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Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01
TO INTRODUCE
 CORE DRILLS
Manley to Prospect With Boring Machines on the Other Side
 of the Divide.

Among the innovations to be intro- duced across the divide by Frank Man ley is prospecting with core drill.
 It is said he will take in an apparatus capable of boring from 35 to 50 feet day which will take out core or 6 inches in diamater.
 One of the prime advantages claimed for this method of prospecting is its capacity for testing "wet" ground. Creeks where the water has baffled the prospectors' most earnest efforts, it is said, will surrender their secrets to this simple device.
 These prospecting machines are not new. For many years they have been employed with more or less satisfaction in the old Caribou district in British Columbia. At Nome they were intro duced several years ago. They are by no means a failure; but it has yet to be recorded where they have proved an unqualified success, especially under conditions encountered inthis northern country.
 The outfit to be introduced by Mir. Manley will be as light and easily moved from place to place as is consistent with efficiency. It can be installed in any accessible place at any season of the year
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01
New York.Thanksgiving Ditch.

Another piece of work of great inn portance has been commenced bv Egan Bros. and Olson & Anderson This is q ditch from New York creek to supply water to Thanksgiving.
 This ditch will be only about four miles long and will be finished this fall With it completed Thanksgiving creek and benches will undoubtedly become producers of considerable magnitude.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01
TWO D|TCHES
 FOR GLEN SIDE
ManIey to Bring Water from Hoot. Ianana and Egan Bros. from
 New York.

Word comes from across the divide that Frank Manley has under way the construction of ditch from Hootlanana to the benches of Pioneer, and that the work will be pushed to the utmost in order to get it as near completion as possible the present season.
 The ditch will be about twelve miles long. It will necessitate long tunnel through the Hootlanana divide, and is by far the most important undertaking that has been planned in Rampant dis trict
 A ditch along this line has been talked of for long time, and q survey was actually made by H. F. Thumm d year and half ago. Its construction will solve the water problem for lot of rich ground.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01

According to q recent dispatch from St. Petersburg tine American syndicate of civil engineers, headed by Loieq tie Bohel, has almost succeeded in arrang- ing with the Russian government for the construction of tunnel under the Boring strait, connecting siberia with Alaska.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01

Steamer Pro~peetor left Dawson July l6 with several parties ot explorers for i00 miles up the Pclly river. some of them ar. eutiitte,l iur two years. They will scatter from iI"ole canyon to vari- ous sections ol big and almost unknown country.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01

Pete Vsshon, ot Dawson, has oteae'l whale-tie an'l retail store in Cinema.
Yukon Valley news., 1906-08-01

Ground yiehliag cent to ls pans Is g'.sl dre'lger pay in California.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

white suede gloves. Japanese fan, and
blond wig. with jewels in the hair,
came in with Miss Pauline French
and seated himself all eyes we're cen
tered on him.
AS Mullaly's orchestra started tho
music, Little Girl. You'll Do" for
the waltz. several OF the men present
went toward the stranger. thinking It
was some one theY knew, but upon
closer view The joke was discovered.
and the ballroom was In an uproar,
Sidney Colford. not to be baked took
the lady" on the floor. and danced
with her" amid great laughter
Morgan was one OF the guests at a
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
MoToRMAN TOO SLOW so SHE
TAKES CHARGE.
TRIES TO MAKE A TRAIN.
Male at the Controller Fails to Realize
Her Hurry, So She Pushed Him
from Platform and Turns on
Full Speed.

