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Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
Colorado,

The Molybdenum Mines Company
has been incorporated at Denver.
Work on the Camp Bird tunnel at
Ouray has progressed over 1000 feet.
A 100-ton ore concentration plant il
under erection three miles north OF
Minturn.
Ore shipments from Breckenridge
district are running from lis to 100
carloads each month.
A strike has been made in the Red
mountain in the Leadville district as
saying 1920 gold per ton.
Dividends of $122,OOO a month will
be paid to the stockholders of the
Cresson mine at Cripple Creek.
The Nelson mine at Ward, operated
by three men, last month produced
6k tons of tungsten concentrates.
The Revenue mining property in
the Mount Sneffels district has been
acquired by the st. John Mines Com
pany.
The construction of 50-ton mill for
the Keystone Mining and Reduction
Company near Boulder has COM
menced.
Extensive improvements at the
plant of the United States Portland
Cement Company at Concrete are un-
der way.
Fred G. Wood. Stanley M. Walker
and John H. Bender have incorporated
the Cadiz Mining Company with
capitalization of 100000.
A bond and lease on the Bismark
mine near Caribou has been secured
by Fred Carlson and August Wilim-
ELK. The lessees are taking out silver
ore that runs forty ounces of silver to
the ton.
A cleanup at the Livingston mine
at Sugar Loaf yielded thirty eight
pounds Of gold bullion and twelve
pound brick of base bullion, bringing
the total output for the year near the
$4,000 mark.
The purchase of the new Mount
Champion mine in Lackawanna gulch
at Leadville is under consideration by
group of eastern capitalists who re-
Gently inspected the property. A val
uation placed upon the mine is said to
have been close to $1,0O0.OO0.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
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Under the broad dome Of mango
t1oe on the banks of an unnamed Afri-
san river Alan Wayne had pitched his
camp. The Selwyn tent and the pro-
5ecting veranda ny were faded and
stained. The bobbinet mosquito cur
tains were creamed with age and serv-
ics. Two camp chairs and a COLLAPSE.
bic table. battered but strong. were
placed before the tent. Over one Of
the chairs hung a towel. On the ground
sQuatted a take-down bath tub, half
filed with water. In the deep shadow
Of the tree the pale green rot-proof
canvas OF the tent, the fly. the chairs
and bathtub. cleaned almost white.
On the farther side OF the great
trunk of the tree was the masters
Kitchen. three stones and a half-circle
OF forked sticks driven into the ground.
On the sticks hung few pots and
pans, n saddle OF buck. bits OF fat and
4 disreputable looking coffee-bag. Be-
tween the stones was n bed OF Goals.
Before them crouched red d-fezzed
Zanxibari
From under n second tree, fifty
yaAub Cdht tue uuli,
pounding of wooden pestles In wooden
mortarB. The eye could just distin-
guish the glistening naked torsos Of
three blacks in motion. They were
singing a barbarous chantey. At the
pauses their arms went up and the
pestles came down together with n
mud. The blacks were pounding the
kahr corn for the mems evening meal.
Down the river and almost out Of
aght black, spidery construction
reached out over the water-Aian's
latest bridge. Men swarmed on 1t.
Six O'Clock and there came the trill
Of whistle. Suddenly the bridge was
cleared. A babble OF voices arose.
There was q cracking Of twigs. .
shuning OF feet, here and there a high.
sxcited cry, and then the men poured
tnto camp. A din Of talk. held In
check for hours, arose. Glistening
baAck bodies danced to 1erky. fantastic
0eops. Sonss, shouts and impatient
9ses To the cooks sweiled the medley
- svOAI Through ~ camp stole ths
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
Arizona.

