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GILPIN OBSERVER
W. J. STULL, Editor and Prop.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th, 1913.
CHRISTMAS GREETING
Today is Christmas, and the Obser
ver wishes its many readers, patrons
and friends many happy returns of
the day. The year just passing has
been a year of heartaches to many,
while others have prospered beyond
their expectation. And while we are
enjoying the comforts of life about
our festive board, let us not be un
mindful of the sorrow that abounds
in the home of the ones whose lives
(like the candle), were snuffed out
in the twinkle of an eye, in the re
cent explosion at the coal mine at
New Castle in this state. Our sym
pathy should also go out to the wives
and children of the coal miners who
are living in tents and enduring cold
and hardships, brought about by in
triguing men on both sides, and above
all, see that all the unfortunates in
our town are properly cared for.
THE SLAVE DRIVER
“Once more President Wilson.presi
dent (supposedly and to all intents)
of all the people, has exhibited his
loyally to his southern blood and an
cestors, of which he so often has
proudly boasted and like the slave
master of the “dark ages” has crack
ed the whip over the body of men
under his direction, and as did the
slaves of the south’s early days,
these men writhed and bended until
they could stand the torture no long
er, and finally gave in. The admini
stratidh currency reform bill has
been passed by the senate. It dif
fers from that passed by the house,
but there is every reason to believe
that the lower branch will submit to
the changes or at least to a compro
mise satisfactory to the administra
tion, or if not, the members thereof
will bend under the lash of the slave
driver.’*
The above is an extract from a
Sunday editorial in the Pueblo Chief
tain and is the first instance of the
waving of the “bloody shirt” since
the “Force” bill was killed many dec
ades ago. The author is from Pueblo
and probably escaped the guards. We
give him warning that with Wilson,
the man of brains,at the helm.his op
portunities of becoming a Republican
“carpet-bagger” lave flown, and be
fore Wilson’s term expires he will be
like Mary Magdaline was with the
lowly Nazarine, and beg to touch the
hem of his garments and most hum
bly ask for the privelege to wash his
feet.
THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT
The new national currency bill is
a law, President Wilson having sign
ed it Tuesday evening, Dec. 23, at 6
p. m. In signing it, President Wil
son used two gold pens, one of which
he presented to Senator Owen, of
Oklahoma, who liftd charge of the MU
Yn the senate, and the other to Con
gressman (Hass, who had charge of
the bill in the house. President Wil-
Bon has been in office but ten short
months and in that time Ims caused
more national laws to be enacted
for the benefit of the whole people,
than any other man who ever sat in
a presidential chair.
President Wilson entered upon his
duties last March, with one power
ful weapon at his command, viz. the
confidence of the people, and how
well has he proved to be the pro
tector of all classes is attested by
the final vote on the currency bill,
when Republican senators joined the
ranks of ills own party in giving the
people a just and equitable law’. The
Underwood tariff bill and the Glass-
Owen currency bill, both on which
he labored unceasingly to enact in
to law and finally crowned bis ef
forts with success, will go down into
the annals of history as the great
est achievement since the days of
our noble Washington. His firm de
termination to bring conditions to
the rules laid down by our forefath
ers. "equal rights, equal laws, and
«xjual Justice to all" has won him
myriads of friends from opposite par
ties and strengt! ened his sinew s for
tnore arduous duties.
FORM HOME POOLS
Buisness men should join witli the
miner and form home pools to work
our mines. Nearly every home pool
thus far formed is working the mines
with success. This is a benefit in
several ways. If they are successful,
the profits are divided among our
home people and not sent east in
the shape of dividends. Companies
that work our mines are too apt to
want to see a great tonnage produc
ed and therefore ship so much waste
that it reduces the value very ma
terially, while the home pool that
has the practical miner interested,
will be more particular in the sav
ing of the ore, thereby saving the
expense of hauling, milling and smelt
ing of useless material. Were our
business men to interest themselves
with the miner, we could develop our
mines without the aid of foreign
capital and the merchant would be
assured of a greater and more safe
business. Many of our pioneer mer
chants in this and other towns in
Colorado made their money by grub
staking the miner and beaming part
owner in their discoveries. Let us
form more home pools and keep our
profits at home.
