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Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
HIGH SCHOOL DAY

May 16, at Boulder. 1925 round trip
via Colorado & Southern Ry. Leave
Central City at 6:55 a. M. and Boulder
at $50 p. IN. Clear Creek district has
entered teams in the field sports. go
and give them your aid to win.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

WHAT Is THE USE OF SPRING
CLEANING
Without new carpet or something in
furniture to change the looks OF your
home? Prices lower than ever at The
A. L. Anderson Furniture store.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
Try WIN Morri.,s Rluinr.

Morris's bluing is manufactured in
Central City and is home product.
Patronize home industry. guaranteed to
cure the blues on washdays. See him
and purchase bottle. 10 and 10 cents.
Not in the trust.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

base hit, Semmens; Three base hit, Bachelor;
Struck out by Studfot I, by Lucas :, by Mulhank
4. Umpire. r. N. Lewis.
Next Sunday the Gilpins will play the
Golden Reds at Golden. The following
ia the line I'M. =,
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
FOR aALE

A lot OF new furniture and carpets
at lees than cost, easy terms. Room II,
Harris block, Central City, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

The Elite is the best laundry. Victor
Maymon is agent leave bundles at Gil
pin Observer.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
FOR Rant

Houses newly papered and calcimined.
Apply to No. 8, Pugh House, Nevada st.
H. PuGH.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
M. F. Keleher left on Monday for

OOiorduO OprluR5 WQ6r6 ne Is IN attend
ance at the grand lodge of the A. o. u
W., as the representative from No. 16 oi
this city. He will also bring back with
him the beautiful loving cup which was
put up by Brother Miller OF Cripple
Creek, and to be given to the lodge max
ing the largest gain. Central City
is without doubt the "Banner lodge"
of the state, and that cup will remain
here for years.
A. G. Freese of the Smith Premier
was around among the people OF the city
Tuesday.
Mrs. Gavin r. Malet and children
were passengers to Denver last Friday
afternoon
Sam Guy visited friends in Denver
Saturday and Sunday.
Dan Fuelscher was up from Denver
last Thursday and Friday, returning the
afternoon Of tho latter day.
F.. May Of the firm of Macbeth &
May, lawyers Of Denver, was in the city
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Denver & Bosten properties.
Thos. Irvine came up from Denver
last Friday and remained over until this
week looking after his Justice mine.
W. Fl. Davis, councillor for the Den
yer & Boston company, attended the
sneriff's sale Of that property last Friday
and returned in the afternoon.
Miss Emma Harris is up from Denver
looking after property interests.
Robert Harris arrived from Denver
last Thursday, and will in the future as
sist his father in the undertaking bust
ness.
Frank Rule, who was injured while at
at the new reservoir several weeks ago,
and who has since been under the doct-
or's care at st. Joseph's hospital in Den
yer, returned Tuesday. He has sight in
both eyes but they are little weak as
yet.
Fred Ballard went to Denver last Fri
day.
j. Marks and l.. Brown, two young
and experienced cigar manufacturers ar
rived last Sunday. They have decided
to locate here and will open cigar man
ufactury in the Welch block.
F. B. Gibson of the International
Trust company of Denver, was in the
city last Friday attending the Denver &
Bf ppm sale.
Mrs. Frank McGinniss left this morn
ing for Omaha, where she will visit with
friends.
Mrs. Stephen T. Hale arrived Thurs
day last.
Miss Mary Mccarthy who has been
teaching school at Decatur. Middle park,
returned to Central Tuesday evening.
Miss Vera Sisson returned from Den.
yer Monday morning.
Frank Kengal came up from Denver
yesterday morning.
J.J. Reilley arrived from Los Angeles,
California, Wednesday morning. He will
remain in the state for the summer.
J.C. McShane arrived from Arvada
yesteIdsy morning.
J. I. Perkins returned from Denver
Yesterday.
Mrs. w. o. Jenkins left for Denver
yesterday afternoon.
P. Mccain arrived from Denver yes
terday evening.
8. Dennison returned from Denver last
evening.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Vaughens best mixture OF fall and
dwarf Nesturtium seeds that will grow
and bloom, ut Central City Green houss.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
NOW Is THE TIME

