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season for ducks, geese, etc commenced yesterday and everybody that had a gun was out shooting, especially over at Washoe Lake and on Carson river -- great slaughter of the birds -- Ed Yerington showed me two bronze ibex, a good sized bird of the snipe variety -- very beautiful -- all black or bronze -- very long bill & red web-footed -- 1st I ever saw --

Tuesday Sept 3

Clear cool, very pleasant day -- job as usual -- Bed 11 --

Wednesday Sept 4

Same -- Took PM local train to Va, arriving there at 7 PM -- Found Leon M Hall, whom I expected to meet & consult, had left on evening train for San Francisco -- About town awhile meeting old friends, etc -- Bed at 11, Room 27, Douglas bldg --

Thursday Sept 5

Same -- AM about town on information items etc -- At noon interviewed Jas H Kinkead at International on Comstock mill and mining matters for about 20 minutes - PM met lots more old friends & acquaintances about town -- Bill Lee's funeral took place from [Conboie's?] undertaking place -- Morning train derailment near Walley's Springs, 7 miles above Reno -- Arrived back to Carson at 5:45 -- Bed at 11 -- John L Considine, editor & proprietor

138 -- Considine Change in Va Papers -- Leon M Hall
President McKinley Assassinated!!!

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