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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

such profits; also commission houses,
mercantile establishments, and IN taCt,
all branches Of industry known to the
greater city.
PRIMITIVE FREIGHrING
In the early idays, old-timers will tell
you. great freight teams made their
start from Los Angeles for the con-
tiguous mines. Supplies of all kinds
were shipped from here then the same
as now; and old-timers will also tell
YOU that these freight teams were
among the city's best assets. When the
railroad came business increased, al
though the freishter passed into his
tory.
With the railroad came greater
return to the city's Golfers through the
establishment here of large machine
supplv houses for the mines and the
region tributary was enlarged upon.
New railroads opened new country or
made il more convenient for old dis
triats to trade in Los Angeles than
elsewhere,
Thus. 10y the building of railroads on
the west coast of Mexico great, new
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

him To give valuable advice 10 property
holders who have large interests at
stake.
Furthermore. the judge is a thor
ough student of corporation and con-
stitutionaI law. Probably no other
member of the bar is more thoroughly
posted on such matters than he. Par
ticularly in the organization of cor
porations has he met with rare sue
cess. AID the facility and certainty
with which he pushes through real es-
tate syndicatee demonstrates his
splendid grasp of the subject His
counsel in these intricate affairs has
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

and who struggled for life against the
bloodthirsty Apaches and the most OF
them will be founI living In Los An
geles. This was the city, the great
city then; it was just as natural for
mining men to come here as 1t is for
water to flow down hill After the
desert hardships 1t was like heaven to
get to Los Angeles, and as Los An
geles was always a good town in which
to trade mining men have found 1t
convenient and profitable to make their
headquarters here and to spend their
money here.
Hence Los Angeles owes to the min
ing industry as much as ii does to any
other agency that has helped to make
it the Greater City of the Great South
west
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
Los ANGELES FAMOUS
AS BIC MINING CENTER
Even in Pueblo Days Angel City
Was the Hub of
Operations
BY JAMES WYNKooP

LIS Angeles is the mining center of
the southwest region, which includes
the political subdivisions of southern
Nevada, Southern California, Arizona,
New Mexico and the west coast Of
Mexico. IT has long been the center
of this region and its history as such
dates back to the pueblo days and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
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GREAT DAM IN MEXICO

One of the greatest engineering feats
and earth construction works upon the
continent has just been completed at
Necaxa, Mexico. 1t is the building of
the largest hydraulic fill dam i'll the
world by the Mexican Light and Power
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-20

The high class Chinese usually. are
given v the privilege Of throttling
themselves with a silken cord when
they have transgressed the law In
such manner as to deserve death,
but the low class Chinese suffers
both before and after his life goes.
+ Quick death was melted out to the
man whom I saw executed. He was
brought out of his prison and placed
before the executioner, who compel
led him to kneel down in front Of
him. The Queue was raised and
carried forward over his face while
the culprit knelt with bowed heal.
With a sharp sword one swift blow
sent the head rolling several feet
away, while the body twisted and
turned for several minutes after Il
head was gone.
Sometimes this sort of death is
too good for the crime that has been
committed and they have an execu-
ton which brings death slowly. The
victim is hacked with knives until
small pieces are taken from all over
his person, his blood running from
hundreds of little wounds. The loss
of blood gradually brings about the.
death, and it sometimes takes hours
for the emf to come.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-20
CLARENCE !! R !|!;': EDWARDS /! R ] !
WRITES I! !! | THE i !. OZONE ! | ! |:
clarence E. Edwards in Steele

