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Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Water Supply for Silver Plume.

Georgetown, Colo.-Negotiation are
now pending for supplying the town OF
Silver Plume with pure water, thus set.
tling for all time the contention exist
ing between the town and the owners
of the Stevens mine in West Argentine
With such a settlement new i'm.
petus will be given to mining in upper
Clear Creek, as the entire stream may
be lined with concentrators withou,
danger of polluting the water neces
sary for domestic purposes. The bene
fetal effects are already in evidence, as
Messrs. Dyer. Stephens and McGrath
have secured longtime lease on the
Stevens group and mill and are ar
ranging for an extensive operation oil
the property during the coming sum
mer
There are vast bodies of low-grade
lead-zinc oIes exposed in the mine
ready to be broken and put through
the mill. while the dumps contain ma
terial enough to keep the mill running
for many years.
1t is also the intention to exploit
some of the virgin ground which will
no doubt. result in opening up further
resources.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
At the Wider Tunnel.

GeorSetown.-There is n general ali
of activity around the holdings of the
Transcontinental Transportation &
Mining Company. The big bore is be
ing advanced into the mountain on the
eastern side at an average of eight feet
per day, but now that the weather has
cleared better progress will be made
during the summer months. On the
western side from five to seven feet
per day are being driven. A force OF
over fifty miners is being employed in
the carryig of this gigantic enterprise
to a successful issue. AMI ere the com.
ing year has put in its appearance it is
hoped to have the backbone of the con.
tinental divide completely pierced. The
heading of the big bore on this side
OF the pass is just now penetrating the
network of veins, and 1t is anticipated
that important discoveries will be
made from time to time.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
or harvest sale or the like! But Why

or harvest sale or the like? But Why
not? These two storekeepers are Bit
ter against the mail order houses. /
wonder why? l talked with the ran
road agents in that little city and he
said lots of hardware and furniture
was shipped in. He said, zone day
made out an express order for $34 to
pay for bill of hardware. / told the
man to go up and see II the merchant
couldn't fill the order. He went but
soon came back, saying that he didn't
have half of the stun on hand and that
he wouldn't cut bit on what he did
have"
Column after column has been writ
ten deploring the fact that the buyer
spends her or his money away from
home, that she or he is helping to build
up the mail order house to the detri-
ment Of the home merchant. The SEN
timent is good and the cause is worthy
OF the efforts being made to stop this
undertow; but no amount of writing,
and no amount of home patriotism will
ever overcome the bad effects of the
dead merchant in the little town. The
truth can be plainly seen.
Let us turn back to the general
stores and look up the proprietor of
any one. He probably will be found
busy waiting on customer, but If not
he will tell you that it Is not the cata-
logues alone that he fears, but also
that it is the lethargy of these two
dealers. They are helping to drive
away trade from home.
have wandered from the subject
and gotten over on the. buyers side
Of the fence; but isn't 1t well at times
to look at the other side Of this pitiable
story? 1 started to write few lines on
why People Should Trade at Home"
and have gotten into the field of "Why
the Home Merchant Should Induce
People to Trade at Home" 1t may be
fair to the little town to once in a
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Old Town Makes Showing.

Idaho Springs.-An important strike
has been made in the new territory of
the Old Town mine. which is undergo
ing development from the deeper
workings. The fifteenth level east has
encountered an ore shoot which hSd
not been opened below the eleventh
llevel and 1t proves 20 be one of the
richest shoots in the mine. Above the
eleventh level 1t was productive of very
good ore. but at that level the values
ran down so that IL was opened below.
In the fifteenth 1t has iecovar its
richness. and becomes an important
part OF the productive area of the mine
small shoot OF good ore has been
cut in the Hot Time tunnel, but it ap.
pears that 1t is an isolated pocket and
VIII prove OF little consequences. Man
Iager, kimbail states that there is little
participation of finding ore in the tun-
mel for month or six weeks yet. but
that at certain point 20 be reached
in that time he has excellent authority
for his belief that the main ore shoot
of the Old Town mine will be cut.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23

