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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

CONTINUED From Our last.)
which monthly puts a goodly sum to
the right side of the companys
ledger.
That the Continental Alta is a bo-
nanza of no mean dimensions is al
ready a fact, but what II will be In
the future is in every way brighter
than its history up to the present
time has shown. Situated as It is so
high up on the mountain. and its ore
bodies being so strong and continu-
Gus from the surface to the lowest
level yet attained, II cannot be ques-
toned for n moment but that they go
to the depths. The ore, of course.
for n long time will be mostly car
Donate, but when water level has
been reached they will beyond ques-
ton change to sulphide with an aver.
age Increase In value.
Development is constantly being
pushed and new ore chutes are con-
stantly being opened. II will be
years before mining on the same
level OF the Columbus Con. will be
reached. and all through these years
the mine will be pouring out its
stream OF ore TO add to the metallic
wealth OF the world Thus II is that
the mine will stand in perennial
youth when many OF the great pro-
ducerss OF the present day have be-
come only n memory.
In the matter OF equipment the
mine is fully abreast Of the acquire
ments of modern mining. A power
plant which harnesses n portion OF
the turbulent Little Cottonwood creek
generates the electric energy with
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
SALT LAKE ROUTE EXCURSIONS
Autumn Outings via utah's Most Pop
ular Road.

Mexico City and return, S69.SO. The
tour OF Old Mexico affords the grand
est autumn trip TO be found on the
American continent. San Francisco,
Los Angeles and intermediate points
only $500. Short line, quick connec.
tlons. Utah's finest trains. Los An
geles and return, only $4,000. Special
sale dates, September TO II. POSI-
lively the last $4,000 excursion OF the
season to glorious southern California
Low rates for settlers TO points II
southern Utah Miners excursions Il
Nevada points and lowest rates all the
time to all southern California points
Follow the crowd TO the ticket office
1863 South Main street
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Maine PoIIee and soIdIers.

There are no white soldiers or po
ice In British New Guinea. Rnere the
natives number 100000. The govern.
ment consists Of British admins.
traitor, an executive council and the
magistrates stationed at centsfs near
the coast There are 500 non-oficial
white residents.
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Mr. Moody has shipped 200 pounds
OF evidence to Chicago 20 be used
prepertual candidate to take the place
OF Boies? This would save the ex-
pense of holding convention every
time a governor Is 20 be nominated
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ENolNEERlNG-Mecha Surveying, De-
signing, Irrigation. Sewerage. Hydraulics. Roads
and PaveueDts. Etc.
coMMERCE-Business Administration, 40
counting Banking, Transportation. Commercial
Law, Stenography. Etc.
GENERAL SClENCE-Comprising English,
Mathematics History, Economies, Modern Lam
guages, Natural and Physical Sciences. Etc
ysical Sciences, Etc.
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REM EN- Der.

II your local merchant does not
carry in stock Temple Brand Gar.
ments, Rams Head Sweaters. Sego
Lily Underwear. send your orders di.
rect to the sole manufacturers, Salt
Lake Knitting Works.
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Some gIC' persons persons believe,
that It is O. doings OF Pittsburg mil
lionaires that make the heavens weep
so much, OF late.
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ing OF railroad to the camp. Thus
the Continental Alta may be safely
said to be a great mine-great not
only in its mountains of ore, but also
in its management, which for the past
five years has been model of eff
Ifectiveness and intelligence.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Horticulture. Ami.
nal Industry, Veterinary Science, Darying, Irrga-
ton and Drainage, etc.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ARTs-Cooking
and Dietetics, Sanitation Hygiene, Sewing,
Household Economics Etc.
MECHANIC ARTS-Carpentry, Forging Pat
tern Making, Carriage Building Foundry Work,
Machine Work. Etc
COURSES are also offered in Music, Al
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
GREAT CULEBRA CUT.
Biggest Piece of Digging Ever Under
taken-A Huge Mexican Drainage
Cut.

