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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-08
School Time is Nigh!
Get your Boy one of those Fine Suits that are
going at = off. We have an extra large line
and can give you great bargains in the above
Why We Can Sell Right.

WHY W UoN O0Il NJ Ill'
You cannot expect a store
to always sell below cost,
and we do not always do it.
We've got to have a fair
profit generally. There are
times, however, when we are
anxious to close out goods
that will soon become un-
seasonable and, if the buy
ers will take advantage of
such sales, it will pay them.
Just now we are Offering our
mammoth line of Summer
Wash Goods at 25 per cent
off. This is less than cost.
The stock. remember i all
new. purchased last Spring.
W. riiun'r ,,av- an ola piece
of goods I.fr i, tie store
la>t Spring. Ii you're wise.
you'll not forget this store.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-08
Big Clothing Bargains.

We've got our order in for
a big line OF fall and winter
goods. Must close OUT the
line we have on hand. We
are giving 4 off on Mems
and Boys suits. Do you
realize what this means? DO
you realize that it means
that you have an opportu-
nifty to secure the best line
OF clothing that is manufac-
tured to-day at less than
the wholesalers price? We
don't make boasts that we
cannot back up. You will
have 10 come il aud see tn.
goods ~ appreciate our IT.
frling.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
ESPERANTO.

The name of DR. Zamenhof of War.
saw, is likely to 20 down to posterity
as one of the worlds benefactors. for
TO him belongs the credit of invent.
ing Esperanto language by which
men of all nations can converse to.
gether. We wish to create a common
ground on which the various races OF
mankind can peacefully and fraternai
~ mingle. without intruding racial diff
ferences in any way" the doctor re.
marked in his inaugural address at
the conference of Esperantists. at
Cambridge. And. judging by the en-
thusiastic assembly at the conference.
that wish is rapidly being realized.
Delegates from twenty-five different
nations. representing half a million
Esperantists, conversed with each
other in the easiest and freest manner
And II further testimony be needed as
to the merits and uses of this twenty.
year-old language. It can be found in
the fact that 1t has been included i'm
the curriculum of English and French
schools Educationalists. scientists.
tourists. commercial men. etc. are
rapidly recognising the practical and
valuable nature Of Esperanto.
Yet " was not long ago that DR.
.IamenhOf was regarded by many peo-
pie as a crank Few took him serious.
ly when, in 1887. he published his
brochure, An International Language.
by DR.. Esperanto" and for ten years
he labored hard to get the merits of
his linguistic invention recognized.
Then the world suddenly awoke to the
knowledge of Zamenhof's genius, and
commenced to learn Esperanto with
avidty
Curiously enough, II was not DR. IA
memoirs intention. when he first con
ceived the idea of inventing an auxil-
iary language-for that is the correct
description of Esperanto, seeing that
il is an adaptation from all languages
and a rival to none--to invite univer-
sal use, as the story of its origin
shows.
AS a boy Dr. Zamenhof lived in the
little town of Bielostok, on the front
Ter of Russia and Germany. The I'm.
habitants were of four different ma.
onalities-Russians, Poles, Jews and
Germans-each group speaking its
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
LAYING HABITS OF DUCKS.
II Handled Right They viii Lay Early
In the Morning.

Never keep ducks shut up to lay;
they will sometimes lay their eggs
upon the ground or drop them in the
water, which gives trouble in collect.
ing. and If there are any carrlon
crows or even rocks in the neighbor.
hood, they will be there before YOU.
and the eggs will be destroyed. which
certainly is a loss, says William Ply.
gott. an English duck raiser. But
breeding ducks hate confinement. and
II let out regularly from six to seven
a. M you will find their eggs. as a
rule, laid on the floor of the house
about that time, and far greater
quantity of eggs will be secured dur.
ing the season by adopting this plan
rather than keeping the birds con
hned until late hours / may also add
here that If you can safely leave
the ducks out until dusk in the
evening II is better to do so. as the
birds find more natural food-worms.
etc, which are quite necessity TO
breeding ducks-during the early
mornings and late evenings than any
other part Of the day. An experienced
attendant can tell i'm moment by
handling each duck any that are car
rying an egg and the bird can be
watched. or the first feed could he
LETT until later. when they would re-
turn for the meal, and he confined for
awhile. Sometimes ducks get egg.
bound, and have been known to carry
the eggs for several days. and eventu.
ally die. II taken in the first stages.
n pinch of EPSON salts in a small pei.
let given to the bird will reduce the
Inflammation of the ovaries. and the
egg can be laid; occasionally a second
ana even a third. dose will have to be
administered (given once day. be.
fore the egg is laid In fact. | once
had duck lay three eggs I'm one day.
the last being a soft-shelled egg, and
the first like cement, having been car
ried four days As a rule. IL is during
the early stages that ducks lay their
eggs carelessly about and drop them
In water Later on In the season they
Will make a nest in the hedge row. OF
among nettles. sometimes in the
stable or duck house. and Il is quite
safe to leave the bird to nature. re-
moving the eggs at Leisure
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
POULTRY POINTS.

