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Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
MAYORALTY CANDIDATE
ON CITIZENS TICKET

AS w. j. Stull, the Citizens can
didate for mayor, is the editor of
this paper and might feel some
delicacy in presenting his claims
for consideration, number of his
friends who take an active inter-
est in his election have asked me
to make a statement concerning
his qualifications and fitness for
the Office to which he aspires. Hav-
ing secured the promise of the
editor that he will publish the ar
ticle, provided it is kept within
proper bounds, l will make a brief
statement of we'll known facts.
Mr.. Stull has lived in the City
of Central a little over fifteen
years. During that time he has
been public spirited citizen and
has taken an active part in every
movement which has been organ
lied to build up the City of Cen
trail or the county of Gilpin. He
has given his time and energy as
a member of the Metal Miners
association in their efforts to get
a square and just deal from the
smelter. He was an active men,
ber of the Chamber of Commerce
and did much to advertise the min
eral resources of Gilpin county.
For years he has made consist
ent and tireless fight for good
roads and has aided in every way
within his power, to obtain state
and federal aid for that purpose.
1t is needless to say that he was
loyal to his government during
the late war; his record along
these lines is too well known to
need any repetition here. l do
not say this to praise him, he
simply did his full duty as citi-
zen. Many men-many loyal and
true-hearted women did the same,
but none with greater zeal or 10y
atty than our present candidate
for mayor on the Citizens ticket.
His qualifica ations for the position
can not be questioned If elected
no one can doubt that his best eff
forts will be put forth to advance
the material prosperity and we'll
being of the city. The city needs
a man for mayor who has both
ability and willingness to serve
the community. Judging from
his past record we can rest assur-
ed that w. j. Stull would fill the
mayors office with credit to him
self and the city.
JAY BYRON.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
"eoD BLESS You's" MEANlNa
Expression Of soiieitude That Can
Be Traced Back to the De-
cline Of Athens.

The Greeks and Romans had their
"Long life to you'll" Gesundheitl is
now verboten. But we still say
"Sante" and "God bless you'll" after
a sneeze.
This expression Of solicitude can be
traced back to the decline of Athens.
One Of the terrible devastating
plaques which darken the pages Of
European history was raging In the
famous city. The flower of Greece.
her foremost writers and artists. the
ture. were ruthlessly cut down. The
dead piled high. and daily Athenian
courage was taxed to the fullest. But
to every home where lay victim. the
elixir of hope. the rainbow Of prom
ise. was the sneeze. for 1t indicated
to the watchers that the danger was
passed. that the patient would recover.
A few centuries later another epi-
demic assailed Europe, but this time
the sneeze. being symptom of the
malady, was bad omen.
In this age Of witches, goblins, med
icine men and leeches superstition
fourished. Some Of the most intel
lectual minds Of the time accredited
charms and soothsayers. It was there
fore nothing extraordinary for the
pope to decree the exclamation "God
bless you!" by anyone who heard
sneeze. This was supposed to CONF
bat Its evil powers and prevent the
spread Of the disease. And God
bless you'll" with its kindly human In
terest has come down through the
ages.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
Woman "spiIIed the Rean..r

Less than a century ago German
professor of chemistry succeeded re-
peatedly in producing small quantities
of gold. which he exhibited to fellow
scientists whose keen interest may
well be imagined. 1t was later ascer-
tained that devoted servant, anxious
to give his master pleasure, had
bought gold leaf and surreptitlcusly
contributed 1t to the contents OF the
crucible. One one occasion, however,
the servant was sent on distant err
rand, and left money with his wife
for the purchase of the requisite gold
leaf. She spent the money for drink.
buying instead some "Dutch metal"
which she put into the pot. This led
to discovery of the fraud. prompt
revelation of which by the professor
gave rise to immense amusement.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
sALAMANDERs OF GREAT SIZE
Proof That Species Long Extinct,
Sometimes Attained a Length Of
Five Feet.

