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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
GASOLINE UNDER GROUND.
(U. S. Bureau of Mines

/ ". =. bureau OF MlneS3
In order to minimize the risk OF
fires, observe these precautions:
/. Keep open lights away from all
gasoline cans or tanks, feed pipes and
engines.
2. Use only closed cans or tanks
for carrying gasoline into the mine.
3, Use only a closed can, like an oil
can, for printing with gasoline, and
keep the can where II can not be
knocked over.
4. Never store more than five gal
Ions of gasoline or as much more as Is
required for one days work in the
mine.
5. Do not let oily waste or rags lie
In the engine room. Put them in a
metal pail. Use sand to absorb oil
drippings.
6. Never use water to extinguish a
gasoline fire. Always use a chemical
fire extinguisher or smother the fire
with sand. Keep supply Of sand in
the engine room and the storage room.
7. Use as little wood as possible
for fittings in engine room. Where
possible cover wooden posts, etc, with
asbestos board.
To minimize the danger of explo-
sions:
1. Have the engine room and the
storeroom we'll ventilated.
2. Never let gasoline stand in open
cans or tanks.
3. Do not pour gasoline from one
container into another near open
lights.
4. Do not spill gasoline.
S. Do not use gasoline for clean
ing in a closed room.
6. Unless all the openings of empty
cans or barrels are closed. always
store them with the openings down SO
that the vapors may escape.
To minimize the danger from the
exhaust gases Of a gasoline engine:
1. Set the carburetor, or mixing
valve, to give as lean a. mixture as
will run the engine.
2. Pipe the exhaust gases out of the
engine room.
3. Do not work or even stand near
the end of the exhaust pipe when the
engine is running.
4. Do not try to purify the exhaust
by turning it under water.
5. Unless the ventilation in the
place where the engine is used is am
pie and positive, pipe the exhaust
gases to some point where there is
such ventilation or pipe them to the
surface.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
KEEPING DOWN THE COSTS.

.Chas. N. Webb in Engineering and
Mining Journal
You've got the right idea, young man.
You're workin' ard to keep
Your costs down low said Cap'n Dan
You're operatin' cheap;
But you will learn a thing or two
And find this ere is mighty true:
Your cheapest ore may cost the
most;
SO wait a bit before you boast.
Bill Tonkin, at the Adeline,
once said e didn't need
A powder man in all the mine;
A fine, soft job, indeed!
Just elp yourselves to dynamite"
They did-two dead the second night.
e thought, as men ave thought be-
fore,
To cut the costs of minin' ore.
Another time. e said, I fear
My costs are now immense;
That change 'ouse won't be touched
this year;
Too bloody much expense
e let 'em use the rotten dry
And watched the men get sick and die.
This, you'll take 'eed, was one way
more
To cut the costs of mimi ore.
And Tom Trezise, another one,
Said timber was so Ugh,
Ed cut the laggin' down, m son,
And some'ow they'd get by.
Worked fine until the mornin' when
They 'ad to dig out fifteen men;
One way, as ave said before
To cut the costs Of mimi ORE"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
HOMESTEAD VS.. PLACER.
Conditions Under Which Decision of
Land Department Not Final.

The decision of the United States
supreme court lately handed down in
the case of Kirk vs.. Olson. SO Supreme
Court Reporter ia, disposed of a
controversy over land title arising
from conflicting homestead and plac-
finding by the land department at
Washington that the tract involved
was valuable for placer mining, the
finding being made on one-sided proof
submitted to the department in sup
port of placer entry, was not so far
final and conclusive as to preclude re-
consideration of the question and re-
versal of the decision before issuance
OF a patent. But both of two Joint
claimants of the placer entry were
entitled to notice of intention on the
part of the land department to re-
consider the question as to the char
acter Of the land, and where one of
them was not so notified he was not
precluded by the land departments
subsequent finding, that the land was
mineral in character, from show
ing in suit by one who acquired a
patent to the tract under the home
stead laws, brought to quiet title, that
the land was in fact valuable for pla
Ger mining. Yet this failure to give
such notice does not affect the home
quieting title, on it being proved, in
suit to which the interested persons
were made parties, that the land was
subject to entry or acquisition under
the placer mining law
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
DOGS AND CATS TABOOED.
BY j. S. HEALTH SERVICE
SPREAD coNTAGION AND CON-
SUME MUCH FOOD NEED
ED FOR WAR.

