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1 rifc. aiLVtK UUTLOOK.
While the silver situation is
still somewhat uncertain, the
apprehension created by the
big drop some months ago ap
pears to have been practically
dissipated. Instead of the bot
tom dropping out of the mark
et, silver has regained several
points. Although it is probable
that higher prices will not ob
tain in the metal markets foi
some time to come, the in
dustry, generally, appears to
be in a fairly healthy condit
ion.
The question of what India
will do with her huge silvei
reserve in the event of a
change to a gold basis is a dis
turbing problem; but the fact
remains that even at the pres
ent low prices there is still a
fair margin of profit for mosi
of the silver producers. As
long as this condition endures
there is small likelihood of an
appreciable diminuation in
mine operations.
There is also a strong proba
bility that the present depreci
ation may have a tendency to
stimulate development of new
er and less costly methods
for the recovery of metals
from ores. An eventuality of
this kind will, in the long run,
more than compensate for
present losses.
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WE MUST HAVE MINES
The donor of a large cash
prize for a recent long-dis
tance swim, in presenting it
to the winner is quoted as say
ing, “Don’t invest in mines.’
“What he evidently inferred
was, “Do not speculate in
mines or oil or orchard com
panies or automobile plants or
a thousand and one glittering
schemes to double your mon
ey,” says the Weekly Press
Times Mining Review, of Wal
lace, Idaho.
“It is an injustice to one of oui
great industries that the term
“mining” has become synony
mous with get-rich-quick
schemes to bleed the credulous
of their savings. As a matter of
fact, any banker can point
out investments in bonds or
stocks of mining companies
that are considered as safe
as those in most any of our
other industries.
“Speculation and investment
are as widely separated in
mining as in anything else.
But the world must have
mines; thousands have failed
on farms and in factories to
every mine failure. Mines
found, developed, and still
greatly maintain the west. An
honest mine is still like an>
other industry—as necessary
and as safe.”
CALENDAR CHANGE
MOVEMENT GROWING
Determined efforts to bring
about a reform of the calendar
with a 28 day month have
been taken with the view of
definite action at Geneva in
August, according to recent
reports from that center.
Jn 16 capitals of northern
Europe steps already have
already been taken to show
the advantages of the fixdd
calendar idea. There are op
ponents of the plan but no or
ganized efforts has yet ap
peared.
Under the proposed plan' 0/
reform all months would have
28 days, the first day of the
month always falling on Sun
day and the last on Saturday.
If the year remained the same
length an extra month would
be introduced, leaving one
day over and two in leap year.
Thirteen Ifpnths would look
like this:
ANY MONTH
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LESS AVOIRDUPOIS
Is the trend among American
men away from obesity? A
Washington observer in look
ing over the official city with
an eye to avoirdupois has not
ed that its public men are
growing thin. He has found the
Senate uncommonly lean and
long and was impressed by the
paucity of fat men in the
house.
This is more to be expected
than to be surprised at. The
nation is working faster ana
playing harder than any ante
cedent generation or civilizat
ion. As activity, both physical
and mental, is always associ
ated with thin men it would
be natural that this high speed
age should produce a race 01
lean and hungry Cassiuses.
There -are some 2,200,000
golf players in the United
States, and golf is recommend
ed as a fat-reducing agent. In
dustrial and commercial Amer
ica is producing more in
eight hours than it formerly
produced in twelve, and the
fast worker waxes thin.
Just for Fun
Clothes make the man, and
want of them the bathing girl.
Blessed are the poor. They
must pay cash and have no
easy payments to torment
them.
A man’s temperature seldom
makes him as hot as his tempei
does.
The best angle from which
to approach a problem is a
try-angle.
We never expected to live
to see th» day when a motn
er’s skirt would be too short
even to make a long dress for
the new baby.
Never wait for the applause
unless you can give an encore.
Results speak for themselves,
and need no publicity agents.
Now and then we see a sheik
who makes us wonder why
they go to all the trouble of
searching the African jungles
for the missing link.
Daughter thinks she would
rather get wrinkles from hav
ing too many good times thax*
by working too hard, the way
mother got hers.
If a grandmother of a gen
eration ago should come back
and go through the bureau
drawers of her granddaughtei
she would wonder where the
dear thing’s clothes were.
Teacher: "Why is your broth
er not at school today, Tom
my?”
Tommy: "He's ill in bed,
miss.”
Teacher: “What's the mattei
with him.?’’ ' r
Tommy: “We were trying to s
see who could lean out of the
window furthest, and he won!” 4
An old broker says the reason ‘
some stocks go up and down
so regularly is that being most
ly water they rise and fall
with the tide.
Parson Johifton—“De choir
will now sing, T’m Glad Sal
vation’s Free,' while Deacon
Ketcham passes de hat. De
congregation will please re
member, while salvation am
free, we hab to pay the choir
foh singin’ about it. All please
contribute accordin’ to yo'
means an’ not yo’ meanness.’’
Men will buy fake stocks,
fall for all kinds of bunlr ana
believe weather reports, but
we never heard of one who’d
set his time-piece by his
wife's wrist-watch.
Hub—You are extravagant.
■ You spend money for unnec
essary clothes.
Wife—Absurd! Unnecessary
clothes are not in fashion.
If you don’t know what “a
look that speaks volumes” is
just watch the one a woman
gives another woman with
whom she is not on speaking
terms, when they pass.
In a lot of homes meal time
seems to be the regular time
for starting arguments.
An exchange remarks that
Americans should raise their
own rubber. They do every
time a shapely pair of rolleu
hose and a dimpled knee pass- .
es.
The habitual loafer- nevei
seems to get tire d of his job.
In the village street an old
man was spoken to by a stran
ger, who said: “Excuse me,
but you must be a great age.”
“Yes,” replied the ancient, “I
be ninety-foive.”
“And have you lived here all
your life?”
“No, not yet,” was the reply. •
He was a dapper little man at
the door trying his best to sell
a can-opener.
“Madame,” he began glibly,
"I am selling a can openei
that cannot be beaten. It can
open any can that cannot
be opened by an ordinary can
opener, and any can that
can be opened by a can opener.
If you can show me a can that
cannot be opened by any can
opener other than this can
opener, I will prove to you thai
this can opener can open a can
quicker than other can openei
can. Now if you can get a can
opener that can open a can
quicker—”
But by this time the lady oi
the house had fainted on the
cold doorstep.
In the days of kerosene
lamps you cussed the smoked
chimneys instead of the light
bills.
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Client:" Didn’t you make a
mistake in going into law in
tead of the army?”
Lawyer: “Why?”
'By the way you charge, there '
vould be little left of the en-;
imy.” !
If you tell the truth you lose
your friends, and if you tell lies
you make enemies.
Dr. Patek—“What’s the mat
ter with your husband today?
He looks awful, much worse
than he did yesterday.”
Mrs. Maloney—“It’s yure
fault. Yez told me to give him
anything that he craved for,
didn’t yez?”
Dr. Patek—“Yes.”
Mrs. Maloney—“Well, he
craved for a fight, an’ believe
me he got it.”
John Hovland
Assay Office
Ryder, Alaska
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