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Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
ONE eRoAD-MINpED BANKER

The president of a Chicago bank,
lrav!Gg become interested in a Colo.
rado gold and silver mine, was crit
ic1sed by tie directors fer his wild
investment, whereupon he made the
following reply:
Throughout tie Rocky Mountains,
ages ago." said the banker, God
bu,lded stronger vaults in His granite
banks than ours. He filled these
vaults with gold, silver and copper.
He gave the prospector knowledge
and insight. and guided him on his
way to the door OF the bank vault.
The federal government handed him
his patent little to all therein. It is
no crime, but virtue to enter. With
drill, blast, pick and spade the poor
man broke the combination lock and
entered. Eut for him our notes OF
issue would be as the stump tail
currency Of 1857. But fer him this
government would be bankrupt. Mine
win be producing millions in that
future day wien national banks are
unknown. Remember. a mine Is sim
ply a crop, already raised. harvested
and deposited In the bin or bank
You check It out at your pleasure.
THE wealth gathered from mines
immortalized King Solomon. Mining
made Rene mdstress of the world
Mining made Great Britain the wor1d'i
commercial dictator. Mining ha.
made tie United States the richest
country in the. world. Show me the
country that has no mines and will
show you a people sunk In degrade
'tion Of poverty; and poverty make.
towards OF nations as we'll as o,
men. Mining has transformed more
broken men and tramps into m.ll!pn
aires and placed them In position!
OF honor and trust than any othed
business. Wttfcut Tire miner vol
would not have eny frying pan, G
spoon or a hat pin. Eliminate tn,
miner and you wire out civilization
A nations prosperity depends large
ly upon the extent. variety and devel
opment Of its mineral resources"
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
PREPARE FOR DEMO-
CRATIC SUCCESS

While national, state and leg!sla-
tive politics are beginning to assume
proportions, it is none too early to
begin to interest ourselves in coun-
ty or local politics.
The primaries ere now over, and
each party has chosen what they
consider to be their most repres-
entative men for the different offices
In national politics, party issues gov
eru, but in local politics where the
candidate is personally known, par
ty lines are not considered and his
strength is made up from both par
ties.
Gilpin county has selected men
upon both tickets that are worthy of
the confidence the primary voter has
reposed in them. The Democratic
party has made an exceptionally wise
choice in the selection of their can
didates, many of them being old and
tried officials who have served the
county wisely and we'll, and no doubt
will be reelected. But while We
have the confidence that our party
nomineee are tire strongest We
should not lose sight of the fact that
the opposition is putting forth
every effort to win a victory, and
it behooves each and every candi-
date to work unces singly from now
until election, in behalf of his party
and his individual candidacy. In
union there is strength, and the
strongest kind of a pull, is a pull al
together.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
WHY kEATlNG
SHOULD BE ELECTED

Is the Pueblo Ch.ertain seeing the
error of its ways, or haas Congress
man Keating privately seen them
and turned tie search Light i'm the
right direction? In recent editor
isl they say MIR. Keating in many
respects fas been a good congress
man, and that he is q man of more
than average ability, and has wide
acquaintance with public men and
public questions.
From reading the ARTICLE, one would
Judge that Mr.. Keat:ng would be the
rght men in the RIGHT place, If he
was net q Democrat. MIR. Keating
has served his state and district for
two terms wisely and we'll. He is
the originator of the child labor bdll,
that passed congress near the close
Of the SESSION, s'gred by the presi-
dent, and is now a Law.
Mr.. Keating, early in his congress
eional life, saw the infsmy in many
respects, of protec i've tariff. He
early saw that protective tariff had
made the great sugar barons, that
have caused the government much
annoyance, and made disturbing bar
ons in many other hines of industry.
He saw where eastern congressman
demanded a protect We tariff ON iron
and steel that tas built up the
most giant monopoly the nation has
ever known, whdle these same con-
gressmep, turned a deaf ear to pro-
lection Of our silver, lead, zinc and
tungsten industries that are of vital
interest to the great west.
Twice has MIR. Keating been elect
ed to this honorable office by the
people, because of his boldness in
exposing the injustice granted by
protective tariff to the eastern pro-
ducer, as against the western pro-
ducer.
In both his campaigns, he canvass
ed the state procla'ming that pro-
lection On wool and sugar was only
a subterfuge for these harons to still
luIuEST increase unSIT WCalun at Cne
hands of the producer. The people
elected him, because they believed
in llim, and wEat has been the re-
suit? Instead of sugar factories be-
ing dismantled, more factories are
being built each year and sugar
beets command higher price than
ever before. The same cam be said
of wool. Never in the HISTORY of tie
country has wool commanded a high
er price tran at the present, and
the producer receives the benefit.
MIR. Keatirg has ever been found
to be live wire when the rights of
his constituency were in jeopardy,
and the dwelleus in tie third con-
gressional district will make no mis-
take by reeiecting him to this i'm
portant office, as his great influence
and acquaintance in congress enables
him to secure great benefits to the
state.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