A report on an epidemic of virulent
smallpox in one of the southwestern
states, submitted to the surgeon gen.
eral of the public health service by
one of the officers of that corps, sets
forth with renewed emphasis the role
that domestic pets may play in the
transmission of disease, especially
among children. The instance cited
was that of fatal case of smallpox
in an infant in arms. The nearest
case of the disease was in house a
block or so distant and although the
two families had no social relations,
this apparently did not deter a dog
belonging to the infected family from
dividing his attention impartially be-
tween the two homes, eating at one
place and sleeping at the other.
Dog Carried Disease.
In no other way could the source of
the infection of the baby be explain
ed, than that the dog fondled by the
children of the smallpox family car
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
KEEP YOUR BONDS.
1t Is Good Citizenship as Well as
Good Business.


The government expects you to do
more than buy Liberty bonds; it ex-
poets you to keep them, is the obser-
walton of William Frederick Bigelow
editor Of Good Housekeeping. The
opinion is widely held that, having
purchased the bonds, one is free to do
as one pleases with them. Which is
true, but is not the whole truth; for
we are buying Liberty bonds primar-
lily as duty and we are doing less
than our duty when we subscribe for
bonds and then pass them on at a
discount. The treasury officials have
done all in their power to discourage
the commercial use of the bonds, and
while some financial experts have dis
agreed with them, it is nevertheless
good citizenship as well as good bust
ness to hold on to the bonds we have
and to keep on buying more and more
of them.
Only one or two in hundred of us
can offer our lives to our country; we
can all serve in an equally necessary
way by buying bonds. Equally ne
cessary'-yes, but very small by COM
parison, though we load ourselves
with all the bonds we can carry. For
we still have our homes. our loved
ones, our incomes, our future; they
have offered their all, and of many of
them all will be taken. If you have
bought one bond. buy another; if FIVE.
buy ten.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
Why Setting Sun So Large.

We all know an optical Illusion
makes the setting sun seem larger and
often Of an oval shape, but a recent
explanation by w. F. Badgley in Pop
ular Astronomy Of some of the causes
which bring this about is interesting.
The atmosphere near the earths sur
face, when hot and dusty, acts as
magnifying glass, so distant objects
on the horizon are seen through
thick layer Of air, which increases its
size many times. Looking upward, we
see through more rarefied air, which
does not possess the magnifylng pow
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11

but, more Importantly, he has been
successful in making good mines out
OF what in other mems hands had been
bad ones. That, indeed, has been his
special work in mining; not promoting
mines and selling mining shares to
an easy public, but making the earth
yield its treasures even when 1t SEEM
ed most reluctant to release them He
has made his money in mining out Of
the ground, not out Of the pockets Of
investors.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
CREEL'S INFORMATION
BUREAU O|SCRE O|TED.
STORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
PREPARED TO DECEIVE
THE PUBLIC.

