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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

cause Of Al per cent OF the strikes.
and these were more successful than
any others. More than 20 per cent
were due to dispute as to the recog-
milton Of union rules, IL per cent on
account OF the reduction In wages, 10
per cent to enforce a shorter workday
and per cent on account Of sym
pathy.
Recognition of the union and of
union rules proved the stumbling
block in many cases. and organized
labor lost 4S per cent of the strikes
ordered on this account. Sympathetic
strikes were the most unsuccessful
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
DAY FULL OF MEANING
Celebration Of Labor's Holiday Comes
~ Recognition by Grateful Ma
ton to the Men Who Have
Made II Great.

"HE first Monday in September.
generally known as Labor Day,
marks another milestone in the
roadway OF what has become one
Of the most important phases of our
national life.
To countless numbers the day has
no other meaning than one of -est.
recreation and pleasure; but to those
to whom the credit must be given OF
having this one day in the year dedi-
Gated to the cause of labor a greater
significance is attached to it.
To the toilers 1t means more than
the marching of mighty hosts OF
workers and the plaudits of admiring
friends. To them it Is a commemora.
ton of deeds executed both in the
past and present in the interest OF
humanity; to them it is a just and
proper recognition of the dignity and
honor of labor by grateful nation. q
tribute to those who have made this
the greatest nation under the sun.
But greater far than the exhibition
of the nations acknowledgment OF
labors worth is the benefits that the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
NEARLY CRAZY WITH RASH

Dryden. Ore.-"Traveling through
the woods one day 1 was looking at
and handling little vine. When l
got home l felt an itching and burn
ing and the first thing knew my face
was all swollen up. The poison oak
affected my face, hands, arms and
chest and 1t disiigured me very much.
My face and neck were broken out
and itched until l was nearly crazy.
l had to walk the floor at night and
lost much sleep and work also. My
face, neck and chest were covered
with heavy rash. l could not allow
clothing of any kind to touch the
affected parts.
'It got to such a stage that II 1
hadn't gotten relief soon would GER
tainly have lost my mind. My mother
happened to have a cake of Cuticura
Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment
in the house and l washed with the
Cuticura Soap freely and then applied
the Cuticura Ointment. l got relief
at the first application and then l
slept like child. In three weeks
was perfectly cured" (Signed) E. H.
DeGrasse, Mar. 2S, 1913
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. n."-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
New Mexico,

The machinery. lumber and pipe is
now all hauled out to the oil we'll 10
cation near Fruitland, and the work
on the derrick is going ahead rapidly.
The Torpedo Mining Company, to
the use and benefit of Edward c.
Wade, Sr., receiver, VS.. National Sure
ty Company. is the title of an action
filed in the Federal Court. 1t is SUI,
to recover some $4,000 on the bond
Of Nicholas Gales. as receiver of the
Torpedo Mining Company.
The work of shutting the water Off
Of the oil stratum in the Belt well was
completed in very few days, the first
attempt to set the packer proving a
success. H. A. Long of Roswell was
in charge of the work, and those in
position to know. say that the water
Is absolutely shut out. The gas pres
sure is sufficient to force the oil out
and it flows of itself, but pump has
been installed which, It is thought,
by relieving the backward pressure.
would aid in drawing off the water
which had backed in upon the oil for
nation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

no better. They told me there was no
help without an operation. Ihave used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and it has helped me wonderfully.
i do most Of my own work now and take
care Of my children. recommend your
remedies to all suffering women."-
Mrs. WILLARD A. GRAHAM, Care Of
ELLSWORTH TuTTLE, Bovina CeLter, NY.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy We
know for woman's ills. If you need such
a medicine why don't you try it?
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's VeReta.
BILE Compound will help yOu,Write
tOLydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman.
and held In strict confidence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

Secretary of the Newly Created Depart
ment of Labor in the Cabinet
and failed in 76 per cent of the cases
where this was the only cause.
Advocates of arbitration as a means
of settling these disputes claim that
tho statistics do not show the advance
which this movement has made, and
the compilers of the report admit that
In many cases this method had been
adopted before a strike or lockout oc-
CURED. Less than per cent were
settled by this method. while about
~ per cent of all strikes and lockouts
were adjusted by resort to the joint
agreement.
That n number of these strikes
were Of minor importance is shown
by the fact that the average duration
Of them per establishment was only
25 days, though the lockouts extended
on an average OF "a days. Building
trades workers were apparently the
most dissatisfied. as they caused IS
per cent of all the strikes ordered.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Plant That Catches Its Food.

