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Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
CAUSE OF DEPoPULATIoN.

There are many reasons why our
mining towns and counties are being
depopulated year by year. In early
days when the people from all the
world were flocking to Central City,
Georgetown, Leadville and Aspen in
search of gold and silver, they natur-
ally filled the camps beyond the de-
mand for labor. The overplus would
get grub-stake and go upon the
public domain and prospect for ex-
tended fields. This was before the
days OF Rooseveltism and Pinchot-
ism, who introduced conservation and
forest reserve.
Mankind in all ages have been born
to fill certain spheres in life, and
among tie vast horde, was a man
called the prospector, who was by ma
ture especially endowed with the
gift OF discernment, whereby he could
more readily than others, locate min
eral bearing veins. This class of
prospectors have discovered the great
er portion of our large mineral camps
in. the mining region. Gregory and
partners discovered the first gold in
this county; Gov. Steele and partner
discovered the great silver camp at
Georgetown; H. A. w. Tabor and
others discovered the great carbonate
camp at Leadville; Bob Womack and
w. s. Stratton discovered the great
tellurium fields at Cripple Creek
that has produced over $3.50, 900, 600. 90
in gold; n. c. Creede, who discover
ed the great silver mines at Creede,
Colorado, and Thomas Walsh who dis
covered the Camp Bird mine at Our
ay that has produced largely, and
made its owner muti-millionaire.
These camps were all discovered,
and worked at profit, when pros
pectors were allowed the freedom of
the public domain, and long before
the blighting hand of conservation
and forest reserve placed a forest
ranger among us to execute the red
tape law inaugurated by our over-zeal
Gus proteges of the government, re-
garding public domain.
Since the land office ruling, where
By t,,a prospector was forbidden the
free use of our public domain, not
one new gold or silver camp has been
discovered from out the whole Rocky
Mountain region. The prospector has
g3..s from among us, never to return,
until our government changes its
methods regarding the'search for the
metals that are vital to the success
of It's very existence.
These inexhaustible mineral hills
that were placed here by the hand
OF the Almighty for the benefit of
man, contain countless wealth that
has not as yet been disclosed to the
eyes of man, and will forever so re-
main, until the prospector is again
allowed his free reign, to uncover
this immense gold reserve.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
PoRcUPiNE KILLED IN CITY.

Last Sunday might about o'clock,
e. w. Davis killed porcupine in the
street in front of his residence,
weighing about 80 pounds. There is
an old adage that reads, There is
no great loss without some small
gain" the porcupine has lost its life
and Mr. Davis has gained by selling
the Quills TO his neighbors to build
frort yard picket fences. The quilts
being of various colors, form an at
tractive picket and save the expense
CT painting. MIR. Davis had Coroner
Hamllik embalm the animal and will
have the body placed in the Central
City park museum.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Wireless communication between
the State University plant at Bould-
er and other stations has been pro-
hibited by order of the United States
government on account of the Eur
opean war. The apparatus is consid-
cred dangerous In time of fighting
and only those plants will be used
which are under the strict surveil-
lance of the government officials.
Last year communication was carried
on with many distant points, includ-
ing Key West and other Atlantic
coast cities.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

AS a part of its extension work,
the University of Colorado at Bould-
er, has made provision for the DIS
tribution of books from the library
to citizens all over the state. Any
one wishing information on a partic-
ular subject may procure the same
by paying postage both ways for the
book in question. In case the book
Is too large for mailing, an extract
of the articles will be made free of
charge by the librarians assistants.
Any information which is not avail
able in print but which is within the
knowledge of any professor of the
University will be gladly given.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

James DAILY and company. leasing
on the Senator mine in the Black
Hawk district, shipped another lot
of concentrates to the Globe smelter
at Denver that was of two classes.
The first lot of five tons returned
3.64 ozs. gold, 80 ozs.J silver and 500
lead. The second-class returned 1.39
gold 20 ozs. silver and go lead.
This is the second mill run
OF this size and quality for the
month and still some people are un-
wiso enough to not invest their idle
money in mining.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

We understand the contract for re-
vising the map of Europe for the
modern American geography, has
been awarded to -- brothers of
Idaho Springs and Central City. The
maps produced by them at the late
mining trial, showing the main range
cut In two parts (like huge water
melon) exposing the bowels of the
earth to the vulgar gaze of man, con-
vinced the educational faculty of the
two continents that they were the
experts, long sought, now found, cap
able of performing this difficult feat.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

