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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
Disposinu of the Babv.

Little Freddy was the only child in
the family. He had no little sisters or
brothers to play with him, so when
he was told that a baby sister had
come, he was very happy. But he soon
(, found that father and mother did not
= pay so much attention to him as they
formerly had, and that baby seemed
to be considered Of more account
than he. This worried Freddy; but he
suddenly thought OF something which
would help him out Of his trouble.
Some weeks before his father had put
a sign up: Ashes to Give Away; In.
quire Within Freddy remembered
that man had come and taken the
ashes away. So he got to work, and
one day surprised his father by dis,
playing another sign, hung in a promi.
nent place: "A BABY to give away.
inquire Of Freddy"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
The YOUNG Idea.

How mady seed compartments are
there in Jan applet" he asked. No one
answered. And yet" continued the
eseshsssl inspector, "all of you eat many
an apple in the course of a year and
see the fruit every day, probably. You
must learn to notice the little things
In nature"
The talk of the inspector impressed
the children, and at recess the teach.
er overheard them discussing it. A
little girl, getting her companions
around her, gravely said:
Now, children. just suppose I am
PR. Taylor. You've got to know more
about common things. If you don't
you'll all grow up to be fools. Now
tell me, Minnie" she continued. look.
ing sternly alta playmate, how many
feathers are there on a hem"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

'"e orlght steel beak on the lofty prov, this
Oo"t uoes not appeal so successfully to the nau-
"ooA IAihu as II would seem to do to the artistic
anu Foeucal one But on the miles of canals
IN the city of Venice this craft is peculiar)y
"uap'aOie' Inc gondola was formerly the only
means OF getting about the city, but it is now be-
ing displaced In part by small launches. The
ordinary gondola is 80 feet long and four or five
leet VIDE, and is flat-bottomed so that the draft
IS hSht. The bottom rises slightly above the
water at the ends while at the bow and stern
slender ornamental stem and stern pieces reach
to about the height of mans breast. There is
covered shelter for passengers in the middle
cf the boat which is easily removable. In &C
cordanCe with medieval regulation gondolas are
painted black. The gondolier stands erect with
his face toward the bow and propels the boat
with forward stroke, making his way through
the narrow and often crowded canals with amaz
ing deXterity.
Throughout the islands of the Pacific the CA
noe Is a common sight Strictly speaking the
canoe is light boat designed to be propeled nv
paddle held in the hands without any fixed
support although in some cases canoes NAV he
seen that have an auxiliary sail to be used under
favorable conditions
Inc canoes most commonly seen in the waters
OF the Hawaiian islands are built from a single
lFee trunk followed out with an outrgger as seen
IN the Illustration Wonderful sailors, too are tho
natives who in them often undertake long 500
voyages, far out of the sight of land and nassino
from one island to another
The canoes of Samoa are built Of sever,,
pieces of wood of irregular shape fastened to.
gether and cemented with gum to prevent their
leaking. The coasts of the mainland of Siam
Burmah and China also swarm with canoes,
While the catamaran is type of water craft
that may be seen in several countries, each type
Is rule has its distinctive features. The eata
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

wooden uprghts fastened to the sides of the
boat, overlap each other. The natives, however
are expert in the handling of the craft
In southeastern India, near the Strait Set
Elements, an odd sailing craft may be found
This vessel is rugged with four sails, the larger
one set slightly to the front of the center, while
TWO others of still smaller design are set one
at the PROV and the other midway between the
Two The smallest Of the sails is rugged at the
stern and is intended to aid in steering the craft
On the rivers of England and Ireland NAV he
seen several types of the wherry which is very
popular in these waters. Oars are used to aid the
single sail in the smaller boats of this type but the
Portsmouth wherry, used in the open sea, has a
mansail and rejoices in topmast and topsail.
The Turkish caque is familiar object in the
Sea of Marmora and among the islands of the
Aegean She is distinguished by her peculiar
mainsai which is combination of foreand
aft sail and square sail
Pages of interesting reading might be written
or the many peculiar boats which may be found
the world over While the essential princinle
OF bodybuilding must necessarily be similar. yar.
Gus nations and tribes have developed the idea
along different lines until to-day the various STYLES
and types of water craft can be numbered nv tho
hundreds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
rczfb ard
Qesals;f5y

