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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
The Russian Frontier.

One feature ill which the Russian frontier differs from others is the com plete ignorance of those living near the border of what lies beyond.
 A correspondent of the Autocar says that he called at the Automobile club in Breslau, hoping to gain some infor- nation. "The members received me most kindly and did all they could to help. but explained that they never crossed the frontier and had no first hand knowledge. The German customs officer. diving for ten years within yards of Russia. spoke no word of Rus sian, and the Russians beyond the chain spoke no German.
 There is neutral strip some three or four yards wide between Russia and Germany. along which many Rus sian sentries are posted. and mounted Cossacks pass at short intervals. rid ing the boundary."-NewY York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
PACKING GOLD LEAF.
1t ts "HandIed," So to Speak, by the Aid of a Puff of Breath.

1t 10 "HandIed," So to Speak, by the Aid of a Puff of Breath.
 The gold reaches the "beaters" first in wide bars or nuggets. It must be weighed. melted and made into inch wide ribbons before the beating be- gins The ribbon is then cut into inch squares and beaten with hammer yielded by stalwart workman When each leaf has been beaten thin it is transferred to a mold. where 1t Is beuten again for period of four hours. The beating Is accomplished by means of wooden hammer weighing from seven to eighteen pounds on sheep skin cushion resting on granite block. The gold beaten Is usually 22 or g carats fine. A little alloy of copper or silver Is added to make it spread. It would be impossible for the beaters to handle perfectly pure gold.
 Gold leaf Is packed more by the aid of the breath than that of the hands The operation of transferring sheet of almost transparent gold leaf from one place to another Ia of such delica- cy that 1t is possible to accomplish 1t only by a slight puff of the breath. The packers are for the most part girls. to whom. after beating. the gold leaf is handed.
 The girls lift the unshaped leaf from the mold with pair of wooden pin cers. 6atten it out on a sheepskin cush- ion by gently blowing on 1t. cut it into perfect square. replace it between the leaves of the book and flatten it out with the breath. A "book" con. sists of twenty-five leaves. and skill ed girl operator can pack seventy books in a day. --Harper's Weekly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
DEFENDED HIS COTTON.
Andrew Jackson Showed He Had
 Grim Sense of Hunor.

Andrew Jackson Showed He Had .
 Grim Sense of Humor.
 A virginian veteran used to tell how Andy Jackson used bales of cotton in the ramparts that he threw mp in de fense of New Orleans. and 1t was nut urally matter of indifference to him whose cotton he employed.
 Some of the cotton happened to be. long to a rich merchant The mer- chant followed his bales with doglike devotion. He could not bear to tear himself away from them. He was standing over them when Jackson hap. pened to draw near. and. running up to the chief. he said: Monsieur. 1t is damage for your men to take my cot ton. All property Is sacred and must be protected"
 But" said Jackson. "are you sure this is your cottonT'
 'Oh. sure. most sure." said the mer- chant. "I know the marks. all of them. Et puis. alors. this cotton. sir. must be defended"
 Jackson turned to private and told him to fetch a musket at once. The musket being brought. the general laid 1t in the merchants arms and said with grim smile:
 My friend. you are the most proper person I know of to defend your own property. Stay here. then. and do so. Stir at your peril"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Why People Travel.

Because they think they are going to learn something. and it is only by trav- cling that they can discover that knowledge does not come by travel
 Because 1t helps them to get better acquainted with their neighbors-some of whom they are bound to fall in with on their travels.
 Because the doctor tells them they ought to.
 Because it gives them the illusion of superiority and furnishes them with topics of conversation.
 Because 1t costs more than they can afford
 Because they don't know all the dis agreeable things that will happen to them.
 Because it is the only way in which they can discover how comfortable they are at home. Life
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
The Mother. in.iaw In France.

1t is enough to chill one's passion for newspapers to read the mother-in-law quips. as they are sad. sad jokes. A mother-in-law is not funny afterwards: she is only funny beforehand. In France. where they do so many things neatly. this is understood. Listen.
 Young Raoul had gone down on his knees to madame. the Widow Lemoine. and begged leave to marry himself with her daughter.
 But no!" said the widow firmly. "It is impossibier'
 Desolated. Raoul burst into tears.
 Don't take it so hard. mon gOsse" said she. "The petite Yvonne is ex- quisite. she is ravishing. yet there are many others in the France. A little of patience"
 But. madame! my dear madame" howled Raoul. Tt is you that re- gret!'-New York Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Malaria.

