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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Colorado.

From Breckenridge comes a report
that the shaft-sinkers in the yelling
ton, near the tenth level-about loo
feet from surface-have cut a twelve
foot vein of high-grade zinc-lead ore.
Extensive operations are being
planned for the development of the
Wellington mine in Breckenridge, &C
cording to reports that have been re-
ceived from the Summit county gold
camp.
In the Isabella mine at Cripple
Creek the recent ore strike is stand.
ing up under development, the aver.
age Of the three and one-half foot ore
vein yielding $50 to the ton. The
sylvanite streak, some four inches in
width. yields $4,000 to the ton.
An important project in connection
with the mining industry in Colorado
involves a ten-year lease taken by the
United States Smelling and Refining
Company. a $75,OO0,0OO Boston corpo-
ration. of 200 acres OF land in the
Fryer Hill basin at Leadville, includ-
ing some of the richest producing
properties in that famous territory
The higher prices for lead, copper,
spelter, tungsten and ferro-vanadium.
now prevalent in London and New
York, account fully for the generous
dividends from mines and smelters,
which were sent out i'll January, indi-
eating that 1916 will prove an excep-
tional year for the mineral industry,
now better directed and more truly re-
mnnerative than ever before.
reports were current that another
big strike had been made in the Grip
pie Creek district. this time on the
Isabella property.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
New N exico.

Two shipments of bullion are still
in the Mogollon camp and shortly
there will be three, due to the storms
making the roads impossible.
While attempting to thaw out bar
rel OF oil for use in the smelling room
of the Mogollon Mines Company, the
oil became ignited and before the
blaze was extinguished damage esti
mated at $1,000 resulted.
Reports SO far received by thu
State Tax Commission from the Goa.
and metal mining concerns of New
Mexico, covering their operations dur
ing the calendar year 1915, indicate
that the total met value" of product
of mines, taxable under the Springer
Hawkins mine tax law will be ap
proximately $10,000,0O0, yielding ia,
of $4,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
WEANLINc PIGS GROW FAST
Arc Made In Early Life-Lard
Hogs Becoming Unpopular.

The prevalent opinion seems to be
that swine were designed to eat up
the corn crop and grow into 300
pound porkers. Under certain cir.
cumstances there is q better profit in
selling weanlirgs than in feeding
them up to the usual market weights
Exact trials at many experiment
stations show that the greatest gains
for feed consumed are made in early
life and that as the animals grow old
er 1t takes more feed to produce .
pound Of pork.
The sucking pig grows very fast
and converts nearly all Of its rations
into meat. II the SOW is fed literally
she. too, will make some gains while
supporting her brood. The weanling
weighing Is to 40 pounds is almost
clear gain and will often bring ten
cents a pound at this age.
On the same principle the 150-pound
pig will make more profitable re-
turns on feed consumed than If left
until It weighs $50 pounds. There il
an increasing number of farmers who
prefer to sell light bacon hogs and
fewer who continue to feed lard
hogs up to the extra fat classes that
were popular n score of years ago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Wyoming.

A 60-foot vein of coal has been 10
Gated near the Continental Divide, q
miles from Dubois, and numerous out
groupings of mineral and oil land arr
said to have recently been filed OF
near Dubois.
Burlington offices report that sew
eral producing oil wells have beer
struck in the vicinity of Greybull. +
is asserted that on the Greybull town
site of about 100 acres there are sew
enty-two producing wells, in one 10
cality there being one flowing well OF
each of five town lots that lie side b.,
side.
Oil operators from Oklahoma are
evincing quite an interest in ant
around Casper and are looking TO,
leases of decided and state lands in al
directions from the city. 1t is under
stood that they have made offers t.
take up leases held by local parties II
the Big Muddy field, and If the ar
rangements can be made will star,
drilling at once.
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Arizona.

