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Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
Colorado.

Predictions are freely made that the
Cresson output for 1915 will aggregate
over s3,000,000.
Work is progressing rapidly at the
old shaft of the FL Paso Company, but
1t probably will be March before ore
can be hoisted with the new plant.
C. w. Hobert n Co, leasing on the
Jo Dandy mine. are shipping over 1,00C
tons per month of medium-grade or
from Cripple Creek, the screening run.
ming about $50 per ton and the coarse
ore from $40 to sl2.
A rich strike OF smelter grade ore
yielding $3.50 in gold.silver values to
the ton, has been developed in the
Monarch-Madonna group of mines in
Chaffee County which has the distinc.
tion OF being the first group in Colo
RADIO to ship silicate of zinc.
A good body of milling ore has been
opened ON the third level of the Six
Points mine. belonging to t..e Stratton
estate at Cripple Creek. Leod G Polly
the successful lessees, are maintaining
n heavy production of ore carrying
values around IS and SO a ton.
Work has been started In the sink.
ing Of the El Orc shaft ut Cripple
reek an additional s50 feet. The
present depth of the shaft Is GOO feet
During the first thirty days after the
Inauguration OF the leasing system ut
Alma, shipments aggregating 100 tons
of high-grade ore were made to the
Denver smelters.
Leadville opens the new year with
an estimated output of $4,000 tons oi
ore for the month of January, com
pared with an average output OF A..
900 tons per month In 1914.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28

interest. Bicycles are also used. for
the roads are built of the same white
coral stone that serves for the build
ings, and this makes most admirable
roadways. Unfortunately, the roads,
as a general rule. are only 90 feet
wide, and that was regarded as too
narrow to permit automobiles to be
used, so there is no use trying to take
a motor car to Bermuda, for the ma
chine will not be permitted to be
landed
Simple, Pleasant Life.
While there is nothing without :n-
terest on the islands to the visitor, it
still rs the land of the simple life
and not so very simple, either, when
one considers that there are two
places where one may see moving pic
lures. There is something progress
sive about that, but it must be re-
membered that the total resident pop
ulation of the islands, and that in
cludes the two towns, although Hamii-
ton, the capital, is called city, is only
about 81, 900 persons. The remainder
of the population is floating, being
augmented upon the arrival of each
steamship and likewise being dimin-
ished by the departure of every ocean
going vessel.
There are plenty of amusements
for the visitor, but they are naturally
almost all of them of the outdoor
variety. The climate and the general
character of the weather rather sug-
gests this kind to the visitor, for
while there is no lack of rain in this
little land, the porous character Of
the white coraline roadways absorbs
the water as soon as it falls. Just
imagine land where there is no mud
to be found on the roads, even after
heavy rain. But this is fact about
the Bermudas. Frost is unknown
there
Plenty to See and Do.
There are bathing, sailing, fishing;
the most beautiful lagoons and lakes
in the world; rocky coasts, sandy
| beaches, islands that invite one to
visit them; caves, an aquarium, sea
gardens, long roads, bordering the sea
or lakes; hills rising about two hun.
dred and fifty feet from the sea, COW
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28

cred with cedars and shrubs: acres of
Easter lilies under cultivation, and
plantations where the delicious Ber
muda onions and potatoes are raised.
A long causeway connects the two
largest islands. and nearly every va.
riety of beautiful landscape is close
at hand
For so small a place as these islauas
there is an extraordinary amount o.
natural wonders. There is a weird old
cave whose roof has tumbled in al
one time or another. and into which
the water of the ocean pours in at
low tide. moaning in most fascinating
manner. They call this well. which
has been stocked with fish native to
these waters, DEVILS Hole, on account
of the noise the water makes when
1t enters. 1t is natural aquarium
and the fish in 1t have been looked
at by visitors for so long time that
they rather like the experience. and
even answer to a call for dinner.
Then. just a few miles outside,
specially fitted boats which have glass
windows in their bottoms, take Won
der-struck tourists to fine stretch
where the water is perfectly clear,
and the passengers are shown the
beautiful coral on this sea floor. like
n marine garden of great beauty.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28

