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guess was that he had been running
down trail and one of the constructors
that wait for deer and other animals
had wound itself around him; he had
fought himself loose, probably had killed
the snake; but the strain and the
strange attack had exhausted and scared
him. The frightened look never left his
eyes. he trembled at every noise in the
bush- and after two days he died-lit-
orally scared to DEATH.
There was a strange reflex. Smith
refused to remain at the camp, and none
OF US enjoyed a single hour in that place.
One of the fellows expressed the feeling
Of the whole outfit when he said:
I'm not afraid OF anything but
nothing has ME going. Just the way it
did Old Vic
, Il \
ON our way back from a short detour
one afternoon. while we were on the re-
location survey, my men and came
to the Gatun river. The water was high,
and we left the trail to go up the river
searching for ford. 1t was late after
noon, and somewhere we got turned
around. Four adult men lost their way
alongside river; there was no current
and we did not know whether we were
going up or down stream until We made
half a mile o, more and could see that
we were going in the wrong direction.
Finally we found crossing and beat
our way back toward the trail. We had
been lost only half an hour or SO, but
meanwhile the dark had come on, The
trocha was broad and there was no
doubt that by keeping straight ahead
Hill. where our camp had been made.
There was no danger. but the dark
came on US before we had gone far. NV
men were not natives, but West Indians.
as unaccustomed to the jungle as I. No
one spoke. The myriad voices of the
forest made an unfamiliar din, and sud
denly upon the cacophony of birds and
monkeys there broke the sinister cry of
a tiger cat.
again let me repeat there was no
danger. But upon me there fell the spell
OF the unknown and unknowable 1t was
on the men also, for they drew closer to-
gether and We advanced almost as one
man. Many times since then I have felt
the same chill sensation. the same an
swering Strengthening Of the back and
setting Of the teeth that felt In those
few minutes before we saw the lights of
the camp ahead Of US. The jungle at
night is a feeling that battles words.
Christmas in 1907 was followed by
Sunday. and three of us started out with
rifles. food and shelter tents for two
days of hunting. We went west from
Tabernilla, and about three miles inland
picked up a bush Spaniard as a guide.
He took us along the trails toward the
headWaters of the Trinidad.
x x
IT had not been feeling well. but the ex-
element of the hunt and the relief from
hard work cheered me up and the trip
went well until we started back Then 1
began to lag behind a little. The other
fellows offered to carry my pack for me,
but thought I could make it all right
and just slowed my pace. They went
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can be, legs wabbling, sides heaving
like bellows, foam dripping from his
mouth, eyes oloodshot. He sank down
beside C. DIS cot, and we bathed his
head and searched for wounds. No bones
bitten.
I'VE never did find out what happened
to him. If he had got into a sc: ap with
n tiger or lion he would have been bitten
bitten him, he would have swollen; if
he had fallen, q sprain or fracture would
have been evident; If he had chased q
deer or pig until exhausted, he would
have died right away or have recovered
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the canebrake and darkness came on. he
shouted. but the dense wall Of cane hem
med in the sound Once his shout was
answered by the srowl I lion nearby,
again he saw a large snake crawl past
him and when 1t noticed him it moved
rapidly away.
cast there was no indication or direc-
ton anywhere. He began to run ABOUT
wildly. looking for an outlet from the
field Of grass. Then hopelessly and with
little strength remaining he hit out IN.
what he thought might be the way to-
ward high land and soon after be ran
into one of our trOchaS.
It knew him well. There was not a
weak spot in his makeup, but he was as
completely unnerved that night as l have
ever seen man. 1t was not thing ne
could explain: with US 1t was not neces-
sary, for each of us, in his turn, had
been lost in the jungle, and each knew
how there had come a time when the
ages had rolled back and he had FOUND
himself alone. beset with all the fears
of his primeyal ancestors-the fears that
finally drove men together for self-pro-
lection.
I'VE used to go swimming in all of tho
streams that were deep enough; but this
is not safe, especially for one man alone.
Alligators are dangerous. The little fell
lows from five to ten feet long that we
see along the Chagres are old and strong.
They grab hold and drown their prey;
they leave it to rot in the mud until IL
is fit to eat-the way some hunters let
birds become game.
