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until he is summoned for service In a
stew.
! The grand old man" consumes some
thing like sxty-hve barrels Of -four every
day in his bakery here. turning out 1900
loaves OF bread. II he Ia pushed he can
run the total up to G0,00O loaves O day.
From his pie factory, also atsColon. he
brings forth 1000 pies day. and he
stands ready TO boost this number TO
10000 day IL only a sufficient number OF
New Englanders migrate to the lsthmus.
Uncle Sam, furthermore. launders tho
dirty clothes OF about 5000 patrons in his
new steam laundry at Colon. He grinds
out 400 gallons Of ice cream every day at
his ice cream plant. That Is made from
the pasteurized milk after it's six day
cold storage trip from New York
lie turns out seventy-fve tons Of ice
daily from his Colon refrigerating plant
and delivers it by special train over his
own railroad. He sells his ice at s. a ton
The Panama ice dealers ask $50 a ton for
theirs. and they are crying because Uncle
Sam won't get out of the way and give
them a clear field.
The CommissaryIt Itells between $4,000
and $50, 900 worth OF clothing every month
to canal employees. 1t runs thirteen
sells between $4,000 and $4,000 worth
Of tobacco every month.
Uncle Sam carries continually in his
cold storage plant at Colon between 200
and 800 tons OF potatoes. onions and other
vegeta bles, 1900 quarters Of beef, 200 OF
mutton. 100 of veal and ton or 80 Of
chickens. A refrigerator. train leaves
Colon at 4:3O o'clock every morning with
supplies for the hotels messes. kitchens
and quartermaster stores.
Purchases can be made at these stores
by canal employees only and only with
coupons issued by the commission which
are deducted on pay day The Panama
merchants are fighting now to have the
coupon system extended TO them. They
say the commissary is going outside the
treaty agreement. which limited its opera
ton 70 the sale of the necessaries Of life
The merchants have protested TO Presi-
dent Roosevelt. and the arbitration, Of the
matter is involved In the new treaty
pending now before the United States
Senate.
The appearance Of the American set
tlement and buildings. with Their sani-
tary surroundings, alone creates an i'm
preston on the lay mind that refuses to
fuse with any idea Of failure. The colo
mics of Culebra and Ancon, were II not
for the tropical foliage. would easily pass
for a group Of cottages at an American
mountain resort. One Of the engineers
who visited the Isthmus with Mr.. Taft
put 1t this way:
Every time l see that cottage over
there in the moonlight feel as IL ought
to go over and whistle in the dog. pull
down the shades and go TO bed. 1t looks
just like my little cottage on the Massa-
chusetts Shore
All told, the Government has $40. .250, 900
invested in buildings on the Isthmus. and
this isn't co6nting the buildings turned
over by the French. The work on the
buildings is one phase OF the Panama
Canal construction that is practically
Most Of the force of car
penters originally engaged on this work
have left the lsthmus for good.
Altogether the Government now owns
!, ,93s buildings on the lsthmus. The
French turned over more than 2, 200 build
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ihey each gel, daily pound OF meat q
pound OF bread, one-sixth Of a pound OF
four' half pound Of sugar, half a pound
OF rice, pound of potatoes and coffee
IL is an interesting fact that the native
American in the Canal Zone gets his me.
ohanical energy out OF the meats Just az
ne docs in the temperate zone. The
spanmrd and the West Indian negro, on
the other hand. rely on the starches and
the sugars. This explains. 1t islsaid, why
the latter are able TO resist the tropical
climate. The American wastes too much
energy on his digestion and other internal
operations.
Ihe West Indian negro is the only en-
ployee on the canal who shows a dispo-
sition TO slight the Government quarters
and messes. In the last year there has
been a steady decrease both in the number
hving In Government quarters and in the
number eating at the Government messes.
On November 1, 1907, for instance, II, ,s2o
West Indians were living in Government
quarters and 1920 outside. On Novem-
Der !, 1908. only 1859 were in quarters.
while the number living outside had
jumped to 10000.
The negroes go of into the native viii
lagos or into the bush and build shacks
for themselves. They are apparently
home loving and want some place where
after the days work they can pick the
banjo or play the bones without creating
q rough house.
The only fear on the part OF the canal
administration for this movement has
been over the possibility OF an increase
in malaria as the men got outside Gov
ernment supervision. The records, how
ever, show no increase in the number OF
malaria patients. and from this the deduc-
