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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11
RETAIN WYLIE AS
INF Urinary HEAD
FOR COMING YEAR
superintendent Makes Annual
Report Which Shows
Value of Reforms.
BIG SUM is SAVED COUNTY
sm o. o. |. 5runer for 81 900 Livery
Hire Is Turned Down by
Vote Of IS TO ~.

Prank 2 Wylie. who has been sue,
,sssfuI z his work as superintendent
q, the county infrmary. was this az.
.sruoou reelected TO the position by
The coun-y board OF supervisors. He
lad no opposition and the board was
unanimous in favor OF his appoint
neut.
Mr.. wyl!e read his annual report.
IN which he showed that he had saved
the county an average of about S12 a
week through doing his own butcher
i7r He also discussed the sum which
had been saved by the county in es-ab-
fishing al market at Moline The sale
O. vegetables netted the county such
= neat sum that i has been arranged
70 open up a similar place here next
year.
A report OF the committee which
visited the Peoria workhouse and jaiIs
throughout he state. was read. The
bill Of o. L. Bruner. for 81. 900 livery
hire. was turned down by a vote Of %
70 Il
Jail Plans Made.
Al yesterday afternoon session of
the board a resolution was offered by
Supervisors s r Wright and unani-
mously adopted. empowering the
chairman 10 appoint a committee of
six members who. with the chairman.
would act as building committee TO
have in charge the initial plans for
the erection Of the county jail for
which bond issue of $4,000 was voted
al the last election.
The finance committee was also au-
thorized TO attend 10 the disposition Of
the bonds.
The board went on record as oppos-
ing any payment TO DR.. George F. John
son. who came from California al his
own expense and without requisitiOn
papers 70 answer graft charges of
which he was later acquitted in circuit
court The fees and salaries commit
tee recommended that the board pay
him S75. which was one-half OF the
amount he asked. bur after an address
BY Attorney George Wood. special
prosecutor, the board rejected the re-
port Of the committee.
Offer State Aid.
The board received and placed on
file without any further action, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11
PERSONAL POINTS

Captain and Mrs. John Streckfus
formerly of this city, now of St. Louis,
are here visiting friends.
Miss Lou Harris, county superin-
tendent, will go to Barstow tomorrow
evening, where she will attend the
opening of the new school building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11

communication OF the Illinois High
way commission stating that there was
a surplus OF Tice Good Roads fund
LETT over. and suggesting IL the county
WISHED for more state aid the same
could be secured by voting 10 per cent
OF the amount OF the original appro
priation.
Supervisor Wrighrs resolution en-.
powering the jail committee to feed
the prisoners on the new diet plan.
taking it away from the sheriff. was
unanimously passed.
His resolutions on the plan of the
board TO compel Rock Island and Mo-
line TO pay 30 cents per man per day
for prisoners which they send to the
county Jail TO serve out fines on minor
charges and the one to have the
grand jury convene every month were
referred TO the judiciary committee
after States Attorney Floyd Thomp-
son told the board that if il passed
either OF these resolutions they could
not be enforced as the county was
stepping beyond it's Jurisdiction
The finance committee was also EN-.
powered TO dispose OF the 10000 bond
issue voted by the people at the cleo
ton for the Colona bridge.
Pauper claims were allowed by the
beard. Moline's amount was sI,1I75S
and Rock Islands s1.391.91. Small
pox bills aggregating s4,29s.2O were
also allowed. those OF South Moline
being the most. S3.341.17
Turn Down 8eneII.
The board is in the same position it
was before the petition presented by
Robert Beneli. county surveyor. was
read 10 the body The committee on
public expenditures reported in favor
of granting Mr.. Benell SIS monthly to
maintain an Office in Moline. Mr..
Benell contended that his quarters in
the courthouse were crowded owing
to the presence there of Wallace
Treichler. county superintendent of
highways.
He originally asked for $50. but cut
his demand later. The board did not
favor the proposition. contending that
MIR. Benell should remain in the court
house since he was elected county sur
veyor.
Then the question arose as to GUST /
ing Mr.. Treichler from the Office. Sup
ervisor Larkin stated that if Mr.. !
TreichIer was ousted from use of the /
Office the board would have to secure |
an office for him.
States Attorney Thompson stated .
that he had been unable TO find in ]
the statutes where the board must |
provide an Office for the county super |
intendent of highways. but after the /
meeting Mr.. Treichler said that the |
Tice Good Road bill. under which his
appointment was made, provides that
the county furnish him with an Office
and necessary equipment.
After the discussion the report rec
the payment of the SIS
lost. and then the board adjourned.
Must Handle Smallpox.
The county board at this mornings
meeting accomplished but little. The
physicians in the various town
ships were ordered TO take care of all /
disease cases in their re-
spectiye towns
The rules committee reported fav-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11

