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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-20
Fire Losses During 1914.

FlFe Losses During 1919.
In the 80 largest cities in Wiscon-
sin the insurance losses paid in 1914
amounted to $2,451, 1886, against
which the premiums paid amounted to
$4,922, 1891. Thus $20049 was paid
in premiums for each 800 returned
for losses. These figures are from
the compilation of premiums and
losses returned by the fire insurance
companies to Commissioner of Insur-
ance Herman L. Ekern with the pay
ment of fire department dues for
1914. The fire department dues for
the 35 cities amounted to $98,476.01.
Watertown leads the cities with the
lowest fire loss, followed closely by
GAINESVILLE, Fond du Lac, Marinette,
Racine and Sheboygan. These all had
losses of less than 20 per cent of the
insurance premiums. Madison has a
good record with a loss of $40, 809.33,
against $18S,49717 of premiums,
loss rate of 26.4 per cent, which makes
a premium payment of $378.78, for
each 500 of losses.
Milwaukee, with loss of 81 ,020, 453,-
II against premiums of 115,85385,
had a loss rate of 48.2 per cent, max
ing a premium payment of $20747
for each 500 of losses. Only five cit
les had losses in excess of the pre-
miums. These are Ashland, Monroe,
Superior, Chippewa Falls, and the
worst record is held by Kenosha, with
losses of $165,115.91 against 6,34195
in premiums. The loss rate was thus
1872 per cent, which, however, is so
per cent above any of the other cities.
The premiums paid by Kenosha only
amounted to $500 for each $100 Of
losses.
The total certifcations of fire de-
partment dues sent by the commission
er Of insurance to the secretary of
state and state treasurer on April 80
amounted to $133505.23 The war
rants are being drawn by the secretary
Of state and the remittances are be-
ing sent out by the state treasurer
By special arrangement, the fire de-
partment dues for Milwaukee, amount
ing to $42,356.60, were paid on May 1,
to relieve the funds of the necessity
of sale of bonds to meet claims.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-05
Mine Rescue Contest, 100 p. N.
Judges.

j. C. Roberts Engineer Charge Station
H. East, Foreman, No
H. Chisholm, Miner Ca No 3
by Calumet & Arizona Band
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fessional societies, and members of
the bar; the latter have included mem
bers Of the regular stan of the Bureau
of Mines and Of the personal STATS of
members OF the committee The com
mitee has sought to obtain many
points of view and to summarize many
experiences The draft that has been
prepared Is not offered as the last
word upon this subject There are
many phases of this subject with
which the committee has been unable
to deal thoroughly Thus the com
mitee confesses its inability to formu-
late at the present time adequate
rules covering the important subject
Of ventilation of mines Similarly
there are many practices in opencut
mining, by steam shoyels, etc, regard
ing which the committee has felt I'M
able to formulate rules We feel
however, that the rules so far prescrib
ed may advantageously be applied 10
open mining whether it be simple
Quarrying or the extraction of metal
liferous mineral. as well a sto under
ground mining"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-05
BIG MINING MEN
ISSUE RULES
To PREVENT
ACCIDENTS
Committee Consisting of James
Douglas, W. R. ingalls,, J. P.
Charming, W. R. FinIay and
John Hayes Hammond Reports
OBJECT is TO MAKE
UNIVERSAL MODEL LAW
Research of Committee Has
Been Very Extensive and Is
the Result of Observation of
Most Extensive Character.

A publication Of considerable inter
est to the metal mining districts of the
United States has just been issued by
the Bureau of of Mines, under the
title. Rules and Regulations for Metal
Mines" It is to be known as bulletin
rs and the authors are w. r. ingalls,,
j. Parke Claiming, James Douglas,
James r. Finlay and John Hays Ham
mOnd The committee was originally
appointed at a meeting of the Amer
lean Mining Congress at Denver Col,
in November, 1906, and its object was
the drafting of a modern law govern
ing quarrying and metalliferous min
ing which could be recommended TO
the several states for adoption, in the
hope that the passage Of such uni
form law by the mining states would
tend to lower the number of fatal and
serious accidents
When the committee took up its
work it found that Colorado, Mis-
souri,. Montana and New York were
the only states that had enacted min
ing laws of broad scope applicable "a
other than coal mines. California, Ari
zona, Idaho, Kansas. Michigan, Mime
sofa. Nevada, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon. South Dakota, Ten
nessee, Utah Washington, and wy
oming were found TO have statutes
pertaining to metalliterous mining bur
with few and incomplete safety pro
visions.
This committee Of the American
Mining Congress did considerabl,
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chief usefulness of the code OF rules
that we have formulated will be to
small operators, who frequently en-
gage in unsafe practices without
thinking about the matter at all There
is a reasonable hope that our report
will be educational value to all min
ing operators.
THE act that we have drafted may
be regarded from two angles-from
the legal and from the technical.
With respect to the latter we have
had in mind the conditions and prac-
tice OF mining existing and prevailing
in several parts of the United States.
In our treatment OF the matter from
the legal standpoint, IN which we
have had the advice of good lawyers,
we have refused to clothe the in
spector OF mines with the optional
powers that are given to him under
the laws OF many OF the British col
onies, and, also we have refused to
convey to him the sweeping power
that is given to health inspectors in
some of our own states.
The code of mining rules that has
been finally drafted by the committee
is the coordination of the experiences
opinions and suggestions OF a great
many men who have assisted the com
mittee in an advisory capacity and a.
directly employed aids The former
! have included many engineers actively
engaged in practice, members OF pro
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Music by Copper Queen Band.
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(c) Underwood & Onderwoc

