davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Big Strike Made
In French Flag Mine

A strike of no small Importance
Was made this week in the French
Flag mine. In sinking the winze
from the 235-foot level to connect
with the 315-foot level, a streak of
ore has been encountered that
measures two feet in width and
has value of $1,000 per ton.
Several years ago this winze was
started but on account of the i'm
mense inflow of water it was
abandoned, though good ore was
showing in the bottom at the time.
Now, as the mine is drained, there
is no more trouble on account Of
water. The lower level is being
driven ahead and will under-cut
this ore body within the next few
feet. For the last hundred feet or
more there has been a good streak
of ore in this level that returned a
value of 5000 per ton. Captain
G. S. Ripley. Fcsident manager.
and Steve Harper, the efficient
foreman of the property, are very
much elated over the new find,
and well they may be for from the
present indications the French
Flag mine is destined to become
one of the best producers in the
county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Biz Strike In Ottawa
Mine AT Alice

John F. Kaminky was down from
Alice last Saturday with IA ship
ment of seven tons of ore from the
recent big strike on his Ottawa
mine. The returns from the mill
showed a value of 2.7O ounces gold
and 2.4O ounces silver per ton.
This lot of ore was taken out by
Mr.. kaminky himself in only ten
days WORK. and is from a streak 20
inches wide. The ore was en-
countered in the upper level, aud
is one of the best showings made
in the Alice camp for several years.
1t is the owners intention to
drive the lower level ahead and
under-cut this ore body $50 feet
below the present workings, and
at the same time keep the present
workings in operation.
In addition to his smelling ore
he has about so tons of mill dirt
which is now being shipped to the
Argo mill in this city.
The mining outlook in the en-
tire camp of Alice is better and
more encouraging than it has been
for several years. More properties
are being worked and with better
results, and a more optimistic feel
ing is in the atmosphere every
where,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
COnvictS Earn $lO4
Picking Up Tungsten

John Q. Morrison, superintend-
ent of the convict camp in Boulder
Canon, has deposited a check for
S1O4 to the credit of the men. 1t
was given by Boulder tungsten
buyer and represents profits to the
convicts from tungsten ores picked
up while building a new road from
Boulder to Nederland.
The men already have more
than $3.50 to their credit from this
source. 1t will be placed on inter
est and each convict will be given
his share upon expiration of his
term.
There are thirty-two men in the
camp at the present time. Work
is going on in the heart of the
tungsten belt and each piece of
rock is closely examined for the
black metal. .....
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Train Service will
Be Cut Short

The Colorado d Southern has
announced that after Tuesday, Oct.
II. they will tax e off the train that
comes up in the morning and goes
down in the evening, except on
Sundays when the service will be
regular 1t was at first announced
that Sunday, Oct. Is, would be the
last day of the service, but on ac-
count of the postmasters' conven-
ton which meets here on the 10th
and 18th, the railway company has
agreed to continue the service two
more days.
While the service as contemplate
ed is the same as has been given
for several years past, its inaugur-
alton is meeting with more protest
this year than heretofore. The
citizens of Clear Creek county, and
particularly the business men, are
emphatic in their declaration that
business conditions this year are
very much improved and that the
G.. & S. can well afford to give us
adequate train service and not
throw damper on the community
now when we are surely on the up
grade.
A meeting of business men was
called Wednesday afternoon at the
Opera house to talk over the situ-
alton and devise some method of
procedure to induce the railroad
company to continue the service.
1t was decided to present the prop
osition to the officials of the road
in business like way, and a COM
mittee was appointed to secure
signatures to petitions. The peo-
pie of Georgetown, Empire, Silver
Plume, and in fact every part Of
county, have joined with Idaho
Springs in the request.
The support of the Denver job
bers will also be enlisted in the eff
fort to induce the company to with
draw their announced plans.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Good Air Will Circulate
In Capital Mine

