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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
May's Oil Gusher

gusher flowing 1900 barrels per
day was brought in by the Mays oil
company Of the North Midway district
Wednesday night after a year of drill
ing The well is the farthest one out
on the fats and is a pioneer in this
section Of the Midway field. 1t is the
second TO be started in the flats
The oil produced is of "a gravity
II is flowing as readily now as WIEN
first brought in. The well is 2 500 feet
deep. and this increases the belief that
il win prove to be strong and steady
flower.
A @. and Thomas Wilkes organized
the company and are prominent stock
holders in it, Others holding large
blocks Of stock are DIR. II. s Kergan
of Oakland and S. b. Chaplin of To-
rOnfo Canada.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
Strike Big Gusher

Another big gusher on section 80,
mile and half southeast of Taft was
struck The Standard oil company's
new well is throwing oil at the rate of
5000 barrels per day. 1t is close to
the one struck a month ago.-Midway
Oil Courier
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
Seven Claims Bonded

chant has bonded his seven mining
claims between the Delhi and Grizzly
Ridge properties in Nevada county to
the Roseville mining and milling COM
pany, of which f. r. Moore of Rose
vile is president. Under the terms of
the bond the company is to commence
work by April Is. after which time
two shifts are to be kept at work regu-
lar1y in running the main tunnel
ahead.
The tunnel is now in something like
10 feet and has cut some promising
veins. 1t is believed, however, that by
extending it ahead about 100 feet the
main ledge will be tapped.
This vein has shown good values
on top.-Sacramento Union.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
February Oil Dividends

The possibilities of oil are shown
companies of which e. l.. Doheny is
president total of $304,395.01 was
disbursed yesterday in payment of
companies Of which he is at the head
American petroleum paid in divi-
dends SI36. S6S, Mexican petroleum
company of California $S7,527. Mexican
S7e99S.
The daily sales of the American
petroleum in February averaged 5000
barrels.
The Union oil company paid $126,509
in dividends for February
The Amalgamated will pay $4,000
on March Is, when its bimontllly diyi-
dend at the rate of 6 per cent a year
Will be disbursed.-Los Angeles Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
Inyo Mines

The actual production of Cerro Gordo
in its days of note has been much dis
cussed and disputed. Estimates have
put it at from SIS. coo, 900 up, and in
recent years enthusiastic Inyoites have
claimed $2S,000, 900. Manager Skinner
tells us that the old books show the
output to have been actually 22,000,-
600. The showing there in the Union
is as good as it ever was in those
times, amount of ground being worked
considered. and no reason appears
why the former glories should not be
revived
The new Coso company, c. T. Fitz-
hugh superintendent, will ship four
cars of ore Saturday. The ore nets
from $42 to $65 ton. The record car
gave $135 a ton above expenses. The
ore is being stopped at the 400 level
from the richest four feet of the ledge.
The cars as hoisted to the surface are
emptied into the bins. from which the
wagons load without sorting.
Outside of the richer streak the ledge
carries about 20 feet of ore running $40
to over $50. This can not be profita bly,
handled under present conditions. All
the ore is silver lead, with only neg
ligible amount of gold.-Inyo Register.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
Revival in PIumas

