The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 08, 1935, Image 6
SUCH IS LIFE ? 110 Per Cent Correct
By Charles Sughroe
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Old Mining T owns
Are Stirring Anew
New Gold Rush in Far West
On in Full Force.
Sun Francisco. ? Again this spring,
on the heels of the rise of gold
prices, dreamy-eyed adventurers ; lan'ky,
gnarled veterans of the Klondike; min
ers and clerks, gamblers and promot
erg, are following the come-hither look
of Lady Luck. Ghost towns dating
hack to the West's beginnings are stir
ring anew after a Rip Van Winkle
slumber. Abandoned mines are sud
denly heaving and raucous, as prospec
tors thrust down new shafts. The new
gold rush, which started last year, Is
now on In full force.
Scalp-hungry Indians are no longer
the chief menace to the gold seekers.
Agonizing death In some sun-parched
desert Is a remote peril. P>ut much of
the old color and drama has enlivened
the Klondike, the wide, open West anil
points South.
Once More Wide Open.
Casual, gold-Itchy houris, spiritual
descendants of Diamond Li I and Lady
Ixiu, are drifting into the newly staked
mining camps. Saloons and gambling
halls are once more wide open, and
while bridge and poker are more fre
quently played among the miners, an
occasional game of faro Is not rare.
Men are perhaps less quick on the trig
ger, but the professional card sharp,
the mine salter, the con man has come
Fire Chief
Doris Griffin of Washington, F>. C.. hns
tlie uniform of a fire chief nnd n!l
the responsibility that Roes with It.
She Is ft freshman at the University
of Kansas and has Just been appointed
fire chief of Corbln hall, plrls' dormi
tory.
back Into his own. And sudden dls
i appearances and mysterious deaths are
i reported frotn time to time along the
! Colorado river and west of the Pecos.
Almost since the first day that Pres
ident Itoospvelt set a premium on new
ly-mined gold there has been a steady
revival in the old gold camps.
Carl Dunrud, a Klrwin "dude ranch
er," GO nllles southeast of Cody, Wyo.,
recently boueht machinery for the re
opening of mines that had been dor
mant for 30 years.
In the hills near Haboqulvari peak.
Ariz., the Magma Copper company Is
sinking shafts in ancient Spanish
mines at Indian Oasis. In the old days
fortunes in ores were carted away by
Spanish conqulstadores.
Indian Oastt? has a miniature gold
rush all Its own for the Magma com
pany has options on :>.*? claims which
have not been operated in ."?() years.
More than fiOO men are grubbing in old
tunnels and abandoned diggings which
haven't known the echo ol' pick and
spade in decades.
Gold in Them Hills.
Ward Elmore, eighty-year-old soldier
cf fortune, swears there is an El Dora
do in the hills of northern California.
Ills story started a new horde of gold
seekers rushing from San Francisco.
Placer mining Is widespread ' today
in California, Nevada and New Mexico.
One of the most important develop
ments Is the remlnlng of the Almaden,
oldest and most historic mine in the
West.
Even In far-off Alaska the rediscov
ery of pay placer gravel lias been re
ported In the vicinity of Nlnllchlk,
which dates back to the time of the
Russian occupation. When Alaska be
came American property various min
ing groups dug there with varying de
grees of success. A few weeks ago
Ted Crawford, John Kelly and Knute
Armstrong took four ounces of gold
from the earth and that set off a new
rush there.
And, of course, with the new gold
rush, has come a wave of fraud, des
perado-deeds, and the practice of salt
ing or faking a gold find so thiit iome
gullible prospector will buy.
Canadian Valentine
Causes Family Row
Montreal. ? Mrs. Aldel Clouatre Is
suing her brother and his wife for
$1011.09 because they allegedly sent
her a valentine.
Mrs. Clouatre alleges the valen
tine bore a picture of a "funny
faced" woman, whose features were
partially hidden behind a massive
pair of spectacles, and nt the bot
tom In writing the caption: "She
looks very much like you, eh? She
has glasses like yours." On the re
verse side were other Insults.
Mrs. Clouatre declares the valen
tine "Injured her feelings."
