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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
BUILDING CANAL

The west side canal in Mason Valley
which is to supply water for 10000
acres from Walker river and Topaz
lake, has been started. An average of
500 feet per day Is being made by the
contractors, who are using steam
shovel in removing the dirt.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
MASONIC NINE LOOKS GOOD

Geo. A. Montrose, Chas. w. Brown,
and II. H. Boone returned home Sun
day evening from a trip to Masonic
where they went to inspect develop
ment work now being done on the
Myrtle and Julia claim and report
that things look very encouraging.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

Mrs. ]. n. Andersen accompanied by
her daughters, Mrs. Halvor Jacobsen
and Mrs. Vim. Harrigan, spent We'd
nesday in Carson as the guests of Mrs.
Jas. Kane.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
PEOPLES NE. CHURCH

Sunday school every Sunday at 10
am: sermon by the pastor at IL am.
and pm; Epworth League at 7;15
pm. Our Sunday school and League
are both increasing In numbers and
interest. Come and join us.
p. II. WILLIS, Pastor.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

FOR SALE-Six-room bungalow with
modern convenlences; unfurnished
Inquire at the Record-Courier
office. O14-t3
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
NOTICE

The Board of Education of Alpine
county, Calf, will meet at the court
house in Markleeville, Friday, October
21.
NJ EUGENIA BRUINS, Supt. :
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

FOR SALE--Strong, fine-toned organ
In good condition; price $35. or will
take wheat for same. Mrs. Ernest
Miner, 15i0 ~. Curry st. Carson City
Nevada
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

Geo Kitzmeyer and M. Davenport of
Carson City were In Gardnerville yes
terday.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

Reno this week where he will be en-
gagged for a couple of weeks.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21

An automobile wreck is SO common
that it doesn't often get
into print unless it also wrecks a
fa miIy
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
INDIANS MEND SKULLS
Prehistoric Medicine Men of South America Were SkiIIful.
Scraped the Bone With Knives of Stone or Obsidian and Covered
 Hole With Gourd.

New York.-Prehistoric Indians of South America had crude medicine men who removed splinters of arrow heads and stone bludgeOns from wounded warriors by cutting through the skull with knives of stone or ob- sidian and other simple instruments wrought from copper and bronze. Sometimes the patient lived; frequent ly he went to the happy hunting grounds.
 These uncomfortable treatments of serious casualties from tribal skirm- ishes still continue in remote areas of Bolivia. Evidence of this has been gathered by field workers from the American Museum of Natural History
 Of nearly 1900 skulls collected in South America by the late Dr. Adolph Bandelier for exhibition in the mu- scum, about per cent has been oper- ated upon. To surgeons the practice is known as trephining. t consists of removing a disk orsbutton of bone from the skull with saw called a trephine.
 Complex fracture of the skull with, depression of the bony plates must have been common occurrences dur ing the ancient tribal wars when clubs headed with stone and copper along with slingS, the "bola" and the "lliui" were offensive weapons, said the re- ports of the museums investigators.
 A natural procedure, they opined, with victims who survived skull frac- lures must have been attempts to re- move the splinters of bone that pricked the brain or to cut out frag- ments pressing upon it.
 Warlike clans fight intermittently even today in the wilds of Bolivia and skull fractures are common. Other heads are perforated now and then in the bacchanals and festivals Whooped up occasionally with great quanti- ties of intoXicants, the investigators reported.
 When the laughter and the free-for alls quiet down, the medicine men get out their sharp pocket knives and make incisions into the injured skulls of the sufferers, frequently covering the apperture with gourd. During the operation they scrape around the wound with a ehisel.
 Modern anesthetics are unknown to the medicine men. They put their pa tient into insensibility by constant use of the "coea" plant. This also is employed for healing purposes and is commonly applied to wounds, bruises and contusions.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
32,OOO ACRES
 IN WHEAT FARM
Henry Vincent Supposed to Have Largest Acreage in the
 Northwest,
EMPLOYS BIG FORGE OF MEN
Steam and Gasoline Tractors Will Be Used in the Coming HarVest-Used 25o,ooo Bags for His Crop
 Last Year.

