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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-24

the Uncompahgre valley in southwest
ern Colorado, the construction of
chain of reservoirs on the boundary of
California and Nevada, for the recla-
nation of land in the latter State, and
the building of the great Tonto reser-
voir on the Salt river of Arizona.
1t is estimated that these FIVE pro-
jects will reclaim upwards of 100000
acres of land. That is to say, it will
cost about 81 an acre to make this
land fit for the highest cultivation.
The estimated cost of reclaiming
22,00O acres in Carson Valley is less
than 81 per acre, but this is small
affair compared to the Churchill pro-
ject or the proposed irrigation works
in Colorado.
1t is estimated that the contractors
will use in the construction of the big
canal from the Truckee river between
1000 and 800 work horses, two or
three steam shovels, several sand ma
chimes for excavating in the desert,
and between 1000 and 1000 men. The
men will be paid about 81 25 a day of
ten hours, and will be supplied board
at twenty-five cents a meal, with fresh
meat at every meal, abundance of veg
etables and dried fruit, ON the princi-
pie that men fed well do the best work.
The company will establish camps
along the line of the proposed canal,
set up eating houses and do it's own
butchering of cattle bought for the
men. Large supply stores will be es-
tablished at Wadsworth and other
points adjacent to the work.
Truly the new birth of Nevada is at
hand, and great will be the Battle
born State after Uncle Sam has taken
it under his wing and made amends
for half a century of neglect. The
richest of mines will give out some
time, but a farm, properly titled, is
never-ending source of wealth.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-24
what Is known About Fish,

Pliny, the great naturalist, who lived
1T about the time of Christ, reckoned
the whole number of known species of
ish at ninety-four. Linnaus, the great
Swedish investigator of the eighteenth
century, could classify Ats, and he Is
tnown to have been the greatest ieh-
ihyologist of the age in which he lived.
The progress made in that particular
branch since the time of Linneus
seems oil the more wonderful, for now
1900 species show up in the cata-
Ogues Of the ash specialists.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-24

COURIER ADVERTISEMENT PAY.
For Proof, ask our Advertisers.
For Returns, Try it Yourself.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-24
Bits of Philosophy.
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY.

Two-thirds of the people of this
world are no better than they are be-
cause they are languishing for love
and appreciation.
Other people oppose them and dislike
them, and that stirs up resentfulness,
bitterness and strife. Somebody is
your friend to-day, tomorrow he does
you mean turn. You are hurt or in
dignant, or you begin to wonder if
there is any dependence ever to be
placed upon anybody.
AS you go along the street you can
feel it in the air when someone passes
who sends vibration of dislike and
disapproval towards you.
1t is all very well to say you don't
care, or you can give him as good as
he sends, but love and approval and
encouragement we must have if we
are going to be at peace with our inner
selves, and develop our higher nature.
Have you ever tried going to the
dumb animals for consolation?
If the love of animals has been left
out of your composition it is sad case
of what the children call losers, weep
ers, with you.
When your dog looks into your face
with his big, yearning eyes, you are
enriched by his love.
A horse can be a most comforting
friend. A COW can fiatter you by her
faithful attentions.
When the cat comes at your call and
sits on your shoulder rubbing her cold
nose on your cheek you are made bet
ter by her affection. Little chickens
and birds and rabbits can love you in
to trim when things have been going
wrong.
Try it some day when everything
seems at skies and sevens, when you
are pretty sure that you hate some
body because he first hated you.
You'd think any fool would know
better than to expect to arrive in an
animals confidence with rod for a
lever, as it were, still saw man (no-
blest work of Godll trying, the other
day, to teach newly-acquired bird
dog to follow him.
He had a rope about the animals
neck and, after dragging the unwill-
ing thing few steps, he would turn
upon it with curses and harsh COM
mands, whereupon the poor, frightened
creature would grovel in the dirt and
yelp. Then the man would kick it in
the ribs with his hob-nailed No. 10.
That's the kind of man you can
hear complaining that luck's agin him,
and he don't see much worth living
for, nowhow.
ofcourse, he doesn't, poor thing
Little Mamie, who loved to visit
often and long, was told she might go
to the neighbors and stay and hour or
no.
She was to tell "Anntie" to let her
know when her time was up, and she
was to be sure to come right home
then.
At the end of the hour, "Auntie"
politely reminded little Mamie of that
fact.
"You have stayed your hour, dear"
"Well,n answered the little girl,
"Mamma said could stay an hour or
so. This is the hour, and now I'll stay
the 'so.'" She stayed till six O'clock.
Correspondent Reno Journal.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-07-24

General Miles will retire from the
command of the army next month,
and will then have ample time to at
tend social functions and wear his
gorgeous uniforms.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
Electricity From Water Power.

