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help, which cries were luckily heard
by the sentines stationed on Signal Hill,
who Immediately teleEhoned to the Har-
bCur Depart nelt ash ore, telling them
of our great plight. Were We afraid?
God; how we prayed! How We wished
for some light ii that impenetrable dark
ness! But succGur was at hand. Soon at
100 a m. the pilot boat, nanned by 4
men, and under the direction of AssiS-
tant Harbour master w. O. Simmons
hove in sight and took US off.
The boat, from which we saved but
the mast. ruGder, and boom is a total
wreck, having split in twain: while of
the animals which were. first cut loose
from their l~aShinFs upon the first reali-
cation Of the impending danger, of only
me. however, the bull-have tiding
been received.
Early this morning, (the 1st) the scene
Of the q saster was Wis tied by Harbour
master Fischer, accompanied by myself
and crew an1 a thorough investigation
made"
News of the di$ aster was immediately
sent up to Tortoia by the Lady Con
stance. and a beat The City Belle"
Captain Martin is expected down to-
morrow to take the urfortunates home.
Much sympathy is felt or the cap
tain" and we are sure that his appeal for
aiG will meet with a generous response.
st. ThomGs Mail Notes, October End.
, 1919-10-08

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IS printed and published dolly (StndUys
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at the AUl8 Office.
TERMS---4O cents monthly IN GdgGnce,
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Entered as Second-ctaSs matter My
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der the Act of Murch 3. 1879.
Contribution to this paper 1VjU be glad
IN received when the same deals lOjth mat
ters of general interest, and is aec0nppa-
MED with the outhor's name, as a uar
antee of good faith. The editor cannot be
responsible for the vieaOs of his co1respoR-
dents nor does he necessarily endorse them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

some land in Trego county along the
south banks of the Smoky Hill river.
When questioned closely he would
say he was looking for coal But the
facts in the case are that he is pros
pecting for zinc, and now he is en-
thusiastic over his find. A strong
company has been formed to work
mines there, and over 1000 acres
have been secured by the company by
lease.
The hole which General Artz dug
is 12O feet deep and five feet in diam
eter-
t'The deeper got'' said Mr.. Artz to
a State Journal reporter, ssthe richer
the ore was in zinc. Down near the
bottom of the shaft the ore yields
IS $40 per cent pure zinc, and there
is considerable gold and silver along
with it. One good thing about it is
that there is no sulphur and iron in
the ore, so that it does not require
roasting"
ed is called the t'Smol<y Hill Zinc Min
ing company and F. j. Kellogg of
this city is the president The reason
for keeping quiet about the prospect
ing out there was that at that time
the company had not secured lease
on the land. But now 1900 acres
right in the vicinity of the prospect
ing hole are owned by the company,
and 1000 acres are under lease to
the company.
Assays made of the ore made at
different depths shows zinc deposit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11
SMOKY HILL RIVER COUNTRY

along the Smoky excepting a few
punches of cottonwood which have
been planted and the natural timber
at Cedar Bluffs The bottom lands
along the Smoky are productive and
there are number of excellent fields
of alfalfa The big ranches of Trego
county are down the Smoky In
the east side of the county there IS
the Altman ranch and the J. H Defines
ranch; further up the stream are the
ranches of John Olsen and H. J.
Hi1Ie, the Harmon ranch and still
further west are those of Pat O'Toole
and Thomas O'Toole- The owners of
these ranches both breed and fatten
cattle. They raise white face cattle,
Shorthorn, Galloway and Poll Angus
besides what they ship in from the
Kansas City market. 1t is an inter
esting country along the Smoky but
the most interesting place of all is
Cedar Bluffs. At this point is strip
of bluffy land along the bank of the
river which is covered with cedar trees
Evidently the situation and condition
of the soil is what such trees desire
for they grow as thrifty on Cedar
Bluffs they do in any location you
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

IF you are looking for the ancient
land marks or the points of histori-
cal interest in Trego county you must
go to the country along the Smoky
Hill river through the south part of
the county, for the first recorded
travel of white men across this county
was up the Smoky River. The old
Denver trail crosses that part of the
county and there were seveal camp
grounds along the trail However,
the first settlement of the county was
in the northern part and today the dis
trict along the old Smoky is the
most thinly settled OF any part of Ire
go county While in the early days it
was in the center of the Travelled dis
trict, today it is the fartherest away
from the railroad and railroad travel,
but these points of historical interest
are cherished and are pointed to with
pride by those who live in that dis
trict The old Smoky is named
and noted for the blush, smoky ap-
pearance of the atmosphere which
hovers over it and marks the winding
trail of the river. This haze is plain
Iy seen from the top of the high land
or divide either side of the river,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

