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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

Cost Of tuberculosis and Other Pre-
ventabas Diseases Has Been
Put Into Figures.

While state commissions and other
codes are trying to find a method for
reducing the cost of life insurance.
Prof. james w. Glover Of the Uni
versity OF Michigan demonstrates that
every policy-holder of a $4,000 or
binary whole life policy could save
about $40 a year on his premiums II
tuberculosis and typhoid fever were
eliminated. tuberculosis alone causes
loss to such policy holder of from
1870 at twenty to $3.50 at the age
OF sixty. At age OF twenty, with the
present high death rate from tubercu-
lcsis. this one disease alone shortens
the complete expectation Of life by
two years and 1853 days. While the
death rate from tuberculosis seems to
be declining. the National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tuber-
culOsis says that the combined effort
Of every man, woman and child is nee
essary to bring about a radical reduc-
ton In life insurance rates such as
Professor Glover has indicated.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

is no old established institution safe
In this iconoclasuc age? Now there
are people casting doubt upon the san
at1ry utility Of the tooth brush. They
say that while it may be approved as
. cosmetic there is nothing in stats
tics to show that school children who
use 1t are freer from dental cares
than those who do not Undoubtedly
the condition of the stomach has much
TO do with the health OF the teeth. But
there are other factors in the problem
OF dental decay. and it is unreasonable
TO believe that teeth kept from food
particles are as liable to suffer deteri.
grafton as those surrounded by impuri-
ties which invite the activity of mic
robes No one who has the tooth brush
habit is likely to give 1t up because
of the new iconoclasm.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
How GIRLS
may AVOID
PERIODIC PAINS
The Experience of Two Girl,
Here Related For The
Benefit of Others.

Rochester, N. Y.-"I have a daugh-
ter ID years old who has always been
very healthy until recently when she
complained of dizziness and cramps every
month, 80 bad that would have to keep
her home from school and put her to bed
to get relief.
After giving her only two bottles Of
Lydia p. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound she is now enjoying the best Of
health. l cannot praise your Compound
too highly. l went every good mother
to read what your medicine has done for
my child Mrs. RICHARD N. DUNLAP.
Sll Exchange St, Rochester, NY.
Stoutsville, Ohio. 81 suffered from
headaches, backache and was very irreo-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Corn Mullins.

One-half cupful of cornmeal, one.
half cupful of white flour, one table.
spoonful baking powder, one salt
spoonful salt, one tablespoonful brown
sugar, one tablespoonful maple syrup,
two tablespoonfuls melted butter. one
cupful sweet milk, one egg. Mix flour,
salt, cornmeal, sugar and baking pow
der together. To the milk add the beat
en- egg. syrup and melted butter Stir
this liquid into the dry mixture and
beat until smooth. Bake in hot creased
muffin tins Is to 20 minutes.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
VOGUE in Outer Garments

According to the Dry Goods Econo-
mist, at the present time retailers are
featuring wraps of charnNuse and
dium-priced numbers retailing from $40
to $50. These are usually attractively
lined in some bright color giving a
pleasing contrast. Lace collars and
cuffs are often used as a finishing
touch and are very effective, while
white lace is used largely for this pur-
pose. Some garments are shown trim
med with black lace, which is cut away
to show the lining underneath.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Almond Cake.

Take two ounces Of butter and beat
1t well with one ounce Of sugar. Then
add to 1t two well-beaten eggs, beat.
ing the mixture well together. Sift
into it two ounces OF -four, add two
tablespoons of ground almonds and
half a taspoonful of almond extract.
The cake should be baked in a tin
lined with creased paper, in a mod
crate oven, and sugar be sifted over
the top.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Dreamed Salt MackereI.