With an order we are offer
ing for Saturday:
Sugar, 10 pounds Soc
Eggs, per dozen .25C
Butter, creamery, per h., 32T2C
Fresh Country Butter. SOC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11
Must Handle Smallpox.

The county board at this mornings
meeting accomplished but little. The
county physicians in the various town
ships. were ordered TO take care of all
contagious disease cases in their re-
spectiye towns
The rules committee reported fav-
orably on employing the county stew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11
Offer State Aid.

The board received and placed on
file without any further action, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-11

Two popular brands OF hose,
Dolphin and Sterling brands i'm
silk fibers, Isle and pure silk,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
Narrow Escapes and Deeds of Bravery

LONDON, October "a. - Many
derful bravery have been made by
the injured British and Belgian sol
diers now recovering in English hos
pitfalls. A young lance corporal of
the kings royal rifles, who is re-
covering from a bullet wound in his
knee, owes his life to a cruciix
which he picked up in an empty
house where he was billeted. A
strange impulse compelled him to
pick up the cruciix and put it in
his haversack.
During an engagement a few days
later many of the corporal's COM
rades were killed by bullets which
were almost spent. The young cor
poral was hit in the knee and later
found when taken to a hospital that
one of the spent bullets had also
passed completely through his KNAPP
sack, but had been DETECTED from
his body by the crucifx, one of the
arms of which had been broken off
by the bullet.
Private w. Hinton of the first
east lancers poses as the luckiest
man in the army. He was hit by
three bullets within a minute with
out serious injury. One bullet
tiattened five rounds of ammunition
in his belt. Another smashed the
magazine of his rifle and a third
passed through his cap.
A letter from one of the royal en-
gineers describes the remarkable
pluck of Lieutenant r. Pottinger of
Tedmouth. Pottinger and his sec
ton were attempting to blow up a
bridge under fire. They laid the
charge and the section retired.
Lieutenant Pottinger and a sapper
remained behind to light the fuse.
The charge did not explode. The
sapper then fired ten rounds of am
munition at the charge without sue
cess. Pottinger then said, "Ill make
the thing go Off" He shook hands
with the sapper and walked to the
bridge. Then he put the muzzle of
his revolver into the charge and
fired all six cartridges. Even then
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
STRIKE AT

Harvey Winer and nephew, who
have been prosecuting work on their
Carria, Luck Thought and C. o. d.
claims, have made a gratifying and
important strike of good sulphide
ore on one of their claims which lies
in the granite dixie area, says the
Contact Miner.
M. F. Hickey and Moses Jones
are doing the annual work on some
of their claims near Blue Jay gulch.
A. e. Irving and l.. c. Eastman of
of Washington and r. A. Stimson of
Maine arrived in camp and spent
Friday and Saturday looking over
the property of Nevada Copper Min
ing, Milling e Power company.
Two of the party are already in
terested in this property and are
much pleased with the showing of
the property. While Mr.. Irving and
Mr.. Stimson have not previously
seen the camp, they expressed them
selves as surprised at the copper ore
showing of the district. Mr.. East
man has visited the camp many
times and says it will eventually be
n of the biggest producers in the
country.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
FIRE DESTROYS MINE

