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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-08-30
Brilliant Affair.

Brilliant Affair.
The bridge party given Thursday
afternoon by Mrs. Gordon Jones at
her beautiful country home at Zion
to compliment Mrs. Clark T. Jones, a
bride of recent date, and her house
guest Miss Dudley Marable, Of Clarks-
GAINESVILLE, and Miss Kitty Kyle, the
popular guest of Mrs. Paul Faucet,
of Columbia, was one of the most
brilliant social events of the sea-
son. The Jones home was
deliberately decorated in the seasons
flowers, golden glow was used in
profusion. The color scheme, yellow
and green, was carrid out throughout
the house and the refreshments were
of the same hue. The guests as they
arrived were received by the hostess
and the honorees, and were immedi-
ately ushered tc the rear of the hall,
where they were served with sand
witches and frozen punch by Misses
Louise Jones, Emily Dixon and Viz
ginia Brison. For several hours the
merry voices of the happy young la
dies were heard at the five bridge
tables. The highest score was made
by Miss Felicia Perry, of South Caro-
lima, the guest of Mrs. E. B. Andrews,
who was awarded the prize, hand
some hand embroidered boudoir cap.
After the game an fee course was
served.
At Cards.
Miss Emma Brown entertained the
Two Table Card Club Saturday after
noon at her home on West Seventh
Street. Afr the game dainty ices
were served.
Popular Visitor Leaves.
Miss Kitty Kyle, of Trenton, Tenn,
who has been the guest Of DR.. and
Mrs. Paul Faucet for the past
month will leave Tuesday for her
home. Miss Kyle is one of the most
charming young ladies that has visit
ed Columbia in many seasons. Her
stay here as the guest of Mrs. Eau
cett has been one Of a continuous
round of social attentions. She Is
not only popular with the young soci-
ETY. set but has won q place In the
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Misses Wesson Entertain.

MISSES Wesson Entertain.
Misses Lottie and Mamie Wesson
entertained most delightfully."- Mon
day evening III honon of the house
guests of Miss Alberta Wilsford,
Misses Ballanfant, of Dallas, Texas.
Games and music were tie most I'M
portant feature of the evening. The
house was decorated in cut flowers
and ferns. At a late hour delight
full ice course was served.
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hearts Of the older set as well. She
leaves Columbia with a string OF ad-
mirers at her feet that will ever vel.
come her return to the Dimple of the
Universe. Tonight she is one of the
honorees of dance at the Century
Club, and this only adds to the long
list of entertainments and functions
given In her honor. Miss Kyle is a
young lady of personal beauty and
a character that is as lovable as her
face is pretty.
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For Miss Edgerton.

Complimentary to her charming
guest, Miss Edgerton, of Lebanon,
Miss Mildred Tomlinson will enter
tain with reception at her home at
Cullecka on Thursday evening from
8 o'clock to IL o'clock.
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At Cards.

At Caros.
Miss Emma Brown entertained the
Two Table Card Club Saturday after
noon at her home on West Seventh
Street. Afr the game dainty ices
were served.
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Vaudeville show Sunday night.
SUM M 0kS