appeal to the Well-Informcd in ever,
walk Of life and are essential to permanen
success and crcdjta5le standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of FIGS
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy OF
known value, but one Of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it clcanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and,
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California FIG Svrun
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

maran is favorite of the Chinese fisherman and
the larger streams of that oriental country are
well populated with these boats They are con.
Structed of two narrow canoes fastened together
and propelled from the stern with long, narrow
oar In its original form the catamaran consisted Of
three logs, the middle one being the longest
dashed together 1t was used by the natives of
lne Coromande coast particularly Madras and
also in the West Indies and on the coast of
South America
The Fiji islanders developed the catamaran
IDEA IN their war canoes, which consist of two
parallel logs Joined together with a platform on
which mast IS placed. These boats are safe
and also very swift
The flying proa of the Ladrone islanders is
another type of the catamaran made with two
huls OF unequal size. The larger hull which car
rles the rigging, is perfectly fat on one side and
rounded on the other. On this are placed BAN.
boo Ipoles projecting beyond the rounded side,
and to their ends is fastened a boat-shaped log
onehalf or one-third the size of the larger hull,
This prevents capsizng as effectually as the Fiji
double canoe. Both ends of the proa are made
alike and the boat is sailed with either end first:
but the outrigger is always to windward
Against head of wind the proa is kept away till
the stern approaches the wind, when the yard
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

DR.. Theodor Herzl. At dinner party, 80 went
the story, given by Mr.. Stocksen Bonds, nreco.
cous child asked the father do Ill people turn
into Jews when they grow old?" mo nv how "
answered the father, who had renounced his faith
and become Christian before the lilo follow
was born; mo, my boy, why do yo,aask?" "Wer
latner' We cnliaren are all Cf Ens, you and
nio'nei are oirls'iaas, ou' per, who just
came from Russia he's az Nw"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

At little luncheon given on the day before
his departure for Europe to Joseph Cowen, the
English Zionist, the subject of apostasy came up
and one man, to illustrate it's prevalence, related
that only few days ago the first child in the
home OF one of New York's wealthiest Jews had
been baptized because "the parents hoped by that
means to remove an obstacle in the way of the
boys progress" This recalled to another man
at the table a story told at Basic bv the late
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
DR.. TALKS OF FOOD
Pres. of Board of Health.

hat shall I eat?" is the daily IN
1.-the physician is met with. : I do
state to say that in my tudg.
large percentage of disease is
" poorly selected and imprcn.
Spared food. My personal expe
se with the fully-cooked food
gwn as Grape-Nuts, enables me to
sak freely of it's merits.
c0m oVerwork, l suffered several
th malnutrition, palpitation of
and loss of sleep. Last sum
rs led to experiment person.
the new food, which / used
elton with good rich cows
a short time after / com.
use. the disagreeable symp-
ppeared, my hearts action
aady and normal, the func-
he stomach were properly
and / again slept as sound
81 veil as in my youth.
pom Grape-Nuts as a per.
IA no one can gainsay but
:" most prominent place in
ientific system of feed
- who uses this food will
Gsny need of the soundness of
siple upon which it is mapu.
] and may thereby know the
TO its true worth" Read 1.-THE
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's
q the. above letter? A new
from time to time. They
true, and full of human
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
Preparation for knowIedna

o man can learn what he has not
paration for learning, however near
ais eyes is the subject. A chemist
tell his most precious secrets to a
enter, and he shall be never the
ar-the secrets he would not utter
chemist for an estate. God
us evermore from premature
Our eyes are holden that we
q zee things that stare us in the
ii the hour arrives when the
1S ripened; then We behold them,
the time when we saw them not
ke Dream
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

YA RESCUE
o,'w TO ~
NV RowlDes 4
HIM.
ifBuckstein IA
SENSIBLE CHAP.

