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Gilpin observer., 1901-10-31
IN HIS WESTERN DAYS.
An Anecdote That Shows the Observing
Character OF President Roosevelt.

An Anecdote That Shows the Observing
Character OF President Roosevelt.
Much of President Roosevelt's per-
sonality is shown in the following
story by chance acquaintance on a
train. The first time. says the mar
rator, that l ever saw him was back
in the early SOS. / met him on
slee41hg car coming east from Wyom-
ing. Qwhere he had been visiting his
ranch on the edge of the bad lands.
At that time he was unknown to the
public except as the author of few
magazine articles on western life, but
luckily l had read them and they
formed a bridge for conversation.
found him burly young man with
heavy brown beard, which he had all
lowed to grow during his trip, and
with manners that were nervous and
abrupt, but nevertheless very ,engag
ing. He was Just recovering from an
attack Of snow blindness and wore
large blue glasses, so he was pretty
well disguised. There were eight or
ten passengers ON the car, represent
ing the. usual wide variety=of type to
be found on the frontier and / remem-.
ber that Roosevelt easily took the lead
in conversation. His versatility and
the extent Of his information were sur
prising. and there was a. vein Of quaint
lent certain sparkle to almost every
thing fe said. Somebody remarked.
for instance. that he had recently vis-
tied new mining camp in the Black
Hills and had to pay so cents for
drink of 'execrab1e whisky.
You can always determine camps
age and stage Of development by the
price charged for drinks" said Roose-
welt chuckling. 'Four-bit whisky
means recent occupation. unsettled
conditions and the presence of one half
barrel. which some fellow has brought
over the trail on burro. Two-bit
whisky indicates that the regulation
boom Is on, that tenderfeet are plenty
and that regular communication with
the outside world has been established.
The next drop to three for a half is
not sign of a slump, but merely
shows that the first excitement has
passed and the town is getting down
to what they call business basis
Fifteen-cent drinks mean that the
business basis is reached, courts have
been established, school-house Is be-
ing built. claim jumping has become
bad form. plug hats are tolerated and
faro banks have moved upstairs. Any
further decline. however" added Mr..
Roosevelt. SIS a danger signal. Two
for-a-quarter whisky Is sure sign of
deterioration. and scent beer means
that stampede has set in for the next
diggings. That's the way to read the
alcoholic Thermometer Of the woolly
West"
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-31

man In America. His income Is about
$S.O00,O 900 year, and is growing apace.
His wealth is unknown to all men ex-
cept himself. 1t has been estimated at
100000 000 and from that figure up to
$3.50 200, 900. Every dollar of his great
fortune has been actually earned. Not
penny of 1t has been won or lost in
stock speculation.
Senator Clark's Properties.
Senator Clark owns several mining
properties and smelter at Butte. He
owns the biggest banking institution
in the whole northwest. He owns 25
miles of street railway. He owns big
daily newspaper plant. He owns thou
sands of dollars worth Of real estate.
He owns big business blocks. He owns
the opera house. In other parts Of
Montana he owns five newspapers, tim
ber tracts and lumber mills, coal mines
and ranches. He owns and operates
mines in Idaho, Nevada and Colorado.
He owns the franchise and Is building
railroad from Utah to southern Call
fornia. He owns a controlling inter-
est in n daily paper in Salt Lake City.
In Arizona he owns the rich United
Verde copper mines and ranch Of
100000 acres in California devoted to
beet sugar raising, the first one of any
consequence started in this country. He
owns and operates a large coal mine
in Mexico. On the Gulf of Mexico, on
the Mexican side, he owns vast tract
of fertile land which is to be utilized
in growing rubber and coffee. This is
one OF Senator Clark's latest projects.
The work Of setting out rubber trees
is now being pushed ahead and will
not be finished until 100000 trees are
planted. When five or six years old
these trees will each yield one dollars
worth of raw material. One of the
largest of Senator Clark's industries is
the Waelark Copper Wire Company of
New Jersey. This plant treats the cop
per bricks from the senator's smelters
and turns them into coils of high
priced wire ready for the hardware
market.
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-31