Oats are manifestly an egg-produc.
ing food.
Cripples and stunted specimens spoil
the appearance OF flock. besides TAX
ing up much needed room. Weed
them out. Farm Journal
II does not pay TO keep any except
strong, vigorous chicks. Any that ap.
pear weak after receiving proper care
and food should be disposed Of
II the fowls are confined in yards
where the ground is bare of grass
the earth should be turned over fire
quently. either with a spade or a hand
ouluyator. II the yard is small. OF with
a pillow, harrow or horse cultivator a
the yard is large.
MIX, whole or skim. sweet or sour
Is an excellent food for fowls and may
be- fed by itself or used to mix the
mash provided a mash is a part OF the
alton. MIX. however. will not take
the place OF water as drink and the
iatter must be furnished also.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
COMBS OF FOWLS.
They Are Good Index to the Health
OF the Bird.

The comb OF the fowl may count
for much or II may count for little.
In cold country II is of more con
sequence than II is in warm coun-
try, because II too much exposed II
freezes. For this reason fowls hav.
ing large thin combs are not so well
suited to the cold north as are those
fowls that have thick. compact combs,
which we generally designate as rose
combs" Some fowls, like the Polish,
have head gears that seem to fit them
for life in a cold climate. The man
that in the west cannot give his fowls
much protection from the weather
will do well to choose those that have
naturally protected combs.
The combs OF the fowls are recep.
tacles for blood. and this does not
seem TO be In motion. Consequently II
freezes easily. and IL is the common
impression among poultry raisers that
a fowl that has had her comb frozen
is of no value for egg laying opera
tons. When fowls get ready to lay
their condition is always shown by
their combs. When a bird is being
bled to death by mites the comb
shows the loss of blood by becoming
pale, The comb is therefore quite a
good index of the health of the fowl.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
EDITORIAL NEWS BRIEFS.

civil Engineers j. r. Wilbur and ID.
~ Sibla, OF San Francisco. closed a
deal recently to take over for an UNI
known interest thousands of acres Of
land and valuable water rights at Vic
torvillc. Cal. In ordeT TO build the Vic
tor reservoir a project which has for
its purpose the impounding OF the Mo
1ave river water at the Victor mar
rows In order 70 irrigate a vast tract
OF highly productive desert land now
uncultivated for lack of water Dun
ing the last four years NJ r. Poole, a
Los Angeles man. has been buying up
the Moiave river farms to secure the
water rights over 100000 has been
expended in this way.
Preparations for the opening of the
Utah State fair at Salt Lake on Mon.
day next Sept 30, go steadily on. A
small army of mechanics Is now en-
plOycd at the grounds. getting the
BUILDINGS and stalls and floors into
shape for the big opening day. Some
new buildings have been erected no
ticeably that OF the kennel exhibit
where the dog show will be held. This
structure is being treated to a final
coat of paint. when It will be In readi-
ness 20 receive it's canine occupants.
y y
Professor Leschetitsky, famous as
the teacher Of Paderewsh. recently
celebrated his birthday with a grand
fete ut his Vienna home In order to
accept his invitation to be present,
Katherine Goodson. the English plan
f.t Il. 81 f,.g.. 4
to please her former teacher
SILK was first made by Si-Lung, wife
of HoanRTi, emperor OF China, in the
year 1900, b. c.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