work along this line and made a num-
Der of reports. In April, 1911, Or. JO-
seph A. Holmes, director Of the Blu
reau of Mines, invited the committee
to serve as a committee Of that bureau
with the idea of preparing final draft
of a law and this was accepted.
Starting with a composite of eX
listing laws, the committee by success
sive stages endeavored to work out a
general law that would embody the
best mining thought of the lay be
in accord with approved modern min
ing practices. and yet at the same time
be effective and practical in opera
ton and not merely collection of
rules and regulations to be disregard
ed or enforced at will
The committee in discussing its re-
port says:
we have found that a great deal
of interest and attention among mine
operators has been awakened by our
advocacy of improved means for pro
noting safety in mining. However
We are under no illusion that our
recommendation will be Immediately
and generally adopted We consider
our work TO be especially of educational
character rather than anything else
II viii be useful in three main ways
We think. as follows:
81 As a basis for state legislation
"2 AS a basis for private systems
of inspection.
&c. AS a collection of simple rules
for the guidance Of everybody en-
gagged i'm mining.
Since the publication of our frs
report several states have adopted
new mining laws and amended theiI
old ones. In this connection our code
has served some purpose; for example
in the drafting Of the laws that now
stand on the books of the states OF
Nevada and Arizona, We do not ex
pect that any state will at once adopt
an of our recommendations, especially
those that are essentially of lega
character We offer them as what VIC
think ought to be and hope some day
will be.
since our first publication, further
more, most of the mining companie.
Of consequence have adopted inspec
tion systems OF have at least framed
codes of safety rules. which hav,
been based to a large extent on ou
code, notably so in the case OF th'
Gle, Gland Cliffs Iron Company. Thi
tendency, in fact, has become one o
The most important phases IN the ia
tional movement for safety first
This is the gratifying eonsummatiol
that we had in mind Unquestionably
also, the widespread adoption Of stat
laws providing compensation for In
pured workmen has helped the safet.
movement by making accident pre-
/ yention worth while.
I'VE consider, however that tn
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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-05

New Eddystone plant of Remington
Arms Co will employ $4,000. AS high
as So a day is being offered to expert
tool makers, which machinists and
men of other trades will get from So
to 81 day.
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DINNER.
Country Club, 7 p. NJ.


Country Club p. NJ
For members Southwestern Mine conesng
invited
Speakers AMI Subjects
POSTMASTER Gerald sherman Dept,
NJ. o
announcement OF the winning teams in the Rescue
First Aid
Welfare Of Employees Stuart w.
Helping the Miner
First Aid the Injured WOODBURY.,
Mine
Dominion M. S.
Mine Work Salisbury
United Verde
Demonstration Work, by
Company Team
Some Versions Of Safety First Lantern Stiles
a large al Riverside California.
Meetings Of the Southwestern Mine Safety
A NJ. and p. NJ.
meeting place
from the NJ c. A Fellows
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Safety First Will Be
Reigning Feature In
District on Monday

Second Meeting Of the Southwestern Mine Safety Association
will Be Held in the District Tomorrow and Tuesday; Meet
ing Is Tribute to the District Where the Pioneers Work in
the Direction of Safety First Was First Made
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-05

History of the Movement the Southwest DcoseS That Local
People Were the First to Recognize Value and Apply 1t in
Every Direction; Employees Found to Be the Best Friends
of Safety First and Their Cooperation Made 1t Efficient
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MINES, MINING, LOCAL STOCKS AND COPPER
PROGRAM
CONTESTS
Warren Ball Park, Monday, September Labor Day.
First Aid Contest $3.50 A. NJ.



