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The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Gibson Here.

plbSon mere.
George Gibson of Plateau City
came down Wednesday from the up
per valley to spend "A short time here
on business.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Going To Missouri.

Miss Darindat Limbaugh and her
friend, Miss Bertha Carey, left Sat
urday night for Nevada, Mo, to visit
with relatives during the holidays.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16

1000 pairs sample shoes, Just in,
you get them at manufacturers prices.
The Boston Shoe Store. Advertise
Ment.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
To Visit Her son.

Mrs, Caroline sullivan expects to
leave about Thursday of this week
for Benton, ILL.,, to visit her son, r.
c. Sullivan and family and will
probably remain until spring.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16

The Christmas season is with us
again, and We have made provision.
Mcconnell & Lowe. (adv.)
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Return tn pIuteau.

Emery Wolfe and wife have re-
turned to Plateau after visit in this
city with friends. They made the
trip overland.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16

Now in CoIlbran.
Mrs. Dave Anderson of this city is
visiting with friends in Collbran this
week.
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Grand Junction, Colorado

and will be sold the city Grand Junction. at great sacrifice Sale will commence
$3.50 a and continue until 10 p every day and evening this week. The most attractive
feature this Great Adjustment Sale the price, deep cut has been made the entire
@ order 10 sell all quickly This great saving you staple goods such
as C0mD|ee line Of
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Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry, Cut
Glass, Hand Painted China, Silver Plated
Hollow and Flat Ware, Sterling Silver Table
Ware, Sterling Silver Novelties, Purses, Toi-
let Sets, Jewel Cases, Silver Deposit Ware,
Gold Handled Umbrellas, Ladies, Mems and
Baby Rings etc.
Supply wants for year OF two while this matter hanq adjusted by The mas in
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16

Supply your wants for year or two while this matter being adjusted the eiaS in
charge.
Old clerks are retained and force Of hand assist caring for the crowds
and their wants. Come and what the Price Gs have done The store and STOCK Come
from miles away and see BIT Of life while you load up with bargains fh Great Sale will
continue every day until fixtures and goods all so Never such bargains before this
CITY, buys $40 worth goods Now The best Christmas offerings ever put on the mar
@ Buy now and get the pick while you have the opportunity make your money 90 Just
twice far as would tthes goods forced the market
G.H. MCCLUSkEY
REPRESENTATIVE IN CHARGE
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-16
Now in COIIbrnIl.

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

X TLEBRA. Canal Zone, Panama
Nay 18.-Four hundred million
- dollars!
That IS what the Panama canal VIII
have cost when completed. You need not
question the FIGURES They are dead
right and I VIII give YOU the items lar
ther on
But stop first and think what $780,
100000 means. Suppose YOU had to
earn 1t and your wages were 81 day
How long would 1t take? Tt would take
200. 100000 DAYS, or more than 100000
years. The history of man goes back
only 5000 years, and YOU would have had
to work one hundred times the life Of
this world as far as history Is concerned
70 have done this Job.
Four hundred million dollars! Suppose
It were all in silver coins, such as are
now paid to the men who are doing the
digging. What a pile and what a weight
One thousand such dollars equal fifty
five pounds, and the whole sum would
weigh in round numbers 22.0O0,000
pounds, OF 1000 tons. At a ton to the
wagon 1t would be enough to load a train
of twO-horse teams making 3 single lie
over SO miles OF roadway, and the noses
Of each team might rest on the tailbOaTd
of the wagon in trent Of it.
Indeed it Is a goodly sunni Where has
it gomez And IS Uncle Sam getting the
worth of his money! These are some of
the matters 7 have been looking into
this week I have gone over the canal
work and hunted Tor leaks. ard have
also made notes OF some places where
Uncle Sam IS using the principle of SCI
entific management and modern econ
omy- I had a look at the books In the
administration building here at Cuebra,
and with the clerks have gone over the
ledgers to learn how Uncle Sam counts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18


