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Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
ALWAYS MATTER OF POLITICS
Why Presidency Of the United States
Has Been Described as
Web of Fate.

The presidency has been described
rs web of fate. because men in Office
have either assisted friends of theirs
into the White House, or been COM
PEELED to bow low before the political
drives Of bitter enemies.
But before George Washington was
named president despite his many
enemies-between the call to arms in
1175 and the establishment of the
ConstitutiOn-fOur men were virtually
the presidency of the United States,
says William Estabrook Chancellor in
his book on "Our Presidents and Their
Office" They were not individually
presidents, but in combination they
operated somewhat as president
operates. These four men were Sam
uel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Han
cock and Benjamin Franklin. BY far
the abest of these was Franklin. He
had printing establishments in ten
cities, including the West Indies. He
financed Braddock's expedition, and
made Washington hero.
Had there been no war-herO there
would have been no revolution, and
consequently no president. Franklin
hated war; Patrick Henry wanted ii !;
Adams was the master politician, and
though Hancock wanted to be COM
mander-in chief, he unanswered clev-
erly, and with the aid of John Adams
put Washington through.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
How Pavemen. Wa. Repaired.

Special precautions have been taken
In the repair of a wooden block pave
ment that was laid last year ut St.
Louis beneath Il fervid Missouri sun.
The blocks, somewat too green. began
to shrink. and joints less than n quar-.
ter-inch wide expanded to one-hale
inch. The pitch filler melted and
looser block We're floating like debris
In an asphalt lake.
To reconstruct the pavement the
blocks were driven tightly together. a
fine mineral filler was forced to the
bottom Of the joints, type Of pitch
was chosen that showed high melting
points, and. after the pavement was
again laid, II was shielded temporarily
from direct solar heat with coating
of wet sand.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
WHY
Indirect Lighting Is Best
for the Eyes

Not long ago we substituted the
electric and gas light for the old-fash-
iOned coal oil lamp. We think we
have wonderful lighting systems. Ac-
cording to Forrest Knapp of Colorado
Agricultural college. the glare due to
the use of the incandescent lamp is
so great that it may cOunteract all
of the good effects of increased in
tensity of Illumination. Did you ever
notice any discomfort from having an
electric light in your field Of vision:
Do your eyes become tired more easily
ut night than in the day time?
There are two main ways in which
modern lighting is done. directly and
indirectly. With indirect lighting the
source of illumination cannot be seen
but the light is reflected from the
walls and ceiling, but when direct
lighting is used the source may be
seen. The latter is the more common.
If our eyes hurt we get a larger
globe and move 1t closer to our work.
Theoretically this should be done. Bui
how about experience?
1t has been proved that after three
hours work the efficiency Of the eye
is but little less when indirect light
ing is used. The efficiency of the eye
after three hours work in daylight is
about aS per cent. When an indirect
light Is used the efficiency is about
81 per cent. Not much difference.
But when direct lighting is used this
efficiency drops to about Is per cent.
The intensity of illumination has
little effect when indirect lighting is
used, but very great effect when
the source of light is in the field of
vision. The number of indirect lights
does not decrease the efficiency to
any noticeable degree but when direct
lighting Is used the efficiency drops
rapidly with an increase in the num-
Der Of lighting units.
Save your eyes.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
laboring men a voice in the gov
ernment of the state.
THE PLATFORMS

The primary election is a thing
of the past. The Democratic and
Republican candidates have been
named for the general election,
but the state platform for these
parties is yet to be made. Only a
few of the candidates whom we
nominated on Tuesday will have
voice in making that platform.
William O. Jenkins and Louis j.
Carter are the only men from Gill
pin county who will participate.
in their respective parties, in
making the platform. =.
Gilpin county has one voice in
making the Democratic state
platform, the voice of William o.
jenkins, and also one voice In
making the Republican state plat
form, the voice of Louis J. Carter.
A great honor has been given to
each of them by entrusting to
them this grave responsibility.
There are many questions of
special Importance to the people
of Gilpin county, as we'll as the
rest of the state, which should be
considered by the next assembly.
The attitude which these two
candidates take upon these ques-
tions will be watched with inter
est by every voter, and may be the
deciding factor which will bring
victory or defeat.
The Office of state representa-
tive is always an important one.
but never was it of greater i'm
portance to the people of Gilpin
county than now. We need the
best representative that we can
get in the next assembly. Other
things being equal, voter usual
ly votes for his party candidate
but party considerations are OF
secondary Importance. What we
need-all of us need-Democrats
and Republicans alike, the main
point is to elect the best man tc
get those things. For these and
other reasons the views of oui
legislative candidates should be
known to the voter. If he is not
in harmony with the voters upon
the main issues he is not a prop.
er person to represent them. II
there is something we want, it is
a poor beginning to select per.
son to get it for us who is opposed
to our having it.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
Higher
Educational
System Of
Colorado is
in Danger!

