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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
War Raises Price Of Tin

| The outbreljof the European war
has caused the New York price Of
TN 10 raise TO % cents a pound. at.
though In thehst part Of July Tin was
sold as low as jo.5 cents a pound.
None Of the European countries make
q production which would greatly
affect market values, and the dis.
tufbance OF price is due mostly 10
theinsecurlty ofocean freighls which
are carried very largely in English
or German bottoms.
The known American tin deposits
ae small, and production from them
will probably not be much affected
by the exceedingly hige prices Il
these are temporary. However, the
operators now working tin deposits
may reap a profit Il they can market
their oars before the drop in prices
that is sure to come.
The benefit which il seems pos.
sible TO get out Of the present situ.
aiinn l. i.. a. 40 ..-. -.,..es. ss.sfas
smelter in the United States in which
to smelt Bolivian lin ores and such
small lots Of American ore rs are
produced. AT present between 3d..
000and 10000 tons Of tin conccn.
traies carrying more than 10000
tons Of metallic Tin are shipped each
year from Bolivia 10 Europe for
smelling. The United States would
absorb the tin smelted from this ore
easily, and il has been demonstrated
that there are no difficulties m the
smelling OF the Bolivian ores that
American metallurgists can not meet.
Owing TO the lack OF European
freighterS, Bolivian ores will now be
seeking q market, and. providing
that ships can be found to carry the
ore, this will be the opportunity for
Americans to begin purchasing the
ores that have heretofore gone to
Europe.
A few years ago a smelter was
established at Bayonne, N. j., in
which to smelt Malayan Tin ores,
but when it became known the En-
gIish government placed a high ex-
port duty on Malayan tin ores not
going to some part Of the British
Empire. Such thing could not
happen in Bolivia, and to some ex-
tent, at any rate, the smelling Of
Bolivian and 0ther ores IN this
country would relieve American con-
sumefs from the speculative profits
Of the London market.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
How and Where Amber Is Oh.
taIned.

Almost all the amber comes from
the coast Of the Baltic Sea. Amber
is a fossil resin. After a storm
large quantities Of it are washed up,
and the fishermen 90 out with drag
nets and haul it up.
All finds must be delivered to the
Prussian government, which has a
monopoly Of the industry. X owns
a large mine at Palmnicken. where
hundreds Of miners are employed in
digging it out Of stratum Of blue
earth. It is turned in Lathes anC
carved prlnsipally by women, anC
ali the debris is used in making var
nish.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
S55,000 Is Earned During First
Week by Panama Canal.

Panama, Aug 22.-During the
first week Of business the Panama
Canal earned approximately SIS 600
not including the amount collected
for barge service and payments made
in advance for ships on their way to
use the canal. These amounts
would bring total receipts up to al
most $4,000.
Thus far sixteen ships have used
the canal. Traffic was not up to
| the expectations Of canal officers,
who say the war is keeping many
ships from using the waterway.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
The Back To Africa Ship.

Chief Sam. = as he calls himself,
the big. shfewed neurn who heads
the reiurn-to-Airica movement, is
at last on the ocean, headed for
some port on the west coast Of the
dark continent. Il has been many
months since SAN" started out to
gather a colony Of his people to 90
back to the land Of their racial ma
tivity and set up a government Of
their own. The promises he made
produced a great impression on the
eredulous p ,ople to whom he made
his appeal, and at first il seemed as
II there would be more voyagers
than his ship would carry. But white
friends Of the negroes urged caution
and gave out such careful warnings
that by degrees The enthusiasm
faded. Another deteant was the
money for passage and expenses"
which Sam demanded. Many did
not have the cash; others were
chary Of trusting il to the voluable
leader. Home in Africa seemed
vague and far away when It came
to giving up the scant savings Of
years.
| And so the hundreds that spoke
for passage on the Libera dwindled
to 40 when the actual sailing time
arrived.
But finally on the 10Th Of th:
month the ship, with its unusua
immigrants, cleared out Of Calves
ton harbor, and is now steering fol
the open waters Of the Atlantic L
set its prov toward the African port
Presumably that port is English, 70
the British consul at Galveston
I warned Sam that his party couIt
, only land as a committe Of inspec
: ton, and their stay would be deter
! mined by the British authorities
This warning would seem to meai
that Africa is not maintaining al
"open door" for pilgrims from thi
country, and It is quite possible tha
!. the Liberia will bring back its pa:
sengers 10 scatter to their old home:
But one way or the other, thI
voyage will settle the question Of II
n negroes return to Africa. He wi
y either establish himself and call f
n others to follow, or he will con
}, back with such accounts Of II
z country and tho venture as viii s
at rest any further idea Of immign
le ton. In this way Sans expedite
a is not a bad one; its success or fa
Is ure really means more than sppea
re on the snTface.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
MYSTERIOUS MUSIC
OF THE PASCAGOULA
To Hear It Is to Experience one
Of Those Soul Thrills Which
Is Not So Easily Forgotten.

