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Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Treasurer's Notice on Request for
Tax Deed.

To every person in actual possession
or occupancy OF the hereinafter des
crtbed land, lot or premises, and
to the person in whose name the
same was taxed or specially assess
ed, and to all persons having an
interest or title of record in or to
the same.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
on the 18th day of December A. D.
1914, the following described
property, situate in the County of
Gilpin and State of Colorado, to-
wit: New England lode mining
claim, Survey No. 620, except that
part decided to John Hamilton, in
Hawkeye mining district; Hard
Money lode claim, Survey No. 524,
in Hawkeye mining district; Hard
Money No. 2 lode mining claim,
Survey No. 53S, in Hawkeye min
ing district; English American
lode mining claim, Survey No.
492, in Hawkeye mining district !;
and Frame House in Hawkeye
mining district; was sold for the
taxes for the year 1918 and pur-
chased by Gilpin County.
That the said Gilpin County
has duly assigned the certificates
of purchase issued on account of
such purchase to H. H. Lake who
hath made request upon the
Treasurer of said County for a
deed.
That the said premises were
taxed for said year 1918 in the
name of New England Mining
Company.
That the time of redemption of
said real estate from such tax
sale will expire on the 18th day
of May A. D. 1920, and unless re-
deemed on or before said day a
deed will be issued therefor.
Dated this 9th day of January
A. D. 1920.
(SealD HENRY P. ALTvATER,
Treasurer OF the said County OF
Gilpin.
1st pub. Jan. 20; last, Feb. 12, ,'2O.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Notice of Application
For U. S. Patent

Mining Application No. 026706.
Survey No. 19999.
U. S. Land Office, Denver, Colo
RADIO, Dec. 20, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of the Act of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, Sadie
Newcomb whose postoffice is Toll
land, Colorado, has made applica-
cation for 1900 linear feet on each
of the Carlo and Bull lodes bear
ing gold and silver, with surface
ground------feet in width, stu
ate in Kansas Mining District
Gilpin County, State of Colorado,
and described by the official plat,
and by the field notes on file in
the office of the Register of the U.
S. Land Office at Denver, Colorado,
as follows, viz:
Carlo lode. Beginning at Cor.
No. l, whence the E. "a Cor. Sec.
2, T. 2 S., R. IA w. of the 9th P.
M. bears S. So 90 w. 523.72 #.
Thence N. TO- % w. 1900 ft. to
Cor. No. 2. Thence N. 49, 3S' E.
300 ft. to Cor. No. 3. Thence S.
TO- % E. 1900 ft. to Cor. No. a.
Thence S. 49, 3S w. 300 it. to Cor.
No. l, the place of beginning.
Bull Lode. Beginning at Cor.
No. l, whence the E. "a Cor. Sec.
2, T. 2 S., r. IA w. of the 9th P.
M. bears S. 80 81 80" w. 1851
ft. Thence N. TO- % w. 1900 #.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
NOT ALL INDULGE IN KISS
Many People Know Nothing Of oscu.
Iation, at Least as Masculine
Form Of Greeting.

The kiss, which appears constantly
in Semitic and Aryan antiquity, as in
the Book of Genesis, "The Odyssey"
and in Heroditus' description of the
Persians of his time kissing one an
other, and which Is still prevailing
even among men in France and the
Slavic countries, relates writer in
the Louisville Courier-Journal, seems
to be unknown over the entire world,
where the prevailing salute is that of
snuffing or smelling which belongs to
the POlynesians, Malays, Burmese and
other Chinese, Mongols. etc, extending
thence eastward to the Eskimo and
westward to Lapland, where Lynnaeus
saw relatives saluting by putting their
noses together.
Among the manners and customs Of
the French allies in France, which
most American soldiers "over there"
saw for the first time, nothing prob
ably seemed stranger to them than the
practice of kissing among men.
As for the custom of kissing men on
both cheeks, that has come down from
the days when young French noble
men, about to be knighted for some
valiant deed, spent "a hours in soli-
tude and prayer and then came forth,
knelt, received the stroke of the sword
across their backs and were kissed by
the knight who was comforting
knighthood. Napoleon. when he formed
the Legion of Honor. eliminated many
of the old customs. keeping the touch
Of the sword and the kiss.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
oMENs SAID TO INSURE LUCK
Happenings That FerstsIi Coming Good
Fortune Are Worth Keeping
In the Memory.

