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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
EDWIN MILLAR TELLS OF
SPLENDID TREAT M E N T
RECEIVED. BY HIM AT
HOSPITALS IN FRANCE

10 Offset any misapprehension as to
The great work done in the fate war by
the American Red Cross. as well as the
work that is yet being carried on. it
is indeed a pleasure to quote Edwin
Millar, an esteemed young man of this
community. who only last week re-
turned from France where he saw
much actual fighting before the armis-
tice was signed, and was in the thick
of all the horrors of the bloody con-
iiiet. The young may spent part of
his time in Red Cross hospitals. and
is therefore qualified to give first-hand
information of the great work of the
Greatest Mother. He was asked to
give his personal observations of Red
Cross work and the part that organi-
zation played during the war.
I Mr. Millar replied by saying that
the question is what would the Amer
lean soldier dene without the assist
lance of the Red Cross. He cited that
+ when he=was confined in a. French
hospital. the French Red Cross lost no
/ Tine in notifying the American Red
Cross of his plight American Red
Gross nurses visited him and brought
hose little delacies that is so neces-
sary to a convalescent soldier. Jams
+ md the like were brought regularly
/ and when he was able to leave his bed
a thoughtful nurse brought him a pair
of slippers to take the place of his
s heavy army shoes. Being far from
his division, he was unable to secure
his pay and again the thoughtful Rec
Cross came to assistance by loan o
8 money, not once but twice.
! II 3 not surprising taht the soldier
boys speak in the highest terms fol
the Red Cross. Thousands and thous
lands of American boys received tn,
same thoughtful care and considera
.on as did Mr. Millar Also thous
ands and thousands of American boy
say the same kind words for the Amer
lean Red Cross as does Mr.. Millar
The Red Cross is still giving assist
ance to soldiers in the hospital
Throughout the United States as vel
as Families left destitute through tn
loss of the breadwinners who died il
battle. This service is costing tn
Red Cross something like $500 090
month.
Have YOU sent in your. dollar to re
new Your membership in this organ
lization? On Tuesday but $50 peopl
of the 1000 population of this count
had done so. Can YOU, do you, douh
the steel-true word of Mr. Millar? Ca
lyou believe them without digging u
your check book and writing out a
'lorder ON your personal account fo
81 TO renew your membership to tn
Red. Crosse The Reeord-Courier /
making a sincere appeal to you in be
half of the Red Cross since no solicit
ors have been sent out For the las
time. we humbly ask that you rene,
your membership in the greatest wa
organization the world has ever know
when it comes TO giving assistance I
soldiers most IN need
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
TO REVIVE RACING

George Wingfield is back of move
one of the leaders in a movement to
organize a jockey club in San Fran
cisco. according to reports from that
place, says the Reno Gazette. The
plan is to hold a meeting at San Fran
cisco soon. to be followed by meet
ing of much longer duration at Tia
juana under the management OF
James w. Coffroth.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
GRAND LODGE
TO PRESIDE
Dance To Be Held
In Evening and
Public Given
Welcome

For the first time in the history OF
building III Gardnerville. corner
stone will be laid with fitting cere-
monies when Carson Valley Lodge No.
30. Free and Accepted Masons. will
lay the corner stone ef their new
building tomorrow afternoon in con-
fornity with the ancient customs and
rites of the craft.
Grand Master Vim. Park of Las
Vegas. together with other Officers of
the Grand Lodge of the State of Ne
vdda. will conduct the ceremonies
which will be attended by prominent
Masons from Carson. Reno, Virginia.
Genoa and other towns of western Ne
vada.
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon and aside
from the Masonic custom on such
anspicious occasions, musical pro-
grom will supplement the ceremony.
The affair is not alone for the
Masons. but the public oft his COM
munity is invited to attend and join
with the fraternity in laying the
corner stone
The local lodge OF Masons. in honor
of the visiting members. have arang-
ed a banquet for all Masons and their
wives, which will be served at Odd
Fellows hall at $50.
In the evening a public dance will
be held at Valhalla hall as "A fitting
climax to the dams doings. Bakers
orchestra has been engaged for the
dance and from all accounts the hop
will be largely attended
The. new Masonic Temple which
will occupy the lot adjoining the
Arendt Jensen company store, will be
lower floor has been leased to the
Jensen company for a long term of
year and will be used by this firm In
making more room for their fast ex-
panding meroaltile business. The
Upper floor will be occupied by the
Masons as lodge room, as well as
club rooms, kitchen and dining hall
C. Petersen. who had charge of the
brick work of the new theatre build
ing at this place, now under the course
of construction, will likewise be in
charge of similar work on the Temple,
while n. p. Jensen. will be in full
charge of the carpenter work.
| The local Masonic lodge was insti-
tuted less that six years ago. and now
counts on its fast growing member
ship. the most substantial citizens of
the community. While considered
the baby Masonic lodge of Nevada. its
members are indeed proud of the
remarkable progress being made. and
are living in high anticipation of that
time when they will be able to hold
meeting in their new hall
The banquet arrangements are
practically under charge OF the mem
bers of Artemesia Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star. who have volunteered
their services in order to make the af
fair success.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
October Was
Cold Month

