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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
ISRAEL JONES
PASSES AWAY
DEATH COMES TO HIM
AT NATOMA, CALIFORNIA
Remains Shipped Here and
Funeral Held Wednesday
AT MOttsyille

Israel Jones. one of the best known
farmers and residents of Carson Val
ley, died early Tuesday morning at
Natoma. California. where he was re-
siding with his nephew, Lloyd Jones,
having gone TO that ,>foeality some
months ago for the benefit of his
health.
Mr.. Jones had been suffering with
heart trouble for the past several
years and upon the advise of his ply
sician went to lower altitude His
condition improved and very recently
he leased his ranch TO his son, and
with his wife. who has also been in
poor health. planned 10 spend the next
year or so in California He con-
tracted influenza and later pneumonia
developed and death resulted
Deceased was born in Carson Valley
December 22nd, 1866, and was there
fore 81 years, four months and five
day of age. Practically his entire life
was aptHA Adl lHOn dlite anu Hf
was known TO all as an honorable
citizen. kind neighbor and stead
fast friend To his family he was an
ever considerate father and loving
husband and his untimley death Is
regretted by all
The remains arrived fro California
Wednesday noon and the funeral was
held from the family home at Motifs
Vile during the afternoon. being large
ly attended by friends and neighbors
Interment took place in the Mottsyille
cemetery.
He is survived by a widow. two son.
Lester and Myron Jones. and broth
er. Hiram Jones of Smith Valley. be
sides other relatives who have the
sympathy of the people of this com
munity in their deep bereasment.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
Orders Summons
In Pickford Case

Attorney General Fowler attended
session of the district court held We'd
nesday at Minden by Judge Langan
at which time the court issued an
order for publication OF summons in
the Pickford divorce case. From the
fact that said publication must be
made by a paper published in the
county where the divorce was grant
ed. the legal notice Gladys NJ. Moore
known as Gladys NJ. Fairbanks. and
to o. f. Moore, known as Owen T.
More. appearing on page five of this
issue OF the Record-Courier.
This notice must be published fer
a period of six weeks and accordingly,
the plaintiffs In this action have eigh-
ty two days in which to appear.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
Education Funds
Largely Increased

T. S. Hook principal of the Douglas
high school, received the following
wire from r. z. Wilson of Reno yes
terday morning
Information just received that Ne
vada's allotment of Educational SER
ed one-half. Please make announce
ment and urge men to apply immed-
lately to Y. NJ. C. A, thus awarding
ninety association correspondence
courses. as well as twelve $50 univer-
sity scholarships in Nevada. No
special requiremnts are exacted of
ex-service men"
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
DEFAMATION
CONTEST HERE

This evening at s o'clock the annual
County High School will be held in the
high school auditorium. The contest
is for the purpose of selecting speak
ers to represent the school in the state
deelamatory contest which will be held
at the University, the 7th and Sth of
May. A small admission will be
charged to defray the expenses of the
winners to the state contest.
For some time past the students
have been working diligently upon
their productions and 1t promises to
be one OF the finest contests ever held
The preliminary contest was held yes
terday afternoon at which time four
girls and three boys were chosen to
enter the contest tonight Following
is the program given yesterday after
noon
"A Scene from Quo Vadis" ----
----------- Frey Brown
'Thecla. the Victor" ---------------
------------T Theodore Elges
The Hippodrome Race" ------------
--L---------------O Oliver Swanson.
THE Confession"
--z--z--z---- Mabel Hansen
House of Bower Rose"
Rubel Hansen.
John Storms Resolution" -------
-------------- Blanche Haugner.
Francesca"
-------------- Mildred Jepsen.
The Confessional "---------
------------------A Angeline Hickey.
Marcus and Mercia" ----------
z---------- Ada Springmeyer.
The Word of the King"
-Aurdey Springmeyer.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES

Special Walther League services
will be held at the church Sunday
morning at the usual hour. 1t was
hoped that the papering and painting
of the church would be complete next
Sunday. But our hopes have not ma
terialized. In order to avoid the
dropping of another service, we will
have to use the church In the condi-
tion in which 1t is.
The Sunday school meets Sunday
morning at $3.50 o'clock. Since our
Sunday school has been considerably
reduced in size because of the Con-
firmation of II members all families
in the congregation who have children
of school age will. please send their
children to Sunday school next Sun
day morning. AS soon as our chill
dren begin to attend the Public school
they should by all means also be en-
rolled in our Sunday school.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the
Genoa Lutheran Sunday school will
meet at the Union Church. No scholar
should be absent.
A meeting of the staff of the Sunday
school teachers will be held tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock In the Society
room.
The church board meets in regular
session next Wednesday evening at g.
The Missionary Ladies Aid will con-
duct a regular meeting next Thursday
afternoon at 2.
Last Saturday the Confirmation class
made trip to Carson and had class
picture taken at the Smith Studio.
The members of the Young Peoples
Society are busy collecting for the
Lutheran Sanitarium for consumptives
at Wheat Ridge, Colorado. If you
have a dollar to spare for a worthy
cause as this, then. please. make this
offering when you are approached by
members of the Society Over $4,000
was turned in by members at the meet
ing last Tuesday evening. A like sun
is expected at the next meeting.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
STATE HIGHWAY LET'S
CONTRACT FOR GRADING

The contract to grade two miles of
state highway from Lake View sum-
nit to the Schafer ranch. being the
irst piece of road between Lake View
and Carson. was let this afternoon by
The state highway commission to the
?itt-Taylor Syndicate. The bid was
for 2l,3S9.24. No other bids were
submitted.
The PittTaylor Syndicate bid $107,-
j32.67 for the job of grading and sur
tacing the state highway from Washoe
Summit to Bowers Mansion. Action
On the bid was deferred till May 3.
)ne other bid was submitted but was
elected
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the prac-
tice OF running sewerage and dump
ing rubbish into what is known as the
Springmeyer ditch that lead through
Gardneryille, must stop The statutes
of Nevada make II unlawful to pollute
any stream and unless the practice now
in force by several Gardnerville resi-
dents is Immediately stopped, action
will be brought against them.
II. II. SPRINGMEYER l.. d. & l.. S. co
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CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES

Services. consisting of Mass and
Sermon, will be held in the Catholic
Church in this City ON Sunday next.
May 2nd at 0:30 a. M
Sunday school will be held immedi-
ately after the Services. Everybody
is cordially welcome.
THOMAS E. HORGAN, Pastor.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
PEOPLES N. L. CHURCH

Sermon followed by Holy Commun-
ion next Sunday at ii a. m. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Epworth League
at p. m. Evening services at s D.
m. You are cordially invited to all
services.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30

Water found at whatever depth in any
of the valleys of the Humboldt basin
will rise to convenient level for
pump irrigation. The average depth
of water for pump irrigation for the
areas suggested above is less than
twenty feet. The water can be pump
ed for the most exhaustive crop for
three dollars an acre.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to all the kind friends and
who gave us assistance dur
ing our recent bereavement. We wish
to especially thank those who con-
tributed flowers also the members of
the choir
Mrs. |. JONES AND FAMILY,
II. JONES AND WIFE.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
BORN

PATTERSON - At Mount Vernon,
Washington, to the wife of Ralph
Patterson, daughter Mrs. Patter-
son was formerly Miss Elenor Will
liams, and is well known here.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
RENO HAS SMALL AMOUNT
OF SUGAR At PRESENT

Sngar in Reno is selling at % cents
pound. and very small quantity
on hand. Relief from the present
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30
CARSON CITY TO HAVE
ANOTHER HOTEL SOON

The Carson News states lease is
pending on the Exchange hotel in that
city, and II the deal is consummated
another up-to-date hostelry will be
opened
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30

Probably there are not any more
affinities nowadays than there used to
be, but people are becoming more
careless with them.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-04-30

Love Is the only thing that will
make man stand for poorly cooked
food and il won't do 1t more than a
week
Askov American., 1920-03-25
WILL BUILD MODERN
CREAMERY

