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GILPIN OBSERVER W. J. STULL, Editor and Prop. THRM>B OF SUBSCRIPTION Op• Year In Advance SB.OO ■lx Months In Advance SI.OO OFFICIAL PAPER GILPIN COUNTY ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. Phono, Control 100 I MEMBER COLORADO EDITORIAL ASSOCIM \ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 1917. COLORADO SHOULD WAKE UP The government should at once sit j down on the fixing of the price of silver by English and American man* < ipulators who see, as we all see, that with the return of peace the demand ] for the white metal will be far in sxcess of production and must nec* essarily rise in price. The country is graft-ridden with ( coal barons, food profiteers and mu- t nition makers, who place greed above J patriotism and for self interest are largely increasing the country’s debt. { We are a government of 48 states, ] sach one of which is doing its best for the promotion of the central gov- * ernment and that government cannot , afford to bow to the mandates of lo cal or foreign manipulators who l would crush one of the leading in dustries in a large number of the states lying west of the gre?t Miss issippi valley. Nevada has already sent a delega tion to Washington, headed by its governor to consult with Secretary McAdoo and protest against the gov ernment lending its aid. Arizona, Utah and Idaho are also sending del egations, and Colorado the greatest silver producing state of them all should arouse and send delegates to strengthen the cause as well as im pressing it upon the minds of our national representatives. As the present great war is being waged, it becomes more obvious that America, England and France are the only countries in which implicit con fidence can be placed to conduct the same, and therefore should have a union board to outline war projects, and this board should turn a deaf ear to all individual propaganda of any sort, be it from secret societies, church, or any other source. Let the legal representatives of these govern ments act without outside interfer ence. Tetanus germs have been found by government chemists in 500,009 vaccine points purchased for the vac cination of the national army. The perpetrators of such an infamous crime should be hunted out and shot at sunrise regardless of kin or coun try. England may be thankful that she has a Lloyd George and a Northcliffe who are generous enough to see that the war is beyond their control and its successful termination can only be obtained by the assistance of other nations. It is said that the Czar’s second daughter is on her way to the United States, not as a grand duchess of Russia, but as democratic Miss Rom anoff. Perhaps if Nicholas had cul tivated more of his daughter’s ideas he might still be emperor of Rus sia. An exchange says that the country produced this year 3,191,063,000 bush els of corn to be fed to hogs and cat tle. This being the case the coal barons, the profiteers and flour man ufacturers will have fattened enough to be killed by the new year. As the war progresses and our boys begin to be killed and wounded the coils are being tightened around the American pacifists and pro-Ger mans who are creating discord and unrest in the nation. There is now an insurance on our soldiers’ lives; there is an insurance against hail and wind storms, and there is an insurance on all vessels’ cargoes, but we have yet to learn of an insurance against unhappy mar riages. The few remaining Republican newspapers in the state never tire Of assailing Senator Shafroth. A cat can look at a king but should not al low itself to spit its nauseating ven om by imitating the rattler. Bince Colorado and New Mexico have gone dry the farmers in the ir rigated valleys along the Arkansas brs complaining about a scarcity of water. The picture shew at the opera house last Saturday night, “The Woman Behind the Man,” drew forth a vital picture of a true woman's in fluence over us fickle men. Obierver—the family papar—s2.oo. No. 2129. REPORT OP THE CONDITION —of the— FirstNationalßank AT CENTRAL CITY, Reserve District No. 10 In the Btate of Colorado, At the close of business on November 20th, 1917. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $ 84,140.69 Overdrafts 40.02 United States Bonds 25.000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds 4,400 00 Bonds to secure Postal Savings. 2,000.00 Bonds. Securities, etc 304,256.20 Stock of Federal Reserve bank 2,230.' 