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The oasis., 1900-05-26
MORE ABOUT BACKcAPPING

Last Saturday. after THE OASIS had appeared upon the street, the editor was the recipient of numerous congratulations upon the short article upon "Backcap- ping" which had appeared. Said one gentleman, Major w. A. Har- grove:
 THE OASIS has taken up good work and I hope 1t will not let up until the evil is stopped. In com mon with other mining men, who are trying to draw capital into the country hereabout, I have suffered from the ill advised talk of the men who are described in the article, and I know they have done the region and the town a world of harm. 1 have not only had prom ising deals broken up by this back capping, which cannot be too strongly condemned, but 1 know many more who have suffered in the same way. Keep at the sub- ject until the evil practice is broken up. By doing so THE OASIS will do Nogales a great good"
 The article of last week was nor so full as it could be made for the reason that when presented to THE OASIS editor the forms were just closing, and but little space could be spared. But in taking it up then it was with a determina- ton of going into the subject more fully this week, and every week, hereafter, if necessary, until the backcapping fraternity are silenced.
 In describing his experience with the gentry MT. Graves stated that when he first came to the town residents of the place-business men-men with property would walk up to him and ask:
 "You are stranger in Nogalesl"
 MT. Graves would reply in the affirmative.
 "You are looking for mines, supposef"
 Well, yes."
 "I thought so. 1 saw you talk ing with W C.. Now nobody ever knew of W C. having any good mines. There ain't any good mines around here anyhow"
 Others would approach MT. Graves in the same way, and after the preliminary talk to break the ice would say:
 "I saw you talking with C. H.. Now look out for him. He is
The oasis., 1900-05-26

les without stopping, or take them of at Crittenden to guard against the backeappers catching them.
 Now the promotion of mining deals has become legitimate bus mess, known and recognized as such all over the world. The stock in trade of the promoter is the confidence of investors. With out that confidence he cannot do business. To endeavor to shake that confidence is just as much of robbery as to take goods from a dealer without compensation. When people living in town or region work to scare off investors brought in by promoter, it is just as if they stood in front of a grocery store and stopped every in- tending purchaser with diatribes against his goods or his character or his honesty. It is worse; for the purchaser of groceries can find another grocer and only the one dealer is hurt. But the mining in- vestor goes somewhere else to buy mine, and not only the promoter, but the vendor of the mine, all the men who would be employed in its exploitation and all who would sell goods to those men, are hurt by successful backcappers. Even the backcappers themselves suffer by their own evil deeds; but perhaps they don't realize it. It ought not to be allowed for a minute
 Now THE OASIS will devote it. self to campaign against Nogales backcappers. They are known. The paper has list of them, given by good, straight men who have suffered from their underhand- edness. And whenever any more of their coarse work comes to knowledge an account thereof, with the name of the offending party, will be published in these columns.
The oasis., 1900-05-26


 attention to what was told him, But when he had visited several good properties, had secured options thereon and had brought in men with means to deal for them, and found the same gentry working upon the people he had brought here, at an expenditure of time and money, and breaking up deals which they were willing to make, the gentleman believed that he had good cause for strenuous objection; and THE OASIS coincides with his belief.
 MT. Graves relates that when he would have his investor with him the harpies would come and ask for introductions, and immediately set about their nefarious work. One man he brought ill looked over mining property and agreed to pay twenty thousand dollars cash. But before the deal could Ee closed the backcappers got in their work, and the man was scared of in part. Instead of buying outright he took a working bond, and the deal will probably go through in the end; but the orig inal locater of the property. No gales man, will have to await six months or more for his money, when but for the ''good offices" of his neighbors be would now have nice, fat bank account.
 Another man came to Nogales at MT. Graves solicitation to look at some mines with which he was very we'll pleased He represents a syndicate or pool of capital which has been made to invest in in mining properties and work them. MT. Graves showed him good properties in the Patagonia mountains, within Q dozen or fifteen miles of Nogales, which the man was willing to buy and work. That would mean the disbursement of thousands-o even hundreds of thousands of dollars, right in No gales and vicinity. But the back cappers got hold of him and he went away in disgust. In leaving he said to Mir. Graves.
 II am very we'll satisfied with the properties, and l believe they would prove paying investment; but I will not bring my friends or their money into such nest of thieves and rascals as Nogales is, according to their own accounts of each other. I have talked with hardly a man who has not warned me against someone else, and he in
  turn has had his character set forth in lurid colors by some other. To invest the money of myself and friends am going to hunt a country where the permanent resi- dents can speak we'll of each other"
The oasis., 1900-05-26

BACKcAPPERs i'll Nogales have come to the end of their rope.
The oasis., 1900-05-26

