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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-24
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van Weyden. critic and diet
tante, is thrown into the water by the
Francisco bay. and becomes unconscious
before help reaches him. On coming to
his senses he finds himself aboard the
sealing schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf
Larsen. bound to Japan waters, witnesses
the death of the first mate and hears the
captain curse the dead man for presuming
10 die at the beginning of the voyage. The
captain refuses to put Humphrey ashore
and makes him cabin boy for the good
OF his soul" Humphrey sees the body OF
the mate dumped into the sea. He begins
to learn potato peeling and dish washing
under the cockney cook. Mugridge, is
caught by heavy sea shipped over the
quarter as he is carrying tea aft and his
knee Is seriously hurt. but no one pays
any attention to his injury.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-24

galow ways. They are Of rough sid
ing up to the gables, which are shin
gled in alternate wide and and mar
row courses. The trim around the win
dows, doors, caves and porch is white.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-24
MAY RECLAIM WASTE SPOT
Efforts Are to Be Made to Restore to
Fertility the Famous Roman
Campagna.

No book on italy is complete with
out some reference to the Campagna
di Roma, district upon which a curse
seems to have fallen. 1t is. grassy
plain, something like an American
prairie, about forty by seventy miles
in area, Rome being near its center.
This district was once the prov
ince of Latium, and was then the rich
est and most populous country in the
world, but it is now nearly destitute
of inhabitants. For part Of the
year shepherds and herdsmen make
1t their home, but even they do not
linger longer than absolutely neces-
sary. In fact, the Campagna is the
home of malaria, so deadly that stran-
gers dare not to pass single night ex'
posed to its influence.
The trouble with the Campagna
arises from its being underlaid by a
bed of stone impervious to water. The
spring rains fill the soil, vast guam
tity of vegetable matter is accumu-
lated. and the summer sun evaporates
this foul water, filling the air with
malaria of the most deadly sort.
The ancient Romans knew the dan
ger, and averted it with extensive
drains; but the moderns suffered the
drains to become choked. and the
finest portion of Italy became a will.
derness. The soil is very rich, and
it is pleasant to hear that an effort is
being made to reclaim the Champagne
Tor the uses of man.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-12-24

rooms in the back part of the house
readily accessible. The two bedrooms
in the opposite back corner of the
house from the kitchen can be reached
through this hall. The basement is
made with plenty of headroom so that
heating plant can be installed. The
house is built we'll off the ground.
to make this possible.
If storage room for fruits and vege-
tables is desired it is well to place
the furnace in one cad of the basement
rather than in the center. The storage
room can thus be kept cool, which
will keep all the perishable things in
good condition.
The exterior walls of this bungalow
are finished in one of the typical bum
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
TRICKS THAT BULLETS PLAY
Life Saved by the Hook Of \ British oneers
Helmet CHAIN

II has been truly said that, once you hre Dui
let from modern rifle, none can forecast "hat
1t will do where 1t will ultimately come 10
rest Even when a bullet has an uninterrupted
course says Frank Scudamore In the Lonoon
Globe 1t is capable of upsetting all known cal
culations of its flight and range Before the pat
tie of Omdurman sick ofhcer was taken across
the Nile and placed under an awning AT least
$500 yards from the nearest point OF possible
fire This should have insured him an ample
margin of safety but none the less stray bullet
ate up the intervening three miles OF DESERT
struck him in the head, and killed him.
Shortly before the battle of Giniss. in the
Sudan, Gen Sir Archibald Hunter Colonel Hack
et-Thompson. C. B., and another offcer whose
name escapes me. accommodating through
an opening in the wall Of a disused sakeayeh or
waterwheel The hole in the wall was so small
that the officers had to stand one behind the 9th
er to see anything. The officer whose name
forget was in front using pair OF binoculars.
while Sir Archibald Hunter was in the rear The
CLINT caused by the setting sun shining on the
glass of the binoculars attracted the attention of
a dervish who. together with others. was retiring
along the Nile He stopped. took aim. and fired.
1t very good shot for 1t sped through one
lens of the binoculars through the brain Of the
officer holding them, killing him on the spot.
through the shoulder of Colonel Hacket-Thomp-
SON. and finally lodged in the breast of Sir Arch
bald Hunter. where. believe. it remains to this
day
The vagaries of a bullet when 1t touches the
human frame are almost beyond belief During
another Sudan battle | saw officer friend
OF mine, go down apparently shot through the
head. To my surprise and relief ! met him
walking about after the battle apparently none
the worse save that his head was bandaged.
Then he showed me how bullet, striking and
DETECTED by OF the hooks OF his helmet chain,
had run right round his forehead, cutting
groove under the skin and had then glanced on
the helmet hook the other side
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
New Mexico.

