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one of the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology. and Miss Mabel Potter

one Of the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology. and Miss Mabel Potter
Daggett of the Delineator magazine.
After sitting for about three-quar-
ters of an hour, the four persons
present. with their hands placed upon
the table. perceived an icy wind,
which was waited over their hands.
At the. same instant a distinctly
oriental perfume was also perceived.
A very faint mist was observed in the
middle of the table and seemed to
stream from the fingers of the sit
tiers.
Miss McEvilly further stated that
the scene Of this perfume was appar-
ent and seemed, to cling upon the
hands Of the sitters for some time
after the successful test.
Automatic Writing Tests
Miss McEvilly was also invited to
make certain tests in automatic writ
Ing before Professor Leonard r.
Troland, Of the department of psy-
chology. Harvard university, and on
this occasion several questions were
propounded by Professor Troland,
and answered through automatic
writing by Miss McEvilly.
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four wanderers. The gravel pros
pected to the top of the ground, and
-tney were experienced enough to
know that at last the Goddess of For
tune had smiled on them. Long into
the night they sat around the camp
lire, too excited over their find to
turn in. Within each bosom had
doomed the hope Of making stake.
and Of seeing friends and kindred
again, and when they slept it was to
dream Of civilization and of enjoy
ing a good, square meal. Last
Chance gulch, which was to enrich
many miners, had been discovered"
The Rush Starts
The news of the strike travelled
abroad quickly, and in a few days
several hundred miners were at the
scene of the discovery. The first
miners meeting was held July 20,
seven days after discovery. The
gulch was officially christened Last
Chance. At this meeting claims were
limited to 200 feet up and down the
gulch, from summit to summit.
Miners were allowed to noli one
'ciaim by presumption and one by pur-
chase. and each member of the dis
covery party were allowed TO hold.
In addition to 200 feet by rrc-emp-
ton, 100 feet as a discovery claim,
and had prior rights as regards the
use of the gulch water.
The first cabin was erected lin the
middle of September of that year,
1854. the second cabin was built
above it by Robert Stanley and the
third by G. J. Wood, on the present
site of the Cans & Klein mercantile
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house. BY October l there were five
cabins in the new camp.
Fisk Expedition Arrives
About this time Captain James l..
Fisk's first Minnesota expedition al
rived in Last Chance gulch; also the
expedition in charge of Captain
Holmes. and number Of the mem
bers of both expeditions elected to re-
main in the new camp. At the first
election, held in October, 1864, 200
votes were cast and about this time
three commissioners were empower
ed by the miners in meeting to lay
out the town and adopt rules for the
presumption of lots and occupancy.
During the winter following discov-
cry 115 cabins were erected in Last
Chance gulch, and in February. 1865,
Scott's addition to the town plat was
surveyed east OF Main and north OF
Broadway streets.
A second miners meeting was held
on October so for the purpose of or
ganizing the town. After the ap-
pointment of the commissioners the
meeting considered a name for the
new mining metropolis. The light
hearted dispositions of those in at
tendance was evidenced by some of
the suggestions. Pumpkinyille.
SquashtOwn, Tomahawk. Tomah and
other mirth provoking names were
suggested. John Sommerville sug-
gested the name of Helena, and this
name and Tomah went before the
meeting for decision, Helena winning
by two votes, otherwise the name of
the capital of Montana would have
been TOmah.
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Of Townsend, Glendive, Billings. Liv-
ingston. Butte and other Montana
cities. At present he is superan-
nuate of the Montana conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, and
on October 10 was 20 years old. On
January % he will celebrate the 51st
anniversary of his ministry.
The seventeenth legislative assem-
bly, unanimously elected the Rev. Mr..
Hosking chaplain of the lower house,
and he is quite favorite with the
members of both house and senate.
He is hale and hearty, and believes
he will live to celebrate the 18th an
niversary of his ministry.
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when JOHN c0AN DISCOVERED GOLD IN LAST CHANCE GULCH
ne FOUNDED CAPITAL OF MONTANA; HEl ENAS CHRISTENING

