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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05
By MARTHA CANDLER

~ HE sentiment of the nation has A definitely changed in regard to # war memorials. Enough ornate ~ mausoleums, crude conventional shafts and ungainly machine-made statues survive former wars for all postertty to blush over. Newer and more democratic ideas of comm em or ation have arisen. A new national slogan has been adopted which Is vital with m eaning for the community in terested in its memorial and almost every town and city from the Atlantic to the Pacific is thinking along this line-"For the 1iving-To the dead"
 Already three hundred and twelve cities and towns have turned their attention toward definitely working out the problems of their "living me- moriaP'-their community building, dedicated not only to those brave who gave their lives in the cause of g. freer world democracy, but also to = those equally brave who fought and came marching home and to those who labored valiantly to keep the home fires burning.'' More than any other war of history this war was fought for the perpetuation of high ideals-for lofty principles. Only once in hundred life-times can such ldodIS- SuCA pAlHC1p1SS pe SApIe esoSSu coherently in stone, or metal, or on canvas. Only handful of great mas ters in the whole history of civi1iza- ton have arisen capable of interpret ing to posterity in sculpture, or in painting the spirit of such deeds as this war has seen.
 Community Building Popular
 Out of the fiery ordeal of the war, with our --oung men doing service on land and on sea. or in the air, and the rest of us doing service as best we could at home, ministering to the needs of strange, homesick boys in khaki and blue. and aiding local pa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05
Not In value But the Supply Is Danger That the Mines of the Rand, Hitherto Producing Two Fifths of the Worlds Output May Have
 To Go Out of Business
BY ROBERT TTGHE

70 HE gold output of the world is A threatened with immediate and A very serious diminution. Au-
 W thorities say that this means financial disaster on great scale. For gold is the real value behind every dollar of money.
 Owing to increased cost of labor and supplies of all kinds, the mines of the Witwatersrand, in South Africa, which have been producing more than two-fifths of the total gold mined in the world, are likely to be obliged to shut down.
 The ores of the Rand are very low grade, yielding only about S14 worth of gold to the ton. It has been pos sible to work them at a profit only because of the unlimited quantity available, and thanks to the wonder fully economical cyanide process of extraction. Now, however. expenses are overbalancing income.
 The growth of the worlds gold output in the last century. and par ticularly within the last few years. has been nothing short of astonishing. LID to the time of the California dis covery, in 1S4S, the total production ofs the yellow metal for all countries did not exceed $35. 5.O0O.OOO per annum. The normal annual output of the Emitted States alone is now about S10O,0O0.O00.
 Tn 1851 gold was discovered in Aus traIia, and before long that island con- x.nent was pouring forth river ot T 4Ae metal The flood of it from the South African mines began in 1886 and ten years later the worlds total oiltput was over $2OO,OOO.00O for g twelve month. In the meantime the invention of the cyanide process ha6 made possible the development of the great low-grade ore deposits of the 2 Black Hills, in South Dakota. ana ! likewise of many such deposits else where.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05