Arizona.
A rich strike of ore is reported On
the 200-foot level in the Maid of Sun
shine mine near Courtland.
At Oatman the Arizona Central, at
a depth of $50 feet in the shaft, struck
what is believed to be feeder to the
main vein.
The Wallapai Metals Company has
started development work on its prop
erty about fourteen miles east OF
Kingman, near the Telluride Chief,
and the Enterprise mines.
simultaneously with the installation
of a centrifugal gold separator, and
the starting up Of its mill, comes the
information that the Gold Dust mine
has made big strike at Oatman.
A rich strike seems probable at the
Goldroad Bonanza at Oatman. At
first there were few stringers in the
crosscut, but now the andesite pans
SO many colors as to classify it almost
as ore.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21

"l'm LIsbsr, From Up the River"
finish. He strobe forward and was 70
warded with q large lump Of sugar.
The sugar was coarse and black, first
cousin to virgin molasses, but it was
redolent. The horses crowded around
Gerry. They paved at him. He had
to beat them back. They made a bold
assault on the empty but odorous hat.
Gerry laughed and cleared the fence to
get away from them. II think your
master must be mistaken" he said
with a smile to the foreman. "Some
OF these colts can never have been
backed"
The foreman looked his admiration.
He began to take Gerry seriously; it
was man to man now. He pointed out
the horses that were broken to saddle
and named their gaits and mettle.
Then his shrewd eyes looked around
for further details to add to his report
to his master. He noted that a few,
a very few, Of the cattle were still
lying down when they should have
been on their feet and eating. These
were herded into a corner Of their own
and old Bonifacio was tending them.
Beside each was a pile of fresh cut
grass. As they ate they nosed it away,
but Bonifacio pushed It back.
The foreman's eyes caught on two
newborn calves. They had been taken
from their weak mothers and were in
rough pen by themselves. The fore
man did not have to count the stock
to see that none was missing. He was
cattle bred. A gap in the herd or the
bunch Of horses would have flown at
the seventh sense of the stockman the
moment he laid eyes on the field. In
stead there were these two calves.
Master" he said to Gerry, you have
made up your mind not to lose head
You would save even these little ones
born before their timer
Gerry nodded gravely. He had
worked hard to save all. He WINGED
at the mere thought Of death at Fa-
zenda Flores even down to these least
weaklings. He himself had fed them
patiently from a warm bottle. In trou-
BILE and valuable time they had cost
him an acre Of cotton. But an acre Of
cotton was a small price to pay for
life.
A grip of the hand and the foreman
was or in cloud Of dust At the
bridge he pulled his horse down to the
shamblinx fox trot that spares beast
and man but eats steadily into long
journey. A bearer of good tidings rides
slowly.
Gerry turned to his work but cry
from the house arrested him. He
dropped his field tools and ran to the
house. Dona Maria glanced at him,
clawed and hustled him out of the
room--out OF the house. The door
slammed behind him. He heard the
great bar drop. He was locked out.
Gerry paced angrily up and down
the veranda. Calm came back to him.
He saw that he had been fool. He
| stopped and sat down on the steps Of
the veranda. Here, before he had
| made his benches. she had often sat
beside him, caressed him, sung to him.
How cold he had been. How little he
had done for her. He remembered
that as she had worked on baby
clothes she had said she wished she
had some blue ribbon. They had all
laughed at her, but she had nodded her
girls head gravely and said. "Yes, 1
wish I had some blue ribbon-a little
| roll Of blue ribbon" What brute he
had been to laugh!
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21

suppose you asked . man for
Q Job you needed desperately
10 keep from starving. suppose
that man gave you . frlghtfui
beating, out of pure eussedness
and aftsr>~ard gave you work.
Would you watch your chance to
get even, Or would you save hIs
Ihs when opportunity ofTered7
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
New M exico.

During the first half of August the
Mogollon Mines Co. treated 2,O1S tons
of ore, producing 1000 pounds of gold
and silver bullion and several tons
Of concentrates
The Abo Canon Copper Mining
Company, operating in the Manzano
mountains in Torrance county, filed
incorporation papers, the capitaliza-
tion being $150,000 of which $2,1OO is
paid up.
Preparations are being made by
Manager Sully, of the Chino Copper
Company at Silver City, for the recep-
tion of the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers, who will hold their an.
nual meeting this year In visiting the
big copper camps of New Mexico and
Arizona.
An important copper strike has
been made by F. G. Smith of Ell Paso
In the Burro mountain copper mines.
fourteen miles west of Cutter. He
has now face Of ore eight feet wide
IN the stope, about 300 feet in from
the portal OF the tunnel, which aver
ages 10 per cent copper. The ore is
both oxide and sulphide.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21