AS an all-wise Greater has so con-
structed the plumage of the aquatic
bird that its tender flesh is protect
ed from the icy waters of the stream
even so has Thomas, Heating, Sell
domridge and Taylor so enshrined
themselves in the hearts of their
constituency that the political waves
of opposition may lash their stern
and submerge their poop-deck with
out apparent damage.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
PASSING OF
THE PIONEER
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO THE
STURDY SETTLERS OF THE
EARLY DAYs-A GRAND AND
NOBLE PEOPLE,.

AS the foliage is shorn from the
trees by autumnal frosts and with
ereth away and dies, even SO are the
pioneers who first peopled these mas
sive and prolific mineral mountains
and arid plains, slowly being gather
ed into the lnad of their fathers.
These now aged and dauntless peo-
pie, who braved the hardships and
elements incident to pioneer life,
have performed their mission, and
are now slowly though surely being
retired from life's troubled scenes
by the grim reaper" They have
performed the task allotted to them
by an all-wise Creator, and in their
declining years, when their once aub-
urn locks have turned to silvery grey,
and their once elastic footsteps are
now marked by slow and unsteady
tread, they sit in reminiscent silence
and calmly dream the sweet dream
of the dying past.
By natures system of evolution
the younger are constantly crowding
the older off the scene of action.
each seeking to perform their allot
ted duties in life's ever changing
drama, and each in their turn will
only too soon arrive at that period
of life when their charms of youth
have fled and but the memory of the
past remains.
Let memory roll back half a CEN
tury, when our pioneer women, many
OF whom were tenderly and luxur-
iously reared and clothed in the
the bushes of purity, with the bloom
of youth upon tEeir cheeks and
health and vigor chiseled upon their
brows. Many there were in those
days of yore who wore the product
of the silk-worm toll that gracefully
mantled their dainty and petite forms
as they blushingly emerged from
their bridal chambers and to the mel
odious strains of the undying Mendel-
ssohn's wedding march, advanced to
the altar and there plighted their
troth to those who in a few short
days were to bear them far from
home and friends, over countless
miles of dreary desert and shifting
sands, to their chosen Eldorado in
these grand old mountains, there to
become the mothers of those who are
now guiding the commercial inter-
ests of our great and growing state.
Although their once youthful and
erect ferns are now bent with age,
and their brows are furrowed by the
ravages of time, yet tie heart that
beats in sympathy with all in the try
ing days of adversely, still clings to
those they loved in the days of yore
The bonds of affection that cemented
these noble pioneers are being close
ly woven by the relentless hand of
time, and as they. one by one, fall
by the wayside, tie deepest grief and
most keen bereavement are suffered
by their early companions who have
been left behind.
The pioneers who have founded
this vast western empire, and laid
the foundation for large and extend
ed commercialism, like the Redman
Of the forest. are silently passing
away. Each year sees their ranks
thinning, and but few suns more.
and the last of that noble and gallant
band who have made western history
and whose wondrous achievements
will shine upon its brightest pages
as long as this great republic en-
dures, will be numbered among the
countless dead
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Robert Terrill, the natty and OBJ
liging fireman on the Huckleberry
express, who has been spending the
summer months shoveling coal into
the jaws of the monstrous eight driv-
ers that haul the tourists above the
clouds on Mt. Mcclellan. is again
among us, enjoying the Y1ands on
the festive board at the hotel de
Central City.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Mrs. Bette C. Nicholl, Of Los An
geles, Cal, who has been making an
extended tour of the east, arrived in
Central City Friday, and is a guest
Of Mrs. Robert c. Johnson. While Ell
tour she visited nearly all the large
eastern cities, but nowhere did she
find such balmy atmosphere and ex-
hilerating ozone as met her nostrils
as she climbed from the miasmetic
air of the plains to the pure, life-giv-
ing and invigorating zephyrs that are
waited from the crystal dome of
James peak.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

