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then went into "executive" session -- closed doors, reporters & all excluded, on the Insurance bill, vetoed by the Governor and passed over his head -- Most of 48 Insurance cos doing business in this State withdrawn their business -- will take no new insurance in this State -- "Bid for

34 -- Double Reporting -- $10 from Journal
A Carson Fire -- Springlike Weather
No Frosty Mornings

incendiarism" -- Insure your house for 3 times its value and set fire to it to get insurance and they have to pay full amount named in policy -- Hal Mighels goes on a business trip tonight to San F -- leaves me to do the Legislature reporting for him for 3 or 4 days -- Bed 1 --

Tuesday Feb 26

Fair warm & pleasant -- I got in successfully on my double or duplicate report of the Senate today for the Appeal, etc. -- Recd $10 from the Reno Journal for my last 2 weeks reporting -- Quite a lively fire at 4:30 this morning at south end of town -- 2 wooden houses, known as Nos 12 and 10 burned -- nobody badly hurt -- No insurance -- no big loss -- gave the fire boys good chance for a run, etc. -- I rose to the occasion as usual -- went down street, but met parties telling me all about it, so didnt get there, but went back to bed -- No frosty mornings now, genuine springlike weather -- Did up my double reporting job very promptly & successfully today --

I in SL Tribune -- Spring Weather -- 1901 -- Reno Ledger 3 pages
Streets Dusty -- Evening Session Assembly -- Geo R. Vardy -- Sutro Mill
I in Gardnerville Record