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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
PROTEIN is ALL-lMPORTANT
Meat or Milk Should Be Furnished to
Chicks Where Supply Of Insects
10 Difficult.

Unless the range Is exceptional In
its supply of insect life, along with
oil grain. weed seeds, etc, that the
chicks pick up, there should be mixed
In the feed some kind of animal pro.
tein, such as meat or milk. A good
grade Of commercial meat scrap, al.
though it does cost 3h cents a pound
is well worth the price, to balance the
ration. There is a great deal of differ.
ence between q good grade and a poor
grade of meat scrap. When purchas'
ing buy the best. Meat scrap varies
from 40 to 60 per cent animal protein
The reason the purchaser desires it is
for the animal protein. The difference
In price between the two grades is i'm.
material as compared with the differ
ence in the per cent Of protein. AL
ways demand the 60 per cent meat
scrap.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
NOTES OF THE SCOUTS.

Middletown (O.) Boy Scouts assist.
ed the Red Cross committee by rolling
bandages and carrying material and
boxes.
Boy Scouts in Xenia, O., did their
bit by assisting in a campaign to reg
ulate traffic, keeping vehicles eight feet
from the flreplug, etc.
Old shoes to the number of 1884
pairs have been collected in Salt Lake
City to relieve the boys and girls In
France and Belgium, the Boy Scouts
assisting.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Montana.

The Consumers Oil and Refining
Company has removed its office from
Billings to Denver.
Butte and Superior September out
put was 100000 pounds Of zinc
against $500, 900 in August.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. de-
clared a quarterly dividend of - .
share, payable November 26 to stock
of record October 20.
Interstate Oil Company, q Montana
corporation, has added to its holdings
q lease on $40 acres Of oil land In
Carbon county, Montana, without In
creasing the capitalization Of the COM
pany, thus making the total holdings
of the company 300 acres.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

James E. West, Chief Scout Executive
Of the 100000 Boy Scouts Of
America.
York city, and when not there in tho
evening he may be found in his study
at home, digging away at pile of the
enormous amount Of correspondence
which comes to him. 1t must be re-
membered that 25O,OOO boys look to
him for information and advice on the
questions coming up in their daily
lives as Boy Scouts.
He is big, broad-shOuldered man,
having an ideal build for football
player. His eyes are clear and have a
wonderful faculty for Immediately siz-
ing up the situation. The heavy.
square jaw speaks Of unlimited perse-
verance, and his thick mop Of brown
hair, always in confusion, is flecked
here and there with white. This Is
the only way in which he shows the
enormous strain under which he Is
constantly working.
Energy, perseverance and unfiagging
industry are his dominant traits. He
has ever been leader In his own
sphere Of activity, and he has ever
made good in the tasks allotted to
him. He has devoted his life to up
lifting the moral, intellectual and
material welfare Of children and boys,
spurred on by lessons in his own child
hood.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Colorado.

The new gold dredging boat OF
the Evans syndicate OF Denver was
launched at Breckenridge.
The Farncomb Hill Dredging Com
pany declared a dividend Of per
cent on 100000 for the month Of Au-
gust.
Lessees at the First National mine
In Iowa gulch have recently made
rich strike on the bottom level Of the
shaft at a depth of $50 feet.
Park county reports that high price
of silver and lead has started small
boom, and by July 1. 1913. every mine
In the district should be working.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Leaders Declare Work Done Is
Most Remarkable in Par.
Iiamentary History.
HARMONY MADE A FEATURE
Lack o. Dlssensfon Was Noticeable
Admlnistration Was Defeated on
Only One Important Bill Dur
Ing the Six Months.
IMPORTANT BILLS
PASSED IN SESSION