clarence E. Edwards in Steele
Shanghai, China.-I am now wait
ing for the vessel to carry me away
to the South Seas and glad shall be
to shake the-I was going to say
dust but it is mud-of China from
my shoes. I am glad came and
saw China but do not want to
come again. would advise every
body to come-once. They would
see much that would make them con.
tented with their own countries and
their own lot in life. But they will
not want to come again unless they
are more hardened to human mis-
cry than I am. I have told of the
filth, of the starvation, of the ig-
norance AMI of the savagery of the
Chinese, and there remains the worst
of all to be told. I have visited the
prison and have seen an ecution,
and if there remained in my makeup
single feeling of respect for the
Chinese it has been most effectually
eradicated, and there is now moth
ing left but loathing in the extreme.
Chinese exclusion should be the cry
of every true American.
Cruelty is, in it's most varied form,
the predominant feature of a Chi
nese prison. The Chinese who does
something against the law, and
there are so many ways of breaking
Chinese law that it is a wonder that
everybody is not in Jail, is punished
by Imprisonment and by stocks, for
minor offenses ami by death, either
sudden or lingering, if the infraction
be serious. When he is put i'm pris.
on he Is at the mercy of his friends
and relatives, for if they do not feed
and care for him he will starve to
death, as the government does not
give food to it's prisoners:
The common punishment for min
or offenses is the bastinado. The
culprit is tied face down on a board.
Then he is flogged from head to foot
with heavy whip ami this is follow.
ed by beating the soles of the feet
with bamboo rod until they are so
raw that the offender can not walk
for week or more. The next high
err form of punishment is to put the
culprit in frame of wood so that he
hangs by his neck, his toes just
touching the ground. His hands are :
fastened so that he cannot ease the
strain on the neck, and he is kept in !
this position for days and sometimes
for weeks, his relatives feeding him
and doing what they can to relieve
him.
I saw one poor devil standing in !
this position, his mouth open and
his face covered with crawling flies, !
some of which crawlei in and out of /
his mouth. all fealing apparently be- !
ing gone, and hefmade no effort to
keep the flies away. If the culprit
is a malicious offender the stocks are
covered with spikes and sharpened
nails to keep him in constant tor
ment. = r. /
II saw one fellow strained to a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-20

board through which small nails hal
been driven. Theoo were piercing
his flesh In dozen Il places, and his
blood had cakea' IN over his body
ami on the board He was being
prepared for 'etecution and it was
thought necessary to torture him
first. 1t is believed that If Z Chinese
die without his body being mutilatej
he win go to the abode of the bless
ed, but II his bo1y be mutilated
when he dies he viii have to remain
In the place of the bad until his
wounds heal. consequently in order
to make the punishment At the crime
the Chinese executioner initiates the
body both before death and after.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31
TIIR IyG; 4
THE FIRE
BY BRYANT c. ROGERS

Milly Hope had not sept well, as
her dull, puffy eyes indicated. Even
the coil of auburn hair, usually ar
ranged with tantalizing grace, be-
trayed the disorder of her mind in its
careless disarray.
Seated before the switchboard, an
swering calls, taking down messages,
ringing up different Offices in the
yard. she attended to the necessary
part of her work only. For once her
voice, in repeating call, was sharp
and even impatient. In. all of her five
years as chief night operator in the
Chicago freight house this had never
before occurred.
AS the men passed through the Of
fee that evening, a few minutes be
fore ten, to register on the big clock
each called out some salutation t.
Milly, who was a great favorite.
Instead of responding, she shrugged
or frowned or bit her lips in pretend
ed absorption.
Don't sulk, Milly," bawled out thu
superintendent, as he paused on thu
threshold. carl won't come bacl
any the quicker for your scowls, whel
little Margaret has smiles to spare"
She returned no answer, but ar
piled herself more closely to he
duties. Despite her self-control,
tear splashed on the message she wa
recording
"Snags, my child?"
The gruff voice of Banks, father
Of the machine shops-the oldest ma
at the works, was kind and did nc
wound. Milly raised her wet eye
mutely.
He shook his head.
Men are funny brutes, Milly. Cal
is fond of you, but he's like the res
Of us. He won't stand for naggin
nor being hectored. 1 once was youn
and now that am old, I haven't TO
got the girl loved first and best. W
had little difference just like yo
and Carl. We never made 1t up. W
were both too spunky"
He sighed and slowly quilted ii
oom
Thank heaven, she was at lal
alone! How her head ached! 81
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31

