of shady summer hats for both men and women. George F. POLENZ, cashier of the Las Vegas Bank and Trust company, has purchased 160 acres of land about a mile east of Las Vegas ranch. He will plat it into five and two more villa tracts and colonize it with desirable people. J. F. GREEN, of Beatty, who conducts a freighting business between here and Bullfrog as well as operating a hardware, lumber and hay business in Beatty, was in Las Vegas this week en route to San Francisco where he buys his store supplies. J. S. HARRIS of San Diego is with the Kuhn Mercantile company acting as general clerk. Mr. HARRIS is well known to most arrivals from Southern California. He has lived in that state for years yet is --lished with Las Vegas even in her infancy. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McWILLIAMS with little daughter left here Thursday evening for a visit to Los Angeles. They expect to return in about a week. Mr. McWILLIAMS brothers are now in Los Angeles and have found the public there greatly interested in Las Vegas. E. S. ALNUTT, who is conducting the tent hotel south of town will erect a fine structure of sandstone as soon as he can secure a suitable location. The building will have forty or fifty bedrooms, office, parlors and a spacious dining room, and will be known as the Hotel Navajo. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. RICHARDSON of Los Angeles, are residing temporarily on the White tract. They will locate permanently on the railroad townsite. Mr. RICHARDSON is a builder and contractor and has several contracts for buildings to be erected as soon as the lots have been secured. One of the recent arrivals from Los Angeles is the FITZWILLIAM family consisting of B. H. FITZWILLIAM, wife and 12 year old son, Elmer. Mr. and Mrs.FITZWILLIAMS are at home to their friends in a commodious tent on the Buol tract, and as they are southern people, the latch string will always hang out. Mrs. H. T. BLAKE of Los Angeles, assisted by her two sons, P. A. and N. D. BLAKE, has erected a large tent on the White tract and is conducting a lodging house and restaurant. The BLAKE family may engage in the hotel business if a suitable location can be secured on the townsite. Two, or possibly more men have perished on the desert within a short distance from this settlement during the past week. Others have been re--ened just in time to say. All are said to be tenderfeet with a notion that they were prospecting. No prospector in this country should get very far from his water supply. District Attorney Benjamin SANDERS has returned from Pioche and will establish a permanent law office in Las Vegas where he has a large clientele. Judge SANDERS has formed a partnership with Judge MARIANEAUX, a capable and well known jurist. This firm will attend to all civil business in any of the courts in the state of Nevada, and especially in the Lincoln, White Pine and Nye county courts. C. A. WHITE, of Minneapolis arrived in Las
Vegas Tuesday to look at his property consisting of eighty acre adjoining
the railroad townsite on the southeast. Mr. WHITE is the guest of Mrs.
BISHOP while here. He has had several large offers for his land but
has about decided to plat it in town and villa lots and place it on the
market. F. I. KREMER is one of the pioneer merchants of Las Vegas. His stock comprises in its scope almost every necessity of civilized life, with the exception of furniture and he is ever willing to add to it. Mr. KREMER draws a fine line between good service and servility. He and all his clerks give the former without a touch of the latter and the consequence is that all customers of the store are friends instead of patrons. Al BISHOP and John RUSSELL who are conducting one of the most prosperous livery and transfer stables in Las Vegas have added to their good luck by locating a very promising mine about twenty miles out from the settlement toward the Colorado. E. S. ALNUTT, owner of the Navajo tent hotel, has joined in the development of the property and the three are looked upon as embryo millionaires. Mrs. Mary BISHOP, who has for the past nine years taken an active interest in the Vegas valley, has taken the state record in the real estate business. She has located over 9000 acres of land in the town of Las Vegas for her clients. Mrs. BISHOP is a shrewd business woman and she is also an honest and kind-hearted one, and her --- south of the railroad townsite is the center of attraction for all the settlement. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. THOMAS will move to the railroad townsite as soon as they can secure a lot. Mr. THOMAS sold his four business lots on Wi----- avenue this week. One of the lots used for residence purposes by Mr. THOMAS, who had erected a neat tent house there which the purchaser of the lots also bought. Three of them were sold to W. C. SMITH and one to Mr. COOK. Judge M. S. BEAL, whose law office in the post office building, has a copy of all he state laws. In his collective data concerning this county he has a township map on which is marked the government and state lands that are open for settlement. Judge BEAL is an old frontier lawyer and though he has spent some years in San Francisco, his interests and inclinations have always led him back to the border. Norman N. KUHN who******a construction company store a couple of weeks ago, has added a drug department and now has a well equipped fully stocked department store. KUHN came here from Omaha, Nebraska, in which city he had an --ble social and business standing. He likes frontier life with its expectations so well that he has decided to bring his family here in the fall and will build a home on the railroad townsite. H. KIRCHENSLAGER, C. F. SLOSSON and B. F. DAVISSON of Monrovia, California, prominent citizens of that thriving foothill town, made a pleasant call on us last Wednesday. These gentlemen are wide awake and appreciate the advanstages to be gained by getting in on the ground floor. They left here declaring themselves as having confidence in the future of Vegas to the extent of an early return and the investment of considerable capital. Harry BELGEN and Tom WILLIAMSON, who have earned great popularity by serving Las Vegas with a clean and palatable dairy lunch, have had to enlarge their bakery quarters. They are now able to turn out a thousand loaves of bread every twenty-four hours and have the only sand oven in the settlement. Mr. BELGEN, who has been laid up for a couple of weeks with a partly burned wrist, is now again able to take an active part in the production of his unrivaled pies and cakes. A. T. WRIGHT & Co., the active and successful real estate dealers, this week sold to Mrs. S. T. BUSHFIELD three lots on Wilson avenue, known as lots 8, 9 and 10, clock 12, valued at $325 per lot. WRIGHT & Co. are said to be the only real estate brokerage license which is $21 per quarter, and if this is the case, outside of the town of McWilliams, which handles its own property, the Wright firm must have the only real estate business in the settlement. Walter JOY, the only practical assayer in the settlement, has one of the most complete outfits made for the purpose. His labratory is the scene of many a discovery of real wealth and the arena of many tragically slain hopes. Mr. JOY has a reputation for ability and reliability that was earned in northern mining districts. He was for three years the assayer and chemist of the noted Kittie Burton gold mines in Idaho. Mr. JOY has a wife and three children, now living in Idaho, who will soon come to Las Vegas to reside. Messrs. CROWELL and ALLOFT, who are the pioneer merchants of the settlement--in fact they welcome competitors. Mr. CROWELL is from Los Angeles and is well known to most prospectors arriving from Southern California. The firm has the largest general store in town and it is the natural meeting place for the clans every evening. The CROWELL map of the state of Nevada is the only complete one published and is recognized authority, deciding many a discussion on location of mineral districts, distances of camps, etc. ----------------------------------------- LOCAL AND PERSONAL W. D. GOSS, who is associated with Assayor Walter JOY in labratory work, has been made happy by the arrival of his wife and two little daughters, who will make their home here. S. F. LACROIX, who had been working for G. F. POLENZ, returned last week from a business trip to Los Angeles and left again the first of this week for the south to be absent for some time. J. McG. BARNETT, recently of Los Angeles, left for Bullfrog Tuesday morning by stage, and his brother W. M. BARNETT of Denver left shortly after with Mr. SMITH of the firm of J. E. GREEN Co., of Beatty. Both expected to arrive at Beatty Thursday morning. Joseph GALIAINO, known as Prof. GALIAINO to the Angelenos, is just completing his building on Clark avenue. It is one of the best buildings in town and is commodious enough to accommodate the professor's pool room, bar and barber shop. The lodging house being erected by J. F. FOX will be completed and open for business early next week. The house is a well built modern structure with wood and cloth partitions and will be conducted as a high-class family rooming house. Wilson avenue is rapidly becoming the business center of the townsite. Many new buildings have been erected during the past ten days and the temporary structures are fast giving way to the more permanent ones. Several new enterprises will be launched on this street in the immediate future. General Manager R. E. WELLS, of the Salt Lake road, paid a brief visit to Las Vegas on Saturday. He was accompanied by H. E. Van HOUSEN, superintendent of the Salt Lake division of the road. These officials came to inspect the equipment of the road from Salt Lake to Daggett preparatory to passing over it the large excursion party bound for Los Angeles from Salt Lake on the 16th inst., and they took up with them a long string of coaches to Salt Lake. Moye G. NORTON, special correspondent of the Los Angeles Examiner, spent a few days in Las Vegas this week. He is enroute to the Bullfrog district and will probably settle at Beatty where he will open a law office and will also cover the Bullfrog district for the Examiner. Mr. NORTON is leaving a large practice in Los Angeles and has set aside the social pleasures of the Angel City for the strenousity of the mining camp because he, too, feels the call of the wild. The other morning George F. POLENZ and Wilhelth WERNER walked into the Bakery lunch room and Mr. WERNER, who is an affable young German, said to the young man behind the counter who takes orders, "Vie gehts?" The waiter shouted to the cook, "Stack of wheat cakes." "Nein, nein!" shouted Mr. WERNER. Quoth the waiter, "You're lucky if you get three this morning; we're pretty busy." "Ach!" sighed WERNER as he sank down to await the inevitable. ----------------------------------------- Chas. HUNSAKER, of San Diego is bookkeeper for F. I. KREMER. J. K. HERSONS, of Salt Lake City, is a guest at the Navajo Hotel. C. Valdimar SCHMIDT, recently of Los Angeles, is in Las Vegas. Dr. J. K. W. BRACKEN and sister, Miss BRACKEN, are spending a week in Los Angeles. Frank QUEREAU, of San Diego, who has been here for some weeks, contemplates making a trip to Bullfrog. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. ADAMS, of Tombstone, Arizona, have erected a tent on the White tract. Mr. ADAMS is a builder and contractor. A. R. SUTTON, of the engineering department of the Sale Lake road, arrived in Las Vegas Friday morning and after a couple of days here will go on to Indian Creek. Manager of the Commissary Department of the S.P.L.A. & S.L. railroad SEAMAN is looking over the business of his department on this division and will remain in Las Vegas for a few days. J. S. WISNER, who conducts the popular Las Vegas saloon, was one of the pioneers in the business in this valley. He has a host of loyal patrons and his trade is increasing rapidly. Louis G. BUSCH, who has been a resident of Montana for the past seventeen years arrived in Las Vegas this week and as soon as he can secure a location will put out his sign. He is a painter and decorator. Leo SEBLEY has sold his men's furnishing store on Clark avenue to W. E. HAWKINS and has gone to Salt Lake City. He expects to return here in about a week enroute to his home at Williams, Ariz. J. D. KRAMER, the barber, at Wisner's, is a tonsorial artist who is working for success in the right way. He is more than ordinarily painstaking and is rapidly making permanent patrons of those who drop in to try him. Emil LEHMANN, representing the Salt Lake Brewing Co., is in Vegas, just returned from Beatty and the Bullfrog district. He will remain here a few days in the interests of the company before going on to Salt Lake. H. G. RADISILL of Goldfield, spent Thursday with G. F. POLENZ of Las Vegas Bank & Trust Co. Mr. RADISILL is one of the bank's directors and was heartily pleased with the appearance of the bank and the business it is doing. Judge and Mrs. Thomas M. JEFFREYS of Weiser, Idaho, are at home in a cosy tent on the banks of the creek at the ranch resort. They are in the shade of the cottonwoods and when the heat of town seems intolerable, the home on the creek is cool. J. W. McKENNA, proprietor of the Green Light saloon and cafe, has been making many improvements on his establishment on Clark avenue. A porch has been added, the front neatly painted and this week, the canvas roof was replaced by one of shingles. J. H. ROONEY, the well known surveyor, this week added to his large holdings here the 320 acre Butter tract which is located about three miles from the Las Vegas ranch. Mr. ROONEY bought this half section in order to square his tract of 8000 acres. Tom EDWARDS, of Shoshone fame came in from Beatty this week for supplies for his stores in Beatty, Rhyolite and Gold Center. Mr. EDWARDS some time ago disposed of his interests in the Shoshone group to E. A. MONTGOMERY for the trifling sum of $100,000. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome WINDER and two pretty children arrived from Los Angeles Friday morning and left Friday on the regular train for Salt Lake City whence they will proceed to Ogden. Mr. WINDER is connected with Auditor BETTIS' office in Los Angeles. Henry INGRAM, who is now associated with J. T. McWILLIAMS, was for years in the office of General Attorney GIBBON of the Salt Lake railroad at Los Angeles. Mr. INGRAM has been an acquaintance of the McWILLIAMS family for many years and a warm friend of J. T. W. C. ROACH, representing the well known firm of Bishop & Co., of Los Angeles spent a couple of days in Vegas this week. He will cover the Bullfrog and other mining centers in the interest of the company. C. A. WHITE, who has been very ill at the home of Mrs. BISHOP, on his tract southeast of town is convalescent and will be out in a few days. Surveyor ROONEY has platted twenty acres of Mr. WHITE's land and the lots will soon be placed on the market. W. E. HAWKINS, long a resident of Northern California, has opened his clothing and men's outfitting store next to KREMER"s on Clark avenue. Mr.HAWKINS came here a couple of weeks ago, and after making a contract to open the store, he made a flying trip to Los Angeles to buy goods. The Palace saloon on Clark avenue, FRYE & ROS?ON proprietors, occupies one of the largest and neatest buildings in town. The fixtures are especially fine and the services in keeping with the surroundings. A successful opening was held on Monday evening in spite of the disagreeable weather. Councilman F. W. NOFZIGER of the city of Los Angeles, is spending the week in Las Vegas. He is stopping at the Navajo hotel. Other new arrivals at the Navajo this week are, N. W. TARR, Los Angeles; B. W. CAVE, Redlands; O. F. BECKMAN, Boulder, Colorado; S. E. SCHNABEL, Red Cliff, Colorado; J. P. HARRIS, Salina, Kansas. Frank CLAYSON, from Corona, California, has added another to the number of Vegas rapidly increasing business enterprises. With a stock of furniture and household goods he is occupying an emergency shelter on Wilson avenue opposite the bank, but hopes to soon provide more comfortable and commodious quarters Ong LOY, of Vegas fame, has a partner named Toy LUI, with whom he is about to open a restaurant in Caliente. "Loy" as he is known here, just returned from a trip to Salt Lake City, where he interviewed Mr. TUTTLE and "he say everything all right." As Mr. TUTTLE is so closely associated with the management for the railroad, it hardly seems possible that he would commit himself so seriously. Yet LOY's word may be taken. W. H. BALLOU, wife and two children arrived in Las Vegas from Goldfield coming through the Bullfrog district and on to Vegas in eight days of easy pleasant driving. They carried with them their entire restaurant outfit and will open at once a restaurant and lunch room on Wilson avenue near Third. Their restaurant in Goldfield, which was quite successful, was known as the Ouray. -------------------------------------- VEGAS BREVITIES The pioneer Investment company of Los Angeles closed a deal on Tuesday for the Woodbury eighty-acre tract near the White tract. It is said of the Shoshone mine that "Bob MONTGOMERY could in ninety days development make it yield as much as $50,000 a day." F. W. NOFZIGER, second vice-president of the Consolidated Lumber Co., of Los Angeles, spent a couple of days this week looking after the interests of his company which is establishing a lumber yard here with C. F. LINDSTROM as local manager. Dr. HEWETSON has located a fine onyx quarry in the vicinity of his marble properties. This onyx is white and warm sepia in tone and reveals some beautiful designs or markings when polished. There is no more beautiful marble in the country than that from the doctor's marble property which when developed, will add to the wealth and fame of Las Vegas valley. A. L. HOUGHTELIN, of the firm of Houghtelin & McLeod of Beatty, general merchants, arrived here Wednesday on his way to San Francisco to order goods. Mr. HOUGHTELIN says he thinks that all freight for the Bullfrog camps and settlements will from now on be shipped from Las Vegas, as it has been found that by this route there is a saving of time and money. John RYAN, of the Tonopah & Tidewater railroad,
and of the borax mines, spent a few days here and then went to Daggett to
look after some company business. He says that his surveyors now working on
the preliminary line which is being run between Las Vegas and Bullfrog, will
complete their work by the end of the month. It may be some time
before the public is taken into the company's confidence regarding which one
of the three preliminary lines The contract for the erection of the roundhouse has been let to Poulson &Ulnistead; Los Angeles builders. Mr.POULSON is expected to arrive in a few days when work of building will commence. The grounds have been cleared and everything is in readiness to facilitate the work. Mr. POULSON may be accompanied by his wife, as he stated when here to complete specifications a month ago that he thought Mrs. POULSON would greatly enjoy spending a couple of months here. J. T. McWILLIAMS had a full page advertisement
in the Los Angeles Examiner last Sunday, offering lots for sale in the plat.
He certainly had the original Las Vegas townsite, for the commissioners
approved the plats which he duly recorded, and the lots are all he
represents them to be, yet many Los Angeles people who have been watching
for the finishing of the railroad and the opening of the railroad townsite
doubtless will confuse the two sites. As Mr. McWILLIAMS has been
confirmed in his right to use the name Las Vegas the query is put every day,
"what will the BOUL'S ADDITION is located west of the shops, roundhouse and ice plant. An ideal place for those who are looking for homes, who do not wish to go through town to and from work. You can select well-located lots within easy walking distance of your work. Our prices are low and our terms are as you wish to make them. We suit you, not ourselves. Come and let us show you where you can get a lot for nothing. Less than you can rent the same amount of land for within the same distance of your work. Our office is open to you and we hope you and your friends will make us a call. Let us figure with you upon a good adobe home - cool in summer and warm in winter. We have surface water within ten feet, which is soft and sweet, free from any chemicals which are injurious to health. BUCK'S SUBDIVISION PETER BUOL, Agent. C. A. RUCKER, M. D. WALTER JOY J. T. MCWILLIAMS FURNITURE WATER AND FEED Some Knotty Problems Handed Editor of AGE for Solution We publish herewith some pertinent queries received through the mail, from Goodsprings to which no signature is appended. In view of the fact that the epistle is evidently designed to drag the AGE into an unseemly political discussion, we decline to answer, preferring to let our readers form their own opinions. Here is the letter: Editor of the Age, Now here are a few little questions which the editor ought to be able to answer: If our sheriff, by some hook or crook, should get GAY, would the deputy at Jean FAYLE? Should the jail door at Vegas be found open, would Roy Lockett? When the rose vine blows will the tree bark? A certain lady was asked if she were going to the coast this summer, and she said, I think so as I have the Price. Another healthy looking lady was met by a lady who asked how she felt. The reply was, I am feeling very well, thank you, as I have no Pain. A certain lady was talking the other eve with her friends and the subject of bravery was brought up. She said she was afraid of nothing, not even a Crook. Now if Dick’s wife were to go on a vacation and return unexpectedly, would Dick Feaster? Come quick, May! The soup is burning. Turn about is fair play and the editor believes he should have privilege of asking his anonymous correspondent a few questions in return: Just because a man runs a stage between Jean and Goodsprings is that any reason why he should be considered a Goodspringer? The farmers of the Moapa Valley met at Logan the 26th and organized the Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce along the same lines as the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is organized. The name of the body is the Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce and they expect the co-operation of the people of the whole Moapa Valley as well as of Las Vegas and vicinity. The election of officers was held with the following results: President, Samuel H. WELLS; It is expected that the new Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce will meet a need in the matter of publicity and public action which has been long felt in that section. Among the things of public interest which they will take up will be the Fruit Festival and Railroad Day celebration to be held as soon as convenient after the cantaloupe crop is off. In this they will receive the hearty co-operation of the Las Vegas Chamber which has already appointed a committee to assist in making the celebration the greatest event in the history of Clark County. The Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce is organized just at the beginning of what will, in all probability be the golden era of that country, and should have an immense influence for good on the future destiny of the valley. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Judge Peter J. SOMERS arrived from Goldfield Thursday evening and is now presiding at a session of the District Court held in the Opera House Block. There are certain matters which it was impossible to hear at the spring term which will now be brought to trial. Among them are the following: Julius F. FOX, vs. South Nevada Gold Mining Co., an action brought to recover the balance alleged to be due for drilling well on property of defendant. South Nevada Gold Mining Company vs. Julius F. FOX: for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendant having left a portion of the drilling outfit in a well drilled for plaintiff. Paul WATELET vs. Hotel Nevada Mining Co., to recover damages for loss alleged to have been sustained by reason of baggage stored in hotel of defendant having been stolen. In addition to these there are several other causes among them some default divorce proceedings which will be heard and decided by the court. Born JAMES: In this city, June 30, 1911, to Rev. Paul B. JAMES and wife, a daughter, Ruth Evelyn. The mother and daughter are doing finely and the father is receiving the hearty congratulations of his many Vegas friends. * * * * * July 15, 1911 Overton Very Busy Fire, Fourth of July, Baseball and Cantaloupe Keep People Jumping On June 29th, a frame house belonging to W. W. MCDONALD of Thatcher, Arizona, and occupied at the time by W. H. MCDONALD and family burned to the ground with all its contents. The fire was accidental, starting in the kitchen, and owing to the strong wind and lack of water, it was impossible to save anything it burned so quickly. W. W. MCDONALD received word by telegraph of the accident, and arrived here Sunday. His son and family will return for the summer with him to Arizona. There was a small insurance carried on the house. A piano and some other furniture belonging to Clinton MCDONALD of Ogden, also burned. H. L. BRUCE arrived here Monday July 3rd, from Keene, Texas to put up a house for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rachel KING who is now spending the summer in Texas, but will return in the fall. Harry BROWN died here July 4 after an illness of several weeks of malaria fever, which became serious only a few days before his death, and some thought turned to typhoid fever. Deceased came here from Bear River, Utah, to visit his uncle, J. P. ANDERSON, and decided to remain there the summer and raise cantaloupes. He was a young man of excellent habits and had many friends. Ellis TURNBAUGH has purchased an outfit for a moving picture show and gave several exhibitions there last week. Rance SHURTLIFF has opened an ice cream parlor under a bower near his residence. The Fourth of July celebration passed off very well here; everybody had a fine time and the committee in charge deserve credit for their excellent management of the celebration. There was a program in the morning in which Miss Vivian PERKINS acted as Goddess of Liberty and Grayton JOHNSON as Uncle Sam. Ellis TURNBAUGH read the Declaration of Independence. A number of fine musical selections were rendered as also some other parts after which there was a public dinner on the grounds followed by various sports for old and young, among which was the Pole Pillow fight. Bert THOMAS proved the champion of the day by retaining his seat while he knocked eleven men, one at a time, off the pole with a pillow. A baseball game between Overton and St. Thomas concluded the day’s amusements. The Overton and Las Vegas baseball teams played an interesting game of ball here Sunday afternoon resulting in a score of 10 to 7 in favor of Overton, the latter team playing only eight innings. The Las Vegas boys returned the same evening to Moapa to take the train for home. We trust the completion of the line down the valley will make it convenient for many like contests in baseball and the various sports between the valley boys and their friends from the county seat. * * * * * August 15, 1911 OVERTON NEWS Various Happenings in Moapa Valley Metropolis Mrs. Dezie PERKINS has returned to Salt Lake City, Miss Minerva SWAPP is home again from Las Vegas. Misses Thelma and Irene COX of Bunkerville are here. Ellis TURNBAUGH gives a moving picture show every Saturday evening at the school house. Wm CONGER lost a horse by its being struck by lightening in one of last week’s electrical storms. Mrs. Rachel KING returned this week from Texas. The cottage being built for her is nearing completion. Mr. and Mrs. John SWAPP and Mrs. Alex SWAPP and small children have gone out to their ranch near the saw mill. Last week was delightfully cool and somewhat stormy, a pleasant change from the intense heat of the few weeks previous. Miss Mildred ANDERSON is visiting in Fountain Green, Utah. Miss Grace BISCHOFF has taken her place behind the counter in ANDERSON’s store. Bishop Jos. I. EARL of Bunkerville was here a couple of days this week visiting his daughters, Mrs. W. L. JONES and Miss Vida; his son, Harold also who is at work on the Overton Ranch. A number of farmers at Overton are through harvesting their crop of cantaloupes and the pickers and some of the farmers are assisting with the cantaloupes up the valley as their rush in now on and at some of the ranches melons are wasting for lack of anough pickers to go over the patches more than once a day. * * * * * August 19, 1911 Cantaloupe Shipments Season Ending with Shipment of Approximately One Hundred Cars Great Future in Store for the Industry with Completion of New Railroad The above cut shows a train of Moapa Cantaloupes being iced at Moapa, the junction from which the Moapa Valley branch of the Salt Lake railroad runs. The train shown was of eight cars, which had just been loaded at the loading station near the narrows about six miles from Moapa. Owing to the heavy rock work, the road was not completed through the valley in time to handle the cantaloupe crop properly and about two hundred cars were left in the fields. The whole question of packing, chipping and marketing the crop will be much simplified next year. It is expected that packing houses will be erected at several locations through the valley so that there will be no wagon haul after the melons are in the crates. This will put them on the market in much better condition than in the past. It is believed that the valley will produce at least five hundred cars of the luscious fruit next year. With such a volume of business sufficient attention will be attracted to that section to assure the best market obtainable. Among the large shippers this year are the Moapa Investment Co. of which L. V. HINCKLEY of Logan is manager; S. H. WELLS of Moapa Improvement Co. with 60 acres; E. J. ROBERTSON of the Irrigation and Development Co. with 80 acres. The earliest chippers were Willard L. JONES, Henry RICE and J. R. HEWETT. J. M. PICKETT of the Upper Valley had about ten acres in to cantaloupes and watermelons, and is supplying the home market and the trains. David MOWERY and Geo BALDWIN also of the upper valley, have been shipping together. They sold by contract through W. F. KING and realized good prices. Their returns of $1.50 a crate gave them a net profit of $200 per acre. T. H. FITZGERALD of the Moapa Live Stock Company is still keeping up shipments. The Moapa Garden Company of which L. M. GRANT is the head has been shipping entirely by express to Salt Lake City averaging about 50 crates per day of watermelons and cantaloupes. In spite of the fact that there is much fruit left unshipped, it is not a total loss. It has been found that cantaloupes are a splendid feed for hogs. E. J. ROBERTSON is said to have about 1000 hogs on the Capalappa Ranch to which he is feeding cantaloupes. He will therefore realize a good price sending his cantaloupes to market in the shape of fat porkers. Others are planning to do likewise. Interesting Notes from Moapa Valley Metropolis The weather has moderated considerably; a fall breeze fans the valley and the nights are cool and comfortable. Cantaloupe season is over, but there is still a considerable amount of fruit, which is being used by the Valley people although some are shipping fruit yet. Mrs. Bert MARSHALL (formerly Miss Carlie PERKINS) of Tonopah, is visiting her relatives here. The residence of Mrs. A. S. KING is nearing completion and gives an attractive appearance to the town. Engineer WHITE and Contractor SMITH have now moved their grading employees in and below town; rapid work is being done on the grade and reports state it will soon be completed to St. Thomas the end of the line. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo HUNTSMAN a boy. Quite a number of our town people have gone on excursion trips for a few weeks out in the mountains until the warm days are over. SHURTLIFF Bros. And J. M. LYTLE now have a deal on. The SHURTLIFF Bros. intend purchasing the lot of Mr. LYTLE in town together with his dance hall and improvements on the same. Mr. Joe F. PERKINS and wife have returned from California where they have spent the summer. March 8, 1913 From Over Overton Way Valley is Throbbing With the Impulse of Returning Spring (Special Correspondence) Beautiful spring weather is with us; fruit trees are blooming and fields getting green. The nights are somewhat chilly, but the days are warm with sunshine. Truman O. ANGELL with his bride of three months is at home again greeting his many friends after an absence of several months. Mrs. George WHITNEY is slowly recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Minerva COCHRAN recently returned from Salt Lake City and is visiting with relatives and friends and enjoying the old home again. Doctor BEALE is kept very busy of late, as considerable sickness prevails in our valley in the nature of colds and pneumonia. Mrs. BEALE is expected to arrive soon. S. R. WHITEHEAD with several of his employees, returned from the Copper Mountain mine, w here they are busy getting out ore and shipping the same as fast as teams can haul it to the shipping point at St. Thomas. Mrs. Brig WHITMORE and children from Centerville, Utah, are visiting relatives here. Mr. WHITMORE is out near Gold Butte working his mine. He has shipped several loads of ore and expects to do greater work soon. Samuel H. WELLS of St. Thomas has been so ill with pneumonia it was necessary to call Dr. BEALE in several times to handle the case. He is reported to be convalescing nicely. Items From the Terminal Town Rains and Warm Weather Make