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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24

marvels one better. In principle the ice auto
mobile is not very different from the ordinary
commercial motors which employed for
delivery work in every city. However. the self
propelled adjunct of winter logging is provided
with sharp teeth which it sinks into the snow or
ice as it progresses thus insuring steady prog
ress with no slipping or sliding the smooth
surfaces.
very busy in a temperature that ranges low
90 to 40 degrees below it must be sup
posed that they do not find time and opportunity
for plenty of fun in the isolated camps where they
spend the season. logging camp may be any
where from five to twenty-five miles from the
nearest store and postoffice. but the Jacks" are
kept literally supplied with fresh butter, fresh
meat smoking and chewing tobacco, etc. A
graphophone phonograph Is an almost newt
able adjunct OF the isolated logging camp and the
lumbermen manage in way and another to
get records of the latest song hits from time to
time.
The average logging camp has two main struc-
tures-the bunk house where the loggers sleep in
hunks arranged in tiers and the cook shanty
where the food is cooked and served. To call
this eating hall shanty is, however, something
of misnomer, since the word is likely to suggest
q modest hut, whereas the cook shanty of an up-
to-date logging camp must be large enough to ac-
commodate crude dining table perhaps 40 feet
In length The cooking in logging camp is
usually done by man and wife (amost invar.
iably Germany, who hire out professional cooks
ants. They work over range that is 10 feet long
and top Of which stands a coffee urn that hold,
much barrel; a meat boiler that holds 100
pounds Of pork beef and a can in which there
can be boiled at one time more than bushel Of
potatoes Below the ovens where are baked
some 10 to Is square feet OF biscuits every dav
In some camps heavy stoneware is provided for
use on the table but at majority Of logging e.
adjustments each OF the so to $50 men Ia simplv
allowed spoon. plate. and cup of tin and a
knife and fork of steel
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for the twentieth century logging crews In what We
might term the traditional seats OF the lumber
industry however, winter puts a very differ
ent face the whole matter of getting
the logs and transporting them the sawmills
that transform them into the marketable form
known to the average consumer. In Maine. in
northern New York and Canada, in Michigan, in
Minnesota. Wisconsin and the Dakotas the summer
is in vacation for the lumber
Jacks At least IT is interude of restricted
activity and the lumbermen, unlike some other
members of the community. welcome the passing
of the long bright days and the advent of the Ice
King The explanation Of this state of affairs Is
found. of course in the fact that and ice
afford the material for the ideal arteries of com
munication in the lumber regions. The felled
trees may be conveyed to market more quickly
and more economically roads and ice
trails than by any other method known to the
industry. Indeed, there are lumber regions where
without these factors-and their sequel the big
thaw" in the spring-it would be virtually i'm
practicable to get the timber to market at an ex-
pense that would justify operations.
The and ice, important as is their aid,
are not the only influences that are now tending
to make the iumbermen concentrate their activ-
fties in the fall and winter OF late years con
stantly increasing number of our lumbermen have
been brought to the wisdom of adopting what
Is known as conservative lumbering-that is. lum
bering which treats forest working capital
whose purpose is to produce successive crops and
which calls for work in the woods that will leave
the standing trees and young growth as nearly
unharmed as possible. Well. the minute a man
becomes a convert to conservative numbering he
Ia certain to become an advocate OF the cold sea-
son as the proper time for carrying on all the
operations of numbering.
To make this point clear It may be pointed out
that the difference between practical work under
ordinary methods OF numbering and under con-
servative numbering is principally in the selection
Of the trees to cut. In the telling OF these trees
and in the first part of their journey from the
stump to the mil 1t is an established fact that
The amount of harm done to forest by the cut
ting depends considerably upon the season OF the
vear when the work in the woods is carried on
Much less damage will result to the young growth
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
THE DOCTOR HABIT
And How She Overcame Il.

