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WOULDN'T LET HIM GO DOWN If. L. Frank of Butte Unable to Ob tain Information About Gold field Mines. IS A WONDERFUL GOLD DISTRICT One of the Largest Mineralized Re< gions in the World—Some Fab ulously Rich Ground. Butte, Feb. 14 .—H. L. Frank hassle turned from a trip to Goldfield and Tonopah, Nev., where lie went for the purpose of inspecting some of the mines of those districts and arrang ing for the erection of a plant for treating the output of some of the veins. Speaking of his trip and what he saw during his sojourn in the dis tricts, Mr. Frank said: "Yes, 1 have just returned from the Goldfield dist rict. Had fine weather all the time, a delightful trip, ancl enjoyed every minute of it. No, I am not prepared to make a statement for publication of what I think of that district, for the reason that 1 had no opportunity to go down into any of the alleged deep mines there, which was my mis fortune. 1 was, therefore, greatly dis appointed in that respect, for I made every etfort to get below the surface, and in one instance had a letter from a man who is an owner of a fourth in terest in one mine and is secre tary and treasurer of the company that has the deepest shaft in tire Gold field district. When I presented the letter, however, I was turned down by the hired man and not per mitted to go underground. In fact, I did not succeed in getting much be low the grass roots. Therefore about all I saw was gopher mining and some pot holes from which there lias been taken ore of fabulous value. As an illustration of this fact, I will say that there was taken from one hole on the Sand Storm, not large enough to engulf the body of a cayuse, 14 tons of ore that netted the owners $ 1 ) 7 . 000 . "An air of mystery prevailed around the mouths of the shafts in the dist rict and I was unable to penetrate it, much to my regret and disappoint ment. The district is certainly the largest mineralized area I have ever seen or heard of, and 1 was greatly impressed with it and its future, which, I am of the opinion, is abso lutely certain to be great. The min eral zone is about 100 miles wide and 200 miles long. Discoveries of gold ores, reported as being very rich and high in value, and copper or assaying from 25 to 35 per cent in the red met al, are being made all through the country, and the section is filling up rapidly. There will be a big stampede into the district this year, especially that portion of it known as Bull Frog, .Lydia and Kawitch sections. "As I said, I did not go much below the grass roots, but through the cour tesy of William Clark of the Dixie company, 1 was taken down the com pany's shaft 110 feet, where 1 saw a well-defined vein in place, with good walls: and I feel safe in predicting that the property will become a mine. The vein was the most permanent looking ore body I saw. "The town of Goldfield contains about 8,000 persons, and Columbia, about one and a half miles from Gold field, has about 2000. These towns are up-to-date in every way, have electric ilghts, telepliohe service and first-class restaurants The Mer chant's hotel, where 1 stayed, is good enough for anybody. "There are no mines from which ore is being shipped that goes away up in gold. Ore that does not go as high as $100 per ton or more cannot be shipped at a profit, on account of the expense of trasportation. Most of the shipping product runs from $2oo per ton into the thousands of dollars. The Jumbo, St. Ives. Janu ary. Florence, Quartzite. Sand Storm. Cendall, Combination and several! others have shafts from 150 to 450 feet in depth. On the Bed Top the owners claim ho have 50 feet of ore that will average $ 4 o per ton. "Another property there, which is barricaded and closely guarded, is said to contain a body of ore five feet wide that will go from $200 to $600 per ton, and 18 inches that will assay $ 24,000 per ton. "It is said that lessees on the J umbo cleared $ 600,000 in four months. One can hear the most wonderful reports of values contained in the ores down there. They are hard to believe, and for this reason 1 will not venture an opinion, for I do not care to fool the public nor injure that country, with which I am more than favorably impressed. I formed my own opinion by what I saw: not by what I was told or by general talk. However, I wish to reiterate that W have great hopes for the future of the Goldfield district and believe it will develop into one of the greatest of all mining districts on this continent. "On my return from Goldfield I stopped in Tonopah, where I was taken through the wonderful Mizpah mine, a courtesy extended me by Frank A. Keith, general manager; Dan McDonald, superintendent and James Heany, night boss. I can truly say this mine is a wonder—I think it is the largest and richest gold mine on the continent. I walked through miles of underground workings in which there is high grade ore on all sides and in sight, for the ore bodies of the property have not been scratched. The company has no stop ing in it on account of the congested condition of traffic on the railroad connecting the town with the out side world. The railroad company is unable