most remarkable lands in
the world. Imagine land
of the simple life, that per-
sists in maintaining it's cheerfulness.
beauty and youth, and refuses to grow
up; place where it always is spring;
where the motor car and the trolley
are never seen; but where exists the
most delightful kind of civilization.
the civilization that makes it's way
without noise, or haste, very COM
Portable sort. in fact, and that is the
Bermudas, says the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
When one steps from the steamship
at the wharf at Hamilton, one seems
to have at the same moment moved
into yesterday and the change is not
SO violent as one might believe. New
ertheless, it is change. The absence
of tall buildings, the prevalence of
white ones, almost all of them of
stone, indicates that one has left
home behind. 1t is impossible to find
something compatible with the new
vision. for there is no place like it
in the world.
There is suggestion of the tropics,
but the temperature is most temper
ate. The winds are of the kind usu-
ally referred to as balmy, and to
know Just what that word means one
has to go to these little islands south
east of the Gulf stream.
Hundred Fair-Sized Islands.
1t is incorrect to allude to the land
as Bermuda, for there is a small
archipelago, and collectively the is
lands are known as the Bermudas.
But Americans probably always will
refer to it as Bermuda.
The Bermudas consist of about one
hundred fair-sized islands, but if one
counts all the islets that are visible
when the tide is at ebb then. as some
Industrious geodetic surveyor has
left it of record, there are 365. The
total land area of the islands is 1914
square miles.
In a general way the main islands
are arranged in the form of a fish.
hook, and the distance from one end
to the other is about twenty-five G
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
LOSE THEIR SPEECH
Many Soldiers in Hospitals Un-
able to Talk.
Men Recovering From Severe Wounds
Must Be Taught to Talk as Chill
dren-Can't Frame Words
Physicians Explain Work.
BY KARL H. Won wlEeAND.


tUnited Press stan COrreSpOndent.)
Laon, France.-Today l saw men
being taught to talk again. In the
human repair shops" the great Ger
man field hospitals, these men were
learning anew the use of brains
tongue, hands and feet. They had re
ceived their baptism Of fire. Bullet
shrapnel, broken shell, all had done
their work. And now medical science
was doing It's utmost to restore the
victims to partial normality.
This is the third time that Laon has
been in possession of the Germans,
first in 1914 and again in 1870, but
this time only was the city taken with
out fearful bloodshed The main hos
pital is improvised. large roomy
school building, well lighted and aired
In front is a large bronze monument
erected to three young Frenchmen-
ncs-tireurs-executed by the Ger
mans in 1870 for sniping. Singularly
enough this monument is unscathed.
Professor Brockenheimer, in charge.
and Doctor Luetkenmueller, chief sur
geon, explained the work. They care
for 2100 severe cases, but the light
wounded are given first aid treatment
and sent back to the home bases, as
this is too close to the actual front
to permit keeping any wounded that
can be moved. More than score OF
cases, French and German alike, where
trephining operations had been nee
cessary, were shown. 1t was singu-
lar picture Through the windows
came the deep. low bass note OF dis
tant guns killing. smashing, tearing,
manning the human "tenpins. Here
they we're being patched up. Nurses
sat by bedsides of friend and foe alike,
bathing fevered brows and teaching
pale-faced bearded men to speak the
most simple words. telling them the
names of objects and putting words
together into sentences.
What is this?" asked Professor
Brockenheimer. holding pencil be-
skull he had cut splinter OF steel.
The lips trembled. Then came the
feeble answer: Pencil"
held out a cigarette and asked
what it was. The mans lips moved
and a look came on his face which
seemed to say that he knew what it
was but couldn't say. Then Professor
Bockenheimer came to the rescue.
WHAT do we do with this?" he asked
An apparent tremendous mental effort
and then the reply: Smoke
Correct said the professor; now
what is it?" This time the brair and
tongue worked and the answer was
| correct.
Hours have TO be spent by the
nurses teaching these men all over
again." explained the. professor I'll
requires unending patience and per
| severance"
Many cases of plastic surgery ere
shown Men with most of their faces
smashed away were being brought
back to life with parts of their bodies
being grated on to cover the terrible
gaping holes. Many would be much
better dead. but the doctors feel it IL
their duty TO save all they can.
! We do not ask the wounded
whether they want to live or die. :
explained Professor Bockenheimer
At the main French hospital Profes
sor Manasse OF Stuttgart was il
I charge. Here. too. nurses were teach
ing men TO talk again and terribl,
wrecks of humanity were beinl
| patched up.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
Cat Saved Soldiers Life.