At the meeting of members of
the Askov Creamery Association
held Tuesday afternoon it was
decided to build a modern cream
cry next spring, 1921, the pres
ent quarters being inadequate.
The committee appointed to Wis
it other creameries in the state
gave a report Of such modern
places as they visited and it was
decided to select a committee oi
five to go ahead with plans and
other details. This committee
consists Of ]. p. Sorensen, S. Chr
Dixen, Fred Degerstrom, Chr
Christensen and Jens Greger.
sen.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

AS will be seen from the
above, contributions to the com
munity hall at Askov are com
ing in in good shape. Many OF
those who have already sub.
scribed to certain amounts have
signified their willingness te
contribute more if it is necessary
1t is Of course important that
the money is subscribed within
as brief a time as possible and to
that end many may lend their
assistance by calling on one Of
the committee and signing up
for what they want to contri-
butte. The original committee OF
five are: Rev. S. d. Rodholn, p.
p. Kilstofte, j. X. Larsen, Jens
Henriksen and v. S. Petersen.
Others are helping them in soli-
citing subscriptions.
Askov American., 1920-03-25
Tornado Town Gets bad Scare
Again.

Tyler. in Lincoln county. the
town which was visited by ter
rible tornado about a year and a
half ago at which time about 80
lives were lost and practically
all of the business section was
wiped out. was visited by . se-
we're wind storm on Monday.
March Is. The following clip
ped from the Tyler. Herald Of
March 18, gives a brief account
Of it:
The wind storm that visited
this section Monday was sure
some blow. The wind came
from the southwest. starting
early in the morning it increased
in severity until by evening it
was regular gale which kept
up until the following morning.
Old settlers say that Monday
was one the worst days ever ex--
perienced in Minnesota. The
loss throughout the country will
be heavy as reports of wind
mills being blown down, houses
and barns being unroofed. In
town. the loss in plate glass
alone is estimated at $1,000.
Three large plate glass in the
Johansen building, one in Geo.
Christensen's, one in the furni-
ture store. the Tyler Hardware
store one. making six large plate
glass windows blown out by the
gale.
THE barometers were down to
%, the lowest ever known be-
fore in this part of the state.
No loss of life is reported in this
vicinity although it was ex-1
tremely dangerous to be out"
Askov American., 1920-03-25
ed to Mortified last week where
they took part in the state tour

ed to Northfeld last week where
they took part in the state tour
nament of high school basket
ball teams at Carleton college.
The state is divided into Is
athletic districts for basket ball
honors and this is the fifth dis
trict of which Mora was the
leaders in the one division and
Sandstone in the other. When
they clashed Mora won the first
game but Sandstone took the
last two, thus winning the cham
pionship of the fifth district.
At Carleton college Sandstone
lost their first game and were
thus put out of the running,
but made a very good showing
which is a credit to the players
and their able manager and
coach. Superintendent N. +.
Schwartz. They were pitted
against the fast south side high
school team of Minneapolis-the
best in the Twin Cities-and lost
by the narrow margin of Is to
Ia. The first half ended Mime
apolis 10. Sandstone 8 and the
last half Minneapolis Is, Sand
stone H.
The players on the Sandstone
team are: IQe and Carlo Cher.
inghelli-the latter captain,
Lionel Belanger, Peter Gum
Albert Jarvella, and John Post
ma and Harry Gilliver substi-
tutes.
The Quarry City basket ball
tossers have received further
honors in that a request for
their picture to be published in
the Spaulding basket ball rule
book has been received.
Red Wing won the state cham
pionship by defeating Mankato
in the finals by a score of q t1
II on Friday when the tourna.
ment ended. Spectators say
that this was a much closer game
than the score would indicate
only that Mankato went tc
pieces in the last few minutes OF
play.
The champions Of the various
states in the middle west are
playing for supreme honors at
Madison, Wis. this week. where
Red Wing is taking part. Super
Tor, the champions Of Wisconsin,
according to dope, stand good
chance of landing on top.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

