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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28
Schools are Introducing Forestry

Forestry is attracting wide atten-
tiOn among the schools of the United
States. Not only have many colleges
and universities introduced courses
and even professional schools of for
esuy, but elementary phases of the
subject have been introduced into
hundreds of the graded and high
schools, and teachers give enthusiast
tic reports of the success which is at
tending the new study. Public school
teachers say that they have found in
it a subject interesting to children,
and one which furnishes much attrac-
tive, tangible material to work upon,
developing the child's observation,
and being at once acceptable to the
young mind, and most practical.
The public schools of Washington,
D. c., and of parts of Iowa, are in the
vanguard of this movement. Every
graded school in Washington and a
large number of the rural schools of
Pottawattomie county, Iowa, are now
teaching the elements of forestry.
In Iowa the subject is being taught
as a commercial course in connection
with home geography and agriculture,
while in the Washington schools it is
used in the nature study courses. The
four upper grades of the Washington
schools are studying the forest and
this year all are following practically
the same outline; next year this out
line will be confined to the fifth grade,
while the other grades will follow an
outline one step advanced, and so on
until by the fourth year a four-year
course will have been introduced. As
preparation for this work, forestry
has been taught in the Normal school
of the District of Columbia for sever
al years past, and when the young
student teachers take up the actual
work of teaching they are already ia.
miliar with the details of elementary
forest study. Prominent among Other
normal schools of the country to take
up work of this kind are those Of
| Cleveland, Ohio, Rochester, n. Y, and
Joliet, Ill.
There is a section in the Forest
Service of the .. S. Department Of
Agriculture which works in co-opera
ton with schools in teaching forestry
and its related subjects. This coop
Grafton is not limited to technica
schools of forestry; it is equally oper
to primary and kindergarten grades
it is as willing to help teach tire,
study in a first year nature-study
class as to assist in the establishment
of a professional forest school.
! This section of education, as it i.
called, is now working out mode
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28

large. From year to year the produc-
tion of sugar is about the same in the
two states.
Utah has 5 factories and they are
strong producers. Idaho and lis
eonsin follow with 4 each, and there
are 10 states with l factory each.
The most eastern factory IS that at
Lyons, N. Y. Hamilton City, CAL, has
the most western factory, Los Altami-
tos, CAL, the most southern, and Bill
ings, Mont, the most northern.
The largest factory in the United
States, and one of the largest in the
world, is the one at Spreckels, CAL,
which is able to slice 5000 tons Of
beets in day, or 100 carloads of 30
tons each.
The oldest successful factory in the
United States is the one at Alvarado,
CAL, which was established in 1879,
and has been making beet sugar for
thirty years.-Kansas Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28

courses of study for graded and high
schools, in cooperation with the pub
lie schools of Washington, D. c., and
Philadelphia, Pa. The work in Phil
adelphia is being conducted BY W. N!
Clifford, head of the Commerce De-
partment of the Southern High
School where he is building up a
modern equipment and evolving a
practical system for the teaching of
forestry in high schools.
In Washington the section of edu-
cation is directing a similar work for
graded schools in four of the public
schools of that city. Besides special
lessons in the class room, the pupils
collect and mount specimens of leaves
twigs, bark and seeds, and, in con-
nection with wood working, wood
specimens of different commercial
trees are prepared and placed in cab
inets. Opposite each wood section is
placed the name of the wood, its
qualities and uses. Extensive field
work is planned for the spring
months, and the different classes will
be brought out into the woods, there
to study the trees at first hand. As
thse courses are built up and tested
they will be published from time to
time for distribution among teachers,
and it is expected that the practical
line along which the courses are be-
ing evolved will win for them a wide
application in other schools.
Most of the schools now teaching
forestry are using as text books sew
eral of the publications issued by the
Forest Service, including Farmers
Bulletin 173, "a Primer for Forest
ry." The Service also issues many
circulars dealing with local conditions
which teachers in the localities dealt
with might find very useful. By
writing to the Forest Service, Wash
ingtOn, D. c., as many copies of these
various publications as are needed for
class room use, as well as other help.
! full material and information may be
secured Tree of charge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-05-28

For Sale-920 acres of land 61s
miles northwest Of Kinsley. All
level, well-improved, fenced with
200 acres in growing wheat.
Frank Denning, Kinsley, Kans.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
SUCCESS NINE is MARKETING.

