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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
MUSSER SELLS
HIS STORE

The general merchandise store
at Markleevile, which has been
conducted by Musser Bros. for the
past twenty-five years, and by ".
G. Musser since his brother retired
ed from the firm few years ago,
was sold few day ago TO e. j.
Mayo, a well known resident of
Alpine county. The new owner
will take possession of the store on
the first of March.
w. c. Musser has decided to
locate in a milder climate in Cali
fornia and expects to follow the
same line of business that he has
been engaged in these many years.
He brought bis family down last
Saturday aud they departed for
lone, Cal, where he will join them
at a iater udle.
The sale of this store brings to
memory similar sale that occurred
in that little town years ago. 1t
was back in The boom days OF Al
pine county thata young man con-
Quoted a little store there. When
the camp went TO pieces he went
out on tie declining wave. His
name is 5. n. Wood and today he
is at the head Of one Of the largest
clothing firms in San Francisco.
We hope equal success 5efalls Mr..
Musssr.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
las Fine Aaresian Well

II Godecke declsr. that he has
one uf the best artesian wells in
Carson Valley. The well is 365
feet deep and flows better than 30
gallons per minute. He has the
water piped into the house afford
ing the same couvenieneos as a
pressure system, such as hot and
cold water for the bath room etc
No city home could have better
conveuiences than now had by Mr..
Godtcke at his farm home.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
MAY SUE TO
RECOVER TAX

Attorney General Baker has
handed down an opinion holding
that the state tax rate for the year
1911 was 81 cents and not so cents
as collected in many of the count
les, including Douglas. The at
torney general instructed State
Controller Eggers to collect on the
basis of 81 cents. After the rate
had been fixed at go cents, the
legislature enacted a law March
10th, two days after the rate had
been fixed, changing the school
tax from to 10 cents, thus max
ing the state tax Ga cents. How
ever the district attorney of Orms-
by county contends that if the
new school law is effective for the
year 1911 there would be two rates,
one OF 60 cents prior to March 20,
1911 as nxed by the general levy,
and one of 64 cents for the re-
mainder of the year. Two rates
would be the acme of absurdity.
The counties OF Churchill, Doug
las, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Nye,
Ormby, Storey and Washoe collect
ed on the 90 cent basis; while the
counties of Clark, Esmeralda,
Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral
and White Pine collected on the
basis OF "a cents. One OF the
counties collected psrt OF the tax
on the basis of so cents and part
on the basis of GA cents.
1t is understood the state will IL
institute a suit against one of the
counties and the matter will be
submitted to the supreme court for
decis ion.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
He Did Not Even Smile.

During the holiday season
young lady stepped up to the
postofliee window and handed
Postmaster Jacobsen a package to
be sent by parcel post to lady
friend ia Germany. According to
postal regulations the contents of
the package must be stated on the
wrapper, and The young lady was
SO informed. She quickly named
off several pieces OF fluffy wear Of
her sex while the obliging post
master wrote them on the package.
Must | tell all that's in the pack
age" she said, giving Uncle Sans
agent meek little glance "Yes,D
he said, with pencil in hand. The
young lady stole a quick glance IN
back of her to be sure that size
was quite alone, and with deep
flush on her cheek, turned to the
man at the window and speaking
quickly, said. "a pair Oh, oh,
how can | tell a man." She told
him though and the postmaster
did not even smile.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
Extends Thanks.

| desire to extend many thanks
to everyone who responded to the
alarm of fire at my house yester-
day. Without their assistance the
house would have been destroyed,
and the willing workers have my
deepest appreciation.
r. G. WARD.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
Weight AND
MEASURE LAW

