The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-18
THE WEEKLY COURIER.
FRIDAY, SEPT. IS, 1903

WOOD.
The Indians are in the hills gather
ing pine nuts.
DIR. Gerdes has opened an office in
Winnemucca.
Miss Eugenia Arnot will open the
East Fork school next Monday.
Born, in Carson Valley, Sept. II,
1903, to the wife of Fritz Elges, SON.
Miss Lucy McDermott has been en-
gagged to teach the Markleeville school
Miss Maud Caples and Miss Lottie
Frey were over from Genoa Wednes-
day.
\. P. Jensen departed yesterday to
take the position of sawyer in Zirn
Anderson's sawmill.
The Douglas County Creamery Com
pany will hold its annual election of
officers tomorrow.
The machinery of the Beck flour mill
at Genoa has been shipped to Reno,
WncIt IL Will Dt SeO W again.
The County Commissioners will
meet next Monday as Board of Equal
ization, to equalize the taxes.
The Genoa school opened last Mon
day with Miss Grant, of Carson, as
principal, and Miss Lillian Virgin,
assistant.
Miss Isadore Dopson of Reno will
next Monday enter upon her second
term as principal of the Mottsville
school.
Mrs. j. w. Haines of Genoa may de-
eide to dispose of all her holdings in
this county and take up her residence
in California.
Henry Tucke, at Sheridan, is pre-
pared to furnish shingles and cedar
posts in quantities to suit. Write to
him for prices, and save money.
A Teachers institute, to be conduct
ed by the Western Nevada Teachers
Association, will be held in Reno Octo-
Der /. 1t is calculated that 200 teachers
will be in attendance.
Aaron Goldstein of waterloo, accom-
panied by his father, returned Sunday
from San Francisco, where he under
went a successful operation for tonsil-
tits.
Genoa presented lively appearance
the forepart of this week. Owing to
the District Court being in session, no
tells, saloons and livery stables did
exceptionally well.
The Gardnerville school opened last
Monday morning with a large enroll
ment of pupils. The teachers are,
Prof. Waits, Miss jamie L. Mills, of
Carson, and Miss Mabel Ritchford
Joe Platt is unpacking some excel
lent fall and winter clothing. He states
that it is the finest stock that he has
received in number of years. Pur-
chasers will do well to bear this in
mind.
DIR. J. w. Anderson, the dentist, has
opened an office over Todd's Drug
Store and for a short time will be pre-
pared to do all kinds of dental work in
the most approved and up-to-date man.
ner.
The local Rebekah Lodge, Martha
Washington No. 81 at its last regular
meeting, initiated Mrs. Edna Kings
bury of Loope, Alpine county. Mrs
Nettie Curtz and Miss Emma Ramm of
Amity No. l6l, San Francisco, and
Miss Laura Nelson of Dagmar Lodge,
Omaha, Neb., were present. The usual
high jinks concluded with feast of
ice cream and cake.
Saturday afternoon drunken Indian
shot another Indian at Sheridan. The
bullet entered the Indians right side
between the seventh and eighth ribs
and passed upward and nearly through
his body, lodging in the left lung, from
which position it was removed by DIR.
Fournier. The Indian appears to be
in fair way to recover from his awful
wound, and the DIR. claims credit for
having performed capital operation.
The patient is only about twenty years
of age and is well liked by the whites,
while Indian Joe, who did the shoot
ing is said to be hard character. Joe
skipped out after the shooting and has
not been apprehended.
Two ''prominent gentlemen" made
bet the other day and then entered
saloon and ordered 1.-TWO BEERS" tell
ing the dispenser they would pay when
the bet was settled. He said ''al-