0 Banking house 8,000 Furniture and fixtures 2.000 Other Real Estate Owned 5,500.00 Lawful resorve with Federul Reserve Bank 21,800.44 Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks 79,008.08 Outside checks and other cash items 1,130.65 Redemption fund with U.S.Treas urer(6% of circulation) 1,250.00 Total $510,776.68 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 50,000.00 Surplus fund 25,000.00 Undivided profits 3,610.21 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 650.86 2,959.35 Circulating notes 25,000.00 Individual deposits subject to check 183,950.87 Certificates of deposit due in less than 90 days 27,632.00 Total demand deposits 211,582.87 Time certificates of deposit 225.943.56 Postal savings deposits 290.90 Total time deposits 226.234.46 Total $540,776.68 STATE OF COLORADO. County of Gilpin, ) I. H. H. Lake, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. H. LAKE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27t1» day of November, 1917. DAVIDS. DAVIS, Notary Public. My Commission Expires February 3, 1921. Correct—Attest: J. C. JENKINS. JOHN C. McSHANE, W. O. JENKINS. Directors. RUSSIA’S STRUGGLES In turning the pages of time, we find that Russia is not the only country that has had her struggles in coming from darkness into the light. Brazil, Portugal, China and Cuba have each had their trials and even our own country of America was for I years hanging between the life and death of the republic. j The people of Russia had long dreamed of freedom from tyranny, j but when it came so sudden and al most bloodless, they had no concep tion of its true meaning and the whole empire was plunged into a state of chaos. But from this cha-! otic condition will emerge a leader with tact and confidence that will lead the nation to democracy and power. Russia’s spirit of freedom j is in the air and sooner or later the germs of liberty will take root, and Russia will emerge, like other coun tries have done, free and independ ent. Our good friend John Barkhausen seems to have taken umbrage at our remarks about his blindness regard ing “Honest John” and asks us to point at a single thing commendable he has done for Colorado or the great west. It was “Honest John” who got the resolution passed in the senate, suspending annual labor on mines for the years 1917 and 1918 and for this very act alone, all Colo rado miners, their wives and sweet hearts will vote for him and these votes, being numerous, should elect him. If Nolan, Higgins and Leckenby keep up their good work In the state house, they can beat any stack ed hand the Republicans put up in 1918. When the congressional party re turns from the war front, we will probably get eome facte regarding the war that ie costing bill lone of dollars. That waa a fine stunt that Lloyd George and Northcliffe pulled off re cently on an unsuspecting English Tory party. The Crown Prince three years ago wae yelping, “On to Parle.” Now he is like the baffled “houn’ dorg” hunt ing for the scent of the back track. King Solomon said that all men are not born leaders and we fully appre ciate the wisdom of his remark as it i applies to certain men in this state. The Austria-German drive on Italy from all advices appears to be effect ually checked, and their great army placed on the defensive. If the newt from Europe can be relied upon, American destroyers are fast getting rid of the Kaiser’s sub marine fleet. Bince the three-cent stamp is re quired on letters, our stock of office . fuel ie running low. JOY FOR THE MEN AT TEA Soma Good Samaritan Haa Invanted Oval Baucer # That Safaly Holda Cup and Dainties. Any man who knows that, aooner or later, he must go to another afternoon tea cannot but rejoice at the recent In vention of an oval, platterlike saucer, large enough to hold with ease a cup, a lettuce or other sandwich, and a dainty trifle of pastry. The thing was needed, the modesty of the anonymous Inventor —evidently not Mr. Edison— reveals him one of the large body of occasional and unwilling tea-goers. We, the reluctant and unwilling, are all strangely alike at these functions; and we have all been embarrassed by the old-fashioned saucer. Circular in shape, and hardly larger than the cup that belles Its reputation and dnnees drunkenly whenever another guest Joggles our elbow (which happens so often that we suspect conspiracy), the old-fashioned suucer affords no reason ably secure perch for a sandwich; re sponds with Instant delight to the law of gravitation If left to Itself; and sets us wishing, those of us who think sci entifically, that evolution hud refrained from doing away with an extension by which alone we could now hope to manage It. We mean a tall! If after noon tens had been started In the Oll gocene epoch Instead of the seven teenth century, we are convinced that evolution, far from discarding this use ful uppendngp, would have perfected It. A little hand would huve evolved at the end of It, such a little hand as might hold his saucer while a gentte mun sips from his teucup.—Atlnntic Magazine. WHERE “PEP” WAS NEEDED Secretary Daniels, Dlecueelng Effi ciency, Relates Story of Girl’s Ad vising Beau to Kiss Old Mare. Secretary of the Navy Daniels Is a firm believer In speeding up. Elli clency Is the watchword of his depart ment. A big navy can’t be built fast enough for him. And he was discuss ing efficiency and high speed. He wants to cut out red tape. “Discussion Is well and good,” said Secretary Daniels, “but the main ques tion is whether It Is idle talk or not. Is It practlcul or Is It foolish? Is It like Torklns und his girl? “Torklns, by thp way, was out with his girl during the days before the au tomobile, when a young man who wanted to be popular would call on his girl with a horse and buggy to take her for a drive. You know, the faster the horse the better the Impression. “Torklns. on his first call, took the girl for a long drive, and when they found themselves In the midst of u country road, he ventured for u kiss. "‘A kiss?’ asked the girl. ‘What good would a kiss do?’ “ ‘Oh,’ replied the embarrassed youth, *lt would muke me feel gay and lively.’ “‘Well, Charley,’ the cold-blooded, unemotional damsel retorted, ‘lf It Is ns you say, and we expect to get any where before It's time to return home, you’d better get out and kiss the old mure once!’ ” Odd Indian Foot Race. A foot race among the Turnliumare Indians Is a most picturesque scene, especially after nightfall, when the course Is lit up by flumlng torches car ried by the eager friends of the run ners, who steadily pursue their way, the only silent people In the excited crowd. How In this weird fitful light the men contrive to keep the bull in view Is a mystery. One would think tUJt so small an object would be lost In the flickering torchlight; but In dians have wonderful eyes us well us wonderful muscles', und somehow the bull survives ull perils and Is there at the finish. In these races the runners receive no prizes, but only honor und glory aud the admiration of the women, which no doubt fully repays them. It is. however, customary for those who win wugers on the race to give some part of their winnings to the men who hava won; but this Is optional. Splinterless Goggles. Splinterless goggles are a new de velopment that Is expected to be of great value lu military gus masks and for avlutors, as well as for machinists, welders and other workers requiring protection for the eyes. The lenses con sist of two layers of optical glass sep arated by a layer of celluloid, the whole being perfectly welded together. The product Is clulmed to hnve the ad vantages of ordlnury glass without Its dungerous splintering on being broken, and the strength of celluloid without Its Inflammability and lack of rigidity. The heut Insulating effect of the cellu loid Is said also to prevent clouding by moisture. A Hint From the Front. A letter from u young man who Is now with the Red Cross In France says he Is very glad that lie took the precaution to study French before he went over there. He suys the knowl edge Is Invaluable to him, anil that he has no difficulty In making himself Un derstood, because most of the people lie comes In contuct with can talk Eng lish. War Horses Are Veterans. Driving the same team of horses for more than three years at the front Is the record of a man In the Hussars. He took them to France on August 1(1, 1014. They huve boon at Mona, the Alsne, the Marne, Yprps, Neuve Oha pelle, on the Somme, and at Arms In April, when Vlmy ridge was taken. They have never missed a day’s march. THE GILPIN OBSERVER. RULES FOR FRITZ BEHIND THE LINES Soldiers Are Taught How to Speak and Think. SHOWN IN CAPTURED ORDERS Men Are Urged to Be "Rather Cun ning Than Courageoue"—Told Not to Lie, But to Give Only Buch Infor mation aa la Known Already to Be . In Posseaalon of the Enemy. Most of the Information which the opposing forces get about one another Is obtained by patrols, and by trench raids for the purpose of bringing back prisoners, writes Paul Scott Mowrer In the Chicago News. In a recently captured order, the colonel command ing the Second Bavarian Infantry com plains that, most of the time, “the French are more cunning than we,” and urges his men to be “rather cun ning than courageous” when doing pa trol work. "My men,” he adds, “do not need to show their courage; It Is known well enough. What Is needed Is skillful ruses.” He thereupon Instructs the men how they shall behave If they have the misfortune to be taken prisoner. In this event they nre advised to appear to be sincere but stupid. They are to give such Information as the enemy probably already has—lnformation concerning what troops are In the first lines, and what units are to the right and left. When asked how many men there nre In his company, the prisoner Is to reply “between 100 and 2Q0,” but that he doesn't know exactly, because some are on leave, and some are work ing on reserve trenches. When asked concerning gun positions he Is to an swer that he has heard the German artillery firing a great deal behind the lines, but how Is he to know where the guns are? In short, he Is not to lie, hut to answer, for it is useless to try to deceive the French; they will work the truth out of him somehow, If they once catch him telling a falsehood, and so begin to suspect him. Such, at least, is the colonel’s opinion. A notebook captured on a soldier of the Twenty-fourth Infantry indulges In somewhat bitter epigrams at the ex pense of the Prussians, who, he says, have “big mouths” (das grosse Maul), whereas the Bavarians have “big fists.” “It Is they (the Prussians) who do the talking, but we (the Bavarians) do the fighting.” - Germany Pick* Over Battlefield. Practlcully the whole German army on the front is now being employed, off and on, at the task of ragpicking the battlefield. So short of every kind of supplies Is Germany becoming and so careful and economical Is the Ger man organization that the military au thorities nre at present trying to save practically everything—rags of cloth ing. old boots, shell and cartridge cases, Iron fragments, even pieces of barbed wire. These orders were first given in July. They were repeated In September, with the addition that even the reserve being held for