We notice that the Silverton Stan
dard that is boosting mining in the
southern part of the state, takes the
same view we advocate in placing
mining where it properly belongs, as
the chief industry of the state.
They believe in making not only
a state body, but also a purely min
ing body that will deal only with
minerals of a precious nature, and be
separate and distinct from coal min
ing. It favors a state-wide move
ment to be in touch with both state
and federal mining bureaus. Every
mining county in the state should
organize and, if necessary, send dele
gates to mining conventions and in
every way induce the federal govern
mnet to recognize it on an equality
with agriculture. By all means let
it be state-wide, for
“No pent up Utica contracts our
powers
“But the whole boundless universe
is ours.”
Secretary Redfield, of the Depart
ment of Commerce, is probing the
trust, or aggregation of capital ques
tion and its relation to high prices.
We quote:
“There is a growing question in
the minds of experienced and thought
ful men as to whether the ‘trust’
form of organization is industrially
efficient, and whether bigness and
bulk are always necessary to produc
tion at the lowest cost. It may be
conceded that massing of capital and
the grouping of great quantities of
labor have certain elements of effi
ciency. But it is doubtful, at best,
whether these favorable elements are
all the factors that exist and wheth
er there does not come a point of
maximum efficiency at minimum cost
beyond which an increase of cost per
unit of that product.
Bx-President Theodore Roosevelt
strongly defended the Monroe doc
trine at Santiago da Chilla the other
day in a public speech,after the Chil
ean minister, Mortinez, had pronounc
ed it a dead failure. Hurrah for
Teddy!!
Former Senator Thomas Patterson
has purchased the old Denver Repub
lican building on 16th street in Den
ver, and is remodeling it for a mod
ern store. This is one of the historic
buildings of Denver.
The paper “with a heart and a
soul”, appears to have the laugh on
the paper that purged its columns of
all fake and misleading literature.
A man in Grand Junction walked
into an undertaking parlor the oth
er (ipy, selected a coffin and then
blew his brains out with a revolver.
General Villa is executing looters
of private property, thus is civiliza
tion extending, even in Mexico.
The Denver banks gave out SIO,OOO
to clerks as Christmas presents. Won
der who pays the bill.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Sunday school next Simduy at 10
a. in., subject: "A Day of Decision”.
Review. Read Josh. 24. Heb. 11:28-31.
Preaching service at 11 a. m. Rev.
C. 11. Powell will be present and hold
communion after the preaching ser
vice. Those wishing to Join the
church either on profession of faith,
or by letter, can meet the session
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock or Just
before church service Sunday morn
ing.
Young People’s meeting at 6 p. m.
Topic, "Our church at work for the
world." Mark 16:14-20. Deader, Ef
fle Harvey. Bible class at 8 o’clock
Saturday evening.
On new year’s eve k the young peo
ple will give a New Year’s eve watch
social. Hours oto 12. Refreshments
will be served free. Everyone wel
come.
ATTENTION, MINE OWNERS
There is no industry so hampered
by red tape federal and state laws,
as the mining of precious and semi
precious metals. Nearly all the re
maining public domain in the moun
tain states is covered by forest re
serve, compelling the prospector to
obtain a permit before prospecting
upon that particular reserve, and if
he be fortunate enough to discover
a mine, be compelled to hunt up a
forest ranger and submit his find for
his opinion as regards to it being a
True fissure vein or a spur. And upon
that opinion rests his chances of ob
taining a patent. Many of these for- j
est rangers are men of no experience
in mining and may report adversely
to the federal authorities, who will
deny any further development, and
if by chance he succeeds in obtain
ing a patent, his first great want is
timber to make the collar of his
shaft secure. His mine may be above
timber line, and at the foot of the
mountain lie huge forests of timber,
the property of Uncle Sam, but the
prospector' is not allowed to cut a
stick until he has complied with the
red tape federal requirements. He
then proceeds to complete the sr>oo
worth of development worh» required
by law before allowing patent to is
sue. In this district, 1500 feet by
300 feet is a legal patent claim.
Some mining men are averse to the
apex law of 1872, holding that it
tends to litigation, which may be the
case in some instances. Our state
laws divide mining into districts that
vary in regard to size of locations.
Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit and Boul
der counties are allowed 1500x300
feet, all others are allowed 1500x000
feet, with vertical side lines.
Much of the land in these counties
is not patented and as the veins dip
from 10 to 45.50 degrees, we contend
that the apex law is the only one
that will do justice to these narrow
patents. The most of the mines pat
ented in this district are only 150 by
1500 feet, and some of them would
dip outside of their vertical side
lines in 100 feet of depth. The mine
owner is handicapped if he wants to
build a road to his mine, or to lay
water pipes to and from his mines,
he must hunt up a ranger, and get
his consent to act, and then wait,
perhaps months for the government
red tape wheels to revolve. The fed
eral government has noy* withdrawn
all coal lands and water power from
entry, and if a mine should be for
tunate enough to be located near a
good water power or coal
the government domain, it is as Use
less to him as though he were x 100
miles away. These drawbacks - and
inconveniences would seem enough
to dishearten the most venturesome,
but this is not all, the early settlers
were mostly miners who discovered
and made many fortunes for themsel
ves and others from our gold and sil
ver mines, and around such a mass
of non-producers of any thing save
minerals naturally sprung a class call
ed the rancher, who supplied their
wants by tilling the soil of the val
leys, and who enriched themselves
by finding a ready market for their
products among the miners, and as
soon as they became a majority fac
tor in the state legislature, began
to introduce and make laws throw
ing the burden of taxation upon the
mine owner, instead of equally shar
ing the burden of state expenses.
In Colorado, our mines are assess
ed at their full cash value, plus one
eigth of their annual gross output,
plus four times their net output.
This state of affairs, if allowed to
exist, must necessarily close our
mines in a few years, as mining can
not stand such taxation. The agri
cultural and fruit lands of the state
are taxed in many cases on a one
third valuation, and unless we can
succeed in convincing a portion of
the farmer legislators of the unfair
ness of the taxation, we can never
get this iniquitous and unjust law
repealed. The mine owners in every
portion of the state should hold meet
ings and thoroughly understand all
the changes of the mining laws pro
posed to congress, and see that such
proposed changes are beneficial to
the mining industry. Let us get busy
at once.
You can attain a reputation for
wisdom if you refrain from talking
when you have nothing to say.
When other women stare at her
husband during the honeymoon, the
bride imagines they are envying her.
But she learns better later on.
Cheer up. Most of the important
discoveries were made by men who
made mistakes when following a set
rule.
No matter how much culture a fat
girl attains, she can’t #lt down with
out looking as though she was strain
ing something.
Rudyard Kipling Is a pretty wise
lad. BUt you don’t have to go east
of Suez to fln<kmen with six-cylinder
thirsts.
THE GILPIN OBSERVES.
IN RUSSELL GULCH
M. Starne, manager of the Richard
son mine, left Friday for Springfield,
111., to spend Ills Christmas with rel
atives and friends.
Matt. Edwards left for Denver Sun
day for a few days’ recreation.
The roads leading to Idaho Springs
and Banta hill have been opened to
the traveling public.
Lew Roberts, when coming down
the hill from his cabin Monday eve
ning, fell, cutting a gash in bis head.
Dr. Ashbaugh fixed him up by put
ting in six stitches.
Bert Frlgglns returned from Den
ver Monday night to spend Christmas
with ills mother and sisters.
Mr. and iMrs. John Mellow and
family and Thos. Hughes and family,
left for Denver Wednesday morning
to spend Christmas with friends.
Christmas exercises were held at
the M. E. Church Tuesday evening.
Joe Walters, of Black Hawk, visit
ed ills old boarding home Tuesday.
On account of a scarcity of cars,
tile Richardson mine closed until the
first of next week.
Prof. George Farmer has gone to
Denver to spend his Christmas.
U. S. MAIL TO CARRY
FIFTY-POUND PARCELS
In a bulletin just Issued by the
postoffice department at Washington,
comes the news that parcel post pack
ages weighing fifty pounds will be
accepted within the first and second
zones after Jan. 1. In the other
zones, six, seven and eight, the
weight of packages will be increased
from eleven to twenty pounds.
