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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
THROUGH SNOW AND MUD

Another Complaint Added Against
Condition of Walks.
To the Editor of the MissOurian:
Will you please allow me space to
add another complaint about the
lack of public spirit on the part of
some of our citizens who live near
the University campus. On Maple
avenue there lives a man who allows
the sidewalks in front of his house
to be covered with slush and mud
until they are almost impossible. Ev-
very day the children who live in
Westmount must wade through this
mire if they are to keep up their
class work in the Elementary school,
Also the women who live in West
mount must do the same when they
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
CONCENTRATED GOVERNMENT

Bill Bartlett studied the long, cum.
bersome state ballot and shook his
head. 1--WE voted for governor, rep
resentatives and the big officers, but
this list of minor ones has got me
stumped. l don't know who I'm vOt-
ing for, but here goes" and he
checked the long list of names in
the Democratic column.
1t happened that the officers he
had voted for did not turn out salts
factory. Bartlett, with many other
voters, appealed to the governor. But
the executive brushed aside their
plea What can 1 do?" he asked.
81 am not responsible. You elected
them"
Now, when Bartlett voted the nat
ional ticket he didn't have to bother
about a long list of small officials. He
threw the responsibility of their ap-
pointment and conduct upon the
president.
What was the result? When the
details of the national administration
displeased him he simply refused to
support the head man.
Yet when his own state, in whose
welfare he was even more deeply
concerned, was misgoverned he was
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
GIFT FROM MISSOURI AUTHOR
j. Breckenridge Ellis Sends Volume
to Historical Library.

j. Breckenridge Ellis Sends Volume
to Historical Library.
A book entitled Something Else
written by j. Breckenridge Ellis, a
Missouri author, has been given to
the State Historical Library. Other
books written by this author, which
are in the historical library, are:
Arkansas Cousins" THE Dread and
Fear of Kings "Garcilaso," 1.-The
Holland Wolves" THE Red Box
Clew" and ''Shem: a Story of the
Captivity" ''Stork's Nest"
The Society has received by en-
change tifty-twO volumes, all relat-
ing to different state departments of
Minnesota, from the Minnesota De-
partment of State. From the New
York State Library by exchange have
come 424 vOlumes-2S3 bound VOL
ume. Ill unbound volumes, and 80
pamphlets.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
The Making of a Shoe

Probably no industry has beer
more improved than that of shoe.
making. The little cobbler's bench
iI dingy room has given way tC
long rows of men and women guild.
ing machines in four or five-story
modern factory building. Instead OF
one man making all the shoe from
/ start to finish. fifty now have parl
in the work.
The shoemaker of fifty years age
was an all-round craftsman. He
made his shoes one at time, cutting
his own leather, and making and
driving his own pegs. He spent sew
eli years as an apprentice before he
became a master. He had to learn
his trade slowly and carefully. He
learned how to prepare the out-sole
the in-sole and the uppers. He trained
his eyes to gauge proportions. He
made his own pegs and learned how
to drive them.
The shoemaker of today is a
Specialist. He may know nothing
about the making of shoes apart
from the particular process in which
he is engaged. Hands now only
guide machinery.
The Hamilton-BrOwn shoe factory
in Columbia occupies a four-story
building. On the lower floor the
sole and the heel are made. Here
the coarsest of leather is used. BY
cutting machine it is reduced into
strips corresponding to the length of
the sole required. A powerful roll
ing machine passes over the leather,
hardening it and removing any
roughness from its surface. BY ma
chinery the strips are then reduced to
uniform sizes and placed under dies
which cut the proper form. The strips
not large enough for sOles are made
into heels. With a maui the pieces
diS pouHutu llltO d ule. linen tney
are temporarily nailed and placed
into pressing machine and made
solid.
For the in-sole lighter leather is
used. After being cut into strips
and rolled, it is cut out by machines
into proper form, and channel made
in it by machine, around under the
edge. in which to sew the upper. The
soles pass through grading machine
which stamps upon them their grade,
according to weight and thickness.
They are then sorted according to
quality. In work shoes a filler, made
oi cork and glue, is placed between
the two soles.
On the top floor, where the light
is best, the uppers are cut and
stitched. Every pattern is cut from
a Sp' cial die. After they are cut the
uppers are sorted by experts. Then
they pass to long rows of girls at ma
chimes and are stitched. Then a ma
chine, with single movement. makes
the hole and puts on the hooks and
eyes.
The complete soles and uppers now
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
LAFAYETTE INHERITANCE TAX
Payment From the Estate of kather-
inc G. Reid is SJO44.53.

