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Show FRED C. SMITH HERE FROM NEVADA Fred c Smith, assistant superintendent superin-tendent of the Southern Pacific's Salt Lake division, accompanied by Mrs Smith arrived this morning fiotn Im-lay, Im-lay, Nev., where Mr Smith has his headquarters Mr. Smith will leave uii Monday for the east on one oi the 'educational trips" that the company pves each year to its officials. 1 he personnel of the parly will consist oi Superintendent .1. D Bron-nu.i Bron-nu.i of the Oakland division; Oatis Weeks, resident engineer of the Stockton division, F. C Keim, master mechanic of the Stockton division: U H Curran, trainmaster of the Coast division; Fred Smith and W. H. McBean assistant superintendents of the Salt Lake division The party w ill travel In Supei intendent Rren-ail Rren-ail B private car. The itinerary w ill be as Jollow3: To New York, via I'nlon Pacific, Northwestern, Lake Shore and New York Central, back to Chicago via the Krie: to Denver over the Burlington and thence the Ulllon Pacltic to Ogden During Mr Smith's absence in the C'st Mrs Smith wlil stop at the Reed bote and will visit her many friends in Ogden That Rochester, the new mining town of Nevada. Is destined to be a good camp, is the opinion of Mr Smith He said that the townsite boom had subsided and the people of the town had now got down to real work to build it up. The lessees on Nen.el hill are now ready to haul Ore to the railroad. They have completed com-pleted an ore road from the top of tlx. hill to the mouth of the canyon to the railroad station Is four miles in length and in good condition for the operation of the Knox tractors wbich the company will use. Air. Smith state,! that the nearest point to Rochester Is Nixon, which Is the new name for the town of Oieana The change in the name was made by (he Southern ParifU eoinpany in honor of the late United I States senator of the Sagebrush 51 ie. He says that the discoveries in Rochester canyon have stimulated prospecting all over the Humboldt, which in vears gone by ha7 produced many millions in gold ore nn |