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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23
SALT LAKE CUTOFF.
Facts Regarding the Road to be Built
Aoross Inland Sea.


Actual work on that wonderful piece
ofrailroad building known as the Salt
Lake cutoff has been commenced. For
several weeks past trainloads of piling
from Texas have been going through
to Ogden. Contracts have been let,
and work, which has already been
started at the Ogden end, will be
rapidly pushed. The enterprise will
call for an expenditure of about $780,
600 per year for the next three years.
The new cutoff will run west from
Ogden to the shores of the lake, cross
ing to Promontory Point on seven miles
of trestle; then across the peninsula
for five miles, and then across the main
body of the lake to Strong's Knob on
the west shore. The total length of
this cutoff will be l04 miles, a saving
of over Al miles.
From the east shore to the promon-
tory the lake is quite shallow, being
not over eight feet deep. 1t is ex-
PNCbGAA ltlfhb lIllo obACbCI Will DS llllC0
with earth and rock ballast, after the
temporary bridge has been constructed,
but the deeper portion of the lake will
be bridged. The deepest water, about
thirty feet, is encountered on this
stretch, which will be on tangent.
Curves will be few and very light over
the entire distance from Ogden to
Lucin. The fall from Ogden to the
east shore of the lake is 1917 feet, and
the rise from Strong's Knob to Lucin
is 512 feet in So miles, thus admitting
of very easy grade.
The most formidable task will be the
building of the trestle across the main
body of the lake. AS is well known
the first material found at the bottom
is layer of very fine sand from thirty
to thirty-six inches in depth. Then
comes hard stratum of soda forma-
ton from foot to eighteen inches in
thickness, and after that alternate
strata of sand and blue clay for an in
u6hliht uepbu
The trestle will be built high enough
to allow rise in the waters of the lake.
The low stage of water in the lake
makes the present time favorable one
for the survey and construction of the
new line. The experience at the Salt
Lake bathing resort has been that the
sand tends to accumulate around
driven piles. If the same experience
is had with the piling of the trestle,
the result will be rapid Swallowing of
water along the same, giving an in
creased security for the route as time
progresses.
In addition 20 the great saving in
distance, the construction of the line
will bring the immense deposits of
guano on the islands within easy reach
of market.--Silver State.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Papers found on the person of a
stranger who recently died in Reno,
led to the impression that his name
was Harry Murray of Truro, Nova
Scotia, to where the body was shipped
and buried. 1t was subsequently as
certained that Harry hurry is still
alive and the body buried there as his
was that of a thief who stole Murray's
coat. The question now arising is:
Who is responsible for the expense in
Cured in embalming and shipping the
body clear to Nova Scotia. The bill
amounted to 5000.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Letters have been received in Paris
from some of the doomed persons in
st. Pierre, written after the mountain
showed signs of serious eruption. One
notwithstanding letter is from young
lady who was among the victims. 1t
was dated May 3rd. After describing
the aspect of ST. Pierre before dawn,
the town being lit up with flames from
the volcano, everything covered with
ashes, and the people greatly excited
yet not panic-stricken, she said:
My calmness astonishes me. I am
awaiting the event TRANQUILITY. My
only suffering is from the dust which
penetrates everywhere, even through
closed windows and doors. We are all
calm. Mamma is not bit anxious.
Edith alone is frightened. If death
awaits us there will be a numerous
company to leave the world. VIII it
be by fire or asphyxiation? 1t will be
what God wills. You will have our
last thoughts. Tell brother Robert
that we are still alive. This will, per-
haps, be no longer true when this letter
reaches you.n
The Edith mentioned was lady WIS.,
itor who was among the rescued. This
and other letters enclosed samples of
the ashes which fell over the doomed
town. The ashes are blush gray inn
palpable powder, resembling newly
ground flour and slightly smelling of
sulphur.
Another letter, written during the
afternoon of May 3rd, says;
''The population of the neighborhood
of the top of the mountain is focking
to the city. Business is suspended, the
inhabitants are panic stricken and the
firemen are sprinkling the streets and
roofs to settle the ashes, which are
filling the air."
These and other letters seem to indi-
cate that evidences of the impending
disaster We're numerous five days be-
fore it occurred.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Elko has a case of smallpox, Mrs.
Eager, janitor of the public school, be-
ing the victim. AS she was at the
school a day or two before she was
taken ill, it is feared that the disease
will spread.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

