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PREPARE FOR NEXT LYCEUM COURSE The lyceuni committee that so suc cessfully carried through a series of entertainments last winter, are now oil gaged in soliciting for season tlck ets for the winter of 1917 and 1918. It will be remembered by all that last winter’s entertainments were very interesting, and some very ele-, voting. The committee have select ed a better and perhaps longer course this year than last, and it is the duty of all to subscribe fcr their course tickets now, as the greater the am ount of the treasury, the more able performere we can have. NOTICE OF FORFEITURE To W. C. Williams, Albert G. Kohn horst, V. S. Drake, M. A. Coppsand to all whom It may concern: You are hereby notified that I have expended one hundred dollars in la bor and Improvements during the year 1916, upon each the Polnaetta and Columbine lode mining claims, situate in the Independent mining dls trict, Gilpin county, Colorado, the lo cation certificates thereof being rec orded in book 165 at pages 422 and 423, of the records of the county clerk of Gilpin county. Colorado, In order to hold said claims under the provisions of section 2324 approved January 22, 1880, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claims for the period ending December 31st, 1916. And If within ninety days af ter the publication hereof, you fall or refuse to contribute your propor tionate Bhare of Buch expenditure as co-owners, your interest in the claims will became the property of the un dersigned by the terms of said sec tion. Dated at Central City, Colo., January 4, 1917. WILLIAM SPEARS. Ist pub., Jan. 4; last April 5, 1917- NOTICE OF FORFEITURE To H. E. Sharpe and C. H. Montgom ery, their heirs, aiseigns and to all whom it may concern: You are hereby notified that I have expended one hundred dollars In la bor and improvements for each of th years 1916 and 1916, upon the Isadore lode mining claim, situate In Gilpin county, Colorado, the location certifi cate thereof being recorded In book 174 at page 42, of the records of the county clerk of Gililn county, Colora do, In order to hold said claims unde the provisions of section 2324 approv ed January 22, 1880, concerning an nual labor on mining claims being the amount required to hold said claims for the period ending December 31st. 1916. And if within ninety days af ter the publication hereof, you fail or refuse to contribute your propor tionate share of such expenditure as cohwners, your interest in the claim will become the property of the un dersigned by the terms of said sec tion. Dated at Central City, Colo., Febni aary 21, 1917. A. V. MOORE. Ist pub., Feb. 22; last May 24, ’17.. Treasurer's Notice on Request for Tax Deed. To every person in actual possession cr occupancy of the hereinafter des cribed land, lot or premises, and to the person in whose name the same was taxed or specially 'as sessed, aid to all persons ha\ing an interest cr title cf record 'in or to the same. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on the 29th day of November, A. D., 1913, the following described proper ty, situate in the County of Gilpin and State of Colorado, to-wit: Silver Cloud lode mining claim, Survey No. 98, in Enterprise mining district, was »old for the taxee for the year 1912 and pur< based by Gilpin County. That the said Gilpin County has duly assigned the certificate of pur chase issued on account of such pur chase to Edgar A. Durand who hath made request upon the Treasurer of said County for u deed. That the said were tax ed for the year 1912 In the name of William Worn. That the time of redemption of said real estate from such tax stile will expire eti the 34ih day of July, A- D., 3917, and unless redeemed on or be fore said day a deed will he issued therefor, thereafter. Dated this 26th day of March, A. D. 1917. HENRY P. ALTVATER, Treasure- of tho said County of Gil pin l«t pub., March 29, 1917, I-a«t pub., April 12, 1917. Kims’ Book Store Sanitary Soda Fountain AH the Drinks Candies Periodicals IN RUSSELL GULCH Ttie Grand dance given at I. O. O. F. hall last Saturday night fcr the benefit of Mrs. Albert Levertcn was not or.ily a social, but financial suc cess, and fchows that Russell Gulch people never do things by halv.es, wtieu liberality, elegant dress and perfect decorum are to be observed. It being. holy week, the patrons took as their text that part of the scriptures that reads. “David danced before the King.” The hall was el aborately bedecked with flags and boiling, and the perfumed odor of the choice carnation permeated the nostril as each swung his partner in the mazy waltz. When the writer entered the hall and saw the multitude tripling the fantastic toe to the melodious strains of popular music, and the ladies iu their gala attire of saitir.s and silks, we were lost in reverie, and mistook the same for an inaugural ball. There were gowns of white satin with lav ender lace, looped in tasty array that covered the