Glad the Heart of the Agriculturist St. Thomas, March 5. - The recent rains and fine warm days we are having make the hills and valley take on the look of spring and the cantaloupe growers get busy. Mrs. Emily GARDNER has been very ill for several weeks, but is now convalescent. S. H. WELLS has been suffering for several days from a severe attack of pleuro-pneumonia, and he has been all of the time near the danger point. Big loads of good copper ore continue to arrive and make our town one of the busiest and best. We are expecting a daily mail service in the near future to be taken over by the railroad company, which with a first class motor car, would improved conditions materially. We need a light, quick freight service between tthis place and Moapa very badly. March 22, 1913 Activities in Moapa Valley Preparations Being Made to Build a Flour Mill at Overton Overton, March 17. In spite of the cold nights which still prevail, the days are warm and beautiful causing the alfalfa fields to become green and vegetables more plentiful. It is feared that the freezing point the past few nights has destroyed some fruit. Mrs. Horace JONES of Jean, Nevada, is visiting with relatives and many friends in the valley. W. A. WHITEHEAD is out at Copper Mine, looking after his mining property in that section. He now has about ten employees getting out ore for shipment. Jim MCQUAID and Crayton JOHNSON left for Copper Mountain to work recently. The silver strike west of town is now something of the past, and the owners seek riches elsewhere. A successful operation was performed on the hand of Fay PERKINS at 10:30 Sunday morning by Doctor BEALE, assisted by Mrs. BEALE and Mrs. Virginia LYTLE. The hand was badly infected but at present is improving nicely. Friday and Saturday night were quite interesting features of the week; a basketball game and dance being the event of Friday evening. The game was played between the scrub team and the regulars, the latter being winners. Saturday night an interesting game between the Panaca, Lincoln County team and the Overton regulars was played, with a score of 39 to 9 in favor of Overton. The game passed off nicely, followed by a grand ball in which a large and merry crowd participated. The Panaca team not being used to indoor playing, and on a ballroom floor, stood no show wwith the Overton leaders in winning the game However, their visit was enjoyed, and we hope they will come again. Strangers from the north country are in and around town making surveys for a flour mill site. Much rumor is reported to the effect of the same, and hands are busy clearing land for that purpose. The people are delighted with the idea of a flour mill so badly needed in this section of the country. Fay ANDERSON is home again greeting his many friends after an absence of seven months, which time he has spent at school studying music in Manti, Utah. The little son of W. L. BATTY severed an artery by falling on broken glass while at Moapa. The wound was a deep one on the wrist. Dr. BEALE was called and dressed the wound, and the little lad is feeling fine so far. The ladies of the Relief Society Club gave a nice party on St. Patrick's Day at the home of Annie J. COOPER in honor of her invalid mother, Mrs. Susan JOHNSON. The crowd took lunch, and a dainty meal was enjoyed by all present, and a social good time. Mrs. JOHNSON has been paralized in the left side for ten years, but enjoyed the faces of the kind donors. December 13, 1913 Overton Items The quarterly conference of the Moapa Stake convened in Overton December 6 and 7, with an excellent attendance from the various wards of the Stake. Apostle Rudger CLAWSON, also Charles H. HART of the First Council of Seventies, were in attendance from Salt Lake City. The train came down from Moapa Friday evening beinging the visitors from Panaca and the north. We were also favored with a train Monday morning to carry the visitors back to Moapa. This service was very much appreciated. The following persons were in attendance from Panaca: Bp. Wm. EDWARDS; Frank LEE, Stake Pres. of the Y.M.M.I.A.; E. R. PHILLIPS, Chas. MATHEWS, Marion KEELE, Mrs. W. T. MORRIS, Stake Aid of the Y.L.M.I.A.; Shanette BLAD, Mrs. Wm. MATHEWS, Mrs. Lizzie EDWARDS, Miss Nell LYTLE and her mother. The latter will remain here for some time to visit relatives. On Friday night a car loaded with ore and a caboose broke loose at Moapa and ran down to the end of the track at St. Thomas. No serious damage was done. The following were among those summoned to Las Vegas this week to serve on the grand jury: Jos. I. EARL, Martin A. BUNKER, Ute V. PERKINS, Brigham H. HARDY, Levi Walter SYPHUS. Dr. BRACKEN and his brother, Walter R. BRACKEN, came down the valley Monday on a hunting trip. A reunion of the Seventies was held Friday evening. Lunch was served and a program rendered. Bp. Udell SCHOFIELD and Jos. FOREMASTER were here from Alamo to attend conference. The St. Thomas choir, under the leadership of Francis BUNKER, furnished the music for Saturday's session of the conference, and the Overton choir, under the management of N. Ray PIXTON, furnished music for the Sunday conference meetings. Good word was done by both choirs. Bp. ABBOTT of Mesquite ward and 21 members of his ward were here to attend conference. Mrs. Sarah J. CONNOR and Mrs. Dorton WILCOX of the general board of the Relief Society were here from Salt Lake City. They spoke at the Saturday afternoon session of the conference, also holding a special session of Relief Society workers Sunday. Miss Mary BERKSTROM, who has been teaching the primary grade of the district school, was obliged to return to her home at Cedar City on account of ill health. A dance was held at the hall Saturday evening. Henry LEAVITT had the misfortune to cut his lip by running against a barbed wire fence in the dark. He returned home to Bunkerville Sunday. Bp. Edw. COX, Nephi HUNT and wife, James ABBOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley LEAVITT, Misses Winona EARL and Lovica LEAVITT, William WITTWER, Hugh BUNKER, Hector BUNKER, Albert LEAVITT and a number of others were here this week from Bunkerville. S. R. WHITEHEAD is now making cement blocks for his new home. W. H. MCDONALD has recently received a shipment of cement and expects to build soon. Henry CANNON of St. George is here with the intention of making his home in the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Dick KIRKHAM of Moapa were down to attend the ball Saturday evening and Sunday's conference. December 20, 1913 Overton Items Last Saturday afternoon a game of basketball was played between the Las Vegas High School team and the Overton basketball team, the line-up being as follows: Las Vegas: - Vernon DELAMETER, captain; Leland RONNOW, Lamond THOMAS, Bryan BUNKER, Howard ELWELL. Overton: - Evan LEE, captain; Clarence MCDONALD, Frank JONES, Wallace JONES, Murray WILLIAMS. Referee: Ben J. ROBINSON Umpire: Leon HICKMAN Prof. C. E. OVERMAN accompanied the Las Vegas team. The games was followed by a dance. There ws a good crowd out to see the game and the gate receipts were dufficient to meet the expenses. Miss Dell PRINCE of Washington, Utah, is visiting here, the guest of Miss Lydia COOPER. Ira J. EARL returned this week to the Potosi Mine near Arden where he has employment. Mrs. Sherman THOMAS has been very ill but is somewhat improved at present. Mrs. S. P. ANDERSON has been ill with la grippe this week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Truman ANGELL, a daughter. All concerned are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. John INGRAM came over from Mesquite recently and will locate here. Elmer LOSEE has been ill with mumps this week. Clarence, the six-year-old son of ******* JOHNSON has also been very ill with mumps. There have been several other cases, but all very mild. Andrew L. JONES, Bp. Wm. WHITEHEAD and Crayton JOHNSON were summoned to Las Vegas this week on the jury. Jabez HAIG, Divine Scientist and lecturer, spoke here Saturday and Sunday evenings on "Self Government and Bodily Sanitation". Warren COX was here this week on business. The weather to date has been very mild. The leaves are autumn colored, but many of the chrysanthemums and roses and fall gardens are yet untouched by frost. JANUARY 21, 1910 OVERTON We are favored with a fine rain here today. Wm. C. BOWMAN left his ranch here this morning to return to his home in Bunkerville. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. JONES returned Thursday from Las Vegas where Mr. JONES took the teachers examination. Ezra BUNKER came down the valley Wednesday from Burtner, Utah. He left for Bunkerville on Friday. John SWAPP came in from Parashout Sat. Evening where he has been overseeing some assessment work. Mr. and Mrs. Henry KOCHER have come in with him. Mr. and Mrs. John AVERETT were in town Sat. from their ranch near Logan. Mr. AVERETT is attending the farmer’s meeting in LYTLE’s Hall Sat. afternoon. A number of other farmers were in for this meeting. A. RUBY of Washington, Utah, is a visitor here this week. Prof. John T. MILLER of Salt Lake gave two lectures here January 6th, one at 3:30 to mothers and daughters on Human Culture, and one in the evening to fathers and sons. Prof. MILLER is editor of the Character Builder, a human culture magazine, published at Salt Lake. The Lady’s Relief Society gave a social and lunch in the schoolhouse Friday evening. December 31, 1910 LOGAN NEWS Items of Interest From the Great Cantaloupe Center of Nevada We have been visited by a fine rain and a white frost; the air is bracing from the snow on the mountains and crops are looking fine. The railroad surveyors who have been surveying the line down our valley have left. We have great hopes of railroad transportation in the near future. Messrs. WARREN and BENSON of Salt Lake City have been visiting the valley and looking over their ranches. C. G. WARREN, general agent of the Santa Fe R. R. is the president and is well pleased with his ranch. He, with Superintendent J. R. HEWETT, compose the management. The sand dunes have become plains; alfalfa and grain fields have superceded the jungles of brush and weeds. Messrs. RICE and HEWETT are making a beautiful drive, set on each side with shade trees and bordered by rippling water courses. Mr. RICE is building a nice home of seven or eight rooms of concrete and lumber. He is expecting his young daughter home next summer. W. R. GANN has gone to his cattle ranch forty miles south and east of here. They have a nice new baby boy at the Bert MILLS home. Mrs. MILLS and the baby are doing nicely. The report has been received that there is smallpox in Bunkerville and Mesquite, but this has been denied. The young folks all were out for a Christmas lark. They had a good time according to all report. Logan wishes the world at large a very "Happy New Year". Annual Stockholder’s Meeting The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Moapa Valley Farmer’s Association, for the election of officers, and any other business that may come before it will be held at 1 o’clock p.m. on Monday, January 9th, 1911 at LYTLE’s Hall, Overton, Clark County, Nevada. A. L. F. MACDERMOTT, Secretary MUDDY VALLEY IRRIGATION CO. Annual Stockholder’s Meeting The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company, for