Her brother and his wife deny
sending the valentine.
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENT1FACTS ~ BY ARNOLD
Living on Borrowed
Capital
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
Many explanations are advanced for
our present ills. Poverty Is blamed
by a large number
of persons. Be
cause people nr?
poor, due to unem
ployment, they cU>
not have money to
spend. A lack of
buying power slows
down 1 n (I ii s t r y.
The more unem
ployment we have,
the less purchasing
power. A sort of
vicious circle!
Many believe that
speculation was the
chief cause of our
present trouble. , Accounts became over
extended In tlie security market.
When the Inevitable crash came these
securities had to be sold with large
losses. In order to procure funds for
speculative purposes, homes were mort
traced and loans made beyond any
reasonable hope of being repaid. The
shrinkage of values in mortgaged
property and the forced >ale of securi
ties caused our troubles. Machinery
also came in for its share of the
Warring on T. B.
Under the sign of the double-barred
cross Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Is
firing the first gun In the renewed of
fensive on tuberculosis In the United
States. She Is speaking over the
radio at a meeting held In the United
States Chamber of Commerce In Wash
ington.
responsibility. The machine displaced
labor, thus causing two serious dis
turbances; increased unemployment
and creation of more merchandise
than could be consumed, which gave
rise to the cry of overproduction.
VVe would venture to add another
cause seldom mentioned. A word of
advice offered to a young married
couple was, to spend monthly a little
loss than is earned. An accumulated
reserve would thus be created to meet
the exigencies of misfortune. Might
the real cause of our Ills be that more
money was spent than earned? The
excess of money spent was provided
for through mortgages, loans, pur
chases on time, etc. In short, we were
living on borrowed capital.
The president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce In a recent ad
dress expressed the thought that what
j we needed roost was recovery and not
reform. Is It not a fair question to
ask whether we can ever have a per
nutrient recovery until we first have re
form? -at least a reform In the absurd
practice of living on borrowed capital?
To our fathers a debt was a debt,
ami a mortgage was dreaded like a
nightmare.
(?), W?ti>rn Nnw?'p*i>?r tfnlftn.
My Neighbor
Says:
The host time to add walnuts to n
cooked tilling or tYostlng Is Just before
removing ( li?? mixture from the fire.
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Moisten dry stove polish with vino
gar Instead of water nnd your stove
will take on a better polish.
? ? ?
The unsightly ring left by cleaning
fluids when used for removing spots
may be avolifrd by placing under the
spot h pad made of thick ahsorben:
cotton.
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WNW Harvlr*.
) 'TMiK homemaker who keeps track of
i expenses generally finds that the
j outlay for soap Is proportionally larue
This does not mean that It amounts to
a great deal, but that for so small an
I Item In the running of a home, It Is
surprisingly large. By checking up on
It she finds that waste is chiefly the
cause. Soap Is one of ti. ? cleaning
agents that inelts rapidly. t has to
he hardened by
time and exposure
to the open nlr to
resist ordinary use
When It Is fresh It
seems Uternll.v to
melt a w 11 y even
with careful use.
So It Is nn econ
omy to buy several
cakes of soap at a
time, and when
half gone, to cot
another similar sup
ply, and unwrap
and stack like
blocks built up as
for a tower. This
hardening costs
nothing and proves
a real saving into
the bargain.
Soap dishes that
drain oft the water i
are money saving |
equipment as they
also permit air to
circulate a r o u n d
cakes of soap, and this dries and
hardens them again. But of these
mention has been made In a recent
article, so let us pass along to other
saving methods In soap costs. A cake
of soap that is frequently dipped in
water will reduce in Blzo perceptibly
In a day. I know In one household
where the soap bill Is amazingly big.
that this reduction In size Is notice
able after a single dishwashing op
eration. And why? Because the wom
an holds the cake of soap under the
hot water ftfucet while It runs Its
stream of melting heat over It. Suds
are quickly formed but at real cost.
The same effect would result If a soap
shaker holding small unusable left
over pieces of soap was doused In the
pan of hot water. This Is good use
for odds and ends. It suggests the
thriftlness of accumulating these
small bits of soap from all soap dishes
over the house, and putting them to
such a use.
