davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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shoulders, and a good thing for the de-
positors too. There was even VIII j.
Robinson, Jr., of the Pine Hill Dye
works company, who had brought In
orders that set the concern on its feet.
there was good reason to believe, in
just the nick of time. Compare all
these and a good few others with his
own young hopeful, and which name
got the best Of it?
Inc boy was attractive, too; his father
a always liked him. Perhaps that
was one of the chief troubles. Even as
a little child he had never flown into
tempers or had hateful ways. His own
winning and noncombative DISPOSITION
a been the chief means, no doubt, of
warding off the disciplines Of life. He
was amiable and good looking in an un-
obtrusive way, and everybody liked
him. To look at him impartially you
would not have thought he lacked char
acter, unless you yielded too much to
your prejudice against a slight lisp and
an otherwise somewhat finicky way of
talking. He did not run into debt now,
nor overdraw his allowance, or at any
rate not very much; he had never done
so much. and in college he had got
fairly good marks, as nearly as his
father could make out, and had won his
degree Of A. B. without too obvious diff
iculty. Didn't the precious sheepskin
hang framed on the wall of his room.
surrounded by a veritable picture gal
lery of college glee clubs and elevens
and mines? Cyrus Martin had been
credibly informed that you could not
actually graduate from Harvard or Yale
or Princeton without some portion of
mentality. Where did 1t show itself In
Rodney? As a boy he had had his
flashes of c~leverness and wit; what
propensity had been revealed in them?
Ransacking his memories, old Martin
could not remember what they were;
had they been merely the subjective
readings of fond parents minds? Why
was Rodney 81 different from old
Clark's boy Ellery?
Well, perhaps Clark was a good deal
of a buffer in this instance. Martin
must call the bluff and win out some
how in the matter of this bet. or his
life would not be worth living.
He rang the bell sharply for Johnson.
his butler, prepared to have a pretty
sharp twinge of govt If the summons
was not promptly answered.
ANY n call this afternoon, John
SOM" he asked. when that silent footed
dtgnitary appeared.
Johnson took a silver tray from the
table near the hall door and glanced
downward at 1t stifily.
1.-THE Countess de Beaurien,' he said
impassively.
who's sheT" asked Mr.. Martin.
II don't know, sir. She couldn't
speak a word of anything but French.
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Marie was of today, sir, and nobody
else could get anything out of her
She claims she had a letter of intro
duction to you from your Paris part
ner, NJ. Rivard."
HAS Rivard lost his mindF' mutter-
ed Martin. Was she old or young or
pretty or what?"
81 couldn't say, sir. You can't some
times always tell with them French
ladies. SIR"
"a letter from RivardT' muttered
Martin. II don't believe IL. He's new
er given II one a letter to me with
out tipping me off. Johnson. hand me
that fat red book In the lower right
hand corner there"
Johnson did 50, and MIR. Martin be-
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said, that my education las been neg
lected. L regret that 1 was o better
educated, ma'am,' he said to me-"
Mary went on in imitation Of John
sons inimitabIe manner Nothing
like this has aver happened to me be-
fore, miss. but l can't make her com
prehend anything I say. She just sits
and waits"
What was she like p demanded Mr..
Martin, laughing too.
We'll, she was really rather fascinat-
ing" Mary began, taking her cue from
this encouragement. And stunning
too. The French always are, don't you
think? And she had IN a duck of II
dress. She walked straight in and
looked straight at me and began to
jabber like a streak of lightning. The
French fairly flew out of her mouth.
l told her 1t was impossible for her to
see Mr.. Martin-that he was confined
to the house by a eve attack of govt,
n couldn't she leave her messenger"
And did sheY'
well, her message sounded some
thing like this: Observation-Disclosures
Je.
suisric b e m OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
RICHIE. Sij Observation-Disclosures
AFFA1RE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
francspour cetteAGGENCE. ""+'
Mr.. Martins mouth fell open with
amused establishment during this IT,
rade. He had once met a young wo-
man who could make a noise like Sara
Bernhard without knowing more than
half a dozen words OF French. But
Mary Grayson beat her.
well, WELL" laughed Mr.. Martin:
Its a wonderful language, French
isn't it," said Mary. so finally we
tried signs and pantomime. | made a
wild, sweeping gesture at her to show
b II you were out. She ratified on
worse than before. Then | pretended
johnson was you. Mr.. Martin, and I
showed him out Of the door and shrek.
ed 'out9 Sometimes If you talk loud
enough 1t seems as If they might un
derstand you, but this one didn't. And
then she began to act at johnson and
me too. She evidently wanted to know
when you'd be back, ~whereupon l ran
over to the clock and pointed violently
to the figure s.