the election of officers and for any other business that may come before it, will be held at 2 o’clock p.m. on Saturday, January 17th, 1911, at the schoolhouse in Overton, Clark County, Nevada. Proxies must be in writing and filed with the Secretary before the meeting. A. L. F. MACDERMOTT, Secretary February 4, 1911 There is quite a bit of sickness of colds and la grippe among the people here at present. Ezekiel CONGER is ill with typhoid fever at the home of his sister, Mrs. Albert JONES. His parents and Dr. BENSON are caring for him. We have had lots of stormy weather, a little rain and a lot of flood this week, the latter playing havoc with regularity in the mails. French the Photographer is here. Funeral services were held here on January 21, for A. S. KING who died on the 17th in California. His wife, who was Miss Rachel PERKINS of this place reached his bedside a few hours before he died, and returned with the corpse Friday. She was accompanied on her trip by her three small children. Her brother Wm. PERKINS met her at Nipton and returned with her to Moapa. April 1, 1911 Sylvester NAY has gone into Arizona to work for some time. Jos. H. JONES came over from Bunkerville this week and will work at the Kaolin Farm. Bishop Thomas JUDD came down from Salt Lake City Thursday. Mr. J. WHITMORE, of Salt Lake City, is visiting his brother Brig WHITMORE of this place. Samuel H. WELLS left here Friday for Salt Lake City. The telephone line has been extended to the northern part of town, commonly known as "Stringtown" and several phones installed there. One was put in at the Gypsum Mine also last week. Assemblyman Willard L. JONES of this place and Senator Levi SYPHUS of St. Thomas returned via Salt Lake City from the State Legislature at Carson City last week. A Commercial Club was temporarily organized here Friday evening and will boost for the building of the railroad down the valley. Orin JARVIS was elected president. The Railroad Company has decided to extend their line as far as Logan in time for the shipment of this season’s cantaloupes. Engineers TILTON and WHITE came down the valley today to secure right of way for the raod from Logan to St. Thomas, and committees of the Commercial Club are busy obtaining the same. The line has already been surveyed and there is every reason to believe that the road will be completed this season. July 1, 1911 MOAPA VALLEY ORGANIZES Farmers Form Chamber of Commerce to Co-operate With Las Vegas The farmers of the Moapa Valley met at Logan the 26th and organized the Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce along the same lines as the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is organized. The name of the body is the Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce and they expect the co-operation of the people of the whole Moapa Valley as well as of Las Vegas and vicinity. The election of officers was held with the following results: It is expected that the new Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce will meet a need in the matter of publicity and public action which has been long felt in that section. Among the things of public interest which they will take up will be the Fruit Festival and Railroad Day celebration to be held as soon as convenient after the cantaloupe crop is off. In this they will receive the hearty co-operation of the Las Vegas Chamber, which has already appointed a committee to assist in making the celebration the greatest event in the history of Clark County. The Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce is organized just at the beginning of what will, in all probability, be the golden era of that country, and should have an immense influence for good on the future destiny of the valley. July 15, 1911 OUR BOYS TRIMMED "Cantaloupe Pickers" of Moapa Valley Put it Over Vegas Baseball Team As announced briefly in last week’s Age, the Moapa Valley boys took the Vegas pets in and did all kinds of things to the defenseless babes. Whether it was the sleepless nights of travel, the quality of the water, etc., or what, we have as yet had no explanation as to why the crack Vegas baseball experts should let the valley lads rub their noses in the dirt. It is said that the Vegas lads unwittingly hit on the true solution of the puzzle when they blamed each other. However, since this explanation is not entirely satisfactory, we would prefer to lay the defeat to the fact that the Overton boys are the best players. The lineup for the Overton team is: LEAVITT c; MCDONALD p; D. THOMAS, ss; CONGER 1b; JACOBS 3b; RICE 2b; M. THOMAS Cef.; STONE lf; ANDERSON rf. The Vegas boys played as follows: FENNELL 3b; HAUK p and 1b; BLACK 2b; VORISS ss; EMERICK p and 1b; THOMAS rf; ALTER 1f; OSWALP cf; GOODRICH c. The Overton boys are credited with 10 runs and 21 hits and charged with 6 errors. The Vegas boosters got 7 runs, 6 hits and are charged with 16 errors. It looks as if that man MCDONALD were a little too classy for our boys. But cheer up. There is yet left Goldfield to beat. July 16, 1911 OVERTON VERY BUSY Fire, Fourth of July, Baseball and Cantaloupe Keep People Jumping On June 29th, a frame house belonging to W. W. MCDONALD of Thatcher, Ariz., and occupied at the time by W. H. MCDONALD and family burned to the ground with all its contents. The fire was accidental, starting in the kitchen, and owing to the strong wind and lack of water it was impossible to save anything it burned so quickly. W. W. MCDONALD received word by telegraph of the accident, and arrived here Sunday. His son and family will return for the summer with him to Arizona. There was a small insurance carried on the house. A piano and some other furniture belonging to Clinton MCDONALD of Ogden, also burned. H. L. BRUCE arrived here Monday July 3rd from Keene, Texas to put up a house for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rachel KING, who is now spending the summer in Texas but will return in the fall. Harry BROWN died here July 4 after an illness of several weeks of malaria fever, which became serious only a few days before his death and some thought turned to typhoid fever. Deceased came here from Bear River City, Utah to visit his uncle, J. P. ANDERSON, and decided to remain there the summer and raise cantaloupes. He was a young man of excellent habits and had many friends. Ellis TURNBAUGH has purchased an outfit for a moving picture show and gave several exhibitions there last week. Rance SHURTLIFF has opened an ice cream parlor under a bower near his residence. The Fourth of July celebration passed off very well here; everybody had a fine time and the committee in charge deserve credit for their excellent management of the celebration. There was a program in the morning in which Miss Vivian PERKINS acted as Goddess of Liberty and Crayton JOHNSON as Uncle Sam. Ellis TURNBAUGH read the Declaration of Independence. A number of fine musical selections were rendered as also some other parts after which there was a public dinner on the grounds followed by various sports for old and young, among which was the Pole Pillow fight. Bert THOMAS proved the champion of the day by retaining his seat while he knocked eleven men one at a time off the pole with a pillow. A baseball game between Overton and St. Thomas concluded the day’s amusements. The Overton and Las Vegas baseball teams played an interesting game of b all here Sunday afternoon resulting in a score of 10 to 7 in favor of Overton, the latter team playing only eight innings. The Las Vegas boys returned the same evening to Moapa to take the train for home. We trust the completion of the line down the valley will make it convenient for many like contests in baseball and the various sports between the valley boys the their friends from the county seat. August 19, 1911 OVERTON ITEMS Interesting Notes From Moapa Valley Metropolis The weather has moderated considerably; a fall breeze fans the valley and the nights are cool and comfortable. Cantaloupe season is over, but there is still a considerable amount of fruit that is being raised by the valley people although some are shipping fruit yet. Mrs. Bert MARSHALL (formerly Miss Carlie PERKINS) of Tonopah, is visiting her relatives here. The residence of Mrs. A. S. KING is nearing completion and gives an attractive appearance to the town. Engineer WHITE and Contractor SMITH have now moved their grading employees in and below town; rapid work is being done on the grade and reports state it will soon be completed to St. Thomas, the end of the line. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo HUNTSMAN a boy. Quite a number of our town people have gone on excursion trips for a few weeks out in the mountains until the warm days are over. SHURTLIFF Bros. And J. M. LYTLE now have a deal on. The SHURTLIFF Bros. Intend purchasing the lot of Mr. LYTLE in town together with his dance hall and improvements on the same. Mr. Joe F. PERKINS and wife have returned from California where they have spent the summer. August 17, 1912 ST. THOMAS NEWS ITEMS Cantaloupe Shipment Discontinued in Moapa Valley Long hot days have been the rule the past week. Cantaloupe shipments in car lots, from here, were discontinued on the 11th though there are still plenty of melons on the vines. L. A. CLAMPITT and Co.’s well rig will leave here with tomorrow’s train for Los Angeles. Messrs. IRVINE and PERDUE who were operating the rig, made many friends during their stay here. There is an ample supply of water in the R. R. Co.’s well that they bored. GENTRY and SYPHUS are bringing in some elegant copper ore from the Savanic Mine, and we hope it may become as steady a producer as the Grand Gulch, which is still shipping regularly. January 21, 1913 LINES FROM LOGAN TOWN MISFORTUNES September 20, 1913 J. A. SWAPP of Overton, Nevada, has been visiting here. One of his horses dropped dead when he was near the city enroute in, Thursday evening. His health, which has been very poor since he was struck by lightening shows no improvement. Washington County News (St. George, Utah.) NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY The neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. John H BARNUM in the vicinity of the CLARK-RONNOW Ranch gathered at their home Wednesday evening to wish them well on their removal from the ranch, where they have been the past three years. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Roy THOMAS, Miss CLARK, W. J. BALDWIN, E. A. WIXSON, Julius F. FOX, A. L. J. CLARK, Gill HELM, Jack MILLER, Wm. HELM. Refreshments were served by the ladies and a royal good time was enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. BARNUM were the recipients of handsome presents from their neighbors, Mr. BARNUM especialy, it is said, being very much surprised. February 15, 1913 LOGAN ITEMS Logan, February 11. Messrs. RICE, HEWITT, GANN, AVERETT and GIBSON are just getting back from Salt Lake City, where they have been as witnesses in the damage case of SPROUL Ranch against the San Pedro Railroad. The SPROUL Ranch was suing the railroad for $2500 in damage done to their crops while the road was building. We understand the case was thrown out of court. March 1, 1913 NEWS ITEMS FROM OVERTON Chronicle of Happenings in the Hustling Muddy Valley Community Overton, Feb 21. The weather has changed considerably the past week, slight snow falling and cold north winds continuing. Joe F. PERKINS and Bryant WHITMORE have returned from Las Vegas, where they went on business. Doctor BEALE from Utah has purchased a lot in the heart of our beautiful little town and intends locating here. We are glad to welcome such a useful and clever man into our valley. The Young Ladies MIA presented a play on the 20th entitled, "Dr. DANBY", which was a decided success and gave credit to the actors for their high talent. Those who took part were Misses Sadie and Vivien PERKINS, Armelia INGRAM, Mildred ANDERSON, Mrs. P. LOSEE and Chicken DOTSON. Following the play was a farewell party in honor of Richard COOPER, who leaves for a mission to the southern states on the 26th. Lunch was served at 11:30 and an enjoyable time was had by the large crowd in attendance. Mrs. Guy GARDNER of St. Thomas has been very ill, but by the aid of our able physician, she is now on the road to recovery. WHITMORE Bros. are shipping some fine ore from their Copper and Silver Belt near Gold Butte. In spite of the week of cold weather, the trees are putting on their green mantle and fruit trees are blooming. It is feared that some fruit will be frozen. Our daily motor system is doing good business, with many passengers to and fro daily. A number of strangers are among us for the purpose of renting and buying land on which to raise cantaloupes. April 5, 1913 ST. THOMAS ROAD Joe E. PERKINS arrived in Vegas Friday evening, having made the trip from St. Thomas to Vegas direct for the purpose of reporting upon the feasibility of building a road over that route. He found that conditions were such that a good automobile road could be built at a moderate expense. The route chosen would materially shorten the road between Vegas and the Rio Virgin Valley. April 26, 1913 The Misses Winona EARL, Helen BUNKER, Mary SYPHUS, Zilla PETERSON and Florence BISHOP entertained with a slumber party at the dormitory Friday evening. "Slumber Party" is really a misnomer, the correct name being a "wake fest" and the jolliest kind of an entertainment for a lot of girls. The feature of the early part of the evening was a theatre party at the Majestic, the guests of Miss SINN. Those participating besides the hostesses were the Misses Wanda BALL, Martha KRAMER, Olive LAKE and Netta EARL. May 3, 1913 THE GAME WAS GOOD Vegas Nine Defeats Overton at Baseball on Sunday Afternoon A game full of interest from start to finish was contested Sunday afternoon by the Overton and Las Vegas teams, the latter winning by a score of 10 to 4. Up to the fifth honors were even and the score stood goose eggs all around. In the fifth Overton started the trouble by scoring one, Vegas retaliating by bringing four men around the bases in her half of the inning. From that time on, MCDONALD, the Overton pitcher, was hit hard. A feature of the game was the home run by JONES in the last half of the fifth, bringing in two men for Vegas. Las Vegas Overton By Innings Mr. W. A. ROGERS umpired the game in a manner acceptable to all. NEWSLETTER FROM OVERTON Highly Respected Resident of the Moapa Valley Dies Suddenly Overton, April 25. Mrs. Sarah THOMAS is much improved in health since her return from Salt Lake City several weeks ago. Pres. John M. BUNKER and Stake Clerk N. Ray PIXTON have gone to visit the Alamo Ward. A number of the lady friends of Mrs. Elizabeth ANDERSON, president of the Ladies’ Relief Society gave her a pleasant surprise on Thursday afternoon. Elmer LOSEE and S. T. WHITEHEAD returned Monday from a visit to the Panaca Ward. Frank SPENCER Jr., late of Provo, Utah, but now of Los Angeles, is here soliciting stock for a company to manufacture and sell the Little Wonder Button Sewer, an attachment for a sewing machine which will sew on buttons, hooks and eyes, etc. The family and friends of Ransom W. WEST were very much surprised by his sudden death on Tuesday afternoon. He had not been ill except for a touch of rheumatism in his right side, and was irrigating in the lot by his home when he fell dead, caused by rheumatism of the heart. No one of the family was at home at the time, but his little son, Averett, returning from primary found him lying there with the shovel on his arm. He had only been dead a short time, as he was seen in one of the stores downtown about an hour before his death. Mr. WEST came here in November 1912, with his wife and family of seven children from Blackfoot, Idaho, where he had resided for seventeen years. For a number of years, he worked in the hardware store of Niel F. BOYLE and Co. He moved to Moapa Valley thinking the change of climate would better the health of his wife and oldest son. Funeral services were held on the 23rd. Elder Jessie F. COOPER and Bishop WHITEHEAD were the speakers. Interment was in the Overton Cemetery. Mr. WEST was an affectionate husband and father and an exemplary citizen and has made many friends during his short stay in Moapa Valley who sympathize with the bereaved family. June 25, 1913 MOAPA VALLEY HAPPENINGS Budget of Interesting Items From Our Correspondent at Overton Overton, June 24 FREHNER and Sons’ threshing machine is at work threshing the recently harvested grain. They are threshing near Kaolin this week and will continue up the valley. Mr. Dee HICKMAN had the misfortune to break his arm a few days ago. He is getting along nicely with it now. Miss Winona EARL, Mrs. Rose C. BUNKER and Miss Etta MCMULLEN came over last week from Las Vegas, where they have been to take the teacher’s examinations. Mrs. Racie KING and family are spending the summer in northern Utah. The ladies of Overton met at the home of Mrs. Ethel PERKINS on the afternoon of the 18th in honor of Mrs. Emeline B. WELLS, to celebrate "Aunt Em’s Day". They report an enjoyable time. The MCDONALD Brothers have leased the SHURTLIFF Hall and will conduct a series of dances. The MCDONALD orchestra will furnish music. Elmer LOSEE has completed the building for his ice plant and will install the machinery this week. James MCQUAID and Crayton JOHNSON have returned from the Copper Mountain, where they have been at work for several months. Ellis TURBAUGH is home for a few days from northern Nevada where he has been since January last. He will open his ice cream parlor while here and leave it for Mrs. TURNBAUGH and Miss PERKINS to operate after his return to his position. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. JONES. Mrs. JONES is in Salt Lake City to spend the summer with her parents, while the proud father is still pursuing his labors as water master here in the valley. Ripe fruit in a scant quantity is on hand now, owing to the late frosts. It consists of apricots, peaches, plums, figs and blackberries. July 19, 1913 IMPORTANT WORK UNDER WAY Water Reservoiring for Moapa Valley Makes Good Progress The Nevada Land and Livestock Co., owner of the land at Kaolin and vicinity, some three miles below Overton, is going ahead steadily with the work of constructing reservoirs with which to impound the surplus flow of Moapa Creek, together with such flood waters as may come from time to time. Two of these reservoirs are situated in the foothills immediately adjoining
the company’s present extensive alfalfa fields and a short distance from Kaolin
town. Some four feet of water is held in the smaller of these, and boating and
bathing have been enjoyable sports there for some time past. OVERTON NOTES MOAPA VALLEY Melon Crop is Moving in Good Earnest - Packing Sheds Busy Places Overton, July 16 Mrs. Willard L. JONES and children have gone to Provo for a visit with relatives during the hot spell. Isaac E. LOSEE has put in operation at Overton a small ice manufacturing plant. It is of a ton a day capacity. The packing sheds at Overton and Logan sidings are very busy places these days. Melons have been going out from both places by the car for the past ten days. The Moapa Improvement Co., located at the head of the lower valley, also began shipping by the car last Wednesday. The cantaloupe crop of the valley is a good one this year, though ten days late. No aphis has yet developed, and in the absence of rains, perhaps none will. This being the case, a good shipping season ought to result. Mrs. Walter E. MORRISON, whose home is east of Overton, has gone to Los Angeles where she will visit relatives until September. Hereafter, the Muddy Valley Irrigation Co. will be the sole distributor of water from the Moapa River at Overton and points below. The Nevada Land & Livestock Co. recently assigned to the irrigation company all its rights obtained from the state engineer, and one system of distribution will be in effect hereafter. The spur to the new gypsum plant being built south of the railroad in the Narrows in about finished. A care of machinery was sent in Tuesday. There is only one piece of up-grade on the railroad in going from Moapa to St. Thomas. This is at a point where the road leaves the valley in the Narrows, or canyon, and cuts through some hills of gypsum. At a point about half way up this grade, the spur cuts out and runs to the west. July 26, 1913 OVERTON OUTLOOK Overton, July 23 Mrs. Hannah JONES has gone to Idaho to visit with relatives. Mrs. Mary V. LYTLE has gone to the gypsum plant to visit her husband who is working there. The stork has made two recent visits to Overton, leaving a tiny girl on the 12th of July at the home of Tom and Gertie ANDERSON, and on the 20th a ten-pound boy at the home of Elmer and Nellie LOSEE. The weather is not so extremely hot now as it has been, but continues cloudy and threatening. The farmers are hoping it will not storm for a few more weeks. Storms now would be ruin to cantaloupes and alfalfa seed. August 16, 1913 LOOKS GOOD FOR LOGAN Angelenos Expected to Develop Gypsum Resources of the Valley Logan, Nev., August 12 The Etna Cement & Plaster Co. and the Thomas-Anderson gypsum deposits were visited last week by Carl LEONARDT and party from Los Angeles. Mr. LEONARDT is the largest building contractor in Los Angeles. The party came out in the private car of T. P. CULLEN of the Salt Lake road in charge of H. B. MILLS. Mr. MILLS says that the sale will probably go through and a spur built to the mines. The old Logan gypsum deposit two and a half miles below Moapa is preparing to put its product on the market, and will soon be employing seventy-five men. The HINCKLEY Ranch at this place is being traded for a ranch in Richfield, Utah. Cantaloupes are coming in, the first pick for market being made on the 3rd. The setting of melons on the vines is the best for three years, and Moapa Valley will soon be a busy place. (From Butte Miner, August 10, 1913) This year Butte and Montana have been getting their early supply of cantaloupes from the Moapa valley in Nevada, the shipping point being St. Thomas, the terminal of a new branch of the Salt Lake Route. No finer melons are grown than come from the valley mentioned, but unfortunately all those shipped to this city have not been ripe, and this has tended to hurt the reputation of the fruit grown in this fertile section of Nevada. It is true, however, that nothing more luscious or delicious in the shape of a melon can be found than one of those dead-ripe cantaloupes from the Moapa Valley. The growing of melons in that district was never undertaken on such a large scale as this year, for it is estimated that before the close of the present season, 500 carloads will have been shipped to market and next year it is expected this amount will be increased by 100 percent. How it is possible for even one careless grower to injure the industry of the entire district in which he lives, has been made evident in this city, for one big consignment of melons sent here had a large number of green cantaloupes in the shipment, and those getting some of the fruit were naturally inclined to hump at the conclusion that Moapa melons were not up to the standard, when as a matter of fact, when they are perfectly ripe they are second to none. Nearly all fruit-growing sections have the same conditions to contend with, and it has been noticed that the State of Florida has enacted a law against the shipment of green fruit, on the ground that such fruit is unhealthy, and when found, it is confiscated by the inspectors. It is generally understood that this Florida Statute was passed really for the purpose of preventing that state from getting a bad name for its citrus fruits, which when green naturally had not the sweetness or good flavor of the matured product. The Moapa Valley citizens would do well to take up this matter and bring moral suasion to bear upon those reckless and careless shippers who have been sending unripe fruit to market, greatly to the injury of the output of the entire district. 