When well selected food has helped
the honest physician place his patient
in sturdy health and free from the
doctor habit" it is a source OF satis-
faction to all parties. A Chicago wom-
an says:
I'VE have not had a doctor in the
house during all the years that we
have been using Grape-Nuts food. Be-
fore We began. however, we had the
doctor habit and scarcely a week went
by without a call on our physician.
When our youngest boy arrived, s
years ago, was very much run down
and nervous, suffering from indiges-
ton and almost continuous headaches.
was not able to attend to my ordinary
domestic duties and was SO nervous
that l could scarcely control myself
Under advice l took to Grape-Nuts.
Il am now, and have been ever since
we began to use Grape-Nuts food. able
to do all my own work The dyspep-
sia, headaches, nervousness and rheu-
matism which used to drive me fairly
wild. have entirely disappeared.
My husband finds that in the night
work in which he Is engaged, Grape
Nuts food supplies him the most whole
some, strengthening and satisfying
lunch he ever took with him." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek.
Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville." In pkgs. There's a reason. /"
Ever reaa the above lettsrf A .ew
are genuine, true, and fuu of huma1
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would otherwise be the when the iores' mon
arch comes down rocky uneven siouio'
After all. however, 1t is IN the .aiious 'taee'
of the transportation of the logs that the sho"
and ice yield the greatest aid FIRST Oh All II SIN
pliies the operation OF sklddlng OF uiassihs ,e
log lengths from the depths OF the forest lhis
work was formerly done by horses, mules or
oxen and is vet to some extent, but for the most
part the modern donkey engine has supplanteo an
other forms of energy for skiddtng. Supposedly
the skidding operation is designed only to get
the logs out of the forest depths where no log
CARRYING vehicle could be operated without infinite
trouble and damage to the standing timber. How
ever when the Snow King is in command 1t some
times happens that a similar method may be EN-
ployed for moving the logs TO the rolway or stor-
age yard, perhaps mile or two distant. where
the logs held to await the spring freshets or
are loaded aboard railroad that convey them
to the mills For this long-distauce log trailing
there is employed more powerful type of engine
than the donkey above referred to and stronger
wire cable is supplied. Tie pathway for the logs
is an icy boulevard-kept in condition by flood
ing" as circumstances require-and this becomes
so smooth from the polishing process afforded by
the passage of the logs that it is practicable to
transport at each operation not merely single
log but whole strings of logs attached end to
end by means of stout chains
At lumber camps it is the practice to
ploy giant sleds to carry the logs on the first
stage of their journey from the forest to the
mill. OF course snow is requisite to the salts
factory operation OF these sleds. but when
patI mas Deen WoTn LOT the SleQ runners along
the icy roads the vehicles traverse the line thus
furrowed with facility suggestive of that with
which a locomotive gdes along the steel rails
There is. OF course, minimum OF resistance to
the progress of a sled along such a glazed surface
and in many instances log loads of almost incred-
ible weight are thus transported the glisten-
ing surface, new wrinkle that characterizes
winter practice in some of the up-to-date logging
districts consists of what might be denominated
an ice automobile for log carrying Powerful
traction engines have been used for some time
past on the Pacific Coast to draw trains OF log
laden trucks out OF the forest but this new form
of commercial motor vehicle goes even these
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An unshakespearean Surprise.

At small seaport town in England,
a lady star actress of the third magni-
tude appeared as Juliet. Il cannot do
justice to myself" she said to the
manager, who combined theatrical Ell
terprises with the conduct of a row OF
bathing machines, ''if | do not have
lime 0imeligh) thrown on me when
appear on the balcony"
I'VE amt got no limelight, Miss,
but l think we could get you ships
blue light" replied the obliging man.
ager; and to this the lady agreed The
lad who went to the shop to buy the
blue-light brought back signal rock.
ct which was given him by mistake.
The prompter was her own man, and
in his ignorance took the rocket in
good faith.
Romeo. He jests at scars, who never
felt wound
Juliet appears. Prompter lights the
match.
But soft what light through
yonder window breaks?
(This was the match lighting tho
fuse).
Arise, fair sun,
The sun, or rather the rocket, did
rise with a hiss that sounded far
louder in theater than it does in the
open air. Juliet was knocked off the
balcony. the fly borders were set on
fire, and the theater was filled with
sulphurous smoke, while the audience,
which was fortunately a small one.
made stampede to the doors.
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Creature Of Habit.

