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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
NEIHART, MONTANA. JULY 80. 1898.

siderable depth. This work is being
pushed by the owners. But the up
per works are under lease by the
Great Falls smelter company and a
great deal of ore is being taken out.
Chas. Mclean is head officer of the
works. \ shaft is sunk 100 feet
from which levels run north and
south from the 80 and 100. An ex-
cellent plant of machinery is on the
ground, and hoist capable of sink
ing 500 feet.
THE TIGER.
A little further up the gulch is
the famous Tiger mine which is be-
ing operated under lease by Steve
Pierse and Phil Walsh of Neihart.
The main work consists of tunnel
$50 feet long, above which slopes
have been opened at various places i.
There are 10 men on the force at
present which will probably he in
creased within the next few DAYS.
A shipment of three cars of this ore
made last week nettcd returns which
are quite satisfactory.
At TIE 7. W.
E. J. Barker has lately started de-
velopment upon the 7. w. mine
which lies still further up the Tiger
hill. Nels Carlson and Gust Wi.
dell are cleaning out the main tun-
mel which has so caved since the
time it was last worked that consid-
cradle labor is necessary to get it
again in practical shape. The boys
have cleaned 400 feet of it, but do
not know how much farther it runs,
as the varions authorities upon its
length differ widely in their estim
ates. All the boys know is that
they have not yet reached the end,
and that it may be 300 or 400 feet
farther on. There is some ore in
this tunnel where they have cleared
away enough ground to bring it to
view, and the shaft above has con-
siderable ore in sight. The tunnel
is running toward the shaft. These
boys have been working since July
10 on this ground. At first they
cleaned out the shaft above and
found the ore which rumor said was
there. The shaft is about 50 feet
deep. The object of the tunnel
work is to find the ore below and
and raise upon it.
Besides these mines, the camp is
active in other directions. The May
and Edna, Top Hand, Paragon, and
Ida May are apt to be opened at any
time. In fact the first named is al.
ready under lease, the particulars
of which were not obtained.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

Ole Holt runs the Tiger hotel,
and feeds the men from the Tiger,
I. w. and Moulton mines. A feed
at his table stops all carnal yearning
for the lleshpots of Egypt, and makes
a man feel like Il jackrabbit in hay
time, or turkey gobbler on Thanks.
giving evening stuffed. Most of
the boarders there are bowlegged
from carrying the big feeds they get.
Billy Stark, Phil Walsh, Chas. Sell,
Ole Evanston, Lew Sprague, Martin
Gallagher, AL Ross, Nels Carlson
and Gus Widell bespeak the virtues
and glories of this swell snuff house.
Henry Daniels runs the National
hotel at Hughesville, and sets an ex-
cellent table. 70 testify to the sue
cess of his culinary department we
have such proficient epicurean judy
es as Jas. Sterling, the two Tegtmei-
ers, Edw. Dunston, Hugh Stevens,
NJ. J. Paisley, l.. A. Bruce, Pat Fol
ey, NJ. c. Larkin, .Jno. Adamson, II.
l.. RoIding, Joe. DrinvilIe, and 9TH
ers too numerous to mention The
National building belongs to Adolph
Hedenreich of Neihart.
John {. Lilly, the affable postmas-
ter, is complaining considerably of
his side, the effects of "A fall on the
ice last winter which he thinks must
have dislocated rib. \ continuous
pain in the side, and shortness of
breath are his chief symptoms, and
he thinks he will soon undergo sur
gical examination to ascertain the
difficulty.
The people Of Barker hope soon
to have newspaper. 1t has not yet
been christened, but the talk goes
that ii will be lively local organ,
representative of the best interests of
that sturdy camp, and that J. j. G..
Burns, the old time paper man will
be demon of the tripod. We wish
the venture every success.
Mrs. j, II. Nudge has been in
Barker for the past month with her
husband, who superintends the
Wight x Edwards. She expects to
go back to their home, CIatsop beach,
Oregon, about October /.
The Barker Miners union is in a
fourishing condition, meeting every
Saturday night in their hall at
Hughesville. Henry Northam is
president and John Noonan secret,
ary.
I. w. McGrath dispenses liquid
refreshments for the lower town, and
Jack Parr and Duncan Mcdonald
cater to the same line at the upper
town.
Henry l.. Belding has just lately
taken his boys to stay with their
grandmother, Mrs. b. +. Coe, ~
miles from Cascade, this county.
Riley 4 Mcintosh run the Barker
Meat market, and deal in all kinds
of fresh and salt meats and vegeta-
bles.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

