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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-12-12
CLUB PARTY AT
VIM. RABE Home

Mrs. VIM. Rabe and Mrs. Chris
Neddenriep were hostesses Monday
evening at the home of the former
to the members of the Gardneryille
Woman's Literary club, their hus-
bands and friends, at beautifully
appointed Christmas party.
Holly berries, and red Carnations
were used in profusion and a bril-
liant Christmas tree made the rooms
attractive where cards were enjoyed
for several hours. At tn conclusion
of the games, prizes for high score
were made by Mrs. B. N. Selkirk and
A. p. Nelson consolation awards were
given to Mrs. Claire Morrison and
Joe Cardinal.
At midnight, at small tables, the
centerpiece being red carnations, a
delicious supper was served. AT the
conclusion of refreshments, jingle
of Sigh bells announced the arrival
of Santa with basket of presents,
each guest receiving a gift.
The mid-season parties of the club
are always anticipated with great
pleasure by the members and this
party will be remembered as one of
the most pleasant social affairs of
this season. Those who enjoyed the
hospitality of the hostesses were:
Messrs and Mesdames J. A. Cardinal,
VIM. Ritchford, Walter Frey, Knox
Johnson, A. P. Nelson, Claire Nor
rison, c. V. Organ, NJ. P Anderson,
B. N. Selkirk, C. II. Neddenriep, VIM.
Rabe; Mesdames j. j. Brockliss, II.
A. n. Todd, ]. F. Blanchard, l.. NJ.
Jacobsen, Herbert Dressler; Misses
Josephine Klotz, Ramona Brockliss
and Martha Heitman.
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NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS AND
REBEKAHS

All visiting Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs, with their children, are COR
daily invited to attend the Christmas
tree and entertainment to be given
by Carson Valley Rebekah Lodge,
No. 33, on December Is, at the Odd
Fellows hall.
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PEOPLES M. E. CHURCH

Christmas exercises will be held in
the church Tuesday evening, Decem-
Der 23. The offering to be received
at the exercises will go to needy
children under care of our Mission
board, in this country and foreign
lands.
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NOTICE OF NON-LIABILITY FOR
DEBTS
To Whom It May Concern:

0VFfeSFF''
Notice is hereby given that tthe
Veta Grande Mining company, cor
poration, is not, and will not hold it
self, in any manner or to any extent,
liable to anyone for any debt or other
obligation incurred by F. M. Maloney
or by any of his associates, agents
or servants, or assigns, or the new
Tonopah Dividend Mining claim, for
services, equipment, supplies, or ma
terial, in the development of the
Grand mining claim, or otherwise,
Florence" mining claim or the "Veta
or the Elizabeth mining claim.
VETA GRAND MINING co.
Dated this 3rd day of October, 1924.
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sen, Mildred Krummes, Jeanne Car
dinal and Jennie Ruhenstroth.
Eskimos- George Warren Hussman.
George Hickey, Joseph Clark, Billy
Borda, Henry Rosenbrock, Louis
Neddenriep, Lester Springmeyer,
Lloyd Christensen, Orrin Jacobsen
and Ray Howard.
Cast of Characters for mo Girls
Admitted"
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ATTENTION

Don't forget that Papa Starke sells
three loaves of bread for twenty-five
cents.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-12-12

No two people seem so far apart as
those who almost agree.
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FOR SALE-Wicker baby buggy; al
most new. Call 285.
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Maurice ........--...........-..... Brooks Park
School girls
Dorothy .Juanita Yparraguirre
Christine ................ Laverne Jacobsen
Louise ..........-........ Rubel Ruhenstroth
Grace ....-....--......-.. Ruth Schrenghost
Carson Valley Post of the Ameri-
can Legion have made their Christ
mas tree festivities an annual affair
which is keenly anticipated by the
children as well as grownups of the
entire Valley. They will hold their
Christmas celebration Monday eve
ming, December 22nd, in the club
rooms of the Masonic Temple. The
Legion boys are making extensive
plans to entertain the kiddies on this
night, and old Santa will be on hand
as usual with some good things for
the little boys and girls.
Tuesday evening the Sunday school
children of the Peoples M. E. church
will give their entertainment and
Christmas tree. Mrs. Nj. E. Carman,
superintendent of the school, with
her corps of teachers, are planning
a very interesting program. The tree
is always a special feature for the
children, when a liberal amount of
candy and oranges are distributed.
The Sunday school children of Trim
ity Lutheran church will hold their
Christmas exercises and tree Christ
mas eve, December oath. The pro-
gram planned for this year promises
to be unusually interesting. Rev.
p. H. Felten, assisted by the teach
ers in the Sunday school are putting
forth every effort to make the en-
tertainment as successful as in pre-
vious years.
The ladies of Genoa are planning
to have community Christmas tree
on Christmas eve, and weather per-
mitting, it will be held in the open
near the center of town. Bonfires,
hot coffee and refreshments as well
as candy and oranges will be dis
pensed by the ladies, to the residents
of that place.
All the schools throughout the
county are planning some sort OF
Christmas celebration. An enter
tainment will be given at the Cen
terville school under the supervisor OF
Mrs. Mckenzie, the teacher of that
district. While definite plans are not
known concerning the activities OF
the other schools of this county, they
will observe the Holidays with some
form of entertainment.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-12-12