Many weather bureau stations in
Nevada reported the lowest mean
October temperature on record.
Precipitation averaged nearly nor
NAL for the state: II was greatest IN
the eastern portion. Threshing and
potato digging were completed With
yields somewhat below normal. The
last crop OF alfalfa was cut; good
Yields were reported except where ir-
rigation was insufficient. A large
crop of appls was picked Rains i'm
proved pastures. especially for sheep.
The condition of cattle and sheep was
generally fair to good and large ship
ments were made.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
TO THE PUBLIC

Having leased our hotel property to
Mr., and Mrs. j. p. Fitzgerald, we Will
retire November 18th after nearly
nine and one-half years in the active
management of the Gardnerville
Hotel.
During all these years we have en-
ueavored to deal Justly with our
patrons and yon have shown your APP
probation by giving us a very liberal
snare OF your patronage. For this We
WIN to thank you aud each of you.
Mr.. Fitzgerald. is an experienced
motel man and will doubtless continue
70 make the Gardnerville Hotel hos
pi'able and homelike and give to his
patrons the most possible for the
money We trust you will deal as
"oeraiiy with him as you have with
u.s.
again thanking you. we remain
very sincerely,
MIX. AND MRS. p. X. RAHBECk
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14

The News says representatives OF
the internal revenue collectors office
We're in Carson last week getting lists
of Nevada's automobile common car
riers. 1t is understood that govern
ment tax will be collected from all
carriers of freight and passengers
and that in addition government lie.
ense will have to be procured.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14

At centralia Washington Wednes-
day two former American soldiers
were killed and half dozen other serv-
ice men wounded when persons be-
lieved to be Industrial Workers of the
World fired on an armistice day par
ade of former sailors, soldiers and ma
rines.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14

Not only Is the way of the trans
gressor hard, but the way of the
isn't always soft.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14

The more we have in this world
the more we want.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14

mere Is a good deal of discussion
s'out women's dress, but really there
/" little to discuss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

In olden days men expected a moral when you told story. But nowadays, trey expect an immoral when you tell story.
 When you make a mistake you realize that anyone is liable to make mis- take. But when your wife makes mis- take you realize that there is absolutely no excuse for it.
 Judging from the waists they are wear ing, some girls imagine that you can't see through mosquito netting unless you purch holes in it.
 A grass widow can act so innocent that she will want to take chaperone along vixen she starts on her honeymoon with her fourth husband.
 A few weeks absence will make a hus. nd homesick. And a few days at home will make him sick of home.
 You may imagine that your wife isn't jealous of you. But just pour some per. fume on your coat before you start home and see what happens when you gel home
 If your wife came home to you at a m with the same excuse you brins home to her at a. m., you would want a divorce. And yet you getsmad because she won't accept your excuse.
 A man is always in favor of improve ment when he knows that the other fel low has to pay the taxes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26

out precedent-the millions and mill lions of dead, property loss that can not be estimated, and woes beggaring all powers of description that have af- flicted humanity.
 From a Serbian student, pistol in hand, to an exiled Kaiser and Crown Prince, Germany as contemptible in defeat as she was arrogant when vic tory seemed within her grasp, the German navy at the bottom of the sea and the stage set at Versailles for an event which will mark the last chap ter in the Teutonic dream of world dominion is indeed a far cry, yet all of these events must be set down by toiling historians in a period of less than five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26