To fix up your gardens. Go to Sauer
McShane's for the best seeds and onion
sets.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
ORCHESTRA MUSIC

For dances or any occasion. Call on
M. Downs at Downs Il Odgers. Central.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Garrett Marshal will furnish you with
split wood. Call on him at Russell Gulch
or telephone Red 124.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

The very best Of Colorado Lawn grass
and Clover seeds at the Central City
Green house.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Whim for hire. A good one on easy
terms. See VIM. E. O'Hea Black Hawk.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Bring your laundry 10 Victor Maymon
agent Elite laundry at Gilpin Observer.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

ALL CASH PURCHASES
Are given Blue Trading Stamps at Sauer
McShane's.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

An elegant line Of dinner sets, from a
up in Haviland and other China at Sauer
NcShane's.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
FINE FIELD SPORTS

High School Day, May Is. at Boulder
Round trip rate 1925 via G. & s. Go
and "root" for the Clear Creek teams.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

A new line OF hammocks, fans and
parasols at Rapins.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
froeh Eewp

Received direct from the valley ranches
at the Ssuer McShans Msrsaatils con-
panys store.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
For Rent, May 1st.

For Rent, May 1st
Store room now occupied by NJ. B.
Hyndman.
SAuER MCSHANE MER. Co.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
For Fine Grocer,es.

Call on Philips, G. & Co., who will give
you tho very best at the best prices.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

WE GIVE BLUE TRADING STAMPS
To all who pay cash at our store.
SAUER McSHANE Nero. Co.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
E0HNll

A bride and saddle. Owner can have
same by calling on J. F. Retallack.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Split wood, delivered. Telephone G
Marshall, 124 Red, Russell Gulch.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
For Sale.

An almost new steel stove range, Gar.
and. Inquire at this Office.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Onion sets and garden seeds In any
quantity at Sauer McShane's.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
For Rent

3 room house on 1st high street, In
quire Of V Vallero.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

A week from Sunday the Gilpins will
probably play at Florence.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Madame Devine will be at the Teller
for the next few days. Side and back
entrance. Rom 4S.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14

Good Cent Cigar.
At Hyndman's Book store, for sl.75
per box.
Gilpin observer., 1903-05-14
For Rent.