Because of lack of funds for the
educational opportunities fol
young men and women of the stats
and the practical work these in
stitutions are doing to help devel
op the state are threatened.
On the ballot at the general
election there will be a pro-
posed constitutional amend
ment which will authorize :.
the legislature to provide
for these institutions.
The institutions that will
benefit in proportion to their
needs are a,..~
University of Colorado
Colorado Agricultural College
State Teachers College
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State Normal School
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
Why Winter Fruits Are Good.

Dried figs contain more than three
dimes the nutrilnent Of fresh eggs.
Figs are justly entitled to place
among the food fruits. In the dry
state or stewed they are an excellent
food for children in cold weather.
About five ounces of figs and a pint
Of milk make n sustaining meal for an
adult. Weight for weight. dates are
more nOurlshing than bread. In desert
tracts this fruit is almost the only
source of nourishment for men and
women, camels, horses and other AMI
mails.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
JAMES M. COLLINS

James M. Collins, the nominee
of the Democratic party for gav-
ernor, is one of the best known
farmers in the state of Colorado,
and is endorsed by all farm and
labor organizations and other
groups of progressives. He has
made a success of his business,
and while he has not been an Of
fee seeker he has always been
identified with the Democratic
party and taken an active interest
in political affairs.
In common with most progress
ives he advocates 'the public own
ership of public utilities. No ar
gument is needed to prove to the
mine owners and miners Of the
mountains that private monopoly
and ownership of smelters has
proved to >ba a dismal failure.
Those who do not agree with the
views of Mr.. Collins favoring
state ownership of the smelters
Should come forward with a bet
ter remedy. 1t is easy to raise
objections to any proposed re-
form, but those objections should
be based upon reason and common
sense but so far the opponents of
Mr.. Collins have met his conten-
tions with the cry of l. w. w.
and Bolsheviki. Is this because
they can find no better argument
against them?
The farmers of Colorado need
no defense from false and scurril-
Gus attacks made by subsidized
newspapers whose editors would
sell their immortal soul and bar
ter away the rights of free peo-
pie if they were paid for it.
The Democrats are to be com,
mended for giving to the people
one of the best candidates for
governor the state has ever had
Mr.. Collins will be opposed by all
the hosts of special privilege. He
will be deserted by all the leeches
and grafters who in the past have
fattened upon the spoils of pol.
itical strife.
julius Aichele will have anoth.
er spasm of patriotism which will
drive him again into the camp OF
the Gold Dust Twins, and oul
"big brother" the Post, will ac.
cept another generous donation
from the millionaire club in or.
der that your Post may be circu
lated among the voters who are
showing signs of giving these
dangerous farmers and wild-eyeC
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

Well repeat, something must
be done with or to the primary
law. When Democrats can vote
the Republican ballot and nomin-
ate the opposition ticket, it is
worse than wrong-it is rotten.
If you don't believe this asser-
tion ask some of the Republican
designees who were whipsawed in
Gilpin county Tuesday.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
How t6 Get Through Work.

When 1t happens that you have need
Of doing things about which, since
they appear to you In your sloth to be-
many and difficult, you begin to be,
weary. begin, nevertheless. bravely
and quietly. with one, as II there were
not fdhother to do. For, by doing this
diligently, you will come to do all with
far less fatigue than that which in
your sloth seemed to be before you.-
Lorenzo Scupoli.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

81 was not nominated by SEN
atorial nor any other kind OF a
ring. l decline to be tied to my
front porch by senatorial ring.
deny it the right to hold me
muzzled in the face of a great
public emergency, and when l am
elected l do not intend that a SEN
atorial ring nor any other kind of
a ring shall dominate me" James
M. Cox in speech at Wheeling, w.
Va.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

Anent the result of the election
in Maine Monday Republican pap
ers will jolly themselves with "As
Maine goes, so goes the nation
Maine, which is nominally strong
ly Republican was carried by the
G.. o. P. in 1916, but the nation
went Democratic.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
How A.bes.o. Withstand. Acids

Asbestos is the queerest mineral in
the world and Is. rapidly becoming one
Of the most important. 1t is impervi-
Gus to the fiercest heat and can also
withstand acids which would eat up
almost any metal. To-day its principal
value is for pncking marine engines
and there Ia nothing else to, compare
with 1t for this purpose.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
How to XIII Mosquitoes.