Il told Johnson neve to let her in
again unless Marie was here to inter
pref her" said Mary In conclusion.
Quite right" said Mr.. Martin. by
the way" he added, eying his pretty
secretary shrewdly, do you think she
was after Rodney? Was she young
enough for thatT'
Some women are never too old for
that, are they. Mr.. Martin" she said
coolly.
He glanced at her furtively u mo-
ment, as she patted back her hair. look
Ing pleasantly at the cracking Ore.
There had been q time in those early
days, when she had first come to him,
to try her hand at a secretaryship,
when she had reminded him alternate
ly of her two parents. 1t was In loyalty
to N of them that he had given her
a chance. Sometimes, in a flash. there
would be a ~curiously vivid suggestion
OF her mother in her-something In the
way she raised her head and looked ut
him. a sound In the tone Of her voice
as she said good morning. Such mo-
"NhS' ioi "a iohS LIue, gave Olu hluT-
tin a sharp pang that he could not ig-
more even in his inmost heart. Then
there was that even sharper twinge
and a c~uriously less pleasant one. when
b reminded him Of her father. He
had been a handsome dog in his day
Rob Grayson-there was no denying
that.
An idea was taking shape In Mr.
Martins brain pan: II only he could
put 1t over.
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RICH ORE NEAR KETcHUM.

Two 6-horse sleighs loaded with ore
from the Vienna mines reached Ket-
chum Tuesday evening, and left on
the return trip wednesday morning
for another load When the next loads
reach Ketchum there will be enough
of this ore to make a car shipments,
and Manager Tustin intends to ac-
company the car to the smelter at
Salt Lake.
This will likely be the richest car of
ore ever shipped from Wood River,
samples running as high as 34O0
ounces in silver and 1914 in gold to the
ton. This ore comes from the Solace
mine at Vienna which was large
producer in the sos.
This body of ore is new discovery
in the mine and seems to be increas-
ing in size as 1t Is developed.
After taking the car of ere to Salt
Lake, Manager Robert Tustin will re-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-09
Engineers Should Talk More
mining & Scientific Press)

In recent issue an observant cor
respondent undertook to prove that
engineers do not talk enough. He
argued that most of them were I'M
able to do themselves justice In so far
as they lacked the faculty to use words
freely for the purpose of arousing the
interest of others, particularly posi-
BILE clients, in their affairs or the af-
fairs they purposed to make their
own. Apparently our correspondent
considered that engineers fail to make
themselves interesting to the non
technical, but highly financial, persons
that supply the sinews of war in that
industrial arena where the business OF
mining is promoted Talking will en-
nance the engineer" he says.
This is q new doctrine. Like many
exaggerations, it contains a modicum
of truth. Let us disregard the irrele-
vancies and dwell upon the suggestion
that engineers should learn to ex-
press themselves in a clear and inter-
esting manner to non technical per-
sons, and that the possession of any
ability Is enhanced in it's practical
value when other people are made
pleasantly aware of it. Undoubtedly
the ability Of an engineer to explain
mining or metallurgical operation to
a client is apt to impress the latter
with the engineers powers. And the
client won't be far wrong. Clear ex-
preston is preceded by clear think
ing. Moreover the understanding of
any operation or of any problem Is
furthered by the effort to state 1t in
explicit terms and in logical SEN
fences. An ineligible and pictorial
of an engineering opera
ton is an excellent step in the thor
ough understanding Of 1t, first by the
engineer himself, and then by his cll-
ent. One of the best ways of clarity
ing ones ideas on any subject is to try
and explain it to another person.
Another phase or the question OF
is the intensely human
that in order to inter-
est others one must be interested in
them. No man is likely to speak con-
unless he is keenly aware
Of his auditor That means sympathy
The man who talks and gives informa-
ton is likely to elicit information in
return. One of the best ways of gain
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-09
Revision of the Mining Laws.
