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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
for the brnei, of his Department
regardless of the injustice he may
work on the younger children in
the family of states.
Aerial Navigation

The world is looking to the pre-
fecting Of aerial navigation in the
near future, at least it is SO consid-
cred that it will not be long until
the flying machine may be as con-
mon in the air as the automobile is
on our streets and roads.
In fact there has gone out the
impression that the element Of dan
ger in air navigation can be more
nearly eliminated than now exist
ing in travelling in an automobile.
OF course a trip in the air might
grow n little monotonous to the
persons accustomed to the auto on
terra firma as there would lie no
trees to climb, bridges or bitches
to cross enibankments to topple
over or stone walls to buttup against
There wouldn't he the sport Of run
ming down the hayseed and hobo, as
also terrifying man and beast from
start to finish. There would be but
little danger Of collisions at least
not for awhile or until everybody
gets to travelling via the air lines,
and flying becomes an everyday
sport The only possible danger
would be that of running against a
transient meteor or wandering
star that hns lost its orbit and was
straying unguided in infinite space
There is no longer any doubt
but that mans ingenuity will soon
enable him to mount the air as on
eagle wings and sonr away as surely
and safely ms do the birds of the
heavens. After the science of air
flying has once been mastered it
will doubtless be deemed very sim
pie, and really seems~now to be,
when we take into consideration
the ease and simplicity uf the flight
of birds, insects and even seeds of
many plants and trees with which
nature has furnished wings. The
dandelion, the thistle, the goats
beard, the locust, willow and other
deciduous trees, where nature has
given to each seed Il feathery at
tachment SO that it floats away in
to space from the mother plant and
in some distant spot finds lodge
ment there to germinate and to
perpetnate it's species. Therein is
seen the wisdom of an Allwise
Creator in arranging for the dis
tributiou of seed from vegetable
life by natural causes and thus
cover and replenish the earth with
trees, herbs, flowers and fruit with
out the aid of mans hands.
The parachute and balloon are
simply prototypes of what is thus
seen in nature and by which man
has been able to perform limited
voyages but unable to know when
and where the same would land.
BY still borrowing from nature in
the laws governing the bird and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Six hundred acre ranch property
cutting two hundred tons of hay
yearly. Within two miles of town
and for sale with 80 head of stock
and complete farming equipment
A bargain to the party who wnnts to
locate permanently,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Fine zinc lead mine within half
mile OF d. Il r. G.. railway, and
from which a thousand tons OF ore
have been mined for the lead alone
contained in thn ore.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

For sale = Two sixty horse boil
are in good condition. One new
forty horse power engine, and one
twenty horse power upright. Also
one eighty horse power corliss en-
CINE. All nearly new and in excel
lent condition.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Collins and Nc Gruder are ar
ranging to push the tunnel toward
on the Alice property until the or
shute is reached, which is suppos
ed to de less than two hundred fee
ahead of the present face of tht
drift.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Owing to lack of sufficient lum.
her and timbers necessary to COM
plete the Augusta mill, work has
bed Temporarily suspended until
the same Gun be obtained.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
Secretary OarfieId's rIessage

