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The Forrest City times., 1912-10-18
Tuesday. November j. 1912.

Tuesday, November j, 1912. for the purpose of voting for two Presidential electors for the state al large. one Presidential elector for each of the seven Congressional ilstricts, and one representative to the Lower House oi the Congress of the United states for the First IongreSSiuual District of inc state of Arkansas.
 :, Said election will be held by the judges In the several townships aS stated below, who VII make returns of same to the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Francis County. Arkansas aS required by law:
 VOTING PRECINCTS AND PLACES ., Madison Township Precinct No. l. at Madison Township-Prccinet No. ,. at the County Court House, Forrest City
 Madison Township Precinct No q First Ward, Forrest City, sam Hodges store house. Madison Township-precinct No |. Second Ward, Forrest City, at the office of Forrest Madison Township Precinct No. !. Third Ward, Forrest City, at City Hall
 Franks Township Precinct No I. at Futile ton. at A. !. Pipkln's Residence.
 Franks Township-Precinct No. !, at Bonair. at Rarker's blacksmith shop.
 Blackhsh Township-Preclnct No I. al Rawlison, at Ashworthss store.
 Blackhsh Township-Precinct No a, al Cowan's store
 Griggs Township Precinct No. I. al Widen CT, at liouston's old store house.
 Griggs Township p-Precinct No. 2. al Nose Icy school House.
 Griggs Township Precinct No. 3./ at Round fOnU.
 Johnson Township-at New Castle at the house Of the New Castle Gin Company. Telico Township-at Colt, at the house be- tween the gin of the Colt Gin Company, and the old Williams store house
 L'Anguille Townshp-at the school house at, M Macedonia.
 Prairie Township-at Palestine at the store house formerly occupied by Mir. Felix Hall Goodwin Township p-at Goodwin, at Reedy' $ Mill.
 Wheatley Township-at Wheatiey. at Dr. Bettis' new building
 The polls will open at o'clock a. m, and close at 6:;D o'clock E. m.
 All mills, shops and factories in St Francis County and the State of Arkansas, are re- quired by law to close down on election day, or exchange their working forces not later than o'clock ?. m, oQ election day, so that all employees who are legally entitled to do so, may vote.
 All dramshops and drinking houses in said county must be closed at sunrise on said day, and remain closed until sunrise on the follow . ing day.
 Given under my hand this 4th day of Octo- Der, 1912, at Forrest City, Arkansas.
 J. F. MCDougal. sheriff and Ex-Officio Collector of the ReYe-
 nues of St. Francis County, Arkansas.
The Forrest City times., 1912-10-18
They Make Ton Feel Good.

The pleasant purgative effect pro- duced by Chamberlain's Tablets and the healthy conditions of body and mind which they create make one feel joyful. For sale by all dealers
The Forrest City times., 1912-10-18
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Ky virtue Of the authority vested In me hy the constitution and laws Of the state of Ark aHsas, hereby proclaim and make known that an election will he held in St Francis County. nf snil st nfr on
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-25

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Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Sounded Like Him.

They tell story out my way about
a Kansan who. in the old days when
Mark Hanna was prominent, went to
church, took his seat in a rear pew
and went to sleep. When he woke up
he awoke with start, and he must
have thought himself at a political
meeting.
The minister had just thundered,
To him that hath shall be given and
to him that hath not shall be taken
away even that which he hath"
"Who said that" asked the bewil-
dered politician, who had just awak-
ened.
The minister stopped. looked at the
sleepy interrupter and then said lacon-
lcally, Mark"
Well" said the politician, at
sounds like Hanna"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

jects for a considerable distance, and
will travel at least 20 miles, SO that
they could be received and recorded
by a suitable apparatus at that dis
tance, and would be able to travel
at least five miles and send back to
the ship reflected echo that would
be strong enough to be detected"
Sir Hiram point out that in pro-
viding a ship with sixth sense"
three distinct devices must be COM
bined: one for producing and sending
out the necessary sound waves. one
for receiving the reflected waves and
making them audible by ringing bells
and another apparatus for recording
the amplitude of the waves. Here Is
his description Of the apparatus he
has invented:
For producing the vibrations of
waves I prefer to use modified form
OF siren, the disk being rotated at q
suitable speed by motor of some
kind. preferably an electric motor. I
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
New Mexico.

