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Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

Ditchfeld in his "Old English Customs" says
that the Christmas tree was first imported into
England by some German merchants who lived
at Manchester in the first years Of the nineteenth
century.
In 1900 a writer on folklore said: Although
accustomed to consider Germany the
home of the Christmas tree, it has not been gen
eral there for more than a couple of centuries
Old people still living whose parents never
saw one in Germany. The decoration OF houses
with olive leaves and green branches. In Eng
land at Christmas. is far more ancient custom
and can be noticed in Botticellls picture OF "The
Alteration of the Shepherds" In the National Gal
lery In London. 1t is. as Fritz Ortwein observes
a distinct remnant of an ancient heather custom
as at the turn OF the year during the twelve
days OF the Jul festival in honor of Woden green
cry could be fetched by all from the woods
without punishment, and every hall was deco
rated with green leaves and branches.
Again, In old works English customs we
find many references to the decorating of the
interior of the dwellings. as well as the pious
adornment Of the churches with greenery, and
the Introduction of fir tree as symbolica OF
the palm. In the halls of the barons and the
squires and in the gigantic kitchens OF the
farmers AR tree held prominent place.
but whether ordinarily decorated not Is not
specifically recorded Here we are in doubt
In all probability the remaining fruits OF the
orchards of the year were hung upon the
branches az n Precipitation to the gods OF the
fruits Of the earth to insure good harvests
Going abroad get fuller knowledge OF these
things. The custom OF carrying away branches
and trees from the woods at Christmas time in
various parts of Austria became extensive on
account OF the superstitions Of the peasantry
that at Salzburg. in 1885, and at Nuremberg in
176S, severe bylaws were issued against persons
Puroining from the forests In some regions OF
Hungary solemn procession with a decorated
tree takes place through each village before the
shepheld play begins. ut is adorned with RIB
bons and fruit, and is supposed to symbolize
the tree of knowledge. Although most Of the
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
Colorado.


Word reached Buena Vista from
lineup, a little mining camp IN Tay-
lor park. to the effect that Mike Ryan,
80, a miner, had died there from De-
ing frozen.
Operations have been resumed full
force by the Grafton Gold Mining
Company, owning the Hoosier mine
ON Tenderfoot hill at Cripple Creek.
and it is expected from the work now
being done that the mine will begin
shipping at once.
The compressor plant at the Belle
vue-Hudson mine at Georgetown was
completely destroyed by fire. All the
machinery, including a six-drill COM
pressor motor is {. mass of ruins. Ihe
fire is attributed to crossed electric
wires. The damage is placed at $4,000,
uninsured.
A record for the sinking Of q shaft
in the Cripple Creek district is now
being made in the Maid of Orleans
mine. according to reports of j. J.
Darnell, the superintendent. In COM
paratively tight granite between five
and six feet day is being sunk
which is declared by all to be the
record. The average feet per day is
three feet in this camp.
All of the mills are running full up
at Cripple Creek and the tonnages Will
be higher than usual for this time of
year. In another week the seasers
and the mines will commence clean
ing up and the week before Christmas
will be a rush week for the mills AID
smelters. Every little leaser will send
his car to the sampler and the large
properties will go their best at this
time, in order to make q whirlwind
end Just before Christmas.
b. F. Upton. one Of the best known
mine managers Of the state. was in
Denver several days buying and ship
ping machinery to Crestone. to be
used in reopening and exploiting the
famous Independent mine. Mr.. Tip
ton IL manager for the Philadelphia
syndicate which owns the Baca grant
near Crestone. and In addition TO per-
sonally directing the recovery OF the
great ore chute in the big producer
Of the state. is making every effort to
arouse interest In the district ada
cent.
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

Christian lore If It were still hedged about
with vestige Of the glory that arrayed 1t in
Paradise
Time was, and time is now, when epilepsy is
one of the scourges of mankind; only now we
look for its cure. we look for its cause in
quite natural means and conditions. The notion
that some poor devil with the falling sickness
has been cursed from on high is held scarcely
compatible. in popular science. with the princi-
pies Of eternal justice with cold observation
of cause and effect
But in times that were in Wales. when an
epileptic developed the symptoms characteristic
Of the disorder. it was commonly believed that
he was being scourged with the rod of Christ '
and that the by which the disease
went although 1t had another designation as
wel-St. Valentines sickness. The cure for 1t
was believed to lie in the Rod of jesse The use
Of the mistletoe the Rod of Jesse in epilepsy
was general and. II faith can work wonders. per
haps the miracle of cure did sometimes attend
its employment
Perhaps 1t didn't II hard-headed science
choose to take shy at that gracious addition to
the list Of miracle-working agents. But whether
1t did or didn't the mstletoes rare birth and
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

