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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15
FESTIVAL or THE >*-
CHERRY BLOSSOM
When People of Japan Greet the Birth of

The beautiful and symbolic Cherry
Blossom Festival is Japan's Easter.
It celebrates a resurrection, not the
arising; of; a deity, a. Redee1per,, as in
the case, of the great Christian Sfesti-
val, but the re-birth of the of the fruits
and flowers after six months of death.
But there is religious feeling in the
ceremony of the Cherry Blossom Fes'
tival, for it comes in April at the same
time as the Festival of the Hieon, and
the two fetes, while separate and hay
ing entirely different significance, are
more or less identified in the mind of
the dweller in Nippon because OF the
fact that he rejoices over both at the
same time.
1t seems not an e1aggeration to say
that even Japan, land of the pictur-
esque, there is nothing SO beautiful as
this annual rejoicing of the child-like
little brown men and women over the
return of the cherry blossom.
During the days that the trees are
bearing the burden of pink petals, the
Japanese live in the cherry groves.
they are both in: a fragrant
snow of the blossoms.
Young men bedeck their sweethearts
with the blooms. and send notes con-
tanning cupid's message on boughs
stripped from the trees. The swain
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15

first shoots appear, and the trees be-
gin to put ON their, pink coats, Japan
takes a holiday.
Out from their homes come the peo-
pie. The tiny, dolllike girls with their
Silks their parasols, fans and mincing
graces, mount theirrjinrickshas and so
from place to place to make their calls.
Everywhere in the train come the
young men of the nation, paying as
siduous, it respectful court.
Such famous places OF the cherry
blossoms as Uyeno Park, the bazaar of
Mukojima, the Noge Hill in Yokohama,
and the Cherry Banks at Koganei, are
filled with the merrymakers. Joyous
ness is in the very air. The famous
Japanese mountebanks show their
skill; at every corner us a little thea
ter; all over the public squares are the
famed Japanese wrestlers.
Along the roadways, an inch deep
with the fallen petals, children draw
their movable temples, queer toy
from the Occidental viewpoint, but one
which seems eminently the proper one
for the Jap5youngster.
Sometimes in one long line can be
seen perhaps hundred little girls,
dressed in all the gorgeousness of JAP
anese silks, pulling on ropes attached
to miniature chariots On which are
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seated little boys playing on musical
Instruments =
Then comes a9other form of process
sion, in which the most beautiful
young woman of the town is crowned
with cherry blooms, drawn by retain
ers, covered with the blooms. Even the
ropes by which the chariot is drawn
are concealed by sprays of cherry
blossoms.
Nature itself seems to harmonic
and take mute part in this beautiful
parade by every now and then sending
gentle breeze that starts a shower of
petals from the trees along the ave-
nueS.
Cherry blossom rejoicing probably
attains it's perfection at the capital,
Toxic, and it is worthy of mention that
while the recent successes in warfare
and statecraft have impressively dem
onstrated to the world the ability of
the Jap to meet his Christian rivals on
equal terms, they have not had the I'M
fortunate effect of changing his sim
plicity of temperament.
On the battlefield, in his business Or
in statecraft he may be a cold, calcu-
lating, keen, daring man, but at home
in his holidays he is child.
To Uyeno Park, on Cherry Blossom
Sunday, the whole population repairs.
The avenue Of cherry trees going up
from the town forms perfect arch of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15

