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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Murderer Stays In Cold Blood
County Board
Hold Meeting

Following is the proceedings of a
meeting held by the County Com
missioners at Genoa last Monday:
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
Deed from |. 90. F. lodge, No.
36, to Douglas County, dated Sept.
27, 1918 for strip of land 58x13a #.
and deed from A. Syll and wife and
Mrs. Mary Cosser to Douglas Coun-
ty, dated September Both for strip
of land 219x13a ft. for a public
alley in Gardnervils, was accepted
and approved by the board and
ordered recorded in the Office of the
county recorder.
Claims on file were allowed as ap-
pearing elsewere in this issue.
The Board ordered that the serv-
ices of the game warden be dispens-
ed with on and after the 18th of
October.
Auditor and Treasurer's report
for quarter ending Sept. 30th bring
on file was examined by the board,
funds in treasury counted and found
to correspond with report, showing
balance of Sis, 1882, of which
So, ,848. 55 is deposited with the State
Bank and Trust Co., leaving an
available cash balance of $11, ,935. 39
The report was approved by the
board.
A peti.ion signed by a number of
Douglas and Mono counties, pray
that this county reimburse c. w.
Hickey in the sum of $150.20 for
constructing a new piece of road to
replace the old road on the north
slope of Alkali hill, was presented to
the board. On motion, it was laid
over pending an investigation.
The Board entered into an agree
ment with A. J. Olson, salesman for
the j. |. Case company, for the pur-
chase of Case Road Scarifier to be
shipped at once. The price is 1898
f. o. b. San Francisco.
The Board directed the clerk to
advertise for sealed bids for one
rock crusher with capacity of 10
to Is tons per hour, to be delivered
to Douglas county.
Meeting adjourned until Monday,
October 18th.
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Feed Yarsl'1
Being Built

The Dangberg Land & Live Stock
company is arranging to feed and
fa.ten greater number Of steers
this winter than ever before. Over
It's new feed racks are being built
which will give the company great
er feeding facilities.
Practically all of the feeding will
be done at Buckeye where four
large feed yards are being fitted up.
The fence posts are of cement and
as the intersecting corners of the
yards a large cement watering
trough has been built and the water
supply WI be from an artesian well.
Experiments have demonstrated
that stock of any kind will do better
on artesian water during the winter
months. 1t is warmer than river
water by many degrees and stock
drink oftener. This tank has
spillway system THAT will prevent
mud and wet feed yards.
Thousands of tons of best alfalfa
have been stacked near the new
feed yards and the work of fatten-
ing steers viii be carried on along
as scientific principles as is known
to progressive stockmen.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Satan Billed
For Tonight

Tonight at Valhalla hall, Satan"
the greatest motion picture film
ever made, will be shown. 1t is in
i've reels and deals with the ages of
creation as pictured by Milton, the
days of the coming of the Messiah
in Jerusalem, the time of the Mid
die Ages, and the modern age of
machinery and invention are united
In this photoplay masterpiece.
The first reel pictures the fall of
Satan and his departure from heav-
en- after his battle with the angles
and his subsequent plot to corrupt
the creatures with which God peo-
pied the earth. How he tempts
Adam and Eve and causes them to
be expelled from the Garden of
Eden is pictured in the film after
the matchless poem of Milton's, and
the subsequent pictures of the story
continues to the building and fall
of the Tower of Babel.
The second reel is a vivid recital
of the events of New Testament
times, and tells of the coming and
teachings of Christ and the failure
of the still unconquered EVIL one to
tempt him. Later is pictured the
vengeance of Satan which eliminates
IN the successful plot Of the Phari-
sees to cruelty the Messiah and
after the crucifixion and resurrect-
ion have been faithfully portrayed
and the reel ends with the triumph
ant ascenUon of the Messiah into
heaven.
The following reels are equally
interesting and will be shown to-
night.
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Will You Give Aid3

As will be noticed in another
column of this paper, VIM. Starke
offers reward of $250.00 for the
arrest and conviction of the slayer
of Jene Menta. Should the county
offer like reward and the business
men and friends of the dead man
stand in it may be possible to get an
experienced man to tackle the case
and clear up what is now a shroud-
ed mystery. We have had similar
murder cases in this county, quite
few of them, and the records fail
to show where one murderer was
ever brought to the bar of justice.
Shall this case go likewise or shall
the officers and citizens exert every
known means to apprehend the
fiend who murdered one of fellow
men without giving him one chance
to protect his life.
Few citizens would be as liberal as
our townsnan, VIM. Starke. He is
determined to see the slayer of his
friend brought to justice and declar-
es it would be worth $3.50 to him.
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Runaway
Accident

