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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
Disastrous Fires.

The second day of July, 1903, will go
down in the annals of the history of
Yolo county, Cal, as one of the most
disastrous days on record. Besides
fierce north winds, which robbed farm
ers and orchardists of hundreds of
thousands of dollars, there were dis
astrous grainfield fires in different sec
tions of the county which added to
the losses and has made many people
in the county heavy hearted.
The most disastrous of these fires oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Davisville
Thursday and were started by sparks
from locomotives of the southern Pa
cific Company. 1t is estimated that
about $1,000 acres of growing grain
were burned and many homes, barns
and outbuildings were destroyed.
Men fought desperately all day, but
in vain. Lashed by the fury of the
strong north wind the fire could not be
controlled and in spite of their utmost
efforts spread from place to place until
an area of land soughly estimated at
from five to six miles in length and
almost as wide, was laid bare of all
vegetation.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

In his Random Recollections"
Charles IL. Il. Brookfield, highly es.
teemed actor on the London stage,
says II remember Il piece which we
produced at the Comedy theater, writ
ten by popular author and very
strongly cast, which amused us all SO
much that we could hardly rehearse 1t.
Charles Hawtrey used every now and
then to warn us: Now. don't speak too
soon on that. There's certain to be a
big laugh, and we don't want them to
miss the next line We rehearsed for
six weeks. On the first night nothing
went wrong-but the piece. There was
not one laugh nor one round of ap-
plause from start to finish. We took
off the comedy in ten days, during
which we rehearsed as a stop gap a
conventional three act farce with no
literary pretensions. I think 1t ran for
n wear"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
Cruel Hand of Fate.

Last week Martin Condor, of Lead
vile, COL, was killed by stroke of
lightning. His wife was taken to
private sanitarium, the shock to her
reason by his sudden death being too
great for her mind, which was already
in an enfeebled condition. Pitifully
she told the judge at the trial that
"Martin was at the mine and would
soon be down to protect her,
While her hearing was going on her
little eight-year-old son was playing in
the barn and found some cartridges,
which he exploded, tearing off several
fingers of the left hand and serious "
injuring the right one.
Mrs. Mary Coll, mother of the de-
mented woman, has taken charge of
the children. She made a search of
the house and barn and in an abandon
ed woodbox in the barn was found
81, 600 which Condor had been saving
and had not told of its hiding place to
anyone.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
STUFFED BLACK BEARS.
The Reason They. Are Used as signs
by the Furriers.

The Reason They Are Used as signs
by the Furriers.
The man who comes TO New York
only once i'm ten yeart- said he could
not understand why the bears in Cen
trail park seemed so much more stuck
up than the rest of the animals, but
after he had Travelled about town for
several days he saw through 1t. 1t was
because 90 per cent of the furriers in
town have chosen big black bear for
an advertising sign. Why the other an
finals in the zoo should be so discrimi-
mated against puzzled the man not q
little. One day he asked a furrier
about It,
"It is because the bears last longer
than anything else" said the furrier.
"Of all the animals in New York ]
don't know of any that have harder
time than those that stand outside fur
riers' stores winter and summer and
try to drum up trade for their employ
ers. 1t doesn't make any difference
what kind of weather comes along,
whether II blows hot or cold, those fel.
lows have to stand at their post and
swelter or freeze, rs the case may be.
Naturally all those changes are pretty
hard on their hide, and none but bears
can stand the strain. Some furriers
have tried the fox, the lynx and other
animals now and then at venture,
but they have mostly come back to the
bear as the most satisfactory of the lot.
They cost more too. A good stuffed
bear comes as high as $40, but If he is
treated well he will last for twenty
five years. so that brings him down to
a comparatively low price after all."-
New York Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
HOW DOGS FIND THEIR WAY
Evidence That They Possess Pecul-
lar Power to Guide Them.