The huge excavations for the Pana-
ma Canal across the Culebra divide
will be by far the greatest furrow in
the earth's surface ever made by
human agency. This statement is made
by the Engineering News, in a COM
prehensive discussion of the great
excavation projects of the world. The
big Panama cut is SO large that the
mind fails to grasp it's real magnitude,
and it can only be appreciated by
comparison with some familiar object.
A question of considerable interest re-
Gently raised by a correspondent re-
lates to the largest existing artificial
excavation which is at all comparable
with the Culebra cut. Great amounts
Of excavation were done, of course,
on such works as the North Sea Canal,
the Manchester Canal and the Suez
Canal; but all these were built through
comparatively level country.
So far as 1t has been able to dis
cover, the only deep cut at all com
parable with hat to be made through
the Cuelbra divide is the great Nochi-
stongo cut through the hills which
surround the Valley of Mexico. This
huge excavation was begun in 1910,
for the purpose of affording an outlet
to the flood waters which had mum
dated the City of Mexico and destroyed
a great part of the city and it's in
habitants. For more than a hundred
and forty years labor on this great
work was the chief task of the Mex
lean nation, and 1t was not until the
year 1889 that it was finally completed.
The total length of the Nochistongo
cut Is twelve and one-half miles. It's
greatest depth is 1877 feet. and its great
est width is 361 feet. The total amount
of material excavated was about 54,-
600, 900 cubic yards. In comparison
with this the cut at Culebra will have
a considerably greater maximum
depth and width, even for the project
with the eighty-f1ve-foot summit level.
The total cube of excavation at the
Culebra divide was estimated by En-
gineer Wallace as 1876, 900 900 cubic
yards for the sea-level canal and ILL.,
0e0, 00o cubic yards for a canal with
O sixty-foot summit level.
While in mere size of excavation
the cut through the Panama divide is
by far the larger, the fact that the
Nochistongo cut was made with abso-
lutely no aid from machinery or me-
chanical power, but wholly with hui
man muscle, makes our task on the
isthnus seem like mere child's play
in comparison with that accomplished
by those patient toilers under the tor
rid sun Of Mexico two centuries ago.
When one recalls that this deep, arti-
fetal valley, more than twelve miles
long, was all dug by the labor of In
dams, who excavated the material
with the crudest hand tools and car
ried 1t in baskets on their heads to the
place of final deposit, the great cut of
Nochistongo is entitled to rank, with
the Pyramids of Egypt, among the
worlds greatest wonders.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

is 80,000,000. A generation more, at
the present rate Of increase, and il
will be 1870, 200, 900 or 1870, O00, 900. A
century hence, 1t will be SOC, 600, 900
The children of some of us, anyway
Il grandchildren, will live to see that
date. Will the United States then be
able to sustain such a population? No,
nor half that number, yen with every
arabic acre cultivated according to
present methods. 1t is estimated that
with every such acre cultivated after
the present manner, the country could
produce only enough to sustain IA,
900, 900 people. What about the re.
naming 1856, 000, 900 souls of which our
children or grandchildren will be a
part?
Do we ever stop to think that the
matter for organizing rural settlement
throughout the United States-of
Building the Unfinished Republic" II
you please-is not merely a matter of
increasing material prosperity, or even
a matter of making homes for the
homeless, but something which Is alb
solutelw vital to the very existence OF
the Nation in times to come. and to
come very shortly?
Somebody must look ahead; some.
body must take account of the needs
of the future. This is a portentous
question which the future must an
swer, and which the future simply
cannot answer unless the present gene
ration begins to organize it's forces for
the systematic and scientific develop
ment of our entire fund Of natural
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
What Governs Price OF Dogs.

The price paid for a dog seems to be
governed not so much by the value of
the animal as the sentiment of the pur-
and, as a rule, the sporting dog brings
the lowest figure. Doubtless this is
due to the fact that the mar who wants
a gun dog Is a practical person, while
the seeker after the SHOW dog" pays
for running the SHOW" 1t is granted
right here that many a good gun dog
also shows well, but the highest prices
go for the show animal, pure and SIM
pie.
At a recent sale of pointers and set
ters at Birmingham, England, n OF
the most important sales in years, the
entire lot-two score or more-sold FOR
$3,O25. The highest price paid was
1925, for the famous female pointer.
Coronation -four and a half years. the
winner of many championships; while
among the settlers the choice was
Ightfeld Bang -four and a half years)
a great field trial winner, who brought
only $185. American purchasers
would have thought these dogs cheap
at $1,000 apiece.
In contrast with these prices, the
bull terrier Woodcote Wonder sold In
New Haven for $4,000 to a San Fran
cisco purchaser. Richard Croker, Jr.,
paid SO, for his Champion Rodney
Stone, and Frank Gould paid as high
as $4,000 for a st. Bernard. These are
real prices-unlike many OF the
amounts running up into the thousands
tagged on to bench space, of not a few
30-cent dogs, exhibited at some Of the
kennel shows, where 1t is believed nee
essary to have something attractive.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
A LapIand Birthday Present.

