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Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
THE AMOUNT OF STEEL
IN A BATTLESHiP


Nearly $1,000 gross tons Of steel
will be needed to build the Sc various
new battleships, destroyers and sub
marines, bids for the construction of
which were taken by the United
States Navy on Oct. 25, 1915. When
these are added to our navy they
will make it one of the most formid-
able in the world. Some enlighten-
ing statistics regarding these naval
vessels appear in the January Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. In each of
the four new battle cruisers there
will be 15,O25 tons Of steel; in each
of the four new battleships there will
be 1871 tons of steel; in the 20 new
destroyers, 325 tons Of steel each,
and in the 30 new submarines, 1856
tons each. A hospital ship and an
ammunition ship will need 1000 tons
of steel each. Taking $40 per ton
as the average price Of steel at pres
ent, these vessels mean an outlay of
not less than s1O,00O.OOO for the steel
only.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
go ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS"
Remarkable and Appropriate inserip.
ton Appears on the Old Temple
Clock In London.

The old Temple clock in London
bears curious inscription. the origin
of which is ascribed to chance re-
mark. Z,
Some 200 years ago a master work.
man was employed to repair and put in
a new face on the clock. When his
work was nearly done he asked the
benchers for an appropriate motto to
carve upon the base. They promised
to think of one. Week after week he
came for their decision, but was put
: off. One day he found them at dinner
in commons.
"What motto shall put on the
clock, your lordship" he asked Of a
Judge.
"Oh, go about your business |" his
honor cried. angrily.
And very suitable for a lazy, daw-
ding gang" the clock-maker is said
to have muttered as he retreated. 1t
is certain that he carved go about
your business" on the base.
The lawyers decided that no better
warning could be given them ut any
hour of the day. and there the inscrip-
ton still remains.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
MNBR COLORADO Editorial ASSIMILATION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4th. 1917.
sHAERoTH ASKS FOR FARM
BANK FOR DENVER

Senator Shafroth voiced the popu-
lar protest against the failure to To-
cate one of the twelve federal farm
loan banks in Denver yesterday when
he introduced a bill in the United
States senate to create thirteenth
district, to include Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Utah and New Mexico, and To-
eating the bank in Denver.
Senator Thomas also protested
against the action of the farm board
and urged the passage of the bill.
Senator Shafroth Is confident that
the bill will be favorably reported by
the banking and currency committee,
according to dispatch received from
Washington last night.
In introducing the bill Senator
Shafroth said:
Il protest in the name OF Colorado
against the failure to locate a federal
farm loan bank In the intermountain
West, territory covering stretch
of country 1.4OO miles wide. The pres
ent arrangement leaves the entire ir-
ngated section of the country with
out representation in the federal farm
loan bank system. This irrigated
area equals the entire area of Egypt,
which supports 100000 people,"
Senator Thomas followed with the
declaration that the designation of
the banks constituted a glaring and
gross discrimination against one OF
the most important sections of the
country. He said:
If the purpose of the federal farm
loan law is to aid pioneers and home
builders as declared by its sponsors,
then the very section where home
building is going on is denied the
benefits Of the measure in the selec-
ton of the bank locations"
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

Dr. w. T. Scott, district superin-
tendent will be with us and preach
on the morning of Jan. 14th. AS ex-
troardinary preachers are rarity in
Central City, we extend cordial in
yitation to the public to hear this
eloquent man.
Russell McCallister has resigned
as organist and Mrs. C. o. Richards
has been elected to succeed him.
Last Sunday evening at the close
of the service Rev. Coffman in a
brief speech presented Russell Nc
Callister with fine gold watch and
chain, present from the members
and friends of the church, showing
their appreciation for faithful service,
surely splendid testimony of the real
Christian spirit.
Glass meeting 10 a. m; preaching
service at II a. M; Sunday school
2:45 p. m; Epworth League 6:15 p.
m; illustrated sermon Z p. m.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
FRoWNED ON IN THE EAST

