Remember When for July 15

95 years ago

July 17, 1914

Judgment has not yet been pronounced in the case of Dr. H. Frank Allen, who is charged with insanity. He was given a second hearing yesterday before Judge Moran and was again sent to the county jail to await the result of the deliberation. Dr. Allen said he gambled $75 at the recent carnival trying to win a teddy bear.

80 years ago

July 19, 1929

Spraying tests with calcium chlorate will be made this week at the H. F. Dangberg land and Livestock company ranch in this county as a test to find effective means of combating the spread of white top, a menacing weed which was discovered by state quarantine officers in this county some time ago. White top is particularly disastrous to alfalfa and grain fields. A survey shows that it has secured a foothold in Douglas, Lyon, Churchill, Pershing, Elko, Eureka, White Pine, Lincoln and Clark counties. It is believed to have been introduced into the state with impure alfalfa seed.

50 years ago

July 16, 1959

Nevada's been too lackadaisical in using Salk vaccine against the paralytic type of polio and could easily fall prey to one of the epidemics that are still occurring around the nation, the state department of health warns.

Salk vaccine, now in its fourth year of use, has proven 87 percent effective and promises further durability, which will need additional years to determine.

"In the Salk vaccine, we have at hand a weapon of tremendous value against polio," says Dr. Leroy Burney, surgeon general of the federal public health service, "and we should use it to the limit this year to check such outbreaks as have occurred in Detroit and Des Moines."

25 years ago

July 12, 1984

Photo caption. The county picked probably the most expensive piece of property in the country on which to build its new Tahoe Service Center, former county commissioner Ken Kjer told a July 4th crowd at the preview opening of the new building. The purchase of the land several years ago included an $8 million donation from its owner, Oliver Kahle, $2.55 million from the state, $250,000 from the gaming industry and $50,000 from Heavenly Valley. Kjer told the residents, "Now you can get your license plates here and go to jail here."

10 years ago

July 14, 1999

The great-granddaughter of Eliza Mott, Carson Valley's first white woman settler, is celebrating her 90th birthday this Saturday. Bea Jones was born on the west side of the Carson Valley and raised in Genoa.

"I went to school in the Genoa Courthouse Museum when the seat was moved to Minden," Jones said.

She used to live with her grandparents in Genoa during the week and then go back to her father's ranch on the weekend.

A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.