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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
The Russian Amsterdam.

St. Petersburg is one of the few great
cities which have been made and not
born. During his residence in Holland
Peter the Great was so impressed BY
Amsterdam. perched upon the waters,
that he determined TO abandon MOSCOW
and build a new capital which should
have canals for streets. In his cam
paign against Sweden In 1902 he noted
an island situated in the mldstreaIH- Of
the Neva. Here is my Russian Am
sterdam!" he exclaimed and immedl-
ately began the building of a city there.
The site was marsh in summer and
a frozen morass In winter. Two mis-
cradle huts were the only buildings.
The erection OF the citadel, great fort
in the shape of hexagon, with tow
er $50 feet high, on the north bank Of
the Neva, was his first care. The cot
tage in which Peter lived while laying
out the city still exists.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

The northern slope of hillside Is
the best location for an apple orchard.
The pear will come as near bearing
a crop of fruit every year as any other
kind of fruit.
Ii the currant worm makes its ap-
pearance, dust the foliage while the
dew is on with white hellebore.
In transplanung plants from pots in
vert the pot and rap the bottom Of 1t
sharply, and the plant will come out.
An overloaded grapevine will not
mature Its fruit. II 1t bears more
than 1t ought 1t viii ripen its fruit
late.
Air slaked lime sprinkled on rose
bushes when the dew is on will de-
stroy insects without injuring the
bushes.
Rose plants should have plenty Of
light and heat. Nothing will blight
their buds sooner than shade and
moisture.
Nearly all cultivated fruits are liable
to overbear. This Is always injurious
and should be prevented. One OF the
best preventives is thinning
One of the best places to use coal
ashes is around the base of the fruit
trees. Put mound of them around
each tree. Borers will not be so apt TO
trouble them.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

Children are regarded as a chief as.
set in the belongings of a Somali ma.
tive. A man may have as many as
four wives, and most of the patriarchs
boast of tremendous families. One old
chief of tribe near Berbera was the
head of a family consisting of 20 sons,
20 daughters and 800 grandchildren. A
father sells his daughters for camels
and often builds up for himself a for
tune in this way. The children are
named according to the circumstances
of their birth, as Wa Berri (born In
the morning. or Robleh (born in the
RAIN.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
Notice to Creditors.

In the District Court of the First Judi
cial District of the State of Nevada, in and
for the County of Douglas.
In the Matter of the Estate of Stephen
a. Kinsey, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that ON the 9TH
day of August, 1903, the undersigned was
duly appointed and qualified by the
above entitled Court as the administrators
of the estate of stephen a. Kinsey, late
of said County, deceased. All creditors
having claims against said estate are re-
quired to file the same, with the proper
vouchers attached, with the Clerk of
the Court, within three months of the
first publication of this notice.
Dated this 9TH day of August, 1908.
SARAH J. KINSEY.
Administrative of the estate of stephen
A. Kinsey, deceased.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
Notice of Assessment.

Carson Valley Water Storage, Irriga-
ton and Canal ompany.-Location OF
principal place of business, Gardner
vile, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, held on the
2nd day of August, 1903, an assessment
NO. p of eight cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the cor
poration, payable Immediately in u. s
gold coin to the secretary, at the office OF
the company, in the Douglas County
Bank at Gardnerville, Nevada.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid ON the 18th day of
Sept 1903 will be delinquent, and adj
vertised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment is made before, will be
sold on Thursday, the 18th day of October
1903, to pay the delinquent assessment.
together with the costs of advertising and
expenses of sale. By order of the Board
of Directors.
Il. CHRIsTENsEN, Secretary.
Gardnerville, Aug. 2, 1903
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

cape their earlier and better teaching
came upon them, and they acted, as
Mrs. Ruffner expressed it, "better than
the campers in her vicinage. They
will pay the death penalty for what
they did, in killing two of those who
guarded them, and all society will say
it is right. Society will have nothing
to say about the conditions, and the
employment that made them familiar
with CHASTITY spectacles, and hardened
their hearts. Accomplishing as much
against Aguinaldo as they did against
Warden Wilkinson, their name would
occupy the same page with that of
General Funston.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
New Book on Silver.

QUELQUEFoIs.