We have notl.'ng but words of res
pect fer the worthy aged, but We are
glad to note that THE fossilized idea
that a man must have accomplished
a great number of years before he Is
Capable of filling public office, like
the unfounded opposition to votes
fer women" is, in the Eight of this
intelligent age. rapidly fading away.
Everywhere throughout the land
young men and young women are be-
ing chosen to occupy positions of
responsibility, and they are making
good" Over in our neighboring coun-
ty of Adams, for instance, four years
ago a very young man was elected
county Judge; he has made good and
has been nominated for reelection.
One by one, gradually, the absurd
superstit,ons are passing from our
splendid civilization; new and bet
ter day Is constantly dawning; truth,
reason and Justice now mark the way.
Witchcraft lad its day and is for
ever gone. Not so many years ago
1t was maintained that girls did not
need education and the doors Of the
educational institutions were closed
against them, but now, In the on
ward march Of our progressive civil.
izatton, all TIE avenues Of learning
are wide open to them and they are
given equal opportunity with men,
Golden Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
WILSON A DlCTA-
TOR SAYS WEEKS

Republicsn U. S. Senator Weeks,
of Massachusetts,, made a speech the
other day i'm which he said Wilson
was greater and more powerful than
the old world rulers. AS one of his
arbitrary measures he cited the Ad-
amson eight+hcur bill taat he says,
was jammed through both houses
near the close of tie session. Look
at the record of the final vote on
that measure, and you will find many
Republican senators and congressman
voting fer the bill, and II we had the
exact vote at hand. perhaps we could
find Senator Weeks name among
those uptclding the measure.
Are the Republican members of
that August body such sapheads as
to vote for it simply because Will
sen told them to, or is it that Will
sons meas sureS are SO profound that
even hard-shelled Republicans like
Root and Lodge can see their merit,
and vote fer them. as they have
done on several OCCASIONS? A man
tfat will vote for bill. and then
blame the otEer fellow, is not worthy
to be sent to congress to legisaate
Ter the people.
Perhaps Wilson's hypnotic powers
are so great that the weak-minded
fail by the wayside, and we there
fore have pity, more than censure,
Ter Senator Weels
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
War Of Rivers,

One curious fact may be noted In
passing: This war is war Of rivers.
The important battles on the western
front have all been connected with
some river, namely. the Marne. Aisne,
Meuse and Somme. On the eastern
front great conflicts have taken place
on the vlstula. Dvina, Pruth. Dniester,
Bug, Styr and Lipa rivers, while the
river Tigris was the scene Of the Brit
ish disaster before Kut-El-Amara.-
Literary Digest.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

Tire nearer the election approach
es, the more 1t becomes manifest
that Candidate Hughes was selected
solely fer f.glreheldb by the Barnes
Penrcse gang, to regain power and
re:nstate tie Aldrioh fern of protec
hon, that made them and their ilk
mill!ona'res. to TIE detriment and
suffer.ngs OF TIE common people.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

The woods VIII socn be full of Pro
gressive speakers. te'Ing how IVA
dy, Frank Hitchcock end George Per
kins, tried to bargain them in lumI
form to tile react'orary wing II the
Republican party domineered by
Barnes, Penrose and others of that
class, WHO have waxed wealthy BY
class Legislation.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
Democratic Ticket

