Gold Hill news., September 08, 1927, Image 3

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By T H O M A S
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E. S T E W A R D
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C o ld F ie ld s o f A n tiq u ity
THE FROST BROTHERS
E I.A IIN A Y , the famous French
geologist, Is authority for the
“Come on. now, w« must get randy,"
statement that the Golden Fleece of
■wld Jack Frnat to hl» brothvr» M um
Greek mythology wua probably un
ter Chilly and Muster Very Cool.
sctusl thing as well us a legend. lie
“ We re reuily, Jack,” they answered
believes the fleece of sheep was hung
"l»i it good, «till night,” Jack Frost lu sw ift mountain streams bemuse the
roiitlnueii, •and we run do hits ot
tiny Hecks of gold home along by the
work tonight. Yon haven't forgotten
w ater were caught on the greasy wool,
to bring along our tniiglc paint
In other words. It » in un extremely
brushes so we can do the nludows. prim itive method of placer Kilning.
huvu you?”
He points out, furtherm ore, that
"We hare everything In readiness.' ninny rivers whose names would to­
“Then wu must bo oft," said Jack
day bring up no suggestion of gold,
Frost.
were once eagerly puuued for the
They went hurrying along through
flake gold In their sands. All the riv ­
the »till, cool, autumn ulght.
ers of Ita ly once yielded gold mid so
T he a ir was as still us still could
did those of Asia Minor, although
be and It suielt so deliciously, for that
Greece Itself hud hut little. H e cred­
afternoon some plies of leaves had
its the legend of the Itliln e gold with
been burnt and the world seemed
a basis In actual fact through undent
fragrant with their perfume,
mining operations.
“We must touch up some more ol
The gold mines of Asia M inor hare
the leaves," suld Jack F ro st There
long beeu famous, mid He I.niiiiuy lie-
are so tunny yet untouched."
lleves that some of them will again
“ I ’ve the orungu paints und tin
become so If those countries ever es­
crimson paints and the different cape the grasp ot the T u rk. To get
shades of golden und red paints und some Ideu of their wealth In times
of scarlet paints, too," suld Mastet of antiquity, It la only necessary to
Chilly, und Master Very Cool added: think of the legeuds of Croesus,
“ Vve got all the brushes, too,"
wealthiest of men, or Midas, king of
They went to the windows and In Phrygia, who was supposed to have
some they peeped and saw children the power of turning to gold w hat­
sound asleep.
ever he touched. Undoubtedly both
“ Won't they be surprised when they of these ancient kings hud possession
wake up In the morning?" Jack Frost of gold mines of grout wealth with
exclulmed.
which the public wus not fnm lllur.
"I,et us hope they wake up before
In the Aegeun sea Cyprus wus fn-
old Mr. Suu has been up for loo long
nious as a mining center, and much
Old Mr. Kun Is a Jolly, healthy, wurui
gold was produced there, although the
hearted soul but be Isn't such a greut
copper deposits on that Islimd were
a rtis t He does sway with our work."
still more famed und Its gold produc­
Muster Very Cool suld.
tion Is believed to have been Inciden­
"S till he dees have beautiful pic
tal to the extraction of copper.
lures In the sky when he goes to bed,
Ancient Egypt was undoubtedly n
and he loves gorgeous colors," suld
source of gold In ancient times, as can
Muster Chilly.
lie deduct-d from the elaborate deco­
" Ilia art Is different from ours,"
rations fouud In the tombs of many
Jack Frost said. "H e belongs lo an
Egyptian kings, most notable because
other school of painters.*'
most recently, King Tut-Ank-Auieu.
So the Frost brothers went to the
Probably most important among the
windows and they made the most
beautiful pictures w ith th i/r magic gold mines of ancient Egypt were
brushes.
They made castles and those that lu) between the N ile und
mountains, and they shaded their pic the Ited sea. It Is positively known
that the kings o f Babylon and Cap­
lures with such marvelous touches.