Chicago.-Because motoman No.
Sic on the Halsted street line Of the
Chicago City Railway company refus-
ed to put a little speed on his car
the other day Mrs. s. II. Chichester
who was anxious to catch train for
her home In Evergreen Park, seized
the controller lever and turned the
current on to the last notch.
BY way of emphasizing her deter
mination to reach the train, she push
ed No. Sic off the front platform
when he objected to her summary &C
ton and for six blocks the big car ran
10 full speed through the crowded
street
Stops we're made neither for cross
ings nor for passengers TO get on or
on and three members of the team
sters' union we're shown that other
citizens have a little right TO part of
the street Three coal wagons. on
which they we're riding when the car
struck them. are laid up for repairs.
Mrs. Chidester was finally overpow-
cred by the conductor and some OF the
passengers on the car and taken to
the Stockyards police station. She
was released later after convincing
the officers that she was not insane.
Mrs. Chichester got on the car at
Thirty-ninth and Halsted streets and
at once informed the motorman that
she was in a hurry to reach the Grand
Trunk STATEN at Forty-ninth street.
At Forty-first street the car stopped
TO allow a teamster to make up his
mind whether he was going to get OF
the tracks or not, and Mrs. Chichester
got nervous. At Forty-third street II
took two old men a little longer to
get on than was necessary and Mrs.
Chidester went out on the front plat
form further to impress upon the mo-
torman the Importance OF caching her
train.
No. SIG resented her interference
and told her that he considered him
self capable of adjusting his own az
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

a rope over his right leg and threw
the other end over shaft about
eight feet overhead and secured II
The next moment a shrek OF agony
made the men desert their machines
and stand back horror-stricken at the
CHASTITY sight which confronted them.
Dangling by the rope from the shaft
was a human leg and further an arm.
clutching the rope with convulsive.
ness OF a death grip. Below on the
foor lay the bleeding body OF Getz.
ner, horribly mangled. with the face
battered almost beyond recognition.
The men turned away sick at heart.
The shaft kept revolving with the
CHASTITY evidence attached to II. Final
ly one man broke away from the
group and running to the engine room
yelled TO Engineer Alexander Schiller:
stop the machinery A man has
been killed."
Schiller stopped the machinery and
then went back with the man to the
mixing room. BY this time the fore
man had appeared The workmen
were busy cutting down the leg and
the arm from the shaft. When thew
had completed this work they were
sent back to their machines. Then n
was found that mo. 2O3" was miss
ing. Immediately the crime was fas
tened upon him.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
DUBIOUS
About What Her Husband Would Say.

A Mich woman tried Postum Food
Coffee because ordinary coffee dis
agreed with her and her husband. She
writes:
ely husband was sick for three
years with catarrh OF the bladder, and
pAlpitation of the heart. caused by
coffee. Was unable to work at all
and I'm bed part of the time.
Il lad stomach trouble, was weak
and fretful so ] could not attend TO
my housework-botho Of us using cot.
fec all the time, and realizing II was
harmful.
"Oue morning the grocer's wife
said she believed coffee was the cause
Of our trouble and advised Postum.
took IL home rather dubious about
what my husband would say-he was
fond of coffee.
"But / took coffee right on the
table, and we haven't used a cup OF
II since. You should have seen the
change In us, and now my husband
never complains of heart palpitatlon
any more. My stomach trouble went
away in two weeks after began Pos.
tum. My children love 1t and II does
them good, which can't be said of
coffee
"a lady visited us who was always
ha4 sick. told her I'd make her a
cup OF Postum. She said II was taste
less stuff. but she watched me make
IT, boiling It thoroughly for 10 min
utes. and when done she said It was
splendid. Long boiling brings out the
flavor and food quality" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book The Road 10
Wellville." In pkgs There's a reason"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
One Dudley Morgan Suddenly Finds
Fame by Invading Casino Dance
5ewltehingly Attlred.

Newport. r. lat the Casino dance
the other night there was a sensation
which the governors OF that aristocrat-
ic place say will not occur again. 1t
was the sensation OF the dull season.
A young man. dressed as a woman,
appeared in the gold and white thea
ter and danced and fiirted as a wom-
an. The young man in question was
Dudley Morgan. son OF William Rog-
ers Morgan, who owns a villa on
Rhode Island avenue.
The young man had been at a din
ner for young people. and he entered
the Casino theater with Miss Pauline
French, daughter Of Mrs. Henry
French. and a niece of Mrs. Alfred G..
Vanderbilt.
When Morgan. superbly gowned In
whit, embroidered net. In empire
stylG. with coral necklace. long,
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
WORKMAN IS TORN TO PIECES
ON A FAST-REVOLVING SHAFT.
Supposed Prank in a Plaster Mill Staten Island NJ r.
Ends in Horrible Death of Victim.

