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buildings, set in the Truckee Meadows, a place of beauty and joy forever, surrounded by mani- fold natural advantages, it offers every require- ment necessary to the growth, advancement and maintenance of a large city. Slowly, steadily, surely, does she move towards her destined end, and she wants neither boom nor pressure.
A FAIRYLAND.
Truckee Meadows on the banks of the Truckee river, and surrounding Reno, were known to the earliest emigrants who followed the winding course of the beautiful stream, when on their way to the land of Gold. With what greedy longing eyes they gazed upon the marvelous landscape in all its splendid wealth and beauty as it came from God, with its virginity yet unmarred by the hand of man. The cool, sparkling water of the river, dashing and dancing through the canyon, and guarded by frowning mountain in forest armor, there playing among the boulders, and here flow- ing in peaceful security through green border- land, must have won sincere praise and heartfelt admiration from these weary travelers. There the tall and stately pine reared his regal head, and here the generous cottonwood dispensed her grateful shade. Attracted by this wildness and wealth came the following pioneers, who took up most of the natural grass lands: William Steele, Sol. Gehler, Daniel Harl, Jess Brothers, J. E. Chapman, Pete Young, Jerry Gance, Ike Gance, Lem. Savage, N. C. Haslund, Stone & Gates, E. C. Sessions, Cormack & Gulling, Charles Chase, Jim Holbrook, Jım Ferguson, Laughton Bros., Theo. Lewis, J. A. Blasdell, Owens & Ing, John George, A. J. Clark.
The names of the present residents of Truckee Meadows, and the number of acres they own, improved and unimproved, are here given: W. A. Noyes, 450; Stephen Ede, 207; Mrs. E. Brown, 600 ; Mrs. Jane Lake, 1,037 ; Peter Dal- ton, 465; Mrs. M. J. Howard, 850; W. H. Calli- gan, 114; Mrs. C. B. Norcross, 170; H. M. Frost, 330; Jacob Stiner, 400; W. H. Gould, 200 ; Miss M. U. Crocker, 140; Mrs. J. A. Blasdell, 240; Mrs. C. Thomas, 80; R. H. Kin- ney, 220; O. C. Ross, 160; Heister Stephens, 160; Hon. George Alt, 258; I. P. Johnston, 160; A. M. Lamb, 320; W. H. Blanchard, 100; Henry Whisler, 147; Robert Steele, 460; George Dere-
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mer, 160; J. A. Evans, 900; A. T. Rice, 240; James Sullivan, 240; R. S. Gammon, 510; J. P. Winfrey, 245; J. A. Weldon, 260; Wm. Bryant, 240; M. Gulling, 200; and others we could not obtain.
For health, wealth, vegetables, hay, grain, fruit and other products, Truckee Meadows cannot be equaled. Mr. James Sullivan produced on his ranch the sack of wheat and the bale of hay that took the first premium for the world at the New Orleans Exposition.
The following from the " Gazette" tells what we would tell, so we most cheerfully reproduce it:
"Twenty years ago there were no good houses abroad in Truckee Meadows; and no trees, save a tringe of willows and cottonwoods along the Truckee. Now handsome residences and groves and orchards loom up all over the valley, and thousands of cattle and horses are grazing where once existed only rocks and sagebrush. What a marvelous change greets our eyes, as we stand on this eminence ( the University grounds), and behold what wonders have been wrought in this section in the last ten years ! As, at that date. we came from Long Valley to the brow of the hills overlooking the Truckee Meadows, we saw little else than apparent barrenness and desolation brooding over this region. We repeat, what a change breaks upon our vision ! Rocks and sagebrush chaotically disseminated, now trans- tormed into rock-walled and flowery verdant fields of golden grain and luxuriant vegetation, with trees crowning the eminences and lining the highways and lawns, with sleek cattle brows- ing upon the rich pasturage, the busy hum of machinery in manufactories, the minareted and turret-crowned public edifices, the flourishing public schools, college, seminary, and university here located, throwing a halo of prospective literary glory over the locality, and all this inter- spersed with picturesque scenery and flowing fountains and singing birds, are some of the tri- umphs of a single decade of years; while all be- yond is a mental vista of beauty and gladness."
RESUME OF WASHOE COUNTY.
