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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
Senator and Cabinet Minister in Word Duel

A STORMY verbal encounter be
~ tween q cabinet minister and q
senator Of the United States furnished
q morsel of gossip here the other day.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona thinks
the mining laws are something afro
cfous. even when properly enforced.
When decisions are rendered under
this act he can find no expressions to
cope with the situation. One Of these
obnoxious opinions was handed down
and Mr.. Ashurst cleared his decks
for action and sailed down to the In
terror department
The senator told the secretary that
in his humble judgment the decision
rendered against his constituent was
the most unjust, unsalted. unripe and
swaybacked distortion of law and COM
mon sense into which he had ever
bumped.
The secretary informed the senator
that the opinion was twenty karat
fine. platinum tipped, warranted to
keep at the equator and in accord
ance with law and practice.
Did you ever try a mining case?"
shouted Mr.. Ashurst, after the sands
In the dictionary began to run low.
DO you mean to insult me?"
shrieked Secretary Fisher, who was
admitted to the bar twenty-five years
ago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
Quick Witted and Dangerous Per:
sons Who Use Cocaine.
Many Are Said to Have Become Al
dleted to the Habit Through Mere
Toothache-Efforts Being Made
to Stamp Out Evil.

New York,-Disclosure made be-
fore the grand juries of Kings coun-
ty recently and inquiries at police
headquarters reveal that the illicit
sale of cocaine has grown SO rapidly
during the last two years that it stands
at the head Of the list of drugs which
are sold illegally throughout the city.
The police record for 1911 shows Eve
arrests and three convictions for SELL
ing the drug. Forty-three indict-
ments returned by the grand juries in
Brooklyn in the last two months and
% cases brought into court by Man
haitian detectives show that the cru
SADIE against the evil is bearing fruit
Two detectives who have been busy
running down illegal sellers of the
drug for the last seven or eight years
told recently of eccentricities of the
victims. 1T is strange thing" said
one. that more than two-thirds of the
men who sell the drug illegally are
numbered among the victims. Negroes
are addicted to the habit to a great
degree In fact, it was in the south
that the habit of snufing the drug
frst came to light In New York
city there are hundreds who have be-
come victims through mere tooth
ache.
In running down those who vio-
lated the PENAL code In selling the
drug l have found the cocaine victim
to be a quick-witted and dangerous
person. l recall one place in particu-
lar In lower Third avenue, where l
took part In a raid on q saloon, and
found four drug users. One had sill
yer buckles on his suspenders and
the buckles were in box form and
contained grains of the stun. Another
had seal ring the top of which
opened on hinge and the inside was
filled with cocaine. entered pool
room near Chatham square looking
for cocaine and was sure that the
white stun" was sold on the prem
ises. / searched for several hours,
and finally came upon several books.
A hole into the center of the leaves
about an inch square was used as a de-
pository for the drug. II the hang
ers on had not appeared so studious,
believe / would have been complete
" fooled"
The police of the large cities. from
Maine to California, are fighting the
evil. In Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Bal
-imore. Denvr. Salt Lake City and
San Francisco the increased sale of
cocaine has made the police suspi-
:ious. and they are trying to discov-
n the medium through which the
irug reaches the underworld. The
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
Cars Policy Gives impetus to Popu
lar Education-6Ig Gain In Last
Fifteen Years.

st. Acknowledgements education
IN Russia is making rapid strides In
advance; SO much SO that the next
statistics of people who can neither
read nor write, not long ago officially
estimated at so per cent. of the total
population, will certainly indicate q
notable decrease. In the last fifteen
years public instruction has immense
ly improved.
The existing system of state schools
was founded In the second half Of
the nineteenth century, when the
edict of the abolition Of serfdom APP
peared. Until the year 1860 Russia
only had 4.077 public schools. When.
in 1864, the zemstvos were estab-
hshed. the number Of schools in
creased rapidly and at the end Of the
sixties there were in Russia 22.77o
schools with 1.140.s15 pupils.
Under Alexander III. popular edu-
cation made further advances, and at
the end Of his reign the number of
schools had reached 1925 with g.
$4,000 pupils. Under the present
car educational matters have re-
ceived increased attention. Thus the
schools opened by the zemstvos were
granted state subsidy of $3.50 for
every fifty pupils, while the teachers
got Increases in salary.
AT the present time there are In
Russia 10o.2s5 elementary schools and
6.lS0.sl0 pupils. OF these schools
$3.50 have been opened under the
reign of Nicholas II. the present car.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
DREADNoUGHT OUT OF DATE
British Ship of That Name Assigned
to Fourth Battle Fieet-Was
Built Six Years Ago.

