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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
Douglas County Items
(From the Record Courier)

S. a. Imelli, prominent business
man oil Gardnerville committed sui
eide last Sunday by hanging himself
in his stock yard He was native
OF Switzerland, age 48 years. He is
survived by widow and six children.
Last Wednesday Miss Ruby Wal
tiers became the bride OF Lester Jones,
of Mottsville and the young couple
will make their home at the farm OF
groom's father, they having leased the
property for term oil years.
The progressive town Of Minden
has organized fire company, and
have purchased chemical engine
mounted OH Ford truck and intend
to make the organization second to
none in the state This is most
commendable move on the part of the
residents OF Minden, and one that will
furnish adequate protection for the
town.
The board OF county commissioners,
at meeting held in Minden last
Thursday, passed resolution author
izing the sale OF highway bonds i'll
the sum of 100000, the bonds to be
dated April first, 1920, and will bear
interest of S IL per cent per annum.
The bonds will be issued as the
money is required to carry on the
highway work contemplated by the
board, but under the provision of the
law they must be issued during the
year 1920.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Guild will be held March 10, at
P. NJ, at Leavitt's Hall. All ladies
interested in the work of the Guild
are invited to be present. During
this Lenten season it is hoped that
there will be particularly good at
tendance at the meetings.
According to the Journal there are
five cases OF smallpox at Reno, two
at private homes, and three cases
under surveillance at the pest house
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
THE YER1acToN, TINES, YER1NcroN, NEVADA

the house and then taken to Mrs.
Lancastcr's asa surprise to her. The
guests OF the day were: Mrs. Chas.
Hurd, Dad Dack, James Lancaster,
little daughter Mcrline, Miss Ida
May Hansen, Mrs. James Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Kremmei, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Fisher, Mrs. Lizzie
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Becker
and little daughter. June, Mr.. Houer
Lancaster, and Mrs. l.. T. Lancaster
Mrs. Lancaster was 70 years of
age on the l5h, and her guests wish
her many happy returns.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
TELEPHONE RATES

The new telephone rates granted
the Yerington Elctric Co., by the
Public Service Commission will be put
into effect April lst. Considering the
increase in the cost OF materials and
labor the increase is very fair.
The rates for the city of Yering'
ton will be as follows:
Ten Party Residence-$2.00 per
month.
Ten Party Business-$3OO per
month.
TwoParty Busness-$3.5O per
month
One Party Business or Residence
$500
Combination Business and Resi-.
dence, Private .Line-$5.50
For all rural lines the present rate
viii be charged at City limits and
five cents for each additional mile.
ml7-2t.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Senator Matt Penrosc returned
from Reno last week.
James Nugent was visitor to
Reno last Wednesday,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17

Mrs. Myrtle Angus, of Reno, last
Monday filed on a tract of land III
Lyon County. in the t. S. Land office
at Carson
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
SCHOOL ELECTIONS

School elections will be held i'll Ne.
vada. Saturday April 3rd.. this year
The blank notices of election have
been prepared at the State printing
office and delivered to the state sup
erintendent. The members of the
force i'll this office are turning them
over to the district deputy supern-
tendents who will see to their dis
tribution to the officers of the vari
Gus school districts. The notices
must be posted at least ten days be-
fore the election.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
A TOUGH NUT

Johnny Conway, OF Swectwatcr,
has been in town the past few days.
Johnny is teamster, and his strong
suit is plotting a 2O.mule team with
a jerk line. A story is told that some
years ago he wasdriving big team
hauling hay in Sweetwater, and that
he fell asleep and tumbled off his sad
die horse. The wheels of the wagon
ran over him. Hc jumped up, grabbed
the Jerk line and said, whoa, Bill, y
climbed on the horse and proceeded
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
Nc MILLIAN-TROMBLEE

Archie Mcmillan and Miss Jessie
Tromblee were married at the Metho'
dist parsonage i'll Ycrington last
Thursday, Rev. DR.. Dixon officiating.
MIR. and Mrs. Clay Mckinley, OF
Yerington. were witnesses to the
ceremony.
The groom is a resident OF Smith
Valley, where he is engaged i'll ranch
ing. He was formerly engaged i'll the
mining industry in Mono County.
The bride was a resident of Mason.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