SENATOR WILLIAM A. CLARK.
the quarry was to supply granite for
his New York mansion. Every piece of
granite is cut to fit certain place in
the growing palace in New York. The
quarrymen have the architects plans
to go by and each piece of granite Is
numbered to correspond with the num-
ber in the specifications. The quarry
yields a beautiful white granite of a
kind unlike any other in the world
One hundred skilled quarrymen with
compressed air drills carve out huge
slices OF this pure granite, each slice
being destined to fit a spscifi ID niche
in the New York mansion Seventy
five skilled stone cutters receive the
granite at Port and and chip the slices
into dressed condition. Then the
dressed slices are wrapped in bagging,
garnished with Stats and shipped by
train or boat to New York. Senator
Clark waited nearly two years for
certain company to furnish the granite
and then brushed them aside, bought
a quarry adjoining the procrastinating
company's works and equipped it him
self.
Cares Naught for Trusts.
1t Is said that the quarry owners
formed combine for the purpose of
raising the price of granite and marked
Senator Clark as the "ange." who
would pay the freight But the mil
lionaire from the northwest s .ood ont
and nearly caused panic among the
granite workers" by buying quarry
Of his own.
The Richest business Man,
Senator Clark is 63 years old. me-
dium height. slender and wiry. His
most striking feature is found in the
eyes Clear, steady. piercing. they
reach ones thoughts before they are
put in words. Eyes that seem like
flashes OF FURNISHED steel, at first, they
change to grayblue at near range.
They are good eyes-nothipg sinister
or underhanded lurk in their depths.
With eyes like these man can see
clearly his own plans and perceive
more clearly points in an opponents
campaign. Ten years hence II Is ad-
mitted on all sides that Senator Clark
will be the richest man in the world
He keeps no costly stable nor steam
yacht; he doesn't risk his great for
tune in stock gambling. Even today
hs ID known 70 be the richest business
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-31
GIANT OF INDUSTRY.
SENATOR CLARK, THE WORLDS
RICHEST BUSINESS MAN.
His Chain of Properties, from Maine to
California, Includes n Quarry, Mines.
Ranches, Street Railways and Other
hings
Especial Lstter,l

BY the purchase of granite quarry
In Maine, Senator W. A. Clark Of
Montana, king of all copper kings,
manufacturer, banker publisher, sugar
refiner. rubber grower, lumber opera
ter. railroad builder coal miner and
many, many times a millionaire, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch, has completed
a chain of industries from Mime to
California and from the Gulf of Mex
leo to the Canadian border.
Up in North Jay, Maine, he has
bought and equipped a quarry with
800 GOO tons of beautiful white granite
in sight he says. Away off across the
continent in southern Cal fornia, $500
miles away, he owns m ms er range
of count oss acres devoted to beet
sugar raising. On the Gulf of Mex
leo he owns another big range Of $780,
600 acres devoted to the growth of
rubber trees and coffee. Thousands of
miles north, in the state of Montana,
he owns mines, banks, street railways,
real estate, lumber mills and lots of
otAer things, besides be ng a United
States senator. Between tn So four
points Senator CLARK is the active head
CT various indus tries OF h own Gre
atinS.
Has Never Failed.
No record of industrial failure has
ever been ent red against this man.
Everything he has TAX n hold of has
resulted in great and und v .ded divi-
dends. For Senator Clark is not a
head or part of combine or corpora
ton. He himself is the head, the
heart. the soul, the creator, the direc-
tor and general superintendent. He
is master of datai S. sys.ematizsr,
and therein, he says, lies the secret OF
his successful business career.
Men who know both say w. A. Clark
is head and shoulders above ]. Pier
pont Morgan as business man. Clark
creates industries; Morgan formulates
combines to abso.b created Industries.
Clark alone runs his mighty busi-
ness; Mo.gln doesn't. No mind but
the senator's from Montana is recog-
nized in his affairs. No boa of di-
rectors pass upon his ideas. He is the
whole thing. 1t isn't SO with Morgan.
Everything he is conn5c ed with has
its beard of directors. each of whom
conceives ideas and nurses them as
tenderly as Morgan.
The purpose of Clark in purchasing
Gilpin observer., 1901-10-31
Believed In tn. Theory.