To Illustrate. There is little city in
the central part of Wisconsin, a beau
tiful little place. with its shady streets
and pleasant homes. 1t has several
general stores owned by live, wide
awake merchants, who are hustling for
business, yet are always pleasant and
ready to visit with customer. They
are not put out at any time to show
goods. taking down bolt after bolt Of
cloth and maybe then not making even
a five-cent sale. They take that as
part OF their business: they are always
willing to send post-haste to the city
for any article they may not have in
stock that is wanted by a customer;
their stocks are up-to-date and free
from shelf-worn goods. These men
make the humblest customers feel well
come in their stores. and particular at
teution Is paid to waiting on children
giving them even better measure and
quality than their elders would re-
ceiye. And these men are advertisers.
Their ads in the local papers are
changed regularly and show time and
study. They meet the mail order man
more than half way in special sales
and Gearing OF odds and ends. Here
Is an instance where there is no legi.
innate excuse for person sending
away after goods. And the people do
no.. Very few articles of general mer-
chandise are shipped into that city.
The buyer and seller are working in
harmony to their own betterment and
advantage.
But look at the other side. The city
which we have in mind has one hard.
ware and one furniture store. Both
have fairly good stocks for the size of
their circle of trade. but Just step into
either one OF these stores. The pro.
prietor may be In the back room or the
back yard for all you know. but by and
by some stir is heard and leisurely he
makes his appearance-neither store
has need of clerk-and probably with
some grumbles about being disturbed,
asks what Is wanted. There might as
well be placards in the store s.nnounc.
ing Buy what I've got and keep still"
and I'VE are busy. don't disturb u.s."
No effort Is made to show you an arti.
Gle; nothing is ever taken down from
the shelves unless directly asked for.
Neither hardware nor furniture man
acts willing to get what you want II he
does not have It in stock. And again
neither one OF these stores believe in
advertising. They use no space in
tAeir home papers; a newcomer would
never know the city possessed such
places Of business enterprise. Who
ever heard of a country hardware or
5srAiture store having . specic: sale
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Greatest Consolidation on seaton.

SOUSOttuatIOu O1 0SdtoUs
Idaho Springs.-The filing for record
of the articles of incorporation of the
Mother Lode Mining Company is the
announcement of the completion of ono
of the most important consultations
OF mining property that has been ef-
fected in the district for some time.
The properties which have been taken
over under the new company are the
French Flag and Gold Medal groups,
adjacent areas on the line of he prin.
cipal vein of the Seaton hill, Of which
the Gem, Silver Age, Franklin. Doves
Nest, Comstock and Crown Point are
sections. The properties are both well
known and have been mined for many
years. Their consolidation makes the
larges. section of the vein held under
one ownership, and by reason OF physi.
cal circumstances forms one of the
most feasible properties of the entire
lode for systematic and economical de
velopment. The holdings cover $500
feet of the main vein which can be
reached from a central point through
single system of shafts and levels
The main shaft is sunk at the
vein. 1t is also accessible from the
Newhouse tunnel at immense depth by
lateral 1000 feet long.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
New Mill for Helen.

1. is again reported that the Helen
Mining Company, operating the Conf
dence and other properties, intends to
install cyanide mill of large capacity
and there is good reason to believe
that the report is well founded. The
old process employed, pan amalgama
tion, did not save more than sixty pei
cent. of the values, and the mine was
closed about four years ago until a
mere satisfactory process could bt
found. This has been demonstrated
in cyaniding and concentration in the
Last Chance property. As is well
known, the Confidence property is the
best developed of any in the district
having about $4,000 feet of work. The
greatest depth reached is over thou
sand feet. 1t is estimated that the pro
duction of this property has been ap
proximately one million dollars. The
Helen Mining Company owns a grour
OF thirteen claims. The principal pro
ducers being the Confidence and Blacl
Bird.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Silver Pick Tunnel.

Telluride. Colo.-The deep tunnel of
the Silver Pick group of mines. To-
Gated on Mount Wilson, has inter.
sected the vetn which has been The OBJ.
jective point of the bore. The dis.
closures are fully up to expectations.
the pay streak being even larger than
in the upper workings and the values
are highly satisfactory.
The lower tunnel cuts the vein 500
feet below the lowest part of the up.
per workings, consequently rendering
accessible that many hundred vertical
feet OF stopping ground and an almost
irexhaustible quantity In length. The
new tunnel will be connected by n
raise with the upper workings and
when this is done the entire output OF
the property will be sent out through
the lower bore.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
MEMORIAL DAY
Something Of Its Origin and q
Prophecy as to Its Future.