The Salt Lake Telegram says:
Mayor d. c. Mcdonald, of Ely, New,
has been in the city for several days
holding conferences with his as
sociates in the Success and Nc
Donald-Ely properties. This after
noon a meeting will be held in Sena-
tor Kearn's offices, and in addition
to Senator Kearns and Mr.. Nc
Donald, there will be in attendance
Col. E. A. Wall and David Keith, all
of whom are heavily interested in
the Mechanically ground. In this
property they have developed a con
sirerable tonnage of marketable ore,
and at the meeting a decision will be
reached regarding future operations.
In speaking of the Success mine
at Duck Creek, which is controlled
by Messrs. Keith, Kearns and Nc
Donald, Manager Mcdonald said that
they were extracting a regular tom
mage of silver, lead and gold bearing
ores that will average 1855 to the
ton. They have the first car of ore
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
FOR PIOCHE
Salt Lakers Take Over u Half In
terest i'm the National Group.

Although deals are being made in
the Phoebe district it is seldom that
any news gess out. says the Oeseret
News. One Of the latest deals to
be made is The taking yer OF a
half interest by Salt Lakers in the
National group of claims, four III
number, which adjoins the Mindah-
Nevada mine, which is northwest of
Phoebe. The papers have all been
drawn and everything is in readiness
for the deal t. be closed. 1t will be
several days oefore the final work
ing out of the plans are completed.
1t is said that as soon as this
is cleared up work will begin at once
upon the property. The claims are
among the moss. promising in the
vicinity and it is believed by the
persons behind the deal that q second
Mindah will be opened up there. Five
distinct veins traverse the property
and u parallel with the veins in
the Mindah.
In performing the assessment worl,
at the property last year consider
able ore was opened no. A shaft
started on ore showed a width of ono
inch on the surface, widened out to
two feet within a short distance The
ore is declared to he os the same
quality as is now being shipped from
the Mindah.
Within the next thirty days work
will be started on the National group
and pushed from thai time N.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
MAZUMA HILLS LEASE
WILL CONTINUE WORK

Since the first discoveries of gold
were made in the Seven Troughs dis
trict, there has beer repeated reports
of high grading. When L, a. Friend
man, general manager of the original
Seven Troughs Mining company, was
in the city a few days ago he an
nounced that his company had de-
cided to put in the change room. He
said that previous to leaving the
camp he had informed the workmen
of this proposed change in rules and
that they had announced their in
|tention of refusing to use the change
room. This left no alternative, and
the mine owners throughout the dis
trict have decided to close down until
the element now in camp ove on
to other fields.
In local circles it has been under
stood that there would be a general
close down throughout the camp, in
Guiding the mines operated by the
companies and the leasers. 1t ap-
pears that some of the leasers who
are working on their own account
have not been consulted in this mat
ter and that they are continuing OPP
erations. Among the leasers working
is L. G. Stevens and associates who
have a lease on a portion of the Ma
yuma Hills ground. In speaking of
the work Mr.. Stevens says:
"The block of ground just secured
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
TAIBOT & MOORE. CLOSE.
e. W. HULsE q co. LETTER.

The market opened very irregular
today. Traders were cautious and
seemed to be feeling their way. The
Quotations were not very wide in the
industria1s and railroads and the
market was very dull and uninterest-
ing throughout the day. The mining
share market was depressed by the
metal market, which continues very
dull and prices lower. Undoubtedly
there is being a great deal of copper
produced at the present time, while
the consumption does not increase
in proportion. This undoubtedly will
soon be overcome and consumption
will take it's place ahead of produc-
ton. Ely coppers as we'll as all
other coppers, were extremely dull
today. Nevada Con. was the feature
of the local list, being quite strong.
The balance of the list held very
much the same with practically no
changes whatever. We believe now
is the time to buy coppers, especially
the Elys, and they are certainly on
tn bargain counter at the prevailing
p PES and will make good profits for
those who have the courage to buy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
v. B. White IS
NO LONGER
PIONEER MINER DIES IN HOTEL
-PROSPECTED IN NEVADA
FOR FIFTY YEARS, AND MADE
SEVERAL FORTUNES.