She: They say that persons Of op-
posite qualities make the happiest
marriages" He: That's why I'm
looking for girl with monsy."--Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
New Normal School.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 9.-Senator w.
d. Kelly, Of Muskegon, will give notice
in the senate OF the introduction Of o
bill providing for a state normal and
manual training school TO be located
at the city Of Muskegon, in connection
with the Hackley manual training
school, which is one of the finest OF its
kind in the country. The bill will carry
an appropriation of $4,000, of which
$4,000 will be for the building and
$4,000 for equipment. Senator Kelly
said Tuesday afternoon: THE lead
ing educators of the state favor this
project. The establishment Of such
school would give the Normal n-aool
students the benefit of manual lain.
ing without expense to the state
Eventually the two schools may be
united in one state institution. Citi
zens of Muskegon will probably donate
site for the proposed new building
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
The PEOPLE KNEW HIM.
(penson's Plaster Is Pains Naster)

George Washington made and sold flour,
and every barrel of -four in the market
branded sc. Washington, Mount Vernon" !"
sold without delay. No question was ever
raised as to quality or weight.
Benson's Porous Plaster sells on its repu-
tation everywhere. All the buyer wants to
be certain of is that the plaster offered him
really is Benson's, and not a worthless imi-
tation of it or substitute for it,
A plaster is the best form of external rem
edy, and Benson's is the best plaster 5000
physicians and druggists, and multitude
of people no man can number, have settled
that. You can trust it," they say.
Coughs, colds, lame back. lumbago, mus
cular stiffness and rheumatism, troubles of
the liver and kidneys, influenza or grip,
pneumonia, and all other diseases open to
external treatment, are at once relieved and
cure by Benson's Plaster.
Do not assume that Belladonna. Capsi-
cum or Strengthening plasters are "just as
good as" Benson's. They are vastly in-
ferior.-No other plaster is as good as
Benson's.
In competition with the best-known
plasters of Europe and America, Benson's
have received .ftty.tDe highest aDdrds.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
WILL ENTER NEW LINES.
The Carnegie Company Will Establish
Large Plant IN Ohio.

Pittsburg, Jan. 9.-In explanation OF
the extensive land purchases of the
Carnegie company at Conneaut Har-
Dor, o., President Chas. NJ. Schwab
Tuesday made clear the plans of the
company with respect to these pur.
chases. Mr.. Schwab states that for
over year the Carnegie company has
contemplated entering into lines of
manufacture other than those in which
1t has been engaged hitherto, and the
first step in carrying out this purpose
is TO be taken at once by the establish.
ment of the largest pipe and tube man.
ufacturing plant in the world at Con.
neaut Harbor, which is the Lake Erie
terminal of the Carnegie-Pittsburg,
Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad, 1853
miles from Pittsburg. The company
has purchased 5000 acres of land i'm.
mediately east of the Conneaut harbor
docks, and large part of this vast
tract will be utilized as a site for the
tube works. The works will stretch
over a mile of the lake front and will
be the most extensive and complete
plant of its kind in every branch ever
built. The investment, exclusive Of
ground, will reach about S12,000,000.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
To stop Petite BIackman.

An agreement has. been entered into
by the business men OF Holyoke, Mass,
to refuse advertising to programmes
and similar forms Of scheme advertis-
ing. The HolyOke merchants think it
time that a stop he put to the threats
and polite blackmall Of organizations
that solicit advertising for their pro-
grammes. These business men will
hereafter spend their money with the
local newspapers, thus securing the re-
suits they are entitled to.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
atal Collision.