For Rent
Two houses on Prosser street. In
quire Of Mrs. r. Trevithick. 52-t
The latest bead iewelry and Chatelaiu
bags at Rapin.
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restless spirit 20 a Cape to Cairo" railway.
I'VE propose now he wrote. TO go on ana
cross the Zsmbesl just below the victoria
Falls. should like to have the spray OF the
water over the carriages
Even 10 this last picturesque detail. that
dream win come true" before next Christmas
Day: and men still called young. who never
theless were born before Livingstone carved
his initials on tho rocks above The falls, VIII
DO able to take the train at Cape Town. travel
more than I,S00 miles without change aud
eros. the zambesi not much more than
hundred yards below the African Niagara.
At point where the spray that bounds back
from . fall OF 600 fcct.wil dash the windows
Of the cars.
To-day the engineers Of Mr.. Rhodess
South African Company are planning the
details OF a great electric plant which shall
utilize the water power Of Victoria Falls.
In America there II u strong sentimental
opposition 20 the prostitution Of Niagaras
beauty to commercial purposes; in South
Africa no such protest Is heard. II takes
generations of wealth and culture to de-
veiop the sentiment which defends beauty
against utility In q new country everything
IL sacrificed TO the necessities % the pioneers.
Coal and. wood are scarce in South Africa.
Every article In the manufacture Of which
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bare remains OF buildings, with broken
windows, battered down doors and In
ruin generally.
Through the Hirsch fund Woodbine i'm
migrants were able to get home and land
on terms which would have been impos-
sible under ordinary circumstances. Tbs
trustees of the fund had houses and other
buildings put up end then decided them.
together with some land, over TO any colon
lists who wanted q home and could make
cash payment OF 500 The trustees
took mortgage on the property for the
IS TO - were required, as,-,..s
They offer practically the same terms
TO the colonists still but are, OF course.
little more particular about the details
than they were then. Most OF the houses
are two-story frame structures. coutEn.
ing from five TO ten rooms and furnished
with many modern improvements.
Besides aiding the settlers in this way.
the Hirsch Fund trustees have also es-
tablished a big agricultural school at the
colony, have put in an electric light plant
and water works. and have, by offering
sufficient bonus, been the means OF bring
ing in most of the factory industries, which
are really the muscle and bone Of the com.
munity The capital behind nearly all
the factories Is from outside sources, princi-
pally from Philadelphia. SO that Wood
bine, however much credit the Russian
Hebrews may deserve for what they have
actually accomplished. can hardly be said
to be anything like q self-made community.
The people OF the place are divided nat
urally into three pretty accurately defined
groups-those who work In tho factories,
those who own or are employed ON tha farms
and those who satisfy the mercantile wants
Of the community.
The storekeepers are mostly early settlers
who got money enough by farming or
working at odds jobs to start little places
Of business or equip pushcarts They
increased their stock gradually ~ their
earnings allowed and now some have places
OF business 10 big that they venture to call
them by such names as The Bargain Store
of Cape May County and Cape May
Copn,y's Department Store.
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are a. good farmers. Most Of them. Il =
said, afe Just about making living and
paying the Interest on the mortgage: NOS
one, OF them has his farm entirely paid for;
nor for pasture. and they have TO depend
entirely on vegetables or fruit for their
principal products. Fhiladelphia, ffty-six
miles Away, b tho nsarest market. but most
Of the Garden stun and considerable Of the
fruit are used In home consumption;
All the farms have VINEYARDS and some
have orchards. One or two have arbors
FIVE or six hundred feet long covered with
grape vines and big enough Tor d Team OF
horses snd wagon to drive through. Iced.
ing from the highway up to the door q
with fruit the arbors are said to be one Of
the most picturesque and quaint features
about the colony, and people come from
miles around to see them.
The houses on the farms are not no pre-
Notwithstanding a. those In the borough
pro,.-s. but they are ell kept up Just as
neatly. They are two-story buildings.
box-shaped, like the one shown In the ac-
companying illustration. and with i've or
dx rooms.
They are painted white and are decorated
outside by long black strips nailed on the
sides, which have been reported TO represent
the aumber Of mort cages on each farm.
but which, the farmers themselves say,
haven't anything whatever TO do with
mortgages. Inside, the country houses
are more characteristically Jewish than
those In the town.
The windows are shaded by plain white
curtains OF coarse fabric the floors are
without carpets or rugs. but are also without
any spots Of dirt. On the door posts Of
each room little tin shells are nailed con-
tanning the Hebrew proverbs. They are
TO ward on had spirits. In the dining rooms
Of most of the farmhouscs also are cheap
woodcuts of Moses and Aaron,
Everything about the farmhouse Ia kept
In much better shape and much more tidy
than in many American farmers homes.
Very few of the old people on the farms
speak English. The women all wear clean
white aprons, with clean white cloths wrap
ped tightly around their heads.
The men aren't 80 particular about their