w. A. Lewis has retired from the
editorial staff of the Red Lodge
Picket, where he has served the past
five years, and Walter Anderson, re-
Gently connected with the Billings
Gazette, has taken his place.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

The merry tinkle of the cowbell
in Neihart, echoing reverberant from
the somber slopes of Tomcat gulch,
reminds one of the peaceful delights
of country hamlet in Switzerland.
In this mental scene, however, the
mellow notes of the Alpine horn are
rudely supplanted by the boisterous
voice of the tinhorn.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

The latest news from San Juan
is to the effect that Gen. Mustachio
has held conference with Almiran-
te Cnspidores on the poop deck of
the Cellardoro, in which it was
agreed that Spanish honor must be
defended at all hazards.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

Governor Smith has appointed F
G. kress, editor of the Dillon Exam
iner, member of the state Normal
school board. This selection in
point of fitness for the position is
one of the best yet made.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
Making Cigarettes.

So great is the dexterity of the en-
ployees in cigarette manufactures, ac-
quired by long continued practice, that
some workers make between 1900 and
5000 cigarettes daily-and, being paid
by piecework at so much per 900, earn
ehnnt 81 weekly
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

One of the Madrid papers has tax
en- scoop on the American press
by the announcement that George
Washington will command the ex-
pedition against Puerto Rico in per-
son.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

After 3-year sojourn in Castle
the editor of the Whole Truth gets
off the following gem of pungent
wisdom: "The better we know
some people, the mere affection we
have for yellow dogs"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
PER SONAL.

a blue pencil mark on
this item is a personal
invitation to subscribe.
Send in your name,
and let the lamp of in
telligenCe shine on.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

Every village or town in this state
has its little newspaper booming its
industries and resources. But Nei-
hart is the town of wonderful re.
sources which boom themselves.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

for a run, and will soon be produc-
ing ore with all its former energy.
Pat Foley is in charge of the work
of cleaning out the tunnel. This
mine faces Poverty flat about mid
way between Barker and Hughes
vile as the upper town is called in
honor of p. Fl. Hughes, now a judic-
ial head of Great Falls, who helped
to build the place.
WRIGHT & EDWARDS.
The Wright & Edwards mine or
group of mines, is at Hughesville.
1t is the property of T. c. Power
and others, and is at present worked
under lease of the United Smelling
and Refining company. J. R.
Nudge superintends the work and
employs about 25 miners. A visit
to the mine showed that the lessees
are not disappointed in their ven
ture, and that the yield of ore is
very gratifying. The bins are full
of ore, and teams are busy constant
ly hauling away to the cars. A
shaft is down about 1S0 feet, from
which levels are being worked.
There is also an adit tunnel which
taps the shaft at about 300 feet.
There is a large boarding house on
the ground, but the miners general
ly board in Hughesville at the Ma
tional hotel, run by Henry Daniels.
Across the creek opposite to and
east of the Wright & Edwards mine
lie the Liberty and Queen Esther
mines. The Liberty belongs to At
kinson Bros. of the Cascade bank
in Great Falls, and within the last
two years it has yielded considerable
ore. II is at present idle, but the
talk is made that contract has been
let to sink the shaft 100 feet farther
and it is expected that this will soon
be under way.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
INDUSTRIAL LIFE
AT BARKER.

A Brief Summary of the Vari-
Gus Mining Ventures at That
Rising Camp, and the Men
Interested i'm the General
Prosperity.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
QUEEN ESTHER.