We must all have noticed how many
unlucky omens there are and how few
signs that foretell good fortune. It
has been well explained that we need
to be prepared for bad luck. but that
good fortune does not require to be
guarded against.
All the same, 1t would certainly add
to the cheerfulness Of life in general II
lucky Omens were more widely known.
brighter things look to us If we have
reason to hope that something good Is
coming to us!
Everybody, Of course, knows that 1t
is lucky to pick up bit of iron or
coal. So 1t Is to pick up pin If its
head is toward you If not, let 1t lie!
1t is. of course, a sign of good for
tune to put on some garment inside
out, but only II it Is done by accident,
and the garment is allowed to remain
reversed during the day. William the
Conqueror put on his mail-shirt back
to front on the morning of the battle
of Hastings, and we all know what
luck he had on that occasion!
If you find your keys or other steel
articles rusting, do not be annoyed
about it; it only shows that somebody
is putting money by for you.
1t Is lucky to be followed home by
stray dog. Still better it is If a
strange cat comes to stay at the house.
Speaking of cats, pessimists, of course,
assert that when they tear the furni-
ture with their claws, 1t is a sign Of
rain; but others hold that they are
scratching luck" to their masters.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Liked Cherry Wine.

Tradition tells how Diocletian. Ro-
man emperor. born In Dalmatla, grew
as epic over the wine Of the marasca
from Zara as Horace over the Faler-
nian from the slopes of Sofatara It's
fame was handed down from the an.
cient Romans to the times when Ven
Throughout the vicissitudes which
have befallen Zara-last of all the
Dalmatian cities to remain victorious
in It's Italianism, Its maintenance Of
Italian schools, against Austrla's
Slnvic policies-the wild cherry, the
-xnarasca, has survived.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Pennsylvania Blue Laws.

Pennsylvania venerable blue law.
enacted April 90. 1904. and entitled
"An act for the prevention of vice and
immortality and for ether good pur-
poses" has survived all the assaults
OF those who would destroy 1t. The
Legislators of 1904 regarded 1t as being
vastly more wicked to shoot n rabbit
on Sunday than to drink a not toddy.
One offender was tagged with fine
Of S25. the other n shilling and half
II wns impossible under strict en-
forcement Of that law to operate n
canal bont. a railroad train, street
railway car. " cnb or sell any commod
Ity from n loaf of bread to packae,
Of chewing gum.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
FEW REALLY UGLY PEOPLE
Many There Are Who May BE unat.
traetivs, but Not 4 Lot DefIn-
itely Unlocking.

Looking for beauty in the faces and
forms passed on the street Is such a
hxed habit with people in general that
In London whd was looking for some
one ugly-:he ugliest female, in fact,
that he could find. This man was an
American theatrical man and he de-
sired the ugliest woman to contrast
her in a production with a girl said
to be beautiful.
The Snowman found his ugliest
woman after looking over eight con-
testants. The prize winning "clock-
stopper was thirty-two years old and
music teacher. She entered the con-
test because her mother told her
there would be no harm in trying"
On winning she at once insisted on
taking stage name, as she did not
want all the neighbors to know about
It," The runner-up in the contest,
whose name was not given out. had
an unfortunate nose and an "out-
size" In mouths.
The contest really was of concern
to the theatrical producer, but it
served to impress upon Londoners In
general the old truth that few people,
after all, are really ugly, that every
individual looks good to some one.
Two people, who came upon the ad-
vertisement of the ugly contest, began
to amuse themselves in the genial way
of human nature by examining their
friends and acquaintances to discover
which Of them had the best claim to
the job.
To their disappointment. says
writer in the London Telegraph, they
could not think Of anybody, not even
their pet abomination, who was, con-
sidered impartially. very ugly. Plain
people-oh, yes, hosts of them; dis
agreeable-looking people-Quite a lot;
silly-lookng people-any amount; but
people definitely and conspicuously
ugly-nOt one.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Notice of Application
For u. s. Patent
Mining Application No. 0267O7.
Mineral Survey No. 10000.

