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nilOUC.IlOUT THE WEST ONCB more ft ringing that thrilling, that electrifying, that magical word— "Gold"! It's all because of tho "Now Deal." For over alnco the Roose­velt administration began bidding up tho price of this precious metal the gold fever ha* been coursing through tho veins of Americans onco more. Thousands of men and

m women—yes, even children!—are • > \f washing and sluicing j M Q f e d * of

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dirt** Just as tho placer miners did days of '4a Old shafts are being re-explored and gra«-coM>red dnmps are being worked over again. "Thar'a gold in them thur hills" hns be­come again something more than a convention­al literary Joke.

In the old time gold camps of California, Mon­tana, Colorado. South Dakota and Nevada, either dead or sleeping these many years, there is re­newed activity. "Ghost towns" are coming to life again. Old shacks are being patched up and once more smoke rises from their chimneys. Bunding* along deserted streets are being ren-ovate< repainted and "repaired In preparation for the opening up of new business enterprises.

Among these rejuvenated mining camps Is Vir­ginia City, Nev.. and the activity there recalls once more the romantic story of the Comstock Lode. And since President Roosevelt Issued his order for remonetlsatlon of silver, thus stimulat­ing the 'mining of this metal again, there Is all the more reason for recalling the Comstock Lode. For even though It was the search for gold which led U Its discovery. It was the silver In that lode which made Virginia City the "greatest mining town np<m the continent" and set the stage for a series of dramatic events, echoes of which are hoard t* this day, even though the discovery of the Comstock Lode took place three-quarters of m century ago.

The story or tho Omstnrk Lode has been told and retold many time* but seldom, If ever,, has It been told more Interestingly, In nil Us rami­fications: than In two book* by (\ U, Cllasseoek —"The hlg ttannn«t~-th« Story of the Oonlttock' t^xJe," sad "Uirky Baldwin—the Story of ah Hn-contentions! BtitftttaY' published In recent month* by the Hobh^Merrlll company. The scene of thin modern fairy tale wa* « valley "In Storey county, Netadn, ft few mile* «oiiHten*( nf llenn, where n barren momilnin HfN IN head timid ft wear? monotony nf divert hlilM" and the AM net In th* drama IHnJi [llare* In l|lo«l allrrlna tlaya of the gold rush to I'nllforlHfti

l-or sotss HniH til* Mormons lit rinlt had Prtaf j-ultoilHlliia eyea upon r.illfninifj and drcamt'd of imiidimj »H imlHpemhmt HHflHn Whlrll should rati III* wiuhtr? from WWilMH WjrrttHlHH anil lltdofado to the PHeirlf MMIi Hill Ilia H\mWf rtf tftdtl IM f.*!ifMrHi« iti*fl«Hfi«(l flint MHlltltltiHi hit feXlfl !1lh* leaf* It lit! r*il!ilils of IliiHIsdhtls nl (add

VIRGINIA CITY IN THE SEVENTIES

tu t heretical Americans dotted the land west of the Sierras," Hoping to salvage something from their ambitious scheme which had failed, the Mormons organised the State of Deseret, composed of what Is now Utah, Nevada, Arlxona, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado and southern California, and set about colonising I t

But again the gold fever defeated them. For some of the early Mormon settlers In Nevada washed out a small quantity of gold at the mouth of what later became known as Gold canyon and those who came after them soon neglected their unprofitable little farms rn the desert to prospect for gold In the Washoe hills. Gradual­ly a little settlement grew up In the canyon al­though the pay dirt found there was never rich enough to attract any large number of argonauts nor bold thero there very long.