appearance. and some take pride in boasing
that they are still wearing the same yellow
coat that they brought over from Russia
ten or twelve years ago.
Originally sixty-hve farms OF thirty acres
each were laid out, but not more than half
OF them are occupied now. They are bought
on the installment plan. Just the same as
the houses In the village and bring different
prices, according TO the quality Of the land
and location.
Closely connected with the farming In.
terest OF Woodbine 10 the Baron de Hirsch
Agricultural School for. Jewish boys. II
was founded In 1894 and Is the only one OF
Its kind in the world.
II is under the charge Of H. L. Sabsovich.
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came to the place None OF them had any
money. none could speak much English
and none knew anything about farming
They got aid from the De Hirsch Fund. slept
in stables. suffered many privations and
worked hard, They learned something
about clearing and ploughing and planting
from the men who had come before them,
and they got a little knowledge Of American
b,isdness methods from contact with mer-
chants In the neighboring places.
For the most part, though, the neighbors
weren't enthusiastic about helping them.
They regarded the settlement Of ragged,
ignorant immigrants near them more as
an sfniction than anything else. They
expected to zee their streets overrun with
besears and pedlers land their simshouse
filed to overlooking
They had as little to do with them a. pos
sible. yet they couldn't help plying the
unfortunates who walked through their
streets. In the middle Of the road, carrying
tbclr hats In their hands. a. they had been
compelled 70 do In Russia. and owing IN
the most humble manner consciousness
OF their own insignifoanoe and abject
position.
Dut, somehow. the first settlers got a
foothold. and when another batch OF fifty,
just as ignorant and just a. ragged - the
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graduate of the University Of Odessa and
OF q Swiss agricultural college, who is also
At the head Of the Management Of the Hirsch
Fund at Woodbne. Al present there are at
the school 1l9 boys between the ages Of 10
and 20.
All that IL required to get in 10 that the
candidate shall be Of sturdy physique.
weighing not less than 100 pounds and with
fair chest measurement and height. The
tuition Is free, but the studente are expected
TO pay for their board or TO do extra work
on TIN. farm Of 30 acres which is connected
with the school.
Many of the boys who attend the school
are fresh from Russia and have come to
prepare the way for their fathers and fami-
lies. In summer the boys are hired out on
the farms all over New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania.
The school Is thoroughly equipped with a
library, physical and chemical apparatus
dairy, an apiary, greenhouses. incubat ors,
blacksmith shops and all the other depart
ments that 70 with q well-organixed agri-
cultural institution. In addition to being
taught practical farming. the boys also 60
through IN, dms,ntaTy EnEiSh courses and
They do most Of the work on the school
farm. They get up At $40 O'Clock in the
morning In the spring and are out In the
fields before 7. They receive dement, marks
or disobeyfng orders, for taking fruit from
the trees and for being careless with the
tools.
Some Of them know considerably less
about farming than about other things.
The last lad who got In from Russia few
weeks ago was cent over to the apiary.
He picked the top on beehive and came
running back to the ONCE yelling that he
was on Gre and burning up. and would
somebody please throw q pail OF water
on him.
They all march into the dining room for
their meals IN single Ale, wearing clean
white jackets that are clipped on Tor the
occasion. They arc served at long. un-
spread wooden tables. Their food q pre-
pared strictly according to the Mosaic law.
Before they sit down TO eat all turn toward
Jerusalem, bow reverenuy and offer up a
prayer Of thanks. Nobody IL allowed
TO speak during the meals. When any
student wants anything he indicates hts
desire by reising his hand and . waiter
attends TO him.
After the meal y finished they all bow to
the East again, repeat another prayer and
march out without . word. They hays a
military company and baseball and a foot
ball team.
A few girls attend the school. but their
course Of instruction u confined mostly TO
the dairy department. Numerous lectures
and entertainments are given at the school,
and the colonists are always invited, 20
that the institution, besides bang help
to the farmers OF Wopdbins, also exerts Q
wholesome influence on tbs community At
large.
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electric energy Is essential mus q imported.
and the installation of this emo iols electric
plant will be the beginning Of ative manu-
velopment Of mines within dins Of 2Oo
miles which would otherwise 7, rain idle tor
lack OF power
POSSESS little beauty. The vol ne 81 WAFER
~ the Iambesi Is. IN the rainy .earcn. 1--WE
times the volume that comes down from
Lake Erie. The height OF the tci sria fslis
j. almost three times the height Of Niasars,
and yet the African cataract, "a ompaIed
with our American wonder NIL n'ver ere
ate scenic sensation. At NiaEarb enc can
stand on and see the huge mass y waieI
tumble over the edge Of prectp,ce and
watch II drop the entire height Of shs falls.
With Victoria Falls 1t Ia different. Imagine
a river almost exactly n mile wide, maxine
in the river bed. at right angles 10 tbs course
q the stream. rrent. narrow. crack lse
ASSURES in glaciers, about 20 ystSs vide
and 100 feet deep. Into this crack the water