Then they went to the trees and padocia sent there to get gold, and
they whispered to the trees and blew that Ptolemy I I derived u large annual
revenue from the mines, estimated as
high us *20.000,000. At the beginning
of the Christian eru these mines,
though they were then falling, were
reputed to produce more than *3,000,-
000 In gold annually.
When the mines of the eastern Medi­
terranean shores began to show signs
of exhuustlon, the ancients turned
th e ir attention first to the Itullun
mountains and then to the streunis
und mountains of Spain, of Lusitania
(Portugal) and of Gaul, or wliut we
know today as France. Homans even
sought gold In Wales, Devon und Corn­
wall, Iti England. The mountains of
northern Africa also yielded precious
inetuls to the ancient miners, some of
them coming even from the Atlim tlc
Ws Mutt Be Off.
coast to Africa outside the S traits of
over them with th eir cold breaths. G ibraltar, or, as they were then culled,
Then they painted the leaves und the Pillars of Hercules.
they used the moat during of colors.
“Some artists would he considered
too b rillian t If they used the colors P ix a rro an d th e In c a ’s Ransom
wo do." suld Jnck F ro st "Itut Moth­
T O R IE S of unheard-of wealth In
er Nature tins taught us how to use
gold nnd silver In the possession
colors so they nre ga.v and yet they
of the Indian chieftains o f Peru, the
don't seem out of place.
Incas, lured the Spaniards southward
"Tomorow we cun listen to people soon a fte r the discovery of the South
saying that the colors have never
American niainlund.
Crossing the
been more wpnderful nny other yeur,
Isthmus of Puiisutn on font or by
I t Is line the way they keep on saying
mule train, they built ships on the
tlint year a fte r year. It rewards us
Pacific and sailed southward across
for our work.”
the equator Into a land which from
Then they went to the flowers and
then until today has been one of the
they whispered cool, chilly secrets.
greatest sources ot precious uud use­
“Tills w ill he a surprise,” said Mas­ ful metals.
ter Very Cool, "as the people didn't
Francisco Pixarro, lender of the
do much covering up of (lowers mid
Spanish Invaders in Peru, heard from
plants this evening. They didn't think
Ida men and from captive Indians of
It wouid turn so cold, or so still
the great hoards of gold possessed by
They didn't know our plans.'*
the Inca chiefs. Unities between the
The flowers nodded their heads and Kpnnlsh and the Itullun natives fnl
whispered, ns they shivered, "Summer lowed, though they were hardly worthy
Is over.”
of the name. W ith horses, spears, gun­
Only the ngeratum nnd the Johnny- powder nnd armor, the men from
Jump-Ups mid the asters whispered Spain had an easy lime w ith the pixir
hnck:
Indians and victories were more like
“ We’re still expected to stay around ' butcheries than anything else.
We can't listen to you, Jack Frost."
In one of these battles, as the story
And Jack Frost knew that It was Is told hy Prescott, the famous his­
true.
torian, the Inca chief Atiihimlpn was
As morning dawned nnd the chil­ captured and brought before Pixarro.
dren were admiring the windows be
Pizarro told Idin that he would give
fore Mr. Sun got a chance to melt him his freedom on one condition.
away the pictures, and as the flowers Leading him Into a fnlr-slxed room he
that remained In the gnnlcns cheered told him that If Ills followers would
those who were saddened to see the (111 the room w ith gold l,e might go
other flowers go, Jaek Frost mid his free.
T hat they actually filled the
brothers were buck In Frostlnnd about room to ransom their lender Is cer­
to take their nap. for they sleep In tainly open to doubt, and It also Is
the daytime. Anil ns they were going open to doubt Hint the poor Indian
Off to sleep they hummed their own chief ever went free. W hat Is not to
lulluhy to themselves.
be doubted Is that the Incus and their
followers yielded up an almost Incal­
W e're th e th re e F ro st B ro th e rs, happy
culable treasure to the Spaniards, who
and g a y ,
sent It home to Spain In the famous
W e w o rk by n ig h t, w e s le e p by dny
W e p a in t th e w in d o w s and k le t the
treasure fleet. It was this gold nnd
(lo w ers
other shlphicnts like It that gave
And pat them to sleep for the w ln tei
Spain the economic basis of her world
hours.