ready been spent and what we must
spend In the future.
Our -Four Hundred Million Dollar Ditch.
But frs let me satisfy you as to the
/ total President Taft and Col GOethals
I have estimated the cost of the canal at
! SSt5,UuU.o0O- In one way they are right
; but there are other items which will
I amount to at least $4,000. 600 more
J These are the extra charges entafled
I by the annual sum we pay Panama. and
! the tOruIlcaUOns- The first estimate
/ Of the cost of the latter was 10000
/ OUU, and congress has now cut IL down
I to $4,000, 600. We have already spent
/ more than 100000. and we viii run
up 10 SzO,0OO.OOO before we get through.
{ Moreover, we have agreed to pay Pan
Z anna Sz5OsOOO a year, beginning nine
years after the treaty by which we
( TOOK the canal Eight years have al
READY gone and a year from now we
viii be spending that S250O00 which
VIII be q liked charge upon the treas
urE for all time TO come Two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars is the an
nual interest. on more than Sc, 5000. 600,
and so we must capitalize that 6 1000
600 and add it to the cost Of the canal.
And so you have the SO, 100000 without
going farther. making. as / have said,
8 total Of $500, 600 600
Now let US see where the money has
gone. We shall first take ST in the
rough We spent S50,O0O,0O al the
start 10 get control OF the canal prop
erty- The french company received
S40.0O0.O0O for its rights and the work
IL had done and Panama got $4,000. 900
for the canal zone and other rights.
Then we began TO clean up the canal
TO organize the work and to dig We
spent less than $1,000 600 in 1904. the
year we bought the canal. We paid out
about S5.0O0.0 600 in 1905, S11.0O0 600 in
1905, S2I0O0.00O in 1907, and from then
on we have steadily increased until
M q q
BY the 30th Of June next we shall have
used up the total appropriations so Tar
made by congress. and they now equal
the vast sum of S2S8,565,Sf2.46- At the
beginning Of this year We had already
expended more than S26O,OOO,OOO and
the remaining $50, 600, 600 is the cost OF
the current six months
Uncle sans Money Worth.
Is the Job a cheap one and IS Uncle
sam receiving the worth Of his money
The lob is not cheap, and nevertheless
Uncle sam is getting the worth of his
money. He is getting more than any
other great company or government mas
comparative figures When the French
started this canal In 1879, II was
planned TO build il at sea level and at
q cost OF $4,000 00O. The first com
pauy continued its work for 10 years
after which time II became bankrupt
In that time it spent $3.50, 100000 and
eNcavated about $4,000, 900 yards OF
earth and rock. so that the average I
cost Of digging was about 81 yard
Uncle sam with All his prelmlnarles Z
in the way Of sanitation and getting I
ready for work, has been on the JOB 4
less than eight years and at the end I
OF last February he had taken out I
owed 160-0uu.0O0 cubic yards of earth /
and rock He has been able to use q I
little less than 100000 Yards OF the d
tfencn digging and has now total
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

u government property down here.
ana an additional 81. 100000 has been
received for services rendered and ma
rSnies.
Everything is watched and there Is
Hothlng too small 10 be picked up and
AIRED Tor. Going through the Culebra
Guy sunday one may see a gang OF men
DC shipped off and sold. and every piece
OF old piping is Strengthened out for
new work. The bad points are thrown
away and new threads are made on
that which is left. 1t is the same with
BRASS, copper and old rubber. 1t is an
saved and classified to be sold as Junk
There is a car filled with rubber hose
and rubber piping on the side tracks
here now. and In this is a large GUAM
uty OF worn rope and wire cable. and
also OF lead pipe. steel chains and orbar
material of various kinds
Walking with Col DevoI though
some OF these buildings covered vvffb
wire netting 7 asked as TO the effeCf
of the climate upon the metal cloth
He replied.
This woven wire lasts only sbo,+
two years. Tt then begins TO have
holes and we take il off and reDlace n
with new. The old netting we bale mn
and ship to New York. where Ii h soI5
last week which brought in s70O0 ana
we have sold many lots which brought
more
1t is the same with the galvanized
roofing. Some Of that on the Frencb
houses built 90 or 5e years ago is fun
OF holes but nevertheless IL does Tor
the walls OF buildings where such holes
do not matter Tt IS the same with
everythlng- The machines are cared
Tor as though they were race horses /
and everywhere economy and efffcfen-
cy march side by side
have already written something
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