falls and ESCAPES at the bottom through
similar zigyag assures OF the same daptb.
One cannot see the water falling. IL is axe
pouring water Into a long. narrow, deep
dish There IN little OF the spectscn'sI n
that process. One can hear the roar -livr
inestone heard " twenty miles away and
one can sec the high columns az ,rist a. nsNd
by the air. which the falling water cSyrses
down and congresses, rcboundins 60 a sreu
height. and carrying spray With H.. 1bsse
high towers Of mist. bending gracefully N1ih
the wind. make all the scenic Ell q thste Il
In Victoria Falls. The natives h. . htne
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Michael Epman, has son who now is a
professor in Rutgers
There Is only one synagogue In the place,
for the colonists are al Orthodox Jews,
adhering faithfully to every detail Of the
Mosaic law. There is no regular rabbi, but
a graduate of French university who IL
the instructor In the Thalma Thora acts
in that capacity. The place also has its
official butchers, the schochet, who ex-
amines the lungs and vitals OF all animals
that are slaughtered.
There are only about fifty gentle fami-
lies In the place, and they have been brought
there for the most part by the factories.
They have Baptist church. No-il feeling
ever shows itself between the two peoples.
The colonists say that they are content
10 be let alone, and the gentiles are in such
a hopeless minority that they never try
TO assert themselves.
The town has many clubs and benevolent
organizations. There are the Civic Club
for instructing the people in politics, an
amateur theatrical club, social and lit
erary club. girls physical culture club,
a volunteer fire department and brass
band.
The coonists believe in sending their
children to dances and similar entertain
ments, aud 10 is said that since recreation
OF this sort was introduced two years ago
there has been big change in the young
people, boys as well as girls. They have,
IL Is a. serted become more neat and tidy.
II is q striking fact that in the entire his
tory Of the colony there has not been
single care which has called into the oues-
ton the honor OF any young woman of the
place. IL is interee ting to note also that no
colonist has ever been seen drunk on the
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picked her up at poultry show q month or
two before. they. glanced at each other
and looked foolish. .... ..,.s... ...
Emily was affectionate enough. however.
to inspire come feeling on her own account.
She took TO following the doctor around,
and would place herself On the edge Of hef
dress when she sat down. and coax. In the
absurd talking tone which hens have. to
be taken up and pstted Her mistress
kissed her anectioaalely when abe came
to take her away and handed ever hos-
pital fee Of $3.50.
People never seem 10 think what bird
In used to In It's natural state, said the bird
doctor: "A boy brought me In q parrot one
day With q broken leg; got by simply
tumbling on fits perch They had Tor.
gotten that . parrtt In Q big bird, sooas-
toned 70 strong fight and needing room
for extrciee. They kept II In such q small
Gage that II could get no exercise. and
it's bones grew so delicate that they mapped
like pipestems.
Then they forget that birds In captivity
cannot stand the cold like birds outdoors,
and that even wild birds 70 South In the
winter. A footman brought me Q cage
with two oanariss In II all the way from
West End avenue, With no cover on II, one
cold winter day. The poor little creatures
were chilled through and both died.
Then the way birds are hung out on
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land which he cleared and who IL counted
A q successful agffosilturist. said that he
made IL point every year to spend $500 on
each acre planted and that he cleared barely
500 on the seasons work.
He said, also, that the trouble With many Of
hts people who tried farming was that they
wanted to make money too quickly and that
they worked 80 hard at first that In few
years, when their land ought to be producir z,
their health was completely ruined. Among
other things that this old settler said in
his terse Hebrew way was this:
"A farmer shall be like a watch dog-up
early In the morning and late at night, and
he shnll sleep With one eye open. FOR II he
wishes TO sleep so that he will hear nothing
he shall have nothing. because the rats and
tbs. vermin will come and carry his crops
and poultry away
Another bit OF his philosophy was: "A
farm IL like good boy--you nIst put very
much into Il II you would take anything
out -
There are. however. very few OF the Wood
blne farmers who are clearing as much a.
this settler. and not many OF them. proba bly,.
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hrsf lot, got IN the following year, those
whe vsre already there were in a position
TO hslp them and they did. They were. in
fest, eager 10 aid one another in those
days, for the harsh experiences which they
had been through bore in upon their mind
the nrm conviction that all the rest OF the
world was arrayed against them and that
they must stand or fall together.
The process has gone on in this way
ever &nce. Each year there have been
many new arrivals, and each year those
who were already settled have extended
a helping hand to the others.
There has. accordingly. been a steady
increase In the amount OF workable land.
a sound. broad development in the family
life toward a good American standard and
a remarkable growth in the towns educa-
tional. religious and commercial facilities.
until now the Woodbine Of twelve Year,
ago. with its three shanties and tract Of