70 THE PUBLIC:
The Act of the 1'wenty-fifth
pislature fixing the standard
Rights and measures and regula-
Ins the sale OF commodities and
Irliclss Of merchandise according
such standards will become
h c,ive January |, 1912.
Section Is Of this act presents
Dme difficulties in it's interpfela.
|on. bulthe meaning OF this sec
.Dn has been determined after
reiul consultation and will prou-
5ly stand the test.
THE Unit OF standard measure of
ngjh, surface or solid the Unit OF
standard measure OF capacity Tor
buds and the Unit OF standard
.paoily OF commodities piher than
Luids are in accordance with the
| |ndards Of weights and measures
|opled and provided for by the
.yernmsnt oi the Upited States.
b. University OF Nevada has
|lcred a set of each of these
|ndafd weights and measures
cb VII ba scale. by The Bureau
Standards aud KEEP ior com
nson at the University.
lwo working sets OF these weights
y measures together with y
! S-;1p ior seaiiug the scales that
\ approved lay the deputy seal
Of weights and measures are
syided for everyday work.
kretlons II, 10, II, Is, l6, ard
cau be readily upirrstood. It
i probably The intention OF the
1lslaiufe ihal Section Is should
be interpreted in the sense OF
sginal package" which has been
oed by the supreme Court OF
l United States, but Vas Intend
q allow the bringing into the
b. by nIanulaci urers OF erowers
fhout the state those articles
Ich usually ARE put up III stnali
Ikagrs, az for example garden
Is. This srctlen undoui tedly
kcrimlnates ~ int manuiae-
pr or grower ~ Nevada.
ID Is the duty oi sea!er aud me
IL au,horlze / drpu'ie- To test
approve all weights, measures,
Ialc and measuring devices,
ior all those that are correct
Imark such wei III, measure or
lance or measuring device with
| al 10 be krpt by him for that
pose.
be law provides penalties both
the public and the sealer and
tdeputies for any violation OF
u Of the provisions of this Act.
/ J. +. SruBBs,
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Z. NJ. nrummes, blacksmithing 90
@. Falcke, sal game warden. % 0o
l, ii. c. Jepsen, CouHty Clerk and Ex-
offloio Clerk of the First judicial Eis-
sriet Court, in and for Douglas county
Nevada, and Presiding Clerk OF the
Board of County Commissioners, for
said County of DoGglas. do hereby certify
that the foregoing ia a true and correct
copy OF the original bills against the
coanty aud allowed by the Board OF
County Commissioners, and which now
remains on file and on record, In my Off
se In Genoa, in said county.
In testimony whereof, | have hersunto
---set my hand and affixed my official
Seal seal at Genoa in said county, this
- 3rd day OF Jan. A. d. 1912.
II. c. JEPSEN, Clerk.
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ExOaieio Sealer OF Weights and
Measures.
s. G. DINsMoRE,
Deputy Sealer of Weights and
Measures.
ELLSWORTH BENNETT,
Deputy Sealer Of Weights and
Measures.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that
those who are owing for reservoir
water are requested To call at the
Douglas County Farmers Bank
aud maket settlement.
+ CHRISTENSEN, Sec.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05

When III need of anything in the
line of good printing call at the
Courier office and leave your order.
No need OF sending away from home
for your printing and stationery
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1912-01-05
BORN

DEPOLI-In Gardnerville, Jan. 3rd,
to the wife of Hm. Depoli, daughter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
GLOBE SIGHTS
RY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

When people talk about your debts
dimes grow to dollars.
When a man becomes abusive in argu-
ment his position is weak.
One doesn't have to be up on fish to
know German carp when he sees It.
Our notion of the worst waste OF energy
is that devoted to breaking into Society.
Mrs. Jude Johnson's first name is
Hope, in spite of the fact that she is the
most Respondent woman we know.
Women would know lot more about
voting than the men If they could scratch
their ballot with a hair pin.
Doubtless the Wild Scenes at N couven-
ton attract more attention than those at
a ball game, but without being more i'm
portant.
"A boy in my neighborhood is SO
philosophical he can take a whipping
cheerfully for the sake of having his own
way in other respects."-Rufe Hoskins.
Everyone should learn to SWIM except
the fool who insists on rocking the boat
Still; If everyone owned an automobile,
who would find time to work the roads?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

