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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

kept wary eye out for my return in
the evening, and when l was not on
hand for the evening meal was pretty
certain to institute search for me,
which watchful kindness he always dis
guised under pretense Of looking for
strayed cow, or something similar.
Well it was for me, too, that he did so,
as I will make manifest.
"There CHANGED to be what should
call small lake, but which my farmer
host designated q 'pug-hole, Of which
[ had heard glowing accounts from one
or two city men who had managed to
reach. it, somewhere near the farm,
which I longed to visit, but to which
the farmer seemed loath to go for some
reason or other, but to which finally
persuaded him to take me, the trip to
which furnished fine illustration, what
the lawyers would call "a case in
sight Of my movements really was, all
unobtrusive as it seemed.
Place Well Hidden.
"To reach this pug-hole, to adopt the
farmers idiom, which is that of the
country as you are no doubt aware, one
had to travel a mile or so thru the
heavy timber until large lake on
which the farmer kept boat, was
reached. 10 this large lake, with which
I was familiar, the farmer had 'blazed
a trail for my behoof, and I could reach
it or return from it without trouble.
But to reach the pug-hole one must row
across the large lake, ascend one Of a
number of small streams emptying into
it, going up until the stream became too
shallow to float boat, then go ashore
and take to a road used at some time
by loggers, who had utilized the lower
end Of the stream, as loghauline road,
then trudge another mile, or thereabout,
mainly thru a bog ankle-deep in water,
until a dry plateau was reached and
the pug-hole came in sight. The jour
ney was pretty tiresome, and one ]
would not recommend one Of not at
least average physical strength to I'M
| dertale, but from the standpoint Of
the angler, or that Of the lover of
nature in her loveGest aspects, one re-
paying the exertion an hundred fold.
| The little lake, after seeing it I de-
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was. equal to that emergency, and sup
piled the lacking requisite to my
pleasure, in remarkably short order.
He had brought along an ak and sew
eral strands of stout wire used for
binding bales of hay, and ruthlessly
cutting down several fine cedar trees,
he, with what assistance could render,
structed and launched upon the placid
bosom Of the lake. He also rapidly
shaped rude, but. effectual oar from
the. cedar wood, with which after some
observation of his methods, and instruc-
tion from him, I was able to navigate
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cline to desecrate it by the ignomin-
GUS appellation of pug-hole, was one Of
those gems 'of. purest ray serene the
Creator has so literally besprinkled the
landscape Of northern Minnesota
withal, the water was clear as crystal,
very cold, and of the heavens own
sunny day blue, and the whole water
jewel was set in ring Of varying
shades of green Of trees Of all kinds
and sizes, the whole picture of beauty
as restful and soothing to city tired
eyes, as. is the warm, loving mother
bosom to the limbweary infant.
Built a. Boat.
"There was no boat here, but the
farmer, like all denizens of the wilds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

