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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25
GUCC DREDCE
 IS DYNAM|TEO

Dawson, Feb. o5.--Thc big drrhgc owned by the Guggtnhclm Exploration Co. was dynamIted last night and $25, ,O00 damage was done to il. This is the larg- est drcder in this section and cost over a quarter of a million dollars. The Northwestern police are Investigating the outrage.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25
United States Troops Ordered to Stop Texas Militia Entering Mexco--Governor Colquitt Mobilizing State Troops America to Intervene Soon After President
 Wilson Takes Office.

habitants of the city, and went so far as to threaten to request the American government to inter- vene, in which event dire vengen- ance would be visited on all con- nected with any outrage against foreigners.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

New York, Feb. 25.--The papers of this city are loud in their de- nunciation of the murder of Ma dero and spare no words in call- ing it coId-bIooded murder, and predict that no government can survive such an inauguration.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

Just received on the MaripOSa,
 a line of dresses at Harvey'S Fog gerry.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

Under tho page-wide headline, "vaidez Trail a Death Trap" the cocdova Alaskan prints the foi- lowing:
 "The mild weather of tho past week has had it's effect on the government trait from valdex to Willow creek and conditions arc such that travel over that road at tho present. time is not only slow but worry dangerous. Tho snow is so deep and soft that 1t is almost imp ossibie for teams to mako any headway, whom travef- ing light, and freightino is out of the question. A well authenticat- ed report is brought from vai- dez to the effect that Bob mcln- tosh, who runs the passenger stage, lost three horses on the summit, and two private parties going into Fairbanks had to aban- don the trip. In the cases cited the horses foundered In soft snow until they finally had to be cut loose from the sleds and abandoned. Later when an at tempt was made to rescue them they were found frozen to death. They evidently became exhaust ed from the efforts to extricate themselves end perished on the trail.
 Numerous stories of hard ships endured are reported by those who have recently attempt ed to travel over the Valdez trai, and if the present weather con tinues but few people will want to make the trip over the danger- ous Thompson's Pass"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25
FISH. FISH. FISH.

Fresh caught fish, lake trout, red snapper and halibut at the Valdez Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

C.. J. Todd returned on he steamer II is morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

The prospector reprints the above to show what really ad- mirabIe writer of fiction the Alaskan maintains, and further to show how wrathful the railroad town is over the success of Val deg in carrying through mail and passengers since COrdova fell
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

lIexico City, Feb. 25.--The for eiq5, diplomats have decided to accept the explanation of the Husrta government as to the manner of the death of Madero ana the people of the city are de- terimined to believe the story as issned by the government and are gay parading the streets and bakquetins the army and making m4rry.
 &he 1ritishers in the city have citcuIated a petition to which mSny British and foreigners have affixed their signatures, thank inq Ambassador Wilson for projecting the lives of the foreign population of the city. Ambas- sador Wilson has been untiring in his efforts to secure protection for the American and foreign inc
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

troops on the border are being carried out and the day of the change of administration the American forces will be in posi- ton to intervene if the incoming Pr{sident should think it neces- sak,
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-02-25

Subscribe for the Prospector.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

have gotten nothing back. This is
the verdict of the cOnsUls, Of mining
engineers and Of American business
men, who have travelled over the
country.
The opportunities are here but the
field has been largely exploited by
rake companies and stock jObbing syn
dicates. These men, by promising enor-
nous returns, have persuaded the small
man to invest what he had and to
mortgage his future for additional
sums, TO be paid on monthly install
ments. Most Of such companies have
failed, and many of them have been
fakes, pure and simple. The bona
nde capitalists here are satisfied with
10 or 10 per cent profit, and if there
were many investments which would
net them 100 percent they would grab
them. This is so not only Of mines.
but of tropical agriculture, and it is
safe to say that any man who prom
ises 500 percent profit within five or
ten years IS a fraud.
Advice From Uncle Sans Agents.
One of the most careful observers Of
the men sent here by the government.
is Charles NJ Pepper, who was long
correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune. In a report to congress he stated
that no American school teacher. clerk.
day labOrer. seamstresS or COLLEGE
professor. who had only a few hum
dred dollars Of savings had any right
to risk them in a Mexican stock com
pany, especially in those relating to
tropical plantations. He advised them
to take their little hUrdes. and throw
them into the sea and leave record
or the place where the bubbles came
up for their grandchildren rather than
to put them into such companies with
the hope that they would ever come
back 10 them or their grandchildren.
one OF our consul generals says that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

