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Colorado.

Salida is the marketing place for the
to the Salida smelter.
The Leadville district is gradually
gaining more labor from different dl-
rections, and is adding to the output
from the mines, thus insuring an eX-
cellent record for 1917
Under the supervision Of Warren
G.. Prosser of Silverton, the Genesee-
Vanderbilt property is undergoing a
thorough overhauling and retimbering
preparatory to development being
pushed all winter.
That the Aspen district is once more
receiving attention from outside capt.
tai is attested by the organization and
plans of the Park Tunnel, Mining and
Milling Company, organized to devet
op an immense area in the Tourte.
IOtte Park section.
Operating through the Hayden shaft
on Yankee Hill, the May Queen Leas-
ing Company has opened the biggest
body of zinc carbonate that has been
discovered in the district since the
wonderful deposits at the WOlftone
were found several years ago.
If the recent decision in the case
of Stratton's independence Mining and
Milling Company versus the county OF
Teller holds good, then mining COM
panies must be allowed to deduct the
cost of transportation and treatment
of ore extracted during the year be-
fore the value of net output of the
mine for the period is fixed for tax.
alton purposes.
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Sky Signs in London.

The failure of the siren to rise
above the "roar of London" has caused
the authorities to experiment with sky
signs. Once before the government
experienced a difficulty in warning
London of the approach of an enemy
At the time when Napoleon threatened
England with invasion elaborate prep
orations were made to cut the main
roads leading to London. The warn
ing for the City Fencibles to proceed
with these operations was to be given
from the coast the moment the French
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ball and then attach a long, bright
string.
Or make him this adorable jacket
and cap of white cashmere, the other
variations being creamy silk and white
linen. On the folded back front en-
brOider tiny forget-me-nots to match
those down the front of the jacket
Hemstitch the cap strings and scallop
all other edges.
For mother make several skirt hang
ers. Purchase a five-cent skirt hanger,
next a f1ve-cent pan of gold water
color paint. Carefully gild the two
wooden ends Of the hanger. Then wrap
the wire portion of the hanger with
narrow pale blue ribbon. This will
cost five cents yard, and two yards
will be necessary and provide for bows.
Grandma will like a knitting bag
crocheted in fine macrame cord, which
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wool and, between knitting for the
marines, make sister a beautiful slip
on, with tasseled belt. The picture
gives a good model.
Aprons, "like the poor, are always
with u.s." and many women like moth
ing better. Attractive designs in chat
lng-dish aprons, with perky little pock-
cts, can be quickly and successfully
made by even the girl who is not es-
pecially clever with her needle.
If you are clever handling tools you
can make an elegant hand carved tab
oret for cigars or a couch-side reading
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Solutions of
The Christmas
Gift Problem

IF Christmas giving We're regulated
by common sense and affection
there would not be so many per-
sons in the shops these days signing to
themselves, 'Ten more presents and
only So! How will l do it?'
Begin with the baby. Crochet in sim
gle open stitch circle of bright wor-
sted, cord, silk or coarse thread, just
big enough to cover a rubber bouncing
ball. Run a drawstring through the
edges, tie the circle to fit well over the
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lamp as hubby's best Christmas gift.
Use sweet gum wood and select good
design. Get carpenter to put it to-
gether for you and give it coat of
stain or shellac for finish.
Little handmade handkerchiefs Of
colored linen are a novelty and very
simple to make. Either a wide or a
narrow hem is pretty, and it should be
hemstitched. They should be twelve
inches square. In light pink, pale yell
low or gray the linen comes in a fine
quality at about IS cents yard.
All sorts of cases are so convenient
to keep tidy a top bureau drawer or
to tuck in a weekend trunk. Raj
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Wyoming.

