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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
DANGER OF WAR NOT INCREASING

AT this distance from the Atlantic coast the people
are not inclined to become unduly excited over the dan
ger of war. Here the people are very busy and going
there is a great deal of apprehension all through the east
over the possibility of this nation becoming involved acr-
lively in the European conflict. In New York and Wash
ington little is talked about except the prospects and
dangers of war. The conditions back there are reflected
III the stock market reports, which frequently state that
stocks are depressed because OF a renewal of the fear Of
war.
However the United States is a long way yet from
being in the war, and it may be believed with the utmost
confidence that a clash with any foreign country will be
avoided. Probably the situation is no worse just now
than it has been at several times since the war began in
August, 1914 1t is true that there is d danger; as long as
the war continues the situation will be critical. Some
thing may happen at any time to involve this country
actively in the world trouble. But there is nothing to be
gained by becoming alarmed over the situation. The
people are justified in having confidence that the Judi
cious handling of our foreign relations which has kept us
out of war thus far will prevail in keeping us from war in
the Standard.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
STORING COPPER FOR FUTURE USE

Several months ago we hazarded the opinion that
the prices of the chief base metals would continue to
benefit from the intensified demand created by the war,
ami that when hostilitieS ceased there would come a sup
Elementary demand for the work OF reconstruction and
rehabilitation in the countries devastated by warfare,
writes T. A. Richard in the Mining and Scientific Press.
We note with satisfaction that an authority so likely to
hc we'll informed as John d. Ryan, the president OF
the anaconda Copper Mining company, has stated re-
gently that it is the belief OF himself and his co-dlrectors
thar during the continuance OF the war, the consump-
ton OF copper will at least maintain its present level, and
that peace in Europe will bring an enormous demand for
copper in all the countries now al war, to replace depleted
stocks and restore industries in which the metal is IN
dispensable.'
Ii is said that while the German chancellor was as
serting that the supplies OF copper in Germany were
ample, his speech was nearly drowned by the noise made
bv Norkmen engaged in removing the copper roofing
Of the Reichstag. This, OF course, is apocryphal, but
MANY a true word is said in Jest. There is the other story
that German purchases of copper in large amount have
been made in New York during the past SIN months with
a view to storage until shipment becomes possible. AS
to shat also we do not know, but such action would be
quite in accord with German foresight. The Japanese
also are reported to be storing copper.
1t does seem highly probable, almost certain, that the
destruction of metal during the war, whether IN ships,
machinery munitions or utensils, will require to be re
placed, while at the same time the resumption OF industry
will renew a large part of the normal consumption.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
DANGER TO BUREAU OF MINES

Legislation likely to injure the bureau OF mines IS
threatened by the bill H. r. I53, which seeks to create a
bureau OF labor safety in the department OF labor, and by
H. r. o42o, which aims to transfer the bureau OF mines
bodily from the department of the interior to the depart
ment of labor. We urge the friends OF the United States
bureau of mines not to overlook the danger of a hasty
change that will end or cripple all the good WORK now
under way. Important legislative measures do OCCASION
alv slip through owing to mere oversight on the part OF
those having real interest in the subject. The Mann bill,
H. R. 153, passed the house on January 10, after 1t had
been amended by a provision stating that nothing IN
this act shall be held to repeal, modify, or affect any
other act of congress already in force. This provlso IS
supposed to save the bureau of mines its labor-satety
work, but it would not prevent the bureau OF labor safety
from duplicating a great deal of the work being done by
the bureau of mines and thereby undermining its status.
Tn the bill making appropriations for the bureau OF mines
this wear it was provided that no part OF the 100000 ap-
propriated for metal mining work should be used tor
work authorized or required by law to be done by any
other branch of the public service 1t is obvious, there
fore. that there are influences at work 1n1nn1cal to the
bureau Of mines, which has won the cordial esteem OF the
mining public and deserves to be upheld IN every way
Dossib1e-Minin and Scientific Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
LOOKING LIKE THIRTY cENTs-oR BETTER

