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Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
IN RUSSELL GULCH.

Joe Rees and Matt Edwards went
to Golden Saturday.
Mrs. j. Christello and children left
for Telluride Saturday.
l.. Pircher, of Black Hawk spent
Thanksgiving in the gulch.
]. Bellwood, of Mountain CITY was
up Tuesday, hanging paper at the
Scown house.
Mrs. George Godfrey. sister Of NJ
Lewis Is visiting the Lewis family
on Williams avenue.
Alfred Uren went to Denver Tues.
day.
Dr. Scott, district superintendent
held services In the Methodist church
on Monday night.
VIM. Tamblyn has leased a black.
smith shop and will do work for the
Old Town and Richardson mines, and
also attend to all custom work.
The Ladies Aid society meets with
Mrs. Ike Young Thursday.
Maurice Starne, manager of the
Richardson mine. ate his turkey in
Central City Thanksgiving.
Jenk Davis and Prof Farmer went
to Central City Tuesday night to
see the pictures of the C. & S. wreck
and attend to other duties.
We are at present having the heav-
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
ADHERE TO THE TRUTH

We notice that our sister city,
Idaho Springs located on the banks of
the south branch of Clear Creek and
at the intersection of Soda creek,
from whose waters one only has to
drink to be healed and retain the Wig
or of perpetual youth, has issued
pamphlet setting forth the advan-
a health resort. We most heartily
commend it's enterprising citizens
for the zeal displayed and are proud
to say that it's contents in the main
is absolutely true, but it grieves the
Observer and its hundreds of read
ers to think that the writer is SO
unfamiliar with pioneer events, and
hasten to correct an error that, If
not corrected now, may go down in
to the annals of Colorado's history
and tarnish the escutcheon of Colo
radios fairest flower, Gilpin county.
John H. Gregory and his eight asso-
ciates arrived in Denver in May, 1858
and prospected along the banks of
Cherry Creek and Clear Creek until
near the present city of Golden, and
they then returned to their southern
home for the winter. In April, 1853,
these same parties returned and fol-
lowed the golden sands of that
stream until 1t divided. One party
followed the larger, or main stream,
the Gregory party following North
Clear Creek and discovered the vast
placer deposits of gold at Black
Hawk, still in the month of April
Gregory returned to the valley for
supplies left at the foot of the noun
tains, and again appeared at Black
Hawk about the first of May and
on the 9Th of May, 1859, uncovered
eu III rne~ ROCKY MOUNTAINS. We COM
mend you gentlemen for your mag
nificent enterprise in proclaiming to
the world this wonderful Carlsbad of
America, but don't wrest from the
Little Kingdom of Gilpin,'' the
laurels she has so deservedly won
and worn with pride for the past half
century. The Observer is noted as
paper with a heart and a SOUL"
and 1t is with great pleasure we has
ten to rectify this egregious error,
and place you on a footing where
your children's children for many gen
erations to come can rise up and
call you law-abiding and truthful
people.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
DEATH OF AN OLD SCOUT

oi'Ver r. Virgins, Colorado's pio.
heer scout and trapper. the last NJ
the Kit Carson band that roamed
over our trackless plains and through
our mountain canyons for years he.
iore the Gregory band of gold hunter
turned their faces to the westward
Is dead, at the age of 90 years.
ne was the first to receive Gregory
ana MS party, who later discovered
'he rich gold diggings at Gregory
point He also rendered valuable
service In the early sixties in guild
ing Immigrant trains across the
pains during those troublesome days.
The last of the old scouts are gone
me great State of Colorado. whom
ne loved and spent his life within ber
borders, should erect lasting monu.
ment to his memory.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
NEVADAY|LLE NOTES

Joseph Kramer, Jr., has returned
from Golden and intends to make
Nevadaville his home in the future.
We understand Frank Sparks has
made application to Gov. Ammons
for warden Of the state penitentiary
This is indeed good news, as Franks
daily walks of life are such that the
youth that follows in his footsteps
Will grow to manhood under almost
divine guidance. and be better en-
abled to encounter life's battles.
Z. w. Pierce. ex-mayor of Nevada
vile, is issuing invitations to his
friends to attend his egg social at
Cannon's hall Christmas eve. Eggs
VIII be served in every style from
the hard boiled one down to the
egg-nog.
Hon. II. C. Bolsinger is ENJOYING
the present snow and takes daily
cutter rides.
Big Jim Richards attend the shov
picture show at Central City Satur-
day night.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
A LITTLE SERMON F,

