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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
PLEASING CONCERT
BY LUTHERAN CHOIR

Tonight the choir of the Luther.
an church will present pleasing
concert at Valhalla hall and The
program as was published last
week will be rendered. For weeks
the rehearsing for the entertain
ment has been in progress and
everything is in perfect shape for
tonight.
This is the first time in the histo-
ry of the Lutheran church that an
entertainment of a public nature
has been given, and the residents
of this section will no doubt turn
out en- masse. The cause is wor-
thy one, as the choir will 'xpend
the proceeds of the entertainment
in the purchase OF chairs for the
church.
The entertainment will start
promptly at S:l5 p. IN.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
TEACHERS
INSTITUTE

John Edwards Bray, deputy
has sent the fol-
lowing announcemet of a Teachers
Institute to be held in Gardner
vile this month:
A brief session of the County
Teachers Institute of Douglas
county will be held at the Gard
nerville School building, beginning
at | l a. m., Monday, April 18th,
and continuing until Tuesday,
April goth.
p.a, sor u. H. True of the Ne
vada University and Mrs. Kate
Wood, Director of Music therein,
will assist in the work of the
Institute.
Mrs. Wood will give illusti iative
work in public school music. This
will be of especial interest and i'm
portance to all teachers. Come
prepared to ask her any questions
you wish.
Prof. True will speak Monday
evening on Agriculture as an
Essential Feature of the High
School Course" in an agricultural
county.
Every teacher in Douglas county
is wanted at this meeting and
each will be entitled to regular
salary while in attendance. Doug
las county is ready for better con-
ditions educationally, and it is
squarely up to each of you to aid
the good work.
Trustees will comply with the
school law and at the same time
promote the .well-being of the
public by closing the schools for
this purpose.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to attend all the
meetings.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
PROGRAM WAS
A GOOD ONE
COMMUNICATED.

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One OF the best entertainments
ever held in Gardnerville was Civ
en- by the Sunday School scholars
OF the Methodist church last Sun
day evening under the direction OF
Mrs. +. c. Everett and Miss Mabel
Ritchford, with Miss Nellie Shifiey
as organist.
The church was decorated with
cedar ropes, potted plants, and a
color scheme of red, white and
green. A profusion OF calla lilies
and leaves helped to recall many
Easter memories.
Many SPECIAL numbers were rend-
cred by the choir, and the beauti-
full solo, "Bye and Bye" sung as
only Sadie Bell Brown can sing it,
brought tears 10 the eyes of many
listeners.
A large crowd wac in attendance
and the Easter offering for bensvo-
lenee testified to their appreciation
of the fact.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
test MADE OF
SPRINGS WATER

The following is an analetic re-
port made 10y Jensen Norman, on
the Hiner' Hot Springs:
do not hesitate to pronounce
the Ii nes' Springs to be the most
valuable thermal springs in the
United States. For fear that you
will think my enthusiasm slightly
disqualifying my judgment, | par
alel the results of your hot springs
analysis with that OF the foremost
European Thermal springs
Weisbaden, kochbrunnen,
many, II resort that draws Il . ~;
ands of heath seekers from all
ever the world.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

A petition has been circulated in
Gardnerville praying the County Com
missioners to establish a branch Jail at
this place.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
SUGGESTIONS
FOR IMPROVEMENT
OF GARDNERVIL

street lights. The small monthly
expenditure exacted by the electric
company is of small moment when
1T is known that the Gardnerville
fund has an income of at least
$4,000 per month with good pros
poets of it continuing for year at
least.
The cleaness of a town 10 tho
first thing to attract the attention
of strangers ana no little work
in cleaning up the streets could
be accomplished with profit of
town pride if nothing more.
By the last report of the Auditor
and Treasurer it shows that 81 ,054
is in the 0ardnerville general fund
and the comparatively small cost
of putting through 4 few of these
needed Improvements that could in
no way be classed as extravagancs,
but on the hand ones that seem
quite necessary.
To get at this matter straight we
believe that it wold be an excellent
idea to hold an improvement
Meeting and select a committee to
be present at the next session held
by the Commissioners and RECON-
med few needed improvements.
Or better still invite the commits
sioners to be present at a public
meeting to be held in Gardnerville
in the near future.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
A new Law
NOW IN FORCE