The largest inheritance tax that
was ever collected in Lafayette COun-
ty, Missouri, S5044.53, was sent last
week to the collateral inheritance
tax fund, from which the University
CT Missouri gets part of its revenue.
The tax was from the estate of Kath-
crime G.. Reid Her real estate and
personal property in Lafayette Coun-
ty alone amounted to S11S,O52.59.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

come downtown to do their Christ
mas shopping.
What can be done? Why have a
city ordinance if it is not enforced? :?
This complaint is not made in refer
ence to this particular snow alone
but it is the same following every
snow that We have. Why do the
Westmounters not do something?
". NJ. Med.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

go to the third floor, the lasting and
fitting room. Here the first operation
! is the lasting, the uppers being
tackled to the insole. The upper and
the in-sOle are firmly sewed together
by machine, after which a steel
i shank is inserted and the bottom
filled and leveled over. Next the
bottom is covered with cement and
machine presses on the heavy out
sole and pegs or sews it.
The shoe is now ready for the heel.
Four machines are employed in the
heelng. The heels are pounded into
a die and temporarily nailed and
pressed. Then they are trimmed into
shape by a machine with revolving
! knives. The heel is placed in a ma
chine holding ready the pegs. the
iron last holding shoe properly ad-
iJusted over the heel. and with single
movement the machine presses the
heel into place and pegs il. After
this the bottom of the shoe is sand
papered and a revolving trimmer
evens up the edges.
The shoe then passes on to a ma
chine that smoOthes out the wrinkles.
Another blackens and Furnishes it.
After it has been cleaned and treed
it is ready for the packing room.
The packing is done on the ground
floor. Girls make the boxes and put
the shoes into them.
In the making of shoes, where fifty
persons and a hundred different ma
chimes are used on a single shoe.
careful system of checking must be
employed. This is called the tag
system. Every pattern has it's tag on
il, as does every rack. From the
time that the sole is cut till the
finished shoe enters the box the tag
remains with it, If factory makes
pair of shoes to order, as it often
does, a tag containing a full descrip-
tion is made out, showing the size,
quality of leather, thickness of sole
and other particulars.
The leather selected, the tag is
sent to the cutting room and placed
oil board before the cutter. who cuts
the lower part, corresponding with
the number and style indicated.
Leather and tags then pass to the
second man, who cuts the uppers In
turn the tip, the back, the tongue, top
facings. inside lining are made, each
workman cutting different part. |
Thus it goes on throughout the fac !
tory, some fifty operators working on /!
il. and each one going according to |
this little tag.
The Hamilton-Brown factory in |
Columbia makes 1000 pairs of shoes
daily. 1t employs 40 men and 100
The women do only the
light work, the stitching of the up i
pers and the packing The men do
the bulk of the work, and all of the
heavy stitching and cutting.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
In the Columbia Shops