as well as in smaller cities or towns
 If community and civic buildings "pay" when erected under ordinary circumstances, when erected as me morials their returns should be rich indeed. While justifying themselves financially, they should bring a wealth of community spirit and civic coop eration which will be our greatest gain from the war.
 Great National Memorial
 One of the largest projects under way is for a great national memorial to be erected in Washington. Con- gress has already set aside building site, and President Wilson has hearti- ly endorsed the idea of this building. In that city of beautiful architecture and impressive buildings, there does not now exist suitable quarters for large national and international con- ferences. inaugurals, holiday celebra-
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where. There is something quite ex- citing about nuggets, representing as they do so much concentrated value. One weighing 10 pounds and worth S3,000 was picked up only the other day in the Mohave Desert, in South ern California.
 Desert Sands Rich In Gold
 A desert might seem an odd place to find nuggets, but why not? The Mohave is a waste of sand, the latter derived originally from rocks. Those rocks must have contained much gold, for the Mohave sands in places are quite rich in the yellow metal; so much so, indeed, that of late they have been worked on considerable scale with machines called t'dry wash ers,'' which are operated where water is too precious to be used for any pur- pose other than drinking.
 Speaking of the "dry washer" that rather new invention deserves a bit of description. A few dollars will buy one, so that the desert gold seeker needs not much capital to start with. It is not much bigger than an itinerant scissors-grinding ma chine, and is operated with a crank. Two men do the work. One throws ShOVel1ulS or Sand- upon LHe inclined wire screen which forms the top part of the contrivance, the coarse stuff running off while the smaller particles (including the gold) fall through. His partner turns the crank, which gives the screen a shaking motion and at the same time works a bellows, blow ing the fine sand away and allowing the heavier gold dust to fall into a re- ceptacle beneath.
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out through 8 sluiceway, in which were placed 114 'accumulators," each of them capable of handling 20 tons of the fluid per hour.
 It was understood that the cost of running each accumulator was S1.5O per week, while the quantity of gold it collected ought to average S1.27 per day. This would represent quite a tidy little profit: and, as matter of fact, some gold. though not that much, was obtained. It was mixed with silver in the proportions of one to two. The stock of the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company boomed, and plans were drawn for a much larger plant, with a capacity for handling at each tide 100000 tons of the auri- ferrous fluid.
 Inventor Came Out Ahead Thereupon the inventor of the pro- cess, whose name was Jernigan. re- ceived a cash payment of $S3S,37S. in fulf1lment of a contract agreement previously made, and promptly skipped for parts unknown. Nothing has been heard of him since; but it was ascertained. from the confession of a confederate he employed, that the gold obtained from the accumula- tors was supplied by Jernigan himself, who visited them at night in a diving suit.
 Unfortunately, it is not alone the mines of the Rand that are threat ened. The operation of other gold workings all over the world. includ- ing the United States, is importantly affected by the increased cost of labor and materials. Gold production is in effect a manufacturing industry. and. when costs rise above certain point. it ceases to be profitable and must be abandoned.
 Gold is the only thing that has not gone up in price since the great war began
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05
High Jumps Of Gold Output

In 1899, thanks mainly to the Rand, the worlds total output passed the $500, 100000 mark, and in 1904 it was over $400,O00,000. By 1916-the latest year for which accurate figures Cow ing to the war) are available-it had risen to $454, 100000; and of this amazing amount no less than S192,- 0O0,000 was contributed by the mines of South Africa.
 A considerable fraction of the aforementioned $192, 100000 came not from the Transvaal (where the mines of the Witwatersrand are io- cated), but from Rhodesia (to the north), in which province the rich deposits anciently worked by King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba have been reopened. Archaeologists have definitely established the fact that this was the Ophir of the Bible-the i mines in Solomon's time (10OO, B. O. being worked by enslaved natives, and the gold carried by caravans | across what is now Portuguese East Africa to the port of Sofala, whence ! it was shipped to Jerusalem by way of the Red Sea.
 1 Gold is volcanic product. Noun tains commonly owe their being to volcanic agency. When their rocks contain gold, it is because the yellow stuff was thrown up together with i other materials from the bowels of 1 the earth. It came up in hot -solu-
 tions, and was deposited in cracks in the rocks, thus forming what are ] called "veins.'' King Solomon's gold was obtained from veins in quartz. But rocks are not imperishabIe
 Exposed to ''weathering' and the ac-
 ton of streams. they disintegrate al
 the surface. In this way all of ou1
 soils have been made; and the sands
 of all sea-beaches are composed o1
 particles of quartz originally derived from rocks and brought down to tbe
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ocean by rivers.
 Gold In Sands And GFayels


 Gold In Sands And GFayelS
 Thus it will be understood why all beach sands contain some gold. and why stream gravels in many regions repay the banning" process, giving encourag cement to the enterprising g prospector. The gold is derived from rocks. If there be no gold in the hills of the watershed, there will be none in the stream gravels. The noun tains of California contain much gold; hence the richness of the old-time alluvia1 "diggings.'' Even at the present time 40 per cent. of the gold output of California is obtained by dredges that handle stream gravels on a huge scale.
 For the same reason, some beach sands are much richer in gold than others. They are exceptionally rich in some places along the coast of Oregon, where dredges recently have been put successfully to work operat- ing as close as possible to Iow-water
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05

@ HE sentime ent of the nation has A definitely changed in regard to A war memorials. Enough ornate N--1A m a11SnI o11rnc nr,,lin o.-.-A.4sA-.o1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05