Walla Walla, Wash.-Henry Vim cent, the big Eureka Flat wheat grow CT, who harvested 12,00O acres last year, has increased his holdings un- LII this spring he has a wheat farm of 32,000 acres. This is believed to be the largest farm in the Northwest. The entire acreage is practically de voted to wheat All the seeding has been done and where the fall plant ing was finished before the rainy sea son in November the fields are green.
 During the seeding of this great tract of land 39 drills and 42 har- rows, kept up with five steam ploughs, each with capacity of 60 acres per day.
 Employs Large Force.
 To properly manage his great agri- cultural project Vincent maintains large force of men and women. There are also 600 mules and horses, and during the harvesting season he hires enough outside to make a total of from 450 to 800 spans. Last season 250 men and women and 30 boys worked for two months on this great farm, harvesting and marketing the grain. ~es4>~--s se--- ,--
 This years harvest, should the crop be a normal one, will be handled by five combined harvester threshers, ten headers and four separators. 4 new departure will be the use for the first time of a steam propelled con- bine with a 30-foot cut and a con- bine propelled with gasoline tractor which has an 1S-foot cut These two machines have a combined capacity of cutting and threshing 75 to 90 acres of ripened wheat per day.
 The great difficulty with heavy tractors in the wheat section is with the rolling nature of the land. Wheat is planted on steep hills where horses and mules can be driven but where the heavy machinery slides and tips.
 To care for his wheat last year Vim cent used 250000 new jute bags for which he paid r cents each. This cotton ones from Georgia.
 Many Big Wheat Farms.
 Another large wheat farm near here is that of Ben Grote, who has seeded to wheat 10000 acres. John Webb has a 9,000-acre field of wheat and there Is another of 1000 acres near Toledo. In what is known as the Big Bend country there are numerous wheat farmers who plant from 1900 to 5000 acres each year to grain.
 An unfortunate feature of the growing of wheat in this way is that the land is being rapidly depleted of it's fertility. There is need of sys- tenn of diversified planting to save the land from utter barrenness. For nearly fifteen years many of these big farms have been growing wheat every year. Some wise farmers let their farms lie fallow every other year thinking they get an increased crop enough to pay for the idle season.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
REASONABLE DISHES.

4 SIMPLE salad of chicory, lettuce,
 x A mustard or water cress may be dressed with at least a hundred de- Iightful variations of salad dressings. The standard French dressing, liked by a great ajority, is prepared with four tablespoonfuls of oil and one of snappy vinegar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper and paprika with the same amount of pow dered sugar. The sugar softens and blends the mixture. Now with this dressing for foundation the world is your limit. Adding onion juice, chopped vegetables (the flavor kinds), sauces galore, lemon and orange juice, pineapple juice, catsup, chutney, red and green peppers, chives, mustard chilli, curry and too many other con- binations to mention.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
RIVER PACKET
 DAYS RECALLED
Attempt to Revive Mississippi Traffic Brings Stories of
 Good Old Times"
VOYAGE PLEASANT AFFAIR
There Was Great Rivalry Between Boat Owners and Crews and Many
 Exciting Races Were Pulled off-Robert E. Lee Famous.