New York.-one workman killed
another In the mixing room OF plas-
ter works, at Richmond Terrace. New
Brighton. S. l., early the other
morning by tying him to a revolving
fiywheel shaft. Frank Getzner. 80
years old. Russian. who has been In
this country only two months plan
ming TO make a home for his wife and
four children. was the victim. mo.
20S." whose name is believed to be
Lucia. is wanted by the police to ex-
plain the death OF Getzner.
The mixing room. In which the men
we're working. contains within a radl-
us Of about SO feet about four ma
chimes, which mix cement and pour
It into six bags attached to the bot
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Catch Fish In a Beer Ken.

White Haven, Pa.-old lzaak Wal
ton. Grover Cleveland nor any OF their
vlvacious disciples could ever tell a
fish story the equal of that told by
two White Haven anglers who brought
home the evidence OF their facts.
They told OF trout whose fondness
for brewery products was such that
2 Voluntarily became a prisoner and
pemained in pine-tarred cell from
small fry age until 1. got to bo a
four-pound size. and to those lnoredu.
lous persons who wrinkled upper Inns
or noses the anglers produced their
evidence the other day. consisting Of
the keg in which was imprisoned the
fish.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Man Aged ~ 10 Travel.

Evansville, Ind.-Benjamin Daniels
a negro who 'tas born in slavery and
who says he Is III years old. will
leave in a few days for a visit with
friends at Clarksyille, Tenn. Ho will
make the trip unaccompanied. Dan.
iels lives with his daughter In this
city, and in spite OF his age is able
TO get around very wen. Daniels mar
ried his first wife during the war ~
1912. He has been married four times
and his Oldest child is now over so
years old. II is believed Daniels ia
tse oldest man in Indiana, The cid
man is unable 10 read or write.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Charity by Machinery.

Poor Man--W'ud ye be 30 kind.
sir, as to stop a moment! II was you.
sir, that saved my wife's life last
year by givin' me a dollar fer some
medicine. Please. sir, she's sick
sg'in, an the same way.
Mr. Highmind-I have recently
been convinced OF the folly OF indis-
eliminate giving. and l now distrib-
ute by donations through the Busi-
ness Mems Charity trust, organized
for the purpose OF investigating each
case. left a dollar with the secre-
tary not 1--WE minutes ago. Go and
tell him your story.
Mr.. Highmind ian hour later)-Ah!
Did you go to the secretary. as ! d.
rected?
II did. sir, an he gave me a ave-
cent piece wild a hole In It."
"Eh IL that all?"
Eyes. sir. told him about your
dollar, but he said the other 95 cents
was kept for salaries an expenses"
m. Y. Weekly.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
TWO CHIMNEY BUILDERS ARE
NARROWED l54 FEET in AIR
Caught Narrow Plank Near Top of Big EIue-- Tea
Shirts Into Strings Pull Up Rope and
Slide to Safety.

New York.-Two men we're held
concrete chimney at a steel plant at
Mariners Harbor, s. l., for ga hours
the other afternoon. They were on a
plank six feet long by two feet wide
ten feet from the top OF the chimney,
which Is 1914 feet high.
Their rescue was effected after a
long struggle by other employees and
members of the fire department. who
were called to aid In getting the men
down. The prisoners on the chimney
were Harry Towyne, foreman of the
job. and Conried Briol, his assistant.
Both are expert chimney builders
The work had been practically fin
ished when the men went up to do
some cementing near the top. A lad
der 1853 feet long in 12-foot sections
had been rugged up inside the chin
ney. Towyne and Briol climbed up
this at one o'clock.
They cemented the top or rim OF the
chimney, then climbed down to a
scaifolding that had been built ten
feet below the top. when a small lad
der they had used In reaching the
top dropped. Towyne and Briol began
TO rip up the floor of the scaffolding.
They had ripped up all the timbers
but one--the largest-the centerpiece
OF the scaffold. They stood on this
as they dropped the last OF the other
boards.
The last plank they dropped didn't
go straight to the bottom. but struck
on the side OF the chimney and, glanc-
Ing, crashed heavily into an upright
ladder some distance below the two
men. The force OF the plank snapped
the ladder and the upper half Of it
tumbled In a heap below.
The two men found themselves ma
rooned high up with only a plank
two feet wide TO stand on. They
cried for help for what seemed to
them days. About five o'clock the
other workmen around the plant
walked into the chimney ground level
and heard the cries OF the two pris-
oners.
News OF the mems plight spread
quickly. Soon a large crowd was at
the bottom OF the big fiue. All sorts
of schemes for getting them down
were advanced.
While the crowd was collecting,
among them members OF a fire com.
pany. the marooned men we're trying
to help themselves. They made their
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
AIRY eARs SHOCKS VILLAGERS.
Inhabitants Of physical Culture City,
Cause Bushes In BueoIlc Burg.