Late Sunday afternoon an acci-
dent occurred on the Kingsbury
grade in which a six-horse team be :
longing to John Cosser narrowly
missed being dashed to death. In
the canyon and about fifty yards a.
bove the first bridge the driver
stopped the team to pick up several
sticks of wood that Rad fallen from
the wagon. While he was on the
ground the team started. Tney
cut across the bridge. tearing of
the railing. One horse fell through
his harness and landed in the creek,
fifteen feet below. After crossing
the bridge the rack slipped over and
caught in the wheel and stopped
the wagon. The horses broke a.
way from the wagon and ran to tie
Cosser ranch.
John Cosser. with help. went to
the scene of the accident and made
an endeavor to rescue the horse
from the creek. Henry Helberg
and E. J. Phillips happened along
and gave aid. With block and
tackle the horse was raised to the
top of the bank and just as rescue
seemed certain, the rope broke, let
tieg the animal fall back into 1ne
creek. We understand that 1ne
horse was badly injured and was
killed to end its misery.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Erect
Brick Store

The Odd Fellows have made final
plans for the erection of an annex
to their Gardnerville property and
work of moving several frame
buildings from the lot that the new
structure will occupy.
The new building will be of brick
and will have a twenty-four foot
frontage on Main street, with
depth Of sixty feet. 1t will be one
story in heighth but will be con-
structed to carry an upper story
which will be added at later date
and will be used for lodge purposes.
The lower floor has been leased to
Howard Bros. for term of years
and will be used as a store in adj
dition to the business now conduct
ed by that firm in the main build
ing of the Odd Fellows.
For some time Howard Bros.
have been cramped for room caused
by the steady increase of business.
At the same time they have been
adding to their stock. They appeal
ed to the owners of the the building
for more store space with the re-
suit that contracts for the new
building have been let.
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Appreciation

/ desire to express my hearty ap-
pre- ciation to the good people of
Douglas and adjoining counties for
their loyal support which made it
possible for me to win the Overland
automobile in the Reno Journal
subscription contest. | also thank
the management of the Journal for
the square manner in which they
they treated me during the contest.
MISS RUTH DRESSLER.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10

Now is the time for fall house
cleaning; make it easy with a West
ern Electric-Sturtevant cleaner.
For information inquire of l.. N.
Anderson, Gardnerville.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10

j. Heugel has hot tamaes every
night. They are made by Bello of
Reno and are the best chicken
tamales on the market.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Lutheran Church Notes

Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock
English communion services will be
conducted at the Lutheran Church.
The sermon will be based on Num-
bers Il. 40. Theme: The Exalted
Son of Man. the Sole Savior of Sin
ners. The confessional address
will concern itself with Psalm 81, 2.
Those that wish to partake of Holy
Communion must previously an
nounce themselves. S. s. meets as
usual.
The juvenile choir elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing term:
Gladys Dangberg. president; Flor.
ence Heitman, vice president;
Agnes Jensea, secretary; Eddie
Lampe, treasurer.
Fredericksburg Lutheran Sunday
school meets Sunday at3 p. m.
Just arrived at Harris store the
new fall line of mems, ladies' ard
ciildren's shoes. Every pair guar
a1teed to give satisfactory wear.
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$3.50 REWARD.

The undersigned, do hereby offer
a reward of Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars for the arrest and conviction
of the person or persons who murd-
cred Jene Menta, on Saturday, Oct.
4th, 1918, near the Willard-Mc-
Donald mill, Douglas county, Neva-
day. VIM. STARKE.
Dated October 6, 1918.
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Heavy spring wagon for sale or
will exchange for a good horse. r.
quire of w. d. Park, Minden, CT
Albert Evans, Markleeville.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
TO THE FINGER BOWL

