150 years ago
Almost a serious fire. While going on his rounds about 3 1/2 o’clock yesterday morning, Officer Bethards discovered an unusual light from Goodman’s cigar store on Carson street, and, in forcing the door, found a fire kindled under the counter. He extinguished it before any serious damage could be done.
130 years ago
The Chinese in this vicinity who have vegetable ranches leased refuse to give up their leases. M. Cohn, however, has been scouring Carson Valley and has found several farmers who are willing to take the Chinese leases off their hands at what they paid for them.
100 years ago
Superintendent P. Dudley of the Capitol Building has had a force of men at work cleaning out the water reservoir. It was entirely drained and swept and the springs were cleaned of rubbish and shrubbery. The pipes leaving from the reservoir were found to be full of holes, with small water troughs running from them to convenient places for the sheep to drink. Wherever it was necessary the sheep men took a shot at the pipe to put a hole in, placed a trough in, and led the water to a convenient place for drinking purposes.
70 years ago
Some 2,067 persons have visited the Nevada State Museum since the beginning of the year thanks to the general relaxation of gas rationing. Only 900 persons visited the museum during the same period in 1945. Visitors are coming from far away places such as Arabia, Caracas, Alaska and Panama, plus just about every state in the union.
50 years ago
Secretary of State John Koontz, who has held his office longer than any other Secretary of State in Nevada history, filed today to run for his sixth consecutive term.
30 years ago
Advertisement. Richdel, a GardenAmerica Company, is offering career opportunities as electrical assemblers, quality control inspectors, and other workers at its plant at 1851 Roop St.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.