The best lands for this crop are in the
southern part of the country Rubber
is very capriciOus, and II IS most pro-
ductive where there is plenty of water
in the soil. and where, nevertheless,
the dry season is long Rubber trees
grow wen in Chiapas and Tabasco, two
states which will be opened up by the
Pan-AmeriCan railroad.
A most interesting form OF the rub
Der now being exported from Mexico
Is that known as guayule- rms comes
from a plant which grows wild on the
highlands and which IS bringing IN
millions of dollars a year Guayule
has long been known to contain rub
Der but the rubber in 1t was thought
to be of little value 1t is now known
to be excellent The supply, however
is limited. Only a little comes from
mated to be the total possible output
The best regions are now yielding
about a quarter of ton per acre and
although the territory where the plant
grows is large, the area where II can can
be prOfltably exploited IS not as great
as that of South Carolina 1t is found
as far north as Texas and as FAR south
as Pachuca, in Mexico, having a native
habitat as large as California. But IL
I is found only here and there, growing
[ at varying attitudes and usually on
stony ground me rubber IN the neF
. charitable plants ranges from 20 ~
percent of the weight, and so Tar the
. most OF the product has been from the
wild plants. Salvador MaderO. Of Mon
G.
[ industry, tells me that attempts TO
/ force the growth of one crop by irri-
atiOn have been failures. The plants
thrive. but they yield no rubber to
speak Of / understand that S60,OOOY-
/ 600 is now invested in the industry.
Mexico Works Uncle Sans Jaws.
There is another product here IN
which Americans have been making
! great deal Of money. This is chiCle,
which forms the base of our chewing
gums, and of which we consume mill
[ lions of pounds every year ChiCle
comes from the sap of the SapOte tree,
which is tapped for the purpose. The
I sap is collected in about the same way
as that of the sugar maple; save that
the trees. instead of having holes bored
/ ions and the sap flows out into
trough at the center and drops into
I pail at the foot Of the trunk
The chicle trees grow only in the
tropics. They are from 40 to so feet
high and they have a pear-like fruit
I Tt costs little to take care of them
They are planted at about 10 feet
apart. or about 400 to the acre. and
they should yield at eight or ten years.
pounds of gum, and if carefully tapped
Z should continue to produce for 20 years.
The chicle industry is now con-
Quoted by a trust operated under a
I concession from the Mexican govern
menL which gets a certain percentage
/ of the product In 1910 the exports Of
the gum were in the neighbOrhOOd of
S2,0O0.00O. and it is estimated that I'm
I bulk they were sufficient to have made
! a Washington monument Of solid chew
/ ing gum blocks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05
CCopyright, 1913, by Frank c. CarDenter)

NLOEgEl5A NJ 1915 Dg a 'EGulA U carp emreEy
and hopes TO put it where it will
breed gold dollars more rapidly than
the rabbits of Australia bring forth
young. To such Mexico has been
painted as an Ell Dorado, whose treas
ure vaults may be opened as easily
as was the cave TO the Forty Thieves
TO our old friend Ali Bahia, and also
as Garden Of Eden, where you may
SOW coffee. cOcOanuts and bananas and
then lie in the shade of the trees until
the fruit drops into your mouth.
A Warning to Investors.
The truth is far different. Just now,
in these days OF rebellion, brigandage
and political unrest there is no chance
at all for the small man. When the
IT viii be different and, as I shall
show farther on, the opportunities for
large profits viii probably be greater
than in the United States. Mexico is
ready for mighty development and
there are millions Of American dollars
which viii roll down over the border
as soon as our capitalists can be sure
Jhal they VIII be permanently safe One
OF the consuls tells me that during the
last years Of the DiaZ regime new
money was coming in by the tens OF
thousands Of dollars a day. This
money was damned back by the revO-
lutionary troubles and it only awaits
stable conditions TO break forth in a
tidal wave over the republic. If this
is so IL VIII pay the big man and
the little man to keep his eyes upon
Mexico.
Lost Money in Mexico.
But as I have suggested, it will pay
the small man to watch out I have
been looking into the results of the
small Investments of the past. Ameri-
cans tell me Of thousands of our peO-
pie who have put their little savings
into Mexican stock companies. and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