In the District Court of tie First Judi
oial histriet of 1.-The State of Nevada. in
and for the County of Douglas.
Joe Briggs, plaintiff, VS.. Ella c. Briggs,
defendant.
Action brought in the district court of
the first judicial district of the State of
Nevada, Douglas county, and the COM
plaint fled in said county. in the Office
of the clerk of said district court on the
9Th, day of March A. d. 1912.
The State of Nevada sends greeting to
Ella c. Briggs, the defendant.
You are hereby required TO appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the district
court OF the first judicial district OF the
State of Nevada, Dougles county. and
aud answer mplaint fiel therein will =
in ten days (exclus We OF the day Of serv-
ice) after the service on YOU of this sum
mons IL served in said county, or IL
served out of said county, but within the
district twenty day, in al otl er cases
forty days, or judgment by default will
be taken against you according TO the
prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain
the judgment and decree of the said dis
trict court for divorce, on the grounds
of wilfull DESERT ~ by defendant for
more than one year preei ding the com
mencement of this actip ,aud the filing
of the complaint herein, all of which,
and all the particulars of which, are
fully sta. ed and set forth In the plain
tins complaint herein, which Is ON file
in the ollcf OF the clerk of said district
court at Genoa, In said Douglas cour ty.
aud to which complaint you are Is aecial-
ly referred, aud which complaint, by
such reference. i uade u part of this
su,-mons, and is herewith served upon
you.
And you lnre heiebY notified that II
you f,li to answer the complaint, the
plaintiff will apply TO the court for the
relief prayed for In his said complaint.
Given under my hand aud seal of the
- district conrt of the first judicial
Seal district Of the state of Nevada,
- Douglas county, this 9TH day Of
Marcl., \. d., 1872.
II. G. JEPSEN, Clerk.
+. r.. Brockliss, 4 ttorney for plaintin.
Tate of FIRST publicat on March 18th.
Date of last publication April 10, 1912.
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VALUATION

The annual report of the State
Controller for 1912, just issued
gives forth some interesting figures
relative to the cost of state and
county government. With the
exception of Ormbsy, Douglas
county has the smallest assessed
valuation of any county in the
state. The assessed value of real
estate is $l,103,431, personal prop
erty, 1927 ,636, making a total of
81 ,431 ,067. The total tax collect
ed on this amount is $32,71453
OF this, IS, ,5S6.40 goes to the state
while $24, ,36S.13 is expended in
conducting the affairs of the coun-
tv.
Although the assessed valuation
in Ormsby county is less than ours
their tax rate is greater. the total
being $53,3S5.3f.
The report shows that the state
police is costing the Taxpayers
$4,000 a year. Th' stat
police are as useless as fifth
wheel to wagon and why in the
world they are maintained, is be-
yond the comprehension of nine
tenths of the people of Nevada.
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Will EXTEND
POWER Lines

George L. Campbell, manager Of
the Truckee River General Com
pany, and II. A. Lennon were in
the Valley Wednesday looking
over the section adjacent to Water
loo and Centerville with view to
extending the electric lines to that
territory.
The farmers of that section have
made it known to the power COM
pany that they were desirious of
obtaining electricity for lights and
power and it now looks as if their
wish was to be gratified. Wm.
Hussman has been quite active in
bringing the power company's
officials and the farmers together
in this manner.
Mr.. Lennon stated that the
company intended to hold a pub
lie meeting in Gardnerville before
long to give expert advice on elec-
trio lighting.
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Seed Barley to be Shipped.

An order of 10000 pounds of
seed barley, to be used in the SOW
ing of Klamath county grain fields
this spring, has just been placed in
the hands of Secretary c. 7. Oliver
of the klamath Chamber of Com
merce. He will send the order
this week to Carson Valley, Neva-
ds, fifty miles south of Reno.
The minimum weight for a car
load of barley lis 10000 Ipounds
the smount of the order Oliver ia
to send to Nevada. The maxi
mum weight for carload of this
commodity will allow the addition
of from 10000 to 10000 pounds to
this order, and if there is any resi-
dent who desires to get his ser d
barley on this shipment he can ar
range to do so.-Klamath North
western.
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Reclamation Service Qz1oeuf to Interests ar Carson 1aheu
WEDDING AT
COUNTY SEAT

A quiet wedding occurred at
Genoa on Wednesday evening of
last week at which time Bert Jarvis
claimed Miss Elsy Selby as his
bride. Justice Champagne tied
the knot.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
G. w. selby and was born and
raised in the county seat town.
The groom is well known
known young man of this Valley.
The groom's brother married
the brides sister several years ago.
We Join with their friends in
wishing them a life OF happiness.
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CHALLENGE
is ISSUED