culine sex cannot do better than tC
select scarf pin of moon-stone, its
smoky-blue tint lovely enough to
need only it's plain gold rim as set.
ting. Price, 50.
A manicure set, the handles OF
which are of French ivory, costs
$3.50, and a fiat travelling case, com.
posed of several brushes and comb, in
this same French ivory, may be OBJ.
tanned for Sc.
One jeweler is showing a sterling
silver eye-glass case, velvet lined
for IS.
Coat hangers. padded and wrapped
in silk, or unwrapped. half dozen in
case, make an acceptable Offering.
Fifty cents and S1.5O are asked for
| them.
A calabash pipe, from an English
gOurd, you know, may be had for S4
S5 and Sc, the size determining the
price.
Why not give the wife or mother a
dish for planking steak? The
woody flavor impaired to fish or meat
of any kind is very superior when
cooked in this manner. They, too are
regulated in price by the size, $3.50
buying family one, s. paving for a
size large enough for dinner party.
Without attempting pendantry We
can remember that beauty was the
whole of the religion of the Greeks !;
woman their can be excused for low
ing perfumes and other dainty toilet
accessories. Houbigant. the eminent
French perfumer, is represented in
Columbia by his toilet water and es-
sence in the Ideal odOr. Vantine'S
goods of New York are shown by
another house in soaps. rouges, pow
ders and perfumes. Prices range
from 81 an ounce for these waters to
S. for two-ounce bottle; the odOrs,
however, are almost permanent n
their strength.
There are rich silken scarfs knitted
and woven, priced at 81 to $3.50, that
are intended for the mans protection
when in evening dress. The far-see-
ing wife may select one of these with
a view of appropriating it, as she has
been known to do with his cuff but
tons or scarf pin. (He would never
wear it completely. out, anyway
And now for the little ones who are
being good" A taxicab with its
own meter may be had for so cents
A magic lantern with a half-dozen
slides sells for 25 cents.
3. A bust of Emerson, LOngfellow or
Shakespeare can be bought for
teacher" with 80 cents of the Christ
mas allowance.
A pair of roller skates for brother
or, maybe, for sister will be found for
9S cents, or 50 for the ball-bearing
kind.
Fur sets for Miss Dolly sell for
25 cents. Clothes baskets for her
laundry are ) cents. Dressers at %
cents. Slippers and stockings at )
cents, and suit cases for all her fin
cry come at 10 and % cents.
An electric toaster for the grl or
boy, or for the housewife, sells for
$3.50. The percolator with its cleo
trio cord attached permits the coffee !
to be made at the table. Price IS.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

helpless. Would he be trying his
own hand any more in state than in
national government if he centered
the filling of offices too numerous for
him to attend to in one individual
and then held this man responsible?
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

Christmas Turkeys for Marshall.
j. W. Clayton of Marshall, Mo, is
in the city buying chickens and tur-
keys for the Christmas trade of
Marshall.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

The debating society of the Co.
lumbia High School is arranging a
debate with the l. Y. l.. society of
the Methodist Church. The subject
has not yet been decided upon. The
contest will be in January.
Students. let FOrbis haul your
trunks. Ten wagons. Phone 81. +
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20

Commercial Club Luncheon Thursday
The weekly luncheon of the Com
mercial Club will be held Thursday
at the Virginia Grill. 1t is not
known what subjects will come up
at this meeting.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-12-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS:

WEATHER
heays
ndN Mexico The lei along the
m
Owing the pt will
Cmbad during p houwu
ry
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
SPECTATORS ARE IN
CONTROL OF SILVER

London circulars attribute much of the
advance in silver to speculation. \
squeeze for forward delivery led to a
premium OF I'D an ounce In that market
in the beginning of the second week of
the current month. The demand in Bonn
bay for mintinG purposes gave the
speculative element in the latter market
their opportunity. As for India. Samuel
Montagu & Co. say: There is little en-
couragenlent from the upcountry bazars
10 warrant any increase in speculative
stocks in India: the daily average take
Off is only about 45 bars a. day.
Sharpe & wilkins. by letter of Novem-
her 10 London, say: although there is
still n consd era Die stock here, il Is firm
ly held by spectators, who have so far
declined to supply the wants OF the mar
ket and while this condition prevails the
price of spot silver is not expected 10
give way 10 any appreciable extent, and
may indeed be pushed 10 a higher level
The currency reserve of rupees in India
is further diminished this week by about
90 lscs."
"The silver held in London at pres
ent" according to Pixley & Abel. ''is not
far from G1.So0.0 900 and in Bombay there
is upward of 81. 500. 600, while 100000
is on the sea in Shanghai. too. the stock
100000. although Mexican dollars are ma
teriaJly smaller. In view OF these figures
the artificial character OF the squeeze is
apparent, and II seems unlikely that SO
large n difference between cash and for
ward can be maintained, but the tend
ency OF the market even at this level Is
uncertain. and If China does not sell
there Is no reason why the price should
not advance further
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
MORE COPPER ORE
FOR TDOELE WORKS
Utah Consolidated Mine Now
Providing Six Hundred
Tons of Ore Daily.
THREE FURNACES BUSY
Equipment for Lead Smelter
Is Being Received by
the International.