fruition still carry with them
the tenderest of Christian
faiths, as they carry, too, the
story Of humanity's most far
reaching disaster. It Is one
Of the Christmas greens
which has the warrant Of re-
ligious associations dating
back to the very beginnings
OF mans creation. even as It
Is accorded the sublime
honor Of typifying the ances-
trail origins of the Redeemer
Of Man himself.
But what about the mistle-
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

to the oppos-
Ing principle
of darkness
or evil. The
p ] a n I which
furnished the
deadly d art
grew on the
slope OF AS
gard. and was
the sole agent
X n o W n to
gods or men
a m o n 9 pol.
sonous plants
xyhtch n N a
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

mains of once horrible Druid rite.
The ceremonies which the mistle-
toe figured in among the ancient
Druids always accorded it a place
of honor. The myths that clung
around it in their wondering, puz.
ziing minds were many more than
the few that have come to us in
these later years. But, old as they
are, those hoary, heathen myths
lack the true flavor. of antiquity
when 1t comes to measuring tradi-
tions by the, centuries.
Oh, we do lot by any means owe
our mistletoe to the Druids. We
can go back SO much further for the
nrst adventures of the mistletoe
that the Druids become merely
modern innovators. It was one of
the noblest Of the trees in Paradise,
the lordly tree of good and evil;
and on it's twig hung the apple
which Mother Eve plucked with
such disastrous consequences. Alas
for Mother Eve and Father Adam!
And alas for US, their punished
heirs-at-law divine! But alas, too,
for the wicked, handsome, tempting
tree OF knowledge which put human
ity In such graceless plight! Upon
its lofty crown, its massive trunk,
Its delicious fruit, descended the
universal curse. It shriveled away
from the Mortified earth; it dwin-
died to the meanest smallness; it
was cast out into the bitter cold;
1t became parasite and beggar,
existing by the bounty of vulgar
neighbors. Only in the pearly
translucence of its shrunken fruit,
the most trivial Of berries, did It
preserve some semblance of its
once radiant splendors
And it has preserved some of its
nrfatfne virfuea ton In Traditional
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
Pay. .ss, 600 lnherItane. Tax.

Topeka, Kan.-The state OF Kansas
received an inheritanceetax Of $4,000
on the 100000 estate of the late
Henry Dexter of New York.
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19


This legend is well propagated in
old Irish and Welsh fairy tales.
The idea is that in ancient Egypt
they used a slip of the palm tree
with twelve shoots on 1t at certain
winter festivities. The tree sym.
boiized the year with its twelve
months.
Consequently, any one who is
equal to the effort may believe that
the modern Christmas tree repre-
sents that twelve-shooted slip of
palm. Minds of less stalwart ere.
dulity may prefer to trace the
christmas tree back to Germany
only. where they had Christmas
trees long before they were ever
heard OF in this country or England
or France.
The Christmas tree was not in.
troduced into England from Ger.
many until after the marriage of
Queen Victoria to her German con-
sort. Prince Albert. But where did
the Germans get the Christmas tree
Idea from? s. ]. Adair Fitz Gerald.
writing In T. P.'s Weekly, offers an
explanation Of this by saying that
far away back in the ages you find
Teutons believing in a mystic ash
tree, Yggdrasil, which, with its
roots and branches, united the
world of the living and the world
OF the dead. "At the foot Of Ygg-
drasil sit the three Norns, who de-
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

10 invented the
Christmas tree?
Whence docs 1t
come? 1t Is q
c u r l us fact
that most of the
o ! d chroniclers
have thrown a
veil Of mystery
a r o u n d t h e
Christmas tree
and make no at
tempt to ex-
plain its origin.
1t has been
stated that the
tree came to us
from n pyD Mt
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