We sit in the theatre and comfor-
tably sniffle when calloused en-
ployer refuses the humble appeal for
work of a faithful employee grown
shopworn in the service. With glow
of indignation we read in the morn
ing paper of the suicide of an old
man and woman, destitute and worn
out with the years, who have given
up the struggle and together have
opened the door Of death. In burst
Of comfortable hysteria we bitterly
denounce the community which let's
destitute man, who in his years of
plenty gave freely, take his sad way,
in helpless age, to the"county farm"
Yet in your ward, in your block, per-
haps, is a case just as worthy of
your sympathy and help.
The story of the man who has
been supplanted by younger, more
active worker, cannot be adequately
told in words. 1t needs the art OF
the painter, the use of subdued col
ors such as Millet mixed to set forth
forever the dependency of "The
Man With the Hoe" You may not
have thought on this matter of young
old men, if you are young or in your
prime But sometime the hand OF
misfortune may lead you from your
work, force you from the ranks OF
your busy fellow-craftsmen, to be af
terwards a camp-follower limping at
ter the industrial army of which yor
are now a part. Why not give this
economic problem some thought now
Why not do unto the other, as ye
would that that other should do un
to "?-The Eagle Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

The Standard Oil company and its
subsidiary companies SO far this year
have declared cash dividends to the
amount of Sill 100000 which is equi-
valent to Ill per cent on their capi-
talization. This exceeds the divi-
dends of the great steel corporation
for the year by $6O,0OO, 900. Perhaps
after congress has disposed of the
financial bill, it would be well for
that body to look into their methods
of making easy money.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
The Mountain States Telephone & telegraph Co.

Miss Ruth Flaherty stole a march
on her friends Sunday. She left that
afternoon for Boulder and in the eve
ming was married to j. E. Cosgrove
former agent of the Adams Express
company in this city. The couple
will take honeymoon of a month
in the east and will then make their
home In Boulder, where Mr.. Cosgrove
is agent for the Adams Express COM
pany. The bride and groom are well
known In Central and number their
friends by the score. Congratula-
tions.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has issued statement to the banks
who are restricting credits in antici-
patton Of the passage of the new
currency bill, that they may have
no fear regarding the placing in op-
Grafton of the new currency law, as
the United States treasury has am
pie funds that he will loan them to
assist in adjusting their affairs to
the new conditions.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Mrs. Grace Owens, of Chicago, was
sentenced to serve $50 days in Jail
the other day, for pouring boiling
water over her husband to discipline
ham for staying out late at night.
The sentence was perhaps made thus
soap with the water, and therefore
violated one of natures great sani-
tary laws.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company, in the con-
sideration of it's future development,
recognizes that it's highest interests
as public utility lie in establishing
the closest and most friendly rela-
tionship with the public generally,
and with its. patrons in particular;
therefore, 1t is the purpose of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph company, through this an
be termed an advertising educational
series Of articles, both in the news
papers and in the form of letters to
it's customers. IT is our hope that
this campaign may mark a new era
in the relation of public utility corpor
ations to the public they serve. We
want this education to work both
ways that tie public may learn the
truth about us, and that we may
learn hcw the public regard us, and
how we may fairly and efficiently
serve tie public-in other words,
what is just and right to us and to
tie people, and to convince the pub
lie that we will voluntarily remedy
any wrongs we are doing, If pointed
out to US.
We shall show you our financial
affairs, frankly and freely. 1t so hap
pens that our financing has been of
such nature that it is easy for us
to clearly show to you this side of
our affairs. What we mean by this
is, that we have absolutely no water
in our stock; we have no bonds, nor
any preferred stock, and no mortgage
of any kind upon which to pay fixed
charges. We have more invested in
our plant at its present replacement
value than our issue of common
stock and we have no other stock
issued than the common stock. There
are no wheels within wheels nor com
panies within companies, to absorb
profits. We finance ourselves from
year to year by selling our common
stock to the people, at not less than
par, in the state in which we oper
ate.
When we tell you the story Of our
financing, we will prove to you thai
there never have been any fortunes
large or small, made out of the man
ipulation of our stock-in othel
words no high financing has evel
Mountain States. Telephone and Tele
graph company, or its predecessors
The stock never has had any specu
lative value; it has been, and i.
now, simply safe investment.
There is a great misunderstanding
upon the part of the public as to this
side of our business. Persons with
Interior motives, striving for office
and newspapers wishing to give star
tling news, frequently publish stories
of how rich certain officials of our
company are. Right now, this is be-
ing done in connection with the new
revenue tax. We suppose these stor-
les grow out of the belief of certain
of the public that the executive Of
f1cials of our company are merely
trustees of the property, for the
stockholders, and none of them are
rich men, nor have they very
heavy holding of the stock. 1t is
true that certain reputed rich men
have large holdings of the stock of
our company-some of them being on
our Board of Directors-but one of
them has made any money whatso-
ever out of dealing in our stock. They
have all paid dollar for dollar, in
cash, at par, into the treasury of our
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Senator John T. shafroth, 90, Of Colo. e,
the new banking and currency bill,
now being formulated in committee,
will soon be reported to the senate,
and will, without doubt, receive
majority vote in that body. He also
believes when it comes to final pas
sage, many Republicans will be found
voting for the bill
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

