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Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
SCIENCE OF TOWN KILLING.
Unwise Booming and Maintaining Ex-
orbtant Prices an Effective Way.

There is county seat town in one
Of the central western states that has
population of about 3,000 1t is sur
rounded by one of the richest farming
countries. For years this town has
been at a standstill If anything it
is retrograding, and even farm values
near it are lowering. while poorer land
some 20 miles away is advancing.
Why should such a condition exist?
The answer is plain. A dozen years
ago there was a boom. With the boom
real estate went to the top notch
Keeping pace with the boom the
prices of products in that town went
up. There was a collapse in real es-
tate values. but the merchants re-
manned. and kept up the high-price
habit. That is they wanted more than
an equitable share of profit. Another
town was started 20 miles away. Some
of the farmers went there. 1t was
found that the merchants were selling
goods at a lower price. The stock
buyer and the grainbuyer paid a few
certs hundred more for their pur-
chases. The habit of trading at the
new town grew. The business men of
the old town couldn't learn a lesson
Before they knew it their customers
were leaving them. So it has been
since then. The merchants have been
plodding along. The money that
should be retained in the town went
elsewhere. Much of it went to build
up the competing town.
Mistakes like this one are made
frequently. Towns become dead
places instead of live ones. In fact.
some towns are so dead that the farm.
ers who withdrew their trade from
them are suffering in decreased farm
values. They take no interest in
these places. other than to visit them
now and then. Unhealthy booms, un-
healthy prices made by the merchants.
and which are foolishly maintained.
are quite certain to kill a town even
though 1t may be county seat and
have some advantages nearby towns
may not have.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Support Homo Newspapers.

The country newspaper is power
in the land. Its place can never be
filled by the big daily papers or the
bulky magazines or agricultural jour
nails. 1t fills field entirely it's own
1t is the barometer of the place in
which 1t is published. Its news pages
represent the life Of the people. and
its advertising pages should reflect
the business activity Of the town. It
is the duty of every good citizen to
give his support to the local press.
Particularly the business men should
patronize 1t with view Of bettering
his trade. 1t is not money wasted to
use advertising space in it. One good
merchant in the town who under
stands how to advertise rightly. can
bring trade to the town that will help
every other business man in It. But
all should do their part, and the store.
keeper who does not give his home
paper the support It merits is not the
wisest kind Of a business man. .
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
A GOLDEN BALL.
British Soldiers Played the National
Game With It.

Probably no game of ball, by pro
fessional or college team, was ever
watched with such inner interest but
with such outward indifference as one
described in Gertrude Vanderbilt's
Social History of Flatbush." 1t hap
pened in revolutionary times, when
the British soldiers were stationed OF
Long Island. The inhabitants had hid
den their valuables in all possible
places. One lady concealed some gold
coins in ball-shaped pincushion ol
the kind worn by the Dutch house
wife, suspended at her eide.
She was sitting sewing one day
when a party of British soldiers en-
tered the room. A young officer, spy.
ing what to him was a novelty, cut
with his sword the ribbon by which
the cushion was hung and began a
game of ball.
Soon the rest of the company Joined
the sport. Boisterously, from hand
to hand, the ball was batted to and
fro. 1t was roughly snatched and
tossed. and sometimes it fell into the
ashes of the fireplace, and barely es.
capped confagration. Now and again
a soldier would catch it on the tip of
his sword and send it spinning on
with a rent in its side.
Every moment threatened to reveal
the precious contents. To show the
least anxiety was to betray the secret,
and the owner was forced to sit un-
moved, apparently intent on her work,
and to see her fortune flying through
the air, at the mercy of the enemy. At
last the cushion, torn and battered.
but still guarding its treasure, was re-
turned to its mistress, and the intrud-
ers. tired of their play. left the house.
Youths Companion.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
KEPT HIS ENGAGEMENT.
Was Ready to Make Good on the Hot
Air Proposition.