A singular story of an English Of
ficer having his life saved by a cat is
told by Sir NJ. Lloyd of Newport
Pembroke, England. the father of the
officer in question. Lieutenant Lloyd
became detached from his regiment
near the French frontier. He found
refuge in an clubhouse. where he re-
mained In an exhausted condition for
three days. When he was found a cat
was discovered curled around his
neck, and 1t was the conviction of his
rescuers that but for this cat Lieu.
tenant Lloyd would have perished
from the cold
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
IVES ERIN
MINING NEWS
IN q r ! E =

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Metal Markets.
New York-Bar silver-4SBc.
Copper -Electrolytic, $4,000 14.25;
casting, $13.S7@14.00.
Lead-S3.G5M3.70; London, 918 los.
Spelter-s6.60 bid; London, G32.
st. Louis-Lead. $S52k.
Spelter, $6.25.
London-Bar silver, 22Ad per ounce.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
BY PHILLIP EVERETT.
international News Service)

international News Service)
London.-We read in dispatches
that at least fifty German women.
fighting In the trenches in mems cloth
ing. have been taken captive by the
Russians near Warsaw. II the Ger
mans ever invade Great Britain and
the situation becomes desperate they
Will be faced by an army of English
Amazons. carefully drilled and
trained to the use of the rifle COM
pared to which these Teutonic women
warriors are a mere bagatelle.
When first heard OF the Womens
Volunteer reserve. | thought 1t was a
Joke or rather a new ebullition of the
suffragette class. but after visit to
Old Bedford college and a view of
the determined women perspiring e
through their military drills. must
confess that my feelings have
changed
1T is not to be concluded that the
women will rush to the coast and fight
the moment the Germans make a
landing They will take up the rife
only when Great Britain is In desper-
ate straits. TIL such an unhappy
time the reserve will simply act as a
disciplined body of women. skilled in
first aid. cooking. dispatch riding on
motorcycles, .ignaling and the care
of horses.
AT the same time the riff is not
being neglected" said Viscountess
Castlereagh. the colonel In chief OF
the women's emergency corrs. "All
ha In - -
private rifle ranges and there are some
astonishingly good shots among them.
There is no reason in the world why
a woman cannot be as good a marks
man as a man"
II was also pointed out to mo by one
OF the officers of the women's reserve
that women bear certain forms of
hardship better than men. II is a well
known physiological fact that women
are less suspectible to cold and wet
than the stronger sex. Their bodies
are better protected by fatty tissue.
This is seen on the bathing beach
where women are able to enjoy them
selves on chilly days when most of
the men seek the clubhouse The
same condition should be true in wet.
damp trenches. 1t is also accepted
that n woman, once her Lervousness
is over. and her determination is In
spired. can stand more physical pain
than man.
In fact" said my woman nformer.
''the only way the women would be
inferior to man soldiers would be in
the long marches"
At Old Bedford college. which is the
headquarters OF the Women's emer-
gency corps, I found Col viscountess
Castlereagh and Hon. Eveline Haver.
field. honorary colonel, hard at work
with their recruits. Mrs. Hcverfield
is remembered for her carefully or
ganized remount camp, '-hich she
built up at the time Of the Boer war
Go Through infantry Drill.
Nearly hundred women were GO
ing through the regular army infan-
try drill. They were not women OF
leisure either Most Of them had put
through days toll already In an Of
flee or along ONE professional line.
Several regular army officer in uni
form were present to assist in the
work. The war officers at first took a
contemptuoun attitude towards this
movement but they have come to see
the value Of 1t just as the isefulness
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
So Are We.

New York.--Max Jacobs Jeceived a
black eye and his clothing sustained
$50 damage when two men tried tc
take from him $l5 which he had found
on the sidewalk. Jacobs escaped from
the men and gave the money to The
police. He is wondering whether hon
esty II she best policy.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28

? THIN two days journey Of
Philadelphia lies one of the
most remarkable lands in
the world. Imagine a land
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
ENGLAND HAS
ARMY OF WOMEN
READY FOR WAR
Amazons Are Carefully Drilled
and Trained in Use of
the Rifle.
TO HELP REGULAR MILITARY

in Case Of German Invasion the Re
serve viii Direct Flight Of Women
and Children From Scene Of
Fighting and " Necessary
Shoulder Rifles.
Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
Arizona.


