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The Benson signal., 1917-07-21
CAT AS "SN|FFER" HELPS SOLDIERS

we stay in the other night and dropped
four bombs. One hit on the house next
the one the chief was sleeping in, the
rest a few hundred feet from our
tents. No one was hurt. We called
it the luck of Section Seven. Strange
to say, the name Of the street all the
bombs fell on is rue de la Bombe.'
II had an interesting experience a
few days ago, in fact, at the time, it
was too interesting. If I remember
rightly l closed by last letter up in
order to get little sleep while I had
the chance. Well, 1 hadn't been asleep
more than an hour when I was awak-
ened by the noise of 'arrivees'-not
shells, but shrapnel. There was a
battery not far from us and the Boches
were trying to silence it by making the
gunners take to cover; hence, the
shrapnel. l might remark that the en-
trance to our dugout having once been
German now faced the wrong way
said entrance being covered by q
blanket. Each shot kept coming near
er, and you can't imagine a weirder
sound than the whine of bursting
shrapnel.
Burst at the Door.
'Pretty soon it came so near that
you could hear pieces hitting the top
Of the dugOut. The last one burst
the nearest-r. hit in front of the door.
Zowie ing patter, hit, bang! They
ripped through that blanket like a
clown going through paper ring at
circus. 1 held my breath ald lay still.
Fortunately, none of us got hit, but in
the morning we picked pieces out of
all the walls. The blanket resembled
a huge piece Of Swiss cheese. The
gunners came down in the morning to
look us over, and told us the Boches
hadn't succeeded in driving them from
their guns for moment. We all
agreed with the brancardier, who re-
marked, Sale Boche.'
'"The same weather continues. Rain,
hail, snow and mud-inches deep.
Think Of the poor wounded in it all.
But we do help them. With love to all.
"Near scissors. NORMAN"
The Benson signal., 1917-07-21
Arizona.

A big strike of rich ore is reported
from the Weaver mine, in the Weaver
district.
Ore five feet thick was struck in a
Wine on the 35O-foot level of the Tel
luride mine in the Oatman district
Arizona taxpayers are losing some
thing like 100000 the week because
of the labor troubles in the state.
It is reported that a contract for
600 feet of the work has just been let
for the Copper Basin mine at Parker.
An average speed of five feet day
is being maintained in sinking the
Dorothy May shaft at the Green Mons
ter at Jerome.
The hot weather has brought no
cessation of activity at the Black
Giant mine in the Salome district and
the work of sinking the 500-foot shaft
is proceeding.
A carload of ore was shipped from
Benson to the smelter at Deming,
n. M. This shipment was from the
Ed Cajon mines, located about forty
miles down the river from Benson.
Colorado.
The American Metals Producing
Company, at it's special process plant
in Black Hawk, is saving the zinc In
Gilpin and Clear Creek county ores.
The May production from the
Acacia Gold Mining Company's South
Burns mine on, Bull hill, totaled about
ESQ tons, with an average value of $26
per ton.
In Chaffee county J. w. Ady OF
Cripple Creek is arranging to put a
force of men on the Lottie mine in the
Middle Cottonwood district.
Eyvind Flood of the Excelsior mine
at Frisco states that arrangements
are rapidly nearing completion for the
resumption of work at the mine.
La Junta and other Arkansas valley
points ere experiencing an oil excite
ment as result of reports that we'll
has been brought in at a depth of LOO
feet.
Since accepting ores for treatment
OK custom basis, the plant of the
American Metals Producing Company
al Black Hawk has increased it's busi-
ness materially
State Senator Hetherington reports
molybdenite ore in Gunnison county.
The molybdenite is from twenty-foot
vein on property in the Gold Brick
mining district and is high grade.
The Good Friday mine, at Boulder
Falls, which has been a steady pro-
ducer of tungsten ores the past year,
is getting ready to work one of the
largest blocks of ore in Boulder
county.
The two active gold dredging COM
panies, the Tonopah Placers Com
pany and the French Gulch Dredging
Company, are doing well this season,
as three of the four boats now in op-
GRAFTON are digging in placer material
carrying both coarse and nugget gold.
The Primos Mining Company of
Pennsylvania, which is the company
operating the molybdenum deposits at
Camp Boericke, eleven miles west Of
Empire, which ceased operations about
a year ago, now has a force of men
shipments.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-21
"KAISER" GUSTS COON
AS POPULAR TARGET

Columbus, O.-"Hit the kaiser
three throws for a jitney."
This is the cry one now hears
at street carnivals and will soon
hear at county fairs, for a local
carnival worker has replaced the
"baby rack" with human target
dressed to resemble the German
war lord. One gets three cigars
for cracking the kaiser" on the
head.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-21
Aged Woman Teaches Knitting.