London.-How fleeing is the glory
of the modern fighting ship is illus.
trated In the case of the British bat.
tleship Dreadnought. the building OF
which, as a result of the report Of
the British naval attaches who &C.
companied Admiral Togo's feet in the
first naval battles in the Gulf of
Pechili against the Pacific feet of Rus.
STA. caused revolution In battleship
construction.
This once proud vessel Is now con-
sidered SO far out of date that she
Is being removed from the first bat
tie squadron and assigned to the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

son to White Horse 1t il 40 miles and
there are numerous regions on both
sides Of the way that never have been
prospected.
I'VE lost lot of prospectors eight
or nine years ago. They went over
the border into Alaska, where they
seem to have done well. These includ-
ed some of the best of our prospectors.
Still about $50 men are working on
Scrogg's creek this winter. They
take out the frozen soil by thawing
with steam and using pickaxes. pile it
up and then put 1t in the sluice boxes
for washing in summer.
"Dredges are now working longer In
the neighborhood of Dawson than
used to be possible. OF course, you
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

cannot work dredge In winter unless
you boil the water about 1t to keep It
from freezing. The dredge has to be
turned around In order to be used.
Before they got to doing this dredge
could not start to work until June Is.
and 1t had to shut down in September.
Now it can begin work May and
continue until the end of the year.
Commercially. there is nothing do
ing in Dawson. Still. the business peo-
pie there are In fine condition.
The dance hall element and all the
undesirable part of the former popula-
ton of Dawson have been weeded
out" added Mr.. Pinkiert, "and today
the town IL as clean as any in the
world"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

The naval practice Of shutting up
chickens in the turret of the Katha-
din and then firing big guns at 1t is a
highly cumbrous way of killing chick
ems. 1t recalls the proverbial FIR.
ing cannon at snipes in high wind"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

German scientists declare that a
man of nifty is at his best. physically
and mentally. 1t Is q little belated.
but as another knock at the Oslerian
theory, 1t will receive one OF the cor
dial welcomes Of the season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

One indignant mother says that she
does not wish her children taught pot.
terry in schools. as that is what ails
friend husband. who does nothing but
potter around.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A bill has been introduced at Wash.
ington demanding that imitation beer
be labeled. Still. there are those who
hold that man who can't tell the
real from the imitation doesn't de.
serve protection.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
MORE SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA

In the same period the number of In
dustrial schools has risen from 1888
to '2.74S. A teacher in the state
schools now begins on salary OF $172
year. After i've years he draws
5000, after ten years 1920 and the
maximum Is only $270 q year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

There's a man In New York who
says he can sing 5000 old songs. tie
q safe statement. He'll never find Q
body to hear him through.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Women are attending court In Kan
sas City these days to learn how the
law is administered. Perhaps they
want to get set Of presidents for
home rule.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Sir George Birdwood comes to bat
with the advice that to become an oc
togenarian, like himself. none need
worry about his health. Most people
don't-while they have it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Kansas City has discovered that
very few married men are in its char
table institutions. It may be an
unjust inference that the married
men are being supported by their
wives.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A laborer in Connecticut town re-
Gently dug up an iron pot filled with
pieces O. eight. Must have been buried
BY salesman of wooden nutmegs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
dope" FIEND IS SLY

temptation to sell the drug Illegally
is due to the enormous profit de-
rived. The average cost of the drug at
wholesale is about 50 an ounce and
1t sells at the rate Of SIG an ounce.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A Cincinnati physician has invented
. machine that win do ones breathing
automatically. Now win become
reality the man who is too lazy to
breathe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A new nickel is to be minted. There
may be the usual criticisms upon the
new design, but to the large majority
It is not the design, but the
quality Of nickels which holds vital
interest.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A coon was killed In an Atlantic
City hotel. Probably coon hunting
will now be taken up as a midwinter
diversion by the smart set.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

The price of silver spoons has ad-
vanced ten per cent. Probably &C
many babies won't be born with them
in their mouths now.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Some toys are SO expensive that II
u more economical to set the children
mp In housekeeping and railroadipe
than to buy the imitation articles
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
BobsIed cupId's Aid.