VIM. Hoefle and Ike Hardy, two
veterans of piscatorial pleasure. who,
like the bad man from Missouri"
have a line of notches Of their ach-
ievements cut uron their poles. re-
turned from the sunny banks Of the
south Boulder last Thursday with
their baskets empty, each declaim-
ing that the fish warden had been
remiss in his duties in stocking the
streams.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

r. L. Martin, who has been con-
fined to his home in Denver several
months from sickness, is now able
to attend to his large mining inter
ests. He lays his sickness to injur-
les he received in railroad accident
at Eldora two years ago. Mr.. Martin
came up from Denver Tuesday and
visited his mines in the northern
part of the county.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Henry Peck. who has invented a
new Jig for extracting ore from dumps
has the Old Town dump in Russell
Gulch leased and a building erected
wherein is located the Jig. The Old
Town dump has long been known to
be profitable and with these new jigs
tie whole dump will undoubtedly be
worked at profit.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Perhaps why some OF the few Re-
publican editors of the state are so
opposed to Tom Patterson Is because
at some previous time they have
called upon him to sign their Grim
inal bond, and his keen conception
OF character prompted him to refuse.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
LOOKING WITH FAVOR
TO WESTERN MINES

Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 20
l'"Mining is looking up gradually in
the east and the indications are that
before long there will be one of the
most splendid revivals ever experien-
in the history of this country" This
is the gist Of a statement made re-
Gently by S. NJ. Levy, general man
ager of the Ely Consolidated Copper
company, a we'll known consulting
engineer, after having spent six
months in New York and Boston,
where he succeeded in enlisting cap
ital in some mining enterprises.
"The eastern people are beginning
to look upon mining with great
deal more faith than formerly" he
continued. I'm times past they look
ed askance at mention of mines. Now
that they have had many losses in
industrials they have turned toward
mining with much more favor than
for years. They now know from ex-
perience that there are worse things
than putting their money in mines.
Yet right now | would not advise
western mining men to go east for
plentiful.
Il found a feeling of extreme op-
timism in many quarters. The peo-
pie have the impression that this
country is about to enter into a new
commercial epoch. The bankers and
the big manufacturers see in the Eur
opean war vast new opportunities
stretching out before them. The one
matter of hundreds of merchant YES
sells registering under the stars and
stripes is proving an important i'm
petus to future business. That the
South American trade will be captur-
ed Is the intent of the shrewd Yam
kee.
Again, the war has brought home
to us the fact that in the past We
have been too dependent on foreign
countries for many OF our necessities.
and take cyanide which we use in
our mine mills. At first 1t was pre-
dicted that all our gold mills would
have to shut down because We were
cut off from Germany's supply. Now
l. understand that valuable substi-
tute for cyanide is about to be
brought out.
people generally have g tendency
toward precious metal mining right
now, and particularly is gold mining
in favor. The impression is that sill
YER will ultimately go to Go or 20
cents an ounce. The closing of tie
stock exchanges had a depressing ef-
feet, but the action is generally con-
sidered wise. Otherwise Il ere would
have been a promiscuous dumping OF
the 81 500 900 600 of American stocks,
said to be held abroad, in the mad
rush for gold.
For the past two or three years
Utah men have watched and wonder
ed at the constant sagging of stocks
on the eastern markets. Now it is
known that the primary reason was
the dumping of large lots of Europ-
can stocks by tie people who would
have gold at any sacrifice of their
stocks. 1t was a race for gold by a
don't-care-for-loss people. European
men and women felt this war was
inevitable and then started the rush
for gold, which finally grew into a
continental stampede"
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

The U. P. r. Leasing company had
concentrated at the Buell. mill, about
800 tons of ore during the month of
September.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

The Ford Automobile company from
August 1st. 1913. to August 1st. 1914.
built and sold 221 1,Sss cars. The Ford
Company starts a new year with $780,
100000 in cash, or about double
the amount that 1t usually carries in
banks.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

The ancient city Of Rheims hiss
again come under the range Of Ger
man artillery fire, and the buildings
that have been the pride of the city
for centuries. are totally destroyed.
and this is what General Sherman
called war"
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Republicans in this neck of the
woods are asking one another who
Hubert Work is. For the, benefit of
cur readers We will say that he is
a medic who has the effrontery to
run against C. S. Thomas for the U.
S. senate.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Is there not little "nigger in the
woodpile." when tie Colorado coal
miners have. signed President VIII
sons peace pact, and the officers of
the c. F. & l. Co., refused to do
the same?
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Roberts & Co., leasing on the Old
Town mine in Russell Gulch, made
shipment of two cars of concen-
trates; also John Mattivi & Co., a
shipment of $500 ore.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Alps Leasing company on Quartz
hill made two shipments, the first
class returning $4,000 per ton, and
the second-class $4,000 per ton.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
NOTICE..

