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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-11-08
GOLDEN SHEAF FLOUR

The best there is ask for it at your
grocers to-day. 4l-tf
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
NEWS FROM The MINES and MILLS
Coal Field Investigations.

Particular attention will be given by
the Geological Survey this year to the
coal fields of the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. Work will be carried on in Mon
tana, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah and New Mexico.
Mr.. M. X. Shaler will make a recon
naissance examination of the great
coal field lying in northwestern New
Mexico, beginning at Durango, Colo
rado, and working southwestward to
Gallup, New Mexico. This is region
| ia which extensive developments are
expected in the near future. The Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad has already
built branch line from Durango tc
Pennington, and it is rumored tina.
the Southern Pacific will build line
through this field, which will give
them an outlet to Denver.
| Mr.. Hoyt s. Gale will continue the
work carried on by him during the
past year in the Yampa coal field OF
Colorado to the south into the White
River region, and his work will extend
south across Grand river near Glen
wood Springs, if time permits. This
is one of the most important coal fields
of Colorado, and the results Of this
examination promise to be or great
economic importance.
Mr.. George B. Richardson will make
an examination of the Book Cliffs coal
field of Colorado and Utah. He will
begin work at Grand Junction, Colo
RADIO, and will go westward across
Green river to the Sunnyside mine in
Utah. This is almost unknown terri
tory, but, according to report, carries
thick beds of high-grade coal.
Mr. A. r. Schultz will be engaged in
a reconnaissance survey of the coal
fields of northern Uinta county, Wyo-
ming. This will be an extension of tho
work carried on by Messrs. Veatch and
Schultz during the past year in the
southwest corner Of the state. He will
begin his work in the vicinity Of kem-
merer, on the Oregon Short Line, and
will work northward as conditions will
permit
Mr.. A. c. Veatch will make detailed
examination of some of the coal fields
along the Union Pacific railroad in the
vicinity of Rawlins, Wyoming. This
work will connect on the south with
the work done by Mr.. Gale in the
Yampa coal field by Colorado, and will
extend to the north and east to the lin
its Of the coal fields.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Reclamation Engineers viii Report
Progress at Boise.

Boise, Idaho-At the fourteenth Ma
tional Irrigation Congress, which
meets here September Sd to Sth, the
district engineers in charge OF the
various projects being carried on by
the reclamation service of the govern
ment, will report progress on the work
under their direction. The combined
statistics will prove interesting and In
structive to the delegates.
Senators LaFollette OF Wisconsin
and Bailey Of Texas have notified the
executive committee of the congress
that they expect to be present, ac-
companying the delegations from Wis.
consin and Texas.
DR.. w. M. Hays, assistant secretary
of agriculture, will be one OF the prom
inent public men taking part in the
proceedings.
Farmers and orchardists throughout
the sixteen states comprising the irri-
gated area are making great prcpara-
tions for the exposition of irrigated
products, to be held here during the
session. Exhibitors to the number of
200 have engaged space for their ex-
hibits, and a spirited contest will be
engaged in for the valuable prizes to
be awarded.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
American Goods In Mexico.

American merchants could do so
per cent. more business in Mexico
were they to study the character and
condition of trade in our country"
said Walter e. Grevel, of Mexico City.
THE main trouble with the slow sale
of American merchandise in Mexico
is the fact that the merchants and
manufacturers demand that payment
for their goods be sent upon the re.
ceipt of the bill for the same, and
this bill arrives month in advance
of the goods. OF course. our mer-
chants do not favor the idea of pay.
ing for goods before receiving them
On the other hand, European mer.
chants are liberal in giving time lin
its as high as six months, and, as a
consequence, enjoy good portion OF
our trade"
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Wyoming Asbestos Mines.