Soak the fish over night and wipe
dry before using. Broil on a buttered
gridiron over a clear fire. Lay on a
hot dish and pour over 1t a cream
sauce made as follows: Into one cup
OF boiling water stir two teaspoonfuls
Of corn starch. rubbed smooth with
one tablespoonful Of butter; cook un.
til we'll thickened. Add a we'll beaten
egg, mixing carefully to prevent
curdling. Cook a moment longer sea
son with a teaspoonful of chopped
parsley and a tablespoonful of pepper.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

tuberculosis preventorium for
children has been opened in the Jer-
sey woods Children from tubercular
families will be sent there to be
strengthened so that they may be
able to resist exposure to the disease.
The institution will doubtless do
much good, but there should BE some
thing better in the way of a name for
AZ than preventorium
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

No matter how poor you are. re-
member there is somebody just a lit
tie poorer" says the Charleston News
and Courier. and perhaps there are
some who can get comfort in that
way What balm is there. however,
Tor those unfortunates who are trou-
bied by the thought that. however
rich they are. there are others who
are richer?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

thanks for what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for me.
l had taken other medicines but did not
find relief. Miss CORA B. FosNAUCH.
Stoutsville, Ohio, RED, No. /.
Hundreds of such letters from moth
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for their daurh-
ters have been received by the lydia Is.
Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn, Mpss,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

ular. A friend ad-
vised me to take
Lydia f. Pinkham's
V e g e ia BILE Com
pound, and before l
had taken the whole
of two bottles /
found relief. / am
only sixteen years
old, but l have bet
ter health than for
two or three years.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
English Monkey.

Soak one cup bread crumbs In one
cup Of milk for fifteen minutes. Add one
tablespoonful melted butter to one
half cup cheese. broken into small
pieces and stir them in the chatting
dish till the cheese is melted. To
this add the bread crumbs and milk,
one egg well beaten. salt and pepper.
Cook until creamed and serve on
crackers.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
White Grape PIE.

Line a pie plate with an under
crust and bake. Make an orange or
lemon jelly from gelatin. When the
crust Is cool I'LL with white winter
grapes from which the stones have
been removed. When the jelly begins
to stiffen pour it among and over the
grapes. stand aside until perfectly
cold.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Departed Hair.

"A lock of Napoleon's hair recently
sold for IS at auction. Pretty high
for a lock of hair, eh?"
on, | don't know" responded the
paldheaded man. Il think I'd be will
ing 10 pay at that rate for my own
hair, If could get it back"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Sure Thinu.

DID you know" said the man who
was reading about the contraction of
metals that a clock ticks faster in
winter than in summer"
never noticed that about a clock
But | know a gas meter does
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
How He Got Them.

Dat Teller 'Rastus Skinnah done
bin talkin' powahful lot bout how
he's a-raisin chickens"
"Sho He doan mean 'raisin he
means liftin'. Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

a chemist has discovered that the
English sparrow is the implacable foe
Of the alfalfa weeyil. Now IL some
body will only discover something
that is the implacable Zoe OF the Eng.
fish sparrow!
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
There's a Reason.

Curate-Didn't l assure you that a
COW Is only dangerous when It has
lost its calf?
She-That's why was friehteper,
could not see the calf anywhere.
Sketch.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

A Chicago boy fell from fourth.
story window. struck a cement side
walk and was not seriously injured
This testifies that Chicago possesses
either very elastic type OF cement
SIDEWALK or very tough article Of
boy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
imperfect Air.

so your airship was wrecked in the
blizzard. | thought you considered IL
perfect?"
Inc snip was perfect" replied the
inventor stiffly. The air was a,
fault. Tit Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
File, Maudie!

DOLLY wonder why Maude doesn't
wear her new silk stockings?
Polly-Maybe she is saving up for
rainy days.-Philadelphia Record
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

A very successful remedy for pelvic
catarrh is hot douches of Paxtine An
tiseptic, at druggists, Csc box or sent
postpaid on receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet, Co., Boston, Mass.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Making Room.

F1gg-rm on my way to the den
lists to have tooth pulled.
Fogg-Ah! That will give you more
room in your fiat.-Boston Transcript
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
Fish Story,

hmcker-A month ago told a lie
on the water.
Bocker-Well.
hmcker-l cut open the fish |
caught today and found he had swaI.
lowed it-New York Sun
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

When a man boasts about what
miserable sinner he used to be, the
devil laughs in his sleeve.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
The Society WhlrI.