| pink bouehe, under which the people
throng..,> The tee houses. have spread
their best red blankets on the matted
platforms. Under the trees are cher
ry picnic parties, laughing from the
very joy OF life in the open, with the
air scented and the eye charmed by
the most beautiful of springtime
blooms
A group of young men, each carry
ing bough of cherry blossoms thrown
across the shoulder, at their belts saki
bottles which they stop every now and
then to have filled, drink, and laugh,
confident that should the joyousness: of
the occasion make. them oVerstep the
bounds of propriety-a rare thing for
Jap-some good friend will remem-
Der that it is holiday time, put them
on kuruma and send them home to
resolve that such thing will never
happen till another cherry blossom
time comes around again.
This saki bottle is as ne1r as the
Japanese Easter comes to one of the
great essentials of the American eel
ebration of the holiday eggnog, and
those who have tried both say that the
innocent-looking saki can give quite as
painful effects II kept tilted too long.
At Mukojima is double avenue Of
cherry trees, stretching along the
banks of the Sumida. This is perhaps
the finest display of the blossoms in
oil 7opon ovid Nfukoiimo &c tho uroaf
gathering place of the mummers.
In their. costume, pink and white, the
colors of the cherry blossoms FREEDOM
mate, and in performing their tricks
these brown skinned Kellars and Herr
mans delight especially in drawing
from tiny receptacles and endless pro-
cession of cherry blossoms.
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who can carry his branch SO carefully
that the petals are not shaken off in
transit is sure that the gods favor his
suit, and that the maiden of his
choice must listen to his supplicatlons.
The Japanese have other floral festl-
walls, for they are notably worshlpers
of the fairest handiwork of nature.
There are seasons when the glories OF
the wisteria, azalea, iris, lotus, chrys-
anthemum, orchid, peony and the
leaves of autumn draw the people into
the public places for diversion, but in
popularity the cherry blossom out
strips them all.
It is the springtime. The balmy air
has sent youthful spirits bubbling and
made the old forget their woes.
On every one of the five hundred
Inhabited islands of the Japanese arch
lpelago cherry blossoms are decking
the trees. The Jap is the most skilled
arboriculturist in the world. He can
train trees and plants to grow when
be wills and in any shape.
With deft mastery, the Japanese
gardener shapes the cherry tree into
groves that overhang the road, so that
in season, when the blossoms are out,
the people walk under bower of pink
glory.
Nothing could be fresher and more
springlike than the dainty petals OF
the arching trees, and as soon as the
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What religious observance comes
into the cherry blossom festival is the
result of coincidence with the festival
of Higon. This marks the anniversary
of the happy day when Buddah, the
Japanese deity, passed over from the
turmoil of life into the blissful forget
fulness of the Nirvana. This festival
causes religious and secular ce1ebra-
tions to join with most incongruous re-
suit. The widest of rivals mark a
time that is supposed to be more sa-
cred than any which comes in the cal
endar of Buddha.
The mecca of the faithful is the
great statue of Buddha at Kamakura,
just outside the seaport of Yokohama.
This is the colossus of Japanese
idols. 1t is fifty-four feet in height,
made of bronze and weighs $50 tons.
The flat thumb nail alone is large
enough to afford a seat for a weary
pilgrim, and by means of "a staircase
inside one can mount to a tiny shrine
in the idols nose.
Even into this worship comes the
cherry blossom. While at the tea
houses scarlet robed girls are serving
tea made of cherry blossoms, de-
vout men and women are putting gar
lands, made Of the blooms, at the feet
of the great idol.
1t is cherry blossom time in religion
as well as pleasure.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS z
; THE PRlESTESS\l
OF AMEN RIA !
BY HERMAN KNlCKERBOckER vlELE s
Observation-Disclosures: 8
h1r TNoo~l p pou-loc N

" opyTlSlt, Dy Joseph =. bOWleS.J
In the cold light from the tall studio
window Frank Morewood's face seem
ed almost haggard, and certainly the
right hand which held the little square
of Photographic paper trembled per-
cepub]y.
"Dunbarton," he demanded, lis this
some silly trick you have been play
ing on me?"
"A trick, indeed! You must think
l have very little on my mind. You
break in upon me. like wild man;
you insist that l stop in my serious
work to develop your wretched little
film; and now, by Jove, you're not sat
isfied!'
"Dunbarton," Norwood calmly re-
piled, you cannot realize what this
may mean to me; the thing is too
strange, too weird: I mean to tell
you presently of the most wonderful
thing that ever happened in the
world"
Great Scott!' the artist groaned;
"js it as bad as that? Begin your
yarn, old fellow. I'm all attention"
"Dunbarton," he remarked. II don't
suppose you have ever so much as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15

