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The same -- Nice, cool weather -- Mining day -- & lively as usual -- got letter from wife, also from Mrs. R H Lindsay, Reno, enclosing a very long worded account of her recent trip over in the upper mining belt in the old gold regions of California -- She & family & other gents & ladies & children, were along together -- Big time I guess -- Also got printed list of the tax payers of Lander County, with my name in it, as assessed at $50 valuation on my old log cabin property -- Bed at 3

Saturday Sept 12

The same -- Excursion to Reno, of Masons & others to attend ceremony of laying

State University Corner Stone laid Lilian Smith shooting Wife in Va

corner stone of new State University this PM - under uspices of Masonic fraternity -- Col Shaw went, he being one of the Regents of the University -- Over 150 went from here -- Left at 9:30 on special train & came back at 9:30 -- Wife came along -- I was up to Opera House to see the glass ball shooting of Miss Lilian Smith, the greatest rifle shot in the world -- truly wonderful shooting -- Took wife to room & left her -- Through in office at 12:30 Home at 1 Bed at 1:30 --

Sunday Sept 13
Same -- Warm day -- We rose at 9 -- went to Chanmonds to breakfast -- Took long walk out C st & back northward & up along B st -- Home & staid there till 4 PM & dinner at Chanmond's -- Then to train & at 5:25 we left for Reno together. Found all right there -- Bed at 10 --