California leads the world in the transmission of electric power over long distances. The plants already in operation have attracted the attention of-electrical engineers of all lands, and the ambitious scope of some of the new enterprises is astonishing to scientist and 1ayman alike. The latest project to take definite form is the scheme for conveying power to Los Angeles and vicinity from Kern river a distance of 200 miles. The right of way has been acquired, the material has been re- ceived at Los Angeles, and construction will begin immediately. It has been necessary to revise so often the theories as to the distance to which electric power can be carried economically, that it is now hardly worth while to accept the dictum of any engineer. For a long time it was thought that five to ten miles was the maximum distance to which electricity for power and light could be carried prac actically, but year by year the point of ultimate utility has been set farther and farther away by the results of actual experiment until nobody seems willing to hazard an opinion on the final limit.
 The great success of these long dis tanee power lines in California pre- sents a series of valuable object les sons to Arizona. When the Tonto Basin and San Carlos reservoir dams are in operation many thousands of horse power will be generated-a power sufficient to operate pumps and ma chinery of all kinds throughout central Arizona.
 Great as is the value of the water in the Salt and Gila rivers, the dormant assets in the way of water power in those rivers are fully as valuable.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
The Cuban Treaty.

While the reciprocity treaty with vides that it must receive the sanction of the house of representatives before going into effect, there is no reason to expect that the house will withhold it's approval Reciprocity with Cuba may, therefore, be regarded as certain to gu into operation with the beginning of next year. Under the plan embodied in the treaty Cuban products not now free of duty and not otherwise pro- vided for are to be admitted to the United States at reduction of 20 per cent from the rates imposed by the present or any future tariff law, and a similar reduction is to be made in the case of products of the United States imported into Cuba.
 Upon three classes of articles inn ported into Cuba reductions in excess of the. general rate are made. The first. of g per cent, includes machinery and apparatus of copper; cast iron, wrought iron and steel and manufactures there Of; glassware. except window glass; liquors, fish and articles of pottery and earthware. The second, on which re- duction of 30 per cent is made, com prises butter. chemicals and drugs, window glass, nonalcoholic beverages, manufactures of hemp and other veg etable fibers, certain manufactures of cotton, except knitted goods: photo graphs, engravings, Autographs and all other papers. except paper for cigar cites; vegetables, pickled or preserved, and all wines, except those otherwise classified. The third schedule. on which there is to be a reduction of 40 per cent, includes manufacturers of cotton not otherwise provided for; cheese, pre- served fruits, paper pulp, perfumery and essences, soaps other than com mon, umbrellas and parasols, watches, wool and it's manufacture rice and cattle. Tobacco from the United States or any of it's insular possessions is not to enjoy any concession or rebate of duty when imported into Cuba. The rates of duty prescribed are declared to be preferential as respects like imports from other countries
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
Too Many Legal Holidays.

Several state legislatures have been considering bills providing for the ad- dition of legal holidays to q calenGar already crowded.
 In New York state the 1eglsia ture h2s been considering bill to bring Good Friday into the list of legal holidays, and another bill before the same Iegis- l2ture would make Flag Day June T. 2 legal holiday.
 The fact nf the matter is. however. Americans are already suffering from too many legal holidays. The calendar is repeatedly broken, business is sus- pended and affairs are temporarily de ragged by long succession of legal holidays. some of which have appar- ently lost good deal of their real sig nincance.
 It is true that an occasional holidap benefits any man, but it is difficult to see where any real benefit will come from adding to the holidays now in ex- istence. The present legal holidays. with one day of rest in the week. ant with a generally recognized half-holl- day on Saturday afternoons during tIla summer, should be ample. The Ame-- ican people have become a great nation chiefly through habits of industry and application. and anything that tends to weaken these habits should receive scant encourag agement.-Denver Repub- Ecan
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25

date In the ten years from 1890 to 1959 the output has increased 22.3 per cent.
 At this rate of increase tine last anthra. cite coal will be mined 200 years from now. The. supply of bituminous coal is almost limitless. The area of the Amer ican fields is estimated at 279,543 square miles. as compared with 4Si square miles of anthracite coal. It must be said however that the anthra-
 cite coal averages much more to the square mile than does the bituminous. "
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
Anthracite Supply for 200 Years.

The startling announcement credited to Director Walcott, of the United States Geological Survey, that the anthracite supply of the United States was limited to the consumption of the next sixty years, proves to be an error. When the matter was called to MT. Walcott's attention, he said: T am misquoted. The anthracite-coal fields of Pennsylvania are the largest in the world, and, barring a small production in Colorado and New Mexico, produce the total output of America. It has been estimated that the original co:r- tents of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines amounted to 19,5O7, SIP, ,S25 tons
 In the past ciGhty-three years 1 1,225,- 5S1.269 tons have been mined The an thracite supply will last at least 2O0 years. The output for the year 1901 was 57,367.915 tons. Taking this as the annual rate, the mines would be ex- hausted about the year 22O3. or 300 years from the present date The an nual output is, however, constantly in creasing, and, taking this important feature into consideration, the mines will be exhausted at a much earlier
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
CUR E EMT
 COMM ENT T
Early Marriag ges.

