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Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-20
A. J. VENTRESS
United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor
County Surveyor Clear Creek County
City Engineer Idaho Springs
57-I Hanchett Block
IDAHO SPRINGS, COLO.
MINING APPLICATION NO. 1872. MIN
ERAL SURVEY NO. 1906
United States Land Office.
DenYer. Colorado- Man IA. 1a0a-


Notice is hereby given that Harry Da-
vies, John Davies and William Davies.
whose postofice is Freeland, Colorado.
have made application for a patent for
l1S7 linear feet on the Belle of the West
lode, l50O linear feet on the Maine lode.
bearing gold and silver; the Belle of the
West lode being 92 feet. S. IL As W. and
542 feet y. ~ As E.. thence N. AZ AS E.
Maine lode being. feet N. 2S' E. and 500
feet S; 2S' w. thence s. 3S1 w. 6S4 feet
from discovery lis shaft e1 I the Exces0T lode
S. So 90 w. from discovery adit thereon
with surface ground on each $50 feet in
width. situate in Trail Creek Mining Dis
trict, Clear Creek county. state of Colo
rado, and described in the plat and field
notes on file in this office. as follows
viz:
BELLE OF THE WEST LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. L whence the N
9Th GSr NJ sec bears G Il f. T T. W s8s2d e ft fee
tRenee n n IL Is g. E E 3S7S dSS It. It. TO cor cor No. No. 8
thence S. AZ 45' +. 1502S #. to Cor. No. A.
thence s. A. 45, W. 51S.5 #. to Cor. No. s
thence N. Az AS w. 761 #. to Cor. No j
the place of beginning.
MAINE LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. l, whence the N
II As. AZ i: 42O;5s IT; thence n. sSS Z.
SO9.4 IT to Cor. No. 8: thence S. 62o E. i5O
it. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 2S' w. s22.6 IT.
to Cor No. 6; thence n. So W. 1928 IT.
to Cor. No. l. the place of beginning.
EXCELSIOR LODE.
Beginning at Cor No. l. whence the N
e. Cor Sec. 6. 4. 4 s.. r. 73 w. bears N
51' L. 44132 IT.; thence N. 81 30 e. 1410
#. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 32' 30 w. $50
#. to Cor. No. 8; thence s. So SO' w. 141O
#. to Cor No. 4: thence S. 800 3O' E. 15C
Containing 1926 acres. expressly ex-
cepting and excluding all conflict with
surveys Nos. $50. 1872. 1878 14115 and 1925
and forming a portion of the unsubdivid-
ed Twp. 3 S; and the. n. w; Il of Sec. 5
and the N. E. u of Sec. 6. Twp S.. R
70 w of the 9TH principal meridian. Said
locations being recorded in vols. 1856. 14S
49, pages Az. 163 80 of the records Of
Clear Creek county. Colorado.
Adjoining claimants the owners of Surs
Nos go. 729. 1872. 1873, 14115 and 1925.
c. d. FORD. Register.
First publication. May %. 1903.
Last publication. July %. 1903.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-20
Hannnnocks.

A nice line of hammocks at Rodda's IS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

of incorporation for approval at the next meeting
at Louisville, January 10Th. This Association
proposes to fight the so-called Tobacco Trust, buy
ing the leaf from the grower. Before lncorpora-
ton it is necessary that forty thousand growers
become members. It was stated tonight that this
number would be signed before the meeting Jan
uary 25th. Organizations have been formed in
almost every county in the State and in many
counties of Ohio and Indiana. The Association
is a tri-State affair, and pertains to the White
Burly district. The capital stock will be $1,000
OOO."
There are rumblings in all parts of the country
just now that seem to indicate a re-awakening to
the value of farmers organizations. A general
farmers trust would be very hard to operate sue
cessfully, but we believe that the farmers will
sooner or later come together so as to resist un-
just demands. as they did in the days of jute bag
ging.
In this era of combination and organization
the class that remains unorganized becomes the
natural prey of the others, just as in lawIess war
the unorganized non-combatants find themselves
robbed by both sides and unable to protect them
selves from either.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

Most of our readers have doubtless learned of
the accident which befeIl Bro. I. B. Parker, Sec
rotary and Business Agent of the State Farmers
Alliance, Christmas week. While out hunting
near Hillsboro, he was accidentally shot in the
thigh by one of the party, forty shot entering the
flesh. While a serious accident, Brother Parker's
condition is now favorable and there seems to be
no doubt of his ultimate recovery. Another off
Ger of the State Alliance who has the sympathy
of The Progressive Farmer and the entire broth
erhood Is President W. B. Fleming, whose wife
died suddenly Christmas morning. She had been
married a number of years and was the mother of
several children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
TOBACCO FARMERS ORGANIZING.

