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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
ADVANTAGES POSSESSED
BY CORPORATE LOCATION

The location of mineral claims in
extensive groups frequently consti-
tutes an evil says the Mining Record,
in that single individual or single
management is not usually able to
| give proper attention to a large acre
age, and the spirit of the law, which
contemplates the development of the
ground, may be defeated through the
exclusion of others from the enjoy
ment Of this privilege. A single
prospector, doing his work upon his
holdings, cannot consistently retain
more than Is or 20 claims, and ii is
quite probable that the exigencies of
a livelihood will make it impossible
for him to perform NOR than a few
hundred dollars worth of work per
annum upon unproductive ground
On the other hand, the corporation,
| composed as it is of several or even a
large number of individuals and pre-
sumably able to employ labor for de-
velopment, has the ADVANTAGE over
the individual in its ability to as
semble and retain large number
of claims, and it is this supposed ad
vantage that places the corporation
under the ban or adverse opinion
when it fails to properly carry out it's
obligations to the government. Ex-
perience teaches that a corporation
Is just as neglect of its annual duty
as the individual, and the manager
thereof is just as apt to pad" his
work and seek the ordinary technical
loopholes of escape from the full as
sessment requirement.
We perceive two possible reasons
for the prejudice against the corpor-
ate locator. One lies in its greater
resourcefullness in a case of contest
with relocator. due to its manifold
personality and is broader opportun-
tiles of financing its needs. The 9TH
er lies in its greater temptation to
speculate upon its location rights.
In the first instance, it may be cas-
ier for the corporation to evade the
law at the expense of the individual
who, through local contact with the
mineral ground, is really desirous Of
developing it as the law intended 1t
should be. In the second instance,
the corporation often considers II
good policy to boast of it's large acre
age. The trashy class of stock pro-
motions has given bad odor to pro-
spect corporations in general, often
without justice and this fact helps to
explain why the corporate holder of
large group Is sometimes hated by
individuals who wish to work a part
of the group, but are prevented from
doing so by the persistent efforts of
the company to hang on to its acre
age.
When a corporation holds a large
group of claims and conscientiously
performs its annual labor, it Is as
much entitled to consideration as the
individual, and if it deveions a mine
| it is usually the part OF wisdom for
| it to avoid conflicts by holding
ground as a buffer" between ii and
its neighbors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
UTAH'S METAL PRODUCTION
EnR THE WEAR OF 10l

The mines of Utah, says the SAT-
Lake Mining Review, are approach
ing the end of the most prosperous
year of their history. The high
prices of all metals have stimulated
the industry to an extent never be-
fore possible, and the result has been
a vast increase in production as well
as in the value of the output.
Statistics mean nothing to most Oh
us. We regard them as an invention
of the devil, designed to befuddle the
intellect of the listener or reader,
and generally collected to prove some
point of argument, whether they are
right or wrong. In fact, their strong
point in a debate or in any statement
lies in the fact that usually they must
be accepted as gospel. simply because
the means are not at hand to refute
them.
However, proved figures make 1t
safe to predict that the mineral out
put of Utah for the Gale ldar year
1916 will reach a total well above
sS5, 000,0O0-possibly ss0,000,000.
The great bulk of this comes from
Salt Lake county, and from the area
within thirty miles Of this city, where
the estimated total for the year is
more than s65,000,00O. The balance
is scattered over the state, with the
great Tintic and Park City districts
leading.
Utah has always been considered
a silver state, and is always well up
among the leaders in production OF
the white metal However, the states
mineral production this year Is more
than two-thirds copper. The silver
production is about $10,000,000 and
the lead s5,000,000. We have no
reliable figures at hand on the zinc
and gold totals, nor of the rare met
ais.
Va hhO NOpp~A Va VIZ
state comes from one property-the
famous Utah Copper, located at Bing-
ham. This Is the greatest single pro-
ducer in the world today, its output
now netting the owners s1,000,000 a
week. It's reports show that II is pro-
ducing more than 20.000.000 pounds
Of copper each month; and II Is In
creasing the figure regularly.
The metal production being so
heavy in the state, 1t follows as a
matter of course that this is Utah's |
banner year to date in the matter of |
mine dividends also. Next year will |
probably excel its record, owing to
the probability of the war continu-
ing: but II unforeseen events were to
end the struggle soon, this year
would have hung up records of pro-
duction and of dividends which |
would not be. equaled for many years |
to come.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16