Spotswood. N. J.-Farmers and 9th.
ers who have never travelled ten
miles away from the idyllic spot and
who therefore have never visited the
seashore and seen sylph-like maids In
bewltching bathing suits have been
shocked by the sight OF the inhab.
itants of Physical Culture City. sew.
eral OF whom wander about clad In a
sketchy and aboriginal manner.
That many believe in this plan was
evident the other day.
A lank fellow who had been putting
vigorously about In the lake finally
swan ashore and, running to a sand
bank. threw himself at full length.
near handsome girl gracefully clad.
He wore a pair of short swimming
trunks. Not far away lay the girl who
for an hour or so had been basking in
the sun. She was dressed in a tight.
fitting sleeveless jersey and a pair of
boomers that were gathered tightly
several inches above her knees. She
wore a pair OF leather sandals that re.
vealed sun-browned toes.
In the gymnasium the leader. an
athletic young fellow, whose muscles
heayed in knots under his rudy skin,
wore a jersey and trunks that had left
much OF the bolt OF material from
which they were taken. All the girls
wore boomers. and one or two OF
them had on stockings.
The villagers assert that men and
women scantily attlred have been seen
In Spottswood. Where they came
from the residents do not know. Last
Sunday several men and women.
dressed in garb less formal than
bathing suit, passed through the vii.
lage. apparently on a walking match.
Their bare arms and legs shone
brightly in the bright sunlight, and
solemn villagers took one glance.
blushed profusely and then hid their
faces in their kerchiefs.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Water In London.

There is an increasing tendency on
the part Of large consumers of water
in London to draw on the water reser.
voirs In the lower geological strata be-
meath the capital rather than be In.
debted to companies for their water
supply. The latest institution to show
its independence in this fashion Is
Clements Inn. where. not 20 yards
from the Strand. an artesian well has
Just been tapped. after three months
boring, at denth OF $50 feet.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

tom. A gang OF six men work at each
machine--two hllers, who attend to
the filling and weighing OF the bags;
two sewers. who seal the bags, and
two truckers who take the bags out
on a hand truck TO the boats HAoored
TO the dock. which Is on level with
the mixing room. the emn engaged
In this work are Poles and. Italians.
They take turns at being fillers. sew
ers and truckers.
Getzner. who was trucker. was
dozlng on pile Of bags at $3.50 o'clock
waiting for the sewer to finish his
work. when another workman slipped
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Sanitary Nose Bag.

/ In reply to inquiries in regard TO
The sale Of sanitary feed bags for
horses In England. Consul Grlffiths, OF
Liverpool, writes: Much. Of course,
depends upon the style. quality. dur
ability Of the bags. and very Inn
portant item is the cost. The nose
bags (ventilated) used here are made
Of strong cocoa fiber. and are sold for
three shillings (73 cents) each. Bags
Of the same material. leather-bot-
toned. are sold for Is Cd (sl.Os)
each; leather.cornered bags, IS Cd (S5
cents) each. and extra fine manila
bags. 81 % each"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