W e c o m e ea ch y e a r and n e v e r fa ll,
pre-eminence during the Sixteenth nnd
W e're th e F ro st B ro th e rs, stu r d y , nnd
Seventeenth centuries.
s tr o n g nnd hnle.
It was Hie sume search for treasure
H e ig h ho, helgh-h<> for th e fr o s ty air.
that «ent the Spanish Into Mexico, un­
A nd th e g n y g a y p ra n k s th a t w e w ill
dare
H e lg h -h o !
der Cortex, where the Aztec civilisa­
tion was ruined hy their soldiery.
H e r L ittle S itte r
Spanish explorers also penetrated Into
the United States ns fur ns what are
Margaret, aged six. was playing on
the lawn with a chubby little tot of now the states of Washington, Colo
rado, Nebraska nnd Kansas. For In­
«hunt three, who happened to hr
dressed In overalls.
stance. De Soto's exploits on the Mis
slsslppl river are part of the every­
"Is that your little brother, dear?"
questioned a visitor.
day knowledge of all American school
boys and girls.
“No'in, lie's my little sister."
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Indiana' Vanity Shown
by "Fake” Ornament»
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F o r Piles, C o rn s
B u n io n s, C h ilb la in s ,e tc .
I Is t a f u J
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brat I h 4 I U tl as« aauUd.
A VOID
The ancient Indian chiefs whose
hones He hurled In Ohio mound- were
not above making and weurlng artl-
Octal Jewelry when tlie natural ma­
terials were not readily available.
Investigation of the relics of the so-
calh-d "Hopewell Culture." by Dr. II
O. Shetrone of the Ohio State Archeo­
logical sod Historic society, has dis­
closed a number of bone ornaments
accurately and artistically carved In
Imitation of hear teeth.
Ileur-tootb
necklaces were highly prized by this
long hurled peopls They accompany
many of the more Important burials.
Only the long, tuskllke eyeteeth were
used, and the larger ones were fre ­
quently Inset with river mussel pearls
as big as peas. Moat of the teeth are
of the common black beur, which
ranged throughout North America, but
frequently specimens sre found of un­
doubted grizzly hear origin, which
must huve come hy prim itive trade
routes from as far away as the Rocky
mountains.
C a n a d a ’» P e a t D e p o tit»
It Is entirely possible that at no dla-
lunt day Canada may he making com
mere, il use of the great pout dc|-oslis
which are to lie encountered In various
parts of the dominion. A pent corn-
mil lee appointed by the government
and the province of Ontario has been
thoroughly Investigating the subject
and has made some very valuable sug­
gestions. Field operations have been
conducted for some time at a point 40
miles east of Ottawu and these have
led lo the solution of many problems
Incident to the commercial production
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huve been developed for the economi­
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my dear. Is Intended to allow the vic­
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P o rtla n d ,O r e ® u a
F E L T HATS C L E A N E D
11 po»t paid.
We clean. reblock re trlm , re­
m odel m en’s and ladiee' fe lt, velour, velvet,
s ilk and straw oats at nom inal coat.
A ll
w ork * us ran : wed
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P o rtlan d . O regee
W. N. U., P O R T LA N D , NO. 35-1927
D e ta in e d , M a y b e
M illio n » fo r B anana»
W liat ao tedious as a twice told
tale?— Pope.
“Can I speak to your father today,
my little man?”
“Papa la at the law courts."
“But you said that a month ago."
“ He's still there.”— Die Muskete, Vi­
enna.
Sleep stores up good nature
you. See that yon get enough.
About the only sure way to keep a
secret Is not to have a secret.
O t the money spent by the peopla
ot this country for Imported fruit,
more than half of It was spent for
bananas last year.
The value of
banana Imports reached *22.074,411),
as compared with *19,73N.503 In 1923.
Americans, particularly lioo tools ne,
own most of the banana plantation*
In tills hemisphere.
for
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