In Europe. some time ago. bones
were dug up of some nevis which In
life had been about FIVE feet long.
Every boy is familiar with nevis.
which he calls ''salamanders," COM
monty found In brooks and ponds. A
specimen five inches long is a big one.
But five feet-they must have been
monsters.
OF course these giant nevis were of
long-extinct species. 1t would have
been interesting to live in those days.
when so many queer monsters (mostly
of aquatic habits) swarmed the earth.
They seem to have been among ma
ture's earliest experiments, abandoned
later.
There were no mammals then; and
the suppOsitiOn is that all mammals
of today. including man, were origin
ally derived from reptilian ancestry.
We cannot say for certain that this
queer reptile (Which lived about 7,OOO..
600 years ago) was not actually an an
cestor Of our own.
1t was dug up In Texas. and has
been named Dimetrodon. About eight
feet long. the most curious thing about
It was the enormous fin It carried on
its back-the ribs of the fin being
series Of bones extending from the ver-
tebrae.
OF what use was this fin7 Perhaps
1t was merely ornamental. Or It may
be that 1t was a means Of defense.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
1.-THE People Of the PeIup Peninsula y

We were floating down the beautiful
Plongdong when, deserving a glorious
whangdoop hid amongst the igfans
along the swamgit (shore), instantly
ordered the mogpong to row the GOO
pang toward it. Obeying my command
with an alacrity that proved his devo-
tiOn to me. the little fellow pulled lus-
tily on the right tingwop (oar or pad
dle) until. by virtue of his efforts, we,
were headed in the direction whence
had come the vision of the multi-col-
ored whangdoop. My readers will
readily appreciate the tremendous ex-
citement that seized me when say
that the whangdoop was of unusual
size and Of conformation that would
preclude the possibility of anyone for
moment mistaking 1t for the Ogplup,
which. as everyone knows. 1t so much
resembles.-(After the Manner of Most
Travel Articles From Life.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
SENATOR NEWBURY

Senator Newbury, of Michigan,
was recently convicted of violat-
ing the election laws of Michigan
to secure his election over Henry
Ford and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for a term of four
years. Some of the Republican
papers are upholding the criminal
acts of Senator Newbury on the
ground that the end justified the
means, claiming that Henry Ford
held views that are dangerous and
revolutionary. This is propo-
ganda to excuse the United States
senate from expelling Newbury
from that body.
One member of congress, who
held radical views was expelled,
not because he was not legally
elected, but because he was con-
victed of violating the espionage
act during the late war, and after
being expelled he was again leg
ally elected with the combined op-
position against him of both the
Democratic and Republican part
les, and was again promptly ex-
PEELED when he presented his
credentials. ~
Several Socialists have been un-
seated recently in the New York
legislature, not because they had
been convicted of crime, but be-
cause they held radical views with
which the majority did not agree.
But Senator Newbury who Sc
cured his election thru fraud and
has been sentenced to serve four
years in the penitentiary for his
act, will in every probability, re-
tain his seat; he does not hold
radical views. He belongs to that
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
Old Chinese Burial Places.

Shanghai's old buildings on the Bund
are rapidly disappearing, and with
their destruction many discoveries In
the way Of old burial places are be-
ing made. While excavatlng for a
new building two Chinese graves were
discovered. Upon being opened, the
collins were found to be in good de-
gree Of preservation. considering the
length of time they must have been
lying in the swamp. The inscriptions
upon the stone tablets marking the
graves nre Eligible, so any conjecture
as TO their age is almost impossible
An urn containing quantity of bones
was also unearthed.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

Our worthy competitor says
that the Citizens party will not
get all the support they are ex-
pecting, and that after election
they will have another guess COM
ing. We give him monopoly on
this kind of campaigning. We
shall not assume to dictate how
people shall vote, but if the Citi-
zens ticket should be elected the
city will know that it has legal
government. 80.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

Query: When is a city not a
city and when is newspaper not
a newspaper? If the Register
Call had an incubator we would
refer this question to them; as it
is, we will have to leave it to the
Denver Post.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