to transport the ore from that section, and consequently the Mizpah company is compelled to limit its production to the capacity of the railroad company for handling it. The company lias many tons of ore on the dump whicli it is trying to ship in order to make room for the erection of large ore houses and the establishment of other conveniences for handling the output, which will be as large as the transportation facil ities will warrant. I feel perfectly safe in saying that this mine is a most wonderful one, there being in sight in its workings millions of dol lars' worth of ore, and I congratulate those who are fortunate enough to be stockholders in the property. "I am so well pleased with the out look and the future prospects of the Goldfield country that I am now ar ranging to erect a reduction plant that will have a capacty of 250 tons of ore per day, and am prosecuting the work vigorously. I am glad to be home again, however, for after all Butte is tlie greatest mining region of them all and has no rival. "I said I enjoyed the trip and I meant it. One of the most enjoyable features of it was a ride into Goldfield in an automobile. One can imagine my feeling and astonishment in going into a mining camp in such a convey ance. "There is a daily newspaper in Tono pah, and preparations are being made to issue one in Goldfield. This will serve as an illustration of the manner in which the people of that section are progressing and shows that, al though both camps are practically new, they are modern and up to date. FOOLED THE SEARCHERS. How it Qnlek \VItte«l Scotchwoman Saved u Fugitive. John Maxwell, a stout Protestant, who hail taken part in the battle of Bullion Green, Nov. 28, 1666, success fully defied the many attempts that were made to capture him. Once he had a very narrow 7 shave. The soldiers traced him to Edinburgh and there gave him a chase. Bolting down a close, he dashed into a tavern and explain ed his desperate case to the landlady, who locked him into the chest that held the oatmeal. The soldiers then entered and searched the house from top to bottom, but could not find their man. Vowing they knew he was on the premises, they called for drink and sat down to think over the matter. One of them, seated on the box that contained the fugitive, remarked: "I wouldn't say but the Whig is in this very kist (chest). Guidwife. gie's the key and we'll see." In no way put about, the landlady went to the door and cried to her girl upstairs: "Jeanie, rin to the guidman for the key o' the kist till we see if a Whig can lie in the meal and no be boasting (coughing) wi't." At this the soldiers burst out laugh ing, felt there was truth in the guid wife's taunt, drained their cups and departed. Maxwell at last managed j to escape to Ireland, where he died. MACARONI. One Story of tlie Orisrin of the Name anil tlie Dish. A great many stories are in existence about the origin of the word "macaro ni" and the invention of the dish so designated. According to one author ity, a drunken chef employed by one of the popes was responsible both for the name and the dish. lie was preparing a souiile for the papal soup, and, hav ing taken considerably more than a ■drop too much, he went on stirring the flour until the souiile was of the con sistency of hard tack. The assistant chef, knowing that his holiness was not overpatient about things pertain ing to the table, ventured to call the attention of his chef to this fact, and the latter, being a resourceful man, de cided to make a paste instead of a souffle. lie waited the result with some anx iety and responded to a call to appear before his holiness with considerable perturbation. Visions of a stay in the papal dungeon rose before him, and when the pontiff asked, with a smiling face, for the name of the wonderful paste served in the soup he was too nervous to think of a name. "My caro" (my favorite)' be replied at last, and the pontifi, not catching the words ex actly, said: "Macaroni? Well, in future never serve me a meal without a dish Of macaroni."—Indianunolis Sentinel All the noted people the world has produced have been workers. Still, ;tbere are a few who do not believe work Is respectable.— AtchlBon Globe. NATURE A KIND MOTHER. Curious Method* by Which She Mend* Animal Injnrle*. » IIow many weak and timid creatures there are in the world, with neither teeth and claws for their protection, armor for their defense nor speed with which to escape their enemies! One can hardly understand why they have not all been killed and eaten up long ago. Nature is, however, kinder to these poor animals than she seems, for If she has left them defenseless against attack she has given them a marvel ous power of recovery from injuries. hen a tiny lizard has to scantier for Ills life in search of a crack In the rock he often has "so close a call" that his pursuer snaps off his tail just as he wisks into safety. A loss like this would kill most larger animals, but not the little lizard. lie simply waits round quietly until a new tail grows and then is as well off as before, ex cept that the new tail has a flexible rod of cartilage where the old one had a backbone. If an earthworm