Here are the most important
measures passed by congress at
the special war session:
Declaration Of war against
Germany on April 8.
War bond issues auareoatlna
$f6,53s, ooo, 900.
War appropriations and con-
tract authorizations totallina
~, ,ooo, 600.
War loans aggregating o..
0O0, 00o, 600 to the allies.
The selectIvs draft bill, max
Ing 10000, 900 men liable to mill.
tary service.
The espionage bill, including
the embargo provision.
The $2,23s, ooo, 900 war reve-
nue. bill.
The food control bill.
The trading with the enemy
act.
The soidiers' and sailors In.
surancs bill.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

permanent aviation stations OF tno -
my and navy for school purposes.
Acts charging the membership q
the Interstate commerce coHfmd1don
and amending the act to regulate COM
merce by authorizing priority ship
ments by any common carrier. ect.
Act appropriating I'll, $4,000 to pro-
vide further for the national security
and defence by stimulating agricul-
ture and facilitating the distribution
Of agricultural products.
Act appropriating $162. 500. 600 to
provide further for the national secur-
ity aD1 defence by encouraging the
Production, conserving the supply and
controlling the distribution Of food
products and fuel.
Act to authorize an additional issue
of bonds to meet expenditures for the
nat onal security and defense and. for
the purpose Of authorizing in the
prosecution of the war, to extend ad
aid for other purposes. This act makes
an additional appropriation of $4,O21.-
81. S9O.92 to extend credit in the Unit
ed States for foreign governments By
purchase of bonds of our allies and ex-
penses Incident to preparation Of ar
issue Of bonds and certificates; au-
thorizes an additional issue Of $4,000
100000 of bonds to meet loans to for
eign governments; authorizes an addi-
tional issue of one year certificates OF
Indebtedness amounting to $4,000. OOO.-
600 and an issue OF five year war saw
ing certificates amounting to $1,000
100000.
New Mark Again Set.
Act appropriating $3.50, 666, O16.08
to supply deficiencies in appropriations
for the fiscal year 1918 and prior years
on account Of war expenses and for
other purposes, and authorizes con-
tract obligations to be met by future
congresses amounting to s., 4O1 49,
393.5O. This is the largest apprOpria-
ton act passed by this or any other
country. This act makes further ap-
proprlations Of $685.. OOO,OOO for the
emergency shipping fund and raises
the limit of cost to carry out the pur-
poses Of the shipping act to $1.734.-
100000.
Act to define, regulate and punish
purposes and appropriates $780, 900 to
enforce the provisions thereof.
Act to provide revenue to defray war
expenses. This measure provides APP
proximately $500. 100000 of revenue
with which to pay the expenses of the
government.
Act to provide q military and naval
family allowance, compensation and
insurance fund for the benefit Of sol
diers and sailors and their families,
and makes an appropriation therefor
Of $178,25O,OOO.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
$1,000 BELGIAN HOUSES GONE
oermans' Record Of Destruction 10
Shown by New Gray Book L.
sued by Government.

Havre, Oct. 8.-The Belgium govern
ment has issued q gray book to refuts
allegations against Belgium civilians
contained in the German white book
Of May, 1915. in which It was said
Belgian civilians savagely attacked
German troops in the early days of the
war and that the measures adopted by
the Germans were necessary in the in
terest Of preservation of the German
army. According to the gray book. be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 houses were
destroyed by the Germans.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
RULES FOR HANDLING EGGS
Greatest Enemy 10 Heat to Both Fer.
tile and lnfertiie Product
Some Suggestions.

Heat is the great enemy of eggs.
both fertile and infertile. Farmers
are urged to follow these simple rules,
which cost nothing, but time and
thought and will add dollars to the
poultry yard returns:
1. Keep the nests clean: provide
one nest for every four hens.
2. Gather the eggs twice daily.
8. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry
room or cellar.
4. Market the eggs at least twice
q week.
5. Sell, kill, or confine all male
birds as soon as the Matching season Is
,ver.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
JACKIE KILLS FRIEND; IS HELD
Queenstown Magistrate Says Fatal
Blow Constitutes Manslaushter-
To Get Ball.

London. Oct. S.-Machinists Mate
Perente Of an American naval vessel
will be liberated on bail on a charge
of manslaughter In connection with
the death of dock yard laborer named
Plummer, who died from the effect Of
a blow on the jaw inflicted by the
sailor on September 8. He was held
by a Queenstown magistrate. Perente
pleaded not guilty and added: II did
not mean to injure my friend"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
PERU BREAKS WITH KAISER
German Minister Handed Passports by
oovsrnment-UruUua to Take
Similar Action.

