THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
WCSTCRN GIRLS
soccessfoccY
WORK MININQ CLAIM
Oy ROOeftT H. MOULTON
vA final reclamation of the precious IJORFm I F rSBKMH
t' IV metal' a"1! liavo succeeded bo well M?!9k.im 'WIL i &lll
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HIS is thu Btory of two western girls,
Baker, Oro., who, coming unexpected-
Iv Itlto fh tiniinonulnn nt n mlnlnn
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IZ clnlm In cnaturn Oregon, sot about to
work It thoraBolves, from the digging
to the cruHhlng of the oro nnd tho
tlnal reclamation of tho precious
metal, nnd havo succeeded so well
that today a golden lmrvnHt In
licnlly within their roach. In addition, thoy havo
gained tho distinction of being probably tho only
women gold miners in the world.
It all caino about In a peculiar way. Tho young
women's fathers wore ownors of a mining claim
in tho Owl mountains, nhout eighteen miles from
linker. Thoro the two girls went each summor
unending many houra watching tho men at work
far back In tho horizontal Bhaft which they had
dug In tho mountain sldo. In this vay tbov
liAnnmn . 1 1 1 ... .. . . .. . . . .
"ukuiuu i.iuiiiinr wnn -the
quartz, tho lay of ore
vclna, and tho methods of
blantlng and tlmborlng
tho wnlls of tunnolfl
When, later, thoy fell
holrs to tho claim
through tho deaths of
Miolr fathora, their first
thought was to sell It,
But tho offers mndo them
for tho property bolng In
conslstont with tholr
Ideas of its true value,
thoy decided to lenso tho
claim to Bomcono who
would work It for them
on shares. But horo
again their ideas wero nt
variance with thoso of
others us to what would
bo a fair division of tho
npolls. Incidentally, thoy
proved that thoy were
not tondorfeot when it
camo to bargaining with
tho shrewd nnd prnctlcal
mining mon of tho dls-
incc Tjion a happy
both mm - n 0( tl,u slrls Thoy had
Si hoaX f tonch,n th0' wor trong
and Zv in? 7 r, of nn ndvonturoua- spirit,
llL w. 1 1 ,5atn0d a lot tt,,out tho mining
game. Why not work 'ho claim themselves?
i S 1 tnk0.t,,e "r one more than a sec
ionM h8r0 U',nt Umt was Jst 1,10 thing; It
SLb0 a roa1' EUr-onough lark, and as for
oro car running on wood
en .rails, with a metal
sheath on top, was em
ploye, tho tracks being
extended back as ' fast aa
tho opening waa mado.
During thq summer
months, while' this pre
liminary work was In
progress, Miss Carmalt
and Miss Norwood were
practically alono In their
mountain homo, except
for an occasional week
end visit from somo of
tholr Bollcltlous friends
In Baker. But In splto of
tho fact that almost tho
IlrBt question asked by
ovury visitor was, "Don't
you nnu It awfully lonesome up hero?" thoy de
clare that never for a moment, aftor the llrst
half hour following tho doparturo of .tho wagon
which had brought up tholr last load of sup
plies, when thoy had a chanco to look, around,
did thoy feel tho slightest Inclination to retraco
tholr stops.
tho Job. All of the men soem to recognize In
tuitively In these Two energetic girls the moving
powor and tho guiding hands behind tho whole
project. Quickly and unerringly tholr eyes sin
gle out any fault In tho work. Then in low
pitched, modulated voices, which nevertheless
havo In thorn a ring of command, they give their
orders, and tho men, with tho air of those who
bow to superior knowledge of tho subject, are
quick to obey.
The development of tho mlno Is now proceed
ing rapidly, and whllo it Is too early to predict
what material fortune tho young women eventual
ly will onjoy, thoy seem to bo confident thnt
their efforts will bo sufficiently row"ardcd. At
any rato, they count their experience a valunblo
ono, nnd thoy havo built up a fund of rugged
health and contentment of spirit upon which
thoy can draw freely throughout the rest of tholr
lives.
SCIENCE TO CONTROL THE EGG
n.. .1.1 ,1...M
jnnitlno- n ..' . : UD ,ul inero were many inmen, biuj uvm wu
the worH S 11 t-woll, thoy would show w work, to keep time from hanging heavily on their
T. ,7 uuiunuinou gins couiu do,
oven If it was Bupposod to ho a mun's work nnd
"0au Woman lmd ovor ftttomptod It boforo.