Man" didactically began Professor
Twiggs, during a recent session OF the
Soc Et Tu Um club. "is a creature Of
habit"
"Eh-yah!" grunted Old Codger
'Tennyrate, my nephew, Canute j.
Babson, seems to be. He has been
run over by the same automobile
twice. But then Canute always comes
home down the same lane about the
same hour in the evening. after he
has partaken OF about the same
amount of hard cider."-Puck.
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Contempt Of Court.

John Marshall was one defending a
client before a Kentucky court. The
decisions OF the Judge were invariably
in favor OF the plaintiff and Mr.. Mar.
shall stopped short in his argument
to address the Judge in this manner:
Your honor" taking out his pocket
book. how much is Mr.. Marshalrs
fine?"
81 do not understand you." replied
the Judge II have not fined you;
what is the fine for?"
For contempt of court, sir"
But I have not held you in con
tempt OF court"
"a know You haven't, judge, but
have such an ungodly contempt for
the whole shebang 7 am more than
willing to pay the fine"
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Like Mother. Like Son.

The school teacher had punished
Tommy so often for talking during
school, and the punishments being ap-
parently without effect, that as last
resort she decided to notify Tommys
father of his sons fault.
So. following the department mark
on his next report were these words,
Tommy talks a great deal"
In due time the report was returned
with his fathers signature, and underI
1t was written. You ought to hear his
mother,"
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A Safe Investment.

Bill Jones was a resident of Balti-
more, who, notwithstanding an impedi-
ment in his speech, prospered in his
business as a broker. He moved to
New York city and prospered even
more. A friend from Baltimore called
on him one day, and after some famtl-
lar conversation, remarked:
"I say. Bill, it seems to me that you
stutter wrose here in New York than
you did in Baltimore"
"V-v-very l1-likely; it's b-b-bigger
city"
But l say, Bill, you have made .
lot of money here and l want your ad-
vice."-Life.
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HAD THROAT
TR0UBLESINCE
CHILDHOOD
All Treatments Failed. Relieved
BY Peruna.

Mrs. VIM. Hob
mann, 2764 Lincoln
Ave, Chicago, ILL.,
writes:
Il suffered with
catarrh of the bron-
chial tubes and had
a terrible cough ever
since a child.
Il would sit up in
bed with pillo VS.
propped up behind
me, but still the
cough would not let
me sleep. I thought
and everybody else
that / had consump-
ton.
so reading the
papers about Pc
runa I decided to
try, without the
least bit OF hope that
it would do me any
good. But after tax
ing three bottles I
noticed q change.
Ny appetite got
better. 30 | kept on.
never discouraged
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Finally I seemed not to cough 50 much
and the pains in my chest got better
and | could rest at night.
II am well now and cured of chronic
cough and sore throat. cannot tell
you how grateful l am, and cannot
thank Peruna enough. 1t has cured
where doctors have failed and l talk
Peruna wherever l go, recommend 1t to
have consumption better give it
trial"
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Mo Sale.

Hill work. replied the demon
strator, after Stiggins had inspected
the new car carefully. Hill work?
Why that's our strong point. Mr.. Stig-
gins. This car can climb tree"
"Ha' hum," demurred Stiggins.
Then l guess I'll look elsewhere. l
never saw a car yet that climbed trees
that was any good afterward.'-Har.
per's Weekly
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The Ticket Didn't Tick.

Moore-My sense of hearing is the
keenest ever. Do you know, l can
hear your watch ticking although you
are six feet away.
Poore-Then you're a wonder. My
wa-ch is at the pawnbroker's. siI
blocks away!
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STYLES In Ailments.

We'll, here l am" announced the
fashionable physician in his breezy
way. And now what do you think
is the matter with you?"
Doctor, hardly know" replied the
fashionable patient What is new"
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7GRIDLS Hl2RH

i aud to the trees
II left standing II
t the numbering is
done after the
growing season is over
instead of being allowed
to go on in the spring
and summer while the
bark is loose and the
leaves and twigs are ten
der. Moreover. if there
be a heavy blanket OF
snow on the ground, a
tree. after it has been
felled with ak or saw,
stands a chance OF
crashing to earth with
less damage than II
would sustain at another
season of the year. The
tree trunk that falls on a
bed of snow is not likely
to split or to break as
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
Could Fill Requirements.