New York.-Cupid was q member
Of the party of forty youths and mem
bers from the fashionable section Of
the Bronx who went sleighing When
the party returned four of its men,
bers announced their engagement.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

It is now announced that the Eng.
fish sparrow is fine for food. Watch
the market price of sparrows go W
from now on.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A Cincinnati man employs his dog
to awaken him in the morning. Lucky
man! Many of US remain awake all
night from like cause.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Odd eyes are all the style in Lon
don town nowadays. One Of the 80
ciety leaders must have engaged In
q fisticuff argument.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Having read Years of Discretion
the son of the author proved that he
hadn't reached them by marrying al
eighteen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

An Indian man got his first shave
at the age Of one hundred-a close
shave to come within the century
mark.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Statistics show that there are only
6,534 divorced women in the United
States. Where can they all have gone!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

A man in Vienna collapsed when he
learned that he had won $4,000 on q
horse race. At that, he was justified
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Between the peace assemblies and
war preparations the poor dove of
peace, like the perplexed congress.
man. wants to know where II is at
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

Our idea of ultimate waste of money
Is buying a $50 corset because it gives
an uncorseted effect.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

There is grave danger that mex
perienced young China will fall into
the hands of loan sharks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

New York has a dog wearing ear
rings. Probably the property of some
of the 500 tippers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

The German national aviation fund
a over million and half. The re-
suits from this big amount are in
every point Of view literally in the
air
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08
A Baltimore eugenist demands in
telligence In love. Impossible!

Have a care for your health. Don't
fool with q cold or monkey with o
sore throat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-08

wants married chorus" Most OF
them are-many times.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-24

Noah was typical sailor, for about
the first thing he did on getting
ashore was to go on a spree. ..
In connection Herewith, I've al
ways been sorry for Ham, one of
NOah's three sons. You remember
that Ham was so unfortunate as to
see his father lying naked and full
of champagne in his tent, and Noah
made Hams son, Canaan, servant to
the whole family in punishment.
There, evidently, was no such thing
as leading the old man home full of
corn juice in those days. ~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-24
DIARY OF FATHER TIME

The other day 1 was reading the
account of the building of Noah's
ark, which was quite a time back. 1t
was quite some ship building, con-
sidering that Noah was 600 years old,
and the job when done didn't look
much like that steamship Imperator,
about which you modern fellows are
now Dragging
Noah's vessel was 500 feet long,
about SO feet in breadth and so feet
high. AS there were eight grown folks
in Noah's family, some of the larger
animals, like the mammoth, elephant,
rhinoceros and camel, must have
been crowded some. However, old
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-24

OF religion that plays like sunlight
over the harsh realities of life. It is
not a religion of Iip-serVice, but of
work!
She is very fond of country and
suburban life and it was because of
this preference that Mr.. Sayre gave
up his work in the district attorneys
office in New York to become secre-
tary to the president of Williams col
lege, from which he was graduated.
Jessie Wilson's idea of a worth
while job for a woman is that of sec
rotary of the Young Women's Chris
tan Association and few months
ago she defined what she thinks is
an adequate equipment for the job:
"She must be housekeeper, finan-
cier, a preacher, teacher and So
cial physician, besides being just
nice woman"
Another time Jessie Wilson char
acterized the spirit in which women
should attack the task which inter
ests them as a perfect Indifference
as to who gets the glory, provided
the thing is done"
She has carried this program out,
particularly in the matter of her own
wedding. For she decided very early
that there wasn't going to be any
glory; that it would be as simple and
quiet as she could make it.
And her mother and sisters have
aided and abetted her purpose.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-24

Trial of those Hindus at. San
Francisco on the ground that they're,
likely to become public charges
doesn't amount to much. We'd
rather see. them barred out because
they're likely to become Americans,
which would be awful.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-24

Hubby What's the matter, darl-
ing?
Bride-Oh, dear, this recipe is for
cottage cheese and ours is bunga-
low!
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
which is the first essential to be con
sidered.