Tho first thing wns to arrange for a cabin up
nt tho mlno. Tho tents which thoy had ahared
with their fathers eorvod woll enough In sum
mor, but for wlntor, when tho snow wns 20 feet
loop and tho thormoniotor hitting tho low Bpots.
protection of n moro substantial charnctor was
necossary. Of courso, all gouulno miners work
tho year round, at least whon thoro's anything
to do, nnd having docldod to go Into tho thing
thoy proposed to seo It through to a finish.
Tho result was that thoy had built a four-room
Btructuro, which, whllo It did not tnnko any pro
tensions to architectural olognnco, wbb 'guaran
teed to dofy tho eloments undor tho most dis
tressing conditions of weather. With true foro
Hlglit, gained by knowlodgo of their Ufo in tho
mountains, thoy locatod tho cabin undor the lee
of a hill, whoro It would bo lonst oxpoHod to tho
Icy northwest wlndn and would nt tho samo tlmo
afTord nn unobstructed vlow of a magnlllcont
panorama of ridges-and valloys stretching away
to a lino of snow-capped peaks moro than a hun
drocl miles distant.
It should bo understood that whon Miss Car
malt and MIsb Norwood camo Into possession of
tho mlno It was moro a llkoly "prospect" than
an assured monoy-makor. .Evidences of gold oro
woro plentiful, but tho problom was to strike the
rich veins which would yield oro In paying quan
tities and warrant tho croctlon of a mill to
treat it.
Consequently tho IlrBt period or their stay In
tho mountains was devoted to a search for thoBo
veins, which thoy never doubted existed some
whore back In tho mountains. Day after day,
through thu summor and early fall, dressed In
overalls and with lighted candles In their miners'
cuptt they burrowed fnrthor and farthor back Into
the mountains, frequently branching off from
the main Bhaft to follow a now load.
Much of this work, in tho looso stono and
earth, was dono with pick and shovol, but now
and then they found tholr way barred by a wall
of Bolld granlto which could only bo romovod hy"
blasting with dynamite. With tho dotalls-of thlo
work tho two girls woro already acquainted, how
over, so tho drilling of holes and tho placing and
sotting off of tho oxplootvu caused thorn no con
cern. Then as the work proceeded tho passages
had to bo timbered and cleared of tho broken
utone and dirt. For the latter purpose a small
hands. In tho first place, thoro was always tho
great map spread out at tholr foot to study by
now lights and shadows. Then bird nnd animal
llfo woro plentiful, filling the air with songs
and chatter; coming to tho doorstops for food. v
and ofton Invading tho cabin Itself. Frequently
door fed around tho cabin In tho uvcnlngs, seem
ing to rcallzo that thoy had nothing to fear from
tho two human companions. A couplo of porcu
plnos also boenmo very frlondly nnd caused no
ond of nmusomont by uaing various means to
tlnd a way Into tho cnbln at night.
Down by a spring, whoro thoy got tholr water,
a small bear mado his homo, and several times
thoy found tho tracks of larger ones on the
trail. Thoy also heard tho'crlos of n panther ono
night. But thoy wore novor molested by any of
thoso animals, although thoy woro woll armed
to defend thomsolves It tho occasion demanded.
During the summer they cultivated a small
gardon and rnlsod chickens. Thoso things, ndded
to their plentiful supply of canned goods, to Bay
nothing of tho mountain trout which they caught
nlmout nt tholr doorstops, afforded them a varied
menu. Then thoy woro nlways certain of n sup
ply of doltcnclos when any of tholr friends Jour
neyed up from Bakor,
So tho summer months passed, tholr llfc"a
busy and n Joyous ono, with thu luro of hidden
rlchoH to urgo thorn on In tholr work. Then one
day, In tho fall, tho expected voln was uncov
ered and tho two girls vclebrnted tlip discovery
by turning tholr Inst cako of chocolnto Into
fudge!
Tho finding of tho voln necessitated a trip to
Bakor, to make arrangements for tho construc
tion of a mill ami the Installation of a stamp
battery for crushing tho oro. So thoy locked up
tho cabin nnd started on tho 18-milo trip afoot.