That the people of Dosey
township in the eastern part of
the county-a comparatively
new township-are not afraid Of
taxes but want improvements is
demonstrated by their action at
the annua! meeting when they
voted a 5000 road and bridge
fund levy, $500 for general fund.
$500 for fire fund and $500 for
poor fund.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

sum each by Ramsey and Henne-
pin counties. The $4,000 will
be diverted from the state high
way fund available for st. Louis
county.
Judge Therrien and Commits
sioner Gust Anderson of Pine
county appeared before the St.
Louis county board with the re-
quest of the Pine county board.
Several Duluth parties also ad.
dressed the board in favor of the
appropriation.
Askov American., 1920-03-25
AsKOv PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY MARCH 2s 100
ASKOv COMMUNITY HALL
SUBSCRIPTIONS

The committee appointed TO
find ways and means 70 build 4
community hall in Askov has
adopted the following plan;
That ! fund il rAised BY sub
scription among the members Of
the community to build ! COM
fnunity hall which becomes the
property Of the Partridge town
ship and Askov village provided
said township and village will
bond themselves for about -
10000.
Following are the donations to
date:
Askov American., 1920-03-25

County Auditor Andrew Z.
Edin and his asui1tas,ts ars bury
this week distributing warrants
to the various school diStrict1,
towns and VILLAGES 81 the cosals-
ty.
The March .apportionment
gives 32o6 TO tho district To-
each pupil Intending school ~
days or more during M tsrvlh
There are total of .76S puplls
In Pine county mailing II po6-|
sible for the districts - reesive
this aid.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

The Star-G1zette at Moose
Lake reports that their new
Northern Pacific depot is now
ready for occupancy, having
opened last Thursday Workmen
have razed the shack and box
cars that served as waiting room,
ticket office and freight shed and
the wrecking train has hauled
them away.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

The farmers in the vicinity of
Brook Park have organized for
the purpose of Conducting a mer-
camille business under the name
Of the Brook Park Cooperative
Store Company and have bought
out the Kelsey Department
Store in that village. Their
manager is Francis Sennessey Of
Mora.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

At their meeting Friday St.
Louis county commissioners vot-
ed $4,000 aid TO Pine county to
be used in improving the Du-
luth-Twin Cities road, condition
al on the appropriation of a like
Askov American., 1920-03-25

One Of the most frankly foolish and
impossible sentences on record was
that imposed upon child murderer In
Germany. who was tried at GriefswaId
In 1905. He was sentenced to be be-
seaded twice. then to receive two
years imprisonment and finally 10
suffer the loss Of all his political rightA
Askov American., 1920-03-25

country. The translation is be-
ing prepared by Miss Edith l.
Hvidstjerna of Jersey City, N. j.
Pamphlet on Denmark.
Brown Brothers & Co.. 50 Wall
street, New York, has just is
sued a beautifully illustrated
pamphlet. entitled Denmark,
its agriculture. commerce, fin
ance." 1t contains a mass of ma
terial, especially statistical, and
is so up to date that no other
source Of information can be
compared with it. The pamph-
let is distributed free of charge
to those who ask for it. The
publishers represent. various
Danish banking interests in this
country.
'Terie" in Movies.
Henrik Ibsen's famous poem,
"'Terje Vigen", has been adapted
to the moving picture screen,
the initial presentation taking
place in New York last week
The film edition is entitled, "A
Man There Was. but it is gen.
orally said that even though
much care has been bestowed
upon the technical details, the
picture fails to convey the i'm.
preston which the poem itself
leaves on it's readers.
p. A. Aal Murdered.
Paul A. Aal, young Swedish
business man, was held up on
the streets of Pittsburg, Pa, on
Friday Of last week, and as he
refused to obey the hands up
command of the footpad who at
tackled him. he was shot in the
heart, dying instantly. The mur-
derer. after emptwng his vic.
TINS pockets, fled and had not
been apprehended at the time of
this writing. Mr.. Aal had been
in the United States less than a
gear, having come here for the
purpose of studying American
commercial methods.
Restoration Festival.
Hundreds of Danes in this
country who are on their way tc
their old country, are planning
to attend the restoration festi
val in honor of the reunion OF
North Slesvig with Denmark
which is expected to take place
about April 20. The northern
most part of the province will bt
Incorporated in Denmark while
Central Slesvig has been lost ano
will remain part of the Ger
man republic. In nearly all Dan
ish settlements in the United
States the restoration will be ap
propriately celebrated.
Jubilee Year.
In this month it is IS year.
since the first Norwegian newspa
per in America, "Nordlyset' ir
Muskego, Wis, was started. i
lived only a couple of years. bu'
in spite Of that fact it paved the
way for the development of tht
present-day Norwegian-Ameri
can press which numbers close
to one hundred papers. 1t j.
also the 18th anniversary of The
foundation of the Norwegian
Lutheran Church in Americ;
which likewise had its inception
at Muskego where the frs
Morse church was built; that edi
fee was removed few years agt
to St. Anthony Park, Mimi, Il
be preserved as relic of the
first days.
Askov American., 1920-03-25