I'm 1906 a man who was stationed at
Mirafores as nurse was swimming in
the Rio Grande. when an alligator grab
bed his leg. He held on to the grass
along the bank and hollered. Another
fellow gave him hand and fairly pulled
him out Of the gators mouth: but the
brute came right to the surface before
he let go. The fellows leg was all
lacerated and it was weeks before it
healed
"One Of the densest pieces of jungle I
have seen is the region around Cocoli
reservoir. only mile west of Miraflores
locks. Four years ago they made law
forbidding trespassing on the watershed.
the intention being to keep the water.
clean Since then no gun has been shot~
there, no bush dweller has built a shack. :
no one has collected ivory nuts. the
whole region has been undisturbed. :.
Animals are quick to find an asylum !.
like this A few weeks ago my work
took me over to the edge OF the lake.
The deer are SO tame that they stand :,
and look at you until you are within
fifty feet; the alligators lie on the mud
banks and just won't move. L saw a :,
tiger; tapir tracks were plenty; a herd
Of peccary had recently been there AS in q
dictated by droppings No snakes were
visible, but unques.ionably some OF the :
big boas are around, the kind that love
deep jungle near water where they can
lie In wait for deer, pigs and rabbits.
When the zone becomes a military 1T
would not be surprised to
see the jungle turn into great game
preserve, just as in a small Wa that few y
square miles around Lake Coo now is
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adj to let the cook know we we're com.

ahead to let the cook know We were com
ing.
THE trail. was good. AT one place. II
ran into a clearing and I walked acros:
this to the other side And began looking
for the continuation of the trail. 1 coult
not find it and SO walked back and tool
a new start. Again I failed, and after
three trials I became Impatient.
II walked back along the trail, think
ing that perhaps l had passed by the
real track and had taken detour into
the clearing. The bush walled it in or
both sides so that you couldn't break
through If you had tried. 1t was becom-
ing dark. 1 was rapidly weakening, and
then 1 did what most men do wher
lost in the jungle-began to roam ainlless-
" around the clearing looking fort the
exit At last was tagged out, and. sit
ting down in the center OF the space
shot my gun three times.
I'm a few minutes I heard a shou, and
soon the Spanish guide whom we had
left behind at his home appeared. He
took my gun and pack and then showed
me the trail. 1t did not run across the
clearing, but along the upper side. and
struck off into the jungle at right angles
with Its previous direction. In the course
of an hour we were safe in camp at Ia
bernilla. and the next day / went 10
Ancon Hospital, where I was sick with
malaria for six weeks. 49,,
How large part OF the SIN weeks
much to scare don't know. But l have
always blamed at least two weeks of 1t
on the fatigue of mind and body and the
worry of the few minutes when I was
lost My fear may have been Ill founded.
but to be sick and exhausted in the
jungle alone at night. with the growing
of the lion and cry of the cat around
me, was an unpleasant prospect, and II
was not hard for me to think Of 1t as
dangerous. .-c
x X
&C. A. McIivaine has told me story
Of being lost near CorozaI which Illus
In country with which he is not familiar.
He took a shotgun ONE holiday and went
into a canebrake in the Rio Gran6le bot
SO and not getting shot he turned back.
Then he realized that he did not know
which way to go.
1.-The cane stood high above head, the
sun was near noon, dozen paths led In
as many directions and there was no way
to tell direction. He knocked about for
over an hour. the worry came. he had
all afternoon in which to get out. but he
was becoming tired. Finally, he heard
the shrek of locomotive whistle and
started in that direction. In incredibly
short time he was out of the brake and
just in time. The tide was running in
and In another hour the whole field OF
cane would have veen covered with
water. He found that he had been lost
within half an hour of home.
while we were in camp at Tiger Hill
on the relocation survey, Dougherty,
chief Of our party, remained behind one
afternoon to make some observations
along the bottom. He was alone. Night
came and we missed him from the camp.
After waiting an hour or so we started
out to look for him, carrying lanterns
and a couple of guns.
Soon we met him half dragging him
self toward camp. He had en- lost in
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be those at the military camps and
the quarters of the locktenders. Then
The wilderness which Is waiting on the
edge OF the cleared places will close in
and devour the pitfully small strip Of
and that white, men have held from II
with varying success for nearly 400
years.