Secretary Oarfield'S fleSSage.
Secretary of the Interior James
K. Garfield has handed his repor
report to Congress. AS an example
of departmental shortsightednes,
this epistle, let us hope, will STAND
out unique in the annals of the de-
partment. Secretary Garfield has
ignored the rights OF the Western
states to their own inherited shar,
of public domain. Without an Ia,
pology. or a single recognition "
the paramount interests of the stat
es concerned. he proposes to load
them with departmental tax gather
ers. sieze their c jal lands and mo-
nopolize their water supplies. In
brief the west is to become n beast
Of burden to carry the expense OF
the Interior Department..
Why crying out against the coal
mpnop olies he proposes the most
gigantic coal monopoly ever con-
tamplated, one of 10, 600, 600 acres
OF conf lands. He would monopo.
lize all the water power and other
natural resources. Hs directs a co.
vert slander Mt mining and other
industries, but farming, saying:
Fortunately, most homestead en-
tries nre honestly made. the infer.
cnce being that the same cannot
bc said of mining entries, or quar-.
ry entries. or coal entries.
He says there are 7O.OO0,OOO az
res in the Western States under
lain with coal. These lands he pro-
poses 10 reserve as government
monopoly, taking from the prosper
ity of the Western states the trib.
ute they would pay the Department
He says the Timber and Stone Act
should be repealed. Apparently
Mr.. Garfield wants monopoly of
the stone quarries also.
He says the time has come when
we can no longer safely permit the
unrestricted acquizition by private
individuals of the public domain
for purposes other than homesteads
He would further make govern
ment monopoly Of our water power
aud even make us pay tue Depart.
for glass of water on a thirsty
day, saying" The SHOWS and waters
in the great mountains of the West
contain power enough to turn mil
lions of wheels, to irrigate millions
OF acres to furnish water supply to
hundreds of cities. IT these waters
are permitted to be acquired by
private interests, then the genera
tions to come will pay tribute for
the use of water which should be
preserved as a public utility, not
private privilege" Imagine the
horrible bsnighted condition of the
older states which have already ab-
sorbed all the water rights as, "pri-
vate privileges Take Ohio for in
stance; what and awful place it
must be to live. where the greedy
private individual has defrauded
the government, the future genera
tions and the poor Department out
of all the public domain, water
rights. coal lands and all
Throughout this remarkable
message of the Secretary OF the ln-
terror there is no single intimation
of any balancing tax that might be
put on the states which have al
ready absorbed the public domain,
no thought of equalizing the load,
no consideration whatever of a
square deal. Nothing seems to
nnimante MIR. Garfield but an over
whelming desire to squeeze the
! last cent out Of the public domain
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Several excellent prospects. Nil
Of which have quite mn amount OF
work done on them. For sale cheap
or an interest will be given in the
snmc for money with whic!: to de-
yelopc.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
Mining Notes

Work on the Blaine mill will be
resumed the first of the month by
Miller Bros. who have the contract
to finish the same.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

A group Of eight patented min
ing claims. nj of which have ore
in sight. A tiue proposition for
tuuneliny. Will sell or lease.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

Six room cottage and three lots
Oh tho corner of main street in the
school house block. Best location
in the city can be bought very
cheap for cash.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

For sale new first class sewing
machine. Call and examine the
same at the PILor office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

An improv I'd ranch near the
mouth Of Cement creek, will be
sold Tor part cash and balance on
time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

An elegant four room cottage
alm IT new, with two lots, can be
purq ssed for one half the original
cost.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
Real.Estate

List your property with the
PtLur If it is for sale or trade.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
TIMING, REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Times and Equipment

Six Frue vanners for sale. Com
plete with pull-ys and shaftings'
boxed ready for shipment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12

cost.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
CocktniI Cberrr storr.
ron ;he London Daily Mail.

From the London DAILY Mall
II was doubtless Mr. RAYMOND
Blathwayt's fault that he got ice water
Instead Of hot water in his New YorH.
hotel. as he tells US in the Daily Mall Of
recent date.
An English friend stopping at a New
York hotel told me the same pathetic
story Arriving he wanted hot water
and pressed the electric button once. ID
popped a small darky buttons" and
deposited a silver pitcher Of ice water on
the manteL Ny friend, not knowing this
had anything 90 do with his ring, pressed
the button again and another buttons.
blacker than she preceding one. sprang
into his doorway and deposited a sec
on the marble mantel A third fourth
fifth. and sixth ring brought that num-
ber of additional pitchers Of fee water for
the manteL Then. in despair. the guest
went down 70 the hotel clerk and asked
why he could not get hOusemaid and
was told that one ring always means ice
water and to ring three times sharply
brought the hoUsemaid-
Hot water. please" said the now ex-
asperated Englishman-
Sure, bilin' hot IL IS. day an noight."
replied Bridget O-Flannagan. who NAV
one day be mayoress Of New York. where
upon she turned round a faucet in the
corner basin Of the room and let the
steami1g water bubble forth. for the Eng
lishman had not noticed there was hot
and cold running water IN his room.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Division of Time.

