Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 312, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1915 — Page 2

"A MILLION NEW SAVERS IN 1916” That is the slogan adopted by the Banks of the United States, in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Savings Bank, and in promotion of a nation-wide Thrift Movement. The ravages of the great European conflict will have their subduing effect upon every civilized Nation of the world. It is the duty therefore of all our citizens—a duty to themselves and families-to develop stronger habits of Thrift, to be more saving,. more economical and more conservative along all possible lines. WILL YOU BE ONE of the million savers? Will you start the New Year with a determination to become better off financially by the time 1917 rolls around? You will 'succeed in doing this if you will adopt now, one or more of the easy methods offered by a membership in the THRIFT SAVINGS CLUB . Don’t say you cannot save, until you have tried, it “The Thrift Way”. The little sums you now spend for things of trifling value will soon grow to big amounts if laid aside with weekly regularity. The secret of successful saving lies in having a definite purpose in mind, and then following some systematic plan. THERE ARE SIXTEEN EASY PLANS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM. Save for CHRISTMAS-TAXES-INSURANCE-INVESTMENT. It does not matter about your purpose--nor even what the amount may be-as long as you are saving a part of your earnings for some purpose that will heip you financially. NOW IS THE TIME TO START. NO COST. MEMBERS CARDS ISSUED EVERY DAY. The Peoples Loon & Trust Co“The Bank Behind The Thrift Movement”.

PUBLIC SALE. Having decided to quit farming we will offer for sale on the T. W. Bess farm, 2 miles east and % mile north of Monroe on Thursday, January 6, 1916, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Seven Head of Horses: Bay mare, 7 years old, weight, 1600 lbs., in foal; black mare, 7 years old, weight, 1400, in foal; bay gelding, coming 3 years old, weight 1250; roan gelding coming 4 years old; bay driving mare, smooth mouth; spring colt, a good draft colt; bay driving mare, coming 3 years old, sired by Glideheart; 8 year old Belgian stallion. Five Head of Cattle: Three good milch cows, 1 fall calf, 1 yearling bull calf. Fourteen Head of Hogs: Ten shoats in fine condition; 4 brood sows, bred to farrow first week in April. Farming Implements: Farm wagon, beet rack, P. & O. beet cultivator, Lion corn planter, spike tooth

OUR FINAL CLEARANCE SALE IS NOW ON EVERY GARMENT MUST SELL. WATCH OUR WINDOW FOR PRICES OUR STORE WILL BE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL 8 00 P Ivi GASS & MEIBERS STORE OF QUALITY

I harrow, Eckhart buggy, set work harness, walking breaking plow, John Deere gang plow, John Deere cultivator, set single harness, Chase rubber lined robe, Canton clipper walking plow, coal heating stove, wood heating stove, Petaluna incubator, 126 egg; kitchen cabinet, nearly new; several cords of cook and heating wood, corn in crib, other articles too numerous to mention. Terras of Sale:—All sums of $5.00 and under, cash in hand; over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash on time sales. No goods removed until settled for. A. S. & 11. S. KEELER. Jeff Licchty, Auct. G. R. Martz, Clerk. Dinner will be served by the Ladies’ Aid of the Monroe M. E. church. -- Democrat Ads Pay.

FARMS FOR SALE. 1 80 acres, 3 miles of town, good level • j soil, well tiled, 9 room modern house, ;-new barn, 36x66, acetylene lights in house and bain, corn crib, garage, oats made this year 84 bu., wheat 41, corn 65 bu. to the acre. Price if tak- ’ en soon, $11,500.00 80 acres, 3% miles of town, good level soil, well drained, 8 room house, barn 36x70, acetylene light In house > and barn. Price, $10,500. , 80 acres, V/ 2 miles of town, German I church and school, good soil, 8 acres 1 timber, well fenced, two houses, one I 6 room with cellar, and one two room, good hip roof barn, 40x60, corn crib and shod. 24x30; $3,000 down, balance long time. Price, $10,000.00. 20 acres, extra good soil, 7 room house, good barn, plenty .of fruit, close to school and church, 4 miles of market; $2,000 down; balance long time.: Price, $4,000.