Malaria has been recognized since the days of Hippocrates as one of the most formidable and destructive of malaGies. the more formidable because it was supposed. in accordance with the name which Macculloh adapted for it from the Italian less than a century ago. to be caused by per vasive venom in the air But since the epochal observations of Laveran. the labors of Golgi and his colleagues and the experiments and discoveries of Ross it has lost much of it's mys- terious terror. and the sure way to its prevention and extirpation has been revealed.-New York Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Tho Word Poultry"

Poultry. according to the definition given in one standard encyclopedia. in- cludes "the whole of the domesticated birds reclaimed by man for the sake of their flesh and their eggs" The word comes from the Latin ''pullus." which could mean a young horse or donkey as well as a chick (the English ''foa" is akin to thisI. through the French "poule." fowl. But 1t is curious that 'poultry'' has no French version. the nearest equivalent being volatile" or "oiseaux de basse cour." birds of the low yard. German in it's descriptive way knows poultry as "federvich." feather cattle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
GIGANTIC WATER WHEELS.
Breaking, Groaning Monsters That En-
 liven a City In Syria.

Breaking, Groaning Monsters That En.
 Iiven City In Syria.
 Hama, in Syria. says writer in the Wide., World Magazine. is famed for It's huge water wheels. locally known as n.Alra. There are four of them, and tEey are driven by the river Or. ontes. which flows through the town. Each of the wheels bears a distin- guished name. and the visitor to the city is made aware of their presence long before he sees them by the creak- ing and grooming noise which greets his ear. At first 1t suggests a pipe or gan and later brass band practicing.
 The wheels are built of dark ma hogany. which gives them at a dis tance the appearance of iron The lar gest of them boasts of a diameter of seventy five feet and is declared to be the biggest water wheel in existence. The naura are erected on what IS known as the undershot principle that is to say. they are driven by the water striking them at their base. They serve not only to supply the town with water, but also irrtgate the ad' jacent gardens.
 The wheels never stop. summer or winter. and day and night their creak- ing and grooming are heard In the summer months small boys may al ways be seen bathing in the river in the neighborhood of the wheels. and for a small coin they will get in be- tween the spokes of the wheels and al. low themselves to be carried around many times or hang on the outside of the wheel and drop back into the wa ter when halfway up.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
BUILDING A RAILROAD.
What 1t Means Whom the Contractors
 Begin Operations.


 With the right of way established. a great army of men enter into the feld. Tn. r~mpany does not build its own EaT turned over to contrac. tors aS 1aly let in sections of from 2CC loSs,s,J miles.
 The contractor must live up to cer, tain specifications. just as though he were building a house. and he fur nishes everything-men. teams. ma chinery, food and material. Few peo- pie realize what this means. A con- tractor must be very near to king.
 For instance, there is the Hazelton section in the mountains. It is less than POO miles in length. Before a single shovel or pick was engaged in the building of this section the con- tractors had to equip themselves with a fleet of steamboats at cost of S20O. 900. They had to build scores of camps at from $2.OOO to $4.OOO camp. Each of these centers had to be stock ed with provisions. supplies and mate rials almost before builder was brought in Before these contractors moved q shovelful of earth or fired d single blast they had spent over S6. 100000
 Each contractors camp is like q small city with it's stores, hospital. scores of sleeping shacks. kitchens. dining rooms. warehouses and barns.- James Oliver Curwood in Leslie's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
HIS VISIT TO MORGAN.
There Wasn't Much Said, but It Was
 All Ripht to the Point.

There Wasn't Much Said, but 1t Was
 All Right to the Point.
 A well known insurance. official said the other day at the Auditorium, in Chicago:
 "ln the beginning of my career, when I was only a humble insurance agent. l gained access one morning to the au, gust and formidable presence of J. Pierpont Morgan"
 "Nor'
 "Yes," the official insisted-"yes. it's fact. Don't ask me how l did it. though. for that's secret. But at 10 o'clock one morning behold me. a young insurance agent, standing be. fore the desk of the great J. Pierpont with my big envelope of life and death statistics, twenty year endowments. and so forth. in my hand. was, have since. learned. the first and only insurance agent who ever managed to meet MT. Morgan face to face"
 Well, what happened?" "'Mr. Morgan.' I began hurriedly' you ought to carry more life insurance You see, sir
 And lucidly and cogently and brief ly. wasting no words, laid my 1nsur' ance proposition before the great fnan' cier.
 He listened in silence. Those fierce blue eyes of his bored through me like lances. When I stopped at last all he said was:
 ".How did you get in hereY
 "I walked in.' l answered.
 Well said he. walk out '"-New York Tribune.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Buried In lnstaiIments.

