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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Maj. Rathbun's Question Box.

Marion Register: When and where
under a democratic tariff law was
there a factory door opened or a new
manufacturing establishment built in
the United States?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
An Idea.

Iowa Falls Citizen: The suffra-
gettes of England have very thought
fully and periodically suspended OPP
erations until after the war. Why not
send them to meet the German army
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
,.n.r..s,e cure o, oyssnse',.

n was attacked Win doctoT,
.hou, July 18th, and used the o,'ts q
, nsHae'n oe,s sI getting worse ali the .s, ~ !,
was unable to do any'nlus = /,
weight dropped from ~, soat Il,
mounds. / suffered for as0, - .
ch.mberlain's Collie. Cn bota1
n,arrhoea Remedy. l used Two mi 4
a. II ana It gave me pef@ eso~ I'd
N. c. For sale by an oe
tisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Will be Opened Next Week in New
Addition Which viii be Com
pIeted When School
Opens.
1s SECOND IN SCHOOLS
Hiah School Pupils Will Read Excel
lent Work on Hygiene Which
Is In Their Library
Now.

With the opening of the klndergar-
ten room in the Lincoln school next
week, the second Of the kindergartens
to be established in the Keokuk
schools will be available. The first
one in the Wells school proved to be
the most successful. 1t is expected
that the new one which will open
next week will do as much Tor the
Lincoln district as the n in the
Wells did for that district.
Children from four to six years OF
age Will be admitted to the Lincoln
kindergarten. Five year olds a go
into the primary department if the
parents wish, but it has been found
in the case Of the Wells kindergarten
that the five year old who stays an
other year In the kindergarten Is
much better fitted for the primary
work than is the five year old who
has not had kindergarten.
1t is to be hoped that the mothers
in the Lincoln district will avail them
selves Of the excellent opportunity
offered by the school board to give
their children just the sort OF train.
ing that they need at this age. Their
play is directed, and the work they
do Is OF the sort which furnishes a
foundation for the work in the future
The kindergarten graduate makes a
much better pupil for the other grades
It has been demonstrated!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
Hygiene In Hiah School.

Principal r. L. Reid will introduce
something novel and worth while in
to the high school work this year.
Copies OF a volume entitled Hygiene
for the Worker" have been secured.
and DR.. Reid plans to have each class
spend a required length OF time in
reading this work.
The volume is most complete, COW
ering every phase OF the hygiene
question which is likely to arise. Hy.
giene in the laboratory, class room
and at home is discussed and It Is DR..
Reid's idea to thus instill into the
pupils a better standard along this
line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30

wounded soldiers who were lying help
lees N The ground"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
THE PRICE OF LEAD.

Mining Science for April published
at Denver, has this comment on the
price of lead, from which it appears
that while the price is arbitrarily fix
ed, 1t nevertheless reflects the condi-
ton Of the market:
Fairly good business is being done
in lead at the recent low price which
was fixed by the largest interest in
order, apparently, to reduce accumu-
lations. Nevertheless, there is little
future selling at the Accent figure, in
asmuch as the independent produc-
ers do not look for continuance OF
the low trust price 1t is considered
likely that the next change will be an
advance. OF course, so far as the pub
lie Is concerned, these changes seem
to be arbitrary, since the facts con-
corning the output, deliveries and sur
plus are not available for public in
spection. But, as matter Of ordin.
airy good sense, the figures are un-
doubtedly based upon the best bust
ness judgment of the principal lead
producer"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09

silly about the convict and the Grim
inal. The convict is getting to be the
most important member of the body
polite. We are sleeping in his bed
and finding fault with it; we eat his
food and grow indignant about it; we
hear his band concerts and decide that
they are not good enough for him.
There is no question but that many
Of our penal institutions and customs
can be bettered, but the trouble is
that we forget the unacceptable fact in
human nature that there must be
some deterrent for wrong doing.
When we get to the point where all
our sympathy goes out to the male
factor; when we seek to excuse him
and condone his act, we begin to JUS
tify wrong doing. We can not get
away from the individual responsible
ity to resist temptation, no matter
how maudlin we may become. The
cohesion of society depends upon this
responsibility. The man who does
wrong must pay the penalty, and we
might as well reconcile ourselves to
that fact now as later.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
THE UGLY DUCkLlNG.

Prospectors and mining men of the
district will be interested in what
State Mine Inspector Robert n. Bell
has to say regarding the Prichard
slate formation in his fifteenth annual
report of the mining industry Of Ida
10. His reference to the Prichard
formation appears on page of this
issue of The Miner under the head
inspector Vindicated,' Mr. Bells
first opinion on the Prichard states
has been proven by the optimistic, and
sometimes hard-headed prospector,
who believes that the ore is where you
find it, regardless Of what so-called
experts may say to the contrary.
In his former reports of this dis
trict Mr.. Bell has always mentioned
favoraby the Prichard states as a
formation of promise where properly
assured, in spite of the fact that min
ing biologists with regulations con-
demned it, and predicted the end of
the lead silver mines from a CONNER
cial standpoint when the assures en-
tered the underlying Prichard. This
may or may not be, but in view of the
rich ore bodies now developed in the
Prichard formation, both in lead-sil-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
WHY NOT TRY IT?