The drill hole which was started
by the Capital company some years
ago with a view to obtaining a
circulation of air, was cut by the
Onondaga Mines company, operat-
ing through the Kane Adit, on
Wednesday of this week. This
was the goal that the Onondaga
company had in view when they
started to operate through the
Kane Adit some three months ago,
and is the first step toward the
completion of the connection with
the Capital up-raise, which will
alleviate the bad air factor in the
Capital, which for years has proved
one of the greatest impediments
in the operation of the Capital
properties.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

servant. He is the ideal judge of
the Juvenile court. As parent,
a director in the public schools, and
with large sympathies with the
youth of the county he is especial
ly adapted to the work of the
Juvenile court.
Judge Graham is vigilant, capa-
bic and industrious. He is law.
yer, trained in all the details of the
law concerning the administration
of estates. He has served this
term upon the uncertain pay based
on fees, and since now the office
will be on a salary basis, the Sift-
ings believes that he is entitled to
second term as Judge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

Would it not be well for parents
who have children attending school
in the town to take interest enough
in the schools and their children to
visit the schools at least one time
during the term. We hear parents
complaining of the schools, who
have no more knowlege of how
they are being conducted than a
resident OF China has. We do
know that strangers have
gone away and said that we have
the best schools of any town in the
country. What should the people
of town feel prouder of than
good schools? What will bring a
good class of people to any town
more rapidly than good schools?
Parents, go to your schools and see
for yourselves, and don't accept
idle reports about your schools
and the teachers as facts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Jury Is Drawn
For Fall Term

District court will convene next
Monday, October 8, and number
of serious criminal cases are set
for trial. Sheriff A. E. Straub
has been busy this week serving
summons on the following list of
prospective jurors:
George Everly, Geo. W. Ford.
Arthur d. Brown. Oscar johnson,
j. n. Ogden, Nathan Weinberger,
Horace Jones, Carl &. Danielson,
F. A. White, Ray Jones, James
Young, Edward Fisher, B. A.
HoIley, L. Lindall, Charles Wood
ward, R. F. Staley, John Morrow,
Fred Downs. w. /. Shaffer, George
Dory, John Meyers, Thomas Egan,
Walter A. Funk, Sol Weinberger
all of Idaho Springs; E. G. Bauman,
Frank Falkner, George Old, John
Ecklund, William Walthers, Joseph
McGerr, Edward Holcombe, all of
Georgetown; Thomas Green,
Dumont; William Buckley, Leon
Poirson, Silver Plume; James Fitz-
morris, w. H. Nichols, Freeland ;
Pete McDonongh, Empire; Peter
Sweeney, Alice; A. Lawson, Law
son
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Angelus Dining Room
Has a New Owner

Mrs. NJ. B. Graef has disposed
of her Angelus dining room to 81.
s. Adams formerly of Boulder, who
has already assumed charge. Mrs.
Graeff has retired to her home in
Grass Valley. while Miss Lulu
Graeff will remain with the new
owner.
Mr.. Adams, the new proprietor,
is restaurant man of experience
and there is every reason why he
should succeed with the AngeTus,
which has always enjoyed a good
patronage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Big Alice Mine
Will Be Started

1t is reported by good authority
that the big Alice mine is to be
started up at a very early date.
This is indeed good new, as start
ing this mine mesns much, not
only to the camp Of Alice, but TO
the entire county. That the Alice
mine is the biggest and best mine
in the county is conceded by every
body who is familiar with or has
examined it. George w. Hold
ridge and other high officials of
the Burlington railroad are said to
be the hackers of the enterprise,
and if so it is safe to say that the
mine will be exploited as it never
has been sin the past, and it will
soon be placed in the ranks of the
other big dividend paying mines
of the state.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

Thomas Slater is now operating
the Anchor mine and mill and
treating a large lot of mill dirt
from which very good results are
obtained. The Anchor mine is one
of the old locations of the camp and
has put out quite a lot of high
grade ore, and is yet but a pros
pect and needs development to
make it one of the good mines of
the county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

