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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

race to see whether she will keep Il
or not another year. The pupils
will be divided into classes according
to their weight and height, In order
to have chi'd dren Of like capabilities
competing. Ribbons will be given for
first, second and third places as in
former years. The school receiving
the most points per pupil will be
awarded the cup to hold during the
year. In this way it is imperative for
each school to be represented by as
many pupils as 1t can get out. School
loyalty usually runs high and the in
terest that has been manifested by
number of schoos indicte that the
contests today will be hotly contested.
A program has been arranged for
the evening, at which the eight grade
classes of the county will be present
ed with their diplomas by Deputy
Superintendent B. G. Bleasdale, of
the state department
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES

Sunday morning Baccalaureate
services will be conducted at the
Lutheran Church. Pastor Mcneil will
address especially the graduates of
our Douglas County High School.
Everybody is most cordially invited
to attend these services. Services
will begin at 1880.
s*s&&s
Sunday morning as n5ual thc Sun
day School will meet at $50 o'clock.
All scholars are requested to report
Ion the number of tickets which they
have sold for the stereoptican lee
ture last Monday night and bring the
money which they received for tick
cts sold
Sunday afternoon there will be
Sunday School at Genoa at o'clock
Sunday afternoon Lutheran services
****ss
will be conducted at the Methodist
Church in Carson City Also Holy
Communion will be administered.
This will be the first communion
celebrated at Carson City in Luther
an service. The service will begin at
| ? O'clock
| After the services in Carson City
| oloo n bue;nas, r,aat;nu will ha 40,
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

lhtSt 1ohnt9 OOuiu uc vi it6ioti atipil
consist of the sheriff, who is the exc
cutive officer; the county clerk, who
is the custodian of the records, and
the county physician, who conducts
physical examinations
Officers were advised that it was
their duty to appoint registrars for the
precincts in their county at once and
they were advised tina. all cards, in
structions and blanks would arrive at
the county seat from Washington by
mail In ample time. The distribution
of these materials will take place at
once through the sheriffs, and the
sheriff have been directed to report
to the governor at once when the
registration organization is complet-
ed. Washington expects this report
to come without delay.
The sheriffs have been instructed to
use all necessary means to. distribute
aht ibattf iaio anu hdft aioO Dttfi tOlu
to swear in the registration officials,
using a blank furnished or following
the blank form prescribed. The oaths
are TO be taken before notary pub
lie and where necessary a notary will
be taken along by the sheriff on his
trip of distribution and swearing in.
Oaths may also be taken before
deputy county clerks or other persons
authorized by law to administer
oatiis.
On May 10Th word was received
from Washington that the president
had signed the seiectiye conscription
bill and had issued his proclamation
ordering officials to cooperate in the
work of registration and ordering all
persons to register as specified in the
proclamation. Word was Immediate
ly wired from Carson to all persons
previously tentatively appointed Of
fically confirming their appointment
and urging immediate action and re-
port on the organization for registra-
tion. On the same day telegraphic
advices We're received from Washing
ton that President Wilson had ap-
pointed Adjutant General Sullivan as
disbnrsing officer to pay out moneys
necessary TO conduct the registration.
In connection with the registration
on June 9TH. which takes place from
Z a. m TO p. m. 1t may be well to say
that it commands "all male persons"
from = 10 80 TO register under penal
~ for failure. This means all men
who have passed their 2lst birthday
on June 5, 1917. and have not reached
their 3lst birthday The government
wants their names and descriptions
whether they are Indians, foreigners.
blind crippled or disabled
The government stands ready to
pay all expenses If pay is demanded.
but all officers must do what they are
told to do or answer to the United
States government under the law
Carson Appeal.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

ments have been entered into between
the reclamation department and own
ers of private lands and private
water rights by which ceratin arid
land now privately held will be sub
divided and sold TO settlers under
federal supervision. These subdiyid-
ed lanGs will be allotted In forty and
eighty acre tracts according to their
agricultural value.
AS further step toward concluding
the agreements which are to be made
between the reclamation department
and private owners a meeting was
held at Carson Friday and Saturday
which was attended by the private
owners of Douglas county at which
time the mutual concessions to be
made to insures the success of the
project were taken up. At this
meeting the reclamation department
was represented by W. D. Cole, senior
engineer, and Manager Whistler of the
Fallon project, while George L. San
ford appeared as attorney for the
owners of lands and water rights in
the district to be reclaimed.
The Carson Valley district will be
made part of the Truckee- Carson
project and its reclamation will be
directed by the officials now located
at Fallon.
According to surveys which have
already been made two large canals
will be constructed from the propos-
ed reservoir which will carry water
in both sides of the Valley.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
Carson Valley
Day June II