In the matter of agriculture, its chief interest and resource, Washoe is the leading county in the State. Its surface area is 1, 195 square miles, or 764,800 acres, divided as follows:
Timher land (acres). 115,200
Meadow
46,080
Arable. 161,280
Mineral. 20,000
Water surface
15,360
Grazing lands
406,880
Total 764,800
Washoe County lies on the western boundary of the State, and partly on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and is particularly favored by nature in its geographical position and manifold resources. Its numerous valleys afford a rich, prolific soil, which produces all the vari- eties of cereals, vegetables, fruits, etc., and that in quantity and quality unexcelled, according to the premiums held by Ross Lewers, Jim Sullivan and others. The mountains afford timber, lum- ber and fuel, as well as an abundance of water to moisten the soil and afford a cheap and durable water power. While it may be classed as an agricultural county, many minerals peculiar to the State may be found within its borders. Again, her great wealth does not lie in her valleys and mountains of mineral veins, for her almost barren and utter deserts furnish salt, borax and nitre, while in her hills are found gypsum, asbestos, silica, cinnabar, plumbago, bituminous shale, coal, etc.
TRUCKEE RIVER.
Rising in the overflow of the beautiful Lake Tahoe, the Truckee River is nearly wholly within the confines of Washoe County. By far the most beautiful and picturesque river which Nevada possesses, its cold, crystal waters, teeming with mountain trout, thunder down the woody gorges of the eastern Sierra, and at length empty them- selves into Pyramid and Winnemucca Lakes. Having a considerable fall, a rapid current, a large volume of water, and many eligible sites for the erection of machinery, it has been, is, and will be, used for manufacturing purposes; while as an easily available means of irrigating a large area of country, it is bound to attract attention and capital.
With her 200 irrigating ditches, Washoe has been enabled to accomplish much, as the follow- ing communication plainly shows:
NEW ORLEANS, March 20, 1886. Hon. W. M. Havenor, Commissioner for Nevada-DEAR SIR; I desire to express to you
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and through you to the enterprising agriculturists of the Silver State, my appreciation of your ex- cellent display of fruit, grains, vegetables and grasses made at our exposition. The fruit, chiefly apples, was superior in size, beauty and flavor, being wholly free from worms or insects of any kind. The fact that it was grown wholly by irri- gation gave it an added beauty in our eyes. The apples stood up well in this trying climate without help from cold storage. Some of your varieties were the finest here; in the number of varieties exhibited your display was surpassed only by that from Arkansas, while in the quality it was first- class throughout. As for a fruit display, it was wholly unexpected, and a surprise to us all. Your vegetables, especially the potatoes, were remarkable for their size; uniformity of shape, and compactness of texture. The flavor and general table qualities I did not test personally. I was particularly interested in your fine specimens of "snowflake," a superior variety originated by an old friend and neighbor in Vermont. and I very much regret that I did not sample their quality, as they were superior in appearance to any I ever saw among the Green Mountains-another in- stance of race improvement by emigration. Of your grain, I was chiefly attracted by your wheat and oats; the plumpness, hardness and weight of the grain commanded immediate attention. Your wheat was especially noteworthy; the indicated yield of 60 bushels per acre and 68 pounds to the bushel was quite beyond my ideas of wheat crops. The average wheat yield in this country is about 14 bushels, and of Great Britain about 29 bushels per acre, but you exhibited wheat with a record of 60 bushels per acre. Surely your young com- monwealth has something of which to be proud, besides her mountains and her mines, and I shall watch with interest the agricultural development of your State, etc.
LEWIS B. HIBBARD, Assistant Director-General.
HOME. [By R. L. Fulton.].