AS soon as a Lapp baby is born a
reindeer is presented to him. This
reindeer is literally his start In life,
for not only that deer. but all Its
young, and as they grow up, all their
young deer, belong to the child. When
he is of age he has quite a herd O
his own.
This custom Is Of much greater use
to him than IL every aunt, uncle n
cousin he had in the world presented
him with the heaviest silver spoon
to be found.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
Highest SaIaried Woman.

Miss Kate Holiday Claghorn, OF
Brooklyn, has been appointed to be
registrar of the tenement house depart
ment Of the city and Is the highest paid
woman in the civil service Of New York
State, her salary being $4,000 a year.
At q competitive examination, the
only ether person to pass was George
Hale, q veteran in the department.
whose average was q little less than
that made by his successful rival.
Miss Claghorn n q very pretty young
weman Of modest aAa sAessu@iAg
manner.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

around us, and once, when I looked
over at my companion, who was swim
ming abreast Of me probably a hun
bred feet away, he seemed to be alb
solutely immersed in sparkling flame.
But that same moment | became aware
of a third area of swiftly moving phos-
p~horescence between Us; and the next
instant | realized that 1t was made
by a big shark, a good three feet
longer than l am.
Shark Was Carney.
IT splashed hard, but the shark,
contrary to the habits of his kind,
did not turn tail. He kept right on,
and then my companion saw him and
became He began to swim
u~nevenly, and l knew at once that he
might not keep his head If the big
fish should really try to annoy him.
So 1 struck straight across at right
angles.
"Just as I got half way over, the
shark put on speed and forged head
down on me. For a moment, as l
saw that green, submarine streak OF
fire, with the gl~istening dorsal fin
sticking up higher than my head, CON-
ing straight for me like a shot, l was
nearly panic stricken myself. But I
turned directly at him pounding and
lashing the sea with hands and feet
and blowing the water to make a bel
lowing noise. The man-eater sank be-
meath the surface, and I could see his
family Illuminated outline going down.
down, slowly, till It glimmered faith
oms deep. Then I got my hand under
my companions armpit and helped
him along"
IT guess you don't ever waat . ncsa-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

daughters of Yung Kwai, a Chinaman
who acts as interpreter at the Legation
whose wife is an American formerly
living in Springfield, Mass.
The daughter of the Minister is
known even to her intimate friends
as Miss Liang. Like other Celestial
women of high station she has a given
name but the Chinese are a very for
NAL people and the Minister'S daughter
Is seldom addressed by her first
name even by her father. Minister
Liang's two sons who now speak Eng
fish almost as f1uently as their father
adopted American dress from the day
they took up their residence in Wash
ington but tie daughter of the Envoy
still clings to her native dress con
sisting of loose blouse and trousers.
Chinese fashions have not changed
in centuries but Miss Liang's costumes
are made by a Chinese tailor connect
ed with the Legation. Her costumes
are of the richest silks and satins,
black and white being her favorite
colors. The quaint Chinese shoes that
she wears cause this young lady to
walk in what appears to American
eyes, a rather awkward fashion but
she has not the small, deformed feet
such as have prevented some of her
predecessors at the Chinese Legation
from walking without assistance.
Young Chilean Ladies'.
Two young people who have made
many American friends during a long
term of residence in the United States
are the daughters of Senior Don Joa-
quin Walker-Martinez, the Minister
from Chill. These young ladies have
been living under the Stars and
Stripes for nearly five years and have
attended American schools. They
have the clear olive complexion, dark
hair and eyes and rich coloring typi-
cal of the Latin Races.
AS has been mentioned above there
are many young people in the house
holds of the ENJOYS from South and
Central America and the West Indies.
At the Legation of Haiti, are the
Misses Bourke, popular young rela-
tives of Minister Leger, who by the
way Is one of the veteran diplomats
at Washington, having resided in this
country continuously for ten years.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
Son A West Pointer.