General Manager r.. P. Mathewson OF
the international Smelling C Refining
company ended a three days visit TO
the smelling works at rooele Wednesday
noon. leaving thereafter for the east on
important business connected with ms
company. When asked In regard 70 the
reports that the Tooele smelter Is now
receiving a materially increased tonnage
of copper ores especially from the Utah
Consolidated property OF Bingham. Mr.
Mathewson said that this was true, Inc
Utah Consolidated company Is now ana
has been shipping since the first or the
month an average OF 600 ions OF such
ores daily.
These Shipments have given the three
crate at a constantly increasing capacity.
and thcv are handling more ore than
usual. Tho weather is favorable to more
satisfactory operations also. Mr.. Mathew
san would not make any predictions as
10 the time OF placing the fourth re-
verberatory into service. but il is held
in readiness to begin its task at Few
bours' notice.
Everything at the new lead smelter is
progressing without hitch, and MIR.
Mathewson Is confident that the lead
ready for commission soon after the turn
Of the year, He is unwilling tol set any
date, but the lead furnaces likely will
be blown in early in February. He eX-
pectS that az, tHe ou,ulnSS 81 ,l ~ CO. CO.
section will be completed by the iirsl
of the year and considerable equipment
is being received from day 10 day. One
Of the sintering machines has arrived.
and the three additional machines should
make their appearance in good time.
The International company has very
large tonnage Of choice lead ores stock
piled at Tooele. more than enough to
justify operations being carried on from
the beginning 1t full capacity This ton
mage is being added To daily at n liberal
rate. which is highly gratifying matter
these scarce lead days.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23

II perhaps has not escaped the atten-
ton OF the Colorado Mining stockholders
that one OF the most Significant state
ments in the annual report contained ON
this page yesterday morning Was that
indicating that tho mine owners OF the
Tintic district may combine Tor tho Dur-
pose OF installing a mammoth orc con-
centrating plant TO bring the low-gradc
orc tonnagcs OF that camp into CONNER
cial form The report says that the Colo
RADIO property alone has 10000 tons OF
highly silicious low w-cradc orc which
should be treated AT profit.
How far this community concentration
plan appeals instantly 10 everyone In
Interested In mines ot Tintic and the
Tintic companies hnvc thousands upon
thousands OF shareholders who would
doubtless is typical OF all the Tintic
mines, as il is with the Colorado COM
pany. that any ono mine does not hold Il
sufficient tonnage 10 justify the cN-
pcndture for a mill hy any one or
eanization. but for the Whole camp to
owners of mines. is n proposition which
catches the eye OF a great many in
stantly.
II would be Guessworl> TO attempt 10
measure the low grade tonnages Of TIN
tic not now available for the market
but l. is known that the low grade orc
awaiting some such scheme is enormous
in quantity and OF such character In
the main that no difficult me etalurEical
problems are presented, The ore now
available is especially free from copper
and should yield readily and economically
to the cyanide process. but here is pre-
scented proposition that is worthy the
talent and money of Utah engineers and
investors, and The Tiniic operators should
not long plead for assistance along these
lines
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
STIFF ADVANCE TO
PRICE OF COPPER