Young man, that beautiful girl
whom you worship as a pillar of
unadu1terated sweetness doesn't
contain even three ounces OF sugar.
1t has been shown by analysis that
a young person weighing 154
pounds is composed of o6 pounds
of water, ) pounds of the white of
eggs, a little less than pound OF
glue, 34N pounds of fat, 81
pounds of phosphate of lime, 3
ounces Of sugar and starch, 7
ounces of chloride of calcium, 6
ounces of phosphate of magnesia
and . little ordinary table salt.
Blue points on the half shell, 25c
a dozen. John son,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Arrested In Denver

T. o. Garrabrant, aged %, a
young man of Idaho Springs, was
arrested in Denver Thursday
charged with forgery He passed
a number of bad checks in Denver
stores, making small purchases and
securing change.
Garrabrant was also wanted for
passing bad check on Joe Penesh
of this city and Dad Cain made
two trips to Denver without locat-
ing him. The Denver authorities
have him now and he will prob
ably serve a term at Canon City.
He was only recently released from
the state reformatory but seems
not to have reformed. He comes
from a good family and his acts
are very much regretted.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
For County Judge

Judge Royal
r. Graham has
served the peo-
pie of the coun-
ty as probate
judge for t h e
present term and
is conceded by
all to have been
a faithful public
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

Have you noticed the big Kan
sas bananas" now on exhibition in
the Siftings window? One was
grown by Miss Mildred Jones at
her home on Virginia st. and has a
stalk heavy enough for cord wood.
The sunhower meas ures II inches
in diameter. The other specimen
comes from Grass Valley and is
the tallest member of a large fam
lily thriving in the back yard Of
the j. w. B. Smith home. Tommy
Jones says "no wonder it grew so
tali'.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

W. A. Haggott, president of the
Merchants and Miners National
bank, was in the city yesterday and
today attending to business mat
ters.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06
Brief Mining Notes

Charles List of Denver, with a
party of friends, motored up from
that city last week and inspected
the workings of the Calvin mine
i'll which they are interested. The
entire party expressed themselves
as well pleased with the showing
in the mine and will increase the
working force within the next two
weeks.
w. S. Hall has opened up fine
streak of ore i'll his claim, that from
assays taken shows a value of five
ounces gold per ton. Mr.. Hall has
been quietly developing this prop
erty for two years and not saying
anything and has had some very
good ore, but the recent strike is
better than anything that has been
encountered
George Winnemore Of St. Joseph,
Missouri, arrived in the city last
week and will remain for while.
Mr.. Winnemore is heavily interest
ed in the mining business here, and
will probably do some extensive
development work during the
winter, mostly on the Two Kings
mine in Hukill gulch, of which he
is the principal owner.
The Clara mine, owned by Henry
Walder, still keeps up It's reputa-
ton as big producer of the yellow
metal. Mr.. Walder has taken out
from this property in the last five
years several thousand dollars and
has large amount Of ore in sight,
and there is yet hundreds of feet of
virgin ground to be exploited.
The Reynolds Bros. have an ex-
cellent showing in their Meteor
mine and are keeping their mill
busy all the time. They have a
streak of mill ore on the plats. that
returns from one ounce to one and
quarter ounces gold per ton
while the concentrates carry value
of from $4,000 to $500 per ton.
Work on the Yukon property is
progressing very nicely and the
showing improves with every foot
of development. The new build
ings at the portal of the tunnel are
nearly completed and everything
Is being put in good shape for the
winters work. No attempt will
be made to mill any of the ore this
winter but it will be stacked on the
plats until spring, when the
company will build mill at the
portal of the lower tunnel that will
be of sufficient capacity to handle
the entire output of the niue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

21 good meals for $3.50 at the
Club hotel Consider the conven-
ience.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-06

Paint brushes, glass and oils at
Machops corner drugstore.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07

ROPE FOR THE KICKING cow
System Described in Which Milk-StooI
Is EIiminated-Much Better
Than Being Kicked.