First Girl--What did he g. -eA
you told him he mustn't see you any
more
Second Girl-Turncd the lights Out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

Of the countries he would travel through.
Few Americans there are who are not fami-
lar with our present styles of water craft, such
as the common roWboat and sailing yachts but
there are many who, if told that these beats set
down on some foreign stream would excite con-
siderable curiosity, would be greatly surprised
However, II they would stop to consider that
these boats were evolved from the primitive
crafts Of our fOrefathers and that the various
conditions in different lands would make these
boats impracticable, the surprise would be some.
what tempered
First, let us consider the gondola of Italy, re-
noWned in song and story. The gondoa has
probably been drawn Oftener than any other
boat Oh record. Crank and black and dismal, with
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

is swung around, and what was the stern be-
comes the bow. Proas are from 40 to Go feet
long and six or seven feet wide, and are said
to attain speed Of 20 miles an hour
The junk is the distinctive type of Chinese
marine architecture, a somewhat uNprogressive
science among the celestials. Even before the
Christian era, John Chinaman voyaged from
port to port in vessels of this build and rig The
sails are made of mating and are reefed in
much the same way as a Venetian blind is
raised. The junk is built along the lines of an
oriental slipper with the curved keel for the
sole and the drop aft for the heel The com.
mon river boat or sampan is on the even more
familiar model Of the inverted fiat iron The
modern large junk is good sea boat and will
ride a severe typhoOn in safety
On the streams of India may be seen a type
Of rowboat which somewhat resembles our
American craft 1t is, however, of clumsy cor
struction and the oars, which are dashed to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

When the Lord makes a 10,
devil gives him tongue.-Life
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29
Both Sides Of |

1t is not enoua
our livelihood, the eai.
should have been seryiceabs
hind.-R. L. Stevenson. 80.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-29

Fifty'sscond | Dis.
Venue and e a
re the rock
yimately 90
nd on the
forts. Re Esnl
;ome cave II
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IN porouss
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FIVE feet
A. lel when
4 ton rock
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II vas slow In
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Ing the I'm
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she fire de-
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cue.
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30
WORK ON NEW ROAD BEGINS

We are Informed by Represent
tive j. A. Lehritter, that contract
for putting through the North
Fork Valley road, has been let to
Pressler Brothers of Ohio creek
aud they have force of men en-
ployed upon the grade. There is no
longer any question as to the COM
pleting of this important thorough.
fare by which means we may have
direct communication with the
wonderful fruitlands Of the North
Fork valley Of the Gunnison river.
Tie fame Of this section has gone
to the remotest portions Of the East
and West and when the road is
finished, one days drive from this
city will take us to any part Of the
beautiful valley. The route extends
through one of the most P,ctur-
esque portions of the entire Rocky
mountain system. Following along
clear trout streams. through pinA
and Aspen parks, hanked on either
side by mountains which rise above
the timber line. Here was, anl is
today. the home of the elk. and the
deer, mountain lion, black, CHINA
mon and grizzley bear. There is
probably no section of the state
where are more plentiful found the
fantulled grouse than here amidst
the white spruce pine forest which
skirts the mountains along the en-.
tire road and which is the prefer
red habit OF these birds and upon
whose evergreen folinge of pines
or spruce needles they subsist dur
ing the long winter months. Our
sporting fraternity and fruit loving
people will hail with joy the COM
pletion of this road and travel will
begin when the way is opea to the
public.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

A hundred acres of patented
mines including millsit.-. Plenty
of water on the ground for milling
purposes. Also fine mining plant
consisting of two boilers, compress
or, hoist, mine pumps, etc.
A good milling proposition where
there is hundred thousand tons
OF concentrating ore on the dumps
and in sight in the mines. Only a
mill is necessary TO render the
property profitable to operate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30
KILLED IN COAL MINE