President Eliot of Harvard would like to see conditions such that college grad uates would be in q position to warrant marriage at Q much earlier age than now. So would most thinking persons in this hurly- -burly American life Of to- day.
 The Commercial is a firm believer in early marriages, for it isn't good for parents to become "old folks long be- fore their children have stepped cut onto the threshold of real life. As q. general thing. the man who marries at thirty CT at thirty-five is too old to be companicnable for his boy at twenty just the time when they ought to be good chums. On the other hand, the man who marries at twenty-Cne is right in the game with his girls and boys from the time they are twelve up to the gc of twenty-five or so. Would we could all marry at twenty.
 "The boy who begins work al four teen," says our neighbor, the World. lis, as rule. financially able to marr5 earlier than is the collegian whose busI- ness or professional career does not open until he is in the twenties"
 That is very true. But does the aver age boy who begins business work at fourteen and marries at twenty or thereabouts have a sufficient grounding in those things on which ma terial sue cess in the world is so dependent? We fear not. He may be able to get mar rfed at twenty, but is he likely to progress much from the age of thirty up to forty and fifty? Hardly, The hoc lot of tents in it today. The encouragement to leave school at the age of twelve or fourteen so as to "get on the pay roll''
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
William Christy.

By the death of William Christy Arizona loses one of her foremost citi- zens. To a great majority of the peo- pie of the Salt River valley the loss is personal. It is rare indeed that the passing away of citizen brings q sense of bereavement to a whole con- munity, but the death of Colonel Christy has done this. Among all the thousands of his acquaintances it is to be doubted whether he had personal ally, a legion.
 And the reasons were many for this unusual friendship. William Christy- was never heard to say word which could wound the feelings of any man. His was that practical Christianity which recognizes the weaknesses of human nature and makes allowances therefor. But he went beyond this. It was almost impossible for him to ig- nore a request for assistance. A banker throughout most of his life. he was also
 
 matter of course. it was an everyday occurrence for him to receive requests for financial favors which he as a prac- tical banker could not grant. But time and again he had been heard to say This is not a proper loan for the bank to make, but I will see if I can spare it personally" Thus, hundreds of men were started on the road to success by his kindly helping hand. He was the farthest removed from the generally accepted idea of the typical financier- press debtor for payment if the debtor manifested the slightest dispo- sition to be honest. In addition to this his public spirit was in keeping with his private virtues. Every enterprise which made for the upbuilding of Arizona. and especially Of the Salt River valley, received encoura cement from him. In all his long career he was never heard to say q word detri- mental to the prosperity of others. To young men particularly did he habitu- ally go out of his way to be of help.
 When it is remembered that not only was William Christy the man here de- scribed, but also q man who was a great moral force in the community, it is not to be wondered that the whole valley will mourn his burial today.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
The Duty of Citizens.

MT Grover Cleveland. the only living ex-president of the United States, was sixty-six years of age last Wednesday,. He appears to be in excellent mental and physical condition, and the life of ease and comfort he is now leading in the placid village of Princeton ought to prolong his days and enable him to live to a ripe old age. He is yet a young man, and he relieved his mind on We'd nesday by saying to a newspaper re- porter:
 T never said I had retired from act i've politics to act as the party's ad- wiser.
 ''To be thus pictured as an old Brah- min seated in the background and as piring to manage things my own way is alike distasteful to me and abso- lutely false as to my true position
 It is the imperative duty of every man who believes in his country and who wants to see conditions improved to take a hand in matters political, not for the purpose of securing office, but with the idea of striving to assist other men to do better-to work for the se- lection of the best men to fill public offices and to plead for honest party measures and all that sort of thing.
 MT. Cleveland, has, according to the republican idea. many heresies that make him objectionable as a party man and as a politician; but in the main he stands for what is good, and notably so when he decliies to give his endorse melt to the policy of Bryanism. We do not take it that MT. Cleveland wishes to rule or that he expects to get any further political preferment, but he does stand against the policy of free silver and populism so far as the Dem ocratic party is concerned.
 If every good man in private life would raise his voice against political wrongs and mistaken political theories conditions would be improved But so long as men of good repute only stand against political theories for po- litical reasons and sanction by their indifference official misconduct upon the part of individuals, just that long will dangerous men be per suaded to take a hand in politics. In his private life, it is true, MT. Bryan is pure and clean. but politically he is many things that he shouldn't be. But there are other men whose lives are not clean who seek to play hand in politics by assuming virtue they do not possess.
 The way to make political conditions better is for all men of good repute to take stand against political mounte- banks. and in particular to seek to pre- vent the assumption of power by men whose lives are hostile to the best inter- ests of organized society in every way. Citizen Cleveland is seeking to do his duty and other private citizens might well initiate him.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25
Not Always the Case.