Carson Valley Day will be observed
on the llth of June. at Minden under
the auspicies of the Carson Valley
Improvement Club. The club pro-
poses a daylight picture show. free
TO the children OF Carson Valley. and
a dance in the evening, q band con-
cert during the afternoon Full
particulars will be published in the
next issue of the Record-Courier
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
Required
to Register

Under the Act of Congress onacting
the selective draft law, no person
within the age limit prescribed is
exempt from registration June 9Th.
All ranchers enjoying Indians who
are within the age limits should make
it point to explain this fact to such
employees and tell them in what pre-
cinct they shall register rs well as the
place and date.
Failure to register involves Jail
sentence with no alternative. The
fact that man must register does
not mean that he will be drafted In
to service; physical qualifications
ETC.. will determine this.
In Douglas county there will be
four places of registration, as is the
c"ge in elections: Jacks Valley,
Genoa, Sheridan and Gardnefville.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

The Standard Oil Company has
started work on its Carson City
branch office and distributing sta
ton. Three storage tanks of $4,000
to 10000 gallons capacity, each, will
be placed OF the spur track that has
been laid north of the lumber yard.
An office building and warehouse,
both covered with corregated iron,
will be erected. The storage tanks
will be surrounded by woven wire
fence, says the News.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
No Shortage Of
Food In Nevada

survey OF the food situation in
Nevada with regard to the amount of
food products now on hand and the
amount that may be produced during
the coming summer has been nearly
completed by the state pure food and
drug laboratories.
The work is being conducted by H.
b. Blumer of the department and he
has practically gone over the entire
state. Over seventy-five per cent of
all stores, warehouses and other
places where food products would be
kept have been checked.
There is absolutely no evidence of
any boarding of food in Nevada, said
Mr.. Blumer. Nearly all the -four
mills have sold out everything they
are producing and there is no wheat
lying in elevators as there is in the
east.
THE retail stores of the state have
no extra supplies of any kind of
goods on hand and none of the whole
salers are oyerstocked. The con-
ditions SO far as the supply of goods
on hand is practically normal and
most of the retailers are buying on
the open market.
There is no fear of shortage of
food in this state, however, and CON
ditions can be considered very good"
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

The public service commission, in
an opinion handed down Monday, de-
died the application of the Carson
water company for permission to raise
the rates charged the people of Car
son for water furnished. The COM
mission declared 1t could see no rea-
for more revenue. The opinion cri-
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All Males Between Ages of
81 and 30 Must Register

Late saturday night tie governor s
office received the following wire
from Washington from Provost Mar
shal General Crowder:
when the mailing of registration
cards was begun sherifs and mayors
we're requested to withhold publicity
concerning them for the present 1t
Is now desirable to give all informa-
ton concerning registration, the Wild
est possible publicity. Tentative
drafts of regulations should not be
published but most success of whole
plan now depends on most thorough
education of the public. Please in
form those who hold registration
cards"
The governors office Is now permit
ted TO make public the accumulated
information respecting registration
All information is now in the hands
of the respective sheriffs and they
this story a local slant If desired, but
Is Is requested that the text of the
regulations themselves, as they appear
in the book OF regulation for the pres
ent until they are finally confirmed
as permanent.
On April 2Sth a letter was receiv-
ed from the secretary of war outlin-
ing the probable course that would be
followed when the selectiye conscrip-
tion measure became law. Steps
were at once taken to prepare for this
work. AT that time attention was d.
rected by the secretary OF war to the
following section in the pending bill.
which has now become a law
Sec. 5. That the president is here
by authorized to utilize the services
Of any or all departments and any or
all officers or agents OF the United
States. or o fthe several states. ter
ritories and the District of Columbia.
IN the execution of this act. and all
offices and agents of the United States
and of the several states. territories
and the District OF Columbia are here
by required To perform such duties In
the execution OF this act as the presi-
dent shall order and direct and Off
GERS and agents of the several states
shall hereby have fulll authority for
all acts done by them IN the execn.
ton of this act by the direction O.
request OF the president
Directions then received and subse-
quently confirmed called upon Cover
nor Boyle to supervise the registra-
tion in Nevada and suggested that he
might act and perform many OF his
functions through the adiutant gen.
eral, Lieutenant Governor Maurice ].
snliven. This suggestion was at
once adopted and the great part OF
the work Is being done through the
adJutant general. acting under and by
authority of law and the order of the
president of the United States and the
governor of Nevada.
On May ist pursuant to instruct
ions, county board OF registration
were notified Of their impending dut-
les by letter giving all particulars
then known at that time.
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son for any advance except a desire
ticises the company for distributing
their profits in years past as divi-
dends and not providing deprecia-
tion fund. The refusal to permit
rate raise saves over $500 a year to
the citizens of Carson.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