OF all the censure heaped upon the
Creel bureau, the official publicity or
ganization of the government al
Washington, nothing has been SO
damaging or has done so much to dis
credit the work of this organizat ton
as the unanimous vote Of the senate
committee on military affairs to sup
press story prepared by this bureau
purporting to tell of the progress
made by the United States govern
ment in aircraft production. In this
official way the Creel bureau was
stamped as sponsoring information
that was not true; information that
was prepared for the purpose of mis-
leading the American public.
General Wood Tells the Truth.
An abundance of evidence collected
from different sources has lately tend
ed to show the dismal failure of air.
craft production in this country. At
tention was first sharply centered on
this condition when General Leonard
Wood, fresh from France, testified be-
fore the senate military committee
Because of General Woods standing
and the fact that he had spent several
months with our fighting forces in
France, his testimony and his opin-
ions carried great weight Nothing
stated by General Wood created the
CONSERVATION that was evidenced
when he told of the absolute failure
of the United States to furnish air
craft for service in France.
Realizing that much embarrassment
would result from the testimony of
General Wood, unless his statements
could be contraverted, the committee
on public information prepared
story for publication in the newspap-
ers Of March 80. with accompanying
telling how the United
States had shipped $500 airplanes to
the army in France. The photographs
to picture typical fighting
airplanes which had been sent across
the Atlantic to General Pershing's
aviators.
Admit Story False.
The senate committee on military
affairs was probing into the aircraft
when copy of this inspir-
ing story was placed in the hands of
Senator Wadsworth of New York. The
senator read extracts of the article to
Colonel Smith Of the aircraft produce
ton service and he very frankly ad-
mitted that instead of $500 airplanes
the United States to date has actually
shipped only one machine to France.
The military committee, on detect
ing this discrepancy between the fact
and the statement sponsored by the
Creel bureau, sent for the writer Of
the article and for the man RESPONSE
BILE for the misleading photographs,
and secured from them admissions
that the story and the photographs
were not in accordance with the facts
and that the article as prepared and
circulated officially would create a
false impression throughout the coun-
try.
1t was not developed in the hearing
that this effort of the Creel bureau
was intended to discredit the testi-
mony Of General Leonard Wood, but
it was admitted that the story and the
pictures had been hastily assembled
and sent to newspapers everywhere
within "a hours after General Wood
had appeared to tell what he had seen
and learned in France.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11

ried the virus OF the disease to the
neighbours baby, Similar instances
have been noted before in connection
with smallpox transmission. and cats
and dogs both have been incriminated
as carriers of plague infected fleas-
cases of bubonic plague so contracted
having been observed by public health
service officers working in recent pla-
que epidemics. The same household
pets also have been charged in GER
tain instances with the responsibility
OF carrying the infection of diphtheria,
scarlet fever and other communica BILE
diseases Of children. as we'll as various
intestinal parasites.
A disease that annually causes more
than 100 deaths in this country Is ra-
bies and the role Of domestic animals
in spreading this disease is definitely
proven, speculation or circumstantial
evidence being discarded.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-11
Discard Dog and Cat.

Altogether. therefore, it is perfectly
evident that the citizen who keeps
domestic pets maintains at the same
time very potential source of dam
ger; a sanitary menace to his own
household and to that of his neighbor.
While this aspect Of the subject ap-
plies year in and year out, it may well
behoove the city dweller in these
times of urgent demand for food con-
servation to seriously take council
with himself as to whether he is jus
titled in continuing to keep his dog or
his cat. both Of which are casual
sources of mental annoyance to neigh
bors, as well as agents for graver po-
tentialities.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
The Birth of q Nation

D. w. Grifith's mighty spec tacle, "The Birth of a Nation, will be shown in the Pastime Theater Wednesday, March Is. There will be two performances, the afternoon performance at o'clock and the evening perfor. nance at 8 o'clock.
 Nothing like this wonderful attraction has ever been seen upon the local boards. It will be given here exactly as it is be. ing presented in New York City, where the big drama has broken every record in the stage history of that city. None can afford to miss this stupendous produc- tion.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Oil Neus