On Sunday, March II, very pleas
ant family gathering was held at the
home OF Mrs. l.. T. Lancaster, when
two daughters, granddaughter, and
sons sister-in law, Mrs. Chas Hurd,
Mrs c. H. Kremmel, Mrs. r.. S.
Fisher and Mrs. James Johnson pre-
pared a birthday dinner for Mrs. L.
T.. Lancaster and her son, Floyd
Becker. The dinner was prepared at
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17

smeltcr town few weeks ago They
report the affair a financial success,
and Yerington people who attended
hope that they will repeat the per
Torrance.
Sing Wah and retinuc departed
from here on Sunday for California
points. Mr.. Wah was the proprietor
of the Star Cake, and we think that
Judge Blanchard must have scared the
trio out with the pfine of $50 that he
imposed for running gambling with
out license.
Mrs. Milne and and mother i'll law,
Mrs. i. II Milne, were visitors IRON
Wabuska on Saturday OF last week
Mrs. Lura Butler was visitor to
Smith Valley on Thursday OF last
week. going over by machine
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wcdertz and
daughter Mrs. Guy Rogers, came i'll
from Wellington on Friday. The
former to stay. and the latter to visit
her mother.
Walter Bell was visitor from his
ranch at Wichman, on the East
Walker, on Friday of last week.
Mrs. Bell and family. accompanied
by Mrs. Ambus Archer. were shop
ping in town on Saturday.
Frank Arcntz was over from Smitl,
Valley on Saturday.
A Mexican, giving his name as
Manuel Garcia, was arrested yestcr'
day by Chief Kelly for using profanc
language and threading to carve some
body with a big cheese knife. This
morning Judge Blanchard gave the
bad man a iloater with the alternative
of 90 days i'll Jail.
p. J. Conway, for many years
rancher and stockman OF Sweetwater,
but now one of the solid citizens OF
Reno. was i'll lcrigton today. OK
tending the glad hand and geni,l
smile to old friends.
Mrs. John Engbloom. of Haw-
thorne, who came to Yerington Tor
medical treatment. is steadily i'm.
proving in health. Mrs. Engbloom is
a sister OF X. T. Bergman OF Yer
ington.
This is St. Patrick's day. Where's
your green ribbon9
The road on the west side of Walk
cr Lake, which has been in good con-
dtion for the past two months, is now
almost impossible for automobile
travel. the heavy wind of the past
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Senator Matt Penrosc returned
from Reno last week.
James Nugent was a visitor to
Reno last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J f Colder returned
yesterday from San Francisco.
Sixteen inches o. snow fell at the
Truckee summit during the past
week
Mrs. Myrtle Angus, of Reno. last
Monday filed on tract of land III
Lyon County, in the t. S. Land office
at Carson.
Ludwig L. Foote, an esteemed citi
zen of Silevr City died at that place
last Friday He was a native OF Sill
yer City. aged 4o years.
DR.. and Mrs. Beaumont Brown
are Reno visitors this week.
John Gallagher departed for Reno
yesterday.
Ike Strosnider was departure for
Reno on Tuesday.
Mrs. Hall Hodson is much i'm
proved in health.
Mrs. i. Menkc was shopping from
Ludwig .on Saturday.
The Social League met today at
Mrs. L. +. Rawson's.
Joe Wilson, jr., arrived home last
night from Fernley and Fallon, where
he has been on Farm Bureau bust,
ness.
Mrs. Flo Rcymcrs was a week end
visitor to Reno She was one of the
Yeringtonites that accompanied the
rifle team out
B. Farncy sold his ranch at Wabus-
ka on Saturday OF last week
Ierington contributed a good many
dollars to Uncle Sam this month up
to the 10Th in the form of income
tax.
Gasoline dealers were notified that
gasoline had advanced two cents
gallon today.
Miss Esther Mcmillan and Miss
Beatrice Belli came i'll from Thomp-
con laet Friday. fhcse are the Young
ladies who gave the big dance at the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17

The professional card of Graffan &
Matthews, contractors and builders,
will be found in today's Times.
They will furnish Tree estimates on
work. Concrete work speciality.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17
WAR RECORDS OF
NEvADANS WANTED