ton 10 being drawn that the measures Of
sanitation extended by the commission
to the native villages and to the inhabi-
tants OF the bush are proving effective
In controlling malaria there as we'll as
along the line OF the canal.
Uncle Sans orders for food supplies
give pretty good idea Of the immensity
OF the job he has undertaken on the
lsthmus. He has the highest meat con-
tract In the world. He has obligated
himself to take at least 800, 900 pounds
OF beef. mutton and veal from Chicago
packers every year, As a matter OF fact,
he is taking about 40o0, 900 pounds year,
which reduced to beef alone would be
equivalent to herd Of 6.e8O steers.
He uses $4,000 pounds Of beef, mutton
and veal a month. also two and half
tons Of chickens every five days and ,2sO
dozens Of eggs a day. His eggs cost him
as much as his beef and mutton COM
bined.
He uses up 200 pounds OF butter a day,
six and half tons Of potatoes. seventy
FIVE sheep. 1900 pounds Of ham and al
most a ton Of bacon.
All this comes In cold storage from
the States, the most of IL in Uncle Sam s
own bottoms. In fact, the only food
supplies the commissary buys on the
Isthmus are fish and tropical fruits. The
uses two tons OF fresh fish
q week.
Uncle Sam brings his milk ilk-pasteurized
New York in bottles. He
uses 500 gallons q day. and also on the
side $500 cases OF condensed milk every
month.
He brings oysters down from Far
gallons Of 'em a month. |
The oyster Is allowed to freeze himself
Tor this tropical trip. and he stays frozen
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ings. and many OF these are being used
The French buildings were OF good ma
terial and good workmanship and needed
only to be repaired and modernized by
the addition Of sanitary plumbing anc
screens.
Most of these old French buildings
had TO be located by maps. They were
overgrown and hidden by ten years
growth Of tropical vegetation, Every
now and then, even at this late period,
the canal engineers come upon a French
building whose existence wasn't even
suspected
1t wasn't many months ago that they
discovered an entire French village hid
den away In the jungle. 1t consisted Of a
set of married mems quarters. twenty
two barre cks and mess halls and a ma
chine shop. nearly all OF which are now
being used.
The Government buildings on the
Isthmus aren't insured, and to protect
them a FIRE department consisting OF
forty-nine paid firemen and more than
200 volunteers has been organized.
The grounds about many Of the older
or more important buildings on the 18TH
mus already bear evidences Of the work
by the Canal Commission. The entrance
to the Hotel Tivoli at Ancon. for instance,
Is beautifully laid out with tropical plants.
In these experimental gardens IL has
been shown that the Nicaraguan straw
berries may be cultivated on the Isthmus
with good results that asparagus, Cali
fornia navel and Florida oranges. figs.
Java and Malay plums. Nluscadine grapes,
cucumbers, sweet potatoes, beans. spin
ach and tomatoes may be grown success
fully. In fact. the experiments in these
gardens have gone far enough to attract
the attention OF men with brains who
are beginning to consider the possibility
of money making IN the years to come
by selling supplies to the great vessels
that will pass in and out OF the canal.
The work of the sanitary department
on the Isthmus is an old story. but just
as an example Of the organization Of the
department and what it is doing read this:
Several months ago the malaria rate
at Corozal took a sudden jump. This
alone was enough to convince the sani-
taTy lUSptCtOTs lHdJ THO HlhidTa iIlOo-
quitoes had found new breeding place
The chief inspector called for help. and
several men we're sent TO assist him on
what was really a mosquito hunt,
The inspectors worked for some time
without success, covering every foot Of
the district where the mosquitoes might
breed.
Finally one Of the inspectors started a
house to house hunt for adult anopheles
and from the building where he had the
best luck he struck cut early in the morn
ing when the grass was wet and the
skesters were flying low.
From the building the inspector actu-
ally followed the mosquito trail. always
turning to the point where he found the
greatest number. The trail led him on a
zigzag course finally to a salt marsh 2sO
yards from the building. Now, mos
quitoes won't breed in a salt marsh. but
the inspector. true TO the scent. follow ed
right on into the jungle. wading waist
deep in the mire OF water and cutting
his way through the tangle Of branches
In the middle Of the swamp he found
the water black with larve. Half mile
away he discovered that a culvert had
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BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
LEAD SILVER SHOWS ORE
Murray Property Has Two to Four Feet
Of Good Milling Ore Exposed