The tobacco growers meeting held in Rocky
Mount, December 10Th, appears to have been a
complete success, and we suppose it will be speed
lily followed up by meetings in other sections of
the State. 1t may not be amiss, even at this late
date, to give in full the Rocky Mount resolutions,
the gist of which was given in Secretary Parker's
report made for the last number of The Progress
sive Farmer. The resolutions follow:
Resolved /. That the President and j. Bryan
Grimes shall appoint on organization a commit
tee of five who shall have general supervision and
control of the organization of the tobacco inter
ests in North Carolina.
90. That it shall be the duty of this committee
to meet at the call of the President, and shall
appoint or designate organization to cover the
territory growing bright tobacco, to fix salaries
and devise plans for raising the necessary funds
to carry out the objects of this association.
go. That we thank the State press for the
friendly interest taken in our cause, and urge
them to continue their efforts in our behalf.
az. That we urge and petition the merchants
of North Carolina, especially those engaged in
the retail trade on the mortgage system, to dis
courage the planting of an increased tobacco
acreage-as in our opinion an increased acreage
of the tobacco for the year of 1908 means ruinous
prices for the crop, and almost the complete
bankruptcy of our section"
It appears that the fight on the trust is by no
means confined i to North Carolina. On the other
hand, the following dispatch sent out from Lex
ington, KY, last week indicates that our sister
States are leaving us we'll in the rear. Says the
Lexington dispatch:
"The State Executive Commission of the Ken
Gky Tobacco Growers Association met here to-
sd appointed a committee to draft articles
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
A MOTTO FOR THE NEW YEAR.

We haven't a Thought for the Week" for this
rumber of The Progressive Farmer, but we have
two bits of sound philosophy that we think the
reader will find it worth while to carry with him
all through the new year.
The first is from the pen of Jacob A. Riis, the
New York r~eformer, author of that intensely in
t~eresting book, "The Making of An American"
Says Mr.. Riis:
"What are we that we should think ourselves
always right, or, lest we do wrong, sit idle all our
lives waiting for light? The light comes as we
work toward it. President Roosevelt was right
when he said that the only one who never makes
mistakes is the one who never does anything.
Preserve us from him; from the man who eter-
nally wants to hold the scales even and so never
gets done weighing-never hands anything over
the counter. Take him away and put red blood
into his veins. And let the rest of us go ahead
and make our mistakes-as few as we can, as
many as we must; only let us go ahead"
The second gem of sound sense, a worthy COM
panion piece to that from Mr.. Riis's book, is
found in "The Letters of a Self-made Merchant
to His Son" reviewed in another column. The
language is that of Old Gorgan Graham himself,
and while it might be more elegant, it could hard
ly be more eloquent:
GIVE put a good deal more than work into my
BUSINESS, anu We drawn a SOOQ Q6dl more IMAM
money out of it; but the only thing I've ever put
into it which didn't draw dividends in fun or dol
lars was worry. That is a branch of the trade
which you want to leave to our competitors. I've
always found worrying a blamed sight more un-
certain than horse-racing-its harder to pick a
winner at it. You go home worrying because
you're afraid that your fool new clerk forgot to
lock the safe after you, and during the night the
lard refinery burns down; you spend a year fret
ting because you think Bill Jones is going to cut
you out with your best girl, and then you spend
ten worrying because he didn't; you worry over
Charlie at college because he's a little wild, and
he writes you that he's been elected president of
the Y. M. O.. A.; and you worry over William be-
cause he's so pious that you're afraid he's going
to throw up everything and go to China as a mis-
sionary, and he draws on you for a hundred; you
worry because you're afraid your business is 60
ing to smash, and your health busts uD instead.
Worrying is the one game in which, if you guess
right, you don't get any satisfaction out of your
smartness a busy man has no time to bother
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