I'm not much of a hand at caves
dropping" said thoughtful looking
man the other day, "but couldn't help
listening to the line of hot air, four.
nush talk that fellow behind me on
the Euclid beach car a few nights
ago was handing to girl. He kept 1t
up all the way from East Ninth
street clear out to the beach.
Most of the talk he was getting
on was about the princely salary his
firm had to put up to keep him and
about how smooth he was.
Il turned around and looked at the
two OF them out of the tail of my eye,
and then knew how he managed to
get away with 1t, for the girl was one
OF those wilted looking affairs that
would believe you If you told her you
were the man that built Niagara falls.
! also turned my lamps on him and
he looked to me like man
whom you could rob OF an entire two
weeks salary and yet commit only
petit larceny.
But couldn't help listening to his
talk. After awhile 1 heard him give
the girl his telephone number. Call
me up some afternoon when you're
down town. he said, and well have
lunch together
I jotted down his phone number
and waited to get some clew to his
name. BY and by l heard her call
him Frank, and l thought that would
do.
Two days after that about noon 1
mad my stenographer call up his num-
ber and ask for Frank. Then 1 had her
tell him that she wanted that lunch he
promised her on the Euclid beach car.
Frank was right in Tor it, and said
that he would go over and order a
lunch at a hotel that he mentioned.
The girl promised to meet him in half
an hour, If he would go ahead and
order.
In about 20 minutes 1 went over
to watch developments. There sat
my hot-air neighbor of the beach car
at a lttla table set for two, waiting
patiently waiting 1 went away
and came back for another look an
hour later, and he was still waiting"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Golden Cycle to Resume Dec. IS.

Cripple Creek, Colo.-Word has been
received here that the Golden Cycle
mill at Colorado City. which was de-
stroyed by fire on August Sth, will have
been rebuilt and be treating ore by De-
cember 18th. The steel frame work on
the new mill. which will have about 500
tons daily capacity was completed yes
terday and the management announces
that four new roasters will be in COM
mission by the middle of next month.
The management is positive that it will
be able to purchase ore and be treating
1t by the first OF January at tho latest.
The starting of this plant means the
greatest activity In the mining industry
In the Cripple Creek district during the
past five years. as the rates charged by
the Golden Cycle are less than any
other competing companies.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
AGAINST PREMIUM GRAFT.
Laws Passed by Some States Prohibit.
ing Prizes in Packages Of Foodstuffs.

Some classes of people when they
wish to purchase goods, look more aft
er so-called bargains than quality, and
quite often the bargains prove expen-
sive. 1t seems that the getting of
something for nothing is attractive to
the average person. OF late years
there has grown up practice among
manufacturers of staple articles, par
ticularly in the food line, OF giving
prize with each package of their goods
II is apparent that there is an inclina-
ton towards gambling in the make
up of most people, and this spirit is
appealed to largely by the giver of
prizes. The purchaser seems to over
look the fact that he receives nothing
other than he pays for. Whatever ar
ticle Is given as premium represents
so much money value and certainly
the manufacturer does not lose by
the operation. The value of what is
given must be made up by either the
retailer or the consumer, and 1t Is gen.
orally the consumer who pays the
cost.
Retail grocers, aS well as the peo-
pie in general, have cause to be thank
ful to the lawmakers OF some states
for making 1t illegal to place premiums
In packages OF foodstuffs. Such q law
is now in force in the state OF Nebras.
ka. Premium and prize giving has
been cause Of trouble and disturb.
ance. and he's resulted in the making
Of inferior goods, palming OFF their
poor productions. relying more upon
tho prize given to secure trale than
the merit of goods. The wise house.
wife in whatever state she may live
will be careful to discriminate between
quality. anl quality backed up by
prizes. 1t is we'll when you buy arti.
cles In the focS line to avoid buying
anything Wink ras a prize attach.
ment You are compelled to not alone
pay for the goods that you require. but
he prize a. we'll.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
WEALTH CONCENTRATION EVIL.
Operation Of Injurious Trusts Can Be
curtaiIed by Efforts Of the
Masses.

