Looking west from William Street at the Dutch Mill restaurant, corner of William and Carson streets in the 1950s or '60s.
Wednesday
150 Years Ago
More of it. It will be seen by reference to the Assembly proceedings of today, that Stoddard has given notice of a bill to incorporate Carson. We do not know the meaning of this insomuch as it comes on top of Lockwood’s bill which under a different title covers the same ground; unless the gentleman has become disgusted with the general condition and appearance of our town and wishes to hurry up good work. On McDuff!
140 Years Ago
Frozen pipes. For the past forty-eight hours nearly all the water pipes in town have been frozen up and it is the most difficult matter to get water enough even for cooking purposes. In many instances people have to travel three or four blocks to get a pail of water, and the amount of very emphatic language that is now indulged in by many male members of families is fearful. The worst feature of this freeze is that the pipes at Kilen’s brewery are frozen so hard that no beer can be manufactured at the plant.
120 Years Ago
Yesterday the world turned around as usual, and the fact that an edition of the appeal failed to reach the thousands of subscribers, did not seem to cut as much ice as the ice man or stop the old ball from turning. All of yesterday the editor, who is also chief engineer, put in the day explaining how it happened. It was this way. The engine, a gasoline machine, did not buck, it simply balked — it wouldn’t go, and like the proverbial mule, the more the force and visitors swore, the less inclination it showed to move. Mayor Mackey lent a hand and procured a new battery, but it refused to go. The mayor lost his watch charm in the operations and some of the mechanics believe that it is inside of the critter. After all this, the Appeal is again before the people, and we hope it won’t happen again.
80 Years Ago
The University of Nevada has been chosen as one of 158 schools to give special training to enlisted men of the U.S. Army and Navy.
70 Years Ago
Formal action was taken this week to rename a Northern California lake in memory of the well-known philanthropist, Mac C. Fleischmann. The request came from Boy Scout executives of the Nevada Area Council. The lake was formerly known as Blue Lake.
60 Years Ago
Carson City Council will ask property owners in the city to clean up ditches on private property that are full of debris and may be the cause of damage if the area is hit by another rainstorm similar to the one that caused flooding here recently.
Thursday
150 Years Ago
Quiet in Chinatown. Since the late grand squabble and murderous conflict in the Celestial quarters, the sheriff has kept a watchman there on guard nightly for the protection of the smaller company which lives in danger of extermination by the larger company. They have become quiet temporarily and the sentinel is removed. In about a week they may be expected to resume their gambling sports, quarrel and fight, and then a fat item.
140 Years Ago
Miss Neil Clarke in the “Gobble, Gobble” song at the Opera House tonight, will be immense.
120 Years Ago
Eureka. J.A. Taylor, manager of the New York and Nevada Mining Company, operating in White Pine County, near Ely, was attacked in the company’s office at the Keystone mine by twelve members of the miner’s union, who came to the office with the intention of running him out of town. The assailants managed to throw him down, but he broke away, pulled out his revolver and started shooting in self-defense. As a result, three members of the miner’s union are dead and three more wounded. The altercation came after cutting the miner’s wages from $3.50 to $3 per day. Mr. Taylor has given himself up to the authorities and has engaged an attorney.
80 Years Ago
Alfred Chartz, Carson’s oldest lawyer, and one of the city’s oldest residents, is 92 years old today.
70 Years Ago
The question of parking meters for Carson City came in for considerable discussion at the meeting of city trustees Friday night, but action was deferred for further information.
60 Years Ago
Charles Priest Jr., a native of Carson City, will command one of the two crews which will operate the Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Navy Polaris submarine.
Friday
150 Years Ago
News came to Carson, yesterday of a dispatch received in Salt Lake to the effect that the president had at last determined that the insolent and insurrection are Mormons had gone thus far and could go no further, and that the troops from the southern states had been ordered to that point to scope any further demonstration of rebellion or resistance to the laws of the United States.
140 Years Ago
For the past few days nothing can be learned relative to the condition of Senator Sharon. Not even the San Francisco papers have a line regarding his sickness.
120 Years Ago
Will he hang? While the Wardenship fight is in progress, there is also a chance for somebody to do some hanging, not a pleasant job, and there is a scramble to get out of it. Buralli has appealed to the Supreme Court for a new trial, on the grounds that he was sentenced under a law that was not in action or reality. The death penalty under the sentence will take place on the 26th. The matter will be heard by the court on the 16th. The appointment of the new Warden will be on the 21st, with him taking office on Feb. 1. That means the hanging will be in the hands of Warden Henderson. It will not be a pleasant memory to look back on.
80 Years Ago
The Ormsby County Salvage Committee is now stressing the collection of hunting knives for use by the boys fighting for their lives in the jungles of the South Pacific. Wanted are knives with a blade at least four inches in length.
70 Years Ago
Boy Scouts from all over Nevada and adjoining Northern California counties took over government offices this morning from governor on down to city clerk. The occasion was observation of annual Boy Scout week and the 43rd birthday of the scouting movement.
60 Years Ago
An estimated crowd of over 225 persons gathered inside the chapel of Capitol City Mortuary yesterday afternoon to pay their respects to Mrs. Kay Kelly Moon who passed away Feb. 4 in Reno at the age of 24.
Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.