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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15
CHAPTER V.-Continued.

Back in Dawson, though he remained
true to his word and never touched
hand to pick and shovel he worked as
hard as ever in his life. He had
thousand irons in the fire. and they
kept him busy. Heavy as were his
expenses. he won more heavily. He
took lays. bought half shares. shared
with the men he grub-staked. and made
personal locations. Day and night his
dogs were ready. and he owned the
fastest teams; so that when a stam-
pede to new discovery was on, 1t was
Burning Daylight to the fore through
the longest. coolest nights till he
blazed his stakes next to Discovery.
In one way or another Ito say nothing
of the many worthless creeks) he
came into possession of properties on
the good creeks, such as Sulphur. Do
minion, Excelsis, Siwash, Cristo. Al
hambra. and Doolittle. The thousands
he poured out flowed back in tens OF
thousands
Dawson grew rapidly that winter OF
1896. Money poured in on Daylight
ly invested 1t where 1t would gather
more. In fact he played the danger
Gus game of pyramiding, and no more
perilous pyramiding than in a placer
camp could be imagined. But >he
played with his eyes wide open.
Corner lots in desirable locations
sold that winter for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars. Daylight sent word
out over the trails and passes for the
newcomers to bring down log-rafts,
and. as a result, the summer of 1897
saw his saw mills working day and
night, on three shifts, and still he had
logs left over with which to build
cabins. These cabins, land included,
sold at from one to several thousand
dollars. Two-story log buildings, in
the business part Of town. brought him
from forty to fifty thousand dollars
apiece. These fresh accretions of cap
ital were Immediately invested in 9TH
or ventures. He turned gold over and
over. until everything that he touched
seemed to turn to gold.
With the summer rush from the Out
side came special correspondents for
the big newspapers and magazines
and one and all, using unlimited space
they wrote Daylight up; so that, so far
as the world was concerned. Daylight
doomed the largest figure in Alaska. Of
course, after several months, the
world became interested in the Span
ish War, and forgot all about him; bu
in the Klondike itself Daylight still re
manned the most prominent figure.
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mantle of snow could not hide. Be
meath him. in every direction, were
the cabins OF men. But not many
men were visible. A blanket of smoke
filled the valleys and turned the gray
day to melancholy twilight. Smoke
arose from a thousand holes in the
snow. where, deep down on bedrock.
in the frozen muck and gravel, men
crept and scratched and dug, and ever
built more fires to break the grip or
the frost.
Organization was what was needed.
he decided: and his quick Imagination
sketched Eldorado Greek, from mouth
to source, and from mountain top to
mountain top. in the hands of one ca
pable management. Even steam-thaw-
ing, as yet untried, but bound to come,
he saw would be makeshift. What
should be done was to hydraulic the
valley sides and benches, and then. on
the creek bottom. to use gold-dredges.
There was the very chance for another
big killing. He had wondered just
what was precisely the reason for the
Guggenhammers and the big English
concerns sending in their high-salaried
experts. That was their scheme. That
was why they had approached him for
the sale of worked-out claims and tall
ings. They were content to let the
small mine-owners gopher out what
they could. for there would be mil
lions in the leavings.
And. gazing down on the smoky IN
ferno OF crude effort. Daylight outlined
the new game he would play. game
in which the Guggenhammers and the
rest would have to reckon with him.
But along with the delight in the new
conception came a WEAKNESS. He was
tired of the long Arctic years, and he
was curious about the Outside-the
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