New Orleans.-Memories of old days on the Mississippi when stately pack cts piled in the passenger traffic are revived by the resumption of traffic between Pittsburgh, Pa, and this city by way of the Ohio.
 BargeS have carried freight traffic on the great rivers for many years since the packets were driven out by railroad competition. In the days of Mark Twain the Mississippi packets were celebrated for their "eats," their famous races, their pilots, and even for their poker games.
 It used to be no uncommon sight to see from 15 to 30 passenger ves- sels, from the palatial packet to the weather-beaten tramp, leave the New Orleans landing daily for up-river points.
 Voyages Were Pleasant.
 river voyage in the olden days was pleasurable affair if the boilers did not blow up or the vessel hit one of the shifting sandbars, mudlumps or hidden snags. A comfortable berth, wonderful meals, dancing at night, watermelon parties, well-stocked bars, stud and draw poker games for the patrons of that form of amusement, and last but not least, the antics of the negro roustabouts, all combined to make things pleasant for the traveller.
 Saturday was usually the sailing day for up-river packets from this port. There was great rivalry between boat owners and crews, and usually from one to a dozen boat races were pulled off as the vessels chugged up the river. It was then that boilers blew up with marked frequency.
 The most famous of these races WA run by the Natchez and the Robert B. Lee, two of the largest of the aye1 packets. So keen was the rivalry that early in the seventies it was planned to have them race from New Or leans to St. Louis. No passengers or | freight were carried and for weeks l the coming race was the chief topic of l conversation along the river. | The Robert B. Lee was in command of Captain Cannon, while Captain LeatherS was master of the Natchez.
 No stops were made except for fuel.
 The trip to St. Louis was made in 1 just a few hours over three days, an
 unheard of record then, with the Rob-
 ert B. Lee the winner by small
 margin.
 l Promoters Are Curious | Promoters now are figuring whether human nature has changed from the 1 olden days, whether a person will be | content to idle the time away on long l trips which he could make in frac- tion of the time by rail whether they 'have time" to take quiet pleasure. Freight rates, interstate commerce. commission hearings uniform bills of lading and other prosaic commercial matters figure in the traffic side of the question. The passenger business is regarded as a gamble.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
DRAW LOTS FOR BIG ESTATE
Three Nephews, Under Will, Let Fate Decide Which Shall Get
 Property.

Hamilton, ermuda.-Richard Dar- rell won Norwood, a fine residence property on the shore of Hamilton harbor, and one of the show places of Bermuda, by drawing lots with two other persons in compliance with the provisions of an unusual will of his uncle.
 Henry Darrell, former owner of this estate, could not decide which of his three nephews he would make his heir, so he stated ill his will that they would throw dice and let fate decide the matter. But in the interval, his sister, Miss Harriet, was to retain life interest and continue her, residence at Norwood.
 Miss Darrell died in January and the terms of the bequest were carried out with slips shufflvd in a box sub- stituted for the dice throwing.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
MANY GERMANS QUIT BATHING
Find Hot Water a Luxury Because of the Shortage in Supply
 of Coal

Berlin.-The hot bath has become such luxury in Germany, owing to the shortage of coal and the manner in which the government regulates the distribution of fuel. that many persons have ceased bathing. Others have gathered courage for an icy sponge daily but this is not popular, for the houses are generally cold, and exposure in cold rooms after a chilly tub paves the way for colds and pneumonia.
 Ordinarily a family can afford hot water once every two weeks. Public baths, where once a plunge or a tub was available for a few pfenngs, have been forced to close or raise prices beyond the reach of workmen and salaried workers.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
BRIDE IN DANCE OF DEATH
Young Lady Entertains Friends as Poison She Had Taken
 Ends Her Life.

Kalamazoo, Mich.--While the poison she had swallowed slowly drove life from her body, Mrs. Neva Fraser, eighteen, bride of a few weeks, per formed a veritable dance of death in the midst of party of guests.
 She walked over to the photograph and started playing "Till We Meet Again" explaining it was the piece played at the dance at which she met her husband.
 Her friends were ignorant of the tragedy taking place when she began dancing, but before the last strains died away they saw her fall in crumpled heap.
 Death sealed her lips before she could explain her motive.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12

began and multiplied his happiness and his ills alike.
 It is one function which man pos seSses which he does not share with forms of life lower than himself.
 There are many animals who give proof of having the power of thought, even of reason.
 There is not one that has ever shown the slightest evidence of be- ing able to imagine anything outside of something it has already expert enced.
 Do you cultivate your imagination? :? Do you guide it along right and use ful lsnes and direct it into result getting endeavors?
 If you do not you are wasting power that God bestowed on you when He said, Let them (man) have dominion over all the earth
 Imagination will help you to have that dominion if you use it rightly. It will help the weakest thing in all the earth to have dominion over you if you use it wrongly.
 Base your imaginings on truth, give them a foundation of fact and they will prove useful and fruitful, profitable and worth while.
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Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
CUTS FUSE OF BURNING BOMB
PIotters Fire on Watchman in Brook lyn Building Who Prevents
 Explosion.