For consressmsn-First District
EDWARD HEATING
For Justices Supreme Court
SAMUEL N. WHEELER
MORTON s. BAILEY
For Governor
JULIUS c. GUNTER
For Lieutenant Governor
JAMES a. PULLiAM
For Secretary Of State
WILLIAM F. ALLEN
For Auditor Of. State
CHARLES II. LEckENBY
For State Treasurer
ROBERT II. HIGGINS
For Attorney General
LESLIE e. HUBBARD
For Superintendent Public Instruction
MARY c. c. BRADFORD
For Regents State University
THOMAS T. BARNARD
CLIFFORD w. MILLS
For District Attorney-Firet District
SAMUEL w. JOHNSON
For Senator-26th District
siEWERs FiNcHER
For Representative
WILLIAM o. JENKINS
For County Judge
w. J. STULL
For Sheriff
ALBERT S. GUNDY
For Treasurer
HENRY p. ALTVATER
For Assessor
JAMES v. THOMPSON
For Superintendent Of Schools
ELLA DlckERSON
For Coroner
GEORGE L. HAMLllk
For Commissioner-Fir District
ALBERT LEvERTON
For Commissioner-Seco District
NEIL MCKAY
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

VIII the Co.ors do women voters
be influenced by that bunch OF east
ern suffragets, VITO are coming west
dn their special train and openly boast
that they will turn 1000 900 suffrage
votes for Hughes? Their acts show
that the "spectes OF the female is
more deadly than the male"
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

Carlson Is Dragging ttat he will
leave 100000 in the state treasury
at the end OF hds term. Ask George
what he has dcre with the balance
Of the $l.050,O00 Inheritance tax paid
into the state treasury the past
year.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

To see R. w. Speer acting the
part Of an equal Samaritan in pres
identiai election is certainly phen-
omenon. But Eob's great anatomy, is
capable Of performing great feats,
even to that OF living up to hts word.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

With Wilson in the pres dental
chadr, and Gunte- in the governors
chair. surely Colorado will forge to
the frcnt as never before.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28
A GOOD ouessER

He. WHO was the first believer
in preparedness?"
She. Eve, I guess"
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

Patroniss the merchants who ID.
.4rtise in the Observer.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-28

observer-the family paper-s2oo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08

the Missouri wheat acreage for the
1917 harvest will be the smallest for
many years. This is due not alone to
the unfavorable esason, up to this
time, for preparing ground for wheat.
Farmers generally are discouraged
over the 1916 yield, which averaged
only 8.5 bushels per acre. Fear Of
Hessian fly and the high price Of seed
wheat ARE also influencing many farm
ers to ego light" on wheat this time.
Estimates by correspondents indicate
that the acreage seeded for the 1917
crop will be 20 per cent short of that
harvested this year. This being the
case, it will mean not to exceed l.
100000 acres of wheat for Missouri.
By sections, present acreage fore
casts are: Northeast, 70 per cent;
Northwest, 92; Central rs; South
west, 81; Southeast, 80. A favorable
September and October should result
in raising these figures. Of the 1916
wheat crop it may be said that those
who followed the suggestion of the
Board of Agriculture and stacked
their wheat are now receiving much
better prices than were offered at har-
vest time.
OTHER CROPS-Later threshing
returns on oats have not changed the
preliminary estimate as to yield, re-
ported last month at 24.7 bushels per
acre. Acreage of timothy harvested
is practically the same as for last
year. The yield will figure about L.
% tons per acre Of fine hay. A con-
siderable acreage has also been saved
for seed. The clover seed crop is re-
ported good in most sections of the
State, so much SO that clover seed
win this year constitute a ready
money" crop in number of counties
Acreage of prairie hay, largely con-
fined to the Southwest section, will be
Is to 20 per cent less than for last
year, with a yield of about LIZ tons
peracre. Yield of rye is placed al
10 bushels per acre; buckwheat, 7
barley, Is; flax, 7. Buckwheat anc
barley are but little grown, and flax
growing is limited to the Southwes
section. Condition of pastures is 58
cotton, 68; tobacco, rs; eowpeas, 81
apples, AZ. Some cotton is now drop
ping squares pretty badly. Lowe
bolls are beginning to open.
LIVE STOCK-Correspendents re
port only two-thirds as many hogs OF
feed as for one year ago; spring pigs
rs per cent; brood sows, % per cent
cattle on feed, 63 per cent, stock cat
tie, IS per cent. High prices for hogs
together with a corn shortage, ha
resulted in a very close cleanup.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08
SOME INTERESTING FACTS