happens to be re tiring to bis hole when a robin is out looking for breakfast there is apt to be a lively tug of war between the eater and the breakfast. Not infre quently the bird gets the tail end of the worm, while tlie other half crawls away into safety. Not even a lizard could survive such treatment as this, but the earthworm is in ability to re cover from injuries almost as much superior to the lizard as the lizard is to ns. He grows n new half body to re place the one which lias been devoured and seems to mind Ills loss no more than a boy minds having his hair cut. There are besides some snail-like water worms which quite undo tlie earthworm in hearing up against mis fortune. If one of these chances to lose his entire head, in a week or so, some times in only four or five days, he grows a new one, brain, eyes and all, and is as well off as ever. Even if a hungry flsli gets two bites at him, so that he loses both head and tail, the warm can patch himself out with new members and go about his business as before. They have even been known to get divided into two pieces about equal in size and each piece grow a new half body, so that there were two entire worms in place of one. After this it will easily be guessed that if the head end of the worm hap pens to he split halfway down he will grow two new sides and become Y shaped with two heads, or if the tail end is split new sides grow and a two tailed worm is made. Sometimes one or two new heads develop close behind the old one in the angle of the Y. In deed the little creature seems to have a sort of mania for making new heads and tails wherever he finds a chance. If, therefore, the worm after receiving several wounds manages to escape with his life, from the cuts which hap pen to open forward little heads grow out and from those opening backward little tails, no doubt greatly to his em barrassment. But what of tlie cut off heads and tails? Do they make new bodies and become whole animals again? Not usu ally. The severed head seems to be come confused, so that it does not know what to do. If it lives, it is most apt to produce another head like itself and change into two heads placed neck to neck so that they look in opposite directions. So, too, the severed tail, equally foolish, doubles itself and be comes two useless tails growing end to end. But isn't this really quite impossi ble? A head or a tail or even a half body cannot get food. If it cannot eat, it cannot grow, and that is all there is about it. Well, it is true that a frag ment cannot eat. But still it can make the new part out of its own tissue. So the animal keeps getting smaller as it becomes more nearly complete until when the new part is finished the whole body may be no more than the tenth part of its proper size. The re constructed animals are therefore forc ed to begin life over again like young worms. In time, however, they grow up to full size. When a head end makes a new head instead of a tail or a tail makes a new tail instead of a head the little creatures must necessarily waste away and die.—St. Nicholas. Some Animal Odaitien. In fishes and tadpoles there is a pe culiar lateral line running down each side of the body, which probably acts as a kind of ear, sensitive to move ments of tlie water and warning them of enemies at hand. Many deep sea fishes have phosphor escent organs on their flanks, which emit a dim, blue light and resemble eyes in structure. Some creatures that have no proper head possess eyes. Thus the starfish has a somewhat complicat ed eye at the end of each of its five arms, which appears as a bright red or orange spot. Insects of the grasshopper tribe, which make musical sounds, are pro vided with ears in their legs or oa the sides of their bodies. Tlie curious lit tle possum shrimp, which swims in large shoals, has a pair of ears in its tail. In their early stages our May flies have organs of hearing on either side of the abdomen. Failed ot Popularity. Steps have been taken before now to popularize tlie British army in the prov inces. In some cases the martial spir it has been stimulated. But not in all. In one part of "gallant little Wales" one of the Welsh regiments perambu lated Its territory and succeeded in ob taining just one recruit all told On the following Sunday the minis ter of the congregation to which the newly enlisted soldier belonged said, "And now, my brethren, we will take up a subscription to buy the discharge of our unfortunate young friend who recently joined the army."_p al i Ma u Gazette. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. An Encounter With Tricky Money Changer* In China. In the great hinterland of China, the region that lies south of Siberia and far to the west of Feking, there Is a mixed population among which the chief commercial element is the Chi nese. These "Kitats," as they are call ed, are continually on the lookout for some opportunity to fleece the Ignorant Tartars who stray in from the country. Fathers Hue and Gabet, French priests, who in the course of their travels in 1845 had reached "Blue Town," were from their dress mistak en for Tartar lamas, and when they sought to have a silver ingot changed to copper cash found the change short. The weight showed by the scales was correct, but when the chief clerk took the swanpan, or counting frame, and added the amounts the result seemed small. "This is an exchange office," said the travelers. "We are the sellers, you the buyers. You have made your calcula tions; give us pencil and paper, and we will make ours." "Nothing could be more just. You have laid down a fundamental princi ple of the law of commerce," replied the Chinese clerk, confident of their ig norance, as he gave them the articles. A very short calculation sufficed to show the Frenchmen that they were to be cheated of a thousand sapeks. ".Superintendent of the hank," they said, "your swanpan Is in error by a thousand sapeks." "Impossible! Do you think that all of a sudden I've forgotten how to use my swanpan? Let me go over it again." lie proceeded with an air of great anxiety to do so and attained his pre vious result. "I knew I was right," he declared, passing the frame to a colleague. "See, brother." Tlie colleague calculated and attained the same result. "You see," said the principal, "there is no error. IIow is it that our calcula tion does not agree with what you have written?" "It is unimportant to inquire why your calculation does not agree with what is written," replied the French man suavely. "This is certain—yours is wrong and ours is right. These figures that we have traced upon this paper are very different from your swanpan. It is impossible for them to be wrong. Were all the calculators in the world to work all their lives on this simple operation the result could be no differ ent than to affirm that you are wrong by a thousand sapeks." The money changers were extremely embarrassed and began to turn very red when a bystander, seeing how awk ward was the situation, proposed him self as umpire. "I'll reckon it up for you," he said. And his result agreed with that of the Frenchmen. The su perintendent of the hank made a pro found bow. "Sirs lamas," said he, "your mathe matics are better than mine." "Oh, not at all," replied the French men in the polite terms required by Chinese etiquette. "Y'our swanpan is ex cellent, but who ever heard of one al ways free from error? People like you may well make mistakes once in awhile, when poor ignorant folks like us make them tens of thousands of times. Our swanpan, however, is in fallible, being composed of the very figures by which the royal astronomer of tlie most high emperor at reking reckons the times and tlie pathways of the sun, moon and stars. Such figures could not he in error. Now, however, thanks to the pains you have taken, we have fortunately concurred in our reckoning." And so, with "malice toward none" and the full value of their ingot, they left the shop.—Youth's Companion. The Roiling: Point. Why is it that in boiling in an open vessel such liquids as cider, etc., wa ter only escapes in steam, while the strength remains, while in boiling it in a retort, as in a still, the strength passes away in the steam, and in dis tilling salt or impure water only tt.e pure water passes off in the steam? This is because of a difference in tlie boiling points in the fluids and that under the increased pressure of a retort the boiling point is higher than that of water in the open air at the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere. If cider had a higher boiling point than water when the water boils at 100 de grees It takes some little cider with it mechanically. On the contrary, if al cohol were present before the boiling point of water were reached most of tlie spirits would have passed away. If the increased pressure of the retort -allows it on tlie boiling point of tlio fluids therein being reached, suppose tlie heat to be great enough, they will be changed to vapor and pass away, whatever they he. Boyle O'lleilly's Swonlsninnslilp. Boyle O'Reilly was a skilled swords man. He told me that when he first came a fugitive to this country lie thought lie would maintain himself by giving lessons in broadsword, single stick and foils, and it used to give him great pleasure to put a foil in my hands and say to me—for I profess to know nothing of it—"Ned, on guard! Now, run me through. Thrust me anywhere you can. Kill me if you can." And then, with a smile upon his face, lie would ward off my lunges until suiting his purpose he would send my sword flying across the room. Often on our excursions he would say to me, "Ned, take that stick and cut me down." He wanted no play about it. He wanted an earnest fight, and. complying with his wishes, I would often rush at him with a stout stick in my hand only to have him laughingly repel my attack, and these affairs generally wound up by his giving me a whack over the shoulders that nearly broke me in two. —Donahoe's Magazine. A. Hopkins & Sons Pure Food Grocers Start the New Year right by buying your Groceries at A. HOPKINS G~ SONS We are just entering our sixth year of business, and to all of our old customers who have so gener ously contributed to make our past business such an unqualified suc cess we wish to extend our sincere thanks. 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