Did you ever hear the weird,
mystic, yet delightfully."- harmonious
and always sublime music Of the
River Pascagoulal To hear it and
to conjecture its origin, although no
one has yet succeeded in definitely
or satisfactorily locating it's to ex-
perience one Of those soul thrills"
which is not easily or quickly for
gotten.
Heard only at the close of day.
and where the mighty waters Of the
Pascagoula and Escatawpa rivers
gently merge into the briny ebb and
flow Of the Mexican Gulf, pilgrims
for two hundred years have stopped
to listen--hrst in surprise, then in
bewllderment, in rapture, in deep
interest; for what is itl Whence
comes itl And while they have re-
mained to listen and enjoy and, per
hapS to investigate, they have de-
parted uplifted in spirit but no wiser
as to the nature and origin Of this
most mysterious Of all the mighty
musics from the spirit world-for
such this enchanting music Of the
Pascagoula is claimed to be.
All that can be learned as to this
phenomeon Of nature is the legend
which is familiar to every child
whose home is within a score of
miles Of the spot where this music
is to be heard. The explorer, D.
lbefviIle, while searching for the
mouth Of the Mississippi river way
back in the year 1899, thinking he
had found the object Of his search,
anchored one night near the mouth
Of the Pascagoula; and, Gas he re
lates in his iournaD, that evening
just at sundown he was startled BY
mysterious music which seemed
to come from the depths Of the riveI
not far from where he was anchored
Thinking it impossible that tn
sounds could emanate from tn
water, D'lbeuille sought to investi
gate as to the origin, but after hour
spent in trying to locate the sounds
could only conclude that in som
unaccountable way the music actu
ally came from the depths Of tn
river,
The following morning inQuir
was made Of the Indians living 0
the shore OF the river, and the caus
Of the wonderful music was n
vealed. 1t appears that for yea
there had been deadly warfare b
tween the tribes Of Indians know
as the PascagouIas and the MAJ
bilians. Some years before, tn
strife had eliminated in terrific ba
tie in which the Maubilans We
surely getting the better Of their o
ponents. the Pascagoulas. Rath
than submit to defeat and captur
the courageous warriors ASSEMBLE
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28
THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.
SENATOR OWEN TRUSTS TO THE
PEOPLE.
Urges Fun Vote Upon the Pending
Initiative and Referendum
Amendment.