There are 2750 languages.
Envelopes were first used in 1889.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
Watches were first constructed in
1476,
Storm moves SO miles an hour.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per
hour.
The average human life is So years.
Modern needles first came into use
in 1915.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in
1916.
The first knives were used in Eng
land, the first wheeled carriages in
France in 1859.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08
TELLS HOW TO MAKE
GOOD LIGHT BREAD

Good light-bread is good because it
is made that way. Luck" never made
many loaves of good bread, says the
circular, "Making Light Bread" is
sued by the agricultural extension
service of the University of Missouri.
There is no "best" way to make
bread, according to Miss Addie d.
Root, who wrote the circular, but
there are a few general points which
are necessary to be known, whatever
method is used.
First, a careful selection of the in
gradients is necessary. wheat nour
is best for bread making because 1t
contains large amount of gluten,
the substance which enables the loaf
to keep its shape and retain its light
ness. The form of yeast used is not
important, but it should always be
fresh and in the best of conditions.
For the necessary liquid, water, milk,
half water and half milk, potato wa
ter, or whey may be used. Salt up
to a teaspoonful to a loaf should be
added; above this amount it will him
der the growth of the yeast and make
bread small, heavy and less te der,
Butter, lard or combination OF both
in the proportion of one tablespoon
full to one-pound loaf may be used
to improve the taste.
A good combination Of these ingre-
dents is the following: | cup of IL
quid; / tablespoonful Of fat; l table
spoonful Of sugar; one teaspoonful Of
salt; IA dry yeast cake, or IA cake Of
compressed yeast, or Id cup of Ii
ouid yeast, and three to four cups OF
flour. Either the long process, where
a sponge is made before the dough
CT the short process in which all the
flour is added at the time of mixing
the dough, may be used with this
recipe.
In mixing, the flour should be add
ed gradually and beat in thoroughly
The dough should be well kneadet
from Is to 30 minutes before tht
bread is put to rise the first time. 1
is best not to knead much when form
ing into loaves for baking. Whit
rising. the temperature of the dough
! should be kept at an even, gent,
warmth of n to 95 Fahrenheit. |
should be tightly covered to proven
the formation of crust.
The bread should first be put int
an oven that is not hot enough t
| form crust, and allowed to rise
little while baking. The temperatur
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08
MISSOURI CROP REPORT

Columbia, Mo, Sept. 2, 1916.
The following report, showing Mis-
souri, crop conditions on September /,
was issued today by w. l.. Nelson, as
sistant secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture,
The long, hot, dry spell which pre-
vailed throughout most of Missouri
has been broken, except in few coun-
lies. However, where rains have fall
len they have generally been too late
TO benefit, to any appreciate extent,
growing crops. The welcome change
will, though, greatly facilitate fall
work on the farms. More rain is
needed throughout the State. In a
few counties, where no rain of conse-
quence has fallen for eight or ten
weeks, conditions are serious, ac-
cording to reports of correspondents.
CORN-Hoped-for August rains
with more favorable conditions for
Missouri corn were realized in but a
few favored counties. Taking the
State as whole, the loss over the pos
sible yield as indicated on August
/ has been heavy. With rains and
cooler weather early in the month
there should have been gain of 10
to Is points in corn condition. In
stead, there has been further floss.
Condition of corn is now 53.4 as com
pared with 57.2 one month ago, 75.4
one year ago, and 1913 as the 10-year
September 1 average. Present condi-
! ton, however, is not as low as fol-
1918, when corn lost 20 points during
! August and stood at 41.8 on Septem.
Der T. 1t might also be recalled that
on September l., 1901, the condition
of Missouri corn was but n. Taking
the State by sections, correspondents
Of the Board Of Agriculture report
present condition of corn as follows
Northeast, 81; Northwest, Ga; Cen
trail, 48; Southwest, 81; Southeast, Sd
These figures, based on the estimated
planting of 7,218,500 acres would in
dicate total yield of slightly mor'
than 135,000,000 bushels. 1t is i'm
portant, though, that it be borne il
mind that the final figures, owing t.
weather conditions between now ant
the close Of the season, may diffe
greatly. With seasonable Septem
Der and with very late frost, tn
yield of late planted corn should re
suit in raising the present forecast
1t is estimated that 80 per cent Of tn
crop will be safe from frost by DC
tober /. Correspondents estimate tina
{ but 5 per cent of the crop has bee
cut, but report that almost half Q
the crop will go into shock or silo.
WHEAT Correspondents repoI
! blowing for wheat greatly delayed
: owing to the fact that the ground ha
} been too hard and dry to pillow. Es
Inmates show but % per cent Of tn
3 acreage broken. By sections. this
: as follows: Northeast, 35; Northwes
E So; Central, Is; Southwest, IA; South
east, %. Present Indications are tns
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08