When q man gets Into trouble
because Of woman, he 10 In real
trouble. How will Gerry rid him.
self Of this ENHANCEMENT with
little Maroaritas What would
any upright man do3 Read the
next Instaiiment.
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
Wyoming.

oil per day. The hole will be put on
down to the sand which the drillers
expect to reach in less than 1900 feet.
Estimates made by State Land
Commissioners s. G. Hopkins of the
productivity of state school lands for
oil places the total acreage at approx.
imately 1900 acres.
The Rocky Ford Oil and Develop
ment Company, recently organized by
Sundance men to operate in the
Rocky Ford district is making rapid
progress In the sale Of It's oil lots
Gilpin observer., 1916-09-21
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Metal Market Prices. {
Spelter, Denver-$8.26.
Copper, casting -$26.62h.
Lead, New York-$6.7O.
Bar silver-68Hc.
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten conoen-
trates, 60 per cent, $1S to $23 per unit.
Crude ores, 60 per cent, $18 to $23;
25 per cent, $9.40 to $40; 10 per cent.
$3.50 to 5000 per unit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26
WHEN TO CUT SILAGE
Weather Conditions should BE TAX.
EN- Into Consideration.

II is wise TO consider the weather.
as well as the condition of the corn.
when YOU are cutting for silage
More people, we think. cut too early.
rather than too late The rule is 10
cut when the grains have become
denied. and the bottom blades are
becoming dry.
After the corn has quit growing
1t stores up starch and protein dur
ing the ripening period. and these
elements have great feeding value.
Even If the corn becomes quite dry.
so that you have 10 add water i'm the
silo, il makes excellent silage. Ia
fact, dry corn fodder from the shock
or shed has been found TO make ex-
cellent silage.
Ii is probably a good plan for the
man who has plenty Of stock 10 feed
and not much silO room. TO save
some suitable dry corn fodder for
winter ling. ON the J. II. c. dem
onstration farm in South Dakota il
Is reported that silos thus rehIIed in
January and March made very salts
factory feed. OF course plenty of
water must be added as the dry
stalks are put in the silo.-Farm
Life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26
GETTING ALFALFA STAND
This Man SOws About the Middle
Of August.

have had best success with al
falfa by sowing about the middle
OF August or a little later on we'll
prepared land and using about 10
pounds clean seed TO the acre.
writes G.. A. BOrlesch Of Missouri
in Farm and Home. I SOW it with
a hand seeder. So as not TO lose a
crop I pillow wheat or oats ground
as soon as the crop is of. blowing
Il 10 10 L inches deep. | then
level it with a harrow and dag and
II any grass or weeds come up
cultivate the ground and Kill them.
/ make the seed bed loose on top by
narrowing just before sowing. Al
falfa Will grow on any land that viii
grow good red clover.
have sown ono way and cross
sown the other way using FIVE
pounds each time and got a good
stand. After the seed was sown /
double narrowed and I never have
failed TO ger a good stand. I gen
orally have a good pasture in the
fall and II weeds come mp 7 harrow
or pun them ont. My Young crop
never have failed 10 stand the win
ter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26

About 1872 the first Iangshans
were sent from northern China to
the late Maj. Croad of England, by
one of his relatives. The major and
his family developed and exploited
the breed until they came 20 be
known as Croad Langshans. and as
such are spoken of by many today.
Historians of this breed have dis
covered that it has always been
native and peculiar 70 the L.angs-
han DISTRICT Of China. There they
are found in their purity. and many
importations of excellent birds have
been made both to England and
America. There are three varieties
of I.angshans recognized as pure,
viz. Black. white and mottled. We
mention the black as the original
simply because it was brought 10 our
attention and cultivated several
years before any other color was
known or considered by the English
speaking races. Since their introduc-
ton several attempts have been
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26
WHEN TO PICK PEACHES
Degree OF Maturity Indicated by
Color of Specimens.