Work on the Pittsburg mine, below
Gold Road is showing up better ore
bodies every day.
The mine yield of gold in Arizona
increased from S4,023,911 in 1913 to
about s4,570,000 in 1914.
Work is going on at the Bradford,
in the Patagonia district, the shaft OF
which was recently sunk 200 feet.
s. Il. Reeves was in Kingman from
The Tom Reed mill with five bars OF
bullion, the total value of which was
s115,OO0, the cleanup for the month
Of December.
The sale of the Green Flower and
Greenup mines, which are located on
the hogback range of Jerome, has been
confirmed by j. w. Hubbard. The con-
sideration is stated to be $4,000, with
4 payment in cash of $1,000.
A report comes from blackberry that
work on the old blackberry mine has
been suspended for the present, but
that it will be resumed as soon as the
Qualey brothers have gotten their
Mexican properties in good shape.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08
Right In Reading Matter

Among the 100000 words in the
nglish-American language Tor are
there that many?). we can't flnd
one that exactly expresses our
gratitude for few paragraphs de-
voted to us by the Seattle Star one
day last week. We have many
friends on the Seattle papers who
endeavor from time to time to make
the road to fame as skiddy as pos
sible for us. The Star boys con-
tributed the following graceful trlb-
ute:l
Mr.. S. H. Lewis. editor of the
Lynden Tribune. formerly student
at the University of Washington,
has issued a statement to his read
ers that, while he is not unwilling
to take poultry, eggs and some var
ieties of garden truck in payment
for subscriptions, he will not ac-
cept sqaashes.
Lynden readers of the Tribune
have been sending him squashes.
This must cease.
81 have 400 fine squashes IN my
own garden" says Ed tor Lewis.
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- The
Scrap. Book
Tom Corwin's Retort.

A brilliant sally may extricate a man
from a perilous position where all else
would fail Tom Corwin furnishes an
example. He was so dark skinned
that he was sometimes mistaken for
mulatto. Once while addressing
Wing mass meeting at Marietta. o., he
was taking special pains not to say
anything that could offend the aboli
tionists, who were just then getting
strong enough to make and unmake
politicians. A sharp witted opponent
in order to put him in an embarrassing
position asked, shouldn't negroes be
permitted to sit at the table and eat
with white folks on steamboats, and at
hottest"
That seemed to be poser. If Cor
win answered yes the pro-slavery men
would knife" him. If he answered
no the abolitionists would defeat him.
Answering neither yea or nay. he turn
ed like flash.
"Fellow citizens" he replied. with
his dark and mobile face lighting up
with merriment. 81 demand of you
whether it is proper to ask such ques-
ton of gentleman of my color?'
The crowd yelled with delight. and
Black Tom carried the day.-Champ
Clark in Youths Companion.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08
They Knew Who He Wasn't.

Colonel George Harvey. the famous
editor, according to the story they tell.
visited his native Peacham short time
after his first brilliant New York sue
cess and, ON q cold winter morning.
entered the Peacham general store.
But nobody, to his surprise, knew him.
Colonel Harvey. seated with the
Peacham veterans around the hot
stove could not resist telling one or
two of his minor metropolitan successes
successes which the Peachamites
heard in cold silence.
"And I, too. am Peacham boy" said
Colonel Harvey. "Yet nobody remem-
bers me here. Strange!"
He turned warmly to an old man
with red chin whiskers striped with
gray.
"You," he said, ARE George Slocum."
He turned to another old man who
had very large. white, even false teeth.
you are George r. Boone" he said.
Then he turned to the whole circle
of veterans round the stove and cried
impulsively:
Somebody, surely, must remember
my name. Come now, think! It's
George-George-G George
"Waal. jedgin' from them tales We
bin a-givin' u.s." snorted an old fellow
in gum boots, 81 reckon it hain't
George Washin'ton, nohow."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08
Selling Fresh Fruit