The common bladderwort, an
aquatic plant not only defends itself
against insects and animals, but
catches worms and fish for its food.
AS it floats underneath the surface of
the water its leafy branches spread
out in all directions. Its leaves are
covered with little oval b;sdders filled
with air, and at one end Of each blad-
der is cavity which leads into the
mouth below. Inside the bladder is
a small trap door which opens when
pressure is put on it. A small worm
or a small fish can enter this door,
but they can never come out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Colorado.

Colorado.
Word has been received that the
diamond drill being operated on the
Elkhorn In the Eagle district Is twen'
ty feet into body of 800 ore.
Fulford is showing considerable &C
tivity again and the old Townsite tun.
mel, now known as the 1913 Tunnel
at Eagle. has ore running as high as
1878 a ton.
A dividend of So a share on its cap
italization of $3,OO0,00O, amounting to
100000, will be distributed to stock
holders of the Continental Oil Com
pany. September 26.
An eight-inch streak of solid ore,
carrying values of from $45 to $40 a
ton in gold, silver and lead, has been
uncovered on the Banner property in
the Banner mining district at Idaho
Springs.
Westinghouse and Udickel, sub.
lessees working a block of the Ell
Paso Gold King mine in Poverty
gulch, in the Cripple Creek district,
under the original lease held by owen
Roberts. are reported to have opened
up rich ore shoot.
During the last three or four
months the Mary Mckinney estate, on
the southwest slopes of Raven hill.
Gold hill and Guyot- hill, in the Victor
district. has discovered new ore
shoots at different points in its 900
foot level workings.
C. w. Hilton of Boulder, who has
three claims about one mile north
west of the Central Colorado power
plant in Boulder cafion, has struck
some rich ore running $136.42 in gold
q ton. The ore runs well in vanadium
also, showing LOS per cent. Hilton is
working alone on the claims and has
driven a tunnel about fifteen feet
deep.
A wonderful ore shoot has been
found on the Portland Gold Mining
Company's leasing territory at Victor
by Zac Blanchard. who has been de-
velopirg a lease there for some time.
Some of the quartz returns values OF
44S ounces in gold, or close to $4,000
TO the toll. 1t is reported that the
lessee has also developed large body
of commercial rock that is certain to
result in fine profits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Exact Copy of Wrapper
Identified Himself.

The whizzing motor car struck a
stump, and one of the occupants of the
back seat, lady possessed of consid-
cradle embonpoint, executed neat
but not gaudy parabola in the atmos-
phere and alighted by the roadside
like a polypus falling from shot
tower.
Il don't believe / have broken any
bones" she stated. in reply to the in
quiry of the omnipresent bystander: !:
but there is lump on this bank
that"
"Lump-nuthin'," snarled a smoth-
cred voice. I'm the constable that's
goin' to arrest you gosh-durney Joy
riders, II live!''-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Essed or.

De Wolf Hopper, at a luncheon in
New York. said of a bad actor:
Hes had hints enough to quit the
stage, dear knows. Hen had more
hints than Phatt.
"Phatt, after a brief experience on
the road as Hamlet returned to his
job in Canal street.
"'How did you come to leave the
stage?' I asked him one night.
"I had hints that l wasn't suited
to It, he replied.
Thinking he meant the critics.
said:
"'Aha. the little birds told you. eh !!
"'Well,' said he. they'd have be-
come birds, suppose. If they'd been
allowed to hatch'"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Wyoming.

