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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
is DEAD, 1o0HURT
IN KANSAS STORM
HALF OF GREAT BEND DEMOL
IShED-MANY ENTOM6ED
ALIVE IN THE DEBRIS.
FIRE ADDS TO HORROR
PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED At
S5oo,oOO. oo.-SECTlON HAND
KILLED AT DERBY.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Great Bend, Kansas. Nov Tiff
teen persons were killed and more
than 100 injured, many seriously, in
a cyclone which swept through the
residence section of Great Bend at
1880 o'clock Wednesday night.
The property loss is estimated at
100000 Hat of the town was de-
molished. Many persons were I'M
prisoned in the debris. The city wa
ter plant, a laundry three Touring
mills, the Santa Fe depot and fifty
residences were demolished.
Santa F6 passenger train No. mar
rowly escaped the path of the twister,
which swept through the southern
part of the city.
Many of those injured were caught
beneath their homes, which were
picked up from their foundations and
twisted and crushed into a mass OF
debris.
residences, and, as the city was with
out fire protection, they burned to
the ground.
Walnut Creek Moses Brothers and
the Hume Companies were the three
FIGURING mills destroyed In these
structures several men working
night shifts were killed.
long string of freight cars were
, overturned by the cyclone when the
Santa Fee depot crashed in.
A path three-quarters of mile
cut through the residence district.
Here the heaviest toll of life was ex-
acted.
The people of the town immedi-
ately responded as voluntary rescu-
ers and the work of searching the
ruins progressed in a steady down
pour of rain that followed the cy-
clone.
More than forty OF the injured
were being attended in ST. Roses hos
pital. Physicians from Great Bend
and surrounding towns were sum-
moned.
The tornado is reported to have
struck first house on the Moses
ranch eight miles south of Great
Bend. The Riverside steam laundry
near the bridge over the Arkansas
river was the first building struck
when the tornado hit the town. 1t
| was completely destroyed.
Wichita, Kan, Nov. 11.-One Mex1-
can section hand was killed, seven
others were injured and property val
ued at about $4,000 destroyed by
tornado which struck Derby, a small
| town eleven miles south of Wichita.
The twister travelled along the banks
of the Arkansas river. a dozen farm
homes, the Santa Fe railroad station,
one store building and score of bunk
cars occupied by the Mexican labor
ers were demolished.
Omaha, Neb, Nov II. High Winds
rain and snow swept over Nebraska,
South Dakota, Iowa and Kansas last
night Four persons were injured at
Hartford, S. D., which was visited
twice by the same tornado.
Among the towns in which build
ings were reported destroyed were
Clafin Hoisington, Larned, Kan, and
Hartford, s. d.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Cripple Greek Oct. Output $1,272,41e.

Cripple Greek, Colo-The October
output of the Cripple Creek district,
compiled from the reports of the mill
and smelter representatives, totals 92,-
IT'S tons, with an average value of
$3.50 a ton and gross bullion value
Of Sl,272,416.
This is the heaviest tonnage record
ed for this district. AS shown by the
accompanying table, heavy tonnage of
low grade ores was treated by local
plants. The Portland company at
Battle mountain and Victor mills han
died 3l,500 tons of ore formerly class
ed as waste, with an average value of
$2.69 per ton The Golden Cycle mill
at Colorado Springs also reports rec
ord tonnage, having treated 1880
tons with a bullion value of $73S,650.
Dividends during October were paid
by the following companies: Portland
Gold Mining Company. 100000; Vindi-
Gator Consolidated, $4,000; Golden
Cycle, $4,000.
The figures reported by the several
treatment plants and smelters follow:
Tons Av.val Gross
Golden Cycle, Colo.
City .43, 450 $500 1856
Portland. Colorado
Springs .......11. 900 1000 100000
Smelt ers, Denver
and Pueblo -. 4.025 $500 22l,
Portland, cripple
Creek Dist. ....19,100 2.97 56,121
Portland, Vic
tor ............12,4oo 2.se 2s,264
Gaylord ......... 1,400 800 400
Galley ......., 500 400 1900
Totals 92,1l5 $3.50 $1,272,416
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Wyoming

A large deposit of mica has bseh
located south of Manvillc.
are making a fine showing.
Oklahoma parties have taken over d
large body of Wyoming oil lands.
The Meeteetsee Oil Company filed
articles Of incorporation with the sec
rotary of state.
The Midwest Oil Company Of Cas-
per is reported to have purchased the
gusher opened in the Greybull field
by C. e. Stubs.
The Swastika Oil Company organ
lied for the purpose of developing the
oil field in Biz Horn county, with
main offices in Basin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Oemocracy's Hard Task.