A significant prophesy concern
ing a coming Nooksack Valley in
dustry was made by Fl. S. Palmer
of the Puyallup association at the
Fruitgrower's meeting in Nooksack
last month.
Said Mr.. palmer: "In the agita-
ton with which l have come in con-
tact with reference to the berry IN
dustrv of this part of the state. all,
or practically all we hear IS can
merry, cannery. cannery. Those d.
rectly interested in the production
of berries seem to have overlooked
the fact that the most profltable
branch of the business. one year
with another. is the shipment or
marketing of green fruits in car
load lots. A number of people
whom | have tried to impress with
the Importance of this particular
branch, offer the opinion that this
can't be done successfully for the
reason that the people know nothing
about that part of the game. we
will grant, probably, that at this
time this condition does prevail 20
q great extent, but when a man
tells me that this can't be done. l
sometimes feel like telling him to
pillow up his berries and devote the
ground to hog pasture-the pork
err can take care of himself if given
half a show, but in many cases not
so with the man.
''The fact of the matter IS that
the tonnage of berries i'll another
year in this part of the state Will
be amply sufficient to warrant the
recognition of the car shipment ven
ture in connection with local ship
ment and the cannery project, but
it is going to take considerable I'd
ucational work among the growers
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08
Two Good Meetings

Two important gatherings will be
held in Lynden Saturday. me
dairymen of the county will con-
vene in the morning and the Lyn-
den Fruit Growers Association III
the afternoon.
These meetings to discuss con-
ditions in the industries, and to eX-
change experiences, are of the great
est benefit to the individual, and
tend to improve standards generally
The berry men have much to talk
over to get the marketing of their
product ON a firm profitable OASIS
and the cream men have equally as
wide field for study to increase
the financial returns in their indus
try.
Those who are entirely satisfied
with the size of their bank balances
are the only ones who can afford 20
miss these meetings.
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ruE p,JR &c PRESS NO LESS TRUST

they have got to be shown how to
handle the product and l would adj
wise at this time. this season. that
a certain amount of energy be eX-
pended along this line. Forget
the old worn out theory that l have
heard advanced that transportation
facilities are against you. To my
way of thinking you have today ia
cilities along this line that are en-
tirely ample for your needs in the
assembling of your fruit as green
shipments, and the several services
are all improving"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

For the improvement of West
Main Street in the Town of Lynden,
Washington. by clearing and grub
bling. grading. graveling. CONSTRUCT
ing concrete walks. wood walks,
cross walks, box drains. construct
ing a bridge over Fishtrap Creek,
and doing such other work as nee
essary in connection Herewith. as
provided by Ordinance No. 1853 Gre
ating Local Improvement District
No. IL.
Notice is hereby given that the
assessment roll providing for the
levy of expense of the above de-
scribed improvement as prepared by
the Town Engineer and filed with
the Town Clerk on April 2. 1919,
is now open for inspection. and at
day of May. 1915. at a regular
meeting of the Town Council of
LINDEN, Washington. to be held IN
the Town Hall. the Town Council
will hear objections to said assess
ments.
All persons who may desire to OBJ
ject thereto must make such obJec-
lions in writing and file the same
with the Town Clerk at or prior 70
the date fixed for such hearing. All
objections shall state clearly the
grounds of objections, and obJec-
lions not made within the time and
in the manner herein prescribed
shall be conclusively presumed to
have been waived. At the time and
place fixed for such hearing, and at
such other times as the hearing may
be continued to. the council will
sit as a board of equalization for
the purpose of considering such roll,
and at such hearing or hearings,
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-08

Notice is hereby given by the un-s
dersigned, w. |. Baker. Executor
OF the last will of w. II. Tredway,
deceased, to the creditors OF, ana
all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit anu
file the same, with the necessary
vouchers, within one year after the
first publication of this notice, with
the said w. l. Baker or his attor-
neys. Bixby & Nightingale, ut the
office of said attorneys at rooms u
rs Glover Block, Bellingham, Wash
irgton, which said office the under
signed selects as his place of bust
ness i'll all matters connected with
said estate.
Dated this 10th day of March,
1915.
Date of first publication, March
25th, 1915.
w. I. BAKER,
Executor of the Last VIII
of w. H. Tredway, deceased.
BIXBY & NIGHTINGALE,
Attorneys for the Executor.
T. o. Address, Rooms 6-7-S Glover
Block, Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Washington.
First publication Mar %. 1915.
Last publication, Apr. %. 1915.