Here Is. the story OF Robert Stab
ley, written 40 years ago, of the dis
covery Of gold in Last Chance gulch,
which led to the founding Of the city
of Helena:
1T was in the spring of 1864 that
the KO0tenai stampede from Alder
gulch took place. During the win
ter extraordinary reports Of the dis
coveries at Kootenai circulated In
Virginia City and other camps, and
every miner, not In possession of q
paying placer claim, was keen to
reach the new Eldorad0. Among
these were four miners. Cowan. Crab,
Miller and Stanley, afterwards cred
tied as the discoveries of Last Chance
gulch, who had been prospecting In
the He'll Gate country. While on the
way to the Kootenai country they
met 4 miner named James Coleman.
who told them that the Kootenai
was not what It was reported. He
was on his way back to Alder.
However, the Cowan party had
three months supply of provisions,
and they decided to keep In the open
and continue prospecting. They pros
pected the Little Blackfoot thorough
", found colors but no pay. Follow
ing up this stream through an amphi-
theater Of encircling mountains. they
turned southwark up the stream, and
as they began to rise rapidly in the
mountains, each vista that opened be-
fore them was scene Of loneliness,
the river for some distance being a
succession of cascades. Nearing the
summit Of the gulch the trail became
more and more indistinct, and event.
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civil service regulations, and all APP
pointees would be prohibited from
taking an active part in politics. All
county sheriffs would be ex,officio
wardens.
Rev. John Hosking. chaplain of
the house of representatives., is a
veteran Montana minister. He came
to Montana In 1884, his first circuit
being the Deer Lodge valley. In
those days there were no churches,
and he preached in the various school
houses which were used for religious
gatherings. He has, during his many
years in Montana, served the charges
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man strolled over to the creek. They
scratched q hole to; the rim rock Of
d small bar, and much to. their. SUR
prise, obtained fine color. and fur
thor work resulted in nothing better.
They decided that the whole country
was nothing but tantalizing color.
'Northward they went. diegtne
holes everywhere, but finding moth
ing worth while. The further north
the more unlikely the country look
ed, flat, table-topped mountaina
showing the action of water more
than fire. took the place of the vol
canic range they had just crossed.
Their Last Chance
Turning southwark, as they took
their course for Alder gulch, their
daily remark was. That little gulch
ON the Prickley Pear is our last
chance; II we do not find pay there
we will streak It straight for camp.
And 50 the gulch became known as
Last Chance before the discovery
was made. ,5..s ~
''They reached the right spot one
afternoon on or about July Is. and
made their camp on what Is now the
business center of Helena. That
evening they put two good holes
down to bed rock, one on each side
of the creek. When bed rock was
reached the hole ON the north side
was found to prospect we'll. Several
flat pieces of gold that would weigh
half dollar were taken out. There
was no mistake about it, the little
nuggets fell into the ringing pan
with a music peculiarly their own, a
sound grateful to the ears of the
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LEGISLATIVE
GOSSIP

