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Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

explosion OF huge projectile falling
in their midst, but nevertheless fully
95 per cent Of the shots miss the
mark.
Are Not Really Wasted.
Is 1t any wonder that the ammu-
milton bill Is big and that results do
not measure up to It? 1t must be re-
membered, however. that the constant
dropping of shells keeps the morale OF
the foemen down and that when 1t 10
said that the shots are wasted the
words do not express the full truth.
One of the most interesting things
which saw on the battle front in
France. was the attempt Of a French
battery to bring down" a captive bal
loon which the Germans had sent up
from their lines for observation pur-
poses. The two Germans in the bas-
ket of that balloon must have been
men of magnificent nerve. The range
was not a long one and the first
French shells burst at some distance
from the balloon. Gradually. how
ever, the shots began getting nearer
and nearer to the mark, but the bal
loonists with their lives in their hands
went on taking their observation amid
rain of projectiles until apparently
the commanding officer on the ground
below ordered that they should be
pulled down to a place of safety.
The men who go up in the air to
fight, whether they be Englishmen,
Frenchmen, Belgians, Germans, Rus
slams, Turks or Italians. are perhaps
the transcending heroes of this war
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
Colorado.

At Cripple Creek a rich mineral
find is reported as having been made
on the fourth level of the Henry Ad.
ney property. situated on Rosebud
hill.
Starkweather and Wilson, leasing
on the Ingham vein of the Doctor.
Jack Pot estate. at Cripple Creek.
operations being prosecuted through
the Raven tunnel. continue to main
tain the former heavy output of bet.
ter than the average grade ore.
Smelter capacity for zinc ores and
concentrates is being increased by
about 100000 tons of metal per an
mum.
The Boulder Miner states that the
much-promoted Tungsten Mountain
Mining Company has been revived
and financed.
voluntary increase in wages
amounting to an average OF per
Smelling and Refining Company, ef-
fective Aug. IL.
That development incites further
development. and that one ore strike
leads directly to another, is true of
all Colorado mining camps as well as
in Cripple Creek.
The Broad Gauge mine in Burns
gulch. near Silverton. which is being
operated under lease and option to
purchase, by Pueblo capital. is rapidly
rounding into shape for one of the big
future producers.
In the Salida (Chaffee county, dis
trict. after lying idle for nine years,
work has been resumed on the Hirsch.
berger tunnel on Cameron mountain.
contract was let to drive the tunnel
800 feet, or until the ore bodies are
encountered.
The present field Is notable active
In the>metallursy of gold silver, cop.
per and zinc ores. Thus far nc
changes have been evidenced in lead
basis smelling, as the furnaces now in
use at Leadville, Salida. Pueblo and
Ciobeville seem entirely satisfactory
General mining conditions have
shown vast improvement during the
past two months in the Rico section
OF the San Juan. Ore shipments have
been very heavy and are expected
steadily to Increase from now on, al
many new properties have started
work.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

That inseparable companion of wom-
ankind, the shopping bag, is designed
to make itself more indispensable than
ever before. In greater variety OF
shapes and styles and in higher grade
of workmanship. it has appeared all
during the sum.ler season, more COM
pletely fitted with feminine require
ments than heretofore. The bag OF to-
day is medium in size. varied as to
shape. daintily lined and well made.
II has been facetiously called little
furnished fat" and deserves this en-
tightening and playful compliment
Seal. pin-seal and morocco lead in
point of popularity and also in adapta-
bility to the requirements in an up
to.date bag. although other feathers
find numbers OF admirers. Among nov
elites for midsummer that have been
promoted by the universal black-and-
white vogue are bags Of black patent
leather and white kid in which the
colors appear in about equal parts and
Others in which white predominates
with trimmings of the brilliant black
All bags are more or less fitted
That is. the small coin purse and card
case. made TO match. and the little
but excellent mirror are ever present.
They go Without saying" as the
phrase T. INT they are rarely all the
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