Lima. Peru, Oct. 8.-Peru formally
broke relations with Germany. In &C.
cordance with an Overwhelming vote
in congress for such . rupture the gov
eminent handed passports to the Ger
man minister.
Buenos Aires, Oct. 8.-From Monte
video, Uruguay, came word that con-
xress was momentarily expected to
vote an overwhelming majority In ia
vor OF an immediate rupture in dip
lomatic relations with Germany.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
C. p. TAFT WEEDS MISS CHASE
Son Of Former President Marries
Daughter Of Irving n. Chase Of
Waterbury, Conn.

Waterbury, Conn.,, Oct. 8.-Miss
Eleanor. the daughter Of Irving 81.
Chase, was married here to Sergt. Maj.
Charles Phelps Taft II, q. 8. A., son
Of william H. Taft and Mrs. Taft Of
New Haven. The ceremony was at
Rose Hill, the home of the Chase fam
lily. Flags predominated in the decora-
lions. Rev. Robert E. Brown, pastor
If the Second church, officiated. The
bride was given away by her father,
Irving H. Chase.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Arizona.

The mines of Globe and Miami are
getting back into operation.
In order to speed up underground
development, the Jerome Verde II to
install a large compressor.
The ella Development Company Of
Ray encountered rich ore shoot in
the west drift on the 1O5-foot level
Copper prices have been fixed ut
23k cents a pound by agreement be-
tween the government and leading
copper producers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Door Opened Automatically.

try house is closed after the fowls
have gone to roost, and in the morn
ing when they descend from the roost,
the door automatically opens, and they
are free to go out. The spring door
opens inside, with hinges at the side.
and a suitable bumper. The spring
has just sufficient tension to cause the
door to open when the catch is releas-
ed.-POpular Mechanics Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Wyoming.

In the government draw only few
miles east Of Lander, the land has all
been staked.
The. Midwest Refining Company has
completed its 50, 900 barrel tank In the
Pilot Butte field.
The Carmania, with reservation
holdings, has q new standard rig on
the track At Lander.
The Reserve OIL Company now has q
rig up on the eighty acres IN section
81, in the Pilot Butte field.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
OPENS POULTRY HOUSE DOOR
Spring, Operated by String Attached
to Roost, Releases Opening When
Fowls Are Ready.

Those in the habit of shutting their
poultry houses at night to prevent dis
turbance or loss by night-prowling ami.
mails, will be interested in a contriv'
ance that makes this unnecessary. The
principle of the mechanism, as Illus.
trated, is that the opening to the poul-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

Washington.-"The most remarkable
session in the parliamentary history
Of the world" was the way Demo-
cratic and Republican leaders charac-
terized the first war session Of the
Sixty-fifth congress, which came to q
close at three O'Clock in the afternoon
OF October 6, exactly six months after
the declaration Of war against Ger
many.
The record Of legislation enacted
and money appropriated has no paral-
lei anywhere In the annals Of all time.
Beginning with the declaration of
war against Germany in April, con-
leress has passed bill after bill Of the
most revolutionary character, includ-
ing such measures as the draft bill
and the food control bill. Appropria-
lions and contract authorizations for
the present fiscal year, totalling $21.-
10000. 900, including $1,000. 100000 In
loans to the allies, were voted with
out 4 single dissenting voice, a record
eQualled nowhere, not even in the
kaiser-dominated German reichstag.
How Money 10 Expended.
The following table shows how the
money II to be spent:
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

Mixture Suggested for Hens Without
Use Of Hioh-Prieed Wheat-Feed
In Dry Hopper.

In these days of high wheat prices,
a good laying ration may consist Of
the following: Three parts cornmeal
and one part beef scrap mixed togeth-
er and fed In a dry-mash hopper. In
addition q scratch ration consisting
Of equal parts of cracked corn and
oats should be fed twice daily.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
Urges Federation Dust !. w. w.