The Wyoming Asbestos Mining and
Manufacturing Company has COM
pleted the erection of camp at its as
bestos property on Smith creek, says
late Casper dispatch. A number OF
substantial miners cabins have been
put up, shaft and store houses have
been erected, and the preparations for
development of the property on large
scale are proceeding rapidly.
The company is now taking out
crude asbestos and storing it in sacks
for treatment at future date. Super
intendent French is to leave in few
days for Canada, where he will make q
study of asbestos reduction and deter
mine the best character of machinery
for use in treating the Smith Creek as
bestos. AS soon as this decision Is
reached the machinery will be ordered,
and probably will be installed before
the end of the present year.
Assistant Secretary Herald of the
company has returned from Washing
ton, where he arranged for the expendi-
ture of all necessary funds for the de-
velopment of the property on Smith
creek.
The Smith creek asbestos is the fin
est yet discovered in the United
States, the fiber being superior to that
obtained in Canada, and very similar
to that which came from the now
worked--out Italian deposits.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
IRRIGATION CONTRACT.
Immense Enterprise Under the Cary
| Land Grant Act.

Cheyenne.-After lengthy confer
ence at the capitol between Governor
Brooks, State Engineer Johnston and
Attorney General Mullen, representing
the state, and Joy Morton of Chicago,
representing the Central Wyoming Ir-
riection Company, the state awarded a
contract to the company to construct
the irrigation works in the Shoshone
Indian reservation. There were mum.
erous bids, some of which could not be
considered and others which were too
high.
The Central Wyoming Irrigation
Company, which is backed by the
American Trust and Savings bank of
Chicago, is officered as follows: Presl-
dent, Joy Morton; vice-president, Mark
Morton; secretary. Ed II. Stoarns;
treasurer, Daniel Peterson, all resi-
dents of Chicago.
The company contracts to build stor-
age reservoirs, seventy-five miles Of
canals and furnish water for 265, 900
acres at n cost to the settlers OF $40
an acre with perpetual right and pro.
portionate interest In irrigation works.
When ninety per cent. of the water
rights are sold the settlers will elect
their own officers and the Central Wyo-
ming Company will withdraw. The
contract involves the expenditure OF
100000. Work will be commenced
within three months.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
THREE HUNDRED DROWNED.
italian Steamship Wrecked OK Coast
Of Spain.

Cartagena, Spain.-A terrible ma
fine disaster occurred Saturday even
ing off Cape Palos. The italian steam
chip Sirio, from Genoa for Barcelona,
Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres,
with about 500 persons on board, was
wrecked off Hormigas island. Three
hundred emigrants, most OF them ltal-
ians and Spaniards, were drowned.
The captain Of the steamer committed
suicide. The archbishop Of Sac Pedro,
Brazil, also was lost, and it is reported
that another bishop Is among the miss
ing. The remainder of the passengers
and the officers and crew got away in
the ships boats or were rescued by
means of boats sent to them from the
shore. A number of fishermen who
made attempts at rescue were
drowned.
Those rescued from the vessel are
now at Cape Palos in a pitiable cond.-
ton, being without food or clothing.
The Sirio struck rocky reef known
as Bajos Hormigas and sank soon
after, stern first Hormigas island lies
about two and a half miles to the
eastward of Cape Palos.
The Sirio was owned by the Naviga-
zione Italiana of Genoa.
Before he committed suicide, the
captain declared the steamer had 645
passengers on board and that her crew
numbered 127 men. The Sirio had
$40 passengers when leaving Genoa,
but additional Spanish passengers
were taken on board at Barcelona
where the vessel touched few hours
before the disaster.
The disaster occurred at o'clock
Saturday afternoon. The steamer was
threading a difficult passage through
the Hormigas group, where the Bajos
Hormigas reef is a continual menace
to navigation.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Silver Cliff Strike.

A Denver Republican special says:
A rich strike of silver ore has been
made on property owned by the Pres
ton Gold Mining and Milling Company,
one and one-fourth miles northwest OF
Silver Cliff and the same distance
from the Rio Grande station at West
cliffe. A trial shipment from a forty
foot shaft, made early in the year, ran
fifty-two ounces silver, the net returns
from the smelter being SG25. In drift
ing north from this shaft rich ore was
encountered in June. a three to four
inch streak in the vein assaying from
1,600 to 1000 ounces silver, and one
slab of ore weighing over sixty pounds
was taken out that runs over ! 500
ounces silver for the whole piece.
Twenty tons of ore. not including the
rich stuff was shipped to Sallda and
ran PIG ounces silver. six per cent.
lead, or $135.G5 ton, the net smelter
returns on the car being S2,4724S. A
second car, thirty-two tons of high
grade ore from the same workings, has
recently been shipped to the smelters
at Salida.
This is the richest strike made in the
district since the phenomenally rich
silver ore discovered in the cliff at the
edge of the town gave the place its
name. Silver Cliff, and made 1t town
Of G,000 people.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Drainage Company Incorporates.