Why not use the motor truck in
hauling Occur d'Alene ores, where
such hauling is necessary? In other
mining districts this custom has be-
come established with great success,
proving more economical and more
rapid than by teams. 1t Is first ne
cessary, however. to have good roads,
but a mining company can easily con-
struct the. good road if by doing so
they can deliver a greater tonnage to
the shipping point, and at the same
time reduce the cost of hauling. Over
the babe road the cost is always ex-
cessive. no matter what motive power
is used 1t is hard on horses, wagon
and harness, and hard on the road
over the good road the motor truck
will take with it one or more trailers,
and will at least double the speed Of
the team hauling, but 1t must have
good road bed to work on. A horse
should have a good road to work on,
but seldom has. Man developes lit
tie sense with machinery, where he
doesn't use it with a horse. He fig
ures a horse can work on any kind
of an old road, and has the satisfac-
ton of being able to cuss and beat the
horse If it don't do the work against
the odds. With motor truck it's
different He knows he can't abuse ii,
because If he does it will cost him
money, and money talks. Therefore
he uses his brain and provides a good
road in the first place, thus getting
the greatest efficiency out of his mo-
tor truck with the least possible trou-
bic. The same idea applied to the
horse would get the maximum eff
cheney also. Few of the mines here do
much hauling with teams but where
it is done we would like to see the
motor truck given fair trial over a
good road.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
DOING OUR BEST.
philadelphia Ledger)

The callous superciliousness some
times met with among those who have
more and most, toward those who
have little or nothing, and the occa-
sional rabid, irrational ire that burns
in the breasts of the underground poor
toward the affluent, the gusty mop
passions on the one hand or the sell
fish, indurated luxury on the other
these do not fairly represent the lives
of most people most OF the time. The
vast majority are struggling, accord
ing to their lights, building and hop
ing that they are building better than
they know. They often fail, and are
sorely puzzled and the lights all go
out at once and they know not which
way to turn. But they remain
strangely and ptifully true. The sur
prising thing is not that so many fall
into devious human error and are
"wildered in a wage of SIM but that
so many, day after day, year after
year, keep faith with the unseen, are
steadfast to the trust to which they
were appointed, still continuing a re-
sistance, however feeble, to all that
debases character and by slow cor
rosion would destroy the soul.
Survey any gathering Of people not
group of fashion and selective gene
alogy. Whom do you find in it? Across
the brows and cheeks of many is
written the legible autograph OF sor-
row-a harsh discipline that has
drought out features of the character
, that would have remained forever lat
ent, if it had not been for this rigor-
GUS application of fortunes unsparing
rod. This woman's hands are callous-
ed with the flat-iron and the washing
board, wrinkled by the hot and greasy
suds of the dishpan. That mans face
is pallid with confinement at high
and overheated tension in thrice
breathed atmosphere. He has forgot
ten the look of spring Put him-or
her-where flowers are. and they
would not know one of them. Play
tlme ana youth llHOCclCe VI care
were forgotten long ago. Yet these
have not lost faith. nor ideals where
by the soul shall live when the body's
term lis ended. Is it not a wonder,
equal to the miarcle Of the worlds
awakening. that such as these have
not forgotten all that they ever knew
Of stars and dreams and romance, Of
usefulness and vague surmise?
Scarcely any race has lived Gin his
own land) upon so little of the coin of
the realm as the folk Of Ireland. Yet
has any been more affectionate, more
witty, more imaginative? To fill a
mans purse seems many times to be
placing a premium on dullness. Let
1t be written that they are happy who
in any situation manfully and woman
fully strive-or if they are not happy.
they are at least great deal less mis-
cradle than if they folded hands and
thought instead of wrought.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
MINING EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

