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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23

the Idaho district in 1903, buying
the Last Chance mine ut Wardner,
they arrived just as the Occur
d'Alenes were approaching their
maximum production. Soon there
after, Daniel, Isaac and Simon Gug-
genheim, tho three sons of the Phil
adelphia lace dealer, organized the
Federal Mining and Smelling Com
pany. This company in 1909 bought
the Standard and Mammoth mines
at Mace for $4,000, 900 each, the
Morning mine near Wardner for
s., 900 900, and the Tiger-Poorman
properties for II less sum. In the
year 1906 these mines, known AS the
Federal group, produced lead and
silver having gross value OF w..
ia, 100, on which there was net
profit of S2,GS5, PA, and which was
distributed in dividends. These
Federal properties, with the excep-
ton of the Tiger Poorman, which is
at the l95O-foOt level, are still in
very rich ore.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan
property, owned by the Standard
oil group, is renowned throughout
tho West as dividend-payer of the
first magnitude. 1t is IL ncghbor to
the Morning Mine OF the Federal
and sells all of it's concentrates to
the Guggcnhsim corporation.
Other mines in the district, like
the Hecla, Gold Hunter, Helena,
Frisco, Tamarack and Chesapeake
have worked out their rich lodes
and are not now producing. For
merly they were very rich proper
ties.
Flat Rivers Long Lille.
The life Of the Flat River district
promises to he far longer than that
of the Occur d'Alenes. The ore of
the Missouri properties is lower
grade, but the ore bodies are of
greater extent. Larger tonnages
must be handled in the Flat River
country, but when n shaft Is put
down here the owners know what
they are going to get. The eccen'
tricitics of the vein system preclude
any such foreknowledge in Idaho.
The Occur d'Alenes are full of tun'
nels driven for many thousands OF
, feet through blank rock to reach Il
L lode which was never found. EN'
, cept where the mine is operating
, and known quantity ore actually
, blocked out in sight, mining In the
Cour d'Alenes Is based more or lees
, on chance.
1t is in this particular especially
, that the Flat River district takes
j.. precedence over its only rival.
A corporation coming into st
= Francois county with sufiicien
- funds to acquire reasonable acre
o age, sink shafts and erect concen
r. trating plant, may be assured OF ne
earnings sufficient to pay good divi
dends. There are no rich lodes, blu
: there is an abundance of ore runnini
from five to ten per cent, and prac
tically every bit of rock taken iron
y a mine will produce 6.5% in concen
;. trates, averaging $685. lead. TIL
" element Of chance is eliminated b.
= intelligent prospecting with tn
- diamond drill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23

EDITORS NoTThat Francois County offers the safest invest
in mi
conditions here
article definitely that
Of Belt other
Lead
sonly week the writer
potential production
already proved probable the district
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23
A Light Under q Bushel.

But despite these large invest
ments and an annual production
which has made Missouri the first
State in the value of lead mined,
the light of st. Francois county as
the premier lead district of the
United States has been, and still is,
under bushel.
Even net profits amounting to
more than s2,5OO,OO0 for the district
annually, made by the five operat-
ing companies during the last four
years, have failed to attract atten-
ton as they should. Scarcely one
business man in ten In the city of
st. Louis is even vaguely cognizant
that Southeast Missouri produces
lead.
In the public mind of Missouri as
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23
Idaho Mines Like skyrockets.

AS earners of dividends, for brief
periods OF time at least, the mines
of the Occur d'Alenes are not eX-
celled, unless by some of the copper
properties of Michigan. Like the
majority ofproperties In areas which
bear the metals in vein systems, the
Occur d'Alene mines reach their
maximum production within a few
years after driving the first tunnels.
AS the lower levels are reached, the
richer lodes pinch out or the tenor
of the ore decreases. In the case OF
the Idaho mines the ore becomes
sphaleritlc, and the hoisting OF this
low-grade zinc ore from depths ap-
proximating 1900 feet has not yet
proved profitable.
When theiGuggenheims went into
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23