Articles of incorporation are ready
TO be fled with the secretary OF state
for the Cripple Creek Drainage and
Tunnel Company, this being the first
official move in the long projected deep
drainage of the district. The company
will be capitalized for s1.0O0,Oo0, with
shares at a par value of 81 each. The
main Offices will be in Colorado
Springs, with field of operations In the
Cripple Creek district, as well as ut the
Springs. The initial board of directors
will be F. f. CASTILLO of The Mary Nc
Kinney, +. G. Peck of the Portland,
Sherwood Aldrich of the EllSton. +. J.
Campbell of the Vindicator, s. s. Ber-
nard of the El Paso; c. G. Gamlin,
Granite; A. e. Carlton. Findley; w. ].
Chinn and j. A. Ritter. The two latter
will resign as soon as representatives
from two other companies are named.
Officers will be elected later and a de-
tision reached regarding the advisable
lty of constructing the Window Rock
Or the Catch Park tunnel. Zach Of the
companies interested will subscribe to
stock in the tunnel company. no money
being subscribed outright. No definite
date is given as to the commencement
of actual work on the tunnel.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Ro5bing of a Beggar.

The street beggar with pockets lined
with money is a fairly familiar figure
Of city life, but one of the free dis
pensaries reports an instance of an
attempt to get free medicine, on the
plea of poverty, that deserves a place
in the catalogue of good stories Of
graft" says the New York Post. A
middle-aged woman appeared the
other day and got prescription, after
which she took her place in the line
of persons waiting to have their medi-
cine made up by the apothecary.
This particular woman, 1t should be
said. had given satisfactory answers
to all the questions put to her. de-
signed to show whether she was a
proper subject for charity. Suddenly
there was a cry: I'm robbed! I'm
robbed" The victim was this wom-
an, who so far forgot her previous
professions as to assert that her
pocket had been picked and that the
thief had got away with 500. Then
she lost the opportunity to get free
medicine, thus adding, in her view, In
suit to injury.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Weld County Harvest Festival.

Greeley, Colo.-Plans have now been
definitely formed for the Harvest Day
Festival to be held here August 23d,
and everything points to the day being
the biggest one of the year In northern
Colorado. Those having the affair in
charge declare that the attractions will
outstrip those Of the flower fete held
at Colorado Springs and all other
special days In different parts
Of the state. Windsor, Eaton,
Ault. Kersey, Lucerne, Peckham,
Evsns. Platteville and Fort Lup.
ton will have hand in the cele-
bration, which is for all Of Weld
county, to show the great resources
within its borders.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
LeadviIIe's July Output.

The tonnage for the month of July
of all classes of ore amounted in round
numbers to $4,000 tons, and consider
ing the drawbacks from a scarcity Of
cars, also of desirable labor, both at
the mines and smelter the output is
highly creditable, says the Herald
Democrat. The present month should
see somewhat of an increase, as the
tonnage from the Tucson can be relied
upon to materially assist in bringing
1t up, also the tonnage from one of the
properties in the outlying districts
which are now being worked steadily.
The Adams new mill will probably be
in commission by the middle of the
month. and the supply of ore will come
from the Wolftone. The future is ex-
ceedingly bright, and mining was
never on more substantial basis than
it is to-day.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
GREAT AIRsAlP RACE.
Aersnauts from Seven Nations WIN
Contest at Paris.