vanished from sight and sustained a
permanent lapse of memory. In gold
bullion the specimen is worth about
$4OO but as a specimen it is worth
five times that and in fact no amount
OF money could induce Mr. Carlton
TO part with 1t. The specimen may
finally rest in the show cases of Har-
ward university and will be labeled
the Finest specimen of gold ore in
the world"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
is BEGINNING TO SHOW
VERY GOOD RESULTS

John Alton, the newsuperintendent
OF the Hill City Tungsten Production
company paid visit to Deadwood
yesterday, his first since his connec-
tion with the company, and while
here had short talk with the mining
reporter of the Pioneer-Times. He
says that the company has liquidated
about all of it's outstanding indebted
ness, and that he is expecting to take
up everything against the corporation
within the next few days, the balance
amounting to only a small sum, and
that it's condition financially was
never better. The fact that the COM
pany is now entirely out of debt has
had splendid effect, and there is
noticeable increase in the efficiency
of its every department, and he has
hopes that within the next month or
so it will be on not only producing
but paying basis, and while he is
not promising dividends for while
yet to the stockholders, he can give
them all assurances that the prop
erty will be paying its own way.
He says that the milling plant is
one of the best in the world, that the
re which is being mined from the
Cowboy, Annie and other properties
of the company and treated in the
plant. is rich in metallic tin. and that
when everything is running as 1t
should there will not be question
as to the profit that will be made by
the company, and he is certain ii will
satisfy everyone connected with 1t.
Superintendent Alton impresses one
as a capable man, one who thorough
ly understands his business and one
who does not indulge in idle talk, but
does things, and under his manage
ment 1t is pretty sure that the tin
mining industry of the southern
Hills. In the success OF the Hill City
company. is going to receive the big
gest and the best kind OF boost, for
he il going to demonstrate in prac-
tical way that 1t will pay big pro-
fits.
The company has been doing it's
own smelling of concentrates. and
has one of the most up-to-date little
plants for this purpose. and as at the
present time metallic tin in bars COM,
mands higher price and can be sold
at greater profit than the concen-
trates. the company will do its own
smelling. One or two shipments of
bars have been made. which have
paid we'll, and others will follow. Mr.
Peterson. the smeltre man. is absent
on = short vacation. and since his go
Ing away large quantity Of concen-
Erate. nave been accumulated which
will be smelted on his return, but
here il not any hurry for this. as the |
market for metallic tin is raising and
be company can place without
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
HERDED TOGETHER AND
EXAMINED LIKE CATTLE

HAVRE, France, Dec. 9.--The Bel
gian government has issued a list Of
persons deported from the various
communities 1t shows in many in
stances that leading educators and
professional men are among those
expelled. 1t declares that hundreds
were massed at Jamespassas, ex-
amined as to age, strength and gen.
eral appearance much as though
they were cattle" Five hundred
were selected for transportation
Each was asked to sign a paper say
ing they engaged voluntarily for
work in Germany. One man who
signed the paper was overcome with
remorse and hanged himself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
CHICAGO GIRLS WANT TO
WED IN NORTH DAKOTA

CHICAGO, Dec. $50 many Chi
cago girls want to go back to North
Dakota as the wives of bachelor
farmers. who came here on special
trains for the stock and horse show.
that an official cupid committee has
been named. 1t is announced that
the committee will take charge of all
love letters and see the right girl gets
the right man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
HELD UP SUPREME COURT
AS MODEL FOR WORLD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The Unit
ed States supreme court was held up
as a model for world tribunal by
speakers before the American So
ciety for Judicial Settlement of In
ternational Disputes. They urged
the creation of world court, to
which all controversies involving ma
tions shall be submitted William
Fl. Taft was among the speakers.
Justice Riddle of Canada predicted
that wars will eventually cease.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
STATE FISH HATCHERY
LOCATED AT RAPID CITY