No one with any regard for
truth and veracity would accuse
the Register-Call of having an in
cubator of any kind. A dealer in
secondhand junk has no use for
an incubator. a...
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

W. B. Memo, another of the can
didates for alderman from the
Second ward on the Citizens tick
ct, is we'll known by all of the vot-
ers of the City of Central. We
understand that he is a native son
of Gilpin county. By occupation
he is a miner. He is a married
man, has a good standing in the
community, and is in every way
one of our most desirable citizens.
He is deeply interested in every
question which pertains to the
betterment of conditions and the
upbuilding of the city. He, as we'll
as the other candidates on the
Citizens ticket, is pledged to i'm
prove health conditions, and to
economy in conducting the city
government. If elected he will
make good official and will faith
fully discharge the duties of his
Office. No voter will have cause
for regret who places an X after
the name of w. B. Memo.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

Something to Be Thankful For.
Beck-So your wife always insists
on having her own way.
Peck-Yes; but she changes her
mind so often it's not n bit m0notO-
nOus.-LondOn Answers.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

tative which does not give those
men who compose the greater part
of the population, ample recogni-
tion. The miners and other work
ing men are just as much inter-
ested in the city government and
the welfare of the community as
the business men and should
have their share of representation
on the ticket. Recognizing this
principle to be just and fair the
Citizens party presents to the vot-
ers the name of Holly Dobbins, a
we'll known miner whose life has
been spent among the people of
this community, as long-term can
didate for alderman from the
Second ward.
Mr.. Dobbins for years has own
ed mining property in Gilpin
county. Every dollar he has in
the world is tied up in this coun-
ty. The interests of this city and
county are identical with his in
terest. In working for better con-
ditions in Central City he will be
working for his own best interest.
He has always been loyal to his
city, his state, and his country.
Honest, Industrious, law-abiding
and capable, the Citizens party
stands squarely behind the NOM
ination of Holly Dobbins and ask
their friends to give him their
loyal support.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES
ON CITIZENS TICKET

J.. S. Kimball, candidate for al
derman First ward, is not given
to sham and experience has taught
us that man without sham or
false pretentions is always hon
est. Honesty and ability are two
qualifications that make an ideal
candidate. Raised, and we be-
lieve, born in the state of Color
ado, he was educated in Golden
and is a graduate of the Golden
School of Mines. He has always
taken an active interest in every
movement for the advancement of
Gilpin county. When war was i'm
minent his son, Joe Kimball, Jr.,
with the full consent and approv-
al of his father, was one of the
first to volunteer in the service of
his country.
A man who is loyal to his
country, who is true to his family,
who is just and square with his
friends, who has ability and hon.
esty, needs no further recon-
mendation, and if elected can be
depended upon to faithfully dis
charge the duties of his office.
w. o. Ziege, candidate for al
derman from the First ward for
the long term, is too we'll and fav-
orably known to need any extend
ed commendation. He is a native
son, true type of the western
boy grown to manhood. All of his
life has been spent among the
people of Central City. His life
history is an open book for all of
us to read. You will search in
vain, among the people who have
known him intimately during his
entire life, to find one who will
speak disparaging word against
Will Ziege. A record like this is
one to be proud of and one that is
seldom seen.
He is probably the youngest
candidate upon the ticket, is pop
ular, honest and capable, and if
elected is pledged to do the best
he can to build up and advance
the best interests of his native
city. But he needs no praise from
us-his character and reputation
speak for themselves.
The population of mining
camp is more than half comnosed
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
What had happened was this:

The sudden mixture of vats of
different chemicals under intense
heat had filled the air with a gas of
so terribly poisonous nature that
those who came within Its deadly in
tiuence were suffocated at once. Fifty
one dead, and three times that num-
Der Injured. wns the result OF that
terrible fire. This accident led to the
use Of poison gas In warfare.
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01

The population of a mining
camp is more than half composed
of miners and other workingmen.
No city ticket in mining camp
can be said to be truly represen-
Gilpin observer., 1920-04-01
Poison Gas Born by Accident.

