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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-10

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The following essay was read last
Friday by Miss Cora Hancock be-
fore the SOcrum Literary Society:
Out in the mighty deep there are
many vessels. They are eother man
ned by a competent crew headed for
, some far away port or the engine Is
broken, the rudder lost and are drift
ing to and fro tossed by the waves
without any port to be landed on.
The one we'll steered does vast
amount of business transporting
goods from the producer to the manu-
facturer and back again to the user.
The one afloat without any plan
does no one any good, it is left to
the mercy of the waves to use up
their Overpowering energy. 1t Is
useless, it is drifting, it is in the way,
and sooner or later 1t is dashed to
pieces by the ceaseless beating of the
waves.
In this picture We see boys and
airs out on LIES restless sea. They
are either picking up the burden OF
life and changing their circum-
stances into means of advancement
Or letting opportunities pass slip by
never to return and are weaker be-
cause of lost opportunity.
There is a dominating spirit with
in each individual which we call
purpose. 1.-The handspring of action"
We see it manifested in the sturdy,
stalwart youth, he says: 81 mean to
be strong physically" As he picks
up the ball and hurls it to the batter
there is force behind it. In the man
ncr he handles it We read-not weak
ness-but power. Again 1t is mani
tested in the ever studious girl as she
gets up her lessons well. never miss
ing class lessons but with steady
purpose to be at the head. She shall
succeed.
Again it is recognized in the farm
or as he plows up the soil, carefully
raking away those turfs and roots
that would hinder plant growth.
Then later he plants the seed and
cultlvates the plant, putting In the
necessary plant foods supplying suf-
ficient water till there are the full
grown ears.
1t is purpose that moves the min
lister to stand at the sacred desk and
proclaim the Word Of God to Loot
souls.
And in every vocation Of life it is
the well developed purpose that sue
goods. hut why put forth any efforty
Why do only that which Is forced
upon it?
It is much easier not to stem the
tide and float. 1t is easier to fol-
low the path Of least resistance. Let
others pull. there is no need for me
10. they will perhaps outstrip me.
No! emphatically no! We have the
making of ourselves in our own
hands. We have in charge our own
little bark. We have the educating
of ourselves within our power. We
can mount the ladder and climb If
we will. We can have a purpose and
plan for life if we will. We do not
want all of success now and the end
to be fog and mist. We wish to reach
the blue mountains finally and that
calls for climbing over the rocks and
down into the valleys and on rough
crags and We will mount.
We will have purpose. We
mean to have an education. We will
take every opportunity and make
more. There is room at the top
where there are few and the air is
pure and fresh and breathing space
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-10

Ono q the causes which leads to
over-eating. especially among men and
busy people generally. = the hases
which frequently attends their meals:
There Is no enemy a 0vereating nike
elaboration. n any q you doubt shis.
Just try II! Eat slowly, masticatine
-FOUR food carefully. and - Il yuu
don't satisfy your appetite with lsss
than you do when you gulp down each
hurried mouthfuL But moro time
might be given to eating than b often
granted 1t By busy persons. You can
not enjoy your food when you eat It
In . rush, and you spoil yourself for
ell future enjoyment BY upsetting your
digestive apparatus. When you eat
slowly you accomplish two ends. tor
you eat less and have more pleasure
b the process.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-10
DON'T DRIFT