Judge J. P. Ryan of Chloride, who has spent the last ten days at Los Angeles and San Francis. co in the interest of the Oil De- Yeloping Go. that he is incorpor- ating. returned to Holbrook Thursday morning. Judge By an is very much enthused oyer the possibilities of this field and says words of commendation are heard in reference to the Hol- brook field on every hand.
 w. A. Carathers of San Der nardino, Cal1f., is here looking the field over. MT. Carathers was formerly of the Beaumont field.
 Parties now on the ground have been waiting for the arriv- al of a geologist of repute who will make a thorough examina- ton of the country now known as the Holbrook Oil District. This examination has. been de- layed owing to the continued cold weather of a few weeks ago which resulted in this geoIogist going to ajo this state, where he spent some ten days examining a large copper property;upon his return to Prescott was taken i'll. It is understood that in the event of his illness being pro- longed another equally compet- ent man will be substituted and following this examination gen. eral activity is expected.
 Wm. Mckay of Kingman, for mer Nevada mining man and who has had some experience of late years in the oil game. stopped off between trains Thursday to visit D. V. Snow goose. MT. Mckay was enroute to New York and promises to return in about thirty days.
 Harry LaClalr of Oatman left Wednesday night for Needles. Cal. This is MT. LaClair's se- cond trip and he and some Need les associates have secured some acreage.
 R. Dugan of Kingman, who has been at Adamana for several days, was in Holbrook for a few hours Tuesday.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Mrs. Thomas VIII Be Hostess

On next Monday afternoon Mrs. D. J. Thomas will be at home" to the ladies ot Holbrook. The occasion will be the meeting of the several divisions of the patriotic social parties.
 Besides needle work and cards, the hostess promises another in- teresting feature for the after noon.
 The offerings of money, re- ceiYed at these affairs, help greatly to swell the general Red Cross funds. Twice a month an opportunity is given the ladies to come out and help support a splendid cause; a cause which appeals to all humanity as is shown by the greatly increased membership of the Red Cross.
 Nine months ago there were 500. 900 members, at the present time there are g. 100000. In order to carry on this magnifi- cent work of mercy. there must be a continuous income of money.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Visited Camp Kedrny

Mrs. Bitorino Padilla returned last week from a trip to Camp Kearny, Linda Vista, California, where she visited her son, Tran quilino Padilla. She returns from the visit very we'll satis- fled that the government is look ing after the comfort and well fare of the boys. She thinks that mothers should be proud of having boys in the United States service. Her boy. she says, has improved in health and is happy because he is soldier in the U. s. army.
 She was there a month and the government extended to her every courtesy and considera- ton. She wishes to make it known to all mothers that the soldiers at Camp Kearny are do- ing well and not only well but are enjoying themselves. St. Johns Observer.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
'.Eyes" For The Nauy

The subject last week for the talks to be made at the picture shows by the Four minute-M Men; /; but, on account of the quaran- tine. it was not possible for any of the minute speeches to be made last week. It is pro- bable that this subject, and Danger to Democracy" will both receive attention the latter part of this week and next week.
 The Navy needs 8binoculars, telescopes, and spy glasses. These things are needed Tn larg- CT quantities than same can pos sibly be manufactured. The more eyes there are3aboard any ship, the more certain is it of the periscope of U-boats being seen and being seen in time. The government is now making nationwide solicitation for the articles enumerated to be loaned to Uncle Sam. Many persons can give the desired assistance.
 If any person owns one of the articles above mentioned, it will be, and it Is, a patriotic act to loan same to the, Government. These things can be sent by par eel post or express and the direc- tions for forwarding same are thus: Send to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Asst. Secretary of the Navy. care of Naval Obser- yatory. Washington, D. c. On the outside of the package. write your name and address; and on the inside, tie tag on the in- strument, again giving your name and address. Immediate ly after receipt of the article forwarded, letter will be re- ceived from the Naval Observa- tory, acknowledging receipt. etc. If your instrument is retained, a check for $1.00 will be sent you by the government, which sum will constitute the rental price, or in the event of loss. the pur- chase price. Every precuation will be taken not to lose these articles, and. if not, same will be returned to the respective owners.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Whipple Barracks to be Made C
 Sdnitorium