the execu tion of counter-attacks were to be uti lized for this work. There nre also especial salvage com panies which can be called at any time to exploit u particularly fertile field ot debris. Premiums are paid the men In accordance with the valne of what they turn In. There was difficulty over this question at one time, as It was found that men of the supply serv ice were stealing fresh cases of car tridges and other material, and pre senting It, after a mud bath, to the Bulvuge officers for the sake of ob taining the small sums of money awarded; but measures have since been taken, I am told, to render this kind of graft difficult. If not impossi ble. Officers Instruct Soldiers. In order to keep up the morale of the Germun troops, which seems to be on the wane, the German military au thorities have established a special service of “Wohlfahrts Offlzlera,” or propaganda officers. Their mission Is to reply to all questions the men de sire to SBk concerning the war, or con cerning the resumption of business aft er the war. According to a secret doc ument captured by the French, these officers at present are to advise the men to read various official publica tions and a selection of war literature. They are to make the men understand the necessity of continuing the war until the allies “have given up their Ideas of conquest,” until Germany Is reassured as to Its economic fu ture. One of those officers seems to be a certain Cuptaln Lochner, concerning whose pan-German lectures In the hos pitals the socialist papers of Mulnz lately have been complaining. After one of his lectures the captain dis tributed leaflets to the helpless pa tients, which read as follows: “I declare to be an enemy and trai tor to the country he who emits doubts concerning our victory; suys publicly that Germany has wronged her enemies; declares himself publicly for the stntus quo ante; says he Is a partisan of a compromise with Eng land or a premature peace; commits or approves acts of a nature to spare our enemies and to sacrifice our com patriots; favors tendencies hostile to the country either In the occupied re gions or In the Interior, or combats or stifles pan-German tendencies; ex changes svnmsthles with elttsens of countries which - are not frankly our friends; does not use all his Influ ence, If be Is In a responsible position to stop evident abuses; exploits the war and the general need to get rich at the expense of his country and his fellow citizens, and shows weakness, cowardliness or lack of character in a responsible situation.” PAY INTERNED FOES U. 8. Will Give German Army and Navy Officers the Salary of Their Grade. German army and navy officers de tained In American prison camps un der the rules of war are receiving, and those taken prisoners hereafter will receive, the pay of officers of the same rank In the American army and navy. It was because of this pay that a German naval officer held In a mili tary detention camp In the south re cently wrote to his sweetheart In Ger many that he did not care how much longer the war lasted, since he was re ceiving so much higher pay here than In active service for Germany that he not only would be able to marry her, but to buy a farm when peuce comes. German officers and enlisted men receive only a small fraction of the pay of Americans of similar rank. Officers of the German navy holding equal rank to that of an American cuptaln will receive $4,000 a yeur, the Initial pay of an American cuptaln of the navy. The pay of other American officers follows: Admiral, 913.500; rear admiral (first grade). 98,000; rear admiral (second grade), same aa commodore, 96.000; commander, 93.- 500; lieutenant commander. 93,000; lieuten ant. 92,400; lieutenant. Junior grade, 92,000; ensign, 91*700. The pay of officers of the American army follows: General 912,000 Lieutenant general 11,000 Major general 8.000 Brigadier general 6,000 Colonel 4.000 Lieutenant colonel 3,500 Major 3,000 Captain 2,400 First lieutenant 2,000 Second lieutenant 1,700 American officers also receive ad ditional pay for length of service. This, of course, will not go to German pris oners. BIG MEN VOLUNTEER TO WORK FOR RED CROSS Prominent Business and Profes sional Men Offer Services Without Compensation. Another group of prominent busi ness and professional men have volun teered to serve the American Red Cross In France. They will not only work daring the period of the war without compensation, but will give up their private Interests and pay all expenses incident to their services. MaJ. Grayson P. P. Murphy, head of the Red Cross commission to Eu rope, recently notified the war council of the urgent need of men of a high order of executive ability to take charge of the branch warehouses In France. From "a port In France” Red Cross supplies are shipped to Paris und from thence distributed by trucks und otherwise to a dozen or more branch warehouses. It Is these brunch depots which are to be In charge of the latest squad of volunteer business and professional men. The list of those who have volunteered follows: Henry S. Sherman, Cleveland, 0„ vice president of the Standard Car Wheel company; Philip L. Smith, Short HUU, N. J., banker and mem ber of the New York stock