The Ohio Oil Company is now drill
ing ten wells in the West Salt Greek
field.
The Bear Creek Oil & Gas Company
is down 1,O90 feet in the Greybull
field
Recent reports from Powder River
tell of operations for thoroughly test
ing out that field.
The Greybull Enterprise Oil Com
2any promises to be among the active
ones In the future.
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is lined with cherry -colored silk so her
knitting needles won't poke through.
The fringe is big addition, as the cut
proves.
We have always known of hand en-
broidered and initiated kerchiefs as
gifts for all male members of our So
cial circles. But the idea of providing
men with plenty of big, gay sports
kerchiefs is new. You may buy by the
yard fine linen in sports colors and
hemstitch them yourself, or you may
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transports were sighted. Various
means of communicating the warning
were tried. and in the end it was de-
cded that beacons should be used by
night and smoke clouds by day. Many
false alarms were given, but though
Napoleon's troops were on the point
of embarking on more than one occa-
sion they never left BOulogne.-Dun-
dee Advertiser.
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Christmas turkeys in Denmark are
geese that share honOrs at the Christ
mas feast with a special kind of cake.
The salt-cellar remains on the table
throughout Yuletide just to uphold
tradition. At midnight on Christmas
eve those who have fruit trees take
lanterns and a stick and find their
way into the orchards. Each tree Is
struck three times by the head Of the
house with the injunction, "Rejoice
and be fruitful" No one who can
possibly avoid it works from Christ
mas until after New Years day.
"Greetings for the Lords birth" Is
the Russian way of saying, Merry
Christmas" to which the answer Is,
"God be with you" Besides celebrat-
ing the nativity, the Russians cherish
a mystical lore of the Goddess of the
Sun, who, at Christmas time, was sup
posed to enter her sledge, dressed in
gorgeous robes and headdress, and
turn her horses toward summer. Here
and there in the great country a vii
lage maiden, dressed in white and
house, represents the Goddess Of the
Sun, while her retinue sing carols.
After attending a Christmas eve serv-
ice in church, Russians set out to have
a frolicking Christmas in a community
way. One who has a large house in
vites many other households, which
come bringing cakes and other sweets.
They would freeze in their sledges
rather than alight before receiving the
greetings of host and hostess. There
are a large feast, games, snowballing,
and recitations and songs, sometimes
lasting throughout the night. One
wonders how revolutionary Russia,
anarchistic and warworn, will cele-
brate the Holy Child's birth this year.
France has a quiet Christmas, Civ
ing less prominence to 1t than to any
Of the other days in the holiday cal
endar. Old folks in the provinces tell
about times when Christmas was a
gay season, celebrated with great romp
and JOY The shOpkeeperS furbish
their stalls for the gift season, and
| the confectioners make those delicious
little cakes with sugar forms Of the
Christchild on top. Scraps Of Yule-
| tide tradition are dearly held in the
homes of some of the peasants. The
ashes of the great Yule log are thought
| to be protection against lightning and
bad luck; the old log has magic power
| to fill with peppermints shoes left
beside it, and it's ashes dropped into
medicine have wonderful curative pow
ers. French children have Christmas
trees and little cradles made of ever
green's, representations of the holy
manger. France sings carols through
| the whole month of December, stroll
ing musicians playing their Noels from
house to house. The presence of
American soldiers there this year I'M
doubtedly will alter the ancient Gus
toms of the people somewhat.
Christmas in Italy means a chill
dren's season, wherein the little folks
reconsecrate themselves by singing
and reciting pieces in the streets,
and in Spain it means no end OF social
gayety among the young folks, almost
to the point of such registering as
Americans indulge in on Halloween.
In America it seems to be a gala COM
bnation of these Old-World customs
and others with a little more lavish
ness and good-time display.-From
"Yuletide in Many Lands" by Mary p.
Pringle and Clara A. Urann.
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Probably So.

"That fellow robbed me once"
"He robbed me, too"
Fate will overtake him some time."
81 dunno"
"Huh?"
"Tve given up most of my ideas
about getting revenge. I've come to
the conclusion that fate must nolle
pros quite a few cases."
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His Little Jest.

II thought you were an ardent food
ervationist-signed the pledge and
all that"
"That'S true"
Then why complain so loudly when
I phone you that 1 won't be home to
dinner?"
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81 & e e se e @ & 81 & sse & sse & se & { Z
Heart of the
Civer in the
Christmas Gift

THINK little while before setting
out about the line in which the
tastes of your friend run. You
will save yourself vast deal of tramp
ing through crowded shops.
Sleeveless sweaters are all the go
Tor girls. Lay in supply of becoming
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fla or the Chinese straw that comes
around tea boxes makes good material
to fashion them out of. The one pic
tured has a ribbon bow strapped by
three quaint ribbon roses.
A boudoir cap with frill or ruffle is
easy to make. 1t consists of a big cir
Gle and the ruffie section. Or bigger
circle can be used and shirred three or
four inches from the edge to form the
frill. This circle should measure about
twenty-five inches across, and this
measurement allows for half-inch
hem around the edge.
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A True PHILOSOPHER.