venus-dike* form of the wearer, as well as the wine-colored silk with the peek-a : boo waists. Large crowds came from Silver Plume and Georgetown as well as from other parts, and something like S3OO was realized. CIRCULATING FALSE STORIES (Congressman Keating) These are trying days of American citizens of German extraction. Many unfounded stories are being circulat ed concerning them and much mis chief may result unless thinking cit izens in each community make it their business to reprove the trouble makers. There is no reason to question the loyalty of the great mass of German- Americans. The spirit of ‘‘the men wtho fought with Siegel” in the Civil war still animates those old heroes and has been transmitted to their sons. They will not fail us in an emergency. For several days Washington has been seething with reports of the ar rest of prominent Germans. It has been reported “on the best authority” that a prominent brewer had a powerful wireless outfit on his brewery, dynamite in his house and plans for the destruction of many public buildings. According to this story, the brewer and several other leading business men with German -name® were taken into custody by secret service officers. Dame Rumor averred that one of the prisoners, proprietor cf a leading hotel, com mitted suicide when he found that the evidence of his guilt was in the hands of the authorities. These stories were passed from moulh to mou.h wdth great particu larity and were generally accepted. The Washington newspapers finally made an investigation and found that there was not a scintilla of evi dence on w r hi;h to base the reports. The hotel keeper Is alive and well atnd insists he is 4 standlrg by Wil son” and one of the business men in volved is taking a leading part in organizing a patriotic parade. The newspapers have tarried cir cumstantial stories about hundreds of German® croeeing the Rio Grande and “concentrating” somewhere in Mexico presumably for the purpose of attack-! ing this country’ in the event of war. I Tho war department officials have just denied this report. Less than ; 100 Germans have crossed the inter- i national boundary since the situation j became acute. I might cite o her canards, but tho above will suffice. We undoubtedly have foes within our borders, but they are not numerous and will be takitn care of. Sixty shipment® of liquor were re ceived in Central during the month of Marth, 31 in Black Hawk, 34 in KoHJnsville and 10 in Tolland. The regular monthly meeting of tho Gilpin Mines association was held in tho court house Tuesday evening, but was not very well attended, the pa pers haUng overlooked announcing tho meeting. It was decided that at the next regular meeting (to be held on the first Tuesday in May) to have Commi.ssdcner of Mines Carroll and a representative freau the Colo rado Power company present and de liver a talk on topics pertaining to the mining industry. This coning meeting will be an important one as the association's plans fcr the future will be outlined, so keep the time in mind. Manager F. S. Caldwell, of the Hampton mine, brought a new Metz car up frem Denver last Thursday. He managed to get into the garage without widening the door and is con sidered some driver. . Job printing at the Observer. THE GILPIN OBSERVER. NEVADAVILLE NOTES Hery Arm fie Id returned Sunday moaning from a visit to Denver. Henry Bolsinger, Jr., came up from Denver Thursday to remain several days. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. WUmarth re turned to their home in Idaho Springs Saturday. Mis« Hazel Watters returned Sun day- from Golden. A large crowd from Nevada attend ed the dance in Russell Gulch Satur day evening. The town election Tuesday result ed as follow-s: Wm. Walters, mayor; Thomas Chappie. Jchti Derail, J. D. Enos, trustees for two years; Wm. Britt, Andrew Cumow, Wm. T. Dick erson. trustees for one year. Title vote was light as there was only one ticket—the Independent. EASTER PROGRAM AT BLACK HAWK CHURCH Prelud e—C rga-n. Prayer—Rev. Jchn Spargo. Song. ‘‘Low in the Grave He Lay"— Choir. Dialogue, “Welcome” —Primary Class. Solo —George Hamllik. Recitation, “A Glad Word” Doris Manuel. Recitation, ‘‘A Wonderful Story” Mildred Fairchild. Recitation, “Love”—Juanita Wherry. Solo. ‘‘Go and Tell” —Carol Froid. Recitation, “I’m a Little Lily”—Mar jorie Rule. • Song. "He is Risen” —Chcir. Recitation. “Easter” ldiyllis Rob erts. Recitation. “A Song at Easter Tide” Etta Eat well. Song, “Gather the Lillies” Four Girls. Recitation, “Helped by Easter” Joseih Scott. Dialogue, ‘‘Chiist's Dominion” —Four Boys. Recitation, “Easter Eggs” James Tabb. Recitation, “All the Little Cues Love Easter” —Ruth Eat well. Solo—George E. Fritz. Recitation, “A Good Prcof” —Frances Niceurn. Recitation, “Easter Tide” Robert Manuel. Solo—Ruth Tctmlinscn. Recitation, “Easter Message”—Son ora Scott. Recitation, “If We Would Cnly Try” —Walter Rule. Duet, "A. Perfect Day”—Esther Rule and Amelia Nordleln. Recitation —Mary' Kearns. Recitation and Seng. “Jesus Lover of My Soul” —Lcla Taylcr. Recitation, “Love” —Kariia Swaldi. Song, “Lily of the Sprit g” Four Girls. Recitation, “Till Easter Comes” Raymond Lis®. Reading. ‘‘Easter Tide” Martha Dunetc.ne. Recitation, “Hi® Disciples” Edwin Blake. Recitation, “A Benediction” —Cather- ine Kearns. Closing Song. “America” —Congrega- tion. Seles accompanied by obligato by Dr. C. M. Froid and Wilfred Fritz. Mrs. C. M. Froid at organ. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES I Class meeting at 10 a. m.. led by , Wm. Auger (who can always be tie* j pended upon to feed us with the word !of life), and this being Easter Sun j day. tho lesson and the elucidation of | the same will certainly be of unusual interest. Announcement extraordinary' for tlie preaching service at 11 O’clock- District Superintendent W: T. Scott will he with us and preach, then ad minister the Sacrament of the Lord’s I supper. The mere meftticn of Dr. I Scott’s coming to preach is always bailed with delight by his many ad miring friends. No doubt he will have a large hearing, and dear read er If you have not heard this elo quent man, come and be convinced. Sunday school at 2:45 p. m.. under tho splendid leadership of C. 0-Rl ( h‘ ards. our superintendent. We are in stalling the graded lesfona. This of course, means the development of a school Into the largest possible knowl edge of the bible. The moving pictures last Monday evening were very fine and instruc tive. We were disappointed in not having the pleasure of hearing I)r. Hatfield. A general invitation is ex tended the public. 1 24 HOURS » lietrcrr 'ifromnlrr/cit/1 * ALL DHUOOIMTB j “OUR CLOTHES NOT HONEST” They're Just an Imitation From Be ginning to End, a College Wom an Lecturer Declares. Woman and clothes wns one of the principal subjects discussed at the course in home economics conducted by the Pennsylvania state college in conjunction with its extension school, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Time® state®. Mi*s M. Jane Newcomb, the lecturer, criticized her sisters for blindly fol lowing fashions whether those fash ions were sultuble to them or not. The seriousness of the clothes problem, ifi Its moral, spiritual, physical and eco nomic bearing on life and character, was dwelt on by Miss Newcomb, who among other things, said : “So deeply have we become involved in the matter of clothes that it will take the courage of strong conviction lo free ourselves, and these convictions must be built on strong principles. “So aurious we to dress like some one else or according to some style shown in a shfop window that our clothes are not honest. They are imi tation from beginning to end. In truth most of fashion in dress Is just that of im i tut ion. What is the most glar ing phase of the problem at the pres ent time is the proportion of income spent for clothes. Working girls de termined to be in fashion spend their whole salary on their clothes, eat In sufficient food and ure physical if not moral wrecks in a few years as a re sult.” HAD AN EXCELLENT REASON Witness Explain® How He Knew All About Dead Man Without Ever Having Seen Him. The learned counsel in the greut will case literally beamed with Joy. Here wus a witness who wus everything u witness should be. “I congratulate you, sir,” he said, en thusiastically. ‘‘Your memory for de tail does you infinite credit. And on behalf of the numerous relatives of the testator who are*present in court I should llj£e to thank you for the very liatterlng, though none the less truth ful, description that you have just given of the esteemed geutleiuun who is now, alas! no more.” A murmur of appluuse went round the crowded court. “I presume,” continued the learned counsel, “that you were very Intimate with the testutor during his lifetime?" The witness hesltuted uud blushed a crimson red. “N-n-no,” he answered, lamely. “In fact, I never saw him In my life.” “But, really, sir,” cried the lawyer, in surprise. “I fall to see how you could give such an accurate and flatter ing description of him if you never saw him I” The witness gave a very sickly smile. “Perhaps you will understand bet ter,” he said, “when I tell you that I married his widow 1” Rochester Times. Glass Plates Replace Films. Glass plates, readily printed from negatives, are being used iu place of expensive films, in producing motion pictures for the home. Iu the Bettiul apparatus, about 000 small views are contained In rows hu u single plate 5 by 8 Inches iu size, uml such a plate replaces 70 or 80 feet of film. The lens is moved mechanically along the row’s, at each end that change from one row to the next Is made without flicker. A continuous succession of plutes may be passed through, and the change from plute to plute is made au tomatically without interruption of the scenes thrown upon the screen. Iu u still simpler apparatus, the views are printed spirally upon noninflaminahle disks of celluloidllke material, each se ries being