ED. COURIER:
To Nevada will fall the credit of the
latest and most important publication
ever issued on the silver question.
Justice A. L. Fitzgerald of our State
Supreme Court has at last realized
the hopes of his untold scores of adj
mirers and friends, not only in this
State but all over the United States, as
the unqualified champion of the silver
cause, by giving his much talked of
book on silver and money in general
to the Chicago publishers; the first
edition to appear in the early days of
October.
A criticism of such deep work in adj
vance of its publication would be doubt
lessly considered premature, if not pre-
posterous. inasmuch as the writer, al
though thoroughly acquainted with
the contents of the aforesaid book, is
sadly deficient in thorough know
ledge of the subject regarding money,
and lacking brains in general to cope
with such a momentous question of the
day.
Hence let it be sufficient to describe
the book as it will appear in few
weeks time from knowing point of
view.
The full title of the book is, 1.-THE
Thirty Years War on Silver; Money
Scientifically Treated and Logically
Presented"
1t consists of three distinct parts,
nearly equally divided among 800
pages in one volume. Both a good
table of contents and an index will en-
able the reader, on information bent as
to any particular question, to turn
readily to the desired page.
Part 1. "What is Money?' The
meaning of what is money in any land
or country at any time, as advanced by
the most renowned political economists
off day is totally overthrown and
new and true definition put in its place.
Part 2. "What is Money in the Unit
ed States?" Here is shown beyond the
possibility of doubt, that the Consti-
tuition of the United States fixes the
money of the United States, and fixes
it in gold and silver coin, and in moth
ing else; and before the money of the
United States could be changed to gold
coin alone, or to silver coin alone, or
to any other thing, an amendment to
the federal constitution would have to
be made, authorizing the change.
Part 8. "Views Supplementary, Cor
roborative and General" In this, va
rious arguments of the gold men are
answered and refuted; likewise the
mistakes of the Silver men in the mode
of conducting their battles between
1878 and 1900, and making admissions
that were untrue) are conspicuously
pointed out.
In conclusion, it is further claimed,
that the writers and speakers on the
silver question (of course including
the political writers on this subject in
America) are as far from the truth on
the definition of money as the political
economists of the world, for they have
the same definition as that given in
the Encyclopedia Britannica, to-wit:
Money is, 1, a medium of exchanges; 2,
a measure of values; 8, measure or
standard of deferred payments.
Judge Fitzgerald told your repor ter
that he defied human intellect to an
swer the book; adding at the same
time, that without thorough knowl-
edge of law good many points refer
ring to the money question cannot be
understood.
OSCAR HILDEBRANDT.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
WHEN BURGLARS CALL.
The Proper Thing to Do and ths
Proper Way to Do II.

The Proper Thing to Do and the
Proper Way to Do II.
Events that are apparently trivial
in the daytime assume an immense Inn
portance In the dead Of night. A slight
noise, out OF the ordinary, will some
times have its bearing on the married
lives of two people," says Tom Mason
In Life.
when, therefore, your wife wakes
movement that indicates brooding
horror do not lose your presence Of
mind. Keep from shaking IL possible,
and while secretly your heart may be
in your throat do not betray yourself.
Above all, do not wake up too soon.
Begin by groaning slightly, and roll
over. At the second pull on her part
1t will be entirely proper for you to
start slightly, rub your eyes and NUT
ter any unintelligible sentence. Then,
as you gradually wake up and she be-
comes more persistent, you may allow
yourself to say, oh, nonsense!
Remember that up to this moment
tuC kOEuuld kOI a nuSOhAu ndkC0 w
by his wife who hears a noise is al
ways the same and should only be va
ried later. Now, however, Is the time
to act.
"Dash quickly from the bed and
either reach for your revolver, or IL
that isn't handy take the first thing
that presents itself-fire tongs, curling
irons or chair-and rush madly to the
door.
III you have acted your part correct
ly and courageously you will find your
wife there before you, barring the en-
trance.
by this time. If you have made noise
enough. the burglars, If there were
any, have without doubt departed, and
when you have persuaded your wife
that the thing must be done you can
search the house at your leisure and
ever afterward pose as genuine hero
who was thYarted in his purpose at
the critical moment"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04
OSCAR HILDEBRANDT.
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST q PRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o. WALDING, KINNAN & MAR
WIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous serfaces of the syste m.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
A civil service examination will be
held in Reno on the 9TH of October.
Stenographers and typewriters are
are wanted, and the starting salaries
are listed to range from $500 to $l4CO
per year.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