Love of home is a strong attribute of the human mind, and it is a mean man who will not put his best foot forward when discussing his own county. The writer was recently questioned by a party of
boom-seekers about Reno as a place to live, and promptly said: "It is the best place in the world." A bright-looking man suggested, "You mean the best in Nevada," but was answered, "No; I mean the best in the world," and being put upon his mettle, the next thing was to prove it. As all error contains a grain of truth, there is much reason even in this extreme statement. Reno, in common with the rest of Nevada, has no floods, no tornadoes and no epidemics. Its high altitude and dry air secure it from the possi- bility of those dreadful scourges that periodically paralyze so many less favored lands. No portion of America has suffered less from earthquakes, while malaria, hydrophobia and sunstroke are unknown. Although every one remarks the ab- sence of the beautitul forests and bright verdure with which a heavier rainfall clothes nature east of the mountains, yet Washoe provides as well for the limited number who live on her resources as any land beneath the sun. If people here prac- ticed a tithe of the economy of China, where they farm the land with a spoon; or of France, where they farm it with a spade; or even of the Eastern States, everybody would be rich. But our farm- ers would rather live rich than die rich, although many of them do both; so they indulge their taste for travel and dress, church or theater, while many play billiards and smoke cigars; and they can afford to do so, when they get two hundred dollar land for forty. So long as the markets are as they are now, the farmwife can keep help, the farmer can hire even his buggy team hitched up, and they can be the lady and gentleman of the ranch, instead of the plodding farmer and his wife as seen in older countries,
But the pressure of population is forcing people in upon us, and the landowner who has not the energy or prudence to use the resources at his hand will be displaced soon, and the method of the pioneer will give way to the closer calculations of the scientific agriculturist and arborist. Those who cannot see any undeveloped resources in this county must indeed be blind. The most careless observer who has visited both places must know that, compared with the Los Angeles country, Washoe County has ten times as much water and five times as much good land. It is no further from Reno to the brown hills east than it is from
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Los Angeles to the Sierra Madre, and this valley is only a fraction of the land within reach of the Truckee's waters. The valleys to the north and east of Reno would support as many people as Washoe County now has, if irrigated and farmed, and we can afford to exchange the oranges of Los Angeles for the firm and luscious apples of the eastern foothills, the fig for the Washoe potato, the best in the world, her murky fogs for our sunny skies, and her negative calms for the health- ful breath of the pine and the fir.
It is the simple truth that only a fraction of Washoe County's resources have been brought into service. She has beyond all question many valuable mines, but they are in the prospecting stage still. Vast deposits of iron lie within sight of Reno. Potter's clay makes mountains in sev- eral corners of the county. Limestone, salt, gyp- sum, sulphur and other common minerals are to be found in addition to gold, silver and copper. Great forests of pine and fir still abound. although equally great ones have been cut off and made into lumber and mining timbers. The enormous water power of the Truckee River, which crosses the county, has hardly been measured, much less used. It falls from ten to forty, and even sixty, feet per mile, and in many places can be carried up so as to give a head of fourteen or fifteen feet by 1,000 feet of canal, thus furnishing a water power of from 100 to 200 horse power at a trifling expense. That its banks will some day be lined with quartz mills, woolen factories, wood-working machines, paper mills, and similar enterprises, goes without saying.
But the surest source of wealth has not been mentioned. The capacity of the mountains sur- rounding our fine valleys for artificial lakes, is enormous, and while the wasteful use of water will be succeeded by an economy which will spread the present supply over double the surface now irrigated, it will be supplemented by an equally large amount when all the reservoir sites are used. Dozens of dams, of various sizes, can be constructed at reasonable cost, and then the Spring floods which now tear their way down the mountain sides and through the valleys will be stored up to be drawn upon in July and August, when they are needed. These additions to the meadows and grain fields already cultivated will
influence the climate and increase the natural moisture sufficiently to make grain growing profit- able without artificial irrigation. This is possible now in many favorable spots, and is quite com- mon in the large country lying between the Over- land railroad and the Oregon line, and it will be universal on land lying within twenty miles of the Sierra Nevadas within a score of years. With Summer fallowing and Fall sowing Washoe County sagebrush lands are surer of a crop than Colusa County, or the west side of the San Joaquin. The markets will always be the highest in the country, because wheat cannot be shipped in without a big freight rate, and the domestic market cannot be overstocked. Home mills grind up all the native wheat, besides shipping in from California constantly, so there is no danger from overproduction.
Neither are the brown hills and dry plains of Washoe County without their value. Even while waiting for a better water supply they furnish sub- sistence for thousands of cattle and hundreds of thousands of sheep, which by the ease with which they are maintained, and the trifling cost of mar- keting them, rapidly enrich their owners. It is as a place of residence, however, that Washoe County towns, particularly Reno, appeal to those seeking a change. No place in the world has more sun- shine or can record a greater number of clear days every year. The Winters are as lovely as the Summers, not in the sense that there is no frost, but in the absolute freedom from intense cold, and slushy storms of sleet or hail. Decem- ber and January are as bright as August, and are usually free from snow. The nights are cold, and the frost sparkles crisp and lively in the mornings, but withal, the days are beautiful, and a buggy ride or a walk is always enjoyable. As a sani- tarium it is doubtful if it can be excelled. Min- eral springs, well-fitted up for steam or hot water baths, are found in several parts of the county, and the air is a specific for asthma. No case of ague or consumption was ever known to originate here, and the health of the inhabitants is the best proof of the excellence of the climate. As a mirth-loving lady one day remarked: "It is so healthy here that it is positively vulgar."