Published Every Saturday at Nogales. Santa
 Cruz County, Arizona, by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-24

l. da Johnson ct al. vs. $ u T ern Building and Loan Associa tion, of Knoxville Receivers petition to accept quit. claim deed from T, J. N ilson for lot 8. block 20, Tannehill X Owens addition. Pine Bluff, grant ed. Same cast t-Order authorizing Tt rtceiver to III ake settlement with Axel English Federal Court Note in Arkansas Dem mocrat.
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Mir. Edwin J. Kirwin passed through the city this morning. He was en route to Monticello, where he will get up two amateur perform ances of local talent.
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Ur- J. B. James, of Enreka Springs. rector of the Episcopal church at that place, is in the city. He filled the pulpit at Trinity church in this city last Sunday morning. While here he is the guest of his son, Mir. A. B. James.
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"HORN'S BEST' is the best flour that ever came into the state.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Riverside Methodist church will have literary entertainment and ice cream supper at the church on East Second avenue tonight. Ad- mission g cents.
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You can buy from us three 3 lb cans of tomatoes for 9 cts, three ? 10. cans fine corn for 2 cts, three ? IL. cans French Red Kidney beans 5 cts, qt. bottle tom atocatsup 15c.
 T., MCCAIN GROCERY t'o.
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Mrs. ". l.. Banks. the pretty wife of that popular trave.ing man, Of Paducah, Ky, is the guest of Mrs. Fannie Pendleton on Lakeside. She will remain here several weeks.
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Have you screened your house? If not see Frank J. Murray.

Chas. B. Rouss ys. W. Z. Tankers- ley, assignee; appealed from Jeffer- son chancery court; passed for two weeks.-Supreme court notes in Ar kansas Democrat.
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We handle David Landreth & Sons garden seeds. We have the largest stock of seed in this market. 0nion sets, turnip seed. Irish potatoes, etc.
 m MCCAIN GROCERY Co.
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Everybody is taIkin g "HORN'S B E s I. '' Have you tried it !?

Mrs. l.. A. Gates and Miss Fife Harrell, of Little Rock. arrived here this morning and will be the guests of Mir. and Mrs. E. A. Harrell fer q few weeks.
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THORN s BEST" is the B E s F FLOUR. Use it and be con- vinCed.

Miss Elizabeth Collier. the pretty daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Tom Col Her, of Altheimer, is visiting in the city.
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Mrs. Henry Cook and son, Jerome, arrived in the city this morning from Cincinnati and will visit rela- tiyes here few weeks.
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"A delightful beverage" our Chase & Sanborn $ coffee produces.
 Strauss & Miller, sole agents.
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Prescription work is our hoby, and we are proud of this department. Every thing delivered promptly up until 10 o'clock at night.
 Walker Drug Co.
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Mrs. ". H. Riley will entertain the mem bers of the Married Peoples Euchre Club this evening.
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fine quality of whisky is like a fine qual ity of anything else. It costs d little more but nothing is too good for us Americans. insist on having Jesse Moore Whisky. ?
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We are glad to announce that the condition of Mir. S. A. Levy was slightly improved today. However, he is still a very sick man.
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Messrs. w. J. Harlow and J. ". Clark, of Millyille, are among those autographed at the Trulock today.
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Mrs. V. A. Jones accompanied by little Collier Lee, will go to Altheimef this afternoon to visit.
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Wesley Jackson, colored, was ar- rested today on charge of cutting timber on state lands. He made bond and was released
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Col. George W. Murphy, the well known Little Rock attorney and candidate for attorney general, is in the city.
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If you want your prescriptions de liyered quicn send them to Walker Drug Co. W
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Walker Drug Co.,, keep standing ready at all times a horse and bi- cicle for quick delivery of any thing ordered from them. "
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"0ld Manse" Maple syrup, guaran. teed pure. None better.
 Strauss X Miller.
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When you want your bicycle Ia paired or need sundries, go to kil- roy's, 2l7 W. Pod avenue.
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CITY ITEMS.

Mrs. T. H. Bunch, of English, is in the city visiting.
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MT. Sig Baruman, of Memphis. is calling on his Pine Bluff friends to- day.
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Mir. J. c. Cross, Jr., Of Little Rock is a guest at the Trulock.
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If you want any thing from q drug store and want it quick, tele- phone Walker Drug Co,
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Capt. E. W. Williams, of English, is shaking hands vito his many Pine Bluff friends today.
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New Bicycles and Tandems fo, rent by the hour or day by F. Nj kilroy, 2l7 W. 2hd avenue.
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Call and see my line of Rambler chain and chainltss Bicscles-P. NJ kilroy, 2l7 W. 2ad ayeLue.
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Flies are coming Get your screens a Frank J. Murray's.

