The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1905-08-25
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.

Don't forget the big dance in Mark
leeville tonight.
Peter Jacobsen has been on the sick
list the past week.
sam White of arson was visitor
this week.
John Hayes of Antelope valley is
spending a few days in town.
Hiram Jones, who supplies the
Tahoe resorts with farm produce, re
ports very lively season.
W. {. Ezell is delegate from Ne
vada to the National Irrigation CON
vention which meets in Portland,
August 10Th TO 18th Inclusive.
Al karge was in Gardnerville the
first of the week on business connect
ed with the Alpine telephone com
pany.
Morris. and Abe Harris, who are at
present engaged in the store business
in Rhyolite, havelbeen appointed the
Wells Fargo < Co. express agents for
that town.
Leon Hawkins of Markleeville pass
ed through Gardnerville last Monday
on his way to San Francisco. Bust
ness calls him to the city
FOR SALES Scotchwool and 10
Merino bucks. These are all blooded
sheep. For further particulars apply
to Will Dressler, Sheridan, Nevada.
The Brockliss machine is threshing
at the sage brush ranch. The Dang
berg L. Il. l.. Go. estimate their crop
of grain at 1000 tons.
The meals served by Mrs J. Stew
ard at the Fredericksburg p. O. are
appetizing to even a dyspeptic. Give
her a call and be convinced
{. II. Behrman has purchased a
farm from Peter Wielslef for $500.
This property was owned at one time
by Hans Johnson and contains about
thirty-five acres of cultivated land.
1t is reported that unknown parties
have already begun the slaughter of
wild ducks in this Valley regardless of
the law However, a close watch is
being kept by the officers and anyone
caught violating the game law will
be punished to the fullest extent.
The Arid & Currie threshing ma
chine was obliged to suspend opera
tions Sunday morning, owing to an
accident to the engine. The latter
was taken to the railroad shops in
Carson and given a thorough over
hauling, an operation requiring sew
eral days.
Two stacks of grain, 100 tons of hay
and new derrick, property of George
Simpson of Smith valley, were de-
stroyed by fire at 3 o'clock a. M,
August 18th. Loss about $500, no in
surance. The hour and other circum-
stances suggest the work of an in
cendiary.
The Valley Springs auto with Billy
Otis, the prize fighter and his retinue
oftrainers aboard has been a regular
visitor to Gardnerville during the
nights of this week. 1t not only
affords much excitement for the small
boy, but seems to create interest for
the adult ,pal1
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Wedertz OF
Bridgeport were in Gardnerville Sat
urday and Sunday. Mrs. Wedertz is
daughter of DIR. Sinclaire and she
came in from Bridgeport to be in at
tendance at the bedside of her father
who was seriously i'll. He is able to
be about again.
Through the medium of a Pixies
Peak souvenir postal card we learn
that Mr.. and Mrs. George Pettegrew,
who were recently married in Reno,
spent their honeymoon in Denver,
Colorado and that while en- route they
stopped at Salt Lake, Colorado,
Manitou and Pixies Peak. They re-
port high time' at the latter
place.
An exchange truthfully remarks
that one Of the greatest helps that
can be given pa per is to volunteer
items of personal interest. Don't sup
press them out of false modesty, but
remember that the home paper goes
out as news letter to host of friends
scattered throughout the country. To