The Phelps-Dodge company is push.
ing work on their copper mines al
Fierro, preparatory to working them
on large scale and with big force
Another evidence of the awakening
Of new life in the old gold mining
camp of Pinos Altos is the present op.
Grafton of the Pacific No. 2, better
known as the Skillicorn at Silver City
Since the summer rains have start.
ed in, the placer miners, of whom
there always are some at Pinos Altos,
have been buster than usual. One OF
the peculiar features of this camp is
the fact that the washing out of gold
from the various gulches seems to be
a never-ending source Of income.
1t is stated that arrangements are
practically complete for the resump.
ton Of work in the Burros by the Man.
gas Development Company. There can
be little doubt but that the building OF
a railroad into tho district, as seems
likely to occur now. will result in very
general activity in the many promls.
ing properties at present undergoing
development.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Only Decoration That the British Sol.
dIers Value Highly ls the
"vlctorla Cross"

The fact that there are no fewer
than $4,000 medals stored at Wool
wich awaiting claimants causes one
to wonder whether the soldier puts 80
high a value on medals as is usually
supposed
Nearly all OF these medals are for
the Boer war. and there is special
government department with a staff
of clerks endeavoring to trace the
owners. Besides these Boer war
medals. there are 1000 medals for the
Zulu war which have never been
claimed, and even to this day belated
claims are still put in for medals for
the Crimea and Indian mutiny.
A short time ago. for example, a
veteran named James Crystal applied
for and received medal for Afghan.
istan. after lapse of thirty years.
Most Of the Boer war medals at
Woolwich belong to irregulars. who
Joined on the outbreak OF the war.
and. after It was over. scattered all
over the world. But many regulars
have not troubled to claim the medal,
alleging that It Is too cheap. and con.
sidering that 100000 Of the medals
we're struck, It Is certainly never like
ly to become rarity.
Before tho days Of Waterloo very
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

But just as soon as darkness set in
and the captain began to suspect
that icebergs or other dangerous OBJ
jects were close at hand. it would be-
come useful. OF its operation under
such circumstances Sir Hiram says:
1T should be used constantly send.
ing out the blasts in every direction.
II the sea were perfectly clear. the
blasts sent out would be recorded at
the very instant of their production,
but no echo would be returned other
than that due to the waves of the sea,
which would provide a zigzag line Of
small amplitude; but II there should
happen to be an object OF any con-
siderable size at distance no greater
than two or three miles, the zigzag
line on the paper would be changed.
the amplitude OF the waves would be
greater and would be very noticeable
To make sure, the blasts could be
repeated several times; and then. II
It would indicate the presence of some
object. and the length of paper be-
tween the primary blast and the echo
would indicate the distance that the
object was from the ship. It might
be so arranged that one inch OF paper
represented mile.
THE receiving instruments can be
placed anywhere on the ship where
they can be turned in the same d.
rection that the siren is turned. and
there may be as many OF them as
desirable"
Sir Hiram points out that there are
vastly more accidents to ships caused
by running ashore than by collision.
and that n coast does not need to pre-
sent very bold sea front to produce
very strong echo" on his appara-
tus. II ship provided with his ap-
paratus was approaching the coast OF
Ireland. he says. the echo would be
sufficiently strong to show itself over
u distance OF ut least ten miles.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Wyoming.

The production of copper in Wyom.
ing in 1911 was 11S,5S4 pounds, val
ued at S14,s23.
The value of the production of gold
silver and copper in Wyoming in 1911
according to Charles w. Henderson OF
the United States Geological Survey,
was $34,407, an increase of s2,173 over
the value of these metals for 1910.
The recent big. strike of high grade
gold ore made by Glass, Smelser and
Stewart in the Klondike property up
under the Snowy range about ten miles
from Centennial, continues TO attract
much attention. Recently a sample lot
of this ore taken from the surface
and consisting of 500 pounds was
shipped to Denver for treatment and
the results were highly satisfactory
Some of this shipment went as high
as $3.50 per ton, while the entire lot
much of which was considerably
leached surface ore, averaged better
than SIG.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