Arizona.
The Little Daisy mine at Jerome 10
a promising property.
Wages of the men at the Bunker
Hill Mining Company at Tombstone
have been increased teE per cent.
Drifting on the 36O-foot level of the
Golconda Extension is being rushed
and every foot of advance shows the
ore body to be better and better.
Deposits of hubnerite and wolfram
lite carrying high percentage of
tungsten are being developed in the
Eureka. Tip Top and TILE Creek Sec
tons of Yavapai county.
Z The Mother Lode Mining Company,
operating the Roadside property. in
the Union Pass section. has entered
the big vein 25 feet and opened a
splendid body of milling ore.
The Carter entered the big vein on
the 250-foot level, cutting fifteen feet
of ore assaying from see to 500, the
average being close to $50 across the
whole breast. This crosscut has been
watched with interest by many people
pinned their faith on this mine max
ing good.
The Calumet & Arizona showed net
earnings in 1915 of about $6.400,000
or $40 per share, from a production Of
62,50O,000 pounds Of copper, compared
with 63,O00.OOO pounds in 1914. This
exceeds all previous records of pro
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
IMPROVING THE FARM FLOCK
Farmer Should Not Be Afraid to Gull
Closely, Wedding Out All Weakly.
Understood Fowls.

Improve the flock; 1t always pays.
Many of the farms have good stock,
but the trouble is they have too many
kinds OF it. 1t is a poor policy to buy
up purebred stock and turn it loose
among a half dozen other kinds, some
SO crossed they will stand for nearly
any kind of treatment: yet this is
rule on many farms, II you give all
extra care, the purebred will respond
to the good treatment and dc good
work as long as they live, but the pure
bred seldom do good work under neg
lect: they are not used to it. The
good treatment the purebred get to
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
WeII-Developed Sow With Profitable
Litter.

weIJ-OevejopS0 SOW WIN ProuIapSo
Litter.
ter, yet the cost of maintenance of
the brood SOW is practically the same
whether she brings two pigs or ten
pigs per litter, which means that the
farmers are losing a large percentage
Of profit by keeping such brood sows
in their herds.
There are several reasons why
brood sows bring small litters. and l
firmly believe that the one which con-
tributes to the trouble more than any
other is the practice of breeding sows
too young. 1t Is no uncommon thing
to fnd sows weighing less than one
hundred pounds with pigs. Usually
you find them with only two pigs. The
young sows which you intend to keep
for brood sows should never be bred
under nine months of age, and it il
much better to wait until they are
twelve or fourteen months old. Then
II they are not full developed, wait
few months longer. Your brood SOW
10 good for six or eight years, and. II
by waiting q few months in the be-
ginning before starting her on her life
work, you can increase the size of her
litters. you have certainly made good
wages for those months. Another
thing which contributes to no slight
extent to cause small litters is the
lack Of exercise.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

try Farm.
bring them up to the right standard
becomes a necessity, and they suffer
and lose out under rough conditions.
II your stock Is run down, improve
it. Get rid of all poor stun. Don't be
afraid to Gull and Gull closely, says
Twentieth Century Farmer. Weed out
weakly, understood hens. Say that
you have a mixed flock, with q fair
sprinkling of barred hens or any color
that is in close resemblance to some
of the purebreds, and yet you know
they are not purebred, there Is nothing
to hinder you from making those
barred hens, or the buff, or white
whatever you may have a majority OF
the basis for an improved flock that
will come up to the purebred in size
and looks, with possibly greater laying
power and strength because Of the late
crosses In their blood.
1t is true that If you will improve
you must breed from one color. You
must set aside ten or more OF your
best marked hens OF the color de
cided on, which may be barred. II you
have a cockerel or two as well marked
as these hens and large as the barred
breed requires. keep these to mate
with the selected hens. II there are
no cockerels of this variety to breed
from, it will be best to put in couple
of the purebred Barred Rocks.
There must be some arrangement
made for keeping these male birds
and the selected hens In a pen &c
themselves during the breeding sea
son. The expense of such a pen Is
very light. You cannot expect to i'm
prove your flock without some slight
expense. Ten or fifteen hens will give
you all the eggs you need for breed
ing stock next year, even after close
culling. By another year you should
be able to discard all your mixed stock
and rely on the improved birds to form
all of the flock, which will yet demand
culling and good selection each year
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

miracle had happened. Before him,
just visible against the lines OF the
Staten island shore, was the four
masted ship, the Lancing, that has one
OF the most unusual histories of any
boat on the seas; beyond was the Ed
ward Sewall with four great masts, on
three OF which there were square
yards; at the eastern anchorage were
several other square riggers and just
behind him. tied up to a North river
dock, was the four-masted bark, the Va
lerie. three hundred and fifty feet long
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
GOOD VENTILATION FOR HOGS
Frequently When Shed 10 Closed AMI.
mails Become Heated and Must
Intaie Impure Air.