In the meantime congress had refused to ac­cept the boundaries of the state of Peseret, as planned by the Mormons, and eventually Brig-ham Young decided to give up bis colonization scheme in Nevada. After the Mormon settlers were recalled, "n few sturdy men still prospected, mined and farmed In the vicinity. . . . They were such men ns might be expected to Inhabit a land of rock and sand and sagebrush swept from sen-son to season by hot sand blasts and bitter bllRsards, wresting a little gold from the gravel, a meager crop of beans from the bottomlnnds and sustaining life upon these beans, bacon, flapjacks and whisky;**

Tb« center of Activity was Jnhntown, made tip otf less than two pcofe shanties, touts and dusrout*. IdentPii In Odd ennynn. Aiming',them were men whose names were declined Tor fti tare fame, "fheftj was" Henry Thomas: Paige CotnstiK-k. a hinky, irtlul voiced, boastful, bully. trig prf,0t"" tnr with a short chili heard Mid a abate* MM**? IIH wiikh irttve hini H i.nHetltn»Hh fltil air" **nHrr.|y dill of keeping" wild his' rent • 'irtrUftep, He WlW kHflWfl (ftmil)itPljf as 'Mid MttHeHlte,' hHeaipie lie «t ib«!«dH L'lllPfljf HpMl fhi|t< Pi.-ks, hml 'Mug he h i t s MlwrtM fun | | | | s> I O l d HP

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ifuhntMwii |ipit»|iei1«Pi Mmk .nmii|ili»ii;frii'rn iin< uliifip on Ilia u|i|it'i' »,a«l sldf nf lint I'linmii and wtisln 'I " " d PI Hi it fifty siH'lnu netfpl v l^iiidi j.,,1, ,,t dlPt slumed fpoiH alglil hi llffaeit i'*Mtls worlh of gold, T in* wn*n'| fl I'lt'li-KlPike, of .•niiftaf, l"i( I! w>ia "Ullii•ii'fiMy rMU'ollPaglim .... ii,..i HMV M-t up i«<nu anil bpu»h IniM and o«-f.ttiii.-lu'd n 'I.MV touititMii.Mii in which Ihoy guvo {ht» i.niiio of Ciiild H i l l ,

After Krwr.il vsotilisi, pay dlrl of 8udlrle.nl Plefl nf?«. t.' ri-v^iiril them with i]<> <<v 1*0 » I!;I.V for th.»;r work w u.H found. ''That u;i> immigh fi»r the Johnlownors, who ,wera earning an avorago of $-1. Johtltovvn moveil ti) <in!il Hill, Thn s lope* swarmed with pronpoctors, i'>ut the rich ground WHS limited. There was not enough tn pntvldo pr, p claims for UH« 70 or N) men who made up tlo Bcttlement, They scattered, searching for

THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE / (From *n Old Print Reproduced in Glasscock's "The

Courtesy, Bobbs-Merrill Company.) fig B onanza.

more. Prospecting Interest centered for a time, near the head of Slx-.Mlle canyon,

"There in the. spring of 1850 Peter O'ltlley and Patrick McLaughlin, who had been mining In the district for several years, opened a trench from which they took a wage of $1.50 to $2 a day. It was poor pay. The Irishmen were dis­couraged. They wanted to get nway to a new placer strike on Walker river, of which thero was much talk In camp. Put they were broke, They needed $100 for a grub-stake, So they re-hmlhcd and tolled and sweat, and instead ot 1100, received $43,5001"

And this I* where the fairy Btory of the Cnm-utook Lode begins. For ihene two Irishmen were the real discoverers of therein of precious metal, the like of whleh has never been aeeit la tho world sli'ce but It bears thy name of neither of litem, Instead it beam the haute of that "lanky, loud-voiced, boastful, bullying prospector" lion-ry Tlmnias Paige' romstaek, ftnd.lt was thus ehrlf»teued "by slteer force of a laud Voice and sunn* cunning undersliindlug tif liuuiiiit uallira,"

Tim slory of the tlluetivary by li'IUh\v and Me-l.rtiitfhllii iiml roinaltii-k'fi |nirt In It li liild by tilntis-i-oek a» ftdlowsi

