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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
CASTLE MOUNTAIN COMPANY
BUYS CLAIMS OF MRS. DEUCE

Yuma. Ariz- Dec. S.-The Castle
Mountain Mining company has pur-
chased for SI25O0. from Mrs. Eliza De-
Luce, the Cleveland. Cleveland Exten-
sion. North Extension and Chicago
claims. at Dome The Castle Noun
tain company already owned a prom
ising group of claims which have been
fairly well developed. It is now erect
ing a reduction plant.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
PHOENIX MAN BUYS THE
HAAS CLAIMS IN MOHAVE

Phoenix. Ariz. Dec. Sc II. Smith
Of Phoenix. has purchased the Wood
shoppers Relief and several other
claims owned by James ". Haas in the
The consideration is $4,000. Mr.
Smith expects to begin development
work on a big scale shortly after the
first of the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
EMPIRE ZINC COMPANY'S NEW
COMMENTATOR IS RUNNING

Silver City. Dec. S-The Empire Zinc
company's big concentration which was
started on its regular run last week. is
running as smoothly as the cOncentra-
tors which have been in operation
many years
1t is a $50 ton mill and was built at
the Cleveland mines. nine miles from
here by the Zinc company. Magnetic
system of trans carries the ore down
TO the bins
The company is now employing 100
mon in the mill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
EIGHT FOOT BODY OF ORE
CUT AT PITTSBURGH-JEROME

Jerome, Ariz-, Dec S--An eight-foot
body of copper ore has been cut at
the Pittsburg-Jerome mine Cross
cutting has been started in search OF
other ore bodies. and if they are not
found a Wine viii be put down on
this vein The Pittsburg-Jerome ad-
joins the Copper Chief and is near the
Calumet and Jerome, both Of which are
active copper mines
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
BUILDING ROAD TO OxBOW
NINE; TO BE DEVELOPED

Payson. Ariz, Dec. S.-The Boston
owners of the Oxbow mine are having
the wagon road to that property re-
built preparatory TO extensive develop
ment. The copper showing Of that
ONbow is most promising 4 tunnel
has exposed a three-foOt vein of ore
carrying both copper and gold
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08

The special process USED IN preparing
Avondale Brand Oats is what makes
them better. Avondale Oats are put up
in a paraffine-lined, moisture proof and
alright packages Absolutely sanitary
and free from bugs and weeviL-AdV-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08
PARsONS WIIL, REBTU.T

milling plant is being Overhauled and
entirely rebuilt 1t viii be in operation
AGAIN by Ma rrh 1 and will give in
creased power at much smaller cost
than formerly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08

Christmas gifts at FeIdman's. Their
mos bottles and sets.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-08

.OKE EAZLEY'S wagon is confined
- to the blacksmith shop with a
l. General brea lzdoWn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