NJ. Roubaud of the Pasteur institute
In Paris has now discovered n method
Of destroying the larvae of mosquitoes
by sprinkling powdered fOrmaline on
the surface of the water. This does
not injure fish or make water impos-
sible to drink. and II is also said to be
much more rapid and effective than
oil.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

OF course. there were working girls
ten years ago, just as there are now,
but they didn't have to wear $500 seal
ekin eabes OF e s,lk lt9sk|pf6
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

AS we predicted, Senator Hard
ing is going to leave the front
porch and do his spellbinding out
in the open. Conducting a porch
campaign is as much in accord
with the trend of the times as
the attempt to run business
without advertising.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

what are you eating instead of po-
tatoesT asks the Boston Globe. Al
most everything except salt muckerel,
Goldfish cakes and navy beans.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
HOW==-=
IMPRISONED BEAR DEALT
WITH THREATETED FLOOD.

INV
IMPRISONED BEAR DEALT
WITH THREATENED FLOOD.
How intelligent a bear may
be is well illustrated by an &C
count published by NJ. Baudou!n
in the Bulletin of the French
Societe Rationale d'Acclimata-
ton of brown specimen that
lives in the Jardin des Plantes,
Paris.
The bear had noticed that
whenever there was heavy fall
of rain the lower part of his
den was flooded and the Orifice
by which the water flowed out
was obstructed. Whenever this
happened he profited by the Oc-
casion to take a good bath. This
finished, he used to go to the
outlet and scrape away the de-
bris that had stopped it up. un-
til the water flowed out and his
home was dry. But once, in an
exceptionally heavy flood. the
water rose through the hole
from outside. The bear tried
his usual method Of getting rid
Of the water, but, finding this
useless, sat down to think over
the new situation.
Presently an idea came to him.
A lot of rocks had been thrown
into his den in an effort to raise
the level of the floor and give
him dry quarters. He studied
these rocks attentively. and then
began carrying them one by one
to the place where the water
was entering. He tried with
these stones to build dam
against the increasing water.
After the water receded 1t was
discovered that the bear had
placed twenty rocks. weighing
from twenty to forty pounds
each.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

A large slice of the immense
slush fund of the Republicans
must have found it's way into
Maine, judging by the outcome of
the election Monday.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

After more than three years in
tensive effort, which included
numberless experiments, Frank
X. Gardner, president of the Cen
eral Food Products company of
New York announces that DR.. Ar
thur w. Smith and S. F. Evans of
Baltimore have invented and per-
fected a process by which white
sugar of the best domestic and
commercial kinds may be obtained
from corn. The practically un-
limited supply of corn in this
country, coupled with the fact
that the sugar may be manufact-
ured for less than four cents
pound, proves that in the near fu-
ture there can never be a sugar
shortage in this country and that
the price of that necessity will
soon be cut in half.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

One writer asserts that the
country is greatly in need of con-
tentment and repose. Why not
take in more territory and in
.clude the world?
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

Some men are so preiudiced against
bathing that they hate for the So. Sat
urday year to come. even when Sat
urdny is their pay day.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

That Hungarian seeress says our
next president VIII be good man,
successful and popular" not knocking
anyone. of course.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

Some persons become famous by he.
ing mentioned for tie presidency and
others by getting themselves PACED
around the hotel lobbies.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

A nightmare is not cause for divorce.
says Chicago judge, but he can't
deny that divorce is often cause of
nightmare.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

The pistol that isn't loaded seems to
be exercising closer selective care
In Its users or else efficiency has i'm.
proved vastly.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

At the meeting of the Colorado
Metal Mining association, con-
cludcd in Denver Saturday, "a
committee was appointed for the
purpose of holding a confer ence
with traffic managers of rail lines
centering in Colorado to secure
the abrogation of increased
freight rates which hit the mining
industry particularly hard at this
time when the industry is on the
verge of absolute abandonment,
brought about thru increased
PREDICTION costs that must be
borne by price received for met
ais that has remained stationary.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
Work for the
Educational
Amendment
Talk for 1t!
Vote for 1t!
STATE EDUCATIONAL
PUBLICITY BUREAU

RALPH L. CROSSMAN, Director
For the dissemination of in
formation regarding Color
ado State Institutions of
Higher Learning.
S37 Symes Bldg. Denver, Colo.
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

For Rent-Pasture on 400-acre
ranch in Gilpin county. Write J.
p. Peabody, 954 Emerson, Denver.e
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

This kttle boat was one Of the fleet
of SO which cleared the North Sea of
$1,000 mines.
The Fleet has Just returned to this
country and was given a big recep.
ton In New York City.
These boats would sometimes be out
for as long as twenty-five days in the
storms and seas for which the North
Sea Is noted. The work was declared
Impossible by other navies. but the
United States went ahead and com.
pleted this work before the scheduled
time.
The U. 8. Navy once again did the
impossible. .e~,s,...,-x,., .,-..
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16
Annual Financial Statement

OF School District No. 7, County
of Gilpin, State of Colorado.
from June 30, 1919, to July l,
1920:
Gilpin observer., 1920-09-16

Total -------1S3l45.5l
c. C. STANLEY,
. Secretary of District No. 7.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
POLICE SCRUB BOYS TEETH
Six Officers Called in to Silence Pro-
tests Of UrruIy Pennsylvania
Younaster.