We the undersigned representa-
tives of the Douglas County High
School Basket Bali Team, at 6 ard
nerville, Nevada, challenge the
Reno High School Basket Ball
Team to play the return game due
US, at Gardnerville.
We refuse to recognize the Reno
team as cham pions for the follow
ing reasons:
FIRST: A championship cannot
be decided by one ga if played
on floor to which either team is
accustomed, thereby placing the
visiting team at great disadvant-
age and giving the home team the
advantage.
SECONDLY: Reno High School
defeated us by two points (34-32) ;
the score not being decisive enough
to show the superiority of the
Reno team.
THIRDLY; We have repeated y
offered them a return game, 10
which they obligated themselves,
and they have shown no disposi-
tion to accept the offer.
We submit the above in a spirit
free from malice and personal
feeling, only asking that we may
be able to demonstrate that we can
beat or be beaten.
DOUGLAS BASKET BALL TEAM.
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MAY Establish Postal Bank.

The postal department is max
ing inquiries which may result in
the establishment of postal saw
ings bank at Garinerville. Post
master Jacobsen has been required
to answer a long list of questions
regarding the business of his office
as we'll as other information re-
garding the community.
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0OO,OOO. 1t seems that to protest
against the seerifice of this future
asset is not without substantial
justification.
Alfred Chsrts, the we'll known
attorney, declares Lemmon's
article to be of momentus import
ance to the people of Ormsby and
Douglas counties particularly, and
very likely also to the people of
Washoe. Under his signature he
writes as follows:
"Mr. Lemmon's article shows
clearly to my mind the necessity
getting together, but it does not
suggest any plan of how We shall
get together. Therefore, | suggest
that meeting be called OF water
users of the stream of Carson river
and its tributaries, to meet at
Gardnerville, Nevada, being
center point, on certain date
fixed and noticed by the news
papers published in Washo' +,
Ormsby and Douglas counties, 10
make such protest as may be
agreed upon at such meeting, to
Continued on page ~
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lished news article regarding the
appropriation by the government
of the flood waters of the Carson
, river. In a recent issue Of the
Carson News, Hal Lennon has the
I. lowing to say on the same sub
ject:
The greatest menace to this sec
tion of Nevada is the Reclamation
Service of the United State Gov
ernment. Upon second eonsidera-
ton menace" is too mild word
to describe force which says in
effect:
from now until the end of time
you shall not cultivate one addi-
tional acre of land you shall never
be allowed to farm any new land ;
and you shall not, now or ever,
develop any new farm property.
Such land as is now in sagebrush
must always remain in sagebrush
You shall not plant it to alfalfa,
potatoes, or other product"
This is exatly the effect of rul-
ings of the Reclamation Bureau
and it may be safely asserted that
anything which absolutely pro-
hibits future development is very
mildly designated as a menace. F"
The country which must not en-
JOY present or future development
is embraced in all that lying in
Carson Valley, Eagle Valley,
Truckee Meadow, Prosser Creek
Valley, and in fact all lands lying
adjacent to the Carson river, the
Truckee river or any of their tribu-
tary streams. This is brought a
bout by the attitude of the Recla-
matien department which claims
all waters of these rivers and
tributary streams not previously
appropriated.
A farmer owning land on the
Carson river cannot clear it and
cultivate it because he would be
using water nee ed around Fallon.
Therefore the thousands of acres
of valuable ssgebrush land in Car
son Valley and else where must al
ways remain sagebrush land for
the reason il owners cannot use
water from the Carson river or any
of its tributary streams. There is
no other wat t1b use and Christie n
Science will not grow alfalfa
takes water.
When the government built the
dam at Derby and the miles of ex-
pensive canal about Hazen, it
found itself in precisely similar
situation to the several mining
companies in Nevada who have
built mills without first finding out
if they had mine. The govern
nent had beautiful reclamation
scheme-all but the water.
1t had to have settlers on to ex-
coed 100000 acres of land before
the project could be self-support-
ing; and it was unable to supply
sufficient water when it had set
tiers for less than 10000. There
fore all of this section of Nevada
must cease development and agri-
cultural growth that nole water
may be impeunded for the Nation
al scheme. So the government is
building an enormous reservoir to
catch and hold all the flood waters
of winter, to be distributed to its
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WILL PREVENT DEVELOPMENT
OF OUR ARID SECTIONS
H. A. Lennon Explains How the Work is
Menace to this Section of Nevada.
Charz Believes Water Users Should
Organize Against Colossal Steal