instead Of ringing bell It producer
. diagram Of the disturbances In the
air-that is. when there Is no noise
except that due to the action of the
ship or the sea waves. wavy line
10 produced, but whenever the vibra
tons sent out by the vibrator strike
an object and return, the wavy line
on the paper becomes very much In
creased in amplitude. so as to be cas-
lily observed. and the distance that the
object Is from the ship can be meas
ured by the length Of the paper strip
between the giving on Of the vibra-
tions and the receiving Of the echo;
therefore. the distance can be de.
termined with a considerable degree
OF nicely. and the size of the object
may be determined by the amplitude
OF the waves that return.
The inventor says that the appara-
tus for producing the atmospheric
vibrations should be placed well for.
ward on the main deck Of the ship
or in any position where it can be
turned about from port to starboard.
1t should be secured to the deck very
firmly. and connected. by means of
three-inch pipe, with high-pres-
sure boiler. A straightaway valve
should be placed in the pipe near
the boiler, and some means should
be found of preventing the accumula-
ton Of water in the pipe leading to
the apparatus.
Except in foggy or stormy weather.
the apparatus would be merely orna-
mental, of course. until 1t were used
for communicating with other ships.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Brother Was Lying.

. Police courts are not always marked
by an atmosphere of piety. but the ex-
ceptfon to the rule occurred in a court
where very religious man, against
whom one of the neighbors had made
complaint, was being tried for some
trivial offense. The complaining W.T.
ness was called to the STAND to relate
his side of the story, and the defen-
dant listened closely for several min
utes. Then his personal feelings over
rode court etiquette, and he rushed up
to the judge, fervently exclaiming:
your Honor, the brother is lying
Praise the Lord!"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

great amplitude and power they are
able to travel over great distances.
and when they come In contact with
body the waves are reflected back
to the ship in the same manner that
sound would be reflected back, but
this echo would not be audible to the
human ear.
Il therefore provide an apparatus
which might be considered as an arti-
ficial ear. It is provided with large
diaphragm tightly drawn over
drum-shaped cylinder. and SO ar
ranged that the atmospheric pressure
is always the same on both sides,
quite irrespective OF any air blast. 1t
is therefore always able to vibrate
freely in response to the waves of the
echo. and its vibrations are made to
open and close certain electrical cir
scuits which ring a series Of bells of
various sizes. If. for example. the
object is very small or at a very great
distance from the ship. a very small
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
WAR MEDALS NOT CLAIMED

few medals were issued. The first
medal ever issued was that given to
the Elizabethan seamen who defeated
the Armada. and the earliest military
decoration was a silver badge issued
by Charles ] in 1643 for presentation
to soldiers who had distinguished
themselves in forlorn hopes.
Waterloo was the first occasion
when there was general issue OF
medals. and since that time. instead
of issuing too few medals. England
has gone, perhaps to the other ex-
treme. Soldiers point out that the
same decoration is awarded to the
man who has been fighting at the
front and carrying his life in his
hands for months, as to the man In a
regiment which has never stirred
from the base OF operations or so
much as seen the enemy.
Every effort Is made by the author
tiles to see that medals reach their
owners. apd II the owner OF medal
happens to be dead, the medal is for
warded to his next Of kin. Yet there
are still large numbers unclaimed.
and according to the regulations now
in force. at the end Of ten years
time the medals will be broken up
and the silver debited, to the mint.
The Victoria Cross. Of course. is n
decoration Of quite another character,
and soldier would as soon think Of
parting with his life as with his Vic
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
The ChiIdless Apartment.

Bliffkins and his wife live in one
of these fashionable, childless apart
ment houses. The visiting friend
speaks.
Say, what became of that pretty
bull terrier you used to have around
to keep Mrs. Bliffkins company dur
ing the day?"
The management wouldn't stand
for it, so we gave him away. We ven-
tured a canary. but they kicked on
that. l suggested some goldfish, but
Mrs. Bliffkins said they reminded her
u swimming snakes"
How'd you finally agree'?"
"Excellently. l bought her one Of
these Mexican jumping beans It's
cute as it can be. Say, Clara. get out
little Pedro and make him do some Of
his stunts"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
impossible Clews.