To Launder Damank.
A little trick of soap thrift which
used to be done In eurly days In this
country when toilet poap was a luxury,
Is still followed today by many who
are acquainted with It. The soap was
never dipped In the water. The hands
were plunged In and when dripping
wet the soap was held In the palms
of the hands and well rubbed until
the lather was sufficient. Then back
Into the sonp dish went the costly
cake for which several dollars may
have been paid. Today such economy
may well be practiced and at no loss
of effectiveness of the soap.
Now that damask table covers are
In fashion again whether they he of i
linen, rayon, a mixture of both, or of
silk, It Is Important to know how to
launder them so that they retain their
original beautiful sheen. The first
point of significance Is to remove all
spots and stains which have not been
taken out Immediately after they
were made. The napery should be
looked over before putting Into tha
wash water, and these marks should >
be treated, for then the cloth does not j
have to be rubbed much In other |
places. It Is only spots and soiled I
places that require special care. Aft- I
er these are gone tablecloths and j
napkins are very easily washed.
Speaking of napkins, be sure to got all :
odor of food from them. This clings
amazingly. When the napery Is ironed |
the heat brings any remaining odor |
out, unpleasantly.
Rinse white napery In bluing water,
but not the colored damask. Dry the 1
linen In the open air as this Imparts a I
I fresh fragrance that may well be Ilk- ;
I ened to perfume. Since the linen will (
' have no starch In it. It can be Ironed
I before It gets actually dry.
?. Bell Syndicate. ? WNU Servlo#.
Here's Something New
Painted fa I lie taffeta la something
new under the sun. In black nnd
white and combined with white pique,
It is ultra-srf?art for town wear. This
suit and rough straw sailor will look
fresh even when spring turns to sum
mer.
Crow Outcrowi Roosters
Regina, Sask. ? A crow that cau
"outcrow" the average rooster Is owned
by Dan Cnlver of Ilethune. Calver
caught the young crow last fall and
put It in his chicken coop. The crow
spent several months with the hens
and roosters, and now can crow with
the best of them.
Family Autogyro Is Due Before Long
In tho npnr future tho fnmlly autogyro may bo taken from tho garage on
* Munday, have If* rotor hladcn "unfolded" and take off for a ride nround
tho countryside. Uncle Ham In furnishing tho financial backing for the devel
opment of a low cost wlngloaa plane of the gyro type, with rotor wing* that
fold back. Ffere we are looking down on the folded rotor*. The plane embodies
most Improvement* of the safety type and eliminate* many thing* that havo
kept the avernge mnn from flying.
Perfection in
Its Simplicity
P ATTER X 20?a
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2092
Every now and then some simple
Idea comes along ami creates a
furor ? and every one wonders why
It hadn't happened before! Like
this perfectly grand house dress
which has been designed. Its long
coat linos make one appear slim aa
a rail while at work about the house,
and It gives much freedom of move
ment. Its greatest feature, of course,
Is the fact you can slip It on and
not be bothered by mussing your hair
or twisting your neck ? Just a dive
Into It and It's on. It is attractive
in colored cotton broadcloth, percale
or pique print, substantial materials
lending themselves well to its coat
lines.
Pattern 20!)2 Is available In sizes
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"Why do yon call your wife
?Bill?' "
"Because every time l come homo
she's got something new I know I'll
get a bill for." ? Cincinnati Knqulrer.
I ntcr ? s t ed
Joyce was unusually attentive
while she watched her daddy spade
a garden spot. Finally she asked:
"Daddy, what .-ire you doing?"
"I'm making a tin v. er bed.'' tie said
"Well," hesitantly, "who is going
to sleep In It ?"? Indianapolis News.
Subicqucnt Event*
lie ? I smiled nt a very pretty glr
last night, nnd as s'ie passed me sh?
gave me a smile in return.
She- ? What followed?
lie ? 1 did Border t'ities Star.
Both Bnrrod
Correspondent 'Mi your southern
seacoast I noticed -toine line loca
tl?ns for surf bathing.
Minister ? Sir, under the Soviet
government there never will he either
serfs or bathing.
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