Sample Case: The Denver Hotel
Bulletin prints the following under
he head of Owed to the Finger Bowl:
Goodbye, old bowl, you've got tt go!
No more you'll cause us added woe by,
loosentng UP your germs and things
and fixing us for angels wings. You've
served your time with us, we think
Duluth has put you on the blink! No
more into your depths we'll dip our
dainty fingers ere we tip the dusky
waiter lingering near, who trembles
in his abject Fee and seems to be
somewhat detected lest the tip be less
than he expected. You may be silver,
glass or brass, but you, old bowl, have
lost your class, for since they started
all this full all finger bowls look alike
to us. You stuck around for quito a.
spell, but now you can go straight td
well, the junkheap or the pile of
scrap, for we don't care a tinker's
rap! Perhaps we're treating you too
rough; Jul parting message may seem
tough. but, while you harbor countless
germs, we can't make use of honeyed'
terms in saying what we have to say.
So long, old bowl, you've had your
day,
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The GRAND OLD U.C. T.

The following poem. entitled The
Grand Old u. c. T. Is from the pen of
Sunny Jim" Somers, author and pub
Usher of Jim's Western Gems:
In every brotherhood Of man
There is something good and grand,
And since I joined the u. G. T.,
I more fully understand
Mans duty in this good Old world
Seems very plain to me
Since I became a member Of
The Grand Old u. c. r.
The obligation fills the heart
With sincerity and love,
And true sympathy for all mankind,
And for the Father in heaven above.
You see a CLEAN in a ray Of hope,
AS O lear the C~haplain's plea,
When you take the obligation Of
The Grand Old u. G. r.
So let us do our duty we'll
In this grand. noble cause
Do to others as we'd have them do,
Without favor, fear or pause
The picture Of mother and orphan
babes ....
In my prayers and dreams I see,
Since I became a member of
The Grand Old u. c. T.
Guide and advise the innocent,
For in youth we all are blind,
Comfort and cheer the aged poor,
And respect all women kind.
Live an upright, honest life,
And your reward will be
A place up there for those who care
And live UP to the U. C.. T.
knights of the Grip, your duty is
plain, r.,
And you must blaze the way
For other men whom you must meet
AS you journey night and day.
Let each man be a guiding star
In Unity, Temperance and Charity.
And the Good Lord will you reward
Through the Grand Old u. C. T.
To every VOW let us be true.
And when we are called away,
Knights Of the Grip, on our last trip,
We will have no fare to pay.
We will need no sample case up there,
We will get our mileage free,
II you are in good standing
In the Grand Old U. c. T.
s j. J. Somers.
Minnot, N. ..
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$4,000, 900 for it's Y. M. and Y. W. C,
AS. Notwithstanding the fact that
two families, the Dodges and the
Rockfellers, gave more than 81, 100000
Of the $4,000, 900, the whole subscrip-
ton came from 1900 persons. The
most influential of all these vas the
~janitor Of a fiat building, who, in a
pathetic letter, enclosed a paper dol
lar that a lady had given him to buy
a Thanksgiving dinner.
The janltor's letter arrived on the
last day of the campaign, when the
fund was nearly s250.000 short. The
mittee was terribly discouraged by the
outlook. Some Of it's members refused
to go out again. Others were willing,
bat felt that the case was hopeless
They had been everywhere that a dol
lar might be- gotten. They saw moth
ing but ~refusals before them.
At this point the janitor's letter hap
pened to be read, and Immediately the
whole company took on fresh enthusi-
asm. Men and women jumped to their
feet and declared that they would start
out again and that they would complete
the fund in honor of that j%anitor. If
for no other reason. Before. the next
meeting the fund had been oveTsub-
scribed $4,000.
The scriptural story Of the widows
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
j. c. rs VOTED
ROYAL HOSTS
OLD.FASHIoNED EVENING HELD
IN CLUB ROOMS PROVED VERY
ENJOYABLE AFFAIR - EXCEL.
LENT PROGRAMME GIVEN -
REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT.