From the Cdicazo News
Through the fundamental division Of
time, the day. appears intuitve 10 mos,
persons. It is well to remember that in
the arctic regions the marking Of this
division is by 10 means easy. During
several successive months the sun is
either always below OF always above the
horizon. and the only method-a very un-
certain One-Of Distinguishing between day
and night is 20 observe the times Of high
and low tide. Division Of time into
months comes from the motions Of the
moon Malays, Polynesians. and Aus
trslian abOrisines reckon tine exclusively
By months and days.
That greater unit Of time. the year.
characterized by the regular succession
OF the seasons, has presented the greatest
difficulties TO exact determination. partly
because the seasons are not sharply dis
unguished IL some regions partly. because
Of the universal desire 20 establish among
the year, month, and day simple relations
which find no support in the facts Of
astronomy.
Inhabitants of Venus. n there are any
must find it extremely difficult 10 estab-
lish units OF time Venus always turns
the same face toward the sun: so the
planet has no day. and the lack Of a
moon deprives It Of a month Finally. II
has no year, for its axis Of rotation IS
perpendicular to the plane Of its orbit
ana the latter is almost circular
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
LONDON INVADED BY NEGROES.
Absence of Race Prejudice Makes
Lie Pleasant Thcre.

England IS being invaded by American
negroes who suddenly have realized that
they suffer in that country from none OF
the disabilities attaching 20 their race and
color iu the United States. Thousands OF
them have gone there in the lase year OF
two and thousands more are going. The
invasion began IN force about a year ago
The first negroes 70 go were variety art
ists and athletes, who found that they
were wei treated there. They stayed and
wrote 10 their friends across the water 10
follow on A few went last year. but the
rush has begun this year. and within the
last few months there are almost as
many black faces 20 be seen on the
Strand and IN PiccadIly as on Broadway.
II is hard 70 obtain any estimate Of TIE
actual numbers Of American negroes now
In England An Official OF the American
embassy declares that last winter the
embassy had hundreds Of applications
from negro citizens OF the United states.
who were stranded IN England. 10 be
sent home The embassy. OF course. has
no funds for this purpose. but the officials
did what they could 20 help. and many
who went over 20 capture the variety
stage I'm England worked their way home
IN the stoBc1o5ds OF tramp steamers sail
ing 10 Baltimore OF New Orleans.
This year. the same official declares
there are al least 500 American negroes
in England. and Fop] Of them arrived this
year ~ trip 90 some OF the leading water
ing pieces on the English coast viii lead
one % think that the estimate is much
smaller than the actual number The
busier' is an institution al Afargate.
E.anssatc. Southeud. and other watering
places where the Londoners Of the Middle
and working classes run down for the
weekend or for a few days holiday. The
Husker' usually is broken down actor
or music hall man who makes his living
singing and dancing on the sands. de-
pending on the generosity Of the holiday
makers for his reward. The native .'busk-
er' has been almost driven of the sands
by the American negro.
The "biack-face" comedian act long has
been a favorits with the 'buskers." but
the comedians were white men made
black by liberal applications Of burnt
cork This year the black men are the
real thing and the ''entertaInment~ which
they offer has changed Instead Of the
sentimental ditties OF the London music
halls. the 'busEers-- are rendering the
coon songs" Of New York and Chicago
and the niger melodies Of the planta-
ton days The sentimental seni-militarv
songs. so popular in America about the
time Of the Spanish-American war. are
also great favorites at present on the
sgarEzte sands
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
REDEMPTION

