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TO THE MINERS OF BUTTE ||||||||lllllllllllllllllljjjjllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll||l!lll|||||lllllllllllW • V*?» Yb!? companies operating in the Butte district have adopted the following wage scale, sub ject to the terms and conditions hereinafter enumerated: The mininum wage paid for underground miners shall be $3.50 per eight [8] hour shift, when electrolytic copper is selling under 15 cents per pound. When copper is selling as hereinbefore defined, at 15 cents per pound and under 1 7 cents per pound, an advance of 5U cents per day shall be made in the base rate, making the minimum rate paid underground miners $4.00. For each two cents advance in the price of copper from and including 17 cents, thereafter an additional 25 cents per day shall be paid. Said scale will become effective July 25, 1917, and it will be applied to all miners entering the Companies' service from and after that time. All underground men who are now in the service of the Companies will receive said scale from and after July 1, 1917; Miners engaged in shafts, winzes and station cutting, and station tenders, shall receive 50 cents a day above the foregoing scale. I he foregoing scale and its camparison with the scale now in effect is shown upon the accompanying tabulation SCALE OF WAGES FOR MINERS Occupation — Old scale, regular miners...........$3.50 New scale, regular miners.......... 3.50 Old scale, miners in shaft, station cut ting, winzes and station tenders.....4.00 New scale, miners in shaft, station cut ting, winzes and station tenders.....4.00 (All other underground men who are now receiving miners' wages shall be paid at the same rate as regular miners). (Miscellaneous, unclassified surface employes shall receive the present minimum base rate when copper is selling under 15 cents- per pound, and shall receive an advance of 25 cents per day for each 2 cents rise in the price of copper as herein defined at 15 cents and thereafter, as shown above). (It is understood that the foregoing schedule does not stop at 33 cents, but continues as per the foregoing increase at the rate of 25 cents for each 2 cents as high as thé Market price of copper). 1 nder 15c and 17c and 19c and 21c and 22c and 25c and 27c and 29c and 21c and 15c under 17c under 19c under 21c under 2.'5c under 25c under 27c under 29c under .'51c under 22c $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.25 $4.25 $4.25 $4.50 $4.50 $4.75 $4.75 3.50 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.75 5.00 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.00 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.75 4.75 4.75 5.00 5.00 5.25 5.25 . 4.00 4.50 4.75 5.00 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.00 6.25 6.50 The comnanies wish further to announce that all miners who quit work may return to work on or before Monday morning, July 30, 1917, without a rustling card where required. All miner, who do not return to work on or before Monday, July 30, 1917, will be regarded a. permanently out of the employ of the un dersigned companies and can only be re-employed by fo lowing the usual course. There shall be a weekly pay day. The week, for the Purpose of pay day, shall begin on Thursday morning and end on the succeeding Wednesday night, and payment shall be made for all work during such week upon the Monday or Tues day of the succeeding week. The weekly pay day cannot be put into effect until on or about Sept. 1, 1917, because of the time required to fit up pay offices capa ble of handling the after Sept. 1, 1917, ------------ - - - , , dunng which the work to he has the payment of wages for work performed during the said week. The average price per pound of succeeding Wednesday night, » nd F , "^ 1 ^^fS ining Journal for each week shall be the basis for determining the rate of wages. All settlements made bêr^e^ P—ding week's price of copper as used for the preceding pay day. ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY. BUTTE & SUPERIOR MINING COMPANY. EAST BUTTE COPPER COMPANY. NORTH BUTTE MINING COMPANY. ELM ORLU MINING COMPANY. DAVIS-DALY COPPER COMPANY. TUOLUMNE COPPER MINING COMPANY. BUTTE-BALLAKLAVA COPPER COMPANY. BUTTE & ZENITH CITY MINING COMPANY. GREAT BUTTE COPPER COMPANY. BUTTE-DETROIT MINING COMPANY. EAST SIDE MINING COMPANY. MINES OPERATING COMPANY. BRITANNIA-BUTTE MINING COMPANY. Dated Butte, Montana, July 24, 1917. *s Sells Jewels From l0 se Classed Among Enemies. fork - July 26.—"Worn in Ger ® a y be Raid of jewels which American women will wear in future. The kaiserin is sell ot he r Jewels, principally persona now numbered »ermany's enemies, it is iaid authority. The purchasers arned, but It i» probable that 'Jewelers who will have the irk * T 801,1 unset * with a pos In America, which is a er of the fine gems of the to know that one . ° 8t important of the pieces J "•JJOcsnt diamond necklace he Empress of Germany of*Tr erpont Mor **n It fa ... ,J etones of finest qu&K 8mal1 brilliants. A tiara 1 '»other mwillO. A l let «H ■<«Tw, m v nt t0r the h *' r * r * i.! which the empress has °ney for which wiU 90 war loan and help to provide German fireworks to give a warm welcome to American soldiers when they arrive at the font There are said to be no jewels ol especial interest pertaining to the crown of Prussia, nalther the crown nor sceptre possessing gems of great rarity. The Austrian crown je»e s are worthy of note, containing the f fln ™us Florentine diamond weighing carats and of a beautiful pale canary color. The Dresden green diamond f Saxony Is another famous stone Crown Jewels of the Russian royal family dating back to Catherinethe Great are notable. An armed guard was always on duty before the crown Jewe? room In the Winter Palace - that no one could make off great Orloff diamond, one of the m - famous diamonds of the world. It is said to have been taken from th« e>• of a Hindu deity by a ^"'h soldier from whom It passed Into 1 the hands at a merchant captain w*> l * Prince OrlofT. by whom it »as pr Tented to Russia's great queen. For many years it "held the place of honor as the greatest diamond of the world, weighing 191 carats, a " io«'* famed Koh-i-Noor weighed only The Orloff diamond was set ^ Russian sceptre, hut the among many wonderful J Russian crown. . un _ There are many historic Jewel« 1 un among others, and ^ i| 0 Daeriu ° r iTie r English own the largest dia monds of the world, one weighing 5161, carats, and another 309 carats. The French crown jewels were notable, the crown Itself not to be excelled, and containing the famous Pitt or Regent diamond, purchased by the Duke of Orleans for Louis XV. With this were over 80 beautiful diamonds of exceptional brilliancy. The Pitt diamond, after having done duty in the first and third empires was preserved in the Louvre, while other î-wels of the crown, having no historic interest, were sold, and the words, "formerly French crown Jewels." added to the lustre of the stones which went Into private hands. . The Morgan diamonds and otner jewels turned into cash by the Ger man empress are said to have been sold in Cope nhagen. _ Keep Fit and Feel Fine. F oley Cathartic Tablets are a whole some physic that thoroughly cleanse the bowels, sweeten the stomach and arouse the liver. For indigestion, bil iousness. bad breath, bloating. constipation, no remedy la more highly recommended. Sluggish bowels are the direct cause of many ilia and the Indirect cause of many more. Lndi ecsted food poieons the whole system £on- t careless. See that your bWels are regular. Keep fit -hen you will feel fine. Kewbro Drug Co. Ad».____ the BIJTTËDAILYP0ST POSTS YOU ON THE NEWS ACTIVE SERVICE Announce Names of Those at Presidio Who Will Soon Go to Front. San Francisco. July 26.