The first fatal accident happeu-
ing in the Crested Butte Coal Cos.
mine, occurred Saturday morning
when the life of John Sneller WAS
crushed out by lar &c rock falling
from the roof. 1t appears that the
room in which the deceased and
his partner were working, had
reached small faulting of the vein
and which had caused fracture
in the Thick sandstone which over
lies the coal and the men had re-
moved all Of the coal up to this
fault and were preparing to timber.
There were eight stulls lying in
the room ready and one OF the men
was after an AK when about fifty
feet distant, large fragrament
dropped on Sneller who was stand
ing under the fault. No blame at
taches the men in tie mine or the
company as the rock was consider
ed unsafe by both men and they
should have kept from uuder it un-
til properly secured by the timbers
which the company placed in the
room for the use Of the men. II
was fatal neglect in not placing
the timbers under the loose rock
and the men should not have taken
any chances when they knew it t.
be dangerous. A team was phoned
for from town by foreman Bramall
and the remains were taken charge
of by undertaken Miller. Coroner
Hyatt was summoned from Gunni
con andon arriving inquiry showed
the unfortunate man met death ir
purely accidental manner and nc
blame could reat apou any Persor
L q j
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30
MINING NEWS OF
OUNNISON COUNTY

The head men connected with
the big Dupont tunnel are expect
ed in this week.
Much interest is being manifest.
I'D in looking up abandoned mines
which may be seen scattered over
the many cid mining districts of
the Elk Mountain range aud more
especially in the sections about
Gothic which is now said to be in
n boom condition. There is very
promising zone of naturalization
lying east of the town and follow
ing the crest Of the mountains to-
ward Aspen and extending south
wnrd to the Italian peaks and then
following down the ridge towards
the old Doctor mine which is now
producing the same character Of
high grade lead carbonate ore that
it did twenty years ago.
The Augusta property is loading
ore for shipment from the Anthra-
cite switch The shipments of smelt
ing ore are b.ing sent to the Ohio
Colorado company, which we un-
derstand will give fair price for
ore and asquare deal to the shipper
A party of Gunnison people
drove up from that city to examine
the Silver Spruce mine which is
located on the east side of Bellview
mountain, about three miles above
the town of Gothic. They arc the
owners of the property and pro-
p ose to 90 to work upon it and do
large amount of development.
The claim was located in early
days by Lew Wait and others and
shipped some very high grade cop
per ore frcm the grass roots and
thousand ounce silver ore may be
found in the old workings OF the
nina. The vein is a fissure cutting
the lines and shales which form
the mountain and affords fire op-
portunity for tunneling as the work
on the property may be started
several hundred feet below the old
workings and the tunnel driven in
on the vein, thus developing all
the veins. The owners of the prop
erty who went up to the mine are
j. d. and J. r. Jennings, VIM. Ho
gan and Henry Perrault, who are
able and disposed to make mine
out of the property if work Tili do
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