B. A. Phelps, a mining man who has
interests in Plumas county, California,
there was big revival in mining in
all parts of Plumas county. He de-
clared that with proper development
Plumas county would be one of the big
counties of California and perhaps one
of the best mining districts in the
state. He said that there are 80 men
working in the famous old Plumas-
Eureka, 10 in the Little Jamison and
are said to have combined output of
about $20.000.00O.
: The Hewitt Brothers, adjoining the
Rose group, whose holdings are
on Hopkins creek, have through
tunnels proved that they have at least
a mile of the vein. and where crosscuts
be from 20 to 20 feet in width. mill
test of ore from this ledge gives the
lowest value at $3.50, free milling. This
is considered by miners to be a valu-
able property.
Eastern and Nevada capital has be-
come interested on the north fork of
Feather river, one of the many Won
derfully rich sections of PlurnaS, where
several properties are being opened and
others are on the market for sale or
invite capital to take them on a lay.
Six miles south of Quincy several
valuable discoveries have been made by
Jack Taft on Claremont at an altitude
of 5000 feet. One of these claims he
sold to w. e. Oddie two years ago for
$4,000, and less than $500 has been ex-
pended thereon in opening some large
bodies of fine ore. Taft owns adjoining
claims which are being opened by tun-
nels, and large and va1uab Bile ore chutes
have also been encountered. Both of
these properties are pronounced by ex-
perts to be exceptionally good.
The Gold Rim, consisting of seven
quartz locations, situated on Hopkins
and Poormans creeks, derived it's
name from the fact that the mortaring
and panning of small piece of ore
no larger than walnut left a streak
of gold all around the bottom of the
calf. Semans and Hail. Development
work on the claims last fall proved
the ledge to be quite extensive. Various
mill tests and assays from quartz
picked promiscuouslv from the dumps
ran from as low as $4 to $14S per ton,
free milling. 1t was one of the richest
discoveries made in PIumas for years.
Independent
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
ABSURDITIES OF THE TARIFF
Showing the Folly Of the Measure Re.
Gently Enacted by Our Alleged
"Statesmenr

A case was taken to the courts be-
cause the wool duty had been assessed
on sets of furniture which had chair
coverings made of cloth that contained
wool. The assessment was on every
pound of weight of the furniture.
A pair of wool-lined rubber boots
may be taxed by the pound as If made
wholly of wool.
A man from Boston bought some
scrap rubber in Canada, which he sup
posed was classified under the free
list. He got as far as Rouse Point, IN
New York, on the way into the United
States, and then the custom officials
valued his material at s400 and as
sessed him 81, 800 IN duties. His rub
Der scrap, containing some wool fiber,
was charged by the pound under the
wool waste clause of schedule K.
A manufacturer of paper, importing
cotton rags for paper stock, in which
shreds of wool were found, was as
sessed as If the whole consignment
came under the wool rates.
Cloth made entirely Of cotton, ex-
cept for wool polka dots glued to the
fabric, is called by X all wool.
Mottoes-"God Bless Our Home
worked in yarn or worsted are weigh
ed by the pound at the custom house.
and charged a duty to compensate the
American manufacturer of cloth.
Under treasury decision 1865, corn
plasters are held to be wearing ap-
parel of wool.
In the light of these examples, the
statement made by Senator Aldrich
that schedule X is the citadel OF pro-
lection becomes amusing. The only
fault with the statement is that K Is
not so much of a citadel as a pyramid.
It adds burden On burden, from the
foundation of raw wool to the peak OF
finished manufacture, propped up all
the way upon suppositions that are not
true.-Everybody's Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Democracy's Opportunity.

There will sooner or later be an op-
position party in this country. 1t is
for the Democratic party to say
whether it shall play that part. If 1t
does not, another organization will
rise to take it's place. Perhaps we are
on the eve of what has long been pre-
dicted-a realignment of party lines
a breakdown of both the old parties.
The people who think alike may come
together, and stay together until they
get what they are determined to have.
It does not greatly matter how the
result is brought to pass. That 1T will
be brought to pass we must believe II
we believe at all in the perpetuity OF
free institutions. There is many a Re-
publican who would to-day find a
much-desired home in the Democratic
party-if only it were a real party!
Can it be made into a real party?
That, we take it, is one of the most
important questions now before the
American people. The Democrats
party has been put out of business by
Democrats. Will they have the good
sense and patriotism to e the need
of setting their house in order?-In-
dianapolis News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL
Sammy's Experience Advised Him Of
Wisdom Of Selecting His Own
Punishment.