In the matter of markets for table fruits and vegetables, Western Nevada is as much ahead of
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the world as it is in climate. The berries, apri- cots and peaches of Newcastle and Sacramento are loaded on the cars at 8 or 9 at night, and de- livered at Reno at daylight next morning. Their first crop is soon gone, and then the Washoe County crop comes in, with plenty for home use, but none for California or the East, so that for nearly the whole Summer the people of Washoe enjoy luxuries which are only had at short seasons elsewhere. In the substantials no county has such quantity and quality at anything like the price. Washoe apples, potatoes and wheat took prizes at New Orleans from the whole earth. The English claim that roast beef conquered the world; the Irish claim that they built the railroads and canals of Christendom, and got their sup- port from a potato diet. If we raise the best beef and the best potatoes in the world, what more need be said.
ELECTION PRECINCTS.
Election Districts, and votes cast in 1886: Duck Flat, 5; Peavine, 15; Pyramid, 20; Salt Marsh, 20; Franktown, 42; Washoe, 50; Verdi, 73; Brown's, 97; Glendale, 105; Wadsworth, 119; Reno, 816. Total, 1,362.
COUNTY OFFICERS. [ By T. V. Julien.]
The County Officers of Washoe County, Ne- vada, commencing December 10, 1861, to Decem- per 31, 1888:
The first were appointed by Jas. W. Nye, then Governor of the Territory of Nevada .- Sheriff, Chas. C. Smith; Clerk, P. E. Shannon; Recorder, Isaac Mears and R. F. Riddle; Treasurer, H. H. Luce; Surveyor, D. B. Scott; Commissioners, H. F. Burroughs, H. F. Pierce and C. C. Smith.
Elected January, 1862 .- Sheriff, Chas. C. Smith; Clerk, H. F. Pierce ( resigned). C. C. Conger (appointed); Recorder, R. F. Riddle ; Treasurer, Fred. A. Ent; Assessor, L. C. Sav- age; Tax Collector, Wm. Gregory; Surveyor, D. B. Scott; Commissioners, S. G. Sewell, Silas Allison and T. A. Reed.
Elected in September. 1862 (for 1864) .- Sheriff, T. A. Reed ; Clerk, C. C. Conger; Recorder, P. E. Shannon; Treasurer, Fred. A. Ent; Tax Col- lector, Wm. Gregory; Assessor, S.C. Jolly; Com- missioners, Samuel McFarland, D. J. Gloyd and G. N. Folsom.
Elected in September, 1863 ( Territory) .- Sheriff, T. A. Reed; Clerk, C. C. Conger (re- signed), W. P. L. Winham ( appointed); Re- corder, P. E. Shannon; Treasurer, F. A. Ent; Assessor, S. C. Jolly ; Tax Collector, Wm. Gregory; District Attorney, J. F. Lewis; Super- intendent of Schools, G. A. Weed; Commission- ers, S. McFarland, D. J. Gloyd, H. H. Beck (resigned), G. W. Folsom ( appointed).
Elected September, 1864 (Territory) .- Sheriff, T. A. Reed; Clerk, S. A. Mann; Recorder, P. E. Shannon; Treasurer, W. P. L. Winham ; Tax Collector, Wm. Gregory ; Assessor, S. C. Jolly; District Attorney, J. F. Lewis ( resigned), Alanson Smith (appointed); Surveyor, D. B. Scott; Superintendent of Schools, T. H. Mc- Grath ; Commissioners, D. J. Gloyd, E. C. Ses- sions and I. N. Mundell.
Elected November, 1864 ( under State Con- stitution) .- Sheriff, T. A. Reed; Clerk, S. A. Mann; Recorder, Geo. C. Cabbot; Treasurer, W. P. L. Winham ; Assessor, S. C. Jolly; Tax Col- lector, H. B. Brady; District Attorney, Alanson Smith; Surveyor, D. B. Boyd; Superintendent Schools, T. H. McGrath ; Commissioners, D. J. Gloyd, E. C. Sessions and I. N. Mundell. County Judge, C. C. Goodwin. Vote for Consti- tution, 1,055; against Constitution, 115.