which is the first essential to be con-
sidered.
Just at present those most inter-
ested are the holders of Giroux stock.
many thousands of shares of which
are held by citizens of the Ely dis
trict, and purchased at figures far in
excess of what will be realized by the
terms of the merger
Giroux. with its finely equipped
plant. its constant production of ore
and its known future bodies of cop
per. has been mine of high hopes.
and the one consolipg feature of the
present negotiations is that it is with
a view of placing the property on p
dividend paying basis.
Notwithstanding The decline of the
stock, and the discouraging reports
If Giroux's financial condition, stock
holders have been 10th e. give up
their holdings. and there mas been
little disposition manifested of a pes
simistic sort. While present losses
are self evident. II is generally con-
ceded the merger is business move
that may result In future gains as an
offset to past disasters.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
AUTHORIZE BOND
R { D { N PT ION
IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN BY
McDONALD-ELY STOCKHOLM
ERS AT MEETING HELD IN
SALT LAKE THURSDAY.

Mcdonald Ely Copper company
stockholders at the special meeting
held Thursday in Col. E. A Wallis
Offices in the Kearns building in Salt
Lake City ratified the recent action
of the board of directors and unani-
mously passed the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That each and all of
the $50 bonds of this company auth
orized to be issued under the date of
November Is, 1912, may, at the op-
ton of the holder thereof. be redeem
able in stock of this company now
remaining in its treasury at so cents
per share at any time on or before
the fifteenth day of November, A. ID.
1914"
Thursday afternoon Colonel Wall.
president of the company. said a no
tice to stockholders had just been
sent to the printers, which informs
them that they will have the privil-
ege of sharing pro rata in the re-
naming $4,000 bonds at the rate of
so cents share, says the Salt Lake
Herald-Republican. This will furn-
ish an adequate working fund.
Relative to the physical conditions
Al
some punches of rich ore had been
lately struck between the 400 and
300 level. An assay of this ran 5.4
per cent copper, 80 ounces gold, with
about S5 per cent iron. making 1t a
very desirable direct smelling propo-
sition
! However, this ore Is row the OBJ
jective point of the present work.
Traversing the surface OF the prop
erty is prominent vein from 10 to
40 feet wide. A crosscut is being
sent out at depth to intercept this
vein. 1t should be encountered any
time now, providing it maintains the
dip shown above
Since this strike was made the
company has been constructing ore
bins for the accommodation of the
ore taken out in the development
work, and it is expected that ship
ments will commence soon and con-
tinue hereafter, which will pay the
expenses of the Development work
planned.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
SHOT FIRED IN CABIN
INDICATES GUN TRAP

People residing in the vicinity of
Andy Gherris cabin on Ault-
man street were startled by the re-
port of gun, last night, the sound
apparently emanating from the cabin.
The shot was all the more ominous
from the fact that Gherri is out of
town, and the cabin unoeeupied at
the present time An Investigation
was started. and Deputy Sheriff
Henry Nicholson effected an entrance
TO the building. He found a gun and
blood spattered about the room, and
the supposition is that the gun was
planted In such a manner that IL
would be discharged by anyone open
ing the door of the cabin.
The identity of the victim has not
been disclosed, although ii Is thought
he will soon be known. either by ap-
pearing with an explanation or by
the necessity of consulting a local
physician for dressing of his wound
The theory advanced is that Cher
ri, whose cabin is said to have been
broken into and things taken there
from on past occasions when he has
been absent. rigged up the gun as
a means of protection to the house.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25

Jack Robbins Is to be the official
umpire, and it was forecasted last
night that with three doctors in the
"Highbrow" lineup, and with an un-
dertaker to give decisions, the "Cy-
aniders" are already as good as dead
disseeted and buried.
The doctors of course will be able
to tell at once If any of their OPP
ponents SHAN pain" and it is ar
ranged to have a bier" for every
one making a home run. The kegs
were all in tiers last evening in
contemplation of what is to come,
and it is expected that the blue rib
bon" rather than the white ribbon
will be in evidence among the root
ers and that all will display a bud"
as emblematic of spring and the
opening of the amateur ball season.
Billiard cues in lieu of bats will be
provided for those in the "Highbrow"
lineup, who are unaccnstomeG TO the
slabs ordinarily used in the national
game.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25

Whereas Friday the sThrtieth of national
holiday of
in of
flag and
Whereas. careful has been o. suitable
public
therefore, A L. Parker, the City of
call the attention of all fellow
the district these and especially the
business generally
IL O'Clock the said Memorial Day and that all join,
they able the the
at the public cemetery
for placing flowers upon the of the Natons dead
(Sgned) A. L. PARKER. Mayor.