Dr. Hatoyama, an eminent Japanese jurist thinks Christianity is necessary to the we'll being of Japan to prevent perjury in the courts. He says wheI. Christians swear to tell the truth they tell the truth. Probably the learned doctor is rot familiar with custom
 house oaths and the oaths of peop3a who swear to the truth of their listings of personal property for taxation r. this Christian land.-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-25

somewhere are so many and potent today that the next generation in busi- nossdom is likely to hold many morc incompetcnts than the present does.
 If you hope for a business career foo your boy, keep him at school as long 6; you possibly can. That foundation will tell in the after years. Early mar riages are Eood-provided they don | furnish the basis for non-success in middle life-New York Commercial.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-19
MOSQUITOES TOO MUCH.
Patieace and ri~ty % = Preacher Pus
20 the Test NJ InauisItori-
Fl insects.

Rev. J. Campbell Morgan. the noted
English preacher. was obliged 10 sus-
pend the religious services he was con
Quoting one evening In New York by
an invasion rf mosquitoes from the Jer-
sey shore. relates New York exchange.
The incident recalls 70 regular attend
ants at the Ocean Grove meetings many
an occasion. IN the days before the ex-
istenee Of the present well-constructed
tabernacle. when the land breeze used
to bring mosquitoes down upon the
worshiping crowds as thick and as saw
age Is the loeusts OF the Egyptian
plague.
They tell story OF the way the late
Dr. Daniel Curry. for many years ed
ltor Of the Christian Advocate. and
man Of peculiarly sardonlc humor ak
his own expense. dealt with the sltua-
tion, ore Sunday night when the New
Jersey 'yarmint' was doing land Of
fee business at the grove.
pr Curry was dlscouraing from
text IN the Book Of Revelation and had
grown warm with theme and action.
Mosquitoes. anywhere from 10 10 500.
circled about him. the preachers Wig
orous and varied gesture serving TO dou-
Die purpose Of emphasizing his points
and keeping OF the Insects. By degrees
he approached the hlrh levels OF bis ar
Fiment and entered upon an apostrophe
to s. John the reYeialor.
lie had Just closed an eloquent pas
saee With he sentence from the apoco-
lyplie vision: And | heard the voice
Of harpsrs harplng with their harps.
when big mosquito reached him and
nipped him near the nose. II was too
much. He paused. stood still and pns
the insect out Of misery with a resouna-
Ing whaek. Then addressing the 1000
before him. with all solemnIty. he said:
Men and brethren. n 81. John had
been peslerea with The singing Of
hundred JeseY mosquitoes be could
never have heard tho heavenly harpa
It ALL
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-19
ORPHAN ASYLUM
is NOW IN ASHES.
It Burned tuesday
MOrning.--NO
Casualties.

The Cherokee Orphan asylum
- Salina was destroyed by fire
Tuesday imorning. Only mesgrs
dstaIls OF the disaster have been
resolved, except that there were
no casualties. There were In At
tendance, including officials and
seachers, 176.
about $40, 900 insurance was car
ried 90 the building, the premium
upon which was paid until June,
1904 The orphan fund held by
tie United States government aud
drawing 8 per cent. interest is
1857 ,o34.4 .46. and the annual inter
ess Is s2l .ol3 80.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-11-19

After all, however, 1t will not
make much difference, as far as
the Oherokees ara concerned what.
ever may be done with thess eur
plus iands. They can never be
made to be OF any important use
to these Indians. The scheme Of
complication has gone too far to
admit ot any remedy. Alter Sam
Patch had made his fatal leap
from the brow OF Eisgra tails, il
wss too late for him % cry out for
help;there was 10 chance for bim;
he just had 90 so on down to de.
slruciion. The proper time for
saving these so.called surplus
lands TO the benefit OF the Jhero-
KEGS, was at the sims when that
absurd and unjust plan Of allot
ment was being coneocled. That
yaole thing was leproua At ils
very birth. The grating scheme
Is bu, the Legitimate offspring Of
such a parent. Il has finally be
come 90 morally 'noustrous ia its
practical effects, a. 20 disturb the
mental comfort OF The whole In.
terror department Of the govern
ment, aud its owu authors are
now made to stand aghast in the
presence OF ils appalling hideous.
ness. Too qua sTEE.