large number Of improvements contemplated for the
Idaho LeadSve mine adjoining the Bear Top and Oono prop
critics Bear guch in the Murray section Among other things
fouroo trail is to be built from the main road the ower
workings Of the mine bunk and boarding houses
erected rails and be purchased and the property
placed on good commercial basis generally.
fair amount of work done the mine during the past
but the property operated to great disadvantage
owing to the want Of accommodations and equipment
The group comprises claims traversed by lodges
which the main is believed to be the that which ira
the Bear Top mine and showing width of about four feet
The walls Of quartze and well Defined the ledge being true
ssue Altogether about 400 feet development has been done
The upper drift has been driven about 200 feet and shows
from two four feet Of high grade milling reamos the
shipping class The excellence this showing warranted the
company in starting lower tunnel to give depth the body
This lower tunnel is in about 8 feet and believed that
only about so feet of work will have be done the
ledge The depth here will be about 200 feet greater than
gained by the tunnel and it at this point that future
velopment will probably be resumed
During the week thorough inspection of the property
made by Mr. and Mrs. A. Richardson of Angeles and
by Ed Esman this city The feat performed by Mrs Richard
in driving from Wallace Murray riding the mine and
then climbing the steep mountain to the upper workings and
making the trip back again. total distance of about miles
remarkable for at any time and especially one u-
used to the rough motanou roads of this section While
the mine Mr. and Mrs Richardson had shot fired the face
the drift and brought back samples of the blown
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
START GOLD RIDGE WORK
Operations on Extensive Scale Starting.
Surface Workings in Good Shape.