EDGE of the cup and about foot beyond. Dave
dropped his for five, and pushed mine IN TOT
A four. I had won the holel 1t was a triumph
for the book-for the power OF mind against
mere intelligent muscle. l said nothing, and
Dave. OF course, could not guess why | had
beaten him, but he must have felt it deeply.
We proceeded TO the next tee. 1t was my
privilege TO drive first having won the hole so
I teed my ball up as before. The geography
Of this hole was entirely different from that OF
the first one In fact every hole on the course
is different. You'd think they would lay out
a golf course on a smooth piece OF ground, as
they do ball park or racetrack, but the golf
engineers have no use at all for level ground.
The hole l was about to play was triumph
of golf engineering Probably the builder OF
the course told about that hole whenever he
made after dinner speeches or wrote articles
for the papers. 1t was what they call dog
leg" hole-that is, the green was concealed
around the corner From the tee the ground
fell away sharply toward pond. There was
about fifty yards OF long grass in front OF the
tee. then some seventy-fve yards OF pond,
making it advisable to send the ball at least
us yards through the ard Hcdt HtllC Sdliy'
You'd think that was enough to worry about
on the first shot but this hole was master
piece. Nature had trimmed that pond with such
a heavy growth of trees that 1t was almost
hidden from view AS a slight concession TO
the golfer these trees had been cleared away
in direct line from the tee, leaving clear
space about thirty feet wide to drive through.
Then. having made this first shot, you turned
at an angle and played the next for the green,
which was / so yards away, on the side OF hill.
If you played too much to the right OF the
hole your ball was out of bounds in trolley
track, while if it was a shade to the lett 1t
caught the slope of the hill and rolled down
into a thicket The par of this hole was T.
But when teed up didn't know what was
waiting for me. was blissfully ignorant. The
only thing in my mind was that had won
the last hole. took a good, solid stand and
laid the club head on the ground, back OF the
ball which action is called addressing the
ball" Then l waved the club head back and
forth a couple Of times. / didn't know what
this was for, as there was nothing in the book
about il, but had seen Dave do it. Drawing
back as far as I could, I brought the club
through with such terrific force that / lost my
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of weakness passed over me, leaving me dizzy
and shaken. I could see several balls dancing
about where there had been but one. Like
man in trance, l thrust my putter among
them. 1t struck them on the top and they
rolled down the slope in a weak, uncertain fash
ion, then resolved themselves again into one
ball. 1t was probably the most Intellectual putt
ever made in actual play l Strengthened up
and looked around to get my bearings again
and shake of the dizziness. I felt better so.
The crisis had passed
Dave said nothing, but set himself to make
his own putt. Dave was different man when
ne was golhng. He took it with grim, tight
Tipped determination, as OF man in death
grapplc with grisly monster, but resolved to
sell his life at Fifth av. price, if possible. He
studied the putt moment in an efficient man.
ner. l watched him with deep admiration, al
most reverence. He made that putt with
bold click that made my heart skip several
beats. 1t didn't go in, but it almost did, which
was a wonderful achievement 1t stopped just
below the hole, right in line with mine. To
get out of my way he made the next shot,
which was about two feet long. 1t holed out.
1t now devolved upon me to putt again.
Something about the way Dave had gone about
his work inspired me with sort of imitation
bravado, and / stepped up to the ball with
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took timid swipe at it. To my complete sur
prise, it flew straight down the course, nearly
to the green. Dave had already sent away
pretty good one, and his next was about TWEEN
ty feet from the flag, while my next was
almost as close, on the opposite side. / was
away, so it was my turn to putt first.
/ took my putter from the caddie, looked at
the ball. then looked at the hole. I squatted
down behind the ball as l had seen players do
in photographs, and peered along the line from
the ball to the hole. The object of this is to
pick out the various blades of grass that the
ball is to run over on its way to the hole.
From this position l could see that the green
was not level. 1t sloped away little from
left to right The mathematical problem pre-
scented by the putt therefore was to estimate
the correct amount of forward impetus which,
in combination with the force exerted by grav-
ity tending to pull the ball down hill, would
result in the ball finding the hole. 1t would
run along on line over little brownish patch
of turf, and just about an inch beyond that
little bare spot it would begin to turn down
hill 1t would enter the hole at point 20 de-
grees west OF the direct line from my eye to
the hole.
was now ready to execute the putt itself.
Of course the correct amount of forward i'm
petus to make the ball curve just at the right
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

,b;pk of The exercise-swinglng over the
greensward with braoing wind coming down
from the hills-itll make new man OF you
In month you won't know yourself
rather resented that. didn't see why
should be made into new man. The old man
was not so bad as all that. But IT was just
Dawes way OF talking. He is all exclamation
pojnts and enthusiasm. However, in this case
I assented with avidity, because ! wanted TO
give him little surprise I determined not
70 tell him that had read all about golf only
the night before, and could take Harry Var
don's back swing apart and put it together
again in the dark with one hand behind my
hack. I would wait till we were on the course
and then we would see what we would see.
In his auto we went out TO the Grummachunk
Golf Club. and he armed me with set Of clubs
from the supply in his locker. He had dozens
and dozens Of clubs. I never saw so many
clubs before There were all kinds, all shapes
and all sizes. gathered that it must be
passion that got hold Of one, like collecting
cid china or postage stamps.
When we went out 70 the first tee there was
quite a crowd standing around, waiting for
partners, ohit-ohatting or practising putting on
the green near by. I wondered if any OF them
had ever read Vardons book, as / had. l
knew Dave had never read it. He had never
read anything, not even Pilgrims Progress
or Robinson Crusoe." He was coal dealer.
Finally our turn came, and Dave shot first
70 give me the direction. He got off one that
didn't 20 up very high but seemed to run
along the ground quite way after it hit
thought though that he might have hit it
bit harder and determined TO put some sting
into mine. Taking good handful Of sand
and setting the ball up on top Of it to allow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