"What is the philosophers stone?"
81 guess that is the stone we don't
chuck at the other fellow"
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WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
New York.-Lead-$6.37h
Bar Silver-S5Ac.
Copper-Casting, $23.17h.
st. Louis.-Speiter, $7.431s.
Boulder.-Tungste concentrates, 60
per cent, $20OO@22.5O per unit; crude
ores, 60 per cent, $20.0U@25.00; rs pei
cent, $1,000 q 1880; 10 per cent, $9.4C
Q12.20 per unit.
Arizona.
The output of the mines in the War
rem district for November shows ap
preaching normal conditions.
Alfred Paul of Douglas, started q
shipment of three cars of manganese
ore from a mine which he owns neal
Pauls spur, twelve miles west o1
Douglas.
J. c.. Heslet and his associates are
to retain control of the Chino Valley
Oil and Mining Company at Jerome
and finance it for the drilling of q
new we'll.
Globe-Miami is figured in the Oc
tober copper production estimate a
100000. Ray is included in the es
innate at approximately 8,00O,OO(
pounds. Humboldt provides 100000
pounds. Sasco 100000 and Magma
100000 in the approximate estimate
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CoWhide Horseshoes.
Horseshoes of cowhide are, it Is
said made in Australia.
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N MANY millions of homes
this year there will be no
merry tones in the bells
that ring throughout the
Christian world on Christ
mas day. To mothers,
wives, sweethearts, who
have lost sons. husbands,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
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By ALINE THOMPSON

months in Portland at the bureau. The
Portland women will entertain the out
of town members during these meet
ings. The next date will be some time
| in the holiday season. The state has
been divided into eight districts ond
each has vice president, through
whom the work in her district will be
handled. The vice presidents will be
asked to cooperate with the county
superintendent.
Among the chairmen of committees
named yesterday by Mrs. Sehilke were
Legislative and child labor, Mrs. Aris-
tene Felts; parents educational bu-
reau, Mrs. A. f. Flegel; membership,
Mrs. d. G. Thomas of Seio; chautauqua
Mrs. John Waldron of Oak Grove; So
cial, Mrs. F. s. Myers; resolutions,
Mrs. G. w. Hayhurst; home economics,
Miss Ava B. Milan of Oregon Agricul-
membership and chautauqua boards
will be named from various parts of
the state.
Mrs. McMath will assist Mrs. Schilke
by working on the publicity commit
tee.-Oregonian.
MISS Mean west Is nome Irom IHS
Sound, where she has been spending
the past two months with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. E. j. Young and three daugh-
ters, the Misses Freida, Lucille and
Pauline Young, arrived in Salem from
Custer, South Dakota, few days ago
and are visiting the formers mother,
Mrs. N. Steele, 1897 North CONNER
cial street.
The Young family formerly resided
in Salem, having moved to Dakota
only last year where DR.. Young is a
veterinary surgeon.
Thev expect to pass the winter in
Salem and the girls will attend the
Salem schools.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
CHICAGO PEOPLE WILL
BEGIN EATING HAY
Lord Northclife To Be Ban
quoted On Specially Selected
and Cured Alfalfa

Chicago, Oct. 24.-Chieago citizens
will begin eating hay today. This far
thest north in food conservation will
be reached at the banquet given Lord
Northcliffe, the British commissioner,
by the Chicago Association of Com
merce. 1t will be in observance OF the
citv's first wheatless day.
Of course, it won't be any ordinary
hay-but real, selected, specially cur
ed alfalfa. -,
The chef at the La Sale hotel will
practice a little cam6uflage in putting
this across. He has concocted mix
ture which he calls alfalfa muf-
fins You might try this on your
range:
One pound of alfalfa meal, made
from ground alfalfa seeds.
One quarter pound of rice flour
One quarter pound of corn flour.
Four ounces of yeast.
A volunteer "poison squad /" tried
them out today :,
"They taste the way hay smells, =
said one.
"smell like ia bran mash,'' said
another.
fLooks like an old SPONGE" was a
third verdict.
1t is feared that when his lordship
speaks after sampling them he may
be little hoarse.
Other Chicago hotels and restaur-
ants are celebrating wheatless days
with a perfect orgy Of rice, oatmeal,
bran and corn combinations.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
Reclamation HOpitals
Will Be Established
Throughout the Country

