davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
To Our Customers.

After March list we shall be To-
Gated with headquarters at Sites.
We shall carry a full line of hard
ware and groceries, any article
we do not have in stock shall be
gladly looked after with the ut
most care and forwarded to you
as quickly as possible.
Prompt replies to all communi-
cations and careful attention will
be given to all orders addressed
to us there.
With headquarters at Sites,
the distributing point for the
mountains and prairie, we hope
to give our mountain trade
prompter service and better at
tention.
II Thanking you for the nice bust
ness given us in the past, solicit
ing your future orders and further
valued commands, we, remain,
Yours respectfully,
O. C. LAPP CO.., LED.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Personal
anu "
Otherwise
Local Mention

The Orogrande school closed
last Friday, and the teacher, Miss
Richey, passed through Elk City
Saturday onIher way to her home
in North Yakima.
A new billiard table has been
placed in The Miner saloon. and
it has been very much in demand
since its installation. a.
J. &C. ,Litchfeld and !, family
moved into their new house this
weeks The house is not entirely
completed, asl there is great
scarcity of lumber in and around
Elk City at present.
Guaranteed high grade jewelry
apd notions from G.. A. Soden &
Co., of Chicago, the kind that
has been handled here for sew
eral years, by, our predecessors,
and a full line Clothing Samples
from Ed. V. Prices Co. Fit
guaranteed. The o. C. Lapp
Co., Ltd.
f',The new Fairbanks, Morse &
Co. gasoline engine that arrived
at the store. of The 0. C. Lapp
Co., Ltd, was.set in motion Mon
day afternoon for exhibition pur-
poses.. The "choo" 'choo" at
tracted quite, an audience, and
the perfect working of the ma
chine won for it many admirers.
The engines are made in Beloit,
Wisconsin.
R. McGregor, deputy United
States mineral surveyor in Buff
falo Hump district, arrived Sat-
urday from. concord, for visit
of a few weeks. Mr. McGregor
reports things are shaping for a
prosperous and busy season in
the Hump district this year.
A great deal of development
work will be done on different
properties, and there are strong
indications the mills at the Jumbo
and the Cracker Jack mines will
be put in operation soon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Road Poll Tax.

Every man in this district is
requested to report to road over
seer to help repair roads now dur
ing the breakup, or else pay the
tax III. order that may apply the
money! on; much needed work.
Your receipt here will be good
anywhere in the. United States.
ROBERT ROMERO,
Overseer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Continued from Page ~

tOOllIlllutQ lIOul L aye Lei
barrow and work at the forge,
and, after working all day, do
their own cooking, their make
shift at housekeeping, and attend
to innumerable duties around
camp. Courage and hope is ever
within, their breasts.
For. months they toll away, be-
lieving that every shift, every
shot, will reveal to them, the
treasure for which they are seek
ing. If the prospect is as good
as the surface showings would
indicate, ore bodies are finally
uncovered. Here new difficulties
arise. The mine, perchance, is
inaccessible from the outside
world. Trails and wagon roads
must be built. Shipments to the
market could be made. but the
embryo mine is not sufficiently
developed to. maintain regular or
heavy shipments, and the profits
from small and irregular consign-
ments are about eaten up by
heavy freight and smelter
charges. More help must be Sc
cured and more capital must be
put into the enterprise before it
can be listed as a financial Sue
cess. The windlass and horse
whim must give way to more
heavy equipment. Hand drilling
is slow and steam power is
needed; with compressor and
drills. J.
A point has been reached in the
development of the property
where primitive methods must
give way to more advanced ideas
in mining operations, for the own
ers have the making of a mine,
but not a mine as yet. Here is
where the investor, the capitalist,
the syndicate step in. They buy
the prospect for $25, 900, $40, 900,
$50, 900, SIS, 900 or 100000, &C.
cording to indicated value. The
small miner and prospectQr is
satisfied. He has made a pile"
that looks good to him. The
newcomers, either from their own
resources, or from the sale of
treasury stock, begin the develop
ment of the property en a more
extensive scale. The prospect is
equipped with the necessary ma
chinery. Shafts are sunk to the
deep, tunnels are run 9 long way
into the mountaini
Wines are sunk, upraises arc
made and drifts are run until the
whole property is honeycombed
and ore bodies are blocked GU
and room is made so that a small
army of men can be employed il.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30

