The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

In OUT issue Oh last week we lOiu Vi
the moving OF the county seat of this
county from Genoa-that historic
little city beneath the shade of the
overtowering mountain peaks. whose
SUBMITS crowned with diadem OF
of everlasting SHOWS. send down their
breeZes. laden with the life-giving
ozone to be warmed in the smiles of
the flowers which lift their heads in
the Valley below. to Minden there to
occupy the new residence and from
which history is to be redated H. all
the years which are to conc.
This was but one of the siee;
of progress which has been made in
this land of ours. since the days when
first the Mormans came across the
desert and made of Norman Station,
the first city of the west to nestle at
the foot of the Sierras Long years
have passed since the days of the slow
plodding ox-team unto this day of the
racing auto and the peerless aeroplane
and with 1t the advancing times our
people have kept pace.
While the sagebrush deserts have
been forced into the meadows OF
green and the rocky hillsides have
been turned into pastures Oil which
mixtures of the imported kline, our
people have yet kept In mind the up
building of the human kind. as Is
evidenced by the opening Monday
morning of the new Douglas County
High School.
Today the people of every advanc-
ing community realize that the boys
and girls of today are the men and
women OF tomorrow and further rea-
lize to make them good men and wo-
men they must have the foundation
of learning which In the future can
be builded upon and make them fore
most in their daily walks of life.
The times have changed since the
days of the immortal Lincoln. who
studied and learned by thc r'.day glare
of the oak hack log and who trndged
his miles, through snow and rain. to
borrow a book from which to Gull the
knowledge. which later made him the
foremost of all Americans and en-
powered him to do those things which
have made for us greater and grand
er country. Today the youth are
given every advantage The glow of
burning oak log has given way TO the
light of the incandescent and the we'll
filled book shelves bring close to hand
the fount of knowledge Whether we
have Lincoln to read the pages is
yet to be told but the seed has been
planted and We hope for the harvest
When the Legislature OF our sover-
ign state passed that law which made
possible the building of a high school
building in Carson Valley and by a
meeting of the minds of the residents
of this section. selected that ii should
be builded I'm Gar1n..vi,le, the.
acted. better perhaps. than they ever
knew. Today the big brick building
rises in all its grandeur and gives to
the passerby the knowledge that the
children of the greatest little Valley
which ever spread its breasts to the
morning sun, have been e,ehed b,
the fathers and mothers and found
worthy of the best.
This building. located on FIVE
acre tract. donated to the county by
enterprising citizens of Gardnervile.
and on the main street which joins
the towns of Gardnerville and Minden,
is massive structure of concrete and
brick, classic in design. and embody-
ing the most modern and the best
ideas in school architecture and
school efficiency. Supplied with large,
roomy well-lighted class rooms,
auditorium aud gymnasium. teaci.
er's rooms. library. lavatories and