Black Hills Booster: The state
fish hatchery located at Rapid City
is now in the experimental stage. II
this experiment proves successful it
will be permanently established.
The hatchery is in charge of
Messrs. Purcell and Wentworth, ex-
perienced fish culturists, and has al
ready shown some progress along
the lines of successful fish culture.
There are installed troughs and
trays sufficient for the Matching of
two million eggs. At present there
are about forty thousand eggs being
incubated in the trays, which are
superimposed in troughs, six trays
to a compartment, with flowing wa
ter passing over the eggs all the
time, day and night The building is
located near the bank Of the creek,
at the bend above Saddle rock, and
beside a spring flowing into the creek
The water has to be pumped from
the spring by a centrifugal pump op-
Grated by an electric motor, which
has not ceased to run since the / 9Th
of last month. Mr. Wentworth or
Mr.. Purcell are on the job at all
hours of the day or night, and have
an electric alarm bell to notify them
in case the water should cease to
flow from any cause.
About the 18th of this month a
shipment of one million trout eggs
are expected to arrive from Colorado
and these will be placed in the trays
for Matching at once. If nothing pre-
vents, they will all be little trout in
four months time. After they are
hatched, the fry will have to be plac-
ed in nursing ponds, and protected
until they are large enough to take
care OF themselves, when they will
be released in the river.
If thtist first experiment proves a
success, the state will erect real
hatchery in this city, probably at
some point below Milyackee depot,
where the supply Of water from the
spring will be delivered by gravity.
the fall being sufficient to permit
Of its flowing into the troughs with
out pumping it.
At present the hatchery has about
five hundred adult trout in captivity.
confined in two long troughs, and
about ready for stripping. Some
have been stripped and others are
getting ripe.
With the shipment of the Colorado
eggs and what they can get from the
captive breeders, the hatchery will
be able to try out about two million
eggs before next season.
In case this experiment proves
success il will be up to the city to
donate the site for the new hatchery.
which it is understood will be done.
The hatchery will be quite draw
ing card in itself, and of immense
value in keeping our river well stock
ed with speckled beauties, which will
attract many tourists here during
the open season for fishing.
Messrs. Purcell and Wentworth in
vite the public to come and inspect
the plant and especially all sports
men and public-spirited citizens. Wis
itors are always welcome.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
WILL SPEND HOLIDAYS
IN NEW YORK HOME

Mr. M. Salinsky and family left
last evening for New York City to
spend the holidays in their old home,
where Mr. Salinsky will purchase a
stock for a Deadwood store that will
talk quality and price. No good
family can be spared and the many
friends of these most estimable peo-
pie are glad to know they will return
in the early spring. Mr.. Salinsky
lately resigned as manager OF the
New York Store of this city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16

the premises, and that he had not
even left Instructions as to wherc he
meant to locate. At last accounts no
naces of him had been found, al
though every effort was being made
to apprehend him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16
RAISED $4,000 IN LESS
THAN THREE MINUTES

vINITA, Okla, Dec. lin less
than three minutes two men robbed
the Farmers State Bank of $4,000
and escaped in an automobile. Sew
eral posses are pursuing the robbers.
but there is no trace OF them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-12-16

others who will be on hand at the
opening OF the session, making their
wants known.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-11-23
An Opportunity For A Higher
Education.