Fairmont, w. We, Jan. 9.-Tuesday
morning at 1928 o'clock extra east en-.
gine No. 230, with % empty cars, met
engine No. 359, light, on the bridge
crossing the mouth of Rooms Run,
above Everson section, on the Monon
division of the b. & O.. which is %
feet above the back water of the Mo.
nongahela river, and collided. Both
engines were going at full speed, as
the Pittsburg flyer was nearly due.
Engine No. $50 was headed east but
was running backwards, and therefore
going west. Eight were killed, five in.
stantly, and the others living but a
few minutes. One received fatal in.
iuries and ,wo slight injuries. An in.
quiry will be he'd to determine where
the blame lies.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Eoer Mass Meetinn.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 9.-One OF
the most enthusiastic and well attend.
ed mass meetings of Boer sympathiz-
ers since the beginning of the pro-Boer
agitation in this country, was held in
the Auditorium Tuesday night The
chief attractions were addresses by
Field Cornet Viljoen and Adjt. Sny.
marc, both officers Of the Boer army
who have seen hard service in South
Africa. The meeting was opened by
an address by President NJ. II. Walker
of the local Transvaal league. A fea
ture of the meeting was a series of
stereopticon views of war scenes in
South Africa.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
VIII Bush q Bill.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. Sit was
learned Tuesday night that the Bliss
people, including Senator Atwood
want an ad valorem tax bill prepared
introduced and rushed through the leg
islature early in the session. Several
legislators are now preparing bills
The Bliss people say a bill, fair to all
interest, will be soon drafted and sub.
mitted to able lawyers before it is in
troduced in either house.
1t is also stated by people in posi-
tion to know, that the railroad people
are not so fearful as they were that
their properties would be excessively
taxed under the ad valorem system
They are said to believe that the valu
.ations placed on their property by
Prof. Cooley and the other experts EN-
ployed by the state tax commission
are not nearly so high as they at first
feared ley would be.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Good Town For an Undertakes.

An undertaker's business is adyertis-
ed for sale in an English newspaper in
terms which are really hardly such as
to encourage any one to become per-
manent resident Of the locality. After
stating that he Is retiring from busi-
ness altogether the advertiser praises
the town thus: sanitary arrangements
much neglected; mortality from fevers
excessively high; total death rate 10.T
higher than any town within a radius
of 30 miles; one trade competitor (car-
penter) only; excellent opening for en-
ergetic man willing to put his heart
into the business"
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
4 Success.

Paris, Jan. 9.-The Figaro, in spe.
cial dispatch Tuesday morning. de-
scribes a voyage Of two hours in the
submarine boat Morse during the
trials at Cherbourg Monday. "In less
than two minutes" says the cores
pondent, the vessel reached a depth
of 1S feet, when she performed her
evolutions with ease and perfect
safety BY means of an ingenious In
strument, the periscope, floating invis-
IDLY upon the surface of the water,
everything above was visible. The
problem of the supply of air has been
solved satisfactorily, and the crew
were able to remain submerged for 16
hours without fatigue of the lungs"
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Encountered Fearful Weather.

Queenstown, Jan. 9.-The Beaver
line steamer Lake Champlain, from
st. Johns, N. B., Dec. 2S, and Halifax
Dec. 80, for Liverpool. has arrived
here. Her commander reports that the
steamer encountered fearful weather.
Seas continually swept over her. A
portion of the deckhouse was carried
off Jan. and other deck damage was
done. For six hours the ship was
practically at the mercy of the storm.
IL was feared at one time that she
would be driven back to Halifax.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Has Been Abandoned.

New York, Jan. 9.-The Journal and
Advertiser will says that the New
York & Bermudez Asphalt Co, which
recently secured control of the Cont.
mental Asphalt Co., has ordered closed
the beds of bitumen found in the Choc-
taw reservation of the Indian territory
Mr.. o. T.. Thurber. the secretary of the
Continental Asphalt Co., acknowl-
vdged that the work on the beds in the
Choctaw reservation had stopped. He
claims that the plant there did not
pay.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
he MUST APPEAR.
Ex.Gov. Fingree Appealed to the
Supreme Court in Vain.
THEY WILL RUSH A TAX BILL

II Is Said Col. Bliss and His Advisers
Want an Ad valorem Bill Passed
Early in the Session-The Railroad
People Net Afraid Now.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 9.-The appli-
cation of Attorney Stevenson for a
writ of prohibition TO restrain the Ing.
ham county circuit court from pro-
ceeding with the case against ex-Gov.
Pingree, was denied Tuesday after.
noon. The court held that inasmuch
as no proceedings had been instituted
in the lower court to quash, they
would adhere to the rule laid down in
the forty-second Michigan that the
question must first be raised in the
lower court. The supreme court did
not pass upon the merits of the case.
Chief Justice Montgomery made the
announcement. In his remarks he said
that it does not yet appear that the
petitioner will be subjected TO any in.
convenience after appearing on the OBJ
jections raised.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
VIII Get Better Mast.