OF little less importance than the
ventilation of this years crop Of corn
is that Of securing proper ventilation
for the animals that eat 1t, according
to the Nebraska College of Agricul-
ture. This is particularly true If
hogs.
Frequently when the shed is closed
tightly the hogs will become heat
ed, as we'll as be obliged to inhale
impure air. Such hogs, on being ex-
posed to cold air. are likely to be-
come susceptible to disease, espe-
cially pneumonia and so-called hog
rheumatism.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
CAUSES FOR SMALL LITTERs
Trouble More Than Any Other 10
Breeding Young Sows.

Can you tell me why my brood
sows only bring between three and six
pigs per litter?"
Replying to this question Prof. G.
w. Barnes. live stock specialist Of the
University of Arizona agricultural ex.
tension service. says:
II you have studied hog conditions
in the United States you will find that
about four pigs per litter is the aver
age; and I can point to you men in
Arizona who are actually raising for
market two and three pigs to the lit
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

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vehicle A Percheron it.
When visiting
which
larged He has a special tailor makes his clothes
Washington"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

DISBeSC pCTItICIdH III tHe CHTtcQ
States. Crimson already holds the dis
tinction of being the biggest man in
the United States, and the largest
Elk in the world.
Crimson now weighs 5S5 pounds in
his stocking feet, and complains dis
mally that he is being worn to
shadow by overwork. He has weighed
as high as 600 pounds. 1t took him
fifteen years to lose the fifteen pounds.
He will make his canvass in a buggy
built specially to accommodate his i'm
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

the next box ked Areale howed dsmay and
kittens a meow
The chickens attractions
market 81 pound
ii Dozen olives
Reginald presided
pickles and Bliss
Mrs Payne Whitney noncalanty into
bills
She
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

A rope with a moose in 1t is some
what cheaper to tie an animal with
than a good halter, but if the moose
happens to slip. or the animal gets
into some unusual position which
draws the rope tight enough to choke
the animal to death, the halter proves
o whole lot cheaper in the end.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Get Rid Of Vermjn,

Lice live upon the bodies of the
poultry. They deposit their eggs in
be plumage, generally near the vent.
ind live upon the scurf, dead skin and
Gathers. To get rid of them rene
lies must be applied to the bird
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

room Of Mrs. Payne Whitney, at 972
Fifth avenue, and about 1t moved
New York's most wealthy and most
lovely, attired in the latest styles
The fact that he was a pioneer in
o new field did not lessen the young
p-~ker's Fifth avenue debut. for it
was for the social service department
of the New York hospital that Mrs.
Whitney threw open her home.
Late in the afternoon Mrs. Anna
Sands took pity on the little pig and
bought him for $25 The $40 bantams
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

night the lobster him under his coat and started
Gigans
fellow policeman, his aid.
both unsuccessful Finally with
In
hold like
middle the hand which
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Trained Lobster Bites Philadelphia Policeman

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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Waycross Man Hopes to Be Biggest Congressman

Crimson Wacross made formal
will be known throughout the nation the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Charcoal Is Beneficial.