Tbirtv-cent wool. thirty-cent copper, th1rtycent
zinc and thirtv-cent eggs-but, wait awhile, eggs are
not down to thirty cents; they are fifty and Sixty M
in places seventv-five, but they are coming DOWN d ue
same time the metals are going up, and the naPPy ieSWl
will be. it is believed, thirty cents all round Tor the Ghrel
products OF the state, and then everybody Will be happy
Let the lowly egg go down to two bits; Dut let te
metals stav away up there in the aristocratc figures ana
all will be we'll on this side OF the MISSISSIPPI away
back in 1888 wool went up to about thirty cents, but at
that time copper was not near that figure and zinc wasn't
thought of in the west.
The price OF eggs tuctuates as the seasons colne dhu
go-war doesn't concern the hen; she scratches ground
and gets there Just the same, in an out OF season. When
the weather is extremely cold she does the very tmnS
every other lucky and sensible white man doeS-sne IL
on her perch and listens to the cock Growing and blnks
her eve with an indifference characteristic OF one VINO
doesn't care whether school keeps or whether the entente
or the central powers win.
everywhere in evidence long enough to ponder and reject
you will conclude that prosperity is here, all dressed up
in its best nday-go-to-meet1ng ra1ment.
They do say that the demand for wheat next tall Will
be so great that the price will mount to figures OF enor-
nous proportions. 1t is only a prediction based on past
performances, as it were, and wheat may not go above a
dollar and it may go to two dollars.
There is something in the atmosphere conducive to
high prices, and il will not surprise anyone in touch with
conditions financially and industrlally II prices OF the
products of the soil and the range mount to the high reg
lister of the scale and remain there long after peace shall
have been declared in Europe.
Now is the time for all good men to make hay while
the sun shines. Also a good time to make copper, zine,
wool, wheat, hay and potatoes. The hen just will not
Iduced to increase her output. But eggs are a luxury that
can very we'll be omitted from the list OF necessities. But
We want copper, zinc, gold and silver and the other things.
On with the festivities.-AnacOnda Standard.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
MINING IN THE WINTER MONTHS

Criticisms are often heard of the management of
small mining properties which suspend OPERATIONS during
the winter months, says the Mining Review. The idea
seems to be that such action is a loss of valuable time.
But the real truth is that the critic is either ignorant OF
actual conditions or else puts his love OF the almighty
dollar above the value of human lfe-that is, other lives
than his own.
The man who has spent even a single winter at a
great altitude. and who knows the ~hardships and diff
part of existence there, never criticises such action on the
part of the directors; he rather commends them tor not
expecting their fellow men to accomplish the well nigh
impossible.
1t is not the difficulties nor the dangers which effect
mems minds in these places, though those are generally
the real reasons which determine the management to sus-
pend operations. They will seldom admit the danger, al
ways real and ever present, OF the snowsllde; nor OF be-
ing overpowered by cold or even starvation during the
billiards which often extend through weeks at a time.
Nor is it the difficulties of getting supplies, the long trips
on ski or snowshoes, over treacherous snow and ice packs,
and often with the mercury hiding in the bulb of the
thermometer. These are the real reasons tor closing
down in winter-the danger, coupled with the lmpossl-
bility OF securing supplies or OF shipping out ore. .
But there is another side which the critic should
take into consideration; the human side. For there IS
probably not another place in the world so bleak and
cherries as a snow-bound mine far up in the mountains,
and shut of from all communication with the haunts OF
man. 1t is the utter loneliness which men dread; the
lack of amusement, the bleak, white hills, the chang
ing, drifting snow, ever deepening, and the mourntul
dirge of the wind, day and night and week after week,
never ceasing, until the whole upper air seems peopled
with restless, moaning spirits. 1t proves too much for
the average man, and turns the best natured among them
into surly cranks, and finally makes men glare at their
friends as though they would like to chew them up and
spit them out. And too often they even attempt it.
1t would be a good thing If the shareholder who COM
plains about the cessation of work at these times could be
forced to spend a winter at the property. Let him take
the responsibility of getting the supplies in and the ore
out; of keeping a force of men at work without having a
sma11-sized war on his hands; let him face the bitter cold
and dangers, and enjoy the pleasures of life in a frozen
country, where modern conveniences are absolutely un-
known. And let him endure the utter loneliness OF the
bleak and desolate outlook which spreads before him for
month after month.
1t is safe to venture a guess, without fear Of contra
diction BY the man who knows whereof he speaks, that
long before the coming of spring there would be a very
noticeable change in the way the stakeholder regards the
question of working at a great altitude throughout the
winter.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
DEMAND ARISES FOR NEW METAL