Elected November, 1864 (for 1865-66) .- Dis- trict Judge, C. N. Harris ( four years); Sheriff, W. N. Thurman; Clerk, M. L. Yager; Recorder, H. L. Fish; Treasurer, Jno. P. McFarland ; Assessor, T. A. Reed ; District Attorney, Wm. Webster; Superintendent of Schools, A. F. Hitch- cock ; Public Administrator, Nat. Holmes ; Sur- veyor, Orvis Ring; Commissioners, J. H. Snod- grass, H. M. Frost and A. C. Cleevland.
Elected 1868 ( for 1869-70) .- Sheriff, Chas. W. Pegg; Clerk, Jno. Shoemaker; Recorder, H. L. Fish; Treasurer, R. A. Frazer; Assessor, Wm. Thompson; District Attorney, Joseph Kunz ; Superintendent of Schools, Rev. Warren Nims ; Public Administrator, Nat. Holmes ; Surveyor, Andrew Jackson Hatch; Commissioners, J. H. Sturtevant, M. J. Smith, John A. Mock (re- signed), W. R. Chamberlain ( appointed).
Elected 1870 ( for 1871-72) .- District Judge, C. N. Harris; Sheriff, Chas. W. Pegg ; Clerk, Jno. S. Shoemaker; Recorder, H. L. Fish ;
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Treasurer, R. A. Frazer; Assessor, Wm. Thomp- son; District Attorney, Wm. M. Boardman; Superintendent of Schools, A. F. Hitchcock ; Surveyor, E. L. Bridges; Commissioners, T. K. Hymers, T G. Herman and Geo. Robinson.
Elected 1872 .- Sheriff, Jos. E. Jones; Clerk, Jno. S. Shoemaker; Recorder, Chas. A. Richard- son ; Treasurer, R. A. Frazer ; Assessor, D. B. Boyd; District Attorney, Wm. M. Boardman; Superintendent of Schools, Orvis Ring; Sur- veyor, A. J. Hatch ; Public Administrator, Wm. Stopher ; Commissioners, T. K. Hymers, E. B. Towl and Peleg Brown.
Elected 1874 .- District Judge, S. H. Wright; Sheriff, Jos. E. Jones; Clerk, Jno. S. Shoemaker ; Recorder, Jno. B. Williams; Treasurer, Frank B. Clocker (died), G. W. Huffaker (appointed ); Assessor. R. A. Frazer; District Attorney, H. B. Cossett; Superintendent of Schools, Orvis Ring; Surveyor, A. J. Hatch; Public Administrator, C. W. Jones; Commissioners, Peleg Brown, O. C. Ross, E. Owens.
Elected 1876 .- Sheriff, A. K. Lamb; Clerk, .P. B. Comstock; Recorder, John B. Williams; Treasurer, B. B. Norton; Assessor, H. L. Fish; District Attorney, Wm. Cain; Superintendent of Schools, Orvis Ring; Surveyor, A. J. Hatch; Public Administrator, N. C. Haslund; Commis- sioners, O. C. Ross, T. K. Hymers, and W. H. Joy.
Elected 1878 (for 1879-80) .- District Judge, Samuel D. King; Sheriff, W. A. Walker; Clerk, Mark Parish; Recorder, J. B. Williams; Treas- urer, D. B. Boyd; Assessor, W. F. Everett ; Superintendent of Schools, A. Dawson; Public Administrator, C. W. Jones; District Attorney, John Bowman; Commissioners, T. K. Hymers, R. H. Kinney and E Olinghouse.
Elected 1880 (for 1881-82) .- Sheriff, W. A. Walker; Clerk, R. S. Osburn; Recorder, J. B. Williams; Treasurer, D. B. Boyd; Assessor, J. M. Flannagan; District Attorney. Geo. A. Ran- kin ; Superintendent of Schools, M. D. Bowen ; Surveyor, W. W. Skinner; Public Administrator, W. H. Dickens; Commissioners, R. H. Kinney, Jos. Frey and D. H. Lodge.
Elected 1882 (for 1883-84) .- District Judge. Wm. M. Boardman; Sheriff, J. F. Emmit; Clerk, R. S. Osburn; Recorder, J. B. Williams; Treas- urer, D. B. Boyd; Assessor, C. H. Stoddard; District Attorney, J. F. Alexander; Superinten- dent of Schools, W. R. Jenvey ( resigned), D. Allen (appointed); Public Administrator, W. H. Dickens; Surveyor, E. L. Bridges; Commission- ers, Jos. Frey, S. C. Fogus, G. W. Sawyer.