Lawyer-Now. SIR. from what you
know of his reputation for truth and
veracity in the community in which he
lives, would you believe him under
oath?
Witness-Yes, sir, as geneyal
thing. OF course if it was absolutely
necessary for him to swear to lie I
reckon he'd do it, mister, same a.
you would
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For Instance,

PA, what does abnormal mean?"
Something that is out OF the or
dinary-something that is different
from what it might be expected to be
an actress who has never applied
for q divorce, for instance"
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ENcE.

Onicial Ito barber condemned to death)-In an
hours time now my poor man. you must prepare
for your doom. Have you any last dying wish.
Condemned Barber (savagely)-Yes I'd like
to shave the crown prosecutor!-London Opinion
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bermen are not menaced by quite
tainty as to weather conditions Al
In autumn, for in many OF the n
camps 1t Is almost unheard OF for
season to embody less than five
months of shedding. that is five
months of continuous snow and
ice
In the logging regions OF the
Pacific Northwest. OF course,
where may be found perhaps the
greatest of natures lumber store
houses, the winter does not make
the marked difference In condi-
tons that 1t does in the forests Of
some other sections OF the coun
try In western Oregon and
Washington there is so little
snow, and that OF such a tran
silent character, that the lumber
men cannot depend upon it as
they do elsewhere to help them
with their work But. on the 9th
er hand, the Puget Sound and
Columbia River country Ia free
from that severe weather which
renders 1t imperative for lumber
Jacks elsewhere to constantly
have a care lest they suffer from
frostbitten hands and feet. SINH
iarly in the south. where cypress
is king and where much of the
logging is done In
swamps. the winter pre-
scribes no change OF
method or equipment - {
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PRAISE WORTH WHILE.

"A society woman paid you a handsome com.
pliment the other day, Mr.. Drugsly"
"Ah. indeed! May ask who the ladv was,-
Certainly. 1t was Mrs. whoopindyke She
said you sold the best dog soap in town"
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EXTREMELY POLITE.

you ought to call ON Dr. Pullem, he's tho
best dentist in town."
Zone Of those so-called painless dentists oh >.
mo: but he always says. beg your pardon
before pulling . tooth
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
On the Trail.

Does your fiance know your age.
Lotta?"
"Well-partly."- y."-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24

Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach. liver and bowels and cure
constipation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24

ITH the lumber Jacks in many
sections OF the United States the
winter Is the busy season OF the
year the harvest time, as II
were. and they work almost as
energetcally to get OUT the
requisite number OF logs during
the interim of snow and ice as
does the farmer 10 get in his
grain ere the autumn rains set
in. Only. to be sure. the lum-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
sYsttits YeSa&e w.. 81; $: T.! = e.

Many a woman encourages a man
by trying to discourage him.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
The Proportion.

knicker-Did he speak at dinner7
Bocker-No; he ate at a talk
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24

PILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your d ruggist Will refund money II PAZO ONT
NENT fails to cure any of Itching, Blind,
BIsedi ny or Protruding Piles in 70 IA days. 6Vc-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24

bermen not menaced by quite the same uncer-
tainty as to weather conditions is the farmer
In autumn for in many OF the northern lumber
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-02-24
HOWARD {. BURTON, ASSAYER 1 CNEMl

silver. Use: gold. 5oc: zinc or copper. -
Mailing envelopes and fun price list sent on
application. Control and umpire work So
iicited. Refereace. Carbonate National Bank
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11

The Norwich Free Academy baseball team will open the season Saturday afternoon with 8 game with the Greeneville team on the home diomand Capt. Bob Fletcher has @ squad of about 20 men working out every after noon, among them seven of last year 8 nine, Fletcher, Standish, Lord, Croker, Mckay, Murray and Robinson. Croker will be at his old station in the pitch CTS box; Captain Fletcher will occupy the initial sack; Eddie Murray is slated for short, and iStandish right field. The other positions are as yet unsettled. Besides these veterans, there is consid- erable promising young material. Un- der the efficient coaching of F. B., Leonard, last year captain and catcher of the Colgate college nine, the Acad emy should be represented on the dla- mond this year with a team capable of duplicating the work of last season s nine, the league champions.
 As soon as the regulars are hitting their stride a second team will be or ganized. The boys have received their new caps, stockings and jerseys, the latter crimson, with narrow white stripes on the sleeves.
 Saturdays game will be the first on the Academy grounds since the dia mond has been leve!ed and re1nished Although somewhat rough at present the grounds will be rolled and put in first class shape by Saturday The walnut tree which was located behind the backstop has been removed, giving the team a clean field.
 Manager w. c. Coughlin has ar ranged g. schedule of g games for the Academy season,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
BIG LEAGUES OPEN TODAY.
Managers Announce Batteries for tlse
 Opening Games.