40 acres, good leved soil, well ditched and fenced, 6 room house, small barn, good drove well, will take city property as part pay. Price, $6,500. The above farms are oargains and must be sold soon.. I have a large list of farms for sale. Office over People’s Loan & Trust Co. bank. D. F. LEONARD. — o--FOR SURVEYOR. In reply to the inquiries of my friends I take this method of announ cing my name as a Democratic Candidate for the office of County Surveyor of Adams County, subject to the decision of the Primary Election to b< held in March 1916. 305t6 ORVAL HARRUFF. DEM OCRATWANTADS PAY BTG

HOW OATMAN GOUTS NAME William Oatman, Wife and One Daughter Murdered by Indians in 1857. ONE DAUGHTER SAVED And Effort is Being Made to Locate Her—Many Gaining Riches There. Oatman, Ariz. Dec. 24, 1915. Dear Johnny: Did you ever stand on the old Monroe street bridge when the St. Mary’s river was in flood, and looking up stream, imagine that all the water in the world was coming down, and then later climb to the top of the old court house tower and look up an down the St. Mary’s and find that what you saw was only a small portion of what there was? I have done that very thing and today I was reminded of it .to a remarkable degree. You can climb on the hill back of Oatman, to the place where the United Eastern is preparing to sink a tfew shaft, and look out over the country, and it looks like you see all the country there is in the world. But today, Johnny. I put on my climbing boots and took the trail that leads to the op of Olla Oatman peak, twen-ty-five hundred feet above Oatman. I aoon convinced myself that what I saw from the United Eastern was only a very small part of this old world of ours. The Olla Oatman peak is a gigantic blowout of mineralized granite and rises sheer above the town and gulches. From it I could see the majestic Colorado river as it winds its way between the states of Arizona and Nevada, and further down where it forms the boundary between Arizona and California. From this point of vantage one can see directly into three states. The point of contact between the three sates is only twelve miles away. Twenty miles down the river lies the little railroad town of Needles, California, and all the way up frpm it the road can'be clearly traced. 'lt is a sight to inspire the gods, and it makes one glad that he is alive and has an opportunity to see it. I was accompanied by a photographer and we got an excellent five-foot panoramic view of the entire country, and I am going to get one and send it back to my father so as to give you something of an insight of the vicinity of Oatman. While 1 am about it, Johnny, I am going to tell you the story of Oatman. This little camp, like all other mining camps, is the outgrowth of romance. William Oatman, an emigrant of 1857, from Clay county, Missouri, on his way to the golden west, made his night’s camp in the deep canyon west of the town that now bears his name. Down this canyon goes the old Silver Creek road, which has always been the main artery of travel to Fort Mojave, -etie Colorado river fording place. At night the high canyon walls made the darkness intense. It was m ideal camping ground, being hid away from the marauding Indian bands. This canyon lies just east of the Oatman-Pioneer shaft. Oatman’s wife and two little daughters, with a ew comforts from the old home, com Dieted the load for the one wagon drawn by oxen. A lead cow and a dog were included in their worldly possessions. An early supper was, eaten. The camp fire was smudged xs was usual in the Indiana country, before dark. The family retired early, ind being only fifteen miles from Fori Mojave, a sense of security allowed the father to slacken his vigilence. 'At nidnight he felt so certain of safetyhat he slept. William Ooatman nev er awoke in this world. Ho still deeps. Tho charred remains of the man. his wife and infant daughter

were found by the next emigrant train Tradition says their bodies were buried In one grave on the mountain side. A lipe of rock, long thought to be the monument for some mining claim, is now believed to mark their resting place. Their eldest daughter, only five years of age, was carried away by the red marauders and turned over to the squaws of the tribe. After residing twelve years with the Indians, Olla Oatman was discovered by a troop of United Stales soldiers, who recognized the girl because of her beautiful golden hair. She was taken to the settlement of Mojave and sent to school. I>ater she returned to the Indians as a missionary. She loved her foster people and had great influence over them. Later she was induced to marry and leave her Indian life, settling in northern California. The local publicity association is endeavoring to ascertain if she still lives and if she will aid in the effort to reconstruct the earlier history of the district. While 1 am about it I might as well give yon a little more data on the district. While the present excitement is by far the greatest that the camp has ever had, it is by no means a new district. In the early sixties soldiers from Fort Mojave formed prospecting parties and several surface workings in and about Oatman rendered results in gold of several hundred thousand dollars to these companies. An old smelter ruins that indicates an elaborate outlay of money is in evidence, also coke, which tradition says, was brought from Wales in 1859. is found in the ruins. In 1870 hundreds of men came from Pioche, Nevada, and the gold regions of California, and at this time the rich veins of the Cerbat and aiiapai mountains were discovered. John Moss, in 1864. discovered the Moss mine, a short distance from Oatman. On this spot, from a hole ten feet in diameter and depth, $240,000 was taken out. W. F. Grounds discovered the famous Gold Star mine. Down tc a depth of 100 feet $300,000 has been taken out. The ores of the veins were so rich that they yielded large profits, although the expense of freight and treatjnent ran into hundreds of dollars per ton, owing to the fact that the ores had to be packed long distances on burros to the Colorado river thence to Port Isabel, down the Gulf of California to Port Arena t nd up the coast to San Francisco, whence they were shipped to England for treatment. Supplies had to be brought in byway of the Gulf of California and the Colorado river and over 400 miles of sand and alkali desert. Is it any wonder that this grand country has laid dormant for years? > Recently the discovery of the great United Eastern mine has revived the district and dozens of mines are now being actively developed and hundreds are only awaiting the necessary capital to.make them producers. I was standing on the street yes terday. Johnny, and heard a remark that is often made by all-wise hombres in this country and which has proven false time after time. I heard a young man who has cne of the best looking properties in the camp, ask a newcomer, whom he had every reason to believe had money, to make a small investment in stock of his company. This wise gentleman refused to lake any stock in the enterprise and curtly informed him that if his property was so good, he would have 90 trouble in getting monied men to finance his property. This seems to be the general opinion, but nothing could be further from the truth. Monied men do not develop They buy them after thef mines are developed and then block out the orc. If the United Eastern had waited on monied men to develop it, there . r be no United Eastern. The money hat is developing the most of the properties of Oatman is the wage earner and the man with several hun dred dollars to invest and who is willing to take a chance. ' 1 heard another remark, Johnny, hat ought to be downed. That remark was that the mining game was too