Dear, can you help me to receive
next Friday?"
sorry love; but I'm on picket duty
with the shirt-waist Strikers
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

New Jersey is outlining another
great campaign against the mosquito.
A New Jersey 10 a thrifty state and
nosquito Is always putting in
naturally encounters some Cd
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

The old friend is better than the new.
Garfield Tea is not only old but tried and
found true. Made OF pure wholesome Herbs
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

A good memory is essential to a sue
cessful liar.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

No. Cordelia, man isn't necessa-
rily beat because he has a red face
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19
REAL ESTATE HURT
Proposed Parcels Post Bill viii
lnjure Values.


Why This Infamous Bill VIII Aid Mall
Order Houses and XIII Villages Of
This Country-What II Means to
Home and Farm Owners Every
where.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-07-19

Most people never open their eyes
to one another's faults until aftet
marriage-just when they ought to be
closing them.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14

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pie where it is dumped into a chute
that leads to the box car leaders.
Three are box car leaders, 2 for
lump coal and one for slack. AS the
coal slides down the chute 1t passes
ovei a screen which allows the slack
and coal under six inches in size to
fall through into another chute and
thus be directed to the slack loader.
This is the only semblance of coal
breaker about the mine. and is in
fact all that is needed. There is
also a tipple that empties into a eaute
from which farmers wagons may be
loaded. There have been many days
when the farmer trade at the mine
had averaged over two full carloads
of coal.
Loading into Box Cars
There are three spur tracks each
leading to one of the box car leaders.
These machines are capable OF being
run into a box car, load the car, and
be taken out within seven minutes.
The car leaders seem like miniature
elevators that catch the coal at the
bottom of the chute and toss it far
back into the car and they may run
in either direction In order to facil-
itate spotting the cars at the foot OF
the chutes opposite the box car load
ers there are electric car pullers
which are used for this purpose. A ca
bic and large hook is attached to car
the power is turned on. the cable IS
wound up and the car is pulled along
a few inches at time until it is in
the exact location desired. This is
but one of the many labor saving de-
vices in use at the mine. Two larger
car pullers at the north end OF the
yards are also used. their purpose be-
ing to haul the box cars out OF the
way after they are loaded, thus per-
mitting empty cars to be run under
the loading chute.
Storage Tracks.
From the top of the hoist there
are overhead tracks leading to the
brick wards. These are not in use
now, save for car storage purposes
when loaded cars are hoisted before
there are any box cars to be loaded.
Air Supply.
Although the miners are working
only aGout sixty fee: below the sur
face of the earth. great attention
must necessarily be paid tc the air
supply. A huge fan drives the fresh
air into an entry, extending clear
around tho workings. From this
principal air entry the ar is diverted
ihto tle various entries where work
is in progress bv means of doors con-
structed of brattice board and brat
tice cloth. The air supply is excel
lent, and the use of modern acetylene
miners lamps instead of the old fash
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14

of the main entries. Here the car
becomes a part Of a train of loaded
cars. When the train is large enough
one of the electric locomotives is at
tacAed and hauls it to the hoist. Here
the cars are loaded on the cage, one
at time. One loaded car Is sent up
while an empty one is sent down.
They can be hoisted at the rate Of
four per minute.
Weighing the car
On each car is brass check bear
ing the number of the miner who
loaded it. When the car reaches the
top of the hoist, it is run off the cage
and onto the scales, which are set in
the floor of the tipple. The weight
is recorded by the weighmaster, who
also makes a note Of the miners
check number, the miners being paid
by the ton.
The Tipple
After the coal is weighed and the
miner has been credited with his
amount the car is run over to the tip
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14
Magnitude Of Project