the raft easily and with little fatigue,
and we set sail, if such an expression
could be applied to sculling raft. l
had brought along few small frogs for
bait, and caught number of others
as we came thru the Doggy road from
the little stream, and, as L could see
no signs Of fish remarked to the farmer
while I was jointing my rod, that 1t
might be as well to release the greater
calm, not breath Of wind stirring,
and + feared that fact, combined with
the clearness Of the water, would, rem en-
der the fish very chary Of biting To
which observation the farmer merely
replied Don't fool yourself. just
watch this and taking frog from
the box tossed it into the water.
Fish by the Million.
eve were perhaps thirty feet from
the bank with our raft at that time,
and we could see the bottom Of the lake
very plainly for at least half that dis
lance from the shore, and neither sight
nor indication of fish could we discern,
but that poor frog had scarcely struck
the water, certainly not taken half
dozen strokes for shore, before the
water boiled like the witches cauldron
all about him, and he disappeared so
rapidly that the eye could in no wise
account for his taking off. But he GER
tainly was as efectual in bringing into
evidence the finny denizens Of the lake,
as was Roderic s whistle in peopling
the desolate Highland glen with plaid
lively described as an army OF bass
arose to- the surface and dashed hither
and thither in mad search for more such
toothsome fotsam as the frog had fur
nished for one of their number.
81 made few casts, each one fol
lowed by a strike, in each instance the
hooked fish being followed. to the raft
by, simply schools Of others, and re-
tanning two very fine ones of my catch,
the rest being returned to the water,
we went ashore as 1T was nearing noon
and the inner man cried aloud for re-
freshment. The farmer had started a
fire before we went. out. on the lake,
and when we returned it had burned
down to bed of live Goals, into which
he placed our two fish, simply wrap
ping each in leaves and wet clay, and
troubling himself not a whit about
scaling or cleaning them. In half an
hour he took them out, broke away the
hard-baked clay surrounding them, the
operation taking off scales and skin
and we sprinkled them with pepper and
salt, devouring them with greater
| gusto, so far at least as | was con
cerned, than was possible under any
other circumstances.
Farmer Went Home.
"Our meal finished the farmer left
me to my own devices, he having a
press of work on hand, and the way OF
return SO plainly indicated, as he re.
marked, that there was no possibility OF
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my mistaking it, or having any trouble
in getting back. But there was, Of the
latter, at least, as you will shortly see.
"I had splendid sport until it fairly
tired me out, taking immense bass, let
ting them 90, moving from point to
point Of the lake, followed ever by
greater and greater schools Of fish,
until, as [ said, it tired me out, and,
taking three monster bass as trophies,
longer than I thought, and the shad,
ows of dusk were falling as I reached
the boat, into which I was on the point
Of carelessly springing, when I became
aware of some fierce wild animal, the
head of which was stretched in my
direction over the bow, the white fangs
showing in a grin Of ferocity; which
had taken possession and showed an
evident determination to hold It,.
Scared to Death.
ct had no weapon excepting small
% revolver, and as it was only too ap-
parent on steady inspection of the
intruder that it was bear, I deemed
the lake until I reached the blazed trail
and so make my way homeward. l
started, but as for fear Of losing my
way I kept near the shore, my path was
as arduous as ever human trod. / had
to ford a dozen marshy streams from
knee to waist deep in mud and water,
I foundered thru morasses and boys L
had never dreamed were in existence,
and to make long story short, I finally
was rescued about midnight by that
good farmer and two of his neighbors,
who had been beating the woods in
search of me for several hours. And
I had succeeded in getting turned
around when they found me, and was
going straight away from the lake.
They guided me home where liberal
application Of hot water, food, and
whisky, followed by. a long sleep,
speedily did away with the marks and
effects of my exposure. p , g.
Children Talked Too Much.
tsThe farmer went down with his gun
before [ was up the next morning, and
brought back rubber coat which !
had left in the boat, and which had
been rent to rags and tatters. by the
teeth Of the fierce beast which had
driven me from it, but had arrived
there too late to get a shot at it, it
having decamped before his arrival. l
| heard one Of his children say that
father threw porcupine in the water
that morning when he was after the
boat, but Of course that fact had no
connection with my affair. And later
but Just then two lumberjacks
started scrap in the bar-room, and the
rapid adjournment following that di
version lost us what happened to the
professor later.
|
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

