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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
BELLE JoHNSo Y,
Photographer.
Letter to Mr.. W. R. P. Jackson.
Monroe City, Mo.

Dear Sir: You paiut lead a md
oil, don't you? Do you know
why a house turns fat in spots
and streaks in a few weeks, be-
fore the paint has had any
chance to chalk oruwear?
Devoe Ready Paint don't fat.
It's as glossy as ever until it be-
gins to wear; it keeps its gloss
for two or three years. Vine n
the gloss begins to go, the pain t
is beginning to go. 1t is tn e
first sign of wear-it ought to
be.
We suppose the fatting is
due to water in lead; but wh y
it should fat in spots and no t
all over is more than we know
There is water in all white
lead in the making. We dry it
out; perhaps nobody esle does.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
Thursdays String
'Of Accidents Were Exciting il NOT
Fatal o. Financially Great.

About 1910 the west bou nd
freight left box car with one
truck off the track and fancy
refrigerator with its nose in the
ditch at "wreckers' curve" at
the west end of the long switch.
The front part of the train ran
to Hunnewell and then the en-.
CINE returned and &rewAthe box
car onto the falls and the re
frigeratof car was thrown into
the. ditch To clear the track.
The track was not injured.
A few minutes later Edward
Hardesty's comfortable HON e
was, discovered to be afire.
Fire caught from fue. Two
cisterns nearly empty were
tried by the fire engine, which
finally had to go to the old mill
pond and force water about 400
feet. Then it was short work
for the dandy stream of water
to Iexringuish the fame. All
household goods had been re-
moved. The building, a one
and one-half story, was badly
damaged, the roof and upper
rooms bt ing practically destroy
ed. His $500 insurance will
cover loss.
Then D. D. Nelson's horse
hitched to phaeton got scared
at the open safety valve of a
locomotive and broke and ran
to the BAN.
And at sunset Wallace Bond IS
finery aud untamed steed chas
ed itself up the street and tore
the shafts out of the spring
wagon.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
Brother DickeY,s Philosophy.

~~y - a""SSSP"J'
1t may be, after all, dat Satan
rules de weather; but one thing
is sartin-he never let's de Win.
ter git clost enough ter hell ter
freeze it over!
Oars lots err Solomons dat
got a fine reputation Ger wisdom
but de most er dem hez been
dead too long ter talk bout.
De worl' might be better, en-
de worl' might be wusser. It's
my opinions dat de bes' thing
we kin do is ter thank de La wd
we in it, en- keep de fire chunk
ed.
De man what always do de
very bes' what he kin, is secon-
cousin ter de angels, en- his
home amt fur fun whar dey
live ,at.--At.anta Constitution,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
LiIIiS.

The death of such a man as
Richard LilIis, which occurred
January, 16. 1904, at his home
in Monroe County, Mo-, is rob-
bed of the almost ever present
horror that is wont to charac-
terlze the toucI of the Silent
Reaper. A truthful, honest
man was Mr. Lillis. Quiet and
and transformations. yet possess
Of fund of general knowledge
that was at once most remarka-
Bile and most entertaining. A
staunch Ca tholic aud liberal
supporter of the church, he was
in truth credit to the commun-
ity. His life was a long, indus
trious, happy one. Full of
years and with the respect of
his fellow citizens he has pass
ed away, leaving him an ex-
ample that may we'll be emu
lated. Aud most tenderly we
offer our sympathy to his de-
voted wife who shared his
trials and pleasures for so many
years. Her grief is almost too
sacred to intrude on, and l will
only say to her in loving kind
ness, that the Lord hath gwen,
and the Lord hath taken away
Blessed be the name of the
Lord.
May he rest in peace-and o,
l pray that the sweet peace of
holy resignation may descend
on the bereaved widow of Rich
ard Lillis.
The interment was at Indian
Creek.
MARY J. CLARK.
Published by request.)
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
New Madrid Convention.