Another uncommon mineral that has come into
prominence by reason Of the war is Ozokerlte or mineral
wax" The only two districts where ozokerlte is mined
in noteworthy quantity are Borys1aw in Galicia and Utah
county in Utah. The devastation OF Ga'cla, and the
absence of exports from that province. has caused the
price of the mineral to rise to As cents PEI pound. \ Dill
for treating the Utah ore is to be erected at the Soldier
Summit mine. Tn 1913 the quantity imported was l..
14I $40 pounds valued at $4,000, or slightly over seven
cents a pound. Ozokerite is used largely for the manutac-
ture of photographic records.-Mining and Scientific
Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Despite a record production of spelter there is no
available stocks on hand, some orders being placed as
far ahead as the first half of 1917 at very attractive prices,
The better grades, such as the Bertha and Horseheal.
are commanding prices of 40 cents a pound and better.
American manufacturers are paying as high as Fl cents
for ordinary brands for immediate shipments. Orders are
being placed for shipments throughout the year. at prices
IS high as Is cents. Large orders are coming from
france and England for spot at prices around 20 cents.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Secretary Lane in his annual report speaks of the ne
cessity for a new set of mining laws. "The old code he
says, is so elaborate and complicated that the best of
brains can not tell what the law is. The truth seems to
be that between mining engineers and mining lawyers
the rules of the game have been refined into obscuritv:
and if congress were TO say to the president that he might
select three men familiar with mining laws and miners
difficulties to suggest a new mining code to congress, it
would, believe, be giving in earnest a new freedom to
the mining industry
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04
NO SUCH THING IN AMERICA

There should not be complaint in this country about
thc higher cost of living when the rise in the prices OF
necessities in Europe is considered, says the Anaconda
Standard. The British board of trade makes the estimate
that The average increase in the retail prices of food in
England since the beginning OF the war, taking the coun-
try over, is 40 per cent. In the month of January there
was an average advance of two and one-half per cent,
while flour and bread went up in that month six per cent.
The British statisticians offer, perhaps as a matter
England. the rise in prices Of necessities is still worse on
the continent. They figure that the average advance in
prices of important articles of food in Germany has been
81 per cent, while in Vienna the advance has been II3
per cent since July, 1914.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Aggregate sales OF copper totaling 2oooooooo
pounds, valued at above 100000, were made Decem-
Der p, the greatest sales for a single dav in the worlds
history. One block OF I34r4oo,ooo pounds was sold to
the British government by the Anaconda Copper com
pany OF Montana, which is also a record for gigantic
deals. The market is now swept bare of spot supplies of
copper.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Preparedness item: Charles M. Schwab says the
bethlehem steel plant can turn out 50 per cent more arms
and ammunition than the Krupp works. This means ever
50 mach more than so per cent in excess OF the output OF
any ammunition plant owned by any OTHER European
power.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

George w. Perkins saws he is a republican of the
ABRAHAM Lincoln-Thomas B. Reed James @. Blaine-Wil-
liam McKinley-Theodo Roosevelt brand. That ought
to settle his political hash.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Teddy's ~adherents maintain that the republican part,
is catching up with him. Still therey're a little dubious
about what will happen if William Barnes is first 70
reach him.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