exchunge; H. W. Ogden,-Knoxville, Tenn„ presi dent of the Citizens' National bank; Johnson DeForeat, New York lawyer and son of Robert W. DeForest, vice president of the American Red Cross; Knowlton Mixer, Buffalo, retired lum berman ; George T. Rice, Boston, of the banking house of Bond aud Good win ; Walter Morrison, Minneapolis, retired lumberman; C. H. Moorman, Louisville, Ky„ law partner of United States Senator Beckham; Lewis M. Williams, Cleveland, 0., of the Sher win-Williams Paint company; D. S. Blossom, Cleveland, 0., vice president of the William Bingham company, wholesale hardware; Alden Swift, Chi cago, of the packing firm of Swift 4 company. GIRLS REPLACE MEN Thoy Are Keeping the Pay Roll* of a Coal Mina. Just the same as the war has affect ed other Industries, so has It crippled the coal Industry In Oklahoma In tak ing away scores of Its most experienced workers who have been responsible for the Industry being kept going during the last year when conditions became greutly disturbed. Girls arc now play ing an Important part In bringing the coal Industry buck to uormul, and ev ery duy there Is a new fuce ut some of the mines In this locality, some young girl or young woman who hus seen the need of aiding her country In the pros ecution of the war. At the present time there are twen ty-eight girls working In the local coal fields. No, they are not digging coal, for this Is manual labor which requires more thun feminine strength, but they are rolling up their sleeves und enter ing the offices to take the places of young men who have been called to the colors. A majority of these girls are bookkeepers und stenographers, while two of them ure keening tliuo. “ANTI-AUTO SOCIETIES” FORMED BY FARMERS Look on Automobile as Real Men ace and Will Ask Legisla tive Regulation. j “Anti-automobile” societies is the lutest in Tennessee. In muny parts of the country, It Is said, farmers are regarding automo biles as a real menace, and will bring pressure to bear In legislatures to regulate them. Not only do the au tomobiles monopolize the highways af ter they have been Improved at enor mous expense to the farmers, but the city owners of cars make forages Into the country, helping themselves to mel ons, fruif, chickens and almost any thing on the farm that is movable. To overcome “speeding” It Is pro posed in some quarters to have laws enacted prohibiting the operation of any power-driven vehicles on the high ways that can travel more than the number of miles per hour prescribed as the limit. In other words, If the state law provides that no vehicle shall travel over the highways at a rate of speed greuter than eighteen miles an hour, no automobile that Is geared to run at a greater rate of speed shall be licensed In the state. Not a few city residents arc said to be ready to Join with their country cousins In their ef fort to curb the “rathlessness” of the uutomoblle owners. It Is contended that “speed limits” prescribed by law cannot be enforced generally and that the only way that automobiles can he stopped fromTaclng through the coun try roads and city streets at dangerous rntes of speed Is to limit their capacity for rapid travel. JOURNALIST SERVES HIS COUNTRY WELL Specially posed photo of Lord Burn ham, one of Great Britain's famous Journalists and owner of the Dally Telegraph, has been of great aid to his country in the solving of war prob lems. / Lord Burnham was, as Hnrry Law son Webster, a popular member of the British house of commons, sitting for the Mile End and Tower Ham lets divisions of London, In the heart of the East end. Hls father, the first Lord Burnham, created the Dally Telegraph, one of the largest and Influential organs In the empire. Lord Burnham Is an honorable colonel of the Royal Bucks Hussars. A son-in-law of hls has bden a cap tive of the Germnns since 1914. Sec ond Llentenant W. B. W. Lamson of the First Battalion Scotts Guards, a nephew of Lord Burnham, was killed In 1914 and a brother of the lord. Col. Hon. L. Lawson, D. S. 0., commander of the End Regiment Bucks Yeomanry, Is fighting for hls country “somewhere.” Hls family. It can be seen. Is doing Its bit val iantly. CIVIL WAR ROMANCE Wedding In Old Age End* It: Finally. A proof that “love laughs at lock smiths" —and at old age as well—came to friends of Henry D. Sumner, a pi oneer dairyman and soldier of the Civil war, and Mrs. John B. Jayne, his ante bellum sweetheart, aged seventy-nine and slzty-nlne respectively, when they were married at lowa City, la., by the Rev. C. Dreyer. The bridegroom loved the bride when he and the man who won her, a fel low soldier In the Civil war of ’6l-'65, were fighting side by side. "Comrade” Sumner remulned his good, true friend throughout the years that followed un til “taps" sounded for the successful Bultor some years ago. Since then Mr. Sumner’s wife died, and In the course of time his heart turned buck to the sweetheart of his youth, now widowed. A courtship, In terrupted by the flight of years, wus resumed and the gullunt veteran won. German Losses Reach 8,250,000. German cnsualty lists comprising killed, wounded, prisoners and missing from August, 1014, to September, 1017, Include 8,250,000 names and cover 22,- 000 pages, according to reports from. Amsterdam.