If we leave out the consideration OF
cotton fabrics, eliminating especially
those in novelty weaves, we shall have
to taffeta as the favorite fabric OF
fashion. The taffeta one-piece dress,
the taffeta suit and the taffeta coatee
(worn with lingerie gowns), appear
and reappear everywhere. and no one
grows tired of seeing them. Now the
earliest models for fall have been
launched. made of cloth and taffeta
combined. SO that we may depend up
on a continuance of favor for this at
tractive fabric. The new suits and
frocks are in one color, the silk and
wool exactly matched in shade.
The suit shown in the picture lays
no claim to novelty in design but is
distinguished by being strictly in the
mode, by its attractiveness and use
fulness. For the three TERED skirt
may part company with the coatee
for afternoon wear and join fortunes
with blouse of chiffon or lace or fine
lingerie. 1t is made with high waist
line. and skirts like it are among the
most popular of the ready-to-wear
skirts shown by dry goods stores.
This skirt is made of knife-plaited
taffeta founces over a short under
skirt of light weight percaline. To
make them flare little the edges of
the flounces are finished with corded
hem. That is, small cable cord is
run in a hem a quarter of an inch
wide. Or they may be bound with a
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
New Mexico.

Many persons have staked claims
at the new copper mine at Noun
taineer.
Drilling for oil has been commenced
near Playas, at the point known as
Playas Lake.
From Fierro comes word that the
Katy Company is pushing develop
ment work on it's property.
A 100000 mining deal was consum-
mated at Socorro when the Socorro
Mining & Milling Company, operating
at Mogollon, purchased at public sale
the entire holdings of the Mogollon
Gold G. Copper Company in the Mogol
Ion mountains.
The discovery of a wide lead Of
high-grade lead-silver ore was made
by prospectors in the little Box Can
yon of the Tesupue, five miles out Of
Santa Fe. After breaking through
several feet of the iron cap the strike
was made, which promises to develop
into an important find.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

extras wherewithal the bag is pro-
vided. Little pockets in Innings pro-
vide for diminutive powder box
with a tiny powder pun in 1t. small
comb. little fiat but efficient clothes
brush, and a fiat bottle for perfume
toilet water. or a liquid face cream.
These exactly fit. The little mirror is
usually attached by a bit of ribbon
to the frame of the bag, and some
times the coin purse is anchored by
slender chain. Besides all the built-in
fixtures these bags accommodate a
fountain pen, small pencil and lit.
tie pair of scissors On the outside is
a fiat pocket for the handkerchief and
a small fiat compartment between the
cover and the inner pocket makes
place for letters. memos or cards. In
spite of all these convenient fittings
they are so artfully disposed that the
bag accommodates them easily and
there is plenty Of room left for carry.
ing little purchases.
In the picture three popular bags
are shown, also small sketches of nov.
city bags and purses made of silk or
knitted OF silk thread and decorated
with beads The latter are quite a DIFF.
ferent order of bags from those made
Of leather and require separate do
scriptiop JULIA BoTToMlEY.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
MONKEY GETS A MONUMENT
Pet Buried at East Summit, N. j..
With Jeweied Collar Around
Neck.

East Summit. N. J.-There has just
been set up in the grounds Of the
Humphreys home in Morris avenue a
monument to the memory Of Snookie
pet monkey of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
4. Humphreys. which died last fall
The stone is of Vermont granite and
bears the following Inscription:
I'm loving memory of Snookie, a
Brazilian marmoset. died September
20, 1914"
The monkey was buried in q spe-
cially prepared coffin. and around Its
neck was placed jeweled collar
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
IVES ERIN
MINING NEWS
IN REF
IN q r I E F

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
Lead, New York, $3.50.
Bar silver, 48Ac.
Spelter, st. Louis, $15.23.
Copper, casting, $17.37h.
The Miami Copper Company. has In
creased it's regular dividend rate from
so cents to rs cents per quarter
The output of the Tom Reed mine
for July was about 1000 tons Of ore
from which was reclaimed and sent
to mint 100000 worth of gold.
The striking feature of the copper
situation is the underlying strength OF
the market, notwithstanding the large
increase in production since the first
of the year.
At Bisbee, Copper Queen, Calumet
& Arizona and Shattuck are all taking
out enormous quantities of ore. Their
shafts are in excellent condition, and
preparations are being made for any
eventuality that may come.
Aug. l was made epochal in the
Tom Reed-Gold Road mining district
by the initial shipment of thirty tons
of $50 ore from the United Eastern
mine, the s2,0OO,0OO bonanza adjoining
the Tom Reed mine on the northwest
that has been developed since the
first of the current year. 1t was also
featured by three mining strikes oi
importance.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

