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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20
Ticonderoaa Day Observed.

Mary Baker Allen Chapter d. A. r.,
Cornwall celebrated Ticonderoga day,
May 10th at the home of Mrs. Merrill
Field. Conspicuous among the profuse
decorations of red white and blue,
shone a handsome Vermont flag, loaned
by Mrs. C. N. North. Members and
guests numbering twenty-five were
present and an entertaining program
given, comprising readings by Mrs
Taylor, Mrs. belong and Mrs. Lane
State Regent Mrs. C. N. North was
present and at the solicitation of the
Chapter gave an interesting description
of the recent session of the d. A. r.
congress at Washington which won rapt
attention from all.
Boquets of apple blossoms and dainty
place cards upon which were penciled
puzzling historical questions, graced the
attractively laid tables and a substan-
tial lunch was served by the hostess and
committee in charge. The Chapter adj
journed to meet June IA.
KATHARINE GRISWOLD.
Historian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20
THE CORONATION OATH.

To most people in this country of re-
ligious tolerance the controversy now
raging in England over a proposed
change in the oath taken by the sover-
eign to make it less obnoxious to- Eng
lish Roman Catholics seems absurd.
That portion of the coronation oath
that is Objectionable to Catholics has
come down unchanged from the days
when the temporal power of the Pope
was something to be reckoned with and
the terms used are as strong as a Vigor-
GUS people changing from the rule of a
Catholic sovereign to that of Protest
ant, might be expected to employ. In
this enlightened day when the temporal
power Of the Pope has long since been
a mere pretense the declaration that
England's new King will be required to
make is nothing more or less than an
insult to not only his loyal Catholic sub
jects, but to those of Protestant faith
with minds of more breadth than those
extremists who are opposed to any
amendment of the oath.
Sir Conan Doyle, the brilliant nov
elist, well says in The London Times
That those bodies responsible for the
opposition should, looking at the mat
ter simply from their own point of view,
recognize that the surest way tc
strengthen any creed is, as the whole
history of the world has proved, to per
secute it. ="
Doubtless Sir Conan voices the opin-
ion of the great majority of Englishmen
when he says;
is it anything more than persecution
to hold up the Roman Catholic faith to
OblOQuY in the coronation oath while
every other creed, Christian or non
Christian, left unassailed? Is it not
shocking thing that, while Roman Cath
Ole chaples throughout the whole en-
pire are still draped in black for the de-
ceased monarch, his successor should be
compelled by law to affront the most
intimate convictions of these same
mourners? And is it not most narrow,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20

Dr. B. Mawson, of Sydney, professor
of geology at the University of Aus
tralia, and one of the discoveries of the
South Magnetic Pole on the recent eX-
petition headed by Lieutenant Shackle-
ton, has arrived in New Y ork from Eng
land.
To discover the magnetic pole sledge
trip of 800 miles was necessary, and
during this trip the provisions ran low
and for days the party lived on frozen
seals blood cooked over an improvsed
lamp, which burned seal blubber as
fuel.
Doctor Mawson is on flying trip to
Australia by way of Vancouver, While
in this country he will confer with Lieu
tenant Shackleton about an expedition
to the scientific research work in the
South Pole region next year. An out
crop of coal in the ice will be studied,
and an effort made to find coal of COM
mercial value to South America.
Remains of vegetable life in the
plateau region" said Doctor Mawson,
''show that in the tertiary and mesozoic
ages the climate of the Pole region was
moderate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20

At the regular meeting of the village
trustees held Friday evening at the
village clerks Office it was voted not to
allow hacks, truck teams and other
vehicles to stand along Main street from
the park bridge to the store occupied by
Miss Mary Gee except when necessary
1t has been the custom for hacks and
truck teams to stand along Main street
there have been several accidents along
this street during the past year the
and make more room by removing the
teams as far as possible. 1t was also
voted to strictly enforce the law rela-
tive to riding bicycles on the sidewalk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20