III
From an Indian squaw, smelling
galena by the pound in hole on n
! hillside, 10 IA shift of men with II
battery Of Salvsberg roasting pots
and modern furnaces, turning con
centratcs into pig lead by the ton, is
"A long step, but that is the progress
which has been made in one phase
Of mining in Southeast Missouri.
1t has taken about 200 years to
accomplish this advance in metal
] lurgy. Soon after NJ. de la Note
| Cadillac, who founded Detroit a.
well ms opened Missouri's mineral
wealth to the world discovered the
celebrated Golden Vein on the Mine
| la Motto property, crude furnaces
were set up for the smelling OF the
surface galena.
The Chawanon Indians, who were
occupants OF this territory, soon
learned that the French traders
would barter at good prices for me
tallic lead, and their sqnaws, ac-
cording to the usual procedure where
manual labor was involved, Were
set about the task Of smelling the
galena.
"Thcir methods were crude in the
extreme" says MIR. W. 7. Thomp-
son, president Of the National Lead
Company, in an article written for
the last edition of the Encyclopedia
Americana. Their plant" he con
tiuucs, CONSISTED usually of Il
small hole dug in the ground and
lined with rocks.
"This was usually located on Il
hillside, both for the purpose OF
getting strong air-draft and ais
in order that srn!. tulnel connect
ing with the bottom of the furnace
/ hole might bc dug, through whicl
the molten lead could be- run Of
when the galeua and fuel were
thrown in and fired.
Rough pigs, run in hollow q
the earth itself, and weighing abou
? ~ pounds, were usually made by tn
/; Indian squaws and taken to thu
, trading posts for barter
Early Furnace at Potosi.
> The first improved furnace il
Southeast Missouri was set up nca
Potosi in l7gS by Moses Austin, wh'
. later founded the first American
colony in Texas, and whose son
[ Stephen F. Austin, established tn
city of Austin, now the capital o
Texas.
: Moses Austin sunk the first shat
D ever seen in the West, erected
. shot tower, and for several year
n conducted prosperous shot an
~ shect-lead manufacturing business
These were the beginnings OF tn
process by which lead ore is cor
yerted into "A merchantable produc
! Crude mining methods were 1
n vogue also, and only ore rich enoug
to go directly to the smelter wa
mined. No attempt was made t
{ concentrate low-grade ores, and, /
a fact, the mining and milling OF low
i grade ores have only been under
n taken in this section within the Las
4 few years.
To-day the five properties In IN
u Flat River district represent inv"s
y ments of millions of dollars, the uc
e mill of the Federal Lead COmpan
alone having cost in the neighho
- hood of $2,0O0,000, as it stands t
=, day after numerous changes. TT
IL total investments in the Flat Rive
Is district cannot be given even M
Is proximately, but it is certain TIN
# they are considerably larger tina
10 the aggregate capitalization of Il
five operating companies, which
&c $35, 600 900.
A Light Under a Bushel.
,s But despite these large invcs
a ,.l fttts. T..
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-23
LEAD BELT OFFERS SAFEST
NINE INVESTMENTS IN WEST

Net Profits Aggegag ST. 500 900 Are Made Annually by Five
Companies Operating flat River District-Eement of
Chance Practically Eliminated by Diamond
DdlI-Eanings Depend on Capacity
to Handle Large Tonnages.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
MISS ELKINS BACK
AFTER LONG TOUR
D'ABRUZZI DID NOT SEE HER,
SAYS BROTHER
Senator's Daughter Wife and Two
Sons Arrive in New York City.
Rumors of Engagement
Unconfirmed

NEW YORK. Oct. Miss Katherine
Ell1ins arrived today on the White
Star liner Adriatic, after stay of sew
eral weeks in Europe, during which il
had been asserted and denied that she
had met the duke of the Abruzzi, to
whom at one time she was reported to
be engaged.
1t was reported at the same time
that royal objections to the match had
been withdrawn. and that Miss Ell
kins was the sole dictator.
With Miss Elkins were her mother
and her two brothers, stephen and
Davis. The latter was asked:
rs your sister engaged to be mar
ried to the duke?"
so far as 1 know, she is not" he
replied.
would you know if an engagement
existed?"
Not necessarily" he replied.
Mr.. Elkins added that if his sister
and Abruzzi had met, he did not know
of it, and said he did not believe they
had
Senator Elkins was on the pier to
meet his family. Miss Elkins denied
herself to all interviewers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
COAST

FpiscopaIians end convention at Vallejo
and elect officers for Sacramento diocese.
PAGE 9
Evidence given in rate case at Seattle
proves of much interest to western ship
pers. PAGE 3
State Federation OF Labor elects officers
at San Rafael. PAGE .
Naval recruits prove success and Off
GERS feel much encouraged. PAGE 3
John Early of New York declared by
leprosy congress to be real leper. PAGE 2
Justice William j. Gaynor agrees to
enter Democratic race for mayor of
New York. PAGE .
Curtss makes three airshp' voyages at
St. Louis. PAGE 3
American and English suffragettes clash
over lecture statements. PAGE 2
Methodsts in South Dakota puts ban on
preachers seeking divorce. PAGE 3
Many men accused of conspiracy al
Marshalltown. Iowa. PAGE 2
Aviator Won Publ tells of long trip in
Lahm cup winner St. Louis III. PAGE ?
Fckert given court verdict in conten-
ton for recount of votes by which
Heney was nominated at San Fran
CISCO PAGE 2
Deal closed in Los Angeles for sS,5OOOOO
bonds of Producers Transportation
company. PAGE 8
President Taft goes by stage coach to
Wawona, Yosemite park. and has in
teresting trip over mountains. PAGE 3
Crime at Woodland. Cal. reveals pa
thetic past of murdered girl, whose
longing for education led to tragic
fate. PAGE 8
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
LOCAL