Notice Is hereby given that will
not be responsible for any personal
bills contracted by Oscar Williams,
nor is he authorized to collect any
bills owing the Williams Livery Co.
MRS. LIBBY WILLIAMS.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

All services as usual next Sunday
Sunday school at 10 a. M; church
service at IL a. m. There will be
special music. Young Peoples meet
ing at 6 p. m.
The Ladies Aid will meet Thurs
day at p. m, with Mrs. Neil Nc
Kay. A full attendance is desired.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

The Barnes mine made a shipment
OF two cars of concentrates this
week. On account of low price of
copper, this mine only shipped such
ore as is taken out in development.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

w. ]. Lewis and James Bawden,
two veteran horny-handed sons of toll
have profitable lease on the Fa-
gan mine.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Charles Niocum, leasing on the
Becky Sharpe dump in Russell Gulch,
made carload shipment of $500
ore this week.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Our usual clarified and bracing
autumn air Is heavily impregnated
with the smoke of battle from Eur
ope's armies across the sea.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

John Kloer. the tcnsoriai artist has
a revolving barber pole operated by
branch pipe line from the wind re-
ceiver on the summit of James Peak.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

II turkey is short-sighted enough
o declare war against Russia II
pells goodbye to Turkey in Europe.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
MINING ITEMS
0F.|N7EREsT
Ed. Rowe made a shipment of ore
from the Saratoga mine this week.
McAllister and company leasing on
the Eureka mine. made a shipment oi
a car OF concentrates.

Harry Stevens, leasing on the Spec.
lie Payment mine in Russell district,
made shipment of $4,000 ore.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

DR.. A. c. Asquith and wife return.
ed to Denver Thursday.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

One by one the soldiers come
To battle for our stars and stripes.
They soon will grow to be brave men
Unless they get to smoking snipes.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
PRODUCING SOLDIERS.

Born-ln Central City, Thursday
September "a, 1914. to tie wife of
George Plank. son.
Born-ln Central City, Tuesday,
September Goth, 1914, to the wife of
James Thomas. a son.
Born-In Black Hawk, Saturday,
September 26th. to the wife of Ar
thur Seibertz, son.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01

Read the Observer. ,2.oo per year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
CAT MAY LOOK AT "A KING
sut a sriton Has No Legal. Right to
Talk TO Him and Audience
10 by Privilege.

London.-It is not generally known
hat there Is no right of personal .au
disnce OF the king and yet 1t IL .
we'll recognized point OF constitution.
Al law.
No commoner In the land can claim
any such privilege as OF right under
English law. The matter is one OF
special privilege even to the mem
bers OF the house OF commons who
may have occasion to consult the king
On state affairs. Even in such cases
the audience is not personal to any
member of the house.
Freedom Of access" as 1t is con-
additionally called, is allowed to mem.
bers Of the house OF commons through
the personality OF the speaker. The
speaker claims the privilege from the
crown through the lord chancellor at
the opening of every parliament. the
form of request being that the com.
mons may have access to his males.
TVS royal person whenever occasion
shall require"
The title Of speaker, as applied,
somewhat to the bewilderment OF the
ordinary mortal, to the one member
IF the house of commons who never
BY any chance makes a speech, really
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03

#F
The members Of the nrst Philippine
commission, charged with the duty Of
establishing civil government in the
islands. realised from the outset that
1t would be impractioable II not impos.
sible to intrust the government Of the
non-Christian tribes to the F1lipinos.
In tho first place, the non.Christians
would never consent to be governed
by Niipinos; In the second place; the
N%lipinos were utterly lacking In sym.
pathy for the non-Christtan popula-
ton. Gov. Pablo Guzman OF Cagayan
actually told Dean Worcester. former
secretary of the Philippines, that the
best thing to do with the Wild people
of Apayao. numbering 5000. was t.
kill them all.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
FlFTIETA REUNION is LAST
sever, Connecticut War Veterana An
svsr Roll Call and Disband
for All Time.