The attention of all residsnts of
the towns of Douglas county is
called to the following law passed
by the recent Legislature. 1t pre-
hibits the dumping of garbage and
rubbish in the streets and alleys of
the unincorporated towns of this
state. Every citizen should read
and obey it:
"Section |. 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person lor persons to
throw, place or deposit any slop,
empty bottles, dead animals or
other refuse or garbage on any
sidewalk or in or upon any street
or alley or any vacant or unoccu-
pied lot in any unincorporated
town in this State.
"Sec. 2. Any person or persons
violation any Of the provisions of
this act, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemesnor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in a sum
not less than five dollars ($5) nor
more than fifty dollars $500, or
imprisoned in the county Jail of
branch county Jail ofthe county in
which such conviction is had, for
any term not exceeding twenty
five days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment."
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
ALPINE FACTS

T. w. Bidwell returned to the
Estella, in Mogul, after brief
business trip to Reno.
Mrs. Peter Krummes has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Gray of
Diamond Valley, the past week.
Miss Emma Ramm of Antioch is
visiting her sister Mrs. H.W Curtz.
n. J. Feibush moved his family
to the Diamond ranch last Monday.
The Chambers brothers purehas-
ed the Callahan ranch from +. G.
Gallanar and E. J. Trimmer the
fore part of the week The con-
sideration is not known at this
writing.
The Markleeville school was clos
ed for a couple of days this week
on account OF Miss Rhoda Early,
its popular teacher, being indispos-
ed, due to an attack of the grippe.
OPTlMIsT.
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Since it became a law that all
money collected from gaming in
the unincorporated towns OF Neva-
da should be expended in improve
ments lin the town where such
money is collected, Gardnerville
has benefited considerable there
from, mainly in the building of the
cement culverts on Main street.
AT this time there are many minor
improvements that could be
brought about that would be Of
direct benefit to every property
holder in Gardnerville.
The first and most important
improvement would be the pur-
chase of a fire bell, since it has
been discovered that the one, 80
generously donated to the town
by II. IL. Springmeyer, is broken
in such a way that it is useless.
A bell is needsd, inasmuh as the
town is dependent wholly upon
volunteer fire department, recruit
ed after fire may be discovered.
One need not go back in history
but few years to point out where
a quick alarm would have saved
thousands of dollrars worth of
property. Another such fire may
occur any night and the question
is, are we readyifor it?
Second, and OF equal Importance
is The matter of maintaining the
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
GENOA ITEMS

Carl Johnson of Reno is spend
ing several days in town.
c. w. Taylor is very i'll and
little hope is held out for his r, :
covsry.
Miss lone Talbot is spending
this week in town.
Mrs. Hoag is visiting with her
sister Mrs. +. Fettic.
BoRN-At Genoa, Nevada, April
10, 1909, to the wife of DR.. Seaton
a son.
T. n. Hansen, who has been quite
i'll, is now on the road to recovery.
BUSTER.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
Notice

To all whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that the
dumping Of trash of any descrip-
tion upon any part of our property
is hereafter strictly prohibited.
April 10, 1909. EzELL Bros.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

The Ritchford hotel has been re-
papered throughout by VIM. Stock,
the decorator. Mrs. Ritchford's policy
of conducting her hotel is too we'll
known to receive comment here, and
it has the reputation of being the clean
est hotel in the State
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16
MINDEN SCHOOL
HOUSE DEDICATED