The reported refusal of the House Committee
to report the ship subsidy bill is the most crafty
ing piece of political news that has been sent out
from Washington in months. It is a distinct
triumph for the independent press of the country.
No granger" ever proposed legislation more
paternalistic in principle, and if public sentiment
does not fall asleep too readily, the bill will stay
on the sidetrack.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

with it. He can always find plenty of old women
in skirts or trousers to spend their days worry
ing over their own troubles and to sit up nights
waking his"
From these two quotations it is very easy to
frame a brief working creed for the year. If
we have interpreted them correctly, they mean,
when reduced to their lowest terms, simply this
nothing more, nothing less:
Go ahead, do your best, and even if you make
mistakes, don't worry.
And for practical folks we don't know of a
better motto for the year upon which we have
just entered.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06

The Executive Committee of the State Farm
ers' Alliance met in Hillsboro last Thursday and
transacted some important business, the most
noteworthy being the arrangement to send Breth-
rem, J. @. Balm and H.. M. Gates at once into the
lecture field. They are excellent workers and we
shall expect good results to follow their labors.
A suitable resolution of sympathy for President
Fleming, whose wife died a few days ago, was
adopted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-06
THIS WEEKS PAPER-SOME RANDOM COM
MENT.

LENT.
It is a trife long, we know, but nevertheless
one of the best articles in this number of The
Progressive Farmer, is that on agricultural
Conditions in Iredell and Adjoining Counties"
1t ought to be of interest to farmers all over the
State and especially those in Western North
Carolina. The article should be read in its en-
tirety, but we direct especial attention to these
three sentences which we have culled from the
paper:
"AI the conditions for successful stock rails
ing are here, and this should be a stock-producing
section"
MANY of the better and more intelligent class
of farmers maintain that if the average farmer
cultivated half the land that he attempts to cul-
tivate at the present time, and owned twice his
present equipment of farm implements and stock,
much better results would be attained"
"If the shallow seed beds, frequently not more
than 8 or 4 inches in depth, could be gradually
deepened by blowing half an inch deeper each
year, until a depth of one foot or more of good
soil we're acquired, the danger from drought
would be materially lessened and the crops greatly
increased"
The "Dose of Browning Tonic" is a good one
to start the new year with, but it might be i'm
proved for some who attempt tasks too large for
their strength by the addition of this verse:
"The common problem, yours, mine and every
ones,
Is-not to fancy what were fair in life,
Provided it could be-but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair,
Up to our means, a very different thing"
That is the kind of practical philosophy most
of us need when we are considering our new
resolutions.
The wartime letters furnished by a Social
Chat contributor give a vivid glimpse of life in
the camp. Not less interesting is the scene in
ante-bellum life which Mr.. B. F. White presents
in his letter on silk culture.
This golden age of invention and discovery in
which we are living has to it's credit few fee
more marvellous than that performed by young
Guglielmo Marconi the Sunday before Christmas.
This triumph may affect human human life and
progress for ages to come. Read the views of
one of the best of authorities, the Scientific
American, on page 4.
On page 10 we are printing an excellent re-
view of the history of the year just ended. It
is somewhat singular, however, that our wide
awake contemporary failed to allude to the
Mount Pelee eruption, one of the greatest catas-
trophies of modern times.
Now that the Legislature is to assemble this
week, and Congress is at work again after its
holiday vacation, we commend to every farmer
and citizen the article GLOW Farmers Can Pro
mote Good Legislation" If you want any
changes made in your laws, write your representa-
tives. If you keep silent and they hear only from
corporation lobbyists, etc., what right have you
to complain if your unexpressed wishes are not
complied with2
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19

Too Much Virtue.
II the average mar "eie as good
h thinks other ,rer nneHi t. -
'.-'t 10 Iors u y his -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
Peculiar Canadian Mine.