A little group of Helena statesmen
are seriously considering the passage
of state income tax law. Gulledge
OF Terry is the father of the idea, and
his proposal is to tax all incomes in
excess of $500, in which he goes be-
low the exemption limit fixed by the
federal law by some $1,000. Just
how seriously the movement will be
taken by a majority of the members
of the legislature remains to be seen,
but 1t is certain that a vigorous fight
will be made against the proposal.
There are said to be more than
dozen Hobbies in Helena working in
the interests of as many new coun-
ties. Two have come out into the
open, one contemplating the sever
ance of the rich and proven petro-
leum fields of Fergus county, with
both Winnett and Grass Range as
prospective county seats. 1t is pro-
posed to call this county Petrolia.
Two years ago a number of the
residents of this section came within
an ace of creating what was to be
called Mckinley county. The bill
was finally killed in the house, large
ly through the fight made on it by
the members of the Fergus county
delegation.
Prominent in the lobby which
made the fight for the creation OF
Mckinley county was J. A. Charters,
one of the leading merchants of
Grass Range. Now, Mr.. Charters
happens to be, through being a men,
Der of the house, in a more strategic
position than he was two years ago.
Another plan contemplates taking
strip out of the northern part of
Dawson county and the southern part
OF Rtchland and creating a new coun-
ty with Richly as the county seat.
The proposal of Governor Dixon
for the creation of a state purchasing
department, through which every
thing the state buys in the way Of
supplies would be handled, has borne
fruit In the form of bill by Senator
William Haley of Prairie county.
The Montana Sportsmen's associa-
ton Is back of bill for the reorgani-
cation of the administration of the
state game warden's department. A
commission of five members is pro-
vtded for, four to be persons interest
ed in the wild life of the state and the
fifth to be an officer of the United
States forestry service. The commits
sioners would be under bond, and
would receive $40 per day when at
tending sessions of the commission,
the per diem being limited to 5000
annually. The commission would
have large powers for the preserva-
ton of game, and could make closed
season at their will. The appoint
ment of the game warden would be
vested with the commission, his sal
airy to be $4,000 per year and ex-
penses limited to $4,000 annually.
He would appoint deputies under the
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ually faded out altogether. One Of
the men was sent ahead to scout for
the trail:J When he reached the sum-
NIT he could look across into lovely
valley, through which several
streams were seen to wind, and away
In the distance.
Approaching Last Chance
6 Next morning the descent into the
valley began. A game trail was
found, and this made the progress
Of the little expedition fairly easy.
Game abounded on every hand, so
tame as to afford no sport in the
killing. Cowan and his men made
their first camp in the valley at what
was afterwards known as Seven
Mile gulch. the first gulch north of
Last Chance. They prospected on
Seven Mile gulch for some time, but
found nothing more than good col
or" or in old placer mining parlance,
gold enough In the pans to shine, and
give forth color. Following down
the gulch they descended into the
valley Of the Prickly Pear, and turn
ing to the right they camped for
their noon day meal on the banks
of the Prickly Pear.
1.-THE valley was hunters para
disc; immense droves of antelope
were feeding on the plain. White
tailed deer would walk up to within
a few yards of their camp. After
their lunch the prospectors discussed
the situation. Their provisions were
running low. They decided to take
a course northward along the gulch,
prospecting as they moved forward.
Before they started out two of the
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A.
the Montana
Helena
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in
bankers and financial
Butte formerly the DAILY Bank Of
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banker The federal branch will
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mystery
dreams
studied the
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CAPITAL $l5o,0o0

JOE b. BAKER (FoUNDER OF

Today tho door Of Opportunity stands the widest
Within stones throw almost
h drilling In OIL Allen completed and other wells
are nearing the pay far
OF and possibly millions will probably
holders = -
Other syndtcates following advertising
that their holdings
"cl0s
the most desirable in
From everywhere in the Uned being sub
sptons attesttng that
y md want to be in when the Baker Syndicate pay
To-day write information
many units - buy The getting
staying this ut
holds forth the opportunity
OF the 30 Petroleum. the first "aker syndicate
possibilities Of this proposition
enterprise Of Joe Bakers So s"ta1
Write wire today "
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New Panama Canal.

Secretary baker urges the I'm.
tied States to build q new Panama
Canal to parallel the presest
waterway. Mr.. Baker says that
within fifteen yearG the present
canal will be inadequate to handle
the traffic between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans.
Mr.. Baker may be correct, but
this is very poor time to be talk.
ing about expense. At present
the new canal is not needed ana
the old one is not paying the in
terest on the investment. lItmay
and. according to ehe last state.
ment, is paying SEs operating ex.
penses; but until 1t can provide q
sinking fund to reimburse the ps.
tion for it's cost it will nce be a
success from q financial stand.
point. As matter of convenience
there fs no question regarding the
Weldon of it's construction; but
to plan . duplicate or q sea.level
canal at this time, when the ma.
tion is struggling to meet its fin.
ancial obligations is preposter.
Gus. untimely and un.American.
Every American citizen loves to
feel that he is q free and inde.
pendent citizen of q free ana ip.
dependent United States of Amer.
lea, and every loyal citizen s1se,
feels that he would like to include
In that sensation the kno@ledee
that his country was not under q
mortgage that generations yss an
born would never pay.
How can the United States or
any other nation be free and in.
dependent with its resources mores
gagged for more than q century to
come?
Would it' not be wiser to talk
about economy In the admins.
tTation Of the government and
the organization Of plan TO re.
licve the people of the terrible |
burden Of debt before plunging |
Into greater misery by. building . |
canal We do not need, or creating |
military and naval institution 10 |
to the principles thaN.
have made this nation great?
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Gov. Parker Appoints
Sanders and Pleasant
to Convention.

