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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
STORY OF THE DAY.
Thanksgiving Observances Have Been
General Only Comparatively
Short Time

The day which is now called
Thanksgiving day, and which is a
formal observance by proclamation
of presidents of the United States,
usually followed by proclamations OF
governors of nearly all of the states,
has had its poetry, its rhyme which is
not: poetry, and prosaic literature
which is better than either poetry or
the rhyme. 1t was in its origin really
religious observance, the first pro-
Carnations being promulgated by
provincial governors of very religious
New England, Bradford having in
history the credit of the first procla-
nation.
Observance was in the beginning
desultoro, that is, not, simultaneous
and it was not general and synthetic
really, until 1864, when the first pres
idential proclamation was issued by
Lincoln for day of thanksgiving be-
cause of the apparent approaching
end of the Civil war. Naturally that
day was not observed by the seeded
states, but now it has come to be rec
ognized in nearly all of the states,
though in many of them it is not a
statutory holiday. 1t is not, and
never was, national holiday by legis-
lative enactment.
Just when the turkey flew in as one
of the almost imperative accOmpani-
ments Of the Thanksgiving table is
not worth mentioning, as it is an Incl
dent so vague. That fowl, with mince
or pumpkin pie as a part of the des-
sert of the time-hOnOred dinner of the
day, has for long years come to be so
well recognized that it has been urged
as the only logical bird for blazoning
on the national escutcheOn, the eagle
having become mighty "skase," and
having been much missed both in this
and other countries.
In 1859, the morning of June 5, a
frost killed all that was killable
throughout the entire North. In
October of the previous year, as will
be we'll remembered by elderly people
who were children then, the Donati
comet suddenly blazed across the
heavens, and for months was one of
the most beautiful of spectacles, but,
to the superstitiOus, fear and direful.
When the nucleus was low in the
northwest in the early evening the
"tail" dominated all other celestial
phenomena, flowing far past the
zenith. The presSage of a great Civil
war to come was in the air and to
those who were in the least supersti-
tious the comet was assign of calamity
near at hand. The freeze of the fol-
lowing June clinched the premonition,
and in the fall of the year of the
frost there was quite generally OBJ
served day of fasting and prayer.
1t was this sort Of recognition of
the omnipotence of Deity, solemn and
profound and utterly sincere, which
in the earlier days of the nation gave
foundation to the origin of the days
of thanksgiving for the good things
of human existence, and, when they
were not as good as they might have
been, that they were no worse than
they were.
Then the whole custom of setting
apart day for giving thanks to the
Almighty grew gradually into that
present beautiful intermingling of re-
ligious services, reunion of families
and friends, feasting and general re-
joicing even if the times were porten-
tious of adversely for some of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
STOCKHOLDERS HELD MEETING

Tuesday afternoon about 30 stock
holders of the Wausau Cooperative
Packing Co. held 8 meeting at the court
house. to organize shipping associa-
ton of the stockholders. W. r.
Hoppe, director of the WauSau COM
pany, was present and assisted in the
organization. J. d. Dwyer, G. c..
YOumans and A. A. Huckstesd were
elected directors and Mr.. Dwyer was
selected as manager. The association
expects to start shipping stock TO the
WauSau plant in couple of weeks
Only stock from members of the COM
pany will be accepted in the ship
ments unless enough additional stock
is needed 20 I'LL out Neillsvilie
Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