Engineering and Mining Journa

| Great interest is being exhibited in
/ the convention to be held in Washing
ton on December Is, 1915, which was
called by the Mining and Metallurgi-
cal Society of America and Is to be
conducted under its auspices. The
purpose of this gathering of mining
men Is to urge upon congress the de-
sire OF the citizens engaged in the
mining industry that the mining laws
Of the United States be revised as
speedily as possible. Upon this there
appears to be remarkable unanimity of
opinion. 1t Is agreed, moreover. that
there should be no piecemeal revision
out a thorough. coordination of the
whole system; and that a new law
providing for this should be drafted
upon the basis of the findings and re-
concentrations of commission to be
appointed by congress to study the
subject. Upon these principles the
Mining and Metallurgical Society of
America, the American Mining con-
gress and the American Institute of
Mining Engineers have taken formal
action in perfect agreement, while
many of the local mining societies Of
the country have done the same thing,
The need for revision of the min
ing laws has been agitated for a
good many years. Society after soci-
ETY. has voted in favor of it, commits
sion after commission has recon- |
mended it, but the final step to bring |
It about has not yet been taken. There |
are certain reasons for this, such as
the inertia of congress, the opposition
u certain persons who conceive that
their private interests will be adverse
y affected and the hugeness of the
ASK OF writing a new law. In dis
eussions of this question some con-
sressmen have offered to introduce
md push any bill that the mining So
'ieties would put in their hands, but
his was beyond the means of the So
'ieties. The preparation of such
the work to be
done-is a task involving
great deal of time and expense This
$ why the study of the question, the
earring of opinions and wishes in all |
arts Of the country and the drafting
f bill should be delegated to COM
Mission of congressional authorization. {
UGH points as these ought to be
rought out in the forthcoming con- /
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

10 James Silk, his heirs or assigns.
lou are hereby notified that in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sec.
tion 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
ene United States and all the acts
amendatory thereof or suppIementaI
thereto, requiring annual labor upon
mining claims, | your eo-owner, have
expended in labor and improvements
Tor the years 1912, 1913 and 1914, the
sum of $500 on the Okanogan No. .
lode mining claim, situated in Placer
Center mining district, Shoshone coun-
~, Idaho; and If within ninety 600
days after the expiration of this no
tlce by publication you fail or refuse to
pay your proportion of such expendi-
ture, amounting to one sixth, or 1855
Tor each year, or a total of $50 for the
three years. your interest in said min
inging claim will become the property
OF the undersigned, your co-owner, az
provided by law.
O. B. OLSON
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ing knowledge is to give away the lit
tie that one has. That is where the
laxative man scores, always suppos-
ing that he talks intelligently and to
some purpose. Secretiveness meets
with secretiveness. Moreover, talk
gives form to thought as the SUR
shapes the pebble on the beach. Frank
speaking about things in ones mine
may lead to the formulation of gooe
Ideas and prevent the making Of bat
blunders. The ventilation of an idea
often leads to fresh thought being
brought to bear upon it, Two heads
are better than one, even if one be Q
numskull, for the latter may serve as
a strop on which to sharpen the edge
of wit, When a wise man meets ?
blockhead, it is the part of wisdom to
use the latter as a dull audience and
think aloud in the effort to shape an
idea or to arrive at a conclusion. The
thought when spoken presents itself
differently from the form 1t has while
lying half dormant in the brain The
Presence of the blockhead, like the i'm
purity in chemical solution, may suf-
flee to precipitate the thought into
crystalline form.
Owing to diffidence or laziness some
engineers talk but little and condemn
those that talk freely. They may be
Fo11 ind lad ho ic
anatomical modification, that most
separates man from the lower animals
1t Is mans supreme distinction that
he can convey thoughts by words and
perpetuate that thought by writing
Some of us fail to know or to be
known for lack of this means of inter
communication. Like two castaways
at the opposite ends Of a desert island
we gaze upon the sullen sea of life
without cultivating the sympathy and
that can only come
from friendly interchange of expert
ences. All, there we have it: exchange
of experience! The failure to make
that exchange is the greatest engin
eering waste and the most obvious
cause of inefficiency To prevent that
of priceless knowledge, of
men, things and events 1t Is we'll worth
while to encourage talk, more particu-
larly among engineers, as brother to
a brother; senior to junior, to give
advice; or junior to senior, to give
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-09
NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has lost or misplaced the
following described certificate Of the
capital stock of the Black Bear Con-
soldated Mining Company Limited,
to-wit: Certificate No, 1876 N. S. for 500
shares.