IAN LUIS POTOsL Mexico. July s.
~ This letter is devoted to the small
man in Mexico. 1t is not for the
railroad magnate or the millionaire
capitalist nor the skilled mining or
civil engineer who is sent down over
the border with money to burn. 1t is
for the. w0uIdbe settler who has a few
hundred or a few thousand dollars and
for the man who has saved some money
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

Plans for auto trips to points I'm
Arizona have done much to stimulate
interest i'm good roads. Great numbers
of cars from Phoenix are to make the
run TO Prescott for the celebration on
July & Good progress is being made
on the big bridge at Tempe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05
Mexico Not A Good Place For the
MaA Who Has But A Little Money
--By-
Frank G. Carpenter

Opportunities 70" Investment Are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-05

You have heard a great deal In the
United states about Mexican rubber.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
PIPE GREEN VALLEY.

Your correspondent made = mistake
about the average corn crop On the
old John BeIsler farm. Il should
have been i barrels of good corn in
stead OF i.
Mr. Herman Smelscr. Of Weatmins-
ter. was out IN Pipe Greek Valley on
a hunting trip Wednesday
The guns are making a lot Of noise
this week. II one rabbit Il killed for
every hundred rounds fired. there will
not be a rabbit in Carroll county by
Saturday night. unless II be : wound
ed one laying low.
The following children Of Good
Hope School we're present every day
during the fall term: Lloyd Hull
Leroy Yingilng. Leroy F.lleklnger
Ralph Wantz. Viola Myers. Mary
YinRling. Alice HoltibridIe. Grace
Heltlbridle. Those who missed one
day were Florence F1ieklnger. Car.
RE HeltIhridle. Those Who missed
two days were: George YInEIing Mar,
querite Hahn. Mary F1icklnger. Tho
children OF this school held contest
TO find the greatest number Of grains
OF corn any one could secure from
one ear Of corn. II WaH Won by
Florence F1IeEInger. the amount be
Ing 1920 grains. The teacher son
ders IL the farmers OF Carroll county
have ever counted the grains on al
ear OF corn. Il would not appear ~
from some Of their guesaea he re
ceiyed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

July upon this same quest. Many
geographers have for long held to
the theory that there Ii : land area
about equivalent to Greenland and on
the opposite side of the pole from
Greenland.
Greenland Is of almost continental
proportions. having an area OF 327, 300
square miles. II another such great
island exists in the Arctic Ocean it
will be revealed that great land areas
crop above the waters at each Of the
earth's axial ends. Until further dis
closures are made concerning the
newest land discovery, 1t Is all mat
ter of guessing concerning the topo-
graphy and as to whether there may
be any remnants Of life. animal or
vegetable.
II Greenland furnishes a clue for
making a guess concerning conditions
in the newly discovered Arctic island
we have this to go upon--Greenland
in 1911 had a population of 1908, OF
which 300 we're Europeans anu the
other Eskimos. There are about sixty
settlements scattered along the west
and southeast coasts which live by
trading seal oil. skins, fura and esh-
cry products for breadstuffs. fuel and
clothing. The newly discovered laa,d
may have some surprises In ethnol-
ogy, zoology and mineralogy.-Balti-
more American.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. Ia, 1913.
PREPARING FOR nc BUSINESS.