BY MAI. GEN. FRED. D. GRANT
=-HE idea of this beautiful Gus.
tom was first suggested and
u made a great national holiday
by Gen. John A. Logan. He
was a thoughtful man, swayed by SEN
timent of the highest order, and
close student of the classics. He
read much and frequently referred to
historic episodes IL his speeches.
By nature Gen. Logan was inclined
to be heroic, and SO after the war,
after reading much about the beauti-
full customs of the ancient Greeks in
honoring their dead heroes with cere-
monies and flowers at annual fes-
tivals, 1t came to him in a moment of
inspiration that it would be a patriot
ic and popular thing to likewise honor
the dead soldiers of our own country
in a similar way. He held that to
decorate the soldiers graves once a
year in the month of May with its
flowers and blooming splendor would
regard for the government among the
people.
1t was fact, as he well knew.
that nearly every household had lost
one or more members or relatives or
dear friends. Gen. Logan's inspira-
ton awoke response in every heart
and his movement was soon organized
and made of national Importance.
Grand Army posts were established
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
lackawanna to Open.

Leadville.-Preparatio are being
made to start up the Miller group OF
claims In Lackawanna gulch. The prop.
erty rs owned by Judge Harrison and
associates OF Leadville. Last fall a
vein four Feet wide was found ut the
bottom OF the Miller shaft.
A foot Of this matter runs from eight
to twelve ounces In gold per ton and
the balance OF the veien is a milling
proposition. When the property closed
down mill for the treatment OF this
low.grade ore was In process Of con.
struction and will be completed this
summer. The property Is located above
timber line.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
HE MADE A MISTAKE.
| New Jersey Private Mistook Violin
Resin for Shaving Soap.


Resin for Shaving Soap.
"A soldier named Ed Norton" said
veteran from New Jersey, was one
of the quickest men with the fiddle
| ever listened to. and he carried 1t
with him to beguile camp life. A
fellow named Charles Foster was his
tent mate, who. having discovered a
slight down on his chin, endeavored
to coax 1t forward by frequent ap.
plication Of his razor.
"One day Charlie was boasting OF
a cake OF shaving soap he had found.
and said that hs had used 1t twice,
and had found 1t Just fine. He offer.
ed to lend 1t to Morton. When the
soap was produced Morton ex.
claimed: Why. IL there amt my resin
that have been looking for more
than week
There was soap enough In the
brush to make lather and Charlie
thought he was using soap when h
had the fiddle medlcins."
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23

in every section of the country. All
agreed that decorating the graves of
soldiers with flowers on the day ap-
life and be welcomed by all the peo-
Pile.
But this is not all. The religious
sentiment at the bottom of the idea
of honoring the dead soldiers and
perpetuating the memory of their he
roic deeds made the day something
higher and nobler than anything
known in the days of the Greeks.
Thus it came about that Memorial
Day became the greatest of all our
American holidays. 1t was day for
the bereaved to commune at the
tombs of their honored dead.
For many years, as We all know.
the custom was an event-the most
beautiful, pathetic and sacred of our
holidays-but later on, as the ranks of
the survivors grew thinner and the
families who had contributed so many
lives to the war passed away, the day
became more like other holidays-a
day more noted for military parade,
a day for games and picnics and hav.
ing good time generally, until now
the general public are coming to look
on Memorial day as an ordinary ma
tional holiday. like Washington s
Birthday or the Fourth of July.
Had it not been for the deep reli-
gious sentiment, with prayers and
church services held in honor of the
soldiers. Memorial day would from
the beginning in all probability have
been attended with the noise and dis
play of the Fourth of July. Fortu-
nately this religious sentiment has
made the people more thoughtful,
and instead of noise and gun firing we
have gone in for more quiet recrea-
tion-country picnics-making the
day more like festival than day
OF mere noise and parade.
Il think 1t is a beautiful idea. this
decorating the graves of those who
sacrificed their lives in the tremen-
dous days of the war and purely out
OF patriotic devotion, and it is a pity
indeed that public sentiment is grad
ually changing and We are forgetting
the solemn lessons taught by the war
and of the sacred meaning of honor
ing the dead-drifting away and max.
ing the sacred festival more and more
common holiday of races. noisy pic
MICS and having good time general
ly with no particular sentiment ami
mating the thousands who should take
higher view of Memorial day.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
It Made Him Wonder.