A constitutional amendment which
will be submitted to the voters at the
election this fall will, if passed, make
patented mining ground subject to tax
alton. The amendment has been
passed by two Legislatures, and now
goes to the people for ratification or
rejection.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Should | say that my son is named
for" his grandfather or that he is
manned after" him?
You may say either, but the weight
of good usage is with named after"
Named for" has some vogue in the
United States, but is no longer current
in England. manned after" is In good
use in both ountries.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23
His III Chosen Word.

Tess-She doesn't seem to like Mr..
Creetick.
Jess-No; she heard him speak Of her
as IAN artless creature"
Tess-I should think that rather COM
plimentary.
Jess-Ah. but she poses as a land
scape Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The petty spite exhibited by Presi-
dent Stubbs of the State University
towards student Springmeyer is CON-
mented on freely by students of the
University. The opinion seems to
prevail that Mr.. Stubbs is too small a
man for the position he occupies.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

A Washington dispatch announces
that Senator John P. Jones will retire
from politics when his present term in
the Senate expires. He was first elected
to the Senate in 1873, and has served
continuously since. This statement
comes from Senator Jones himself. Mr..
Jones is 70 years of age.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Ninety persons were killed in fear
full tornado in Texas Sunday. The little
town of Goliad was wiped off the earth
and over hundred people badly in
jured.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Sheepherders in Elko county who
robbed sagehen nests of the eggs and
ate them have been convicted of violat-
ing the law and fined for the offense.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Congressman Newlands has been APP
pointed a member of the executive
committee of the Democratic National
Congressional committee.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The storm of last Saturday and Sun
day caused loss of 81 100000 to sheep
men alone in Uintah county, Utah.
100000 sheep dying.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23
QUELoUEFoIs.

The Republican State Central Com
fnittee held special meeting Saturday
and postponed the date of the State
Convention from August 18th to Sep
TENDER 18th.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23
Carson Letter.

EDITOR COURIER: The next STRIKE
on the Comstock is coming, but it vii
be entirely different in its nature from
any strike formerly made. 1t vii
not be strike of ore It will be
a strike in methods and systems, ant
while it will not be of as great import
ance as the bonanza strikes, it will YET
be of vast Importance. There is moi
another known spot on the face of the
earth the gold and silver product OF
which can compare with the quantity
and value of bullion poured into the
lap of the business world from the
Comstock lode. The wealth contained
IN that lode is not all MIXED. True,
and evidently, the managements of its
mining operations are at their wits
ends to extract any surplus over and
above costs of operations-an and we all
recognize the fact that non-paying
business must quit sooner or later, and
in private concerns, the sooner it quits
the better. But what will the next
strike bea There are millions upon mil
lions of tons of low grade ore remain
ing, contained within the walls of the
Comstock lode The Sutro tunnel taps
and drains the lode at a depth of about
1900 feet, leaving back slopes to the
surface of over 1000 feet, taking into
s.opoi RI ar-of;r., tha s,,nI,. ,.Io,o - 4l,x
lode. The exact location of the hang
ing wall is undetermined, but it is
more than 500 feet east of the foot wall.
Immense bodies of low grade ore, from
the Caledonia ON the south to the Utah
on the north, distance of about three
miles, exist between said walls and for
that distance have often described
a number of them, and it is unneces-
sary to further describe them for the
purposes of my present argument. In
several instances these immense bodies
of ore have been prospected and de-
veloped, and many attempts have been
made to work them alta profit-notably
In Con. Cal. Va. and in Yellow Jacket
but failure has always attended their
efforts. The next strike will be in
success resulting from such attempts.
/ once asked A. j.. McCone of the Full
ton Foundry of Virginia why said ore
bodies could not be worked at profit,
and he gave me probably the best an
swer that | have ever received from
many inquiries of experienced men on
the subject. He said that under our
present system of timbering up the ex-
cavated spaces, the cost of timbering
was well-nigh up to the actual value of
the ore excavated. This explanation,
being true, is sufficient. A man must
take out more than he puts into any
business to keep it up. The main
obstacle, then, is the timbering. Of
course, miners wages, costs of milling,
transportation, and salaries of officers
are also in the way. Salaries can read
lily be reduced; the other matters are
more difficult of solution. But what
about timbering? The man who will
invent a cheap substitute for timbering
will make the next strike on the Com
stock lode. A system of caving, with
out timbering, might work, starting
from the level of the tunnel. Of course,
it would be dangerous work, but scien-
tifically performed, it might succeed,
and with less hazard to life than fol-
lowed the deep mining operations on
the lode.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The Truckee Lumber Company,
whose property was recently destroyed
by fire, will at once rebuild their
factory.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