ticular skin game and have turned
the great. House of Guggenheim"
down just as they would any other
takers.
AS we understand the situation
much money is required to go n
head with these propositions or
they will loose out and the only
resource left IS with the moneyed
kings of the land who, doubtless,
have already absorbed control of
this, one of the greatest monopolies
existant and which will be manag-
ed in the interest of the new in
vestors. The operators and mine
owners can little hope for better
meuts in their present condition
and the only resource left them is
that combining against the trust
and building independent works in
every mining section whereby they
may treat their own mine produc-
ton and save large amounts in
freight to distant smelling plants,
which not alone make eXhorbitant
treatment charges, but also put the
price upon the ore and cheat the
miner in the sampling of it, if they
have chance TO do So.
This is the only salvation for
our mining industries, in our opin-
ion, espa tally where fuel and wa
ter power may be obtained
at the mines where the ore may be
dug out as is the case in this dis
trict. No greater stimulus could
be given to active mine develop
ment and ore producing, than pos
tive knowledge that an ore reduc-
ton plant WAS to be constructed
and pu. in operation here or near
the mines tributary to the town of
Crested Butte. 1t stands to reason
that the nearer TO the mines are
the reduction works the less is the
expense of hauling AMI handling
Of the ore and the sooner may re.
turns bc had for the mineral pro-
duced and thousands OF low grade
ores which have not sufficient val
ues TO admit of railway haulage
over high mountain ranges, can be
handled at profits if treatment is
found at the mines.
1t is to be hoped that parties in-
ter ested in the proposed plant for
this town willinvestigate conditions
more fully here and after having
done this thoroughly we have little
doubt but what the origionnl plans
will he carried out in the near fu-
ture and the smclter built and put
in operation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30
Luck FAILS dUu0ENHElMS

1t appears that the sanguinary
luck which followed the Gugg an
helms for so many years, has at last
failed them, and according to re.
ports, the company called The
Smelter and Exploration Company
nre about down and out, unlesn
Morgan or Rockefeller come to the
rescue. If such a thing should re-
suit, we can forsee the ending, and
in which they simply loose control
of the great corporation that has
sought to dominate the price OF
our metal markets and rule the ore
smelter situation the world over by
blying out or freezing out every
other smelling enterprise on both
continents. They also sought to
carrel every good metal mine by
placing such price on the treat
meut Of its ore output to simply
make it prohibitive for the owner
to work the mine without loss. Al.
ter the properties has remained
idle for sometime they send man
around to buy the mines for little
or nothing in which manner many
good properties have been secured
by this outfit.
1t would See IN that these people
are about to be paid back in their
own methods and the whole con-
Germ will now be absorbed by the
greatest money magnets. Continu-
ed success, as in many like in
stances, lead to the extravaga an
cies and the belief that everything
they touch will turn to money no
matter what judgement is used.
The mining world today is laugh
ing at some Of the reckless ventur-
es recently exploited by the great
Guggenheim company in Nevada
and Alaska and the methods they
used to unload their worthless wa
tered stocks upon the dear public
through Tom Lawson. Although
thousands of dollars were expend-
cd in advertiz;ng the riches of A
laskan alluvial gold and copper de-
posits of Utah, all of this would
not avail with suspicious mining
public aud the stocks were turned
down with the man Lawson who
attempted to promote the sale there
of. 1t is prophetic that the fall OF
the Guggenheim house will be far
quicker than its rise, (Which was
less than two dccades) and whera-
in from pothing to over fifty mill
ion dollars; much of which came
from the pockets of poor miners
and prospectors, who were robbed
without mercy, OF the values of
the ores sold to this smelling CON-
pany and charged three times the
amount Of the cost of treatment
needed. 1t is not unfrequent that
ill gotten gains are taken away in
similar manner in which they
have been acquired and this COM
.pany had the opportunity to rob
the miners in controlling the mar
kets and doing away with all COM
petition whereby the mine oper,
ators were compelled to take what
was offered or shut down their
mines.
Now it seems that the smelteI
parties have gone into lot OF big
enterprises which necessitate the
expenditure Of msny millions ol
dollars depending on the public te
furnish the cash for watered stock
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

For sale = rwo 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-
gine. All nearly new and in excel
lent condition.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

A group of eight patented min
ing claims, al of which have ore
in sight. A fine proposition for
tunneling. Will sell or lease.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

One of the best ranches in the
Jax Cabin neighborhood, l60 acres
all under culture, cuts from $50 to
200 tons of timothy per season.
100 head of stock, full equipment
of farming utensils, including rak-
es, mowers, wagons, etc. Call at
Pilot office for particulars.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-07-30

Six room cottage and three lots
on the corner of main street in the
school house block. Best location
in the city can be bought very
cheap for cash.