She is growing daily more common. I
Indeed, somehow can't imas,re her
existing at all in grandmother;s and
Aunt Tabftha'S" day, and must helieue
ner entirely growth of the last two Sen-
Perhaps I'm wrong, but that is certain
~ my feelings about her
ana Sne-as you are probably quite
ready TO know by this time-is the Young
married woman who talks about heI.
ultra-private matrimonial AFFAIRS: wlc
tens her sister, or her best friend. or her
Cousln' or even her next door neighbor
Things about her most Intimate family life
Mmcn should have been kept absolutely
That a young married woman sbou,d
conIloe everything to her mother has
Always seemed doubtful tactics to me-
Ihat she should open her whole heart 10
any Tess trustworthy and intimate conf
dante than this friend who is bound to her
py tie, second only to that which makes
Two one flesh" seems to me the very
height of folly.
And yet how many women nowadays
do make just this mistake!
AND not only coarse and uneducated
recall especially just now the case of
young professors wife at college who
made an intimate friend. of one of the
stuoentS ana conf1ded many things to her
that one would have thought she would
at least have known enough to keep for
married married. ears: The intimate FRIEND
possession of the young professors wife's
silly condolences. III. -.
She was a woman whom we had been
inclined to admire very much at first, but
l assure you that after this incident she
suffered decided loss of prestige.
While / am on this subject there is a
very similar folly which 1 should like to
say a word against, and that is the de-
cidedly indicate way In which two init
mate married couples will sometimes talk
and act in each others presence q.
For four young married folks to FIND
pleasure in each others company is a
very good thing. 1t often comfortably re-
lieves the too continuous strain of tete-a-
teteing.
But for any couple to become so init
mate with another as to throw down the
barriers and talk and act as they would
IL alone Is decidedly bad.
1t does not blot out the wrong that both
husband and wife are party to it, nor
make their conduct any less immodest
and indelicate.
1t is natural that the young married
woman, carried away as she is with her
new viewpoint on life, should be in an ex-
pansive and communicative mood.
But If she wants to be sure of having
nothing to regret in after life let her keep
constantly in mind the saying of the ole
Greek philosopher:
IT have often regretted my speech;
never my silences."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
LANDS. yes!"

Lands, yes!'
IF you should come in and find me-
spanking one of them-?"
I'd take it that they needed it, I've
been a widower most three years, and
I can't get the knack of spanking a
young'un yet. 1t is a knack, amt it 90
For sure. No man has ever got 1t
yet Come here, Mary. I'm going to
But I amt done nothinsp wllin1-
pered the child.
mo, but it's just to show Mr.. Baker
how it's DONE
Couldn't be beat" said Elijah as the
spanking was finished.
And now" said the widow as she
took up her pencil again, do you be-
iieve in the Bible?''
Every burned word of itr'
Jonah and the whaIe?"
YES"
"Loaves and hshes?"
'Dan'l and the lions?''
The same. I'd just as quick dispute
the family almanac as the Bible"
Ihen we shan't have any disputes
over that" replied the woman. us the
world round or flat p"
Round"
do you believe in the groundhos?"
I most solemnly do. rye seen him
come out of his hole on a sunshiny day
III February and make winter hang on
more?"
Mr. Baker, replied the widow. as
sne rose up, Il kinder feel that I'm in
love with you"
Same here"
And as We are both busy persons
with mighty little time to lose
LII go for preacher now.'
-e-s, you might as welI.'
ana people point them out TODAY
atter they have been married Ave years
and say: ca
posen they had wasted a whole
year IN sparkling and lost two crops of
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
says UNCLE CAV


One secret of success is the Divine
Affirmative. 1t stood Moses in good
stead when he rallied the Israelites in
Egypt; it gave the victory to Gideon
when he brake the pitchers on the
banks of Jordan; it -flowered in Alex
ander when he cut the Gordian knot,
and gave Caesar dominion of the
world, swelled Cromwell to a giant,
spake at Concord making the thirteen
colonies nation, and has been the
deciding factor in every great move
ment and every imposing career since
the dawn of time. He who speaks as
one having authority is not to be
denied. 2r
If you do not yet understand why
that blatant loudmouth commands
confidence when patient merit wastes
unseen, here is the explanation. A
positive stand, a. confident self asser-
ton, a demand that the sun stand still
and that the nations do your bidding,
carries with it a presumption thatsyou
have means of enforcing your desires.
The world is trained to, obey and re-
bellion is the exception. It doesn't
stop to think-cor4fnand and 1t car
ries out orders. 1t reflects and asks
questions afterward. This is the
open sesame employed by the fakir,
the false prophet, the demagogue, the
charlatan, and all their unhallowed
tribe. It is their sole claim to rec
ignition, their only stock in trade.
And the fact that society sooner or
later exposes them and drives them
disgraced from its presence does not
disprove the magic of self-assertion.
It merely demonstrates the necessity
OF backing UP your demands. Even
the man who goes off half cooked is
in the long run more successful than
he who never asserts himself. He who
is wise, however, knows only the vir-
ture of the Divine Affirmative, but is
aware of society's habit of first ac-
cepting and then. testing the claims of
its self-proclaimed LEADERS.
There is no means of success that
does not include merit. But merit
is merit unrecognized. He
who wins first prepares for his task
and then claims it. He makes himself
worthy of honor before he seizes and
makes it his own.
One other precaution wisdom takes.
knowing the value of affirming it's
position without hesitation, it does its
in the closet. It knows that
once action is begun, there is no time
for patient elaboration which is al
ways mistaken for wavering. 1t is
loaded, cooked and primed for firing
before it attracts attention to itself.
While the eyes of it's neighbors are
upon it, it never -halts, hesitates or
pauses to consider. And for such the
world makes way. 1t stands not upon
the order of it's retreat in the face of
the Divine Affirmative.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
QUAKER MED1rATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l

