The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-01-19
The roads are dry and dusty.

yesterday.
The quarantine at the Indian school
was removed Monday.
Joe Pete is in Jail. He will be pro-
hibitionist from now on.
The raising of Belgian hares is be-
coming quite an industry in California.
Henry Rosenbrock, Ed. Burlington
and-Max Bestandig were up from Car
son Saturday.
Carson Valley will be short of ice
next summer if we do not have spell
of cold weather pretty soon.
w. S. Johnson resigned his position
as Deputy Sheriff of Douglas county
the day before he captured Joe Pete.
The Southern Pacific Co. will lay
double tracks on every line radiating
from San Francisco for a distance of
100 miles.
Henry Hogrefe of the Fredericks-
burg brewery has been requested to
send samples of his excellent beer to
the Paris Exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Jensen departed for
San Francisco Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Jensen has been quite sick for some
weeks and goes below for medical
treatment
Sunny, soft, full, radiant sage-scented
days, serene, balmy, effulgent, moon
light nights = that's Carson Valley
weather. Heaven cannot be more
cheerful or respondent.
1t is astonishing the amount of good
it does to advertise a really meritori-
Gus article Already many people are
inquiring about Mineral Paint and it
is gaining in popularity every day.
This paint will be extensively used in
Douglas and adjoining counties this
season.
Mr.. Haines of Genoa has one hun
dred thousand red wood shingles for
sale at 50 per thousand. The shingles
are the finest in the country. Each
bunch contains $50 shingles-a full
thousand in four bunches-and they
will be sold in lots to suit at the above
price.
The Douglas County Bank opened
Monday with, A. Jensen, the pro-
prietor, and assistant cashier Earl
Christensen behind the counter. Mrs.
Frey of Genoa made the first deposit
Many people called during the day to
see the new bank and catch glimpse
of the stacks of gold and silver, and a
good days business was transacted.
Cold weather is approaching. After
your cropping season You need COM
/ fort. Comfort is food and lodging.
Stock your store house we'll with
supplies for the coming winter. Well
supply you with choice selected
fresh vegetables, such as Burbank po-
/ tatoes, onions, cabbage and all sorts of
garden products at reasonable price.
Send us your orders. Pranpt atten-
ton guaranteed.
QUoNG SING YUEN & Co.,
All Sing, Mgr.
Wen Lee, our Chinese washman, is in
Jail through the efforts of Constable
Jespersen, charged with having opium
and an opium pipe in his possession.
The Constable went to the washhouse
Tuesday night and found the pipe and
opium. The pipe was lying on the
bed and was still hot Wen Lee had
hearing yesterday before Justice Ezell,
and his trial was set for | o'clock to-
day before jury. p. N. Packard is
his attorney and District Attorney
Turner is conducting the prosecution.
AT the sale of property last Mon
day for delinquent taxes eleven miles
of telephone line assessed to Brown g.
Thornburg was bid in by the county
for the amount of the taxes and costs.
Lands assessed to John Singer and J.
NJ. Benton were also bid in by the
county. The Holbrook quartz mill
and house were sold to A. Livingston
for the amount of the taxes and costs.
Lands assessed to Chas. Petersen were
sold to Jessen Bros. on the same terms.
Property in Genoa assessed to VIM.
Selby was sold to VIM. Williams, who
paid the taxes and costs.
There are some funny people in the
world. Some get mad and stop their
papers because they are not mentioned
when they come to town and others
got mad if their names appear in cold
type. The other day man stopped
the Independent because we did not
say that he was in town when we did
not know that important fact until the
paper had been out three or four