Four hundred fifty thousand seeding
trees have been set out in Vermont this
season, according to State Forester A..
F. Halves. Some of these seedlings
were spruce but most were white pine.
OF this number 374, GOO were sold to land
owners and the remainder transplanted
to state land. Eighty-five thousand,
nearly a quarter of the whole number,
We're placed in Washington county.
The forestry department has this year
received orders for 80, 600 more seedlings
than could be supplied.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20

Regarding the safe robbery at
Starksboro last week the Rutland News
of May II said: THAT must have been
the work of professional cracksmen at
Starksborc Tuesday night, as given in
the dispatches in the in The Even
ing News Wednesday, when the
postofice safe was blown with nitro
glycerine. Local burglars would hard
ly have attempted the use of this pow
erful explosive. Fortunately for the
postmaster the burglars secured no
money. To judge of the future by the
past it may reasonably be expected that
these yeggmen will make their appear
ance very soon in some other Vermont
country town, and it behoves post
masters and general store keepers to
keep sharp lookout. Oil up the old
shotgun - The advice to oil up the
old shotgun is good. A man has a
right, under the constitution, to protect
his property, and most any jury in the
country would acquit a man on the
charge of manslaughter if the act were
committed, while endeavoring to pro-
tect his own rights.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20
SOME CLIPPINGS
What the State Newspapers are
Saying on Topics of Interest

''If whiskey interiors with your bust
ness, give up your business, 4" say those
who know. That whiskey and hard
work together make man do in one
day what he would do ordinarily in two
is the discovery just made by a Chicago
physician. That half a dozen drinks of
the liquid day produce the same effect
of fatigue on brain and body as eight
hours of hard labor is proven, he says
by tests. This is an excellent thing to
remember especially for those who
had rather give up the whskey. -Rut-
land Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20
11iooleburY Register
F. NJ. CROSBY. MANAGING EDITOR.

The trout season in Vermont opened
at midnight the fifteenth, but that day
falling on Sunday, the anglers lost a
day. Bright and early Monday morn
ing the fishermen started out in search
of the speckled beauties and some good
catches have been reported.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-05-20
.inooski Savings Bank
WINOOSKI, VT.
OERGArII2ED 1869.
ORGANI2ED I'M 1869.

Has always paid the highest of interest consistent
with safe bankngwhich is Four PER CENT per annum
1t has surplus of than One Hundred Thousand dol
lars which is guarantee fund against loss its deposors
The bank pays the taxes deposits of S. 10000 less
Deposits or Withdrawals can be made by mail.
Real Estate Loans solicited reasonable rates.
Inquire of the bank if further information is wanted
OlMOND COLE, Vice Pident
E I. wee Prsident
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02

about twenty feet below the perman-
ent water level, and from that lat
ter point down, the ore has shown a
marked improvement in value.
Samples of the ore have been sent
to treatment plants at Denver and
to the Rapid City school Of mines,
all Of which have pronounced 1t q
pure iron sulphide (Fe s. ~, said
to have been found in no other place
in the Black Hills, but the lower
workings Of the Homestake mine.
The ledge is said to be one Of the
most perfect defined ever exposed
in the Black Hills and being now
opened below the permanent water
level, it is thought it will be found
to continue of at least the present
width to indefinite depths. The as
says taken from numerous places in
the shaft and in the lower drifts
have shown gold values Of from $S
to SIS per ton, with some samples
running as high as $50 per ton.
The operators have on the ground
a serviceable gasoline hoist and 9th
er necessary equipment, with
which they will put the shaft down
to 100 feet and drift north and
south on the vein.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
SILVER SHIPMENT.

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, June 13.
Seventy bars of silver valued at
$500 a piece arrived here today from
the Rio Plata mine in the Arteaga
mining district. General Manager
d. w. Shanks reports that over two
thousand tons of tailings were treat
ed on the property last month, and
57,136 OUNCES of silver were re-
covered.
There are $50 men on the payrolls
of the Company, and they have to be
constantly watched to keep them
from stealing the ore. They enter
the mine clad in nothing but a
breech cloth, "guaraches" or leath-
er sandals and occasionally shirt.
They are stripped and searched each
day before entering the mine, and
in the evenings when they come out
The mine is so arranged that they
all have to come out of the mouth
O fone tunnel, and every man that
enters in the morning is checked off
at night.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
GROWN NINE SHOWS WE'LL.