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is unlimited while at the bottom
are many and they get not a few
knocks, kicks and perhaps get tramp
led upon. Don't drift with the cur
rent-the current doesn't know
where to stop. Don't 60 with the
crowd, the crowd usually goes wrong,
and wants nothing but a good time.
Deliver us from the thoughtless
throng who after "big time" They
are far from a purpose of any value.
They have a purpose but it is to
have b big time, no matter the con-
sequence even if the feeling of parents
are trampled upon those, which
should be held In reverence.
You can find better companionship.
Have friends of the n0ble-heart6d.
the courageous with those who stand
ahead. The aimless ones are acting
cOwardly in not taking up life's
duties and making haste to perform
J them. Be all to your friends but be
wise in the choice OF friends. Seek
out the best in life and you will find
| it. 1t is not the amount of things
we know that counts but the knOwl-
edge of the most useful things. How
do you suppose there was ever a
Shakespeare, a Longfell0w. Ten
nyson, Sturgeon, David Living
stOn or a Sam Jones. They were not
by running with the motley throng,
not by being zone of the boys" not
In having "a big time" But by per-
sstent effort to stand at the top and
getting close to the heart Of nature
they made you feel SO, too, by the
power of description. Those. who
feel with others can make others feel
as they feel in writing. Those who
study both human nature and the
beauties of the external world can
best describe them in mental pic
ture. They did not drift, they STEM
med the tide, they mastered the
situations as they presented them
selves. They had a purpose to work
to. Did 1t pay? Was It worth
while? Their names are held as i'm
mortal and it was worth while. What
ever there Is Of good report 1t is
bound up In the one thing-constan-
cy to purpose.
Don't drift into laxiness, don't drift
into the smoking or chewing habit,
don't drift into the habit Of slang,
don't drift into speaking evil Of your
friends, don't drift into looseness of
character, don't drift into jealousy,
don't drift into the love Of praise OF
men nor love of fine clothes; don't
drift into story telling; don't drift
into cant's.
1t Is possible to abstain from SO
many dOnt's; there is but one way
to get perfect control Of ones self, |.
e., get use of ones self by constant
use. It is the only means to sue
cess Shakespeare said: Some men
are born great, some achieve great
ness and some have greatness" The
truth lies in the second assertion
some achieve greatness. No man
was ever great only as won for him
self. Great men do great deeds. Let
us get away from the commonplace in
the sense that We will not go down
stream but up. We will have COM
partnership and that of the best and
purest. We must find out who We
are, what powers We have and use
them wisely. Whatever We do, do
with our might. for things done by
halves are never done right. Mom-
ents are useless when trifled away,
SO work while you work and play
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-10

There q . law In Germany that
when . dog or cat has passed the ase
q six years they must b turned ovos
to the police to b killed. Not q
dosea animals are turned ovee . ysor.
No matter how old Q 81 q dog -
cone Tie oWnse vows ~ ~ - 4
0vo yoaU . Q dAy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
BROAD GAUGE COMING

Announcement was made from
the New York headquarters OF the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad
company that the board Of direc-
tors had voted $25O,OOO fer the
purpose of beginning work at once
upon the broad-gauging of Marshall
Pass line from Salida to Montrose.
This news will be hailed with Joy
throughout the affected territory.
While Paonin has enjoyed the
broad-gauge route by way of Grand
Junction for six years the incon-
venicnces of three transfers have
been preferred by majority OF
our travellers to the longer route.
In the movement of freight,
which is of vastly greater impor-
lance to this district notwithstand-
ing the heavy tourist and CONNER
cial passenger traffic, the benefits
of the improvement in contempla-
ton will be incalculablc. The sup
ply of empty refrigerator and VEN
tilator cars may then be handled
direct from the eastern divisions
instead of running the gauntlet OF
the Grand Valley. Six hours plus
the time required to move through
the Grand Junction terminals will
he saved between the shipping sta
ton and the connecting points Of
the eastern lines.
1t is more than possible that the
new broad gauge line, when COM
pleted and broken into working
condition, will become the main
east-and-west fast freight line. Such
an increase in traffic us this por-
tends will bring substantial growth
to our county seat and Paonia Will
reap her share Of the benefit
The Paonian.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
DEVELOPMENTS AT
..-GRADE

The Sunshine prospect in the
High-grade district, in Modoc Coun-
ty, Calf, was sold to Mcssrs.
Dawson and Fulton, promoters from
Los Angeles. Associated with them
are the banking interests OF Lake
view, Ore. Miners are now break
ing ore to make a shipment Of 3O
tons to the Sclby works. Edward
J. Trevarrow, who managed the
Vindicator mine at Cripple Creek
for many years, will develop the
Sunshine for the owners. 1t will
he opened by shafts instead of by
the tunnel system, which prevails
in this district.
The Fort Bidwell Consolidated
Mines Co. will have its annual
meeting on July 10. General Man
ager A. J. Cummings stated that
the Mt. View and Sugar Pine ground
will be worked on company account
The rest of the estate will be leas.
ed under terms of 10 per cent
royalty and running five years.
The 1O-stamp mill on this property
is being rem odeled under the super
vision of w. ID. French. John
Bell, formerly of STATIONS Indc.
pendence staff at Cripple Creek,
will have charge of developing the
mine. The preliminary samplint
shows about 1000 tons of ore nov
available for the mill. This ore il
exposed on three sides averages
nearly $50 per ton.
There has been some friction be-
forest rangers and prospectors he
cause of the posting Of trespass
notices on the cabins, demanding
that the owners apply to the Cover
nment for the rental of cabins and
grounds at a fixed rate to be made
known upon application. The
snow has about all disappeared and
one can easily get into any part OF
the camp.-Engineering Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

