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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-04-07
AMERICAN VICE CONSUL
ARRESTED BY GERMANS
'Hy Associated Press,

LONDON, April Julius Van
hee, American vice consul at
Ghent. recently connected with the
Belgian relief commission, was ar
rested by the Germans today and
sent to Germany, according to an
Amsterdam dispatch.
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5O,OOO,OOO BUSHELS SHORTAGE
IN WHEAT HAILED AS A CALAMITY

and flour exports. Prediction for
rye is sixty million bushels, the
greatest ever recorded.
tBy Associated Presul
CHICAGO, April Accepting the
wheat crop conditions as shown by
the government as calamity, the
wheat market advanced sensation
ally Corn scared with the wheat.
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When President Wilson signed his proclamation declaring that
the United States for the second time since 1914
with European power Seizure of all selfnter
ships American has been carried and
being hurried completion by Congress and federal
and state authorities
While United States the first republic Of the hem
phere join the ranks of the begers the world there
indications that her step will be followed by others Pres
dent Menoca urged the Cuban Congress declare that
between the newest republic of the world and
Germany Antierman feeling reported high in Brazil after the
sinking Brazilian merchant vessel and the largest republic of
South America also may defending herself against German
methods Of warfare.
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NEWPORT NEWS April IA German raider is officially re-
ported off Virginia capes Shipping has been warned
ny AssOca
NEWPORT, R. l., April IA German raider was officially re-
ported off Nantucket TAO o'clock this morning Shipping was
warned to leave port.
II AssOen
WASHINGTON, c., April THE interned German gunboat
Cormorant at Guam blown up last night
Associated Presa)
WASHINGTON D. c., April All shipping practically tied
up while navy patrols went out to establish the identity OF my
ou ships reported lanes the first breath of
at the doors of America thrill through the country De
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80 - = = = .
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO

Official readings OF the ther. =
mometer by the United States .
observer at Tonopah: =
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WASHINGTON, D. c., April THE interned Ge
rmorant at Guam, was blown up last night.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
NOT TO DO WORK OF MEN.

The Boy Scout movement does not
put the idea of killing in the mind of
Boy Scouts; 1t does not put instru-
ments of death into their hands.
Uncle Sam does not want boy SOL
diers. Military work is a mans work.
There is no reason why the nation
should ask its boys to become soldiers.
They are needed for boys work.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Maj. Gen.
Leonard A. Wood, the secretary of war,
the secretary of the navy, the chief Of
staff of the United States army-these
men, seriously concerned with the
proper preparations Of our boys for
their full duty as citizens, are officers
of the Boy Scouts of America.
The boys work in the Boy Scouts
Of America does not include strictly
military drill. The Scout movement
has found better way to train and
use boys in our country's service in
times like these. The eminent mill
tary men named above, the president
of the United States, governors, edu-
Gators, pastors, business and profess
sional men know, and have said, that
the Scout movement provides more
beneficial training for boys of Scout
age than any military course.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Arizona.

The Cobrita shaft, Salome district,
has attained a depth of 200 feet and
a station is being cut.
To care for the 5000 tons of ore
how on the dumps, mill will be
erected on the Carmelita property.
Another car of $4,000 or better cop
pergold ore is on the shipping plat
form of the A. & C. railroad at Wen
den, consigned to the smelter by
leasers at the Critic mine.
Work is progressing right along in
the west drift OF the No. tunnel at
the Glory Hole at Salome, and the
company has already opened up q
large body of milling ore.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
&I3OH
SCOUTS
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of Americal
THE RELIGIOUS ELEMENT

The Boy Scouts of America main
tain that no boy can grow into the
best kind Of citizenship without recog-
nizing his obligation to God, according
to the constitution and bylaws recent
ly adopted by the incorporators. In the
first part of the boy scouts oath or
pledge the constitution states. the boy
promises, "On my honor / will do my
best to do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the scout law"
The recognition of God as the ruling
and leading power in the universe, and
the grateful acknowledgment of his
favOrs and blessings, is necessary to
the best type of citizenship, and is n
wholesome thing in the education of
the growing boy. No matter what the
boy may be-Catholic or Protestant or
Jew--this fundamental need of good
citizenship should be kept before him.
The Boy Scouts of America therefore
recognizes the religious element in the
training of a boy, but it is absolutely
non-sectarian in its attitude toward
that religious training. Its policy is
that the organization or institution
with which the boy scout is connected
shall give definite attention to his re-
ligiouS life.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
New Mexico,