All Is in readiness for the opening of the major leagues baseball season to- day. The weather prophet promises good baseball weather and big crowds are expected to witness the start of the American and National league pen nant races.
 With fair weather, it is predicted that the largest crowd that ever wit messed a baseball game in Cincinnati will be in attendance at League park to see Cincinnati and Chicago begin the National league season. This Is made possible by an enormous grand stand which was built during the last winter With the exception of their leader, Hank O'Day, erstwhlle umpire, the Cincinnati team will present prac- tically the same front with which they ended the season last year, while little change will be seen in the Chicago team.
 At Boston. the Boston Nationals meet the Philadelphia team. The lineup of the home team will be that 0f tho regu- lar team on the training trip. Tyler probably will pitch.
 At Chicago, Pitcher Edward Walsh and Catcher Billy Sullivan, veteran battery mates, have been selected by Manager Callahan to oppose St. Louis in the opening game of the American league season. Manager Wallace Of St Louis plans to use Pitcher PeIty and Catcher Stephens.
 At St Louis, Harmon is slated to
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11

the second. Yale played loose ball in both contests. In the first game Scott gave the regulars three bases on balls in the fourth inning. His teammates went to pieces with him and New York sent four men over home plate and clinched the game. In the second con test the cOllegians made a worse show ing. The colts ran wild on the bases for total of 15 stolen bags. Tesreau, who pitched the first three innings of the second game, struck out five men and did not allow a hit
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
Unpirins Staff of N. E. League Com
 pleted.

Boston. April lO.-Secretary J. C.. Morse of the New England baseball league tonight announced the comple- ton of the leagues umpiring staff for this season by the engagement of John herin of East Pepperell and Nathaniel White of East Boston. The other members previously engaged are H. J. Rorty, J. F. Stafford and Charles I.ani- gan. Mir. Kerin. who will take the place of Umpire Thomas Bannon of lynn. was formerly an umpire in the New England league and later in the American and Western leagues.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
DgvTIn ooes to Boston Club.

New York, April 10.-The New York National league club today sold Third Baseman Arthur Devlin to the Boston Nationals. Devlin was one of the old est players on the team and up to a year ago was regarded az the crack third baseman of the National league. He played regularly until the middle of last season, when Manager McGraw made his famous shift whereby EIerzog and Fletcher replaced Devlin and Brldwell on the left side of the New York infleld.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
Champions Crippled in Opening Game.

Philadelphia, April 1O.-The worlds champions will open the American league championship season here to- morrow with Washington in a crippled condition. Three of the local teams best men, Baker, Oldring and Lord, have been out of the game for several days on account of injuries, and the first named will probably be the only one of the three who will be able to take part in tomorrow's contest. The Athletics battery for the opening game will probably be Coombs and Thomas.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
Juarez Wants Johnson-Fivnr Fiobt

Chicago. April 1A-Dennis Stroud and Smith Robertson of Fl Paso. Tex. conferred with Jack Curley here today regarding staging the Jack Johnson Jim Flynn fight at Juarez They Rs- serted they had obtained the consent of the Mexican government to hold ths contest and that they were ready to deposit s10,000 guarantee. Las Ve- gas, N. M., and ElkO, New. also are bidding for the match. Curley said he would announce the site next Satur- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-11
prucks Receives paman.s.

New York, April 10.-The suit brought by Louis Drucke, the biz pitcher for the New York Giants against the lnterborough Rapid Tran sit company to recover 325,0O0 for an injury to his back which Drucze sus- tained in a subway train in October. 1910. was settled out of court today. Jt is not known just what the terms were. but from attorneys for both sides it was learned that the pitcher re- Ceived a substantial sum.