College Park. Nov. 23-Attending
the high schools. academies and prep
aratory schools in Maryland are many
young men whose ambitions urge them
forward to college, where they would
receive an advanced training to bet
ter fit them to make a success In their
chosen vocatons.
These young men fully recognize the
advantage of a higher education--they
know that those who are best prepared
will win out in the battle OF life"
They realize the force of the argument,
backed by facts. that the earning ca
pacity OF the college graduate exceeds
by far that Of the high school and
graded school graduate. They are con-
vinced that the time and money spent
in securing advanced training is the
best investment to be made at the
present period Of their lives. They
appreciate the handicap that an I'M
trained man endures In the competi-
ton for positions in all walks OF life.
More evident is this In progressive
farming than in any other profession.
Some of these young men are for
tunately situated regarding the ways
and means to finance four years at col
lege. There are many others, however,
without this advantage, and they must
secure other means OF getting at least
q part of the funds to support them
in obtaining collegiate education,
Especially to these is the following
opportunity valuable: Eighty.five
young men Of Maryland each year have
the chance to obtain 20 per cent. Of
the total fixed expenses necessary to
attend the Maryland State College.
The fixed expenses include room with
heat and Light. board, laundry, books
and medical attention and amount to
$4,000.
To encourage worthy young men
who desire a collegiate education the
Board of Trustees of the Maryland
State College awards to each Of the
high schools, academies and prepare
tory schools of Maryland whose gradu
ates are eligible for entrance into the
Freshman Glass, one scholarship each
year with valuation Of $4,000. This
scholarship continues for four years,
Here is a chance for any deserving
young man in the State This money
Is not loan in any sense Of the word,
but is a credit placed directly to the
individuals account.
The selection for these scholarships
is made upon the recommendation OF
the Principal and Superintendent OF
the schools in the county. and cities
Now is the time for young men in
high schools to decide to obtain one
of these scholarships by leading in his
studies and by otherwise demonstrate
ing to their officials that they are
worthy of recommendation.
All the average Maryland boy wants
Is a fair chance. Here is the oppor
tunity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-11-23
WHEN SUN WAS WORSHIPEC
Baalbec, Now In Ruins, Was the Cen.
ter Of Religion That Once Had
Many Adherents.

Baalbec is the city of the sun. Here
the sun god was worshiped thousands
OF years ago, here the ruins of his
great temple still stand, monstrous
and ma jeStic, a wonder and Il mystery
to another age and another race. Here,
too, the sun today still seems to smile
with particular warmth and fervor as
though regarding his faithful capital
now that his place in the hierarchy Of
deities Is gone.
In the ruins OF Baalbec you can
trace the rise and fall of almost every
creed that the near East, rich in
creeds, has known. The very stones
still lie about that were raised by the
worshipers Of Baal, whom the Israel
ties overthrow. Then came the Greeks
and the Romans, with temples to Apol-
10 and Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus.
The warllke Arabs left their mark in
circle of Notifications, temples to
religion of the sword. Today the Turk
holds dominion, and his modern mos
Ques raise their frail dOmed heads,
like the transient structures OF chill
dren, beside the mighty monuments OF
the past.
In plain terms of the guidebooks,
Baalbec Is little Turkish village of
5000 people situated near some Of the
most remarkable ruins on earth. So
there nre two Baalbecs-the city of
yesterday and the city of today. Mod
ern Baalbec has its mosques and its
churches and It's schools, sends its re-
cruits to the sultan's armies, and
makes picnics to the temple of Bac-
chus, where its young men and maidens
hold hands in the twilight. Ancient
Baalbec Is a confused colossus, a heap
of mighty blocks of cunningly carved
stone, earthquake tossed and time eat
en-, piled haphazard and buried in
sand, with here and there some frieZe.
some wall, some shrine or altar still
raising Its head through the tide Of
destruction to hold aloft the symbol of
the sun or the Roman eagle.
The old stones have taken on a Pc
culiarly rich and golden color with the
years. Fragments that psychologists
unearth from underground are pale
and colorless, but the sunlight of CEN
turtles has touched what it could reach
with its own sunset hues. Few sights
are so beautiful as Baalbec on a clear
spring evening. The five great col
umns of the sun rear their slender
height henvenward like the trunks Of
giant palms. The tumbled temple
stones glow golden in the level rays,
while below stretches the tender green
of young grain, the delicate bloom Of
wide orchards. The rock of the col
umns crumbles with the passing Of
ages, but the bloom of growing life
that blights ut frosty breath returns
ever fresh and new, spring after
spring, eternnlly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-11-23
BUTTERMkk|NG
IN THE WINTER
Allow Cream To Ripen Before
Churning.
KEEP CREAM AT 70 DEGREES