Germans t W o
hundred q n d
twenty t 1 m 9 8
since last Sep
tember and yet
Pont -a-Mousson
is still on the
map. This little
French village
is under almost
constant b O M
bardment, not
because of any
particular de-
sire perhaps of
the foe to de-
stroy 1t ruth
lessly but prob
a b ly because
the wish is to
pre- v mt the
French from as
sembling large
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19

At Cripple Greek rich mineral
on the fourth level of the Henry Ad.
ney property, situated on Rosebud
hill.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
Fads and Fancies.

You will find that your silk stock
ings will not begin to show holes
nearly so quickly If you wash them
before wearing them at all. Before
putting them on your feet rinse
them out in soap and water and you
will find that they will last twice
as long. Always be sure in washing
silk stockings that no soap is left in
the silk.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

tstan Correspondent of the Western News
paper Union.)
Paris.-Pont-a-Mou on the Mo-
selle river has been bombarded by the
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
Wyoming.

wyoming.
A test of ore from Kelly Creek.
johnson county, gave Sc per ton gold.
A second well has been brought in
on the Orchard claim in the Grass
Creek oil field.
The Texas Company is making
preparations to install a storage plant
in Casper. One large tank has already
been unloaded at the depot.
The stockholders of the Comstock
gold mine at Silver Crown had meet.
ing which resulted in the adoption OF
a definite policy for the immediate
working of the mine.
In the Comstock and Fairview
mines in the Silver Crown district,
near Cheyenne, ore veins crop out
upon the flinty face of the granite
rocks of Jawbone gulch.
Gilpin observer., 1915-08-19
Red Taffeta Jacket.

A jacket of cherry red taffeta and
parasol to match is chic when worn
with a white costume
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

blocked out which will be mined and
 n'lled in the spring.
 The company last year installed q five-stamp mill and this spring it will be worked to capacity as the ore already blocked out is sufficient to run the mill for the entire season and further development will be car ried on and moro ore blocked out.
 The original owners. Messrs. Ruth erford and Ramsay and their asso- ciates, J. C. Martin, Henry Deyo and a number of eastern capitalists )wn the stock of the company They have spent upwards of S1OO, 900 in developing the mine and have directed their energies more to the slow development of the property rather than to crowding the work in an effort to secure some immediate dividends. The success in finding the ore on the 340-foot level proves beyond all doubt that the mines of this district have depth and in consequence the find
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

never to touch intoXicants and then it won't be so hard to leave these two little sisters in your care Boys, gave that promise to mother, and she went to heaven with smile on her face. still holding my hand, and, as God is my judge amid all the temptations of frontier, army or social life, l have kept that promise, even when men who were called bad men have put a six-shooter in my face, when they considered 1t an insult to refuse to drink with them. 1 have folded my arms and, looking into the muzzle of gun, said, You can shoot and you can kill me, but you can't make me break promise that l gave to dying mother. and I've seen a man who had killed his man put his six-shooter back in his belt, take glass of liquor he had poured out and throw it on the floor, after had mentioned that word mother, and then take my hand and say, 'Pard, l beg your pardon. had that kind of mother. and walked out of the saloon. That man is living today. He never took another drink.
 AS 1 concluded my story l picked up the demijohn and. holding 1t up, said, Boys, said would drink if you insisted; shall I?' Quick as a flash there was shot; the demijohn was shattered part of the liquor went into the fire. a blue blaze leaped up. pulled my own six shooter, for did not see where tho Sbot cama from when from be. hind the fire and smoke, Bill Wild stepped out, the smoking pistol still in his hand and tears on his bronz' ed cheeks, as he said Nobody can drink when you talk like that. Say, Jack, that's the kind of mother had back in the sunrise country. was jest like you. wild, reckless boy l started wrong when l smok- ed my first cigarette as newsie; then l got to readin' dime novels, and one time I went to see a Wild West dime novel play. with real western men killing Indians. Later got to drinking. and one day, when crazed with liquor. l shot man and had to run away. The only consolation my good mother had was that the man did not die. But never saw her again. She's up thar with your mother. and when that shot goes ringin' through the can yons of heaven. she'll hear 1t, Jack. and 1t will tell her that her boy has signed the pledge at last. There s my hand. swear to God an moth CT an you I'll never touch the poison
 stuff again And be never did."- The Amethyst.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03
General Mining News
Describes Alaska Marble.