the world. The reduction is made by
stopping every leak and by using every
available bit of material The French
houses were repaired and used Two
nlIllon dollars worth Of the French
machinery was modernized and put to
work, and every bit of French scrap
not In use was sold for what 1t would
DrlnS- The French buildings altOgeth-
5t saved US S2.000.0 600. and every old
french shack that has been torn down
mas round a place in other buildings
1hueeQ- nave never seen so much
Cdle taken In saving the scraps any
where as right here in Panama. Lum-
Der IS used over and over again. The
buildings which form a part Of the
S1atun lake basin have been torn down
ny carpenters, and all the materials
shipped to other stations In the canal
zone The windows and doors, and
even the galvanized roofs were pre-
served
Right here at Culebra they are now
moving the buildinFs in advance Of
great slide. which is expected. taking
In the ground whers The penitentiary
stands
It viii all be bare by the time the
slide comes. In doing such work the
men save every hinge. nail and everv
board and stick that can be used for
new construction. and then set the ia
maica negroes to cutting the scraps
into kindiing wood for the employees
Uncle sam furnishes free fuel to his
men. and kindling is quite expensive
Millions saved From Old Material
Indeed IL is wonderful how much I'm
Gle Sam saves by the sale OF old ma
chinery and various kinds of waste ma
JerlaL The moment he gets through
with machine ne dispOses Of fl. and al
the close OF the work there will he
some mighty sales of this kind 81
far more than $1,000. 600 has beCD
turned Into the treasury from the sale
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children OF bed
wstting. There is a constitutional csuss far
this trouble AIRS. n. Summers. Dor w
Eotre Dame. Ind, WI send sres 10 any mother
her successful home treatment, with mn
instructions. Send no money. but write her
today IL your children trouble you IN INF.
way Don't blame the child. the chances are
it can't help It. This treatment also cures
adults and aged people troubled via urias
difficulties By dag or nigat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

excavation all told OF a little more
than 20O,000.000 cubic yards with
something like 20.O0O.OOO yet to dig.
The French cost as i have shown.
was 81 a yard Uncle Sans cost was
at one time 81 a yard, but il has been
steadily cut until. on the Culebra di-
vision; where it is almost solid rock
and the expense IS the greatest. the
total average per cubic yard is less
than "a cents. while the dredging cost
at the Atlantic end Of the canal Is less
than % cents. Does it not seem as
though Uncle sam Is getting the worth
Of his money?
The Suez canal cost all told about
SlOO,O0O.0OO to build, and the original
excavation was 10000 600 cubic Yards
The cost was about SIPS per yard or
Just ABOUT twice what we are paying
now Tor taking the rock out here At
Culeora- This is so Notwithstanding
SueZ was ditch through a desert v-frh-
out hill Or hollow where the sand could
De shoEeIed out on the bands. and
where thousands Of fellahs We're frIr-
nished by the khedive to do the worl,
al practically nothing a day
The Chicago drainage canal cost a
l-llle over So5,uOV,U0O. and its eXcava-
ZION amounted to over 42.00O.0OO cubic
aras' on which. however. only about
1z'vVVUyU We're rock At that rate the
digging there cost on an average 81
50 cents per cubic yard. or 20 cents
more tnan that we sre row paying at
Watching the Corners.
It is only by watching The corners
that Uncle Sam has been able TO cut
down the cost OF the work TO these
very low ugures- fOu must remember
tnat ne pays the best wages on earth.
and that he houses his men free ~
charge Nevertheless the cost is about
as low as IL could he on any great
Work OF this kind almost anywhere in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18
BIG PANAMA DITCH COSTS L0TS0F AMERICAN MONEY
WHEN COMPLETED, PANAMA CANAL WILL
REPRESENT EXPENDITURE OF $4OO,OOOOOO

The Great Contracts and How They Are Let-Do We
Get Our Moneys Worth?-The Cost of Panama Yer
sus That Of Suez- Watching the Corners and
Saving the Scraps-How Men and Ma
chimes Earn Their Wages
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