Don't neglect to have supply Of
charcoal before the layers at all times
t helps to keep the flock healthy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
Palesef GOTHAM
laid l79fh'e!|'EtCITIES
Old Sailing Ships Return to Port Of New York

NEW YoRK-B Quigey earnestne
He viewing greater he To
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
New York Society Entertains a Pig in ParIor

NEW YORK pggn He love he and he
sophstcated The imposing drawing
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Prices for Metal,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
Lead, New York. $627R; bar silver.
569sc; spelter. St. Louis. s17i2; cop
per. casting. $25.S7k.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-02-25

Felix was rescued he bit his wouId-bo
kidnaper and several policemen.
Felix is a healthy-looking crusta-
cean, and his appearance as he crawls
along the baskets of oysters outside
the restaurant has been the means of
inviting many inside the place to en-
Joy a little snack o. Felix's relatives,
near and distant. Felix has been
trained to look his best when pro-
spective customer approaches.
John Johns. who claims his home
Is in Camden, strolled by the res .au-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
Protected AGAINST Lightning.

A German nitroglycerin factory is
completely covered with a network OF
wires, suitably grounded, as a protec-
ton against lightning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
War Upon Pain.

Pain is visitor to every house and
usually it comes quite Unexpectedly
But you are prepared for every emer.
gency If you keep a small bottle of
Sloan's Liniment handy. 1t is the
greatest pain killer ever discovered
Simply laid on the skin-no rubbing
required-it drives the pain away. 1t
is really wonderful.
Mervin H. Soister, Berkeley, Cal,
writes: Last Saturday, after tramping
around the Panama Exposition with
wet feet. | came home with my neck
so stiff that | couldn't turn. l applied
Sloan's Liniment freely and went to
bed. To my surprise, next morning the
stiffness had almost disappeared, four
hours after the second application !
was as good as new"
March 1915. At Druggists, 25c
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28

drive rabies from Oklahoma, just as
it did from England and the British
Isles, where there was compulsory
muzzling of dogs for several years.
During this time the muzzling law
was rigidly enforced. The law was
then repealed, and rabies shortly after
wards re-appeared. New Zealand had
similar experience. To be effective,
the muzzling of dogs must be univer-
sal and thorough. Stray dogs, prowling
from place to place. will soon scatter
the infection of rabies among count
less other dogs, regardless of how
careful the other dogs may be muzzled,
but of no value if only part of the
dogs in each community were muz-
zled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
Getting Rid of Trachoma.

In the opinion of the Surgeon Gen
eral of the United States public health
service, the control of trachoma or
"sore eyes" in the United States may
probably be best secured by estab-
fishing small hospitals in commune
ties where this disease is prevalent.
During last year the federal govern
ment treated 10000 cases of tracho-
ma, in a majority of which cures were
effected AS rule these persons live
in remote localities. Were it not for
the hospital care and treatment they
received, they would have remained
victims of this highly contagious dis
ease practically all the remainder of
their lives. Physicians and nurses are
being sent to such communities to in
struct the public as to how recur-
renee and development of trachoma
may be prevented. In Oklahoma ira
choma is found most frequently among
Indians, especially those that have not
abandoned the unhygienic ways of
camp life. The infection may easily
be conveyed from one person to an
other.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
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(By State Board of Health.)
How to Control Small Pox

Smallpox outbreaks in several coun
ties in Oklahoma during the last three
or four weeks have caused more or
less anxiety in the different communi-
ties. Concerning this disease, the
state commissioner of health, DR.. Jno.
w. Duke, said recently: Personally,
am opposed to quarantine for small
pox, disease which can be controlled
in only one way by vaccination. This
latter fact is so firmly established as
to be beyond the slightest doubt. Con-
sequently there is no need of temper
izing. With the remedy known and
easily at hand, it is absurd to waste
time talking about protecting indi-
viduals or the public by establishing
quarantines. The thing to do is to
vaccinate. Compulsory vaccination in
Prussia during the last twenty-five
years drove small pox from that coun-
try, until the year of the outbreak of
the European war only two small cases
of smallpox appeared in the entire en-
pire. Immunity from smallpox is OBJ
tanned by vaccination. Persons who
are properly vaccinated, will not con-
tract the disease. So persons who
for any reason are opposed to vaccina-
ton may run the risk of having the
disease, or may escape it by the exer-
else of a little common sense"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
Has Used ChamberIaIn's Cough
Remedy for 20 Years.