Describes Alaska Marble.
 The Stone, trade paper devoted to marble and building stones. of current date, contains the following concerning the marble industry in Alaska:
 According to bulletins issued by the United States Geological survey, only small portion of the immense marble deposits of Alaska are now in process of development. Never theless a considerable trade has al ready been built up in that material. The Vermont Marble company, which has & plant in Tacoma for the eXclu- sive handling of this marble, is car rying out plans for doubling the out put of it's Quarries in Alaska. Three representatives of the company, R. s. McGregor. Maurice E. Pinney and Ernes Sjoblou. left for Alaska last month, and will install additional machinery at Marble Island, where the company's Quarries are located, and make other improvements. MT McGregor will have charge of the mechanical work; MT Pinney will make a thorough investigation of the quality of Alaskan marble, and MT. Sjoblou will take hold of the increased quarry operations during the next few months.
 We are going up to the Vermont Marble company's Alaskan Quarries to take the first steps in bringing about a big increase in the produc- tion." said MT. Sjoblou to Tacoma reporter. "The company practically controls the output in Vermont and is now putting it's best foot forward in the Alaskan field.
 Hast year. l understand, about 3OO.00O cubic feet of marble was taken out of our Alaskan Quarries.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

The Womens Eastern Golf Asso- citation has selected the first five days in June for it's annual champi- nnship and tri-city matches on the new course of the Merton Cricket Club, near Philadelphia.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

Joe Letters. the Philadelphia re cruit, has joined the Senators at the Charlottesville training camp. Last year Letters was with Scran- ton. Letters played two years ago with Elmira, of the New York State League He started his baseball playing while a student at the Mount St Mary's school, Emmitsburg. Md, He went from there to the Catholic University.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03
HE PROMISED HIS MOTHER. Why Capt. Jack Crawford Does Moi
 Drink


 (Scene-A crowd of drinking from tiersmen urge Capt. Jack to drink with them He agrees to do so, if they insist, after he tells them 2 story.-Ed.)
 This is the story, and absolutely rue:
 'BuSs, it seems but yesterday that l was barefooted boy at my mothers knee; wild, reckless, i'm pulsive, misunderstood and abused by everybody but her. She under stood me, and, although the wild est. I was her favorite. My fath' CTS intemperance deprived me of even the rudiments of & school edu- cation, and, when on her deathbed, she said to me, My poor, wild boy, did you know that your mother was going to heaven?' Boys, that was the first great sorrow of my life. Down on my knees by her bedside I wept as I had never wept before. As l sobbed Mother, dear. no one cares for me but you; no one in Ii the world understands me. Oh. am afraid l will go wrong How beautiful she looked, her big, brown eyes. aswim in tears. her white curls and her white face on the pill low, and. as she placed her hand on my head, she said. Don't cry, John ny, dear; your mother will meet her boy Johnny in heaven if he will give her a promise to take with her. T will promise you anything you ask, mother. and l will try to keep my promise Then promise me
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03
BRIAN BILLBOARD

You can always overcome insult by overlooking il.
 \ soft answer turneth away wrath. froy. l5:l
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

on the Ramsay Rutherford property will result in renewed prospecting on many of the claims about Val dez, which have shown such excel lent surface prospects, but upon which little or no work has been done by the owners.
 The lead where struck has a width of from one foot to eighteen inches and carried high values in free milling ore.
 The company placed large amount of supplies on the claims the past winter and the management expect to work twenty men this coming summer. No increase in the force will be made at this time. Valdez PrOspector.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

Devotees Of the soda fountain owe much to Florida. It is rich in both orange groves and phosphate mines, thus leading to the discovery of the refreshing orange phosphate drink.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