"H htippimeil Hint li|ttMi Hie da,v when ll'Ulley Hlltl MfUlittlillii HiinlH Ihhlr Ural eliMtiinih miltdlhllllg In iiini'K Hillll SL'IMI, I'mtHlm-lt was sonreblm: I IH- t>|M|ias flip II lltlrfW Wlilldi. Iia l l l l l j MimiMl nut E f t J U H i l M f l M l iv ing; Ha ll l l l j i..Mod Ilia litiFsa and HJH riding tmek la Hiild Hill whan hftenliia iljiaii ilia IHahinaih.alamiiiiji I half m\M¥ fllP Ilia lliljr":

"una g-lmiua was sinlit#n{; 'Vnn'va umiak If. liny-*!' lie nhnuiail, mid lu'iiinidly' ilaaliir-ail liiiiisalf 'In.- 'The niily- rHmlila Is duti jriMi'va siruak II an my 1«m1i Viin knawf I liuiiglit ilil* siu-iiig fFum t ld Mini falilwall.. And f ititilt H|i»1tW mwa liara fdF ft RlRPh:'

"The iFlshman prelPltlif!, lis wall Hie? mlulif: If WSM iMwslhln..UiHt t'»imP{no|i IIMII jinsjad A nit. l-ine dlflimlnif tlia IfliulfOF RgrlPiiHuFiil piiFpnspftt-Man of the i\w weFPitlwiiy^ posfln? siiph nm tlpea. ftnrt navpp haying theni TPPOFIIPII OF muv-Ing tltla, \i wns ft fhPt-.'tliAt PomstocH, with Manny Ponrnd and ohi virtriniu, hud iKmght tho water apd some old SUIITOIIIOXUS from a miner named Caldwell In tho provloua year. Hut It was also a fact that he had nuvor recorded title to the water rights. .

"But Comstock nevertheless m a d e his demand and his bluff convincing. His Uigul rights wore negligible, If Indeed they existed at all, but his character -was such as' perhaps might Justify tho fame Which came to him In this doubtful manner with the naming of the Comstock Lode."

Tho news of the rich strike spread and "there was such wild activity as only a free gold camp can Inspire. Claims were located In all directions, A few old prospectors had sufficient experience to trace the richer outcropping* and claim valu­able ground. But all were placer miners. They had no knowledge of geology or of quartz forma­tions and possibilities. They scratched and dug at the surface, washing sand and gravel, or breaking the harder ore In crude Mexican ar-rastras and shoveling It Into tlielr rockers.

"Always they cursed and threw away the heavy blue-black deposit which clogged the rlJTles and carried away their quicksilver. No one recognized this black stuff as the rich silver ore which.was the true wealth of the Comstock." For this Is an essential part of the fairy tale that Is the story of the .Comstock.Lode—not only did the real discoverers fail to win lasting fame by hav­ing It nnmed after them but by a queer turn of fate they also failed to recognize the real source of fabulous wealth which might have been theirs.

And there Is another angle to-this story which hns to do with the naming of the town that sprang up there, "the greatest mining town upon the continent." It might appropriately have been named for either McLaughlin or O'ltlley or oven for the spurious godfather of the source of its greatness—Comstock. Than again• II might have been named for another man who was soon to appear on the scene- itttdue .Inhms Wnlsh. Put thai honor roll to hone or Ihein. Instead. It went to that "drunken, Irresponsible I Hamster." .lames I'ltiney or I'Viihlthore, "did Virginia;4' And hero is how that came about i

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Walsh bought Cotnstoek's Interest In tho claim for StltflOO, Later Mohanghltn sold his Interest for $:t,r>00, lYtirod for $8,500, Osborne for $7,500 and O'ltlley, who held Oh longer than any of the original locators, for $40,000, Ami in this connection It might be well to tell of tho later fortunes of those men. McLaughlin became a cook at $40 a month and died a pauper. O'ltlley lost nla entire $40*00(1 In stock speculation and died in an Insane asylum, reared and Osborne died poor, "old..-Virginia," while en a long spree, rvtti Hmtwtt from his liarae and killed. Coin* Pluck sipianderetl all of his $11,000 In a short time, tii'irteil le Muutana ami (here, penniless and Hliiinst sliirvlng, commuted suicide in imaa* man en rlepl amber B-¥j if TO.