FOR RENT-An apartment with or
without garage, on school street
Apply at Howard Brothers store
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CHRISTMAS
PROGRAMS
ANNOUNCED
Holiday Festivities in This
Community Will Carry
Genuine Yuletide Spirit

The Christmas holidays will be
ushered in with a series of entertain
ments, trees and all sorts of good
times for the kiddies as well as
grownups. The following is a re-
sumo of the special features for this
community:
Carson Valley Rebekah Lodge will
entertain the Odd Fellows and their
wives and children as well as visiting
members Thursday evening, Deem
Der 18th, in the Odd Fellows hall
with a Christmas tree. Refreshments
will be served.
The pupils of the Minden grammar
school will give an entertainment and
community tree Friday evening, De-
cember 10Th, at the C. V. |. C. hall,
Minden, under the auspices of the
Minden Fortnightly club. Each child
present at the entertainment will re-
ceive a bag of candy.
The entertainments of the Minden
scholars are looked forward to each
year by the people of the Valley, and
this year the entertainment promises
to be out of the ordinary. The chill
dren have been rehearsing faithfully
under the supervision of Mrs. ]. F..
Blanchard and Miss Nancy Jefferson,
who have had charge of the training,
and will be most entertaining. A
dance will follow the entertainment
and tree. The list of characters as
they appear and those taking part
follows:
MUSICAL PLAY IN ONE ACT
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DR.. Cut and Cure 'em Emory Graunke
Rag Dolls-Wanda Kyle, Gertrude
Heidtman, Lenore Olds, Maxine ia
cobsen, Alta Springmeyer, Marie
Borda, Margaret Clark, Orva Sell
kirk, Laverne Harris, Velma Heidt-
man, Lucille Borda, Jane Christen-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
Etiquette May Again
Be a College Course

Half century or more ago a finish
ing school for young ladies" always
emphasized its course In etiquette
and department" course which was
quite as important in the parental and
the pedagogical mind as the parlor
French and piano lessons which were
also taught. If the recommendations
of committee of the American Assoc
citation of University Women, Endorsed
by seventy-two of seventy-five deans
of women's colleges, are adopted, "eti-
quette and department" viii make its
appearance in the curricula Of the
higher institutions of learning, says
the Philadelphia Bulletin.
1t seems that the committee has
been distressed by the social conduct
of some college girls and recent
graduates. The committee believes
college women should be taught that
accepted conventions Of society"
cannot be Haunted without something
painful happening to the social order.
and therefore they would introduce not
a ''mere course Of etiquette but
course ON the behavior Of well-bred
women"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18

Inexpressibly funny. says Miss
Beatrice Grimshaw In the Wide World
Magazine, are some of the candid
uuarrels between the down-rivers or
older, natives Of the Sepik river In
New Guinea, and the up-river natives,
who know little or nothing of civiliza-
ton. Here Is an example:
"You savvy kai-kai mani" (You
are man-eaterD one big bully who
came down-river tainted slim youth
from up-river.
The youth did not deny the Inn
parchment; he merely retorted: "You
no savvy anything; you savvy kai-kai
tim fss (tinned f1sh), thass all !"
A roar of laughter from the others
stung the semicivilized fellow, and he
shouted the universal pidgin insult:
'Head belong you all the same
stonei'
II no fright belong man he savvy
kai-kai fss," replied the youth. i
savvy kai-kai you; you no savyy kali
kali me-" Il am not afraid of a
tinned-fish eater; could eat you, but
you could not eat me.)
The logic was unanswerable, and
the big fellow did not attempt re-
tort.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
VAST SUNKEN FOREST
BELTS ENGLISH CITY
Huge Trees, Ages Old, Sup-
ply Farmers With Fuel