| Will LaSelle took the St. Paul train
Saturday afternoon for Portage.
For several weeks the following
gentlemen have been mapping out a
tour through the northern part of
the state and especially of the country
about Pelican Lake: d. L. Plumer,
A. G. Clark, G. w. Nutter, II. Dun
field and D. A. Kline. Their object
is to enjoy a season of recreation in
fishing and hunting and to make
general observation of that part of
the globe.
To ride two logs at the same time,
and do it successfully is quite a feat
and requires well-trained feet else
the attempt will result disastrously
Will Scholtield has feet that are well
trained. Yes, he can wrap them
right around log, but nevertheless
logs will spread and roll and Will
went "kersplaSh" into the water.
This happened on the Eau Claire
river the other day and we are glad
it was nothing worse than a wetting
Frank Fellows has had the matri-
monial knot fastened without saying
word or giving us bite of cake, for
that reason we will have to Slander
him with our editorial pen. On Sat-
urday the 18th inst, at the village Of
Mosinee, at the residence of the brides
parents, he promised to cherish and
protect Miss Emma Best until one or
the other should be called on to de-
part this life.
'"The Last Loaf was given by the
young people of Merrill on Thursday
evening at Music Hall. The follow
ing was the cast:
Mark Ashton. ...........R. Weidauer
Kate Ashton, Marks wife. ......
....................M Miss DrinkWater
Lily Ashton, his daughter. =. .....
Observation-Disclosures. Jessie Young
Tom Chubbs. ........F f. A. Hanover
Heightened Baker ...... Fred Corwith
Patsy Jones. ....... Franc StrObridge
Caleb Hanson. George Foster
Harry Hanson. w. G. Winchester
The farce, "Down Dat Orchard, ;" by
Mrs. L. A. Sweeney and G. W. Sloan,
was too funny for anything.
The plays were voted a success by
our citizens without a dissenting
voice. A social dance followed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
UNIVERSALIST
MEMS CLUB.
First Meeting in Cyrus YawkeY Hall
Thursday Evening Address
by Gov. Phillip.

Next Thursday evening the Univer-
-5u>t Mems club will hold it's first
meeting in the new church.
Nm, NaNkey hall will be thrown
open lud at $50 O'Clock a dinner
sill be served by the ladies of
The church. The honored guest of
Tine club will be Gov. Phillip, who
WiI make the address of the evening,
following The dinner. 1t is expected
That, including the members and in
yited guests, there will be fully 125
present. The Governor will be intro
duced by Judge a. II. Reid, president
of the club. The club has made ar
mngements to hold, as usual, its
regular monthly meetings at which
some very prominent men of our
country have promised to be present
and deliver addresses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30

important factors. These are o. the
size of the farm business; ~ the
yields of the crops and the returns
per animal, representing the quality
of the farm business; and (3) the di-
versity of the business. OF course
many other things have their intlu-
ence, but the farmer whose business
is efficient in these three respects is
generally successful. Those farms
that are excellent in none of these
respects almost universally fail.
Those deficient in one or TWO may
succeed, but their chances of success
are greatly lessened.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
GOVERNOR ENTERTAINED BY
ROTARY CLUB.

Governor Philip will be the hon
ored guest at a luncheon to be given
by the Rotary Club on, Friday noon.
Alfred H. Zimmerman, president of
the club3 received the governors ac-
ceptance to the invitation to be pres
ent on that occasion last Saturday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
MEASURES OF FARM
EFFICIENCY.

There are certain factors on which
the success of a farm business usually
depends. From these it is usually
possible to determine not only the
good points in system of farming
but also its deficiencies. The latter
being known, the method of improv
ing the system becomes evident.
On great majority of farms, sue
cess is primarily dependent on three
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30

peoples of this and other parts of the
world.
Il is peculiarly an American ''insti-
tuition" and our fat and frivolous
fowl of paradise is its fetish. 1t is in
all it's forms and colors, wild or domes-
tic, essentially an American bird, our
Thanksgiving dinner bird, yesterday
and today and forever, beloved by all
ages and races, and for at least that
one day putting the Roman nose of
the eagle out of joint.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST., Opp. Court House, Wausau, Wis.
Over $500 Acres

of Fine Farming and Hardwood Lands for Sale Marathon Lincoln
and Taylor Countess Wis.,
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30

For relating
lots and lands, apply my Office Henry Huntington
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
SPEARHEAO TO
HOLD MEETING
b. RESUMPTION OF DEVEL-
OPMENT WORK