cavalier manner and hit it between the eyx
1t stopped about six feet beyond the hole
got into position again and began 70 ,u.
son with myself am OF an analytical TN
of mind. After ALL told myself, this is ds,
cate business. You can't hit it like basehau
A light touch, like billiard stroke, is the thing
! brought my club back slowly and eautioc-
ly, holding it very loosely, then carried h
through, with all the muscles in my arms rs.
Taxed. It was a stroke of consumrnate hnesse,
so consummate that the club turned In NJ
hands and the ball dribbed Of TO the right.
was now no nearer the hole than beior
but had gained by eliminating the Unsuccessful
methods. Scientific calculation, brute fore.
and delicacy of touch having failed. what re-
mained9 Trickery and cunning' Deeepdon
Diplomacy! I would sneak up on the hole
little by little and then overcome it by sur
prise attack-stab it in the back, so to speak
The plan was signally successful Bit by bit
now a foot or more, now only few inehea !
crept nearer and nearer, and then-there was
last ltt. tap and the ball dropped into The
cup with chastity sound like a death rattle
1t was all over. I had holed out. With ny
handkerchief ] mopped the back OF my neck,
which was singing from sunburn.
Playing the next hole hit the ball dozens
of times and the ground at least a gross Of
times, skinning off enough turf to sod my
front yard. So it went. hole alter hole, each
more awful than the one before. How CON.
pleted the eighteen holes is mystery and
marvel. It was prodigy of human endurance
akin to the tales OF explorers who drag them
selves miles across the desert seeking watsf'
or of the fearful privations that follow ship
wrecks and accidents in mines. Again and
again told myself that the end had conn.,
that / could do 10 more. Yet would once
more stagger up to the ball and feebly lunss
at it. my eyes blinded by the streams OF per-
spiration and my nerves jangng like tau'
wires under blow.
Dave, frabjous ass that he is, acted IKE
boy getting out of school. His air OF eoneen'
trated earnestness vanished. He had harap
said three words in the last three hours ou'
how he was of like a phonograph with "s
loud needle on. He clapped me heartily Oh
the shoulder-the one that ached worse.
We'll, john" he cried, "how about IT, '''
top? Great game, what? OF course yos
can't expect to do much at the start, ous
you stick with it you'll arrive. We all Of F"
had to start. I wasn't bit better than Wv
when began" He laughed noisily.
He was close to death in that moment .
word and l would have struck him 70 eaiu'
I shot him look OF whitening scorn Tor W
patronizing tone and irrelevant mirth, w
with burning desire to overwhelm him WIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