The Associated Press last Sat urday gave out information tha sanatoriums for the treatmen of soldiers suffering from tuber culosis are to be established al New Haven. Conn.,. and al Whipple Barracks. Prescott, Ariz.. in addition to those to be built at Asheville. N. C., anC Denver, Colo. = It is understood that they will cost $550. 900 each. The medical departments an nouncement gave no indication as to when work would be start. ed.
 The selection of Whipple Bar racks as a site for a isanatorium for the treatment of soldiers of the national and regular armies brings to a successful conclusion the movement started some few months ago by Governor Thomas E. Campbell who conceived the plan of inducing the government to make such a use of the bar racks at Prescott which for se- verdi years have been abandoned by troops and in the hands of a caretaker and who brought it to the attention of the government.
 Whipple Barracks lie two miles north of Prescott and Phoenix railroad runnin g through the reservation. These barracks are intimately connect ed with the history of Arizona, having been constructed in 1864 an were the headquarters of General Crook during his Indian campaign in this state.
 The barracks consist of sever al massive stone barracks and more than a, dozen handsome and substantial officers quarters. A station and postofice were located on the grounds. The last troops to occupy the bar racks were removed about eight years ago, since which time the grounds and buildings have been in the charge of a caretaker.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
School Opens Monday

The Holbrook public schools will open next Monday morning at the usual hour. after being closed for ten days on account of the smallpox quarantine. The buildings have been thoroughly fumigated and the health officer has assured the superintendent that it will be perfectly safe to resume work in the schools. Prof. Dolman desires that all pupils report for duty at the usual hour for the opening of school Monday.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Prominent Pioneer Elected to
 Board of Historical Society

James G. Colter. father of Hon Fred T. Colter. State Sena- tor and Democratic National Committeeman. has recently been elected Vice President of the Pioneers Historical Society. at Prescott. Probably no other of our pioneers enjoys the pro- minence and wide acquaintance in all sections of Arizona, as does MT. Colter of Apache Coun- ty. Crossing the plains from Wisconsin in the early seventies. he introduced the first reaper and threshing machine in the state. AS many of our older readers know, Northern Ari- zona. and particularly that part which is now Apache County, was not then the settled, peace ful community one finds today. Where prosperous farms, numer- ous irrigation projects, well stocked ranges, orchards and thriving towns now greet the visitor. were then the hunting grounds of rowing despera te bands of Apaches. Savages under the leadership of Chief Geronimo and Victoria periodi- cally attacked the white settlers. either killing or driving away most of their cattle and horses. Of those who came to build their homes in this new country. numbers met their death in these raids, James G. Colter himself being wounded. With splendid health and vigor. Mir. CoIter, ST. is truly seventy-fve years young, is very active and his feats in the saddle still arouse the envy of even the younger generation. Of late years his time is divided between Prescott and Phoenix, spending his summers in northern city. His joYial. magnetic personality has made friends whom he num- bers by the thousands, and who never lack for real entertain ment when. with his wonderful store of knowledge and tales of frontier life. they can strike in a reminiscent mood.
The Holbrook news., 1918-02-22
Campbell GiUen More Time

Judge Standford of the Mari. copa County Superior Court Monday afternoon extended the time in which the judgment against Thomas B. Campbell in favor of George w. P. Hunt could beypaid for fifteen days at the request of Judge R. E. Sloan, counsel for Campbell in the long gubernatorial contest.
 As an evidence of good faith Judge Sloan gave the attorneys for MT. Hunt a check for $2460. co which had been collected by friends of Ex-Governor Camp bell to date. This leaves $1662. . 25 of the judgment of $4122. 25 yet to be paid. Some misuAder- standing has existed throughout the state in regard to this fund. many people being under the impression that it was Camp bells salary that his friends were trying to raise for him in- stead of Mir. Hunts costs which were awarded to him by the Su- preme Court in addition to the salary of Governor for the year 1917. There is no provision in the law to preclude the governor from receiving payment other than his official salary or this case would be further complicat- ed by the fact that Governor Hunt acted as Federal Mediator for the Department of Labor during 1917 and received pay as such.
 It is expected that the re- mainder of the fund will be se- cured this week as several counties have not yet sent in any contribution to thls fund to pay the judgment which is generally admitted throughout the State should not be allowed to fall on Campbell as he IS al- ready out pay for his years work.