The Phelps Dodge people expect to
spend $350,00O in improving the town
of Tyrone, in the neighborhood OF
which Is located their copper inter
ests.
After three years steady develop
ment work the Golden Ajax Mining
and Development Company. Denver
corporation, operating near Elizabeth.
town. N. M, is preparing to overhaul
their ten-stamp mill and install up-to
date cyanide machinery.
Great excitement prevails at Cactus
Flat over the discovery of free-millins
gold ore that runs $4,000 per ton. The
location is sixty-five miles north Of
Silver City. Prospectors are going
there in great numbers and the coun-
try has already been staked for miles.
The fifth annual report of the
Chino New Mexico) Copper Company
for the year ending December 81, 1914.
shows a gross production Of 56,841.977
pounds OF copper with an operating
profit OF $3,074,s22.54 and total in.
come of $3,254,410S3 Ore reserves
in sight 90,000.000 tons averaging LIS
per cent copper. Total dividends paid
aggregate $4.Oss,135.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
n SKOWZYG SHOF NH(HS
a A7ZHCIHkD 10 ZHE NI1
y or LOCOWOVEE

lamp and this acknowledgment is also recorded
by the recording apparatus.
The next action which may be described, Is
when the contact shoe engages with a partially
energized contact rail. which indicates caution
condition When this occurs the engine appa-
ratus is again set for reduced speed as when
starting out. and the whistle blows continuously.
II, in the meantime, the train in the advance
block has moved on. or any other obstruction has
been removed so that the next contact rail Is
in clear" condition, the cab system will be auto
matically returned to normal full speed condi-
ton when 1t passes such contact rail. and the
whistle will stop.
On the other hand, if the danger condition con-
tinues and the contact rail is de-energized, de-
noting danger, the train will be automatically
stopped when its contact shoe comes in contact
with this de-energized rail. This stopping will
also be recorded and at the same time chime
OF two whistles will be sounded to warn the en-
gineer that this is stop application
If the engineer desires to proceed. he must
press button on the cabinet door, which resets
the automatic apparatus to caution or slow speed
condition Having reset the instruments he may
proceed in the first instance at
trolled reduced speed
II the engineer has observed danger signal
and stops his train before the contact shoe comes
in contact with the de-energized rail- he may, II
necessary, in an emergency, pass the de-ener-
gized rail. In order to pass the deenergized rail
a separate and distinctive switch is provided.
which must be held down continuously while
passing the rail- The pressing of this switch is
also recorded. However. II he should attempt to
pass rail by pressing on this switch before the
train has stopped, he would cause a stop appli-
cation. After passing the deenergized rail. as
before described, the train may proceed under
caution operation at predetermined. controlled.
reduced speed.
While an automatic control system has many
advantages. some of these advantages would be
lost, if the system could be freely manipulated.
unless such irregularity is automatically detected
and recorded In order to insure the proper
operation of this system, and to record the ac-
ton thereof, well as to record whether the
engineer is properly observing his signals. GER
tain portions of the system inclosed in box
or cabinet This box cabinet is made to
tain the valves magnets, relays. clock and record
ing mechanism and is provided with lock and
a special door. The cabinet is about eighteen
inches square and six inches deep and may be
mounted in any convenient place in the cab.
This system is intended to actuate or cooper
ate with any suitable form of mechanism on the
car or locomotive which is used for stopping the
same such brake actuatng mechanism. and
it is particularly adapted to actuate cooperates
with the air brakes which are now commonly
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
Arizona.