Boston, Nov. 11-The championship
which has fallen from the shoulders OF
Arthur F. Duffey will be worn by Will
other wonderful sprinter comes forward
to lay claim to it by showing record
speed at the century dash. It is doubt
full if many will dispute the fact that
Schick was second as a performer at
100 yards to none but Duffey, as the
Holyoke boy was the one who forced
the Georgetown wonder to his sensa-
tional performance Of 9 3-5 seconds:
Whether Schick will care to continue
to any extent in the racing game re-
mains to be seen, but it is hardly prob
able that his friends will allow him to
drop out now, as he showed more speed
in his performances last spring than he
had ever before. Schick graduated
from Harvard in June with the honor
of having won more points for his col
lege than any individual athlete who
ever attended the Cambridge university.
He has been one Of the greatest sprint
ers of the country since l0-second men
ceased to be wonder.
schick's Fast Work.
Schick had won the dash in 9 4-5 at
the Harvard Yale dual meet, and was
touted as likely victor over Dutfey
when the stars met in New York on
May 81, 1902. Moulton, of Yale; West
ney, of Pennsylvania, and Cadigan, of
California, were the other starters.
A ftful breeze was blowing, but just
as the runners were ordered on their
marks two members of the A. A. U
Record committee hoisted their pocket
handkerchiefs, and their testimony
afterward was that while the race was
under. way there was not enough wind
in motion to sway the handkerchiefs.
The start was all in favor of Chick
Duffey, who was always away first in
previous contests, lost nearly a yard tt
Schick, Westney, Cadigan and Moulto1
got under way with fine action, too. Fol
the first fifty yards Schick held Dufey
off. But then there was a still greater
surprise, for it was seen that Schicb
began to forge slightly ahead, and al
seventy-fve yards had a clear lead
Duffey, however, put on steam ant
fairly flew ahead in one of the greatest
spurts ever seen at the finish Of {
sprint race. At eighty-fve yards hi
went by Schick, and in the next fftee1
yards opened up a gap Of two yard:
on the Harvard man. He struck thu
tape like a rocket in 3-5 seconds
Three watches agreed on the time, an(
one returned 9 rs seconds.
Former Champions.
After the introduction Of the cham
pionship meet in 1877, when the use o:
timing watches became more genera
and the measurement of the courses wal
usually made with more care, pheno
menal times for the hundred were not 81
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NORTH DAKoTA's BIG GAME
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 11.-North
Dakota s important game of the season
will be played next Saturday at Fargo
with the Agricultural college. This
will be the return game of the year.
North Dakota won the first game by
a score Of % to 5, but from all reports
the Agricultural college expects to
make things interesting for the varsity
team in the second game.
The Athletic association has secured
special train to Fargo for the big
game, and it is expected that over 500
rooters will accompany the team and
the varsity band.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

day to play the high school team Of
that place. The third team played
Mayville last Monday afternoon and
the score was tie, IL to IL. Park
River has a strong team and a good
game is expected.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

Dr. John H. Clarke, London physician, says:
The great majority of mankind are slaves to one
or more poisons. Of these habits the tea habit
is one of the most subtle, insinuating and In
iurious.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

The Russian zestvos. or country administrative
bodies supply agricultural implements to peas
ants credit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Children Talked Too Much.

The largest dry fish packing house in the
world is at Halifax. It has $4,000 square feet
Of floor space.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Farmer Went Home.

"Our meal finished the farmer left
me to my own devices, he having a
press of work on hand, and the way OF
m ssge e that 1 heze Wss Il e Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
Former Champions.

After the introduction Of the cham
pionship meet in 1877, when the use of
timing watches became more general
and the measurement Of the courses was
usually made with more care, pheno-
menal times for the hundred were not so
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04

'he iunch were pad 81 each. All work
'.eh were pad tonight and this ,us,om
oi owing nothing after O'Clock was
'ieidiy caTid out. No advertising is
sought that is not paid for, no favors
asked, and no money bu, their own
used and the work goes On without
hihdranee. Visiting the mines today,
one saw a large force of men " ith wagons
an" teams working In diamond shal ed
sha't with sides las feet long. In the
center is erected a platform where the
oaad is playing an the songs of ~ Uder
the old Apple Tree" and II Don't
Know Where I'm Going. But I'm On
My Nay, sang by the laborers remiud.
ed one OF the cotton plantations. To the
northwest about so feet away the dirt
Is being hauled. dumped and graded in
preparation for the street car tracks for
the future, but just no = to give the op.
orators OF the mine dump for the dirt
taken from the excavation. 1t intended
mat as soon as possible the grading will
farm about an eighth Of a mile away
with a uniform height of six feet Wis
itors following the huge signs Of To
the kruse Gold Mines" were there in
crowds all looking, wondering and
hoping that it will not be a failure and
that they will ultim lte!y fad the much
desired mineral
In recent interview, Mr.. Will kruse
who has the management of the enter
prise and who has the visions. said:
Several years ago had vision.
saw that gold was on my fathers fsrm.
aud see II just as plain today.
II know the gold is there. for l have
seen it as plain as l can see that pile OF
dit. There is no doubt of it at all. We
will find gold there in large quantities"
The first public announcement of the
vision was made known. four years ago
when torty-nine of Rogers most pop
ular and progressive business men re-
ceived the the same telegram which was:
10, 900, 900 for the people of Rogers,
Hurrah for Rogers" The telegrams
were sent from Chicago by Will and Ed.
kruse who were theu in that city, and
OF course occasioned great deal of ex-
element.
The usual question asked: "A,e they
crazy?" Most assuredly no. They are
are as rational as the most optimistic
could wish. They talk on any subject
aud their dealings are open and above
board. "The work is here, you can see
for yourself We have nothing to con-
ceal and never will have" says Mr.,
kruse"
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Bids Wanted.