Written for The Washington Hsradl
NT heart : fuu q praise ard rra-er to-is--
ana Heaven seems not YER far away.
] know the breeze cones on No liga+r- vim
But there's touch Of muse that my soul 1nst sinz
Only Yesterday net bird sang ont
Ny soul o 'erdowed with sadle-s ard With S,-h+.
i5li- o. today brlnrz z1ca har1rdnis,ss ;hin-s
ile 4uaL brook q yesterday to-day its mzsic sinzs
- osaufifrl the whole world SENS % ne
Sielpcio1s c,nes the csii-ee-pss the SEA
soul and sense seem linked with fair sr-u-f-s
And look forth with new created eyss
strt yesterday al life seemed tented -o-1-d
VITA sadness; with chains ny so-7i seemed hT777
me passing cicT1ds trailei darkness on my heart
Ard Ike frightened child feared the Jarl
i5Tt Oh, today feel rhc SIN hlrhr n The afr
And icFe and JOY encompass e7erywaere.
I know the praise cf worlds from lips q c-s
IS = dream, CT has ny heaven hsulns
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH-
NoztA Weyncuth. Mas. Aus. L. 1875.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
skim MIX Paint.

tr7n Ouflu--
The following formula for making skim
milk paint will he Of interest to all who
desire a cheap paint that viii wear well:
Stir into a gallon OF skim milk three
pounds Of Portland cement, adding. at
the same time any paint, IN dry form.
that VIII give the color you desire. The
milk viii hold the paint IN suspension,
but the cement being heavy, viii sink
therefore. Il VIII be necessary to keep
the mixture vel stirred with a paddle.
Mix only enough at a time for one days
use II the mixture Is not thoroughly
stirred. as you use il, il VIII get thicker
and thicker, and il viii be necessary to
thin IL by adding more milk Six hours
after applying this paint II will be dry
II is not affected by weather.
Carbolic acid or any other disinfectant
can be added. thus making It very effec-
tive for use in poultry houses and the
stable Il makes an excellent paint for
fences when colOred crab. by the addition
Of little lampblacl. or dull green.
by adding ocher and a small quantity of
PTussian blue.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
It,. the Cnadlsh nrnmnn -

From the Bcs-5r Herald.
Let women complain no more OF the
.caddish man The cad is epicene now.
thanks 10 the new order Of things. the
assumption OF rights and wrongs by the
female sex in their fight for votes II
has been observed with some dismay. that
lovely woman. as Well as lovely man.
could be that Getested being. a cad A
pirate is preferred 20 cad any time. but
of late instances of feminine caddish-
ness have been conspicuous. and. with
out particularizing. & must be said that
the sUffragette movement is responsible.
Prudes and gossips we have known, and
haNe excused the dear creatures bur
the woman cad cannot be tolerated. Wom-
en- may be al but that Possibly cham
pions OF the fair and equal sex viii object
20 this "aSpersiOn." but let them search
the records and note the change in So
ciety's attitude TO many Of the unwritten
laws that make for high bred courtesy.
Society may have ceased to be polite bur
Il should taboo the woman cad the cad
who tells. while II abhors the man who
behaves in the same manner.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
COoIs 50 Rapidly at Night On
Catches Cold.

N"'As - h4NtaAg at N1EhC Ole
Catches Cold.
I Few people who visit Denver rsaHzs
/ that IT is located only 2 few feet short
I OF mile above the sea level Al such
attitudes the climate IS always treach-
erous- The midday sun may be broiinG
hot. but after DARK the air = soon chiliei
and one IS liable 20 contract q cold.
Several OF the Spanish cities stand uro1
the crsSts Of tall hills, whore such cI.-
matte changes occur after nizhtfau.
When. as a boy at the grand opera.
saw Spanisrds in Carmen or The Bar
Der OF Seville toss their long -.oazs or
capes about their faces. I assumed that
the act was intended 10 disguise them
20 hide their faces. Nothing Of the SORT.
The SpaniaTd. Ike the Italian oe the Al
pine regions. always covers his mouth
after sundown 70 minimize danger TO
his lungs from the night air
CuriOuSly. the women h.tve1-e any fear
Of the chill that follows the darkness.
They may BE- seen IN low cut bodices al
all hours Of the evening. II ths cafes. at
balls. on the streets The men. however.
are il terror Of cold night vsnds. Pnsu-
monia ard tuberculosis cary on Z great
many victims in spain and Northern
Italy.
II you ever have passad night at the
summit House Ge>entiv burned atop
Mount WashiHS-oE in the White Noun
tains. you ought 20 form correct est
mate Of the climatic conditions al Den
yer Those Of Us who have visited ths
New Hampshire peak in August. huddles
about los fires af.er dirEer and s-ep- IN
der double blanke- = ,-n r6a,lI'v ccIn1re-
heni what a snocS 70 the system Sucb
sudden changes OF temperature cause.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Oklahoma Nights.