Experimental stations for the devel-
opment of the agricultural interests
of the country have long been fixed
policy of the government and it has
accomplished most gratifying results,
particularly in the states of the west.
But why limit these efforts to agri-
culture? Why not place the mining
industry on the same level? On this
subject the following extract from the
report of DR.. J. A. Holmes, director of
the bureau Of mines, is Of special in
terest:
During the past several years de-
velopment in the metal mining indus
tries Of the western states has fallen
far short of that of agriculture. In
some Of these states there has been
decline rather than an advance in
mining development. Thus, in the
states Of Colorado, Idaho and Mon
tana--the only states for which we
have such records--the average num-
Der Of men employed in the metal
mining industries for the five years
ended December 81, 1912, is but 50 per
cent Of the average number Of men
employed during the five years ended
December 81, 1907. The total number
of men in those industries in these
three states was 6l,l07 in 1900 and on
ly 2S,461 in 1912
During this time, furthermore,
there has been an advance in the an
nual value of mineral products. Mean
while, however agriculture in these
western states has had the advantage
of an agricultural experiment station
and an agricultural school established
and maintained by the federal gov
eminent in each state; and it has also
had the advantage of the expenditure
of approximately s92OOo,00O since
1902 in the irrigation and develop
ment Of large areas of public lands in
each state.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
MUST WE GROW STERN AGAIN?
Seattle ost-Intelligencer)

The number Of murders in this Vi
entity recently must set every intelli-
gent person to thinking on the effect
Of our coddling of prisoners and our
anti-capital punishment laws. Not
long ago we had murder committed
for 500: now we have a business OF
numbering on chance profits; bust
ness advertised and carried out with
"a business system.
In the latter case we have par
oiled man, released after being SEN
fenced for previous murder. Most
of us will admit in the light Of after
events that the parole was mis-
take But how many Of us will real
ize the enormity of the mistake? What
Of the poor fellow, West, dubbed to
death for few paltry dollars? Better
it is, we say, to let ninety-nine guilty
men escape than have one innocent
man suffer. Would it be better to al
low ninety-nine repentant criminals
to remain in prison than one innocent,
decent and law abiding man be MUIR
dered?
We have all become sentimentally
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
COPPER IN coEuR D'ALEuEs

No one who is even fairly well in
formed on the mining resources of
the Occur d'Alene district can fail to
recognize that capper Is to be large
and growing factor in the mining OPP
erations of this district The Snow
storm Is the pioneer copper producer
of the district, and it's recent acQulsi-
ton of the Missoula renders it almost
certain that these two properties will
soon be consolidated with those hold
ing the intermediate ground Such a
consolidation would place under one
management property Of tremendous
productive capacity, assuming that its
development at depth would bear out
the present estimate of it's value.
But the work of the National Cop
per Mining company presents the most
lIltItSlluS utNclOpIlltll III luc COppCl
section of the Occur d'Alene district.
The element Of chance seems to be
wholly eliminated from this property,
and when the mill, which is now being
tried out. begins it's regular run there
can hardly be doubt that the re-
turns in the way Of dividends will
start at the same time. The National
has ore actually blocked out of a
known average value that will keep
the mill in operation for seven years
and before constructing the mill the
various processes it contains We're
thoroughly tested and the company
knows in advance what the mill will
do.
The success which has attended the
and its activity in acquiring new pro-
perty, and the investment of about
half million dollars by the National
after thorough tests of the ore, have
given a value to copper property in
the Occur dAlene district that is most
gratifying and which insure increas-
ed activity in the copper belt. 1t is
stated by men familiar with the cop
per properties east of Mulan that
there are many which give promise of
having more extensive ore bodies and
higher values than those above refer
red to, and under such circumstances
their development may be expected to
proceed with increased energy. The
copper belt covers an extensive field,
and its exploration means the en-
ployment Of large number of men,
land it is possible that the ores may
be eventually smelted in this district,
which would be another great benefit
to the district in the way of increased
pc yrolls.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09

yer and zinc, one has cause to ser-
ously doubt such predictions until the
ground has been opened and the mat
ter proven.
| The mining world is fun of just such
instances as the Prichard states have
presented in this district Some tex
pert fresh from college, passes an
opinion that certain formation is no
good for ore deposits, because he
never saw it before, and his work Is
accepted as gospel and the poor for
nation takes the count Of ten. Then
some fool prospector comes along with
no regard for history, starts to dig
and makes a mine. Then the expert
comes back and pronounces the for
nation all right, and it Immediately
becomes recognized as an important
ore bearing formation The Prichard
states have been condemned in this
district for years by experts supposed
to be able to see pin head in the
center Of the earth. Had they looked
carefully they might have found the
pin head on the surface. Their opin-
/ ions have delayed for long time the
development of the Nine Mile district
which is proving a nine days wonder
layed even longer the development Of
the Murray district, country with
as great possibilities before 1t as the
south side has developed. The same
expert opinion was very skeptical re-
garding the Revett copper formation
around Mullan. The development Of
the National mine, however, has pull
ed the Revett out of the darkness by
the boot straps, and the experts now
name IL as one VI llle HloSt eNteHSlNe
and important series of ore bearing
strata in the Mulan district. They
say, however, that man has learned
something when he has learned
enough to change his opinion, so min
ing experts must know heap, be-
cause they change front quite often
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE
PROGRESSIVE PARTY.
philadelphia Ledger