Tie the COW about the neck with
rope in bowline knot. Tie the
other end of the rope to the manger
or post, leaving about IS to 20 inches
Next place the pail on the ground near
the COW, but at Il distance great enough
to keep her from kicking it. Put your
head against the cow just about the
flank (there being no stool in this
syStem). If she starts to kick the
contraction of the muscles under your
head warns you and you must start
to push against her with all your
might. If you start soon enough she
will not kick as the shove you give her
with your head causes her to think she
will lose her balance and she keeps her
feet on the ground to prevent falling.
In the event of her succeeding in
getting one foot raised. be sure to keep
good hold on her tcats and don't
stop pushing against her. In a few
lessons the COW learns that ii is not
safe to raise her feet and YOU can just
place your head as stated and lean
against her. OF course, this is very
tireSOme ut first, but 1T is much better
than being kicked and after you get
the "knack" of the thing you will put
the milk stool in the junk heap.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
ORCHARD
GLrANlNO
PROFIT FROM HOME ORCHARD
Good Returns Can Be Obtained by Pay
ing Attention at Proper Time
Won't Stand Neglect.

That the average home orchard Is
liability rather than an asset Is thing
much to be regretted. However, this Is
true, for some orchards are too much
neglected to produce even good home
supply of fruit. Such an orchard Occu-
pies valuable farm land on which 1t
PAYS neither taxes nor interest ON the
money invested. The orchard Is not ut
fault it Is the owner. If Il grain crop
or bunch of live stock was neglected
it would return even less than neg
lected orchard. But with attention ut
the proper time the orchard, like the
grain crop or live stock, will yield good
returns. The experimental work con-
Quoted for a number of years at Pur-
due has demonstrated that orchards
Gun be made paying investments.
The net profits Of properly man.
aged orchard will average $126.34 per
acre every year. These results may
be obtained from the average neglected
farm orchards. Every farm should
have an orchard, but it should not be
so large as to demand more attention
than the owner can give it. If proper
attention cannot be given the fruit
trees it is better that they be cut down
and the space they occupy be given to
other crops.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
DOES MOVIE ACT; SUES CITY
Rochester Man Goes Through Some
Rough Work With Auto
on Road.

Rochester, N. Y.-Arthur e. Brown
did about everything expected OF a
sapstick motion picture comedian out
the Scottsville road the other night.
according to his adventures as told
in a claim for $11O filed against the
city.
Mr.. Brown was operating an auto
mobile through an unlighted detour,
when rear wheel went into mud con-
siderably over the rim and refused to
bulge. Brown went around to the re-
calcitrant wheel and tried to pull the
car free. Instead, according to the
complaint, this happened:
II sank deep into the soft earth or
ashes and fell into hole filled with
iron, tin cans, sticks and other sorts
Of rubbish, sustaining a deep cut or
cash on my right hand, bruises on my
left side directly under my left arm,
a severe Earring, causing me to become
sick, sore, lame and disabled, and
am still sick, sore, lame and disabled,
and my suit of clothes worn ut this
time became soaked with filthy water
and mud and is ruined, and my eye
glasses were Jared from my nose and
were broken. A sharp iron projecting
about two feet broke the right eye
glass and tore the right corner Of
my eye"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
WHY BUSINESS HOUSES FAIL
Because OF Incompetence or lnexperl.
ence, Says Bradstreet-Way to
Get Experience.

Bradstreet attributes, more than
quarter of the business failures to In
competence, and another five per cent
to inexperience. Our intentions are
all right, but we haven't been able to
stand the strain.
We have all of us seen businesses
which have prospered, have expanded,
and have eventually gone on the rocks.
They were prosperous as long as all
was under the eye of the proprietor.
When he had to delegate his authority
things began to go wrong. He could
fix things himself, but there were get
ting to be. too many things to be fixed.
He had always looked into everything
personally. AS the business grew, he
resembed more and more Il marathon
racer on the last lap. If he had an
iron constitution, he didn't join the
wreckage on the coast of southern
California; but in any case the bust
ness ceased to prosper, and was sold
or helped to initiate the bankruptcy sta
tiSticS.
or course, In America, the great
god Luck will very often see n corpora
ton through such periods, writes
Dwight l.. Farnham in the Engineer
ing Magazine. Not long ago Il flnan-
cler of international reputation ad-
vised n young man against entering the
employ of Il large and prosperous cor
poration IN which he hoped to gain
business experience. "Get n job
with a concern that Is losing money,
or that's just Keeping its head above
water. You'll learn something about
business there. Lots of these fellows
that are earning big dividends are
throwing away as much as they are
making. They don't know it, and you'll
learn bad habits
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
NAUGHT IN THE FAMILY NAME
Feminist Would Have Us Believe That
Today We May Disgrace It
With lmpunlty.