Traverse City, Mich, Jan. 9.-Sivty
men in a lumber camp at Cedar City
quit work because it was alleged that
an OK which had died in the camp was
served up on their tables as beef. An
interview with the owner Of the camp
followed, in which he promised them
better beef, but discharged their
spokesman, whereupon the whole GO
refused to so to work, and new read
justment had to be made, in which the
men were triumphant.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Foot CAUGHT i'm a Froa.

Niles, Mich, Jan. 9.-Fuller particu.
lars as TO the cause of the death Of
Ralph Power, of this place, who was
killed at Kempton, H., are TO the effect
that young Powers foot was caught
in a frog and a train backed down
upon him before he could free himself
An engine and two cars passed over
his body. The remains arrived here
Tuesday night.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Still on Strike,

Port Huron, Mich, Jan. 9.-The
cigarmen are still out, and no settle
ment has been effected of their difficult
ties with the manufacturers. There is
a point in contention which means
considerable to the cigarmakers. If
it is a lockout they can draw their
money from the union right along, but
if it is strike they will have to bear
their own expense. 1t is expected that
the matter will be settled within few
days
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
NeMsnaner Scorched.

Bay City, Mich, Jan. 9.-The Bay
City Tribune building was scorched by
fire at Z o'clock Tuesday morning
causing loss of $4,000; insured. The
presses and typesetting machines are
not badly. damaged, and the paper wiz
probably be issued from the Times.
Press plant for few days. Gregory
Bros, job printers, sustained a loss oi
$4,000. Loss on building, $1,000.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Held for Trial.

Port Huron, Mich, Jan. 9.-Tommy
Turner Yes Robinson and Percy Bur
CESS were bound over to the circuit
court this afternoon by Judge Wagner
on a charge of setting fire to the born
OF James A. Harvey. Young Kerwln
pleaded guilty to the same charge. The
police court examination of Robinson,
Barron, Burgess and Kerwin on 9
charge OF setting fire TO the Boligar
building was taken up this morning
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
plsanrointed In Love.

Novi, Mich, Jan. 9.-Wiley Tibbitts,
a we'll known young man-of Novi, at
tempted TO commit suicide Monday
night with chloroform. He has not
yet recovered consciousness. He is
about 25 years of age. 1t is supposed
that he was disappointed in love.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
10 the AsYlum.

Albion, Mich, Jan. 9.-Frank Van
Alta, after being in confinement in the
city Jail for safety since Sunday, was
removed to Kalamazoo. He had for
merely been pronounced insane and
was awaiting removal but became un
controllable, and his departure was
hastened.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Michloan Pensioners.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Michigan pen
sions were granted Tuesday as fol-
lows Original-Franklin Brutzman,
Detroit, Sc; John Busch, Detroit, Sc.
Additional-AlonzoD Dunning, Menomi-
nee, $40. Increase-John G. Cooley,
East Detroit, SIS.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
He Nav Recover.

Adrian, Mich, Jan. 81. Corbett, a
man So years of age, whose back was
broken by 800 feet of lumber burying
him at the American screen door fac
tory here, about a month ago, will re-
yover. Tuesday a couple of local ply.
sicians placed him in a plaster mast,
Nnd Mr.. Corbett feels confident of get
Ting we'll
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Soldiers LAST Journey.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. 9Th ere
mains of Gilbert C. Perrine, OF the
Thirteenth Minnesota, who died in the
Philippines two years ago, are expect
ed to reach here this week. The body
was thoroughly disinfected and in.
cased in a hermetically sealed casket
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
Like a Clgnr.

An advertisement, like a cigar, should
be so good that the first Whit or Inn
preston will cause n man to finish it.
Flushing (N. ~ Journal.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
No Time To Play.

The merchant who constantly adver'
tises never has time TO become an ex-
pert chess player.-Advisor.
The true northerner., 1901-01-11
After Stall Salnnne-

Pontiac, Mich, Jan. "a crusade
against stall saloons has been com.
menced here and the marshal has
been ordered by the council to see thai
they are all removed.
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