Although women registered their
largest vote in the recent presidential
election approximately 1,5OO, 900
votes in twelve states-poli Z cal lead
ers think woman suffrage has receiv.
ed the severest setback 1t has ever
had. The reason advanced is that
women were swayed by the purely
sentimental kept us out of war" slo-
gan. In New York state there has
been decided Republican outburst
against woman suffrage. Three-fourths
Of the states have yet to act favor
ably on the question of equal suf-
frage and there are many who think
the evidences of unreasoning senti-
mentality displayed in the presiden-
tial election will prove handicap to
women in future campaigns for the
ballot. Cardinal James Gibbons re-
Gently said in a message to the anti
suffrage convention: II regard WON
ems rights women and the leaders
of the new school Of female progress
as, the worst enemies OF the female
sex" Elihu Root expressed the SEN
timent that the proposed suffrage
amendment is contrary to the spirit
Of INTERPRETATION Bates Strayer in
Leslies.
| At the last election, out of the
twelve suffrage states, ten of them
carried for Wilson, for a two fold
purpose. First that after a careful
analysis Of government, they found
Democratic principles to be more in
accord with the welfare of the repub-
lie than those ministered for the past
quarter of century under Republi-
an rule, and for their wisdom, dire
disaster is threatened them in the
east by a party that only few
weeks ago was falsely leading them
to believe that party was friendly
to their course.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
CHURCH SERVICES

The Sunday services at Black
Hawk and Russell Gulch were held
as usual. Preaching was observed in
the church at Black Hawk in the
morning and at Russell Gulch in the
evening.
The revival services, held at Black
Hawk, closed last week, although the
weather was very adverse and the
holiday rush was on a fair degree of
success resulted. Several came into
the church and others voiced the SEN
timent that they would at some later
time.
The regular meetings will be held
next Sunday.
JOHN L. sPARGo. Pastor.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
~Caeket" Factory.

The fact was revealed at the Rhond
da tribunal recently that at Treorchy
q cOlliery village In Rhondda valley
one Of the largest coffin industries II
the kingdom Is carried on.
1t was stated that these works
which contain IS machines, can TURF
out 80 to 100 collins In six hours. In
America coffins are now called caskets
Before the war collins were exported to
all parts Of the world. but naturally lit
tie business Is done in this direction
nowadays. Nevertheless, between 20t
and 800 collins are turned out weekly
Practically all the collins necessitat.
ed by big disasters are provided by
this firm. and requisites for use at Gre
matoriums are manufactured.-Lond
Mail.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
WHERE PERsIANs TAKE REST
Tea Garden Beside Dusty Road That
May Easily Be Thousand or
More Years Old.

The road and the river part COM
pany at the tip of the tea garden. A
sort of widening green island Is there,
between a crook of the stream and a
wall of powders that would not be
Persian II 1t were perfectly straight
Yet the tall poplars of the garden
would not be Persian II they were not
planted in perfectly straight lines.
Trnnsversely or obliquely. however. the
trees keep to one another no such re-
lation as they might in the West. They
stand very close together. making pri-
vacies between aisle and aisle. This
Is the Quieter and rOomier part Of the
tea garden, where men come to enjoy
the leisure Of the East. A boy brings
them a rug. samovar, jug OF wafer
and some tiny tea glasses and there
underneath the bough they sit hour
after hour. They generally escape my
prying eye, l notice, by eschewing the
nelghborhood of the wall. ! do not
blame them, for the road on the outer
side of that low wall Is fabulOusly
dusty. Who knows how many thou
sand years people have passed that
way between the city and certain
happy valley in the mountain-Darius,
Xerxes the Great, kings, the hOrsemen
and peasants Of today. strollers from
afar, like Alexander Of Macedon or
me, jingling mules, detected donkeys.
flocks and herds that late In the after.
noon or early in the morning move to
and from the town, as 1t were In pill
lar Of cloud?-H. G. Dwight in the Cen
fury.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The Rocky Mountain Herald is
boosting Clarence p. Dodge, ex-Re
publican. ex-Progressive and God
only knows how many other exs OF
the Colorado Springs Gazette to the
office Of U. S. senator to succeed
Senator Shafroth. For many years
this man was Republican. but -four
years ago Joined the Progressive par
ty and denounced In scathing terms
the reactionary wing Of the old Re
publican party. and last fall returned
to the fold, and espouses their cause
as Simon.pure Republicanism. The
voter is on to such political bunko
steerers as Allison Stocker and the
Hon. Dodge, and will never support
them for office again.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
MONEY FOR MINES AND
WESTERN DEVELOPMENT