From the decks OF passing steamers
travellers will be able to look upon real
Jungle. and with this passing glance they
will know almost as much as the 10000
Americans who worked on the Panama
canal found out during their life on the
jsthmus. For the jungle does not invite
the tripper. There are no pleasant.
ehady spots where one can read a book
or eat lunchi mosquitoes and gnats
would attack him from above, while ants,
spiders and ticks would busy themselves
with the part next to the ground.
Excursions up the various rivers in
canoes take one into the jungle. but such
an explorer gets only an outside view.
The only canal men who know it init
rnate,y are the surveyors who have de-
veloped the typography of the Chagres
at the various points. o. T. Malsbury, in
charge of land surveys in the Office OF
Col G. w. Cocktails, is one of these. In
a recent account Of the jungle he said:
When L try to become definite about
lne jungle / realize how little even one
who has seen much of it knows about
us life. Impressions of beauty, mystery
and fear, lure with a menace a smile
that only half covers a snarI-and all
else is told in few isolated incidents
when some special phase of the wilder
ness life has passed beneath the eyes
AN orchid beckons from the branch of
.. tree, Il pair of wild pigs dash away
into the brush. a tiger cat shows its
bright eyes foI moment and In a fash
of sinewy grace is gone, birds dart over
head, the heron balances daintiiy on a
reed by the river. an alligator skitters
from a mud bank into the water,
monkeys lark in the trees. a lion growls
in such slight things is summed my
Jungle lore
In one hour the sun looks through
trees and bushes and traces thousand
Patterns on the ground. in the next the
rattle of rain on the leaves Is deafening
soon night falls and the parakeets
crickets, frogs, lizards begin their un-
ending chorus. then the howl of mon.
f"ys adds to the din and now and again
lAe cry of the wildcat and growing barb
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CNGLES as deep
and mysterious as
those of Africa
stretch away from
the banks of Gatun
lake. Within the
present year the
depopuiation of the
Canal Zone will be
completed and the
only human hab-
itations along the
Panama canal will
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Germany is now thoroughly in
trenched in all parts of South America
The German drummer, or commercial
traveller is the most ubiquitous per-
SON encountered there, whether along
the Caribbean, down the west coast, OF
in the east coast countries. He speaks
Spanish, Portuguese, French ana Eng
lish. He is so thoroughly trained ana
Systen1at ized that he is more IKE a
travelling autornaton than human
being.
Everywhere ne is after trade. and al
most everywhere he is selling cheap
goods and often inferior ones, but ne
sees that these goods are adapted 10
meet the peculiarities and the local
trade requirements. His methods are
slow. but persistent never met Ger
man drummer who was in the slightest
hurry, or who had any particular
schedule for making the next city or
the next country
In the broader sense, German COM
mercial policy in South America Is just
what it is in other parts of the world
It is systematic, scientific and patient
II persistent
government. with its policy of de-
veloping export trade by means of
rebates on the railways and by ship
ping favors also. In the mass this puts
German commerce all over South
America in a most satisfactory posi-
ton and encourages private enterprise
German occupation of the commercial
field is largely through Hamburg, though
Bremen is not ignored. But Hamburg is
the market for rubber and coffee and 9TH
er tropical products. which form so large
a percentage of South American exports
The great Hamburg houses either have
branches at all the commercial centers in
South America or are interested as part
ners in the local houses. Some of them
will put possibly $4,000 in South Amer
<,f n
il out, but with n certainty that it will
give them an amount of business which
in a short time will compensate for the
invested capital. After that stage is
reached there is a satisfactory adding up
of profits every twelve months.
Young men from Hamburg come out
and enter the South American houses.
usually as clerks. sometimes as subman-
ayers. They acouaint themselves with
the commercial conditions, familiariZe
themselves with the business customs
and build up a wide circle of acquaint-
ances- Then, after say ten years, they
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man invasion of a quarter OF d
go and TO impress on South Americans
Germany's influence in world poh'lcs. III
the latter sense it is prestige propa-
ganda-
The visit of the Prince and Princess
Henry of Prussia and the cruise OF the
German superdreadnoughts are dis-
ttActly of an international political
character 1t is most likely true that
the kaiser suggested the visit OF the
prince.