New York.-A sputtering fuse, at- tached to large square bomb in the basement of house in process of re- construction in Brooklyn, was cut just in the nick of time by the night watch man, Tony Franko.
 The fuse was severed two inches from the bomb. Franko was so badly burned while hacking at the fuse with a pocket knife that he had to be taken to a hospital His. condition is seri- Ous.
 He told physicians that as he went into the cellar he saw two men, one of whom had just lighted match. They ran away after firing shots at him.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Killed Doa Holding Woman.

Chicago, nl.-Mrs. Abel Levitus has been in the hospital suffering from the bite of bulldog which clung to her leg for more than five minutes while attempts by men to loosen the ami maPs grasp were unavailing. The dog was finally shot as it clung to her. Mrs. Levitus was in North side hO- tel lobby when the dog came in and grabbed her by the ankle. Men beat she animal with chairs, but to no avail. The proprietor procured a gun and shot him dead.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Takino Precautions.

Cambridge, O.-"Don't Shoot! We Are Not Bootleggers." This is the sign showing on many automobiles as result of the recent shooting of Thomas McNiece, Gainesville, O., who was wounded by city officials when his car was pursued in the belief that it contained whisky.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Laws Eqqs Daily on Pigs Back.

Yarmouth, Mass.-A pig and bullet, who are barnyard pals, have com bined in a daily bacon and egg demon stration on the farm of Mrs Harold Snowden here. Every morning the brisk young hen hops on the broad sur face of the porkers back, nestles down and lays an egg. The pig lies motion less until Mrs. Snowden, notified by the birds proud cackling, collects the latest addition to the family's food supply.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12

Dr. Thomas J. Ryan, noted dental scientist and writer on dental topics, declares in his latest book, Teeth and Health," that he has traced tuber- culosis to decayed teeth and foul mouths. His experiments also show that Brights disease and epilepsy can be the result of infected teeth. Doctor Ryan urges, the establishment of municipal dental X-ray clinics to check these perils.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Somefhtng to
 Ibtnk Ab0uf
IMAGINATION
By Z. 4. WALKER

OA1 tue oInSF Qay III the StuQlo E of a great artist and watched him as he made ready to begin a picture.
 AS he placed the canvas upon the easel I asked him what he was to paint
 The answer that he made to me was so vivid and so strikiagly told that l almost seemed to see upon the blank canvas the finished work
 But I knew what I saw was only a dim counterpart of the thing that he saw, for in his imagination the whole picture was as plain in it's form and as distinct in it's colors. in it's then mental existence, as it was later to be to thousands of admiring eyes.
 This world would be a sad and desolate place without imagination.
 Art would falter and science would dry up and blow away.
 sSmagination is the real mother of accomplishment.
 If the boy did not vision the man, did not imagine himself as he will be when he grows up, all the great incentives of youth would vanish and all its endeavor disappear.
 Nothing is so exhilarating a spur to endeavor as the imagination of what will result from effort.
 It Is the imaginings of what money will buy for us in necessities, con- forts and luxuries that keep us keen ly at it's earning and conscientiously at It's saving.
 It is the imagining of what may be the result that keeps the chemist in his laboratory through night hours or the student at his books when na- trre would send him to bed.
 Imagination helps us to live and it not infrequently causes us to die.
 A felon in an English prison, who had been sentenced to death, was made the subject of an experiment which showed the power of imagined suffering.
 He was blindfolded and it was ex- plained to him that in the place of the usual form of execution he was to be bled to death.
 His arm was barred and across the large vein on the inside of the elbow joint was drawn, but without mak- ing any wound, the edge of a knife, immediately there was caused to flow down his arm stream of blood-warm water.
 Attendants counted his pulse and carried on whispered conversation about the evidences of failing vital ity,
 Slowly the man grew weaker, his flesh lost its color, and about the time that man would have bled to death from such a wound actually inflicted, the prisoner died from pure imagination.
 Half our ills are no more substan- tial than was the cut in the prison er's arm, but we, like him, suffer through our irnaginations all the pains of reality.
 Imagination" said Napoleon, "rules the world"
 Imagination ruled Napoleon. He lived on the vision of himself as conqueror of Europe.
 He imagined his battles long be- fore the first gun of conflict sounded, and though he dwelt on victory he saw in his imagination Waterloo as plainly as Marengo or Austerlitz.
 Swifter than light the imagination travels in an instant of time to the outermost star of our universe and returns as quickly as 1t went.
 It defies time and annihilates space.
 It disregards probability and over looks all laws.
 It has pioneered every progress that man has made since the world
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
RoQuefort Ore Ssinu.