own language. and ON bad terms with
the other groups. When young Fam
anhof reached his teens he grieved
over this. and rightly concluded that
the main cause was the misunder-
standing due to diversity of language
and determined some day to invent a
language which they. could all under.
stand.
With this object in view he acquired
knowledge of Greek. Latin. French
German English Yiddish Russian
and Polish and thus equipped himself
well for the task Esperanto was the
result of twelve years study, and may
be said to be built up from those
words which are already known to the
greatest number of persons Of aver
age education Thus from an ordln
AIRY page of Esperanto text an English
man recognises 20 per cent. of the
words. an Italian GO per cent, a Span
lard 40 per cent, a Frenchman so per
cent, and a German 40 per cent.
As an illustration of the simplicity
Of the new language 1t might be men
toned that a booklet of twenty pages
is sold at cents for the use of be-
ginners. entitled "The Whole of Es-
peranto." and whoever learns the con
tents of this booklet will know the
greater part of Esperanto
An example of the word-building
which forms the basis of the new
Language will Illustrate its comprehen
siveness. "Patro" is father: "patra 80
fatherly or paternal; "patre' in a
fatherly manner; "patrino,' mother
The nouns end in co." adjectives in
"a" adverbs I'm "e." Every word Of
more than one syllable is accented on
the last syllable but one. Phonetical.
~, dramatically, and structurally Es-
peianto is thus extremely simple.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

The school board of Lewiston. Idaho.
has practically decided to build a
portable schoolhouse for the children
in Orchard heights. The site is near
the logical center of the tract. and
for. this reason portable building
wifi be erected Next year il may be
moved or "A larger building erected,
in which case the little structure can
he moved to some other point where
Il is needed.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
BUSTING THE LOUSY HENS.
Barrel Continuance Makes the Opera
tion an Easy One.

Take any fair-sized barrel and make
a frame for II, as in the illustration
which tells the whole story. Use a
good lice powder. Put the powder in
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
The Barrel Buster.

TTN D"TTNI DuoKNTs
the barrel with the fowls and turn
the crank, says the Missouri Valley
Farmer The dust will go through
the feathers thoroughly, killing the
lice. Do II in the morning and turn
the fowls loose.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
1oo-ToN REDUCTION PLANT
FOR MONARCH

Charles W. Plat. general manager
Of the Monarch Mining and Smelling
company. left last night for his COM
pany's camp in the Black Rock dis
trict, to start a force Of men preparing
the site for his new 100-ton reduction
plant. recently purchased in Denver
Colo. He expects to have the plant
in operation in about ninety days from
date. as well as a full crew Of miners
at work in his mines. on his return
from Denver. he stopped i'm Los An
geles for several days, when he pur-
chased an oil drilling outfit, which he
viii use in developing water as well as
prospecting the large ore deposits in
the mines. This plant win be INSTALL
Ell and pressed into service as soon as
delivered on the ground.
The new plant will have three times
the capacity Of the one destroyed by
fire about two months ago.
The mines are known all over Ari-
zona as the Three Black Buttes." and
are considered very promising ones by
mining engineers who have examined
the property.-Journal Miner.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
PENETRATEs BLUE sHALE.

At a depth of 1000 feet the big
standard drill, at present employed
by Hot Springs Oil company in driving
the well for oil. south OF the city pen
ctrated blue shale. This is the strong
est indication the company has had of
a near approach to oil since ii COM
menced operations in the Stafford fields
1. Is expected almost any day now
that a gusher will be brought in. The
promoters Messrs. Daniels and Morris.
are enthusiastic over the outlook
Owing to the nature of the formation
now being penetrated and for other
good reasons. the company has dis
continued the use of the rotary drill.
employed during the last few weeks.
and mas installed a standard drill.
which is making very satisfactory pro-
gress.
II Is quite likely that the work of
casing the well will commence in a
few days. Large numbers of people
visit the scene of operations daily and
all are sanguine that oil will be en-
ocuntered within a very few days.
An eastern firm, operating a large
refinery, has expressed its intention
of removing its plant to this city when
a well t. an assured fact. and i large
smelter will be erected and will use the
crude petroleum for fuel The Journal
hopes to be able next week to report
the bringing in of the well.-Safford
Journal.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
THE OLD DOMINION.