The Democrats are now preparing
to go through the soul-stirring and
heart.throbbing performance of pour
ing oil upon the troubled waters and
tenderly binding up wounds received
In the storming of the primary
trenches. There will also be made
a desperate effort to persuade the dis
affected to discard their scalping
knives for tuning forks
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Mexican Shell Kills Four Americans

Mexican Shell Kills Four Americana.
Naco, Ariz. Francisco villa
reached here Thursday with 5000 Of
the army defeated by the Carranza
forces at Aqua Prieta and told Amer
lean army officers that Dr.. r. H.
Thighen, chief surgeon Of the
Cananea Consolidated Copper Com
pany, his assistant, DR.. Miller, and
two American chauffeurs. ]. D. Pr
liant and A. l.. Wilson. had been killed
by Gales fire In front of Aqua PrietA
They were succoring wounded at the
time and shot down while under .
Red Cross flag.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
ooks Much Like II,

Secretary McAdoo tells the San
Francisco business men that If pri.
vate capital cannot profitably operate
a steamship line on the Pacific under
the terms of the La Toilette act, then
the government must do 1t. Since the
government made the law that drove
private capital out. ia not this some
thing like restraint Of trade?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Tariff Must Be Issue.

There can be no lodging of the is
sue that will be dominant in the next
national campaign. The tariff must be
the big question between the two par
ties. The Democrats are attempting
to sidestep it by making national de-
Tense an issue, but inasmuch as every
body is for that, there can be no is.
sue on that score.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Bonanza Ore In Boulder Mine.

Boulder, Colo.-The biggest mining
bonanza struck in Boulder county in
many years, not excepting even the
recent rich discoveries Of tungsten, 10
the lease Of Thomas Mohr and ]. A
WATSON on the Alice mine at James
town. They have seven men at work
on the lease and are turning out daily
ten to fifteen tons of ore that 10 bring
ing not less than 500 a ton. The
further they 90 down on the vein the
better the ore gets. It contains cop
per, lead and zinc a. we'll as gold.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
suIoarians Rout Army Of Allies.

Berlin, Nov. IA defeat to the
French and British troops in southern
Serbia, with losses which are de-
scribed as enormous, is reported in a
dispatch from Sofia by way of Buda-
pest. Four allied ships were tor
pedoed by the Germans, and twenty
three killed and forty wounded.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Porter Wins First Choice Of Lands

Porter Wins FIr0t Choteo o. CahoS.
Minot, N. D.-Charles r. Porter OF
Auoka, Mimi, won the right of first
choice Of 16O-acre tract Of land from
the 700 homesteads to be opened to
entry next May. at the Fort Berthold
land drawing here.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Mexican eandits Raid Y. 9. Ranch.

Mexican Bandits Raid U. 3. Ranch.
Brownsville, Tex.-Twenty-fiveM Mex
leans raided the ranch Of Adrian Ra-
mirez eight miles northwest Of
Brownsville, confiscating 4 quantity Of
guns, ammunition, saddles and cloth
ing and threatening to kill Ramirez
unless he gave them money.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Indian. Shoot Justice Of Pseee.

vernal, Utah.-George H. Bartlett.
Justice of the peace at Whiterocks,
near here. was shot and dangerously
wounded by two Indians, whose re-
auest for food he had denied.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Arthur coppei Heads Rio crande.

New York-Arthur Coppel was
elected president Of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway, Kingdom Gould, vice
president, and e. c. Jeffrey. chairman
of the board, at the meeting Of the
roads directors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
Sterling to Celebrate Prosperity.