In the death of w. b. White at
the Lenox hotel Tuesday night, there
passed away one of the most pictures
que characters in the mining industry
of the country, a Y the Salt Lake
Herald-Republican. Although he
was apparently one of the obscure
prospectors as far as outward show
goes, he was one of the pioneers of
the business. For the past forty
years he has examined rocks and
studied the geology of the west.
There was not a camp in Nevada or
Utah that he has not been in, and
further than hat he was n of the
pioneers of the camp.
Several weeks ago Mr.. White be-
came ill from a complication of dis
eases, and has since continued to
decline. Heart trouble was principal
ly the cause of his trouble. The
alkali dust of the deserts and expos
ure had brought on the difficulty.
Shortly before his death Mr.. White
called for his life long friends, A. Fl.
and M. G. Godbe, and with them he
talked over his expected departure.
After arranging the details of divid-
ing his holdings he was contented.
For several days he continued to show
no change, but the end came sud
denly Tuesday night.
Mr.. White was IS years old, and
probably was better acquainted with
the hills and valleys, of the west than
most any other man. Like many
another prospector, he held fortunes
in his grasp only to see them slip
away.
The only person who was with
him at the time of his death was A.
II. Godbe.
Mr. White left a large amount of
valuable mining claims in Nevada and
Utah. 1t is said that his nearest rel
atives are in the east and that for
years they have known little of him.
Arrangements were made yester-
day for the funeral to he held at
Eben w. Halls undertaking parlors
OF 8 o'clock this afternoon.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21

by myself and associates embraces
what is known as the upper levels
of the main workings on the Ma
yuma Hills property. Considerable
work has already been done in the
way of driving tunnels, there being
two on our lease which were driven
by the company. However, no stop
ing has been done above the levels
and we will have backs on which to
commence stopping to the extent CT
800 and $50 feet. At present the
showings, in SO far as the Lodges are
concerned, cannot be regarded as
wonderful, but owing to the fact that
strong veins showing good mill val
ues r exposed we feel confident
that with a little work something
better car be opened up.
Just as soon as the preliminary
work is completed we will put on a
force of six or eight miners and the
work of further opening up the prop
erty will be hurried along as rapidly
as possible. Upraises will be started
on the ledge and carried to the sur
face. Every fifty feet a station will
be cut and from these points drifts
will be run and the ground thorough
ly exploited. Both tunnels are
equipped with tracks and cars and
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21

Who does not tire achieves.-Span-
ish.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
TO MAKE MINING CENTER.
Calzona, on Santa Fe Cutoff in Heart
OF Rich, Promising Country.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. PA new
mining center is to be created at
Calzona, near the California-Arizona
border. Carl f. Schader, a mining
engineer of Los Angeles, is laying
out a townsite, that will be connected
with Needles and Parker by an auto
mobile road. Calzona will be located
on south half of section So, town
ship 1, range "a, east S.B.M.
The Santa Fe cutoff, contract for
which has been let between Parker
and Bengal will pass through the
town. A depot and freight shed will
be established about the center. Cal
IONA is a mile and a quarter from
the Colorado River, nine miles from
Parker, and will be the first Cali
fornia town after leaving Parker,
Ariz., and crossing the river, and the
first outside of the Indian reservation
The roads from the Riverside Noun
tain, Khipple Mountain, d. and w.
American Eagle and Copper Basin
mines, and from Needles and the
Blythe ranch center at CalZona.
An attempt will be made to make
this the trading point for these
mines and the great Blythe dgri-
cultural section in the valleys along
the California side of the Colorado.
C%alzona will be in the center of
the Riverside Valley agricultural
lands and the 100000 acres of the
Parker Indian Reservation soon to
be opened by the government.
The general understanding is that
traffic arrangements exist whereby
the Parker cutoff will be used joint
ly by the Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific as the Mojave-Keeler branch
is at present.
According to those promoting the
townsite, a line of steamers will be
put in commission, plying between
Calzona, Blythe ranch and the La
guna dam. The town will have a
rich country, rivaling the great I'M
perial Valley, to draw from. B. l..
Vaughn, of Needles, and Tom Dren-
nan, president of the Colorado
River Supply Co. is interested in the
townsite company.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
SPEED WAR is ON.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-Riyal
propositions to carry the mails from
Chicago to Seattle in Sc hours have
been submitted by the Great North
ern Railway Co. and by the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad.
This would clip 16 hours off the pres
ent schedule for the % hundred
miles.
The speed war has for its reward
the four-year contract for carrying
thnverland mail from Chicago for
thSSPuget Sound country, Alaska and
Transpaciic ports and from Chicago
to st. Paul and Minneapolis. 1t
means nearly 100000 additional
revenu to the successful railroad in
the four years.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21