Eggs took a drop of ten cents
per dozen during the past week.
Eggs and butter are plentiful
and of a good quality at this time
of year, and Should be shipped
direct into the mountains instead
of shipping them from here to
Spokane and back again, as the
freight and commission charges
amount to considerable. Eggs
are 15cts per dozen; butter rs to
80 cents per pound. Now is the
time to give us your orders and
shipping instructions, no matter
how large or small your orders
may be. Yours for business.
Greving's Department Store,
Sites, Idaho. lift
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30


ore extraction. When this is
done, when thousands of dollars
have been expended in develop
ment land equipment, then the
mine is made; a mine that has
millions in sight ln it's workings,
a mine that will be able to main
tain an output of hundreds of
tons daily, and a, mine that will
be able to pay regular monthly
dividends to owners and stock
holders until the profits have run
up into the millions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30

It is reported that Charles
Hofstetter, formerly of Elk City,
but now editor of the Progressiat
Kamiahj Will soon '"tie-up" with
one Of Kamiah's fair daughters.
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26

II pays to adveryiss yesr wants II
the Tribune
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
Railroad
AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES

To the Cripple Creek District,
through gigantic and marvellous
canons and over magnificent
mountain passes.
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
Real and Bogus Relics.

A tooth alleged to have been drawn
from Napcoleon's head at St Helena
was sold for 1880. For Kant's wig
only $40 could be obtained, but
Sterne's wig was valued at $1,000
Two hundred dollars is said to have
been given for Descartes' skull,
whereas $3.4O0 was given for one OF
Sir Isaac Newton's teeth. and 10000
was offered for one OF the teeth OF
Heloise at the time when her body
was exhumcd. The waistcoat worn
by Rousseau has been priced at $3.50.
his watch at 500. Not all the relics,
however. In which there has been
traffic have been genuine voltaire
cannot have owned more than a frac,
tion of the walking sticks that havo
been sold as his and a tradesman In
France used to boast that he had dis.
posed OF 1872 last walking sticks car.
ried by Jean jacques Rousseau. A
Paris tradcsman for long time did
An equally lucrative business in the
last pair OF trousers worn by Victor
Hugo"
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
THE GRANDEST
SCENERY IN
AMERICA
Connects with the Denver and
Rio Grande at Canon City and
Florencs Two trains daily.
ID. G. MAoWATTERs,
General Passenger Agent,
Colorado Springs.
A Habit to be Encouraged.

The mother who has acquired the
habit Of keeping on hand bottle OF
ChAmberlAip's Couah Remedy. saves
hersslf . great amount of uneasintts
and anxiety. Coughs. colds and
Group. to which children are suscep.
tible are quickly CURED by iti use. 1t
oouutsracts any tendency Of = cold
to result pnuemouiA and II given ~
soop - the nrst symptoms Of Group
appear. IL will prevent tho attack.
This remedy contains nothing In.
1urious aud mothers give 1t to little
ouss with . feeling Of perfect socu.
rity. Sold BY Daniels Drug Store.
mwf
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
CLOCK ALL OF GLASS.
Bohemian Workman Produces Work
Ing Model After Six Years Of Labor.

A somewhat futile feat Of painstak'
ing ingenuity has been accomplished
after six years of continuous work In
the construction of a working clock
every part of which except the springs
is made OF glass. The constructor Is
Bohemian glass polisher named
Joseph Bayer. who lives in Theresien
thai and who is now II years old.
The plates and pillars which form
tho framework are OF glass and are
bolted together with glass screws. The
dial plate, hands, shafts and cog
wheels are of glass, and glass wedges
and pins are used for fastening the va.
rious parts OF the running gear to.
gether.
All these parts are ground to the
average proportions OF the metal parts
OF other clocks OF the same size. The
teeth OF the cogwheels are cut with
minute exactness. Only the balance
wheel Is heavier and thicker than 1t
would be In an ordinary clock. but II
Is fashioned 30 as to properly con.
troll the movement OF the machine.
Like the clock itself. the key with
which It is wound Is of glass. The
completion OF the work was a mat
ter Of infinite pains. Some of the
parts had to be made over and over
again as often as 40 times before a
clock that would go and keep time
was produced. The builder sets n
price on the finished model of $500
marks. or about $625. Labor is cheap
In Bohemia.
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
GROWING Aches and Pains