Com munity Buildings Per petuate the War Ideals They Serve the Living While Honoring the Dead They "Pay'' In Present Wealth of Community Life and Future Good Citizen ship.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02

ion occurred, and Kramer admitted that his brakes did not work. A man named Corners who was riding with Kramer was thrown against the windshield and received a cut on his forehead and his right ear was badly lacerated. He was treated by Dr. F. E. Guild of Windham. With MT. Willett were his brother, wife and baby but none of the others were in jured Kramer agreed to settle for the damages.
 The CoIonePs Maid was successfully presented by members of the senior class of Wipdham High school in Loomer Op- era House Monday evening before a large audience. The members of the cast did exceptionally well, testimonial to the coaching of Miss May E. Gould of the school faculty.
 The cast follows: Col Robert Rudd. a widower of North Carolina, Albert Paulhus; Colonel Richard Byrd Q wid- ower of South Carolina, Alfred Staeb- ner; Marjorie Byrd, Miss Sara Abbe Bob Rudd, Anthony Cerveny; Mrs. J. John Carroll, Q widow and Colonel Rudd's sister-in-law, Miss Helen Cotter Julia Carroll, her daughter, Miss Eva Alperin; Ned Graydon, Lloyd Wilcox MT. James BaskoIn, Charles Haling Ching-sh-Ling, the Chinese cook, Wal ter Gayigan. Time, the present; cos tunes. modern.
 Between the acts vocal solos were given by Miss Inez Patton and Anthony McKenna.
 At noon, Memorial Day, an excellent dinner was served in c. A. R. hall to the veterans by the members Of the Woman's Relief Corps. The handsome bouquets which were distributed at the graves of the soldier dead were pre- pared by the members of that organiza' tion also.
 The dance at the state armory Mon day evening under the auspices of Com. pany c, Third regiment, Connecticut State Guard, was largely attended. The American Thread Company base ball team won another slugfest at Rec reation Park Monday afternoon, the Taftviile nine being defeated, 13 to 6. The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
EAST WOODSTOCK

mrs- Henry Bsnnister and children of Webster spent the week end and Memo rial day with Gilbert Uphzm md family.
 John Child and family of Putnam and Dr. R. C. Paine and family of Thompson spent Memorial day at V. T. Whites
 Memorial day exercises were held at the East Woodstock cemetery Monday morning at o'clock under the direction of George O. RobbinE. Mrs Robert Paine, 3ir. and Mrs. \. T. White and John Child sang Speed Our Republic and Tenting on the Old Camp Ground Dr. Pike offered prayer. The ssldiers' graves were decorated by the veterans, sons and grandsons of veterans. Many friends from out of town were present
 The union meeting of all the Weed stock churches was great success. There was a large attendance and much inter est was shown. Ar. Harrison. Mir. Baker and Mir. Lawson spoke. The music vas in charge of Miss Burns. the music St. pervisor. It was voted to hold another union meeting July 4th at West Wood stock.
 Mrs. Bogue and family from Kent have moved to their new home. the Checkley Ames place. in East Woodstucll
 Mrs. Hattie Smith spent the week end and Memorial day at John Mays.
 Ralph Eddy and Windsor White are ! going to Barre, Mass. to work on a large dairy farm
 Harry E. wyran of Hartford visited at L. H. Lindemaa's last Tuesday and Wednesday.
 4 community club meeting was held Wednesday evening. A very interesting program WAS presented by Senexet ! grange and a reading by Miss Helen Thompson of Putnam was greatly enjoy .d re Wendell BosEorth, Ray Eddy and Paul Clifford
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
COLCHESTER