Mining Application No. 0267O7.
Mineral Survey No. 10000.
U. S. Land Office, Dec. 20, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of the Act Of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, Sadie
Newcomb whose postoffice is Toll
land, Colorado, has made applica-
cation for 1900 linear feet on each
of the Farmer Boy and Slide lodes
and $50 linear feet on the F. M.
lode situate in Kansas Mining
District, Gilpin County, State of
Colorado, and described by the
official plat, and by the field notes
on file in the Office of the Register
of the U. S. Land Office at Denver,
Colorado, as follows, viz:
Farmer Boy lode. Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, whence the N. E. Cor.
Sec. 2, T. 2 S., R. IA. w. of the
9Th P. M. bears N. 80 26' Is" E.
157O.32 ft. Thence N. IA w. 300
ft. to Cor. No. 2. Thence S. Sc
80 w. 1900 ft. to Cor. No. 8. Thence
S. Ia E. 300 ft. to Cor. No. a..
Thence N. Sc 80 E. 1900 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
F. M. lode. Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, whence the N. E. Cor. Sec.
2, T. 2 S., R. IA w. of the 9Th P.
M. bears N. 60 81 E. 1882 #.
Thence N. So 80 w. $50 ft. to Cor.
No. 2. Thence S. So 80 w. 300 ft.
to Cor. No. 8. Thence S. 33' 80
E. $50 ft. to Cor. No. a. Thence
N. Sc 80 E. 300 #. to Cor. No. l,
the place of beginning.
Slide lode. Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, whence the N. E. Cor. Sec.
2, T. 2 S., R. IA w. of the 9Th P.
M. bears S. Az 20 E. 1881 ft.
Thence N. IA w. 300 #. to Cor.
No. 2. Thence S. 76' w. 1900 ft.
to Cor. No. 8. Thence S. IA E.
800 ft. to Cor. No. a. Thence N.
76' E. 1900 ft. to Cor. No. 1, the
place of beginning, containing
23.572 acres, expressly excepting
and excluding all conflict with
Surveys Nos and forming a por-
tion of the S. E. "a Sec. 35, T. 1
S., R. IA w. and the N. 12 of Sec.
2, Twp. 2 S., Range IA w. of the
9Th P. M.
Adjoining and conflicting
claims as shown by the plat of
survey: None.
Date of posting on the claim,
Dec. 3, 1919.
MARY WOLFE DARGIN,
Register.
First Pub. Dec. 25, 1919.
Last Pub. Feb. 26, 1920.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Reason for Snake. Kissing.

The kissing of snake Is caused by
the long. snc-like lung being inflated
with air, which is forclbly expelled
through the glottis and nostrils. The
pun adder makes the loudest and most
prolonged hiss of any snake. When
alarmed, snakes hiss with the object
Of frightening off their enemies. II
snakes were not able to make their
presence known they would be fre.
quently trodden upon and injured by
the various creatures Of veldt. forest
and mountain.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
Notice Of Dissolution
THE WASH KASH MINING

COMPANY.
At a special meeting of the
stockholders of the above named
Company, a Corporation, held at
Georgetown, Colorado, on the
twenty-fourth day of November,
A. D. 1919, a resolution was regu-
larly adopted by more than two
thirds of all the stock of said cor
poration, voted by the owners and
holders of said stock at said meet
ing, whereby said corporation was
totally, absolutely and forever
dissolved.
G.. w. BENKLEMAN,
Vice-President.
G. A. PEASE,
Secretary.
j. j. White, Attorney.
First Pub, Jan. Is, 1920.
Last Pub, Feb. 10, 1920.
Send the Observer east.
Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
unlueky Smile.

II am as innocent as a child Of the
charge Of stealing that there hog.
cap" protested an acquaintance.
WELL" replied "Cap" johnson OF
Rnmpus Ridge, Ark, "as I've got IA
children and am totally well educated
In the possibilities and probabilities
Of the little curses. I'll just say that
your denial don't fetch you nuth'n
with me."-Kansas City Star.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
LIVESTOCK AND RANGES
 ARIz. AND NEW MEXICO

Range good, stock fat, grass rip ened", forms part of the telegraphic report to the Weather Bureau from Thatcher, Ariz., as part of the week. ly resume of conditions in that section. Such are the conditions as they pre- vail along the upper Gila from Fort Thomas to Stafford where the range is supplemented by feed from irrigated bottom lands. From the Douglas and Nogales sections come reports of drying pastures with stock losing weight in the vicinity of Douglas. Stock continue to locke we'll in the Pinto section notwithstanding pas lures are drying up; elsewhere both stock and ranges are looking we'll and lanmbs and calves making fine prog reSS.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
CHINA HAS HEAVY
 LOSS IN SILVER