A well known local character of Townsend. Mont. lost leg in a switching yard on the railroad. The railroad boys raised little purse for the victim. who was rather down on his luck in other ways aside from the accident After paying his board and hospital bills he went down and bought a coffin and a lot in the ceme- tery. and had his amputated leg buried In good style.
 Now" he said. when l cash in all they will have to do will be to dig up the coffin and put me in with the legv-Saturday Evening Post
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
LAYING A GHOST.
A Simple Solution to tho Mystery of
 "Hsunted'' House.

A Simple Solution to tho Mystery of
 "Haunted' House.
 The mystery of haunted" house was explained in recent number of Science. It was large. handsome structure in Roston's Back Bay district The trouble centered in the third and fourth stories, where the slumbers of servants and children were disturbed by strange sensations.
 It was q common occurrence for them to awake ill the night with q feeling of oppression. ''as if some one were tap ping upon me-" Sounds also were heard. as if some one were walking about or overhead. Once child rush ed screaming into the nurses room crying that a man was waking him up and asking why she let him frighten him SO In the morning the children were pale and sluggish, even cold Wa ter lacking its usual power to enliven them.
 Investigation at length revealed a comparatively simple. mechanIstic SO lution in the escape of q large amount of furnace gas. Often the sulphur in it was so strong as to make the eyes water and to hurt the throat. while the sensations of oppression were typi- cal of carbon monoXide The noises may have been actual sounds coming from an adjoining house. although any noises ut all would probably be exag, gerated in the minds of persons awak- ened in the night while suffering from poisonous gas.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Makind a Choice.

Don't you love the merry prattle of the chidren?"
 "Yes." replied MT. Growcher. with some hesita tion-''that is to say. I'd rather hear Freddie and Willie prattle than learning to play the bugle and the snare drum" Washington Star.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Comparisons.

Those old warriors must have look ed grotesque. in their elaborate armor."
 "Yes: almost as grotesque as a man in baseball catcher's outfit or foot ball ."--Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Resurrections.

The world is full ot resurrections. Every night that folds us up in dark ness is a death. and those of you that have been out early and have seen the first of the dawn will know 1t. The day rises out of the night like being that has burst it's tomb and escaped into life.-GeOrge Macdonald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
A Vanished Shrine.

What of your trip abroad?"
 My wife was deeply disappointed in one thing. She visited Shakespeare's home all right"
 "Wen?"
 But she also wanted to pay a visit to the tub of Dogenes." "-Kansas City Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Important.

Important.
 Doubleday seems to think himself very important person"
 Why. he can't even stand on a street corner and wait for trolley car with out putting on as many airs as if he were laying cornerstone. "-Birmine ham Age Herald. n~
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Tip to Sleep Walkers.

Pop"
 "Yes. my son.
 "I know the reason why people walk in their sleep"
 "You do? Why is it?'' Because their feet don't go to sleep" -Yonkers Statesman.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Laoky ,orssshoes.

she-Do you believe in horseshoes as an emblem Of lucki ae-Yes, If they are on the winning horsa--Lon. don Opinion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
\ Case In Point.

as A Case In Point.
 ''Sore things are better left unsaid." !" quoted the wise guy.
 "Sure." agreed the simple mug: lev cry breach of, promise suit demon. strates that."-Philadelphia Record
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11

Increased means and increased lei. sure arc the two civilixers of man. Disrael
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
! Hard to Beat.

Hard to Beat. , '.s.This. .r. said the man of the house as he .mournfHliy surveyed three carpets and tsn russ sh6ngins on the clothes line. ''this ,is q Sombination hard to beat "- Princeton Tiger,
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Hum of the Wires.