The discovery of ancient human and
animal remains in the fens around
Ely, England, serves to draw attention
to the Industry connected with this
vast sunken forest.
The forest extends in a circle round
Ely and runs without a break for
nearly forty miles, and the mystifying
fact about 1t is that trees, some eighty
feet In length, all lie in an easterly
direction. Was ii some terrific prime
val whirlwlnd that laid them low, asks
"A Fenmare" in the London Mail.
With the coming of every spring
scores of these great trees slowly
emerge, from the ground, for each wind
that sweeps across the ever-drying
fens conveys more and more OF the
dusty surface soil into the dykes
Instead of regarding the trees as
nuisance, the farmer looks upon them
with friendly eye, for half dozen
fen oaks will supply him and his
employees with firewood for a year.
The farmers and small holders are
at present busy with eight-horse teams
dragging these giants out Of the soil,
having previously trenched the trunks
and sawn them into sections to facili-
tate carting. Near Littleport, 1t Is
computed. there are roughly, a thou
sand Of fen oak trees lying just under
the surface of an eighteen-acre field.
In some districts of the fen the work
OF exhuming the trees is known as
"oaking," which must always be done
when
.rhe winters past. and corn all
And safely in the bins;
Then yoke your teams, my merry laos,
And get the fen oaks In"
Though the trees must be thousands
of years old, their wood is as sound
now as 1t was on the day they crashed
to the ground Pines of huge dimen-
sions have been exuding resin, when
sawn through. as If they had been re-
Gently feHed.
The oaks, too. are in no way diner
ent from modern seasoned timber. with
the except of black species, not often
found, which resembles Irish bog oak.
The farmers know from age-long
experience how to deal with the trees.
They are sawn into sections and then
split with wedges. They will tell you
that, although the trees sometimes
upset the blowing bit" they would
not like to be without them, for fen
oak and pine make coed firing are
cheaper than coal, and the supply Is
never affected by Enthusiastically Inn
portant considerations In these days.
At the present day the lanterns OF
Ely cathedral rest on four oak beams,
each three feet in thickness and nearly
forty feet in length. Are they brothers
Of the monster oaks Of this buried
forest Of England's fenland?
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
SCENES OF HORROR
IN CITY OF TOKYO


AS normal conditions are slowly re-
stored In Tokyo. dramatic stories are
being told of incidents during the fire
which destroyed the city Immediately
following the earthquake of September
/ last. Among these are many stories
of the actions of japanese Christians
which are received by the Episcopal
church In connection with the fund
which Is being raised to rebuild Chris
tian churches which were destroyed
in the disaster. One tells of a Chris
tian convert, G. Higuchi. by name.
Higuchi, incidentally, means literally
mouth of fire. He was member
of the Church of True Light, in the
slum section of Tokyo, and among the
sc, 900 who took refuge In the military
stores enclosure, $4,000 of whom were
burned to death.
The refugees sought safety In the
military stores on the advice of a
Japanese police official, who, after
viewing the scene Of horror there on
the following day, killed himself
through remorse over having recon-
mended the place as refuge from
the flames. At the time there was no
thought that the fire would spread to
this great open space of rs acres, so
the people, carrying with them their
household goods and fleeing from the
destroyed section, took possession OF
the Enclosure, which within an hour
was jammed with d solid mass of peo-
pie. Rev. Y. Sugiura. Christian min
lister living in the neighborho0d, tells
this story. Says he:
For long time 1t was very calm
and comfortable and was no sign Of
any such calamity as was impending.
All the people there had the idea that
the danger would pass away when the
houses In the immediate neighborhood
were burned down. Then suddenly
without warning there was terrific
noise, and the air was filed with OBJ
jects whirled up by the fearful force
of blast of wind. Instantly every
thing combustlble In the whole mass
seemed to be swept into the air In
a huge spiral column and then hurled
to the ground upon the poor victims
below
"One boy, luckier than the rest, was
carried two miles and dropped IN
harmed into the water of the canal.
The place was now veritable hell,
where the people were being burned
alive in the very place to which they
had fled for refuge, and the goods
they had carried there for safety were
converted into fuel to make their
death more terrible. Cries for moth
ers, cries for husbands-a universal
shrek arose from the mass and con-
tinued for about ten minutes, and then
silence fell and there was no sound
but the cracking of the flames.
'Then occurred wonderful thing.
A native Christian stood up and
preached sermon to those who were
facing death. Those who heard the
sermon say 1t was short. but above
the roaring of the flames they heard
distinctly the closing words:
"Lord Jesus. comet he cried and
fell into the flames"
Mr.. Higuchi's mother, who was lying !
at his feet, was rescued, though pitiful-
ly burned. and told the story to Mr.. !
Sugiura.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
Grorpn TO Vast Amount

