Show referring to payday as the day the ghost walks reminds us that the rise in the price of silver is making many forgotten phantoms stir in the ghost cities of the west and here is hoping that the rise is to be permanent and that it will lead to a long succession of pay days in the rejuvenated silver camps of th 3 rocky mountains the oakland ca california 11 I 1 fornia tribune states that one charles D smith of san jose has been granted government patent upon an instrument which when carried over the ground will accurately point out any mineral or metal pockets or deposits there is nothing new under the sun and the divining roil rod will be with us always but the government patent part of the story sounds interesting we wonder if anything more will ever be heard of this wonderful invention the governor of california has appointed a commission to determine definitely if possible the exact date of the original discovery of gold in that state in this connection tion a diary entry of henry W bigler a liNfor mormon nion pioneer who was in california at that time is of interest under th the date of january 24 1848 lie he wrote T this h i is day some kind of metal which looks like gold was discovered in a tail race of a sawmill captain sutter and partner are building on the south branch of the american river a tributary of the sacramento river this is not conclusive proof of 02 course but it is at least good evidence A new organization has been founded at kellogg idalio idaho to be known as the industrial idlers and owners of the earth its principles are clear they are we refuse to work at all we demand 10 a day we demand our pay every other day As the mines belong to us we demand interest until the principal is paid interest to be paid weekly it regards the I 1 W W as bikers because the latter favors a six hour day and abolition of the wage system whereas the new order believes in absolute idleness with four hours a day off for meals and a minimum wage of 10 and it may be that ridicule of this kind will go a long way toward showing members of the I 1 W W the error of their ways |