Sterling.-This city is to celebrate
on large scale Electric Prosperity
Week from Nov. 30 to Dec 4.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-11-12
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Prices for Metals.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08
BDING TO VALLEY.

y take into the Irrigation District
strip land iafee body land the north
Land lie west which be brought
canals and this time for The district to take
IN which VIII subject tiGafion thc Imperial
system . Is lraalel by the district.
the total ai;lr fauu sufficient for 100000
aee, considerable latitude the consumption
,acv valley old bringing into
d. al Will IA hc future
Every citizen the valley wishes the whole available area
brought north south but it is the duty
petition admission
10 district bring this about.
lands Mexico concerned the people OF the valley
developed in her the situation somewhat
Il lfercntf cannot enter the district
been the to let tie valley farmers pay for the
Press
welcome mccnt for he development the Mex
fair basis the devise Whereby they are to bean
a portion of The expense
We to the valley whole 20 forward and we would IKE
that end each section
ha th big project
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08

semination-four divisions, which are
wind, water, vegetation underground
rootstaks) and animals. Birds eat
large quantities Of weed seed Man
is responsible in six ways.-thresh-
ing, spreading manure, highways, ca
nails and fields of weeds not cut be-
fore going to seed scattering straw,
etc, in packing.
The subject of sowing impure seed
is becoming one of the most import
ant in the state, so much so that a
movement is now on foot to estab-
lish laws to regulate the distribution
of seeds to avoid the introduction of
impure seeds.
A very interesting lecture was given
on the testing Of seeds for purity and
termination. Having the privilege Of
making the trip to the convention by
automobile | had opportunity of go
ing through many counties, going up
via the coast and returning by the
valley route, noting the conditions.
Some counties are very badly infest-
ed with wild morning glory and John
son grass, not seeming to realize the
seriousness of the situation.
| am more than ever determined to
continue the fight to eradicate all Sc
rious noxious weeds from our county
and keep out impure seeds for plant
ing, 1t was also one of the greatest
privileges to visit the fair at San
Francisco-the most wonderful fair
that has ever been held. Words can
hardly express the grandeur
1t is an education in itself. Every
person can find the things there most
interesting to them, which are very
instructive as we'll as interesting. I'm
perial county is we'll represented by
Mr. Compton and Mr.. Ingram.
Yours very truly,
z. w. WAITE,
Horticultural Commissioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08

stirring the soil Of canal banks and
borders as we'll as in the fields.
The commissioner attended the
Fruit Growers Convention at Palo
Alto the last week in July, which
was yety interesting to all. Among
The most interesting subjects which
will he Of benefit to our county were
many discussions on noXious weeds
and seed dissemination.
There are j methods of seed dis
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08

To the Honorabla Board Of Super
visors, Imperial County-,Gcntlcmcn;
The following goods were inspected
and aassod into the county during the
months Of July and August 1913:
4.3f2 boxes peache5, Ills boxes lem
chs u boxes apples, 30 oVe. grape
Hu9 3i7 boxes o9au~c, ti| bozcs
Pea 81 sacks len
spp > sacks cdn.
sac milo maize:
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08

son and no doubt this will continue
unless climatic or other conditions
come about to make change,
or the farmers do thorough plowine
and eultiVating, which is the surest
method Of control This suggestion
has been often made
The hoppers lay their eggs about ,
inches below the surface of the sell
and can easily be destroyed by cui-
tivation, bat il must be thorough,
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08
Horticultural Report
Of County Commissioner

seed; sack garden seed; $50 grape
fruit trees.
The regular work of inspection Of
al horticultural products subject to
inspection, including fruit and seeds
Tor planting, has been going on in
the usual way.
Considerable amount of damage has
iccn done by the grasshoppers, much
more lnan in previous years. 1t is
ro.ed that there has been an increase
flmbers of prasshoppers each sea
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08

Pianos moved with best of care any
where III valley. Ed Royce.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08
Patents.

General transfer and storage
prices right. Ed Royce, 613 Main.-
Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-08
Realty Transfers
Reported daily by Peoples Abstract
and Title Company:
Deeds.
Horticultural Commissioner.

Deeds.
Imperial Valley Improvement Com
pany to Frank Webb, lot 10, block
Is, East Side addition to Calexioc
A. J. Schaetzel ct uX to Edith j.
Meyer, lot ?, block 9, of subdivision
of blocks 9 and %, Ell Centre addi-
ton No. /.
c. e. Paris ct Tx. to Daniel Web
gter, lots and s. block AZ, El Cen
tro.
Henry A. Barclay, single, to Wal
lace W. Barclay, NV a SW a sec
ton "a, 12-14, 40 acres.
Asenath M. Fender, guardian, etc,
to f. f. Fender, undivided three
fourrhs interest in tract lO7, 15-15,
320 acres.
Frank A. Fender ct al. to F. H..
and o. B. Fuller Co, tract lO7, 15-l5,
$40 acres.
Patents.
/ U. S. A. to Henry A. Barclay, S u
section "a, 12-14, go acres.
u. S. A. to Joseph r. Kinnaird
tract 50, 15-15, 80 acres.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23
EXCHANGE FLAG DAYS.
London and Petrosrad Sell Banners
for Wounded.