After March 16, 1914, the postage
on books weighing eight ounces or
less, shall be 1 cent for each two
ounces or fraction, and on those
weighing in excess of eight ounces,
the regular zone rate sliall apply.
The rate of postage on parcels ex
ceeding four ounces in weight in the
third, fourth, fifth and sixth zones,
shall be as follows: x
Third Zone —Six cents for the first
pound and 2 cents for each addition
al pound or fraction thereof.
Fourth Zone —Seven cents for the
first pound and 4 cents for each ad
ditional pound or fraction thereof.
Fifth Zone —Eight cens for the first
pound and 6 cents for each addition
al pound or fraction thereof.
Sixth Zone—Nine cents -for the
first pound and 8 cents for each ad
ditional pound or fraction thereof.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Sunday. Dec. 28tli. There will be
special Christmas services, with spec
ial music. You are most cordially In
vited to attend all the services.
• Class meeting at 10 a. m. Class
leader. Win. Auger. Do not miss tills
great meeting.
Sermon at 11 a. m., on “The Cher
ubim’’, greatest and most beautiful
symbol of Jesus Christ in all the Bi
ble. Sunday school at 2:45 p. m.
Come and bring the children. Ep
worth League at 6p. m. Young and
old are lnlvited to attend this beau
tiful service. Subject, "Things to
be Forgotten or Remembered." Lead
er, Thurston Matthews.
Sermon at 7 p. m. on, “Jesus, the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
We would urge everybody to make a
special effort to get out to all these
services. You will find a most cor
dial welcome, and receive lasting
benefit.
Everybody Is invited to the watch
night services at the Methodist
church on New Year’s eve. There
will be a large attendance, a fine
program, and an Impressive Service.
Do not forget.
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SOLVING
THE
SERVANT
PROBLEM
Mr. Glenfaddle started out about
two weeks before Christmas to solve
the servant problem.
“The trouble with women,- he said
to his wife, “Is that they don't go at
the thing right This trouble will
never be settled until It Is settled by
diplomacy, and diplomacy la a thing
that, I am sorry to say, doesn’t come
natural to women. Servant girls are
only human—that's a thing which is
too often forgotten. Treat your girls
kindly and they will stand by you.
That's the rule I go by In my bust
ness affairs. What kind of a time do
you suppose I would have with the
men In my office If I tried to manage
them as a woman manages the help In
her kitchen? Why, I'd always have
to keep breaking In new people.
"Now let me give you a few point
ers. Get something nice for the girl
on Chrlstmaß—something that you
would be glad to have yourself. Most
women give their servants s few
cheap trinkets that serve no other
purpose than to show the girls that
they are put away down In the social
scale.
"Instead of getting her a ten-cent
comb or a new contrivance to scrape
the crumbs off the dining-room table,
buy her a nice present this year. Give
her something ehe will be proud to
show to* her friends. Then, you see,
they will get to envying her and com
paring their own cheap presents with
what she got from us, and what'll be
“Emma Has Given Ms Notice."
the result? She’ll conclude that this
Is a pretty good place to work; she'll
see that we give her credit 'nr pos
sessing good taste, and we . hare
no more trouble over the servant
problem for awhile anyway.’’
Mrs. Glenfaddle decided to take hei
husband’s adrlce (or once. If the sol
emn truth must be told, she has never
become addicted to the habit of doing
this- But there seemed to be a few
gleams of reason in his argument,
and accordingly she decided to make
her Emma thrice glad on Christmas
morning. The girl had been very pa
tlent and faithful for quite a while
anyway, and It was no more than
right that merit should be rewarded.
Among the things m the box which
Emma found on the kitchen table
when she went down to get breakfast
on the morning of the great day were
cloth for a One new dress, a toilet set
for her bureau, a glove box with a
pair of gloves In it, and a purse made
of seal leather.
The next day when Mr. Glenfaddle
got home his wife said:
“Oh. by the way, Arthur, 1 wish
you’d put an ad. In the paper tomor
row. Emma has given me notice that
she will leave us a week from Thurs
day. She has found a place where
she can get 25 cents a week more than
we are paying her."
Lest They Forget
Hunt out tho little lame etrl.
The poor boy who I. blind;
Hunt out the weary widow
Who thinks the world unkind;
Search down among the hovels
Where gladness seldom strays.