Him! To tell the truth, II we want to be con-
sistently Christian in our Christmas green's and
the purposes to which they should be put. there
isn't anything about it, at least of any records
which such careful investigators Alfred e. p.
Raymond Bowling have dug up while studying
the general subject. None will deny that the
most consistent Christians have taken to the
mistletoe kiss with abundant enthusiasm and a
faith In its excellent results that has been
surpassed. But that doesn't make the mistletoe
kiss any more Christian than It was.
Isn't the excellent story OF foolish Mother Eve
and the original mistletoe apple enough for any
reasonable Christmas decorator who wants to
justify its employment? And II it isn't. haven't
We the legend of the Rod OF Jesse to make 1t
distinctly one OF the Christmas greens? AS for
the kisses that are supposed to go with it--well
II you insist on knowing about them. you'll
simply have to take the consequences. same
Eve did when she insisted tasting OF
that confounded tree OF knowledge.
The mistletoe kiss seems not to be Chris
tian at all Druidical. probably. and therefore
heathenish. and therefore very. very wrong
So, all young men who encounter 1t. artfuly
suspended where pair OF ripe, red lips must
pass do you piousy refrain or more piously
tear down the hoary old temptation and fee
the accursed roof. as II 1t were the house OF
ARIA Marcella and you not Gautier's
young Frenchman. And you' maidens. give
leave to pagan rites; remember the fate OF
your poor Grandmother Eve and beware lest
the fruit OF the mistletoe. accursed tree Of
knowledge, prove now more bitter in the mouth
than It did in Eden.
But II you have ivy. wreathe It generously, for
the French know It as the herb Of st. John, the
disciple whom the Savior loved. the emblem OF
pure friendship, the vine that heeds not decay
and death of its beloved but clings more
closely as the fall impends and bears up it's fall
ing ally against all adversely. Learned students
Of these legends have surmised, too, that 1t may
be the herb of st. John the Baptist, who 10 usual
ly pictured a. the boy In his camel s.hair coat
gazing at his cousin. the infant Jesus
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
TREND OF METAL VALUES.
IN q r | E F

Lead ................... $4.55SS
S SSpeiser '...'........'.'''''' III
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19

Yggdrasils branches bear gifts for men to take"
is that our Christmas tree? Anyhow, the idea
that Prince Albert introduced 1t into Great Brit.
am Is very prevalent. One Of the prettiest and
most eagerly looked for events Of the Christmas
uoe-that OF the setting up of the Christmas
tree-s associated with the late Empress Fred
er1ck OF Germany. Queen Victoria after the
birth OF the princess royal. had Christmas cele-
brated at Windsor in 1S4O and ION that occasion
Prince Albert introduced the pretty German GUS
tom OF decorating Christmas tree. Since that
period 1t has become welcome custom for both
r1ch and poor and affords graceful means OF
distributing little presents. It was probably
hrst imported into Germany with the conquering
legions of Drusus. and is alluded to by Virgil in
the Georges"
1t will be seen by this that the generally ac.
cepted notion is that Prince Albert was respon-
sible for the British adoption Of the pleasing
tree and all that 1t MEANS symbolical and prac-
ucai, to the youngsters. But on the threshold
Of this acceptation are met with this state.
ment from the "Greville Memoirs" under date
Dec. 81. 1929, when Queen Victoria was yet but
ten years old "On Christmas day the Princess
Lieven got up little fete such as is customary
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
New MsxIso MosoIlons.

Banner Group.-Good ore has been
opened on the Olympia claim.
Socorro Mines.-In excess OF 5000
tons we're treated In November.
Mogollon Gold & Copper Co.-One
thousand tons per month is now being
stopped from the Little Charlie mine.
Deadwood Mines.-The mill Is run
ming steadily, handling around fifty
tons per day. High values are com
ing from winze below third level.
some of the ore assaying $1,000 per.
ton.
Ernestine Mining Co.-Six hundred
and eighty tons Of ore treated during
the week. The first two smeltings
in November yielded 1880 troy
ounces Of gold and silver bullion:
16,700 pounds Of high grade concen-
trates was also produced In the 20-day
period.
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
Gain In Copper Production.

New York.-Copper Producers AS
sociation reports stocks of copper on
December l as S6.164,059 pounds. an
increase of 9,419,O95 pounds, as com
pared with 76,744,965 pounds N0vem-
ber l. Production and deliveries COM
pare as follows:
Gilpin observer., 1912-12-19
Arizona.


