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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
The recent announcement of
the new B. C. Minister of
Mijies that the mining laws of
the province affecting quest
ionable or illegal mining pro
motions will be enforced to
the letter provides an example
that might be followed in the
United States with vast bene
fit to the mining industry,
which forms the underlying
basis for all our great industri
al prosperity.
Unfortunately there are at
present no governmental agen
cies in the United States that
could assume direct supervis
ion of the mining industry as a
whole, such mining supervision
as exists being exercised in de
sultory manner by State offic
ials under local enactment.*
which are in most cases toe
circumscribed to reach the
crooked mine promoter in ef
fective manner.
In the absence of proper gov
ernmental machinery, but little
can be accomplished in this di
rection. Only by the means oi
a federal system of mining
supervision, such as is possess
ed by British Columbia can
the matter of controlling pro
motions be accomplished in
a really effective manner.
Considering the vast import
ance of the industry to the
nation, it is strange indeed
that so little has been done to
by the federal government to
prevent fraudulent mine and
oil promotions, especially in
view of the fact that these in
dustries provide more exten
sive avenues for crooked pro
moters than any other business
or industry. If the mining in
dustry is ever to be placed on
a basis where it will enjoy the
public confidence to which il
is justly entitled, the resuli
can be accomplished only by
the creation of a special fed
eral bureau of mining contro
and supervision which will be
empowered to function thru
out the nation.
In announcing its intention to
use every power at its com
mand in the elimination of the
crooked mine promoter for
the protection of the industry,
the B. C. government is not
only setting a splendid ex
ample to other mining coun
tries but in making the an
nouncement has taken a most
effective step toward eradicat
ing them. Crooked promoters
will most likely give British
Columbia a wide berth when
they, realize fully that they are
being watched by active and
vigilant governmental agen
cies who are ready and willing
to mete out prompt punish
ment for swindling activities.
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A SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
“If you don’t’ care for the
things you can’t obtain you
will be fairly happy,” says a
writer.
On the surface it is not an in
spiring message. Not to care
.’or the things we can’t obtain
s to resign, give up, be supine.
And when we quit in life’s
struggle we pay a dear price,
ndeed, for our meager mete
)f happiness. Most of us per
haps, would rather keep on
ighting. There is joy in the
fight; joy at least to know
here is fight in us.
But let us reverse the formu
la.
“If you care enough for the
hings you have obtained, you
vill be supremely happy.”
The humble farmer, on his
ittle farm-if he loves that
'arm-may be happy beyond
compare. If he loves it well,
le will till it well, intelligently,
horoughly, and it will yield
lim rich store. The widowed
nother, in the little cottage,
las her children, and if she
oves them well they will be
ler life. The clerk at the desk,
f he loves his work, will be
lappy in it. And so it is in ev
sry line of endeavor; if your
leart is in your job you will
>e happy.
To be truly happy in our lot
ve need not be contented. In
’eed, happiness and content
ment, while we keep moving
on life’s highway, are not to
be reconciled. If we love the
work we do we shall be thrill
ed not alone to do it well, but
to do it better.
Far away fields are always
green to too many of us. Only
after many fruitless pilgrim
ages is the simple truth borne
home that if the field at our
door is not attractive and ver
dant it is because we do not
water its shrubs and grasses.
If we loVe our field we will
tend it. And, more important,
if we tend it we will come to
love it.
And this to them in whom
ambition burns: Only by the
degree to which you prove
yourself true to the modest
task of today can you fit your
self for, or inspire others to
entrust you with, greater dut
ies tomorrow.
Just for Fun
Opportunities lie on every
hand. So do a lot of people.
According to Noel Traveirsy,
a certain local man says* “All
this talk about tainted money,
is that it taint enough.
Idleness travels so slowly that
poverty soon overtakes it.
If it has no relation to the
day’s work, forget it.
Money isn’t everything, but it
is very useful in paying bills.
Men are praising girl’ knick
erbockers even if there is noth
ing to blow about.
Love—the feeling that makes
a woman make a man make a
fool of himself.
“Pa,” said Clarence, “what
do they mean by a man leading
a dog’s life?”