A special meeting of the stock
holders of the Spearhead Gold Min
ing company will be held in Goldtield
next Monday 1t is more than prob
able that plans of the management
for the early resumption of opera
tions on company account will be ap-
proved and put into execution soon
thereafter.
Although no official announce
ment has been made to that effect.
it is quite likely that the company
will. following the meeting. prose-
cute the development of the proper :
ty upon a more thorough and COM
prehensive scale than ever before at
tempted. On account of it's location
adjoining the territory of the Gold
field Merger Mines company, Jum-
bo Extension Mining company and
the Reorganized Kewanas Mining
company, the Spearhead has ALWAYS
been considered as possessing great
mine making possibilities. especial
ly in view of the highly favorable e
suits obtained in early day opera
tiOns.
The holdings of the company coL-
sist of two claims. namely. the
Spearhead and Rose Bush, which
have been already developed to
considerable depth, There are three
shafts on the property. The main
shaft is 400 feet in depth while an
other is $50 and third 210 feet
deep. 1t is probable that the main
shaft will be continued down to the
latite-shale contact.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
.S|MMERONE IS
GETTING VALUES
VISITING OFFICIAL OF COH-
PANY PLEASED WITH CON-
DITIONS PREVAILING

Highly encouraging results are
being obtained by tGa management
of the New Goldfield Simmerone
Mixing company in the development
work being prosecuted on the 700
foot level of the property. Waiter
Trent of Reno, secretary and tre3s-
urer of the company, Who IS at pres
ent in camp on visit Of inspection,
expressed himself as much pleased
with conditions prevailing at tho
Simmerone as we'll as other proper
ties throughout the district.
After passing through 30~toot
silicified dixie, the southeast crosscut
on the level named at a point ap-
proximately $50 feet from the main
tact with the dacite and with it en-
cOuraging values. The last two
feet of the silicified material gives
paintings that indicate values of
around So a ton. Immediately ad-
joining this material and against the
dacite footwall there has been ex-
posed about three inches of quartz
that carries values of $50 per ton.
The point at which these values pre-
vail is directly under the G0-foot
winze from shallow tunnel which
Welded an excellent grade of ore to
lessees about year ago
The ore shoot disclosed by the
winze rakes to the south along the
vein and a drift from the crosscut to
catch the downward extension will
be rul after a raise, just started,
connects with the winze referred to.
It is expected that about 60 feet of
drifting will be necessary to catcl
the ore body and that total of
about rs feet of work required to
reach the junction of the vein with
the east and west ledge.
Mr.. Trent made visit of inspec-
ton this morning to the strike on
the 110-foot level of the Howard
Marine lease on the property of the
Diamondfield Black Butte Reorgan-
lied Mining company in the Dia-
'mondfield section. After viewing
the showing. Mr. Trent stated that
he had been agreeably surprised bv
his observations and gave it as his
opinion that the strike gives excel
lent promise of developing info
big ore body, He added: Il thought
that every vein of any size or com
mercial value in GOldfield had been
'ploughed and narrowed but my vis-
it to the Black Butte has shown me
that | was mistaken"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09

The various properties of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company
are splendidly maintaining them
selves in the production of ore. This
is shown in no uncertain manner by
the preliminary estimate of the out
put and earnings of the company in
September. which has just been
made public by A. H. Howe, secre-
tary and treasurer. The ore mined
and milled totaled $4,000 tons. The
gross extraction amounted to $780,
900 tons and the operating expenses
5000, leaving a net realization
of $4,000, which is slight in
Increase over the August earnings.
Jumbo Extension
With developments in the work
ings tributary to the Poleverda or
No shaft routine in character, for
the most part. interest in the Jumbo
Extension Mining company opera
tions is largely centered at present
in the continuation of the old Origi-
nal Velvet lease or No. shaft down
to connect with deep levels of the
former shaft, including the 1917
foot. Shaft No. has passed the
550-foot point and with three shifts
Of miners and machine drills is
being deepened at the rate of five
feet each day. When connections
have been made with the present lev
els of the Poloverda or No. 1 shaft it
will he possible for the management
to greatly increase operations in all
parts of the mine. The principal
nurpose in continuing shaft No. 2
down is to permit of the extensive
exploration of the northeastern sec
tion of the Velvet claim, which,
while possible. is impracticable by
way of shaft No. at present on ac-
count of the already heavy demands
being made upon it.
The most gratifying results contin-
lie to attend operations in slopes
on the shale segment of the big ore
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
SHAFT LINED UP
AND REP AIRED
EXTENDING CROSSCUT ON
0OO-FOOT LEVEL

