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Show I I AUBREY L. WISKER j TALKS OF MOAPA Probably the first man to register at j a city hotel from Moapa, Nev., Is Au- 11 brey L. Wiskcy, who, with his wife and l( three children, is at the "Wilson for a day or two. Mr. Wisker a one of the men who followed the Salt Lake route 1 1 to the Muddy valley, and bought, -with his partner, a 200-acre ranch In the m heart of thnt country. His place is M six miles from Moapa station, the pres: , ; ont end of the track, and the region, is j tho center of activity, as there two steam shovels are at work, and some L very heavy work Is to be done. I "It Is a good conntry," said Mr. i Wisker. "and it will be heard from In yi 1 lue time. It was settled forty years Rn ,j go by Utah people, but many new sat- 'i era have gone In owing to the advent ( ( the new road. As Moapa Is more ) ) ntrally located than Ploche. De La i , ' Mar or other places, there If already a (' movement on foot to secure the county- seat of Lincoln county for the town, , , which, though a small settlement as yet, Is destined to become the busiest little place In the country." , Mr. "Wisker Is a mining engineer and Y he is now going to the new Bull Rim it mining! camp in Elko county to paw ! i the summer, leaving his partner at the ,! ranch. It is a fertile country along tho 1 Muddy and the climate Is nearly the I j same as that of southern California. |