[From the Philadelphia Record.]
One way to cut expenses is to cut your
friends. -
Many a man is rheumatic who doesn't
occupy an attic room.
Perhaps two can live as cheaply as one.
but love generally starves to death that
way.
The taIlest shaft in the cemetery
reaches no nearer heaven than tire hum
blest slab.
The average girl of is thinks she is
competent to write a book called advice
to Parents
Blobbs-"Why do women cry at we'd
dings and funerals?' Slobbs-'I sppose
the uncertainty of the future has some
thing to do with it,
Newlywed-"Have you ever thought
seriously of marriage? Singleton
That's the trouble If 1 hadn't thought
so seriously of it I should probably have
been married long ago."
Religion is too much a matter of cate
chisms and dogmas,@ remarked the Wise
Guy. II suppose that's what makes the
different denominations fight like cats
and dogs suggested the Simple Mug.
Where can get decent Julep in this
Internal town." demanded the gentleman
from Kentucky. You might try Spring
Garden street" suggested the dwelie-
within the city gates. THE Mint is up
there"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
THE TRUTH TEILER.

1hE TRUTH TELLER.
The truth teller lifts the curtain
And shows US the peoples plight;
And everything seems uncertain,
And nothing at all looks right.
Yet out OF the bIacknesS cropping,
My heart finds world in bloom;
For IT somehow is fashioned for hoping
And 1t cannot live in the gloom.
He tells us from border to border,
That race is warning with race:
With riot and mad disorder
The earth is a wretched place:
AND yet, ere the sun is setting,
L am thinking OF peace, not strife;
For my heart has way of forgetting
All things save the joy OF life.
1 heard in my youths beginning,
That earth was region OF woe;
VI trouble and sorrow and shining
For the truth teller told me So
l knew 1t was true, and tragic;
And I mourned over much that was
wrong;
And then by some curious magic,
The heart of me burst into song.
The years have been going, going,
mixture Of pleasure and pain;
But the truth tellers books are showing
That evil is on the gain.
And know that ought to be grieving,
And 1 should be too sad to sing;
But somehow / keep on believing
That life is a glorious thing.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox, in June Ainslee's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
FROM OTHER PENS
BILLBoARDs AND scENDRy

BILLBOARDS AND SCENERY.
The efforts that art is making in all
civilized countries to improve and
beaut1fy natural scenery, and inciden-
tally to stimulate business, by means
OF billboards are threatened in France.
In that beautiful country the bill
board industry has reached such pro-
portions that the finance minister has
introduced in the chamber of deputies
a bill to tax it out of existence. Htth-
erto the annual tax on billboards has
ranged from 20 to so cents regard
less of the space covered. Now the
finance minister proposes an annual
tax OF $40 on each square yard below
six; $40 per yard up to 10 yards; $40
per yard up to 20 yards and $50 on
each square yard above 20. If two
advertisements are on the same board
the tax will be doubled, tripled for
three and quadrupled for four or
more. Thus board with four adver-
tisements, measuring two yards by IL,
would have to pay an annual tax of
$3.50. The land owner is to be held
equally responsible with the adyertis-
er for the fines for non-payment and
an ingenious clause in the bill re-
quires proprietors to pay an addition
all and tax based on the sum received
from the advertising. That looks like
a drastic measure, but the French
government is determined to put 1t
through as the only means to prevent
the utter ruin of the landscapes Of
France.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
ny THE WAY
M HARVEY PARsolEA