The Queen Esther belongs to
Great Falls parties and portends to
be hummer. 1t is under lease by
the Big 4 of Barker, viz: 7. w.
Maloney, Louis Goslin, Jack Nc
Asllill and Joe Drinville. They are
working in $50 foot tunnel which
they will drive 100 feet further
ahead before they reach their in
tended destination. They then will
be under a strong chute of high
grade ore, with 125 feet of stoping
ground overhead. This rich ore was
brought to light in the upper work
ings and its presence is no guess.
A most pleasing aspect of the mine
is the fact that they are taking out
enough ore from the present drift to
pay all expenses. There were four
cars of ore shipped from the upper
workings Of this mine by former op-
orators. The ore is similar in char
acter to that of the Liberty. After
the tunnel work has been done, it is
expected that a considerable force
will he set to work extracting ore.
BARKER GROUP.
Close by Galena creek, on the
right bank and only few hundred
feet above the Queen Esther is the
main tunnel of the Barker mine.
This is one of the first discoveries of
that camp. In 1890-9l it was
heavy shipper, and under the super
intendency of James Leslie, paid its
owners well. 1t consists OF three
claims, the Barker, Gray Eagle and
Equator, and belongs to Gibson,
Power, w. G. Conrad and Larabe.
A bond and lease for three years at
very reasonable figures has just
been taken by Gust Okerman, Hank
Northam, Hugh Stevens, and Harry
Jones on this mine and work of de-
velopment is now in progress. Last
Sunday noon the whistle blew for
the first time and the work of pump
ing the shaft was begun. The shaft
is two compartment, sinking direct
ly over the tunne., which it cuts at
about 80 feet of depth, thence de-
scending about 1870 feet farther,
where drifts have been opened both
north and south. The present force
will clear this shaft, prospect the
ground and do considerable exploit
alton. The work undertaken bears
excellent hopes of success.
THE MoULToN.
One mile farther up the creek is
the Moulton mine which is also
heavy ore producer. 1t belongs to
Wisconsin parties and is now super
intended by Frank Miller, one of
the owners. A tunnel is in course
OF extension to tap the vein at con-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30
PRIDE OF TIE WEST.

Further up the canyon lies the
Pride of the West mine, the proper
ty of Paris Gibson, J. I. Arlington
and Jesse L. Henry. 1t is devel-
oped by tunnels and shafts and is
looked upon as one of the best as it
is one of the Oldest prospects of the
camp. 1t is now being opened up
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-30

Riley 4 Mcintosh run the Barker
Meat market, and deal in all kinds
of fresh and salt meats and vegeta-
bles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
Cleanest Work In Chicago.

~ He clcanest work In Chicago Is prob
i ably that done at the switchboard Of a
telephone operating-room. Every bit of air
which comes into this room Is washed three
times, and the jantor casts OFF the black dirt
from 1t by the shovelful.
The air Is kept at the same temperature all
the year round, being passed over heated
coils IN winter and over refrigerator ones in
summer. 1t IS purity as nearly as can be, and
small wonder that such atmosphere should
attract and hold self-respecting po ople, girls
tactful and patient and well bred, who prefer
this mode of earning u livelihood to the more
exciting one of serving In some store and
suffering from long hours standing In fire.
quently polluted air,
That cleanliness Is the most beneficial OF
all beauty recipes here receives an object les
son. Walking back Of the curving horseshoe
Of women at the switchboard, an observer
can scarcely fail to be struck by the beautiful
glossy heads of hair, the pure cOmplex ions.
the long fringes of lashes. Not all the tele-
phone girls are pretty, but II Is safe to say
that 80 per cent of them Is attractive. Obso-
lutely pure air and the necessity for clcanli-
ness to high degree have done their work
Such lot Of clear skins and heavy suites of
hair could scarcely be matched among the
same number OF girls any place elsewhere.
Discipline In superb.
The discipline Is superb.
THAT girl is a novice" says the guide
thoughtfuy. We ask why. "Oh, because
she turned her head to glance after you.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