much of a gamble and that there was more money put Ir. the ground th an was ever taken out. At the risk of tiring you, I am going to give you some true statistics. The following figures, compiled by the United States census, show that Farming produces annually p,. r capita, $227.00; forestry industries produce annually, per capita, |1.9i0 According to Bradstreet and Dunn only 36 per cent of all legitimate min' Ing enterprises fail, as against 54 p er cent in general commercial lines. Doesn’t that stagger you? However, Johnny, I don’t suppose that interests you much. The Times got into another streak of high grade today and that leads into another story. Old man Miller, who was the first to work the property, and who sunk a shaft to the .depth of 140 feet, worked tor months just ouside this streak that was opened up today. He starved and worked, and after his friends deserted him, he used to crawl down the long ladder, fill his bucket with rock, crawl back up and pull his bucket out with an old windlass, all by himself, then repeat the performance. Had he at any time in all those months shot a hole two feet to tho north of where he was working, he would have been a wealthy man. Poor old cuss; he let loose of the property and Morrissy got hold of it and then sold it to the present owners. The old man has disappeared, and no one knows where, but Bill Gray is on his trail and when he finds him, some reward will be given him for opening up this bonanza. Some of the Toledo owners may not have quite so much to spend for Christmas next year, but the old boywill have his. Every one who is not tied down here is going away for the holidays and there will not be much doing before the first of the year. Everyone is optimistic and every one is happy, as become optimists. Will go up to Denver myself next week and see the wife and boy. and will then get back here on the job. Am trying myself to break in as a miner on a poverty stick and it looks as though 1 might succeed, as I’ve had several good propositions put up to me. There are a lot of good things here, but they need money to develop them, but the money is coming, and again everybody is happy. Very sincerely yours, C. S. PETERSON. P sPUBLIC SALE. On account of poor health the undersigned wijl offer for sale at bis residence, one mile west, half mile south and a half mile west of Monroe on Wednesday, January 5, 1916. beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Three Head of Horses: One mare, 9 years old, in foal, sound and weighs 1400 lbs; sorrel mare colt, coming 2 years old, a good one; colt, coming year old. Four Head of Cattle: One cow. 6 years old, fresh in February; heifer. 1 year old; steer, coming yearling; veal calf, 8 weeks old. Fourteen Head of Hogs: Sow, with four pigs, 6 weeks old; sow, with 3 pigs, 6 weeks old; 5 fat hogs. Grain: 250 bushels of number one good corn in crib; tons timothy hay, 125 shocks fodder. Farming Implements: Set double work harness, set single buggy harness, pair tugs, breaking plow, spring tooth harrow, cultivator, just new; one-horse wagon; top buggy, single shovel plow, mower, and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of Sale:- —All sums of $5.00 and under, cash; over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving note' with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash on time sales. No good removed until settled for. NOAH STALTER. J. N. Burkhead, Auct. C. O. McKean, Clerk. — o HARNESS OILING. Bring in your harness to be oiled and fixed up now’. If you can't come in phone us cr write and we will get hem. Have the harness ready for die heavy spring work. Do it now. CHAS. F. STEELE & CO. SObtii