Jerry Carreeo, we'll known resi-
dent OF Reno, was visitor to Gard
nerville Yesterday.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
GERMAN OFFICIALS TO
LEAVE u. S. ON FEB. 10

Washington, D. c., Feb. Con Tues
day, Feb. IS, the whole corps of Ger
man officials in the United States, in
Guiding Count and Countess Won Bern
storff, the embassy suite, and consuIs
from all parts Of the country, will sail
from New York for Germany.
Reservations for more than 200 per-
sons have been engaged on the big
Scandinavian liner Frederick VIII,
leaving New York Feb. Is for Chris
tiana. Former German consuis
throughout the country, having turned
their consulates over to caretakers to
be eventually reopened under the di-
rection of Swiss officials, will start for
New York in time to be on hand when
the ship goes out.
Safe conducts have been requested
by the state department of both Great
Britain and France for passage
through the allied blockade, and no
doubt is felt that they will be ac-
corded.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
DIPLOMATIC BREAKS NOT
ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY WAR.

The breaking of diplomatic relations
between two countries has not always
been followed by war. It IS recognized
always as preliminary step toward
war, but there have been cases where
war has not followed or where il has
been postponed l~r many months after
diplomatic ties were severed.
In May, 1915, Italy declared war on
Austria-Hungary. simultaneously the
German ambassador to Rome Prince
Buelow, was forced to leave Italy, tax
ing with him all German diplomatic
and consular officers. At the same mo-
ment the Italian ambassador TO Berlin
was handed his passports. The break
between the two countries was com
plete from the diplomatic standpoint.
But though war was holly waged be-
tween Italy and Germany's ally, there
was no actual declaration of war
against Germany until more than
year later
Twice the United States has more
or less summarily dismissed British
ministers to Washington.
In 1909 Minister Jackson was hand
ed his passports as the result of what
were practically charges of falsehood
and duplicity made by him against the
American secretary of state. That
was, of course, preliminary to the war
of 1872, but war did not begin until
three years later.
Lord Sackville-W West, British minis
ter to the United States, was dismissed
1888, because of personal letters he
had been trapped into writing which
were regarded as unwarranted inter
ference with domestic politics. In this
instance the American minister was
not recalled, nor was he handed his
passports, and no declaration of war
followed the incident.
When the Emperor Macmillan was
executed in Mexico in 1867 his brother,
Emperor Francis Joseph, withdrew all
his diplomatic and consular officers
from Mexico. Diplomatic relations
years. But during all that time Aus
trian subjects lived in peace in Mexico
and were not molested by the Mexican
government. The fact that the Aus
trian forces withdrew from Mexico UNI
der strong pressure from the United
States is to be considered as a control
ling cause for Francis Joseph content
ing himself with making only a diplo~
matte protest.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
RELIEF WORK OF
u. S. MAY HALT
EFFORTS TO AID 5ELGiANs
THREATENED BY BREAK
WITH GERMANY.


An entire diplomatic structure TO
project probably two million prisoners
In the midst of their enemies, to care
Tor whole conquered nation In Bel
gum, TO represent the interests of four
sovereign states in Germany and Ger
man interests in nine enemy countries.
crumbled when diplomatic relations
between Germany and the United
States were severed.
One of the most complex, ultra legal
humanitarian machines ever evolved.
the slow, patient work built up during
two and half years of effort, thus is
sacrificed.
American organization and genius
and American means of restraint in
the war zones will cease to operate.
All American Representatives will be
withdrawn from Germany and the du-
ties they have performed will fall on
unframed forces.
From Belgium the United States will
not withdraw till it is impossible for
her TO continue The 100 Americans
who haye from the wars beginning
proved the directing genius for the
greatest and longest sustained relief
work in history will remain at their
posts unless they are forced to cross
the frontier.
Belgian relief ships will continue to
run for the present, it is understood,
and every attempt made to secure their
immunity from German attack.
Prisoners Lose Protectors.
AS to prisoners the United States
represents the interests of at least
100000 and probably 100000 men
in countries from which the withdraw
al or American diplomats has been
forced. Often it has been only such
officials who have stood between these
helpless unfOrtunates, unbefriended
In the midst of an enemy country, and
threatened with reprisals, intolerable
prison conditions, inadequate food and
even epidemics of disease American
officials have been untiring in their eff
forts under conditions almost intoler-
ably difficult.
Germany'S interests i'm seven coun-
tries and the large sections of Egypt
and Morocco have been turned away
from American sympathy and aid to
whatever neutral Germany can find
to accept work. The state depart
ment instructed it's officials represent
ing German interests in England.
France, Russia and Japan. Roumania,
Serbia, Greece, Egypt and Morocco to
suspend all activities along that line
and await information to be conveyed
through some neutral government to
whom Germany wishes those interests
surrendered.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
Ready to Supply Own Needs.