'lhe United States Senate has
never had a more fearless and able
champion Of popular government
than Senator Robert /. Owen, Of
Oklahoma. Time vas when the
Stand-PatierS used to try to iolle
him upon his advocacy Of the In.
itiative and Referendum, and like
measureSS. which give the people
real power and did mot end in words.
His blistering reply to Senators
Switzerland. Of Utah, and Jones Of
Washington, " no attempted to
make sport Of direct legislation. is
still remembered. They did not
Try i again,
Senator Owen believes the peo-
pie Of Mississippi are as fit for self.
government as those Of any other
State and the following letter, writ
ten to the Peoples Rule League, Of
Mississippi will be Of interest and
encouragement to the fighters for the
Initiative aud Referendum amend
ment to be voted on Nov. 3rd:
United States Senate. July 81 1914.
I was deeply gratifed that the
Legislature Of Mississippi submitted
the Initiative and Referendum
amenment in such an excellent form.
We have il In Oklahoma, and Il
has resulted In giving the people Of
the State great nnwer. Those whn
believe that the people can be trust.
ed with power ought 70 support the
Initiative and Referendum, which
merely is a method permitting the
people to initiate and pass the laws
that they want. and to veto by the
referendum the laws which they do
not want.
MAKES BETTER REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT.
It makes representative eovefp;
ment more representative Of the
people. The people are abundantly
intelligent to use this system which
has been adopted in seventeen
States. There is no danger in the
Initiative and Referendum because
the people who believe in property
rights would undoubtedly protect
their own property rights. Il would
be a very great uistake for the peo'
pie not to vote upon this matter.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
II is Of the highest importance tC
their future welfare to keep the pow
ers of the State absolutely in thei
own hands. because no man can tel
when a crisis may come, and thi
power be of vital importance to th,
people.
II hope that every friend Of tn
movement, and every citizen VIII
realizes its full value and importanc
: will exercise the greatest vigiIanc
in seeing that full vote is obtained
, Ny purpose in organizing the Ma
tionaI Popular Government Lesgu
was to promote this direct power
the people because when the peopI
have power, they can always prC
tect themselves against fraud an
graft.
$ (Signed)
# ROBERT L. OWEN.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28

all their remaining fighting men,
their squaws, and all their children,
and while chanting their battle
hymn, marched unhesitatingly into
the dark waters Of the river and the
indomitable spirit Of the brave Pas
eagoulas has never ceased to echo
the rhythm Of musical battle hymn
as perpetual poem Of praise for all
subsequent dwellerS on the coast to
hear and recite to the glory Of the
brave warriors who went down to
death rather than defeat.
So much for the legend Of the
woniors ofthe Pascagoula;now some
thing Of the facts in regard to this
most promising city on the Gulf
Coast.
PascagouIa by the Sea, has the
distinction Of having the greatest
and most commodious natural har-
Dor on the Gulf. Il has also the
unique claim Of being the Oldest and
most famous summer and winter re.
sort in all the southland. How long
ago THE Old South" discovered
Pascagoula and made it a great
watering place, we do not know;
but it must have been long before
the war, for as early as l848 Long
fellow on his return from his second
visit to Europe, visited New Orleans
and PascagouIa, for in his poem,
Building Of the Ship" first pub
lished in 1850, he says
Timber Of chestnut and elm aud oak,
Add scattered here aud there with
these,
The gnaFled and crooked cypress knees
Brought from regions tar away,
From Pascageula's sunny bay"
And in 1850. Harper's Magazine,
which was then publishing in serial
form Charles Dickens Bleak
House, published a Legend Of tht
Bells, and the writer, a lady. tell
the legend Of the Mysterious musiC
Of the Pascagoula;" all Of whici
shows that at that early date, Pas
cagoula's fame was not merely 10
cal, but country wide.
] In 1859 a large three-story hote
containing some 800 rooms was bull
at Pascagoula, and was opened dur
ing the seasons Of 1860 and 1861
and it is recorded that when tn
! news Of the Battle Of Bull Ru
. reached the hotel, score or NOR
of the male guests left to tax
active part in the fierce strugg
which followed. This hotel wa
Z standing as late as 1889 when
was abandoned and torn down
} make room for a magnificent beae
residence which still stands in Il
' city.
nl PascagouIa has always been fan
e Gus on account Of its extensive fisl
: cries, for no place on earth exec
5 this locality in the extent Of its fis
: ing industry. Here in seasons OIL
N may catch the gamy tarpon (whi'
! is not a food fish,; the SPANS
e Mackerel, Sheephead, Blue Fl
+ and Pompano. while inshore a
Re caught the bass Commonly know
D. here as trout, founders, red fis
rr while outside the islands in t
E. deep blue" can be found plenty
.dlred snappers, one Of the finest .Pt
salt water fish.
Z The oysters that are market
4Ifrom Pascagoula (locally known
Z the Bayou Casotte brand) are =
{ ognized BY epicuFes as being
1Imost unusual favor and quail
( and the best found on the coast.
$lthe head waters Of Bayou Case
{ can be caught plenty Of bass
: red fish weighing up to fitt'
z pounds. and plenty of sport
: landing them for any one wh
y fancy turns that way.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1914-08-28