Memorial day proved an ideal one. At $50 a. the members of Morton A. Taintor post. G. A. R., the local post of tPe American Legion and the Old Guard band went 10 North Westchester in auto trucks and held memorial services at Ponemah cemetery. There was singing and speaking by the pupils of the district made by Rev. Edward Smiley of Vest chester Congregational church After the return from the cemetery a substan- tial lunch was served the soldiers and tho band at the home of E. 4. Carrier The return to town was at 19.15. At o'clock the members of the c. A. R.. the Au1eri- canLegion post, the pupils of the First district school and the Old Guard band met at the home of Rev. B. D. Remington and marched to Grange han. where the program was as follows: Selection by the band; singing of America, audience reel taions by the children of the schools In charge of Miss Lillie McDermott; invo- cation, chaplain of the post, Rev. Mir. Remington. The address of the afternoon was given by Edward Kelley. captain of the American Legion, and was one of the most able speeches ever given at the an- nual Memorial exercises. Mir. Kelley Is Q student at Yale Law school A selection
 
 hall. after which the line formed in front of the hall, with Commander George Brown marshal, the Old Guard band of % pieces. John Condren leader, American Legion of about 50 men in uniform, Nor ton A. Taintor post, c. A. R-, and school children. After the march through Main and South Main streets the line halted at the Soldiers monument. where brief exercises were held The line then pro ceeded to the honor roll, where the mem bers of the American Legion placed a handsome wreath on the roll in memory of their comrades. As each name was called the color bearer dipped the colors and the long roll was given by the drum mer of the band. Taps was blown by Earle Holmes, cornet soloist of the band. The parade was then dismissed. There was a large crowd in town from the sur rounding country. The speech of Mir Kelley made a fine impression and was heartily apDlauded
 The Colchester baseball team defeated their old-time rivals, the Lebanon Ath- letic clubs team, to {. Siavkin and Bember were the battery for the locals and did some good work for the first game of the season. Manager Friedman has promised some extra good games and will have a number of strong teams from the fans to turn out to the games an support the players if they want good games.
 Mrs. Alvin Fargo of Lebanon was In town Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
MANSFIELD DEPOT

Mrs. Martin NJ. Hansen was pleasantly surprised Tuesday evening. May s, her birthday. About 90 relatives from near and far dropped in at the Hansen home for congratulations and other expressions of affectionate regard A social time with refreshments was enjoyed.
 Ars. Merritt Smith visited the Thread City last week.
 Miss Anna Hall of Boston visited her mother, Mfrs. Jane Stedman, from Satur- day to Monday last
 Mildred Bowers came home from the Johnson Memorial hospital. Stafford Springs. Sunday last Her health is much improved.
 Rev. Ebert E. Gates Of Hartford served very acceptably and heipfully Sun day at Durham Memorial church and in the state institution.
 Memorial day visitors in this sfnsye were many.
 A number of residents of this village attended tho Klndham High scEeol play at the, YilIimantie opera house Monday evening.
 The nidweek devotional meeting and the monthly. church netting will be held together Thursday evening, June N, at 7.5o o'clock, In the chapel
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
paxis rheatr.

LSrEe crowds saw the show st DsSin theatre Monday and Tuesday. Heading the vaudeville Is the Rose Revue in re- ception of song. dance and syucopatioa this is one of the niftiest acts now play ing. The second act Is Jim and Edna Connors who present a novelty comedy skit entitled Bargain Day" The pop ularity of a bargain conunter is undisDut- aable and anything that has a general appeal is a source Of amusement to the theatre. Jim and Edna Connors have taken bargains as a foundation for the musical skit they are offering. The third act Is Race and Edge in a comedy offering entitled 'on London Bridge" Dublin Circus and Plecadny meet at Lon don Bridge. There they are represented by Race and Edge. apt impersonators Of English and Irish comedy. The meeting IS productive of a finely favored charac- ter comedy taikfest with an eccentric | dance final The fourth act is Hazel Ed
 wards clean coRedienne and mimic who ] inpersonates child characters in a way that Is entertaining from the start The l fifth and last act is Provost and Goulet In "A Vaudeville Melange" The feature picture is Bryant Uashburn in The Six
 Best Cellars" six part comedy that Is | just one laugh after another with Wanda
 Hawley end Julia Faye in the cas-
 Paramount Screen Magazine complete the | show.
 Watch for our big vaudeville shsz Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02