The Tombstone mining district con-
tinues active, and good reports come
from all mines.
Five cars of copper ore. averaging
forty tons to the car and about $1,000
gold ore, we're part of Chilito's March
output.
One of the first problems which VIII
tax the ingenuity of the State Bureau
of Mines is the solution Of method
Of working the dry placers of Arizona.
Miami Copper Company showed
profit of $1,362,629 from 1914 opera
tons, against s1,534,6S5 in the pre-
vious year A surplus of $53,412 re-
manned after the payment of three
dividends, against a deficit of 1924 ,0S2
following four dividend payments In
1918.
With the prospect OF two hundred
more men being placed in the en-
ployment OF the Calumet and Arizona
Company, with a few men going to
work for the Copper Queen at regular
intervals, with increased production In
Shattuck. and with the price OF cop
per still soaring. there is considerable
cause for Joy in the Warren district
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
'TWIxt BULL AND BEAR
How Two cafornians Released Themselves
From a Critical Situation.

f. s. Collins, postmaster at Knights Ferry,
Cal, and Samuel Baugh blacksmith, have Just
escaped from encounter with bull and a
bear which they will not soon forget, the New
York Sun states.
Collins bought bull and had him in a corral
just above Knights Ferry. He and Baugh went
out to inspect the purchase when the angry ami
NAL started after them and gave chase Collins
reached a nearby tree in safety. but Baugh was
not so lucky, and crawled instead into a near.
by cave. just in time to escape the charge of the
bull
He emerged hastily, however. and again the
bull charged him, and he sought refuge in the
hole second time. Finally Collins warned the
blacksmith to stay in the cave. saying that the
bull would tree them both and keep them in the
field all night For answer, Baugh again jumped
in and out OF the cave and a moment later an
the bull charged past. grabbed the animals tail
and threw him.
AS both men climbed the fence Baugh ex.
planned why he didn't remain in the cave There
bear inside which disputed his ownership
The two men returned later and succeeded in
dispatching the bear and two cubs
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
Colorado.

Total dividends from STATIONS In
dependence to date told and new COM
panies) foots up $7,606,77s. Original
capital $5,0OO.00O.
Lyman p Hammond, general man.
ager Of the Colorado Power Company.
which will furnish the electricity for
the pumps in Leadville's downtown
project, believes that they will be
the means of bringing new era Of
prosperity to Colorado.
Ore running SIG per ton and carry.
ing high value in silver, lead and cop
per, has been found in the old Wal
dorf property in the Breckenridge dis
trict.
News from the, London mine In
Park county states that the lessees on
the south side are taking out quite .
heavy tonnage Of high grade gold
bearing ore.
This seasons early start promises
well for the Colorado gold output,
which is certain to capture first place
in America. The years total. with
more mills and the placer boats in
commission, will reach $25, 100000.
compared with s19,000,00O in 1914.
when the Cresson strike was not fig.
ured in the total.
Collins, Fairbairn, Cook and Wine
land, who are operating q suitcase on
the Jessie property. in Gold Run, have
decided to mill their lower grades Of
ore on the property and s-re the cost
of handling, freight and a considerable
portion of the shelters treatment
charge. The ore runs from one-haH
an ounce in gold with some zinc and
iron sulphide.
In Boulder county, on the famous
Potato Patch property. contract
for 400 feet Of driving eastward has
been let to Horny & Co. Within that
distance lies the famous Livingston
ore shoot which yielded $3O0,O0O above
the 12O-foot level.
The Wellington Mines Company ct
Breckenridge has speeded up its two
concentration plants to a production
Of nine twenty-five-ton carloads Of
good grade zinc ore concentrates per
week. Three shifts of operators In
the mills and mine are employed to
keep the output up to the top notch.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
COHERYO/2 MtzIcH CONTROLS
SHEED or THE UH4LvLN
CLIFTON TERRITORY