Canton, O.-Mrs. Amelia Brush
seventy, who knitted socks for soldiers
in the Civil war, is doing her bit for
the boys who are going to France. She
is teaching Sunday school class at
the First Methodist church how to
make socks.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
At The Queen.

Scenery of remarkable beauty Is
shown In "Pidgin Island" the Metro
five.part feature production starring
Harold Lockwood and May Allison, at
the Queen Theater tonight. The
story, which has been pictured from
Harold McGrath's famous novel Of
the same name, is laid on the rugged
shores Of the Canadian border, where
woods and waters form a wild scene,
making proper background for the
meeting OF two such daring spirits as
John Cranfield, played by Harold
Lockwood. and Diana Wynne. played
by May Allison. Both these young
people are secret agents OF the United
States customs service, who meet
with many strange adventures. "Pid.
gin Island" is a screen play for those
who love adventure. romance and the
great outdoors. There is specially ar.
ranged music for this classy feature.
On Monday and Tuesday OF next
week there will be a slight change In
the policy Of the Queen Theater
when L. c. Beckwith's Royal Native
Hawaiian Serenaders will appear, not
in a moving picture, but In real life,
on the stage In their indispensable
musical entertainment OF original Ha.
waiian songs. dances and sweet music.
They are direct from Honolulu on
their world tour and have been play.
ing to capacity houses wherever they
have appeared. They carry a large
number OF their native musical instru.
ments and their musical renditions
are the sweetest ever heard. In add.
ton to this there will be a special
masterpiece motion picture, "other
Peoples Money"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

line and missing the opening scenes
of play.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

will appear next Monday evening at
the Colonial Theater, under the aus
pieces Of Il. F. Parks & Co., will be
unique in several particulars, for she
will perform the hitherto unknown
feat Of singing duet with herself.
This is possible only because Of Mr..
Thomas A. Edison's new musical art
music's recreation. Mr.. Edison has
perfected a musical instrument which
actually re.creates music, vocal orSin.
strumental, with such fidelity to iia.
ture, that the recreation cannot Be
distinguished from the original. Miss
Spencer will illustrate this by singing
in direct comparison with her own re.
created voice, so that two Miss Spen.
GERS will be heard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
Sure Death TO Files.

With the sound OF the busy city
droning an accompaniment to their
death struggles, some 800 OF the most
carefully nurtured flies that ever flew
were executed In bath Of alcoholic
gns In New York recently.
The terrible massacre was the coup
d'etat, the concluding triumph. Of
Messrs, Beaumont Alexander and l..
Gossett. late Of London. England. who
have come to America with n gaseous
mixture which they say will reduce
the fly population TO nil and create
havoc among all other insects.
For weeks they labored 10 collect
flies TO prove the truth OF their aS
sertions. They searched stables.
sought the recesses where the fly Is
supposed to have Its winter abode, and
offered real money for single fly Or
pair. The gas, which has an alec
holic base, first intoxicates the fly,
then paralyzes him, leaving him with
his sensory nerves useless, 80 that no
talls TO the ground and Is dead.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
1.-THE BOHEMIAN GIRL" is
PERFECTION OF STAGEcRAFT.
Edward p. Temple Of New York Hip
podrome Staged This Production.