Commission we have added another
instrumentality Of observation and
adjustment, which promises to be
Immediately serviceable.
"The Trade Commission substitutes
counsel and accommodation for the
harsher processes of legal restraint,
and the Tariff Commission ought to
substitute facts for prejudices and
theories. Our exporters have for some
time had the advantage of working In
the new light thrown upon foreign
markets and opportunities of trade
bv the intelligent inquiries and activ--
tiles of the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, which the
Democratic Congress so wisely Gre
ated in 1912. The Tariff Commission
completes the machinery by which
we shall be enabled to open up our
legislative policy to the facts as they
develop.
1--WE can no longer indulge our ira
ditional provincialism. We are to play
leading part in the world drama
whether we wish it or not. We shall
lend. not borrow; act for ourselves,
not initiate or follow; organize and
initiate, not peep about merely to see
where we may get in.
eve have already formulated and
agreed upon policy of law which VIII
explicitly remove the ban now sup
posed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters in seeking
and securing their proper place N
the markets of the world. The field
will be free, the instrumentalities at
hand. 1t will only remain for the
masters of enterprise amongst us to
act in energetic concert, and for the
government of the United States to
insist upon the maintenance through
out the world of those conditions OF
fairness and of even-handed justice
in the commercial dealings of the ma
tions with one another upon which, af'
ter all, in the last analysis, the peace
and ordered life Of the world must
ultimately depend.
Justice for Labor in All Ways
Necessary.
''At home also we must see to II
that the men who plan and develoI
and direct our business enterprise.
shall epioy definite and settled c0ndi
tiCns of law, policy accommodating
to the freest progress. We have Sc
the just and necessary limits. W.
have put all kinds of unfair compe
tition under the ban and penalty 0.
the law. We have barred monopoly
These fatal and ugly things being eX
Guided, we must now quicken action
+y,s. On kSr II &
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-08

Cars leaving Pennington for Flat
River at 500 and 1890 a. m. start
from State Hospital at 1920 and 9:49
a. M, respectively; car leaving Farm
ington for Flat River at 1912 p. m.
leaves DeLassus at 1890 p. M; cars
leaving Pennington for Flat River at
4:38 and 500 p. m. start from State
Hospital at 4:29 and 6:29 p. M, re-
spectively.
Care leaving Flat River at 6:37 and
9:05 a. M, 5:45, 6:10 and $780, run to
Hospital. Care leaving Flat River at
1920 a. m.and 1:25 p. M, run through
to DeLassus.
Car leaving DeLassus at 1:55 p. m.
and arriving at Pennington at 2:1O
p. m, runs to Power House only.
Between Pennington and Lead Belt
Local service between Pennington
and Leadwood, Bonne Terre, Elvins
and intermediate points; Cars leav-
ing Pennington at 500 a. m. and
4:38 D. m. make direct connections
with M. R. & B. T. Ry. at Flat River
for Bonnie Terre and Leadwood anc
intermediate points.
Cars leaving Pennington at 500
a. m. and 1855 p. m. make direct con
nections with the M. R. & B. I. Ry
at Flat River for Elvins and interme
diate points.
All M. R. & B. 7. Ry. trains make
direct connections at Flat River witt
Electric cars for Pennington and in
termediate points.
Between Pennington and DeLassui
Lv. Pennington. Arr. DeLassus
1901 p. m. 1917 p. m
1888 D. m. 1:44 p. m
Lv. DeLassus. Arr. Pennington
1890 p. m. 12:42 p. m
1:55 p. m, 2:10 p. m