The figures are suggestive of what
has taken place in other industries
which could not be so closely iden-
tilted with the actual movement of the
troops The fact that five times as
many railway cars have been shipped
abroad had, for example, no distant
relation; that cotton manufacturers
nearly trebIed, that wool manufactur-
ers quadrupled, that leather far more
than doubled, that steel manufactures
as a whole rose from S184,0O0000 to
S777 OO0,OO0-all these show what the
war has done to put this country in
position to supply its OVID needs
should they arise.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
GERMAN SUB-SEA RULES
THAT CAUSED THE SPLIT

The note presented to Secretary
Lansing by Count Won Bernstorff. the
German ambassador, was The reply of
the German government to President
Wilson's world peace address before
the senate. It's declaration of unre-
stricted naval warfare, assumed to
mean the sinking without warning of
all passenger and freight vessels com
ing within the restricted zone caused
profound surprise. There had been no
official hint that such a development
was coming.
Following is the appendix referred
to in the German note:
From February l, 1917, within the
barred zone around Great Britain.
France and Italy and in the eastern
Mediterranean, as set forth in the fol-
lowing, all sea traffic will be forthwith
opposed.
Such barred zones are:
In the North sea, the district around
England and France which is limited
by line 20 nautical miles; the area
along the Dutch coast, as far as the
Terschellig ightship and 20 nautical
miles distant along the Spanish north
coast as far as the French frontier.
With regard to the southern area of
the Mediterranean:
For neutral shipping there remains
an open sea district west. of line from
PIT. de les Placquett as far as SO de.
grees 20 minutes north and 6 degrees
east as well as north and west of
zone so miles broad, along the north
African coast, beginning on-degrees
western longitude.
Neutral ships plying between the
barred zones do so at their own risk.
Although precautions will be taken
that neutral ships being on February l
on the way to ports in the barred zone,
during due period of delay hall be
spared, yet it is urgently advisable that
they should be warned and directeG 10
other roads by all means at disposal
Neutral ships plying in ports of the
barred zone can with the same safety
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07

well abandon the barred zones if they
sail before February and take the
shortest route into the open district.
The traffic Of regular American pas
senger steamers can go on unmolested
if:
Falmouth is taken as the port of des-
tination and if:
On the first and return journey
Sicily as well as the point SO degrees
north and 20 degrees west is steered
on. On this road no German mines
will be laid.
If the steamers bear special signs al
lowed only them in American ports.
One steamer every week may run in
each direction, arriving at Falmouth
on Sundays and leaving Falmouth on
Wednesdays:
If guarantees and assurances are
given by the American government
that these steamers carry no contra
band (according to the German list of
contraband)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
oily of Worry.

The same brain can't at the same
time dwell on work and worry. You
can't dare while you despair. Meet
trouble halfway, make it race after
you. There are, obstacles in all roads
and they are only insarmountable to
towards. Nc one ever got to the top
without q tussle. 1t isn't SO much the
quality of his nerve that brings him
through. So long as ruin is only a
possibility, there is always chance
20 escape. Get out of the fright habit
and into the fight habit. Many a man
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
SECOND WISCONSIN is
HELD ON TEXAS BORDER

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 6.-Orders
for the homeward movements of the
Second Wisconsin infantry, at San An
tonic and the Fifth Maryland infantry
at Eagle Pass, have been cancelled.
Whether the approaching movements
Of other National Guard organizations
scheduled to leave the border will also
be halted could not be ascertained at
department headquarters.
While no information is given out, it
is believed that the move means that
all the state militia will remain on the
border prepared for any emergency in
the international situation.
The Second regiment was to have
started home tomorrow
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-07
Banks Are Prepared.

There is no reason to expect any
crisis in our own affairs declared
Frank A: Vanderlip, president of the
National City bank of New York, in
discussing the possibility of war. The
money market is in the best possible
shape. We could not have been better
prepared for such an emergency than
we are at the present time. We have
every reason to feel easy.
The banks are prepared to absorb
the proposed S500,000,000 government
treasury note issue without a mUrmur,
and more if needed.