John Hays Hammond says he will
not invest dollar in foreign coun-
tries as long as w. j. Bryan is sec
retary of state. This will be bad
nows to Mr.. Bryan and tie country
as we fear he may have to invest
some of his wealth in his own coun-
try, and that would be so distaste-
full, dontcherknow.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04
An Open Letter to the
Telephone Using Public

bring them in contact with each 9TH
er. and that the more nearly perfect
in efficiency and sufficiency the util-
tiles serving the public are, the more
prosperity. comforts and cOnvenien-
ces the public will enjoy.
We believe our story is an inter-
esting one, and we hope that every
one will read it.
NOTE.-As an instance of the kind
of startling news which newspapers
sometimes publish. we want to call
attention to recent articles in the
newspapers, headed, United States
Government Calls Upon Two Girl
Stenographers to Tell Where They
Got Two Million Dollars to Form the
Corporation Securities and Invest
ment Company" Then the article
went on to say that this Corpora
ton Securities and Investment Com
pany was scheme of the Telephone
Company to further its purpose of
monopolizing telephone companies,
etc.
The truth is that our company has
been met with strong feeling I'm
the State of Montana-well-nigh uni
versal-tEat something should be
done to relieve the citizens of that
state of two telephone systems Pub
lie meetings have been held, and
votes taken, that the telephones or
one or the other of the systems
should be thrown out. Resolutions
and letters have been submitted to
us, and we have started out to see
what we could do to relieve the citi-
zens of this burden.
We found that the Independent in
, terests operating there also operat-
ed in Spokane, in the State of Wash
ington, and in northern Idaho, and
that the Independent interests doing
business in Montana could not be
F., bought, or sold, so as to alone COW
er the property in Montana, but that
the purchase must include their prop,
erty in the states of Idaho and
Washington The Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph Company
does no. operate in either of these
sections, and, therefore, is not re-
sponsible for telephone conditions
there, nor does it wish to operate
there. but we felt we must meet the
situation in Montana, and SO. in order
to be in position to either buy or
sell, from or to, the Independent in
ed the Corporation Securities and In
vestment Company, as corporate
company, to enter into negotiations
with the Independent interests in
Montana, which negotiations are now
In progress, and, IL possible. to buy
these Independent interests in Mon
tana, northern Idaho and Washing
TON, and then in the end, if that pur-
pose was accomplished, the Corpora
ton Securities and Investment Com
pany should sell to The Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany the portion of the Independent
plants located in Montana. and sell
TO others the portion of these Inde-
pendent plants existing in northern
Idaho and Washington.
we explain this so the public may
know that In the above Foreword
where we say there is no company
"thin a company, or wheels within
wheels we are speaking absolutely
truly and also that this Corporation
securities and Investment Company.
winch was so freely advertised by
the articles in the newspaper refer
red to, Is absolutely a legitimate and
pfoper company and organized for
the specific purposes stated.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