ter. PAGE 4
Classified advertising. PAGE 10
Society and woman's Department. PAGE IL
Sand and gravel in the Los Angeles
river bed being shipped to outside
points at alarming rate. and under
pnning of bridges threatened PAGE 10
Five men in district court plead guilty
to various crimes. PAGH 10
VIII vote on city hall sale; question to
be put up to voters at next general
election. PAGE 16
Primary ballot for election is about
prepared, but petitioners for office
have one more day. PAGE .
Wants fve-mlle limit raised; action of
Vernon on garbage question indorsed
by Federated improvement clubs
New bank to be established in Los An
geles by the oil and mining interests in
Southern California. PAGE
Tidelands suit is on trial in superior court
to determine title to lands at ocean
frontage at San Pedro. PAGE l
Electric wire worker receices current from
220O voltage and is electrocuted. PAGE
Discipline five men of fire department for
gambling, and captain of company is
discharged. PAGE 8
Would improve the north end of city If
improvement ASSOCIATION can carry out
the suggestions PAGE
Pl oduce market PAGE Z
Dramatic criticisms. PAGE s
Shipping. PAGE
Teegraphic BRIEFS. PAGE 3
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
REVENUE CUTTER NEEDED
FOR JAPANESE SMUGGLERS
Customs Officers at Honolulu Urge
That Fast Government Vessel
Be Sent to Hawaii

HONOLULU, Oct. 7.-Customs Off
GERS at this port are urging that a
revenue cutter be assigned to the sta
ton to offset the Japanese power boats
which have a wide cruising radius and
for which the officials are constantly
on watch to prevent poaching and
smuggling.
More than thirty Japanese fishing
sampans have been equipped with
gasoline engines within the last few
months and the customs officers are
unable to keep watch on them.
The officers of the transport Bu-
ford, which arrived from Manila yes
terday, reported one of these sampans,
the Keo Maru lying at anchor near
Bird islands last Tuesday. 1t is sus-
pected that the vessel was after bird
skins, which are plentiful on the island.
The matter was reported to Capt Cor
win P. Rees, commandant at the naval
station.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

Politics is booming in Santa Monica;
candidates gradually coming into the
open. PAGE IA
Inspect proposed boulevard from Los
Angeles to Venice PAGE IA
Riverside pastor and Miss Myrtle Gas
ton injured in automobile accident.
PAGE II
Pomona students plan vaudeville show
to help pay football expenses. PAGE IA
Death calls Mrs. A NJ. McPherron,
wife of clerk OF county board of su-
pervisors. PAGE .
Attacked by thugs Roscoe Tucker is
brutally beaten al Naples. PAGE IA
Flat rate for electricity finds hard
to hoe in Pasadena. PAGE Il
Vast deposits of nitre located
Mojave desert by San Bernardino
syndicate. PAGE IA
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
WOOD DEFENDS
ARMY PRACTICE
JOINT MANEUVERS DECLARED
SUCCESSFUL
Major General Says Criticisms of ln-
noVation Have No Foundation
of Fact - Report of
Officer Cited
fRv Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, Oct. THE critics OF
the joint maneuvers of the regular
army and national guard who have
been predicting that the Boston cam
paign of last summer will be the last
of such joint operations because the
hardship and suffering of the militia
men were all out of proportion to the
lessons learned, were answered today
by Major General Leonard Wood, CON-
manding the department of the east
General Wood said:
"The statement purporting to come
from some one connected with the wal
department at Washington relating to
the hardship and suffering of the men
engaged in the maneuVers in Massa-
chusetts has no foundation in fact.
'The report of General William A.
Pew, commanding the Blue division,
which has just reached me, says:
Health Excellent
1.-The health of the men during the
week, under unusually severe weather
conditions, was excellent. In the en-
tire division there were under 100 cases
treated and those were mostly minor
injuries, sore feet and the like
THE report of Major j. B. McCook,
chief surgeon of the Connecticut brig
ade of the army, which has also just
reached me, says in regard to the
health of the men,
"'There was almost no sickness and
few accidents, and what we had, as
rule, amounted to nothing
1.-The lessons learned were invaluable.
1F Il I,of nt FT
regulars or militia men ready for mo-
bilizat ton to defend a city against such
an attack as was made against Boston.
THE other is that it builds up the
spirit of cooperation between the reg
ular army and the national guard"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
EASTERN