Minister Calvo, by the way has a
son who is a cadet at West Point and
is rendering a most excellent account
of himself, standing well toward the
head in all his classes.
The new Russian Ambassador to the
United States has a decidedly pretty
daughter, Baroness Elizabeth Rosen
and the only daughter of the British
Ambassador constitutes another i'm
portant member of the foreign colony.
The aforementioned young lady, Miss
Josephine Durand, is one of the partic-
ular chums of President Roosevelt's
eldest daughter, just married. The
Turkish Minister Chekib Bey has two
young sons who wear American
dress and speak the English language.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

light swim here again after that, eh?"
said one of his hearers.
ooh, we were kind of scared, all
right" was the reply, but it wasn't
that bad. Only | will confess that we
sat around for nearly an hour getting
Il nerves Strengthened out before we
swan back"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
RESOURCES OF The SOUTH.
THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT: But
DE DEVELOPMENT HAS ONLY
JUST COMMENCED.
No Section of the United States
Offers Productive Land So Cheap.
Opportunities for Many Millions of
Rural Homes.
BY WILLIAM Z. sMYTHE.

bh WILLIAM T.. SMhlHEs
1t is a comfort to us to look forward
to the day when our children and our
grandchildren will be ~fulltiedged citi-
zens of the Republic? Will they have
the same chance or IN equally good
chance with us, or the chances that
u fathers and III grandfathers had
to enjoy the blessings of our free in
s~titutions? VIII they have the chance
that We have to make or secure, each,
a home of his own?
1t has been said that the true test Of
craftsmanship is the provision which is
made for the comfort of posterity. The
present population of the United States
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

The agent of the Republic of Bolivia at
Uncle Sans seat of Government has
a very pretty daughter, Elena Calderon
by name, and there are several girls
in the large family of Senior Calvo, the
Minister from Costa RIGA.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
CHILDREN OF MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY.

CHILDREN OF MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY.
ago a Chinese baby opened it's eyes in
our capital city on the Fourth of July,
and was named Washington.
Another youngster who Is a native
of the United States Is the little son of
Senior Quesada, the Minister or Envoy
from the Republic of Cuba. Senior
Quesada and his wife have two chill
dren, both s~trikingly handsome with
large dark eyes and the olive complex
ion of the Latin-American. Their cous-
in, a young girl whose home is in the
city of Havana Cuba, spends her va
cations with them and they never fail
to give a great childrens' party in her
honor every time she visits Washing
ton.
From the Antipodes.
An exceedingly pretty little girl is
Frau Matilda Bussche, the daughter
of that blonde giant Baron Bussche,
Secretary of the German Embassy and
his dark-complexioned South Ameri-
car wife whom he married while sta
toned in the Argentine Republic at
the other end of our continent. Little
Miss Bussche has a striking combina-
"a vain CJSo II huASh O. ohN
despite her tender years she speaks
two different languages.
Other South American children in
this odd community in Washington,
are the two sons Of Senior Baez, the
Minister from the little known Re-
public of Paraguay. The new Mexican
Ambassador and Sonora Casasus have
seven children; Hector, aged eighteen;
Evangelina, fifteen; Horacio, fourteen;
Margarata, thirteen; Mario, eleven;
Leon, nine and Jorge, seven. At the
home of the Envoy from Costa RIGA
there are half a dozen children; the
Minister from Haiti has two darkroom
plexioned sons; there are several
young people in the household of the
first Minister from the new Republic
of Panama; and five attractive young
sters enliven things at the residence
of the new Ambassador from Brazil
the first Ambassador Ca diplomat of
higher rank than a Minister) to come
to the United States from any South
American country. These young people
from Brazil, speak the Portuguese
language whereas the junior citizens
from all other Pan-American countries
speak Spanish.
Chinese Children.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

"a them accompanied him to this
eouatry-a daughter aged about seven
teen who is famous in Washington for
Ter superb jewels and two sons one
Fl whom Is not yet twelve years OF
are while the other is still younger.
m ne same household are four half
Amsvfean children, the little sons and
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
YOUNG DIPLOMATS.
CHILDREN OF AMBASSADORS AND
MINISTER'S At THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.