Governor Parker announced or
the 18th instant that he had ap.
pointed two former Governors and
two leading citizens of the State
as delegates to the constitutional
Convention. He appointed j. 7
Sanders, Ruffin G. Pleasant, w
D. Haas and Dr.. Roy 0. Young
These completes the appointment
of the twelve members which the
Governor was authorized and re.
quested to appoint from the State
at large by the act calling the con-
stitu.ional convention to be con.
vened on March let of this year 10
the city Of Baton Rouge.
Ex.Governors Sanders and
Pleasant have both served the
State in high positions Of trust
and are fully familiar with the
needs of the State.
Mr.. w. D. Haas is a resideet OF
Rapides parish. He is q farmer
and q business man and a finan.
cier of great ability.
DR.. Roy o. Young of Youngs.
vile, ia a sugar planter, a banker
and q firm advocate and supporter
of the Greater Agricultural COL
lege and of the improved agricul-
tural conditions Of Louisiana.
The Governors list of appoint.
mcnts is completed. The men
selected by him are able and will
labor, we are confident, in an un.
selfish purpose to provide for the
people of the State a constitution
that will be bulwark against the
schemes and Vaccinations of the
enemies of good order who seek to
prosper their selfish ambitions at
the expense of the Coamon.
weaith's honor, glory and Sater.
rity.
The people expects mucA fro,s
the members of this convention.
The destiny of the State govern.
ment is in their hands For Good er
evil. May shey be true to heir
trust. We know that they will,-
that ftom their patriotic cAorts
will come q written constitution
which will be truly a palladium ot
civil government, protecting and
maintaining the principles % tSce
and pure government, and insur.
Ing the peace. liberty and happi.
ness of the people.
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Bathing and HeaRh

THE Hebrews, Hiaaus and M6xp|
neAans, as part Of their rilanl
are required 70 seeP tie hddy tAl|
hy FrcqGeHt aBlutioHs ana hths md
This has had 4 far-reschinc Gett q
MI The heaFthfulness Of tko& @upe,
When the Roman empire fell, tb ~
aificeaf system 90 baths, shid "
Fsor!r mad anG used fN elcalSS
of hmlg, soon tapsea iato deay. Only
IN Spain, unfer the Moom sS &
s*stem az bathing sept Up. Thar, y
conform 20 the religious rites Of &
'ani. iHyuYious baths were haiatSe4
T1lt when che sfooss wee expelled ~
MISGUIDED pioas people rszed % tAe
ground these remnants OF hesfhenla
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Every great invention is but the

Every great invention is bat the
stepping atone to greater
achievement, and what the next
century may bring forth in the
line OF applied science is beyond
human ken. Turn back the pages
OF history and get posted upon
the convenfences enjoyed by the
people Of a century past. note the
advance that have been made to
the present time, and then specu.
late if you will upon what people
will be doing in 1921. one hundred
years Ia the future. It may be
that the automobile will have
passed cut and that the family
will, when desiring to take q run
ia the country, just go to the clos
ct and bring out q pair of wings
and fly away and they may have
something better. Who knows?
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ceives from the general public Of this
Town and Parish as a County Depot,
or as Terminal Station of its Cypre-
mort Branch, or is a Junction Station
with the Franklin and Abbeville Rail-
road
And whereas the necessity for the
construction of a new Passenger De-
pot exists, ore creditable t. said
Railroad and this County Seat ard
the general punI'c,
"And whcrea, the municipal an
thorities of Franklin. Louisiana, aud
the citizens thereof, are addressing
petition to the executive officers Of
the Morgan's Louisiana & Texas
Railroad to this effect.
Now therefore be it resolved by
the Town Council OF Franklin, La.
that in the name and on behalf of the
citizens of the entire Parish Of ST
Wary, La, that it endorses this re-
Quest and urges the immediate con
struct,on of a new Passenger Depot
at Franklin, La by the said Nor
gau's Louisiana q Texas Railroad
with the view Of giving the best and
most efficient service to the traffic
handled"
There being no further business on
motion the Council adjourned.
CHAS. LAUVE, Mayor.
G.. AUCOIN. Secretary.
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Stages Debt to Minstrel.y