College Park, Nov. 23.-Churning
should be completed in about 80 min
utes. Timely suggestions relative to
making butter have been written by
G. E. Wolcott, Dairy Extension, Mary
land State College. Mr.. Wolcott says:
During the winter season farm wives
often experience great deal Of diff.
iculty in churning. Frequently the
cream is churned for several hours be-
fore the butter gathers. The churn-
ing can be completed in about 80 min
utes If the proper precautions are OBJ
served in caring for the cream be-
fore 1t is placed in the churn. Diff
Guilty in churning during the winter
months is generally due to the low
temperature of the cream before and
at the time it is placed in the churn.
In order to make churning easy and
at the same time produce desirable
flavor in the butter, the cream should
be allowed to ripen or sour. If held
at a temperature of 70 degrees for
several hours and frequently stirred,
a clean acid flavor will develop, and
the viscosity of the cream will be de-
creased. BY decreasing the viscosity,
the churning will be more complete
and will require less time and en-
ergy.
Before placing the cream in the
churn the temperature should be re-
duced about so degrees. If most of
the cows in the herd are well along
in their period of lactation, 1t may
be necessary to churn at higher tenn
perature in order to bring about
complete churning within reasonable
time. The greater the agitation, the
more quickly will the churning be
finished, This can be brought about
when the churn is not more than half
full.
When the churning is completed,
the fat globules will gather in gran
ules about the size of kernel of corn.
and the butter will stand well out OF
the buttermilk.
After drawing off the buttermilk,
wash the butter in water at the same
temperature as that of the butter
milk. The amount of wash water
should be equal to the amount OF but
termilk removed from the churn.
After washing add one ounce OF
salt for each pound Of butter. The
amount Of salt to add will vary with
the taste of the consumer. The salt
can be distributed and buttermilk re-
moved by careful working.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-11-23

enough that the wire can be pushed
in, 1t will be necessary to cut part
way In with q knife.
Two or three methods are available
for making the control Of borers more
easy. In case of older trees, probably
the most important method Is by
mounding, that is, heaping up little
mound of earth around the base Of the
tree. This forces the insect to deposit
its egg higher on the tree, so that
the worm will be located higher. 1t
is much easier to level this mound Of
earth down around the tree to find
the borer than to have to dig away the
soil when it is left level. However.
mounding may not be practicable in
very stony land. III case Of younger
trees. the best method is to wrap them
with wood veneer wrapper, and
mound very small amount Of earth
around these wrappers. This makes
it very difficult for the parent Of the
borer to get its eggs deposited in the
trunk of the tree.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-11-23
PRUNING TIME IN ORCHARDS
Begin to Swell-Make Cuts Close,
Leaving No Stubs.
(By w. G. BRIERLY.)

(By w. G. BRIERLY.)
The orchard trees should be pruned
before the buds begin to swell. Trees
can be put into fairly good shape by
careful work, but this must not be
done all at once If it means the re-
moval Of considerable quantity Of
wood. If properly done there will be
no evil results and the work Of spray
ing, thinning, and harvesting will be
made easier.
Make all cuts close up so that no
stubs are left to die and start decay
in the heart of the tree. After the
wound is made, If 1t Is more than
three-quarters of an inch across be
sure to give it good coat of paint. or
Of melted grating wax.
Cut all dead or injured wood for
start and then remove some Of the
tangled crossing branches in the GEN.
ter. This will open up the center and
give fruit of better color on the shady
side of the tree. Some heading-back
may be needed, but it will be best to
leave that for another year II much
wood has been removed. Following
this plan will give moderate pruning,
which will give best results.