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Charles NJ. Pepper
Says the Real Invasion
Came "a Quarter of a
Century Ago-The Pro-
posed Prestige Propa-
ganda - Germany
Thoroughly Intrenched
in All Parts of South
America Ger
man Capital Has Been
Aggressive.

ERMA.NY'S nv a
sion of S gu t h
America. concern
ing which the Ber-
lin dispatches give
particulars, Is not
so much Of an IN
vasion after all. 1t
is more to sirens 9Th
en- the commercial
occupation which
followed the Ger
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-04-02
AN INDUSTRIAL OliGARChY.
Government Ownership Concentrates
Power for Political Abuse.
Financial World)

by no means do some railroad men
consider that there is no danger that
the present radical tenoencies may
carry the country to the point where
control and operation OF the railroads
would pass to the government.
We have even read declarations from
pressing such a belief and welcoming
such relief II there is found finally
no escape for the harassment from
which they contend they are suffering
thinking masses and belief that they
will finally reject such a policy is.
however too firm TO permit such Wor-
ny about an early probability of the
acceptance Of the government owner
ship scheme So long as private en-
terprse can be controlled and be held
50 that it will not trespass upon the
rights of the people, the country needs
no other extension OF government
power
Wherever the governments have ia
ken over the railroads the service tc
the public has deteriorated and the
burden of a large deficit has beer
thrown upon the people
But government ownership In re-
public, according to a railroad pres
ident whose name we shall not quote
conceals even graver danger thar
that which turks in an incompetent
service or deficit after providing fol-
the cost of operation.
There are over 100000 wage earn
ers dependent upon these railroads fol
their daily bread and butter. Once
these men draw their pay from the
government, they would come to looF
upon their places as sinecures. I'm
agine the power this army would yiel'
to a man who wished to use 1t for his
own purposes. Tammany's creates
strength lies in the fact that 1t may
count on over 10000 job holders to 81
into a mayoralty campaign handi
can which could not easily he over
come except through political revo
luton. Transfer a similar power bu
Of greater dimension into our nationa
politics, and we may unconscious,
found an industrial oligarchy In plac
of a republic.
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NOTICE OF THE ISSUANCE OF AN
ATTACHMENT.

In the District Court Of the First Jul
dlcial District Of the State OF Idaho,
in and tor the county of Shoshone.
Occur d'Alene Hardware Company
plaintiff, VS., Idora Hill Mining Com
pany, r. C. Plath, j. b. Carson, Aug
ust Anderson, Jr l.. w. Stocker and
II. E. Winder, defendants.
State of Idaho, County Of Shoshone, S.
Notice is hereby given that on the
23rd day Of March, A. D. 1914, at
tachment issued in the above entitled
action against the property Of the
aforesaid defendants, Iuora Hill Min
ing Company, r. f, Plath, ]. B. Car
son, August Anderson, Jr., l.. w. Stoc-
ker and H. E. Winder, for the sum Of
100000, besides interest at the rate Of
10 per cent per annum from the LIST
day of October, 1913, and the further
sum of $1515.00, besides interest there
on at the legal rate from the 31st day
of october. 1918. together with the
costs Of this action.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said District Court, affixed this 23rd
day Of March, A. d. 1914.
JOHN P. Shelby,
(SeaD Clerk Of District Court.
BY c. J. CALLAHAN,
Mar26- Ap93t Deputy.
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Sydney L. Shonts
MINING ENGINEER
u. S. Mineral Surveyor
P. o. Block Wallace, Idaho
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles w. Tiiden, his heirs, ex-
ecutOrs or assigns:

To Charles W. Tiiden, his heirs, ex-
ecutors or assigns:
You are hereby notified that l, your
co-owner, in accordance with the pro-
visions Of Section 1924 Of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States. and all
the acts supplemental thereof ana
amendatory thereto, requiring annuai
labor on mining claims, have expend-
ed in labor and improvements TOR the
wears ending December 81, 1919 ana
1918. the sum of 500 for each OF said
years for each of the following lode
mining claims, situated In Summit
mining district, Shoshone county,
state of Idaho, to-wit The Paradox
lode claim and the Parody lode claim ;
and If within ninety days after the ie-
gal period Of publication OF this notice
you fail to pay or refuse to contrlpute
your proportion Of such expenditure
for your one fourth interest IN eacn
of aforesaid claims, am bunting to va
for each Of said claims for each year
or total Of 800 for the two years foi
both claims, together with the cos'
Of this advertisement, your said one
fourth interest in aforesaid claims
namely, the Parody and Paradox, VII
become the property Of the under
signed, your co-owner, as provided pS
law.