Little idea OF the magnitude or the
Wilton mine can be cleaned from a
pen picture. In the winter months
when day and night crews are work
ing, with nearly five hundred min
ers and laborers on the pay rolls, and
thousands of tons of coal being mined
each day, scene Of industry and
activity is presented that can not
be duplicated in any other section of
the state. There are seven miles of
track, over which three hundred and
fifty cars are Fastening to and fro
carrying their cargo of fuel from min
er to the hosting snaft-some hauled
by mules, and some drawn along by
electric locomotives. BY tracing the
progress of one of these mine cars
some idea of the methods employed
may be afforded.
Loading the Car.
Miners are working in one of the
entries about a mile and half from
the bottom of the hosting shaft. The
underwriting machine has done its
work, the blast is fired, and the coal
loosened from it's natural bed. The
miners then load it into the cars and
each car is hauled out to the entry
by mule power until it reaches one
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14

while sinking we'll near the new
town. General Washburn immediate
ly commenced an investigation and
extensive explorations, most If which
were directed by w. P. Macomber,
resulted in General WasAburn decid-
ing that coal in sufficient quantities
was to be had near Wilton. About
1899 he established the mine, oper-
ating it in his own name for brief
period of years.
Government Report for 1901.
In the report for the year 1901 to
Hon. Charles D. Wolcott, director OF
the United States Geological Survey,
on the mineral resuorces of the
United States, there is the following
quotation regarding the coal industry
in North Dakota:
"Tle principal development in the
state during the last year has been
at the Wilton mine of the Bismarck.
Washburn & Great Falls railway in
BurIeigh county The coal of this
mine, like that of all in the state,
is Ignite. The vein is said to be four
teen feet in thickness, nine feet of
which are workable. four feet of coal
being left to support the roof. This
mine is one in which development
and installation is according to the
latest improved practice. All the
coal is mined by the use of electric
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14

safety, three shafts are being sunk,
to be used as exits in case any un
foreseen trouble should ever arise
and the company has also purchased
several oxygen helmets for rescue
work.
Fire Drill
Under the direction Of Clarence
Hilton a fire department has been or
ganized, comprising a dozen trained
men, the rest being volunteers. Hose
attached to the fire pump is suftici-
emily long to reach underground and
fire extinguishers are placed in all
parts of the surface workings, as
we'll as the principal places under
ground. The mine water is so piped
that the pipes may be tapped any
where.
improvements Planned
improvements contemplated, besides
the addition to the power house, and
the installation of another dynamo,
include the possibility of securing a
permanent switc. engine for the Will
ton yards, which would materially as
sist the mine authorities in getting
their coal from the yards to the
tracks and on its way to the homes
throughout the state.
Trip Through the Mine
On days when the mine IS not be-
ing worked at full speed visitors arc
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ioned oil torch, causes less oxygen
to be consumed by the lights.
Telephone System.
All tle principal parts of the mine
underground are connected with the
Offices on the surface by telephone
there being seven phones in the mine
proper and six above ground in the
various offices. For sending mes.
sages or for similar purposes the
phone saves a great deal of delay, as
we'll as being a source of protection
in case of an accident. Two watch
men are employed, one in the pit and
one above ground. A modern watch
mans patrol system has been in
stalled.
Provisions For Rescue Work
There is absolutely no danger in the
Wilton mine from fire-damp, or gas
explosions. With no gases in the
mine to contend with it is not neces-
sary to take the same precautions
against explosions as in bitumnous
regions. However, as matter OF
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14

corral where they may be turned out
to exercise.
Purpose Of the Mine.
The stables, shops, supply house,
bath house, power and heating plants,
underground tracks and improved
electric machinery while each is for
a distinct purpose, yet all combined
they have been established for one
sole purpose-to get Ignite coal from
the place where it was deposited by
the hand Of Nature thousands iof
years ago. and from the depths OF
the earth, into box cars, in which it
may be transported to cities in all
sections of North Dakota that you
and may keep warm when chilly
wintry blasts howl under the caves of
our homes. With wood unknown, and
distances to other coal fields so re-
mote, the deposits of Ignite coal in
North Dakota is one of the greatest
of God-sent blessings, and is one Of
the most vital factors in the develop
ment of the commonwealth.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14
By c. B. Winter.