Miss z ,e Simpson, the pretty socie, ty belle of English, is in the city yis- ting friends.
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Miss Josie Drey fus will return from Little Rock Wednesday morn ing.
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when you.ask for "vollmer" whisky be sure that you get it. sl1on't let any one tell you that they aye something just as good.
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Fancy head rice 20 pounds for $1.00 at Joe c. Meyer & Co.'S. III
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Don't drink GOT, eolore l, doctored whisky Insist on having "Volmer'--a fine pure arti- cle which has made Kentucky famous. All frst-class dealers handle it. 2
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Ask your grocer for 'HORN'S B E s I, o and insist on having it.

One Of the neatest window dis plays in the city just now is that on Main street advertising "Fore" tobacco.
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Col. Abner MeGehee. of McGehee is at the Trulock.
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hose Who Build

war.t their lumber delivered promptly. We anticipate require ments, and supply white and yell low pine, oak. ash and all hard woods; flooring, siding, shingles, sash, shutters, doors, blinds and mouldings, and everything needed for a house, strictly on time and at special prices A top result at a bottom outlay is ensured by dealing with us. Favor yourself by calling.
 FRANK J. MURRAY.
 Cor. 4th and Main Sts.
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Mrs. G. A. Hogg. after pleasaJt visit with Mrs. J. W. Crawford, has returned to her home et Altheimer.
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THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Wednesday; sta. tionary temperature.
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Attorney F. NJ. Hudson has re. turned from a visitt 10 Little Rock.
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Have you tried any of our fine cakes and bread? They are the fin est you ever ate.-Joe C. Meyer < Co.
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Mrs. ". A. Lee and mother, Mrs. T. H. Collier, have returned from q brief visit to friends in Little Rock.
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Mr. $. c. Johnson, the genial and hustling general auditor of the Cot ton Belt road, was in the city Mon- day.
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For Fans and all kinds of Adver- Using Novelties, call on the Adams Wilson P't'g Co. dtf
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Try our baked hams. They are fb hesf on earth.-Joe c. Meyer X
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Queen Bee Flour" the Queen of flowers.
 Strauss S Miller, sole agents.
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Mir. c. ". Gavaness, of Monticello, is in the city.
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Mir. c. ". Gavanes of Monticello, is in the city.
 Col. Abner MeGehee. of McGehee, is at the Trulock.
 Attorney F. NJ. Hudson has re- turned from visit 10 Little Rock.
 Try our baked hams. They are fb hes on earth.-Joe C. Meyer & po. m
 Capt E. W. Williams, of English, is shaeing hands vito his many Pine Bluff friends today.
 If you want any thing from drug store and want it quick, tele- phone Walker Drug Co. "
 Mrs. G. A. Hogg. after q pleasaJt visit with Mrs. J. W. Crawford, has returned to her home ct Altheimer.
 For Fans and all kinds of Adver- Using Novelties, call on the Adams Wilson P't'g Co. dtf
 Mr. $. c. Johnson, the genial and hustling general auditor of the Cot ton Belt road, was in the city Mon- day.
 Have you tried any of our fine cakes and bread? They are the fin- est you ever ate.-Joe C. Meyer < Co
 --
 Col. George W. Murphy, the well known Little Rock attorney and for attorney general, is in the city.
 New Bicycles and Tandems for rent by the hour or day by F. Nj. Kilroy. 2l7 W. 2nd avenue
 Mrs. Henry Cook and son, Jerome, arrived in the city this morning
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24

They were passing a good story at
the courthouse yesterday afternoon
concerning young lawyer who was
admitted to practice short time ago
and recently hung out his shingle. His
Office isn't very pretentious affair,
but he didn't think it necessary to
apologize to his friends for his little
eight by ten, with several feet parti-
toned off for the use of his ''clerk."
The other day lightning struck, and
the door opened slowly, while voice
charged with a strong Irish accent ask
ed if the lawyer was in
Games" said the rising disciple of
Blackstone, getting up from a couch
at the time, 81 wish you'd step around
to the First National bank and tell
them that the amount of that draft
isn't quite right 1t should be $1,575,
instead of $1,525, and before you re-
turn drop into Mr.. Johngre's office and
tell him I've collected that SIS, 800 claim
for him. While you're there, step
across the hall and inform Mr.. Fogo-
boil that unless that note for $4,000 is
paid in the morning shall begin fore
closure proceedings. Don't lose any
time, as I've great deal of work for
you this morning."
"Be hivins1 gasped the client pro-
spective, who had progressed as far
as the doorway into the inner Office,
this be's no place fer me wild err two
dollar fifty clint claim ter k'lect." And
he departed Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24

