The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-03-15

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T. B. Hickey and w. e. Lindsay
were in Gardnerville yesterday.
Genoa people were shaken up by an
earthquake Tuesday about noon.
l. Goldstein of Genoa is fitting up
the old creamery and will move his
store next month.
1t was expected that the twentieth
session of the legislature would adjourn
last night sine die.
Ex-President Harrison died ut his
home in Indianapolis Wednesday
afternoon. He was 81.
Spring is here. Henry Tucke, the
Sheridan merchant, wants your trade
and will have it, if the right goods and
right prices will secure it. Call and
see him.
Mrs. Joseph Davis and grand-daugh-
ter, Miss Myrtle Smart, are living in
Fremont, Wash. Miss Myrtle is at
tending the University preparatory to
entering law school.
All the young people are going to
the dance to be given in Valhalla Hall
tomorrow night. Mr. Taylor will fur
nish the music and a fine supper will
be prepared at Larson's hotel
When the appropriation for the State
fair came up in the legislature the bill
was amended so that the Ormsby coun-
ty fair will get $l,250 and the State
fair 81 $50 for the next two years.
Spencer Salmon, an early resident of
Genoa and a partner of N. Blossom
during several trips up the Frasier
river, passed away in San Francisco,
where he has resided of late years.
John Barrett, late of the firm of Bar
rett & Tucke of Sheridan, has pur-
chased half interest in the store bust
ness of p. Q. Wilder in Gardnerville.
Mr.. Barrett will enter the store i'm
mediately.
1t is reported that the Dunderberg
mine, near Bridgeport, in consequence
of the great depth of snow, had to shut
down last week. The winter supply
of grub gave out and the impossible
condition of the roads prevented the
securing of anything from the outside.
The road known as the Sonora and
Mono Toll road, by an act of the legis-
lature has recently been transferred to
the State of California. 1t is one of
the few wagon roads connecting the
States of California and Nevada, and
henceforth will be free and cared for
by the State Highway Commissioners.
Messrs. Allen & Dake have two we'll
boring machines. One is boring a we'll
on Albert Dickson's place in Gardner
vile, and will bore two or three more
pump wells in town. The other ma
chine is still hammering away on a
we'll at Fred Dangberg's sagebrush
ranch. They are down over 200 feet.
The sixinch pipe is down 120 feet and
and from there four-inch pipe is used.
Hon. Carl Baker, who has been So
journing at Fred Dangberg's ranch for
two or three years, was in town this
week. Carl is New York dutchman
of prominent family. He is past forty
and as good judge of liquid concoc-
tions as can be found this side of Kan
sas. He spends his money freely,
after laboring hard to get it, and, as he
puts it, is one of the chief supporters
of the town and deserving of mention
in the paper. Mr.. Baker says the Car
rie Nation brandy smashes served in
Gardnerville are right up to date
1t was Gardnerville girl who asked
young clerk who was spending an
evening with her recently, if he could
spell mot enough' with the letters in
'enough" He tried it, gave it up, and
declared it couldn't be done. She
then demonstrated to him that he
didn't know what he was talking about.
She said: "First write the word
enough now take the third letter of
the word and write it down on another
line; follow it by the second letter of
the word then the first, then the sixth,
then the fourth and then the fifth.
Now don't you see that spells mot
enough?'" And he saw.
With two churches in our midst. in
neither CT which are services held other
than one Sunday School in which the
ideas of the children are taught to
shoot Heaven wards; with one Justices
Court from the criminal business of
which the presiding officer drew down
four dollars and half last month; our
lawyers exchanging fraternal greet
ings as they meet; saloon keepers
dice for the morning cocktail