pairs are made, when it can nroceed bu, under
80, anu al predetermined speed only. The
wiring Is specially constructed so that any
crosses or grounds Will cause a danger condition
II repairs cannot be made Immediately bv the en-.
giheer. ne may cut out the Instruments when
the train can proceed but II this is done a record
is made.
Another feature of the device is its elasticity
and adaptability to the movement of any and all
kinds of trains, irrespective of their motive pow
er or frequency. The system will work equally
well on trains operated by steam, electricity gas
oline. or compressed air. and whether such ap
plicaton Is direct by means of the trolley,
third rail storage battery methods
The initial purpose is to promote the safety of
railway operation and to eliminate all danger
from lapses OF memory on the part OF the en-
gineers others connected with the operation
of railways and to make such record will
provide exhibit of proper improper opera
ton and observance of signals and orders.
The control of the movement of trains is in the
hands OF the engineers just as long as they OBJ
serve the restricting signals provided for their
guidance, but any failure to do so Immediately
and automatically relieves them OF said con-
troll. AS the conditions permit Of safely
doing So the control is again and automatically
restored to the engineer.
The system is of the intermittent contact rail
type with the engine apparatus clear or inopera-
tive while running between points of indication.
When the engine shoe makes contact with the
contact rail- the engine apparatus is still held
clear or imperative. provided the contact rail Is
energized. II it is desired to make the control
Of the speed of the train continuous instead OF
intermittent, particularly in congested terminals,
the desired object is accomplished by making the
contact rail continuous. Both the contact rail-
and the shoe on the engine so constructed as
to keep them within the limits Of the safety
clearance requirements, and personal contact
with the contact rail is not injurious.
The manner in which the purpose OF the sys-
tenn is carried out is as follows:
When a train is standing at terminal, or at
any other point, the automatic apparatus is in
such condition that the train can only proceed
at a predetermined reduced speed. When the
engineer opens the throttle to proceed, 1t auto
matically starts whistle in the cab. This
whistle continues to sound and the reduced speed
regulation continues until the train contact shoe
engages with a clear contact rail This rail be-
ing fully energized supplies current which sets
the control in position to permit the train to
proceed at full speed and also stops the whistle.
The contact with this shoe is recorded by re-
cording apparatus and the contact also causes
the lighting of signal lamp in the cab The
oassare Of this rail is acknowledged by the en-
sineer. who presses button which puts out the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
STATECAPlTAL
NEWS
Western NewspapeF { HON = 5 1T
FIELD ACTIVE LAND BOARD MAN.
A. A. Weiland Succeeds Fieio ~
state Engineer.

Denyer.-John E. Field has retired
as state engineer and will devote his
entire time to his duties as MEMBER
of the State Land Board. He has peeh
serving in both positions. but has not
been receiving pay on the land ooard.
Now his salary will be paid for the
latter duties.
Adelbert A. Weiland, son of Francis
NJ. Weiland, state senator from Fow-
Ter. succeeds Field as state engineer.
The retiring state engineer was
named by Governor Ammons to q
position on the land board without pay
As an economy measure. Attorney
General Fred Farrar was appointed
With Field, also to serve without pay
The position is worth $4,000 a yeaI
md under the Ammons plan OF
doubling positions the state was saved
$4,000 year.
The attorney general will continue
o serve on the board, at least for the
present Fields term of office has
,bout two years to run.
The deputy labor commissioner 8
,ffice has two new stenographers
Miss Monica Delaney and Miss L. e.
.eisher being appointed
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
Weather and Crop Bulletin.

Denver-Director Brandenburg, in
he weekly weather and crop report,
says that the past week weather con-
litions were generally favorable for
crop. growth, but unfavorable for
arming operations over the greater
part of the state. There was more
han the seasonal amount of heat,
and, except in the north-central and
northeastern counties, the rainfall was
considerably above the average. The
sunshine was generally deficient
There was some progress made in
blowing and planting in the north
eastern counties; in the other sec
lions of the state but little progress
was made in the preparation of the
soil for seed. Small grains and
grasses made satisfactory growth
The prospects for fruit continue good.
In the southeastern part of the state
plums are beginning to bloom, while
n localities in the western part of the
state peaches are beginning to bloom,
pears are partly in bloom and apples
ire opening.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01

employed for this purpose
The inventor. Anatol COL
los. was born In 1877. Eariy
in life he showed a marKeo
interest in mechanical SUD
jects, and after a genera
education was sent 10
manual training scnooi'
There he studied for siA
years. Electricity. though
then in its infancy. had at
tracted much attention ana
Gollos dropped all other SUD
jects fo- a special course III
electrical engineering.
After serving a rigid ap-
premiership. Gollos went 10
Germany. There he stayed
for four years, during when
time he superintendent sew
eral big government jobs.
In 1903 he came to Amer
lea. and the following year
found him in charge OF the
main switchboard at the
Louisiana exposition In ST.
Louis. ...-
Opportunities in Mexico
attracted him and, after the
close OF the exposition. ne
went to Mexico City. There
he remained for a year.
serving as superintendent on
various electrical installa-
lions. He was in charge OF
the electrical installation IN
stern passenger terminal In
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
Railroad Revenue. Increasing.