1t is probable that the prize fight
between Gardner and Root will take
place in Reno some time during Car
niyal week.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Cuba is now republic, her own flag
floats over all the public buildings and
American soldiers have left the field
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The volcano Pelee is still pouring
forth molten rock and ashes, greatly
endangering the lives of rescuing par
ties.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

There are five cases of smallpox at
Sodaville. The disease is in a very
mild form.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The assessable property of Washoe
county is expected to show an increase
of half a million dollars over last year.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The California cherry crop was in.
jured by the cold wave.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

The Reno steam laundry was badly
damaged by fire Tuesday night.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

John Vance Cheney, the man whom
Coils P. Huntington engaged to write
a, poem in answer to Eugene Mark
hams poem entitled "The Man with
the Hoe" is being sued for divorce in
Chicago on the ground of desertion,
after ~ years of married life. Mr..
Markham is stiil happy. Mr.. Hunt
ington did not like ''The Man with the
Hoe" a little DIT, but it was not until
s:..ver his death that it was learned that
he had put up $500 to pay for Cheney's
poem in attempting to answer and
deny the allegations of Markham's
complaint against the social conditions
which gave birth to the subject of his
poem.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Republican Congressman in the
west, middle west and great northwest
will. enjoy no picnic this year. The
Democrats viii start them on the de-
fensive, and explaining, and the NOM
emit politician is placed in that atti-
tude he makes about as pretty exhibit
ton of himself as a monkey climbing a
pole. A Democratic Congress being
now assured, it behooves the party to
see to it that none but able and honest
men be elected; men who will establish
such record that all that will be re-
quired IN 1904 to elect a Democratic
President and senate win be to point
to it. The party might well now ex-
claim with Napoleon, 9Oh, for Ney
or a Murat," and the Repubs can offer
their kingdom for horse.
QUELQUEFOIs..
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

AT the close of the rebellion, there
were practically no negro landlords in
Alabama; now AZ per cent. of the farms
of Alabama are either owned or leased
and titled by negroes. AT this rate in
about 80 years more northern aboli-
tionists win have to inaugurate an
other war to emancipate the white man
down there.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-23

Tonopah has population of 1000.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20

seat on a wave of popular enthusia
asm. He moved into q house that
WIS painted four or five eolors and
he bsgan to wear his black sui,
every day with "a boiled shirt and
sleeve buttons. The word travelled
back to the country that Lem was
getting TO be a dalblithered dnde,
and the next thing you know. by
eriminies. he'd be sporting a neck
tie. Lem had his ehinchillas neatly
trimmed by the town barber mud
came out in a derby. He spread
II on pretty thick and no mistake.
His old-time neighbors would
drive in town OF q Saturday after u
week of hard work and they would
see Lem sitting by a window in the
courthouse playing checkers with
the town liar. When they realized
that they, the taxpayers, were Civ
ing Lem a large salary for sitting
around in his Sunday best, they
realized that Lem had entered into
that old and well known conspiracy
to bump the. granger and gOldbriek
him aud give him the short end
generally. So when Lem ran for
reelection the outlying vote fell on
him like a horse on a butterfly.
Every hard working tiller of the
soil TOOK q crack at Lem because
he lived in town aud put on dog.
When Lem found himself marooned
he did not want to go back to the
country and tackle hard work
again. He stayed in town aud
permitted his wife to take boarders.
A good farmer was spoiled in the
making of q disappointed politician,
but the voters did not acknowledge
that they were to blame.
Moral, Never wean the honest
toiler away from his blue jumpers.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20
Best Ilasmeni Oh Earth.