limited to the capacity of one disk or record. Professional Nursing New. “Thirty years ugo professional nurs ng wns unknown. The care of the 1 <lck was left to the untrained, elderly | *voraen who were looked upon much is cooks are regarded today—as In feriors who did the dlsagrecuhle tusks »f the sick room uud kept tiresome >lgils, hut of whom little truiued in dulgence was expected. With a grow ng knowledge of microbes, antisep ses, disinfectants, the speed demand 'd in the operating‘room, requiring un ntimute knowledge of numerous in struments upon the part of an assist :nt and their rapid supply to the op ■rator, the world learned that nurses •oquirejJ training, and their occupation .vus elevuted to u profession. Thunder and Theology. Tw’o negroes were caught In a ter -illc thunderstorm In the South and ook refuge In a barn, but before they xmld enter they were completely Irenched. The thunder crashed and pealed be tween flashes of lightning and blinki ng dashes of rain. One of the darkles bought maybe u little strong language would ease Ills mind; but Ills com panion remonstrated with him. “Look heah, yo’ Charles Richard — /o’ quit yo’ cuss In’. Don’t yo* know lut Gawds’ got yo’ completely iu his power Jest now?” A New Creation. Margaret, aged eleven, liud Just re turned from her visit to the zoo. “Well,” suld her mother, smiling, ‘‘did you see the elephants uud the {lrufTe and the kunguroos?" Murgaret looked thoughtful. J‘We suw the elephant und the giraffe ind the dang-ger-roos.” “Wliut?” suld Mrs. Blunk. “The dung-ger-roos. It suld ‘these mlmals are d-u-u-g-e-r-o-u-s.’” HOW DIFFERENT SHIPS SINK Nearly Every Clast or Design of Ves sel Has a Particular Way of Going Down. Nearly every class or design of ves sel sinks In a particular way. For Di stance, the old type of single-bottom steamers, with few or no bulkhead®— that Is. In the modern sense of the term —almost Invariably founders on more or less of an even keel, which means that they sink level, and not with their bow or stern up In the air, London Tlt-Blts says. This Is accounted for by the fact that at whatever point the water may enter. It practically finds It own level, ns there are no subdivisions to ob struct It Now, In the case of a modern ves sel, which Is built with numerous sub divisions, It invariably happens that she founders with her how or stern high out of the water; or else she sinks with a heavy list, or cant, to one side or the other. The reason for this Is that the bulkheads prevent the water which enters tho vessel from finding Its level; consequently, when one par ticular portion of the ship Is full of water, while the remainder Is prac tically watertight, that part which is water laden sinks first, owing to its greater weight. It Is for this reason that such terri ble loss of life frequently occurs in modern shipwrecks. Owing to the un even sinking, It Is often found impos sible to lower the majority of the life boats, ns they would fall to reach the water. MOVIES ARE PUT TO NEW USE Orchestra Directed by Screen Repro duction of Noted Conductor Handling Baton. The latest In the fields of motion pictures and music Is u combination of the two, in which the mechanical processes of one are used to direct the artistic processes of the other. This is nothing more nor less than the conducting of an orchestra by means of the screen reproduction of a noted conductor, handling the buton. It has been tried in Chicago as an ex periment, with such compositions ns the overture for “William Tell,” and Mendelssohn’s “Spring Song.” The system us tried out and found acceptable consists simply of project ing on a screen in full view of the orchestra, pictures previously takeu of un impresurio conducting the com position to he rendered. It Is cluliJted that because fhe pictures are more conspicuous to the inusiciuus than the man himself could be, it is eusler for them to follow his baton. The project ing machines ure motor driven, this enabling the operator to regulate them to any speed desired and to muiutulu it without breuks. Seaplanes Fold Their Wings. Owing to the lurge number of sea planes employed by tlie entente nuvul forces in the present war, especially In the waters of the near East, the Brit ish and French uircruft designers have developed u special type of hy droplane provided with folding wings, notes the Scientific American. This feature results in a great suvlng of space on hoard a warship or special mother ship when a lurge number of seaplanes ure curried. The wings are hinged to the fuselage so that they can he swung back when the craft is to he stored away, yet the seaplane can he rnude ready und equipped for sustained service In the space of a few minutes by the aviator and his corps of us Small but Notable Kingdom. Smallest in population umong the kingdoms of the world, "HedJuz” car ries to the Arabic brain the Idea of “separation.” The newly made king rules Indeed over u desolate land, and uhout as many subjects as could be accommodated in Bristol. But his “kingdom” is nevertheless the richest In the world, from the Moslem point of view, since It holds the cities of Mecca and Medina. Our illustrious ally, lately u shereef, is iu the way of dignity; for ho not only controls the holy places, but being n direct de scendant of Mohammed, Ids position as the new caliph should become un challengeable.