Thomas Darlington Macaulay Lord
Macaulay } wrote in his History of
England from the time of Queen Ann
TO events within the recollection of
men still living: Familiarity with
CHASTITY spectacles creates hard heart
edness." twenty-five per cent of the
men who escaped from Folsom, got
their familiarity with CHASTITY specta-
Giles in the Philippine Islands, serving
their country as soldiers, infiictilg the
water-cure and practicing other cruel
ties, and they thus became innocuiat-
ed with the disease, hard heartedness
They were born and raised like other
American boys, presumably. They
learned lessons in the service of their
country, they became MANILA he
roes." Upon their return to the land of
their birth, they became outlaws. 1t
is notorious fact, that after their es-
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

A few weeks ago the newspapers
were running columns about Pope
Plus x. To-day the space allotted to
him has been reduced to few lines.
All of which serves to remind us that
whatever may be our greatness to-day,
tomorrow we are practically forgot
ten.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

Ed. COURIER: Jim Townsend's in
vention of a grindstone that could turn
in opposite directions at once is thrown
in the shade by the late Performance
of Mr.. Theron, late of Folsom, who
travelled east and west at once, and
took three dinners at once in as many
different places.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-09-04

eight hours sleep, eight hours
work, and eight hours recreation"
will sooner or later be understood to
mean eight hours sleep, eight hours
work, and eight hours politics."
QUELQUEFoIs.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
How the Governor feIt.

In tn Meantime tn Guverner was
strugglin' with tn Sutfridge Bill,
afeared to write his Vctoe onto it.
He sez to himself sez he, "I've Fot
agin Injuns an went agin tn Span
yards at Gossimus an never knowed
what Feer wuz, but 1 never had sich
Queer feelin' as L got now. L druther
charge up San Jon hill an down on
th' other side an back 'agin Dozent
times AN to Vetoe this here bill, but 1
got ter do it" He fnelly shet his izs
an wrote his Vetoe onto tn bill. Then
he sez to his secerty, sez he, "Jorge,
are you Afeared to die2" Mister
SmolIey repliz 'at he don't like to
Yeeld up his Cost at tn present Salery
he's gettin' now, but hell do his Duty
anyway. Th' Guverner shook hans
with him an'-sez at he hopes at he'll
see him agin. "But if l don't" sez
th' Guverner, 'I'll see at your Fam
bly, don't cum to Wont. TI have 'em
Penshund."
AS Jorge was goin; out th' Guverner
sez, sez he, "Jorge you needn't to
Expoas yourself Reckless. AS soon as
you give this Vetoe to the Legislacher
you needn't waite fer 'em to Reed, an
in al! Evence keep out of th' range of
th' Galleries. Little James in the
Phoenix Republican.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
Fiux Mine.

The latter, six miles from Patago-
mia, also has wonderful body of ore
so to 100 feet in width; deepest work
ings l40 feet. 10000 tons OF ore have
been taken out and as much more is
now in sight. The ores of the Flux
are similar in character to the Hard
shell and carry some very rare metals.
Some fine specimens in the Wores col
lection at the Tucson Chamber of Com
merce are from this mine. And there
is hardly a mineral cabinet of any note
in the west that does not contain at
least sample of "Cerrusite beautiful
white lead crystals) from the Flux.
Other mines visited in this district
are making an excellent showing for
the amount of work done, and the
doctor predicts a bright future for the
mining industry in this section. The
"Happy Jack" is again coming into
notice, and regular ore shipments are
now Icing made, as the work of deve-
lopment progresses.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
HEALTH, WEALTH AND CLIMATE
Patagonia and the MoWry Regions
The Hardshell, FIux, and Other
Mines

DIR. H. f. Crepin, City Health Off
Ger, returned Saturday, from delight
full ten days outing, in which he visited
Patagonia and the country about Har-
shaw and the old Mowry,
To the Star representative DIR.
Crepin gave some facts regarding his
trip which will interest Tucson people.
The doctor said that everywhere the
country showed the beneicent effect
of the late raias in the springing grass
and wild flowers, with abundant water
for the range cattle and the mining
prospectcrs. Regarding his visit to
the different mines in the Patagonia
district, the reporter cleaned the fol-
lowing interesting facts:
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
HardShe!I Mine.