Paris.-Two months hence aeron.
auts representing every nation will
start from the Tuileries gardens In q
race for the coupe international dea
aeronauts. Preparations for this
great contest are proceeding apace at
the Aero Club de France. Indeed cor.
respondent was informed by the secre.
tary that every detail had been consid.
cred and settled and the organization
was complete. No effort has been
spared to make the event a sporting
and scientific success. The list Of en-
tries follows:
Germany - Deutscher Luftschiffer
Verband, Baron Hewald, Herr Hugo
and Herr Scherl
Belgium-Aero Club de Belgique. M.
Van Den Driesch.
Spain-Real Aero Club de Espana,
Senior ]. F. Duro, Captain Kindelan ,
Duany, Senor F. G. De Salamanca.
America-Aero Club of America,
Frank 8. Lahm, M. Santos Dumont.
Great Britain-Aero Club of the
United Kingdom, Frank E. Butler, Hon.
c. s. Rolls and Professor A. X. Hunt
ington.
France-The Aero Club de France,
M. Jacques Balsan, Comte de Castellon
de Saint Victor, Comte Henry dc La
Vaulx.
Italy-Societa Aeronautica Italiana
Signor Alfredo Von Willer.
The maximum capacity Of tho bal
looms has been set at 1900 cubic met
ers. Many Of them are being speci-
ally constructed for the contest. Re-
Gently the Aero Club de France, which
is the organizing authority for this
years contest, was called upon to take
an important decision. Both the Aero
Club de ,BelgiQue and the Societa
Aeronautica Italiana asks to be al
lowed to enter second balloon. These
applications came after the time orig
inally set for closing the entry list
and were therefore refused. The Aero
Club de France pointed out that due
notice of the date had been given and
declined to create a precedent the re-
suit of which would probably have
been to alter all the arrangements at
the eleventh hour.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
The Idle Sinners.

Every once in awhile the action of
some young man who is enjoying a
princely income brings to mind the
thought that money ill-spent inevita'
bly, brings disaster to the spender.
The idle rich, whose sole idea is to
amuse themselves, are curses in a
community. They bring themselves
to premature graves, but long before
their deaths they are old in sin, and
are so satiated with illicit pleasure
that they find no enjoyment in any
thing, and, like Sir Charles Cold
stream in the play of Used Up
there is nothing for them to see with
astonishment. Their constant cry is,
There is nothing in it." and they try
to stimulate their jaded appetites with
excesses that are suggestive of the
declining Pagan days of Greece and
Rome. Go to any of our fashionable
watering places in the height of the
season and you will find many indo-
lent rich men whose faces express
sensuality and a vague longing for
new sensation. Their fathers prob
ably toiled hard for the money they
are throwing away in trying to enjoy
themselves with base amusements. 1t
would have been a mercy If few
years earlier they had been deprived
of their princely incomes. They
might then have been of some use
in the world. Now they are simply
membranes. There is no breeder
of vice like laziness, and this applies
to all classes of young men, the poor
as well as the rich, for all the vicious
youth are not to be found among the
rich, says the Boston Budget. Some
of them come from the homes of pov-
erty. and they rely upon poor rela-
tions for support when they do not
become common thieves. Both the
classes mentioned are demoralizing
in the examples they set, and if they
could be packed off together to some
island in the sea, where they would
have to work or starve, they might
develop into something human and
less brutal
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Increased Coke Production.

The report on the manufacture OF
coke in 1905, by Mr.. Edward w. Par
ker, statistician of the United States
Geological Survey, which is now in
course of preparation, will show that
the output for 1905 exceeded that Of
all other years in the history of the
industry. Not only was the amount
of coke manufactured greater, but
the percentage of increase in produc-
tion over that of previous years was
larger. The amount of coke manufac-
tured in the United States in 1905 was
32,231, ,129 short tons as compared with
1861 JOG short tons in 1904, indicating
an increase of S,570,02S short tons, or
1922 per cent. The value increased
in still greater ratio, from SAG, Sal
in 1904 to s72,476,1 1876 in 1905, a gain OF
57.O6 per cent.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Cripple Creek District output.

The district has again maintained it's
reputation by it's July output. Com
pairing figures with those of preceding
months of the year, it will be seen that
the Cripple Creek districts future is
assured by recent developments at the
existing water level, a production of at
least $1,500,0O0 a month for years to
come. With the proposed second drain
age tunnel an accomplished fact, the
possibilities of Colorado's greatest gold
camp cannot be estimated. In July
the camp has produced 47,040 tons Of
gross bullion value of $1,636.5OO.
The figures as returned by smolter
mill, mine and railroad officials are as
follows:
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Can Protect His Fruit.

Greeley.-The case against ]. w.
Dillon, fruit grower. for alleged kill
ing of song birds that were eating his
berries, was dismissed Thursday, the
court holding that the defendant had n
right to protect his property. This
was test case to determine the WI
provides a fine and Imprisonment for
the killing Of song birds. II was Bit
tsyly contested ON both sides.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Aliases of the Great.