The district school house at Min
den was fittingly dedicated last
Monday evening and the ceremon-
ies were attended by the residents
d the district. G. w. Emigh was
the principal orator and his re-
marks were well received.
The residents of Minden are
jubilant over the completion and
formal opening Of the school, which
starts out with an enrolment OF
l9 pupils. Most Of these children,
Until the opening Of the new school, ,
were pupils at the Gardnerville
school.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1909-04-16

Henry Berning has filed petition
with the County Commissioners and
signed by many Gardnerville property
holders recommending that he be ap-
pointed night policeman.
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15

people. The members of congress in
creased their own salaries one third |;
a few months. Ego raising it from
S.. 600 to 81, 800 per annum an in
crease out of all proportion to the
value of their service, for it is well
known that large majority of the
members could not earn to exceed
81, 900 per annum in their ordinary
ayocaUions in civil life All govern
ment officials and employees are now
receiving mighty liberal salaries. far
mure than is paid for the same char
acter of work i'll other pursuits. Tne
tendency tt bankrupt and impuverish
the government, which has developed
the past few yea should awaken the
people to long and positive protest,
and the Iarty responsible held to a
strict account for its extravag ance
and wastefulness.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15

the country. The practice of calling
men IN official life thieves and liars
without giving them a show, does not
tend to give people an exalted opin-
on OF our. national officials.
William j. Bryan says he has been
defeated three times on principle. No
doubt of it. 1t was the several prrn-
ciples advocated by Mr.. Bryan the
past twelve years which brought about
defeat. Hs was undoubtedly honest,
but his "principle" did not commend
itself to the voters,
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15

The night riders down in Tennessee
have learned that there il God in
Israel and when six of them are sus-
pended by the neck beween heaven and
earth. they will have paid the penalty
for the cruel and unprovoked murder
of Capt. Rankins last summer. Here
tofore, for many years, there has been
no observance of the law in portions
of Tennessee and Kentu ky, because
the public officials, either through
fear or political considerations did not
enforce the laws aud the night riders
became a law unto themselves. 1t
is we'll that there has been an awak-
ening and the execution of an half
dozen ruffians will have a salutary
effect. Men who defy the law have no
right to complain of the severity of
the law when applied to themselves.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAH HIPS

Congress is riled because Mr.. Roc Sc
velt ordered the cid Pennsy Ivanis
railroad station razed. The Congress
Will be fortunate if he DOESN'T order
the members all thrown into Jail soon
and the Jail blown up.
Tammany hall, ha7pg been repudi-
ated by about everything political, is
now figuring to save itself by repudi-
ating Mcclellan. Tammany's troubls
is that the greater city Of New York
has outgrown it, and the fact would
as well be recognized.
The President isn't going to nav
any more attention to Gonpers. Now
If he will agree to pay none to Con-
gress or the meat trust, he will re-
lieve lot of ovsr-wrought nerves.
After the blow dealt the blessed
tariff by Mr.. Carnegie, perhaps Mr..
Taft will not have so much trouble
with the standpatters in Congress.
Missouri pushed the Oil trust right
off the dock.
"Scotty,' the wild miner, who
sowed row of money across the
country, has enlisted as a marine.
Now he will have $13 a month to
squHnder.
The disappointment of one batch Of
world enders doesn't seem to have the
slightest effect as a warning to the
next batch.
A writer inquiries of philadelphia
paper if a woman "no' means eyes. -
Yes; also NJ.
"Senator Elkins has bought bank
says the Detroit Free Press. Ii Ger.
tainly must be nice to be able to dc
that sort of Christmas shopping.
The New Jersey chicken thief who
is alleged to have left a pocket book
containing $3.50 beneath the roost upon
which he was operating. has received
enough advertising to tempt him into
voucouiIIo
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15
DOGS IN EAGOAD.
Why They Do Not Loot the Foes