This group consists of twelve claims,
deepest workings, 400 feet on an in
cline shaft. The Hardshell ledge is
10 to $50 feet in width. 25000 tons
of ore have been extracted and there
are from $4,000 to 100000 tons more
in sight. The ores are mostly low
grade lead and silver, with rich Fay
streaks of silver. The ores require
concentrating. Mine is dry, but eX-
pect to strike water at 500 feet. Have
about 2500 feet of hill back of the
present workings, extending to the
Hermosa Water and wood In abund-
ance. The concentrator now on the
ground'is too small and does not do
good work. There are now 10000
tons of ore at mill dump ready for
concentrating, and much more broken
in the mine ready for hoisting. There
is fino steam hoist The elevation
here is 5000 feet. The mine is won.
der, and it is only question of time
when it will be one of Arizona's great
est producers. The Hardshell is
reached by fine road from Patagonia
a distance of ten miles In its vicini-
ty are the old Hermosa, adjoining, and
the Alta and Trench on the west. 1t
is three miles north of the old Mowry
mine, for which the present owners
refused S45O 900. The famous
"Worlds Fair" mine, owned by Frank
Powers, lies two miles to the west. and
two miles further west is the old and
we'll know
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
ARIZONA NEWS.
Items of Interest from ali over the
Territory.

If you are superstitious about the
number l3, you ought not to carry in
your pocket or use in any way a silver
quarter dollar. Do you happen to
have one about you now! II so, take
it out and see how it teens with l3s.
For instance: 1t has 13 stars, 13
letters in the scroll in the eagles break,
l3 feathers in the eagles tail, l3 feath-
ers i'll the eagles wings, 13 parallel
bars on the shield, 13 horizontal
stripes. l3 leaves on the olive branch,
l3 arrowheads and 13 letters in the
words quarter dollar. ."-Ex.
The editor of this paper has visited
the underground workings of several
mines and was always glad to get
back on the surface of the earth.
Would not work under the ground for
$50 an eight-hour day or any other
sort of a day. AS long as we are a
live man we will not stay under the
ground long Mt time, and the fellows
who do word underground are entitled
to an eisht-hour DAY and good pay
for same. When man takes his life
i'll one hand and a few dollars in the
other, dollars begin to look very small.
Prescott Courier.
The Black Diamond Smelter was
successfully blown in Friday. The
smelter is 200 ton capacity. The plant
is the best equipped one of the kind in
the Territory. The Black Diamond
mines have passed the experimental
stage aand are now ranking as among
the best mines -Cochisc county.
Large ore bodies have been 6foSked
out and there is every indication that
the snlelter will be kept running
steadily. In the blowing in of the
Black Diamond smelter Cochise coun-
ty adds another copper bullion produc-
ing mine to her already good sized
list. The Star takes pleasure in
extending its congratulation to the
management upon the success that
have attended their efforts in develop
ing and making the Black Diamond
bullion producing property. A store,
clearinghouse and other buildings are
located in the camp which is in the
Dragons seven miles southeast of
Pearce Star
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
An Ideal Health Resort.

DIR. Crepin improved the opportun-
ity afforded by his outing to visit sew
eral localities which had been favor
bly, mentioned as desirable locations
for establishing "tent cities" or sum
mer camping resorts for our Tucson
people who for a change prefer to try
pure mountain air and scenery to
sandy beaches and coast fogs. The
doctor feels keen interest in this all
absorbing question being especially
fond of outdoor, healthgiving pastimes
himself.
The little town of Patagonia, which
is reached by rail via Benson, at I
p. m, taking the INTERNATIONAL out
of Tucson at 2:45 p. H., is in a pic
turesque valley nesting between the
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
Mining as an Investment.