There Is considerable revival in
mining around Wickenburg, and some
shipments Of ore being made.
Harrington & Ellsworth have made
= shipment Of sllver-lead ore from
their Mineral Hill property In Santa,
Cruz county.
Development and assessment work
around the Vulture is being actively
prosecuted on n claim owned by Joe
Fuller. Considerable coarse gold was
encountered.
The Gibson property near Globe 10
shipping about five carloads Of char
leapyrite ore per month that will aver
age IL per cent. copper. Thirty.five
men are employed at the mine.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
WHERE DOES MR.. GILMORE STANDo

Two years ago the of Alaska showed in an I'M
mistakabe what they thought Of President Tafts
administration of the affairs of this territory and his
tempt to fois upon the country what little better than
military desposm. Not only did they repudate the pro-
posed appointive council but they sent Delegate Wicker
sham back to Washington with increased majority, and
instructed to continue his fight against the lobbyists and
representatives of the Alaska syndicate who wished
control of the vast Of the territory.
But Ill spite of this emphatic reputation of Mr.. Taft
and his Alaskan policy the COrdOva convention led by L. P
Shaceford and W. B. HOggat endorsed the Taft admins
raton and inserted plank to that effect i'll their plat
form How Mr. Gilmore could consistently accept the
nation under such circumstances is for him expain but
minsraOn which the platform contains goes without say
ing.
Now the duplcity of the rule ruin party.
Knowing full we'll that endorsement of the Taft ad-
mnisration would not be acceptable the great body
electors in Interior Alaska the Shackeford committee de-
berately omitted the plank from the printed copies of the
platform which intended for distribution throughout
the INTERIOR and on the Seward peninsula
What will the voters of Alaska think of that when it
becomes generally known? What they think And
what can they think of candidate who will accept the
nomination on PLATFORM and then allow it to be altered
and amended to meet The views of certain localities Either
Mr. Gilmore endorses the Taft administration and
the support of the HoggattShackefor clique he de-
nounces It, and runs independent. He con-
slseny honOlably allow himself to the nominee
of the regular party unless he prepared accept their
platform as adopted at Coroya; he indie
pendent unless he is prepared throw the Hoggatt-
Shackleord clique and repudate the Cordova platform
toto,
1t is for Mr.. Gilmore to define his position.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
TOO MANY MOOSE In MAINE STATE

Hancock county, which is in south
eastern Maine, is suffering a plague OF
moose and up around the headwaters OF
Union River and in the region of Sap
onic and Nickalous lakes the people
who stay on farms the year around are
calling for help. Last summer the
animals idserious injury to farm crops.
And last winter they yarded in and fed
upon varieties Of slash that seemed to be
the honest pioneers last resource One
farmer writes the State Commissioners
of Inland fisheries and game to the effect
that several years ago he bought a tract
of 200 acres of wild land with the intent
to go over itannualy and cut the hoop
poles, He did that once. Then as he
expresses it, about the time that thou
sands of sprouts came up the moose
came in," destroyed the sprouts 'and
continue annually to destroy at least
$500 of poles besides the growth" And
this man and his neighbors have no re-
dress short of the ultimate gun since,
though State law provides reimburse
ment for crop damages inflicted by deer.
moose do not figure in this way in any
statute
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20

successful legs2on the has
kans He has left impress Alaskan history and economics
that be oberaed he has this spite
opposition of powerful including Alaska syndicate
the governor Of the territory.
of beneficial legislation which placed
books through his aid
Lien Law Denounced by interested lawyers vauss
CONSTITUTIONAL has proved to be nguary effective
the hands Of the tOer who aid which
otherwise would have been wronguy and uduleny withheld
from him Homes for the and relief INDECENT
mining law and last but by least the Home Rule BILL
other fruits of his reess activity reasoning and IN
wavering faith.
But his work did end there Day day appeared
before the committee territories fighting enrenched
recn misconceptions exposing defending the
territory from those who would ravshed all the
placing at the disposal of the his nexhaustbe fund
knowledge gained Judge throughout the length of Alaska
Would it not be folly place unred shoes
we'll filled by Delegate Wickersham? Would be
gvable and unthnkabe ngratude who
served well the will better in the
future?
Talk about of this that the other party being
Washington Could anyone else have done
better than Delegate Wcesham has done? No Could
else do well Wcesham know
have grounds thinking Then why changer
Why change tried untried? 1t is ridiculous think
of it. Delegate Wckersham must and shall be reelected
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
TuMBo'S SoLiLooUY

Years ago | said I'd never for a
third term make endeavor: that
was when | reeked of virtue and
my conscience was on edge; and
it beats my comprehension why
there's so much public tension over
such tritling matter as a little
broken pledge. Oh, your Harry,
Dick, and Thomas seem to look upon
promise as q thing that's almost
sacred, but that view is quite abb
surd save for men of low conditions;
one who stands in my position is
superior to morals, and may break
his plighted word. BY the highways
and the hedges let the rabble keep
their pledges-honesty's a splendid
system for the common class of kates;
but my promise doesn't matter when
| hear the frenzied clatter, when |
hear the loud kyoodle of the seven
magistrates. What's the use of being
Jumbo, famous as was Barnum's
Jumbo, if I'm bound by superstition
of the stern, old-fashioned kind?
What's the use of being Teddy if
conservative and steady mossbacks
with narrow vision roast me when
I change my mind? [ am loaded
down with laurels, and do not care
rof morals, and make my own com
mandments, make them as go along;
and whate'er Isay is proper; mine to
choose 'twixt truth and whopper, l
am in the right forever, and the
other fellows wrong Walt Mason.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
NEW BOOKLET ISSUED BY
NORTHERN NAVIGATION CO.