ing one end OF II out OF the te Of the
chimney and having 1t anchored to
something solid.
But when they threw the end over
the top OF the chimney II stuck in the
soft concrete and would not bulge
either way.
When the men had got the rope
they thought themselves all right and
dropped their shirt-made line. Their
knives went with II.
They we're nonplused for a minute.
Then they began making another line
out OF their undershirts. With this
the drew up fishline. then another
inch rope They successfully threw
this out the top Of the chimney and
the end was fastened to a railroad
track on the ground.
The men In turn slid down the rope,
but badly burned their hands in doing
so.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
gRRoRs ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
noticed somewhere recently
would not say positively that II was In
your columns--an article on the White
House which contained several mis-
statements.
In the FIRST place II was stated the
white House was first occupied In
1909 and that its first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, It's
first occupant was President Adams.
who took up his residence there In
1900.
The original mansion was begun in
1909. In 1914 Il was burned by the
British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another OF the errors In the article
referred 20 was the statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House TO make II beautifully
white.
noticed this especially because I
have used considerable paint myself
and wondered that canned" paint
should be used on such an important
building when all painters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
II so happened also that knew
white lead and llnseed oll--not ready.
mixed paint-were used on the White
House. because had Just read book.
let published by a firm Of ready.mixed
paint manufacturers who also manu-.
facture pure white lead. In that book
the manufacturers admitted that for
the White House nothing but "the
best and purest OF paint could be
used" and said that their pure white
lead had been selected.
Above all people. those who attempt
TO write on historical subjects should
give us facts. even IL 1t is only date
OF a statement about wood. or brick,
or paint. or other building material.
Yours for truth.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
His Only Concern.

A well known member OF the New
York bar. man OF most patronizing
manner. one day met John @. Car
lisle. 20 whom he observed loftily.
IL see. Carlisle. that the supreme
court has overruled you in the case
OF Mullins versus Jenkinson. But"
he added. in his grand way, you. Car
Isle, need feel no concern about your
reputation"
Carlisle chuckled. quite So" he
agreed. I'm only concerned for the
reputation of the supreme court
HRrper's Weekly.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Quaky Island.

Lundy. in the Bristol channel. is an
island where one may see an earth
quake at any time. There is nothing
alarming about these earthquakes"
however; they are simply certain curl
Gus crevasses in the west of the island.
which the local people call by that
name. Lundy in former centuries was
a notorious nest Of pirates. In King
Henry Ills time William de Marisco,
a traitor to the king. built a castle
there and set up as an early Capt
Kidd.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Woman's Wild Run
on a Trolley Car

fairs and to further humiliate the
woman the car was run along Halsted
street at half speed for a block.
The woman became furious at the
slow gait and told the other passen.
gers In the car that she was going to
get No. 516's Job II It took her Q
month. For this the street car man
gave her a derisive laugh.
Dropping her bundles, the woman
ran to the front platform OF the car
and before the motorman realized
what had happened his controller
lever was In pair of determined fem
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
MAN in EMPIRE GOWN
MAKES HIT AT NEWPORT

dinner given by Mrs. Edward G
knight, Jr.. and while there It was
suggested that a surprise be sprung
at the dance to which all the guests
were invited. Morgan was selected to
impersonate a woman, and the excel.
lence with which he played his part
has suddenly placed him in the same
class with Harry Lehr as the creator
of Newport summer sensations.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
Millionaire a Farm Hand.

Fond du Lac. Wis.--John f. eros
by, aged II years. who came into
possession OF a fortune upon the death
of Major Robert Crosby, OF Chicago
is working on the farm of Charles
Mcconnell. near Ripon. He Is a stu
dent OF rne local high school and be
lleves that every young man should
know how to work. He is an enthu.
siastic golf player. but golf became
too tame and he has taken TO the
farm, He Is worth $1,000. 900 at least
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
caIIfornIa'a New Idea.

A California ostrich farmer 10 about
to open a branch ONCE In London.
where he Sill have collection OF os-
triches. and incredulous customers
will be treated TO feathers cut direct
from the backs of the ostriches, man.
ufacturoi under the customers eyes,
and sold to them across the counter
at a price they never heard Of"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05
We Make Travel Easy.

Five trains daily via the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe. Colorado TO Kan
sas City, ST. Joe, Chicago. Galveston.
Ell Paso, City OF Mexico. Ask me
about reduced rates. c. F. Warren.
G. A., A. T. & s. F. Ry.. All Dooly
Block, Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-09-05

mime hands and he was running along
In the rear trying to overtake the car
of which he had recently been in
charge.
At first the passengers enjoyed the
joke. but when the time-honored ira.
dition OF allowing teamsters to leave
the tracks only when they got good
and ready was ignored. the passen,
gers became frightened and after q
strenuous effort by the conductor and
passengers Mrs. Chidester was de-
throned and the usual Halsted street
speed was resumed.