AT the last congressional election in
the Seventh New Jersey district 21,-
1896 votes were cas-. In the primary
on Tuesday there were 1876, or more
than two-thirds. In 1912 the republic
can vote was $685., the progressive
vote 4746. In the primary this week
the republican vote increased to $500
and the progressive vote dropped to
40S. In Passaic. to judge from the
primary figures the republicans are
now twice as numerous as the demo-
Gratis, the socialists have become the
third party and the progressive, a poor
fourth, have become little more than
a name. If straws show which way
the wind blows whole bales of them
are being waited about the country
from all parts of the nation, and he
who runs may read.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09

The democratic house Of representa-
tives, under the leadership OF the
president. has just repudiated this
declaration:
1--WE favor the exemption from tolls
Of American ships engaged in coast
wise trade and passing through the
Panama canal"
No matter what the presiden: or
any other democrat may say, the ac-
ton Of the democrats in the house is
direct reputation of the foregoing
declaration of the national platform of
the democratic party and it now looks
as If the democratic senate, under the
presidential whip, will duplicate the
action Of the house. Such action
would be indefensble in any case, but
| 1t Is especially so when one reads the
following plank, which was the clos
tional platform and was evidently put
In to settle once for all the fact that
the great democratic party really
meant everything that was put into
its platform: '@
"Our platform is one Of the princi-
piles which we believe to be essential
to our national welfare. Our pledges
are made to be kept in Office as well
as relied upon during the campaign,
land we invite the cooperation Of all
citizens, regardless of party, who be-
ieve in maintaining unimpaired the
institutions and traditions Of our
country"
What do our good democratic
friends say now about this last de-
claration Of the party's good faith?
Did the party mean what 1t said in
this plank? If it did, how can the
president and the democratic house
be justified in their course? If 1t
didn't mean what it said in this plank
what is there left of the democratic
platform? 1t is certainly a situation
to make conscientious democrats con-
slider
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
OVERLAND HIGHWAY.

The great interest and enthusiasm
shown by the people of Shoshone
county in the matter of securing the
national transcontinental highway
through the county is most commend
able, and will have a pronounced
bearing in the final determination Of
the route. Such a roadway can not
fail to be of great and lasting benefit
to the district both from the stand
point of being utilized by our own
people and in the number of tourists
and other classes of travellers who
would never see the district without
the construction of the proposed high
way. This district possesses special
interest to the traveller both from a
scenic and industrial standpoint.
While higher mountains may be seen
on other routes. none can be seen
more beautiful, and then to their
beauty must be added that even more
attractive feature, the hidden wealth
they are known to conceal. The great
mines and mills of the district are in
themselves most interesting to those
unused to a mining section, and In
addition to the money these travellers
would leave in passing through there
Is always the prospect OF securing
large investments by enabling them
to see the district in operation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09

operation and maintenance. The to-
tai average was reduced 12.1c during
1913 The average cost for coal mined
in 1911 was $1.56; in 1912, $1.S9; and
in 1913, $1.43S. 1t is expected to re-
duce the average cost at least 20 cents
per ton curing 1914 and at the same
time improve the condition Of MAIN
:enance. This reduction will mean
$4,000 on the annual production Of 1O,-
600 tons and corresponding reduce
ton in operation cost"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09

LAS a means of carrying forward
the needed Investigations looking to
the upbuilding of the mining industry
in the public land states, 1t will be
highly advantageous either that a
considerable number Of mining ex-
pertinent stations be established In
those states, or that additional funds
be provided to enable the bureau Of
mines to conduct such general inves-
Legations in those states as is believed
will aid in better development Of the
metal mining industries of the coun-
try"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
A TON OF COAL.
And What Il Costs Uncle Sam ia
Mine Il.

Go and pay So to So for a ton Of
coal and then read this report of the
government coal mine. There Is a
difference Of about 1924 somewhere
between cost and selling price which
must be divided between the railroads
and the retailer, and we have dark
suspicion that most Of it goes to the
railroad:
According to the Reclamation Rec
ord the government coal mine on the
North Dakota pumping project mined
34,365 tons Of coal in 1913 at total
average cost to date Of $1.76 for both
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
Methodist Episco pal Church.

Corner Fourth and Pine streets.
Special Easter services Sunday NOR
ming at IL o'clock. Sunrise prayer
meeting at o'clock. Sunday school
at 10 o'clock. Epworth League de-
votional services in the evening at
$3.50 and public worship at 1880.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-09
Congregational Church.

Morning worship at II. Topic: 1.-THE
Resurrection. Special Easter music
Evening service at 1880. A sacred
cantata From Death to Life" by
Harry Rowe Shelley will be given by
the choir There will also be male
quartet and special anthems. Sum
day school at 10 a. NC. B. Wilder,
pastor.