In Sammy Small's neighborhood
there lived a family of boys who were
irresistibly charming to Sammy, but
not to Sammy's mother. In fact.
Sammy's mother forbade him ever to
go over to play with those boys again,
and threatened punishment should he
disobey her.
But one day Sammy disappeared.
and his mother made inquiries. She
learned that Sammy was over playing
with the irresistible boys again. Ac-
cordingly, when Sammy returned from
his visit he found his mother looking
very stern, and with a remarkably
square, forbidding lap which suggest
ed a spanking.
Sammy was promptly taken to task
and stood for a moment looking thor
oughly miserable. Suddenly he bright
ened up, and started to leave the
room.
Here, siri Where are you going"
demanded his mother.
g" guess" answered Sammy, hold
ing steadily on his way. I'll go
and shut myself up in the closet
Hamilton Pope Gait. in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Charles Lambs Friend.

Who is the most absent-minded man
on record? asks the London Chronicle.
Our bus conductor, possibly. il one
knew more about him, might rival
Lambs friend, George Dyer, who,
leaving Lambs Islington home at
broad MONDAY, walked straight into
the New river. He was known to take
up a coal scuttle instead of his hat,
to walk home with a footman's cock
ade on, and eve to leave one Of his
shoes under the table and get we'll
on his homeward way before discover
ing its loss. He called at a friends
In Bedford square one morning, heard
that the family was away in the coun-
try, left his name in the visitors book,
and a few hours later called again
and was astounded to see his own
freshly written anne. Once when
Proctor breakfasted with him Dyer
forgot tea. The omission being noted,
he filled the teapot with ginger. Proc
tor left as soon as he could to get a
better breakfast at a coffee tavern.
and there Dyer .strolled in and asked
him how he was. quite unconscious of
having seen him earlier.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
NOT TO BE FOOLED.
VOTERS AWAKE TO lNIQUiTlES
OF ALDRICH TARIFF BILL.
Congressman BouteIl Crievously In
Error If He Thinks the People Will
Rally to Taft on That
Issue.

Congressman Boutell of Illinois will
have uphill work running President
Taft for reelection on a platform to
the effect that the Aldrich tariff Is the
best the country ever had. Even some
Of the most faithful of the regular
Republicans now admit a doubt that
this tariff is all that they hope it will
prove to be and are pleading with the
people to give 1t a fair trial before
making up their minds that 1t Is al
together bad.
The new tariff has worked badly
ever since President Taft signed it. on
August 5. The high prices which Mr..
Boutell extols as among the good
things it has brought, are robbing il
dustry and enterprise of their just
rewards, for the man whose earnings
remain stationery is impoverished to
the exact extent of the higher prices
for all the things he has to buy.
1t is a false prosperity which puts
money into a mans pocket with one
hand and takes 1t out with the other.
And this is just the kind of prosperity
we have been getting from the Ding
ley tariff ard the Aldrich tariff during
the last 13 years. Since the enact
ment of the Dingley tariff the neces-
sary cost of living has increased by
so or 60 per cent, while the earnings
of the people in the average have
advanced in no such proportion.
Both these tariffs have demoralized
the business of the country with the
notion that the main purpose of busi-
ness is to get rich quick. If the pro-
tected manufacturers can prey upon
the consumer, why should not every
body else who has dealings with him
do the same? And the process has
gone on until everybody. is preying
upon everybody else to the extent OF
his power to find price victims.
The rage for high prices has its
moral as well as its economic side.
and tariff robbery is at the root OF 1t.
For the ordinary wage Garner the sit
uation created by the tariff is made
worse by economic conditions which
have advanced the prices Of food prod
ucts. These are causes which leg1s-
lation cannot control. The direct in
Jury which the Republican party, with
it's monopoly tariff, is doing the aver
age is in making him pay double for
things that are made artiflcially dear.
If President Taft is a candidate for re-
election in 1912 he will not stand pat
on the Aldrich tariff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
HERO IS FORGOTTEN
FEW BOSTON PEOPLE VISIT HOME
OF PAUL REVERE.
Outsiders Largely Pay Tribute to This
Patriot Of Revolutionary Days
Children Lead Their Par
ents to the Place.