Work on the great winter campaign of development planned
by the Gold Ridge Mining company has started in Four
miles OF wagon road which had been washed has been rebuilt
and good connection with branch line Of the Chicago Mwa
kee and Puget Sound railroad completed Reservoirs being
the mine The orders have all been placed for the boilers
pumps hoist and cutoff and is expected that all of this
machinery will be installed and working order by the end of
the month.
AS soon as the machinery in place and in working order it
the intention to the sinking of the shaft for 500
considerable amount Of development has already been
and an excellent showing Of made The ledge has
opened up depth of 180 feet and at this point fine showing
OF milling ore has been made Samples this have shown
$40 the ton while picked samples have as high $3.50
all minerals.
Development is being done under the management of Daniel
Davis who is also in charge of the development Of the Copper
Prince company.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
One Tunnel Planned to Develop Severa
of heLeading Properties and aMerg-
rof theEntire Interests Is Suggest
ed as Probable Result. Effort
Now Being Made to Bring ~
About Such an Effect
New Tunnel Will Be Continuation of German American
Tunnel Which Has Been Run 1884 Feet Aproxi-
mately 1000 Feet More Drilling Required
to Cut Various Ledges in Properties
Which Will Cooperate

All arrangements have practically been completed for big
consolidation Of mining interests the Osborne section involving
the holdings Of the Idaho Lead Silver Mining company the Ger
American Mining company the Knickerbocker group OF
claims the Tam OShanter companys holdings the holdings
ST. German and the MNab ranch These properties have all
signied their willingness cooperate the driving long
lower tunnel to give great depth the showngs of made
EACH and it possible that huge may be completed
later by which all of the properties will be merged under the
management of the company.
The proposed tunnel will in reality be continuation of
the German American tunnel which in about 1884 feet
Within $50 to 200 feet is expected that this tunnel will
the German American ledge and from that point 600 feet
will be required strike the Good Hope lead of the Knickerbocke
group Of claims One shipment has already been made from this
lead netting the old operators average of "a
silver, 81 per cent lead and $42 in gold to the ton.
From the Good Hope lead Of the Knckerbocker group the
mel will be extended about 100 feet the Buffalo lead rayesng
the group Of claims Here quarite identical with that Of
the Bunker Hill Sullivan mine been exposed and in even the
It believed that with the depth given by the contemplated
mel splendid body Of eadsver may be shown this lead
From this point the workings WILDE extended into the claims
Of the Idaho LeadSver giving geatdeph splendid
showing of which has been opened in the workings
From here the Tam OShaner and st. German claims will also be
exploited at great depth.
is the intention to the compressor from the proper
y of the Idaho LeadSver companys mine and
the enlargement of the tunnel reber
ing where necessary Work the cooperative tunnel will
at In the time the project Of consolidating all
the companies into federated group being taken but
whether this will be successfully carried through remains
to be proved
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
BUILD BLANCHARD SHELTER
Work Is Started on Initial Part of First
Plant at Enaville.

The work Of grading for the Blanchard smeer to he
erected at Enave has been completed and the actual
suction OF the plant to at The plant will be
less experimental begin with and will have capacity
of only & tons but if expectations with regard its
ton the first 1OOton unit of big plant will be added This latter
plant will be steel acketed modern every respect and will
cost the neghborhood of S0 The cost Of the first plant
not expected to exceed $500.
Arrangements have already been made with number of the
copper producers operating along the North Fork for supply Of
and the plant successful good contracts assured the
promoters Those interested in the construction of the plant
Dr. F. p Matchee and associates of Wardner acting with syn
dicate of Portland capitalists.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
GOOD ORE IN MINERAL POINT
Pay Streak in Raise Two Feet Wide
With Considerable Milling Ore. -

good body of reported have been encountered the
raise being driven from the intermediate tunnel the upper
workings on the property of the Mineral Point Mining company
at Osborne The full extent of the body yet known but
reliable reports state that the pay streak least feet wide
with a considerable amount of milling ore
The mine operated by B Osborne associates and is
one OF the old time shippers of that section Some time ago work
resumed the continuation the intermediate tunnel to the
ledge and the best showing Of yet made the mine exposed
From this point raise started to the upper workings and
in this raise that the strike said to have been made
1t IS expected that shipments from the mine will be resumed
soon as the raise has been completed All the from this
erty has several hundred ounces Of silver to the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
VIENNA VEIN ELECTS OFFICERS

At the annual meeting of the stockholders Of the Vienna Vein
Mining company held in Wallace Wednesday, the following off,
elected for the ensuing year. President George
Stoney vice president a. Livingstone
Otto OLSON; manager W. Lively In addition to these O.
A. Oln elected director
contract for 60 feet of work has just been completed the
mine and probable that another will be let in the future
The bylaws changed that the number of directors has
been reduced from ve The property located the
VIENNA international mine on Placer creek
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
FINE LEDGE IN IRON MASK
Ten Feet Of Good Milling Ore Exposed.
Lower Tunnel Planned.