Edward p. Temple Of New York Hip
podrome Staged This Production.
Realism has been carried to such
extremes in recent years that stage
directors have exerted great ingenuity
in evolving new ideas. One OF the
foremost of these theatrical inventors
is Edward p. Temple, the wizard Of
stagecraft," who conceived the New
York Hippodrome and who directed
the famous New York revival OF THE
Bohemian Girl" made by the Aborn
Opera Company. There were rich OPP
portunities in the dramatic, romantic
story of this opera of which former
directors had never taken advantage,
all of which Mr.. Temple utilized to
the fullest, with the result that "The
Bohemian Girl in her new dress Is
like totally different opera from her
appearance as presented by other
opera companies. So successful was
this revival that the Aborn presenta.
ton OF "The Bohemian Girl" has been
attracting large audiences for six sue
cessive seasons. II will be seen at the
Colonial Tuesday night, February
18th. Seats are selling fast and you
had better make your reservations
now.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
At The Dixie

Crane Wilbur will be seen at The
Dixie tonight in magnificent five
act production of his own play "The
Love LIAR" which was produced by
the Mutual Film Corporation. 1t is
a very powerful story and Mr.. Wilbur
appears to better advantage in the
leading role than anything he has
previously been seen in. The attrac-
ton for Monday is "The Heiress at
Coffee DAMS" Triangle-Fine Arts
production featuring petite little Bes-
sic Love. In addition to this there
will be a very funny Keystone Com
edy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
GRlFFITH'S NEW SPECTACLE,
INTOLERANCE" COMING
This Big Production Vastly overshad
ows Birth Of a Nation"

d. w. Griffith's two million dollar
spectacle, Intolerance" Will be an
early attraction at the Colonial. The
magnificence OF this production beg
gars description, according to both the
press and public OF New York, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, and to be
appreciated 1t must be seen. The
SaLylonian scenes in the days of Bel.
shazzar, Paris of the Middle Ages and
Iudea in the days OF the gentle Naza.
rene are depicted as only the hand OF
Cri 18th can depict them. As great a
success as was his first production.
THE Birth Of Nation" It's impor.
tcne is Of no consequence compared
with Intolerance"
The musical score, composed by 10.
seph Carl Briel. is interpreted by a
large symphony orchestra and a large
rev O. operators work hundreds OF
effects which add to the realism O.
the entertainment.
Metinees will begin at 2:10 sharp
Trd the evening performances will
start at $40 sharp. Patrons are urg.
Cd to make early reservation In order
." ohvinie the necessity of standing In
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

Miss Elizabeth Spencer, the popu.
lar soprano. enjoys unique position
among American concert singers. She
is dramatic soprano with a lovely.
rich and perfectly placed voice. but
she is more than that. A very unusual
range enables her to sing also mcsSo.
soprano and contralio songs, not with
some freak tones, but with the same
cXQulsitcly placed voice and even pro.
duction that Is Characteristic Of her
own voice In the higher register.
She has sound musicianship and In
tcrpreiativc ability OF a high order
and is an artist who has hosts Of
friends and admirers among music
lovers.
The recital at which Miss Spencer
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

English women not only are taking!
over the work formerly done by mem
that required little or no experienced
but they are also taking over the real
hard technical tasks. Here Is shown
woman welder welding two largsl
Joints amid pyrotechnlc display.
Acctylene welding requires consider
able instruction and the women are
becoming as efficient as the men.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
WEATHER BULLETIN