An evil that at present Is receiving
more than ordinary attention in the
press is the concentration of vast
corporations. The accumulation of
wealth by individuals when controlled
by natural law, will inevitably become
divided. The millionaire who has a
family, at his death will apportion to
each member share of his wealth.
Even though these divisions may be
increased by work and by speculation
and investment by the children, they
in return will divide the accumula-
tions among their offspring and even
tually. 1t matters not how great the
fortunes of any one of the family
may become, it Is only matter of
time until there is scattering of the
money, and a great portion Of, it will
pass from the members of the family
On the other hand, corporation meth
DDS mean the building of a system
natural law. In other words corpora
tions are machines that work con-
tinuously and when one part is brok-
en- 1t is replaced by a new one. Thus
the accumulation goes on. The death
of Rockefeller will not result in a
discontinuance of the Standard Oil
company; the death of the present
stockholders of any of the large trust
companies, banks or insurance COM
panies will make little difference in
their existence. AL will go ahead.
The safeguards cf corporations in
many cases are excellent But the
inclination to control trade by the
crushing out of smaller concerns and
the destruction of legitimate compe-
tition and the controlling of prices,
seems against public policy. All
classes are compelled to pay prices
dictated by these trusts for the goods
produced. Each year finds new COM
binations to control trade. 1t is the
centralization of capital that makes
such operations possible. The person
who assists in concentrating money in
large financial centers does his part
toward helping along such combines.
IL is only by individual action on the
part of every small producer and lab
orer in the country that conditions
can be changed Stand by every home
industry and do your part toward
keeping money in circulation at home,
and thus bring about conditions that
will make the operations of trusts and
combinations impossible.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Notes From Cripple Creek.

Cripple Creek.-Selig ana Mills, op.
Grating on the Gold Pass property on
Gold hill. made rich strike this morn
ing at depth OF 4G0 feet. While drift.
ing In a northeasterly direction an ore
body four feet wide and carrying val
ues as high as twenty-One ounces in
gold to the ton was encountered. The
rich stun lies in three-lnch streak,
while on either side OF this streak the
vein gives returns Of from $40 to $112
in gold to the ton. The ore body was
opened at point 1000 feet from the
portal Of the Chicago & Cripple Creek
tunnel. through which the lessees arc
working.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Prlzes for Earmers.

Austria provides an object lesson
In dealing with waste lands. Prize,
are given to farmers to encourage
them to recover waste lands and
lay them down as pasturage, and
also to erect shelters or stables foi
cows In high attitudes. The impor.
lance Of this may be seen from the
Statement that one-quarter Of ths
ptal fodder required for cattle anu
iorses In the empire Is derived frop.
Alpine fdists1ces. 2 - -ss. ~ .s,-e>s
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
heiskeII's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half O century Heiskelrs Ointment has
been used in all cases Of skin disease with
most gratifying results. Many have become
entirely cured who had suffered untold pain
and annoyance for years. One man In New
Baltimore, Pa, writes that It cured him when
he was raw all over. A lady In Philadelphia
cured q case OF letter OF six years standing
In fourteen days, while . man in Allentown,
Pa. cured his case Of eczema that had trou-
bled him for eleven years with less than two
boxes ofthe ointment These and hundreds
Of others have found that Heiskeu's Oint.
ment is worth moro than its weight in gold
Being q purely vegetable preparation, Heis.
kelrs Ointment soothes and heals whero
others fall 1t sllays the itching and burn
Ing common to all skin disease, and all Yield
quickly 70 Its magic influence.
There arc many varieties OF skin diseases
with confusing titles, but they are all suscep-
tible to one and the same cure-Heiskell's
Ointment No one need suffer long II AFFLICTED
with any skin disease not Of . constitutional
includes such skin diseases as erysipeias, pru.
rigo, eczema, milk crust, itching piles, scald.
head. letter .ringworm. blackheads, psoriasis.
pimples, heckle9. In some cases It 10 nece1.
Sary 70 give some constitutional treatment,
~ in erysipelas, eczema, etc; tho liver should
all the secretiOns purifed. In ali cases Of
skin disease cures are hastened by the use Of
MED a The
liver with Heiskell's Blood and Liver Pills.
Heiskelrs Medicinal and Toilet Soap con-
tains In modified form the medicinal prop
critics of Heiskelrs Ointment, and II particu-
larly effective in slight disorders of the skin,
as rash, eruptions and abrasions. It cleans
perfectly, and in the bath Is great luxury.
HeiskelPs Blood and Liver Pills contain the
active medicinal principles OF various roots
and herbs approved in medical practice.
that Heiskell's Ointment will not cure It. The
ointment IL sold at 600 q box. Soap At go .
cake. Pills at 25c q bottle.
You can get them Of any druggist. or We
will send by mail on receipt of price. Address
Johnston, Holloway & Company, 6Sl Conn
merce St. Philadelphia. Pa
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Had Tried II.