n,ssaees from the works Of Harry Vardon.
Years OF my life have l saorihced TO the great
cod Boyle Youth, health, wealth, ambi-
tion-an have been heaped upon the altar
have struggled and fought cursed and raved'
sweated and trembled, and now, broken man,
I am writing my confessions in the nope that
before sinking for the third time l may strike
one last blow at the most malignant evil OF
cur civilization by exposing it to the world
through the medium OF the public prints, that
il NAV be forewarned and forearmed.
When first took up golf was young man,
strong. healthy and with every chance Tor sue
cess in life. How I happened TO suocumb TO
the golf evil. how the dread seed was sown, /
cannot now recall 1t was in the air. To me
there was no more titillatng tidbit in all liter
sture. no intellectual treat more zestful, than
the forty or fifty pages devoted to the back
swing Of the great masters, such as Nsrdon
Braid. Taylor Trsvers, Travis and Evans
The Count OF Monte Cnsto,' Alice IN Won
derland"-none of these chefs d6uvres OF i'm
aginative writing had quite the same pquant
fancy. In this book there were dozens OF
photos OF Harry Vardon in all conceivable att-
tudes. and hundreds of curious little maps
showing birds-eye views Of Harry Vardon's
feet in relation to the ball, explaining with per
feet clarity the correct position to assume
when PLAYING hundreds Of different shots.
A ROUND IN SEVENTY IN THE
PARLOR
It was a wonderful pleasure 10 me to read
that book In my Imagination I was already
playing golf In house coat and slippers |
could play a whole round in about seventy
strokes Ny drive was always long and low,
straight down the middle OF the course, and
then, playing of the right leg, with my left
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point is very nice thing TO calculate In tact,
it is extremely delicate and elusive. like touch
in playing the piano. ] concentrated my mind
on the muscles of my forearms. The unaccus-
toned strain of this mental current set the
nerves trembling and the muscles twitching.
To stop this took hrmer hold on my putter,
but this tight clutch absolutely prevented any
delicacy OF stroke or nice calculation OF the
forward impetus, so had to loosen my fingers
again.
At this point, without warning or notice OF
any kind, my back began to ache with great
vigor just below the right shoulder-blade.
For some reason ] also began to feel that my
position was awkward. My feet felt uncom-
Portable and i'll at ease and seemed to become
disorganized all over at the same time. Waves
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What tool shall use next?" / asked limo
Gently, TO keep up the pose OF ignorance. IF
] don't restrain myself, I'm liable to knock it
seven parasangs beyond the hole"
Take that mashie," said Dave, land try TO
pitch her over near that red flag"
l squared off, took swipe at it and knocked
a sharp liner. after the manner OF Ty Cobb. 1t
skinned along the turf into sort OF pit they
had scooped out near the green, jumped out
again and ran right up 20 the flag pole. Dave
hit up pop fly that dropped down on the green,
bounced couple of times then rolled of into
a sand pit II took him another one TO get
out on the green again, then long putt up TO
the flag. The next shot l made should have
been in. 1t was an easy putt, not more than
FIVE or six feet from the hole. Nine times out
of ten, said TO myself, that ball would have
gone in. But this time il rolled around tht
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balance. was only saved from falling by
striking the corner of the sand box tremen
dous blow with my back. 1t was unmarried.
Go ahead" said.
Still your turn, John" answered Dave.
you haven't hit her yet"
1t was my ball that was on the tee. had
missed it entirely. 1t was a strike.
lust for that I'm going to knock it clear
out to New Rochelle" cried. Leaning back
as far as l could, l took savage wallop. The
club head hit the ground foot behind the ball,
raising cloud of dust. By this time l was
thoroughly aroused. l attacked the ball with
a series of quick staccato jabs. Finally it
rolled off the tee and came 10 rest beneath
dandelion Breathing hard l scrambled down
10 dispatch it with blow the head, but
Dave stopped me, claiming it was now his
turn. His ball sailed up over the trees, not
quite in the middle, and dropped down beyond
the pond, curving somewhat TO the lett. pre-
pared to resume the attack on my ball, but
Dave again interfered, saying to use the mid
iron instead OF the driver. l didn't care what
club i took. 1 was determined to give that
ball the worst beating it ever mad, and / made
a vicious swipe at il. 1t skittered off to the
right in a playful way and hid in the long
grass.
l saw red l could feel the hot blood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