heard of the college of Amen RAJ"
Never in my lfe!' the other ad-
nitted frankly Where under the
sun may be the college of Amen RAP
1t used to be in Thebes about 1000
years before Christ" Morewood re-
piled. The story as I know it goes
nc farther back than the early sixties,
when a party of five friends from Phil
adelphia assembled the Nile as far as
the first cataract. At Luxor they rest
ed a week with a view to visiting the
site of the great city of Thebes, and
especially it's marvellous and mystic
temple of Amen Ra. Upon the night
Of their arrival fete was given in
their honor by the consul, Mustapha
Aga. In the middle of the festivities
a strange nomad from the desert made
his appearance unexpectedly. His err
rand was to inform Mustapha of the
discovery, near certain oasis, of a
mummy case Of surprising beauty
which had once held the body of a
high priestess of Amen Ra. Escorted
by Mustapha Aga and his guard, they
left the revels and followed the mys-
7erious sheik out into the desert where
lay the marvellous mummy case. You
may believe the travellers were over
joyed to be the first outsiders to
whom the treasure had been shown
and they lost no time in closing the
bargain. To avoid contention, they
drew lots among themselves for the
privilege Of becoming the owner Of
the mummy case, and, 'at first" pur-
sued Norwood, good fortune seemed
was designated to me simply as Mr.. x,
tut he had generous disposition and
relinquished his rights in favor of the
second highest number. Mr.. P. forth
with became the sole possessor of the
coveted object. | need not now re-
rount the circumstances which led in
the course of few months to the
transfer of the property to each in
turn of the remaining members of the
company, Mr.. G. and Mr.. @. But here
begins the mystery. Within the year,
P. lost his life by the explosion of a
ing plSCS N1luOuL VloiU1c CduS6,
G. disappeared while bathing in the
Nile in the vicinity of a crocodile
pool, and @. died of a snake bite Mr.
x. alone survived and arrived in Cairo
broken in health, only to learn that
the greater part of his fortune had
been lost through the knavery Of an
agent. Truly, the priestess of Amen
Ra had signifed her displeasure in a
most convincing manner"
"Who the deuce was she?" demand
ed Dunbarton.
why, the mummy, as I should
have told you
But you didn't" remarked the
painter. And why do you suppose
she was displeased?"
Because the other replied, with
conviction, she had been accustomed
in life to generation, worship, love, and
naturally she did not like to have her
coffin knocked about from place to
place.
II see," Dunbarton admitted gravely.
"What became of the cofhn?"
1T had been shipped meanwhile to
Germantown as a gift to the aunt OF
the last owner, a lady of so far lin.
blemished reputation, who almost in:
mediately acquiredlthe cocaine habit .
WHAT Cocaine, in the j sixties 2.
CRIED the painter. capt. ously q. s3 SIS #8zz
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15
Wisdom of the Raven.

!: Two collie. dogs were hunting rab-
bits, and the. ravens We're soaring
overhead. AS the dogssdrove the rab-
bit out into the open near the top OF
a hill it ran straight. into a trap and
was caught. As the dogs came near
the ravens came down, and by loud
croaking managed to drive away both.
Then they started in to deVour the
rabbit. which they quickly dispatched.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-06-15
- Women
and
Culture

= By Mrs. Adlai Stevenson &
Former Vice Presidents Wife
Tells How Clubs Have Benefited
the American Woman-Mission-
airy Societies Gave Impetus to the
Idea 49, Women Have Learned
Self-Control, Unselfishness and.
Obtained Broader Views of Life
Mothers Club the Best of All.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