Continued from Page One)
ings and the repair of the machin-
cry.
The loss and damage caused by
the fire are particularly unfortunate.
For several months the management
has been making preparations to re-
sumo the development of the prop
erty upon an extensive scale. The
mechanical equipment was recently
supplanted by the installation of an
eight drill air compressor, four ma
chine drills and the necessary cleo
trical appliances. The repair of the
shaft from the collar to the 700-foot
level, such as the replacing of old
timbers with new ones, was CON-
pleted Tuesday, and it was the in
tention of Manager Wilkinson to re-
sumo work in the faces of the north
and south drifts on the vein on the
7OO-foot level at once. He calucu-
lates that it will require thirty days
to replace the burned buildings and
repair the damage done to the me-
chanical equipment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
FIG -FOUR LEASE HAS
I FEET OF $50 ORE
MILL BEING RUSHED TO COM
PLETION TO BEGIN OPERA
TIONS FEBRUARY 4

Seven feet of ore that averages
$50 to the ton has been cut by the
! raise from the 40O-foot level of the
Big Four lease of the Rochester
mine, according to President John
T. Cowan, who returned from the
camp of Rochester late Saturday
night. The construction of the mill
is being rushed, the pipe line for
the water has been completed and
good progress is reported on the
%stringing of the power line into the
camp. President Cowan will re-
turn to the camp on Thursday.
The foundations for the heavy
mill machinery, such as the Blake
crusher, the battery of ten stamps,
the tube mills and classifers have
been completed and the various sec
tons of the heavy machinery are
arriving daily. The lumber for the
construction of the mill buildings is
on the ground and on Saturday the
carpenters were beginning to erect
portions of the framework.
The pipe line, which will carry the
water from the Hardesty canyon to
the mill, was completed Saturday.
The outlet at the millsite Is 500 feet
below the intake at the canyon, and
the crew engaged in laying the line
averaged about 1000 feet of pipe
per day since the start. The line is
more than $4,000 feet in length and
the water supply is considered m
pie for the milling purposes.
Supt. G.. H. Wood, the designer of
the mill, feels confident that it will
be ready to receive ore by the first
of January. President Cowan, how
ever, said hal he expected the plant
to begin operations about Feb. 1.
The mill will have a capacity of
100 tons per "a hours, and when
completed will be one of the most
modern slime cyanide plants yet
constructed. A complete sampling
plant for the handling of custom
ores in connection with the ores
from the company's mines will be
installed. Both of these plants will
be driven by power furnished by
the Nevada California Power com
pany, the mill and the sampling
plant being driven by motor through
out.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
MERGER PUMPS OPERATING

Continued from Page OneI
on the 175O-foOt level into the At
lanta territory about 900 feet from
the Merger shaft, was opened for
the purpose of slowly draining off
the accumulated water. The next
step in the actual resumption of OPP
erations in the Atlanta ground will
be the cutting of a passageway in
the big bulkhead. This will con
sumo only a day or two, and then
will again be taken up the work of
exploring the big Atlanta vein. 1t
is the intention of the management
to continue the south crOsscut off
the main southwest crosscut, which
is believed to have exposed the hang
ing wall of the big vein at a second
point on the 175O-foot level several
months ago. when. an increase in the
flow of water made it necessary to
suspend operations pending the in.
stallation of larger pumps.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
IMMENSE BODY OF ORE
Continued from page one)