The 1912 edition of the Northern
Navigation Company's booklet entitled
TO the Alaska Gold6elds" is just to
hand, and examination of the contents
Slows the publication to be a great
advance on its predecessors. AS usual
the booklet contains many handsome
vignettes of Alaskan scenes, including
views of Ruby, Dikeman, BEETLES, and
other posts that have not hitherto APP
peared. To add to the value of the
work a large map accompanies it. The
worth of this feature may be better
appreciated when it is known that the
lower Kuskowwim is shown in detail,
with the Aniak and its tributaries, the
Tuluksak, the Hoholitna and other
streams clearly indicated.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
THE DELL CAFE Eat CITY
Now Open for Business Under New Management JOE n HONDA PROP
We ANT GOT NO oLSoNS

BY w. J Johnson, of the Rockford Ill Register
[ see Freeport have taken census,
an ven it vass fine out dare vass no
OlSOnS in town dare vass Weeping an
valing an crashing of teets. Scam
body from Freeport drop few lines on
me disS week on disS subyeck. He say:
vid twenty tousan' folks in town
vid plenty Yones an Schmidts and Brown
You Rockford folks it's up to you
TO drop tear ven you pass troo,
GAUGE We ant got no Olsons
Nid Husenkemeiers by the score,
An DinklespeIs bout tirty-four,
Vid Bunglestens an Schiencks to burn.
70 you for sympathy We turn,
GAUGE ve ant got no Olsons
We got AGcGraws an Murphys by duzzeus
I OBriens an Burnses vid plenty of cousins,
Flanngan5, Mulligans, Ryans bunch
| Who STAINS for de pretzels an sauer kraut lunch,
But We ant got no Olsons.
Vid Petersons plenty and Andersons too,
An YorsOus enough to fill every pew:
Scam tick an shuuky, an udders kvite
slim,
Jet our cup of sorry be filled to de brlm,
GAUGE We ant got no Olsons.
If you could spare us say bout two,
We'd be so much obliged on you;
ship yust vone pair, no more, no less.
All if ve eeate miss our guess
Veil soon have plenty Olsons
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
KNONOS RETURNS FROM INNOKO

There are about 20 men pros
pecting in the neighborhood of Col
orado creek and its tributaries at
The present time, according to John
Klonos, who came in Monday, and
,bout 20 more camped at Florence
landing.
Mr. Klonos, who has taken two
lays on Cripple creek, little below
discovery, says the country looks
promising for the small amount Of
prospecting done. He claims TO
nave got as high as Sc pan, on
Cripple, with all average Of from &c
o sc, and heard Of one Ioc pan
being obtained.
Anderson and his partner have
moved their outfit to Butte creek
where they will prospect. After
sinking two holes, the discovery
boys moved their boiler TO Eidorado
Tor further prospecting Mcdonald
& Jensen have moved their plant
TO Colorado, and will start sinking
light away. The Oregon Kid and
partners have moved their boiler
III to 1-b. discovery, and expect to
start sinking at once.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
DRAWERS
(POtter KanSan. J

1t takes a rich man to draw a
check, a pretty girl to draw atten-
ton, horse to draw cart, a porous
plaster to draw the skin, a topper to
draw a cork, free lunch to draw
crowd, and a well-displayed adver-
tisement in this paper to draw trade.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20
American League
GUGGEHHElM SECRETARY COMING

Charles X. Lipman, second vice-presi-
dent OF the Guggenhetm Exploration
Company, and secretary of the Yukon
Gold Company, left Seattle on the Dol
phin, bound for Skagway, July 10. Mr..
Lipman is making the trip into the
interior for the purpose of inspecting
the workings of his company in this
Dawson district, and in all liability
will come to Iditarod for a similar
purpose.
Iditarod pioneer., 1912-07-20

Falcon Joslin, of the Alaska Wire
less Telegraph Company, will probably
pay Iditarod visit this summer.