lilit In reltirit In the geiiesls nf Vlrglulacity, "t'lisiiiil pliu-er iuiiiiiig in Nevada gave wa,t tu suliielliliig fiH* greater' iipiut the dii,v wheti wnrtt fm\m\ lit** w'tiBliiia liisii'icl iiuil Ilia lilitekfiHirf u'hiMit in.- ii-not-MO m\\\m laid heeii Hii-'iiwlhti liwii.v r'ur )\eeltfl rViia lii ranllly Mlvai: eta willed Hinted IID itii-d an 'M.,.11 in siivm- i„ the tun, Willi linn wurtl mm ilia- vauguni'il nf siicli » nml leu1 Hr'tiiy" nf I'lftli men, pnuF luem lia^itF meiii ih lMu.s mi- iclmiiM. lillliel-s l i ihl llnr'teem t h " ^ its ilia rVtu:ld lias seliinm m\Mn

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HENRY THOMAS PAIGE COMSTOCK The "Old Pancake" for Whom the Comitoclc

Lode Wai Named.

perlence there to write "Uoughtng It" ns one of the books which have made tho name of Mark Twain famous. To It came two sturdy young Irishmen, John W. Mackay and James O. Fair, and from the fortunes which they jnade there were financed great telegraph and cable lines. Other names which link Virginia City's' historic past with the present and with several great American fortunes were those of Darius Ogden Mills, James It. Keene, James C. Flood, and John T. Bradley. Nor should there be neg­lected that "most spectacular figure In all the bizarre scramble for riches, the Uoosler who never shoveled a pound of ore. yet made millions from the Comstock Lode"—"Lucky" Baldwin.

As tho great mines which titpped the riches of the Comstock l.ode--tlie Ophlr, the Crown Point, the Belcher, the Yellow Jacket, the Im­perial, the Kentucky, the Kmpire, the (build and Currv, the California

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W o r k on W a r Memorial Is P o s t p o n e d for a Year .

Washington.—Theft of a sample block of lahrndorlto, tho mineral to he used In tho baso of tho "italn-how Division" arch In New York city, may delay work on this war memorial for a year, according to tho sculptor. This particular sample block was needed In matching materials for the memorial.

"The Ilnest specimens of labrndorlte, beautifully Iridescent member of the feldspar family, come from certain sections of tho Labrador coast which are Ice-bound much of the year," says a bulletin from the National Geo­graphic society. 'This 'peacock stone* la found also in Norway and la Siberia, but It was first Identified as a distinct species from rock samples picked up on Paul's Island, on the north Labrador const, In 1770, and named for the region of its discovery.

Stone Itself Somber Gray. "Although labrndorlte Is noted

among mineralogists for Its brilliant sheen ami flashing blue, purple, green, bronze and red light-rays of exquisite beauty, the mineral Itself possesses no color other than a somber gray! The play of many glossy hues, given off by the stone In sunlight is the result of optical Interference.

"In other words, the . Internal structure of the mineral breaks up Into its color components the white light which penetrates tho glassy sur­face. Some of these light rays are absorbed by the stone and do not affect the eye. The rest are reflected as brilliantly colored flashes by tbou* sands upon thousands of microscopic particles within the feldspar.

"In the mineralogy wing of the Na­tional museum In Washington a lnrge piece of iniu-ndoHie is so placed In s glass case that Its cut end polished face catches the eyes ol visitors ss sunn as they enter th& whip, -althb.Ugh the ease stands well back toward the middle nf a long hall. This -specimen lias a h l i ihh jsrerii j/heeti. uomewhnt like Hint of Hie wlups of Irepleal' but-lerilles tiswl In ileenrate Irnys and pic* lures. Step a few feet In Hie" right ur left nf Ilia polished faee nf lite sleuei Iiuwaveii ami II beentiias Hfi iBIrl gray liiitsa ftswiiililifitf a ideee 8!