Reading, sPa.-Yells that sounded
like murder" led jewellers in the *
elusive apartment house at Ninth and
Penn streets to summon the police.
In a o on the third floor of the
building six policemen found a FIVE
year-old boy from whom the screams
emanated. His distress was due to the
fact that his mother was brushing his
teeth. The policemen took a hand in
the performance. While four Of them
formed a hollow square, the fifth
seized the y%oungster and held him
while the sixth administered a thor
ough dental scrub. The policemen
then made the boy promise to submit
to the operation In quiet in the future.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
BETTER THAN WOODEN FENCE
Wall Constructed of Loose Stones
Has Many Points of Superiority
-Harmonizes With Nature.

The New England stone wall, as a
feature in landscape scenery, Is some
times spoken of as a deformity; yet
ittcannot be denied that the same lines
of wooden fence would maj the beauty
Of u prospect in q greater degree.
On account Of the loose manner in
which the stones are laid one upon. an
other, as well as the character Of the
materials, this wall harmonizes with
the rude aspects Of nature better than
any kind of masonry. 1t seems to me
less Of a blemish than a trimmed hedge
or any other kind of fence, unless in
ornamental grounds. In wild pas
lures and lands devoted to rustic la
Dor, the stone wall is the most pictur-
esque boundary mark that has yet been
invented. A trimmed hedge in such
places would present to the eye an in
tolerable Formally. One Of the charms
Of the loose stone wall is the manifest
ease with which it may be %overleaped.
1t menaces no infringement Of our lib
critics. When we look abroad upon the
face Of a country subdiyided only by
long lines Of loose stones, and over
grown with vines and shrubbery, we
feel 40 sense Of constraint. . /. /.
Fences are deforunities Of prospect
which we are obliged to use and toll
crate. But the loose stone wall only
is expressive Of the freedom which
Is grateful to the traveller and the
ranhJAr FIaoo
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
SPEAK FRENCH, ALsACE RULE
Strassburg Citizens Intent on Elm
mating German as Language
Of the People.

~Strassburg, Germany.-The language
most commonly heard on the streets
here is not German or French, but AL
satan, a patois not more dissimilar to
French than is the patois Of the Bre-
tagne farmer or Brest longshoreman.
Strassburgers + intent, however. to
eliminate German as much as possible.
This evening I heard loud talking in
a corner Of a dining Dom of the hotel
just behind my table. It was the head
waiter berating n Of his help. The
voice bore an especially strong German
accent, although the words were
French. They were: II don't want to
hear a single word Of German spoken
here; French ii must be from now on"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
CANADA TO CUT DOWN COINS
High Price Of Silver Causes Melting
of Money for Commercial Uses
in the Dominion.

,Ottawa.-The high price which bar
silver has Heen commanding in the
metal markets Of the world may neces.
state a reduction of the fneness of
the alloy from which Canadian silver
coins r struck, it was authoritatively
stated here today.
With bullion prices at the present
level, there is too great a tendency tc
withdraw coins from circulation and
melt them for commercial uses, it was
said. The Canadian mint here has
been kept busy to meet the demand for
silver coinage and minting is not q
profitable business, with bar silver SC
expensive. a53 L. III.
To lessen the temptation to withdraw
Canadian coins from circulation to be
melted and sold for bullion it now is
proposed to reduce the percentage OF
pure silver in them. Just what stan.
dard may be adopted has not been in.
dicated.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
PLANS HOTELS FOR WAR ZONE
French Association Expects Influx Of
American Tourists to Battle
Front.

Paris, France.-Hotel men, seeking
fortunes in the expected flood of Amer
lean and other tourists next year, are
planning to erect "barrack hotels
along the battle front. The National
Chamber of Hotelkeepers. cooperating
with the government, is seeking pri-
vate capital to put up such temporary
buildings during the winter.
Officers of the association say most
of the hostelries now operating at
towns on the front have patrons
sleeping in halls and even on billiard
tables" The first efforts arc being d.
rected toward making habitable hotels
that were damaged during the war and
inducing wne of places destroyed to
rebuild them.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-01
HoUsEMAD FOR PARLIAMENT
Hatless English Lass Plans to Seek
Election to Commons on
Labor Ticket.

London, England.-Jessie Stephens.
q housemaid with a mass of dark hair,
and who generally goes about hatless,
has signified her intention of entering
the race for parliament on the I"bor
ticket. She, is endeavoring to e. a
seat in the local borough council of
Bermondsey and will then stand as a
parliamentary candidate.
She has been employed as a cook.
housemaid, cook-general, boss Of a
large common lodging house in Glas-
gov, porter in a chemical warehouse
and driver of a three ton lorry.