Arizona
Copper teams
old Dominion
united verde Copper Co .l team
Calumet teams
Consolidated Mining ................. team
Major Rand 18th Infantry
Captain Bryan 18th Infantry
Lieutenant Christensen
by Copper Queen Band
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Mine Rescue Car No Of the Bureau Mines
Saturday evening and will be stationed spur
The will
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

to make 1ewelry just as this IS made
 So Noorian opened up a jewelry shop with eager patrons waiting from the start. He sent for h1s brother. who had been toiling at the jewellers bench all the time in Kurdistan, ana together they opened a workshop in this country
 What about the wonderful Ameri- can methods of making jewelry by ma chinery?" asked Noorian's brother when his brother asked him to set up shop just like the one at home.
 Noorian laughed. "The Americans have had enough of that kind of jew elry. It is for us to teach them, not to learn from them"
 Later when they were sure of sue cess the Noorian brothers sent for ali their family to live with them in the land of freedom and plenty and to hand down the ancient traditions or their fathers in this country.
 That was the beginning of the craze for Oriental jewelry. Since then other Oriental jewellers have come to this country and American jewellers have learned to initiate them. With the re- vived interest in things Oriental-with Oriental plays and Oriental fashions in women's clothes-the demand for Oriental jewelry has increased and Noorian's business has felt the benefit of this increase
 Not long ago Noorian got word from a Persian prince who had suffered financial loss in the disturbances in that country, saying that he had a rare turquoise for sale. It had been a priZed possession in his family for many years and had been bought and sold and fought over and stolen by the princes of Persia for centuries. The
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cious metal In one ancient temple they came upon what they afterward called the jewellers shop" In this room there was a large wooden box filled with products of the jewellers art of remote antiquity. These were knob-shaped ornaments of magnesite, pieces of lapis lazuli and bits of gold, turquoise and malachite just where the hand of the jeweier had left them ages before.
 Everywhere the party went there were evidences of the jewellers art, signets that dated from the dawn of history engraved with the figures of divinities of the earliest inhabitants of Babylon. It was the same work manship, the same art, thought Noor- ian, that his father had taught him in the shop in Kurdistan.
 From time to time, as he went about with the expedition, Noorian would buy pieces of the marvellous jewelry he saw-jewelry that was val uable not because of the intrinsic worth of the stones it contained, but because of it's antiquity, it's rare work manship or beauty. In his collection were signets taken from the tombs of the ancient Babylonian kings, cam eos from ancient Greece that had been collected in the markets of Bagdad, Roman necklaces of wrought gold, precious stones worked with texts from the Koran in kind of enamel work unknown to modern jewellers He had heavy barbaric armlets and anklets taken from the harems of the princes of Persia and Turkey, and most prized of all his possessions, a piece of polished agate that had formed the eye of sacred bull in an ancient Assyrian temple.
 Noorian came back to America after his work with the expedition, and while the scholars who had gone to study the old records were displaying the baked bricks of cuneiform writing Noorian exhibited his collection oi jewels. That was in New York some twenty years ago. People came tc Noorian's exhibition eagerly, and were delighted with what they saw. Women of wealth saw new possibilities for the setting of their jewels. They willingly bought all of the pieces that Noorian was willing to part with and then begged him for more.
 Opened Shop in This Country. Cant you send to the East and have copies of these pieces made fol us?' they asked him.
 T will make them myself said Noorian. For 1 am a jeweler by trade. and in my fathers shop learned
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RiahtfuI Interpretation.

''The accepted theory that a hen cackles after laying an egg because she is proud of herself is mistake" said naturalist. ''The explanation of the rooster's answering crow as one of congratulation is also mistake.
 The cackle is a relic of bygone days when fowls were wild. Then hen. desirous of laying an egg. retired from the rest of the fowl community. By the time she was ready to join the other fowls they had wandered some distance, and she did not know where they were. She then cackled, and the rooster, hearing her, answered with crow, and thus informed the hen of the whereabouts of the tribe."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17
Make Your Wills Simple.

It is astonishing that in spite of the constant overthrow of complicated wills testators insist on trying to tic up their property in ways which the law does not allow because contrary to public interest. A dead man has no rights save as granted him by the state, and the state has properly linn ited them. Those who cannot take their property with them often have a feverish and almost insane desire to tie it up for long time, and this seems to be largely a matter of pride and often of ostentation. The local courts have just upset portions of will in part because of statutory de- ficiencies and in part because public policy was against making a spectacle of a tomb.-Philadelp Inquirer.
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Grease on Carpets.