The position of the European governments toward
peace is not likely to change until there is a little more
pronounced shift in the position OF their armies.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

AS to embarking on threatened ships. there never
was q time better fitted to see America first.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

IF the Moewe has been captured the reason mast be
that II didn't have enough coal to get into Newport News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-04

Political spring has opened in Chicago with a plenti
fui supply of mud.
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

How the estimate of woman's beau
ty has changed in these last 25 years!
Despite the ever-increasing frivolity
OF our dress we no longer admire the
delicate feminine types, the fragile
flowers. as one might call them, of
long ago. With summer athletics and
hygienic living at other times, a new
type has been created-the bonnie
American girl can do things and still
seem beautiful.
Now do you know what is at the
bottom OF this great change in looks
IN the type of American woman now
thought ideal? The modern woman
has begun to use the lungs given her
by nature for the storing up OF phys
zeal energy. and which we're once COM
pressed with tight lacing and starved
with the silly indoor habits thought
necessary for the preservation Of com
plexions and the refined" air once
admired. She has learned to breathe,
or is learning the need OF better
breathing, and the best lessons she
can get on this important subject are
those which come with outdoor sports
OF all sorts,
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15


goose. 1t was pacing about in q con-
sequential way, as though aware Of the
extreme appreciation of its owner. 1t
was still honking. but low and Groom
ing. as though talking to itself.
Daily report, all the same. old
Honolulu" approved Jared. 81
wouldn't care to part with you"
Honolulu was a bird OF passage,
strongly domiciled in an alien land.
A wild goose of superior endurance
and flying power, 1t had landed down
in the poultry yard among other more
civilized fellows about year previ-
Gus. There was a jagged wound in its
neck and as Jared came to examine
this, he found imbedded within 1t the
broken off stone head of an arrow.
1t was by pure accident that this
arrow had played an important part
in the fortunes of Jared. He CHANGED
to relate the incident to a college pro-
fessor. whose fad was archaeology and
kindred sciences. The professor took
an interest in the circumstance. The
arrow head was one Identified as used
by an obscure tribe in the Sandwich
Islands. 1t was apparent, therefore,
that Honolulu had winged a memoir
able flight over land and sea thou
sands of miles, to domesticate itself
in an humble poultry yard in a strange
land The incident of the long flight
{. the fowl was published in several
scientific journals. the name of Jared
was duly used, and he was pulled up
greatly when made a member of the
National archaeological society.
That was not all As he became
familiar with Honolulu and got to
studying the fowl, he discovered that
the intelligent bird was a natural
weather glass. That "Honki Honk!"
clarion note was Inverse, but depend
able. In time Jared could translate
the circumscribed goose dialect to q
point where the changes in the baro-
meter were vocally announced and
rain, wind or murkiness predicted two
days in advance with unerring accur-
acy. and Jared Dunn took due credit
to himself for his invincible weather
representations. never mentioning
Honolulu as the source OF his erudite
efficiency. ---s7. i
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

His operating tools consist of a cup
like sucker at the end of his tail and
another at his mouth. Also at his
mouth are three semicircular, sharp
toothed jaws, which he works togeth-
er like a saw. With these he cuts his
way through the scales of fish and
reaches the blood.
Then the leech's wormlike body be
gins to expand. He has IL pairs of
sacks in his stomach, and he must fill
all these before he is satisfied. He
drinks until he is from two to three
times his natural size.
The leech is liveliest in day time
and at night he curls up for a nap.
When winter comes he buries himself
in the mud and waits for warmer
weather.
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
LEIGH ONCE HIGHLY PRICED
In Days That Have Long Gone BY the
BIoodsueker Was Considered
Of Value.