Frederick Koehler, Cleveland's po.
lice chief, was talking about detective
stories to a Cleveland novelist
The trouble about the average de-
tective story" he said, "is that 1t IL
too evidently cooked up. The olews
are to unnatural, too unreal, too i'm
possible. When think OF the clews
In an average detective story / recall
conversation between two city of.
dcials. The first city official
said to the second, on a snowy
day: That new snow shoveler of
yours was evidently a bookkeeper or
a clerk in the past
"How can you tell?' asked the 9th
er official.
why said the first, whenever he
finishes job Of snow shoveling he
tries to put his shovel behind his
ear"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Par.henon In Danger Of Collapse.

A shock will be given to lovers OF
antiquity by the suggestion made In
the Revue des Beaux Arts that the
Parthenon is in serious danger OF col.
lapse. Within the las. tw,nty years
tie columns seem to have lost their
rigidity, and unless the work OF
strengthening the foundations is taken
in hand disaster may follow. The
cause OF the threatened collapse is
the removal by archeologists OF
sculptcred ruins OF an earlier temple
on the Acropolis which served as
foundations for the Parthenon. and
which have been taken to various mu.
seums for display and preservation
No effective precautions were taken to
replace these relics by fresh masonry.
Modern Greece has no money to SPARE
for the necessary work OF rest ..ation.
but It should not be difficult for thore
countries which have benefited from
the spoliation OF the treasures of Ath.
ehr to raise funds to prevent the de.
struction Of one Of the wonders of
the world.-Westpinster Gazette.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Arizona.

That oil indications are excellent
from the north side Of the Catalina
mountains to Woolley, near Kelvin. is
declared by geological experts who
have gone over the ground carefully.
Arizona's mining situation is improv.
ing, the price OF copper bringing many
properties again into operation. Ari.
zona leads in copper production. Total
yield in 1909 was 305,506.390 pounds.
Tho yield In 1910 was 297.491. ISL
pounds, valued at s37.7S1.376.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
rs, are as follows +:

The Vindicator mill on Battle noun
tain is reducing about 500 tons of low
grade ore every twenty-four hours.
The Prince Albert property on Bea-
con hill is again quite active and four
sets of lessees are operating on that
ground.
Little doubt is now held that heavy
tonnages of good ore will be mined at
great depths in the Portland Gold
Mining Company's properties at Grip
pie Creek.
With twelve sets of lessees operat-
ing on the Ajax property OH Battle
mountain the output of that mine is
better than thirty cars a month and
the ore shipped is averaging one and
half ounces gold to the ton.
With the report of the Gold Dollar
Consolidated Mining Company of Colo
RADIO Springs for the three months
ending July 81, 1912, are enclosed div
idend checks at a rate of one-half cent
share, and amounting to s12,5o0.
With three shifts of men working
night and day the Niggerhead Coal
Company of Walsenburg has sunk
both the air shaft and main shaft a
distance of $50 feet to the Solar vein
at their new mine and are rapidly
pushing the work to the working vein
at the depth of 500 feet. The shafts
will be the deepest in this district.
A large amount of work is being
done on the Vindicator mine at Grip
pie Creek and more ore is in sight
than has been exposed in the past five
years. The company is paying a reg
ular dividend every three months and
the last quarterly report showed a
profit of 100000. Several sets of les
sees are mining a good grade of min
eral and are operating at good profit.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

One OF the most important OF the
national conventions. and one in
which the people of the West are par
uculariy interested in. is the National
Irrigation Congress, which will meet
this year in Salt Lake City from Sep.
tember 30th to October 4th.
In the interest of the Congress the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad has
prepared a handsomely illustrated
folder giving history OF irrigation
and a description or many of the irri.
gated sections in the Rocky Mountain
Region. which II is distributing to dele
gates to the Congress and others inter.
ested in the general subject OF irrlga-
tion.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Seen, But Not Sawed.