J16-Apr13-16t
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
TO Merrill Hebblethwaite, his heirs or

To Merrill Hebblethwaite, his heirs or
assigns:
You are hereby notified that I, your
co-owner, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 1924 of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States, and all
the acts supplemental thereto, and
amendatory thereof, requiring annual
labor on mining claims, have expended
in labor and improvements for the year
1913. the sum Of 500 for each OF the
following lode mining claims, located IN
Summit and Occur d'Alene mining dis
tricts, shoshone county, state of Idaho
to-wit: The Utah, the Vermont, the
Bishop and the Deacon, amounting In
a total expenditure for the year. of
$500; and II within ninety days alter
the legal period Of publication OF this
notice you fail to pay or refuse 10 con-
tribute your proportion Of such eX-
penditure for your one-half interest III
aforesaid mining claims. aggregatint
the sum of 5000, together with the
costs of this advertisement, your saic
one-half interest in aforesaid mining
claims will become the property OF tht
undersigned, your co-owner, as pro
vided by law.
ADAM AULBACH.
lJ1.A.2.14t
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MINING OPERATIONS
IN CENTRAL IDAHO
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY IN SEC
TON THAT PROMISES MUCH
FOR THE FUTURE.
(Mackay Miner)

Without day dreaming-jus getting
down to solid facts, there is something
doing this season in central 1daho's
mining districts more in fact, than
has been on the calendar in the his
tory of the country Starting in way
down on the edge of the desert there Is
the Daisy Black mines and mill in op-
Grafton. the old Erie district sew
eral claim owners will ship ore, Com
ing up to the Antelope, or Leadbelt
district we find few men employed on
the Weller mines, from which ship
ments will be made throughout the
summer. Here in Macltay the Empire
company will soon resume shipments
and put on more men, after a lull caus-
ed by the usual tie up or winter, CVo~
In Alder creek leaSers are working On
ore for the first time. ON the Gilher n
Carr property in Lucky Gulch, miners
have been stacking ore on the dump
all winter. The Horseshoe promises
the usual summer work. as do also the
mines In Copper basin. and maybe
more than usual The Chimney gnich
properties will ship ore this summer
and men leasing on the Kennedy pro-
perty have some showings that prom
ise a good tonnage.
Federal Company in tho Field.
Going into the Alto district, 40 miles
above Mackay, the outlook Is brighter
than ever before. Here the Federal
company will install a compressor and
operate machine drills in prospecting
an enormous ledge. The Trail Creek
company Is prosecuting work on a
tunnel that Is nearing the ore body.
At Clayton and in the Bayhorse dis
trict greater activity than has been eX-
perienced for years Is on the slate.
Strike after strike In the old mines Is
reported and a new smelter Is being
completed and will be put in operation
to handle the rich ores Of the district.
At Custer, camp that has been idle
for years, new blood will go after the
rich ores. The Kirtley MEG owan pro-
pnrty, a new and exceedingly rich gold
property, will make its contribution 10
large output.
, Lost Packer Gets Better.
y On Loon creek, the Lost packer de-
f ve!opment work Of the winner has dis
q closed, 1t Is said a bigger and bette,
= ore body than the property has evel
had and this probably means that the
4 Packer smelter will be put in opera
= ton some time during the summer
S The George Watson properties at Bo
t nanza have been taken over by Den
q yer mining men, who will operate
- them. This is gold property will
g some sensational values. The Parke
- mill, recently installed, will be put II
q operation and the Patterson creel
d tungsten mines have lots Of ore am
the mill will run. New strikes are ais
= reported in that district.
Dimensions Of District.
A scope Of country 200 miles i
- length and 100 miles in width Is Gov
q cred In the above, and never befor
t has there been such a bright prospef
= for profitable operations as there
d right now.
IT Add to the mining industry. EN-
t. ploying men in the mines. mills an
u smelters, men and teams on the ROAD
etc. the farming and stock raising &C
y tivities Of this district and you nav
n season jammed full Of prosperity
s.