VI sbO vvuS0s
 Anything that Is stretched Is apt to be thrown into vibration by the force of the air blowing against 1t If 1t vi- brates 80 fast as to produce the air waves that our ears, can hear then that Is what we call sound. This Is what happens to the telegraph wires when they hum. and if we put our hand on the telegraph pole we shall feel that the wires vibrate strongly enough to set the whole pole trembling too. Bur when the air is quite still the telegraph wires do not hum.
 Very Attentive.
 ''I can't get old Snip the tailor to pay any attention to me-" remarked Dub bleigh.
 That's strange" said slathers. "He's most assiduous in his attention to me Sends me three or four bills ever. month. ."-Harper's Weekly. Easily Explained.
 Elder-If you believe that everything that takes place is foreordafned wh! did you, wallop the man you caught your wood? Deacon-Becausc 1 couldn't help it. i felt that it was that should wallop him, '-Boston Transcript.
 @"'ti@ - 7 {---.Ar ..------ In this world 1t is not what we take up. but. what we give up. that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Amusing.

< Cholly--i was up at the ZOO yester day watching sthe monkeys. It was awfully amusing, 'se iy}ta Pt
 Mae-I dare say it was-fof 'them.- St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-11
Very Attentive.
Easily Explained.

In this world 1t is not what we take up. but. what we give up. that makes us rich. Henry Ward BeecheE.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04
LONE TREE VALLEY.

There was a large crowd in at
tendance at the hard times dance at
North Strater on January 2Sth.
Several from here attended the
dance at south Strater last Satur-
day Iag.l and all report pleasant
time.
Clarence Mead and lady friend
attended the dance at North Strater
last week.
X. Alsop made business trip to
Malta last Friday.
Ely Southwick has been spending
the past TWO weeks with Malta and
Saco relatives.
Ed Downing was a business Wis
itor at Malta on " ednesday.
ray Geeting has been spending
some time with friends on Beaver
Creek
w. Il. Cox was working for Ed
Downing last week few days.
Elmer McCombs and wife are
pleasantly located on their ranch in
this neigh borhOod. and we well
come them to our neighborhood.
There will be dance at North
hurater. February 18th, to which a
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Harry higgins and Miss Laura
Hoke were married January 31st.
The young couple will reside on the
homestead OF the groom, near the
Canadian line.
A large number attended the lit
erary last Saturday evening. The
debate was interesting and was won
by the affirmative side.
Mrs. Dickens, of Canada, is here
visiting her son. William, and
daughter, Mrs. Davis. She is great
ly impressed With this country
Pete Iurney and Wess Couple
were Malta visitors Tuesday.
Ed Mentors team took a lively
spin Tuesday, running from s. Tia
den's to Mr. Mentors home.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04
inc following were neither absent
nor tardy during January:

Inc following were neither absent
nor tardy during January:
high Saskatchewan Stubble.
Held, Walter Clark, Teddy Rusten
Lille Davidson, Mildred Wilson
Ethel Mead. Edna Partridge, Nora
stubbletield. Gladys Robinson, Ma.
bel Clark, Lois Wilson,
Miss Remore's room-1rene Rot.
tram, Esther Clanton, Muriel Ed.
wards, Adeleine Kramm. Ramona
Ness, Mona st. Hill, Georgia Tress.
Ter, Mamma Anderson, Fred Bick-
ford, John kilduff, Oswald Misfeldt
Fourth Grade Henrietta Rat
tram, Daisy Carroll, Bessie Clanton
Dorothy Edwards, May Terrell.
Grace Raymond, Otis Misfeldt. Har.
vey Wieslman.
Fifth Neutrality-suspicious. Len
ME Edmondson, Gladys Winkenwe-
der' Florence Hanson, Esther BERG.
Joseph Brown, Campbell Kilduff'
Orlo Misfeldt, Edward Powell. Dav.
i'd Taylor
Fourth Grade First, Dorothy
Edwards, "a. Second, Richard Da-
Wis, 20. Third, Iris Slime, 90.
Fifth Grade-First, Gayle john
son, 95. Second, Lily Edwards.
Miss Ayers roon-Lena Plouffe.
Iva Combs, Hazel Hong, Blanche
Johnson, Lloyd Winkenweder, Mel
vim Winkenweder, Clarence Wink
enWeder, re- Arnold Smith, Harold
Johnson, Stuart Fowler. Pearl Mis-
feldt, Glen Link. Freddie Carroll,
Merle Simonson, Kenneth Meyer,
Howard Berg.
Honors, Blanche Johnson, second
grade. Dagney Hanson. third grade.
Primary Room Waiter Berg.
Leonard Godfrey, Lewis Johnson,
Edward lie Vesoonte, Georgia Brod-
erick, Cleo Bell Peters, Florence
tlouffle, Violet Veseth.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04