Elected 1884 (for 1885-86) .- Sheriff, J. F. Emmitt; Clerk, T. V. Julien; Recorder, J. B. Williams; Treasurer, D. B. Boyd; Assessor, C. H. Stoddard; District Attorney, J. F. Alexander; Superintendent of Schools, Jno. A. Lewis (re- signed), N. W. Roff ( appointed); Public Admin- istrator, H. P. Brown; Surveyor, E. L. Bridges; Commissioners, S. G. Fogus, T. K. Hymers and C. A. Lee.
Elected 1886 (for 1887-88) .- District Judge, R. R. Bigelow; Sheriff, L. J. Flint; Clerk, T. V. Julien; Recorder, J. B. Williams; Treasurer, D. B. Boyd; Assessor, C. H. Stoddard; District Attorney, Pierce Evans; Superintendent of Schools, Wm. Lucas; Public Administrator, H. P. Brown ; Surveyor, E. L. Bridges (resigned), T. K. Stewart (appointed); Commissioners, T. K. Hymers, W. P. Mclaughlin, and W. Merrill. Elected 1888 .-?
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STATISTICS. Taken from Assessors' Reports to Surveyors-General and Estimates made by Long Resident Citizens :
YEAR.
Area cultivated ..
Wheat.
Barley
Hay.
Potatoes
Apples
Peaches
Pears.
Grapevines
Strawberries
Raspberries
Gooseberries
Horses
Mules
Cattle.
Sheep
Wool.
Butter
Honey.
Maple.
Poplar
property ..
Total valuation of
1865.
10.450 13 100 7,588
166
864
75
60
24 20,000 2,150| 1,000 84017v 2,249
1,855
5,565| 3,450
50
190 20,000 $2,254,461
1870 ..
4,000 10 95 11,155
360
4,000
350
380
100 50,000 7.000 4,000 1,665 382 4,637 300 60,000 10,500 10,000 2,625 281 18,965
25,195 75,585 7,150
94
230 64,000 2,969,820
1876 ..
2,950 177 182 22,000
710
9,995 1,000
650
50 75,000 13,000 10,500 2,600 200 16,575
22,000 66,000 9,000
115
250100,000 3,267,449
1877.
2,890 135 215 26,000
761
40,000 2,500 1,000
700 100,000 14,000 12.000 2,800 425 17,728 30,000 90,00 10,000
185
300 150,000 3,579,436
1878
2,680 215 198 23,000
800 53,000|3,1.02,000
900 125,000 16,000 12,600 2.500 190 14,365
40,000 120,000 12,000
190
70.200,00
3,335,383
1879.
13,800 269 187 27,000
825 35,874 4,000 3,00 1,10_ 150,000 18,000 13,000 2,825 395 15,921
51,085 153,255 15,000
200 1,700 230 000 3,606,293
1880
13,800 289 178 28,500
300 1,900 250,000 3,502,45J
1881
13,800 300 18030,762
3,652,480
1882.
7,000 560 320 37,278
3,930,880
1883
7,792 412 285 36, 435 1,118 360,000 1,948 3 133 1,942 165,616 14,390 14,800 3,154 158 14,000
52,369 197,200 46,900 1,199 2 399 5.0,000
3,981,585
1884.
7,800 370 225 40,593 1,000 360,000 1,950 4,000 2,00. 300,000 20,000 20.000 3,347 156 13,993 93,895 214,000 53,455 1,64 - 3,000 450,000
4,171,045
1885.
7,950 390 231 39,000 1,216 365,000 1,950 4,00 2,3-0 300,000 20,000 23,000 3,560 156 15,960 102,000 250.00.56,330 1,73. 3,600 250,000 4,344,915
1886
8.100.405 201 40,000 1,200 370,000 2,000 4,00 2,500 305,000 21,000 23.500 3 3 16 160 21,848 95,806 220.00 87,360 1,282 3 200 _50 0.0
4.645 845
1875 ..
2,950 117 196 21,000
660
6,000
700
600
871 293,053 5,187 9,185 1,465 174,240 20,323 15,576 2,650 390 14,078 51,000 153,000 17,000
48,000 144,000 20.00.