Ten feet of high grade milling has been opened the
property the Iron Mask Mining company located the Mon
side of the Idaho Montana divide By hand sorting is be-
>eved that Shipments can be made at any time
It is the intention to install compressor and other
chnery and to drive long lower tunnel to gain depth
the showing It is reported that branch line Of the Chicago
Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad be constructed into that
section the country handle the output of the Iron Mask
stone Glen Metals Broken H Marguerite and Golden Eagle all
of which reported be condition make extensive ship
ments
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
REPORT STRIKE AT GOLD BACK

good strike Of reported from the property Of the Gold
Back Mining company Murray The strike made
short shallow tunnel the lead get strong Gaping
and on the ootwa side Of the ledge The formation badly
broken but the appears be from IL to IA inches wide and
carrying good values
The property to be developed by sinking and said
that the equipment this which has been ordered is the
complete the district The mine under option syn
dicate Of Duluth capitalists.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
Plan Big Consolidation In Osborne Section
BUNKER HILL & SULLIVAN DIV.

The Bunker Hill Sullivan Mining company has declared it's
regular dividend for September amounting $ 600 bringing
the grand total to 900 Of which $50 600 paid
this year.
The dividend record created by this mine together
with the official statement Of the management the effect that
there enough in sight to last the company s
Of shipments for 20 30 years places this property plane by
itself At the same time it is to be remembered that mill
In Of construction which will practically double the out
put and lead doubt propotonate increase dividends
Prospecting the different portions of the great property
ways being carried and bodies of being constantly
exposed that the life of the mine be readily estimated
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
JACK WAITE PROPERTY BONDED

AS announced in The Miner some time ago the great Jack
Waite property Murray has been bonded to Spadng
Oscar Sedman During the week small force of
work and the premnares have been completed the
work of driving long tunnel will be commenced 1t
pres that while Patrick Clark of Spokane sgnifed his willing
to take the property the deal with Mr. Spadng and
Mr. Sedman had not expired is understood that the de-
yeopment of the mine will be backed by eastern capitalists
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
TO SHIP EXTENSIVELY

The Success mine again about to take its place the dv
dend paying list of the Occur Aenes full force Of between
go and 70 work and series Of experiments is be-
ing conducted with the MILL As these have been
peted shipments of 1900 month be re
sumed.
The property is the premier zinc producer Of the Coeur
dAenes and is owned principally BY III Samues Of this city
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
FEDERAL co. PAYS DIVIDEND

dividend Of has been declared on the preferred
stock Of the Federal Mining Smelling company payable Sep
tember Is The amount involved $2O0OO bringing the total
disbursed by the company up $460O0O of which $ 2O
has been paid preferred stock the balance
During the present 900 has been paid
stock and $0 preferred The company is capitalized
Of which $ 900 is in preferred stock and
1000 in common stock.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-09-02
NABOB PLANS ARE ENDORSED.
Stockholders Vote to Increase Capital
to 81, 5000, 900. Work to Start.

At the special meeting Of the stockholders of the Nabob Min
ing company held in Kellogg the end of the week the capital
stock of the company increased from 900 to ST. 600
and the following officers and directors elected for the ensuing
year. President j. Rowands of Spokane vice president O.
Gay of Kellogg treasurer D. W. Price of Kellogg secretary
Harvey Ross of Kellogg In addition these " Pohman
of Spokane appointed director About 600 shares of the
stock represented Now that the capital stock of
the has been increased believed that will only be
matter of time until the mine is sesupporng and then
dividend paying basis 1t has already been officially announced
that enough of the increased capitalization has been underwen
continue the driving of the lower
tunnel to the ledge
large of the value of which has been
maed much less than $3.50 900 has already been blocked
or exposed in the different workings of the mine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-01
LARGE CROP OF SULTANA
RAISINS IN TURKEY

A report from Consul General Ernest
L. Harris at Smyrna, dated July 20,
states that this season s crop of raisins
in that Turkish district is estimated at
100000 kintals Gas, 100000 Pounds),
against 100000 kintals (10S,922, 500
pounds) last year, the vines being over
charged with fruit. The quality is not
yet definite, as weather conditions IN
July and August have great influence
on the crop. 1t is feared that prices
of Sultanas this year viii be very low
on account of the large crop, but the
Ottoman government has proposed to
submit to Parliament law prohibiting
the expectation of SuItanas of inferior
quality. so as to sustain prices, and
give a chance for the introduction Of
alcohol manufacturing industries.