Some investigator of curious sub.
jects has discovered that the inventor
of travelling incognito was Peter the
Great of Russia. The next after the
famous Russian sovereign to adopt
the practice was Joseph II. of Aus.
tria, who in 1777 made little stay
in Paris under the title of Count Won
Falkenstein. During the revolutionary
period Louis XVIII. buried his tempo
rary useless royal dignity under the
privacy of Comte de Lille, while
Charles X. passed as Comte de Marles
Ex-Empress Eugenie in her splendor
frequently took little trips as Com
tesse de Pierrefonds. King Leopold
does SO still as Comte de Ravenstein.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09
Castro has taken down the pre-

Castro has taken down the presi.
dency. which he slipped off and hung
up in the closet some time ago, and
finds that II fits as well as ever.
There is rumor to the effect that
he did not come back at the call
of the asphalt trust. which may yet
have few fits in consequence of his
return.
Gilpin observer., 1906-08-09

Edison says he will soon place auto.
mobiles within the reach of all. Some
of us have had to be pretty spry to
get out Of reach Of them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-05
corp AND .russacvLosls.

This 10 almost summer weather
and every one seems to be enjoying
II hughIy. The old resident IL apt to
say: This ID the kind OF weather we
ought to have at this time = year.
The cold nights and sharp days were
Just auch an accident al Ii likely to
happen In many OF the best CLIMATE
cally regulated countries.
Doubtless. nearly everybody likes
the soft, mild, somewhat enervating,
weather Of the past day or two better
that the brisk. celebrating, cold, but
cloudless days that preceded. And
yet unless our doctors are mistaken,
unless the theory OF the American
government aud Swiss and German
experts are at fault. It Is II bright.
brisk, cold days that furnish better
climatic conditions for the treatment
Of tubercular troubles that the warm
days.
Our doctors are repeating yearly
with every year greater emphasis
that cold II an enemy to the tuhercu-
losis. germ. Some doctors are going
far ~ TO send their patients dur.
Ing the summer months to Green
land and Aiaska and Labrador. The
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-05

Swiss and the German, and In fact
all the European experts, make no
pretense at curing tubercular patients
during the summer time. Every ma
ton Of Europe has It's sanitariums
high In the Swiss Alps. There. dur
Ing the clear. cold days Of winter
the curing season." the patients are
treated.
In Germany the government has
directed supervision OF tuberculosis,
as soon rs a patient Is infected he
IL placed In one OF the big govern
ment sanitariums. which for the
most part are In the pine clad
heights Of the Black Forest noun
tains.
The cases In Germany are taken In
time. II the disease develops ip the
summer. the physicians say. Hold
your own during the warm months;
we'll cure YOU In the winter" And
they generally do. From the fact
that the disease Ii taken In the ear
ly stages and that the sanitarium
treatment IL given, the Germans
have made great strides IN The treat
ment OF tuberculosis.
But ~ over Europe ~ fActs 10 tul.
'ly recognised that colo, clear wealth
or, and an altitude 81 several thou.
sand feet are strong teithful llbaa
In the treatment Of the disease.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-05
! STATEHOOD.

There en- be no question that the
more the statehood question Ii al.
tated. thu Detter peoplA undesstand.
especially eastern people. that Il VIII
be = crine to attempt to unite
Arizona and New Mexico az q eingls
gle state against their wishes. Even
those WIN come here with a precon-
ceived opinion favoring jointure, II
they will observe conditions fairly. re.
port that the territories should not
be Joined. The eastern newspaper and
magasine writer's who favor joint
statehood 10 strenuously are those
who have never been here and know
nothing q the conditions. The ar:i.
Gle reproduced In part today from
Worlds Work. IL from the pen II a
man who came here admittedly be-
iIeving In joiAture. Despite the
desperate noise n the joint statehood
league. there are really few people
n either territory outside Of Albu-
ouerque, New Mexico. who are In ia.
vor Of Joint Statehood.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-05

Thu Pennsylvania railroad distrib.
uted : chOtce lot Of scriptural texts
apropos Of the occasion to those who
had h~eretotore received free passes
IN the system, Walk and be not
weary" Run and faint not and
such other good advice was bestowed.
The company should have included
Thou shalt not swear" in every
batch of texts.