The Midwest Oil Company is put.
ling in a foundry at Salt Creek to
melt up the many tons of scrap iron
they have in the field.
The first of the smaller operators
of the Salt Creek field to begin de-
livering oil at the Casper refineries
Is the Hjorth Oil Company.
The Northwest Sulphur Company,
operating plant at Cody, decided at
a meeting of its board of directors, to
double its plant with a view to max
Ing its output at least twice as great
as at present.
The Union Pacific Coal Company,
owner of the deep mines at Casper.
1t is reported, may open hitherto un-
touched coal veins south of Cumber-
land, and build a good-sized camp at
the new workings.
The Big Horn Oil & Gas Company,
which is drilling for natural gas on
segregated federal lands near Basin,
operating under special permission
from the Interior Department, has
abandoned its first well at $50 feet
because of insurmountable physical
obstacles.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

produce, but equally his ability to sell.
To an ever-increasing extent the
working classes are becoming con-
sumers of the nations products and
with every increase in wages there
comes an increase in their ability and
WILLINGNESS to purchase the products
of labor. The industries Of the coun-
try flourish best when there Is a
large and consistent demand for the
products of labor, and this demand
can best be stimulated by increased
wages and shorter hours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

day was intended to bring to those
to whom the day was dedicated, for
no person can witness the celebration
of such day without having more
exalted idea Of American citizenship
and more intense feeling of patriotism
and love Of country, and in country
such as ours with such heterogene-
Gus population the instilling of these
sentiments means the very life of
the nation itself.
Labor does not want anything but
equity and Justice. It shall not be
satisfied until it receives the same,
and from the four quarters of this
great country on this one day there
should resound in trumpet tones the
demand that fabor's rights shall be
preserved in accordance with the lib
critics guaranteed by the magnificent
declaration upon which our national
structure stands, that mans inalien-
able right II to secure life, liberty and
indulge in the pursuit of happiness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
AZ to the Manner Born.

There was change in curates In the
parish. and shortly afterwards one of
the prominent men of the congregation
asked his chauffeur:
How do you like the new curate.
Barney?"
"Middlin'." replied Barney; but he
can't come up to the old one. Twas
himself could tell ye all about hell.
Shure, to hear him describin' It, you'd
think he was bred. born and reared
there"-Harper's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
~THQMPsQMs 9s!fs,s |s!i,.l,ss s:l''s:: :::::., g,
~EYE WATER Iixnd n dqss: Es:..iss ssa ~: ::
JOHN L. .TuOMPSONS SONS & co. .,TroyN,Y.
W. N. w., DENVER, NO. ss-1s1s.
Same Thing.

In the early days of Arizona, an
elderly and pompous chief justice was
presiding at the trial of murder case
An aged negro had been ruthlessly
killed, and the only eye witness to the
murder was a very small negro boy.
When he was called to give his testi-
mony. the lawyer for the defense OBJ
jected on the ground that he was too
young to know the nature of an oath.
and in examining him asked:
What would happen to you II you
told a lie?"
de debbil ud git mel" the boy TO
piled
Yes, and I'd get you." sternly said
the chief justice.
Oats JUS what I said!" answered
the boy.-National Monthly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Then What Did Papa Dor

When one dish was passed, mamma
said she just loved to eat of it. but
that the food would not agree with
her. Paxton said he liked bananas.
but hesdidn't eat them.
Then Jean, the five-year-old. said:
Il love watermelon, but can't eat It :"
why can't you eat watermelon"
said papa
Because you don't buy me any,"
she said.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Arizona.


The Old Dominion reports for July
an output of 2,526,OOO pounds of cop
per.
The July output of the Phelps
Dodge properties aggregated 1851
s37 pounds of copper
w. D. Tishey, owning claims near
Winkleman. was exhibiting some very
rich gold rock from his claims. He had
a piece OF banded ore that was half
gold.
The output Of the Shannon Copper
Company for July was $4,000 pounds.
The company also produced 175
ounces of gold and 1000 ounces of sill
ger. There was falling off in the pro-
duction of $4,000 pounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

AIOWs ! W~ very
young when my first
baby was born and
my health was very
bad after that. 7
was not regular and
I had pains In my
back and was so
poorly that I could
hardly take care Of
my two children. I
doctored with sew
erAl doctors but got
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
Some Comfort.