Tho mill was erected that fall, and whllo tho
two girls did not actually put It up thomsolves,
thoy took an nctlvo part In Its construction and
superintended tho work until It was complotod,
Thoy also helped build a llttlo railroad for tho
oro cars from tho mlno to the mill.
Tho following spring tho stamp battery was
put In placo and then tho real work of digging
and crushing tho oro began, But as this work
waa qulto boyond tho cffortB of ovon two such
Industrious and ambitious young women, thoy en
gagod n foreman and a number of mon, to assist
In thoso operations, Thoro la never any ques
tion, however, as to who are tho real bosses of
Weil-Known Theatrical Missile Can Be Regulated
From Debut to Old Age.
Eggs, those mysterious 'coop Jewels within tho
shells of which lie secretB that stagger tho brain
and threaten tho proboscis, aro practically ex
posed In a paper sent out by tho New York State
College of Agriculture at Cornell, says tho New
York Herald. Tho article shows how to color
tho yolk, regulate tho odor, restrict tho caliber
of tho alburaon, offset ovll spirits and protect
tho American breakfast tablo.
To begin with, a hon Bhould bo fed Just so In
order to have eggs that aro dependable and up
right. A hon which deliberately oats an onion
usually knows in her heart that somo day In tho
future thero is to bo ruined an omelet which
might have been equal to any omolot over served.
Still, that hon will eat that onion with no more
thought of the. ultimate consumer than n farmer
UBually has. H6ns aro a mighty treacherous
Hock of cacklers at best, It scorns, according to
tho late bulletins from Cornell.
On tho othor hand, a hen that has boon shown
Its placo in tho coop circle can be made to
lay eggs that aro of a certain color, size, odor
and condition of sorvltudo. Grocn foods and yel
low corn produce deep color In tho yolk; whlto
corn, wheat nnd buckwheat produce a pallid yolk.
Even tho season of tho year, which has re
mained above suspicion in Btorago circles until
now. may havo a definite effect upon tho futuro
conduct of a weak-chlnncd egg. A whiter egg
is Btancli and Bound In comparison with almost
any ono laid In the good old summer tlmo. They
act hotter In cold storage, producing practically
no disorder during their Incarceration.
Tho matter of cold storage, incidentally. Is
moro than touched upon. Aftor an egg has arrived
on earth Ub treatment by those who can prove
their right to It will to n groat extent determine
what sort of an egg It will bo and remain. Evap
oration of water through tho pores of an egg
shell Bhould be prevented always, and a proper
temperature and dogrcq of moisture should bo
provided Hough handling Is specifically warned
against, for, after all, oven an egg has somo small
rights,
Tho boat way to preserve tho Integrity of an
egg. according to tho voluminous bulletin, Is by
llmo wnter and salt solution and by water-gluas
solution. Either method Is much better than
cold storage, which has become somowhnt notori
ous In recent years and Is, as they say at the
egg candling resorts, In bad odor.
An unusual feature of thu bulletin Is Its color
plntes, of which thero aro seven, showing the
candling appearance and opened appenrnnco of
the eggs of different quality and at various stagos.
Those tlfuBtrntlons woro made from actual speci
mens nnd somo of thorn woro probably taken,
for obvious reasons, from qulto n dlBtanco.
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GT-Or (JDINAIW
MhPEOPLE -
MEDICINAL PLANT SPECIALIST
Intorost in tho sources of out
drug supply, stimulated by tho Eu
ropean war, has brought Into some
promlncnco ono of Uncle Sam's most
usoful woman empIoyeoB, Miss Alice
Henkel, a botanist of the bureau oi
plant industry, who hns mado a spe
cialty of investigations of medicinal
plants. Miss Honkers work has had
a widespread influenco through the
bulletins sho has written. Thoso, nine
In number, have been among tho mosl
popular bulletins Issued by tho do
partmont of agriculture. In fact, thoj
aro in such demnnd that many re
prints have been made of jeach, and
thoy aro classed amongtho ""best sell
ers" pf tho office of tho superintend'
ent of documents.
Ono pf tho most popular bulletins
deals with wccdB that nro used in
medicine. Miss Hcnkel's pamphlets
havo been used as roforenco books
by many of tho leading pharma
ceutical colleges and dealers in crudo
drugs, and have been widely quoted not only in tho pharmaceutical press of
this country, but also abroad.