Make the French dressing as above, add one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce and two tablespoonfuls of fine ly-lninced or creamed ROQuefort cheese mixed to a cream with three tablespoonfuls of heavy cream. Serve on head lettuce.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
.notReryG6 G6eRBoek

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you, But when it comes just meet it with an optimistic view Though skies are gray and cloudy just smile bit and say, The sun will shine tomorrow and chase the clouds away Be generous unselfish, Be loyal, brave and true, But never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you.
 Caroline Sumner.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Maple suaar Candies.

Take two cupfuls of maple sugar cut in bits; add one-half cupful of boiling water, and when the sugar is melted boil to the soft ball stage. Re move and cool; add vanilla and stir until creamy, adding oceans.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Operation Failed to Cure
 Boy of Mania for Thievery

Surgery lost a point in Hous- ton, Tex, in its fight against crime. Six weeks ago an op- eration was ordered for a four teen-year-old boy who had mania for small thievery. The operation was attended by a score of important physicians and was declared a success.
 However, the lad is in jail again with a S30 watch which he neither purchased nor re ceived as a gift.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Dentist Sent AirpIane After Patient

Little Sioux, Ia.-Insisting that Will liam Peterson, farmer, should have dental work done immediately, a dentist of Omaha, Neb. sent an air plane after him to save time for tha busy farmer.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Broke in on the Blessing.

Weston. W. Va.-Prohibition officers ing grace over his monday meal and arrested him on q charge of operating 8 moonsline Stin
Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
Thousand Island French Dressing.

Prepare the usual French dressing, using the juice of one-fourth of a lemon instead of vinegar; add the juice of one-fourth of an orange, one half teaspoonful of onion juice, one half tablespoonful of finely-chopped parsley, four sliced olives, one-half teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce and one-eighth teaspoonful of mus tard. To this may be added chopped red and green peppers, and Spanish cnfon finely minced, if the onion is not objectionable.
 In making mayonnaise dressing add the mustard, salt and sugar to the egg yolk, beating well, then add one tea spoonful of boiling water. Made this way before beginning to add the oil, the mayonnaise will never eurdle 1'hIs is so simple that it is worth try ing
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-05-31
MOORE RETURNS WITH BRIDE

Will Z. Moore, son of Mrs Sarah
Roberts of this city, arrived here yes
terday from Thurber, Texas, bringing
with him his charming bride of two
weeks, who before marriage was Miss
Audrey Rogers of Thurber. The new
lyweds will spend the remainder of
their honeymoon here. En- route they
visited the Grand Canyon and coast
points. Moore says he does not ex-
pect to return to the Texas oil fields
for at least some time, his interests
now being in Arkansas, where he
holds considerable valuable oil LAND.
Since the spectacular drop of more
than fifty per cent in the value of oil,
Moore says, activity has decreased
amazingly.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-05-31
CHAITAUQUA REPRESENTATIVE
VISITOR IN WINNEMUCCA

Miss Dorothy Robertson, represen-
tative of the Ellison White Chautau-
qua circuit, was a visitor in this city
yesterday attending to advertising and
press details for Chautauqua week
which opens here June 8.
Asked how present depressed busi-
ness conditions affect Chautauqua,
Miss Roberts said response of the peo-
pie has been amazing. in spite of
supposed lack of ready money. In
Miami. and in Globe. Arizona. she
said, extreme instances we're avail
able, people in those cities actually
walking out of town, but in each city
Chautauqua attendance was far great
er than in other years.
Miss Robertson said the seven-day
Chautauqua in Winnemucca this year
will far eclipse anything heretofore
attempted, as regards quality. She
points out. also that the price of sea-
son tickets will be lower this year
than last, adult season tickets being
s2.72 this year as compared with $3.50
last year.