Notice is further given that the I'M
dersigned is the rightful owner and
holder Of said certificate and that the
same stands on the books of said COM
pany In the name of the undersigned
All persons are hereby warned
against negotiating or attempting to
negotiate the above named certificate
and that unless the same is recovered
within thirty (S0) days from date
hereof application will be made to the
secretary Of said company for the is
suance of a duplicate certificate there
for, in like number and amount in lieu
thereof.
L. f. HILL,
Postoffice Address, Davenport, Wash
ington. D2-30-5t
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turn to the mines
price of radium for the last or 3
years, according to the bureau of
mines, has beer from 100000 to $780,
900 a gram.
"The result of the ability of the
bureau of mines to produce radium
for $37 900 a gram" said Secretary
Lane, has made 1t possible for two
great hospitals In the country to OBJ
tain goodly supply of radum for use
in the treatment of cancer.
1.-THE bureau of mines produced this
radium in cooperation with what II
known as the National Radium Insti
tute, which was organized for the pur-
pose Of studying the curative proper
ties of radium, and not for private
gain
cat this time, there were 16 to 20
grams Of radium contracted for abroad
chiefly in Germany, at prices above
100000 a gram Seemingly the war
has not affected the market price, but
simply the amount produced"
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vonPpany, held on the goth day of No
neLlDer' 1915, DIT the office of the con-
p paa "a an assessment of five 90 mills
per snare was levied upon the capitaj
SOCK OF the corporation. pavahle an
- De.ofe december 20, 1915, To otto A
as isSoii' secretary treasurer, at the Of
nee Oh the company, Wallace, idaho
ANY stock upon which this assess-
iiseI u remains unpaid on the 2Oth dav
oL december, 1915, will be deIinnuent
ana advertised for sale at public a1r,
ton, and unless payment is mad ~
dore IN fuil' together with the costs of
ss o. thereof, figured at 20 cents
Tor each certificate advertised. will he
soid on the goth day of January 1afS
at S;oO p. m. at the office of the com.
pany 70 pay the delinquent assess
i ne thereon, together with the costs
OIL advertising and expenses of sale,
OTTO A. OLSON.
'7evretafy- treasurer of the Hypotheek
Mlnlng and Milling Company: Office
IN Eagle Block Wallace, Idaho.
N9E-n1G .
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To Phil Hamilton, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sec
ton 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States and all the acts
amendatory thereof or supplemental
thereto, requiring annual labor upon
mining claims, l. your co-owner, have
expended in labor ard improvements
for the years 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914
the sum of $500 on the Okanogan No
2 lode mining claim, situated in Placer
Center mining district, Shoshone
county, Idaho; and if within ninety
tso) days after the expiration of this
notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to pay your proportion of such
expenditure, amounting to twelfth
or $3.50 for each year, or a total of
1892 for the four years, your interest
in said mining claim will become the
property of the undersigned, your CO.
owner, as provided by law.
Sl6-D23-15t o. B. OLSON.
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er's tract. The source of the irrigation
water is the creek flowing through the
land, supplemented by the novel ar
rangement of pumping drainage water
from sumps in the drain lines, the
power line for pumping plants also
supplies power for domestic lighting,
/ pumping and cooking.
Cultivation at Cost.
Reclaimed swamp land must of me-
cessity be cropped for several years
before becoming suitable to perman-
ent hay or meadow crops. The Farms
company, after the first tillage, plows,
seeds and harvests the grain crops for
the tract owners, charging them the
actual cost of these operations This
obviates the necessity of landholders
owning tillage machinery and horses
sufficient for the work, which would
be impractical on such small areas.
AS an aid to their building operations,
the lumber department of the COM
pany provides lumber at cost plus
small handling charge, and several
carloads of lumber are kept in stock
on the ground.