closed her eyes The salty tears
stung the lids. Only two more of the
night shift must register. They were
late already Why didn't they come?
Carl Meurer and Margaret DON
nelly.
There was a time when Carl had
always come first and fingered as
long as possible. That was before
before Margaret Donnelly came to act
as typewriter in the superintendent S
office
fact that it was through her efforts
that Margaret had come. She had
been sorry for the girl-one of a big,
shiftless family.
Till her advent. Milly had been
queen of the freight house. She was
willingly worshiped Little wonder
that she became domineering even to
Carl Meurer. Margaret. on the con
trary, was bright and obliging, with a
seductive Irish tongue, and when
Milly sent him to the right about for
some trifling matter he promptly
availed himself of the other girls
ready smiles and good-humored com
radeship.
The other men in the yard where
he was foreman had widened the
breach by teasing him about being
"bossed." This was gall to the high
spirited German He would have
been willing to die for a woman. yet
he would not submit to leading
strings.
AS Milly brooded over her troubles
which had kept her awake all that
day, a pretty laugh rang through the
Office, and Margaret pushed open the
swinging doors and entered, followed
by Meurer. They made simultane
Gus rush for the clock to register on
line. Margaret did not speak to the
| operator. but with another laugh
passed through the door of exit, fol
owed by Meurer, who had taken nc
notice of Milly either.
AS the night wore on, Milly's dis
traction increased She imagined that
abe heards sounds that had no basis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31
CHAPTER XII.
Survival Of the Fittest.

saw 10 IL tudt uOt
only himself but his companions
had work to occupy every hour Of day
light. When not engaged in cooking
and fuel gathering, Miss Leslie was
learning by painful experience the ru-
diments of dressmaking.
At the start she had all but ruined
the beautiful skin of the mother
leopard before Blake CHANGED to see
her and took over the task of cutting
it into shape for skirt. But when
it came to making a waist Of the cub
fur, he said that she would have to
puzzle out the pattern from her other
one. Between cooking three meals a
day over an open fire, gathering sew
eral armfuls of wood, and making a
dress with penknife. thorn, and cat
gut, the girl had little time to think
of other matters than her work.
Winthrope had been gazetted as
hunter in ordinary. His task was to
keep Miss Leslie supplied with fresh
eggs and each day to kill as many of
the boobies and cormorants as he
could skin and split for drying. Blake
had changed his mind about taking
him when he went for cocoanuts. In
stead. he had gone alone on several
trips, bringing three or four loads OF
nuts. then a little salt from the sea-
shore. dirty but very welcome, and
last of all a great lump Of clay
wrapped in palm fronds.
With this clay he at once began ex
periments in the art of pottery. Hav-
ing mixed and beaten a small guam
tity. he nodded it into little cups and
bowls. and tried burning them over
night in the watch-fire. A few came
out without crack or flaw. Vastly
elated by this success, he fashioned
larger vessels from his clay. and with
in the week could brag of two pots
suitable for cooking stews, and foul
large nondescript pieces which he
called plates. What was more, al
had a fairly good sand glaze, for he
had been quick to observe a glaze or
the bottoms of the first pots, and hat
reasoned out that it was due to the
sand which had adhered while they
stood drying in the sun.
He next turned his attention to met
allurgy. The first move was to search
the river bank for the brown bos
iron ore which he believed he ha(
seen from the farther side. After {
dangerous and exhausting days worl
in the mire and jungle, he came bacl
with nothing more to show for hi
mains than an armful Of creepers. Late
in the afternoon, he had located thu
haematite, only to find 1t lying in
streak so thin that he could not hops
TO collect enough for practical pur
poses.
Lucky we've got something to fal
hack on" he added, after telling o
his failure. pass over those keys o
vours. Win. Good! Now untangl'
those creepers. Tonight we'll taxi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31
Always Light in the Sky,

THE sky" says the Scientific Amer.
lean. is never dark. This. however.
is not due to the sun, but to the stars.
The Milky Way is above the horizon
in summer in our latitude, and it gives
a great deal of light by night. enough
to make the night sky of that time
brighter than when it is not q part
of our night sky. as is the case in
winter. Then, too, the stars which
cannot be seen by the unaided eye
give us much light. The stars which
are not visible to the eye give more
light than those which are visible"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31