Represent to your afflicted friend,
the young widow, that there is no mis-
fortune without some comfort"
"Of course; black is extremely be-
coming to her fair complexion"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

Aluminium Is to be turned out at the
rate of $4,000 tons annually at new
hydro-electric mandatory now under
construction in North Carolina
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundre0
happy. makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
MOTHER
so POORLY
Gould Hardly Care for Chill
dren = Finds Health in
Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
q etable Compound.

Bovina Center. N.Y.-"For six years
have not had - good health Is have
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28
WESTER
MINING NEWS
IN RIEF
IN q r I { F

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Trend OF Metal Values.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

"HE importance Of the part which
organized labor plays in strikes
is made evident by statistics is
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-08-28

Postum Cereal CompAny, Limited
Battle Creek, Michigan
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
Wheeling vs.. LacIede


The baseball season will open in
Laclede this friday afternoon
with a game between the strong
Wheeling team and Laclede in the
new park southeast of the depot.
Manager FL. G. Carothers and
Captain j. H. Knight of the local
team have been fortunate in Sc
curing a good bunch of players and
this years team looks like a win
ner. The boys have been prac-
ticing hard and the team is in
good shape for this game. They
have been to considerable expense
in securing the grounds and getting
ready for the season and need your
help and encouragement. You will
enjoy the game and will help them
by attending. Go and root for the
home team. Game will be called
at 2s30. Admission Is cents.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
Notice to Farmers

We are going to buy direct from
the farmers, poultry, butter and
eggs at Laclede, every Wednesday,
starting May Ia. Our Mr.. j. III.
Whitsitt will be there and pay cash
for your produce. We will guaran-
tee prompt and accurate service.
We will buy at the rear of Nat
Byrne's house, northwest corner OF
the park.
The prices we will pay will be
mailed you direct the early part of
next week. Hold up your poultry
and eggs until you get these prices,
as we think it will pay you.
Carothers & Allen are buying
cream for us and we ask that you
give them your patronage. They
are equipped with a modern and
complete cream testing outfit and
viii give you prompt and accurate
service at all times.
For any further information
write or telephone
SWIFT & COMPANY,
Chillicothe, Missouri.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
No Local Option Election Now


A petition was presented to the
county court at Linneus Monday
asking that body to call local OPP
tion election in the county outside
OF Brookfield and Marceline before
the>new county unit law goes into
effect. Attorneys West Of Brook
field and Kendrick of Marceline
represented the vets and G. G..
Bigger of Laclede and Major Null
Inns of Linneus the "drys."
The question was debated vigor-
ously Monday afternoon and the
matter was postponed to Tuesday
afternoon to allow time to prove
that signatures to the petition had
been obtained by fraud. A large
number of witnesses were examined
Tuesday, and so many testified that
they had been led to believe that
the election was to be called under
the new law, and would include the
whole county, and that they would
not have signed the petitions
otherwise, asked that their names
be taken off, that the county court
by unanimous vote decided to
throw out the petition and refused
to call the election.
Unless the referendum is invok-
ed to prevent the county unit law
from going into effect there will be
no local option election in. Linn
county under the old law, To OBJ
tain a referendum vote on the law
%, 900 names must be obtained to
petitions in eleven of the sixteen
congressional districts of the state,
and it would then be imperative
unless it should receive a majority
of the votes cast at the general
election in November of next year
Temperance people should be care
full about signing petitions, anC
not sign until they thoroughly
understand just what they are
signing.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
Eorker Items

Miss Eta and Roy Welsh and
Miss Marguerite Jones of Laclede
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Welsh and family.
Miss Belle Welsh was a Laclede
visitor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Read were
Brookfield visitors Friday.
M. Fall transacted business in
Brookfleld Saturday.
E. K. Welsh was in Laclede on
business Saturday.
Miss Eva Andrews visited Miss
Christina johnson in Laclede over
Sunday.
Miss Aletha Fall visited Miss
Nettie Read Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Bremen
visited the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dowell, and family Sun
day.
Mrs. y. p. Frakes Of Brook1eld
visited her daughter, Mrs. Alva
Welsh, and family last week.
Miss Margaret Daniels of La
clede visited Miss Beulah Kerr over
Sunday.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
M. E. Church Notes