Denver, Colo. July II, 19l2.-
Vice President Brown of the Den
a. Rio Grande Railroad, today
awarded to various Car Companies,
for delivery within ninety days,
contracts for 700 box cars, $50 coal
cars and so cabooses, at cost OF
81 100, 10000. The box cars will
have a capacity of 100,0 pounds;
entire framing of steel. Stock cars
of same general construction, capa-
city $4,000 pounds. Coal cars to be
of steel with drop doors so that en-
tire load of coal or ore may be auto
maticnlly dumped. Cabooses will
be of wooden construction with
steel underframe.
This equipment order follows
closely placing of the order for 80
freight locomotives with the Ameri-
can Locomotive Company OF Sche-
nectady, n. Y, and the Baldwin
Locomotive Works at Philadel phia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
Crested Butte
Ca..;son County
and Colorado
Against the World
Notice Of Application
for L. S. Patent

Mining Application No. OsO57
Mineral Survey No. 1gap0
Us. Land Offic-. May 2I-t., 1919.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance "f
the Act of Congress. approved May 10. 1872. Ia
lena Mountain Mines and Tunnel Company by
]. NJ McDougal its duly authorized arcnt whose
postofice is Gunnison. Colorado. has made Ap
plicntion for patent for 1900 linear feet "n tho
Galena Park No., l situated in Fix Mountain
Mining District, GunnL.on Couyty, State of Col
oredo. and described bv the plat nnd field not,-~
on file in this office, follows, viz; 9alenn
Park No, Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No.. whence the IS. W. Gov.
Sec. 81. T. II s. II. ~ W. of 9th. P. N. bears N.
7'i7 30 r. 1862 II. Cor. No. } SchoncId town
site bears N. 2i' rs v. 4s.37 It. Thence S. So
10 W. :OO It. to Cor. No. .: thence 8. $50 20 j..
800 IT, to Cor. No. ;; thence n. 58o 20 T.. no II.
to Cor. No. I: thence n. 81 ~ W. 1900 It. to
Cor. NJ. l. til. place of beginning. Containing
io.Sn ncr-s AMI forming n PARTON Of the unrub
divided Twp. II s.. Range s7 W., of tho 9Th.
Principal Meridian.
Adjoining claims Gnlena Park No.. Ga
lena Park No., and GHlenx Park No., lod~s.
H. p. BLAIR
Register.
First pub, Mny GOTH, last Aug. sth., 1912.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
TYPHOID Turks
IN WELLS

The rural sections, long consider
ed ideal so far as concerns the
health of their inhabitants, have
been dealt blow by physician in
vestigators who maintain that two
thirds of the cases of typhoid fever
in the city owe their origin to in
sanitary conditions in the country
and to polluted water supplies.
Farms, which are generally re-
mote from towns, cities, or other
areas of congcst-i population, would
seem to be almost ideally situated
for obtaining pure and wholesome
water, but in realty polluted water
is exceedingly common on them
and typhoid fever rates are usually
greater in country districts than in
cities. Typhoid fever is now
almost universally believed TO be
transmitted solely through drink
or food taken into the stomach,
and is especially liable to be COM
municated by polluted waters
obtained from shallow wells near
spots where the discharges of ty-
phoid patients have been thrown
upon the ground and subsequently
carried carried down through the
soil and to the wells, and it is
doubtless principally this fact that
accounts for it being SO common
in farming regions.
On great many farms the well
is located at a point that may be
convenient to the dwelling, without
any rssnrd for the pasibility ID
the pollution OF the we'll water
through secpagc from barn oi
cesspool or through the circulation
of water underground. Information
rclating to the underground move.
mcnt Of water is particularly value
able, and on this account the
Unitct! States Geological Survey is
distributing report on the sub
ject-Watcr-Supply Paper 255-
Underground Waters for farm
use," by Myron l.. Fuller. TIL
demand for this publication has
neccssitated third reprint. a
copy of the report may be obtained
by addressing the Director of the
Survey at Washington. d. c.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
FORFEITURE NOTICE