company, IOr every snare Iney HOlu,
and they have simply come into our
company because they believe it to
be safe investment.
There is, too, upon the part of the
public, belief that the company is
largely engaged in politics. We i'm
agine this feeling is caused by the
fact that in the past, simply from
the standpoint Of preservation, GER
PEELED to be in politics; but in these
days, when the, tendency is to place
all corporatinos and trust affairs in
to the hands of central body, such
as the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and local state commissions, etc,
to deal with the conduct of business
es such as ours, being in politics,
as believed by tie public, would be
foolish thing and entirely unnec-
essary. This is, therefore, to state
emphatically that we are not. either
directly or indirectly, in poll tics, in
any way, shape or manner, and shall
not be.
We are going to attempt to give
you the entire story as to our rates.
We have been told, when stating to
some of the public that we proposed
starting campaign like this, that
our efforts would be futile; that our
subscribers would turn out to be sell
fish and only look toward the end of
getting as cheap telephone rates as
possible. We do not believe this. We
believe that the great majority of
the public are inclined to be fair,
and that it is not so much tie ques-
ton of what our telephone rates are,
as it is that when we make a state
ment regarding them, and show our
true financing, that we shall be hon
est and that the public shall know
that we are honest. That VIXEN we
make a statement as to our profits
:. and earnings, showing just where the
dollar that our subscriber pays us
goes, the public may know that we
are not trying to deceive item or
keep anything back that should be
shown. When we honestly do this
and our position seems to be just
and right, we believe that the fair
ness of the public will sustain us.
We are going to set forth the in
herent difficulties of giving universal
: telephone service. These articles and
letters are not to be piece of spe'
but clear, r,business-like setting forth
of facts. We hope, before we get
through, both ourselves and the pub
lie will understand each other bet
ter. There is at least no harm to
be done in trying to accomplish this
desired result.
1t is our aim to educate, please
and satisfy the public and to be edu-
Gated ourselves. 1t seems to us that
every corporation has the right of
self-defense, the same as an indivi-
dual. The public has the same right.
Listen to our defense and we will lis
ten to yours. No problem has ever
been harder for us than just how we
were going to let the public know
Truly about us, but we believe that
no problem was ever more important
to BOTH If we really can make you
feel that you are partner in our
business, we shall have accomplish
ed much. A large part of the prob
lem will be solved, If we can only
bring the public, through education,
to full understanding that there is
mutual dependence between the
public service corporations and tie
public. and that public prosperity de-
pends largely upon the utilities that
!"
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

1t is said that President Huerta
has cabled ex-President Diaz as Paris
to come home and take charge of
affairs in the Republic of Mexico.
Why not get young Diaz, as he and
Huerta are two of kind.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

The trainmen report that there are
more passengers coming into Cen
tral City now than there was during
the tourist season. This is account
ed for by the number of people that
are coming into the county to in
spect and invest in our great gold
and radium mines. A county that
has such high grade gold deposits as
those recently uncovered in the Lon
don mine will always attract capital.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Frank McGinnis, the popular and
accommodating C. & S. agent has
been transferred to Golden to re-
lieve A. r Chapman, who goes to
California. Mr.. McGinnis left for
the valley Tuesday. Desmond Cough
lin is now in charge of the Central
depot. having been transferred from
Forks Creek.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

snow has been falling continuous
~ throughout the county the past
two days and now lies at depth of
IRON from three to six feet. The up train
.nis evening was showed In at Ar
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

FOR SALB-Sound family mare,
weight about 100; broke to work
anywhere, good on a whim. Apply to
s. S. Hambly.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Mrs. Christiana Perry, mother of
Geo. and John Perry, died in Den
yer on the 22nd Of last month. She
was well known in Central.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Herbert Lemkuhl was up from Den
YER Saturday, visiting with old-time
friends. He has gained considerably
In weight and is about fat enough
to kill.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