ing picture architsct-a specialist In
the designing and building OF motion
picture houses-ald he was told to go
ahead and build two Of the best ones
he ever planned.
The result more than repaid the plan
ners. When the theaters were turned
over to the railroads they were fully
up to eIpectati ons. The entrances to
foyer of the two was from the main
body of the Coliseum and the two wide
doorways were brilliantly lighted with
electric signs. The foyer ran the full
length OF tho Coliseum Annex and was
wide. Under foot was a soft carpet,
and on the walls were scenes OF farm
and home life in the west. y
Theaters Are Resting Place.
The theaters themselves also were
reached by two broad doorways each.
Inside they were carpeted and fitted
with comfortable wide armed opera
chairs that furnished the grateful rest
ing place to the thousands that had
been Cooking around" in the big Coli
scum and standing about on the con-
crete floors until their feet ached. The
walls OF the theaters also were COW
cred with paintings OF western scenes.
In addition to the farm scenes were
views OF several of the immense irri-
cation projects. and a number OF the
scenic wonders OF the world.
The "cages" for the moving picture
operators were flreproof, so that In
case Of accident no fame could reach
out into the body OF the house. The
ceilings Of the two halls were beamed
and paneled and the interior decora-
lions were equal to those of any thea
ter in Chicago In the front OF each
room was the platform on which the
lecturers stood, and to the left OF this
was the screen on which the pictures
were thrown. This was one huge sheet
without seam to mark or mar 1t, and
the reflections cast we're as clear as It
was possible to make them.
FIve Hundred Lectures Given.
Five hundred and six lectures were
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tired from the sighta they had seen
and the hard floor they had tramped.
They sank down into our comfortable
seats. rested their feet on our padded
floor, and just listened. Then when the
lights were lowered and the beautiful
ly colored stereopticon pictures were
thrown on the screen. their eyes wero
rested BY the soft colors OF the flow
ers, the waving grain and the hand
some homes shown them. In the mo
ton pictures they were shown the
methods OF farming. the scenic won
ders OF our lines. and tho many cit
les which We reach. Altogether. be-
lieve that we reached the people in
this way better than We could In any
other"
o. Thousands Get Literature.
As the throngs passed from the the
aters after each lecture they we're sent
out through the front OF the rooms.
into a wide hallway between the audi
forums. On one side OF this hallway
was long counter where literature
descriptive OF the Union Southern Pa
cific territory was handed them and
tens OF thousands also registered their
names and addresses. These will be
turned over to the communities in the
railroads territory for their benefit in
order that they may get into direct
touch with persons seeking new
homes.
The cost OF space hitting up and op-
Grating tho two theaters was a heavy
one. and at the end OF the % days OF
the exposition the men behind the ex-
hibit discovered that their little for
tune Of $4,000 had been spent.
With the close OF the land show
workmen tore out all the handsome
paintings. and the chairs and other
comfortable fittings. and within a few
hours nothing was left except that
which the railroad men wanted-tho
memory, planted deep in the minds OF
tens OF thousands OF persons, of their
part Of the West and Its opportuni-
ties.
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SPENDING A FORTUNE TO TELL
OTHERS HOW TO GAIN WEALTH

given in the two theaters in the 20
days the Land Show was opener an
average of % lectures a day. Thirty
different men and women from differ
ent parts OF the country sent out the
call for their particular sections: each
Presenting in his or her own way the
advantages TO DO derived from resid-
ing there. 80 :.
Governors day at the Land Show
was November %. and on that day
the Union-Southern Pacific companies
threw open their theaters to the gov
errors OF ten western states, welcom-
ed them there. and It was there that
the messages Of these states were told
10 Chicago. Other distinguished visit
ors were invited. and they also talk
ed to thousands. On tho special days
OF the states represented at the expo
sition the programs were given as
usual thing. in one OF these theaters.
Men stood at each door OF the two
theaters all day long with counters
in their hands. and every person that
entered was licked on on the little
watch-like machines they held. At the
end OF each day the total was taken
from each and they were set back TO
zero again ready for the next day.
In this way accurate count was kept
OF the $4,000 men. women and chill
dren who were told the message OF
the west.
Message Straight TO Hearts.
I'VE found that we sent our mes
sage straight into the hearts OF the
land hungry" said an official OF the
railroads who WAS present during the
land show. They came into our lit
tie theaters with their eyes and feet
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