|. 81. MciIancy, Grecbville, Texas,
writes Nov. 2, 1900: had rheama.
lism last winter. was down in bed sin
weeks; tried everything, but got ao
relief iii friend gave me part bot
lie Of Ballard's Snow I.iniment. !
uscd ID and go, two m6gc bottles. u
Cared ms and I hasen't fel. any rheu.
mafism slncc. | can recommend
Snow LiuimeHs 10 be the hest liaiment
on earth for rheumatism" For rhe1-
matte. sciaiie or neuralgia pains, rub
IN Ballard's Snow Linimens. yon will
not suffer long, bat will be graiitied
wlih speedy ara effeeiiye cure. 25c,
sec aad 81 q, City Drug Store.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20


c. I. Tuiiuek of Bismarck sold
his farm.
The Southeast Missouri Medical
Association met in FarmingtoD.
DR.. X. v. Henderson. president.
Capt. Phil z. Peers. formerly Of
this county, was elected to the Ing
islatue from Robertson county,
Texas.
A tree fell on John Covington OF
this county in Mississippi county,
where he was farming, but he was
not seriously hurt.
Mr.. james Shuts claimed that
bathing his bald head in she waters
of Mouteflumina spring produced a
new growth OF hair.
Mrs. John Ball, who lived five
miles north of Pennington. fell
aud struck her temple on a glass
dish which she held at the time in
her hand. making an ugly wound.
John Pipin and Frank Beard Of
Bismarck were wrestling, when
Dal Beard unexpectedly rushed in
and cut Pippin in the side and
breast. The wounds didn't prove
serious.
The following attorneys attended
the Circuit Court session: Gov.
Thos. c. Fletcher. Hon. Sam By.
rus, w. R. Edgar. J. Perry john
son, II. \. Shaw and Prosecuting
Attorney Evans of Washington
county.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20

things that were done. II seems
impossible that people in their
sober senses would indulge in such
capers and call them amusing.
When trained monkey is the
guest at a banquet, we can read
ily believe there are still a num-
ber who have not yet passed be.
yond Darwin's theory. IL Ia all
right TOR these many millioned peo-
pie TO sqnander their money right
and left, for It gets into circulation
aud a few needy ones may get q
pittaDee in the gradual descent Of
It's employment. Nearer home last
winter. at a German, there were
some figures that were considered
very unique. A girl stood in u
chair, holding a banana high above
her head, aud the man whose jump
ing power was equal to securing II
bite OF the banana. had the hon or
of being her partner in the next
figure. Now. wasn't that funnyi
Fortunately, these people are the
few" who cannot leaven the
many" who make the greater
part OF the balwark Of our people.
Good common sense is still a herr
tage TO be commended.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20

Sam Jones in oae of his sermons
tells the following characteristic
story, SAYS the Columbia Herald;
Before 4 ever was 3 Christian !
learned one thing aud l want you
to learn this. ] was away from
home aud was robbed ON the train
] had all the money me and my
friend both had. He didn't have
any. They got mine, aud we got
of at a station. That was when
was q sinner and that was twenty /.
i've years ago. He was q steward
In the Methodist church. and / was
q plain, common, simple sinner,
that was all ! was. When we got
off at the station we strayed around
there for q short time.
He sayst sam, ] wonder II
there Is q Mason in town Isaid !:
"A Mason" He said. Yes"
well" said, What do you
want with a Masonfr He says. Il
can get some money II ! find q
Mason" | said. Amt you a
Mcthodistf'' he said Yes |
saids why don't you 90 to a
Methodistl't 20 shrcks. = he
said, Il 20 I. The Masons.'' and
be struck out aud In a few minutes
came back. ! said How did you
come outf'' "Ali right, . hs said,
Fl got il. /" Whom did you get
It FRONT From q Mason.'' lie
mys. "Sam. il you want to go to
heaven. you Join the Methodists; +;
but II you want TO hold down here
you join the Masons. - 10 when
| started In ! just joined both and
tonight ] am 4 Nethodist and 4
Mason. and am gstting along well
nor both xprids.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20
Late News culIings.