Hartford. Conn.-Seven sturdy old
men, survivors OF Company e, Twenty
second regiment Of. Connecticut vol.
unteers of 1851. held their hftieth and
last reunion and then diebanded. The
regiment. which saw some of the hard.
est fighting Of the final campaign OF
the war, was recruited for the most
part from Hartford and vicinity.
For the last few years not more than
a handful has been mustered at the
reunions. deaths. illness and feeble
health making steady inroads On the
roll call:
Those at the final reunion were:
w. o. Buckley, Windsor; E. Warren
Waters. Brooklyn, N. Y; Thomas j.
Nawton. New Haven; James Boyle,
Noroton; Henry H. Cornwall. Rox-
bury. Mass; Walter Mason. Meriden.
and Hector w. Storrs, North Haven.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
BOLT FINDS SILVER RIBS
Man, metaiilcaIIy Patched BY Gus.
osons, 10 etruok BY Lightning
Unable to Talk.

Altoona. Pa.-Three silvsr.platsd-
ribs. placed in the body Of Charles
Feathers. aged flfty-nve. q r%ailroadsr.
after he was hurt in . wreck some
years ago. are supposed to have at;
tracted a stroke of lightning, which
knocked him of q chair while he wa
sitting on his front porch. rendered
him unconscious. p~aralyxed his vocal
cords and gave him q mild q . Of
lockjaw.7 His son was on the porch
with him.. but escaped unintured.
Feathers recovered from the shock,
but was unabls4to talk and unable to
move his jaws.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
CARP MAKES OFF WITH BOY
Lad Saved and Fish Killed After
Chase by Eleven Boats in Lake
Musconetcona.

Netcong. N. IA nlnstssn-pound
carp made on with nine-year.old VII.
liam c. Pitney, Jr.. after he had hooked
1t on Lake Musconetcong.
There was wild excitement as the
boys father and ten other men. In a.
many boats, gave chase.
Six Of the pursuing boats. after
chasing first n way and then an
other, cornered the P1tney boat and
helped the boy kill his catch.
Father told me always to be q stick.
or" said Willie, when his frightened
mother asked him why he had. not
obeyed the shouts to him to let go.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03

AS the fall farm operations
draw to a close, the various far.
mer's clubs of the county will re-
sumo operations, and by inter-
change of thought and discus.
sion of questions vital to their in
terests seek to put themselves in
position not only to evade. the
mistakes of the past, but to profit
in the future by the knowledge
and experience Of those who have
been especially trained along ag
ricultural lines. Here is where
the Better Farming expert, if
he really is expert, can vastly
benefit the farmers who are
Just farmers" and have not yet
come fully to understand that
farming is a scientific profession
and cannot be successful pur
sued in a haphazard manner. In
cidentally, also, these farmers
club gatherings work wonders
in the sociability and congenia]i.
ty of the communities in which
they are established. There can.
not be too many of them, and
The Pioneer stands ready to do
everything in it's power to ad.
vance their interests.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
STANDARD rests-for Hemp.

According to a report from the
American consul at Honskongs the
fiber division OF the bureau Of agri,
culture at Manila IL conducting 81.
tensive experiments for the purpose
of establishing scientific: standards foi
testing hemp. in lieu of the present
methods according to which experts
Of many years experience Judge the
quality and value of the product by
sight and touch. The new tests will
be based upon the relation between
the weight Of a meter length Of the
fiber and the breaking strain. Testl
for single f1bers will be varied with
tests for, twisted hbers. As#soon -
this system of tests Is fully worked
out it will be put into effect in the
Philippine hemp market.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-03
Aeschylus at. Syracuse.

For four days'in April dramassofstha
Athenian tragic poet Aeschylus were
performed in the old Greek theater. al.
Syracuse. in eastern Sicily. Aeschylua
has long been popular in Syracuse;s
T~wenty-three centuries ago Atheniap
prisoners taken in the great defeat bel.
fore that city, and sold as slaves, after
the custom Of the time, earned their
freedom by reciting the verses of their
great poet. Perhaps some of the men
thus set at liberty organized a com;
pany and acted "Prometheus Bounda
or THE Persians" in the same theatsa
where the same plays will be pre-;
sented next spring. The poet who is
held in favor for 1900 years in. ona;
place cannot complain of public dckls.
ness.