Evidence That They Possess Pecul-
lar Power to Guide Them.
In the old days of the James river
canal fine setter was taken by his
master on a packet boat which was so
crowded that the dog was put in the
captains cabin to be out of the way,
says the New York Mail and Express.
His owner reached his destination aft
er nightfall and had taken so much
wine by that time that he was carried
off the boat, and no one remembered
his setter.
Next morning the captain took the
dog on deck with him, but was much
afraid he would jump off to the tow
path and try to return that way, and so
handsome an animal would have been
in danger of being stolen.
Carlo, however, lay perfectly quiet,
but with an air of listening that at
tracted notice. Toward noon he heard
the sound of the horn of packet COM
ing from the opposite way, and as the
boats passed each other he made leap
and was next heard from as having
got of at the place where his master
had stopped and as having gone at
once to the house where he was a
guest.
Could human intelligence have sur
passed tEatY
This same dog lay on his masters
grave and refused food until he died
from starvation. But | do not give this
as n case in point.
a gentleman who lived hundred
miles from a city moved there with all
his possessions, including bulldog
which had been raised at his fathers
home. where he had hitherto resided.
He was locked up In the car with the
furniture and in the hustle of unloading
disappeared, and two days afterward
he reached his former home, coming by
an inland route. AS was known by par
ties who recognized him, so that he evil
IDENTITY marked out his own path with
out reference to the railroad on which
lie had been carried away.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
THE OMNIBUS.
IL Was Introduced by Blaise Pascal,
the Noted Mathematician.

IL Was Introduced by Blaise Pascal,
the Noted Mathematician.
No less a parsonage than the famous
mathematician. Blaise Pascal, Is said
to have introduced the vehicle which
we call the omnibus Unlike most
other men of learning, Pascal was more
or less interested In the affairs of prac-
teal life. He was the inventor of the
pushcart that now perambulates our
streets. says the Scientific American.
ln 1861 he had large wagons built
for regular traffic in the heart of Paris.
He allied himself I'm this undertaking
with several influential friends, among
whom wss the Duke of Roannes.
In 1862 Louis XIV. granted letters
patent TO Pascal, In which it was said
that these carriages were intended for
the comfort of poor people who had to
go 10 courts of justice or who were
sick and 80 poor that they could not af-
ford TO pay the two pistoes exacted by
the chairmen and the drivers of
coaches
At first the Use of the vehicle was
not generally permitted. A royal de-
cree forbade its use by soldiers, pages.
lackeys and other liveried servants, as
well as artisans and porters.
Pascal, In spite of the fact that he
only lived to be thirty nine, is said to
have made no inconsiderable sum out
of his invention.
After the vehicle had been In use
some sixteen years it was abandoned
for various reasons. 1t was not until
1912 that 1t was again introduced. this
time In Bordeaux, which city was fol
lowed In 1921 by Nantes and in 1927
by Paris. The vehicle was improved
and rapidly became popular. Now 1t
has been almost displaced by the tram
way.
In modern times the vehicle was
called an omnibus simply for the rea-
son that 1t was intended for the car
riage of all, without any restrictions as
to lackeys, pages or footmen.
\ clergyman highly esteemed for his
many excellent qualities, of which ora
tory is not one. has recently Lad placed
in his church by his loving congrega-
tion new pulpit. 1t Is fine piece OF
work, ornate with carving and artistic
establishment. But the text inscribed
on IL, considering the effect OF the good
rectors sermons, might have been more
happily chosen. HE giveth his beloved
sleep" Ii runs.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
The Young Man Who Drinks.