This Is a story OF how a comfortable
little fortune was spent in three weeks:
1t wasn't squandered. and In its way
that fortune put potential wealth into
the hands of more than $4,000 per
sons in Chicago.
To begin at the beginning: When
the third Chicago Land Show was be-
ing planned the Union and Southern
Pacific railroad companies began to
plan also how they could attract their
share of the hundreds of thousands
that would visit the show, to their ter
ritory. Many things were discussed
the first being the idea of booths in
which to display the products grown
along the lines Of the RAILROADS.
That won't do" said Gerritt Fort
and Charles s. Fee, passenger traffic
managers of the Union and Southern
Pacific railroads. We've got to have
something different this year. Last
year we showed what our farmers
can do. This year We want to show
what all OF us can do"
Plan to Spend Fortune.
And right there began the plans
for spending this fortune. After doz-
en- different suggestions had been
thrashed out there was evolved the
one used. that OF having two moving
picture palaces built into the Coliseum
at Chicago and there showing stereop-
ticon and moving pictures not only OF
farm life but OF town and city life
along the Union and Southern Pacific
lines.
Twenty thousand dollars was the
sum decided upon as necessary to
make the display. The space at the
Coliseum that was allotted TO the rail-
roads was put in the hands OF a NOV
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CHAPTER vi.

1t was held by the thousands OF
hero-worshipping chechaquos that Day
light was a man absolutely without
fear But BEETLES and Dan Macdonald
and other sourdoughs shook their
heads and laughed as they mentioned
women. And they were right. He had
always been afraid of them from the
time. himself a lad of seventeen. when
Queen Anne. of Juneau, made open
and ridiculous love to him. For that
matter, he never had known women.
Born In mining-camp where they
were rare and mysterious, having no
sisters. his mother dying while he was
an infant, he had never been in con-
tact with them.
But 1t was left to the Virgin to give
him his final fright. She was found
one morning dead in her cabin. A
shot through the head had done it,
and she had left no message, no ex-
PLANTATION. Then came the talk. Some
wit. voicing public opinion. called it a
case of too much Daylight. She had
killed herself because of him. Every
body knew this, and said so. The cor
respondents WlOlt IL up anu ONCE
more Burning Daylight, King OF the
Klondike, was sensationally featured
in the Sunday supplements of the
United States. The Virgin had
Strengthened up, so the feature-stories
ran, and correctly so. Never had she
entered a Dawson City dance-hall.
When she first arrived from Circle
City, she had earned her living by
washing clothes. Next. she had bought
a sewing-machine and made mems
drill parkas, fur caps, and moosehide
mittens. Then she had gone as a clerk
into the First Yukon Bank. All this.
and more, was known and told, though
one and all were agreed that Day
light, while the cause. had been the
innocent cause Of her untimely end.
And the worst, of 1t was that Day
Hight knew 1t was true. Always would
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

now when he looked back on 1t and
felt again the touch of her lips on his
hand. She was saying good-by, an
eternal good-by. and he had never
guessed. At that very moment, and
for all the moments of the evening,
coolly and deliberately, as he well
knew her way, she had been resolved
to die. II he had only known It! Un-
touched by the contagious malady
himself, nevertheless he would have
married her If he had had the slight
est inkling of what she contemplated.
And yet he knew, furthermore, that
hers was a certain stiff-kneed pride
that would not have permitted her to
accept marriage as an act of philan-
thropy. There had really been no saw
ing her, after all. The love-disease
had fastened upon her, and she had
been doomed from the first to perish
of 1t.
Six thousand spent the winter Of
1897 in Dawson, work on the creeks
went on apace, while beyond the pass
es 1t was reported that one hundred
thousand more were waiting for the
spring. Late one brief afternoon. Day
light, on the benches between French
Hill and Shookum Hill, caught a wild
er vision of things. Beneath him lay
the richest part of Eldorado Creek,
while up and down Bonanza he could
see for miles. 1t was scene OF a
vast devastation. The hills. to their
tops. had been shorn of trees, and
their naked sides showed signs OF gor-
ing and perforating that even the
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