Ono examplo of tho far-reaching Influence of hor work, which holds spo
cial gratification for Miss Henkel, camo to her recently In a letter from a
small mining town of Pennsylvania. She was told by tho writer, a young
man who had become a cripple in a mine .explosion, that after reading her
bulletins ho decided to follow tho business of collecting medlclnnl plantB to
sell to drug firms, and find out if he. could become self-supporting. Ho said
that ho had been successful and was ablo to make a small amount of money
enough, nt least, to keep his mind off of his condition and lift him out of
tho helpless class.
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OLLIE JAMES' START
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When- Olllo James, the giant sena
tor, had finished the high school at
Marlon at tho ago of sixteen, ho
sought a position as page In tho Ken
tucky senate chamber. His imme
diate state senator promised him a
place through the good offices of tho
lieutenant governor.
Vhen tho legislature assembled
young James presented himself. Tho
lieutenant governor declared ho had
forgotten tho matter entirely and had
appointed all tho pages.
"But," said he, "I flnd.Jn looking
them ovor, that thoy aro a lot of spin-die-legged"
weaklings, scarcely able to
.carry themselves. Thoro ought to bo
ono page strong onough to lift heavy
records and nowspaper files."
"Come and look my candidate
over," said James' representative.
When tho lieutenant govornorhad
a look at the giant youngster outside
ho gasped.
"Show the governor how strong
you are, Ollie," said his senator. Whereupon Ollio Jame3 picked up tho lieu
tenant governor in ono arm and his senator in another and trotted upstalra
with them.
"Heavens!" said tho presiding officer, "make a place-for the boy? Mako
two places for him!"
As soon aB Ollio James was installed ho organized tho pages of tho senate
and house and established them at onco as a power in tho legislature. This
was tho beginning of a career 'which has already progressed to a leading
placo in tho United States senate.
ADMIRAL OF THE AIR
GETTING HIS.
"Had a most onjoyable time at thu dentist's
this afternoon."
"Eh! Enjoyablo?"
"Yea. When I wont In another deutlst wns nil
Ing my dentist's teeth."
THE MATERIAL.
'So you aro going to build n caBtlo In Spain.
1 know what tho material will consist of."
"What will it bo?"
"(Sold bricks
The rapid expansion of the Brit
ish naval air Bervico in tho war haa
mado necessary its reorganization
and it now is under tho direction of a
flag officer. For tho important post
of "director of air service" Rear Ad
miral Charles Lionel Vnughan-Loo
was selected, and tho British public
has had to learn about another nota
bility of whom it knew llttlo or noth.
ing beforo tho great conflict began.
In navy circles, however, Rear
Admiral Vaughan-Lee has been woll
known as an officer of scientific at
tainments. Born in 18C7, ho served
aa a middy in tho Egyptian war of
1882. Liko Garden and many other
sailors of his generation, he first
learned the necessity of putting cot
ton wool Into his ears at the bom
bardment of Alexandria. After be
coming a lieutenant he dovotcd him
self to torpedoos, and wont to work
with his head as soon as he got the
chanco. Ho has great ability and thor
oughness, but despite his elaborate learning in tho strict science of his pro
fession, he has always kept himself pliant and tolerant towards tho new Idea
EMDEN RAIDER'S ROMANCE
Captain-Lieutenant von Muocko,
3no of tho heroc3 of tho Emden, has
written a pretty lovo s'tory into tho
concluding chapter of his adventurous
oxperlcnccB, having finally returned
to Germany and at Bremen led to tho
altar his old sweetheart, Fraouloln
Carla Fluke.
It was tho end of the Journoy
which began on November 10, 1914,
when Captain von Muocko reluctant
ly started homoward, escaping with
othor momboru of tho crow of the
Emden when their boat wa3 sunk in
the Indian ocean Jiy an Australian
battleship aftor tho Emden had de
stroyed moro than 70,000 tons of Brit'
Ish shipping.
Muccko and his men, who had
boon sent ashoro nt Cocoa Island to
destroy tho wireless station there,
wore marooned, when tho Emden
fought her last fight. Seizing a
schooner, they sallod via Java for
2,000 miles boforo thoy reached Ara
bia. Thenco they mado their way overland to Constantinople. At the Turk
Ish capital Cuptaln von Muocko's Bervicoa wore needed at onco by tho com
maudor of tno German squadron, Admiral von UBedom, and the woddlrg at
Bremen had to bo postponod until recently.
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