. s
Miss Jean Elizabeth Wier, secre.
tary Of the Nevada State Historical
Society, is gathering data to be used
in compiling complete record Of the
services OF all Nevada people during
the Great War, either in the mill.
tary forces Of the United States or in
any and all kinds Of war activities OF
all kinds, especially in and through
the Red Cross and other organiza,
tons. 1t is planned to enlist the aid
of school children i'll gathering q
great deal of the information.
FOR SALE OR TRADE Durham
Bull, 2 years. old. Laying Hens.
Mason Butcher
ml7
PARTNER WANTED-1n a nanu.
featuring business of incubators
and brooder and poultry sup.
plies.
Machines now running at Brain.
ard Bros Hatchery, P. O. Box562.
M 10 If Yerington, New.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-03-17

week having filled the road with
deep sand. The road up Walker river
is now in good shape.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
an area two wards square. Use pound

an area two yards square. Use pound
Of washing soda to five quarts OF boiling
water, and would suggest mixing small
quantity Of the solution several times,
rather than mixing at one time enough
to remove oil the varnish, as il cools rapid
w. When the varnish softens, scrub 1t
off with stiff brush and hot water, cover
ing only small area OF a time. ii some
of the varnish still adhercs to the wood,
n second treatment will he necessary;
after il has all been removed the chiiio-
Mere should stand for "a hours before the
first coat of paint is applied. Two coats
of paint will be needed and one of enamel.
The mirror should be hung on the wall
when finished, from two to three inches
above the top of the chest OF drawers,
this will look both quaint and dlgn'iled:
] would suggest painting the frames OF
your pictures shiny black to give them
the appearance of being lacquered. The
touch of black will prevent the monotony
that two colors, equally insisted upon,
sometimes give, and the note may be
further carried out by single black vase
and a candlestick holding black candle
being placed conspicuously In the room.
l.. Pr want to refinish the top OF a
table that / stained and vanished years
ago. The varnish is uneven in places:
Will you please tell me how to get 1T off
Answer-Remove the varnIsh, using
the method described in the answer to
the letter above, and then rub the top
smooth with very fine sandpaper; Let 1T
dry thoroughly end put the stain on IN
two thin coats. 1t may then be vanished
or waxed-which latter gives softer
and more attractive surface
Tomorrow-Two Simple Dinner
Menus.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By Laura A. Kirkman.
TWO FURNITURE INQUIRIES

Betty D.-''I am having nv room done
over 10 Delft blue and French grey, and
don't know what to do with my chiffOnier,
which is golden oak and highly vanished.
1t has an oval mirror and plain wooden
knobs on the drawers and the lines are
good ali except the mirror supports which
are carved In relief. Can you tell me
what to do with it? The rest of nv
furniture is white enamel and am going
10 paint it soft gray and then enamel it.
Viii you also please tell me what TO paint
my picture frames. They are all of
narrow wood, stained different shades of
brown"
Answer-Your chiffonier has great
possibilities First, take off the mirror
and It's support and discard the support
entirely. Then remove the varnish from
the mirror frame and chest of drawers
by applying q mixture Of washing sodB
and hot water with soft brush: this
solution is strong caustic and will iniure
DOT only the hands, but anything else it
comes In contact with, so be careful in
using it. If the work cannot be done
out of doors, it would be wise TO spread
several thicknesses of newspaper on the
floor underneath the chiffonier covering
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Papc.

Ystidday me and Pubs Simkins hadnnt
found out the pretty new gerls name yet,
and VIC was wawking home fr,im skool and
all Of suddin who did we see wawking in
frunt of us but the pritty new gerl, me
saying, G, gosh, heers our chance, Puds-
tell you lets wat, you get behind her and
trip her as if you did it by axsidcnt, and
Ill quick run and help her up, and then
well interdoose each other and then we
ask her her name
Suppose you do the tripping and III do
the helping up, sed Puds.
Wat diffrents does it make who does
the tripping? sed, and Puds sed, Well If it
don't make eny diiIrents, wy don't you do
it and l scd, Because it don't make eny
.difrents. Being pritty good of anser,
and we was still argewing about who was
going to do the tripping wen all of sud-
din wat did the pritty new gerl do but trip
by herself, on account Of the psvemcnts
being prltty slippery, and she fell down in
setting position and me and Puds quick
ran up and each grabbed hold of one of
her arms and started TO help her up, me
helping her in one direction and Puds
helping her in the other direction on ac-
count OF both of us wunting the credit
Say, goodniss, you don't need TO pull me
apart, she sed. And she grabbed her arms
away and got up by herself the same way
she got down, and she started TO keep on
going home and me and Pids started TO
wawk on each side of her, me saying III
interdoose my friend, his name is Puds
Simkins.
Is it2 sed the prtty new gerl, and Puds
sed, Ill interdoose mine, his name is
Benny Potts.
Is it7 sed the pritty new gerl. And she
kepp on wawking without saying eny
more, and J started 20 make faces at Puds
FOR him TO ask her her name, and Puds
started to make faces at me for me to ask
her, and the pritty new gerl sed, Watts the
matter, don't you boys like each other7
Meenlng on account of the faces. So we
stopped making them and wen she got 10
her house she ran in without even saying
good by, and ! sed to Puds, G WIZ, you're
lot of help, YOU are, like fun, wy the heck
dident you ask her her name?
Wy the heck dident you? scd Puds. md
we had fearse argewment about il and
pritty neer fite and We don't know her
name yet.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13