he remember that last night he had
seen her. He had thought nothing OF
it at the time; but, looking back, he
was haunted by every little thing that
had happened. In the light OF the
tragic event. he could understand
everything-her quietness. that calm
gertrude as II all vexing questions OF
living had been smoothed out and
were gone. and that certain ethereal
and done that had been almost mater
nal. He remembered the way she had
looked at him, how she had laughed
when he narrated Mickey Dolan's mis-
take in stalking the fraction on Shook
UNI Gulch. Her laughter had been
lightly joyous, while at the same time
1t had lacked its old-time robustness.
Not that she had been grave or sub
dued. On the contrary, she had been
so patiently content, so filled with
peace. She had fooled him, fool that
he was. He had even thought that
night that her feeling for him had
passed. and he had taken delight In
the thought. and caught visions Of the
satisfying future friendship that would
be theirs with this perturbing love
out OF the way.
And then, when he stood at the
door. cap in hand. and said good night
1t had struck him at the time as a
funny and embarrassing thing. her
bending over his hand and kissing it..
He had felt like fool. but he shivered
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great world OF which he had heard
other men talk and of which he was
as ignorant as a child. There were
games out there to play. 1t was a
larger table, and there was no reason
why he with his millions should not
sit In and take a hand. So ip was,
that afternoon on Skookum Hill, that
he resolved to play this last best Klon-
dixie hand and pull for the Outside. 1t
took time, however. He put trusted
agents to work on the heels of great
experts. and on the creeks where they
began to buy he likewise bought.
Wherever they tried to corner a
worked-out creek. they found him
standing In the way. owning blocks OF
claims or artfully scattered claims
that put all their plans to naught
Followed wars, truces, compromises.
victories. and defeats. BY 1898. sixty
thousand men were on the Klondike.
and all their fortunes and affairs
rocked back and forth and were af-
fected by the battles Daylight fought.
And more and more the taste for the
larger game urged in Daylight's mouth.
Here he was already locked in crap
pies with the great Guggenhammers.
and winning. fiercely winning. Pos
sibly The severest struggle was waged
on Ophir, the veriest OF moose-pas-
lures, whose iow-grade dirt was valu-
able only because of its vastness. The
ownership OF block OF seven claims
in the heart OF 1t gave Daylight his
grip. and they could not come to terms.
The Guggenhammer experts conclud-
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Elan Harnish, known all through Alas
ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
30th birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
to heavy gambling. in which over 100000
is staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge. telling his friends that he will be
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensationally
rapid run across country with the mail.
appears at the Tivoli and is now ready
10 ioin his friends in a dash to the new
gold fields Deciding that gold will be
found in the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons of -four which he declares
will be worth its weight in gold. but
when he arrives with his flour he finds
the big fiat desolate. a comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps rich har-
vest
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Dire Necessity.

Yes. sir. in year from now this
Amalgamated Balloon stock will be
worth $4,000 and I'll sell 1t to you for
so cents"
IF it'll be worth $4,000 in a year
from now. why don't you keep 1t your.
self"
well. you see. need a shave and
hair cut. and I'd be a holy show II I
waited that longitude.
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Hope.

He-They say men of brains live
long.
She-Well, hope for the best. You
may prove one of the exceptions.
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Referred to the photographer.
To Renege-Not to follow suit.
To Remote begin subtitle.
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Constipation causes many serious dis.
eases. 1t is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One o laxative,
three for cathartic.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

The evils and sorrows that affiIct
mankind are Of mankind,s own max.
ing.-Marie Coreill
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-15

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BHOMO Quinlno Tablets.
Druggists refund money " IL fails 70 euro. * w,
6HOVkS signature IL on each boz. &c.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-18
PROGRESSIVE" SENATORS HOLD 4 MEETING.