In the mass convention of the
New Madrid County Democrats
at New Madrid Saturday, they
adopted the following resolu.
ton: I'VE repudiate the Dem
ocracy of any man arrogating
to himself the privilege Of
striking the name of any caudi-
date from the ticket sele ted by
the party" The inference is,
it is slap at Circuit Attorne y
Folk, who scratched James
Butler. Also at Pants" Van
diver, for New Madrid is one of
the counties in the Fourteenth
Congressional District.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
POOseVelt'S Pension Bill.

1t would seem that in the
light of a pension roll of $40, E
600 000 a year, nearly forty
years after the close OF the civil
war, nobody would have the
conscience or the face to advU-
cate any further enlargement of
this iniquitOus drain upon the
resources ct the country; but it
is nov declared that President
Roosevelt is heartily ia favor
Of a proposed service pension
law which would take ia everv-
body who ever rendered service
in the union armies at any time
who has not been able to brea x
into the pension crib under any
of the numerous avenues of
fraud SO far opened up.
This will probably increase
the annual pension roll, in the
opinion of The New York Sun,
to 5000 600, 600 year. 1t would
be interesting to know what
President Garfield would have
thought of The course of the
pension business if he had sur
vlved until the modern develop
meuts aud enlargement of the
system began to get IN their
work. In 1872, only seven
years after the close of the war
when the pension disbursements
had reached $50. 1859, BAL. Gener-
al Garfield, a war veteran and
d congressman, declared:
1--WE may reasonably expect
that tue expenditures for pen
slons will hereafter steadily de-
crease unless our legislation
should be unwarrantably ex-
travagant."
Instead of decreasing the
amount has increased nearly
five times, aud now another
Wholesale assault on the treas
ury is proposed.
The New York Sun is unkind
enough to refer to it as Presi.
dent Roosevelt's giant cam
paign fund, which may be stat
ing the case too strongly, but i;
certainly is a powerful bid to
throw out to prospective pen
sioners in a presidential cam
paigu year II President Roose
welt and his republican con
gress should hold up the whole
country in this way to bolster
up the G. o. p's. presidential
fortunes, it would be the grea
est scandal that has yet crown
ed the scandal breeding pen
sion system of this country
Augusta Chronicle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
EYES, EYES.

You can have them well tested for
lenses and very reasonable.
R. Manning Walker.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18

Heart Sunshiue.-We cannot
change the world, taking out all
it's thorns, making its tasks easy
and IFS burdens light, modulat-
ing all it's discords into harmo-
MES, Transforming its ugliness
into esuty; but we can have
our own hearts renewed by the
grace of God, and thus the
world will be made over for us.
A new heart makes all things
new. A heart of love will find
love everywhere; soul of song
will find sweet music every.
where.-J. r. Miller.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18

w. M. Prentis was a business
visitor in Shelbina Thursday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
No Mail.

BY order of the Fourth Assis-
tant Postmaster General there
will be no delivery of mails on
rural or star routes on Wash
ington's birthday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
81 M WORTH OF EDEE
" hOV USIC IN II II

Ifthere is piano in your home
we will send you without charge
SEVEN SPLENDID MUSICAL COMPOST.
TONS two vocal aud five instru-
mental. Three of these selec-
tions are copyrighted and can
not be bought in any music store
FOR LESS THAN SIOO. With the m
we will send four portraits of
great composers and four large
reproductions of famous paint.
ings of musical subjects.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
Why we make this offer.

We make this offer to reliable men
and women to enable us to send in
formation regarding our Library of
the Worlds Best Music, which is alb
solutely the best selection of vocal
and instrumental music ever publish
ed. 1t contains more music, more IL
Illustrations and more biographies of
composers than any other musical
library. 1t is for general home use
and enjoyment as we'll as for students.
Send your name and address and Ten
Cents in stamps to pay for postage
and wrapping. When writing kindly
mention the DEMOCRAT.
The University Society,
Department d
rs Fifth Avenue NEW YORE
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-18
HUNNEWELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY

Try our lines 10 Monroe City, Ibc; to HholbinA,
heIbyVillO. Clarence Macon City. 2Se: Emden
ellViilo, RurknVille, aud al points In Shelby
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The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
Successful Business Man.