Visitors to the Paul Revere house
In North square, opened about a year
ago as a public museum. number rela-
lively few Bostonians, and according
to the custodian the larger number of
Boston people who do go to the house
are with guests from other places
whom they are Showing the sights
says the Boston Herald.
This is my first visit here" said
a Boston business man one day re-
Gently. on entering the house. II am
over fifty. and have lived in Boston
all my life. have always had 1t in
mind to come down this way some
day. and the only reason I didn't was
because ] thought | could come any
day. finally got here through the
interest Of a young son of mine. He
came home from school the other day
bubbling over with Paul Revere's
ride. that the teacher had been read
ing to him. He asked question after
question that I was not able to an
swer. What did Paul Revere's house
look li%ke-how old was it now? His
teacher said 1t was about 100 years
old when Paul bought it-a fact that
was news to me. The teacher also
told him there was an old fint-lock
fowling piece in the house which was
Paul's own gun. and that youngster
wanted to know just what it looked
like, and how was it different from
other guns. The lad stumped me, so
/ said l wouldn't put off this visit an
other day"
According to the custodian. this
case is a parallel of many.
parents are awakened to the sig
nificance of the place. and its teach
ings when their children begin to ask
questions which they find they can
not answer. A little later these same
parents will come again, accompanied
by their children. and you may hear
one say proudly, Here son, look at
this gun, which was once Paul Re-
~vere's, and listen now while dad tells
you all about it.
"Only a few children come here as
yet" said the custodian. There is
much here of historic interest. and
children should be taught more fire.
quently about Paul Revere as a mat
ter of patriotism. Once in a while a
school teacher brings a delegation Of
pupils. Sometimes Sunday school
teachers do the same.
I'm many cases foreign children Of
the North end can relate more facts
about Paul Revere and his famous
ride and about the old North church
than the children Of Boston. l know
one bright little American-born Ital-
ian boy to whom Paul Revere is the
most wonderful hero in the world"
In summer the visiting list at the
house is much larger than In the
winter months. The summer attend
ance is largely made up of west
ernerS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
The Presidents Position.

President Taft's desire ito argue
matters out with the legislative branch
and go before the people, if necessary"
can be easily gratifed. The constitu-
ton requires him to keep congress in
formed of the state o f'the country and
TO make such recommendations as he
thinks the public welfare requires. He
need not sit in the White House n
fire messages into congress at long
range. Instead he can go down to the
capitol and deliver what he has to
saw if he wants to, by word OF mouth,
as President Washington used to DO,
and congress will listen to him as
often as he wants to make a speech.
The written message was resorted to
by President Jefferson. who was much
more eloquent with pen than with
tongue. AS fo< goirg before the peo-
nle. that is just what his party is
obliged to do in the congressional cleo
lions of this year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Helping the Minister.

A Scotch preacher had in his con
sregation an old woman who was
deaf. In order to hear the sermon
saeh Sunday, this old lady would seat
herself at the foot of the pulpit stairs.
One day the sermon was about Jonah,
ana the preacher became very rhetor
Zeal.
And when the sailors threw Jonah
overheard" he said, "a big fish swal-
loved him up Was it a shark that
got i'm? Nay, my brethren, it was
Rs1sr a shark. Was it a swordfish
that got him? Nay"
1T was a whale" whispered the
DID lady excitedly.
Hush, Biddie," said the preacher,
Indignantly. Would we TAX tn word
N God out o yer ane meenister's
Nouth ?"-Success Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Old English Bookkeeping.

Not so many years ago our ma
tional system OF bookkeeping was al
most as clumsy as the primitive
method Of counting on fingers, says
the London Chronicle. This was the
exchequer way of keeping accounts
by means of notched sticks Of elm
wood called t%allies, a plan that strong
ly resembled Robinson Crusoe's mode
of keeping his calendar on the desert
island. In the reign of George III. an
inquiry was made by some revolu.
tionary spirit as to whether pen, ink
and paper could not be substituted.
but the whole civil service rose
against the innovation. 1t took many
years to get the sticks abolished. And
when they were privately and conf.
dentially burned in a stove at the
house Of lords in 1884 the paneling OF
the room caught fire and both houses
were reduced-with the tally sticks
to ashes. Such is the dreadful thing
that happens when the upper cham
Der touches finance!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Whv He Was Lonesome.