tContinued page one)
Mines company on the purchase
price of the Velvet claim six months
in advance of the date fixed for the
payment of the final monthly in
stallment of $4,000.
The exploration of the new rich
ore body revealed in the Velvet ter
ritory is steadily increasing the
tonnage of available ore, as well as
yielding a large share of the daily
output of the mine. On the 952-foot
intermediate level, the east drift is
advancing on seven feet of $92 ore.
This drift measures about eighty
feet in length from the top of the
sixty-five foot vertical raise from
the EAST crosscut off the main south
east crosscut on the ~1017-foot level.
At a point about thirty feet west of
the top of the vertical raise IN the
952-foot intermediate level, the vein
has widened to approximately thirty
feet between walls and yields aver
age assays of $40 for the entire
WIutU. lnStCdu VI ooW
the vein for the entire width be-
tween walls, three separate drifts
are being advanced into the ore
body, one on each wall. and the third
in the center. The hanging wall
drift is yielding five feet of SAP ore,
while the other two are advancing
on rock averaging around $40
ton. On the S50-foot intermediate
level, the northeast drift face is ex-
posing rock of low value, as is also
the southeast drift being extended
along the latite-shale contact on the
921-foot level.
With a view to in%tercepting the
downward extension of the new rich
ore body, work will soon be resum-
ed in the face of the east crosscut of
the main southeast crOsscut on the
1O17-foot level. The face of this
crosscut is seventy feet east of the
Poleverda claim line. The exten
sion of this crosscut will be watch
ed with keen interest by all mining
men familiar with the property, as
it's almost certain disclosure of the
downward extension of the ore body
will vastly increase it's potentiali-
ties. In the Poleverda cHaim, Oper-
ations are being practically wholly
confined to development work and
the blocking out of ore for future
extraction.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
Commission on Industrial Relations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - The
sixty-third congress will be prepared
to take another step toward regula-
ton of the relations of employers
and employees, when it in
December, as it will have before 1t
for consideration a lengthy report
from the commission on industrial
relations created last year to inves-
tigate the subject and recommend
legislation.
The report will be merely a state
ment of what the commission has
done; of the evidence presented to
it and of the research work it has
conducted in many fields covering
the period from Oct. %, 1913, when
the appropriation became available,
until Oct. %, 1914. Further hear
ings will be held this winter in New
York, Washington, Chicago and At
lanta, and in it's final report next
year the commission will present the
bills which it hopes will result in
extensive reform of industrial re-
lations.
Every effort was made by the
commission to complete it's prelimi-
nary report in time for presentation
to the last session of congress. The
force at field headquarters in Chi
cago was kept busy night and day,
but it was found impossible to COM
plete the task.
Over 500 witnesses have been
heard by the commissions represen-
tatives in Washington, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago. Pat
terson, n. j.; Lead, S. d.; Butte,
Seattle. Portland, San Francisco
and Los Angeles. In addition to
this exhaustive investigation, much
has been conducted independently
by the field force under the direction
of DIR. Charles Mccarthy of the leg
~islative library of Wisconsin. The
subjects considered were unemploy-
ment, vocational training, violence
in labor disputes. interstate employ
ment and agricultural labor. Among
those who aided in this task were
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

the charge did not go off and the
men had to flee, leaving the bridge
intact. If the charge had gone of
the young lieutenant would have
disappeared completely, but the ap-
preaching Germans would have been
robbed of an easy entry into the al
lies territory.
One of the officers on the ill-fat-
ed Cressy which was sunk by the
German submarines and severely in
jured on the head, had both his
legs broken and his feet crushed as
he was thrown into the air by the
explosion. His body was sucked
under the water by the sinking
cruiser, but he was picked up by
one of the rescue ships.
Twenty-four hours afterward the
injured officer rega ned conscious
ness, and his first words were: Are
we down-hearted? Mo-"
A sergeant of the line was made
adjutant for his GOODNESS and brav-
cry in n of the engagements in
Lorraine. With three men the SER
geant was sent cross an open field
to attract the fire of the Germans
so the colonel could tell where the
enemy's trenches were and what
their probable strength was. A hail
of bullets was directed at the four
men. They made their way to a
small farm house, where they climb
ed up on a tile roof, and from the
shelter of a chimney began firing
at the Germans. Angered by the
impudence of the four soldiers the
Germans directed n of their bat
teries on the house and RACED it..
MY smartest patrol leader is
gone" the colonel remarked as he
saw the building crumble. The
three privates we're no more, but the
little sergeant was soon seen run
ming across the field toward his
command. When the sergeant ar
rived breathless at headquarters the
colonel asked with mock severity
why he did not stay and continue the
fire.
Sorry, sir, but the pigs knocked
my house down." was the reply.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
TEACHING PLANT
BEING ERECTED
SUPERINTENDENT EXPECTS TO
HAVE 1T COMPLETED
SOON