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Hon i\m\ alt iiy- (lie miiiaFal, Inn HI in, . apaalmaiin have bean fniiml Willi a Droni^Ni) mm luvaiy tu iiaiuilti: Vmw mm yallnw, flaiai m\\ mum i"o- ihi-h in:.. Hie llama nf» nr.. npnl utif nf ilia i.iiii-:.M,i , , ; . i . ,u

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onenetl » qmiFFj? on the Island ef Nn|wl»riilBBnisiil», na»F NfUn (anoiu mldwny lieiwaan HIP B8rtH§FB 6B of I^hrnilriF and HnmlltoD Inlal). and ah teraijod. jo plnpo labrfldnrHo on Ihe nmrkei ns ft saml-proplPiis eionp» The enternrlso apparently was not su> cessfui; put the ahahdoimd nuarry Is a dazzling spot in the sunlight, wltll the rough faces of the rock throwing o(T gorgeously-tinted rays thnt flash and change with every new angle of vision.

"I'leces of lahrndorlto have been set In Jewelry, although tho stone Is diffi­cult to work. Its cleavnble nature and brlttienesa usually prevent tho cutting of a well-polished surface. For tho same reason Its use Is lim­

ited In building construction, tltfrougfc It in sometimes employed as a decora-t|ve feature. Skilled atone cutters have made vases and lamp bases from labrndorlte that are particularly prized by art collectors.

"Tbo mineral owes Its origin to vol­canic nctlon In tbe Lubrador region millions of years ago. Molten rock, forced between layers of older rock, crystallred and formed deposits of labradorlto apd other minerals, wblcb wore later exposed by erosion."

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Fails ind Aablaad, "in" which pearly rpgult©! fi of WAIUS S M (bft'smtciit chine AS WalUa «p*d Green Springs bigbWSf I Star Btsrlon.

Tbe deer, rannlog a | J came into the road fibre car. It leaped, but its front Quarter* atruck shield, tbe bind legs through the window in m ner that WaMa was eerl

HeroicAir Mail Flyer Hottoit

President itoosetelt presentiag Mai ft, FreWmri, slflssii tflXtf sot«,.wlth the airmail flyers' medal of honor, ^reeburi wift.tljj | eourage and coollieatltnlness In mnnsuvtrlni s ^ii*J»ie«t r«s««sSi safe landlne. lie wns flying from Minneapolis to;CMe«ifi« w»t»» ««<--?

and a load of mull when one of his propellM 8««P^<N1 1Atk mm linard one, Jolted loose ami lodsed In the lamlM §«*»• •*"**». f r t ftlely cut HIP swllelies on the oiher motorfi, anC after H t f ^ p ^ Hieui ob aealui heading for ilia Mississippi Href. At sn aHt1tiM» feel lie mnuPUveN<d Ills plane until the motor Ml away. Its l^a i -hieimtii aioi Iahda a safe landing despite ft twisted wtawts

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Mi \u\wn HMFBHFdiBqueF, m\m for Hie PasiPHF taftltuie In ^&Ftif tetom HFFHflglng f«F ilia pFOdygHiB Of *i N s ! 91 oonnds of vpoom fm BH in o^ppFlmeins In Hie ireaHnpnl of m& PPF«

H^ Is spppftllng pnrHPnlflriy far pobFns find estimates he will reqiKre the VPOOffl of at least o,000 snakes If he |s to collect the quantity be want* in a reasonable limo.

A snpkp farm |ms already been set np nt the Haffkln institute, where 50 snakes have been installed and are un­dergoing treatment designed to pro­duce tbe maximum amount of tbe deadly potsoa,

Uso of venom for the treatment of cancer Is still In tbe experimental stage, and bo would not disclose de­tails.