own scheme during the irrigation
season.
There is nothing new in all this,
and nothing else the government
could do to make partial success
of what otherwise would have been
a dismal failure and a frank
acknowledgement that it liz MT
know much about the reclap al on
business-which it tevidently cian't.
But it is hoped that this will lead
to discussion which may cry.ta
ize in some action in this
section of the country. 1t will
be plain fight for self preserva-
tion-that is if any fight be made
at all.
First class alfalfa land in Carson
Valley is worth almost anything
the owner chooses to ask 70 tit is
safe to say that you cannot buy
any of the best for $25000 per
acre. 1t pays 6 per cent on $500
per acre, and if the test value of a
property is what it will earn, lots
Of that land is worth $500 per acr
Land under cultivation in the
district operated under govern
ment control is worth from $40 to
$50 per acre; say $50 for an aver
age. In other words an acre OF
Carson Valley land is worth at
least ten acres of land about
Hazen and Fallon, and there are
10000 acres up the valley which
only need water to make them as
good as any now under cultivation.
People about Dayton and alang
the river think they have potato
land that is worth somethil so,
to say nothing of the thousands of
uncultivated acres along the
Truckee aid its tributary streams.
Again the government itself re-
ports that it requires five acre feet
of water the first year and at least
three acre feet the second year to
raise crops on the land under its
project. In Carson Valley and
hereabouts a foot and a half is
ample; therefore half as much
water will irrigate Carson Valley
land worth ten times as much as
Fallon and Hazen land. And
even that is not all. That new
reservoir which is nearing eom-
pletion by the government is cal
eulated to store about three years
water from all of these streams.
1t is said that it will have sixty
mile shore line. If the plans are
carried out most of the water there
in will stay three years. The eva
poration of Lake Tahoe is about 36
inches a year. What it will it be
at a lower altitude and in "a much
warmer climate? Does any one
think, for example, that when the
waters of Ash Canyon have reach
ed the lands of Fallon-after seep-
age and evaporatian incident up
on three years storage-there will
be over half of the original volume
left | think not. So the water from
Ash Canyon which would irrigate
four acres of land in Carson Valley
worth $4,000 will irrigats one acre
at Hazen worth $50. There is
something radically wrong with
that sort of proposition.
The unirrigated lands of Carson
Valley, il under cultivation would
pay interest on a valuation OF $40,
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Gard of Thanks.

Through the columns of this
paper we desire to return our
warmest thanks to all for kindness
and sympathy during our recent
bereavement.
Mrs. VIM. MoFAUL and Family
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Mrs. =. Andersen is prepared and
will make embroidery hats for the
girls who are to be confirmed. They
should be ordered at once.
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Mrs. Moody, formerly Mrs. Dora
Allen, was a guest of Mrs. Charles
Brown this week. She resides at
Vancouver, b. G.
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Russell Bros, at Sheridan, ar,
agents for all Reno and coast papers
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Miss Ramona Brockliss of Sheridan
has been on the sick list
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Lutheran S. ). at Frederic ksburg on
Sunday at p. m.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23
GROWTH OF ALBANY
MAKES NEW RECORD

