The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

Writing the item about Otto T. Will
liams made us think it would be well
to give the crank another turn and
briefly mention more of the boys who
gained their first knowledge of print
ing in the COURIER office and the old
Carson Vaticg Netos office during the
past twenty odd years.
A. c. Pratt was school teacher and
commenced the publication of the Car
500 Vattey Ne,os in February, 1875. He
is now resident of Carson and is well
and favorably known. He is perhaps
the brainiest man ever connected with
the newspaper business in this county.
Mr.. Pratt picked up Geo. M. Smith,
R E. Montgomery and J. H. Cradle
baugh and introduced them to the
mysteries Of newspaperdom. Mr..
Montgomery afterwards conducted a
profitable newspaper business in Cali
fornia. We haven't heard from him
! for some time.
Mr.. Cradlebaugh published papers
at The Dalles and Hood River, Oregon,
for number of years, and became
noted for his bright paragraphs.
The next boy to take a position at
che case in the COURIER office was
Jesse II. DUNCAN. Mr.. DUNCAN is now
editor and proprietor of the Woodland
Na{i, and for years has been considered
one of the brightest men connected
with the interior press of California.
Next on the roll was ID. E. Williams
now an all-around newspaper man and
printer, of whose ability and history
our readers are fully aware.
Chas. V. Dake, son of 9. w. Dake oil
Genoa, is another graduate of the
COURIER office. For the past ten years
he has published paper at Nelson,
British Columbia, and is doing well.
Otto T: Williams, mentioned else.
where, may be classed as boy, No. 7,
who set type, yelled for copy and
gathered items for the COURIER.
Next on the list is Eddie Peters, who
is practicing law in California, with
bright prospects. He has done news
paper work at times since leaving
the COURIER office and can get out q
good paper.
A. L. Rice, whose clarion voice is
heard this moment calling for more
copy, should be mentioned here, but
he, like Smith, never graduated
Smiths failure is probably due to diff
fidence and all-around cussedness; anC
we verify believe that Rice's fippancy
and his failure to get married ant
settle down has kept him with us
Like the busy bee, he steals sweets
from every flower, but gathers none tc
his bosom.
Wallace Gelatt was a typo in tn,
COURIER Office for a year or two, anC
is now earning large salary painting
scenic effects for theatrical companies
in California
COURIER boy No. IL was Franz
Smith. He is now very i'll in Reno
with typhoid fever. He attended tn,
State University the past two years
and made excellent progress. If hi
life is spared he will carve out brigh
future.
Burt Dake and Artie Champaign,
were also apprentices in the CoURIEI
office, but indoor work did not agre,
with them. They are good boys, how
ever, and we add their names to tn,
list.
We think the above makes an ex
cellent showing. We are very PROUD
of those who have worked with us OF
for us in the COURIER office. They
are all good boys and have shown
strength, stability and superior intelli
gence. We may also add that they
have shown in many ways their love
for the COURIER, and made us believe
that this Office is not the worst plac,
in the world for boys.