Sandstone Basket Ball Players
Took Part in State T"urna-
ment at Northfield.

Having won the championship
of this district by defeating
Mora two out of three games in
the finals the Sandstone high
school basket ball team journey
Askov American., 1920-03-25

A Swedish translation OF
Ernest Poole's The Family
will be published in Stockholm
late this fall, according to an an
,,onncement from New York
last Monday. Mr.. Poole who has
delivered lectures throughout
Sweden. on Russian conditions,
;s said to be very popular in that
Askov American., 1920-03-25

School districts omitted this week
ON account Of lack of space.
Askov American., 1920-03-25
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAvIANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.

Arvid Akerlind, a Swedish film
actor who recently has acquired
considerable fame in his own
country as well as on the Euro
pean continent generally, is ex-
pected to arrive in the United
States some time this week to
sign a contract with one Of the
American movie magnates. Mr..
Akerlind will go to Pasadena,
CAL, Immediately after reaching
New York.
New Captain.
Captain Gotsche who for a
number of years has been COM
mander of the Danish America
liner, United States, has been
appointed commander of Fred
erik VIII" in place of Capt. A. G..
Thomson, resigned. Capt. Got
sche will be succeeded on the
bridge of the United States" by
Captain Peronard. commander of
the Danish motor vessel, Cali
fornia".
Literary Society Formed.
A literary society, composed
of women students at the Uni
versity of North Dakota, has
been formed for the purpose of
studying Norwegian literature.
The members must be born in
Norway or of Norwegian parents
in this country. Mrs. Hildur
Barth Cooley is president of the
organization.
Veteran Passes Away.
Col. Erik Engstrom who was
an officer in the Union army dur
ing the Civil War, died last week
at Providence, r. L., 70 years
old. He was a native of Stock
holm, Sweden, and came to this
country while young man. Un-
til a few years ago he was SEN
ior partner of the Boston law
firm. Engstrom. Nelson & Brow
nell. Col. Engstrom returned
last Christmas from a visit to
his home country.
Danish Dancers.
Last Sunday Lieutenant Erik
and Mrs. Ingeborg Farmer of
Copenhagen, Denmark, appeared
in a series of dances at the
North Side Turner Hall. Chicago.
Their appearance was the only
one scheduled for the middle
west. Among the features of
their program was the Henry
Ford waltz. and also an Italian
dance copied from Venetian sug-
cestions which were in vogue
more than $50 years ago.
Gubernatorial Possibilities.
It has long been an open Sc
cret that the Norwegians in
North Dakota think the time has
come to elect one of their COM
natriots governor of their state.
There will be at least two Nor
veeian candidates for nomina-
ton. namely John Steen of Rug,
bv. former state treasurer and
p A. Nestos. a widely known
LAWYER of Minot. Statements to
the effect that their hats are in
the ring will be published to
morrow. March 26.
Swedish Version
4 Swedish translation OF
Ernest Poole's The Family
will be published in Stockholm
late this fall, according TO an an
nonncement from New York
last Monday. Mr.. Poole who has
delivered lectures throughout
Sweden, on Russian conditions
L. vnne1lqr thai
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO. IL.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29

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health and strength. haven't had one
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29

of military service 10 vote.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
10. 12.
Increasing The number of s.. Louis
court of ;;r~r&'S i',,."s> 81 six ana aiEil-
inc the r"lf; IL u wa divisions, each to
consist OF tt,rro M. ~
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29
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highly as the best medicin
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-10-29

PROPOSITION NO. 10.
Referendum CrGc.ed by the Petition Of
the People.