ALBANY. Ga, Jan. 2o.-There is no
more certain way of measuring the
growth of a city than through the figures
from the city clerks Office representing
the business done for the past - months.
Figures showing the growth of Albany
for 1910 and 1911 under me administration
of Mayor n. F. Tiff. that closed January
/. 1912. show a most remarkable growth
for Albany All debts have been paid
or and substantial cash balance in the
banks to the credit of the city.
Extensive additions were made in curb
ing and paving the sidewalks of nearly
all the principal streets. There was COM
pleted 1917 square feet of cement side
walks against $500 last year and at a
cost of 10 per cent less. Ten million feet
OF curbing was laid. Building permits
for 1911 total SOS, 200, against the record
Of 1910 of Sl59 900, showing an increase of
$4,000. The city acquired by purchase
the chautauqua building and lot, costing
$3.50: a lot and building for colored
school. s., 400. Additions to streets, $500;
additional property, $11.5OO. making a to-
tai acquired by the city during the year
Of S19S50
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-01-23
ROAD RETIREMENT AND
RURAL PROGRESS

Since the beginning of history eff
cient and cheap transportation has been
problem Of universal concern. The
ancient civilization of Rome was built
upon the Appian way and other famous
highways which the Roman empire con-
structed so they might be enabled to
move their legions freely to any part or
the empire which was threatened by in
vasion. 1t was through the construc-
ton of these imperial highways thag
Rene was for so long able to dominate
the world. Napoleon in his campaign
showed his wisdom in securing the most
skillful engineers of his day and gen
Grafton to construct highways for the
transportation of his troops and artil-
lery. His success in many of his most
Important campaigns resulted from his
skill in the building of highways
In a new country, owing to the spars-
ity of the population, road construction
is difficult undertaking, and hence for
many years we have had but little bet
ter than trails leading to and from our
farms. To begin with, the Indian found
the trail of the wild animal. As his
race increased he made trails for him
self through the forest and these the
white man followed. Later came the
pack animal, to be succeeded by the OK
cart of the back woodsman, and the
governmental maintained post road Fol-
lowing this, railroad engineering took
definite form, and lines of steel were
spread across the continent, and
through their assistance the far west
and the Pacific slope were quickly sub
dued, and brought within the purview or
our government OF all the great CIV
ilizing agents none has surpassed the
railroad because of it's power to give
cheap and quick transportation.
If the country is to be built up and
made a desirable place in which to live,
the problem of good roads is of funda-
mental Importance for in their absence
transportation becomes costly, social
life impossible, and schools and
churches so inaccessible as to make
their establishment ineffective in &C
complishing the purpose which they are
intended to serve in human affairs. Bad
roads increase the cost of living in the
country. because the farmer is unable
to market his crops quickly, and he is
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likewise unable to secure and transport
to his home the necessities of life in an
economic manner. Naturally, the road
problem affects the manner of living
and restricts the opportunity of those
who live in the country. 1t is on this
account more than anything else that
people are disposed to move away from
the country. A savant has said that
keeping a proper proportion of the pop
ulation in the rural districts is the ma
tional problem of the United States"
He did not evidence unusual perspicaci-
ty in giving expression to, this state
ment but he told a truth which now
confronts the nation for on MS success
full solution depends the maintenance
of proper food supply for the city. and
the production in sufficient quantity or
the raw materials through which COM
merce and industry are built up ana
maintained. Therefore, every town and
city and every community is intimate
ly concerned in the construction of per-
manent, efficient and easily maintained
highways throughout the rural districts.
Georgia has been making wonderful
strides in this direction because of the
large number of convicts she is now
employing on her roads. 1t is estimat-
ed that about four million dollars a
year is being spent in this way. The
state is to be congratulated on the e1Ii-
cient effort now being put forth to de-
velop a permanent system Of public
highways.
Yet much of this money is not being
as wisely expended as it should be, and
this is a defect which should be corr
rected at the earliest possible moment
With this end in view the State College
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
is endeavoring TO develop a department
of road engineering in charge of eX-
perts whose services will be available
to the various communities which de-
sire to secure information and advice
concerning the best methods to be ems
ployed in constructing roads There
may be some who question the practical
bility of expert advice in road con-
struction, but if they do it is quite evil
dent that they have not studied this
question with any degree of. considera-
ton. For instance, the surfacing of a