Sacramento, CAL, Oct. 8-The Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor went
on record here against the 1. w. w.,
adopting a resolution recommending
expulsion Of all members Of that or.
ganization from unions Of the Ameri-
can Federation ofLabor.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

AZ part OF the SCneme OF meetln8
these enormous expenditures congress
passed the $2,535, 100000 war revenue
bill, the largest taxation bill in Amer
lean history. levying directly or in
directly upon every man, women and
child In the United States. Something
more than billion dollars Of this
amount will be taken from war profits.
All incomes more than $1,000 for sim
gle men and more than $1,000 for mar
Red men are made subject to taxation.
Where New Taxes Fall.
Here are some things upon which
the average citizen will pay taxes un-
der the new war tax bill:
Approximately 2 per cent increase
on incomes of 5000 or less.
Letter postage, except local letters.
increased to 8 cents and postcards to
Z cents, beginning November 8.
One cent for each 10 cents paid for
admissions to amusements.
Five-cent shows and 1O-cent outdoor
amusement parks exempted.
Ten per cent on all club dues Of 912
q year or more.
One cent for each Is cents paid for
parcel post.
One cent on each Is cents express
package charge.
Three per cent Of all freight charges.
Eight per cent Of passenger fares by
rail or water. except trips Of less than
30 miles.
Ten per cent Of charges for seats,
berth and staterooms on parlor cars
or vessels.
Five cents on each telegraph. tele-
phone or radio message costing Is
cents or more.
Three per cent on jewelry.
Eight cents on each 500 of life In.
surance. The tax on whisky is in
creased from $1.1O gallon to 1920
The tax on beer Is Increased from II
q barrel to $2.75.
Increased tax on cigars, cigarettes
and manufactured tobacco and snuh.
Little Diesensien During ssssien.
Despite paciflst activities. the SEES
sion was marked with comparatively
little dissension, the fighting centering
about questions mainly affecting pol
iey. The most stubborn contests were
stased over the revenue bill. the draft
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Metal Market Prlces.

New York.-Lead-$S.00
Bar Silver-92hc.
Copper-Casting. $3.50.
st Louis.-Spelter $8.13.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates. 81
per cent, $20.00@25.O0 per unit. Crude
ores. 60 per cent. $20.0O025.00; IS
per cent. $12.0O@12.5O; 10 per cent
$9.40@12.20 per unit
Output Of $1,o2s,554 at Cripple Creek.
Cripple Creek. Colo-The output Of
the Cripple Creek district for the
month of September totaled 97.511
tons, with a gross bullion value of
$1,028,554. The average value of all
ores treated was $10.54.
The two local mills of the Portland
Gold Mining Company treated 55.425
tons OF ore of the low value Of 1904
per ton. This necessarily brought
down the general value.
Dividends were paid during the
month by the Cresson Consolidated
Gold Mining and Milling Company to
the amount of $122,ooO. and the
Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction.
$4,000; total Of $4,000.
Plant Tons. Av. Val. Or. Val
Colo. spgs. $4,000 $4,000 $4,000
Portland Gold
Mining Co.,
Colo. Spgs... o,786 2l.62 S11.b7S
Shelters, Dem
yer and Pu- -.
eblo ........ 1850 $500 14o.25e
Portland-Inde-
. d ce
Mill, c. C.
district 49,. .27,100 EOS 76.076
! q n d,
Victor m II,
C. C. district 49, 1876 2.01 37.01e
Rex mill, Iron
clad lease. 1,400 zoo 1sS0e
Ruby mill. c.
C. district. $50 2.40 SN
Totals $50. .s7511 ;1o.54 ,l.o2s.654
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-10-12

At to Reoulate Commerce an amend
"a =, ,.s,,oc+ ~ ca service and for
49, r,,-,,o.as
Act amending the war risk tnsur-
ance act and appropriating $45, 15O, 900
to insure vessels and their cargoes and
expenses connected herewith.
Act appropriating STAT 1858 ,028. ~ for
the sundry civil expenses Of the gov
eminent for the fiscal year 1918.
Act authorizing the issue to states
and territories and the District Of Co
Iumhia Of rifles and other property for
the equipment Of organization Of home
The Washington herald., 1917-10-31
All for One,

From time immc mortal there have
petty disputes and disa agreements be-
tween the Regular Army and the Ma
tional Guard. or militia, which have
impaired the efficiency of the latter
and exhausted the patience, some
times, of the former.
The same feeling has been apparent
since America entered the war. and
there have been too frequent recur-
renee OF it here and there 10 make the
officers high in command feel that all
was going well. But of late. be II said
to the credit OF both guardsmen and
regulars, there have been big strides
made toward blotting this out entire
ly. The attempt to wipe IL out, nat
urslly, has meant concessions on the
part Of both branches of the service.
and this seems to have been forthCCm-
ing with much more alacrity than
many men thought was possible.
Just one thing has brought this
about-the recognition OF the fact, by
all men. that this country is in real
war. and that to win there must be
a unanimlty of purpose and n CONF
plete freedom of jealsously ard petty
dealing in army affairs. The higher
army officers. generally speaking.
have promoted this feeling of trust
and amial,ility with commCndablc
zeal. anG so have many of the guard
officers, helped out ny conditions
whlcn Secretary Of War Baker and
his immediate aides nave been able
to impose upon the army.
Too enthusiastic mention Of the
The Washington herald., 1917-10-31
Wartime Exiaencies.