A natural soap mine and paint
mine are two of the latest mineral
discoveries in the Canadian North
west. Several soda lakes have been
found in t't foothills roar Ashcroft,
B. c. Their bottoms and shores are
incrusted with natural washing
compound, containing borax and soda.
Tests prove the substance to be equal
to the washing powders in common
use. A syndicate of British Columbia
men has been formed to put the pro-
duct on the market About 275 tons
of the compound have been cut and
taken out of the lake. 1t is handled
precisely as ice is hand ed. The blocks
are more than min in&les in thick.
ness, are sawed :" pieces of l5x1>
inches andv ic' ooHnds each
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
Chinaman Wins Yale F.onors.

Bartlett G. Young, this years presi.
dent of the Yale University Banjo
club. is OF Chinese parentage, though
born iD Il g country. His father. Dr.
Young Wing. graduated from Yale Ia
1854 ant 1ater married a Miss Kel.
logg, meII...r Of a prominent Gonnee-
ticut famil5 and a famous beauty in
her day. He lived in Hartford fof
many years, being on intimate terms
with Mark Twain, Charles Dudley
Warner and other notable literary
persons, and only returned to his ma
tive country on the death of his wife
L seW years ago. AT the time of his
boys birth Dr. Young was a special
envoy of Chita in Washington, and
therefore the young man is held to
be a Chinese, though born in this
country
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
SAatecn,cn Of Sir-lIar Names.

TGero We're two Richardson's one
1roM A.2H2-rl an fho q. or rom
r.5@.a-5e j H.. 57e.-a laet sioe
s.d,s Fey ,sarr# .t-.e'' a-.He aiSoH
.. l5.N N.5&:4g, GGI FCf".'I ITfE..g'Itz, tho
i..ts5assgo man attsia@ .sFuat deal Of
credit WAieh te'osd 10 his col
leaette cfthe same raWe. The latter,
:u s.sT of his o"H experience. had
41,aA ssmpa aE l3r The four Smiths
Ia tie Ii0gse-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
RELIGION OF the Bo>rs.

With but few exceptions the Boers
Of the Transvaal belong to the Dutch
Reformed church Or to sohe brancb
CT that church. One Of the branches
or sects is known as the Doppers, being
the most extreme and rigid Of them
ali. Ex-President Kruger is member
Of the Dopper church, and when he re-
sided in Pretoria he used to preach
regularly to a Dopper congregation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19

n5-l to You my gil" he
aae II mean to make things
AZ for You, because |
Know Eouz aez erve encouragement. Yon
arc quite N unusual girl, and tell
.=.lt#s II there isn't boy III
thD4 town whom I w uld trust as
sGl II - = you
are the eirl said again
zse@t - 4ay.
afe vs. amo opposition at home
. sfs#o zs-1. She Was told that She
s7s andar --lae= % greet a responsible
ity FIR . Fl If her Years They
sad she was counting too strongly
On Waat W. get problematic success.
VAS II . time W Ell girls who
ar. to b. reliant an3 attempted
to be elf ring we're looked upon
with but i .@1as.or The women with
.zs'}.afay g Gz.= sN@2r - the untrod-
Gen fed - afulno that were
ouen L q nc ct arrived.
There wa 1ome doubt at home about
its being rig'e t encourage the girl
in this radical departure
But she won the support Of her
brother witt scarcely more than a
word.
on He 60
our greenhouse done there viii be II
/ more plants to carry around the
USE"
ta "a ~.
Isl III. + y.u. II!
II Fri ! 4 .lr an
dc an t. = te 10
as l don't h29e t. to- nsn EMO
old things uar' =Aown tie ell,
stairs any Wore.''
and the family opposition ende.'
in ges e1-' IL
,r'a zig :, br,
+ on joist b.
- atifu palace
save in ta . of tNe girl alone
being undeoiahl: squat and fiat. ano
:, aH graceful details
Yet in it's homely lines it was monu
ment to t o t rift. t energy an
the untring efforts of t e girl who! {
ambition = : prompted it and pushee
it, and made it a glorious reality.
And when she stood alone and look
ed at it's scant walls and it's shining
roof and thought OF all it had cos
her, and what a hopeless dream it hat
once been, the tears stood in he
smiling eyes.-Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
use crpilcaI IQuotar:cn.