delivered at the railroad station,
which Is twenty-five and one-half
miles from the mine, and as fast as
more teams can be secured they will
forward another consignment.
A depth of 800 feet a been Sc
cured in the property, and they have
followed the ore the greater part of
the way. Mr.. Mcdonald believes that
the system is to stay with the ore.
and for this reason he has proved its
existence to a depth of ESQ feet They
are extracting a nice tonnage of this
high grade product, ana WI begin to
drift from the third level TO catch
it on the dip.
During the winter the company
proposes to continue operations and
extraction of ore. They have a heavy
snowfall in the mountains near the
mine, and they will carry tho ore
down with aleighs as soon as the
winter closes in on them. They ex-
pect to do some telling development
next winte.. and with the advent OF
summer they will unquestionably be
in a position to make a large out
put and open uD a large producer.
Who does not tire achieves.-Span-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
WEEK OPENS
INSTANTLY
COPPER DULL ALONG WITH REST
OF MARKET LIST-PORTION
OF CAUSE MAY BE AWAITED
COPPER PRODUCERS REPORT.

Hesitation played a large part in
the general trading yesterday. 1t
reached all along the line, switching
of orders being the principal feature
of the day. The coppers may have
felt the brunt of this situation more
than did the other stocks, by reason
of the fact that it is nearing the
end of the month and the probable
~caracter of the report of the produc-
ers association has become a factor
at this season. 1t is admittedly SO
now, there being much difference of
opinion as to the relative activity
in production and buying of the
metal. From the larger number of
recognized sources of information
the statement is made that the metal
situation is not n that should be
worried about, consumption being
good and continuing on the gain. If
the producers report shows that this
is true in the measure that is in
Dictated, there will be strong ground
for a stiff advance for the coppers
and it will come about. A little en-
couragment of this sort is all that is
now needed to send them upward
rapidly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21
Markets, MINING AND METALS
TO Il
WITH U DRILLS

. The tungsten properties south
. of Osceola recently purchased
. by O.. A. Turner, will be de-
. yeloped under the direction of
, Manager Il. l.. Fletcher.
. In addition to this announce
, ment, plans ne already matured
, for the installation of drills on
, the ground. A contract for 500
,. cords of wood will shortly be
, awarded and a new road from
, Osceola to the properties is now
, in curse of construction. Ten
, men are now on the company's
, pay roll and this force will be
, rapidly increased.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21

Photographs of Mars show that
life is possible there. Photographs
of a Harlem flat would show almost
as much.-New York American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-21

it will only be a matter of a few
days before active development is
started. '-Lovelock Tribune.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-25
Popular Edition" Laws of