Housekeeper-How is this? You
promised to saw some wood IL l gave
you lunch
Tramp recall no such promise,
madam
Housekeeper-The idea, I told you
would give you lunch if you'd saw
some wood, and you agreed.
Tramp-Pardon me, madam: your
exact words were: "I1l give you a
.unch If you saw that wood over there
by the gate
House sekeeper-Exactly; that's just
what l said.
Tramp-Well, madam, saw that
wood over there by the gate when l
came in.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

toria Cross. But this is far from be-
ing the case with other medals. and
Rudyard Kipling tells how he has
seen soldiers wager their Indian gen.
eral service medal on the toss for the
price OF a pot of beer.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

Briefly stated. he wishes to provide
ships with a sixth sense" repre-
sented by an apparatus that will send
out vibrations and record minutely
the echoes caused by them If they
strike against any hard object near
the ship = An iceberg, for example.
Sir Hiram got his idea of this sixth
sense from the bat, which. according
to him and other scientists, possesses
such a sense. and is able by means OF
1t to find its way about In the dark
with perfect ease.
The inventor explains his invention
In a pamphlet Just published by him
In London. The wreck of the Titantic
was severe and painful shock to US
ALL" he writes. Il asked myself: Has
science reached the end of its tether?
Is there no possible means OF avoid
Ing such a deplorable loss of life and
property At the end Of four hours
1t occurred to me that ships could be
provided with what might be ap-
propriately called sixth sense. that
would detect large objects In their
immediate vicinity without the aid
Of searchlight."
Then Sir Hiram set to work to
study the bats peculiar possession
In an endeavor to apply 1t to prevent
Ing marine collisions, and soon hit
upon the idea which he now makes
public Before describing the new
Maxim apparatus 1t is well to set
down what he has to say about that
which inspired it. the sixth sense Of
the bat.
Every naturalist that has either
experimented on bats or writes on
the subject" he says. seems to ad-
init that the extraordinary append
ages attached to the bats face are
organs OF perception more or less
allied to the sense OF feeling. but
not one Of them. SO far as can learn.
has ever suggested that these organs
are for the purpose Of receiving the
echo from the vibrations of the wings.
think was the first to discover this
The inventor goes on to show that
the wings of the bat are extremely
sensitive and very well provided with
nerves, which is also true of the va
rious organs OF the bats face. These
nerves. he maintains, are intimately
connected with each other and with
the brain. Thus a bat. flying about
in total darkness. seers out, by
means OF its wings. a series of pulsa-
tons or wave-like sound waves, but
too low to be considered sound.
These waves. striking against all
surrounding objects. are reflected
back to their source, Just as sound
and light are. and these reflections
Of the vibrations. being received by
the sensitive organs on the face Of
the bat, enable 1t to Judge the dis
tance to any object by the lapse of
time between the sending cut and
the receiving Of the waves.
Coming. then. to his collisiun-pre-
venter. Sir Hiram says:
Suppose now that We construct an
apparatus that will produce atmo-
spheric vibrations Of about the same
frequency as those produced by the
bat, but instead OF using the infini-
tesimal amount Of energy employed
by the bat, we use 200 or 3OO-horse-
power-that is. we send out waves
that have an amplitude and energy at
least 100000 times as great as those
sent out by the bat. These vibra.
tions. although Of great energy, will
not be audible to our ears. but they
will shake up and agitate light OBJ
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
A DAVIS Work.

II would like, If you please, sir, to
take a day off tomorrow"
why, Smithers? Anybody sick at
your homer"
No, sir. but there are couple Of
children coming to visit mine and my
wife told me the kids wanted to ask
me a few questions. Baltimore
American.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
Inaccurate Destination.

You refer to yourself as a public
servant" said Senator Sorghum.
Yes" replied the official
We'll, l don't think I would use
the word servant My wife tells me
that when servants talk about resign
Ing they always do So"
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
TREND OF METAL PRICES.
Colorado.
Cripple Creeks August Output
S1,193,495.
IN 3 r ! E F

Cripple Creek.-The output from
the Cripple Creek district for the
month of August reached the magnifi-
cent sum of $1,193,495, with a gross
tonnage OF 75,426. The value of the
ore showed an increase over July,
while the tonnage was slightly de-
creased. The figures, as furnished by
the superintendent Of the mills and
Smelters are as follows.
Gilpin observer., 1912-09-12

bell rings. while large object at a
distance of two miles would ring a
larger bell. and very large object
still larger bell. This apparatus
gives an audible notice II anything is
ahead OF the ship.
The other apparatus is similar, but