Observation-Disclosures of Colorado are
earning increased revenues this year
over their 1914 figures. In the last
eight months the Colorado & South
ern has increased its income $1S9,966
over that for the corresponding
months of the last fiscal year The
Midland income has increased $134,-
AS, the Moffat road $136,233, and the
Denver & Rio Grande revenue has de-
creased $39,S43. This shows a total
gain for the roads of the state of
$425, S04
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01

search is being conducted under congressional
order and to Anatol Gollos. a Chicagoan, has
fallen the honor Of being the first inventor in
the country to procure official investigation.
the reward coming after three years OF work on
an automatic train control and recorder Tests
are made by the government only after the pre-
liminary inquiry has shown that the device is
practical
The tests OF Mr. Gollos' invention will be made
on the main branch OF the Chicago. Burlington &
quincy railroad, stretch OF six miles Of track
having been equipped for the purpose. They
will be held under the personal direction OF II. j.
Lyon, inspector Of safety appliances for the COM
mission. who has reached Chicago prepared for
six months study OF the subject
The Gollos automatic train stop device con
sists OF charged third rail. about one hundred
rect long. placed at every block. The energized
Track comes into contact with shoe fastened on
inc tender OF the engine which is susceptible to
the slightest influence II there is another train
within a radius of mile and a half II there is
a break In the track, anything wrong at all.
warning is given to the engineer by shrill
whistle placed near his seat. II he does not slow
down his train at this warning the air brakes
automatically set. This air is applied quickly
out In way that stops the train gradually At
private tests given by Mr. Gollos recently trains
OF all weights and speed stopped in $50 to
800 feet
Aside from the fact that the demonstrations
already given have proved the practcahlity of
the devices the inventor claims that they are
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
Jobs at Capital Seem Uncertain.


Denver-State employees who are
depending upon an attack on the new
civil service law to delay it's going
INTO effect. thereby giving them an in
definite hold on their jobs, are af-
.orded little encouragement in their
hopes through a statement made by
Mrs. Alice Adams Fulton, secretary of
The present civil service commission.
With the exception Of a remarkably
Few positions, according to the com
missions secretary, there is nothing
In the present civil service law to pre-
vent a wholesale removal of incum-
bents and their replacing by new ap-
pointees. This is due, it was stated,
to the fact that there are no eligible
lists established in strict conformity
TO civil service except for clerical and
stenographic positions.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
WEST E r N
MINING NEWS
IN q r E =

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
st. Louis-Spelter, s11.0o1 1l.5o.
New York.-Bar silyer-5O12c.
Lead $4.154i.25. London. t2o'
It's. Cd
Spelter-Spot. 1890 bid; London.
E51.
Copper-Electrolytic, $500; cast
ing, $1762@17.75.
Wyoming.
The United States Supreme Court
denied a rehearing in the Midwest Oh
land case.
Seven cars of refined sulphur have
been shipped to the Du Pont powder
works by the American Sulphur Com
pany of Thermopolis and the plant
has an order for all the additional
product it can supply.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01

economical lAhu du-
o m a tic installations
made according to pres.
ent practice. In addition,
they have the advantages
OF. first. train control:
second. visible and audible
signals; third. automatic
record to check engineers,
thereby holding them to a
close observation of sig.
nails.
An important feature
OF the system is that II is
so constructed, on a
closed circuit principle,
that any break. failure or
disarrangement of any
part Of the main track or
contact rail connections.
or the failure OF the cleo
trio current, or any disar.
rangement OF the locomo-
tive attachments, viii
cause the most restrictive
indication, when the train
will be brought to a stop,
until corrections or 70.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-01
new DEVICE cNOS
PERllS Of the RAIL
81 RODeRT II. MOUlTON

HE Introduction of steel pas
senger cars on the railroads
having been the means Of saw
ing hundreds OF lives. the In
terstate commerce commission
now proposes to find some de-
vice that will make derail-
ment, collisions and wrecks
impossible. A nationwide