Stephen Girard was a rich banker
of Philadelphia. When he died 81
years ago he provided that his entire
fortune, $5,2OO,000. should be used tt
care for and to educate orphan On
half-orphan boys.
He limited the number of boys to
1900. And he forbade the use of ally
part of the income from his bequest
for any other purpose than bringing
up those boys. ~
The trustees of the estate have put
up splendid buildings for the boys. They
have faculty so large that there ia
one teacher to every three and one-half
students. Yet the surplus has been
reinvested until now the original So
100000 is said to have grown to $780,
100000 or more.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
Fish Eating Golf Greens

An unusual situation exists in Madi-
son, according to George N. Manifold,
chief of the game warden service of
the Indiana department of conserva-
ton, who recently received letter
from golf enthusiasts explaining their
predicament and asking advice. The
letter explained that the golf links of
the Madison Country club lie along the
Ohio river and the recent heavy rains
have caused the river to rise and food
the links. Members of the club wish
permission to seine on the green's. as
sorting that schools of buffalo fish are
eating the grass ard running certain
parts Of the course. Mannfeld. of
course. could not give them permission
to seine, even under such unusual cir
cumstsnces- indianapolis News.
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he had he would not have thought thas
rain could damage q pond.
It had rained so fast and haru tha'
even the ducks had stayed under cover
SO when the sun came out every duck
came waddling to the pond early TOT
swim The pond seemed alive win
ducks, Mr.. Fox thought as he watcneo.
1t was hard work for him not 10
make a dash in the open straight Ior
the pond and make spring In the
midst of them, but Mr.. Fox was wise
from experience. So he stepped
stealthily along, with eyes and ears
alert. and himself hidden, until ne
came to the spot where the bushes
were thick enough to hide him.
Mr.. Fox was SO keen upon getting
his breakfast that he did not notice
that he was creeping along on some
verv old boards half hidden in the
muddy ground, nor did he see that one
end of the boards was not on the
ground at all but over the water.
This had once been a place where
boat was tied and the boards had been
held up near the water ends by TWO
small posts. One of these had fallen
and the heavy rain of the past few
days had washed away the earth that
held the other, SO that the weight OF
Mr.. Fox was too much for the old post
to hold up, and down 1t went, and with
it Mr.. Fox.
Into the mud he fell, splash Whiie
all the fat ducks looked at MIN ana
quacked loudly as he scrambled up the
bank and made off for some place
where he could hide.
And this is the reason he vowed ven
geance. for nothing could have con-
vinced Mr.. Fox that those ducks did
not have it all planned to trap him.
anyway, they did not catch me- ne
muttered as he went along. "And II
am lucky enough to escape the gun
of Mr.. Man and have as good an appe-
tite as now have, will make that
family of ducks pay for this dirty
trick. Look at my coat All mud 1t
will take me all day to dry iti'
20, Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
FOX vows VENGEANCE

OF COURSE, neither Madam Duck
~ nor any of her family planned the
downfall of Mr.. Fox, but 1t was such
an undignified tumble-as well as very
unpleasant-that he vowed If he lived
and had his health and appetite he
would see to it that the duck family
paid in full for his ridiculous accident.
Mr.. Fox had long watched the pond
where the ducks from a neigbboring
farm went every day for a swim. They
were very plump-looking birds and
many times Mr.. Fox had craved one
or more for his dinner.
IT was not SO easy to capture ducks
on this pond because there was so
much open space around It at one spot,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
VARIETIES OF HONEY
THAT ARE POISONOUS
Some Mystery, but No Doubt,
Regarding the Fact.