Report has it that the Chinese gov ernment has sustained a loss of 60,- OO0,0O0 taeis Ga tael is worth 72.9 cents with silver at 60 cents per ounce -Ed.)
 China has paid as high as $1.43 per ounce for it's silver, and recently re- leased to India large quantities at a price below one dollar per ounce, which was thought to be a movement to break the silver market and allow of further purchases at low figures to balance up the high prices that were paid during the past year. China, while ostensably on a gold ba- sis, uses practically all silver as mon- ey: It will be remembered that dur ing the war the Chinese people melt ed up and sold all copper coins that could be had to- agents of the Ger man government, the price of the met al going above the value of the coins. The melting up of these small coins had the effect of forcing the govern ment to coin silver to replace the small coins and give the people a coinage system. Just what will take the place of the copper coins has not yet developed, but it is certain that no more of the punched-out coins will belused, as the people are favorable to a coinage similar to that of the United States.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
More Than 5 Per Cent Nations Population Are Paying Rent Shows-New York City Leads n
 100 h Manhattan Giving Monthly Tribute to landlord:

The housing problem in many Amer. lcan cities brings with 1t church problem.
 The high percentage of rented homes-SS per cent of all residences in New York, for example, and 97 per cent in the borough of Manhattan means many migrant families. And Investigation of the Interchurch World Movement show that too often the family moving out of the territory of its church fails to transfer its mem- bership to another congregation in the new neighborhood.
 The church letter, like the family cat, Is left behind. If the church had DO more lives than a cat. say Inter. church workers, 1t would have been dead long ago, for just as the family Hoses" its cat, so the church loses families.
 The family church is becoming a rarity in the cities. One minister in 6 pastorate of 13 years noted 5000 changes in his congregation.
 Through its city survey, designed to provide program for closer coopera- ton between Protestant churches, the lnterchurch Movement Is seeking, among other things. to find means whereby migrant families shall not be lost to their respective denominations.
 The present generation of the city, the survey reveals, is a generation of wanderers because of the growing oumber of rented homes and the rising rents. AS result. the family church ls becoming an urban rarity. The fam
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
How Bio Is the Sun.

Suppose the earth to be represented by marble one inch in diameter. At . distance of 323 yards-say, a couple of ordinary city blocks-is a spherical balloon eleven feet in diameter. It represents the sun.
 Fix those figures with your minds eye and you will have a notion of the relative sizes of our planet and the great luminary about which 1t revolves. with the distance between the two re- duced to the same proportionate scale.
 We are really very near to the sun. If the diameter of the earth be used as a measuring rod fewer than 12,OOO times that length would span the gap which separates us from the solar orb.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
An Assured World Success.

When such a vast multitude of people come together earnestly and prayerfully, there must be developed an outpouring of spiritual power such as this land has never before known. If the Interchurch World Movement is complete in it's cooperation, if the individual constituents are conse- crated and in earnest, and the leader. ship is able, there Is no limit under God in what may be accomplished in the establishment of His Kingdom on earth. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
 "'Keep together! Keep together!' shouted a commanding officer over. seas No man alone can take a trench say: Keep together! Keep together men of God! No church alone can take a world!"--q. Sher. wood Eddy.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
How Man Speaks Without Larynx.

How a man whose whole larynx has been cut out can continue to talk Is told by Dr. T. Hoshino of Nugata, Ja. pan, in the Annals of Otology. Rhin- ology and Laryngology."
 Dr. Hoshino describes the operation by which he removes the larynx in serious cases of cancer and provides for respiration after it has gone.
 He furnishes the patient with a rub Der tube, one end of which is inserted into the trachea (windpipe) and the other end Is held in the mouth. By sending his breath through the tube and working his lips, teeth, tongue, palate and pharyngeal muscles the man can whisper in such a way as to be understood.
 Artificial larynges have been made for such cases, but they are complex affairs, and Dr. Hoshino says patients much prefer the tube.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
How Raccoon Washes Meat.

The raccoon has habit that is not indulged in by any other animal. If given a piece of meat, he will not touch mouthful until he has washed 1t in as clear water as he can find, and he will allow no one to do this for him, writes Dr. R. w. Shufeldt in tho American Forestry Magazine of Wash ington. So thoroughly does he per form this task, that he not only soaks all the blood out of the meat, but &C., tually reduces the morsel to a very uninviting, flabby piece of pale flesh. He will roll 1t over and over in the water with his forepaws, and give it occasional shakings by seizlng 1t in his mouth. Finally, when 1t is semi-mac- erated to his liking. he will devour 1t with apparent relish.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26

lily in which the father Is founder of the Church he attends, married to a member of the congregation, and with children baptized by the family min. ister, is more and more seldom found, the survey workers report.
 Too often the increase in rent has sent the family to another neighbor- hood. One purpose of the Interchurch World Movement survey of the cities is to determine how, through that efficient cooperation of churches which Is the major aim of the movement, mi grant families may not be lost to the membership of their respective denomi. nations.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
How Sun Radiates Energy.