In recent developments on the
Crown mine, near Rockford, the
owners, Schrader & Lewis, Wyatt
and McNickel, have run tunnel 80
feet in length, and struck the north
end of the ore shoot forty feet from
the foot wall, and eighty-six feet in
depth. While some of the ore in
the face of the tunnel runs $40, a
fair average five feet wide and sew
en- feet high, runs $4.3. The vein
is evidently a very large one, as on
the surface the foot wall ran very
much higher, and the vein only ap-
peared to be about twenty feet in
width while on the tunnel it is forty
feet in width between that and the
foot wall, with no appearance of any
hanging wall. According to the sur
face indications the ore should
steadily increase in value for the
next one hundred feet at which time
the tunnel will be one hundred and
twenty feet in depth. The owners
will then cross cut the while ore
body.
The owners of this property are
deserving of success and the Journal
hopes they will realize handsomely
in the near future.-Rapid Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
TO INCREASE THE FORCE ON
CARBONATE CAMP WORK

1t is expected that the mining
force employed by the Black Hills
Development and Financial corpora
tion in the prospecting work now in
progress on the Seabury-CalkinS
ground, will be increased within the
next week. The sampling Of the
dump has shown some surprising
gold values in the rock and it is now
the intention to prosecute this work
more extensively and start work at
the opposite end of the dump, which
is estimated to contain about 10,-
900 tons of ore. There are now
eight men employed on the work and
this force will probably be increased
to twelve or fourteen.
Arrangements are also being made
to unwater the Seabury-Calkins
shaft. President Robert Bunce esti-
mates that this part Of the work will
be accomplished within two weeks,
after which a thorough examina-
tion of the old workings will be un-
dertaken. The shaft is down 240
feet and the removal of the water
which stands at a point 80 feet from
the surface, will be accomplished by
means of a 200 gallon skip. There
are pumps in good condition at the
mine, which will be amply able to
keep the workings dry while the
prospecting and sampling Is going
on. Judging from the alternate lay
ers of high grade gold bearing ore
and waste in the dump, it appears
that there is a large amount of mill
ling ore in the mine. The indica-
tions are that the owners passed
through successive strata of good
grade gold ore, which they neglected
to test, as at that time they were
prospecting solely for silver bearing
ores. 1t is not impossible that these
constantly recurring streaks of high
grade gold ore, will be of sufficient
richness and extent to form a large
body of material that will have an
average value that will make it a
profitable body to mill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
FIRE HOSE TREATMENT
CJTRES JNRITTY


The story comes from Edgmont of
an effective method of putting the
kibosh on unruly conduct of unde-
sirable citizens.
That town became infested with
more than it's regular quota Of
tramps, some of whom were fairly
well dressed. Three of the latter
started a graft which worked fine
while it lasted. But 1t soon played
Their scheme was to wait till in
coming trains filled all the hotels
and lodging houses with guests for
the night, and then go from one to
another in search of Accommodations.
On being told no rooms were avail
able they would reply that they
would have to take their grips else
where, and picking up valises and
suit cases at hand they would walk
out. After seventeen grips had been
missed the bunch was landed in
Jail. There they proceeded to de-
molish the stove and all other furni-
ture within reach, and they had the
city marshall non-plussed. Harry
Goddard, editor of the Express was
equal to the occasion, and ringing
the fire bell, the boys were soon call
ed to the scene. Putting hose into
action a stream of muddy water
from the lake was turned into the
cells.
1t proved as effective to this hill
arious lot of ruffians as soothing
syrup to a colicky baby, and the!
slept quietly all night. The mex
morning the alarm was sounded
again and the boys held the nozzl,
in a threatening attitude. Then th'
marshall told his guests to hike.
They started south and were still
going when they crossed the hne in
to Nebraska.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
The Irrigation Project.