Rock" due north from Cedar Bluffs
is another and "Downer'' at Downer
and castle Rock in the extreme
west side of the county on the Hack
berry, and just short distance east
of the famous Castle Rock, was the
other camp. Excellent water was OBJ
tainable at each of these camps. An
other historical place along the old
Denver trail is ttThreshing Machine
Canyon" a picture of which we pub
Esh in this paper This Canyon is
so named from the fact that in the
very early days horse power thresh-
ing machine was burned and other
wise destroyed by the Indians A
number of people were also killed here
by the Indians according to the ira
dition. This was probably the first
threshing machine which was ever
brought into the county. Parts of it
are preserved and exhibited by resi-
dents of that part of the county to-
day.
Another old landmark in the south
part of the county is old Cyrus
where G. NJ. Ufford, now of the Trego
Mercantile Co., commenced his exper-
fence as a store keeper and post.
master 1t has long since passed out
of existence excepting a land mark
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

but when you get into the valley the
haze has disappeared and the at
mosphere is as clear as in any dis
trict of western Kansas. It is a
strange phenomena and has never been
successfully explained by scientists
There are no fish in the Smoky, pre-
sumably because the river runs
through blue shale beds which may
effect its water in some way, but the
watersis suitable for use by man and
beast There are very few trees
can find. This point has furnished
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

Christmas trees for the people of that
part of the county ever since the ar
rival of the first settler. It is but
another of the peculiarities of the
Smoky Hill River.
The old "Denver Trai1'' crossed the
county at the edge of the divide about
three miles north OF the Smoky riv-
en- The camp ground in the east
side of the county was known as
Windy Hollow which is now the home
ranch of E. M Wagner who raises
extra fine Galloway cattle. white
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

of from % per cent, which is from q
few feet below the surface of the
ground, to 65 $40 per cent at depth
of 12O feet %sThe ore gets richer as
you go down." said Mr. Artz, land I
expect to find it increasing in rich
ness as we go down farther until we
strike bedrock
Eyes, and / wouldn't be a bit sur
prised if you would find gold down
by that bed rock" said r. G. Martin,
who is interested in the company
Mr. Artz viii go out to Trego
county in a few days to make further
prospecting, and arrange for the
smelling of the oar. "I'u tell you,''
said the ex-adjutant general, ga fell
low works awful hard when he is min
ing, but / believe would as soon
mine as any other business I know of.
Out there our shaft is perfectly dry.
Some of these holes fill up with water
as soon as they have gone down &c
feet, but ours is dry as punk. When
a fellow is working down in a shaft
and he sees rich ore he would rather
look at it in the ore than made in 3
$50 gold piece We worked hard, ane
lots of time over time We would ge'
| excited when we struck a good lot o.
ore, and lots of times I would com,
out of the shaft wet with prespera
| tion-"-Topeka Journal (Publishes
in the World July rs, 1860
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

say was that work would be pushed
on the mine from now on
There are numerous stories afioat,
one is that a wien of coal 27 inches in
thickness has been struck. Another
story is that Artz has sold $500
shares of stock in the mine to eastern
parties and that a force of men are
to be set to work to develop it. An
other rumor that is whispered with
bated breath is that the Populist gem
eral has discovered gold This is
hardly possible, however, as it is a
well known fact that a Pop has no
use for gold whatever. 1t is also
claimed that me. comRony bias pur-
chased two sections of land Ind leas-
ed several others.
The General has succeeded in
arousing good deal of interest in his
operations and the people in the vicin-
ity of the coal mine are on the tiptoe
of expectation in regard to what may
come out next.-World of May 10th,
1896
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11
The Smoky Hill River

of Trego and Ellis counties seem to
be in about the same predicament. 1t
is said that a small amount of coal
has been discovered, and that COM
pany headed by H. A. Artz, adjutant
general under dwellings, administra-
ton is sinking a shaft, and that all
concerned are very reticent in CIV
ing out information-Ness County
News. January 18, 1896.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11
GEN. ARIz's COAL NINE

The talk about General Arts coal
mine over in Trego county has been
renewed this week owing to the fact
that two loads of lumber and machin-
cry were taken out to the mine last
Monday. The members of the party
were very reticent in regard to
what had been done and what was be-
ing done The only thing they would
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11

Vague rumors are circulating in
this and adjoining counties concern
ing an alleged discovery CT coal on
Page creek, in Trego county, about
ten miles north of BrowneI1 but thus
far we have been unable to get any
thing like definite information in re-
gard to the matter, and the papers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-11
H. III. ARTZ'S ZINC HOLE
That Is The Mineral That He Claims
He Finds There

At last General III. H Artz,s coal
hole out in Trego county has proved
a bonanza, for he has struck 1T rich
in zinc. Nearly all last winter the
adiutant general was working on
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AUCTION SALE.
ny GEO. r.. CRAWFORD & CO..
Real Estate AGENTS and Aactioneers
s32 Enst Main street,
Richmond. Va.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
HOUSE AND LOT IN
GLEN ALLEN, VA.