Tommy. whose varying points OF
view are illustrated by the Farm Jour
nal, had not yet learned the Golden
Rule. Neither have a good many OF
his elders.
81 should like, Tommy" said his "a
Their, that you might find some boy
to play with you. Now what's the
matter with Johnny Jenkins and the
little Dobbs boy?"
Pooh! Why, they're a whole year
younger than / am" said Tommy, con-
temptuously. 81 couldn't play with
them!"
"Well, there's Jack Spear and Willie
Harlow. Won't they do?"
Eyes. but they're a year older than
l am" said Tommy, wistfully, so the
mean things won't play with me"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
The Presidents Program.

The president is apparently conf
dent that he will be able to get some
thing done in the way Of carrying out
his legislative program. The citizen
knows little of what is going on at
Washington, but he is somewhat
doubtful as to the benefit Of any re-
suits that are the product Of a deal
between the insurgents and the regu-
lars. Those who have watched the
course of events find it hard to be
lieve that Aldrich and Cannon, who
seem to be in high favor at the White
House, will permit anything to go
through that will be of any benefit to
the people.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Does He Love Anybody

Won Moltke had some few human
failings. He loved his wife devOtedly,
but conquered his alma mater, Den
mark, even after she had educated him
for the military service out Of her
poor, stingy pocket. But Kitchener is
q machine man only. He loves neither
man nor woman. His spear has
never known a brother, as its sharp
point has hewn asunder the bodies
and souls of the sons of women.-Bos.
ton Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25

- CHANGE
Mrs. Jones Was in a Serious Con-
dition Before She Helped Her
self With Cardui, the
Woman's Tonic.

Dexter, Text certainly was In q
serious condition when l wrote you for
advice" writes Mrs. Calvin Jones, OF
Dexter. Tex.
Il suffered a great deal with those
aixxy, fainting spells, but after taking
ysyeral bottles of Cardui, relief finally
anne.
cardui prepared my system for the
dreadful change and when it came 1t
WAS not half as bad as those dizzy
spells / had before. / now help every
Gay with the homework and am get
efng along fine.
-Cardui Is certainly fine for female
complaints. My neighbors praise 1t
and 30 do others"
Take Cardui when you feel Ill In
any way, weak, tired, miserable, or
1nder. the weather.
No matter what the immediate
saEse, it will help to brace you up, give
you new force and vim, help you to
Mrow OF the trouble that troubles you.
Cardui will not interfere with any
1ther medicine you may be taking. 1t
ID q gentle, harmless, non-mineral, non
poisonous, mountaineering tonic, that
syery woman ought to take when she
d looking for health, strength, beauty
and vitality.
n B.-Write to: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
Aaaooga, Tenn, for Special instructions,
and S4-page book, "HOme Treatment for
Wszaea,' sent in plain on re-
ynssx.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Two Votes.

The first time / ran for the general
assembly one of the prominent citi-
sens of my community told me that he
xas going to vote against me because
when I was a shaver l threw a rotten
apple at his horse. Another prominent
sitizen told me that he was going to
yUte for me because when l was a
shaver l put a rotten egg in a buggy
cushion belonging to the woman he
worked for and he had eve liked
ahe woman. Think of it! And yet such
STUFF has thrown the scales where
thrones have been at stake.-From a
speech at Norwich by former Gov.
George P. Mclean of Connecticut.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-02-25
Meaning Of Cemetery.

It is not correct to say hat GENE
terry" means the "city of the dead"
The word is from the Greek "Koime-
t~erion," meaning sleeping place, not
the place of the dead. There is nothing
In the thinking that it was originally
intended to convey the idea that the
departed were really dead any more
than there is in the old Hebrew term
for cemetery-"Bethaim"-the house
of the living.