you ought to wear glasses. They'll
save your eyes," said his friend.
Muffin in it." contemptuously an
swered Bill de Bruiser Il fought dey
would meself wunst, an 1 put on a
pair when heerd big chap wuz lay
In fur me. It's agin de law, ye know,
to hit a man wild glasses on i'm.
Well, sir. de big chap happened along
He reached over, lifted dem glasses
on me face. an den he bunged me
eyes up, good an proper"
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31

Of order. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me of these troubles in 1902 and for
nve years l have had no return"
All dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31

back hurt me ter
ribly, / had sharp,
s h o o ting pains.
changing to a dull.
d r a 6 6 n g ache. I
could not stand for
any length OF time
and my back hurt
me when / sat down.
My feet and ankles
were badly swollen
every evening. and
my stomach was ont
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
Make Good paekIno papsr.

Old newspapers make excellent
packing paper, In which to put things
in storage. AZ printing ink IL disliksd
by insecta
Gilpin observer., 1907-10-31
BACK GAVE OUT.
A Typical Case Of Kidney Trouble and
Typical Cure.

Mrs. Chloe Page Of $40 8. Pitt
Street, Alexandria, Va, says: my
The Washington times., 1907-08-11
Personal Care of Machines.

The second rule. which I would
suggest to all owners of automobiles,
is the personal care Of their own ma
chimes and the dismissal Of the ex-
pensive chauffeur. or course, this re-
fers TO the chauffeur who rs a willy
CRATER. and feels that a man who
has money enough TO support a car
Is a At subject for legitimate plunder
IN excess OF his monthly salary. The
chauffeur problem is the most serious
labor problem that the people have
ever met for solution. 1t is not tho
question of competing with an ignO-
rant laborer who may be destructive
on account Of his laundering through
ignorance. but Il is the question Of
dealing with n bright mechanic who
has learned all OF the methods by
which the car can be rendered use
less; who knows how to put the car
out OF commission in such a skiIlfuI
manner that II will seem to be the
result OF unavoidable accident, and
who knows where he can secure the
best 'rake-off' on the purchase OF all
Of the apparatus needed in equipping
q car when repairs are necessary.
The Washington times., 1907-08-11
o4ttention, Not Admiration By ksns Ga.dass

fered miserably all evening. She was
ne most conspicuous woman there.
and think she believed Ia be pleased
that this was so. It's possible that
she wondered afterward why I didn't
take her out 70 supper.
4 pIloted her straight home. and
never offered 70 take her out again.
1 know she didn't understand why. for
she wore that same dress many times
afterward. Now. II were to run up
against an experience OF that kind. I'd
simply tell the woman that wouldn't
go about with her II she dressed so
coaspicuously. But ia not be 80 liable
to make the mistake OF Offering atten-
ton TO n woman who'd be apt 70 do
such a thing as when was younger.
Now, take that woman who sust
passed Us here IN the office. She IS
not extreme enough 20 be callei loud,
but Just enough TO be conspicuous.
The large majority OF men would
fight shy OF her. while a certain stripe
OF man would chase her around the
globe And there are plenty Of men
who would be on friendly terms with
her as long as no one knew OF II. and
yet would drop her quick enough II put
where they must needs acknowledge
her as a friend Still others would
draw her out just 10 see how far she'd
go and all the time be criticising her
for the very qualities whicn they are
bringing out
And OF all places for a woman 20
make herself conspicuous. n hotel Is
the last. II she goes about aud tries
70 attract attention men always know
that she's getting so little cs II she's
ready 70 take II from anybody. She
doesn't understand men well enough
10 know that most os those who win
lead her on are the very ones who
Will throw her over the quickest.
The Washington times., 1907-08-11
The ChaufIeur's Graft.