Parting, you know. is sweet sor
row said Browne. Not always,
replied TowEe. Guess you never
had : quinine capsule part just aftei
you D1t Il In your mouth, did your
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
THE BLUE BELL.
Everything Indicates the Near Ap-
proach OF Vein.

few weeks ago the contractors
driving the crosscut on the Blue Bell,
at the head Of Big creek encountered
what appeared to he the vein and the
fact was 50 reported and published
The basis for this belief was a change
in the formation, being much softer
having stringers of quartz CARRYING
more or less ore, tale and large
am cunt Of water coming in. Continu
alton Of the crosscut. however. has
forced the conclusion that the vein has
not been reached The formation is
Revett ouartzite and AL the favorablo
indications above mentioned are still
present The great depth now attain
ed by the crosscut and the encourage
ing conditions inspire great confidence
that an ore body is not far distant.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
THE COUNCIL
NEW PAVING District
IT INVOLVES PAVING ENTIRE
BUSINESS SECTION OF
THE CITY.

A petition is being circulated by
Harry White among the interested
property owners for the creation Of q
new paving district which in genera
terms is described as folloWs Bank
street, from Fifth street east to the
bridge across the river; Hotel street
from Sixth street to Eighth; Frth
street, from Cedar to Bank; Sikh
street, from Bank to Hotel; and SeV-
enth street, from Bank to Hotel TIL
paving Of this district will practically
complete the paving Of the business
section.
The people who are now asking +
taxpayers who have consistently Op-
posed paving. In spite of their orp7.
stion and that Of many other property
owners. a large section of the business
district is being paved, which has
presented new phase to the PAWN ;
question. Tnpaved streets were good
enough SO long as all were unpaVed
but as a business proposition, with
part of the business section paved
the property owner and business man
on an unpaVed street Is clearly az a
disadvantage. It is this view Of tho
situation that has led the property
owners in the unpaved business s"2-
tion to ask for a paving district to in
clude the frontage of their property
There is no doubt that the re-, ,uired
number Of signatures viii be obtain
ed and that the council viii Proceed
to create the new district.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
DIAMOND MATCH Co.
BUYER Of LUMBER
INSPECTOR FOR COMPANY BUYS
FROM CUT OF PLACER
CREEK MILL.

The Diamond Match company has
no timber holdings at the head of
Placer creek, the published report to
that effect being erroneous. The Dia-
mond Match company does not IN
vest in standing timber, but it is in
the market for an unlimited amount
of white pine lumber cut into boards
two inches in thickness and of any
width and length, and which meets the
companys standard of quality. In
lumber for the manufacture of
matches is that it be free of knots,
soft and straight grain. There IS i
large body of timber on upper Placer
creek which when cut meets these re-
quirements and it is expected that the
Diamond Match company will take
several million feet, The company is
represented here by William Dun
Woodie, who inspects the lumber as it
is delivered at the railroad here and
ships that which comes up to grade
to the company's works at Oshkosh,
Wis., or Barberton, Ohio.
Logging Railroad.
The company which is cutting the
lumber is the Dean Lumber company.
The mill was erected on upper Placer
creek year ago last fall but the
company then owning it encountered
financial troubles which forced it to
close down. The present company
has a contract with the McGllis &
Gibbs company by which the latter
takes the entire cut, and it is this
company which sells to the Diamond
Match company. Track is being laid
for a logging railroad to extend about
mile and a half above the mill, the
motive power for which will be a gas
oline engine. 1t is said that this rail-
road will tap fine body of timber,
mostly white pine estimated at 15,-
600. 900 or 100000 feet. which in
some unaccountabe manner escaped
the forest fire which swept that sec
ton over three years ago.
Mr.. Dunwoodie, the inspector for
the Diamond Match company, says
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
THE COPPER KING.
Efforts Being Made to Resume Work
on the Property,