Copyrighted 1912. by Frank c. carpenter3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-18

y ULEBRA, Canal Zone, Panama,
e Nay 18.-FOur hundred million
- dOllarsl
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
BEST STOCK COMPANY OF
SEASON NOW At GRAND

The DeArmond Sisters Stock com
pany opened a weeks engagement at
the Grand last night in a splendid play
entitled For Her Husbands Sake .
This was one Of the best stock com
pany productions ever seen in Vinita,
and the packed house gave its approval
in frequent outbursts of uproarous ap-
plause. While the play was Of the
light comedy drama order 1t held en-
ough of human interest to make it
hold the attention of the audience
throughout and the comedy stuff in
terspersed rounded out the entertain-
ment to make it altogether enjoyable.
The work of the DeArmond sisters in
the play and in speciality work was
highly pleasing. Miss Lillian DrAr-
mond as Ethel the accused wife,
handled the difficult parts of her role
in most acceptable manner as did
Miss Irene DeArmond in the part OF
the light-hearted but faithful sister
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09

able features of the industry in 1911.
according to H. d. McCaskey, Of the
United States geological survey, We're
the resumption of normal labor condi-
tions in the Black Hills of South Da-
kota, the increased dredge output in
California, development of production
in the new Innoko-Iditarod placer
region of Alaska and the Republic dis
trict of Washington, continued deyel-
opment and prosperity of the great
Goldfeld (Neyada) and Treadwell
(A.aska) mines, normal conditions also
on the Mother Lode in California, inn
provement in metallurgical methods,
and general increase in activity at
many small deep and placer mines. Re
newed interest in prospecting was
shown in Colorado, although the gold
Continued on Last Page.)
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09

The feature of the play, however, was
the work of Jack Vinson, as Horace
Green Gage Dobkins. of Sheeltown,
IVt. While this is the character of
'rube," it is not of the usual overdone
kind. Mr. Dobkins goes to the city
for the first time and his green. awk-
ward, but frank and ready witted man
ner won his immediate friends, The
part is difficult one and it's deviation
from the usual country jay parts won
It the universal approval of the audi
ence. This character was easily the
favorite with the large crowd.
Tonight this company will present,
"The Morning After" and it is pre-
dicted the large crowd last night will
be small in comparison to one indi-
Gated by the advance seat sale for to-
night,
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
SENATOR CORES
MOTHER DEAD
Aged Woman Succumbs to illness SUM-
day Morning at Washington
Funeral Yesterday.

Washington, D. c., jan S.-Funeral
ceremonies for Mrs. Carrie Gore,
mother of Senator Thomas p. Gore of
Oklahoma who died at $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning at the Washington
residence of the senator, will be held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
residence. The Rev. Earle Wilfry, pas
tor of the Vermont avenue Christian
church, will DICTATE. After the cere-
bonies at the house the body will be
taken to Glenwood cemetery in this
city for interment
The active pallbears will be Con-
gressmen Charles d. Carter and Scott
Ferris of Oklahoma; William Oldfield
of Arkansas, w. W. Hastings and Roy
Thomson of Oklahoma and G. L. Hern-
don of this city. Honorary pallbearers
will be Senators John W. Kern, George
T. Chamberlain, Leroy Percy, John S.
Williams, Atlee Pomerene, Ellison D.
Smith, Robert L. Owen, Nathan p
Brain, Miles Poindexter and Joseph
l.. Bristow and Captain Fred Bell.
Mrs. Gore had been i'll from an af-
Fiction of the liver for about six years
Her advanced age made a surgical op-
Grafton very hazardous and after con
cultation her physicians decided moi
Ito operate. Several weeks ago the
health of Mrs. Gore seemed better and
before the Christmas holidays she was
busily engaged with her needle with
which she was an expert in making
gifts and remembrances for heI
friends. Christmas night she became
| i'll. All that medical aid could do was
to administer restoratives to prolong
life. Friday the patient rallied slight
ly but relapse which terminated in
the final crisis set in Friday night.
Senator Gore whose devotion to his
mother had been marked throughout
his career was in constant attendance
at her bedside throughout her last i'll
ness. Born in Mississippi seventy
three years ago Mrs. Gore spent mos
Of her life in that state. Since the
death of her husband six years age
she has lived with her children, spend
ing much of her time in Washington
with her son. Besides Senator Gore
she is survived by two other sons, D
F. and Ellis Gore, daughter, Mrs. J
M. Wyatt and sister, Mrs, julia Muir
ray of Texas. d. f. Gore, the young
est son, is in Washington but the othe
children will be unable to reach thu
city before the funeral services Mon
day. Mrs. Gore was lifelong mem
ber of the Christian church. Through
out her life she was noted for he
many acts of charity and her disposi
tion to help those about her.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
a Birthday Surprise.