1t is well established principle OF
economics that capital is only capital
when 1t Is reproducing itself. Idle
money is not capital, although it pos
sesses the potentialities of capital. A
palace situated in the midst of an
uninhabitable desert is shorn of its
value. and gold dollar which is not
In some measure operative in chan.
nels of business is a useless trinket
OF no service to its owner. Capital
therefore, symbolizes activity and tc
be capitalist Is to use ones means
as an agency Of constructive effort
1t is the temporary suppression OF
the will to act, as represented by
the forces Of capital, that creates
stagnation In business. At a time
like this, when the banks of America
are swollen with deposits, when la.
Dor is employed at high wages and
the money Of the country is more
widely distributed than usual among
the people, the constructive energy
Of capital creates an inevitable pros
penty. Possessors of money or bank.
ing credit may for a time presume to
rest upon their former achievements
but they cannot long remain SO. They
are driven by the very law Of their
existence to release their means in
to the channels Of constructive eff
fort. Thus we have the assurance
that American enterprise is opening
out upon period of splendid activity.
The present era of investment has
scarcely begun. None Of the symp-
toms Of weakness which indicate the
dangers Of over-expansion have yet
appeared. American investors are
clearly turning their attention to
those fields Of industry and profit
which are the most inviting. Now
and after the war the constructive op.
portunities Of the West, where min.
Ing Is the great basic industry. are
to enjoy the stimulus Of that abound.
ing energy which the potential capital
OF the country represents. American
capital will not go largely to Europe
to participate la the reconstruction
OF the war-desolated nations. Ameri
ca is not half grown and our own
citizens are keenly conscious OF this
fact. On the other hand, the pos.
SCISSORS OF capital i'm America are
familiar with the political conditions
under which their investments are
made at home. They have voice in
their own public affairs which gives
them confidence in their domestic op
portunities.-M Mining American.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The lead industry in 1916 made
good gains in output, both in mining
and smelling. The lead content of
ore mined in the United States in
1916 was about $4,000 short tons,
compared with 561,639 tons in 1915,
an increase Of $4,000 tons, or over 10
per cent. The average price Of lead
In 1916 was so much higher than in
1915 that the increase in value of the
mine output of lead was about SO
per cent
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
Takes Caste Of Records.

Joseph Sanders of Washington has
Just patented a method of making
monograph records. He makes q disk
Of material that becomes plastic under
heat; heats only that part which is to
bear the record, sprinkles a powder
over this part and impresses record
upon the heated surface under high
pressure. Thus he takes cast Of any
record on his disk and forces the cen.
tral part that is to bear the label out
Of the plane Of annular margin, or rec
ord part.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
SCENES LINGER YET.
EVENTS ONE RECALLS FROM OLD
VOLUMES.
BY No Means Always the Most Impor.
tant Things Recorded That Remain
In the Memory After q
Lapse Of Time.