1913 NEWS NOTES FROM OVERTON Items Concerning the Doings of Our Neighbors in the Valley Overton, Aug. 29. Mrs. John THOMAS and Mr. and Mrs. Bert MILLS are visiting on the coast for a few weeks. Mrs. Ellen PERKINS and Mrs. Sarah PERKINS are spending a few days in St. George, Utah this week. Miss Winona EARL of Bunkerville is here, the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. L. JONES. Mrs. Ellen GENTRY and Miss Eleanor SYPHUS returned Tuesday from a visit to the Relief Society Association of Alamo. The weather had been hotter the later part of August than during the first weeks. The local ice plant has been running day and night to supply ice in the valley. Dr. and Mrs. BEAL are visiting relatives in Leeds, Utah. The Lady’s Relief Society will give a program and dance Friday evening. They will also have ice cream and cake for sale. Mrs. Martha FLEMING is clerk in ANDERSON’s store, taking the plae of Mrs. Mildred ROBINSON who has moved to Logan. Miss Naomi HENDERSON of Salt Lake City is visiting her sister, Mrs. Andrew L. JONES. Mr. Dee HICKMAN of Provo and Miss Vivian PERKINS of this place will be married this week in St. George. Frank JONES and Woodruff PERKINS have gone to Logan, Utah. They will attend school there this winter. MOAPA SCHOOL The new schoolhouse at Moapa has been (completed) by Contractor OAKS to the entire satisfaction of the trustees. School will open September 8th with Miss SULLIVAN again as teacher. The new building is equipped with new furniture and fittings, and should prove a very attractive improvement. Messrs. J. T. SPRAGUE, L. M. GRANT and J. LOGAN, the school trustees, are entitled to much credit for the businesslike manner in which they have carried out the enterprise.September 20, 1913 Interesting Budget of Events in the Muddy Valley
Metropolis December 13, 1913 On Friday night a car loaded with ore and a caboose broke loose at Moapa and ran down to the end of the track at St. Thomas. No serious damage was done. The following were among those summoned to Las Vegas this week to serve on the grand jury: Jos. I. EARL, Martin A. BUNKER, Ute V. PERKINS, Brigham H. HARDY, Levi Walter SYPHUS. Dr. BRACKEN and his brother, Walter R. BRACKEN, came down the valley Monday on a hunting trip. A reunion of the Seventies was held Friday evening. Lunch was served and a program rendered. Bp. Udell SCHOFIELD and Jos. FOREMASTER were here from Alamo to attend conference. The St. Thomas choir, under the leadership of Francis BUNKER, furnished the music for Saturday’s session of the conference, and the Overton choir, under the management of N. Ray PIXTON, furnished the music for the Sunday conference meetings. Good work was done by both choirs. Bp. ABBOTT of Mesquite ward and 21 members of his ward were here to attend conference. Mrs. Sarah J. CONNOR and Mrs. Dorton WILCOX of the general board of the Relief Society were here from Salt Lake City. They spoke at the Saturday afternoon session of the conference, also holding a special session of Relief Society workers Sunday. Miss Mary BERKSTROM, who has been teaching the primary grade of the district school, was obliged to return to her home at Cedar City on account of ill health. A dance was held at the hall Saturday evening. Henry LEAVITT had the misfortune to cut his lip by running against a barbed wire fence in the dare. He retuned home to Bunkerville today. Bp. Edw. COX, Nephi HUNT and wife, James ABBOTT, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley LEAVITT, Misses Winona EARL and Lovica LEAVITT, William WITTWER, Hugh BUNKER, Hector BUNKER, Albert LEAVITT and a number of others were here this week from Bunkerville. S. R. WHITEHEAD is now making cement blocks for his new home. W. H. MCDONALD has recently received a shipment of cement and expects to build soon. Henry CANNON of St. George is here with the intention of making his home in the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Dick KIRKHAM of Moapa were down to attend the ball Saturday evening and Sunday’s conference.
December 20, 1913 Referee, Ben J. ROBINSON
Umpire, Leon HICKMAN Prof. C. E. OVERMAN accompanied the Las Vegas team. The
game was followed by a dance. There was a good crowd out to see the game and the
gate receipts were sufficient to meet the expenses. January 3, 1914 A horse thief was captured here Monday evening by Deputy Sheriff Jos. F. PERKINS. The horse he had stolen from Samuel LEAVITT of Mesquite was returned to the owner who had followed the thief. He was handcuffed and chained to a buggy wheel for the night and given a bed nearby, but in the night he dragged the buggy to a work bench and with a vice and hammer, broke the chain and escaped still wearing the handcuffs. He has not been recaptured. The Misses Armelia and Addie INGRAM, Zilla PETERSON, Lorna and Sadie PERKINS have returned from the Las Vegas High School for the holidays. On Christmas Eve, the Home Dramatic Co. played “The Next Door” a pleasing comedy. The parts were taken by Mr. and Mrs. Leon HICKMAN, Mr. and Mrs. D. O BEAL, Mrs. George LYTLE, Mrs. Wm. WHITEHEAD, Norman SHURTLIFF, Ray WEBER and Crayton JOHNSON. Mrs. N. L. LEAVITT of Las Vegas is here visiting relatives. Thos. JOHNSON came in Wednesday from his work out in Nevada. Martin LEWIS of Las Vegas is spending the holidays here. The SHURTLIFF Amusement Co. has installed roller skates in their dance hall. The floor cut so badly that there will be no more dancing in the hall. Born recently, a son to Mr. and Mrs. James HUNTSMAN. All concerned doing nicely.
February 14, 1914 EARLY ASPARAGUS March 28, 1914 The protection of the Moapa Valley from the damage by floodwaters, recently of almost annual occurrence, is now recognized as an absolute necessity. The valley people have risen to the emergency and now stand almost as a unit in favor of the formation of a drainage or protection district, whereby it will be possible to raise money by the issuance of bonds or otherwise to build a flood water canal. This canal will extend from Logan to beyond St. Thomas and will be built, under the advice of competent engineers, of sufficient size to carry off the flood waters which enter the Moapa Valley through the Meadow Valley Wash. This work will necessitate the rebuilding of the irrigation system of the Muddy Valley Irrigation system of the Muddy Valley Irrigation Co. upon modern lines, whereby the water will be conveyed in concrete ditches or pipelines. It is estimated that the water saved by this means will be sufficient to double the acreage in the valley for which water is now available and it is believed that the sale of the excess water thus conserved will pay the entire cost of putting in the new system. These pretentious plans are the most important undertakings, which have ever been attempted in the valley. Their successful completion depends only upon the co-operation of the various communities, which seem now to be thoroughly united in favor of the projects. Upon their accomplishment depends in a large measure, the future prosperity of the wonderfully productive Moapa Valley.
October 10, 1914 Section Director H. F. ALCIATORE, of the Reno Weather Bureau, is a southern man and always interested in cotton. Upon visiting the state fair in Reno recently, he was attracted to the Clark County exhibit by the tropical nature of the things displayed there and especially by the samples of cotton. He secured some of the bolls from Mr. GRIFFITH and sent them to a cotton expert in Arkansas for testing. The expert has returned a test sheet showing that the cotton is rated as of “good middling grade” and valued at 7 ˝ cents per pound at the present market price. Owing to the fact that there are 23,000,000 bales of cotton in the south unable to find a market at present on account of the European war, the price of cotton is now very low. Under normal conditions the price would be 10 or 12 cents per pound. This is of interest as showing that there are possibilities of riches in cotton raising in Nevada. Mr. ALCIATORE is entitled to the thanks of this county for his interest in this matter as well as in other things pertaining to Clark County. While it is known to our own population that cotton can be raised here and that for many years a cotton gin was in operation in the Moapa Valley, the idea of classing Nevada as a cotton state is new to the world.
COMMISIONERS HOLD MEETING _ _ _ _ _ (Puck:) Salesman: Here’s an alarm clock that’s guaranteed positively to make a fellow jump out of bed. Mr. TARDEE: That’s what they all say – but let’s hear it ring. Salesman: It doesn’t ring – it honks. MOAPA VALLEY SHOWS ACTIVITY Surveyors Locating Flood Channel – Cantaloupe Outlook Encouraging
Logan, Nevada. January 13, 1915. The surveyors are working on our flood channel. If a survey can be agreed on by owners of lands crossed we will be moving dirt in a few days. Lands heretofore useless are being cleared on the chance of a flood channel.Mr. PERKINS is building a new residence and has changed the post office to the new building. Miss DAVIS and Mr. SCOTT, from the University of Nevada, were visitors in town Sunday and Monday. Mr. SNOW, president of the Moapa Improvement Ranch, was in town Monday and held a cantaloupe meeting in Overton, which was well attended by farmers. The cantaloupe outlook for 1915 is good. W. J. MCBURNEY has 30 acres of land already nearly prepared for melons. Mrs. John THOMAS and Mrs. Ethel PERKINS have just returned from a short visit to Las Vegas. Bids have been called for the clearing of a large body of land on the HOLT Ranch. A gang of Italians have been at work for some time clearing land on the SPROULE Ranch. W. R. GANN of this place has taken up a ranch on the Virgin River five miles above the Colorado and is blasting a tunnel through a hill to tap the Virgin for water. He is intending to raise alfalfa for his cattle.