just because we've failed to stick out
a signal that'd catch the eye twice
as far of as any other color than scar
let Do you suppose worked my way
up from axman to engineer, and did
not learn anything about flags?'
But it is all really too absurd!
do not know the first thing about sew
ing, and I have neither thread nor
needle"
Its up to you, though, If you want
to help. My sisters sewed mighty soon
after they learned to toddle. Bout
time you learned There. now; l did
not mean to hurt your feelings. You've
made a fair stagger at cooking, and
bet you win out on the dressmaking.
For needle you can use one OF these
long. slim thorns-poke a hole, and
then slip the thread through, like a
shoemaker"
"Ah. yes; but the thread?" put in
Winthrope.
THE cocoanut fiber would hardly
do" said Miss Leslie, forgetting to dry
her eyes.
mo. We could get fairly good H.
bers out of the palm leaves; but cat
gut will be a whole lot better. III
slit I'D a lot for you, fine enough to
sew with. And now, let's get down TO
tacks. No offense-but did either OF
Won ever learn to do anything useful
in all your blessed little lives?'
"Why, Mr.. Blake, of course /
"Of course what?" demanded Blake
as Miss Leslie hesitated. I'VE kno"
all about your cooking and sewing
What else?'
IL see what you meant. feaI
that nothing of what learned "ouio
be of service now
"Boarding-school rot, Ell? And you
Winthrope?"
'lf you would kindly name over
what you have in mind
"ITm," grunted Blake. well, lts
first of all a question of practical
practical. mind you,-Snowledge O.
metallurgy. ceramics, and how to sticf
an arrow through a beef roast
"I-ah-I believe l intimated that
have some knowledge of archery. Bu
, l doubt"
"Cut it out, You'll have enough els'
TO do. Get busy over those BOWS ant
arrows and don't quit till you've go
them in shape. Leave. my bow goo'
and stiff. can pull like mule cal
kick Well Miss Jenny; what Is IT,!
as not-has not ceramics soine
thing to do with burning emma!
"sure,-china, pottery, and all tha'
Know anything about 1t!
"Why. | have friend who amuse
herself by painting china, ana hho'
II has to be burned.
"And that's ALL" grunted BAKE
gwen let me tell you When l wa
q little kid | used to work III d po'
terv All | can remember Is Una
tbev,d take clay, shape it into POI
drv n and bake the thing In XIII
We've cot to work the same gam
souehow This kind of eating WI
mean dysentery in short order .
there's going to be bean-pot for gu
stevs or Tom Blakell know tne re'
son why. Nurse up that ankle 0
YOURS. Win. Well trek 1t tomorrow W.,
s .oonauuts and maybe something else
There's clay on the far bank OF Tn
river. and across from 7" l Sd"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31

filing a large leopard ana smotn-
several cubs. In the leopard's cav
~ huilt a small home. They gained
IA BY burning the bottom OF a
Mi II fell against the heights. Inc
.scured eggs from the cliffs.
CHAPTER xi.-Continued.
Leslie sighed. why did you
of them? l am still hungry
n to eat more eggs-a dozen
we had a little salt and but
Nd 4 silver cup and napkins,"
Blake. about the salt. though,
have to get some before long,
,ome kind Of vegetable food. 1t
do to keep up this whole meat
!"
ouly those little bamboo sprouts
Is good as they look-like a kind
raragus." murmured Miss Leslie.
te heard that the Chinese eat
!" said Winthrope.
hey eat rats. too" commented
|e might at least try them" per
Miss Leslie.
ov! Raw"
have heard papa tell Of roasting
when he was a boy"
hats SO; and roasting-ears are
than boiled. Win. I guess we'll
I sample Of bamboo asparagus
Les-lee!"
lnthrope took the penknife and
Jed a handful of young sprouts
the bamboo thicket. They were
I'd over the Goals on q grill of
branches and devoured half
H." mumbled Blake. as he rum.
d on the last shoot, we're getting
pine for this smell hole of a coast
X and chicken ranch and vege.
5 in our front yard. We've got
Bobbie Crusoe beat, hands down
Be start-off, and he with his shipful
Eu1 for handicap"
men you believe that the situation
more hopeful, Mr.. Blake?"
Veil, we've at least got an extern
on our note for a week or two
In not going to coddle you with
Of lies, Miss Jenny. There's the
coming, sure as fate. | may
II on while; you and Win, ter
de' Will be down in a few days
not a smell of quinine in our
mlssary. Then there'll be dyson
and snakes and wild beasts No,
not out of the woods yet, not by
Fonsiderable."
Pc 1 must say, you're not very
|uraging."
Jove, Blake" muttered Win
aunt say | was trying to be-"
Pu' Mr.. Blake, am sure papa vii
large reward when the steam
reported as lost. There will be
searching for US"
VET, a., not in the British channel
~ oet what few boats do coas
mere don't nose about mucf
ae these coral reefs"
'ancy 1t would do no harm Il
signal said Winthrope.
=" !nlng that would make +,
MISS Leslie's skirt" replied
as IT. is the big leopard skim" per
NV "in'nrope. To his surprise thu
W. '' LOOK the suggestion unde
sas consideration.
ea' don't know" he said. 81
-, ~ q water background. now. Blu
vss 'ne rocks and trees-no; wha
Nv ID white. I'll tell you-whel
N.Y. senny sets to and makes hersel
NJ Sss Of that skin, I'll fly her Skin
ne zephyrs."
~ Blakel | really think that 4
Of YOU" '''" '
IA ~ oome now; that's not fair!
ya,' nave said word, but yor
'Ou wanted to help"
IA your pardon, Mr.. Blake. +
\ NV Nv quite understand you.
want to help-to do m
onIv re talking! You see, IT.
kloth.s question of the signal, bu
on 'ss' We've got to figure any
:. needing new ones before Ions
,.. my pants and vest. and Win
-. ''ue a month well all be- 4
NJ NJ IN hiding. That's q jok,
4, ne by; see?"
Leslie '"eanume- oesa
ham, meantime we're like to mis-
VI TWO Of being picked VI
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31
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SYNOPSIS.