Mrs Josie Sumner, Bremond, Texas,
writes, April 5, 1902: II have used Bal
lard's Snow Linin ent in my family for
three years. would not be without 1t
in the house. have used 1t on my lit
tie girl for growing pains and aches In
her knees. It cured her right away. ]
have also ased it for frost bitten fee,
with good success. 1t is the best Lini.
ment ever used" 25c, 5Oc and e1OO
Sold by Yelton Drug Co. TT
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
Even from the Mountains

Ballard's Snow Liniment is praised for
the good 1t does. A sure cure for Rheu-
matism and all pains. Wright w. Low.
ing. Grand Junction, Colo, writes: II
ussd Ballard's Snow Liniment, last win
Ter, for Rheumatism, and can recommend
It a. the best Liniment on the market.
I thought, at the time was taken down
with this trouble. that II would be =
week before could get about. but on
applying your Linimsnt several times
during the night, we about In l8
hours and we'll 10 three days" Sold by
Yslton Drug Co. tie
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26

Enoourags homo taisnt-ths best
WAY IL 10 attend the Choral oonosss
Tuesday nIghs. Tickets at 0ihbs'
jswsiry store Is and s5 cents; reserved
without extra COST. - -
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
ABOUT YOUR NEl0hBORS
AND YOURSELVES

| q AOOb aA ASAeeeAsukS$uk0 q
l$ AND YOURSELVES
]Seceoeocooeeoeoesosoees
| a. J. Harris Of Denver Is in sas
oisy.
1T. n. Hswsik haa rssssnsa
from Denver.
Kiss Edna Jshnsea ~ rssusnsd
from visit IN Denver.
DIR. snd Ms. g. D. Csnnisss
havs returned from Dsnvsr.
-. @. NssDonald ana n. 3.
10y returned from Pueblo early this
morning.
Miss OrrissA Birdsall this morn.
ing sutsrsd the employ Of the Hillix
cigar store.
-Nrs. A. N. Humphreys Of Osssy.
arrived shis afternoon 70 visit her
sister. Mrs. Robert Ridgsway Of West
Florence.
PROF. Sampson Of Canon Chy
will te present at the Choral union
concert tonight to plsy many Of the
Accomplishments.
| Tony savAnt has rsntsd the
Vaughn house on East Fourth street
and will move in ~ soon ~ II IL 70.
painted and repaired.
Harry Champion. deputy county
clerk. WAS down from Canon yes.
terday afternoon. He IL interek ted
in the new town Of Watsrsville.
-Mim Florence Winn Of 81. Paul
Neb.. niece Of Mr. and Ars Henry
r. Lutes. enroute to Los Angeles.
Gal stopped over here today to spend
. few days with her relatives.
w. r. johnson. manager Of the
Grand opera house. Pueblo. WAS in Il Q
city yesterday afternoon arranging
for An exonrsion train 81 be run
to Pueblo this week on account Of
. prize f1Rht to be pulled on theres
The daily tribune., 1907-02-26
Atshi.on. 1op.s. & SAINT. r. Railway

No. 6ss-From Pnsblo and all
points cast, arrive daily y-- II - 4 m
No. 636-For Pueblo and all points
east, dcrsrt daiiy----------------- s.si . m
No. 63l-To Canon City, daily except
Sunday; depart. 400 p IN
:, cent Sunday. srrivs-.------.-.---. i2:SS . N
10. t5s-Io hockvale- ale-;--------------. II as p M
No. o5-From hockval,.----....-.-- 10 m
Direct connection 10 now made at Pueblo for
Ch;oaEo and all points east, aud a. La Junta
with California limited for Los Angeles And
San Francisco.
Inquiries solicited and promptly and shssr
FULLY answered.
Descriptive literature folders frss By appI,
'aS 70 4. q PALA1s, Aesot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

The arid west produces many plants
that are regarded as vegetable curl
osities. This is not supposed to be due
TO the bare fact that the desert flora is
simply different from that Of the hui
mid regions, and hence excites curiosi-
ty by reason merely of the contrasts.
The writer is of the opinion that in the
struggle for survival the seni-arid
and barren land plants have actually
solved more of the problems OF plant
life, or have solved them in more
conspicuous and open manner, than
vegetation is compelled to do else
where, so that the wonder-like aspect
of many a western species is justified
by its inner history and physiological
structure as well as by its odd form
or unique external characteristics.
A glance at plant is often sufficient
TO indicate whether it grows in the
desert or, at least, in a semi-arid re-
gfon. or whether it requires the large
supply of moisture which is necessary
for the life of most plants. The firm
texture. dry stem, tough bark often
covered with fine wool or resin, the
spare and sparse leaves, etc, are the
usual marks of the desert deniZens;
while the soft leaf texture, moist sur
face and abundant foliage to promote
evaporation and Transportation of water
from the leaves are the usual marks
of plants growing in moist places.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