Manager Harry w ingalls, hopes to
be able to make arrangements for
resumption of work on the Copper
King before the summer is over. With
this end in view negotiations are in
progress for a large block of treasury
stock of the company The amount Of
ore shown up in the Copper King, and
the direct relation of its vein to that
50 much attention and have been and
are being developed at such great ex-
pense, renders it most inviting prop
0sition.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
THE RAY-JEFFERSON.

Manager y. J.. MCGrath stated the
had been installed at the RayJeffer
son and everything was in readiness
to start the minute the electric power
line was completed. This should be
accomplished by the last of this week.
The power line is being extended from
the ldora, this being found to be the
most practical route.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
BUTTE G. SUPERIOR.
The Big Zinc Property Shows an I'M
mense Profit

f'or purposes Of taxation the laws Of
Montana require sworn statements t.
in form to that required in Idaho. The
Butte & Superior. the big zinc pro-
ducer at Butte, has lust filed its an
nual statement with the county as
SCISSOR, from which the following fig
ures are taken:
Gross receipts, $4295,6451G.
Tons of ore. 36S0GO
Cost per ton, &5.33,
Total cost production, $l9St, 1886
Transportation cost per ton, &27&.
Supplies and operation. $Sil23920
Improvements, $177592.@1
Net proceeds, $o42.31715.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
THE RAINBOW.
Property on Little North Fork to BE
Further Developed.

property OF h-ittlc wv III u ~ 49,
Further Developed.
George Austin, secretary y-treasurer
of the Rainbow Mining company re-
turned the first of the week after an
extended absence during which time
he succeeded in getting the financial
affairs of his company to resume work
on the Little North Fork property.
Work will start about July 1 and the
purpose is to extend the crosscut
which is now in about 900 feet, to the
vein, which is probably not more than
40 or 30 feet. Drifting on the vein will
gain depth quite rapidly, and the
showing nj the upper tunnel gives
strong indication that an ore body
will be encountered in the lower. ore
Of good grade both in lead and silver
has been found in the upper works
The Little North Fork is attracting
much attention of late and indica-
tons are that mines Of great value will
be developed there.
The Rainbow company also owns g
promising group on Shields gulch,
about three miles west of this city,
upon which considerable work has
been done with good results. The
company has no plans for starting
work there at present.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
N0OHLIGHT COMPANY
INTERESTING REPORT
OF COMPANY ARE
SHOWN IN DETAILED FlNAN-
ClAL STATEMENT.

Under date of June l3 the Moon
light Mining company issued a circular
to the stockholders of the company an
nouneing an assessment of ) mills and
containing interesting information re-
garliing the operations Of the company
from which the following extract is
taken:
"'fhe development work on the COM
panN's property is progressing stead
lily with two shifts of miners and an
average of toe feet of tunnel has been
driven per month during the fiscal
year just ended
"Sineo the main crosscut tunnel in
terSectcd the vein several months ago
and drifting was undertaken along
same two distinct faults were encoun-
tered some distance apart, causing
considerable trouble and expense, as
well as delay in the progress Of the
work However, the vein has again
been located beyond the second break
and no further difficulties are antici-
pated from this source.
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25

the company is in the market for
lumber of proper grade all the time.
and has been heavy purchaser from
the Rose Lake Lumber company, the
Springston Lumber company and
many others in this section. Contracts
for 100000 are common with the
large mills, but the company buys in
smaller lots also when the oppoltun-
ity Offers.