"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my household for the
past twenty years. began giving 1t
to my children when they were small
AS a quick relief for Group, whooping
cough. and ordinary colds, it has no
equal. Being free from opium and
other harmful drugs, | never felt
afraid to give it to the children. I
have recommended 1t to a large num-
ber Of friends and neighbors, who have
used it and speak highly of it," writes
Mrs. Mary Minke, Shortsville, N. Y.
Obtainable everywhere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
Advantage of State Plant.

"a twine plant operated by the
state has many advantages. 1t is es-
pecially beneficial to the farmer, be-
cause it keeps the price of twine down
to the lowest point that is consistent
with the cost of manufacturing The
state can manufacture twine at 1c per
pound profit and still undersell the
trust price 1c per pound.
"a twine plant furnishes ideal en-
ployment for those confined behind
prison walls. Its nature is such that
many men who are unable to do hard
manual labor can engage in it with
out any injurious results and at a
profit to the state.
"On April Il of this year our twine
plant was completely destroyed by
fire. We are constructing a 12O-spindle
mill with a capacity of 1900 pounds
yer day. This mill is an exact dupli-
cate of the International mills. The
buildings are freproof and are also
equipped with a sprinliling system,
and are modern in every respect. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
Coughs and Colds Are Dangerous

Few Of us realize the danger Of
Coughs and Colds. We consider them
common and harmless ailments. How
ever statistics tell US every third per
son dies OF a lung ailment Dangerou.
bronchial and lung diseases follow a
neglected cold As your body struggles
against cold germs, no better aid can
be had than Dr.. Kings New Discovery
It's merit has been tested by old and
young. In use over 45 years. Get a
bottle today. Avoid the risk Of serious
ailments. Druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-28
PEN|TENT|ARY
TOHAVE TW|NE
FACTORY SOON
EXPERIENCES OF OTHER STATES
SHOW PRISON PLANTS TO BE
PAYING INSTITUTIONS - SOME
REPORTS SHOWN.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 27.-Since the
recent session of the Oklahoma legis
iamre passed a law providing for
establishment of twine factory at
the state penitentiary, the market
conditions surrounding sisal have in
terested state officials. They are
reading of the proposal to have Cyrus
II. Mccormick testify before the sen
ate committee on agriculture of the
federal congress. This is a result OF
complaint made by Sol WeXler, former
ly of New Orleans, to the effect that
banks had been threatened with with.
drawal of the harvester deposits if
they helped to finance the Pan-Amer-
lean Commission Corporation designed
to end the monopoly in sisal.
one of the principal arguments
made in this state against the state
engaging in the manufacture of twne
was that monopoly exists in the sup
ply of the raw material and that it
will be impossible for the state to com
pete with the International Harvester
Company in this enterprise.
Some of the data before the legis-
lature in the consideration of the twine
factory project which was submitted
by Governor Williams related the eX-
perience of other states. The report
from the Kansas penitentiary was as
follows:
Report from Kansas Prison.
"By request of the Hon. Thomas w.
Morgan, warden of the United States
penitentiary, | take pleasure in fur
nishing you with data relative to twine
mills operated in this and other states.
THE Kanass State prison twine
plant was installed in 1899, having 100
spindles, each spindle producing 100
pounds of twine in ten hours, twine
running 500 feet to the pound. In 1907
there were twenty spindles added and
in 1912 there were thirty spindles ad-
ded, bringing the total up to $50 spin
dies capable of producing 3,75O0OO lbs.
per year.
"From 1899 to 1909 the twine was
furnished to the dealer and the farm
er at one price. This method of mar
keting the finished product was very
with the dealers and as a
they would not handle
the state twine. This made it impos-
sible to market the output of the mills,
of from four to six
months each year shut down.
''In 1909 the plan of furnishing the
dealer with a special price of 1c per
pound under the price to others, in
terested the dealers, and since then
.he mill has not been able to supply
he growing demand for state twine
In the year 1912 the State of Kansas
marketed 100000 pounds of twine,
netting the state $4,000, and, in addi.
ion, saved the farmers of Kansas $40,-
100 over prices maintained by other
manufacturers.