,ons with the shipwreck of
tors on which Miss Genevieve
american heiress, Lord Win
al rnelishman, and Tom Blake,
~ American. were passengers.
qu' uere tossed upon an uninhab-
Nv a and we're the only ones not
4 Blake recovered from a drunk
blake. Stunned on the boat.
p0 w, bIs roughness. became a hero
..rer of the helpless pair. The
.n was suing for the hand of
ll l'a Rlake started to swim back
esn r,. IN recover what was left.
' ,m safely. Winthrope wasted
match on a cigarette. for which
"orsd nv Blake. Their first meal
ssod Ash. The trio started a ten
aeavt or higher land. Thirst at
nc ssor M Blake was compelled TO
.t une"I eslie on account OF weari-
s,e0 tainted WINTHROP. They en-
ne .nnele That night was passed
~ ,}}oh i in a tree. The next morn
), ~" diescended to the open again.
~ Constructed hats to shield them
e.or the sun. They then Toasted
l nv the only procurable food.
o s.l,e showed a liking for Blake.
.ss,nd his roughness. Led by Blake
Stsbljshed a home In some cliffs.
,ornd fresh water spring Miss
v.ced an unpleasant situation.
.,anred their campaign. Blake re-
S'1 his surveyors magnifying glass,
living FIRE. He started jungle
,1I,ine a large leopard and smoth-
a ',,ra cubs. In the leopard's cav
sc hnilt a small home. They gained
~. Inv nv burning the bottom of a
n aI # fell against the heights. The
nsc,red eggs from the cliffs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31

streak that looked like brown hema
tite."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-31
Rice Crop ls Large.

Korea'B average annual rice crop II
placed at 2.560.000. 900 pounds.
The Republican journal., 1910-10-13
EDIEYS ORlNOLAXAIIvE
FoR STOMACH TRouaLE and CONSTIPATION

The history of Waldoboro, compiled by
Samuel L. Miller, former newspaper
editor, has just emerged from the print
er's hands, pretentious cloth-bound
volume of almost 300 pages, handsomely
illustrated, finely printed, and with a
style of Typography that will appeal to
every subscriber. The historian begins
his narrative with an account of the
Muscongus or Waldo patent, and the
earliest date mentioned is 1906. The
following topics are taken up: Topogra-
ply of the Town, Early Settlement De-
stroyed, Permanent Settlement, Waldo's
Circular, Second Permanent Colony, In
dian War, List Of Early Settlers, Land
Claims, Early Religious Matters, First
Meeting House, Exodus to North Caro-
lima, Incorporation of the Town, Waldo
boro During the Revolution, The First
Census, The War of 1872, The Civil War,
Waldoboro's Part, Ship Building, The
Old German Meeting House, Biographi-
cal Sketches of Prominent Men of the
Past, List of Town Officers, etc. Mr..
Miller explains that he has in no sense
attempted to compile a genealogy, and
in fact there is so much of absorbing in
terest in the good old German towns his
tory that it has not been necessary to un-
dertake any padding" The history
has been compiled with much accuracy
and thoroughness, by one who is splen-
didly qualified to do it. The work will
undoubtedly have large circulation.
Bound in cloth and sent through the mail
it costs, So. 10.