a swampy pond or lake, and a sluggish l stream meanders through it. Parts of the environs have, however, been well planted some extent It has become, through the efforts of the government and it's own citizens, an imposing city; but the environs can never be beautiful, because nature has been very ungracious
 'Take Petrograd. Petrograd has splendid water front facing it's grand riv- CT, the Neva, with it's vast rush of cold green water covered with ice in winter and chilling the air, and seeming to chllI
 the landscape in summer. That, however is the only beauty Petrograd has. The country is flat and in many places water logged owing to numerous pools and swamps. It has no natural attraction either in it's immediate or more distnat environs, except the stream of Neva.
 Paris, again. has some agreeable land- scapes within reach, but nothing at ali striking, nothing nearly so fine in the lines of it's scenery as the hills that enclose the valley in which Washington lies. and no such charm of still wild forest
 as Washington affords The Seine, too, is a stream not to be compared to your Potomac
 "The same thing may be said of Madrid. 1 It stands on level, and the mountains are too distant to come effectively ineo ! the landscape, and it's only water is wretched little brooklet called the Man.
 zanares They tell a story there about 8
 remark attributed to Alexandre Dumas
 when he visited Madrid. He was taken
 to the lofty bridge which spans the ra-
 vine at the bottom of which the rivulet
 flows. The day was hot and being thirsty
 he asked for glass of water. They
 brought him the water, and he was about
 to drink, when looking down and catch
 ing sight of the streamlet, he said. Mo-
 take 1t away; give it to that poor river;
 it needs a drink more than To-
 Then there is our English London.
 which stands in a rather tame country. ] It is true that there are some charming
 bits of quiet and pretty rural scenery m
 Surrey and Sussex, within a distance of l 20 or 30 miles, and there are pleasing beech
 woods covering the chalky hills of Bucks. Yet nature has done nothing for London comparable to what she has done for | Washington The Thames, although il
 fills up pretty well at high tide, is nowise
 comparable for volume or beauty of sur roundings to your own Potomac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
More Fatal Than War

Tn view of the several women and chill dren recently run over or injured by auto mobiles in Birmingham and suburbs, l
 feel that Age-Herald readers will read
 the following from a Duluth source with
 much interest,"" said Jas. F. Slater, and
 possibly aid in decreasing of accidents
 here in the future~
 Duluth, Minn., June 2o-The real
 meaning nowadays of the phrase of safety first was discussed and ex- plained at the conference of Michigan.
 Wisconsin and Minnesota mining en- gineers, general superintendents, inspec- tors, and safety engineers last night. "'F. E. Morris, chief secretary of the National Safety council, Chicago, said that during <he 1s months the United States was in the war 56,0oo American soldiers were killed in Europe; during the | same period 22s,ooo men, women, and chil-
 dren accidentally were killed in the Unit | ed States.
 | His investigations as to why women get off street cars backward and suffer accidents led to the discovery that out of r women 12 alight facing the rear. The reason, he said, is that womans right
 arm usually is the stronger and she uses l it in alighting. With a man both arms are developed".'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Curious Questions

You would wonder how the people of Birmingham ever got along without an information bureau if you heard some of the questions that are asked us." said Miss Hearn of the war camp community service information bureau.
 "A few days ago someone asked me where policeman could be found at night. I told him that I hadn't been able to locate one in the day time yet. {"
 T was rather amused yesterday at one of Birminglams well trained husbands who asked me what was the suitable thing to give his wife on their fifth an- niversary, that he had remembered the occasion with the proper gift on the four previous dates but could not recall what should be sent on the fifth. Of course, having never celebrated wedding anni- versary myself I could only think of the silver and golden, so just looked in my Uncle Joes Almanac and at once found the desired information-fifth anniversary wood He didn't hesitate a moment in his decision as to what the wooden gift should be but at once said, I'll send her Morris chair, which reminded me Of the wife who one Christmas gave her husband a new rug to go in front of her dressing table, and I wondered why he didn't give her a cellarette."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL

WV A7asaS@s Tbss ssss sn s''s ia 'ss;s's
 furnishes grist for the nations newspapers all the year round but just now Washington, the city itself is get ting unaccustomed publicity on two &C., counts" says a bulletin from the Ma tional Geographic society.
 Senator Sherman of Illinois wants to move the capital to some mid-western city. Citizens of Washington, apparently oblivious to any such consummation, are waging national publicity campaign for representation in Congress-"
 Aside from these political issues, the bulletin states, Washington probably nev. CT has been such a magnet for visitors as now and those who are coming as well in the following comparison of Washing ton with other world capitals written by Viscount James Bryce, former British amba ssador to the United States:
 Tt is impossible to live in Washington and not be struck by some peculiar feat ures and some peculiar beauties which your city possesses.
 No European city has so noble a cata- ract in it's vicinity as the great falls of the Potomac-a magnificent piece o1 scenery which you will. of course, al ways preserve.
 Vienna has some picturesque country hills and woods and rocks within a dis tance of 25 or 30 miles. London also has very pleasing landscapes of a softer type | within about that distance: but I know | of no great city in Europe (except Con- stantinople) that has quite close, in its very environs, such beautiful scenery as 1 has Washington in Rock Creek park ano | in many of the woods that stretch along south side, with the broad river in the center and richly wooded slopes descend l ing boldly to it on each side.
 | You have not beautiful arm of thu sea at your doors. as has Constantinople
 nor the magnificent mountains that sur
 round the capitals -6f Rio Janeiro or San
 tiago de Chile, nor such a bay, or rather land-locked gulf, as that of San Francis
 co, with its splendid passage out to the 1 ocean; but those are very rare things
 of which there are few in the world. As 1 capitals go, few indeed, are so advan'
 tageously situated in respect to natura
 charms as Washington.
 1 Take Berlin. It stands in sandy l waste, perfectly flat. with here and ther'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
Scarcity of WooIen Suits