This was English flag day On Petro-
grad and Russian flag day in London,
relates THE Manchester Guardian -
The sellers in the streets put all the
more heart into their charitable wheel
Engs in the cause of the wounded Rus
sian soldiers because they knew the
Russian women were working at the
same hour for the British Red Cross
We have had a good many days"
since the war began, but every one
welcomed this change of doing a little
for the Russian soldiers, whose epic
struggle has aroused such intense ad-
miration and sympathy here. The
buttonhole flag, a blue cross on white
ground. was very commonly worn. The
Speaker gave up a room in his house
to the Australian women collectors and
the Mansion House was in possession
acknowledged experts in these matters.
Even the street flower girls nobly en-
couraged the amateur competition and
took flags for themselves. giving in ex-
change a bunch Of roses. Two and a
half million flags were sold in Lon
don before noon.
Interesting accounts Of the work Of
Russian women in the war have been
given by Nine. JarintZoff, the author
of a well known book of Russia, who
has come over for flag day She says
almost every woman is working for the
wounded. Women carry the brown
soldiers from the trenches to a place
Of safety on their backs and risk their
lives in fighting typhus and disease.
War service has brought about a
great change in the class of women
known as ladies of the regiment
the wives of officers-who formerly
lived luxurious and idle lives The
type, Nine. Jarintzon says, has disap-
peared and given place to patriotic
earnest-minded women. busy with all
kinds of useful work for the soldiers
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23
FAMILY LIFE IN CHINa.

do what he or she can TO make the
parents as well as the whole family
happy: the son is not to decide any
thing without the previous consent of.
his father or other elderly member OF
the household. and. as Confucius has
said, liz not to go too far away from
home while his father is still living;
and if he does. to give the name of the
locality to which he journeys The
sacrifice of self is absolutely necessary
for dutiful son. Confucius says,
While the father is living, look at his
ambition; when his father is dead,
look at his deeds As to the duty of
a son after his fathers death, the sage
says, "A man may be called filial If he
does not depart from the principle his
late father has laid down for three
years (afteP the death Of the latter).
The principles summarized above
can be accepted as typical of a truly
Chinest home although in middle and
lower social life it is modified to some
extent. The modification, however, is
due more to peculiar conditions of life
than to lack OF principle; for it is
obvious that when every member OF
the house has to do the best he can in
the struggle for q living there is very
little room for elaborate application
Of Confucian principles. One principle,
however, is universal; that is, the
father is supreme in his house and the
son must yield answering obedience"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23
Battlefield suruer,L.

The award by the Paris Academic
des Sciences Of the Lecomte triennial
prize of $1,000 to Sir Almouth Wright,
the great bacteriologist, directs at
tention to the changes which have
taken place during the war in the
treatment Of wounds. Before the days
of Lord Lister who introduced the
antiseptic method in 1865, the number
of deaths from blood-poisoning among
operations had been performed was
enormous.
Lister proved that this could be
avoided by cleanliness and by disin-
fecting the wounds and everything
brought into contact with them. This
method (called antiseptic) was adopted
in all Civilized countries, but during
the past few years the use OF disin-
fectants has been abandoned, and
surgeons have relied solely upon alb
solute cleanliness (called the asceptic
method). The change was due to the
opinion that disinfectants interfered
with the natural healing and disin-
fecting processes Of the human body.
When the war started, owing to the
dirty condition Of the wounds, the sur
antiseptic method, hoping thereby to
render the dirt innocuous. Then Sir
Almouth Wright Mr.. Goadby, and
other great bacterioIogists pointed out
that a mixture Of dirt and disinfec-
tants impedes the flow from the wound
Of the lymph. Natures cleanser, and
that, instead Of using disinfectants, the
wounds should be properly drained by
the use Of suitable dressings.
Thousands OF valuable lives and
limbs have thus been saved. Now the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23