Honey was eaten in all parts of the
] ancient world, and the peculiarities of
the various kinds were well known.
Various kinds of honey were known
which were unpleasant to the taste or
deIeterious in their effects. There
| was, for. example, Mauretanian
honey which was unwholesome, says
writer in the Washington Post. The
honey produced in the southeast corner
of the Black sea, in the district which
lies between Trebizond and Erzerum.
was often 'maddening' in its effects.
The honey of Heracleia Pontica, farth-
er to the west, was in certain seasons
deleterious. The victim rolled upon
the ground in an agonized sensation of
extreme heat. Colchis, farther to the
north, round the coast of the Black
sea, has also fallen under suspicion Of
producing "maddening" honey.
My friend and colleague. Prof. Nc.
Lean Thompson, has been kind enough
to give me some information. Moth
ing, he tells me, can be found In the
, Towering records which can be used
as evidence against any of the species
of plants, which are quoted by the va
rious authorities to prove that they
are naturally poisonous, nor Is any
thing known of the Black sea littoral
which provides basis for the idea
that climate determined the poisonous
nature of the honey. There are, In
fact, no grounds for supposing that
there is anything poisonous In the
honey itself provided that it is coli
lected normally by nectar-collecting
insect.
"But, in seasons he says, when the
competition for nectar pollen is In
tense, many insect types adopt Bit
ing habit, piercing the tissues of many
plants of different type, in search of
short cuts to food supply, while other
types fail to develop this new habit.
have known many insects not drunk,
but completely stupefied after a pc
Rod of flower biting while collecting
nectar. From this they recover after
periods from to "a hours The in
ference is that in seasons when the
biting habit is common, honey may be
poisoned frequently by the toxins Of
plants which have been bitten. knew
of so-called poisoned honey in Liege
in season when the biting habit was
very common, and on asking bee
keeper on the point, he said that in
1893, year also when, the biting
habit was common. poisoned honey
was known" II
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
Something TO
Think AbOuf
HITTING THE MARK
By r. n. WALKER

/ TT THE first arrow misses the target
do not lose patience or become dis
mayed. Keep on shooting though you
may empty your culver and be com
PEELED to refill it.
Nothing In this world is gained ex-
cept by persistent effort, good nature
and good will toward others, com
bined with willingness to listen to
kindly counsel. However gifted we
may be, we cannot go at one leap to
the top.
Many of the failures in schools and
universities, In business ventures and
in the professions come from impa-
tience and the inability to master ones
self.
How to hope and labor is lesson
that but exceedingly small numbers
of peoples of the world have yet
learned, having been swept from the
true course by yielding at crucial
moment in their lives to some silly
impulse.
Physical passions, mental contor-
lions, egotisms, are the imbecile off
springs of incapable minds, whose
eyes are so dull and hands so unsteady
that their inefficient owners never sue
coed in hitting the mark, except by ac-
cident.
Instead of smiling, stepping lightly
along the way and scattering pleasant
words as they go, these hapless souls
drag their feet, scold their dearest
friends and apparently do their ut
most to bankrupt their fellow crea-
lures.
1t is often impossible to encourage
such souls or brighten their surround
ings, for unfortunately they are made
of the toughest clay which neither pity
nor kindness can smoother.
Pity them when they are in more
trouble than usual, or do them favor
when they are In dire need, perhaps
distress, and the likelihood Is that they
will turn from you without sign of
gratitude on their stoical faces.
And yet these enigmatic souls won
der why they fail to win in the bat
tie where smiling faces, pleasant man
ners, soft words and laughing eyes
are the chief weapons of success
Not even in love are they moon
struck. and before they hit the mark
some cheerful. sunny and hopeful
swain who could laugh and tell de-
Iightful fairy tales has been blessed
by the bishop and gone honeymoon
Ing
"a by Mcclure Newapaper Svndicats1
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-09-18
The Son of a Soldier

Little Dams father is an American
Legion man and Danny is loyal t.
America through and through. Sc
when he went to Aunt James he
frowned when she boosted of her
Persian cat and her Angora cat, and
told how they had won prizes at diff
ferent fairs.
well, auntie," he finally voiced his
feelings on the subject, sour cat never
won no prizes and he's just an alley
cat, but he's not a foreign animal
like yours, but an American cat"