President Orem of the Nevada
Douglas Copper company has issued
from his office in Boston, Mass, the
following report recently received
from the superintendent of the com
pany on the progress being made In
the erection of a teaching plant on
the property:
1T has been some time since l
wrote you of progress on the leach
ing plant. We now have all our or
ders placed for materials and a large
proportion of this has already arriv-
ed on the ground. We have a force
of thirty-two men at work grading
and putting in foundations for ore
bins and crushing machinery. l
hope to be able to increase this
force within the next few days SO
that the work can be pushed rapidly
to completion.
I'VE hope to have this plant run
ming by the first of the year or very
soon thereafter and should then be
in a position to market our W
electrolytic copper direct to the con-
sumner. The plant is being designed
to treat fifty tons of sulphide ore in
twenty-four hours, and the acid de-
rived from these fifty IONS of sui
phides will be enough to treat about
200 tOns of oxidized ore per day, so
that in reality We will start off with
a daily capacity of about $50 tons"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
WEAKNESS OF SILVER
MARKET IS EXPLAINED

The weakness Of the silver mar
ket at the present time is attributed
almost entirely to the inability to
make shipments of the white metal
from London to India and China,
says the Financial America. Ac-
cording to bullion dealers, the yer
ish capital is not large, but the &C.
tivity of the German navy in cap
turing or sinking merchantmen as
well as men-of-war has resulted in
insurance rates in England reaching
such a high level as to make prac-
tically prohibitive shipments tc
thost countries.
These developments coming at
this time close a valuable outlet for
the metal and result in accumula-
ton and, incidentally, in price de-
preston. There is also said to be
a marked absence of buying orders,
which is also having an adverse in
fuence upon the value of the metal.
Under ordinary conditions ship
ments to India would be sufficient to
prevent any accumulation, as her
crops are fairly good, which would
be reflected in an increased demand
TO rthe metal. China, too, would
likely be in the market for silver in
connection with her financing, but
the high insurance rates nov pre-
vailing have developed a situation
that bullion dealers in London do
not relish.
There is also said to be some &C
emulation of silver here, partly on
account of conditions prevailing on
the other side, and also to the heavy
receipts of bullion from Mexico. 1t
is stated that a short time ago the
Mexican government ordered the
smelters in Mexico to get their metal
out of the country, and the receipts
here since hat time have ben con-
siderable.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

Prof. George r. Bennett, Johns Hop
kins university, who devoted him
self to a study of economic condi-
tons; Miss Marie l.. Chenouver of
the bureau of labor statistics, inves-
tigating woman and child labor;
Robert E. Hoxie, professor of politi-
cal economy, University of Chicago;
William Leiserson, formerly super
%intendent of employment agencies,
Wisconsin,; John l.. Parkinson, an
expert special agent of the census
bureau; Thomas l. Parkinson, chief
OF the Legislative drafting division,
Columbia university; B. S. Warren,
surgeon of the public health serv-
ice, and w. j. Lauck of Washing
ton. d. c., formerly superintendent
of industrial investigation, U. S. i'm
migration bureau.
Public hearings were held under
the direction of B. M. Manley,
Washington, D. c., and Commission
er Walsh also paid particular at
tention to planning these hearings
SO that every phase of the subject
might be given due attention. Among
the witnesses heard have been fed
eral, state and municipal officials,
labor leaders in all parts of the coun-
try, social workers and philanthropy
lists, employers of labor in many
classes and noted economists, sur
geons and educators.
From each witness. in addition to
evidence as to labor conditions with
which he was personally familiar,
suggestion as to remedial legislation
was obtained. In arriving at it's
conclusions and the final expression
of the commissioners opposition
will be embodied in bills to be draft
ed only after a minute inspection of
every similar law, state or federal.
Expert assistance in formulating
the bills will be rendered by men
who have made a life study and it
is designed to make the measure
proof against technical objection as
finally presented.