all the way, and thousands Of feet OF
openings have blocked out ore of high
quality and almost inexhaustible guam
tity. The Gibraltar Is we'll worthy the
name. Now as to the Nevada Hills
mines, one Of the marvels of Nevada
methods. Much could be said, but this
article will be made a statement Of fact,
without any attempt to dress 1t up"
I'm any manner whatever. Just bear in
mind as YOU read what has been done
on the property, that the mine Is not yet
a year old and today the company is
working In five tunnels, sacking ore
from all. The Nevada Hills Mining
company was incorporated April 20,
1906 and the tunnels cover 1900 feet of
ore. Practically no stopping has been
done, alf of the work being in the ma
ture of drifting and upraising to catch
the higher tunnels. From 5000 sacks of
ore the company realized $4,000, and
today there Is over 100000 worth of ore
broken, ready for sacking, and this will
be given attention just as soon as teams
can be secured to do the hauling.
The property includes four claims,
being as folows Boulder, Boulder No.
1, Florence No. 4 and Anapricos Frac-
tion. This mine is considered one OF
IL not the best in Nevada, and that is
saying much when every mountain is
mlneralized. The Nevada Hills COM
pany is practically a closed corporation
and the present price OF the stock is 81
per share, with none to sell. There is
today not over 1000 feet Of work on the
vein and that at no great depth, but
the company now proposes to go af-
ter" the rich rock lower down, and has
ordered the sinking Of double COM
partment shaft to go 500 feet. The aV-
erage value of Mohawk shipping ore Is
$50, while that of Nevada Hills aver
ages $500. Mohawk mill ore hits fair
average at $12, while that Of Nevada
Hills easily runs SIS.
After building a road to the mine, at
enormous cost, erecting buildings and
q home for the superintendent, the COM
pany declared two dividends within six
months. The water supply Is five miles
distant, and the company is now put
ting in the pumps to force the water to
the mines The ore is hauled forty
miles to the shipping point. An air
compressor is also being installed to
facilitate development work.
Mr.. Clark, on behalf of his company,
also purchased the Miami Wonder for
large consideration. This property
Pot, right in the heart of the mining
district. The Sphinx, consisting of six
full claims, with ore that averages
$128.6O to the ton, is another good prop
erty, and the Nevada Gold Trail is
considered to be equally good. The lat
ter property consists of 120 acres of
fine mining territory. The Gibraltar
syndicate has made a paying mine of
every property developed. Score an
other big mark for Southern Nevada
hare
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
THE MAYFLowER BULLFRoe
CONSOLIDATED MINING
COMPANY

This mine is a giant, so far as a
milling proposition is concerned, and Is
one of the wonders Of the Bullfrog
district. While only on the second
level. vet the amount Of ore blocked
out is sufficient to keep a ten stamp
mill going for an indefinite period. But
the managers Of this superb property
do not intend to put on a ten stamp
mill. Development work Will go stead
lily forward, and when sufficient ore
has been blocked out to JUSTIFY tne eIeG, e,,,
tion Of a mill 1t will be one that VIII
be able to work at least 300 tons OF ore
daily. The management is progressive
and aggressive in the fullest sense or
the term, and on all the property con-
structed by the Mayflower Bulltrog
Consolidated have equipped the mines
with the latest mining machinery, anu
as result great things are doing.
The ledge at the surface is twenty
feet wide and at the 1OO-foot level
widens to sixty-five feet, carrying
values from $40 to $17, and at the ZOO
foot lovel widens to 1875 feet, although
there is much ore exposed that will run
considerably higher. The ore dump is
rich and one can take the coarse mat
ter therefrom and pan out good
string of colors. In fact, it is a stand
Ing joke dL Inb IlllHG hb lO lilb lllttiliSi
in which even shrewd mining men are
deceived as to the actual values car
ried by the ore on the dump; and al
ways the man who says that gold can
not be panned from any place on the
dump pays for q good dinner for the
crowd, and that means money in Rhy-
olite.
All of the people concerned in the
development of this superb property are
] TpIaV
retary- treasurer has probably more
successful mining ventures to his credit
than any other man in the district. Mr..
Overbury goes everywhere his vast IN
terests call him in an automobile, ana
Sexton, "the boy meteor" will go any
where he is told to go, even to the top
of mountain, as shown in the Illus
tration of the Starlight hoist, which is
over 600 feet above the Croesus, which,
by the way, is up in the air considera-
bly,. The officers of the Mayflower-
Bullfrog are: wv. A. Stevens, presi-
dent; A. c. Eisen, vice president; John
r. Overbury, secretary treasurer;
Charles r. Ryan, assistant secretary
treasurer; additional directors, l.. 0.
Ray w. A. Starr, Roger Chickering,
H. G. Mcmahon; r. M Smith, super
intendent. The stock is UP to the 60
cent mark, and in a short time will
climb very rapidly, as the mine is
sure winner, not only as to values but
in extent of ore bodies
The Bullfrog Croesus is held by prac-
tically the same parties, and the shaft
on this property is now down 100 feet,
and the Mayflower ledge will probably
be struck with another fifty feet of
sinking. Johnny Coe of the Dunn says
that just as soon as the ledge is struck
he will present to Uncle Sam a battle
ship of the Dreadnaught pattern, and
even now contemplates placing the or
der, so sure is he that the Croesus will
prove a big strike.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
NEVADA GoLDFIELD REDUCTION
COMPANY