THE beating requires about three
quarters of an hour. and is hard work
As the beaten mass becomes homo
geneous the pestle produces a loud
crack each time it is drawn from the
mortar. These sharp reports can be
heard long distances through the for
est, and are very welcome sounds at
the end of a days journey. When the
dumboy reaches this stage the operator
may rest without injury to the product;
but, once the beating is carried past
this point, it must be rapidly COM
pleted and the dumboy eaten at once.
The natives say ii is actually danger
GUS to eat dumboy that has stood for
more than few minutes after 1t Is
beaten.
LAS soon as the beating is finished
the dumboy is taken from the mortar
and placed in shallow wooden bowls.
The native method is to place the en-
tire quantity in one large bowl from
which all the partakers eat. If d.
vided, the customary portion for each
person is a piece about the size and
shape OF an ordinary loaf Of bread
A soup which has been prepared while
the dumboy was being beaten is now
poured into each bowl. There is
great variety in this soup, which i'm
parts most of the taste to the dish.
There is always a stock Of some form
Of meat. This may be either chicken,
deer, fish, monkey. or even canned
Dee1- 10 InlS are added many VeSe-
tables as can be obtained.
"As soon as the soup is added the
dumboy is ready to be eaten; and,
while the ingredients are somewhat
bizarre, the method of eating the dish
strikes the traveller as evn more start
ling. The mass Of dumboy, which can
best be described as a sticky dough,
viii adhere instantly to anything dry,
but is readily cut with a wooden spoon
If the spoon is kept moist with soup.
An incredibly large piece is cut OF
with the moistened spoon, taken up
with a quantity of soup, and swallowed
whole. No one thinks Of chewing 1t,
and it is customary to caution the
novice by tales of the frightful opera
ton necessary to separate the jaws
once the teeth are buried in the sticky
mass.
"As might be expected, few Euro
peans like dumboy on first &C
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23

The 1essened mortality from tuber-l
culosis In Scotch cities shows the came
rapidly descending curves that are so
well known in the United States. Anti
tuberculosis eocieties have been laying
claim to the great decrease. but as a
matter Of fact Il was well under way
more than twenty years before such
societies were started, or Koch had
isolated his bacillus. Such movements
as this are probably due to an awak-i
ening of the people toward better con-
dttions Of life, and consequently, bet
ter health administration By the au-l
thorities.
Naturally such story can not come
proper treatment. In the FIRST place
DR.. James makes use of the word, AR
rested" in place of cured" for the,
happy results Of arresting must be due
In large measure to proper and satis-
factory conditions TO which the patient
returns. As to treatment, there viii be
some changes under the different view.
For patients having the vitality 90
stand II. life in the open, summer and
winter. day and night. will undoubt-
edly result in increased appetite and
digestive power and capacity to assfrn-
Hate and profit by the larger amount
Of food. But II tubercular disease Is
an attendant on lower nutrftive powers
OF advancing years, a warm, we'll
ventilated dwelling and simple, sus-
tanning AOOo SnouIu De Ine treatment.
And in any event, the efforts of the
generation should be devoted to the
Improvement Of living conditions,
whereby an entail of higher resistance
is to be passed to the coming genera
lions. 60 be improved by them. The
mere lowering Of mortality rate
locally. while commendable must be
supplemented by a proper response
from the individuals Of the community,
In whom after all lies the power for
better or for worse in matters Of pub
lie health.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23

Dumboy. the national dish of Liberia,
is one of the worlds gastronomic
wonders; if allowed to stand long
after being prepared for the table it
becomes very hard. broken pieces of
it being favorite kind of shot f. use
in the long muzzle-loading guns II the
natives. A casing of dumboy is also
used to stiffen the leather sheaths
of the native swords and knives, ac-
cording to G. N. Collins. in a COM
munication to the National Geographic
Society, at Washington, ID. c.
ITO attempt the description of some
novel food is like attempting to describe
a landscape" writes Mr.. Collins. THE
constituent parts may be described
and the manner in which they are
combined, but it requires something
more than description to reproduce
the sensation of the original. The
principal ingredient of dumboy is cas-
sava. or 'Cassada,' as it is called in
Liberia The edible roots of this plant
are the source of tapioco and somt
forms of sage. To prepare the roots
for dumboy they are peeled, boiled
and all fibers from the center removed.
The cooked roots are then placed in a
large wooden mortar and beaten with
a heavy pestle. This beating requires
considerable skill and experience In
the hands Of q novice the result is
lumpy and inedible.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-23

quaintance; and, with some, the init
ial distaste prevents further expert
ments. II a second or third attempt
is made, however, and the dish has
been properly prepared. the habit IL
usually formed, and before long every
night spent in the bush without a meal
of dumboy is counted a privation.
Among the white residents Of Liberia,
fondness for this dish amounts almost
to a cult. It is regarded as a sort of
guaranty that ones tenderfoot days
are over"