saturday morning, January 9th, as
Mrs. Catherine Frogge, sat by her fre
writing. she was aroused by rap at
the door. Upon opening the door she
was surprised 10 lnd party OF eleven
of her intimate friends and neighbors'
With well filled baskets waiting admis-
sion.
Upon hearing many shouts of happy
birthday greetings" she soon realized
the object of so many coming on SC
cold a day. Others came later
The table was soon laden with many
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09

luxuries. From homemade hominy,
and chicken. up to the finest
fruits. fruit-salad, preserves, jellies,
cakes and pies.
After all heartily indulging in same,
with many pleasant and jolly conver.
sations, the table was cleared, and a
pleasant old time visit with Mrs
Frogge was enjoyed that afternoon.
Later the party dispersed, all ex
pressing the good time they had had
and wishing that she may live to see
many repetitions of her birthday
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
Cared For a Little Wait.

En- route home from visit in south
ern Missouri, Mrs. Jeff Blevins was
presented with a package which upon
being examined proved to be tiny
baby boy, six or seven days old. Upon
her arrival in Vinita, being Ill and un-
able to care for the little one herself
she consulted with Mayor Starr and
it was thought advisable to place the
little one, temporarily, at the home of
Mrs. Eliza Minshall, who, showing a
true Christian spirit volunteered to
care for the child until a suitable home
could be located for it, this however,
Mrs. Minshall was prevented from do
ling by the kind Intervention of one of
her charitable? neighbors, who imme-
diately took it upon herself to call up
on the law to prevent the child being
brought into the neighborhood, where
her offspring might become contain
mated by coming into contact with
| Suen vie OuJeCt VI Chdil ltJ do " Pooi
little homeless, nameless baby. Thanks
to the interference OF inns sood oanlarl
tan? the good people Of this commun
ity have been spared the painful duty
of rendering assistance to such an un
worthy? object of charity. Inquiries
have since been instituted and rela
Itives of the little waif have been 10
Gated in the country near where ths
child was abandoned by It's mother
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
HOOKS NOMINATION
. RESENTED BYOWEN
President Taft Names Kansas Jurist
as His Choice For Associate
Justice.

Washington, d. c.. Jan. 9.-Senator
owen of Oklahoma announced Monday
that President Taft had sent to the
senate the nomination of Judge Hook
as member OF the supreme court.
The senator also said that he would
introduce a resolution calling upon the
president for copies of all the endorse
ments of Judge Hook. The fight
against naming the Kansas jurist has
grown out of his decision in the Okla
homa two-cent rate case.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09

The revival meeting that is in pro-
gress at the Methodist church has
started off WE'LL The interest is fine
and the meeting bids well to be one of
the best ever held in Vinita-one in
which many souls will be saved ami
many who's religion has grown cold
will be brought back to a realization
of Christian experience. DR. McIn-
tosh, the evangelist, who is doing the
preaching is preaching very strong
gospel sermons and is most interest
ing. He is not of the sensational kind
like Billy Sunday-but is about the
biggest little man in this work. He
is Irish-you can tell it when you hear
|him-and some Of his Illustrations are
quaint. Mr. Phillips who has charge
of the singing is well known in Vinita
and is very popular He has been here
twice before and helped in reYivals. Ile
makes you sing. This meeting is for
every one and it is hoped that all Win
ita viii come out and help.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-09
GOLD AND SILVER
MINING IN 1911
Gold And Silver Mining in The United
States in 19t1-PreIiminary State
ment BY Geological Survey

The gold-mining industry was gen.
orally active in 1911, but early figures
indicate total production for the
United States and Alaska slightly be-
low the output of 1910. The most not