And teach the doubting people
There still are Christmas days.
Tou have been busy planning
To spread your girts afar.
To add your fair love-tokens
Where Joys and comforts are.
But have you In your gladness
Bestowed one kindly thought
On those who sit In darkness.
Whose crusts are dearly bought?
Tour heart Is full of kindness,
You hear the anthems sung
And gase up at the windows
Where ribboned wreaths are hung;
You’ve heard the sweet ol<L story
With reverence retold—
But there are hungry children
Where all la dark and cold.
Hunt out the little lame girl.
The poor boy who Is blind;
Hunt out the weary widow
Who thinks the world unkind;
Go down among the victims
Of chance and greed and crlms
And cause them to remember
That this Is Christmas time. m
Getting the Particulars.
“Oh, have you seen your Christmas
present to me, dear?’’
’’No,” he answered, “what did 1 give
you?"
"This beautiful cabinet for the din
ing-room.” •
“It’s beautiful, Isn’t It? How much
did I pay for It?”
MR. BILGER'S
CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT
“My boy," said Bulllngton Bllger,
the eminent speculator In stocks. "I
Intend to do something this year that
I have never done before. I have
never taken much stock In this Christ
mas foolishness, it seems to me that
people carry it to an absurd extreme;
but, as I have said, I am going to
break away from my custom this
year. You are helping to support your
widowed mother.
are you not?”
The boy who
marked the quo
tations ut> on the
b 1 g blackboard
made a strong
effort to conceal
his emotion as he
answered:
“Yes, sir. I al
ways carry my
earnings home to
her."
“That Is noble
of you. You de
serve the highest
praise for your
thoughtf u 1 n e s s.
A mother who
has such a son
should be very proud of him, and I
have no doubt that your mother fully
appreciates your worth. What I start
ed to say a moment ago was that I In
tend to do something to encourage
you In your work —something to prove
to you that I wish you well and that,
however cold I may have at times
appeared, I am kind at heart."
“Oh. thank you, sir," said the boy.
“Mother will be proud when she
learns that 1 have been able to win
your respect.” i
“I like to hear a boy talk as you
talk,” the eminent gentleman contin
ued. “A boy who Is glad for his
mother's sake to win the approval of
others may always be depended upon
to give a good account of himself.
You may not have suspected It, but I
have for a long time been watching
you. I have noticed that you do not
Bmoke cigarettes;
that you use lit
tle slang; that
yon pay strict at
tention to your
duties and al
ways show a
proper deference
to those above
you."
“My mother
told me when I A-'
started oat In the
world,” the boy
replied, “to al
ways keep away
from bad habits
and be respect
ful to those who
had the right to
be treated re-
spectfully.”
“Good. It Is evident that you have
an estimable mother. With such a
mother and such a character as you
seem to possess I have no doubt that
you will succeed in life. It would
be a pity to disturb your self-reliance
by giving you money. I shall not do
that. I do not believe In giving money
to people anyhow. It Is a bad prac
tice. There are other ways of ex
tending help that are much more ef
fective-much better for thoee who
receive it Now It la my purpose to
do something for you.”
“I —I hardly know how to thank
you, sir.”
“Oh, never mind that, my boy. The
most eloquent thanks are not always
expressed In
words. There are
other ways of
showing apprecia
tion. So don’t
bother yourself
if words happen
to. fall you. There
are Indications
that this Is go
ing to be an old
fashioned winter,
and I know what
U Is to be tor
tured by the cold.
You have seen
that I have a
new overcoat
with a Persian
lamb collar and
real mink lining,
have you not?”
"Yes, sir.”
; "You would be surprised If I were
to tell you how much It cosL But I
need not dwell upon that. I have
found It extremely comfortable. It
has caused me to feel sorry for others
who cannot afford such coats. I
think It must be the Christmas spirit
that has come to me. -With the col
lar of my warm coat turned up so
that It covers my ears I am able to
keep comfortable In the coldest
weather.”
The boy felt a lump rising In his
throat and he was compelled to wink
rapidly to keep back his tears of
gratitude.
"This morning," Mr. Bllger con
tinued, "I found a pair of plush ear
muffs that I used last winter, and 1
have decided to present them to you.”