One of the most successful young business men of Nome is MT. c. H. Wintermantle. He came here in 1900, and occupied a position with c. c. Cline x Co.,. dealer in paints, oils, glass, etc. MT. Wintermantle soon became practically the mana ger of the store, and when Mir. Cline retired, succeeded him in business.
 By strict attention to business affairs, combined with perseverance and energy, Mir. Wintermantle has built up his trade, until now it is second to none in his line in Nome. He has just completed the building of fine two-story store building, the ground floor of which he has fitted up and moved into. He car ries large and well-aesorted stock of paints, oils, glass, wall paper in fact, everything that an up-to- date store of this kind should handle. On the first boats the the stock will he largely repleted.
 MT. Wintsrmantls has faith in Nome, and shows it by making a substantial investment in the city.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22

have been prospecting all winter, but no late reports have been re- ceived from them.
 On the Selawik, several small parties are prospecting, This river is the route to the mysterious creek of Duncan and Griggs, known as Midas, which is supposed io be over the divide from the headwatcrs of the Selawik to the Koyukuk country. Several parties have been over this route this winter in search of the elusive creek, but their efforts were unavailing.
 An attempt at "write-up" of the kobuk country without trib- ute to the native inhabitants there of, would be incomplete. These natives are hospitable and kindly in disposition and are willing to assist the miner in every possible way. The good influences of mis- sion work among them is very evil dent, because of their strong relig- ious tendencies and cleanly appear ance. They use no "hootch" or tobacco, and the children attend the summer school at the mission, some thirty miles below the mouth of the kobuk on Kotzebue Sound. with great regularity and to good advantage. Native villages appear at intervals of twenty miles apart along the Kobuk. The livlihood of the native is gained by fishing, hunting and trapping, and their lot has been cast in pleasant places in this regard at least. The mission is under the auspices of the Friends Society, Dana Thomas be- ing directly in charge.
 These missions-forerun of future civilization-scattered along the Boring coast to Point Barrow in the Arctic-have done much to transform the native population from savage state to their present peaceful, hospitable character. The prospector is much indebted to these good influences which have been at work for years past, mak- ing it now possible for a miner to go anywhere alone with entire safety, so far as the natives are concerned.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
THE k0Buk- -N0ATAK DISTRICT

supplies to Reilly camp and Shung- nak camp, but much valuable time was thus taken up, which might have been spent in prospect work.
 The formation of the country is conglomerate, slate, mica schist, limestone, gneiss and quartz.
 The region is favored with a plentious supply of timber, which will greatly facilitate and cheapen mining operations. Game is abund- ant, cariboo, or wild reindeer, rab- bits, squirrels, ptarmigan, and other furred and feathered species being native to this section. The streams are alive with fishes-salmon, grey ling, salmon trout and mountain trout. There is also a species of the white fish, which prospectors maintain cannot be excelled any where for eating. These fishes are plentiful, and often reach the weight of 25 pounds.
 The largest and best equipped operators ill the country are the Lucky Three Mining Co.,, composed of Eric O. Lindblom, O. A. Clas- sell and others. Mir. Classell per sonally had charge of the field work being assisted by five or six pros pectors. The company own river steamer, which plies on the Kobuk the Agnes Boyd-which is used chiefly for prospecting purposes. For winter travel, reindeer and dog teams were used to good advantage by the company. Much of their winter supplies were on board the steamer Rielly when she went on a bar at the mouth of the Kobuk. which necessitated their transfer from the steamer to Shungnak camp. This was done by reindeer and dog teams.
 Fair quartz prospects have been found in the Kobuk country. Ma tive silver in placer has also been found on the Shungnak. The quartz indicates gold. copper and silver. Many lodges have been located, and the work of de- velopment will be begun this sea- son on property owned by the Lucky Three Mining Co. Coal veins nave also been found.
 On the Noatak river, a large party known as the Williams party
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
The Alaska Banking and
 Safe Deposit Co.
A STRONG CONCERN
Capacity of the Main Bank Office Has Been Enlarged.
 -.Assay Plant.