Holiday causes business tangles in New
York PAGE
Market again more normal in New York
and liquidating pressure is relieved.
PAGE
Publishers to face trial at indianapolis
Monday on charge of criminal libel. PAGE 3
Many delegates to Harvard welcomed by
DR.. Lowell, newly elected president. PAGE 3
A3arrie astonishes his many admirers by
NAbringing suit for divorce. PAGE .
RAode Island Democrats nominate
Ticket and denounce Aldrich tariff
mAasure. PAGE 2
Renz.. .ate of soda fight not ended yet;
abolition of Remsen report denounced.
PAGE s
Sirnal lblazes will end Hudson Fulton
celebra, tion Saturday night. PAGE lO
Major General Wood defends joint
maneuvers of army and militia and
niles TO clritics PAGE /
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
GERMAN BREWERY HAD TO
PULL DOWN KAISER'S FLAG
Russian Authorities Hold That Pro-
pretor Has No Claim to Protec-
ton of Emperor William

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. THE for
eign ministry has announced the set
tlement of the dispute at Harbin be-
tween the German consul there and the
Russian authorities over the refusal of
the proprietor of a German brewery to
pay certain taxes.
The consul has admitted officially
that the brewer has no claim to Ger
man protection, and at his orders the
German flag has been taken down from
the brewery building.
The German consul at Mukden has
assumed charge of the situation and
proceedings have been begun against
German subjects for insulting Russian
officials.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
DEWEY UPHOLDS
AMERICAN NAVY
INSISTS MARINE DEFENSE Is
NOT A "BLUFF"
Famous Fighter Replies to Critics
and incidentally Discusses ship
Subsidy and "War
Clouds"
IBv Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-Defending,
with characteristic vigor. the American
navy, Admiral Dewey today assertetd
that not only is our navy not a pluIl,
but that he is confident that it would
give a good account of itself should
war ever come.
The admirars remarks were called
forth by a statement attributed to for
mer Representative Lands of Indiana,
who in a recent speech at Cincinnati,
on advocating a ship subsidy, is re-
ported to have said that those Amer
leans who are informed considered our
navy a bluff
Declaring he saw no war clouds gath-
ering on the horizon, Admiral Dewey
discussed several phases of the navy.
He expressed himself as heartily IN
favor of ship subsidy legislation and
made a strong plea for the continued
upbuiIding of the navy.
Referring to the remark attributed
to Mr. Lands, Admiral Dewey said
of course what Mr.. Lands meant was
that the navy would be comparatively
useless in time of war without neces-
sary auxiliaries drawn from the mer-
chant marine.
He" continued the admiral, wants
a subsidy for our ships of commerce,
and so do l"
ODleCIS TO w WOIu
The admiral expressed the belief that
ship subsidy legislation could be Sc
cured were it not for the use of the
word subsidy" which, he said, many
people did not like because they
thought it meant to give something for
nothing.
But the American navy is not quite
so helpless as one might imagine from
Mr.. Landis' remarks said Admiral
Dewey. 1--WE have fifteen golfers and
several transports already in the serV-
ice. OF course these would not be
enough in time of war, and l hope
that we will continue to add to that
number.
IF we were to have a war we could
purchase smany ships as we might
need. We did so in the Spanish war,
1t would, of course, be great deal
better if we had them already"
The admiral declared that the United
States needed a merchant marine not
only for the value it might possess as
furnishing auxiliaries to the navy, but
to carry the American flag to the mar
kets of the world.
But" he said. there will be no
war. And so long as we go ahead
steadily and moderately in adding to
our navy, replacing the older ships
with the most modern type, thus keep
ing our navy abreast of the world, no
one will ever be able to say, like Mr..
Landis, that other nations do not re-
gard the American navy seriously
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
CHANGES ORDERED TO BE
MADE IN NAVAL OFFICERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. with the
departure of the naval vessels from
the Hudson Fulton celebration at New
York, comes the announcement of
various changes in the detail of Of
ficers attached to the ships.
Most of them, however, are among
the subordinates, the principal excep-
ton being that of Captain j. NJ. Helm,
who is detached from the Idaho and
goes to Boston as captain of the navy
yard there. Captain H. o. Dunn, who
is detached from duty at the navy
yard. New York, becomes commander
of the Idaho.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL
TALK AT NEW ORLEANS
Chief Executive viii Speak Before
Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterways
Convention