Sealed bids will be received at tn,
Office of the city clerk up to II O'Clock
noon on Thursday, November 10, 1905
for the printing and binding in bool
form the revised ordinances Of the city o
Idsho Springs, Colorado. One hundred
copies are to be furnished, one dozen te
he nourd in sheep and the remainder il
paper The right is reserved to rejec
any and all bios.
Idaho Springs, Colo, Nov. 3, 1905.
GEORGE RILEY,
CHAs. BRANDsrETTER, Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04
MINING NOTES.

c. L. West, J. H. Mcohane and John
NJ. Daueherty, of Omaha. Neb.. ard
G. w Possell, Of Denver. were III the
city the fore par, of the eek, and paid
a visit to the % tunnel on upper +. II
river in which they are interested. Plans
are under way for the resumption I
work in the near future, and as the COM
pany owns splendldly located group OF
claims which will be opened by the ga
tunnel, its successful operation depends
only upon the proper conditions ard
management.
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MINING APPLICATION No. 1888.
Mineral Survey No. l76l3.
U, g. Land Office

u s. Land Office,
Denver Colorado September s. 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that Treasure Vault God
and silver Mining company. by l.. : Underhtll
its attorney in fact, wh,se postofce Is Idaho
Springs Colorado has made application for a
patent for 7l7.2 linear feet On the Boreais lode
and for lOl4 ? linear feet on the Northern Lights
lode bearing vold aud silver the Borealfs lode
being 10 feet n 65o "a and 1854 feet 8 g. "a W;
thence 3ll 8 feet s9syw from discovery shan ana
the Northern Ii his lode being p feet n o. ~ e
and s932 feet = 6l' 81 " from discovery shan
respectively, situate in Idaho mining district,
Clear Creek county. state of Colorado. and de
scribed IN the plat and fe d notes on file in TINS
office as follows viz:
BOREAIIs LODE
RepInning At cor. no. l. whence the IA cor.
sec 36 T3s K u W Of the 9Th p m. bears n ~
2V 4533 3 feet; thence 14o X loZ4s ieet 70
2: thence sgo . S39 70 feet to cor no. 4; thence
n I4o 15 " 154 l2 feet to cor. no s; thence sg'
o 3i3 n feet To cor no. 8: thence n $50 "a 313.41
feet to cor no. l, the place of beginning.
NORTHERN LIGHTS LODE
Reetnning at cor no. I, whence the v IA cor
sec ao T8s R72w Of the 9Th p N. bears g.
2Y 44ss. IS feet thence 2so " e Us feet TO cor.
thence n $50 20 W $50 feet to cor. no. q thence n
$40 81 lol4.2 feet to cor no. l, the pace OF
beginning. ,a
excluding all conflict with surveys NOS iAI.o snd
1s,s TwS RANGE 3 oe the 9Th principal merid.
ian said location being recorded In vol: l5S pege
ga nf the records Of Clear Gre county Colofann;
Adjoining claimants owners OF above named
ID. FORD. Register.
First pub Sept. l6: last Nov. 10. 1905.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04
Mining With a Brass Band.

The following from the Rogers (Ark. }
Republican shows the way the way they
mine in that community. After reading
il you perhaps had better rub your eyes
and pinch yourself to see if You are
awake.
Headed by the Rogers brass band
and followed by forty men with wagons,
teams and scrapers, a body Of men left
this morning for the Kruse mines
In the southwest part of town. Circulars
printed and distributed yesterday ad-
vertising for men to appear at the mines
met with results and today is opening
day at the works.
The promoters Of the enterprise are
Will Kruse. ed. Kruse, J. P. Huber and
L. NJ. Proctor Of Rogers. The mine is
founded on q vision which came to Will
Kruse several years ago, and during the
past tew weeks they have been At work
one day week digging In . diamond
shaped shaft. The work 10 attracting
the attention Of the people Of the city
and is the talk in the rural districts fos
miles around. The wages paid, which
are s. per day for man and f. per day
for man and team for six hours work,
has something 10 d with the interest
which 10 on the incresse, and today II
made nanifess By the large numhes
OF people in attendence. Dinner was
served to all the iaboe.ss snd musiciaus
aud for this the Woneu Who sefvsd
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04