—Names of « members of the training camp for offi ers of the reserve corps at the Presidio here who have been ordered into active service were made public yesterday. They are as follows: Captains—Frederick L. Baxter and William F. Patchin. Lieutenants—William Mayer. Her bert L. Ritter. Francis M. Phelps. O IV De Bilainê. John M. Coion. Howard T. Douglas, Edward A. Flanders, C. M Leslie. Leon E. Savage. Leland L. Smith, Roy T. Tisdale. Thomas T Waterman. Harold M. Hass, William J Mills, Lyman W. Ward and Joseph s Flynn. Second lieutenants—Joseph W. Ke hoe. Clyde M. Leslie. Frank P. Mc Ointy. Frank E. Owens, Jacob B. Sehoeller, U. 8 . Young, Elmer Q. Bur land. Arthur Cay 1er, Graham Glass. Jr, Paul V. Jennesa. Robert Stewart, An drew J Aikens, Herman Alber, Jr, I Clarence Anderson, E W. Edwarde, H. 1 ; . • , N. Bakken. James Pedlngfeld. L. W Behrman, John W Blggy. Harry C. j Boehme, W. J. Bowers. A F. Brok meyer, C. C. Camp. C. J Carey. Charles ■ M. Chambliss. Jr. James H. Clark. E. E. Colli ns. W. G Dunlap. M. W. Em mett Paul O. Fiak, A. A. Harter, N E Holden. L. D Holland. Robert C i Howard. F. E. La» son. John W. Law- [ ton. Colin Livingstone, Ralph McGee. Charles P. McLaughlin. John E Mc- 1 Neil W. R. Mears, D C. Mitchell W j A. Moss. Jerrotd Owen. F. H. Par tridge. J. El Peebles. N L Prosser. ■ E A. Regnler. Howard Sears. C. L. I Smith. S. J. Smith. W H. Thomas. T P Tissot D. D. Wade. C. W White, 1 Frank Pearcy. H K Van K -ry G. H. Hagar. G. I- Knight C. R Knox. R. J. Brown. J. H. Davidson. W C Douglas. Eugene L. McGrane and H. M Miller. CHANGES HIS NAME Philadelphia. July 24.— Desiring to ! relieve hie two »on* of a "Teutonic ap- ' pellatkm* which he believe* will arouse hostility and prove an unnecessary burden in their future social com mercial and professional relations, George W. Ochs, former publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, today petitioned the courts in this city to change his name to George W. Ocha Oakes. BIG DANCE At Ross' ranch. July 28. Dancing all night and supper included, |VS# per couDie. Doc CaUlson, manager.— Adv. Tl SOLDIER HURT First Field Casualty in Amer ican Army in France Reported. With the American Force* fa France. Wednesday. July 25—<By the aseociated press. *—The first field ^ casualty among the American forces 1 occurred todays a soldier became too I inquisitie in regard to the construction | of a live French bomb among the sup- ' plies brought to camp for training • purposes. He extracted the safety pm j In some manner and very soon there- j after a loud explosion occurred. For tunately for the soldier the bomb did * not contain a charge of full battle strength or he would have been blown to pieces. As it was he escaped with the loss of his right hand. At every vantage point near the camp men in khaki and men tn blue could be seen today drilling, marching and digging, side by side. Field ma neuvers were in progress at several places, while from more secluded spots came the rattle of machine guns. Musketry practice was being held and on every hand was activity which was most impressive. The French and American soldiers seem to enjoy their amocUuon thor oughly The French frankly admira the aptitude of their pupils. Visits to Use French fret un doubtedly win be q . ta frequent ir. the future, in order tha* American officers may acquaint themselves with condi tions on th# freest line in its rar:>os phases, including rcotuM as wall as the actual w jrking oat of offensive and defensive plaça WHY SOCIETY WOMEN WASH THEIR OWN HAIR They do. not because it is a fad. but because they wish to obtain the great est possible hair beauty and be sure they are not using anything harmful. They have found that in washing the hair It Is never wise to use a make shift but is always advisable to use a preparation made for ehampo>:a| only. Many of our friends any they get the best results from a simple home-made canthrox mix tare. Ton can use this at a coat of about three cents a shampoo by getting some csnAhraz from your druggist, and dissolving a teaspoonfu! in s cup of hot water. This makes enough shampoo liquid to apply to all the hair instead of just the top of tbs bead, as with most preparations. Dandruff, excess oil end dirt are dis« solved and entirely disappear in the rinsing water. Tour hair will be so fluffy that N w!H took much heavier than it is/ Its lustre and softness will also delight you.