spending their honeymoon in Boston.
 Hoxard H. Bayis and Miss Evelyn MacWhjte, both of Attleboro, Mass, were married Saturday afternoon by Rev 4. D. Carpenter at his residence on North street
 Thomas E. Duff of Newark N. J., and MT. and Mrs. James 4. Moreland were guests of Mrs. John c. Duff of Turner street for Memorial Day.
 A meeting of the guarantors of the Niliimantic chautauqua is to be held this week at the rooms of the chamber of commerce with a representative of the Chautauqua Association, for the purpose of selecting 3 program and arranging dates.
 Fire early Monday morning destroyed two large barns with their. contents at the J. R. Nursery Grounds, Mansfield Depot Four tons of hay and some farm ing tools were lost in the flames. The buildings, as well as the contents, were insured with 2 local agency.
 The Rillimantic ". c. T. U. members have adopted the slogan Produce Re suits" and in conformity herewith have donated twenty dollars to the loca: vel with the children's welfare departmenc The sum of fifteen dollars has also been given to the home service fund of the Salvation Army. It Is expected to have large representation from the local branch at the Windham county conyen- ton of the W. c. T. U. to be he'd at Central Village Thursday. Plans are aI- so in the works for 3 mothers day to be held soon.
 For the next thRes or four months, Rev. William S. Beard, formerly pastor of the local Congregational church, is to act as secretary of the committee of the Home Missionary Society, with w,aicf, he is affiliated. He will visit the nis- sienary and religious educational con ferences in New England during the summer seeking to enlist college men and women in the home work. Mrs. Josephine Mettyier, alias Joseph. inc Cray, was In police court Monday morning, charged with the theft of a pocketboek containing about $206 in bills and a number of checks belonging te 1 Frank Press of 117 Main street, Nov. 24 l last. The woman entered a plea of moi guilty. Press testified that he had tn, pocketbook near the counter of his store the day before Thanksgiving. He thoughi he laid it down while he went to answer l the telephone and shortly afterwards
 discovered that it was gone He adyer
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
RREEn rHEATRE

The Breed presents today for the last three times Cecil B. DeAsEle's latest Par anount-Artcraft picture, Why Change Your Wife A notable group of stage and firm fayorites forms the cast of tho wonderful production. Thomas Neirhan who did such magnificent work in Malo and Female and The Miracle Man. heads the masculine portion of the cast in the role of the husband whh Gloria Swan son, the beautiful and talented DeMFle actress. playing opposite. Theodore Kos lon. famous Russian dancer and pznten- mist, Is also in the role as a violinist of his own nationality, and Bebe Danieis e the fascinating hsh-orieltal personality hancles the difficult role of .the ether woman" Other notable members of the cast are Sylvia Ashton, Clarence Gllda-t and Mayrn Keise.
 An augmented orchestra win render a special score of music fer this picture and other pictures on the bui include Inc Pathe News and Topics of the Day.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02

what IS G0lnS On IOHIShts
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 1911, meets in Odd Fellows hall.
 Eastern Star lodge. No. fl A F. & A. N, meets in Masonic hall, United Bank building.
 Francis s. Long Post. woman's Relief Corps, No. 2s, meets at 97s Main street. The following proclamation in regard 10 Clean Up and Paint Up Week. has been issued by Mayor Charles A. Gates: "The national clean-up and paint-up campa igns have resulted in many ad vantages to community life throughout the United States, in safeguarding health. in promoting thrift, in further ing fire protection, in stimulating civic pride, in making the home and city more beautiful.
 "The best evidence of proper conmu- nity pride is the interest shown in mat ters of this kind. It is our duty to pro mote conservation and production in ev- cry way possible--to conserve health and property as well as the more sentinen- tai civic ideals and to increase commeB- cial and industrial as we'll as food pro duction, that all may be enabled as well as urged to save for our city and our personal prosperity. Cleanliness, thrift and civic pride are the essentials not only for homes and city beautiful but for those that are kept safe from the rav- ages of disease and fire. Cellars. attics vacant lots, yards and drveways should be cleaned of the accumulation of trasf and fire risk. and liberal coats of palm should be applied wherever the ravages of the elements have begun to get il their work
 Therefore, hereby designate June 10 9 as Cleanup and Paint-up Weei and urge all citizens to make every ef fort possible toward cleansing and reno vating premises, thus adding to thu health and the attractiveness of Willi mantle as a place of residence.
 Let each do his or her part and tn result will be a healthier happier ant more prosperous city.
 "CHARLES A. GATES,
 Mayor Of the City of Willimantic.'
 Henry Heller of Norwich is a patien