NJ. Arthur Hawkes., of Chicago, pres
Gold Mining company, which has lars e
mining interests in Old NJ xico, aud
in both the san Juan country and Rus
81 gulch district in this state, ar
RIVED in the city the fore part of the
the week to look after the interests of
his company in this section. The co otu-
pany owns the independence group of
six patented claims on the north slope OF
the Pewabic mountain, which are being
developed by driving the old Pewabic
tunnel which has been driven about
200 feet A small force of men are now
working in the tunnel which will cut
the veins Of The company at a good
depth. The work has not been pushed
for the reason that he owners have been
under the impression the Central tunnel
was teing driven ahead and would soor
intersect the veins at depth Of over
ZOO feet. Recently the fact that the
Central tunnel was not being driven was
brought to their attention, and the d.
rectors decided that their holdings in
Russell gulch were to valuable to be left
lying idle, and they determined to re-
sumo OF oIeratiops with view to opening
up the assures through the Pewabic
tnnnel as originally intended. The
Portal of the Pewabic tunnel is located
near the Old Town shaft house snd the
tracks of the Gilpin tramway, SO that
mining supplies may be delivered at
small cost, aud a medium low grade ore
can be shipped at a minimum expense.
With favorable showing in any of the
veins which will be intersected ahead
the present breast of the Pewabic
rpel it is certain that the company
~ operate the property extensively.
Mr.. Hawkes., will leave for Chicago
early next week and. will keep in
touch with the development work now
under way.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04
Herb w, Edwards Injured.

Herb W. Edwards of Des Moines,
Iowa, got a fall on an Icy walk last
winter. spraining his wrist and bruis-
ing his knees. "The next day" he says,
they were SO sore and stiff l was
afraid l would have to stay in bed. but
rubbed them we'll with Chamberlain 8
Pain Balm and after few applications
all soreness had disappeared" For
sale by ] j. Sherwin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04
DANGER SIGNALS.

No engineer would Be .id,s mad enough 70
I. I.o IL difTerent with the average man
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-11-04

r,r,, pub Sept. Is; last Nov. 10. 1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-27
Deaths in the District.

The following deaths have been reported
to the health Office for the twenty-fottr
hours ended at noon today:
Julia NJ. Adams, eighty-three years, zoos
II street northwest.
Lawrence Bellingham, seven months, 137
4th street southeast.
Lucy Bell, fifty years, Freedmens Hospf-
tai.
Maurice Brooks, eleven months, 25lo /
street northwest.
Margaret Coffey, Seventy-three years, of2
n street southeast
Robert Cox. forty-eght years. 617 Browns
court southwest
Mary A. Doyle. thirty-nine years, 1906
Florida avenue northeast.
John II. Dynes. three months Sumner
avenue Hilsdae, d. c.
Engelbert Endres, sixty-eght years. Ten
leytown, D. c.
Annie Hardy. thirty-seven years. Wash
ington Asylum Hospital
Infant of Charles and Anna Hines. three
minutes. 236 Parker street northeast
singleton kaney. seventy years 3l1 21st
street northwest. ,-~
Hugh w. Lowe. one year, 125 Sth street
northeast
Bertha Little, one year, 49s Clark street.
Alice M. Parker, twenty-six years. 43 F.
street northwest.
Emma Pratt. eighteen years Garfield Hos
pita1
Catharne Raynor, fifty years, 1856 Sd
street sou. heast.
James Sheridan sixty-four wears 3023 p
street northwest. -
Ames Scott, twenty-four years, Potomac
river. 49,
Charles Tfbhles, twenty-five years Provi-
dence Hospital
Isaac f. West. seventy-nine wears III
Burks court southwest
Beatrice White, one month, 1890 Nolans
court southwest