From the Shawnee tOkla-i Herald
Il matters not how hot the day may
be IN the new State. as soon as the sun
goes down the breeze rises II comes
from no mysterious source II is simply
the radiation Of heat which viii occur in
any open country which IS hot enough.
At s O'Clock the breeze Will make your
Aatband whistle. At it VIII slap your
tie in your face. and II you are wearing
a soft hat and glasses. the brim Of your
hat VIII beat against the rim OF your
glasses and make deep red marks on your
cheek. BY 20 o'clock the breeze is no
longer a breeze, but means and whistles
round the corners Ike March zephyr in
Missouri. And II you stay I'D until blood
red AIdeparan rises in the east and Vega
dips low in the west. the wind comes in
enormous siShs like the very world must
have been shaken to give thern vent
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Tae Black Hand.

From Eroryboyly's Magazine
There was a historical foundation for
the name Black Hand" Back in Inqui-
sition days in Spain there was La Mano
Ners- a secret society which fought the
government and the church 1t passed.
and the secret societies OF Southern Italy
were its heirs. Twenty years or more
ago a false report was raised in spain
that La ManO Nera had been revived
The story fingered in the brain Of a
reporter. and one fine day he at
tempted 70 rejUvinste waning interest
in a puzzilng Italian murder case BY specu-
lating as 10 the coming TO life Of the
Black Hand among Latin immigrants in
America The other newspapers seized
on the idea eagerly. and kept :. going.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
CLEVELAND, THE coMMoNER.
Late ex-PresfdeRt Free from the
Veneer of Vanity.


Late ex-PresfdeRt Free from the
Veneer of Vanity.
T. \. Casson. IN the Broadway.
Of all the heterogeneous celebrities whom
it has been my business 10 meet. I have
never known one as simple and Unaffect-
ed as Grover Cleveland He had absolute
ly none Of that veneer Of vanity which
makes most great men ridiculous
He was the only Democratic President
since 1851. and no career in history has
been more triumphant and sensational
than his; yet he continued TO the last 10
be as simple-natured and as ready TO lis
ten 10 the small talk Of the people as
though he had spent his life raising
chickens on a bush farm.
The older he grew the more attached
he became 70 the simple life Of the coun-
try. He was fond Of old clothes and
loose slippers and the soft grassy earth.
Once he told me with great gusto how
George Washington fed 70 lis farm from
the batteries and intrigues Of public life
In 1871" he said. when the country
demanded that washington should leave
his farm and retgrn TO public life, he
squealed like a pig. He always preferred
his farm TO the White House"
He had no aristocratic instincts-not
one. He was a c0mmOner to the core
Every man was man 20 Grover Cleve-
land The richest Individual had no gla-
mour and the poorest had no smudge in his
eyes One morning. while he was dictat-
ing an Interview. a very ragged tramp
came W the path 20 the house AIr
Cleveland opened the door. listened 70 the
mans story. and sent him away with half
a dollar and "a good luck TO you"
Who is that man, papa asked little
Dick Cleveland. who had been romping
in the hallway
That is poor man out Of a Job.
Dick replied the father. He Is a long
distance from his home and ne is trying
10 walk hack