The Conejo Copper Company filed
incorporation papers, the capitaliza-
ton being 100000.
The Rinconda Copper Company OF
Tularosa, Otero county, filed incorpor-
ation papers. The capitalization is
sS50,00O.
Some of the finest silver ore ever
seen in Lincoln county has been en-
countered on the Christmas claim
near Water cafon, the lead being at
a depth of eightyfive feet, disclosing
a solid vein of four feet in thickness.
A number Of mining men from Mex
leo have acquired from Capt ]. A.
Winram, the Mail Line mine in the
Apache district, eight miles north of
Fairview, in the Black Range, Sierra
county A steam hoist has been in
stalled and eight men put to work.
rhe Toltec Oil Company, with head
quarters in Santa Fe, which is pros
pc citing for oil on state lands in Santa
Fe Torrance Chaves and other coun-
ties, has decided to abandon the well
1t has been drilling north of Roswell
after going down more than $500 feet.
A new well is to be drilled.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
TREAT CHOLERA IN TURKEYS
All Fowls Which Show Symptoms Of
Disease Should BE Separated
Give suipho-Naphthol.

The word is used to cover a number
of intestinal disorders, but cholera is
a contagious germ disease and is prac-
tically incurable. Place all birds which
show any symptoms of the disease in
house remote from other poultry
buildings and one which can be easily
and thoroughly disinfected. Give the
birds few drops of creolin or sulpho-
naphthol in their drinking water, just
enough to turn it family milky. Give
the birds a one-thousandth of a grain
tablet of corrosive sublimate every
three hours. Feed sparingly on soft
easily digested food. All badly affect
ed birds should be killed by a blow on
he head without drawing blood, and
then burned.
Rake up and burn all litter used IN
the house and runs occupied by infect
ed birds. Spray the runs and all parts
3f the building with creolin or sulpho-
1aphthol solution, one Tablespoonful to
two gallons Of water. The runs should
.lso be plowed frequently.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Colorado.

The Running Lode mine at Black
Hawk will resume operations.
The Gold Foil mine, at the foot of
Carson trail, near Lake City, is to be
worked this summer.
Work at the Mary Murphy mine at
st. Elmo is being pushed, forty men
being employed underground.
Ore from the Mountain Top mine.
near Ouray. has been averaging $205
a ton since the first of the year.
The Summit Copper Mining and
Milling Company, at Red mountain,
has force of eighteen men at work.
Ores coming from the Galley lease
on the Jerry Johnson mine at Cripple
Creek are showing sixty-ounce assays.
J. C. Simmons is employing ten men
on vanadium claim development work
between Bear Creek and Brook sta
ton.
The Palace Lode Mining Company
at Cripple Creek announces that plans
have been prepared for the construc-
tion of new plant.
The labor shortage in Colorado is
already so acute that metal mining
men are alarmed as to the effect of
conscription on Colorado mines.
During the last year large areas OF
land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming
have been classified by the Depart
ment of the Interior as mineral land
valuable for oil shale
Ouray reports the starting up of the
seasons work on the handling of the
dumps of the old American-Nettie
mine in the gold belt district imme-
diately north Of the city.
More than $4,000 miners in the Colo
RADIO coal fields have been granted an
increase in pay of approximately 20
per cent, dating from May 1st.
A report from Silverton states:
After solving all difficulties at the
mill, which caused shutdown of sew
eral weeks early in the year, the Kit
timac is forging to the front as q
shipper OF high-grade ore and concen-
trates."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

one time. A local market which will
take any number of squads is a great
aid to the small producer. Where one
has small flock it usually pays best
to build it up until 1t is large enough
to make good-sized shipments of
squads. This, however, requires con-
slant outlay without any return, for
some time.
The production of squads from each
pair of breeders varies from one or
two to as high as ten or eleven pairs a
year, but an average of from six to
seven pairs is fair estimate, although
some SQUAD breeders do better than
this. Squads usually sell at the high
est prices during cold weather, as
pigeons do not breed as freely during
the winter as during the spring.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