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November 20, 1915 C. of C. Meeting At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday the matter of the “All the Year Ronte” was the subject of much discussion. There is hope that the matter of bridging the Rio Virgin between Bunkerville and Mesquite may be carried through and the road opened without any material help from Arizona. A committee consisting of Messrs. PIKE, RILEY, JOHNSON, CLARK and GRIFFITH, was appointed to devise ways and means. Dr. MARTIN was also made a committee to confer with the railroad relative to grounds for a spring training camp for ball teams, from Ogden and Salt Lake. December 18, 1915 * * * * * January 3, 1916 Miss Zella PETERSON arrived Saturday the 27th to spend a few days with friends here, returning to Las Vegas Monday. Wilford CARLSON returned to his home at Warren Losee’s Sunday. He has been attending high school in Salt Lake. Mr. Ray WEBER left for Salt Lake City Saturday. Mr. Alan SHURTLIFF left Saturday for a week visit in Las Vegas. A carload of building material consisting of lumber and galvanized iron to be used on the flour mill arrived May 31st. The gravel haulers are busy and the work on the mill is rapidly progressing under the management of S. R. Whitehead. Mrs. Rose BUNKER, Miss Roxie LEAVITT and Vida EARL have just returned from the Lincoln County Normal School in Panaca. Miss LEAVITT went on to Bunkerville June 1st. Miss EARL will remain in Overton for a few days. A carload of Studebaker wagons arrived Wednesday 31st for the Distributing Company. Nine carloads of cattle were shipped from Moapa Valley to Denver, Colorado, last Wednesday. Gentry and Cox loaded five cars at St. Thomas and Joe PERKINS, Bryant WHITMORE and Will GANN loaded four at Moapa. Bryant and George WHITMORE went with the cattle cars. LOGAN NOTES CONFERENCE OF M. I. A. June 3, 1916 President May V. LYTLE, the teachers and children of the Primary Association planned a pleasant surprise party for Mrs. John A. SWAPP Saturday. The classes met at the schoolhouse and marched in double file to the hotel where they sang songs and played games under the trees after which delicious refreshments were served. There were fifteen officers, sixty-eight children and eight visitors present. Mrs. SWAPP was president of the Primary for eight years. Miss Zilla PETERSON arrived Saturday the 27th to spend a few days with friends here, returning to Las Vegas Monday. Wilford CARLSON returned to his home at Warren LOSEE’s Sunday. He has been attending high school in Salt Lake. Mr. Ray WEBER left for Salt Lake City Saturday. Mr. Alan SHURTLIFF left Saturday for a weeks visit in Las Vegas. A carload of building material consisting of lumber and galvanized iron to be used on the flourmill arrived May 31. The gravel haulers are busy and the work on the mill is rapidly progressing under the management of S. R. WHITEHEAD. Mrs. Rose BUNKER, Miss Roxie LEAVITT and Vida EARL have just returned from the Lincoln County Normal School in Panaca. They report that the Normal was first class and that they spent a very profitable and enjoyable winter in Panaca. Miss LEAVITT went on to Bunkerville June 1. Miss EARL will remain in Overton for a few days. A carload of Studebaker wagons arrived Wednesday for the Distributing Company. Nine carloads of cattle were shipped from Moapa Valley to Denver, Colorado, last Wednesday. GENTRY and COX loaded five cars at St. Thomas and Joe PERKINS, Bryant WHITMORE and Will GANN loaded four at Moapa. Bryant and George WHITMORE went with the cattle cars. June 24, 1916 Dr. D. O. BEAL arrived Saturday feeling well and glad to be home again. Sheriff Sam GAY spent a few days here last week. The K. V. V. Bees met at Kaolin Reservoir Thursday and seals were awarded by the Bee Keeper to the following Bees for swimming 150 feet using four standard strokes; Martha COCHERHOUSE, Permelia LOSEE, Minerva COCHRAN, Adeline NGRAM and Verna PETERSON of Moapa, and to Sybil SWAPP for swimming 25 feet using one standard stroke. Cantaloupe season will begin Friday 23rd. St. Thomas, Kaolin and part of Overton will ship through the Farmers Association, S. R. WHITEHEAD handling their work in the valley. The remaining half of Overton and Logan will ship through the Utah-Moapa Distributing Company. Sam RICE of Logan will handle their work. James NAY of Moapa was a visitor here Friday and Saturday. Mrs. S. L. BENSON, formerly of Logan, arrived from Los Angeles Sunday. Dr. Benson and the daughters, Virginia and Geneva STEWART, will be here soon. They will occupy their own home in Logan and Dr. BENSON will take up his practice in the valley again. The Valley Stork made a flying trip down the valley Saturday evening and Sunday leaving a cow puncher at William GANN Jr.’s, an electrician at Elmore LOSEE’s, and a cantaloupe grower at Robert MERRILL’s. All concerned doing well. Dr. D. D. RUSH has been doing a rushing business in dental work here for the past two weeks. The FREHNER thrashing machine began thrashing grain in St. Thomas the 20th. The quarterly conference of Moapa Stake was held here June 17 and 18. The attendance for Saturday was 185 for the morning session, and 227 for the afternoon. The St. Thomas choir of 25 voices furnished the music. The attendance Sunday morning was 225 and 285 in the afternoon and the Overton choir of 38 voices furnished the music. Friday and Saturday evenings were spent in dancing.
October 7, 1916 The arrivals from Grand Gulch Mine this week were F. G. RANCE, R. W. BAGSHAW and Mrs. POLLYCHECK. Mrs. C. MOORE of Moapa attended the shower, returning to Moapa Thursday. Mr. C. L. COLBURN left Thursday for Las Vegas to purchase a Ford runabout. The M.I.A. begins Sunday evening with a joint meeting. Messrs. Ralph LEAVITT, Richard COOPER and Norman SHURTLIFF will preside over the young men and Mesdames Joseph MCDONALD and W. J. FLOWERS over the young ladies. The special activities will begin Friday the thirteenth with an entertainment in the evening. Misses Armelia and Lillian INGRAM were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower at their home Wednesday, in honor of Miss Sybil SWAPP”s approaching marriage to Elson N. COX of Moapa. Games were played after which Miss SWAPP was put to guessing the contents of the beribboned packages which proved to be linen, many of which were hand embroidery and crochet work. Delicious refreshments were served at five o’clock. * * * * *
January 24, 1917 The work on our flood channel is going forward very satisfactorily. New teams are coming on nearly every day and the dirt is moving out very rapidly, nearly one half of the work necessary to protect the town being already done. The Moapa Improvement Company refused to sign up with the rest of the town and a series of very strong dikes have been built below their land to collect the water and turn it into the flood channel until next fall when it is hoped the channel may be completed. On account of the large amount of snow in the mountains an extra large, large flood is looked for. February 10, 1917 William THORPE of Stockton, Cal., and Marion CREIGH of Las Vegas. Jesse WHIPPLE and Alta MARSHALL, both of Logan. February 17, 1917 After seven years of conflict the farmers of the Moapa Valley are at last building a flood channel. During these seven years each one realized the great need of a flood channel but no one wanted it to run through his land. However, all differences practically have been composed and the farmers in the upper end of the valley are now straining every nerve to get a channel near enough completed to take care of any flood this spring. Mads JORGENSEN is superintendent of the work. He has had from ten to fourteen fresnos and three plow teams on the channel since about the middle of January. About two and a half miles of channel has been built, reaching from the dyke of the Moapa Improvement Company down through the State Experiment Farm. For a number of years the floods each winter have been doing great damage. Take the Sproule Ranch of 120 acres owned by the Moapa Garden Company of Salt Lake. Eight years ago that was a fine black soil easily worth $300 an acre and was planted in alfalfa, orchard, asparagus and cantaloupes. Then came the high waters from the Moapa River and covered that fine black loam with flood sand. The orchard trees were killed and the alfalfa fields buried under several feet of sand. For several years the farm has practically produced no crops and much of it has gone back to wilderness. From once being worth $300 an acre and the finest ranch in the valley, it will now cost $50 to $60 an acre to clear it. This is the history of other farms. The fence at the State Farm has been raised twice to keep the posts above the level of sand. Farmers with 200 and 300 acres of fine black land have gone broke and walked out of the valley, and all because they were unwilling to give up a few acres to a flood channel. It was a fight between the east side and the west side of Logan Township. Each side wanted to force the flood channel on to its neighbors. Then a drainage district was formed under the state law. The farmers met at Las Vegas and agreed upon what is known as the compromise line. A petition was presented to the county commissioners and Clark County spent a thousand dollars in the organization of the drainage district and in making surveys. The county commissioners appointed three supervisors, Mr. FOXLEY from St. Thomas, Mr. PERKINS from Overton, and Mr. MCBURNEY from Logan. The supervisors appealed to the Salt Lake Railroad and it sent one of its best engineers, Mr. WATSON, to make the survey. The engineer ran as close to the compromise line as he could and make a straight channel. Anyway, he selected what he said was the best route. The supervisors unanimously approved the engineer’s work. Then the trouble commenced. Those whose land was crossed by the flood channel began to protest. The supervisors could of course, have condemned the right of way. But a petition was presented from St. Thomas and Overton to the county commissioners against the WATSON Survey and against the levy of 60 cents an acre made by the supervisors. This petition bore signatures enough to make it impracticable to call a bond election. The matter was pigeonholed and there it stands today. The engineer estimated that it would cost a hundred thousand dollars to build a flood channel from Wells siding to St. Thomas, about ten miles. This includes the right of way. There is in the valley 10,000 to 12,000 acres susceptible of cultivation. This would be a tax of about ten dollars an acre for a flood channel. But this expense would make land now practically worthless on account of the danger of floods, have a value of $400 to $500 an acre. The State Farm has a record of thirteen tons of alfalfa in one season per acre of ground. Alfalfa is now selling at $20 a ton and hard to get at that. One ranch last season shipped 5,900 crates of cantaloupes from 25 acres and made a clear profit of over $3,000. This is more than a hundred dollars per acre and is good interest on a valuation of over a thousand dollars an acre. And still for seven years, the farmers have fought each other over the location of a flood channel, and nearly all have been losing money and some entirely ruined. And all this time, there has been more land than there is water. There is primary or summer water for about 2,500 acres, and winter water for about as much more that can be used for grain. What should have been done of course, was to have built a reservoir for the storage of winter flood water. There was a good site at the Narrows below Moapa, but the railroad now occupies this land for its right of way. However, it is possible to bore wells on the upper Muddy and develop an adequate water supply. The farmers now doing the work on a flood channel are under the supervisors but the latter have no money to pay them. Unless the legislature provides a way for the supervisors to issue warrants and to levy a tax to compensate these farmers for their labor, the landowners living in California and Utah will go “scot free”. BREAD BAKING CONTEST HELD
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