In execution of deed OF trust TO
the undersigned trustee. dated Janu-
srv IS. 1915. recorded In the clerk =
office OF the circuit court of Henrico
county. Va. win. at the request OF
the notehoider. default having been
made in the payment OF the debt therein
secured. sell by auction, in front OF
the Henrtco county court house.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1873.
NJ o'clock r. W.,
the real estate described in the said
deed as follows:
"Ali that lot of land with improve
ments thereon lying on the east side
of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad containing ass
acres and described as follows; Com
mencing ar chains from W. c. Saun-
ders' line running thence northwardly
along the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad 2i7 chains to
lot 81. thence eastwardly between
parallel lines to county road. desig-
mated as lot number IS. on a plan made
by r. Crawford Redd & Bro May IS,
1907. of tract at Glen Allen. Hen
rico county, Va. belonging 10 the
estate of Or Hopkins"
TERMS: Cash as to cost Of execut-
ing this trust. any taxes or insurance
that NAV be due and three notes, one
for 81 ono. one for sl534o and one for
$40. all due January IL. 1919. with in
terest from January Is, 1919, until
paid Balance upon such terms as
may be announced at the sale
F. J. CRAWFORD.
Trustee.
Ia YQJp
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STEEL OPEh|Ne
WILD AND WIDE
Entire Market Dragged With It-Oniy
Two stocks StronE--Mercnntiie
Marine and HiAe and Leather,
Preferred.

New York, Jan. ee.-United States
Steel had a wild opening today and a
wide one, for the first trades were al
most a point apart. IL continued It's
deelinf until L. had gone down "
points From 1fh& es~so -. $50 & : ~ Z
day. The whole market was dragged
with it and particularly the steeis. all
of which were heavy losers. Railroad
equipment shares. Tobaccos and Rail-
roads finally yielded to the pressure of
pessimism.
Only two stocks were strong--Mer.
camille Marine. preferred. and Hide and
Leather. preferred. In both OF these
there are shorts entrapped in such
large numbers that 1t may take 20 or 80
points for Them to cover.
Cotton was heavy again.
While Y. s. Steel was the most i'm
portant feature OF the day everybody
understood that and the most intense
interest was excited by the disclosure
Of the true inwardness of Mercantile
Marines peculiar actions. Tho secret
Is out at last. The directors intend 70
liguidate the company--go completely
out of business and let tho United
States government run the ships.
The decision to liquidate the COM
pany was reached by the directors so
high British authority states only aftef
1t was made evident that the stockhoid-
ers would never be able to do anything
more than sit on the side lines and
watch the British government run part
of it's feet and the American govern
mcnt run the remainder.
Permission Of the stockholders Ia not
needed for the retirement of the bonds
of payment of the back dividends on
the preferred stock or even for pur-
chase of the preferred stock for the
treasury of the company. The direc.
tors can sell all the ships and speno
ali the money for bonds. dividends and
preferred stock and hand perfectly
cashiess company over to the common
stockholders to do with as they see ht
wall Street condemns without re-
serve the proposed action of congress
to place all food under control OF the
president for another year. Food prices
must come down, say the fnanciers
before wages can be reduced materially
They believe the government shonic
write off its loss on heat and let al
grains and all food products have
natural market Immediately. If there
| is to he a panic, let IT come and be
over with not only In food. but in other
departments Of trade.
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New York. Jan. Zs.--bearisn senti-
ment. which had been overshadcwed
temporarily by the cut in ocean fretgh.
rates and talk OF reduced acreage in
the South, was revived in cotton today
and after prices had rallied sharply fol-
lowing weakness in the early tradjng
they broke again toward the close be.
cause OF a more unsettled ruling OF Sc
curities and rumors OF dissenston al
the peace conference.
The clos" was barely steady at net
decline Of 1a4 to $50 points.
Receipts at the ports for the day
were So.442 bales.
Exports for the day aggregated
1850 bales SPOT at New Orleans was
steady, with middlihg Nc higher al
o7Ac The sales were l.s4s bales. Spot
here WAS quiet at decline Of 125
points st IS. zee for nliddling: there
were no sales.
Receipts at leading points were: Gal
weston, 1879: New Orleans. s.So1: Sa.
vanuah. 4.o71: Augusta, 1854: st. Louis
1885.
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View YORK Cnrh MARKET.