1916 the army never carried the ma
tional flag In battle, though we have
record of its use as a garrison flag
from about 1887 or 1898 to 1884.
Bodies of troops carried during this pc
riod and before it what was known as
national colors or standards, of blue,
with the arms of the United States
emblazoned thereon, comprising an
eagle surmounted by number of stars,
and with the designation of the body OF
troops-as infantry. artillery, etc.-in-
scribed on a scroll. In 1884 the artil-
lery was given the right of carrying
the Stars and Stripes, as recorded by
the war department regulations.
Under President Taft's administra-
ton representatives Of the various gov
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
TIPS FOR SCOUTS.

Offer your services as a leader to
any organization in advancing this
project. You can be of especial help
to your teacher by undertaking to care
for school and home gardens during
your school vacation. Be leader.
Learn to save your crop by home
canning and drying, before the har-
vesting season begins.
II you can raise poultry, do SO. Sc
cure garbage food from neighbors and
feed them at small cost to yourself
Eliminate waste.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

First Flag That Symbolized October ~,
the Union Of the Thirteen 1912 which
''s tended to
standardize the Stars and Stripes. and
yet further specifications were found
necessary only recently.
This history Of our flag indicates
that the "Stars and Stripes" was not
carried by troops in battle until the
period of the Mexican war, 1846-47.
Several flags of this period are in the
museum collections.
Ten flags Of the collection pertain
to the Civil war. The garrison flag OF
Fort Moultrie, 8. c.. lowered when
the command evacuated that fort to
assemble at Fort Sumter, December
26. 1860; boat flag flown by Com
mander Charles 8. Boggs. q. S. navy.
when he left the gunboat Varuna,
sunk In an engagement between Con-
federate flotilla and the Union fleet
under Admiral Farragut, below New
Orleans, April "a, 1862; signal flag
of white cloth with painted Stars and
Stripes; headquarters flag Of Maj.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. s. Volun-
teers, flown at Fortress Monroe, Vir-
ginia, in 1861; the flag raised at New
Orleans by its citizens upon the occu-
patton Of the city by the Union forces
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Wyoming.

Drilling for oil progresses on all
sides of Glenrock.
The Young Oil Company has been
incorporated in Wyoming.
One hundred acres of land on the
Northwestern railway. one mile west
Of Glenrock, have been bought for q
refinery site.
The Glenrock Debeque Oil & Gas
Company Is moving a new rig to op-
crate on the east half Of section 20,
township SO north. range Is west
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
SQUADS RAISED FOR MARKET
Birds Should Be Graded According to
Size and Quality-Pack In Cracked
Ice, Breasts Up.

Squads should be graded according
to size and quality, as dark-colored
and small squads tend to lower the
price paid for an entire shipment Of
mixed squads. They are usually
packed for shipment in a good supply
of cracked ice. breasts up, with par
afiin paper between each layer of ice
and squads. Some express companies
have a special rate for SQUAD ship
ments, which should be secured wher-
ever possible. The express charges on
small shipments of squads reduce the
profit materially, making 1t difficult to
sell the squads from small flock at
a profit If they have to be shipped to
commission men. AS the period at
which squad is right for market is
not over one week, 1t Is necessary to
have n good-sized flock to have over
one dozen squads ready for market at
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
eeSSSeeeeeeee
MANY CHANGES IN
STARRY BANNER
Practically Each Historical Pc
riod of the Country Has Wit
messed Its Development
First Into Bat.
tie in Mexico.

"HE fact that some sixty-odd
sizes and shapes Of American
flags were found in use In the
various government depart
ments actuated an executive order,
dated May 20, standardizing the form
and size of all our national flags. The
flags and union jacks of all depart
ments, with certain exceptions in the
army and navy. must now conform to
specifications. Taking the hoist, or
width as 1. the fly, or length. is 1.9;
the hoist Of the union, 7-13; the fly
OF the union, .76 and the width Of
each stripe lib. There are u pre-
scribed sizes, from 1.31 feet to 20 feet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

Massachusetts, which arrived in the
British Downs and was given proper
salute February 8, 1888.
The first American nag for the
United States navy was flung to the
breeze by John Paul Jones, the flrst
American naval onhcer to engage for
elgn foe. This nag had but twelve
stars on 1t and 1t few at the topmast
Of the good ship Ranger.
France recognized this nag while II
noated over the Ranger, and this act
also constituted the recognition Of the
young American government.-Ameri.
can Lutheran Survey.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
SCOUTS KNOW HOW.