Almost the entire flow of the Belle
Fourche river is now being diverted
into the inlet canal. A small amount
is being taken out of the inlet canal
through the Johnson lateral but
nearly 800 cubic feet of water per
second or enough to cover sos acres
of land one foot deep, is now being
discharged from the inlet canal into
the Owl Creek reservoir. The regu-
lating gates at the Belle Fourche
dam for the north and south canals
reservoir at the rate of about 100
cubic feet per second for the north
canal and $50 cubic feet per second
for the south canal. The remaining
fifty cubic feet per second, or nearly
100 acre-feet per day, is sufficient to
raise the water line Of the big reser-
voir only few inches per week. The
water in the big reservoir now stand
about nine feet above the bottoms of
the canal outlets and the reservoir
has an area of nearly 5000 acres.
The ripping waters of duck pond
as large as a quarter of a township
affords sight which is new to this
community and which speaks volumes
for the development in this country.
About thirty per cent of the con-
crete block facing has now been laid
on the dam and the gate chambers
are up to the grade of the top of the
dam and will soon be ready for the
gate house. The earth work on the
Belle Fourche dam is up to grade in
a few places and at no point is the
surface lower than twelve feet below
grade. 1t is estimated that, will
favorable conditions, the earth worl
on the dam may be completed during
the month of August this year.
Water is now being supplied t.
nearly $4,000 acres of land, the larg
er portion Of which is being irrigat
ed and cultivated. Ditch riders, gat
tenders and water superintendent
are busy and hundreds of farmer
are working early and late to sprea,
the water where it may combine wit
rich soil and invigorating sunshine t
produce the bumper yields of graf
and hay, for which our valley are b
coming famous.-Vsllley Irrigator.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
DEVELOPING RICH PROSPECT
IN HIDDEN TRAEASURE GROUND


For several weeks past Mine Fore
man Holstein of the Hidden Treas
ure Mining company has been devot
ing part of his time to the deyel-
opment of fluorine which was open
ed up some time ago at a point sew
eral hundred feet north of the main
shaft. Attention was called to the
ore, when it was accidentally ex-
posed in the Northwestern railroad
cut and assays of the rock showed
that it was a proposition worth fol-
lowing up. A shaft was put down
on the ore near where it was first
encountered, revealing the fact that
there were several small stringers,
close together, and from six inches
to ten inches in width. This shaft
was sunk less than fifteen feet, but
was sufficient at the time, to show
that the veins appeared to be well
defined and are probably permanent
Several weeks ago Foreman Hol-
stein started tunnel, lower down
the hill and below the railroad grade
which is now about forty feet and
has cross cut the fiuorspar vein. At
that point the main shoot shows a
width of fourteen inches, with four
or FIVE inches of gouge on each
side. 1t is said that the value in
silver and lead is maintained at this
depth and that the gouge shows re-
markable richness. There is reason
to believe that the company have a
good thing in this prospect alone
and it is the intention to continue
the development of it, in connec-
tion with the other and deeper
work which they are prospecting up
on the big ledge, on which the main
shaft is being sunk.
The water has been removed from
the main shaft, which is we'll con-
structed two compartment affair,
200 feet deep. This work has been
accomplished by the use of a skip
and the shaft can easily be kept
dry with the fifty gallon Cameron
pump, now installed. 1t is the inten-
ton to sink this shaft to a depth of
500 feet, at which point the ledge
will be opened up and thoroughly de
veloped. Judge Cochran Of Lincoln
general manager of the company, IL
expected here shortly, to make ar
rangements for continued opera
tions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
FOURTEEN MONTHS RESIDENCE

Camp Crook Range Gazette.-The
reports of a change in the ruling in
regard to residence required on com
mutation proofs are incorrect as far
as this territory is concerned. Reg
lister Carpenter of the Lennon land
office, writing under date of June
l, says:
I'VE have had no official informa-
ton whatever as to any change Of
ruling, and hold that claimants
must show fourteen months actual
and continuous residence. l am at
a loss to understand how the report
became current that the department
was now requiring eight instead of
fourteen months residence and l
am satisfied that such report is
without foundation"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
HOCH DER TET