Why They Do Not Loot the Foci
Sazaars of the Town.
Bagdad is alive with more or less
hungry dogs. How is it that such
packs Of furies do not loot the bazaars
Of the town? The explanation is as
simple as 1t is interesting. The Bag.
dad shop fronts are absolut6.- open.
The goat and mutton carcasses ara
hung where every dog that runs can
reach them. But time out of mind
the first glance of a dogs eye toward
forbidden dainties has been visited
with the swift descent or him of a
cudgel or a Ratchet.
On one of a series Of marches paral-
lei with the Euphrates l CHANGED to
meet desert horde whose greyhounds
are IN high repute. Buying a brace
of saplings, l took them on with me,
lodging them in the tent and doing
everything that was possible to make
them feel at home.
Surprising to relate, they obstinately
refused both food and water. The re-
mains Of venison pasty seemed at
once to attract and repel them. A pan
Of water appealed to them even more
strongly, but they would not go up
to it..
After q time q Persian muleteer ex-
planned the mystery in a twinkling.
No sooner did he upset the water and
toss the yiands on the ground before
them than the silky cared ones ran in
like Trojans and made up in a few
moments for a days fasting.
Accustomed to lap from the river,
from irrigationaI channels and from
sheets of surface water and reared
among people who do not use tables,
they had been taught by many a buffet
to keep their noses out of cooking pots
and vessels of every description.
In Bagdad man and beast alike drink
of the great river, which also forms
the arterfal common sewer of the city,
the place where clothes are washed
and the 'Stygian wave" into which is
dragged every beast of burden when
1t is not left to lie where it has fallen
The muddy bottom, with the water
ever receding, the exposed surfaces
thick with impurities and the tropical
sun sucking up all the infections"
must be regular hotbed Of miasma
and pestilence.
And yet, mirabile dictu, Bagdad is
not as eastern cities go, unhealthy.
But let the reader imagine to himself
what the Bagdad of the foregoing
slight description would be like with
out the dogs that scayenpe IT Refrse
animal and vegetable matter Is largely
disposed Of by the dogs. in sftu.-Nine-
teenth Century.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15
TILLMAN FIRES BACK

Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
has bis say in the senate. under a
question of privilege to the charge
contained in a recent executive message
in which the senator's honesty il ques-
toned. The reply was unusually dig
nified for Tillman, but somehow there
is strong suspicion which he has not
disspproved, that he Vas active IN Sc
curing legisi alton to oispossess rail-
road of certain lands, and that be was
interested in securing several quarter
sections uf the land which is vaIua BILE,
should such legislation be adverse to the
railroad. While he cannot be accused
of dishonesty, it certainly Was in ex-
ceedingly bad taste for a member to
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15
VOTERS INDEPENDENT

It is time that the political leaders
in both of the dominant parties were
recognizing the fact that the voters
are becoming decidedly independent IN
the exercise of their political rights
and are no longer TO be depended upon
to vote for candidates put in nomina-
ton by few party bosses. At the
last general election, democratic gov
enors were elected in the states of
Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
although those states gave large
rnajorities for the Republican presi-
Dental nominee. Hadley, Republi-
can, was elected governor of Missouri.
Hughes of New York and Stubs of
Kansas, Republicans elected althuug a
opposed by the party machine. and in
Oregon, Chamberlain, democrat,
was nominated for United States -sena-
tor defeating the Republican candidate
the state. however. giving large
majority for the republican pres!den-
tIal electors. The people these days
are ignoring party ties and voting for
men in whom they have confidence and
whose ideas and principles they en-
dorse. The old party label has lost
its power to influence the electors to
vote for men simply because they are
the choice of few selfish politicians.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15

The thirteen presidential electors
chosen at the November election in
this state. met Monday at the execu-
tive office in Madison and formally
cast their votes for William H. Taft
for president and James S. Sherman
for vice-president, rs they ware in
structed by majority of the voters
of the state-and now the Legislature
should elect Hon. Isaac Stephenson to
the United States senate in accordance
with the expressed wish of plurality
Of the voters; just to please the editor
of the Milwaukee Journal.