Our great-grandfathers regarded the
ieech as sort of first-sid outfit IN
case of sickness. In the days when
blood-letting was a popular panacea
the physician would have worried less
over the loss OF his pill box than over
the death of this little worm. And
SO long as bloodletting was popular
there was nothing to match the eff
cheney OF the leech.
Nature fitted him for the task to
which the physician adapted him
Long before he was used on humans
the leech was performing operations
of his own on nsh. frogs and other
neighbors OF his in the mud and slime
At the bottom Of his marsh home
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

"A funny thing happened last
night" she was telling him as they
were seated in a car You know
those two girls who have taken such
a fancy to me. don't know why?
Well. dined with them in their stu
dio. 1t was a lovely little dinner
they had got up for me. 1 was about
to sail in. when all of a sudden they
looked at each other and one OF them
said: Shall we say graceT Certain
ly.' the other said. And with that they
bowed their heads and said silent
grace. I bowed mine. too. and did
the same: but / must say 1t was the
first time I'd ever seen such thing
done in a studio where only Bo-
hemians are supposed to live"
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
The Weather
Prophet
By GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN

Copyright 1876. by W. G. ChapmanJ
"Honk-honk!"
Grabbed. miserl. old Jared Dunn.
seated on the porch of his low one
story house, bent his ear and listened
intently.
"Ho-o-onkl"
His thin sour lips formed an express
sion of comprehension and satisfac-
ton. He smiled in an eerie way.
You beat EN- all. old birdl" he
chuckled, land get the credit for It,
Mornin neighbor," he bobbed to a
passing acquaintance-'mowing?"
Meadow strip hay, yes.
Get 1t in afore Wednesday. then"
advised Jared, with wise look at the
sky.
Wet spell?"
Sure thing. within twenty-four
hours"
The sky was clear and spotless, but
Rufus Dawes quickened his step. II
there was one weather-versed man in
Bridgeton. It was Jared. He never
prophesied wrong. The almanac might
err, the signal service bubble. but
Jared never made a mistake. Hence.
his neighbor hobbled OF at an accel-
Grated pace to save his menaced hay
crop.
Then Jared Dunn, double-faced old
skeesicks that he wasl ambled enjoy
ably around to his extensive poultry
yard. 1t was with eyes of pride and
exultation that he viewed one particu-
lar fowl among the numerous. This
was a gloriously streaked and crested
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

81 wonder II it amt a fake that
horseshoes has luck?"
No; a horseshoe hit me once't,
an l was took to hospital an fed an
rested fer two weeks"
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

TRAIN SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE FEB.
TrH. 1918
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-21
LUCY Gates AT
The TABERNACLE

1t will be good news to Logan to
hear that her newly acquired famous
resident Lucy Gates Bowen, Is to give
Ms an evening of song before she
leaves for New York.
Miss Gates is busily preparing for
ner Grand Opera season which opens
soon in New York, where she sings
in connection with some of the IA
nous Metropolitan Opera House stars
in a series of Mozart operas. And
although added to this preparation Of
her opera season she Is giving a few
concerts here and in Idaho before
leaving she still finds time to play
the hostess in her new home on Cen
ter street.
For those who do not already know
1t may be interesting to learn that
Miss Gates is essentially domestic as
well as very musical. Last winter In
New York, she was often seen on the
great Washington Square Market, the
farther end OF Manhattan Island at
o'clock in the morning, buying her
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-21

vegetables and fruits for her small
household to be sent in a large bar
rel once a week uptown to her apart
ment She always met many OF the
social and brilliant women of New
York who did their own shopping at
this open market. Among those who
20 there weekly were her own init
mate chums, Mrs, William Loeb bet
ter known as Billy Loeb, Mrs. Chas.
Scribner, the wife of the big maya
zine man; Mrs. Bob Davis, wife OF
the famous Bob Davis, editor Of the
Munsey publications
These women made n point OF meet
ing every Friday morning at the mar
J ket where they thought little, Wis
tied a good deal and had great fun
( generally. After shopping they
trooped over to the famous Childs
restaurant for a belated breakfast, at
ter which came the parting laugh and
Jest and back to society or to the
concert hall they flew