juice, pistillate flower single, the stami-
mate in a little calyx or involucre con-
tanning numerous stamens.
The laCe-like mat of the EuphOroia
may be compared with those Of the
stOrksbill, the dandelion and the little
wild and woolly verbena, and with the
rag carpet" of the common knotweed,
which it somewhat resembles
For first and second grade observa-
tions, the common sunfiower, Helian-
thus annuus, is unsurpassed. It looks
like the sur and tries 10 face the sun.
Have pupils count its ray and disc
flowers, and notice it's rough, bristly,
gummy stems, which repel the crawl
ing insects; also its sandpaper leaves,
and the curious mechanism Of the disc
flower. The petunia or the four-o clock
of the gardens may be observed for
colors and forms.
Third grade pupils may make OBJ
serVations this week on grasshoppers,
which will be the main subject of the
next paper.
University Of Utah, Sept. 26. 1907
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The Mentzeiiss.

Another group of remarkable semi
arid fall plants Towering late, often in
autumn, and assigned to the fifth
grade, are the mentzelias, Of which we
have several species on the dry lands.
The foliage is rough, in some kinds
very sticky with barbed hairs, so that
the leaves when touched cling tightly
to the hands or clothing. The petals
are large, snowy. yellOwish, orange, or
white. and either five or ten in num-
Der; sepals and stamens numerous. The
kinds common here have d striking,
bold and silvery appearance. The seed
pods are large and cylindrical, and are
cut off square at the apex. The power of
resistance TO drought is apparent on in
spection of this interesting plant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The AstraQuIus.

Among the pea-pod family are nu-
merous members of an interesting ma
tive group accessible near most of the
towns. Two Of these pod-bearers are
mat-lilke species, a foot in diameter,
lying close TO the ground; one of them,
Astragulus Utahensis, being white and
silvery. 1t has a densely woolly,
curved pod and leaves compound with
many leaflets. The other common kind
is quite smooth and reddish green,
A. jodanthus. The special point to OBJ
serve is how these species have con-
trived to protect their seeds in strong
pods from the attacks of insects. The
ones shown in the cut exhibit the spare
foliage that indicates where they grow
on the desert. We have more than
thirty Of this interesting group. Others
of the pea family are native mountain
clovers, to be studied like the lucern
and white clover. The great number
of these nitrogen gathering plants may
account for the high fertility of our
virgin soil. The Astragular is but stu
died in the sixth grade. 1t may now
be compared with leguminous plants
previously studied, especially as to
pods, leaves and stiDules, since ii
flowers earlier in the season. The chill
dren call the silvery astragulus the
lady fingers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

merous sepals, petals, stamens, usual
ly in many rows, often make up the
most beautiful of flowers which far
surpass in splendid beauty even the
rose in all its glory. Ours are species
without true leaves, called Cereus and
Echinocactus. Some of the Mexican
forms, which may be found within our
southern boundaries, have small, awl-
shaped leaves that fall early, and are
jointed and branching plants produc-
ing edible fruits. For fifth grade OBJ
servations, show why the leaves have
turned into spines and why the stems
of these plants have such tough, leath-
cry coverings. The successful con-
servation of the winter moisture is the
problem solved by these desert species,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The Plant Wonderful
PAUL, DIRECTOR OF NATURE NORMAL
OBSERVATIONS FOR
THE FIRST WEEK
IN OCTOBER.