The time is coming very fast, indeed
it has already arrived in our CONNER
cial life, when young man who has
habits of intemperance is narrowing
very rapidly the possible range of
openings in which he may make liv
ing.
Fifteen years ago trainmaster on
division of one of our largest railroads
in America told me that he sat in his
office one day and saw freight train
stand for two hours waiting for a num-
ber of the train crew to recover from
intoxication. When they were able to
handle the train it moved out of the
yard Now, the trainmaster said, if
the brakemen or any of the train crew
were found to be under the slightest
influence of liquor, or they were seen
even to enter a saloon they were in
stantly discharged. The idea of keep
ing a whole train waiting for n man to
recover from drunkenness would seem
perfectly absurd TO the railroad corpo-
ration now. The time will come when
such idea will seem equally absurd in
the army.
A young man who lost his position
in an Office of this same company came
to me last year and begged that |
would use my influence to have him
taken back by the superintendent OF
the division. He frankly confessed
that he had been drunk and unable to
report for duty one day, but the next
morning he was at his desk. When he
appeared he received his dismissal.
He acknowledged his fault and prom
ised the superintendent it would never
occur again, offering to let the road
take his wages and pay them to his
aged father and mother. He pleaded
il was his first offense.
went with an influential citizen to
the head of the department where the
young man had been employed, and
we stated his case and pleaded for a
second trial, but the superintendent
simply said: "rhis railroad is not in
the business of reforming drunkards
or reclaiming young men. Past ex.
perience has taught us that it is useless
for us to take young men back in this
way. ."--Exehange.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

The average railroad rate across the
American continent in carload lots is
$l5 ton; the rate on similar goods
from London around the world to Sc
attic is $40 ton.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

"No, sir" said the cowboy. Cactus
Cal amt got an enemy in the world"
81 should think man like him would
be continually making enemies"
Sure, but as soon as he makes one
he gifts his gun inter play an unmakes
him. Exchange.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Here is an obituary printed in a
Kansas paper: "She reared nine chill
dren. She darned 10000 socks. She
cooked 100000 meals. She washed
l,000, 900 dishes. She died and went
to heaven" There shouldn't be any
doubt about the last part of her ex-
perience and no doubt the change was
welcomed.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Mother-The whipping you had yes
terday does not seem to have improved
you. Your behavior has been even
worse today.
Willie-That's what | wanted to
prove. You said was as bad as pos
sibly could be yesterday. 1 knew you
were wrong.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
Hurrah For Pa!

Little Willie Droudly)-My pa knows
a few things.
Little Bob (contemptuously)-Ho, my
pa knows fewer things than your pa
Smart Set.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Many wife is loafing around home
putting in the time in playing with a
wash tub, or chopping wood, while her
poor husband is hard at work en-
deavoring to buy out saloons at dime
a drink
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

A boy took header into Reno
thirty-toot we'll last week and escaped
serious injury.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
His Hard Remark.

Young Wlfe-That horrid tramp said
my biscuits were like cement, and yet
he ate them.
Young Acknowledgement, eh? Well,
perhaps he wanted to make himself
solid. Philadelphia Record.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
AHenpeclsed Husband.

Meekton-Do you know how to gov.
ern your wife?
Henpeck-Yes, but she won't let me.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Those who wait to do things ON a
grand scale seldom do anything.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

Many a fool man casts shadow on
his life by standing in his own light.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

1t doesn't take much praise to spoi
the man who can't stand criticism.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

The horse is mans best frlend--er-
cept those at the race track,-Puck.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10
Happy lovers keep no diary.

One David b. Hill seems to have
pulled the hole in after him.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-10

COURIER ADVERTISEMENT PAY.
For Proof, ask our Advertisers.
For Returns, Try it Yourself.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06

The board OF directors OF the
Arkansas Valley Fair Association
held an important meeting at
Rocky Ford one day last week to
make preparations for their twelfth
annual fair, which will be held on
September I'd, sd and 9Th. Water
melon day occurs on Thursday,
September sd. Appointments OF
superintendent in the several de
partments were made, and il was
ordered that entries for harness
races close August 2Sth. and that
a record made at the Lamar fair,
to be held August 26th, 27th and
2Sth, be no bar at the Rocky Ford
fair.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06

The "new uns" and the pro
prietors CT the drug stores in this
burg had meeting last Wednes-
dav evening and indulged in a
heart to heart consultation anent
the ordinance closing all places Of
business on the Lords day. A
solemn contract was entered into
between the aforementioned par
ties whereby it was agreed that
providing the drug stores would
promise to be good and not sell
liquor for any other than medicinal
purposes an the Sabbath day they
would be allowed to remain open
on that day and that all previous
prosecutions would be dismissed.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
s.y ssry.