There Is peculiar pleasure in striv-
ing to remember something of books
enjoyed years ago and never read
again. 1t happened with us, and may
with most people, that in many in
stances one or two scenes, one or two
gestures, starting out of q sort Of fog,
stand for the whole book. There are
numerous fogs and each one has its
own quality.
All that is left to us of Rob Roy"
Don Marquis writes in the New York
Sun, Its woman with broadsword in
her hand who stands upon rocky way
that overhangs a lake and screams
forth vehement command. Someone,
we believe, is about to be cast over the
precipice ut this furious lady's order.
The earth round about is reddish
brown and overhead the clouds are
moving rapidly.
"Bleak House" is woman who clings
to an iron gate and peers through its
bars. And we have also some faint rec
election of an echo that was like the
footstep of sentinel ghost. The fog
from which energies the woman at the
iron gate is more than fog; it is black
vapor-inky black.
We cannot see the heroine of Lorna
Doone" at all, but we still know how
John Ridd felt when he all but
drowned in swirling icy pool; we can
still see him as he bends over and tries
to catch little fish with his fingers in
the cold brook just before he falls into
the pool. The pale glitter Of faint
sun upon shaken drops of water and a
sense of much snow and rain generally
are our only other Impressions of the
book.
"Tom Sawyer" is boy cropping and
fearing in a cave; of Toms humorous
FRANKS we remember nothing. "Huckle-
berry Finn" We almost know by heart
but then we have read it q dozen
times.
In "Toilers of the Sea-" where the
man is seized by the devilfish as he
himself Is hunting crabs to eat, Hugo
deliberately builds up scene which is
the epitOme of the whole tremendous
book and the symbol of the gaunt eter-
nal struggle between man and nature
(animate and inanimate) which the
book dramatizes. And yet, for all HUI
COS craft and power, that scene thrills
US less-speaks less stirringly to our
blood and nerves-than one incident
Of far less significance in the same vol
ume.
This incident, which stirs us more,
deals merely with the murder of
guard on the edge Of q cliff that over
looks the sea. 1t is thing that in no
wise touches the moral bones of the
story; 1t is not essential to the struc-
ture Of the tale as a tale; another de-
vice might have been used If Hugo had
not evidently fancied this one for his
own sake. But it gets itself remem-
bered. The devilfish scene, informed
though 1t is Of the essential spirit of
the book expressed in the terms of ply
steal conflict, will have left us long be-
fore we forget the coastguardsman's
murder.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The Colorado House Of Represen-
tatives was organized at high twelve
yesterday, and Boone Best. of Kiowa
county was elected speaker after the
chief justice OF Colorado had admin
istered the oath OF office to Its men,
bers. Both senate and house after
perfecting their organization adjourn.
cd until today.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

It is to be hoped that Senator
Ffncher OF Breckenridge. will be ap.
pointed chairman OF the committee
on mining. as he grew to manhood
in one Of the great gold and lead
camps Of the state and is personally
conversant with mining In all it's
phases and will keep watchfuI eye
over the interests of this great In.
dustry.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The I. w. w. are creating a lum-
Der strike in Minnesota and it is
feared all the lumber mills will close
Governor Burnquist believes he has
the situation well in hand, and many
of the industrial leaders are being ar
rested
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
A Proud Moment.

SLOW was the musicale M Mrs.
Gadder's housef"
"A great success from Mrs. Cad
der's point Of view"
"Yes?"
Everyone who attended professed
to be amazed at the sums paid the
artists who took part"
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

Senator Billy Adams OF Alamosa,
like (the little judge) Ben Lindsey
will not down. He has been dubbed
the Conejos county fox. and when
the Republicans think they have him
In hole. he slips into his subter.
ranean passage and comes smilingly
to the surface.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
In Receptive Mood.

"our graduating class comprises IS
young ladies'"
"How many Of them have planned
careers?'
"None that knov Of. Most of them
are waiting for some movie company
to snap them up."-Pittsburgh Dis.
patch.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The state senate that was tie.
by the absence Of Senator Hamilton.
was organized by the Democrats, by
Senator w. J. Candlish. Progressive
voting with the Democrats and VIM.
H. Adams was elected president of
the senate.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04
WHERE TO buy GROCERIES

The Hawley Mdse. Co.. can supply
your wants from a complete stock Of
fancy and staple groceries. The
freshest OF vegetables and fruits In
the market. Hay and grain In any
quantity.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The gasoline consumption In Colo.
RADIO in 1916, was 5,103,74T gallons
increase over that OF 1915, that was
14.15S.603 gallons. These figures
show that the automobile business
must have increased largely during
the year.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

Villas army Is assuming such h"oe
proportions that Carranza is now will
ing Pershing's forces remain in Mex
AGO to assist In sulduing him.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The Druid mine will shortly install
compressor plant and increase de.
velopment and production. The Druid
is one Of the best mines in the coun-
ty.
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

"This world would be a pleasanter
place II there were not so many fools
in It,"
yes; but 1t would be more difficult
to make a living"
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

The Grip of Evil at the opera
house Sunday night. January 7th. will
afford an opportunity Of seeing Into
the Pit"
Gilpin observer., 1917-01-04

Jas. H. Bawden, who has been III
In bed the past two or three weeks
Is able to be about and listen to the
birds sing.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-18
RUSSIAN ENVOY TO US.
PUZZLED AS TO STATUS