Some years ago disastrous fire
followed chemical explosion ut
Greisheim, near Frankfort -on-the-
Main, in Germany.
Fire engines came rushing up.
but ms they approached the men
were seen to fall from their seats.
Spectators running after them drop
ped rs II shot, and meanwhile the
blaze increased. involving fresh
buildings, and even crossing the
river into the village of Schwan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22
ssIn The Days News. .

Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, who has been
unanimously nominated for the presiden-
cy by the Liberal party in Cuba, has al.
ready had experience as chief executive
Of the island republic, having served as
president from 1909 to 1914. Gen. Gomez
was one of the leaders in the last Cuban
insurrection of 1895 against Spain, which
terminated in the American Intervention
of 1898 and the subsequent establishment
Of the republic Under the American mil
itary administration he served aeceptably
rs governor of his native province OF San
ia Clara and was afterwards elected to
the same position when President Palma
was inaugurated, IN 1902. His present
nomination for the presidency is of tire
mendous Importance to the Cuban polit-
ical world, because there is not the slight
est doubt but that he is immensely pop
ular with his countrymen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22

character that is forcible and respected
everywhere. Vermont raises lot of
people with the salient characteristics
and mental and moral protuberanees
that are his.
A curious race to our assimilative and
initiative New Workers, Vermonters
have their own thoughts, live their
own lives; on the whole, don t care a
rap for the rest of us. 1t seems that
they are in a golden an Elysian youth
of the world still For Mr.. Coolidge
emits these purple joys:
My folks are happy and contented.
They belong to themselves, live within
their income and fear no man.
I The old happy age of the world. Still
by the wild vine sucks the bee where
Amaryllis lives in state, whether in
Vermont or in Trinacria. Some of us
may be happy enough to fear no man.
eontenting ourselves with merely fear
ing the right woman. Some of US may
belong to ourselves All of us ought
to be happy and contented The golden
lads and lassies and all the people that
are able TO live within their income in
these austere times must be a wonder
and a JOY. Few of us on this tight
ened and suffering island can appreciate
the inimitable happiness of Governor
Coolidge 5 Vermonters They can live
within their income If Mr. Coolidge
can communicate to the rest of us the
secret of that art, he will be elected
vice president and president and
everything else as good.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22

81 as SO glad my health is being re-
stored after suffering for over eight
years with indigestion and rheumatism
that / feel like telling everybody
about Tanlac,' was the enthusiastic
statement made recently by Mrs NJ
K. Smith, one of the best known and
most highly respected women of Tam
pa, Fla, residing at 906 Morgan street
"The rheumatism from which | had
suffered for years. even before / had
stomach trouble, panied me worse than
ever and until recently 1 was not only
unable to walk without the use of
cane, but | was so weak at times /
could hardly get out of bed / tried
many medicines but nothing helped mo
and | almost despaired of ever getting
any better.
''Then Tanlac came along and in just
few days after l began taking this
grand medicine, my appetite began to
improve and in only short time | was
able to enjoy my meals and everything
seemed to agree with me perfectly.
"My rheumatism is so much better
and / have so much more strength |
am now able to walk all about the
house and up and down the stairs with
out my cane. Friends who have be-
come so accustomed to seeing me walk
with my cane are astonished when they
see me now walking around without it.
81 viii always praise Tanlac for
what it has done for me.
Tanlac is sold in Brattleboro by the
Brattleboro Drug Co, and in South Lon
donderry by Geo. G. Smith.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1920.
HARpING,s ACCEPTANCE.