To A. T. Harbert, his heirs and as
signs.
You are hereby notified that the un
dersigned has expended during the year
of 1911, the sum of one hundred dollars
in labor and improvements. upon the
Graphite No. mining claim, situated
in the Tin Cup mining district. Gunnison
County and state of Colorado, location
certificate of which is found in the Office
Of the recorder of said county. In or
derto hold said claim as provided in see
ton 2324 of the revised statutes Of the
UnitedIStates and the amendment there
to approved January 22nd., 1880, con-
cerning annual labor upon mining claims
being the amount required to hold said
lode for the period ending on The alst.
day of Dnesmber. A. D. 19il. And Il
within ninety days from the personal
crvice of this notice, or within ninety
days after the publication thereof you
fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of said expenditure AZ eo-own
er, together with the cost Of this no
ticc, your interest in the claim will be-
come the property of the subscriber.
your co-owner, whe has made the re-
quired expenditure by the terms Of
this section.
S. C. ROBINSON.
First publication, June 14th.. last pub
LEGATION, August 3Oth., A. d. 1912.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
KEEPING IN TOUCH

With the growth Of COM
munities and increased acti-
vit,es Of our population. the
personal touch of friends is
apt to be lost. You meet
congenial people. form pleas
ant acquaintanceships, make
friends that become dear to
you. But the restless spirit
Of the age causes separations.
and meetings become less
frequent. You grow away
from those to whom your in
clination is to hold fast.
However. withour modern
telephone facilities. "out Of
sight, out of mind" should
not be true. The use Of the
long keeps
the fires Of friendship burn
ing brightly. Distance
doesn't prevent a social call
-africndly ychat-cxtcndin
congratulations expressing
words of sympathy-in fact.
saying to a friend just what
you would say if you called
in person at his home. Let
tiers are apt to be more or
less formal. while the tele-
phone preserves that init
mate touch Of friendship SO
likely to be lost otherwise.
There is not the slightest
necessity for letting friend
ships grow cold through
neglect while you have the
long distance telephone. By
the way. are you getting out
Of your telephone all the
comfort and convenience
there is in it?
M FOUNTAIN STATES IHtPnoM Mo
TtltcaAfM COMPANY.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE PILOT

is authorized to announce the can
didacy of J. +. PEARSON (the
Representative of Gunnison County,
for the Eleventh Senatorial Dis
trict, subject to the will of the
people in the regular district assem-
bly, and direct primary. If NOM
mated and elected. he pledges
himself to vote for his party's
choice Tor United States Senator.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
WHY NOT MAKE s2oo.oa'A MONTH"; That's
$500 Week. almost s,o.ee . pay

Selling Victor Safes and Are-proof boxes
to merchants, doctors, lawyers, dentists and
wellto o-do farmers, all Of whom rec lise the med
one. sales men dccisre our propo:ition one OF
the best, cican-cue money-msktnR 0pportuni-
ties ever resolved. without previous expert
Our handao mely illustrated 3uc-page eatalog
will enable you 70 present the subject to Gus
them through our factory. Men appointed -
dytce and Instructions for ceiling sales, GtvinR
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

which Is possible for piopecive customer 70 deny Why
salesman o loea1ty -
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

f. B. Smith, night watchmen at
the local Rio Grande yards, return
cd this week from 60 days visit
with his folks who live away back
in New York state, he says he had
an all around good time and missed
the hot weather.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25
MINING ON
FOREST RESERVES

there appears an article under this
head by Merritt Booth, Il mining
expert in the employ of the U. $.
Forest Service. The article is the
usual mess of clap trap in defense
of the stupid and illegal interference
of the Forest Service with lcgiti-
mate prospecting on public lands.
1t says, that the Service does not
antagonize the locating of valid
mining claims" but such may be
located only upon the discovery
of valuable deposits"
call this clap-trap and per-
version of the intent and object of
Congress when the laws of 1872
were passed. The iutent of Con-
gress was to open to exploration all
the lands containing deposits OF
valuable minerals. The Forest SER
vice intcrprets this to mean that a
prospector cannot locate until he
he makes a discovery of q valuable
mineral deposit. The law requires
the discovery of q vein or lode in
place, but it does not require prpof
that the lode discovered is CONNER
cially valuable or anything like it..
If the prospector thinks well enough
of it to do $500 worth of work on
it, Congress intended to sell the
ground to him a S5 per acre.
If n prospector locates on heavy
timbercd ground, it will he easy
to determine his good, faith by tho
showing he has and by the diligence
with which he keeps up the work.
On heavily timbered land the SER
vice should be careful to investigate
fully and refuse patent, if there is
lack OF good faith. On ground
barren of timber or with scattering
trees the prospector should have
full swing as long as he has discov-
cred n vein, no matter whether II
is thin and of low assay value.
That is the true Interpretation OF
the law and there is no reason
whatever why the claim should be
protested, because he can show no
deposit of actual value. 1t is
enough that he is willing to spend
$500 on developement. On ground
devoid of valuable timber the pros
pcctor acts in good faith, because
his intent cannot be to profit by
the timber which may grow up on
it later, as he knows that it takes
century to grow tree one foot
in diameter in the Rocky Noun
tains.
But the Forest Service, like most
other Government departments,
knows no discretion and treats all
alike according to its stupid inter
probation of the law. 1t lacks COM
mon sense and the prospector, not
knowing whether he can hold what
he finds, does not go out at all.
The Forest Service does interfere
materially with the prospecting for
mineral deposits and, ! am afraid
it will take years to remedy the
evil and inject the necessary COM
mon sense into, the bureaucrats.
The mining papers should hammer
away until relief is found.
MAN BOEHMER.
Denver, Colo. June 25, 1912.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