“They mean,” replied his dad,
“that he doesn’t do any lead
ing at all, but merely follows
his wife”s orders.”
A man was recently given
life imprisonment for having a
pint of gin on his person. We
wonder what would happen to
him if he had been caught
with a still.
When a poor man gets mar
ried he knows it is for love.
Perhaps the young women are
going without stockings in or
der *to have more money for
lipsticks and chewing gum.
The scarcest and most popu
lar individual is the good list
ener.
Equal rights: A bald headed
man in an elevator removing
his cap while a woman’s wide
hat scratches his eye ball.
Advertising takes the bum
out and puts the boom in busi
ness.
A diamond is a woman’s idea
of a stepping stone to success.
A good kicker has more
friends on the gridiron than on
the diamond.
Apparently the only thing ov
er which there is no dispute
these days is the multiplication
table. '
A Hyder man told his wife
that he thought he was get
ting ahead at last. “Well,
heaven knows, you need one,”
she replied.
Generosity is not measured
by how much you give, but by
how much you have left after
giving.
-The reason it is safer to
breathe through our noses is
because it keeps our mouth
shut.
The man easily led is always
led in the wrong direction.
There is a man in our town
Who gets many things well
done.
But he will never win renown
Until he concentrates on one.
One way to make both ends
meet is to tie them together.
Then there would never be
any end. Generally speaking
a wedding ring is a good ex
ample.
If a business man expects to
hold his job, he must please
his customers just as a con
gressman must statisfy his con
stituency if he hopes to be re
turned to office.
POLISHED OFF
Lawyer—What is your hus
band?
Witness—He’s a finisher,
Lawyer—What does he finish?
Witness—Well, just now he’s
finishing his third term in
jail.
Among Uiie ailments that are
conveyed from dogs to man we
note the inclusion of insomnia.
Some people get it from the
dog next-door.
Clerk: What’s an operetta?”
Delivery Boy “Its a girl who
works for the telephone com
pany.”
We might be induced to ride
in an airplane, but the situat
ion would have to be a des
! perate one before we would
j attempt a parachute leap.
The novelist’s small boy had
just been brought to judge
ment for telling a lie. His
sobs having died away, he sat
for a time in silent thought.
“Pa,” said he, “how long
will it be before I stop gettin’
licked for tellin’ lies, an’ begin
to get paid for ’em like you
do?”
A man at a prohibition meet
ing had worked himself up to
a fine pitch, and concluded by
asking dramatically: “What is
there that causes more misery
than drink?”
A single voice cut across the
lilence, and said, “Thirst.”
We never waste sympathy on
i woman who complains her
husband is no longer tender,
when she knows she has made
him hard boiled by keeping
him in hot water most of the
time.
“Pa,” said Clarence, “what is
a surplus?’”
"Its something, son,” growled
his dad, “a married man often
hears about and never has.”
Geophysical Prospecting.
The increasing interest in the
use of electrical or other geo
physical methods for the lo
cation of underground ore de
posits has led the United States
Bureau of Mines, Department
of Commerce, to study the
possibilities of the use of the
megger circuit for the meas
urement of the variation of
ground resistivity, an import
ant factor in this means of
mineral prospecting.
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GEORGE B. 6RI6SBY
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KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
The megger may be used to
measure the various average
resistivities at different depths
from the surface or to compare
the various average resistivi
ties at the same depths. With
its uset it is possible to locate
the direction of the dip and
strike of a concealed intrusion,
such as a body of ore. About
three sites or areas can be
measured in one day to a depth
of 600 feet, by a crew of three
men
The megger as it is built at
present is not entirely suited
for geophysical prospecting,
states Dr. F. W. Lee, in Tech
nical Paper 440, just issued by
the Bureau of Mines. Various
improvements which would
help in the operation of this
instrument in the locating of
underground ore bodies are
summarized in Technical Pap
er 440, copies of which may
be obtained from the Superin
tendent of Documents, Govern
ment Printing Office,, Wash
ington, D. C., at a price of 10
cents.—Mining Truth.
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0. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR '
JUNEAU ALASKA
John Hovland
MINING
Hyder, Alaska
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