Mne 10 Promising.
 Henry Deyo returned yesterday from a trip to the Ramsay-Ruther- ford Mining company claims near the Valdez glacier and reports that the contractors have broken into the lead on the 340-foot level and have drifted about twenty-five feet on the ore.
 This news demonstrates clearly that the big lead of the company has depth and that the mine will soon be one of the largest producers of western Alaska. The work Of development has been carried on all winter and considerable ore is now
The Alaska citizen., 1915-05-03

We intend to about double that production during the coming year. The force of men will probably be increased to about 250. and new ma chimes will be rigged up soon after we arrive on the ground
 "'The Alaskan marble is finer than that produced in Vermont, said MT. Pinney It is the nearest thing to the Italian fine grain marble that has been found on the continent, although we have not yet taken enough of it out of the ground to warrant efforts in building up an export trade. It is just matter of time before Alaskan marble will be going into the fine interior fin ishing, not only in the East, but in Australia. and Japan. We ship marble from Vermont to England already. l understand that Alaskan marble Is going back East as far as Ohio. Some day it will go further East. When an architect wants to finish a building in fine grain marble he will specify the product from Alaska"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-25
EXERCISE MAKING FOR GRACE
Even the Ordinary Household Task of
Sweeping May Be Turned to
advantage.

All forms of directed exercise
make for grace, asserts writer in
the Woman's Home Companion. A
woman who wishes to be beautiful
in the use of her body should learn to
dance, swim and above all, to use
her muscles well in the ordinary &C
tons of life. When you are STOPPING
to dust the rounds of chair, do not
bend over rigidly from the waist, but
bend your knees, slightly, and fex the
whole body toward the point where
your hand is. When you sweep, grasp
the handle of the broom firmly, step
briSkly and accurately in it's path as
you sweep, and be careful to hold up
your shoulders. No sport in the world
has a more beneficial effect upon wom-
anly grace than the prosaic work Of
sweeping.
Never loll in a chair. If you wish
to rest, lie back in it, pressing your
back firmly against the support, re-
laxing your hands and finding COM
Portable place for your head. When
you sleep, stretch your limbs out fully
and lie downfall is, lie so that you
actually feel the support of the bed
beneath you. This method will relax
your muscles.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-25
MEN WHO DO GREAT THINGS
In the Main Are Those Who Consist
emily and Persistently Press
Forward in Life.

The race is not always to the
swift" 1t is surely a strange philos-
opl1y that substitutes anything for fast
running as qualification for win
ming foot race. But it was a wise
man who said that, and it is probably
true, even though there are times
when we scorn and despise such a
doctrine. They used to speak of
David Livingstone as 1.-The man who
would go on And it described him
very accurately. Like many another
man there were a number of good
stopping places in his life, but he
never seemed to see them. But men
make name and enduring fame for
themselves just because they cannot
see stopping places, but keep their eyes
fixed on the great Turing road ahead
of them. 1t is the man who will go
on who is going to win the goal no
matter what kind of goal it may be-
The pace Of the running makes very
little difference. The theologians
used to talk about the perseverance of
the saints and it was not a bad sub
ject to talk about, just as persever-
ance is not bad quality for a saint
to have. Probably there are not very
many saints made without it's help.
That is probably one of the great
reasons why we have SO few saints.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-25
"Iook! There He Isl" She Cried.

sWered by slip Of girl beside him
whose feet kept time on the curb. He
turned away from the last carriage in
sharp disappointment. Ripton's fail
ure dragged him down little, and
all that gaping crowd; even the young
thing beside him whose skirts the
skirtling wind blew back from slen-
der ankles. 1t shook out over their
heads, the passing flag.
Look! There he isl" she cried.
An iron-gray man in quiet suit and
plain tie, the feet within his dusty
shoes marking time despite their
weary lag; his face drawn in a suf
fering beyond WEAKNESS or weight of
fag-pole; but about his mouth the
look of the grandfather who fought
under Perry, and of the ancestor who
fell on Lexington Common one April
morning; his eyes full of the spirit
of 81.
Shelby beamed on the girl, her
own pride glowing his heart.
Mother knew him." she explained
shyly, glancing at her black frock,
and father-that was he who waved
father and | found him On the train.
He wanted to go back three days
ago. But We asked him to carry the
flag"