AS usual, Immediately after the ad-
journment of the present session of the
legislature. the popular Edition" of
the laws will be issued. The style of
this work conforms to the official
edition. 1t is set in large type and can
be relied on as being accurate.
Quite little statistical information
is also given. Among other things we
enumerate, the vote last election; a
list of state and county officers; news
papers to date; practicing attorneys;
governing boards of the state institu-
tions, etc. Your orders will be promptly
filled if given to The Times. The price
is 81. Order today and get in on the
first edition.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-25

being "motor man." We got off and
picked up the front end of the car and
set it back on the rails and away we
went-donkey on the gallop. In the
center of this Mexican City is large
band pavilion surrounded by plaza of
park-palms, roses, tropical flowers,
umbrella trees and statuary everywhere.
Around the outside of the plaza is a
cement walk, 20 feet wide. A military
band of seventy-fve pieces played
beautiful music and while the senoras
and senorittas promenade around and
around the plaza to the right on the in
side Of the walk, the Hombres promen-
ade around and around the plaza on the
outside of the walk to the left. Slowly
keeping time to the music, gazing at
the dark eyed Spanish and Mexican
senorittas, and being gazed at in return
from behind coquettish fringes of Won
derful laces, beautiful scarfs of Mexi-
can drawn work, some with designs in
silver metal hammered into the meshes
by hand. A great many of the ladies
were in evening costume carrying beau
tifully embroidered trains on their arms
while just behind these grand danes
would be bevy of laughing senorittas
with dainty drawn-work dresses from
beneath which their brown feet twlnkled
in time to the march. Everybody prom
enades for three hours from p. m.
till IL p. m. Everybody CANDLES, men,
women, old and young, Roulette wheels,
card games, dice games, dominoes and
bowling games and all played for
money. Great stacks of silver coin
piled in the front windows of these
gambling places to tempt the passer by,
and everything quiet and orderly-nc
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-25

loud talking and every person vieing
with his or her neighbor in politeness.
The cabdriver is we'll represented and
by signs and a few English words
clamors for your patronage. Small
mexican horses hitched to carriages
away out of date in our country but
harmonizing well with the queer old
time settings of narrow streets, low
buildings, solid stone with jutting win
dow casings-each window built out
like bay-window and inclosed with
ornamental iron ars or lattice work
strong enough to repel all enemies. The
cabdriver will take you anywhere for
25 cents Mexican or 12a cents American,
and everyone of them will short change
you and apologize so profusely and
with such a wealth of gestures and
bows that one really feels ashamed for
making him 80 much trouble, for a few
cents. We found a guide, a retired
alderman. who consented to show us
around and who could talk but very
little English-until slipped him coin
then a wonderful change came over
him and he talked and talked and
every once in a while one of the boys
would slip him another coin and he
would show US some other noted build
ing and he would always wind up in
some shop or curio store and help the
owner sell us something. / asked him
if he got commission and he winked
at me shrewdly. He showed US through
the cathedrals and also the old burying
ground. Here were hundreds of tombs
) all on top of the ground and built Of
stone, marble or concrete, some o1
them two, three and four stories high
some for one coffin and others built fol
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-25
Contest at Ludden.

The contest entertainment at Ludden
Friday evening drew out full house.
The young people did themselves proud
as they always do. Dorothy Brown
won the young ladies' prize and Hugh
Fenton won the boys prize. Hilda
Huffman. Bennie Ferris and Hugh
Smith all wearing medals received at
former contests also gave readings.
Rev. Dyer presented the medal to Miss
Brown and Mrs. Dyer presented
another to Master Hugh Fenton.
Rev. Dyer complimented the class
and the grand work Mrs. Waterman
is doing. He drew some vivid pictures
of the awful effects of rum where he
had worked in London. The program
was enlivened by several selections
from the orchestra and double quar-
tet of Ludden young people.
Mrs. Waterman showed the new
temperance map of the United States
and her remarks were to the point and
we'll received.
AS the Oakes young people were
obliged to wait till the morning train
all were invited to the school house
where the time was pleasantly spent
with games, music and lunch.
The Oakes people came away feeling
that Ludden is prince at entertaining.
All those who helped to entertain the
class have their thanks for the many
courtesies shown them. One Of tie
pleasant features Of the trip. was; !
sleighride up the river, enginsersd by
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