She had no occasion to do that. An expert.
enced operator never notices anything or
anybody apart from her work."
Al one side OF the room runs lovely per.
forated fence. worth perhaps q thousand
dollars a foot, and this Is the switch. board.
Around II the operators are grouped, each
In her stiff. high-backed. business.like chair.
and each with her head clasped by banc
ornamented with her number and an ear
phone where II will do the most good. On
some smoothed.tressed cir, this dark blue
hand looks like u Madonna's head-dress.
a sort OF dusky halo; but on some II sits
roguishly as a sailors cap. Before the opera
ator's lips hangs a transmitter. with which
the operator speaks softly but distinctly. as
with indescr!bably swift movements her
fingers connect for answers to calls. In one
second she can tell you II any one of all
Chicago's subscribers are busy; in a few
more seconds II n subscriber Is busy In New
York, Philadelphia, Washington or Boston,
SO long an arm hath the telephone g.r..
Busy. Cali Again.
But the uninitiated subscriber rarely be-
lives. lie has no visual evidence, and faith
Is weak. II Is the perfunctory "notathome"
of the fashionable butler, and II is not un-
usual for subscriber to complain that the
operator told him that the people he called
for We're busy, when she couldn't possibly
have found out, for she never left her place.
Now, the truth Is that the operator who get
| II call for say 1876, can tell in an instant II
1876 Is engaged by only tapping plug on the
edge of the inlet to l0,6s line. II engaged
she Immediately gets a sound In her tele-
phone as convincing as keep out" could be.
1t Is not a noisy place, this operatI Ing room,
| though talking Is constantly going on. The
| girls speak with lips well inside the trans
| mitter. and all that Is heard Is a continual
| buzzing like q bee In bottle. II Is the
Emusic Of science" singing along the waves
| of energy. 1t Is question and ans wer, argu
| ment, refutation, remonstrance, concession
| ultimatum, and all at first hand and without
| let or hindrance. 1t gives one pause to think
Of DIR. Pierces words: 1T is not a wllc
dream to say that We may yet hear on this
| earth a thunderstorm In the sun, or ever
communicate by telephone with the plane
| Mars"
Mysterious and Weird.
In this magic place nothing seems either
impossible or improbable. 1t is mystic, weird
| and the words OF the scientific friend scarcely
comprehensive: "rhe telephone instrument
reproduces upon vibrating diaphram al
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
The Favorite Questions.

THE telephone girl gets on an average
i asked 70, 900 times each day, "What t!mo
In III" This she replies to after glance at
the clock. which II always near. She meets
with ether strange queries. A big hre, q
new war bulletin, an exciting accident, ana
her hands and ears and brain Gun scarcely
keen up with the rush OF calls.
Were 4 not for the mental exhilaration
she herself receives she could not stand II.
As Il IL the work " nervous and exciting. ana
no one who has seen the telephone girl at
work In a rush time Is ever again going TO
snarl ut her when she gives the wrong mum.
Der or chants back the pleasant Busy
call again."
Rarely, very rarely. Is n telephone ex.
change completely swamped. During tho
riots Of 1894 tho strain was great; SO 1t Ia
ant to be during election or war times, but
the one great record smashing occasion was
when corbett and Fitxsimmons fought out
in Nevada, and for over an hour more than
600 Chicago men were clngtng their tele.
| phones and endeavoring wildly to ascertain
tho outcome Of the contest. They called for
newspaper Offices, telegraph Offices.
saloons, places OF ell kinds. and
finally, as soon as the news came.
Il was given to each operator, and she was
told to answer that Fitzs!mmons was victor.
q
that during that period II any preachers de-
muir. wife had undertaken to arrange over
the phone for Il prayer meeting or Il sewing
| society the distracted operator would havO
| answered her call with "Fitzsmmons
| l!cked" 4.
Always Know the News.
The telephone girls are kept posted In this
| instant way. In case of very big fire tho
| company sends out a man to ascertain &C
| curate news, which Is reported at once SO
| that "Where's the FREE" and us II bad?"
| may be intelligently answered without de-
| lay. oh, taking one thing in consideration
| with another, the operators life Is not q
/ dreary one.
Sometimes a girl wins an admircr by tho
charm of her speaking voice and the cour-
tesy of her replies. In this way romances
| start. and alas. are sometimes doomed to
| he shattered, for though than beautiful
| voice there is no truer indication Of char
| acter oftentimes the face Is not SO Interest,"
| ing as the voice, and the beauty-lover sui.
cers n violent shock to his imagination.
| Throughout the exchange 1t Is pronounced
! that flirting Is taboo, and that the girls
| really haven't time for It. but when was ever
| any pare of the world so busy that II did not
| find leisure to eatertain Dan Cupid? That
the operators are appreciated Is shown par
| ticularly at Christmas time, when flowers.
| candies and gifts of all kinds come to tho
| exchange for Operator 49," or "sil," or
1881" or whatever II may be. The girls arc
| not Obliged to give their names In answer 20
queries, but they do their numbers. and so
are able to be promptly identified, either for
praise or blame. reward OF commentator.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