Mrs. A. NJ. Dockery. the wife of
the present governor. has recently
purchased three beautiful paintings
for the adornment of the executive
mansion. She saved enough money
out Of the funds allowed her for
furnishing the mansion, 70 buy the
works Of art.
The men who served on the But
ler jury at Colombia want Mr..
Folk. the st. Louis Circuit AttOr-
ney and principal lawyer on the
Butler prosecution. to run for gov.
ernor in 1904. They promised him
the support of Boone county.
According TO State Labor Com.
missioner Andersou's recent report,
all Missouri manufacturing firms
are ia a fine condition Of prosper
ity. The manufactured products
Of the State increased during lasi
year more than seventy-six million.
King Leopold of Belgium had q
narrow escape iron death at the
hands OF au anarchist last Satur.
day. He was just leaving the ca
thedral 10 Brussels after a requiem
service in memory Of Queen Mario
Henrietta. when Gerene Rubino,
an ItalianIanarohist, shot at him,
but the bullets went vide of their
mark.
Minis Dora Meek. the Csntraiia.
Ill.. girl who went 10 sIeep Septem.
Der 2S. Is still asleep. aud has
never been fnlls awakened st any
tune during her trance. She takes
some nourishment at long inter-
walls, but q continuance In her pres.
eat condition will soon result in
death.
The State OF Nebraska fhas jusg
successfully negotiated for the pnr-
chase, with her snrplns school
fund, Of $500 600 Of Massachusetts
State bonds, gold bearing. thrpe
per cent. and rEnaing forty years.
This Is the first instance of d far
western State becoming creditor Of
On Atlantis coszt State.
John Brislin. the aged inventor,
xvAn ass3axy A. f<ne~.xrwsa <sssrI fyrx..,
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-20
c0cERELL FOR PRESIDENT.
Clamp Clark Says MlssoEFl PreSldea'
deaiisi Tsisai has iSsS
Beea Neglected.

KANSAS CRY. Nov. l5.-lf Con-
gresham Champ Clark OF the 9th
district could have his way in the
matter of nominations, either Sen
utor Francis NJ. COckreil Of Mis-
souri, or Senator Joseph w. Bailey
Of Texas would be the Democratic
nominee for President in 1904.
Congressman Clark asserts that
Missouri has the greatest Demo-
cratic representation In Congress
Of any of the States. with Texas
second. For that reason, as we'll
rs Tor others, he says Missouri and
Texas should have their turns at
nominating presidential candid
ates. Congressman Clark spent
last night in Kansas City. He
went to Paola.. Kansas, this morn
ing to lecture on Daniel Web
ster.
1T is nonsense, said MIR. Clark
this morning. for the Northern
| and Eastern States to bar Missouri
land the 40 called Southern States
from having presidential candid
ntes. ! am in favor Of instituting
4 process to nominate either Sena-
dor Coekrell or Senator Bailey for
President. Further, am IN favor
If taking the most prominent Mis-
,ouIian every four years and put
ng him in the race for the presl-
ltntial nomination. Then keep
up this process until we elect a
Missourian. In craftsmanship, az in
natural history, tbs distance lends
enchantmeut to to the view
ANY man who becomes Cover
nor of New York, no matter how
small bug he is, becomes at once
a possible President. The same il
true of Ohio and Indiana. Why
shouldn't it be so in Missouri In
Missouri there are men who over
lap in ability and public service
any Of the politicians OF New York,
Ohio or Indiana. ! think. For
this reason / am in favor Of taking
the Missourian most prominent po-
liticaliy In each presidential year
1 and giving him the Missouri dele.
gaiion to the National Convention
aud pushing him for nomination {.
Il tell you, the beat brains In
the Democratic party are in the
heads of Missourians and South.
erners. There are a half dozen
Democrats in Missouri to-day who
ac superior TO any Democrat
New York. Ohio or Indiana esn
produce. Why not then give Mis-
souri, a chance at the presidential
nominatienf II Is absolutely pre-
postercns that Missouri should be
barred
Congressman Clark says Senator
Cockrell is a great statesmen. SEN
aior Bailey. he thinks, is the conn.
try's greatest living debater. Ei.
ther would be an exceptionally
strong man. he says, to uominate
for President. nt.--Republie