Many owners whose means are linn
tied have built temporary houses that
houses when more costly homes can
be afforded. In this connection the
company has made arrangements
whereby land purchasers having their
loan on easy terms to help with their
building operations.
Children Are Enthused.
Plans looking toward the develop
ment of the interest both of the par
ents and children in their homes and
the enterprise are being worked out.
A most successful agricultural exhibit
and fair was held by Opportunity res
idents in the school building October
9 and 10. The interest shown by the
children was an inspiration and the
exhibits a revelation even to the COM
pany officers who had shared in this
development. Despite a heavy snow
and rain, between 500 and 600 persons
came to the little fair on October TO-
Next year greater things are promis-
ed-a school garden competition for
the children, a pig club and a sheep
club and a bigger Opportunity fair,
This year one tract owner showed 2S
kinds of vegetables. Cows, pigs,
chickens, turkeys, duck, geese and rab-
bits were shown. The best part of the
fair, however, was the interest shown
by the children.
Centrally located in the enterprise
Is a 65-acre park through which a
clear wooded mountain stream flows.
The school house is in the park and
the Anaconda Country club is now
building club house on a tract adj
jacent to the park and a golf course
has already been laid out.
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sept23-tf.
NOTICE.

70 All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un,
dersigned owners Of the Snyder Wood
Spider, Sidetrack, Tunnel and Right
of-Way lode mining claims, common
ly known as the Terrible Edith group
situated in Summit mining district,
county Of Shoshone, Idaho, will not be
esponsible for any debts or obIiea-
tons however incurred by any person
or corporation whatever. for any work
done upon, or for any machinery or
supplies furnished for or used upon
said lode mining claims, or for any
contract debt, lien or obligation made
or incurred in respect to scid lode
mining claims.
Dated this 14th day of January, 1915
WASH SNYDER,
JAMES r. WOOD.
LYMAN WOOD.
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BIG NITRATE CONCERN
TO OPERATE IN IDAHO
VIEWS OFFICE IN CALDWELL
WILL DEVELOP A DEPOSIT
NEAR HoMEDALE.

considerable surprise was manifest
here when it became known that the
American Nitrate company, which
plans to exploit the nitrate beds be-
tween Nyssa and Homedale, had es-
tabilshed chemical laboratory and
assay office in this city. For some
days now experts in the employ of
TINS concern have been working in an
onice located on Fifth avenue. lust
southwest OF the interurban line sta
ton, says a Caldwell dispatch.
Harry Wilson has charge of the MI
trate company's activities In this seq
ton. Besides him there are several
other men already here, including p.
ii. McClintock and Chief Engineer
Jaquish Mr.. Wilson maintains his
office In the Saratoga hotel.
Development Soon.
Not much development work Is be-
ing done at present in the nitrate beds
this big concern intends to open up.
This is said to be due to the fact that
litigation over titles and leases is still
- PioSiSSS' Ille ColIlpdHy expects TO
eventually control about 1000 acres of
lands on which there are immense de-
posits of commercial nitrate.
Price Scars High. q
In times past a great portion of the
nitrates used In this country has been
imported from Germany. Now that
this source of supply Is closed the
price has advanced to about eight
times what 1t formerly was and 1t Is
urgent that all possible fields in this
country be developed While a few
other sections of the United States
have nitrate beds, none are larger In
extent or promise better as to quality
han the deposits near Homedale. 1t
s believed that the mining of this
chemical will be developed into an
important industry in this section.
1t Is said that the American Nj
rate company enters the field with
unlimited financial backing. 1t is in
10 sense a stock selling organization
tut Is already a thoroughly organized
with great volume OF
business in this industry.
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NOTICE.

All Whom 1t May Concern:
--otice is hereby given that H. G.
Aougee, the owner of an undivided
one-sixth interest in the Virginia min
ng claim, situated in Beaver mining
district, county of Shoshone, Idaho,
will not be responsible for any debts
or obligations however incurred by
Patrick Burke, or his assigns, or by
any person or corporation whatever,
for any work done upon, or for any
machinery or supplies furnished for or
used upon said Virginia lode mining
claim, or for any contract debt, lien
or obligation made or incurred in re-
spect to said lode mining claim.
Dated this 21st day of May, 1914
My28-Ag27-tf III. G. LOUGEE.