Washington, d. c., Feb. 10.--Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent Feb. 0 to 10, warm
wave to IL, cool wave II to Is, This
belongs to series OF severe storms
predicted for Feb. to IA, to be fol.
lowed by cold weather not far from
Feb. 10 and IA. These storms were
expected to be the most severe OF
the month and to cause the greater
portion Of February precipitation. But
the precipitation OF this month has
been predicted as below normal ex.
cept in few small localities.
Another warm wave will reach Van
couver about Feb. 10 and tempera.
lures will rise on all the Pacific
slope. II will cross crest OF Rockies
by close OF Feb. IA, plains secion Is.
meridian 90, great lakes and Ohio
valleys &c.. eastern sections II. reach.
ing Newfoundland about Feb. Is.
Storm wave will follow about one day
behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave.
This will not be an important storm.
Its temperatures. force and rainfall
will average below normal and below
the average OF this month. much be.
low the nine days OF Feb. 4 to ~.
Another cold spell will come last
part OF Feb. Otherwise the weather
OF this month will be rather quiet and
monotonous, but more pleasant than
Is usual for February. The worst
feature OF February weather will be
its lack OF precipitation. particularly
following Feb. 10. Some OF the mid.
die west and southwest sections need
rain and this lack OF rain for balance
Of month will cause uneasIness. This
shortage OF precipitation In Feb. will
not worry northern Sections. Up to
end OF this month their cropweather
conditions will be satisfactory in a
general way.
Whether the European war closes
or continues the demand for farm
products and the prices are sure to
be good. The only thing that need
puzzle the minds OF farmers Is. What
will the harvest be?" II the Euro.
pean war should end tomorrow the
demand for our farm products would
continue great and although prices
would decline they would continue TO
be sufficiently high. Farmers boys
should stay with the farms and never
think OF seeking n public job at Wash.
ington or Ottawa. About the poorest
position we know OF Is that Of a gov.
eminent clerk. More clerks have no
opportunities for advancement. A
farmers boy may become President
OF this great nation while a govern.
mcnt clerk must remain In n satisfied
situation. only little better than n
peon.
. The great agricultural Sections viii
control. the American aud Canadian
governments and be the happiest PEG.
pie on earth. Within n hundred years
these United States will contain n half
billion Of people. Canada In proper.
ton; they will be the greatest agri.
cultural people the world has ever
produced: the powers OF government
control will lie In the great central
valleys Immediately east Of the Rocky
Mountain ridge. We stand for agri.
culture and i,s friends.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
LIVING CONDITIONS
IN PARIS, FRANCE


Correspondence OF Associated Press)
Paris, Fob. Present conditions
OF life have not reduced the glrth OF
the average Partisan. but they have
begun to work upon susceptible TEN.
pers and are changing the physiog
nomy OF the central markets. Cooks
who are boycotting the merchants OF
their quarter to buy at the centra.
markets numbered hundreds a few
months ago. and now number thou.
sands. They made the cars in the
subway lines leading to the central
markets look like greengrocers' deliv.
cry wagons in the early hours until.
out OF Difference to passengers who
objected TO the odor OF LImburger
cheese, garlic and other foodstuffs In
their raw state, the subway company
provided special cars for them.
Eggs to 10 sous a piece. butter
40 to 10 sous a pound oufl La, la,
What are we coming tor" exclaimed a
bareheaded woman as she deposited
her market basket on the floor OF one
OF these special marketing" cars.
Look at that" Joined In the wo.
man standing beside her. picking n
brown parcel from her basket. There
Is a roast-just about enough for
three-and do you know how much Il
cost me? II cost me 60 sous.
would like TO know where all the
money goes"
Such conversations are heard every
morning In these new subway cars.
They touch a point that no one has
yet been able to clear up. The aver
age retailer confcsses to no greater
profit than is proportIonate to his own
Increased expenses. The farmers and
stock raisers insist that they aro got.
ting no more than their share.
The farmer gets more for every.
thing he sells than he did before the
war-2O per cent more on the aver.
age for muttos. 90 per cent moro for
wheat. % per cent more for oats. 20
per cent more for bccf.-hu, he points
out that. In compensation for this IN.
crease he now has to pay farm hands
twice the wages that he paid before
the war. while fertilizers. which he
uses In considerable quantities. went
from go francs TO $50 francs per ton.
The retailer has no such excuse
Rents are no higher than they wcro
before the war and II costs him no
more to lisht his shop or TO run e; In
many cases his operating cSpcnses
are necessarily less because he "a
OBLIGED TO gc, along with less help.
The best authorities figure that tho
retail grocer. butcher and grecngro
wv a'e making IRON % 10 10 ncr cent
more profit than before the war ON
mos, Of the things they sell. Tho pro.
Queer is making a, lcas, 20 per cen,
more, the rest Of the advance In
prices being absorbed in higher trans
poriation expenses and larger profits
20 Intermediates.
Tho average housewife cannot &c
sufficiently into details to follow tho
money TO lis final destination. but she
knows that whore she spent 100
francs before the war she now spends
l7S; II she could not send the cook "a
The central markets for part Of he,
supplies, the increase would be much
greater.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

to the play this season Rowe Bros
have interpolated a number of the
latest popular songs into the action OF
the play, giving 1t zest and ginger
that makes 1t almost musical com.
edy. Miss Beatrice Harrington, as the
Bad Boy, singing coincidence Of ex.
ceptional merit never fails to charm
and captivate her audience the mo.
ment she appears on the stage.
Seats will be on sale Wednesday
morning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
BRYAN HIGH WON.