400 9,000 400,000 697 2, 195 500,000
900 350,000 3,384 6,000 1,500 165,000 20,325 15,900 2,700 300 15,000 922 358,740 1,533 3,872 1,798 161,050 13,045 16,803 2,724 139 14,068
47,400 152,740 23,630
1,005
3,015 6,003
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20 50,000 1,818,235
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
+Opera * House * Saloon
FIRST FLOOR, MCKISSICK'S OPERA HOUSE.
Most Commodious and Elegant Saloon in the State.
PRIVATE CLUB ROOMS ! BILLIARD HALL !
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,
POLITE ATTENDANTS ! ELECTRIC LIGHTS !
Large and Elegant Lodging Rooms in Fire-proof Brick Building,
Modern Improvements, Meat and Comfortable Parlors.
Rendezvous and meeting point of . Washoe County Pioneers, and kept by one of them.
GIVE HIM A CALL.
J. P. RICHARDSON.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
*NEVADA STATE FAIR,
AT RENO, NEVADA.
From September 17th to September 22d, Inclusive.
$10, in Surses and Premiums !
Six Days Fast Trotting and Pacing Races ! Three Grand Stock Parades !
Three Ladies' Tournaments ! Five Bicycle Races !
Splendid Agricultural, Horticultural, Mining and Mechanical Exhibits.
THEODORE WINTERS, President. CHAS. H. STODDARD, Secretary. C. T. BENDER, Treasurer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
Theodore Winters, Al. White, B. F. Leete, P. H. Mulcahy, L. J. Flint, C. C. Powning, Alvaro Evans,. Washoe County; W. S. Bailey, Churchill County; Fred Dangberg, Douglas County ; John P. Sweeny, Ormsby County ; Jos. Marzen, Humboldt County ; T. B. Rickey, Ormaby County.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS THE SECRETARY AT RENO, NEVADA.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
he
tate
University,
A SUPERIOR EDUCATION AT HOME.
The State University, located at Reno, offers excellent opportunities to young men and young women who desire to obtain a good education at a reason- able cost. This institution is a part of the Public School system of the State, and and is free to all residents of Nevada.
Roomrent and Good Board can be had in respectable families for less than $25 per month.
"The next term of fifteen weeks will open Wednesday, September 5, 1888.
LEROY D BROWN,
President of the University, Reno, Nev.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
-THE-
JOHN WIELAND
Saloon Bottling
orks,
COR. SIERRA AND THIRD STREETS, RENO, NEVADA.
Nevada Agency for the Celebrated Wieland Lager Beer.
Orders solicited from every section of the sagebrush country. The saloon connected with the establishment is one of the best appointed in the State, and always cool and pleasant.
Wieland Beer, Choicest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on hand.
Sandwiches of all kinds a Specialty.
COME ONCE!
COME AGAIN !
J. B. FRANCIS, PROPRIETOR.
R. C. LEEPER,
-Dealer in-
Harness, * Saddles, * Bridles,
Whips, Buggy Robes, Etc.
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Orders Received by Mail Promptly Filled.
SIERRA STREET,
Near Fourth, next to Luke's Blacksmith Shop,
RENO, NEVADA.
JOHN A. STROH,
Commercial Row, West of Palace Hotel, - Reno.
Good, Clean Lodgings. CLUB ROOMS IN REAR.
Best of Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco at Retail. BEER ON DRAUGHT 5 CENTS.
PIERCE EVANS,
Attorney-at-Law,
RENO, NEVADA.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Marble Works !
J. M. McCORMACK,
-Dealer fri-
Marble and Granite Monuments
Headstones, Tablets, Curbing, Etc.
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Agent for the most Elegant Wrought and Malle- able Iron Fences.
RENO,
NEVADA.
WM. THOMPSON,
Real * Estate* Agent,
Correspondence Solicited and Estimates Given.
Houses and Lots, City and Country
Property of all kinds.
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-ADDRESS-
WM. THOMPSON,
RENO, NEVADA.
Furniture Store,
Cor. Commercial Row and Sierra Sts, Reno.
Upholstering and Repairing a Specialty.
Bedroom Suites, Parlor Suits, Lounges, Mattresses, All kinds of Chairs and Tables, Kitchen Safes and Wardrobes, Chair Bottoms, Picture Frames, Mirrors and Window Poles, also the $7 Im- proved Household-Treasure Kitchen Table, Children's Carriages, etc.
PRICES LOW TO MEET THE TIMES.
I invite the public in general to come and examine my stock of Furniture and prices before buying else- where. JOSEPH A. ZIEGLER.