One of the most enjoyable affairs
ever planned and executed by the loc-i
al U. c. It's was the "Old Fashioned
Evening" last Saturday at the club
rooms. It was just what the name
implies, and everyone present had a!
royal good time. :
The fun of the evening was begun
with a. short session at cards. There
were as many different games played
as there were tables, almost as many
as there were players. |
w. D. Hatch and Hans Christianson
became ~engrossed in the fascinating
and intricate game of Old Maid, and
played several games, Hatch coming
out at the small end of the horn in
every game. ~
Euchre was a favorite with a num-
Der Of the. guests, but. John MCGrann
, shifted .scornfully at such cnild's play,
8and wandered restlessly about the
room, searching for a companion soul
with whom he could play California,
Jack. f-
Thos. Hughes and Jack Lang had
! Forty-five. Someone suggested Bridge
or Five Hundred. He was promptly
thrown out. Clint Smith wanted to
play Pinochle, but Geo. Everhart was
absent from the festivities, and could
not be induced, owe the phone, to-
COIlS ~ LllS ASSSuS OL Llo LAASAoB ~
Pinochle was not numbered among
the games of the evening. Bill Grasse
was not present, much to the disap1
pointment of Dave Oman, who had
been looking forward all the week to-
an exciting game Of Authors with
Grasse. ~.
Following the card games, the pro-.
gramme of the evening was given. It
was highly appreciated, and every one
Of the numbers was encored. Thos.
Hughes presided, and cleverly intro
duced those who gave the various
numbers. q.
Miss Catherine York scored the hit
of the evening with a Jumping jack
dance given by a number Of girls.
The dance was cleverly and gracefully
/ given, and reflects credit both on the
girls and on their instructor.
Miss York then favored the COM
pany with a humorous recitation, in
which were set forth the fortunes Of
three gentlemen who advertised for a
wife for one of their number. i,
The vocal solo by Miss Franklin
was very we'll received, and brought
"a hearty encore. She was accompan-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06

derframe construction and hat of
those under construction January,
1913, no less than 81 per cent were all
steel or steel underframe construction.
Railways, without legislation, are or
dering all steel and steel underframe
cars faster than the manufacturers
can supply them; and it is. estimated
that even if 1t were practicable now
to replace all wooden cars with steel
cars, the cost Of doing SO would be-
$633, 600, 600. !
"A great many accidents, other than
those in train accidents and trespass-
ers are due, like them, not to deficien-t
cies Of the structures or equipment of
railways, but to carelessness and
reckless conduct Of individuals, as
clearly appears from the statistics of
the interstate commerce commission. !
In view of these facts, we respect,
fully suggest that any action regard
ing railway accidents which congress
may take should be designed to ecure
a~scertainment of causes and applica-
ton Of the remedies for all classes Of
accidents. Signed by
DAME Willard, president Of the
Baltimore & Ohio; r. FL. Ashton, vice
western; Darius Miller, president Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; S..
M. FELTON,, president of the Chicago,
Great Western; Fairfax Harrison,
president Of the Chicago, Indianapolis
& Louisville; A. J. Earring, president
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
H. U. Nudge, president of the Chica-I
go, Rock Island & Pacific; c. I'll.
Markham, president of the Illinois
Central; J. J.. Bernet, vice president
Of the New York Central Lines west
Of Buffalo; F.. A. Delano, president
and receiver Of the Wabash; B. L..
Winchell. vice president of the Union
Pacific"
There is no questioning the fact
that railroads are buying al1-steel
passenger equipment as fast as the
cars can be made; but in connection
with the above, attention is called to
the practice Of making up trains with
mixed equipment to the added peril Of
passengers. In case Of accident a.
wooden coach placed between steel
cars is crushed like an egg shell and
passengers exposed to great danger.
A correspondent writes of the
makeup IN a recent day Of train No.
Is. Big Four, Cincinnati to Indianapo-.
lis, in this order: Smoker, wood; la.
dies coach, steel: dining car, wood,
Pullman parlor car, steel.
On the same road n route train
No. 10 was made up as follows: Elk,
press n baggage car, steel; smokI
ing car, wood; ladies' car, steel; three
| %sleepers, steel. |
It Is easy to picture what would
have been the fate of those riding in
the wooden cars had anything hap
pened to those trains. ,
Pending the time when all-steel
cars are valuable (and may the day
not be far off it Is suggested to the
railroads that trains be made up ali
steel cars or all wood, that all pas
sengers may have an equal chance for
their lives. j
In the state of Wisconsin a law will
soon go into effect making this mix,
ture of equipment in trains illegal,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
ADVANTAGES OF
STEEL CARS
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS SAY
RAILROADS ARE SUBSTITUTING
STEEL CARS AS FAST AS THEY
CAN BE MANUFACTURED, AND
NEED NO LEGISLATION.