! The amount of energy that our own little planet earth receives from the sun is one and half horsepower per square yard, or 23O,OOO,OOO 100000 horsepower for the whole earth. The amount of the solar energy that is in- tercepted by the earth must be infini- teslmal compared to the total amount poured forth from the surface of the sun. It has been estimated, in fact, that all the planets together receive less than one one hundred millionth (.OOOOOOOOOO1) of the total radiant energy of the sun in the form of light and heat, the remainder passing on to the stars beyond at the rate of 176.- COO miles per second.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
HOW WAR HAS BROUGHT
 ABOUT CHANGE IN

HDSS T SAi<NANoL A<> MAN AS A HOUSEKEEPER. How many times has hubby as housekeeper provided the car toonist with rich material? He burns all the saucepans if he at tempts to cook, brings every room to q state of chaos if he tries to tidy up, allows the crusts to accumulate in the bread pan, and the tea leaves and vegetable parings to disfgure the kitchen sink, struggles with bed making and alarming. can't light fire or lay table-in fact, as a house keeper he is a notable failure.
 At least he was. Nowadays things are different, remarks London Answers.
 Among the minor effects of war has been the domesticatiOn of men. The up-to-date warrior always carried his housewife" and he can easily compete with a woman when it comes to darn- ing stocking or sewing on button. He knows more than a little about the waShtub, after his experiences in the streams of foreign lands, and he has learned the value of tidiness by the restrictions of a dugOut.
 After making a fire in a field where a dry spot was absolutely unknown, he won't empty the sugar bag and the oil tin in or der to get the kitchen range go- ing. After catering for con- panies, a good many men will be able to calculate how much bread is needed for one house. hold. In fact, as a housekeeper man can no longer be laughed at.
 War spoilt some men. but 1t made others. A good many wom- en are finding their husbands ex- tremely useful about the house since they came home. They get their own shaving water, do not leave the "water mark" on the bath, clean up their splashes, put away their clothes, and in more than one house the huS- band Is as good as a butler at meal times.
 In some instances men have returned to their homes quite unfit for the post as breadwin- ners and their wives have had to obtain work to keep the home going. leaving hubby to keep house.
 Woman's real place Is as home maker, but when she has had to turn breadwinner she has usual ly found man as a housekeeper quite success.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
In Terms of Art

At a dinner in New York, James Montgomery Flagg, the clever artist, told this story to illustrate the in fluence of the artistic atmosphere:
 "You can't escape the artistic at- mosphere. Even my cook cannot es- cape it. She came into the study to- day, and said: About the potatoes for Lunch, ,sir-will you have them in their jockets or in the ?"-Truth Seeker. k
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
BILL TO PREVENT
 SHODDY MANUFACTURE
Continued from Page

IO0ntlnued rom Page 5J "Army Garments Salvaged".
 "The number of garments received at Dewsbury Great Britain) each week is about 100000 and the esti- mated total since the depot was es- tablished is no less than 15O,OOO, ,OOO, weighing about 44,OOO tons. Those that are too dilapidated for further wear are classified, blended and sold as woolen rags to shoddyt and cloth manufacturers to be pulled into fibre and re-made into cloth, principally for the civilian trade"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
Hats in the Ring

Are you in favor of women taking active part in politics ?"
 "I'm not sure," replied MT. Meek ton. 'If Henrietta takes to throwing her hat into the ring, it's going to cost something. g."-Washington Star.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
NOTICE

To Whom It May Concern: Do not give any credit on my ac- count to Cora Hoffman or Mrs. Wm Hoffman, my wife, as she has left me and my home. VIM. HOFFMAN.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
The Tie That Binds

"This candidate hopes to get in touch with the plain people,"
 He's going about it in the right way, too."
 "How so?"
 He stored his limousine and is cam- paigning in a flivver." Birmingham Age-Herald.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
His Winter Of Discomfort

Post-Our first parents had no sense of the properties.
 Parker-No, indeed! I understand that Adams fall was in the spring.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-26
Intruders

"Why don't you take children in this apartment house?"
 "Their crying" replied the janitor, 'is liable to interfere with the phono- graphs and piano-players. ."-Detroit Free Press.