J. L. STEVENSON, Secretary and Manager.
B. O. MARIS, Superintendent.
NEVADA
Electrical Construction Company,
Agents for Everything Electrical.
ARC AND INCANDESCENT LIGHT PLANTS
FURNISHED COMPLETE.
General Western Agents for the American Cushman Telephone.
Estimates furnished for plants complete; from thirty lights upward, with or without power.
Address,
Novada Electrical Constraction Co.,
REMO, NEV.
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE, No. 7 Spear Street. RENO OFFICE, Reno, Nevada.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. DAVIS,
-DEALER IN-
-Lumber, Wood, Goal, Etc.,-
RENO, NEVADA.
GENERAL WESTERN AGENT FOR PLEASANT VALLEY COAL.
Lumber and Fuel to other places in Carload Lots at Lowest Rates.
Agent for Badger State Knuckle Gate Hinge.
Office Near Coal House, East of Depot Hotel.
>*DR. MAYO H. GREENLAW,*
DEN
Office in Powning's Building, Virginia. Street, Reno, Nevada.
All operations in the Dentist Line performed and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth.
Office Hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
*UNION SALOON
Northwest Corner of Virginia and Second Streets, Reno, Nevada. - CHASE & CHURICH, Proprietors. -
The best quality of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Fine Billiard and Pool Tables attached for the accommodation of guests. Jesse Moore's brands of Whisky a Specialty.
Charlie Chase was on the Meadows in '59.
Call and See Us.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. J. LUKE,
COR. FOURTH AND SIERRA STS., - RENO.
Carriagemaking * and * Blacksmithing
In all its branches.
My work will compare favorably with any make, and cannot be excelled in Nevada.
HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
PINNIGER,
Cor. Virginia St. and Commercial Row, Rono, NOv.
One Minute's Walk from Railroad Depot.
-THE-
Old Established Reliable Apothecary
Chemicals and Perfumes.
WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL USE.
Pure Drings at Lowest Prices.
S. JACOBS, Reno's Only Tailor, VIRGINIA STREET.
Has just received a large and complete stock of
-+Fall and Winter Suitings, Furnishing Goods, + HATS, TRUNKS, VALISES, ETC .; AT PRICES WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL.
GEORGE BECKER,
PROPRIETOR
Pacific Brewery, Reno Soda Works AND GRANITE SALOON.
Brewery and Soda Works, Sierra Street; Saloon, Commercial Row.
C. S. MARTIN, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Notary Public and Money Broker.
Houses and Lots sold on the Installment Plan. Loans on Ranches and City Property made, free from taxes, and 7 per cent. guaranteed on all loans. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS
C. S. MARTIN, Real Estate Agent, RENO, NEVADA.
ALFRED NELSON, Importer and Dealer in Cigars and Tobacco, Smokers' Articles, Pipes, Cutlery, Stationery, And a full line of Optical Goods.
FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
VIRGINIA STREET,
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RENO, NEV.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
OSBURN & SHOEMAKER,
Druggists,
And Dealers in
Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils,
WINDOW GLASS, LAMPS,
Picture and Cornice Moulding, Sewing Machines, Etc.
COMMERCIAL ROW, RENO, NEV.
Reno Furniture Store;
E. C. SESSIONS, Proprietor,
RENO, -
- NEVADA.
NEW INVOICES OF Bedroom Sets, Chairs, Tables,
And all kinds of General Furniture received daily by the undersigned. Also all kinds of mattresses made and repaired as good as new.
Townsend's = "Kitchen + Treasure"
The joy of every household, for sale for seven dollars.
Specialty made of Spring Rockers and Woven Wire Mattresses. Country orders solicited and satis- faction guaranteed.
RENO CASH STORE, W. M. HAVENOR, Proprietor,
-Dealer in-
-Groceries, and Provisions,-
Produce, Fruit, Vegetables, Poultry,
BUTTER AND EGGS.
ALSO CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
VIRGINIA ST., RENO, NEV.
Strict attention paid to orders from the country.
WHOLESALE ! RETAIL ! NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED !
And customers will get the benefit of wholesale prices -AT-
M. NATHAN'S,
VIRGINIA STREET, RFNO.
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New Goods for Gentlemen's Wear,
For the Fall and Winter of 1888-89.
A magnificent assortment of new styles in Suits, Light-weight Overcoats and Pantaloons
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
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