Chicago, Oct. 24-Reclamation hos
pitfalls, to be established throughout the
country to care for the desperately
wounded from European battlefields
will be permanent institutions.
These "men factories" which not
only will repair men physically, but
occupations to enable them to make
their way in the world, will care foi
those injured in industrial accidents af
Ter the war, and educate the physically
unfit.
This was revealed to the United Press
this afternoon by Major E. G. Bracket,
head of the reclamation work in the
surgeon generals department of the
army.
Major Bracket sail that sites have al
ready been selected far these Hospitals
in New Work, BosteI, and Washington
and that contracts for their eonstrue-
tion will be awarded immediately. La
ter, SIMILAR hospitals will be establish
cd in Chicago and other parts OF the
country, he said.
Bracket is here to attend the elm.
ieal congress of the American Medical
society. :,
"Treneh knee" and ''treneh feet
were demonstrated at various hospitals
today, and the Dakin treatment foI
wounds was shown. Unusual surgical OPP
erations and diseases of the war were
illustrated with motion pictures.
Sir Berkeley Moynihan of the British
army, and Colonel C. H. Derele of the
French army, together with other med
zeal men, explained the operations. Der
ele confessed he has been wounded "a
times. His skull has been shattered an5
his arms and legs riddled with bullets
but he wants to 90 back to the front.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
PLOT AGAINST LIFE
OF PRESIDENT MYSTERY
Secret Service Agents Still
Refuse to Reveal Names
of Those Arrested

Memphis, Tenn, Oct, 24.-Secret ser.
vice agents still refuse TO make public
the names of eight men who have been
arrested in plot to kill President Will.
son on Thanksgiving day.
One of the men, they admit, however
is the son of rich farmer near James
town, Tenn. When arrested several cop
les of pro-German papers were found
in his rooms.
The plot was unearthed through let
ters that had passed between some of
the the alleged conspirators.
The specific charge, based on the
text of the letters, is threatening the
president IS life"
The men have been scattered through
the state, no two of them being kept
in the same Jail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

In his defense to the jury Haffer said
he expected to be found guilty. III am
not conscientious objector," he said
" / am not on record as agains society
| am law abiding citizen and as long
as this system of society exists | am
willing to abide by the will Of the
majority. Since / had no vote on the
conscription law, | registered my pro-
test by not registering"
United States Attorney Fishburn, in
reply, said:
''This idea Of egotism running wild,
placing himself above the law, does
not commend itself to a representative
government like ours. The law has
been broken and the defense admitted
as mueh.N
Haffer first came to the notice of
the public when charges of slandering
George Washington were brought
against him. After an unusual trial he
was sentenced to one year in Jail. He
was pardoned by Governor Lister after
serving four months.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
American Steamer Sunk
and "a of Crew Lost

Buenos Aires, Oct. 24.-Sinking of
the American steamer santa Elena
with "a being lost, was reported in
dispatches received from Spain today
by La Naeion. The dispatch says the
vessel was sunk near Ferrol and that
the captain and one sailor were the
sole survivors.
La Nacion adds that the Santa Ele-
"a was one of the German ships seiz-
cd by the United States.
The Santa Elena was steel screw
steamer of 74l5 tons, owned by the
Hamburg South American line of Ham
burg As far as available records show
ed today, she was not among the Ger
man vessels seized by the United
States at the outbreak of the war.
Ship Building Lags
London, Oct "a. - Admission that
the rate of building British mercantile
shipping is not yet any greater than
its rate of destruction in the German
submarine war, was made in the house
of commons today by DR.. Mcnamara,
financial secretary to the admiralty.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
Great Britain Orders
Eight Million Feet Of
Lumber for AerOplaneS

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 24.-The West
Coast Lumbermen IS association is to-
day in receipt Of an order from Great
Britain for 100000 feet of fir lumber
for airplanes, in addition to orders al
ready received from the United States
government for 100000 feet.
Italy recently placed with Sar
Francisco corporation an order for 80
100000 feet for this purpose. 1t is said
to be uncertain whether the California
concern can meet so large a demand
and if it cannot, the West Coast Lum
bermen s association will be asked to
furnish the material
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
All ChOked Up With Catarrh?
Why Continue Makeshift Treatment :?

you must drive the disease out of your
blood
Splendid results have been reported
from the use of s. s. s., which com,
pletely routs from your blood the ca
tarrh germs, for which it is perfect
antidote.
s. s. S. is sold by all druggists. If
you wish medical advice as to the
treatment of your own individual case
write today to Chief Medical Adviser,
Swift-Specific Co., Dept s, Atlanta, Ga.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
Waeond Fook so7 Punches.