New York, Jan. 29-Stocks were
steady at the opening on the curb mar
ket today Disgusting news that came
into trading circles later resulted in
pronounced irregularity.
There was not much activity among
the oil shares.
Mining stocks were barely steady hut
inactive.
1900 Aetna Explosives ~ TT&.
1900 United Motors ~ ~ q sc Is,
30n Ccsden Oil. 7n7A,
5000 Federal Oil. ~ 62A.
,,Sna Int Petroleum. 2ots q COS.
10000 METROPOLITAN Petrol. ss-isd ~
400 Vic Oil. new stock, 2as 1e az.
900 Atlanta, Az as.
Austin Amazon 1-16I "a
$500 Big Ledge. u a. u.
5000 Boston and Montana. ~
500 Calumet and Jerome, q IL Il.
$500 Con. Arizona Smelt. y al S.16
1000 Jumbo Extension. 1904.
500 Mother Lode. 32G33.
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Chicago, Jan. 2s.-Cable advices from,
Argentina on probable exports OF corn
from there are ANYTHING but enconrag-
ing to bears. Both public and private
advices from Ruenos Aires make the
claim that II is impossible to load or
unload boats there and that some of
them have been waiting for four weeks
in order to discharge cargoes.
notwithstanding these advices. which
are in favor OF the bulls or longs and
against the hears. the corn market after
advancing sharply early on buvine by
shorts and investors. sold off later
The heavy selling was led by the
east and followed by the speculative
world OH the whole. January was the
only month that was sustained TO the
close. and Il showed a gain of 2kc.
The deferred months were UNCHANGED
to u n2t%c lower. ON the decline there
Was better demand for cash corn.
with prices unchanged to lie higher.
Conditions point to the fact that the
British have made M contracts to take
over the surplus 1913 wheat of the
United states They claim they are
under no obligation to take In bread
stuYs at present prices. II Ia claimed
bv their representatives at the seaboard
that the grain was simply allotted TO
them and was not bought outright. This
condition no doubt Is responsible for
the enormous accumulation at Atlantic
ports.
There was a symnathetic market in
the oats nit where prices declined ] " IL
exc. Eastern shipping was slightly
improved with sales Of 100000 bushels
a, declines Of ITrt
Grain and provision futures closed az
follows.
Corn-Jauuary. sl,ss&; March. si.2e;
MAY, sIl1A.
Oats-y.nuary ssls. March. Sc: MAY.
SAX.
Lard--Ianuary. a3,47: May. 3s47.
Ribs-January, 22.4h; May, 214S
rork--January 4400: May, $3.50
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LEGAL NOTICES

The object Of this suit IS to obtain q
divorce from the bond Of matrimony
by tho plaintiff from the defendant on
the ground of desertion. And Il APP
pearing ty affidavit made and hled ac-
ccrding to law that Edna NJ Branch
the above named defendant, IN not a
resident of ths state Of virginia, ii is
ordered that the said Edna M Branch
appear here within fifteen days after
the due publica ton OF this order and
do what Is necessary to protect her in.
terests in this suit.
A copy-Teste:
LUTHER LIBBY, Clerk.
Edwd. l.. Ryan. p. q.
Jan .. 1919.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

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sr,rfOOl. BOARD. CITY or RICHMOND,
ny c, T.. WnIfOrA.

3fds will be received at this office
not later than : r. NJ, February 8. 1919.
fcr manual training wood. hardware.
stains. etc.
The COMMITTEES reserves the rixht 10
raicct any or III bids. For apecIncA-
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nICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

Duet atisma BY Caskie G. Dureh 4 Co.
Richmond, Va. Jan. 20. 1918.
Virginia SIS Old G. ana
r. 1882 IS
virginia Centuries lisa SON 81
City Sec0vltfes.
Rich. Cy ~ r.. .le90-'30 30
r C'y fs c. and r. 1s3s-'4S 30
RailreaA Roads.
South. Ry.. LIST SIS. 1924 15
9, r. D. and g. n Is. 1856 sc
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N. and p. T. Co. SIS. 1885 7sM
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Street Railway Stocks.
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WOOD AND COAL.

Housewives Attention -- You
can have a quick, hot break
fast if you will use our dry
Pine Slab Wood in your
cookstoves. $3.50 per half
cord. Immediate deliveries.
MILLER MANUFACTURE
ING CO., Madison 1540.
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FINANCE.
HIDES AND FURS.

II Tcn WANT Hixk Prices For Fur
skins. ninks coon. opossum. musk
rats. .sftc..sship to us and we VIII
convince you. Hest market price for
hides. skins. etc. We save you ex-
penses. No commission. II you have
&tackeyc and cowpeas to sell. write
ia for priccs delivered IN your depot.
We handle all kinds OF produc, OLD
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INC, 1871 East Cary street, Rich
mond United states food adminis-
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Succcss-o-rAmA.

SuCCcs9-O.grAms-
Self-denial 10 the highway to indc-
pendence.
The biggest failure is the man who
In afraid to try.
A gift frequently costs more than
to buy outright.
The active man hasnt time to worry
over troubles.
There II no halfway honesty.
Know your business and mind II.
Henry "A. Hun IN The New SUCCESS
NASasine tor Januaxy.
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AUTOMOBILES.
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