A scout does not run away or call
for help when an accident occurs. II
person is cut he knows how to stop
the flow of blood and gently and care
fully bind up the wound. If n person
is burned his knowledge tells him how
to alleviate the suffering. If anyone
Is dragged from the water unconscious
a scout at once sets to work to restore
respiration and circulation. He knows
that not a minute can be lost.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

On the large duck farms they add
about 10 per cent cut green or
steamed alfalfa or clover hay, grass,
rape, cooked small potatoes, turnips
or similar vegetables. The green stuff
is not necessary when ducks are on
green range, but it is beneficial even
then that it adds bulk, variety and
greater palatability.
Mix the mash with water or sour
skim milk or butterinilk to a crumbly
moist condition and feed twice daily
what the ducks will eat in 20 minutes.
Give light feed of whole corn At
noon. Place water in a wooden
trough or galvanized iron vessel with
a larger bottom than top. Have the
water deep enough to reach above
the nostrils and give the ducks an op-
portunity to clean out their nostrils
in the water.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
New Mexico Registers Full Strength

Santa Fe.-No canvass of the regis
tration made June 5th throughout the
state is yet possible, but it is known
to have been complete and it is
thought that it will reach 10000, rep
resenting the strength of the state
under the law. The day was marked
with patriotic zeal, and the only ar
rest reported was that of George Law
renee, a Socialist, at Pennington, who
was charged with speaking disrespect-
fully of the flag.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
MoIokans Refuse to Register.

Phoenix, Ariz-Federal officials are
investigating the case of a number of
Russians living in a community near
Glendale, in this county, who, on ac-
count of their religious convictions, de-
clined to register in conformity with
the army law In the office of the
United States District Attorney it was
stated by Assistant District Attorney
]. H. Langston that his instructions
are to investigate the causes fully.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08


Flag. Embleinatic of the d e yelopment
Union of More Than in savero
historical Pc
RODS, Its many changes and Its grad
ual standardization.
1t is Interesting to note that during
the Revolution the flag had 13 stars ;
in the War Of 1912. 15; in the Mexican
war, %; in the Civil war, 35; In the
Spanish-American war. As, and today
48. The American flag Is among the
oldest Of national flags, being older
than the present British union jack,
the French tri-color and the flag of
Spain, and many years older than the
flags Of Germany and Italy, some of
which, like those of other countries,
are personal flags, or those Of reign
ing families.
There are no early colonial flags,
such as were used by the individual
colonies and militia regiments before
the flag of the United States was
established by congress in 1777, on
June IA, now celebrated as Flag day.
This act requires that the flag Of the
United States be 13 stripes, alternate
red and white; that the union be 13
stars, white In a blue field. represent
ing new constellation" but did not
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Cripple Creek May Output, $1,o74 ,e45

Cripple Creek.-The mining output
of the Cripple Creek district for May
totals S0,S63 tons, with a gross value
of $1,074,945. The average value will
run 1880 to the ton. The Portland
Gold Mining Company's mills treated
no less than 32,S25 tons at little bet
ter than a 81 grade, with a total bull
lion value in excess of $6S,000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
NATIONS FLAG IN HISTORY
Career One Of Glory Since its Adop-
tlon by the Continental Congress
June ~, 1777.

The resolution for the adoption at
the Stars and Stripes a. the Ameri-
can emblem was passed by the Cont
mental congress, June II, 1777. An
American ship. the Columbia, carried
the fiag around the world In 1880.
The American nag was nrst dis
played in foreign port from the mast
NJ the American schooner Bedford o1
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

The navy Immediately adopted this
flag, but the army was slower to act.
Representative of the early stars-and-
stripes type there II a 12-star flag said
to have been used by Paul Jones dur
ing the War Of the Revolution. 1t
measures 1Oh feet by 6h feet.
Another nag Of the very highest
historic value IL the original "Star-
Spangled Banner" which few over
Fort McHenry In Baltimore. during
the bombardment on September 1914,
1914, and was the inspiration Of Keys
anthem. It hangs in the rotunda Of
the new National Museum building,
where the models In competition for
the Key memorial are on display.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
STATE ASKS SCOUTS AID.