The degree of maturity is indi-
Gated by the color of the individual
specimens. This can only be deter
mined by experience. The follows
ing symptoms" are given in Farm
and Home by q. j.. Hayden. and if
followed carefully there should be
little excuse for putting hard green
peaches on the market -
AS a rule. white peaches Should
be gathered when the shady places
turn TO a creamy white. Where the
fruit is solid red. such distinguish
ing characteristics are not marked.
Yellow varieties, such as the Elber-
ia, turn from green TO orange yell
low Some varieties. especially the
early maturing ones. must be gath
cred promptly, while others have a
longer ripening period. The color
is the best and only practical index
TO the maturity Of peaches, and for
that reason, pickers should not be
allowed TO press the fruit with their
hands.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26
SELLING IS BIC
FARM PROBLEM
How to Market Crops De-
serves Lot of Planning
and Thought.

Finding buyers Tor their products
has long been a source Of trouble 20
farmers. Farm and Fireside tells
how a man by direct sales found the
solution. The writer says;
The lob Of raising and harvesting
most farm produce always requires
q certain amount Of planning ana
brains. But the job OF selling Is
where most Of us fall short, and the
peculiar thing about II IS that We
usually know IL. We pay the price
the dealer asks for what We buy and
take the prices the dealer Offers u
when we sell.
"Our particular line OF farmine
runs to vegetables and small fruits
OF the vegetables We sell more
onions than any other thing For a
year or so after we started this crop
we had 10 deal with commission men
in Toledo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh
when we had o surplus. Since our
local market seldom uses more than
500 bushels in the year We usually
had a surplus. So the plan OF dis
covering market for this crop an6
others whereby we could sell direct
Ia the grocer or user of the produce
occurred 20 Us.
1T so happened ct this time thai
a coal miner from the southern part
of Ohio moved I'm our neighborhood
and was able 10 suggest names or
men located in the thicllly populated
mining districts of Ohio who were
absolutely straight i'm their dealings
and who bought large amounts OF
farm produce.
Correspondence was started, and
200 bushels were sold the first trip.
Many satisfactory deals we're made
after this. Even this year this man
telegraphed Us for q car.
There are several advantages in
such a deal. We usually ship the
onions sacked. lie sells To the trade,
and is able 10 keep these empty
sacks for Us and return a couple
hundred sacks after a few weeks at
IL freight expense OF % cents. Since
sacking costs us about three cents a
bushel. it pays TO look after this.
Having "A store OF his own, there ~
no drayage at the other end. The
money is ready as soon as the pro
duce reaches him. In fact, we could
draw on him at our bank with the
shipping bill and contract before
the goods were delivered to him.
Direct sales are the only outlet
for the farmer so far as / can see.
There is the same chance 10 buy d.
rectly, but that Is another story.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26

OF energy and power. the splendid
presence. all combine 10 build up an
animal personality of the most arts
tocratic caste. Again, inspect the
fiery red feathering of the Rhode
Island Red. There's color for the
most eXacting. Try the COLUMBIAN
WyandOtte. with its beautifully
rounded rose comb. splendid mark
ings of jet black and snow white, its
skin as yellow as gold. and its volup-
tuOus shape ravishing to the sight of
every epicure in the land. / believe
the Columbian Wyandotte has with
in it the making OF the greatest bird
i'm America, whether Tor the fancy
or the utility class.
vt Home i'm Every Mans Yard.
That is the American fowl Of
whatever breed or variety. You
can't convince the American farmer
that these birds are second to any in
the world They will lay him eggs
they will mother his chicks, they
will load his platters with meat fit
| for the gods. they will boost his
bank account. they will keep his
wife happy, his children healthy
and himself perennially hopeful
They are his ideal He desires moth
ing better. because he can get moth
| ing better.
They are just as much lat home
y I'm the suburban back yard. Set any
4 of these Is varieties down on any
spot between the oceans, north or
south. and they will prove to YOU
that they were created TO live and
thrive just there. Frost cannot
, harm them: they can live and sing
and thrive on square rod, or rustic
for a living over a hundred-acre
range.
For egg farming alone We Will
have 20 admit that the four-pound
White Leghorn has won out against
all corners. she eats little and asks
no time of FOR maternity matters.
But for an all-round general pur-
pose business, including eggs. meat,
feathers. roasters. broilers, capOns,
incubation and brooding. as we'll as
the highest caste and most profit
able form of the fancier's art. the
little egg machine has not even
standing room by the side Of the
great American breeds
Every year writes in larger scroll
the super-eXcellence of these splen-
did fowls We must have more than
eggs. We must have meat in abund-
auce as Well Let every man who
can. make the most he can, of the
best meat producing animals in the
world.-the Rocks. the DotteS. the
Reds. the Javas. the Dominiqucs and
the Buckeyes. They should be raised
by hundreds Of thousands in every
state in the Union. The most eX-
haustive scientific Investigations are
needed 10 develop 10 its highest pos
sible efficiency this rich mine OF the
peoples resources.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26