The Misses Drury and Lynn
entertained number Of her
friends at the home Of the former
on Cimarrou avenue last Friday
evening. the occasion being a
May party. The house was beau
tifully decorated with festoons oil
pink and white crepe paper, palms
and flowers.
The guests were entertained fol
an hour with music furnished BY
Misses Lynn. Drury. Galisger and
Todd. and MIR. Condit. after winch
progressive high FIVE enlisted the
attention OF all until late hour.
The lsdy's prize was carried of by
Miss Gallagher, and the gent S
prize by Mr.. Gale.
After dainty lunch had been
served the guests departed declsr
ing the event one Of the most en-
joyable OF the season. Misses
Mary Drury and Esther McCnne
assisted in serving. Among those
present were: Misses George,
Todd. Connell. Burns, Foxworthy,
Gallagher. Sears, Spane. Robin
son. Manning. and Vestry, Messrs
McCarty. Brown BacIarach, Han
by, Bunnell. Dondanviile, Nc
Claim, Condit. Cunning, Gale.
Nixon. Turley and Cissne.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
WEDNESDAY, MAY g, 1908.

THERE was cold and chilling
frosi Wednesday night and in
consequence thereof sugar beets,
cantaloupes and early fruit were
nipped in the bud all over Otero
county. The damage done will
be considerable, but it is hoped
not SO great as some OF the pessi.
mists are inclined to prognosti-
cate. Cantaloupes and most of the
sugar beets that were up and will
have to be replanted. but as the
beets planted in June last year
gave the best results the only loss
will be the extra labor as regards
the latter crop.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06

ALDERMAN. ne contestant Claims
that such tickets should have been
counted for him and not for O'Neil.
The committee appointed to for
mulate = set Of rules to govern the
contest reported ard recommended
that the contest come up for heat
ing before the board At O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. May Sth; that
. recount Of the ballots cast In
the third ward be made and that
The person receiving the highest
number Of votes be declared elect.
ed. Ihe sepost was adopted and
the hearing set fos yesterday after
noon.
The city clerk was Instructed "a
notify the city engineer to sepost
ea the cost Of exsending the ossles
to the sewer and the city attorney
vas requested 70 aseessais vhsshes
q not the city he'd . Isgal sighs q
locate the essles = she sives.
After diseussisg she psopesed
easess;os Of the water syssea
bsieAy she eisy eosseil sdjsssseA
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
Tn. wo,,s.. s... Show.

Will arrive at La Junta on
Tuesday, May i2th, for two exhi-
bitions and performances preceded
by an unusually brilliant street
pageant in the forenoon. display
ing a portion OF the vast resources
Of the most popular OF tented
amusements. the Great Campbell
Bros Shows. II is con ceded on
every hand throughout the length
and breadth Of the land that the
above is head and shoulders in ad
vance OF all others as a modern
up-to date family field show, pre-
senting many times more that is
new and novel and in greater va
riety and abundance than any con-
temporary Of the past or pre- sent
and bears the proud distinction of
being the most elaborate and en-
tertaining exhibition ever organ
izen. Its vast and comprehensive
menagerie is replete with nature $
rarest treasures from forest, plain
and jungle. Its aviary a chatter
ing babel OF tropical birds. Its
aquarium with besporting amphi-
bia and monster denizens OF the
vast deep in huge tanks. Its great
dual circus aud Hippodrome to-
gether with the marvellous ethno-
logical collections must be seen to
seem possible so unlike and super
ior to all other shows.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
aeeky Ford Gone DRY.