The enlargement of the Western
Maryland repair shops at Hagers-
town Is upon a scale that means the
practical doubling of the plant. When
It Is announced that the equipment
OF the enlarged plant will entail an
outlay of 100000 1t will be understood
that Hagerstown has secured an Il
dustrial enterprise that any city on
the map would have welcomed. The
costly nature of the outfit that Is to
be installed in the Western Mary
lands repair plant seems to warrant
the conclusion that the plant will be
able to do pretty much anything IN
way of constructing rolling stock. ex-
eept, perhaps. the building outright
of modern locomotive. And posi-
bly,. even this might be done In an
emergency.
The Western Maryland is also
greatly enlarging and lettering It's
terminal facilities 1T Hagerstown. 4
new passenger station is now In ser
vice and an extensive system of
freight yards has been laid out. The
work OF betterment and development
seems to yet be In progress over the
entire Western Maryland system.
Following the recent meeting of the
board of directors II was announced
that nlana for furIbar torp,tral =.
tensions at Port coYington are I'M
der consideration. The company nov
owns a ninety acre tract with more
than quarter mile of water frontage
at Port Covington. that Is yet to be
developed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
LATEST FOOD ADVICE.

Beware Of freak diets and rood
experts" and eat what you want when
you feel Ike It. This Is the latest
official advice of the Department OF
Agriculture IN a warning Issued to
the public. Back to the good old two
inch Juicy beefsteak!
II you feel Ike eating fine broiled
lobster or fried spring chicken do not
hesitate TO order 1t forthwith. say the
government officials. Plenty Of good,
wholesome ordinary food makes mans
chances of health the best. they say.
giving gentle rap to mail order
menus Of alleged cures sold b. 4dietlcs
experts" and folklore" scientists.
This Is fine advice for The oysried
plutoCrats Who have to go To hot
springs to boil themselves down, hut
of what use Is II 10 the thousands OF
girls and boys and men and women
who, like the girl who killed herself
in Chicago the other day. must keep
body and soul together on i or 20
cents daY for meals?
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
EXTREMES d FASHION.

Il seems TO be difficult for the fash
Ion makers to strike n happy medium
! year or 30 ago the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company reported that mob
BILE skirts In eolluaion with high
heeled shoes were responsible for an
alarming increase In railroad aeel-
dents, which is, indeed. easy Of be
lief.
Now comes the announcement that
the hoop skirt Is coming in again.
Having had several seasons of hobble
skirts. those who have charge OF such
matters, order that the women shall
wear something that. is as unhobble
as possible. Hence the hoop skirt,
which, IL anything Is even mort IN
suitable TO the demands OF modern
life.
Another thing thai should be moder-
ated Is the long and murderous hatpIn
which so many women seem to think
necessary. In Budapest, It is said
there was no much objection TO such
.hatpins that the police solved the
problem by eonfiseating the Offending
pins and sending the offenders home
with hats grasped tightly in their
hands. The room IN the police sta
tion where the trophies are kept Is an
arsenal OF dangerous feminine weap-
ons.
It Is doubtful whether either men
or women want feminine clothln. re-
dueed to a state Of severe, uniform
common sense. but some tendency In
that direction will be welcomed BY
large portion of the more eonserya-
tive element in this country with con
siderable enthusiasm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

W0ODnIEE.


Mr. and Mrs. w. Wiley, Miss Alice
Wiley and Mr.. and MRS. George Hatch.
of Baltimore, spent several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Shull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Shull spent
Sunday with their son.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grimm and Mrs.
William Franklin spent Wednesday In
Baltimore.
Mrs. Harry owings visited her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gartrell
on Tuesday.
Mrs. =. D. Zepp spent few days In
Mt. Airy, the guest OF her son, Harry
Zepp.
Little Miss Evelyn, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Gartrell. has appen-
dicitis, and will be taken to hospital
In Baltimore on Monday next.
Many sportsmen have been out, and
report game plentiful.
Morgan Chapel Is undergoing ex-
tensiYe repairs.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
WANTED.

This i your one golden opportunity
to fortune Agents make handsome
profits. Here's sample outfit Hollow
ground. bell steel $500 razor in neat
case. showing price: leather and tubular
web aIrop. worth Tic: shaving brush
costing 50c: Champion razor hone, worth
75e: cake of Williams Shaving Soap.
five articles, worth S D. Every man
uses them. You need only show them
and the price sells them II you sold
but twelve how could you make Sib
easier. Send $l.00 for outfit NOW.
Money back II unsatisfactory. Mercer
Sales Co. Box ATS. Hagerstown, Md.
nov Il 3t
WanIed-A cook and ; nufae: mother
and daughter preferred. Apply to Mrs..
r. Abnsr Parke, Court Street
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
HOW TO ATTAIN OLD AGE.