Development work in the property
of the Silver Pick Consolidated
Mines company is going steadily
ahead under the direction of Genef
al superintendent Walter S. Nor
ris who recently returned from n
brief vacation. During the past
week the main 700-foot shaft has
been repaired and lined up at several
points where necessary. Although
no new finds have been made, the
conditions prevailing are encourag--
ing and the management is hopeful
of the future.
The new station cut at the 500
foot point in the shaft has been
completely timbered and crosscut-
ting from it to the east is now in
progress, the objective point being
the upward extension of the new
vein revealed more than a month
ago by raise from the east cross :
cut on the 700-foot level. The cross
cut is out now about 40 feet and It
is expected to reveal the vein with
IN tOtal distance or lOO feet from
the shaft
Drifting north continues on the
500-foot level from the west cross
cut The drift is exploring the old
Phelan lease vein and has thus far
been extended approximately 200
feet 1t is expected that it's con-
tinuation will result in the disclo-
sure of the downward extension of
the ore body exposed on the 120-foot
level of the leasehold about two
years ago. After sinking a winze
a short distance OH foot and a half
of 500 ore the lessees were unable
to handle the flow of water with
their equipment and were compelled
to abandon the work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
BLACK BUTTE TO
ASSIST lESSEES
ORE SHOOT IN MARINE LEASE
WILL BE EXPLORED EXTEN-
SIVELN

1t was officially announced tod av
that the Diamondfield Black Butte
Reorg laiEed Minina company w,ll
assist Howard Marine and associates
in the future development of the eA-
cellent body of ore opened up recent
ly on the 110-fOOt level of their
lease on the property, which includes
the old Dortsch shaft. The com
pany has placed an order for an ali:
compressor and three machine drills
to expedite operations. 1t is expect
ed that they will be delivered on the
lowing which the parent company
will temporarily suspend operations
tributary to the main shaft.
When Marine and associates inau-
.gurated work in their lease on Auy.
"a last, the southwest drift on the
110-foot level of the Dortsch shaft
measured 112 feet in length. After
it had been extended 112 additional
feet, the drift began to show val
ues which steadily increased until
Vic cApOoiHS OBiN tnt
wall of the vein, yielded ore that
averaged $240 per ton, according 10
assays made upon shovel samples
The drift has thus far been ex-
tended a total distance of 33 feet
in the ore shoot The face at pres
cnt shows foot and half of $40
ore, the remainder being mill dirt
In the extension of the drift, the
lessees have sorted from the Yell
about a ton Of high grade rock. th,
value of which is roughly estima ted
at $500, five or six tons of ore that
will run better than 800 per ION
and about Is tons of $50 rock. In
addition considerable milling grade
has been extracted. Mr. Marine
states that at the richest point III
the shoot he will soon start a cross
cut to determine the full width of
the vein, as we'll as raise and
winZe. When the compressor and
drills ordered are installed and
placed irto commission. the parent
company will resume the extension
of the southwest drift en- the 15G-
foot level of the Dortsch shaft 20
pick up the downward extension OF
the ore body
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
SEVERE 'QUAKES
ROCK GOlDf|ELO
SHOCKS ALSO FELT THROUGH
OUT NEVADA AND AJOIN-
ING STATES