Old Dominion has entered upon the
fourth week of one OF the busiest
months in its history and with a larger
force employed than ever before. Good
progress is being made on new con-
sfruction but this work, which is on
a large scale, will not be completed
for at least eight or nine months. The
extension of the smelter building and
the erection of the fifth furnace are
Well advanced and II Is now expected
that the new furnace will be ready to
blow i'm by July 10. With five fur
n&ces in blast from that date the pro-
duction for the month should be $780,
600 pounds, and from August 1. the
monthly output for the remainder of
the year is expected to be about g.
10000 pounds. The figures for June
from present indications will be about
10000
EXcavating for the new dust cham
Der and stack is under way. Construc-
ton of the coke bins has been TO some
extent interfered with by the heavy re-
oeipts of coke which has been piled
up on and above the site of the new
bins and at the other places most
available. Coal and oil are also ar
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
GIBSON COPPER MINE.

Shipments from the Gibson to the
Old Dominion smelter now average
about eighty tons daily and during the
past week several new teams have
been put on the road, says the Globe
Silver Belt. ore running over % per
cent is being extracted from the Pas
quaIe tunnel to the extent OF fifteen
tons daily. This ore is packed up the
hill from the tunnel on burros and
dumped on a loading platform where
the wagons take it. The ore bins which
receive the ore from the mine are kept
full despite the heavy shipments and
much of il is put on the dump when
the bins fill up.
The Gibson camp has undergone
great change recently. The new store
and Dostoffice is now occupied and is
one of the best built and fullest equip
ped in the district. The new boarding
house with a seating capacity Of $50,
is i'm commission and a number of new
cottages are being erected.
The Gibson company is now in the
market for much new machinery, in
Guiding two 2O0-hOrse power boilers,
new hosting apparatus for a three
compartment vertical shaft. two air
cOmpressors and drills.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
PIMA COUNTY MINES.

The Gould continues its shipments
which will be increased as fast as
teams can be secured.
Some high grade silver ore Is be-
ing shipped to San Francisco. from
the old mines of Governor Pesqueira
The ores pay over $500 per ton in
silver and lead.
The Mineral Hill Copper and Gold
Is still developing its large ore body
on the one hundred foot level TAX
ing out rich silver lead and gold ore
which viii be shipped in the not far
off future.
Juan Teller brought in some fine
samples of gold ore from the Rincon
Mesas, and also high grade copper
samples from new claims. He re-
ports a great deal Of mining activity
II that section of Pima county.
John Nelson and partners have
been working their copper mines in
the Tortolita mountains north Of
Tucson; and the property looks bet
ter than ever. The character of the
ore IS black Detanque and is high
grade in copper and silver.
Adolfo Vascuez, left for his valu-
able mines west OF Tucson Yesterday
with miners and supplies to develop
the group thoroughly and systematic
ally with a view Of shipping high
grade ores in the near future
The Pontotoc is proving good
producer, IFS tons weekly of from
five to eight per cent ore is the
steady product of these nearby mines
which Will be doubled during the
next sixty days as soon as room can
be made for additional miners to ex-
tract ore.
The Pima district is enjoying a
continued ground swell of new and
surprising developments. The Twin
Buttes is being thoroughly prospected
with power drills. Likewise the large
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30

ore field of the Calumet and Arizona:
and If half the rumors be true the
drills are not doing disappointing
work all seems to be giving good re-
suits.
The Tucson Consolidated Mining
Co. which took over the Old Pueblo
mines located five miles westerly
from this city is at work i'm earnest
putting up buildings and preparing to
get into line with other shippers
Judge Pickett is the general manager
and II IS understood that twenty-five
thousand dollars have been placed in
the treasury for the development and
working of this and two other groups
of mines all tributary to Tucson.
The Paymaster continues TO work
in rich silver lead ore and Is taking
out some very rich copper which car
~ the silver and gold i'm good values
with the copper. Regular shipments
continue. The phenominally rich
strike recently made at Silver Bell in
the Imperial mines are still the sub
ject of comment among mining men.
Ii Is said to be- the richest and larg-
est continuous ore body of its kind
yet developed in Arizona mining.
The Cerro Pelon mine in the Cata-
lima mountains. east of Tucson. is
again being worked by its owners with
a view Of shipping ores. The Cerro
Pelon mine carries high percentage
ia silver and little gold. About five
years ago large quantities of ore was
shipped to FL Paso from this mine.
Tucson Is the natural point of supply
and shipping station. Miners who are
in the city from the mine claim IL is a
mountain OF ore. There are several
other claims being developed near this
mine with good results.
The Chesterfield under the manage
ment Of Thos. Hughes. has a large
force OF men developing the Chester
field ground. In the so foot shaft a
large body of silver lead ore is en-
countered which seems to be very
large-all the shaft is in good ore
and the width can only be ascertain
eG by cross cutting. Two other open
ings on the Chesterfield show good
ore and yet these mines two months
ago were merely prospects; for virgin
ground the Chesterfield is very prom
ising-Tucson Star.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30