Edward Lauterbaeh, who is men,
toned as candidate for lieutenant
governor of New York state, has two
sons, who are extremely proud OF him
and who talk great deal about him.
You would think" said friend of
the family the other day, that those
1auterbach boys We're saying a CON
tinuous prayer. They begin every
other sentence with our father
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
Veteran Cpcratic Coac4ot..

Luigi Arditi, who wrote the famoo
kiss song, III Bacio.' for Parepa Rosa
besides many other notable compos
tions, is now 80 years old. He lives Il
Brighton, England, happy in the ]oN
ing companionship OF his wife. SC
and daughter. Signor Arditi has ccI
Quoted grand opera in all the princlpa
cities of Europe and America. In Lon
don alone he assisted in the first pre-
ductiou of twenty-seven 1ifferen
works. He has been a lifelong frien'
and co-worker of Verdi.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
-. .owera of Silence.
Worlds Largest Grapevine

The largest grapevine in the world
Is growing in secluded spot Of the
Carpinteria Valley, Santa Barbara
county, California. Its trunk measures
eight feet three inc in circumfer'
ence, and some of ils branches three
feet in circumference. It's branches
cover nearly half acre ana require
frame having sixty stout posts to sup
port it. 1t is kept cut back every yea
or it would cover h larger area.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
-. - -.c1.-.-1.-a- II own.

Many peop,a suppose that III goli
IS alike when refined, but this not
50. IN expeejeo ed man ,aa 1all Al
glance from waat part Of th world
. gold piece comes. aad in some Gaaea
from what particular aold district The
metal has ben obtained. Australian
gc's - taat-uee. is distinctly feadef
chan thar froa Cali ernia. Tlaa Urat
co. 49, ,tJ5a.' nd anywhere.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19

An ancient buggy drawn by an
equally anciens ho4ep was moving at
a dignifed rate up the avenue. The
driver vas Young girl with bright
eyes and an eager expression. girl
of perhaps IL. Presently new build
ing attracted her attention. 1t was
substantial little structure and the
gilt sign across the front showed it
to be the office OF the big greenhouse
whose roof glstcned in the rear.
The girl drew the hores to the curb
and nimble and lightly leaped to the
ground. Then she ran into the new
office
"Oh, sir" she cried. don't you want
to hire girl who is handy and loves
howers?"
The man at the little desk looked
up at her and smiled
Guess l do" he said.
The girl was taken aback by the
unexpected reply.
The man shook his head.
y 1T isn't necessary
But you don't know me-
The man smiled.
"Yes l do" he said. I've watched
you driving by. know you are
smart girl. knew it the first time
in,
did it just as handy as boy would.
That's good enough reference for me-.
Then you will hire me?" cried the
girl.
The man nodded.
You can go to work just as soon
as you want to-" he replied. "You will
keep the books, and make up designs,
and learn the business thoroughly
Can't pay you much, but will promise
to advance you as soon as you deserve
it."
IN come" said the girl. "It's the
chance I've been waiting for
Good" said the man. What is
your business nOW?'
Il get orders for butter and eggs
and deliver them," said the girl i
work for father. It's the best he could
do after his failure"
And he can spare you?'
"He will be glad to when he knows
that | have found work that l like
and where there is chance for advance
ment."
And so the girl went to work and
worked hard for her soul was in the
task. She studied the plants and she
studied designs, and she strove te
mako herself invaluable"
And then one day her employer
spoke.
"My girl" he said, I'm sorry but
we must part company.
"But whv?" cried the startled girl.
For two reasons, In the first place
you are far too advanced for such
conservative old fellow as myself, ant
for conservative patrons. You are
too fond of novelties for people WHIT
Nlill believe in the conventional Sc
hieces that were good enough for thel
Satners and moth ers. perhaps. Yes, lv'
had complaints about it. And | don
want to tie you down here. And tina
brings me to the second reason. 4o'
really ought to have a greenhouse
your own"
But where will I get enough cap
tal?" said the girl
IF you make up your mind TO ge
1t, you'll get it," replied the NAL
with an admiring emphasis.
So the girl was adrift with fey
dollars and strong determination t
succeed. There was big gap be
tween this determination and Tn
greenhouse sch coveted, but it al
not discourage her.
The great annual fair with its man
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-19
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