Many people speak of mining in
vestments as nothing more than
speculations, that at best are
only risks Men who have made
money though mining investments are
judged "lucky." The same might be
said of all forms of business invest
ment. There is no business without
a certain degree of risk attached to
it. The man who invests in a farm
takes risk. After he has sowed his
seed and cultivated his fields drought,
a flood, or a destructive storm may
lay waste his broad acres. He still
possesses his land, but it brings no
returns upon his investment apart
from golden harvests.
The man man who enters upon any
form of commercial enterprise launches
out upon sea of venture. For be.
tween tiuctuating markets and keen
competition be may come to financial
ruin. The fact remains that the larg
est money has been made through the
mining industry, despite the fact that
it is looked upon as speculation, pure
and simple.-Idaho Springs Siftings
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11
CERRO PRIETO MINE.
A Thorough Mill Test Showed Flat
teTing Results.

E. J. Bonsall returned yesterday
morning from the Cerro Prieto mine
thirty-tive miles from Magdalena, So
nora, three weeks stay.
The Cerro Prieto is the property re-
Gently bought by the Thomas brothers,
one of whom is DIR. J. Wix Thomas of
this city. Mr. Bonsall's trip was for
the purpose of making thorough test
of the mineral values of the mine and
he returned we'll pleased with his
work. The purchase of the mine
which commanded a big price was
made very largely on the result of
former sampling by Mr.. Bonsall in
which $50 assays were made. The re-
suit of the ore TO De about 50 per ton
which is good value when the i'm
mensity of the ore body is taken in
consideration.
There is twenty stamps mill on
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11

Santa Rita and Patagonia mountains,
the Sonoita creek flowing through the
town. The climate is delightful in
summer the altitude being about 1000
feet higher than Tucson. Near by
ranches, producing an abundance of
fruit OF fine quality, fresh mix. &c.
would contribute to the comforts of
camp life, and numerous points of in
/ terest easily accessible from Patago-
MIA, would all combine to make a
summers vacation spent there pass
most delightfully."-. ''But, to my no
/ tiop,' said the doctor who was now
thoroughly warmed up to his subject, :"
the old Mowry flat beats all the places
[ have seen in Arizona. About
twelve miles south of Patagonia. on
the main road to Washington Camp
one of the most beautiful and pictur-
esque drives to be found in any coun-
try--an altitude of 1904 feet above
sea level--a natural park dotted with
huge live oaks and fragrant with the
SC mt of the juniper-where cool
springs are found, tall grasses wave
and wild flowes grow in bewildering
profusion, a magnificent landscape to
look upon, and which changes at every
turn, and above all, a pure, dry, ex-
hilaratihg atmosphere that makes
mere existence delight, and renders
the very thought of digging clans at
Santa Monica quite tame in compari-
son.
-"Yes," said the doctor, "The Mowry
is just my ideal of what should be
selected as a site for "A "tent city"
for our Tucson people, who want the
best of health conditions, combined
with delightful and picturesque sur
roundings, that our Territory can af-
ford"
Patagonia furnishes an excellent
base for supplies. Our automobilists
can make the entire trip from Tucson
with ease, and the slower going horse
vehicles could cover the distance in
two days without difficulty-either
camping on route, or stopping at
Rosemont.
There is some wild game in the
vicinity of the Mowry, deer, pigeons
rabbits and occasionally wild turkeys.
The Star ventures the prediction
the inauguration of tent city resort
at or near the historic old "Mowry
flat" which will find astonishing favor
with Tucson's health and pleasure
seeking people Star.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11

the property in good working order
which was operated by the former
owners of the mine To prove the
correctness of his calculations and that
his estimates were conservative, and
for tie further reason that the new
owners propose to put up much
larger plant, Mr. Bonsall decided to
make mill test, SO he got 600 tons
of ore, taken from the various parts
of the mine where he had formerly
secured his assay samples and run it
through the mill under his own SUPER
vision. The result was an average of
S6.6O ton, a quite fattering excess
of value over the former samples
Phoenix Republican.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-04-11

The measure calling for an annual
tax of $3.50 on each live stock brand
in the territory has become law.
This will mean yearly sum of up :
wards of $4,000 which will be ex-
pended in the employment of range
riders, etc, for the preservation of
the cattle interests. The powers of
the Live Stock Sanitary board are
largely increased by the law-Globe
Times