Take the question OF new tires. or
course, tires Will wear out. and the
unwearable tire has not yet been in
vented MI Chauffeur knows that II
ne can get the owner to purchase his
tires Of X. he will get commission OF
IS per cent. but the owner buys his
supplies Of Y, who will only pay a
commission to the chauffeur OF 10 per
cent. FIR this reason he advises that
all purchases should be made at the
establishment or Y. The owner hap
pens to be n friend of Y, and will
not listen 10 the advice OF the chauf-
four As n result. when the oppor-
tunity presents itself the car is run
over n sharp stone. the chauffeur puts
down the BRAKES, and the tire Is
ruined A few lessons Of this kind
The Washington times., 1907-08-11

Last month my automobile cost me
50 20. but 500 OF this amount was for
Easolene- The other $40 was for
some trihiug repairs. but that IS less
than the shoeing Of horse would
cost. The secret OF this slight eX-
pense is due TO the fact that take
care Of the car myself-that Is. I
never trust anyone 70 clean or regu-
late the engine. The washing and
cleaning Of the metal work I hire
man TO attend to under my super
vision. and I always drive my own
car. and try 20 remember that II Is
worth the while 70 exercise reasonable
care. I am able TO cover more miles
IN a morning outing than could be
covered by the best driving horse in
a full days drive. and while the money
lasts. and until the flying machine De-
comes feasible. the automobile minus
the chauffeur is the sport for ne"
The Washington times., 1907-08-11

ind that the car is the cheaper per
mile.
Last September on my vacation
7 drove 10 Baltimore and then put the
car on the canal for Philadelphia
From Philadelphia I drove TO New
York. and from New York toured
through Connecticut and Massachu-
setts. going as far North as Boston
On my return / stopped In New York
citv. and after trips about the city
concluded 10 go over the famous au-
tomobile roads OF Long Island. 1 was
unfortunate IN my departure in get
ting a nail IN one OF the tires, but the
trip by ferry was a long one. and I re-
moved the pUnctured tire, put in
The Washington times., 1907-08-11

But whether the change IL for good
OF for evil, 1t Is upon MS, beyond our
power TO alter and therefore 70 be
accepted and made the best Of. II Is
q waste of time TO criticise the inevi-
table.
II is easy to see how the change has
come. One Illustration will serve for
almost every phase of the cause. In
the manufacture OF products we have
the whole story. II applies to all COM
binations OF human industry. as stimu-
lated and enlarged by the inventions OF
this scientific age.
Formerly articles were manufactured
At the domestic hearth, or IN small
shops which formed part of the house
hold. The master and his apprentices
worked side by side. the latter living
The Washington times., 1907-08-11

~ II have reached the econ
omical stage all right"
he replied. but my econ
omy consists In taking
care OF my own car. and using II
whenever I feel Ike driving. I'll ad-
NIT that have learned q whole lot.
and have concluded that two simple
rules are sufficient TO conquer the use
less expense connected with automo-
bling. The first rule is to use the
car with some degree OF judgment,
for although the best cars are claimed
10 be 'fOOl-prOof." and that is claim
Ing a whole lot. there is no sense OF
satisfaction IN treating an automobile
as though II had been guaranteed in
destructible. No one would think Of
driving horse attached to a fine car
Tiage over rough roads without eXer-
cisinE some degree of care in avoiding
obstacles and ruts in the road, and
yet many people seem to think that
because the automobile Is a machine.
Il can be driven through ruts. over
stones. and be subjected 10 all kinds
OF careless treatment without injury.
This carelessness is one secret Of the
large bills Of expense In the ordinary
maintenance OF a motor car.
The Washington times., 1907-08-11
Blu Andrew Cdrnedie

with the master, and therefore subject
to the same conditions.
when these apprentices rose to be
masters there was little or no change
In their mode of life, and they, In
turn, educated succeeding apprentices
in the same routine. There was. sub
stantially, social equality, ana even
political equality for those engaged IN
Industrial pursuits had little or no
voice Ia the state.
The Inevitable result OF such mode
of manufacture was crude articles at
high prices Today the world obtains
commodities of excellent qualities at
prices which even the preceding gen
Grafton would have deemed incredible.
In the commercial world similar
clashes have produced similar results,
and the race is benefited thereby
The Washington times., 1907-08-11

The contrast between the palace. OF
the millionaire and the cottage of the
laborer with us today measures the
change which has come with civIIiza-
ton, and is not TO be deplored. but well
coined as highly beneficial. 1t is well.
nay. essential. for the progress of
the race that the houses of some
should be homes for all that is high
est and best In literature and the arts,
and for all the refinements of civilIza-
ton. Without wealth there can be no
Macenas. The good old times" were
not good old times. Neither master nor
servant was as well situated then as
today. A relapse to old conditions
would be disastrous to both-not the
least so 20 him who serves-and would
sweep away civilization with it.