They Constitute Quite a Foreign Col
ony. Representative Types From
the Courts and Governments of all
Nations.
The city of Washington has among
its Inhabitants a colony of foreign
children who bring to our Republic,
the manner and customs of many
far-off lands. They are the sons and
daughters of the officials known as
diplomats-men sent by the various
governments of the world to act as
their agents at the headquarters of
Uncle Sam. Quite a number of these
children of foreign parents have been
born in this country and a few years
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

Starting Experience of a Moonlight
Swim in the Great Ocean Current
Accomplished by Shark-Scared Big
Fish Away.
The wharf rats of New York and
other large cities who seem willing
to brave the wrath of the officers of
the law are but the making Of many
Of the most fearless swimmers Of the
world. A commercial traveller who
journeys, not only all over the pre-
cincts Of the United States. but in
foreign lands as we'll, in speaking of
his happy boyhood days when he as
ISOLATED with the daring swimming
population of the Metropolis, said that,
however pleasant and enjoyable his
youthful excursions, they were not to
compare with a swim in the Gulf
Steam-the Gulf Steam, teeming with
life, that only one whose nerves are
in absolute c~onsonance with the
ocean can escape. Wrigging and dart
ing things grip unseen at the swim.
mer's breast and arms. Silvery flashes
before his face tell of fish turning
their g~littering sides sharply as they
leap away at his approach. Big and
little, rising out of enormous depths
to sink again half seen, all conspire
to make that sunlight splendor a place
of sudden terrors to any except the
fearless.
Moonlight Swim in the Tropics.
zone evening"" said the man OF
commerce, latter l had been in ia
maica, having a week of the joys of
swimming this stream, l proposed to
a couple of my friends that we break
the monotony by taking a dip in the
water by moonlight. One of them con
scented, and we we're soon disporting
ourselves in the clear moonlit water.
1--WE were going along easily and en-
joying the swim immensely. Rarely
have I seen the water SO phosphor-
escent. Every stroke made fire whirl
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
Chinese Children.

Conspicuous among the juveniles Of
all nations gathered in Washington
are those from China. The present
Minister from the Celestial Empire, Sir
Chentung Liang-Cheng is a widower
who has a large family but only three
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24

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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-24
GULF STREAM SWIMMERS.
THEY ENCOUNTER MANY UN-
KNOWN AND SINGULAR DEM.
ZENS OF THE DEEP.

Starring Experience of a Moonlight
Swim in the Great Ocean Current
Accomplished by Shark-Scared Big
Fish Away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-24
PhiIadeIphIa Woman Play OOtr.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23.-In the opening
match play round for the individual cham
pionship OF the Women's Golf Association
Of Philadelphia at the HaverfOrd links to-day
holder, fell by the wayside, and Miss Lillian
Biddle, the runner up in last years struggle,
was easily put out. Another surprise was
Miss Florence W. Ayers's victory over Mrs,
II. TOulmln. The summary:
ChampiOnShip-Flrst round-Miss FloreAcc Con-
don, BAlA. beat Mrs T. W. Reath, RiyeTton, 4 up
and 3 to play: Miss Davis. Philadelphia Cricket.
beat Miss l.. d. Biddle, Riverton. Q up and 5 to play;
Mrs. r. n Barlow. Merton. beat Mrs. CoddingtOn,
Ayers, Riverton, beat Mrs. H Toulmin. Merton. Q up
and 20 play; Mrs: Miller, n. V; G. G., beat Mrs.
Caleb r. Foi. H: Y. {. G.. beat Miss DSllett. 81.
pavids. 9 up and I 70 play: Miss 7: G. Griseom,
I 20 play; Miss Gilbert, II. v. c. c., beat Miss n.
Ethel Maule, Merton, Q up and S to play.