what had Tommie Rabbit and the Squir-
rel bows done but filled the pipe with
black pepper, so poor Grandpa Fox al
most sneezed his head off.
Another time they stole his spcctaclcs
and put in a magnifying glass, SO that
everything looked so big to him that he
was afraid TO move.
But the limit of his patience WIS
reached when they tied strings TO all the
sticks of wood and when Grandpa Fox
went out 20 get his wood in for the night
as fast as he picked it up those bad young
sters would tug at the string and down 1T
would fall.
Grandpa Fox could not sec real well
in the half light and it took him long
time TO find out what was Happening,
but when he did he snapped of the
string from the sticks in q hurry you
may be sure, looking very angry. lie
knew better than 10 talk, for that was
just what the youngsters wanted, and
Grandpa Fox, having been young HIM
self, bad not forgotten his youthful tricks.
'I'll fix those youngsters said Grand
pa. as he sat smoking by the FIRE that night.
Il may be getting old but | think ! can
scare up thought or two that will pay
them off in good shape
For a long time after that Grandpa
Fox was very busy every evening, and II
the Squirrel brothers and Topmie Rabbit
had watched they might have noticed the
light burning late in Grandpa's cabin.
He chuckled as he worked, and though
it was very delicate work Grandpa felt
il would be we'll worth al the trouble and
care he was taking.
4 basket of big nuts stood on one side
Of his chair and from these Grand pa Fox
was very carefully taking all the meat,
leaving the shells IN two pieces which
fitted perfectly together when empty
These he filed with pepper red
pepper. too-and then glued the shells
so nicely that even an expert could not
have told they had been opened.
These, of course, were being prepared
especially for the Squirrel brothers, and
tomorrow / viii tell you what he had for
Tommie Rabbit.
Continued Tomorrow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
AILYECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright, 1915. 10y the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New York City.
NEW CURTAINS ATTHE WINDOWS.

Every housewife longs for fresh curtains
Mt the windows in the spring. That is
to saw, every housewife has this longing
unless she is of the old school that used TO,
take the curtains down at the time OF
spring housecleaning. Then she doesn t
need new ones, because she doesn need
any.
Curtains are expensive. The other
day woman who had moved into new
city apartment telephoned to a depart
ment store 10 send down man to measure
her living room window and give her an
estimate on remaking the curtain for lt.
She had cretonne curtains from the old
apartment Of food quality, made up with
Innings, and these needed only TO be made
over to fit the one big window. The es-
innate was sixty dollars-sixty dollars
for making over her old cretonne curtains
into new big one, with a valance, for
her big window.
But in spite of such startling facts, II
is still possible for the clever woman TO
have curtains at "a reasonable price. She
can made them herself, and she can even
make them out of old materials.
One woman who longed for new curtains
took the scrim curtains that had done
duty several years ago and that had been
put away as uselesS-not because they
were worn out, but because their owner
was tired of them and looked them over.
Then she dyed them. Those for the din
ing room, on the north, she dyed a bright
orange. Those for the living room, on
the south, she dyed greenish blue. The
two colors harmonized, as the rooms were
connecting. andthe result was satisfactory
and the cost, needless TO say was insiTif-
cant, for it was only that OF several pack
ages of dyes.
Cretonne, too, If it is faded and streaked,
may be dyed. OF course the figures
must be practically the same color rs
the background, but the different colors
in the original pattern take the dye differ
entity, so although the whole cretonne
is one tone, still it is figured, and the
result Is rifite good
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
HABIB TEMPLE PLAN SURPRISE.