Will Restore Palace of Moor Italy Undertakes Important

Project at Ferrara.

Ferrara, Italy.—A department of the Italian government has undertaken the restoration of the palace of Ludovlcus the Moor, groat warrior of the Fif­teenth century.

Mussolini regarded the palace as one of the greatest architectural gems or all times and personally arranged that one million lire be appropriated to­wards Its restoration.

The plans have been prepared and -since the required funds now are avail-able, specialised artists already have started on the restoration of different rooms connected' .by loggias designed by Ihe Architect itossettl.

The palace was bought by. the gov­ernment 12 years ngo to prevent Its further deterioration due not only to the ravaitoS of time, hut to the fact It had been adapted as lodgings for poor people.

Itossettl' designed the palace Itself and most or it was built by a state1

mason named i'astro and by the sculp tor Ahibriiglo tie Mlhiho. It Is one 0l the host lleiialssiinee IniildlHes at I'ef riii-n audi liillnu'igli tFeally' «Ii111111 *" 1 -il? niiiiii nrihitac'Hirn.l lines" rautain in l.'lct.

The palace will be used for * mu­seum. As a'result the work now on dertaken will restore the three main halls on the ground floor to their orig­inal magnificence wtih frescoes repre­senting Biblical and mythological scenes. New frescoes will be painted In the Hall of Honor and In the many rooms on the first floor as welL These rooms reveal admirable decorations even In their present state.

The restoration work Is based on ex­isting historical documents and re­productions of the existing frescoes so that it will be as nearly accurate as possible.

Smal les t Park Cla imed by T o w n in California

Vlsnllttj Calif.—Vlsalla challenges the world to prove It has a smaller city park than Visalln's.

The park at St. John, N. FL, measur­ing 20 feel by 0, which claimed the "world's smallest" hohors. Is much big­ger and cannot honestly claim the title. Vlsrtilths contended.

The town's "liOlie Oak" park, sit­uated at the west entrance to the city, Is but in by in feet, they polHied olih

The park, coniaiiilim n huge oak tree, Is, sijiiiirelr in the middle of the nmin lilgliwitjr,

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I lulilshlpa are bu'iiled al slniletfle lilitu's iiimiy Hie Alhthlh'. I'lieille and ilulr poiK Their jd'Miesi mlvnnlrtiie over ii lltflillifitise Is llielr ability M> nc.'i.|iy siiillnhs where Hnhlhmise» eoiihi he liuilt only wllh imnendmiii liiiliciiliy and al tfi'^ui eesl. Als«» Ibey ma> he readily •dilfied.m-new Kiatlona vs 1,,-I. a Hioiii "drifts" or imponant n-iidf rniiiea nre I'huuged, Their great' e*i iii.-.iiU.iiiiag.t N their hiffh eo^t,

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,i i'i,,i i.Hii prefer not to take their • • in this fashion and stand much

Jonnef periods- of duly, MY perhda of relief and lakln^ meiilltfi al H UtHOi Their eiimlrwa are made powible «>Hi»uHal lenders allarhed Irirl lieHihiiiarlera, Thwf i!Hrr> fuel afirt prevlslmn I t-t.ipt In Ihn Hfea and rliei" nlda In liNVlmilliiM iilmtg lh

Mfe aboard iim iighiaiiir .H'urp, Thain la plenly uf done, for Ihe llahtablp Is inure and more enmplleulfHi Whil i mi duty ihe men are w-alcliMS, ihe period of whli ueui upon lb? loinii.et of ut lor dui> In (he crew.

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WhM lea i l i Clef* Snnllu have their way

bad weather or food whether Jo winter or eum Pimply close up the doer tt and go to sleep, If one I Jn the woods, end put In without food and water, I up bouse in mid-summer, in thU condition until (moist pr -\uled.

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