Roy Pendergrafh and Bill Ashbv
spent Sunday and Monday with G.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dicken are
enjoying visit from the formers
mother.
Curtis Smith this week assisted
Oliver Herschman with some fancy
carpenter work.
From what we learn, the bache-
lor boys still continue to get eggs.
1t is queer that a married man with
a family to support can have no
such luck. These bachelors must
be gifted with some power of which
we seem unable to learn the partic-
ulars.
Louis A. herschman and family
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04
JANUARY WEATHER.
Havre, Mont, Feb. 1, 1915,

Havre, Mont, Feb. /, 1915.
The monthly meteorological sum-
mary, with comparative data, for
the month of January, 1915, issued
from the local United States wealth.
er bureau, shows that steady cold
weather OF mild type prevailed
throughout the month with normal
precipitation.
The mean temperature for the
month was IL degrees, making an
average daily deficiency as compar-
ed with the normal of 2 degrees.
=Il1ea@l highest temperature was Al
degrees, on the 18th, and the low
est was 20 degrees below Zero, on
the 9th. The highest temperature
FOR this month for a period of 20
years OF record was 81 degrees, c.
curing on January Is, 1900, and
the lowest for the same period was
~ degrees below zero, on January
y, 1886. The total precipitation
for the month was 81 inches, whl III
is about the average for the month
Of January. There were 7.6 inches
OF snowfall during the month. and
;;.3 inches lay on the ground at the
end of the month. At no time dur
ing the month was the ground bare,
and the depth OF snow ranged from
to + inches. The greatest precipi-
tatYon in "a consecutive hours was
IL inches, on the 4th.
the prevailing direction of wind
was from the west. The highest
wind veloc4 " was 80 miles an hour,
from the southwest, on the 18th.
The weather was mostly cloudy,
the percentage of possible sunshine
being AZ per cent. There were 10
clear days, S PARTLY cloudy and 16
cloudy days.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04
PHILLIP COUNTY CREATED.

ne was elected, and has the ability
and energy to make an excellent Of
fetal
The clerk of court plum was
sought by Mr. Harris, of Saco. and
Mr. Porter, of Phillips. and
was won by the latter by nice
majority. Mr.. Porter was for sew
eral years county auditor of Foster
county, N. d., and will be q good
man to help start the new county
OH IN the right direction. He is a
hard worker and will render the
county faithful service.
Il. '. Tucker, candidate for cor
oner' went into office by the largest
majority OF any candidate of the
ticket where there was anv onnosi-
ton, and better fellow than Tuck
er to looA after the county's dead
ones could not be found. Mr.. Chs.
ner was almost unanimously elected
pubic administrator, and is quail
ned for the Office If there is ever anv
thing turns up that needs his serv-
ices.
Roy Lee, of Dodson, will be the
fellow who will pry into the other
fellows business for the next two
years, having been chosen assessor
1or the new county over his oppo-
nent, r. s. Drabbs. Mr.. Lee will
make good assessor and we be.
11eve will give everyone a Just and
equal assessment.
IN another column in this issue
We publish the unofficial returns Oy
precincts OF the vote cast for the
various candidates. There is very
little doubt but that it is correct as
published, but the official count
that is going on today may make
few changes, but none of them
would be enough to make any diff
ference in the officers as stated. We
now have Phillips county, and NAL
ia as county seat, so it is up to ey-
eryone to do all in their power to
make it the best county in the state.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-02-04
LONE TREE SAG.

K. T.. Alsupp was .1alta visitor
on Friday last.
Lark Wilson was seen in these
parts Friday evening.
Forty below zero is the record
for Lone Tree last week.
Curtis Smith is cutting cord
wood for George Smith.
Jonn Turney, from Scobey, Mont,
Is visiting his father and brother
for an indefinite time.
Another dance is scheduled for
February II at North Strater school
house. Cordial welcome extended
to all. Come and enjoy the even
ing with us.