Goldfield was rocked by a violent
earthquake at 1885 last Satur-
day night. There were really three
'hocks but they followed each other
in such quick succession that they
could be properly termed one dis
turbance, lasting, according to act
ual timing. % seconds. The move
ment at night was preceded at about
$50 o'clock in the evening by a
disturbance of about six seconds.
Although the shocks were most pro-
nounced in northerly and south
erly direction, the earth also shook
to lesser extent in an eastrly and
westerly direction, the disturbances,
taken as whole, being what might
be termed circular movements.
Although the quake in the evening
was not generally felt, the later dis
turbances were of such violence as
to awaken sleeping residents of the
camp and frighten those who hal
not yet retired. Many of the guests
of the Goldfield hotel, the largest
brick and stone structure in camp
and roomers in the First National
bank block and other stone and
brick buildings lost no time in leay-
ing their beds. Many of them, par
ticularly at the First National bank
building, rushed into the street,
some of them in their night clothes.
Many of the residents of the camp
also fled their homes until the dis
turbances ceased So far as known
little or no damage resulted from
the temblors.
Telegraphic reports reaching
Goldfield show that the shocks were
felt throughout the state, as well as
in Oregon, California, Idaho 2ud
Utah, and that considerable damage
resulted at various points. SO far
as known no deaths or personal in
jury were caused.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
PLEASED WITH
MINING OUTLOOK
ORE PURCHASING COMPANY OF
FICIAL SAYS INDUSTRY IN
GOOD SHAPE

After business visits to Salt Lake
City and San Francisco, Frank NJ.
Manson, a director of the Gold
field Consolidated Mines company
and general manager Of the Western
Ore Purchasing company. is a Wis
itor to camp from his headquarters
in Reno. He arrived this morning
and will spend few days here on
business connected with the local
plant of the ore purchasing com
pany.
THE mining industry in Nevada
is at present in better shape than It
has been for several years and rs
future outlook is more than plea sing
to me. / base my statement upon
the volume of busicess being trans
acted by the ore Purchasing com.
pany, which at all times furnishes
ea excellent index cf prevailing con
ditiOns.
Although | have been particu'a.-
" busy of late at ms office in Reno
and in making business visits to thc
coast and Salt Lake City, and in
cOIsequence. have not visited pes
sonally any OF the various districts
i'rr several weeHc. have kept II
lc.rh with cOnliil ms through "e-
ports received. which have on the
whole been very favorable. l nave
just received a telegram from Lose-
lock in Humboldt county stating that
the Rochester Mines company at
Rochester has revealed the main
vein in it's main tunnel, the dis
closure exposing a commercial grad,
of ore. To reach the objective point
the tunnel was extended into Nenzel
mountain approximately 1000 feet"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-10-09
PIONEER MINE IN
SPLENDID SHAPE
OPERATIONS ON LARGER SCALE
THAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS
PAST

Operations in the Pioneer Con-
solidated mine in the Pioneer dis
trict, south of Goldfield, are at pres
ent beng prosecuted upon more
extensive scale than for several
years and all mining, milling and
development costs are being de-
frayed by the production. A state
ment to that effect was made by w.
j. Tobin', president and general man.
ager of the mine. who is at present
a business visitor in Goldfield. He
further states that the company S
ten-stamp mill is operating on an
average of 16 hours a day and that
a recovery of 80 per cent is being
made nv amalgamation. The
tailings are being impounded for flu
ture treatment.
Development work incident to the
exploration of the big vein outcrop"
ping on the old Rickard leasehold of
the property. which yields good sur
face values, is going steadily ahead
At the 75-foot point in the old lease
shaft which was sunk to a depth of
900 feet by Tex Rickard and as
sociates, northwest crosscut is
being extended to cut the vein. 1t
has thus far been advanced 40 feet
and it is calculated that an addi-
tional like number of feet of drlT-
ing will be required to reach the OBJ
iective point. The vein dips to the
northwest on an angle of so degrees
On the 110-foOt level of the main
shaft, the new northwest crosscut,
designed to reveal the northern ex-
tension of the East Bonanza ore
body. has been advanced 60 feet. 1T
is expected that about 40 feet more
will be necessary to catch the veln'
On the same level the East BonaLZa
stope is being advanced on IL feet
of milling ore of good grade
Twenty feet of ore of similar
grade is being broken down in the
extension of the Bonanza stope prop
er to the northwest above the 15e-
foot level. All above the 25O-foot
level the milling" stOpe is being eX-
tended to the southeast on 1 5 feet OF
milling ore. The northwest crosscut
on the 324-foot level was recently
resumed and now measures approx
imately 200 feet in length. 1t is the
plan of the management to raise at
intervals from this crosscut to the
ore bodies above. which lie very flat,
to permit of economical extraction.