"There goes a man who may wish
before long that he had good, sound
shoestring In his shoe," remarked a
man to a friend as a rather slipshod
individual passed them on the street.
The man referred to had a broken
shoestring in one of his shoes, and the
other had been spliced in several
places.
81 am not talking from the point of
view of neatness," went on the first
man, 'but on account of an accident
that befell me recently. l was about
to get off a street car when the shoe
string In one of my shoes snapped. 1t
had been tightly laced, and the break,
occurring when it did, just as l had
taken my hand from the rail, was
enough to make me lose my balance.
| felt myself falling to the street. There
was trailer on the car, and was
pretty badly scared, as | thought that
l stood a good chance of getting leg
under the wheels. Luckily | made a
final effort to straighten myself, and
got clear with nothing more than a
painfully twisted ankle.
ga shoestring Is a small thing, but
after that scare l determined that
would always have good one in my
shoe. "-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24

An advertisement in a facsimile Is
sue of a Maryland paper in 1913 shows
that the housewives of that day used
cooking utensils of a kind that only a
favored few can Oxford to use now. A
coppersmith from Lancaster living
''Baltimore-Town" advertises copper
fish and wash kettles, copper and Brass
brewing kettles sauccpans, coffee and
chocolate pots, stewpans and Dutch
ovens.
There was plenty of help in the
household then with the slaves. Sew
eral advertisements refer to them. In
one Commission and Insurance Bro
kerr Gratefully acknowledges the
favors of his friends, and hopes for a
continuance Of their correspondence.
He has now for fafe, Pocket OF
good HOPS, a 10 inch new CABLE
and wants to buy NEGRO GIRL,
about II years old"
Women were in certain kinds OF
business at that time, for firm OF
''taylors' advertise their business as
two doors from Mrs. Chilton's tavern.
People liked to hear little gossip in
those days also, as now, and what may
be called society note follows the no
tice of wedding and informs the pub
lie that by late marriage in ST. Ma
RVS the Lady is become Sister-in-law
to her own mother and the Gentleman
Son-in-law to his Sister-in-law."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24

Visiting the late A. Il. Stewart one
day, an English tourist asked how 1t
had been possible to build up SO great
an enterprise as the Stewart business
in a comparatively few years and how
it was possible to keep it running with
the clocklike regularity for which 1t
was famous. For reply Stewart took
the visitor through the establishment,
showing every floor and every depart
ment, from basement to roof. Then
Stewart explained his own ceaseless
vigilance, his long hours of personal
attention to the store and the elaborate
rules which his employees had to fol-
low
Leaving Stewart, the Englishman
called on Commodore Vanderbilt, then
alive, put a similar question to him
and told of Stewards business ma
chine For reply the commodore open
ed drawer in his desk. 1t contained
a small account book and some loose
memoranda on sheets. The commo-
dore said he kept all his records In
that drawer Moreover, he said he was
not a believer in long hours, but in
rapid work and daily relaxation.
The visitor went away more i'm
pressed with Vanderbilt's method than
with the dry goods mans elaborate
display. The success of Stewart, in the
Englishman's view, was remarkable
example Of what may be done by a
perfect system rigidly adhered to, but
Commodore Vanderbilt's success seem
cd due to pure genius.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24
Umbrella Dipiomacy.

A man with an umbrella was walk
ing in the rain An umbrellaless friend
Joined him and shared the protection
The umbrella owner noticed that now
he was getting only half protection, as
the rain and the drippings from the
umbrella as well fell on one shoulder.
Seeing another friend without an UNI
brella, he invited him in out of the wet,
saying, "There is plenty Of room for
three" By this new arrangement he
now had complete protection, as he
had to move the umbrella to the posi-
ton he carried it when he was using it
alone, and friend on either side pro-
tected him from the rain while receiv-
ing the drippings from the umbrella
John Gilmer Speed In Woman's Home
COMPANION.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24

The old saying that the way to catch
a bird is to put salt on its tail has been
verified by little Jimmy Below, who
lives in Naudain street. Jimmy was
sent by his grandmother for two bags
of salt for some domestic operation
already in progress. After an hours
absence he returned in high state Of
excitement, crying, give got the birdr'
Sure enough, he had sparrow clutch
ed tightly in his fist. 'But where's
the saltY' asked his grandmother.
"Oh, the saItr' said Jimmy. why,
that's around the corner in the middle
of the street"
Investigation showed that the boy,
returning from his errand, saw some
sparrows on the car track. He opened
one bag and poured out the contents,
which the birds proceeded to investi-
gate. Then he threw the contents Of
the other bag on top of the sparrows,
submerging them sufficiently to cap
ture one before it could extricate itself
from the avalanche of salt.-Philadel-
phia Record.