gresses of a lawyer at a recent meet
ing OF the Kansas City Bar associa-
ticn. His subject was THE Laws Of
the Future" and he undertook to tell
his hearers how the world would be
governed when the mass of the people
had succeeded in raising themselves TO
his high way OF thinking. To begin
with. he remarked, with some justice.
that the world would be much happier
If men were to give as much thought
&c the raising of their own families as
to the breeding of live stock. On this
head he added:
There is no law in existence that
forbids a marriage between n hopeless
lunatic or n sick man or woman and
a mate who may be perfect in mind
and body. Such marriages are made
daily all over the country, and the
jails, penitentiaries. almshouses and
asylums are crowded with the Off
spring of unions like this 1t is the
sort OF thing that is degrading the
race. This is the condition that. re-
veaIed in every vital statistic. is seen
and recognized and cried out against
by every authority on heredity in the
world"
Then. according to the Kansas City
papers. he proceeded to speak of rem
edies to be applied in the future and
predicted that "all insane persons and
those suffering from incurable mala-
dies would be put to death" This plan
of his he pronounced Just and merci-
full" and evidently by way Of showing
how useful ii would be to the great
body OF taxpayers he cited the case of
one wretched imbecile who cost the
state approximately $4,000" And
can anyone deny" he continued. that
this woman would have been far bet
ter off II she had been put out of her
misery when she was first born and
pronounced a cripple and intellectual
ly dead for life?''
1t is easy enough to make appeals
of this sort to common sense, but,
while all would probably agree that II
had been far better for the community
and for the patient herself had she
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-06-30
NEW YORk-ARIZONA.

A representative OF the Era last
week got a glimpse OF the mining
camp of the New York-AriZona Gold
and Copper company. II is situated
just across the mountain from the
Gold Belt property and can be reached
very easily with a team and buggy.
owing to the fact that the Gold Belt
people built a good wagon road within
n quarter of a mile of the New York
Arizona caRD. 1t was an easy matter
TO build u spur to the camp at a very
small cost, something less than 800.
The road is now finished and the camp
consists of a boarding house and four
boarded tents. Considerable develop
ment work Is being done with flatter
ing results. and while there has been
much talk about what they intend do
ing. IL would seem that the manage
ment of the New YOrk-Arizona is
making good as fast as il Is possible
for them to do so. They have a num-
Der of very promising claims and
from some of them high grade gold
shipments have been made. The
property is located in a promising
district where the ID. c. company
operate some of its best mines. The
whole country between Morenci and
the New York-Arizona is dotted with
good mining claims and there is no
reason why the mineral belt does not
extend to the property of the above
company. Their surface showings
are identical and where they have
gone down into the ground they have
always met with encouraging results.
With proper management the New
York Arizona can make the same sue
cess as the Gold Belt and anyone who
has visited the country will agree with
the Era that they have made the best
showing of any small company that
has ever operated in this district. Lo-
cal people are heavily interested in
both companies, and they are keeping
themselvs posted by making numerous
visits to the property. Quite a force
OF men are employed at the New York
Arizona camp and Superintendent
Molder is getting a hustle on himself
The camp is all new and presents an
enterprising appearance. Most of the
preliminary work has been finished
and the company is now getting busy
with development work There Is quite
a great deal of pay ore piled on the
dump and the management is prepar-
ing to ship some of 1t to the Shannon
smelter at Clifton.-Clifton Copper
Era.