For the first time in the history Of
the state, Ohio has called upon the
Boy Scouts for help to battle plague.
The plague is the tussock moth, pest
that was destroying the trees of Cam
ton, President McKinley's home town.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

geants were killed though the BAN
ner never faltered or fell to the
ground; General Hazen's garrison
nag hoisted at Fort McAllister,
Ca, after the surrender Of the
fort to the Union army, December 18,
1854; the nag flown on the U. 8. 8.
Kearsarge when she sank the Ala
bama, deposited in the National muse
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Gunter to Call Extra Session.

Denver.-In order that preparatory
measures for war conditions may be
decided on, Gov. Gunter announced
that he would call a special session of
the Legislature soon. No definite date
has been set, but it is believed that
1t will come early in July.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

under Ma
jor Gener-
al Butler,
NJ a Y l.,
1862 the
remains of
the banner
carried in
the three
days fight
at Salem
H e 1 g hts,
Va, May
3-5, 1868,
W b e n 8
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Mile Front Of Germans Captured.

London.-The British troops have
captured German positions north of
the Scarpe river over a front of about
mile. according to the official re-
port from headquarters tonight
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
Sheen Loss Reported HEAVY.

Steamboat Sprngs.-The cold rains
and winds have been severe on the
sheep in this section. Shearing was
delayed to wait for dry weather, but
even this had costly results.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, 60
60 per cent, $500; 25 per cent, $9.4O
Q12.00: 10 per cent, sS.70410.00 per
unit.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

Kansas City, Mo, June For the
third time within two weeks lorna
does spread death and destruction
through rural districts of Missouri
and Kansas. Reports from the strck-
en- districts show twenty-five have
been killed in Missouri and nine in
Kansas. The number of injured has
reached approximately 150, and esti-
mates of the property damage place
it anywhere from $l,000,00o to
$4,000, 900.
The greatest loss of life apparently
was in Boone county. Missouri, where
eleven persons perished. Seven per-
sons We're killed in Wright county In
Carroll, Charlton and Ray counties
four are dead. In Kansas the deaths
totaled eight in the country south
east and west of Topeka, and one was
killed at Savonburg, near lola, where
the tornado appeared early today
The greatest loss of life at any sin
gle point was at Centralia, Mo- Five
died in the destruction of about fifty
houses within the city and two were
killed nearby More than scor.
were injured. Reports early indicat-
ed that many persons We're injured
in nearby towns and the surrounding
country.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

roe b duu1lH
1 str ito n,
" b e n c o n
EeSS enact
ed tn at 1t
should there
after be Of
13 S tri p e 8,
with the ad-
dition Of a
star for each
new 8 I a I e.
c o rnnencing
July 4, 1918.
1t s e e IN S
I b a I u n t IL
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

ernment de-
o a r tlnents
c o n f erred
on proper
tionS q n d
OF h e r de-
I q 1 | 9 of
the national
flag, result
ing in an ex-
ecutive or
der, dated
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

define how
m q n y
points tn e
8 t a r 8
8 h o u l d
have, how
they should
b g a r
ranged, nor
make pro-
vision for
a 4 Il ifiOn9l
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
5000, 900 for Henry Ford.

Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford, ex-paci
fist, subscribed $5,000,000 to the gov
ernment's Liberty loan.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08

Detroit, Mich.-A storm of cyclonic
intensity that swept over central
lower Michigan Wednesday caused
the deaths of at least three persons,
injuries to nearly thirty others, and
did property damage which it is esti-
mated will amount to nearly $1,00O,-
900. Jackson, Battle Creek, Lansing
and other cities suffered considerable
property damage.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-06-08
U-eoat Sunk by Y. s. Gunners.

U-6oat sunk by y. s. Gunners.
WashingtOn.-A German submarine
is believed to have been sunk by an
armed American steamer in a running
fight lasting an hour and half, in
which thirty-five shots were fired by
the submarine and twenty-five by the
steamer