An excellent paste for extracting grease from carpets is made by mixing fuller's earth with little ammonia. The mixture should be quite thick and should be applied with a lavish hand. Let 1t remain on the carpet overnight, then brush 1t off with stiff brush. Sometimes it is necessary to put on second supply. If the colors of the carpet are delicate and there is danger of discoloration, the ammonia may be omitted. Should the tone of the carpet seem to be dull after the grease is out, the color may be fresh ened by sweeping the carpet with moist salt.
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the Tigris-Euphrates valley were made to give up unhoped-for stores of historic records, And while the other members ot the party spent their time deep in studies of the ancient country Noorians duties were manifold. When the grand vizier refused to let the party pass their rifles through the custom house 1t was Noorian who had to smuggle them from one steamer to another by lowering them in a rubber case from the shady side of his row. boat. Later, when the Arabic mule teers employed by the party stole the mules and hid them in a cave under the city, 1t was Noorian who was di- rected to fog the muleteers to the point of returning the animals. When at last the party got to Nippur it was Noorian who contracted and bar gained with the natives to make the excavation and later kept 300 of them working in the trenches. He coaxed and scolded and tested and humored these stubborn sons of the plain to do their work without which the expedition would have been in vain When they went to the city of Nejef to visit the sacred tomb of Ali, it was Noerian who made his way at the risk of his life into the sacred precincts to catch a glimpse of the Shrine
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present owner wanted to sell 1t, so he offered it to Noorian. Knowing the demand of the American public for unique jewels and knowing the value of the stone, Noorian accepted it at the princes figure. That is how he accumulates his stock of jewels for the American trade.
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Found Stores of JeweIry.

But as they worked in Nippur, through the stifling heat and humid ity, subject to native violence and fickleness. each day brought out a new hope for treasure. When at last the treasures did begin to pour out from the excavations it was Noorian more than anyone else who appreci- ated the jewels and articles of pre-
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Approval.

You approve of your wife's public speaking?"
 "Yes," replied Mr. Meekton. "rd rather she told her views about eco monies and sociology to the throng than have her handing them out to me as little bedtime >stories.'
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Anyway, a man never has to worry about a ventilating system for his air castles
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A scientist states that fully two thirds of woman's pleasures in life are derived from her ability to shed tears at will
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Have Hanford's Balsam on hand for accidents. Adv.
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Smile, smile, beautiful clear white clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
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Why don't you take day off and get acquainted with yourself?
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 Busy Readers.

Mrs. Doreas Brazzell of Dubuque, la, convicted of the murder of her husband at her first trial, about year ago, was given her liberty at the opening of her second trial
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

Sheriff Butts of Peoria county, nl, announced that the mittimus commit ting Newton C.. Dougherty, former. superintendent of the Peoria schools, to Joliet penitentiary had disappeared from his office.
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Unbecominq.

How do you like my new hat, dear?"
 Off."-Boston Evening Transcript.
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The supreme court has formally granted the application of the state of Virginia for permission to sue J. P. Morgan for the return of the will of Martha Washington. The state alleges the will was taken from Fairfax coun- ty courthouse during the civil war and eventually was sold to the late J. P. Morgan.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

Two dirigible balloons are to be bought for the United States navy. They will not be as large as Zeppe- lins, nor will they be of the rigid type. Bids for the dirigibles will be adver- tised for within week.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

Twenty-Five thousand dollars was the value placed on an arm by a jury in the supreme court of New York The same jury a short time later placed the value of mans foot at $5,000.
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Statistics on Swiss trade show im- , provement in the past few weeks This condition is due to orders from England for great quantities of wrist watches for British soldiers.
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The expected drop in the price of bread, which was raised by the big New York bakers on Feb. 10 from 4 cents to cents a loaf wholesale and from cents to 6 cents retail, has taken place.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

It is reported from Vienna that Elm peror Francis Joseph has ordered that all the gardens surrounding the inn perial palace be used for the raising of cabbages to provide food for the people.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

President Wilson is working out a budget system of government expendi- lures for submission to the next con- gress. A budget system is regarded as doubly desirable at this time, be- cause of the effect of the war upon the governments revenue.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

The state department received word from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin that the German war office had told him all waters surrounding the Shetland and Orkney islands are in the war zone
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

More than 15,0O0 laborers and un- skilled workmen in the Clyde, Scot land, shipyards have decided to strike if an increase of 2 cents an hour in their wages is not granted.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-17

A bill which would authorize the state railways to purchase or charter steamers for the transportation of coal and other commodities of first ne- cessity was presented in the Italian parliament. The measure is designed to counteract the effect of steadily in- creasing ocean freight charges.