—London Chronicle. Glass Gardens. A few square feet of sunny ground and a hotbed or cold frame, large or small, will produce vegetables ami flowers weeks ahead of those who gar den without glass. A little glass adds a wonderful amount of interest to the garden and prolongs the season for many weeks in the spring and In the autumn. A gone! frame with sash *vlll last for years, and this is to be con sidered in buying good material ut the outset. An Irresistible Call. llulda, the Swedish mu id, laid served her mistress faithfully for a year, when one day she announced her in tention of leaving: “Why, llulda, wlmt is the matter? Is the work too hard? Or don’t you like your wages?” “De work he be all right, an' de vages he be too, but de beuu —he moost huve me.” Very Puzzling. Eddie who hud ulwuys attended a Ilupttst Sunday school, was taken on u visit to Sunduy school ut a Metho dist church. ‘‘Muimna, how Is that?” he suld. “I thought you said this wus a Mefodist Sunday school.” “So It Is, my dour.” “Well, hut, inainma, the lesson wus all uhout John the Baptist.*—Chris tian lleruld. SENATOR’S SEARCH IN VAIN 3anknead Seeks Barrel of Persimmon Brandy Lost in Atlanta Fifty Years Ago. Has anybody seen anything of n keg of chewing tobacco and a barrel ol persimmon brandy lost by United States Senator Bankhead of Alnhaiuui He suspects Atlanta, but he isn’t mak ing any definite charges. He Just knows they are gone, says the Atlanta Constitution. He has been looking for them u mighty long time —In fact, ever since Sherman started on his mArch to At* lnnta and the sea. and he renewed the seurch the other day. when lie was la the city, but to no avail. It seems that Senator Bankhead, then a young captain In the Coufeder* ute army, had a negro slave who was a wonderful forager, hut who finall; got Into his head that he was the cap tain of the company. So Captain Bank* head got a furlough and brought his negro to Atlanta to barter or sell him. Finding nobody who would buy, he finally traded the negro to a mac whose son Is now a prominent Atlanta millionaire, the consideration being a barrel of persimmon brandy and a kej of chewing tobacco. He stored tlie barrel and the keg and when he came back to get them they were gone. To Prevent Deafness. With a view to making a telephone receiver transmit, sounds more dourly under varying conditions, u special earcap bus been Invented, which takes the place of the regular earcap on the receiver. In shape this device resem bles the part which it displaces, saya Popular Mechanics Magazine, except that there are several vents or Indent* ed channels which radiate from the center of the cap to the rim. These allow the passage of air lo and out of the ear, even though the receiver is pressed against It. The pur* pose of this Is to prevent Indistinct ol conflicting sound waves striking the ear drum. It is the claim of the la* vontor that this form of an earcap re* lieves sensitive parts of the ear from strain in using a telephone and pre vents deafness and nervous disorders. Historical Research. The pupils in one of the schools ol Indinnupolis are from time to time Id their history lesson providing theli teacher with answers to her question# on the subjects under consideration that ure worthy of the distinctive name of “howlers,” a term recently adapted from Great Britain. Here ure some that she has recently added tc her collection: Question —Who nlded Columbus on his voyages? Answer —Patrick Henry of Virginia. Question —What part did George Washington play In the Revolutionary war? Answer —He played In the hand. Question —What were the relutlouf of Cnpt. John Smith to the Indians 1 Answer —He was related to the In* dluns because he married Pocahontas WENT DOWN ALL RIGHT Uowurd —Have you been down skat ing yet? Evelyn—Oh! yes. I was down sev eral times while skating. To Save the Towels. I kept discovering little holes In my towels and hud no Idea how they got there till I saw my husband wiping his razor blade on them, says a corre spondent of the New York Sun. lie never cut through, but lie was apt to cut a thread in spite of Ids cure, and In the next washing the hole appeared. I took some old towels, hemmed sev eral small pieces about the size of a handkerchief, sewed a loop to the cor ners, and keep one of them all tho time hanging on a hook by tin* shaving mirror. Since he began to use these I have found no more holes iu the towels. «. Baked Bananas. Take strips from bananas and brtHi the tops with melted butter, add '••ne hnlf cupful of water in the pan in which they are to he baked. Bake for *J.”» minutes In a moderate oven.