SNOW Us REPORTED 4 1.a FEET
DEEP ON THE STREETS OF DEN-
YER.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

iest snowfall of the season. II bos
thra showing for Two days, and is
'niee rect deep, on an average.
Gilpin observer., 1913-12-04

Charles Baer, of Apex. was visi-
or to the Observer office Monday.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25

Borrowing reached double the sum
obtained by permanent loans.
What Is the end to be? Are in
teres rates to rise and rise, prices
to decline and decline? | do not
think so.
Necessity is the mother of econ
emy. Wealth fosters extravaganza,
poverty frugality. Without money
to buy, its wonderful how many
things can be done without. We are
reaching the doing-without stage.
Stop the welter of jingoism in Eu-
rope and the East, and vast benefits
would flow.
Far too much capital has been
going into unproductive ventures.
into immobile form, into palatial
structures. Meanwhile, war has been
wealth in different parts
of the globe and production has been
eurtailed.
The world must slacken its pace
capital catches up.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
LOVE VS.. SCIENCE.

A Harvard professor-Prof. r. NJ.
Yerkes, has got the question all set
tied concerning marriage. which in
the future he says, will be conduct
ed on a scientific basis. No more
billing and cooling, nor soulful
g~lanees nor rapturous embraces and
clinging kisses. Nay. LAY Cupid
has got to take a back seat.
In his latest theory of eugenics,
of which he is the first p~hilosophi-
cal student of high standing to give
a recommendation, Professor Yerkes
declares 1t is the duty of the present
generation to provide for the next by
preventing the crime and weakness
of today through a careful selec-
ton of prospective parents. He
says:
1T is stated by theorists that
since mental traits are Unbeatable,
all that is needed is to select as
parents those individuals in whom
desirable traits appear markedly and
in proper relation to other character
istics. There is nothing simpler than
to breed for intelligence.
The difficulty arises from the fact
that the selection cannot be practiced
in the case of man, wen for good
reasons, as it is practieed by breed
ers of plants and of domestic ami
mails. There is, however, no alterna-
tive method to suggest. If the mind
is to be improved it must be by the
selection of he eminently fit as par
ents."
There may also be some difficulty
in getting the students of Harvard
10 practice the scientific process in
lieu of yoye. of the promiseuous old
fashion kind.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25

class show a total of the nine months
amounting to about 36 million dol
lars, slightly less than for the cor
responding months of 1912, but more
than in 1911. Wines imported amount
ed to about I " million dollars an in
crease of about a million dollars over
last year. Imports of feathers, natural
and artificial. reached 915 million
dollars this year as against ~ mil
ion dollars last year, ostrich feathers
alone showing a gain of about 2 mil
lion dollars.
Some striking increases are shown
by a comparison of the value of the
imports of article of this general
class for the first nine months of this
years with the imports for the cor
responding period of 1900. OF art
works. the imports in the first nine
months of the fiscal year 1900 were.
valued at but a little over 2 milliof
dollars. as compared with so mil
this class has occurred since the en-
actment of the existing tariff law
which placed art work twenty years
old and oyer upon the free list. Dia-
monds and other precious stones for
1900 show a total importation of but
Il million dollars value, compared
with 35 million for this year, and
cotton laces, embroideries, etc, Is "
million dollars value in 1900 against
30 million for 1913.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
JAMES J. HILL TALKS ON
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
No Clouds Likely Il Dim Prosperity
II the People Keep Their Heads.

There are no clouds on the bust
ness outlook in the United States"
said James J.. Hill to a representative
of the Wall Street Journal this week.
II see no menace to our national
progress in the present industrial sit
uation. Rather, the existing situa-
ton leads ME to take a somewhat op-
timistic view of our future. The only
danger to continued Industrial pros
perity lies in the people Themselves
Tie tendency of the people te seize
upon false rumors of impending in
dustrial upheavals-and these ru-
mors usually have their birth in ir-
responsible quarters-is always a
danger with US. If the people keep
their heads, If they do not become
angry at some temporary condition
that may loem big to them as a por-
tent of industrial panic. the country
will continue to progress along pros
perity lines,