Few light woolen suits will be on the market in the early spring of next year." said H. J. Porter of the Por- ter Clothing company. Wool is hard to obtain and very little of it will be used in mems suits in the spring. This will perhaps mean that there will be many s20 and $25 suits on the market, but they will be of cheap quality. It is, apparent that there will not be any drop in the prices of the better quail ties. The raw materials are hard to get Do you know that we haven't been able to buy any straw hats in some months? They are just not on the mar ket." He added that the large increase of wages in this country had caused a greater number of people to buy high CT priced goods thereby drawing on the manufacturer of the better materials ir a greater ratio than heretofore, caus- ing a rush in filling the demands from his plant. %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
Small Cotton Crop
 Now Indicated

M CCORDING to the crop bulletin R issued from Washington yes- terday the outlook for cotton is far from bright. While weather conditions were fairly favorable" during the week ending Tuesday, the crop con- tinued unsatisfactory in most parts of the belt.
 The growth of the staple advanced
 in the Carolinas. Its condition is rated as quite good in those states; and in Georgia, where fields are we'll cultivated, fair progress has been made, but in the southern counties
 the fields are grassy. The condition of the crop is poor
 to fair in Alabama and fair in parts
 of Mississippi. It is very, poor in
 Louisiana.
 ! The weevil is doing some damage in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
No Place Like Home

''Theresis no place like short vacation out in the country to make a fellow feel like work again., said B. E. Samuels, who has been for some time connected with the farm work of the United States en ployment service. .'I had been work ing under heavy strain and responsi- bility for over a year, and 50 for the last two weeks my wife and I have been ting fried chicken, fresh vegetables, and so on. at my home near Sylacauga- also found that you do not have to run away off to the seashore for a place to boat and fish. On the Coosa river above Lock 12, with the use of a motor boat, we had fine time catching trout and bream, and drinking the sulphur water at Talladega Springs. But Bir- ningham now looks good, and I may again enter upon the practice of law here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
Striving Desperately
 To Come Back

TT HE republican party has lost
 0 two presidential elections in succession and that being so they are striving all the more desperately to return to power.
 Before the civil war the democrats were usually the winners, but after the sixties only one democrat reached the White House until MT. Wilson swept the country. MT. Cleveland served two terms, but not in success sion. The present incumbent was the first of the latter day democrats to be honored with two successive terms, and although he had the most strenu- ous administration in the history of the United States he steered the ship of state with wonderful ability and signal achievement.
 Republican leaders seemed to im- agine that the democratic party would fail in the conduct of the war, the most titanic war the world has ever known. But the result surprised them utterly. Unprepared for war, this country was organized and made ready for the conflict with phenom- enal speed. The people, regardless of party, displayed splendid patriotism during the progress of the war, but what now worries the republicans is the fact that triumph came under democratic leadership.
 Another democratic victory in 1920 would disrupt the republican party beyond recovery. In the meanwhile frantic politicians in Congress will continue their fight, resorting to every vicious method known to the un- scrupulous sef-seeker.
 When President Wilson returns home and addresses the public he will find a responsive citizenship and a party firmly united. The democratic party has great work yet to do. Ii will deserve to win, and the chances are that the democratic ticket, nc matter who may head it, will roll ur a decisive majority. And with dem ocratic President will come a demo. cratic Congress again that will give the country legislation pressingly needed for peace-time conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-26
HUMoR IN A DICTIONARY

From the Christian Science Monitor
 Johnson's Dictionary, says the latest writer on the life of MT. Boswell's 'A- lustrious friend" often expressed his per- sonal prejudices and point of view. He enjoyed having a dig at Scotland. and so when he defined 'oats" he wrote, "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people," In defining "lexicographer." he looked humorously at himself, and set down "a maker of dictionaries, harm less drudge;" and Grub street he de- scribed as the name of a street in Lon- don, much inhabtated by writers of small histories, dictionaries and tempo rary poems And his definition of met work as anything reticulated or decus- sated at equal distances. with inter- stices between the intersections" became fa nous as definition needing more def. nitions to define it.