I feel sure that In all seriousness,
round about 1850, father may have
said to his son that he was disgrac.
Ing the name of Smith. Now he may
almost disgrace the name of Fitz Arun
del for all anybody cares. There was
time when it was thought criminal
that man should become bankrupt,
but few families will now mortgage
their estate to prevent distant mem.
ber's appearance before the official re-
ceiver.
The name of the family Is now mere
ly generic, and the bold young girl OF
tomorrow will say, "My father began
life as forger and was ultimately
hanged, but that shouldn't bother you,
should IT." Much of that deliques.
cence is due to the factory system, fof
1T opened opportunities to all, which
many took, raised men high in the
scale of wealth; one brother might be
millionaire In Manchester while an.
other tended bar in Liverpool.
Sometimes the rich member Of the
Aohlis Sulhc DuIh, bu'l 40 tlic uhIlS
who returned from America with for.
tune in state of sentimental gener.
Osity. but most Of the time 1t has
meant that the family split into those
who keep their carriage and those who
take the tram. Perhaps Cervantes did
mot exaggerate when saying that there
are only two families: Have-Much and
Have-Little.-W. L. George, in Har.
pers Monthly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
Urqes Comfortable Surrounding

College Park, Md, Sept. Com
Portable shelter and surroundings for
the dairy cow during the winter
months are urged by G. E. Wolcott, in
the Correspondence Course in Dairy
Farming, issued by the Maryland Agri.
cultural Extension Service. He says,
In part, Mature teaches that the larg,
est and most profitable production oc
ours at that time OF the year when
the surroundings are comfortable an6
the temperature mild, or during the
early summer months. During cold
weather, these conditions are found in
a warm, well-ventilated, well-ligHted
stable, with as much freedom as IL
possible, and plenty Of bedding. I'm
doubtedly, the COW would be most
comfortable in box stall, but this Is
too expensive in that 1t requires more
room and more bedding than the sin
gle stall and tie. Swinging stanch,
ions allow more freedom than the rigid
type Of few years ago, The stalls
should be wide enough and long
enough for the cow to lie down in com
fort, and should be separated by par
titions to prevent the cow in the next
stall from stepping on her neighbor's
udder or teats. The high producing
cows have large udders and are conse
,Quently moro expo ed to accident
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-09-07
LET THE IMAGINATION LOOSE
Well for Many of Us Would Be Re.
turn to Belief in Gods and
Fairies.

When the world was young, people
believed that spirits dwelt in trees, In
storms and In mountains. When the
wind blew they heard the voice of
Boreas, when the ocean beat with I'M
usual force against the rocks they
knew Neptune was angry with them.
Phaetun, the glorious son of Helios,
daily drove his chariot sun across the
heavens; Jove flashed his displeasure
In the lightnings, and gods looked
down from the stars at night or dwelt
on earth disguised as flowers OF the
meadow.
Nowadays there Is a growing ten
dency, fortunately for art and poetry
to again let the Imagination loose
There is conscious effort being made
by many grown-ups to stay young by
keeping In touch with youth, with the
lore of the gods and legendary folk
Age comes when we no longer believe
in beauty, in gods and fairies. when we
deny fancy for what We are pleased to
call fact, when we no longer peer
among the flowers for their spirit but
tear them apart that We may count
their petals or see how their stamens
are formed.
Now the first people, in order not
to 50 far forget themselves as to for
get the gods, made images Of them and
set them about their gardens or In
their houses where they could be con
stuntly seen. To this very day stone
or wooden Buddha sits under h
matched shelter at the head of the
rice fields in Japan that the laborers
may see him and thus remember to in
woke his aid with their crops and
every Italian garden has shrine or an
image Of god or goddess. Thus the
world of worship, imagery legend and
history is kept in remembrance.-The
Craftsman.