officer, the book comes out and the day's work is 

 recorded. 



Papers, magazines and other literature on the table 

 shows a broad American spirit. No one appreciates 

 Americanism more than the Swiss people. And no 

 one exceeds them in genuine hospitality. 



Miss Nellie is giving her young brother Henry lessons 

 on the piano, as well as teaching others. She received 

 calls Wednesday from the Misses Mazza, also from the 

 Misses Bloom, and Miss Knittel from San Rafael came 

 up for a visit. 



One important factor on the Codoni ranch is a well 

 equipped blacksmith shop, with its drills, thread 

 cutter, dies, etc. and men with mechanical ideas who 

 manage it. A few dollars invested in tools will save 

 the rancher many dollars. 206 



Joseph Codoni, one of "Marin county's noblemen," died after a long illness 

 on February 20, 1915 at the age of 67. An obituary noted that Codoni "was well 

 known throughout Marin County and was universally esteemed. He was a 

 clean, upright, and honorable man, and was so regarded by all who knew him." 

 Four years later his widow and son James leased the ranch, selling the stock 

 and implements to a Mr. Maggiorini and his partners. Mrs. Codoni also leased 

 the old creamery adjacent to the Garcia house across the creek to George 

 Russell for a period of fifteen years beginning in 1916, for $5.00 per month rent; 

 Russell remodeled the building into a small home. James Codoni resigned as 

 postmaster, effectively ending the life of the Tocaloma post office. 207 



Rosa Codoni lived with her son James in the old house on the Felix 

 Garcia tract until her death in 1944. James died in January of the same year. 

 Innocento Rizzoli had operated a dairy on the smaller ranch from about 1910 to 

 at least 1914, while various tenants, including a man named Sichetti and 

 partners Jim Fraiser and David Rogers, leased the main Codoni ranch until 

 1934. The Armanino brothers, Al and Syl, rented the Codoni Ranch from 1934 



206 Marin Journal. February 15, 1906. 



207 Leases. Book J, p. 342, MCRO; Cross, Financing an Empire, p. 540; Marin Journal. February 

 25, 1915, August 21 and 28, 1919. 



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