one end OF the circuit the exact tones and In
fexions OF voice which agitates a similar
diaphram at the other end. The original
sound waves produce electric impulses BY de-
veloping a rapidly varying electromotive
force" Very good, indeed. Electric i'm
pulses" sound rather interesting. but not half
30 much no Rs the fact that so per cent OF the
telephone girls are of Irish American extrac-
ton. the alertness and quick wittedness OF
that race seeming to especially ft them for
the position,
"People frequently ask us II a constant use
of the telephone does not affect the hearing"
says the general manager In an amused way.
ct certainly does. II makes II most exquisite
~ keen. Any one Of these girls could prob.
ably hear distinctly what you and I would
not notice. But II Is not SO much the ear as
the mental training. Nothing helps more
than thinking OF the speaker. Sometimes
when a subscriber cannot near T" Is wen 10
suggest, th'hK Oh me- anu tue experiment
se'ooh i"'s'
ENcttement !" ttseit'
"You may imagine that 1t Is dreary, monot-
onous work to sit all day with ones back to
the world and facing lot Of pegs and holes.
1t isn't There Is Il mental interest In the work
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11

IL chief operator In the express" ONCE,
where the work In by all means the most
intense and rapid. She In u nervous, high
strung girl, SO clever and capable that one
In authority was heard TO remark to her
that when she intended to marry she must
give at least a years notice.
I'm order to afford time for the training OF
some one to nj her placer" asked an inno-
cent bystander.
"Nonsen se," said the Power. mo. In Or
der that We may have timc to kill the man
TO do away with him would be infinitely
easier than to get substitute for Miss
Mackin"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-06-11
A Days Work.

work. None but the working girl can really
comprehend the magnitude OF this comfort.
r r =
A Days Work.
A LII day long ana all night the teie-
1Aphone exchange Is open. and all day and
all night the operators are women. They
come In relays. and none works more than
ELK. seven or eight hours. The morning
corps comes on at s. This II for the service
Of the arjuoas business day. The first action
OF the girls II to deposit their outer wraps
and their lunchcons In little wire lockers pro-
vidcd for them with n thoughtfulness for
ventilation. Then each girl carefully brushes
her shoes and her clothes. This II impera.
tive. Brushes. stools. whisk brooms are
provided In plenty. for no dust must be car
ried into the operating-rooms. where the
slightest speck between the plug and the
hole will serve either 10 cut OF the subscriber
or else to render the connection poor. There
are abundant accessories for the toilet. mar
bic lavatories and heavenly curling-iron
stoves run by electricity. There are plenty
OF mirrors. and Inducements to exquisite
cleanliness everywhere. One thing II uni
form among all tie girls. They each and
every one wear Q black skirt, which clears
the door by an inch or two. This. too. IL
obligatory. as there must be no sweeping
draperies to raise dust. Just now In the
summer time the ubiquitous shirt waist
shows In many colors. which the general
manager Il inclined to lament, believing
that uniform color, say blue or white.
would aid In preserving that discipline which
Is known as "strict attention TO business"
In the cool months the costume II all black.
As the hours pass, but the telephone never
stops. the luncheon hour " a feast which
moves along to suit the different relays,
Tables, china. tea and sugar are provided
by the company. as well as the assistance OF
the matrons. The girls bring their own
luncheons. and spend what Is left Of the
half hour they have for II In reading or rest
Ing. They might have an hour for lunch
but voluntarily choose a half hour. preferrinl
to go home just that much earlier.