Habib Temple, No 205, D. o. X. X,
will hold its regular monthly meeting
Saturday evening. February IA, at the
lodge rooms The entertainment COM
mittee has arranged a surprise for the
members and a large attendance is desired.
The last ceremonial. which was held
January 20, was very successful and has
caused the members TO look forward TO
the regular meetings with much pleasure.
A big time is expected Saturday evening
and large delegation from Delphi Temple
Philadelphia, viii be on hand to see the
fun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
Word FIRST" Was Omitted

In the news item published Wednesday
oncerning the Wilmington Community
Chorus, a printers error omitted the
word FIRST" before president, the
statement intended being that Mrs. t.
Coleman du Pont was the first president
OF the chorus, DR.. c. " Hughes being
the present incumbent Of that office.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
SJFFS LOSE IN VIRGINIA.
Fedora Amendment Defeated in House
of Delegates

Richmond. Va, Feb. 13,-Woman
suffrage was defeated in Virginia yester-
dav when the House OF Delegates adopted,
90 10 %, the Leedy resolution rejecting
the Susan b. Anthony amendment 10 the
Federal Constitution.
The Senate, by a vote of "a to 10,
previously had adopted the resolution.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-13
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. +. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1910. BY the Mcclure News
paper eyndicate. New York C1ty.
GRANDPA Fox's REvENGE-P.rt J

Old Grandpa Fox rs he was called by
nll the young wood animals, had been
to punish them.
One day he was sitting outside his door
doing in the sun when Bi Squire
and his brother climbed into the tree
over Grandpa Fox and let down on n
string wiggly turtle, which scared old
Grandpa so he tumbled out of his chair.
Another day he fell asleep in his chair
and when he awoke and picked up his
pipe which had fallen on the ground,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-18
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JUDGE ! 1 G. GRIFFIN ] / ! .
OF RAMSEY co.
DIED | ] J !: AT 1 | LAKE | i |
Was y !; . 1 One Of the j Best Known
4 Men in This Part 3 81
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tHerald Special Service. ).

Devils Lake. n. d. Doc, is. Ed
ward H. Griffin. for the past eight
years county judge Of Ramsey county.
and one of the best known men in,the
northwest. died at Mercy d hospital
here last night after an operation.
Judge Griffin was born in Waterloo,
July AZ. ., 1 s. 7S. aDd came TO
North Dakota twenty four Years ago.
He taught school for time iat Oak
wood was in the implement business
In Edmore. and came to Devils Lake
in 1911. Ins1909 he was assistant
clerk in, the house of Representatives,
and In the following legislature he
was chief clerk Of the houses In 1911
he was admitted to the bar ana was
elected county judge in Ramsey in
1912, which Office dne held at the time
Of his death, his reelection, last fall
being the fifth time the people chose
him for the office. @
IS Judge Griffin was president OF the
Novth Dakota County judges asso-
ciation; president of the Ramsey
county branch of the National Wheat
Growers association: prominent in
knights Of Columbus and B. z. Q. II.
circles aside from having been Il
He is survived by widow, who was
Miss Mary r. Dollar and whom he
married at Oakwood in 1900; three
sons and a daughter. Lloyd, Gerald.
Vernon and Miss Pearl, the latter
being a student at the University Of
Minnesota. His rsother. Mrs. Patrick
Griffin Of Waterloo, Wis. also sur
wives. Judge Griffin has always been
Republican,. @ ~ a' 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-18
DAUGHTER OF OWNER .
OF PACKING PLANT
TO BE MARRIED SOON

/ Chicago, Dec. Acknowledgement
by Mr. and Mrs. j., Ogden Armour OF
the engagement Of their daughter,
Miss IIoletta Armour, to John j.
Mitchell. Jr...Eon. of the, chairman Of
the. board of directors Of three OF
,Chicago's largest banks; was publish
'ed3today. - :. '3!t @Is
II Miss Armour was one OF the nota-
ble, patients of DR.. Adolf 11orenz of
Vienna who used what was called
plastic surgery in. remedying con-
genital dislocation of both hip, joints,
The. operation was performer in 1902
when Miss Armour was 6. years old,
and six months later when the plaster
tcAst was removed the operation was
.Erpnounced a complete success.
II II Young. Mitchell narrowly escaped
death while in the naval .ayiation
service; Vie during tbs war Sats' eEttj
.Ela. when Student AviatoE tn onsls
W. Eaton of Wilmington Del, spiral
.lsds into, Mitchell's plane and both
cfashed to the ground, Eaton beine
instantly killed. II .4... : ~, ~ Z