A Scotchman in search of work was
recently given employment as a la
borers at Cramps shipyard. His first
job was to carry several heavy planks.
After he had been at 1t for about two
hours he went to the foreman and
said:
did Ah tell ye ma name when I
started to work."
yes" replied the foreman, you
said it was Tomson."
ooh, then it's a. right" said the
Scot, as he looked toward to the pile
Of planks he had yet to carry. "Ah
was jisJ a-wunEerin If you thOcht Ah
said it was Samson"
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Good Evidence.

One Sunday morning recently the
pastor of church remarked to his
wife. upon returning from service:
Mary, there was stranger at serv-
ice this morning"
What did he look like?" asked the
wife.
II don't know, for didn't see him."
Then how did you know that he
was Stranger"
Because 1 found dollar in the con.
tribution box" replied the pastor
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
OF the New School.

Are you going to send your boy to
college?"
Il don't see the use," answered
Farmer Corntossel "The first thing
college professor does when he gets
bright idea is to publish it. Pd
rather subscribe to the newspapers"
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23

while throw a few shovels full of earth
on the dead merchant, lest he stinketh
and polluteth the rest
EDWARD T. HALE.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23

( Information in regard to several ex-
cellent weekly newspapers that are for
sale can be obtained by writing to the
Western Newspaper Union, Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
The Actors compI IaInt.

The physician looked grave.
Il give you" he said. but ten more
years of work"
Grinding his teeth. the actor hLised
malevolently:
Curse you, why didn't you tell me
this before? Are you aware that you
have robbed me OF at least seven fare.
well seasons?"
Gilpin observer., 1907-05-23
Where the Difference Lies.