"'You never sent me the title that you prom
ised, ne said menacingly
WHAT exclaimed as innocently as could.
Il thought it had been mailed to you weeks ago.
II is "Ths Kindness of the Celestial."' The cd
tor mystifed but pleased; the story itself
was born"
Writers of stories are not made, in Mr.. Pains
opinion, but the incident OF being born a story
teller does not mean that you spin romance
without some knowledge of your craft
unless you have the knack to begin with, in
struction is wasted upon you" he said ar you
have this knack you can learn a great deal tina.
many authors have picked up through failure and
oxperionce. | have often thought that the best
Known short story writers do not attain their
technique until they have lost their freshness
THE profession is no training for the novelist.
II is, perhaps, the reverse. An extremely sug-
gestive concise way of writing is needed for short
stories. master OF the art gives detail that
calls up the entire scene. Meredith for example,
when describing old woman who had received
a sudden shock, said, She sat down and was all
brown silk lola, the other hand, in describ-
ing ballroom, gives details OF description like
those CO an auctioneer's catalogue. Power of
suggestion is the first and foremost quality vital
for the short story writer, who works in narrow
limits and must never show that he feels these
limits in the least"
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- n THE unromantie lobby of hotel with an
y Indian name the writer met Barry Pain, "the
English de Maupassant." Mr.. Pain then told
Of the difficulties Of the short story writer. From
the point OF view OF the industrious clerk whose
drawer is stuffed with unavailable" manuscript
he discouraging.
From childhood you have been taught TO con-
centrate," said Mr. Pain. You cannot succeed ii
any trade unless you do In tory writing, on
the other hand, you need very pronounced mind
wandering A born story writer VIII take some
little thing phrase that he hears on the street,
a face that he sees in newspaper-he will allow
1t 10 call up various ideas closely connected
with IT, he will let these ideas create others his
mind goes wandering on, and the result while not
always story, sometimes is More often it
is the beginning OF u story. Absolute fiction does
not exist, in my opinion. There is always grain
of fact at the bottom Of every fable"
Like the japanese, the author Of "Stories in
Grey" works backward, creating the scenes and
actions of his stories from the bottom up. He
puts his characters together and lets them take
care Of themselves. The result is the plot; the
result Of the plot is the story.
IF you begin with the plot. particularly if it is
elaborate he explained, your characters will
very quickly do something for the sake Of the
plot alone. They will make false step that
nothing would compel them 10 make in real life.
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On the other hand, if they create their own plot
they cannot fail to be consistent, and the plot
itself rings true.
"In my own experience have had many curious
cases % plot formation from the action of my
cnaractors" he continued. ION one occasion |
had agreed to write a story for the first number
Of a magazine and TO send the title TO the editor
IN time fer the table of contents promptly for
got the matter and peacefully went my way. Long
after, when walking the street, | passed two
men who we're talking loudly, and happened TO
overhear the words, the kindness of the Celes-
tial.' At first thought had heard wrong. The
phrase had meaning for me, until suddenly
remembered that the Chinese are sometimes spok-
On of as Celestias. That trifing fact associated
itself IN my mind with the memory of boy who
vent TO school with me. lie was given a Chinese
nickname on account of his appearance. Think
ing of the boy recalled a schoolmaster who hated
me almost much as ! hated him. | thought,
too, that, considering the manner in which had
treated him, 1t was not surprising that he hated
me. then made up my mind TO write story
about boy who desired to treat with the utmost
kindness master whom he had regarded as an
enemy. Naturally the boy would be whimsical to
carry Oh. such idea. Still more naturally, all
his attempts at kindness toward the master would
result in comic disaster to himself.
Half all hour later met my editor.
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EFaeee a Mam-It's Pitiful Little Story, loo
-Wro Is There Forty Ways i'm Theory,
but Cannot Face Colonel B0gie

nulsing in my temples, and ! was trembling
all over with anger Even as a child | was
always short tempered Unuttered curses hlled
my brain. | strobe up to that ball with hrIn
resolve TO hit it sc hard it would explode. IL
didn't explode. / hit at 1t twice, but only
moved down the grass with the iron club head
Then il travelled on line which ended with
a splash when the ball disappeared in the pond.
| never saw that ball again, and never wished
TO see it, couldn't kill il, but drowned 1t.
felt relieved and Gained to get rid OF that
ball. There's no use getting mad anyhow,
reminded myself. Laugh and grow tat
dropped another ball down on the edge OF the
pond near where the first had gone in, and set
myself TO hit it. I decided to take it easy this
time. TO try kindness instead OF force. / made
a nice. smooth back swing, brought my club
down clearly, and knocked the ball into the
pond.
A kind Of cold rage came over me. / gritted
my teeth together until my blood ran cold. |
felt that l would hit ball over the pond IT 1t
took from now till 1921 to do it. Gripping the
club until my knuckles went white, hit one
that sailed over the pond like scared bird.
/ was just getting ready to utter glad cry
when it struck tree trunk and bounced back
into the pond.
This ant-clmax left me weak and habby
The reaction had come. l received without
enthusiasm Dawes news that since my ball had
gone in from the far side I was now entitled
TO drop one down over there. We crossed
over on foot bridge. Thoroughly cowed, l
dropped ball near the foot OF the tree and