May 18 will be anniversary day
of the Epworth League and the
League would be pleased at that
time to have all members present
and all WHO would like to join the
League.
League leader for May IL, Mrs.
c. c. Bigger. Subject, Jesus
Doctrine Of His Own Person, +"
Matt. 9:6; John 5:17-23.
The district convention of the
Epworth League will be held at the
NJ. E. church in Brookfeld, Satur-
day, May II. Several local
Leaguers are expecting to attend.
Don't forget the prayer meeting
Thursday evening. Since the
special servises these meetings have
been held in the auditorium of the
church. Inclement weather has
interfered to certain extent, but
come anyway. The pastor and
members viii be cheered and in
spired by your presence.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09

Have placed a number Of horses
in the past few days. Il you want
tc buy or sell q good horse, see ne
or phone 78. Also have a number
Of cboioe milch COWS for sale. some
giving milk and others io De frssh
soon. 4 b 5ohes. ADV
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09

We ere stiil writing Ere, light
ming and tornado insurance. Call
90 or phone us II yon want insnr.
aace 10 an old reliable company.
BEEsoE BROs.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09

Thirty cents seems good deal
to pay for a cement post, but when
you consider that a cedar post costs
Just as much and that the price of
cement is advancing and that where
the cement post is the popular post
It is sold for soc, don't put off as
a few are doing, thinking to buy
for less. Make an estimate aud
you will see that the neat posts al
ready in place about here cost much
less accordingly than the wire.
Min.-Adv.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come
and Go During the Week

atives at Louisiana.
Miss Frances Denbo is visiting
relatives in Liuneus.
Miss Hazel Rankin visited friends
in Brookfeld Monday.
E. K. Welsh was up from For
ker on business Monday.
Misses Marie and Ida Welsh of
Forker visited Laclede relatives
Friday.
Editor D. B. Ormiston of the
News was down from Linneus
Tuesday.
Miss Mae Byrne of st. Joseph is
the guest of her brother, N. Byrne,
and wife.
Miss Kathryn Moore visited rela-
tives in New Cambria Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. W. R. Barton of Brook
field was the guest of Mrs. Emma
David Tuesday.
T. D. Cowles of Galesburg, ILL.,,
was the guest of his uncle, A. Fl.
Love, Tuesday.
Miss Daisy Ash was the guest of
Miss Edna Peacher of route two a
part of last week.
Miss Mae Foster returned Satur-
day night from a visit with rela-
tives at Chillicothe.
Miss Ella Ong visited her sister,
Mrs. Lee Love, and family at
Brookfeld over Sunday.
John G. Brown returned home
Monday from an extended business
trip through the south.
Miss Mabel Forman of Linneus
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her cousin, Miss Frances Denbo.
Mrs. S. M. Brown has returned
from spending the winter with her
son, Dave, at Los Angeles, Cali.
Ward Welsh of Brookfeld was
the guese of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Welsh, Tuesday evening.
E. B. Allen came home from St.
Louis the last of the week to spend
a few days with his father, Rev. c.
Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Jones from
east of Forker spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B.
Jones
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Dye of Mon
roe City spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs R. 7. Dye,
and family.
l.. M. Stuf1ebean returned last
week from the northeast part of
the county, where he has been
working on a farm.
Mrs. NJ. F. Homan and daughter
Caroline visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. d. b. Ormistou, at Lin
neus the first of the week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Fletcher of
MOberly were guests of the latter's
brother, H. L. Allen, and family
the latter part of last week.
j. A. Albin, who has been rum
ming an extra gang on the Bur
tlington in Iowa, returned home
last week and has taken charge of
his old section here.
w. q. Bassett, who has been
working in an automobile repair
shop at Moline, H.. returned home
the last of the week for visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]. 7.
Bassett.
Miss Elizabeth Morris, who had
spent the winter with her copsins.
the Misses Head, at the Foreman
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09

: The best painters use Sherwin-
Williams and Mound City paints
and linseed oils. Sold by j. B.
Patriek.-Adv.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09

House cleaning is here. Buy
your rugs, linoleums. mating and
curtains.now from J. b. Patrick -
Adv.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1913-05-09
For Sale

Some good young grade HOIstein
fresh milch cows. Call phone 704.
A. NJ. WALKER.