Mrs. Mary Lawrence, Mrs. Thom
son, Miss Milligan, Mrs. Grace
Robinson and the baby came up
from Gunnison yesterday and arc
visiting their many friends here.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

The Heuchcmcr family have gone
% their ranch on the muddy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-07-25

The 18th Anniversary Of onr
company was celebrnted BY
erecting the most modern eefe
factory In the world. W6se
awal.e 0sa who received our
special selling tnducsment,
rendered II necessary t0double
our output. We arc epsuoinE
many thousands OF dollars en-
larging our sales orRantzatton,
but to lea rn all particulars, u
will cost You only the price OF
q postal card.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-16
C0NFESSES HIS GUILT
AFTER MANY LONG YEARS
entinel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service.
Fergus Falls, Mimi. March l6.-
The written confession of a crime
committed nearly 20 years ago, and
for which another man was convicted
and committed suicide in jail here,
before his penitentiary sentence was
begun, and received today by County
attorney johnson.
The letter is signed by s. l.. Cope
land, South Pasadena, Cal, who says
that in 1893 he assaulted a negro
porter on Northern Pacific passen-
ger train and robbed the passengers.
Later. he says. George Lyons was
arrested and convicted of the crime,
but before being taken to the pen
itentiary borrowed a razor in Jail and
cut his throat, dying almost instant
ly..
Copeland says that meantime he
was convicted of bank robbery at
Moorhead, Mimi, and sent to the
penitentiary. He says that since
leaving the prison he has been in
California, where he has lived an up
right life, gaining the confidence of
the people. Recently he was con-
verted at a revival meeting and to
clear the name of an innocent man,
Copeland sends his confession to the
county attorney here
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-16
What the Leading Dramatic Critics
oi tie United States Said About
THE Deep Purple"

If you need moral lesson, you
Will learn valuable one from THE
Deep Purple" The acting -indi-
vidually and collectively-is the
sort of histrionism we need on our
stage.-Constance Skinner, in the
Chicago American.
The Deep Purple" is as clear as a
tract and a thousand times more
interesting. 1t is one of the few
plays of the underworld that is safe
for everyone. There isn't a young
girl in town who wouldn't be better
off for seeing it, It's HE" is en-
tirely deserved.-O l.. Hall. in the
Chicago Journal
THE Deep Purple is a dashing.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-16
I'm READY TO QUIT IF
ONE ESCAPES HUNT
SentInel Special Service.

Sentinel Special Service. =
Prescott, Ariz., Mar. 16.-Cover-
nor Hunt has announced as one of
his policies the working OF convicts
upon the public roads without being
guarded. He said that, If one es-
capped, he would be willing to re-
sign.
The governor has declared his in
tention of abolishing stripes and of
dressing the conviots in gray uni
forms, excepting in the cases of un-
ruly men, who would be forced to
wear red shirts as badges of dishonZ
or. He also said that the practicaY
OF placing prisoners on bread and
water in solitary confinement WOULD
be discontinued.
The daily sentinel., 1912-03-16

sophisticated, melodramatic bigette
of the o. Henry type.-Percy Ham
mond, Chicago Tribune
The best crook play since "Dea-
con Brodie." Produced % years
ago). Moreover the acting is the
best | have seen in many a night
Charles Darnton. in the New York
World
1t is a classic of its class. 1t
knocks the spots out of the Arsene
Lupins, Jimmy Valentines and Raf-
fles.-J. c. Garrison, in the New
York Press.
The Deep Purple" is a success
in New York, Just as it was in Chi
cago. Make no doubt of that There
is punch to it that you cannot es-
cape from.-Acton Davies, New York
Sun.