Party government rather than per
sonal government, immediate restora-
ton of representative popular govern
mept under the constitution, participa-
ton of the vice president in counsels
of the cabinet, holding the heritage of
American nationality unimpaired, inn
mediate declaration of peace by Re
publican congress, a world alliance for
peace rather than military alliance,
reduetionaof ornaments, our industrial
reconstruction, natural and fair com
petion, continuation Of high wages with
full return for wages received, a unan-
no abridgement of speech or freedom
of press or assembly, collective bar
gaining that does not destroy the
equally sacred right of the individual,
reparation to the railroads, improved
highways from farm to railroad, CO.
operative association of farmers, parti-
cipation of farmers in curing the ills to
which they are subject, government
aid for highways and for conservation
and development, budget system, re-
duction of federal employees, protect
i've tariff, the leading merchant marine
of the world, an ample navy and small
army, regulation of Immigration, revis-
ion of war tax burdens, full and
friendly understanding with Mexico, the
- L,
ment so long as it is the law of the
land, equal compensation for all men
called to service in the World war,
speedy ratification of the suffrage
amendment and America as the SUI
preme example of representative De
mocracy and orderly liberty by which
humanity is inspired to higher achieve
ment-these are some of the things to
which Warren G. Harding commits him
self in accepting the Republican nomi-
nation for the presidency.
The whole speech forms a finished,
thoughtful and earnest appeal to con-
servative Americans There is no lack
of progressive spirit but it is an or
derby and permanent progress toward
sane government, industrial and ag
ricuIturaI development and justice for
the whole rather than privileges to a
part. Perhaps it is too scholarly to
appeal to the mob but it cannot fail
to attract the lovers of justice, order
and stability.
There is bold challenge to the Dem
ocratic party on the dictatorship of
its president in this statement: enc
man is big enough to run this great re-
public. There never has been one. Such
domination was never intended. Tran
guilty, stability, dependability AL are
assured in party sponsorship, and we
mean TO renew the assurances which
were rended in the cataclysmal war;
Equally bold is his declaration for
an immediate declaration of peace and
against the Charter Of Independent
American eminenee and influence
for an obscure and unequal place in the
merged government of the world.
= If the mistaken voice of Amer
lea, spoken in unheeding haste, led
Europe, in the hour of deepest anxiety,
into military alliance which menaces
peace and threatens all freedom, instead
of adding to their security, then we
must speak the truth for America and
express our hope for the fraternized
conscience of nations - The issue
between a military alliance with
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22
Sound Waves.

The term Sound" is often mistaken
~ restricted TO the sensation involved
In hearing. The term sound is actual
ly applied to those aerial or other
vibrations which, were they to reach
the ear, would be audible. Sound is
made of waves In material things Of
earth, like air, metal. water. or wood.
A falling tree produces sound waves
which vibrate symmetrically about 1t
In much the same way as the ripples
on a lake caused by throwing a peb-
BILE on Its surface.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-22
Little Benny S
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma was in her room holding one hand
up at her he'd and saying, O deer, / won
der who invented he'd axes, my, sutch
a he'd axe.
Watts the matter, ma, you got he'd AXE?
sed
That's putting it mildly, sed ma. Meen
ing she had a fearse one, and i thawt, G.,
l. wonder if | can cure It by hipmotism?
Sounding like a good ideer, and / got
IN back of mas chair where she couldent
see me and started to wave my handa
like a hipmotizer, thinking, l, 2, 3, he'd
axe, | command you to dissapeer.
Wieh | waited about a minnit to give
it chance and then | sed, How do you
feel now, ma?
Verse, sed ma.
, Maybe you feel better and its sutch
serprize it only seems verse, l sed.
Maybe you have the sents you were
born with and maybe not, o deer, wat a
he'd AXE, sed ma Me thinking, Gosh,
that's funny. And | tried it agen, wav.
ing my hand different frum wat | waved
them the ferst time and thinking He'd
AXE, this is yor last chance, | command
you to change yourself into butter fly
and fly away.
And | waited another minnit and then
I sed, How is it now, ma? O. sutch a
he'd axe, its pounding like million ham.
mers, sed ma, and I sed, Gosh does it
feel enything like butter fly, ma?
Does that? sed ma And she gave me a
fearse kracl feeling the opposite of a
butter fly, and mas he'd axe dident go
away till after suppir, either because the
hipmotizm dident have enything to do with
it or because it took a long time to
werk, being hard to prove witch and me
not feeling like asking envy more questions.