WHAT'S grand opera as distinct
from light opera?"
"Oh, you pretend to appreciate vne,
but you can appreciate thu otasr.s
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tai than the poetry of her carriage or
the grace of her pose.
Until past sixteen, she esteems her
victims first for their excellence of
toilet and department, Conventional
adornments and attributes are above
physical charms, but Of these latter she
esteems beauty of eyes above all, then
that of well.goomed hair of fine
teeth, of broad shoulders. Social posi-
tion is subordinate to all Of these.
But having passed into womanhood
she estecms goodness above aught else,
even above physical perfectioni but the
latter she rates above conventional de-
pertinent, while intellectual worth she
appreciates below all of these. AT
twenty-five she desires in her lover even
more Of morality than before and now
arrives at a fuller appreciation of the
powers of intellect--now esteemed
above physical beauty or prowess,
Conventional department. which with
perfection Of toilet ranked first ere
She was sweet sixteen, is now of least
moment.
Copyright, 1907, by John Elfreth
Watkins)
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from these novel investigations deduce
much which to him will be of great
strategic value throughout the annual
campaign shortly to be waged against
him.
She enters into her conspiracy with
Cupid even before her third year and
is still openly the aggressor at nine,
while even until twelve she is boastful
of her conquests. though her victim is
ashamed of having been enslaved. BY
now she has outdistaneed all swains Of
her own age or a year older and has
overtaken those who are her seniors
by two years, while al twenty-five she
has progressed so far that she is abreast
of those who had four years start of
her in the race.
Her most dangerous weapon is the
fairy fire of her eyes, especially when
it beams from beneath long lashes and
arched brows; but scarcely less forrnid-
able is the beauty Of her hair, All
other details of her adornment arc sub
ordinate to those pertaining to her
tresses. The rhythm Of her voice and
the music of her laughter are more IA
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the physical elements of the love of ma
turer years, although they are but I'M
consciously present,
When Beauty Begins to Figure.
Beauty begins TO be a factor in love
affairs even in this earliest stage, ac.
cordine to Professor Bell The little
girls thought to be most beautiful are
the ones which are favored.
The second stage of love. extending
from the eighth year 10 the twelfth IN
GIRLS and to the fourteenth in BOYS, is
Characterized by the first appearance Of
shyness and modesty. The tendency
TO conceal love is, however, greater in
the bows The lover and sweetheart are
confused and embarrassed when left
alone. but the girl is less guarded than
the boy in revealing her secrat: Those
bows who do express their feelings are
generally Of an effemnate tendency. Al
most all expressions of love AZ this age
are made through kissing games. The
lover rarely corrects his sweetheart III
school recitations. although he he eager
To correct other girls. When one Of
the Youthful lovers is absent from
school the other s work will fall oil
irritable. Cases where boy OF 5, an,
other of 9. a girl of Q and another of
II. being separated from their sweet
hearts have been reported 10 the psY-
cboInoist Six cases of nervous illness
awe reuorted as due TO separation OF
'''' Effects of springtime.
G.The season Of the year seems TO
have lis effect he said, Zone teacher
savs that love among children seems
fairly to break out in the spring time
MANY others who report. mention love
affairs as beginning in The spring
The third stage Of love covers the
ages between twelve and twenty-five III
ngrIs and between fourteen and TWEEN
Iv.six in the sterner sex, according to
the professor. Maturity IN love afalrS
marks the termination Of TINS stage IN
both sexes. His idea that man has not
fnIlv matured in this respect until
tyenty.six is somewhat startling. The
fnnrth stare for women he places at
fyom twenty-five TO old age, and for
man from tweuty.si7 to old age, while
The ffth stage for both defines as
throughout old age.
win fhe financial aid of the Car.
r.5ie Institution, still another census OF
lovers has been lately taken by Miss
Tbcodatc l.. Smith, psychologist of
/ CInrk university. Not only have qucs-
t;nn blanks been distributed among
NE many subjects Of this inquiry, but
ccbool Girl diaries have been analysed
| for the purpose, Both this study and
! that Of Professor Bell were made under
th" General direction of Dr. Sail Miss
smith takes isue with Professor Bell s
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faa e1e: AS to points of the toilet, hair
icads with both sexes. while well.fit
ing clothes most attract the feminine
eye, ana rings, bracelets and ribbons
ilaVa inc most influence upon the stern
er SEX. Canes, glasses. furs and col.
iars' clean linen. white haudkerchicfs.
the qnahty OF cloth in the clothes, pro-
las. and even teeth filled with gold, are
specialized, sa,d DR.. Hall. "For
some n particular mode of wearing the
nat, SUCK pins, the special style Of col
lar, the mode of wearing the watch
cham and even frizzes' are prominent
ly mentioned .
woman Begins as the Aggressor.
Frof: Sanford Bell. another American
psychoioglst. has conducted love cen
sus, representing $500 persons. He
hnds that affairs Of the heart between
boys and girls may begin as early as
the age of two and one. half years He
dlTides mans life into five stages of
love and finds that the maturity of
woman heart is reached at twenty
TWO, but that of man s not until TWEEN
tv-slX In love affairs girl is as ma.
tured at twelve as boy is at fourteen.
PREVIOUS to about the ninth year the
average girl Is more aggressive in love
ahalrs than is the boy, but at this age
the glrl S modesty, coyness and native
.ove for being woocd come to the sur
face, and thereafter characterize her at
htnde toward the stronger sex.
The first stage of love in both sexes
he deslgnates as between the third and
eighth years. At this time love demon
stratlons are generally spontaneous,
profuse and unrestrained Some form
OF embrace IS general. There is usually
an absence of shyness or self,conscious-
ness, and disposition of self.sacrifice
tor the loved one is already present. as
is also that intense selfshness that
comes from desire to monopolizc him
or her. Gifts exchanged by youthful
lovers before about the sixth aud sew
enth years are appreciated more for
their inherent value than for any senti
ment attached to them. They are liked
because they are good to eat, pretty to
look al or interesting iI play The nat
urally selfish child who viii not share
his playthings with any one else will
give up liberal part TO his "sweet-
heart while the refractory child
whose parents manage him with diff
Guilty, becomes docile and amiable un-
der the influence OF the loved one If
there are any ideas of marriage at this
age, they are but vague and due to sug-
gestious from older persons, yet the
emotion of love for the opposite sex
is due TO instinct rather than to imita-
tion even in this first stage. 1t has