The meeting Of what we're termed
 progressive senators, in sympathy with President Wilson" held in Wash. ington Monday night was no doubt for the purpose Of forming a cabaI for the control Of tine democratic major fly in that body during its next ses. sion. We believe there can be 10 good come to the democratic party or the nation by such a move If the coun ITy is 70 be benefited by the demo cratic administration that benefit must come from a harmonious majority in thc senate where there will be only a mere control by one or perhaps two votes. The dispatch from Washing. lon refers to the members who al. tended this meeting of progressive senators as ~iusurgent democrat.s senators" which reminds us that the appearance Of "insurgent" republican senators was the signal for the total disruption of the republican party in the country for which the Lord be praised. But insurgency in the demo
 cratic ranks before seven the new Dresiden, has been inaugurated or thc rev congress organized would seem to De rather premature. It is not stated just what the object oi these democratic lpsrqgents is to be iaost prominent further than the, Nili support a @progresslye policy bat fha progressiyencss Of some Of these senators go much farther than ! resident Wilson wiH agree to If weI orc 10 take hia spoken and written
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-18

les. His fees are small in comparison With theirs. Sometimes his diction IS less perfect. He is often not as sleek and well groomed. Generally speaking he knows as much law as his city colleague because he is rarely a spe- elalist He takes all sorts of cases, like his friend the country doctor, and digs out the law and the facts for himself without a corps of assist ants. He becomes resSrceful. He s ready in emergencies. Generally speaking he has a good sense Of hum or, whetted 10 a keen edge by the
 rich experience Of practice in the courthouse of country circuit. He IS always a prominent citizen of b.s community, and nearly always. he becomes Judge automatically by popular consent, althoufh he may never have sat upon the bench. or IS dubbed Colonel Or Major" or Gen eraP' if he Is a Southerner. And de- spite the fact that his fees are no; large, as compared with those of met lopolitan lawyers, he usually manages to accumulate good deal before he is middle-aged.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-18

any other country to undertake the i immensely difficult task Of framing d
 fundamental instrument of govern.
 ;nent for nation. The nation was then
 a small one and it is one of the most striking tributes 10 the genius ani foresight Of the men that that franc or government which they desi gnatei
 for 3,ocOOCO people should have proved fitting to serve the needs Of 99.OOO.OOO.
 What have to say of the consti- tuition must refer chiefly to the past because its provisions seem to be now not so far removed from the field of political controversy as they have been since 1865. Fortunately there is plenty to be said without trespassing On that controversial field from which ny official position debars me.
 The whole or your history since 17S9 is a record of the services which the constitution has rendered to you. It formed anew or at least was brought by your ancestors from England.
 Every government in which popu. lar society is recognized needs to be T some way or other steadied.
 With you, where class counts for so much less than it does in Europe, and where traditions have not had SO much power, there have been many moments when things would have gone badly had it not been for the respect you have all formed for tho constitution. In particular you have shown the world how it is possible to reconcile national unity with the exist cuce of local seif-goyernment in larger and smaller communities over the i'm mcnse spaces Of a continent, a rrob. lem which a century and a half aga everyone would have thought insol- uhle. Thus has the constitution of the United States become, by the ex. ample of it's workings and the halo Of fame which now surrounds it, one of ,he vitalizing forces Of the world. Lo: us honor the memory of the HIustrious service not only to you but to al | mankind
Bisbee daily review., 1912-12-18
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CIIOwton Gazetf.

tliOwtOn Gazette.
 This, ladies and gentlemen. is from a speech delivered at the progressive gathering in Chicago:
 TT We prOgressiyes expect 10 win We must do so by hard, earnest work and teaching. We never can win by abuse"
 The speaker was l.. A. Pease .f New York who acknowledged that he knew Boss William J. Banners. Jr.. and knew him for a fine gentleman and 8 good citizen notwithstandipg their differences in political opinion The statement, at such a gathering. by a bull moose leader, was consid- cred SO sensational that the Asso- ciated Press actually devoted more space to Tecounting the fact than ft did to the Roosevelt dinner with Jane Addams.
 Mir. Pease Is eteTnialIy right and his advice applies to republicans as well ss bull moosers. This abuse bus mess has been worked to death.
 But first of all Mr. Pease wants fo get his leader, the colonel. over in the corner and tell it 10 him so he will understand just exactly what he means.