vkTHEN the great extent of the " Nome gold fields became W known to the outside world, the need of an institution to con- duct a general banking business and assay office, to facilitate the business naturally following a pros. porous mining center, became at once apparent to Dr. Cabell White head and some of his Washington. D C., associates, and the re- suit was the formation of a strong concern known as the Alaska Bank ing x Safe Deposit Co.,, having as stockholders leading capitalists and officials of Washington, D. c.
 The bank was established during the early season of 1900, Dr. Whitehead assuming its manage ment, which position he still re- tains. The results of the business since then have exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the pro- motors of the institution, until now it becomes necessary, in order to properly handle it's increasing bus mess, to enlarge the capacity of the main bank office, add more room for a complete assay plant and put in a new fire proof vault for the private use of the bank.
 
 The ceiling of the main office has been raised some three feet and plate glass windows will orna- ment that portion of the building facing Front street and Steadman avenue. This completed, and the building will present in appear. ance, what it is in fact-a pros porous, substantial banking insti' tuition.
 The Alaska Banking X Safe De. posit Co. is live, progressive con. cern, and is largely interested in
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
AIHAT was formerly known as tLa u;o p,,E J;ctrirt bnt

HAl was formerly Known as w the Agiapuk district, but
 now incorporated into the Port Clarence district, is large section of country that is as yet practically a virgin field to the prospector and miner, although there are several producing creeks within its con fines, and the coming summer will witness the opening up of more claims. One of the causes of the backwardness of this section lies ill the fact that claims are held by peo- pie who maintain the greatest se- crecy regarding new strikes, fear ing litigation and trouble if the ex- tent of the discoveries are made known and stampede created.
 Until the right fork of the Agia- puk is reached, practically no pros- pecting has been done, and the country is open for location. The same is true of the left fork and its tributaries, which comprise a territory large in extent in which no prospecting has been done.
 At the junction of the right and left forks, some Laplander reindeer herders took out a dump during the winter, and found good pay.
 The tributaries of the right fork will be worked this season. One of these is Burk creek, on which as high as $2.5o per pan has been found, 25 cent pans being frequent. The gold is coarse and assays $1e per ounce. Burk creek is shallow summer diggings. It is considered second Dexter by some of the op- orators. Fisher Baldridge will work Ne. 5 above discovery on Burk this summer; Mrs. D. s. Hammer will operate No. 7 above; Alsopp & Bergman are on No. 10 above, and Mrs. McLain will mine an associa- tion group above No. 10 above.
 Fisher creek is another tributary of the right fork which prospects well. Two small feeders of Fisher also are gold-bearing.
 Portage creek is near the head of the right fork of the Agiapuk, nearly the whole creek being owned by the Boston Mining Co. They will carry on mining operations there this coming summer under the direction of Charles Rice. Other parties will also open up claims. The creek was worked last season, but water interfered materially with mining.
 East Portage is a tributary ot Portage, and coarse gold has been found on it.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22

miles in width and innumerable side streams feed the larger river.
 On these tributaries considerable prospecting has been going on, namely, the Squirrel, Salmon, Ambler. Shungnak, kogeloktok Parr, Reed, Dall, Cosmos and Will low.
 There is a camp located some twelve miles up the Shungnak, which can be reached by dory from the kobuk Coarse gold has been found on the Shungnak, over S3ooo having been taken out last season. The stream is very swift and an ex- cessive flow of water washed out the wing dams, which fact, coupled with shortage of food supplies, caused work to cease, but this Com- ing season the creek will be worked much more extensively, the opera tors being more familiar with the difficulties to be overcome ill work ing the ground. Shungnak camp is thirty miles within the Arctic circle.
 The paystreak has been located on Dall river, and this season sev- eral different parties will work on the creek, among them being the Lucky Three Mining Co.,, J. B. Dyer, Frank Knight and Thomas Shea, Harry Weyls, Joe Ficette, Weeks, Getchell, Stockwell Mason, Van Leer, Sibly, Brown, F.. Rael- son, John Lindblom, J. Dahl, etc. Coarse gold has been found on the stream and it is considered pay creek.
 Ruby and Sunday are tributaries of the Shungnak, and prospects have been found on them. Ribbon, which runs into Squirrel, also pros- poets well.
 Some I25 prospectors wintered in the kobuk country, Shungnak camp being the principal base of supply for them. Late last fall the little river steamer Reilley, laden with sixty-fve miners and ninety tons of provisions, etc., stuck at the mouth of the Kobuk, leaving the men in a bad predicament. When snow fell, by means of every available method of freighting- reindeer, dog team, hand sledding etc, the greater number got their
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
A Question Answered.