James \. Pollock e Co. bankers and
brokers. furnl lsh the following, received
noon;
Paine. Webbcr & Co. Boston; Based on
q further advance OF the metal TO l3bc.
the local market enjoyed an old ia shioned
boom. All classes of coppers were very
active at advancing prices, The volume
of new business was large and prices
were well sustain ed all through the day,
The floor traders all sold out early, but
were unable to get back their stocks. as
no reaction came: The advance In the
metal gives this boom real basis and
we firmly believe that coppers will sell
much higher,
Logan &c Bryan, New York: The stock
market again displayed remarkably
FIRM buoyancy Attention was centered
In tho reports in circulation relative to
the state Of tho trade. especially In the
s'ccl and iron Industry. which IL Is ar
grcd has been greatly benefited By the
large orders recently placed for equip
mont Eail orders on large scale arc
Ion Is expressed in good quarters that
amy decided change in the prices on
finished steel products outside of rails Is
more likely TO he upward than otherwise.
given to the buying side OF the market.
especially on the OCCASIONAL reactions. 8nd
that the basic betlerment In the copper
metal industry 9..ii ne reflected by a
somewhat higher range Of prices for tho
shares Of various copper producing COM
panles. but, of course, as political dis
able rreguarity Is likely 10 be witnessed
In the stock market. and therefore the
ultimate safeguards Will be i'll order
Hayden stone copper 1ettcr Boston
The afternoon session OF the Boston cop
per share market while less active. con
Times 10 reflect very strong undertone
with prices holding at about their high
point or the day on the average. Moha wlS
came into prominence in the trading. ad =
vancing 10 81. which is a gain OF four
points over last night. Hancock also has
been active. advancing to 223, a gain of
II. There has been nm excellent demand
for Miami which got as high as 2ot,
Trinity advanced TO 81 Sentiment con-
tinues bullish and realizing sales appear
to he we'll taken,
Gallagher letter New York Strength
Of the coppers again the feature OF curb
market Those most active were In
spiration, Greene Cananca GirouN and
First National all advancing above yes
terdaS's high sale on good buying. Bal
ance Of copuerS made fractional gains,
The Tonopah stocks steady and dull
The lndustrials were not very active.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
CHINO HAS PLENTY
OF ORE AVAILABLE

We understand that the first section
OF the Chino mill which recently was
placed in commission is giving entire
satisfaction and the management has
new plant, II is impossible TO state
what grade OF ore is being treated, or
what extraction is being made, as the
company's laboratory IS not sufficiently
advanced 10 assay the ore and IL will
be necessary to await the smelter re-
turns from the first lot Of concentrates
shipped,
The ore. which is now going TO the
as the r. r. w. section OF the mine
tRomero-Texas flat -WhimhilD and is
being extracted by steam shovel These
ore bodies have very light overburden.
averaging for a conslde rable area not
over twenty-five feet while in places
the ore comes To the surface. They lie
at the curve of the Horseshoe, which
shape the ore bodies takc following the
contact The steam shovel pit. which is
being started here. will gradually be
extended through the CarTasco, the big
gest Chino ore body, ultimately making
the steam shovel pit on one side OF
tthe Horseshoe something more than a
mile In length
Az the .company's conccntrator at
Hurley good progress Is being made.
On the two new sections, which are be-
ing added 10 bring the plant up to 5000
tons capacity foundation work is near
Ing completion and much of the struc-
tural steel Is on the ground. while the
second and third sections are we'll ad
vanced and should both be In commits
| sion by the first Of the year.
The three scout drills" which are
kept working at Chino, and which are
operating In the Estrella section, CON
| tinue 10 locate ore equal TO average
grade. Although this scout drilling docs
not develop the ore sufficiently 10 he
| classed Az tonnage figures. We under
stand that probably million tons have
been added TO the reserves since the last
estimate WAS made on September | OF
| "a. 1856, 900 tons.-Thompson. Towle & Co
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-23
FORENOON SALES.

FORENOON SALES.
Beck Tunnel. 100 at 19c.
Gold Chain. go a I2c: 100 al 13c
Grand Central. 100 at Ssc, 100 at SIC;
100 at SEC.
Nevada Hills. 200 al 81 .623; 800 at s., SO.
Ohio Copper. 1900 at s1.20.
Opohongo 500 al l6c: 500 at 15sc
Sioux Consolidated. 500 at 15c,
Shares sold. 1850.
Selling value. s350050
OPEN BOARD.
Gold Chain 200 at 75c.
Nevada Hills. 100 at s.. go.
Silver King Consolidated. 200 at 81 20.
Uncle Sam Consolidated. 700 at 24c,
Yankee Consolidated, 500 at o0c,
Shares sold, 1000.
Selling value. $3.50.
AFTERNOON SALES.
Crown Point, 1000 at &C.,
DAILY Judge, SO at S575.
New York, 800 at 4c
Ohio Copper 300 at s190.
Opohongo. 500 al lsc.
Shares sold. 1900.
Selling value, Sll32.
OPEN BOARD.
Colorado. $40 at 30c.
Iron Blossom. 500 AT sl.02L
Iron King. 800 at &c.
Phoebe Demijohu. 1000 al l0c.
Shares sold. 600
Selling value. $16L50.