Rocky Ford is going dry with
= vengeance. At the first meeting
OF the new city council in that
burg four ordinances were intro.
duced as follows: Concerning the
sale OF liquors. licensing billiard
and pool rooms and similar places
OF amusement, amending the or
dinance on gambling, regulating
the sale Of liquors and suppressing
as nuisances saloons, club houses,
etc. Druggists must have been
engaged in business in that city
six months before a permit will he
granted them to sell liquor, and
then only on a physicians pre-
scription. Each month druggists
are required to file with the CITY
clerk all liquor prescriptions. sud
they are also required to execute
. bond in the sum OF "a, 600 that
they will not violate the regula-
t,ons governing the sale Of liauos.
Any person who drinks liquor in
any street. park. alley or stairway,
OF keep liquor in his house.
shall be deemed guilty Of a nuis-
snce and upon conviction thereoa
shall be fined not less than s. noe
more than Sas for each off<nse.
Billiard halls, bowling alleys, etc :,
are required to execute . bond .
the sum Of Sf,ovo that they vim
not permit any game to be PLAYED
on their premises ios money es
any article Of value. Il d also m.
lawful for any club. eosposatioa.
sssoeisaioo % company to sell 81
give away any Iiquos to 10 ssoeh-
holder. o6eess. directoss q nem.
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La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06

THE old proverb. Talk is
cheap. must be handled with
notifications. At recent meet
ing OF the city council Of La unta,
Attorney Dubs. of Pueblo. pro-
posed to manage the transfer OF
the water rights purchased in
Chafiee county to the Otero canal
for the sum OF $1,000, he to employ
all legal assistance necessary. Or
he would take $1,000 if the city
would employ its own attorneys.
One on the outside Of the deal
cannot understand how after a
water right has been bought that
such sums are required to secure
the proper transfer Of the goods
purchased Rocky Ford Enter
prise.
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
BExr growers are discussing

BEET growers are discussing q
plan looking to the organization
of school children between the
ages Of fourteen and eighteen
years fos the purpose Of employ
ing them this season in thinning
beets. The Mexicans and Indians
hitherto employed have not givea
the best Of satisfaction. and the
plan is looked upon with great
favor BY . msjosity Of the growers
Il ID proposed to employ boys wbe
are ANXIOUS 10 assist their pssests
during the ssomes school VEGA
sios asd psy them IS cents sn
hous. Il % thosghs that q large
nuobes of then ean be secured
fsoo some a she larger cities q
the state
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
Summons.
STATE OF COLORADO.
CoUxrs or OIKko.

srAIE OF CotoRaDo sa +.
In the County Court.
HELEN LEE, fl.l.'ia Isunnoss.
The People 81 the STATE Of Colorado To Joseph
Lee. the defendant atove named, GREETING
You arc hereby required TO appear in an &C
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff. in the county court OF Otero county.
therein within thirty days after the service
hereof. il served within the state uf Colorado
OF by publication; OF. II served out Of the state
Of Colorado, within hfsy days after the service
hereof. exclusive Of tho day OF service; or said
action may b- regularly set for trial the xame
as though such appearance had bcen made
and issue had been joined On such complaint.
Tho said sctiSo Is brought hy plaintiff To OBJ
tain decree Of divorce. dis-olSinx the bonds Of
nAtrimony nov existing bstwcen plaintiff and
defendant, the ground Of de-ertion. as will
@ore fully appear from complaint in said &C.
tioa To which reference Is herr made.
And roo are hereby notified that IL you fail To
ahove Required. the aid plaintiff viii apply To
the court for the relief therein denanded.
Given under my hand and the sal Of said
court, st La yunta. In said county. this iSsh day
u March. A. d. lNn.
A. H. WALLIS.
Ex-nlliciO Clerk of the County Court.
firsa qualifications, April -. 1919
Last publication. Nay q, 1904
La Junta tribune., 1903-05-06
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