NEW ORLEANS, Oct THE pro-
gram of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep
Waterway convention, October 80 To
November 2, when President Taft, Vivc
President Sherman and several ,cahi-
net officers will be in attendance, has
been formulated.
President Taft will address the con-
vention on the afternoon of October 80.
Saturday night it is planned that the
president attend a performance at the
French opera house,
Sunday morning he will be taken on
a sightseeing trip through the French
quarter, and in the afternoon of the
same day he will attend a sacred con
cert on the campus of Tulane univer-
sity.
At that time he is expected to deliver
an address.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
BELLB0YS ORDERED NOT
TO DELIVER INT0XiCANTS
Michigan State Official Says Carrying
Liquors from Bar to Rooms
Must Cease

SAGINAW, Mich. Oct. 7.-Hotel
bows in Michigan will have to stop
carrying beverages from the bar to
guests in their rooms, according to
Deputy State Factory Inspector Frank
Wood. who has announced that his de-
partment believes the practice has
bad effect on the morals of boys,
"There is a state statute which
makes it an offense to hire boys to do
anything which demoralizes their
character" said Deputy Wood, 'and
under it we are going to proceed. We
are prepared to notify hotel proprietors
in the state that boys under 21 years
Of age must not be allowed to serve
drinks
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
TWO JAPANESE SEALING
SCHOONERS C0NFISCATED

VALDEZ, Alaska, Get. limited
States Judge Overfield today signed a
decree forfeiting the Japanese sealing
schooner Kinzai Maru, which was
seized by the United States revenue
cutter Bear in July, 1908, for violation
of the sealing laws.
This decision also effects forfeiture of
the schooner Saikai Maru, similarly
seized and accused. The schooners,
with their equipment. stores and car
goes of 416 and 244 sealskins. respective
ly, will be sold by the United States
marshal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
RESIDENT OF BAY STATE
DIES OF BULLET WOUND
Lawyer of Worcester, Mass, Is Be-
lisVed to Have Committed
Suicide with Revolver

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 7.-Grayold
Peabody, said to be the son of F. II.
Peabody, a lawyer of Worcester, Mass,
died at the city hospital here today as
the result of a revolver wound inflicted
early this morning. The police hold to
the theory he committed suicide.
Little is known here of Peabody. He
is said to have been an electrician.
The shooting occurred in the office of
the night watchman in a building in
course of erection in Walnut street.
on the way to the hospital Peabody
told an officer the watchman had ac-
cidentally shot him. The watchman
said Peabody had borrowed his re-
volver and that when he turned
around. Peabody shot himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
COMMISSION MERCHANT
FOUND DEAD ON RAILROAD

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, oct. T.
The body of a man believed to be T.
O. Morgan, a commission merchant,
was found in the railroad yards here
today with a bullet wound through
the heart 1t is believed the man was
murdered.
He came here with a companion YES
terdav to buy apples in the Michigan
fruit belt. The companion could not be
found today The dead man is be-
lieved to have represented some west
ern house.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
SPORTS

Los Angeles coast leaguers easily defeat
San Francisco team in ore-sided game.
PAGE 12
Vernon loses to Oakland in fight for fifth
place when Hit is pounded by north
erners PAGE 70
Winter fleet of racing yachts will put to
sea for first contests of South Coast
Yacht club series November Z. PAGE IL
Principal Francis of Polytechnic high
school announces agreement whereby all
interscolastic athletic activities must
cease In Los Angeles high schools after
Thanksgiving day, FAIE 10
Monte Attell, bantamweight champion IS
installed favorite over Danny Webster in
aaJnine battle for title. PAGE 13
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-08
SUFFRAGETTE FORCED TO
EAT BRINGS DAMAGE SUIT
Complaint Refused, Although Woman
Claims Her Mouth Was Forced
Open with steel instrument

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, Oct Laura
Ainsworth, the tube-fed suffragette,
who was released from Jail here Tues
day, applied to a magistrate yesterday
for summons against Home Secretary
Gladstone, the governor OF the prison
and the prison physician on charges
of assault.
Miss Ainsworth alleges on one oc-
casion her mouth was forced open by
a steel instrument and her nose,
throat, legs and arms were forciby
held while a feeding tube was in
serted.
In consequence of this treatment she
suffered from congested Inflammation
of the throat and nervous prostration,
and lost thirteen pounds in weight.
The magistrate refused to grant the
summons, declaring that acts done in
process of law did not amount to un-
lawful assaults.