"Old Dob" a railroad passenger
agent in Galveston, known familiarly
to evry theatrical man who makes
Texas, has sence of humor, and he
gave it full play recently when Mr..
Roosevelt was hobnobbing with
Kaiser Bill. The result was the fol-
lowing ,and it doubtless will be
agreed that as a parady it is pretty
good:
Der Kaiser of dis Fatherland
Und Roosevelt all things COM
mand-
We two and Gott, you under
Myself and Tet.
1t used to be yust Gott and me,
But Ted he come to make it dree,
Und Gott don't count much lat
terly,
Just me-and Tet.
Yust me und Ted NIT power divine
To keep the rest of them in line
In beace und var to give der
sigh
Und sometimes-Gott.
Myself and Tet der same as
beas-
Der same NIT Gott, If you shall
blease-
Der same in var, der same in
beace-
Myself and Tet.
Der Eastern Hemisphere for me,
For Tet der one across der sea.
For Gott der sky, we will agree
Myself and Tet.
A health for me, a health for Tet
Und one for Gott alretty yet
One grand triumvirate, you bet,
We two und Gott.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
HOME LODE A MOST
PROMISING PROSPEC

The Home Lode, located about
three and half miles north of Sill
yer City, is held under lease and
bond by Willard Richards, George
Flavin and associates, who have ex-
pended a considerable amount in its
development and believe they have
opened up one Of the most promis-
ing prospects in the Black Hills. The
ground includes five claims, situat-
ed short distance of the antimony
belt, which extends from Rapid
Creek at Silver City about mile
and half north.
They are working on formation
ledge of an iron sulphide ore, which
showed, in small outcrop on the
surface and has been followed down
in a shaft a distance of about so
feet. At that depth 1t is more than
four feet wide, lying between a
slate hanging wall and tale and shist
floor wall. A drift has been run In
a northerly direction along the vein
distance of forty feet and It has
been found to hold its width and
quality, almost without any percep-
tible change. To the south, drift
has been started and has been run
about ten feet, showing the same
character in all respects as in the
north drift. The present depth Is
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
Investigate Befo re Investing.

A corncern occupying offices in the
j. w. Hellman building of Los An
geles, and calling itself The Assoc
iation of Southern California Corpor
ations, sent out some large advertis-
ing setting forth the fortunes to be
in the stock of the California Crude
Oil Co., now acknowledge to the
newspapers that the concern that as
sumed responsibility for the adver-
tising is bankrupt and can't pay ev-
en- one cent on the dollar. 1t is
probable that the same concern Is
offering stock advertised. Don'
send any money for stock until you
have Investigated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02
l.. ID. & w. MILL AT TERRY
IN OPERATION LAST WEEK

The Lundberg, Dorr and Wilson
cyanide mill at Terry resumed oper-
ations last week and is working up
to about it's normal capacity. They
are taking ore from their mines OH
both sides of the gulch and are said
to be getting out very good grade
Of material.
The plant is also receiving Gus
tom ore from the Portland mine,
which started making shipments last
week. This ore is probably of bet
ter grade than any cyaniding ore
treated in the Black Hills. The
Portland is also getting out some
high grade stuff, for shipment to
outside smelters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-07-02

which will not bring them to the
hills until after the national birth
day.
With the sanatariums 1t has ceas-
ed to be a matter of season"
Theirs is an all-year round busi-
ness now and they are kept busy
winter and summer. With the spread
of the fame Of Hot Springs wonder
full curative waters, afflicted people
have come from all parts of the Uni
ted States. Probably the Cancer
|Sanitarium draws people the great
est distance. This has been built up
by DR.. Perry Nichols until it is an
immense institution which has done
much to prolong life and it is spoken
lof with pride by every citizen of
Hot Springs.