On October "a there appeared in the New York
Tribune brief message written by Franklin r. Lane,
of President Wilson'S Cabinet. 1t contains state
nent which, but for the fact that for the past month
the country has been absorbed in perfecting its sub
scptions for the liberty loan, would have occasioned
nationwide comment.
Secretary Lane said ave are but beginning to learn
the art OF cooperation in the United States We have
not exercised the powers as a government that
be exercised for the support and maintenance of the
great industries of the country which its arteries
its hands and its feet"
Not at any other time since the Sherman law
was enacted has statesman ventured confess that
the art of cooperation be exercised for the support
and maintenance of the great industries of the country
II was one OF the purposes of the Sherman Anti
Trust law that there should be statutory prohibition OF
the principle of cooperation Not until the Supreme
Court handed down its memorable decision that the
law could he invoked only to put stop unreason-
able restraint of trade there any evidence that
Congress- the administration at Washington, many
Of the people understood that the serious evils which
the statute undertook to end not caused by CO.
operation coordination and combination, but in
cidenta The Sherman antitrust law struck directly
at cooperation and coordination.
One OF the greatest lessons of the is being
taught at Washington The government has found it
necessary practically suspend the Sherman antitrust
law 1t would be impossible to coordinate the rail-
roads and the industries of the United States that
high degree of efficiency would be obtained unless
the railroads and industries permitted to do the
very things which the Sherman antitrust law prohibits
Secretary Lanes announcement should give encourage
cnt to the industries Of the United States that in due
time legislation may be perfected that the powers of
the government can be exercised for the support and
maintenance OF the great industries of the country
The Washington herald., 1917-10-31
The New York Mayoraity Fight.

There Is extraordinary national interest the four
ccrne-cd contest for control of the proud city at the
rrouth of the Hudson. For the first time Socialist
has fair clarce of being elected to one OF the most
Important offices in the United States. Both the
Fusion and the Tammany leaders predict that Hill
quit the Socialist candidate will second and there
ere a number of shrewd political observers who say
ttat his run will be the sensation of the campaign.
Only true AIanhattsnte can elaborate properly
on this weirdest of all political tussles The sub
>tgntial citizenship Of New York is unanimous in
saying that john Purroy Mitchell has made ad-
r'ira5c mayor the best the city has had. Which,
doubtless is the reason why his chances of reelection
are 20 poor. Mr.. Arthur Henning, in the Chicago
Tribune says: 1T begins to look if four years of
virtuots life under Mitchell have been too much of
strain for New York. which has to the conclusion
that municipal virtue is not only its own but its only
reward, and far from paying proposition which is
saying the worst you of any proposition in New
York"
Tammany, therefore, is in fair way to regain the
glorious spoils within the reach of any political
organization in the United States Tammany can only
be beaten if the East Side flops to Socialism in
a grand sweep 1t is generally agreed that in general
vote gained for Hiqut is vote lost for Hyan just
vote wasted Bennett the regular but disowned
Republican candidate is vote lost to Mitchell
Therefore many good citizens are encouraging the
Hillquit candidacy in order to rob Hylan of votes
and many staunch Republicans cursing Bennett
roundly for standing in the way of Mitchell who is
Woodrow Wilson Democrat II is truly a revolution
ary political contest The perennial conflict between
good government and bad has rarely been compli-
Gated by many and sde-ssue Mitchell
is the pet aversion of the sposmen. the grafers the
professional Irish element and the powerful pro-
German groups in New York.
The most astounding feature of it all is that
poiticsl and intellectual nonentity, John F. Hyan-a
hack politician of the "Hinky Dink" and "Bathhouse
John types odds-on favorite for the mayoray
of the worlds greatest municipality