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Show I RAILWAY III ON MAIN 1, C, Van Riper, of Everywhere, Talks of Western Conditions, SAYS P. AMD I. N. ROAD IS DOING WELL NOW He Also Discusses Mining Out- Ilook in Idaho and Nevada, L. B. Van Riper, of New York, and incidentally of the wholo mining region of tho Northwest, is a guest at the Knutsford, Just In from a visit to his mining properties In GoldOeld,6 Nov. if. In a general way he said: 31 "I llnd all mining propositions In the I Goldfleld district to be excellent, 1 31 have a part of the Mohawk leased, and II elnce last May we have sunk a three-J three-J compartment shaft 175 feet, and have been in tho ledge since we got slxty-i slxty-i two feot down. "New York and Eastern capital In in 'general Is coming to the Northwest in millions, and so far has always II found a good return on Investment. ft ' "I am going now to take up actlvo J -work on tho Pacific & Idaho North- H orn road, from Welser to Stevens. II When I took over the road, It was ?200,000 In debt, and badly handicapped handi-capped In other ways. I paid all debts, and have fourteen miles completed, and shall be into Payette lakes this fall. Wo ehall Install telephone service along the lino. The road now has doubled In earning capacity. Since wo have brought an earning capacity to the road, several parties have come forward to annoy us, but I am used to that. Tho old saying: 'Anything worth lighting "lor Is "worth having,' Is changed in my experience to, 'Anything worth having I you must fight for.' Opens Up Lumber Region. "Our load will open up two billion feet of mechautable lumber, and that is money, for there Is now a lumber famine fa-mine all through that country. You cannot get lumber, just now, even at .Welser, for local use. i "The Big Creek, Idaho, country Is If phenomenally rich. The ledge there Is If from 30 to 40 miles long and from 100 n to 500 feet wide, and assays anywhere j from 20 cents to $3 per ton. ft Lack of transportation ties up this val- n uable country. 11 "The Dewey mine In which I am In- i terested has a small, ten-stamp mill R and is turning on about eight thousand dollars per month, on ?7 ore. The Sunnysldo mine, near the Dewey, has fl 2,000,000 tons of oro blocked out. j "I trust your damage by lire in the I building Is not serious. We need a patriotic paper here, and The Tribune fills the bill. By the way, Sunday Is the 17th of June, or 'Bunker Hill' day. II What a day tho people make of It In the New England StatesI The battle M of Bunker Hill or Breed's Hill, was ?j tho opening fight of the Revolution, and the memory of it shall never be JJ forgotten by the American people. I hope to see Hags everywhere tomor- row, and would have them up on every shnck and shanty on my holdings If I -were there, j! "The Sword of Bunker Hill." "How that grand old song, 'The , Sword of Bunker Hill, mades the ) blood bound In a fellow's veins. Let j; me repeat It for you: i He lay upon his dying bed. f His cyo was growing dim. ' c When, with a feeble voice, he called t His weeping son to him. : "Weep not, my boy," tho veteran cried, f "i bow- to Heaven's high will; But quickly from yon antlers bring h The sword of Bunker Hill." M j j Tho sword was brought, the soldiers i! Lit with a sudden name, And as he grasped tho ancient blade II He murmured Warren's name. Then said: "My boy, I leave you gold, l But, what Is richer still. I I leave vou, mark me, mark me now, ffl The awprd of Bunker Hill. !i "'Twas on that dread, immortal day, 5 I dared the Briton's band; fl A captain ralBed this blado o'er me, l)l . I tore It from his hand, I fl And while the glorious battle raged, 1 8 it lightened Freedom's will, I For, boy, tho god of battles blessed l! fl Tho sword of Bunkor Hill. II I "Oh. keep tho swordl" His accents IIR broke, Ijj A smile, and he wari dead; IH But his wrinkled hand still grasped I 3 tho blade, I Upon his dying bed. I That son remains, that sword remains, I I Their glory giving still, I , And eighty millions bless that son I And aword of Bunker Hill. I "How can any man, normally born f and bred in this great country, read H that song, or hear it sung, and not get Da out and shako 'Old Glory' to the breeze, 113 and yell?" |