The actual position Of George Bakhme-
teff, Ambassador of the Russian empire
to the United States, last night was a
matter of doubt and speculation. The
Russian Ambassador represents q govern
ment which, according to all reports from
Russia, has ceased to exist and repre-
resents a country where the present gov
ernment may repudiate him.
The representative Of Gar Nicholas
called at the State Department yester-
day and made a vain effort to fix his Of
fetal status by securing whatever infor-
nation the. department might have as to
the actual result of the Russian revolu-
ton. He was informed that Ambassador
Francis, at Petrograd, had transmitted
no information that could be made pub
He.
There was no doubt in Washington last
night that the new government estab-
lished IN Russia will be accorded prompt
and cordial recognition by the United
States. Despite the general policy Of the
department to refuse to recognize gov
ernments founded in revolutionary out
breaks, any real authority which Is es-
tablished through the downfall of the
Russian bureaucracy will be certain of
receiving all the support the United
States can give.
II a new Russian government is rec
ognized, Ambassador Bakhmeteff will un-
doubtedly be removed.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-18
RULING h EIGHT-HOUR LAW
IsfKPECTED BY OFFICIALS

The Surme Court of the United
States settle the controversy be-
tween tbSailroads of the United States
and tbabperating employees.
OhHciaJNv ashington, from President
0viIson ,wn, last night were convinced
that tb tbpostponement Of the threatened
strilx(f railroad men from 7 O'Clock
last Ant until o'clock tomorrow night.
wo,,lFnd the danger of an outbreak at
a ~ when the nation confronts an
IntSational crisis.
+. night there was a firm conviction
~ ashington that the Supreme Court
yiideliver its decision as to the con-
4ttfonality of the Adamson law giving
H.raiIroad employees an eight-hour day
he present pay for ten-hour day.
he court has had the case under con-
,eration for weeks, and its willingness
expedite the settlement of the contro-
krsy was demonstrated when 1t halted
her business to hear arguments In the
ase early in January. 1t was believ-
! that the legal convictions of the court
Ill result in a decision which will so
,r maintain the Adamson law as to
ltisfy the railroad employees that their
lterests will be protected. and their
emands met.
All of the Federal departments yester-
The Washington herald., 1917-03-18

parently bfundered somewhere In Q
manner as vet unknown. Another pos
sIbility Il that the lighting masses re-
fused to obey the leaders. At all events
the powder mine which has now ex-
ploded was not guarded with suffictent
care by Sir George and his satellites.
The Berliner TaEeblatt says:
Apparently the progressive opposi-
ton found itself face to face with the
alternative of ether entering imme-
diateIy against Its wishes into action
or of losing itsg Influence,
ssThe riots which started In Petro-
grad and spread like prairie fires
across the whole land originated
against the wishes of the leaders of
the opposition. and these men had
yainly attempted to prevent their out
break by wyrnings. q
."But thete was no choice left to
them; they had to assert their inhu-
ence or lose 1t. -.
AS to TIE future of the Russian sit
uation thu Tageblatt says these ques-
tions muk be cleared up:
How vii the army accept the events
How flr will the new authorities be
abla fuIk to grasp the situation in the
huge diprganized country?
The Vossische Zeitung declares that
comparison between the present Russian
revolt and the uprising OF 1915 Is impos'
sible hnce the latter movement was
without central direction. The paper
compires the present conditions witt
thoss preceding the French revolution.
Thk Deutsche Tages Zeitung points out
that the most important question Is
whther the present leaders will be abe
to tetain their control of the situation.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-18
BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS FILE
SUIT TO PREVENT WALK-OUT

Philadelphia, Pa, March 1.-THE Penn
sylvania Railroad today took steps to
prevent the threatened railroad strike
from tying up its lines, suit being filed
in the United States Circuit Court here
today by a member of one Of the four
brotherhoods to restrain the calling OF a
strike tonight.
The suit was based on the fact that the
power placed in the hands Of the four
chiefs nine months ago had been exhaust
ed and that there existed at present no
legal authority for a strike order now.
The four individual members opposed to
the strike are residents Of Baltimore
They are c. B. Miller. u. ]. Burk, NJ. s.
Glessner and William Reisig. They are
employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and each is a brotherhood member.
1t will be necessary to obtain from one
of the judges of the Federal court at
least a temporary restraining order in
order to prevent to strike order from
going into effect.
In a general statement made by Mr.
Stradley, the strike order is attacked as
illegal.