The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-28
WOMAN JUDGE FOR
| COURT IN. THIS CITY

Soon to claim the distinction Of
being the only city in Nevada that
can boast of having woman judge,
Winnemucca is preparing to show
the rest Of the state, and the whole
United States, that its women are
capable of holding any office within
the gift Of the people.
That the women Of this COM
munity, who have fought SO long
and hard for the right to vote and
to have a voice in anything per-
tanning to the welfare of the city,
appreciate the victory gained for
their cause by the success Of one
of their most active members is in
dicated by reports that they are ar
ranging q big celebration. A fea-
kture of the celebratin will consist
Of a parade ending in an official
visit to Her Honor after she has
assumed office. A number of the
ladies' will probably speak and it is
expected Her Honor will make ap-
propriate replies.
To Mrs. Sarah Moore of Winnie
mucca, one of the most active work.
ers in the women's fight for a
voice in affairs and one of the
most ardent believers in the rights
of women to the ballot, will belong
the honor of being the first women
| in Nevada to wear the judicial robes
and to act as the dispenser of JUS
tice.
Mrs. Moore is one of he most
widely known women in Humboldt
county and in the state. Her friends
in Reno, Carson City and the west
ern part of the state are as numer-
Gus as in the community in which
she lives today. Many residents
| of northern Humboldt county and
of Pershing county will join her
other friends in rejoicing in her
appointment and will share in the
enjoyment Of the uneasy squirming
that will ensue in many quarters as
a result of that appointment.
When interviewed at her home
and asked concerning her intentions
to be severe with those appearing
before her, Mrs. Moore answered,
what I'll do to them will be a
plenty" 1t probably will.
While the ladies of the community
are highly gratifed by the appoint
ment of one of their sex to the
position of judge, the men are not
so sure of their feelings. They will
probably do a lot of heavy think
ing in the near future. Some of
those who have been favored by
Nature with more than the usual
allotment of manly beauty and
wavy hair are convinced that they
have nothing to fear.
Others, the fluency of whose
tongues has usually been sufficient
to- extricate. them from any situa-
ton they may wander into, are
equally at ease, but the men who
have often expressed to their wives,
and to the world at large, their
views upon the proper sphere of
woman's activities are not quite so
certain as to what may be their
portion if they are unfortunate
enough to have occasion to say
"Good morning, Judge" Some Of
the latter are wishing now that
they had kept a larger part of their
personal views on women suffrage
to themselves instead of broad
casting those views so generously.
Mrs. Moore will assume her Of
fee as Judge on July 8, and will
serve on that day and the following
day, July a, only. The court over
which she will officiate is the Kan
garoo Court which will be operated
as part of the big celebration to
be staged in Winncmucca on July
3 and 4 by the Vernon Robins Post
of the American Legion.