Show I H. H M. M YERINGTON HM L T. T-T. r. r Yerington who died iii in Carson City Nev ev was a potential force in Nevada for more than forty years lIe He was vas a native of Canada I In lii hj lib his youth he engaged in business there which resulted re- re suited disastrously and he l ft under the ban of a ag g geat eat debt He went to western estern Nevada the V country then a part tart of Utah territory shortly after the discovery of the Comstock and I engaged iii in i the lumber business with the late D. D L. L Bliss The firm of Bliss Yerington was a synonym nym nm for enterprise public spirit and integrity for forty orty years With the first money that he made he went A to Canada found every old creditor and paid lUll hut um in full When hen the the- Virginia Truckee railroad railroad rail rail- road was projected Mr 11 became the executive force in its building when it was corn corn- Dieted he was naturally its superintendent and nd he held that position as long as he lived He was likewise a master spirit in the construction of the Carson Colorado road and was its s superintendent superintend superintend- ent up UI to the time of its sale t to t Mr 1 Harriman 1 He grew old like other men b but t kept his heart both young and open to every worthy appeal and maintained main main- tamed his interest in all public matters to the last He was a close friend frind of the late D. D 0 O. Mills 1 and he tue late Villi William am Sharon baron h ron an and l in all their outside i was their entirely trusted lieutenant He lived to to be 82 year yean earr of age but hut his hit irrepressible energy never faltered until within a few days of his lis death He lived a most useful and honored life and in Nevadas Nevada's s hal hall hail of fame his statue should have lave a place among the thc very highest |