Sample Case: The following is part.
Of a telegram sent by the presidents
Of Chicago railways to the chairman
of the house committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce, to the senate
committee on interstate commerce.
and to E. e. Clark. chairman of the
interstate commerce commission, and
covers several Of the points Of pro-
posed legislation: =. i
THE undersigned, being officers of.
railways whose names appear in con-
nection with u signatures note with
concern that because of some recent
serious railway accidents, there are
being proposed in congress measures
intended to require railways to imme-
diately substitute steel passenger
train cars for their wooden cars ana
to generally install block systems. on
even automatic train stopping devices
A to steel cars a recent investiga-
ton disclosed so per cent OF all pas
enger train cars acquired by RAILWAYS
in 1912 We're of all steel or steel un-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
KNIGHTS OF The GRIP

q. -N-uHEg+. a@&t ~ %a&=.
F. c.. Fa1es, Of Lanpher Skinner &
Co.. is In the city over Sunday.
w. J. Goodrich, Of the Peninsular
Stove Co, is back from a trip, and
will Sunday in the city.
HI. II. Keeler, OF the Cluett Peabody
Co., is here for asday.
Pete Linxweiler, of Farwell Oznun
Kirk. is a Sunday visitor in the gate
city.
A. Lilligren, of Bradshaw Bros, will
spend a day in Fargo.
Edw. Reckmo, of the Woolson Spice
Co. will Sunday in the city.
w. "A. Hagen, of the p. Lorillard
Co. has left for Butte, Mont. where
he will make his headquarters from
this time on. He has been in North
Dakota territory for the past year and
a half, but will now cover Montana
TERRITORY. His friends here ara sorru
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center accommodating approximately
500 children or about ! 1-8 cents per
child.
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, has twenty
seven open air schoolrooms in regular
use.
Three Cinnamon are among those
studying forestry at the New York
State College of forestry. Syracuse, N.
Y.
How to bind di~lapidated textbooks so
that they look almost as good al new
Is taught In manual training classes at
Hampton institute, Hampton, Va
A social service bulletin is pub
lished by the Washington, D. c., pub
lie library, for the purpose OF making
known to social workers the latest in
formation in their field.
The division of education Of Harvard
university and the city OF Newton,
Mass, maintain a joint fellowship for
research in education. The holder Of
the fellowship is q member OF the fac-
ulty both at Newton and at Harvard.
He conducts Investigations n expert
ments in the Newton schools with the
active cooperation Of the Newton
teachers and the results are published
by the university.
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mite thus received a remarkable in
dorsement in the experience Of this
committee. What the wealth Of New
York could not complete because 1t was
giving and not sharing, subscribing and
not sacrificing, the janitor's dollar did.
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WITH THE

led on the piano by Miss Beatrice
Hughes.
John Fortin's rendition of the Get
tysburg address was remarkably good
and drew forth rounds of applause.
Miss Hughes played a piano solo
and was heartily applauded.
Following the programme, a light
luncheon was served. The evening
was voted a big success, and those
present are looking forward to an ear
ly repetition Of the affair.
The regular meeting will be held
this evening. Colonel Grasse has or
dered all the captains to report al
headquarters as to the progress of the
great campaign during the month Just
past. Reports SO far given indicate
that the membership campaign al
over the country is proving highly
successful, and nowhere more so thar
| n the Minnesota-North Dakota divi-
sion. In <the local lodge. many new
members have already been enrolled
aa well as a number who have beer
reinstated.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06

The board of education of New York
city has just secured an appropriation
of $4,000 with which to operate dur
ing the coming year after school play
centers in 1853 of it's school buildings.
Each of these play centers will accom-
modate from $50 to $50 school children.
The school yard and the school gymna-
SUM will be used for this purpose. and
will remain open from $3.50 to $50 p.
m. The expense consists OF $3.50 for
the director of the center and 800 per
session for extra ~janitor service, maxi
ing a total OF $3.50 for an afternoon
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06

What is said to be the largest cleo
trio light sign in the United States, il
not in the world, is the one placed on
top of Hotel LaSalle, Chicago. The
sign is Al feet long, "a feet high, and
flashes 314 feet from the street level.
The illumination Is 1900 forty-watt
tungsten electric lights, spelling "Ho-
tel LaSalle".