T chances Of attaining old age are
much greater If We live much If our
life in fresh country air. Statistics 90
to show, according to DR.. Desc Of
Budapest, that the fourth generation
of the town dweller is unknown: but
enough is currently reported to make
the conclusion inevitable that the
sine qua non Of longevity is a certain
amount OF time spent In the country
The city child Is subject to a number
of disturbing conditions other than
mere absence of creature comforts.
which undermine the constitution By
throwing too heavy a burden on the
sense organs. through which exnaus-
tion of the central nervous system fol
lows: among these conditions are
noises, a perpetual round OF hurry.
and unending sequences OF Incidents
exhausting the attention. TO which are
guperadded the physical dlscomforls
Of Fltiated air. waste organic products,
besides offensive gases and Infection
laden dust. To attain old age We
have 10 relieve ourselves from xorry,
strains and anxietles, withdraw
periodically from the Shirl of effortful
existence. modify our diet. omit the
use Of Btimulants and narcotics. and
spend reasonably long periods Of time
under pleasant conditions In practical
retirement, Above all. amusement
should be simplified and accepted rath-
er than sought after. Only vegetable
and semi-anlmal foods should be eat
en-.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
THESEIAND.

The discovery Of new land, even In
the uninhabitable Arctics, is always
an event OF stirring human interest.
The announcement from st, Miehaela.
Alaska, to the effect that an eaplor-
alton expedition sent out by the
Russian government has located a
great land area to the northward of
Siberia, puts world curiosity at high
tension for fuller details. The stef-
angson expedition. outfiitted b. the
Canadian government, started last
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
Aviation Records

The greatest speed so far attaine
in aviation II is miles an hour. made
by J. Yedrinea at Rheims. France
September =. 1913. The greatest dis.
lance travelled without stop. II miles
was made By G. Fourny. II Buc
France. September s. 1912. ana the
greatest altitude reached HaH 1875
feet, by g. Begagneux, over France
September i. 1912.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

At a mass-meeting held at Gettys-
burg College, Pa. and attended By
the entire student body 1t was decided
by an enthusiastic and overwhelming
majority to abolish hazing in every
form At Gettysburg College. This Il
one of the results Of the system Of
student government which has been
In force there for the last three years
and which is said to have proven .
SUCCESS In every way.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

Figure out all the Ifs. and .'ands,"
the why's and wherefores. the pros and
cons-analyze Tuesdays result from
every viewpoint and the one answer Is,
Wilson. that's all..-Emmitsburg
Chronicle.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

Decide now toibe a Hoosier
member and enroll first
thing tomorrow. Nothing
can be more important to
your health and happiness
than this lifetime labor
saver. Grasp your final
opportunity to get one to-
morrow. Make up your
mind now, and tomorrow
be quick to enroll.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

g.EToll Reformed Charges Matthews pIszz-
snI valley. Holy Communion I0a. m; Preparatory
9sTzIea Saturday p. n. st. Benjamin. SUM
d. School p. m. Divine Service D. m. HolY
Communion Sunday November g, D. m.
J. v. Reinecke. Pastor.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
Last Call t dHf H0Osier Club
-
Every Cabinet Will be Taken by Tomorrow Night

tested by the Hoosier Company. The Hoosier
Cabinet IS the scientific result If all these expert
mems. II is the nost important and complete
labor-saying machine 50 far invented for women.
L : tn only kitchen cabinet TINT IS complete.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

II you are going TO tell : man just
what you think Of him. pick out one
who is smaller than you are.
Overwork kills almost as many
people as everest
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

Row let the Democrats continue to
show aptitude In county government.
and the people VII never want q
ehange.
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The ladies' Aid Society

Of Centenary NJ. +. Church. this city.
will bod m OYSTER SUPPER
FRIDAY and SATUR-
Day Evenings. November 20. "a. y.
in lie new social room n the church
Everyone Welcome. nov Il
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14
NOTICE.

a Matte Carver. my wife, has been
untrue to me. she has this day left my
bed and board without Just cause. and
I Will not be responsible for any debt
contracted by her.
VERNON CARVER.
nov Ii IL Mt Airy. Nd.