Past Pages Oct. 6

130 YEARS AGO

It transpires that Col. Fair is in a few months liable to be no more of a resident of Nevada than Sharon. The Democratic nominee for Senator has built a half million dollar residence on Nob Hill, San Francisco, and before long will move out of his little $3,000 house in Virginia. Thus when the time comes for him to serve the State, if it ever does, he will no longer be a resident of it. We hope residents vote for a honest habitating resident of the sagebrush.

100 YEARS AGO

A gold old fashioned Washoe Zephyr swept over the hills yesterday. It was a reminder of what will come this winter. Signs, limbs of trees, and a number of fences and rich Nevada soil were scattered anywhere between the summit and the Mexican border. The scientists state that the high winds of Nevada are health bringing. According to yesterday's wind, there was enough health blown into this section to prolong the average life another ten years.

70 YEARS AGO

A Ruby Valley Indian, Alfred Mose, was killed by lightening on the W. S. Short ranch with one of the horses he was driving. He leaves a wife and two children. The accident was unusual because he was riding a load of hay. Wet hands were attributed to the death.

50 YEARS AGO

Nevada's population was 285,278 on April 1, official census figures show. Carson City's population was 5,163.

20 YEARS AGO

Nevada should have a record 500,000 voters by the time registration closes Saturday. The count was the same as in the primary with 45 percent Democrats, 43 percent Republicans and 12 percent splinter party or non-partisan.

10 YEARS AGO

Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot becomes the first building in Fernley to be named to the State Register of Historic Places.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.