made 10 create other varieties by
crossing. Blues and Cuckoos have
been exhibited. but none has ever
attained the popularity enjoyed by
the Black Langshans.
1t is a fowl that has given good
service. both on range and in limited
areas 1t is large, as are all Asiatics.
Yet IL is an active and persistent
forager and has proved profitable to
many farmers. They are active,
vigorous fowls and great layers of
dark brown eggs.
When full grown the males weigh
! from eight TO nine and a half
pounds. females six and a half TO
seven and a half pounds. and in
plumage both sexes are a handsome
deep black, Illuminated with a rich.
beetle-green sheen.
These fowls have immense length
of legs. sparsely feathered. and Of
late the English faddists have bred
them even longer, TO such an extent
that the English Langshan is a mon
strosity.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26
HIGH PRICES EXPECTED
Wheat May Go to 81 a BusheI This
Winter.

The wheat has all been harvested,
and the latest government crop re-
ports indicate "A total production of
not more than $4,000. 600. 900 bush
els. This will leave but little whea
for export, and on account of the
foreign demand it will be natural to
expect high and increasingly high
prices. II would not be surprising.
indeed. IL wheat reached extreme
figures during the coming winter.
some people are whispering may
be two dollars a busheI." Corn
usually trails along after wheat:
hogs are over 10 cents. now. with
every prospect of going higher. on
the whole. il looks as if We're going
to have very comfortable season
for the man who has something to
sell. For the buyer-wen. he must
be getting used TO il by this time
Fame Life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-26

limlnary survey, in its report, laid
special stress on good roads. largely
IN view OF their effect on the social
life OF the country districts. The
report was made 10 the republican
president and congress in 1909. II
was received: it was filed; il was
published. All action or the matters
it dealt with has been By the Wilson
administration.
Vocational Education.
Tho rural life commission laid
great stress also on the need for vo-
cational education for the farmers
boys and girls. The Smith-Hughes
bill Will put a vocational course of
training in every hish school in the
country Il is an extension and an
elaboration OF the system by which
the national government now aids
each state in the maintenance of its
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations.
Agricultural Extension Act.
Last in the list but not least in
importance is the agricultural ex-
tension act which provides for CO.
operative agricultural extension work
between the agricultural colleges
and experiment stations of the sew
eral states and the federal depart
ment Of agriculture. 1t is backed
by an appropriation of $500. 600,
and viii place two agricultural ex-
perts in every county in the nation.
1t will be of immeasurabIe benefit to
agriculture and agriculturists
Thus again the Wilson administra-
ton showed its true estimate of the
value of the farmer TO the common
wealth, and paid him the attention
that is his due.
Conclusion.
The Wilson administration chal-
lengeS comparison with its predeces-
sors. Let the farmers of the nation
fairly and justly compare their con-
citiOns now. the prices they are re-
ceiving for their cattle and agricul-
tural products, with those Of 1912 or
other years. Let them compare the
legislation in their behalf of the Will
son administration with that Of any
other. Let them consider the as
sured improved prospect ahead of
them under the laws passed 10y the
Wilson administration in their finan-
oial. their business and social life.