apparent use is TO furnish bird seed
and a yellow carpet upon sortie of our
barren lands. Gutierrezia Euthamiae
frequents sandy or gravelly soil, as
does also its stouter relative, Gutierre-
zia longifolius. A seventh grade stu
everywhere. Out common species,
dy, to be compared with the rabbit
brush.
Bitterwood, or ragweed, is a curiosity
Ambrosia artemesifolia, has rough,
ragged leaves. On the branches are
prickly burs, the pistils, and there are
racemes of cuD-like tnvolucres con-
tanning the stamens or stamnate
flowers, higher up. The latter are load
ed with yellow dust, the pollen, TO such
degree that in brushing past these
weeds the clothes are Showered with it.
Ambrosia means foood of the gods,
and so it must be, since, on account of
It's bitter taste, nothing on earth. un-
less it be insects. seems to eat IL. Even
the goat scruples at the ragweed. Aft
er frost comes it's stems are filed with
a brilliant red dye. South of us the
Indians are said to use a decoction
made from its leaves as a cure for the
bite of the rattlesnake.
Several kinds of rabbit brush,
Chrysothamus pulchellus most COM
monty, are now Towering in the val
leys. 1t is a thing of-beauty as well
as a desert curiosity, from it's smooth
stems, few and thread-like leaves,
SNOWY yellow flowers and pretty para
chutes of seed and pappus-down for
air travel Lift out the entire head of
flowers for study and use a lens. 1t
prefers heavy or clay land and endures
some aIkali, and shows plainly the
marks of its struggle to survive amidst
desert conditions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
A Lace-Like Mat.

Common on almost every dry bench
and Just now coming into flower and
fruit is the daintiest of all matweeds.
Forming a lace-like pattern a foot or
more in diameter. and spreading fiat on
the ground with it's thread-like stems,
the pretty and curious little thing may
be found on hillside or in canyons. It
has small leaves less than half an inch
long, and very obique at the base. The
seed pods are exserted on slender ped
icels, are three-sided and somewhat
pyramidal in shape. The plant is very
smooth. EuphOrbia serpyllifOliaa is a
good object for observation in the
fourth grade. It has a milky, acrid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The Unique Torchweed.

In the valleys and on the bench
lands, but not in alkaline soils. as far
as I know, may be seen little bushy
plant a foot high, flat-topped and COW
cred this week with small dainty,
bright yellow stars from five to seven
rayed one-third of an inch across, and
containing about five little disc flowers
in a tiny involucre formed of from
nine to thirteen whitish and green
tipped scales in three rows. This is the
tOrchweed, a unique growth found
upon western hills and plains, so
named from the readiness with which
the dry bushes burn in the spring. I'm
der lens the akenes (seeds) are silky.
The leaves are +hicki5n and narrowly
linear, an inch or more long, few and
scattered: the stems are slender,
branching, bushy and broom-like; the
foliage. bitter and tough. Animals do
not seem to eat this plant, and its only
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The Edible Tunas.

The Mexican tuna, as the fruit of
many of the cactus family is termed
there, is the product of various prick
ly pear species that are often tree-like
in dimensions, the different kinds rang
ing from a few inches to ten or fifteen
feet or more in height. They are al
ways of singular appearance and of
great diversity in the color of flowers
nature of the prickles, and in the album
dance and palatableness of the fruit.
The average American travelling in
Mexico can see no value in the ire
mendous stretches of prickly pear that
cover the plateau, but the native peon
grows these plants and similar ones in
his orchard. and gives them as much
attention as he bestows upon other cul-
tivated crops In some cases the diet
of the peon herdsmen is made up for a
time entirely of tunas, which constitute
both food and drink and he may then
consume from 100 to 200 of the fruits
per day. These fruits vary from one
to three inches in diameter, and are
usually pear or fig-shaped, or some
times nearly spherical. They weigh
from an ounce to half a pound each,
and vary in color from a yellowish
green TO a dark purple. The rind and
seeds constitute on an average a little
more than half the weight, only the
pulp being eaten.
By several different processes these
fruits are preserved in various forms
as food. Bulletin 81 of the New Mex
leo station points out that while en-
thusiastic magazine writer's would rev.
olutioniZe conditions in the arid re-
gions, converting the most arid deserts
by means of plantations of prickly
pears without spines, into populous and
prosperous communities, yet experience
teaches that the spineless varieties are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
The Curious Eriouonums.

Growing everywhere throughout the
semi-arid regions is a group of curious
looking wild plants of the order poly
E0paceae. called the eTi0ErnIm5. they
have no other, that is no common"
name. The plants present rigid.
stick-like appearance and are common
ly about foot in height. Always slen-
der, in some species thread-like, with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

not hardy under natural desert condi-
tions. They require much water and
a winter temperature above 10 degrees
Fahrenheit, Spines have been elimi-
mated by selective propagation from
many of the plant bodies, but not yet
from the fruits The spineless economic
kinds are less hardy than the spiny
natives, and IT is to the latter that we
must look for the future spineless des-
ert fruits able to endure cold winters.