Philadelphia, Oct. 23.-Eddie Wagond
today enjoys a reputation for unexeelled
endurance powers following his bout
with Benny Leonard. The lightweight
champion landed S07 punches to Wa
gond 5 81, but Wagond stayed on his
feet the entire six rounds. Leonard is a
plain civilian today. His manager, Billy
Gibson, says neither he nor Leonard
ever claimed Leonard had commission
and the title of lieutenant y was wish
ed on him by others.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

Sprays and douches will never cure you
Catarrh is annoying enough when
it chokes up your nostrils and air pas
sages, causing painful and difficult
breathing and other discomforts. But
the real danger comes when it reaches
down into your lungs.
This is why you should at once real.
ize the Importance of the proper treat,
ment, and lose no time experimenting
with worthless remedies which touch
only the surface. To be rid of catarrh
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

ly cropping up, it was officially stated
today.
Any large number of arrests recently
in Tennessee were specifically denied,
but it was admitted that "two or three
cases" in that state have been under
investigation.
Secret service chiefs deprecated re-
ports of conspirators against the presi
dent Is life.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
PAUL HAEFER GETS IN
LINELIGHT AND JAIL
Man Who Libeled Washington
Is Also a Slacker---Gets
10 Months Sentence

Tacoma, Wash. Oct. 24--Paul Haff-
er, socialist, who gained wide pub
licity when he was tried and found
guilty of libeling the memory of
George Washington, is again in the
limelight today, this time being under
sentence of ten months in the county
Jail Tor failing to register under tho
selective draft act.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
GENERAL PETAN
Confined from Page One.)

French attackers came specially trained
battalions of poilus, who seized the en-
frances to caverns and blocked them eff
feetually with machine guns, grenades
and powerful explosives.
How Prisoners Were Taken.
They iteraly walled up beneath the
ground, in vast and intricate under
ground galleries, the huge reserves
which the Germans had massed there.
This fact alone accounts for the enor-
nous and almost unprecedented number
of German prisoners taken-a number
out of proportion under previous army
tactics to the width of the front over
which the French made their gains.
The capture of Fort Malmaison was
perhaps the most brilliant of the man
euvers of the assault. For weeks preeed-
ing the attack four regiments which
had been chosen for Fort Malmaison re,
hearsed their plan of battle. They were
letter perfect in their parts. Just before
the move was made ON the powerful
fort, giant guns rained tons of shells in
to it. Then, while one of the French
regiments assaulted the position from
the front, the three others eneircled it.
The combined drive of the four, carried
out with the precision of men drilled to
every motion, completely smashed the
picked second guard division.
Plans Fully Carried Out.
Although the attack was launched at
5 a. m, and in complete darkness ex-
cept for the flashes of the guns, the
entire battle plan, capture Of subter-
ranean forces, Malmaison and all, were
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
NEW CURE FOR WOUNDS.

Chicago, Oct. 24.-Eating,
sleeping and living in bath
tub continuously for two weeks
that is one way to cure
wounds.
Bath tubs are used in hospit-
ais in France to cure wounds.
Sir Berkeley Boynihan of the
British army told the American
Medical association today. He
declared it kept the wounds
open, cleansed them aad healing
was much quicker.
..,s
X X X X X X X X X X X
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24
Many Plots Hatched.

Washington, Oct, 24.-"Plots" by
irresponsibiles throughout the country
against President Wilson are continual
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

Up to midnight, September 18th, during period of
81 months, sold and delivered to tire dealers
United States Tires than sold to dealers during the
entire IL months of 1916.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

An informal dinner was presided og-
er Monday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H. Vandervort, who entertained
Is of their friends at their home on
North Winter street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-24

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