This is the largest concern handling
the high-grade ores in the Goldfield
district The wheels began to turn
along about the 18th of October and
up to date about 10000 tons of ore has
been handled, the average value of
which has been $14 per ton, or in round
figures $4,000, 900. The sampling plant
has a capacity of 900 tons per day,
and they can treat 70 tons of ore per
day. The bins have a storage capacity
of 100000 tons and can accommodate
20 shippers per day at the same time.
The plant covers three acres of floor
space has one mile of side track and
uses 1875 horsepower per day. Two hun
dred and fifty thousands dollars have
been invested in the plant and its ca
pacity will be doubled within the next
two months. r. Riondel is the presi-
dent of the company, Walton e. Dow
len vice president and general man.
ager; K. e. Simpson, mining repre-
sentative and ore purchasing agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

of his arrival in Goldfeld. is known
throughout the middle west as well as
in the mining sections of Colorado and
Nevada. His hustling abilities are ap-
preciated wherever he is known even
slightly He is a social figure in the
life of Goldfield and one of the moving
spirits of the Montezuma club (Which
he organized), the most select club in
the state of Nevada and one of the
wealthiest clubs in the west. With his
success he has retained his genial man
ner; he is true, is always the same
smiling, happy, alert, virile man, max
ing the most of existing conditions, as
sisting friends, whether it be in the
way of advice or the glad hand of char
ity to the worthy; and it may be said
that in the promotion business he is
the life of Goldfield.
No man takes more interest in the
work at hand than does Milton Detch.
In other work that has resulted in the
betterment of the town, and that means
giant strides indeed, he has figured
prominently, a telling story of what
man can do with a cracked box for a
table and his chair a soap box as the
nucleus of law office.
He is one of the originators of the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
CoLDFIELD MINING STOCK Elk.
CHANGE

Those who have never visited Gold
field little realize what a great amount
of business is transacted in the stock
exchange and even brokers throughout
the country are totally unaware of the
vast transactions of the average day
IN the greatest mining camp in the
world. If the different stock exchanges
of Goldheld were consolidated the en-
semble of brokers would make a re-
spectacle showing, even against Chi
cago or New York, and Frisco" would
be put to her best to meet the total
business transactions of little Gold
field.
The Goldfeld Mining Stock exchange
is the senior of all and through its
clearing house millions of dollars in
mining stocks has changed hands. It
is under very careful board of direc-
tors and its active officers are ener-
getic and capable men, all of whom
have lively interest in all that con-
Germs the business life of Goldfield.
THE officers are: H. 7. Bragdon,
president; John Donnellan, vice presi-
dent; E. J. Amann, secretary; John
S. Cook, treasurer Directors: H. T.
Bragdon, w. H. Parl1ison, E. ]. Amann,
S. M. Warmbath. F. H. Lathrap, John
Donnellan, Frank Horton, Geo. Wing
field, Thos. S. Robinson.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
NEVADA JUDGE
1 UPHOLDS LAW
Character Of Note and Value In the
Stirring Mining Camps Of
the BuIIfroa Dis
trIct

Among the many men who have
gained wide celebrity in Southern Ne
vada probably none is better known
than Judge Ray of khyolite. than
whom there is none more generous or
public-spirited. The Judge is one Of
the GLASS that knows how to make
money for himself and others, and,
furthermore, knows just how to expend
A. In a way that benefits himself and
large circle of friends and beneficiaries
as we'll He is a keen judge of human
nature and many stories are extant
that prove him to be a noble son OF the
west, who by keen business foresight
and indominable grit has made for him
self a name and fortune in the state
where golden opportunities abound. The
Judge is a good talker, never rambles,
but comes straight to the point, az the
following incident will go to show: On
one occasion, while holding court at
Tonopah, two attorneys became in
volved in a wordy quarrel which de-
veloped into game of fistlcuffs, and the
belligerents fought not only around the
court room, but over the Judges bench
as WELL and during the festivities one
OF the gentlemen of the law landed an
uppercut on the point of the judges
Jaw and down went the court.
The Judge lay dazed for a moment
and, being unable to rise because the
fighters were walking all over his pros
trate form, he realized that something
must be done and cried out, so that all
could hear: "Gentlemel, this court is
overthrown, but the majesty Of the law
ID sustained" This brought a hearty
laugh, in which the warning legal lights
Joined and order was restored. Every
body likes Judge Ray.