The stage is indebted to mins,,s,
for Joseph Jefferson, Stuart RSs,,|
Edwin Adams, Edwin Booth. rrl
Pastor, Bob Hart, Robert DeWpio, !
7. R&rH@n, Patrick Gilmorp N
SouSa. J"lm Philip Sousa was nv.
be: he Simmons and Slocums mlns.al
w1'tA Al G. Field was serving N
apprenticeship with that couu,,
Johnny Hyams of Mclntue m
HyamS, was a minstrel with The ucI
Field company. Singer ColIono d n
Metropolitan Opera company was MI
ular Will Collins when a tenor va
the Al G. Field Ministries, Georg n
Cohan. Willie Collier. Chauncg a
colt, Eddie F1y, Francis Waal
frank Daniels. Jimmie Powers and 4
Jolson all graduated from the minss
>tage.-Eew Orleans Item.
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For the first time in the history
OF the nation the census shows q
greater urban thar country resi-.
dence. It shows that the number
Of persons living in towns OF cit.
les of more than $500 number
54,3f8.03 and in the rural terri
tory, 5l,390,739. The cause has
been the large salaries offered 10
the cities during the war drew
men and women from che coun.
try. Many soldiers returning from
the service have not gone back to
live upon the farms, but have
found work ia the cities; But now
that there is Q Glowing down of
the city industries it is quite prob.
able that there wili be q reaction
and the farm will look better to
many men than it ever did before.
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Probably Oldest lndl&ry

The impending sale Of B'saaa
Park. an estate OF 2,m aces % y
Norfolk Suffolk fEng) bordeH rdh
what is probably the Oldest md ~
enduring industry In the ws'd-sn
working.
at Brandon Che frst kae saznl
industrg has been carried q lU "
aral thousand years. A small eeal
Gf workers is still making gun asa
there and exporting them TO WY
tribes in Northern and Central Ala
It is said that these worSmen =
lineai descendants OF the MINT W"la'
or the neolithic age.
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The New Orleans Times Plea.
yune this week devoted consider.
able of it's space and energy iU
letting the world know that the
little village planted by the dough-
ty Bienviiie some centuries ago
on the bank of the mej st'c Mis.
sissippi river, has grown and ex-
panded into one Of the foremost. .
If not foremost, cities on the
American continent. Yes, New
Orleans is in the contest for dig
things in earnest. She is and has
been great-she has lead her sis.
ter cities in affairs of big moment.
but nothing that she has done
seems to have tickled this news.
paper with her greatness as the
dag raising stunt on the top of the
towering Hibernia building. 1t
must have been an inspiring sce ne.
Oh. the glory of il! New York
has her Statue of Liberty, en-
Tightening the world, a gift com.
ing from the genius of Frances
heroic artist. L. ia q brilliant em-
olem truly; but it pa!es before
the grand idea and achievemen ut.
conceived and wrought on that
sventful day, by elevating Old
Glory far beyond the clouds. Too
much said about little things and
not enough about big things.
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PAUPEkS.
1909 Chas Ibert, burying pauper
Homer Alec, II u
l7O54 Chas Lovely. Aug allOw'ce ) o.
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0SVe" 9n''nt Ct Iadus.r, :. 4
Country 'ia*ss it s.esns u a,
10 the United Stat. WY

TA' prodHction of motio, i.
says 'hr United States conr, pe
pert, is an industry for wbios %
cal conditions in Italy and tbo ~
''n'P"' ''n''i are peculiarly t,,,,']
ana consequently this branch s
tH early attained a high deyre. ' |
reiopm'ht. Italy now claims :,
second to tn" United States ~
the nations of the world in IN.
<a'tur'uS of motion PICTURES, 4,
Of the Importance of this jnd,.'
IN" economic life of the countr l
be derived from the fact that tba y
Ing capital employed is now actin
at @oo.Gth,0mi Ire and the aetna, i
taI invested at loO,OOO,OCO li,s =
a*c eighty-tW'o companies pn,,.s3
the production of films, Of vbls /
greater number are located at Rs]
which naturally presents unus,, i
vantages from the scenic stapd..]
The annual production Of nav NJ
IN Italy has reached 1.GOOO9 nr,]
and if it is estimated that forty r.Il
are made from each negative u. =,
of printed films is G4,OO0,OOO metpr