Twas ever more or less thus: The
Democratic delegates opened with full
reeds OF soft shell crabs, chicken y la
Maryland, champagne and pate de
whatyoucallit. Later they were pat
ronizing the free lunch with the bar
tender who would stand for the long
est visit at the lunch on one 5 cent
purchase.
OF course Topeka is no cheap town,
but, when a Sunday entertainment is
advertised as 'free-with a free-will
silver Offering" the plates assay 80
per cent nickel when the jackpot Is
counted.
Judge Jackson takes the creditor
blame-for turning the Kansas delega-
number of perfectly good Champ
Clark Democrats in Kansas, it may be
necessary when the Judge gets busy
with his own campaign, to remark that
he was Willfully Misquoted b. the
Yellow Press.
1t may be, as the poet alleged. that
Sin spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to love- but judging
from the number of empties fourd
grounds. that in summer the young
mans fancy lightly turns to something
else.
MoSI Nv tnun Tree adVlce yum git ls
with a dangsight less'n that"
Deacon Squash.
There are several good ways to
commit suicide, but one of the most
is to invade a heaving ship
full of heaving passengers, and yell:
"All in favor of the motion say Aye!
Bryan may be a good reporter, but
he dictates his copy instead of beating
it out of a consumptive old typewriter,
therefore he will never be recognized
as a brother by the twenty-a-week
boys.
The oyster is a silent bird,
And many people say
That we should change it by a word
And call 1t Parrot Bay"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-02
HolIand as Quaint as Ever


Few countries in Europe offer so mucn
of real interest to. the tourist as HoIlano;
Quaintness and cleanliness, hospitanty'ahu
a delightful old-world air pervad1ng all
things Dutch and all Dutch ways, are the
first impressions received by all VISITORS
and they are lasting impressions, toe.
that a longer sojourn and better acqualnt-
ance amply confirm. The cities of Hot
land have their own characteristics. OF
course, and differ from each other as
much as those of other lands, but at fEs~
the traveller sees only so many resem-
blances and features that all have IN
common, that curious uniformly APP
pears as one of Hollands chief traits.
The character of the people, no less
than that of the country, is lnfluenced py
the fact that almost the whole Of Hollaio
lies below the level Of the ocean, ana only
a determined unceasing fight OF many
centuries against it's encroacnments mas
won, and now maintains the very exist
enee of both land and people. Enormous
dilxes or entertainments, requiring unre1nlt-
ting care keep out the waters or tne
North Sea and confine the rivers TO tnelr
courses. These bikes, and the innunei-
BILE canals which intersect the country IN
every direction, the ubiquitous WlnoinlIS'
and the numerous herds OF rat comIorl-
able looking black-and- cattle ar
the most salient features Of the usual
Dutch landscape. The windmills are mucn
in evidence everywhere; IN the VlclnIty
of Zaandam, for instance, there are some
400 OF them, engaged in producing power
for the local lumber industry The ueios
of the highly cultivated farms, bounced
DY Q1ICnGS CAOSSCQ ny 49,
note of strictly local color, as do the
sails of the ships and boats that sail the
many canals right among the fat cattle,
and the windmills, the clean farm houses.
with their pretty flower gardens, and the
arnply clothed wooden-shod men and
women and children. The canals furnish
the principal means for transporting
freight and produce, and their tow-paths
ara the highways of the country. They
also furnish the opportunity for one OF
the principal occupations of the placid
Dutch rustic-ishing, for which occupa-
ton q surprisingly large proportion of
this notable Industrious people seem TO
find plenty of time. OF course, fishing,
sea-fishdng is one of the principal indus
tries, and large fleets of sturdy-looking
fishing boats are seen at the seaside vii
lagos and han1lets. 50 no doubt this. ana
the almost amphibious life the Dutchman
leads among his canals and bitches, ac-
counts for the popularity of the fishing
rod and line. The country villages with
their white and green painted houses and
pretty gardens are made more attractive
by the survival IN Holland of the pictur--
esuue old-time costumes of the people.
Quaint linen head-dresses and numerous
ample skirts mark the women; equally
ample trousers-several pairs-clothe the
men, the children are miniature copies OF
their parents, in dress as in everything
else, even 20 the pipe or cigar IN the case
OF boys; everybody wears wooden Shoes
American Travellers Gazstte.