Editor of THE NUGGET:-We have agreed:to abide by J. Potter Whittren's s answer to the following. Will you please rrefer the same to him, and oblige:
 Ques.-A pipe one inch in diameter is filled with water under a hundred foot head, and plugged at the lower end. A hose of any size greater than that of the pipe with the same head is filled and plugged with a nozzle one inch in diameter. Will there be any difference in pressure on the respective plugs? If so, what is the ratio?
 R. and c.
 Ans.-There will be no difference, outside of that due to friction. which will be greater in the pipe with the smallest diameter. The pressure per square inch under head of 100 feet will be the same for any square inch of surface at the foot of the pipe, no mat ter what size, minus the friction. The larger the pipe the greater number of inches, or quantity of water there will be, but under pressure equal to the same amount per square inch if their respective heads are equal.
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
"HE Kobuk- -Noatak district is

"HE kobuk-Noa district is
 an extensive one ill area,
 comprising, as it does, three
 large water sheds-the Sela- wik, Kobuk and Noatak rivers.
 The Kotzebue sound country, as it is more generally known, as the sound forms an outlet for these rivers, was the scene of a mining stampede in the year 1898, before the Nome district was discovered, but at that time practically no pros pecting was done, and the strike of Nome in the fall of 'oS attracted most of the prospectors hither, the others crossing to the Koyukuk river or going to the outside, leav- ing the country deserted so far as prospectors were concerned.
 Within the past two years, how ever, attention has again been directed to our large northern neighbor, and the outlook for a prosperous mining region seems very encouraging at this writing, to judge by recent reports which are deemed worthy of credence.
 The commissioner of the kobuk- Noatak district is NJ. F. Moran, the recording office being located at Camp Reilly, some 25o miles up the kobuk river.
 Most of the mining and prospect ing going on at the present time in this district is on the kobuk and its tributaries, and this article will deal more particularly with this river, as being of the greater importance.
 The Kobuk river heads north of the 67th parallel and west of the I54th meridian ill a high group of mountains, which are reported to be the source of the Colville, flow ing in the Arctic; the Allen, empty ing into the Koyukuk, and the Noatak, running parallel with the Kobuk and flowing into kotzebue sound. The Kobuk is about 500 miles in length, and navigable, for very light draft vessel some 400 miles. At its mouth there are four teen different channels, which form for some fifty miles practically a succession of lakes. The kobuk valley varies from forty to twenty
The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
Operations of the AmeS
 Mercantile Co.
ON A LARGE SCALE
This Company Has Established ar EnviabIe Reputation for
 Fair Dealing.
THE Ames Mercantile Co. of

THE Ames Mercantile Co. of
 Nome, Alaska, carry the largest
 and most complete stock of goods of any store on Seward penin- sula, and are exceeded by none in all Alaska.
 The company have shown their faith in this country and their in- tention to stay here and do busi. ness in it, by the erection of the most substantial and slightly store building in the northland-a struc- ture which in inside as we'll as out side finish would reflect credit on any ''outside" city.
 The stock of goods carried by this firm covers wide range, and includes nearly every essential of mankind in the line of dry goods, groceries. furniture, carpets, hard ware of all kinds, etc, and such immense amounts of goods are handled by them that their stock must be constantly repleted, thus insuring to customers fresh, new goods in the way of groceries and up-to-date styles in the clothing line.
 The business of the company has increased to such degree that the management have decided to char ter steamer for their own use to carry freight this season. Last year the company handled from eight to ten thousand tons of goods, and this year the prospects are en- couraging for a much larger supply being necessary.
 Much of the business of the Ames Mercantile Co. is the supply ing of small stores, roadhouses mining camps, prospecting parties etc., in the country contiguous to Nome-their trade extending from