Over half of the total production
of coal in North Dakota last year.
was the output of the mine in Bur-
leigh county operated by the Wash
burn Ignite Coal company. Last
year over half of the wages paid for
mine labor in North Dakota was dis
tributed among the employees of this
mine, which is the largest in the
state.
Location of Mine.
The Offices of tho Washburn lig-
mite coal company are established in
Wilton, Mclean county, but the mine
and its workings are located just
across tAe line in Burleigh county.
For the accommodation OF it's miners
the company has erected village,
that comprises hotel, with a room
ing capacity of $50, and twenty-seven
cottages. The name of the village
is Chaplin. South of the mine anoth
er village has been started, named
Langhorn, and twelve cottages have
already been constructed there. The
mine is sometimes called the Chapin
mine, although it is generally known
as the Wilton mine.
Discovery Of Coal
When the Bismarck. Washburn &
Great Falls railway line was built
north from Bismarck, and the towr
of Wilton was established, there was
brought to the attention of Genera
w. ID. Washburn a tale OF well-digger:
boring through twelve feet of Goa
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-06-14
By c, B, Winter.


Three hundred and fifty cars lav'
ing capacity of from one and one
quarter to one and one half tons, two
electric locomotives to haul them ov.
er three miles of track, and five more
miles of track over which they are
hauled by mules, comprises the roll
ing stock of the miniature under
groun railway of the Wilton mines,
owned by the Washburn Lignite Coal
Accompany.
Supply Of Fuel lnexhaustibie
The Wilton mine, which is located
in the northwestern corner of Bur.
leigh county is the largest coal mine
in North Dakota, employs more men.
and has a larger pay roll than any
similar institution in the state. It
has produced as high as IS cars OF
coal in single day. Although the
mine has been in operation for over
a dozen years, not one tenth of it's
mineral wealth has been brought to
1.-The surface, and its supply is suf-
ficient to supply several generations
with fuel.
Location Of Coal vein
The vein Of Ignite lies about sixty
feet below the surface of the ground,
on the average. 1t varies from nine
to sixteen feet in depth. From six
10 thirteen feet of the vein are work
able about feet being left to form
a roof over the various entries and
rooms.
Cage System Adopted
When the coal was first discovered
the preliminary mining operations
were somewhat crude. An incline
reaching down to the vein of mineral
wealth was excavated, and for some
time this was the only entrance and
egress. After the first shaft had
been sunk, the tipple had been con-
structed, and other buildings of the
surface workings erected, the bucket
system was installed. The miners
. sflovelled the coal into buckets which
we're hoisted to the surface and emp
tied of their contents. This system
proved very impractical, however, and
was supplanted in 1901 by modern
cage system, similar to that in use
in all large mines. The cage system
is still in use, the capacity of the
hoist being 4 mine cars per minute.
Interior Of the Mine.
The distance to the mine from the
top Of the hoist is ninety feet. From
the bottom of the hoist the main en-
tries branch out to the various Sec
tions of the mine. From the main
entries diverge other entries
=. from which the different rooms"
open. At the present time there are
forty entries that have been excavat-
ed O. ening from which are three hun
dred rooms" The distance from the
center of one room to the center of
another is thirty-fve feet. A wall is
left between each room as support
for the roof, which is also held up by
wooden pillars.
After all the coal has been taken
from one of the rooms, the pillars
supporting the roof are pulled" and
the coal overhead is dug out. When
all the coal from the roof is mined
the roof caves in, depression ap-
pears upon the surface of the ground
above, and the miners push farther
. on into the vein.
Modern Equipment.
One thing which forcibly impresses
a visitor to the Wilton mine is the
modern equipment in use. Every piece
OF apparatus and machinery is the
best that the brain of man has in
vented for it's purpose. This is es-
pecially noted in the mining maclin-
cry. Nine electric Jeffrey undercut-
ting machines are in use. They are
chain breast machines and cut six