The Bryan High School boys defeat
cd lIcarnc High School In this city
yesterday afternoon by a score Of 81
to II. The teams are evenly match
cd and played a well balanced game
which was witnessed by a good sized
crowd.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HOUSE,
wIvESi

will repair aud rcfinish all kinds
Of furniture. Special attention to ro
finishing pianos and high grade furni
,urc. Let mo tell you abou, Il. Refer
enccs. buy old furniture. Writ,
Albert Novak. =. o. Dox 9iS, or phone
70. s5pd
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10
"PEcK's BAD BOY"
TO PLAY AT COLONIAL

Favorite Farce Comedy viii Be Pre-
scented Friday night, Feb. 18th.
The lovers Of farce comedy viii be
sure to flock 10 The standard OF that
always welcome assassin OF sorrow,
"Peck's Bad Boy" on the occasion OF
its engagement at the Colonial Friday
night. February 18th. This is show
that universally makes good with that
class OF theetergocrs who are looking
for good. hearty laugh. In addition
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-10

Peru has the highest railroad sta.
ton In the world, 1886 feet above
sea level. at Ticlio.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-02-02
WISCONSIN MEN ARE PLACED
ON NATIONAL AYRSHIRE BOARE

Two Wisconsin dairymen, Adam
Seitz, Waukesha, and Frank T, Stare,
Ladysmith, were named, to places On
the governing board Of the American
Ayrshire Breeders association at the
associations forty-second annual meet
ing recently held in New York City.
Mr.. Seitz was elected vice-president,
and Mr.. Stare was named one Of the
directors fer three years.
Both men are we'll known to Wis
consin stockmen, th3 former being
one OF the foremost successful dairy
breeders in the Waukesha "cre2m
belt, while the latter is secretary
OF the Wisconsin Ayrshire Breeders
association and one Of the officials
Of the Wisconsin Live Stock Breed
ers' association.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-02-02
MILL Has FIRE Loss
ENAMELlNG ROOM OF WOOD
PRODUCTS co. BURNS
REBUILDING STARTED At ONCE
New Structure Will be Larger and
Better Built Than it's
Predecessor

The Wood Products Co. sustained
their first fire loss last Friday
night when the enameling department
building just completed at their fac
tory was totally destroyed by fire.
There was no insurance. In the de-
stroyed building were three new
enameling ovens just about to be in
stalled and a new L. S. gas ma
chine which had been delivered at
the plant Friday morning and had
not been uncrated. There will be
some salvage on part of the machin-
cry.
The fire started when one Of the
enameling ovens gOt too hot and the
batch Of handles that were in it
caught fire. The young man i'll
Fcharge opened the door Of the oven
and attempted to extinguish the bum
| ing wood with fire eXtinguishers.
These proving inneffectual, he ran
over to the factory proper, to give
the alarm and get more fire extin-'
guishers, making the mistake OF
| leaving the doors Of the oven open.
| When he got back to the building
the entire interior was in flames.
The fire department responded
promptly to the alarm, despite the
extreme cold-about twenty below
zero-and with the chemical engine,
| in addition to the stream Of water
| from the mills hose, easily prevent
ed the flames from communicating to
the factory or to the timber piled i'll
| the yard.
Undaunted by this temporary set
back, the company started the work
CT erecting another enameling build
| ing before the ruins of the burned
structure were cold Men were at
work early Saturday, clearing away
the debris and work has been pushed
as rapidly as possible on the new
building. 1t is expected that this
department will be able to resume
Operations next week.
In order to minimize delay in turn
| ing out orders on hand, the build
ing now being built is of temporary
frame construction. 1t will be larg-
er and. when completed, far more
substantial than its predecessor. The
frame structure now being built will
constitute the inside forms for a con-
crete building that will be built next
| spring or summer. Dimensions of the
burned building were 30X70, while the
new building will have two wings,
one 40x4O and the other 20X50, sep
arated by a brick fire wall. The re-
built enameling depaJ ment will have
| tile ovens.