The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. XXVI. NO. 12 MARFA PRESIDIO CO_ TEXAS, SATURDAY APRIL (>, 1012. ESTA1JLISIIED 1880.
DIVIDING ROD HAS
FOUND ONE FRIEND
Writer Makes Pleathatlt
Is Not Simply Super-
stition.
BASED M
Says F o r e e Emarrates
Lorn fissure that,,
Affects the
, Denver, Colo., March 24.—-
From tile time of Moses to pre-
sent day the uses and abuses of
the so-called, ciiviuing rod have
been a subject of ridicule or ad-
miration, according to the point
of. view,says a writer in the Min-
ing and Engineering World. The
ridicule proceeds from the educat-
ed classes, who have not enough
faitn or curiosity in the efficacy
of the rod to investigate its won-
derful performances, while ad-
miration for its seeming mira-
culous movements is confined
generally to the uneducated, or
men of the mountains and plains,
who have not the scientific train-
ing necessary to formulate a
lln ory to account for its peculiar
action. But there is a reason for;
the downward movement of the
rod over a fissure vein, contact
or extensive crack in the earth 1
think can be. shown to the satis-
faction ot any one who is not too
strongly wedded to theory and
doctriens of the text-books.
Now, I am neither a geologist
nor a scientist, but I am so free
from prejudice of any description
that I oun readily see that there
is a force emanating from earth
fissures, possibly an impondera-
ble force, more than likely a
force is what makes the divining
rod bend down over a fissure.
LIKE MAGNETIC NEEDLE
The for^e is not attractive, a8
generally supposed, but acts in a
similar manner to that which
governs the magnetic needle.
The biees.grasses,grains,flowers,
ail stand upright. Why is this
so? Is it simply “because, ”as j
-t,h« small boy might say, oris
there a reason trees standing'
perpendicular? There undoubt- I
edly »s a reason, but it seems not!
to have been discovered. The J
reason is, from my understanding
of tan subject, because a force !
builds up the cells and forces up-:
rip-tit through the trunk from its
very beginning and causes it to
grow by furnishing the necessary
power or dynamic energy for the
purposo.furnishiugit with nourish
inent taken from the soil.
Then, in discovering a fissure
vein which is hidden by a deep
cover of earth the divining rod
expert utilizes the potence feund
to be contained in a growing tree.
This forked tree, preferably a
•willow, has been constructed in
curtain line of force, and it will
no more lie horizontal to the
poles, unless forced to do so.
MYSTERIOUS ENERGY ACTS.
Here, then, we have a forked
willow of as near uniform shape
and size as can be conveniently
found. The small ends are held
in the two hands with the thumbs
out,as the diving-rod man walks
slowly over the ground to be ex-
plored. Presently, if there is a
fissure in evidence in his course,
he will know it before there is a
movement of the rod, by a pecu-
lar, almost imperceptible, sensa-
tion. This will occur before the
butt end of the stick descends in
response to the law and force
•which made it.
As I said before, it is not at-
traction that causes the willow to
descend,hut the aotion is solely
•due to an excessive flow of en-
ergy issuing from tho fiseuae. It
is contrary to nature for the force
thus coming in contact with the
stick to pass through it sidewise,
or right angles to its length,
hence the butt end, which slight-
ip inclines to earth,is forced
downward in an effort to adjust
itself with the course of the en-
ergy which is passing through it.
This simple explanation is the
only one that will account for the
action cf tho stick over a fissure
In the earth.
The subject is one fraught with ! grew near *. anf. started
much interest to mankind,and if iip the mountain from where.'he
those trained experts aud geolog- found the float, holding the-stick
ists would devote some of their j horizontally, or nearly so, in ■front
time to its elucidation instead of' of him. lie had gone lees than
adding an interminable lot of j 300 feet when the stick tried to
names to rocks and strata that ( stand on end. “Here is the lead
have been classified aud christ- 11 am after,” he said. He then
ened long ago, they may add proceeded in like manner to out-
■greatly to the sum of human line his course for fully 1500 feet,
knowledge, expedite the work of This done, he got his mining
the prospector and explorer, and ! tools and began a shaft. At the
THE ORIENT
RECEIVERSHIP
WILL NOT INTERFERE
WITH THE BUILD-
ING, OF THE ROAD
nn .mi 'Hake the mining business «
VRA1 Uti D LAW* AcEMoes i-pde^d1,' instead of what
it is tb-day, a sort of guessing
proposition.: /•
*• To dhe propector for precious
metals the divining rod is a great
aid. ’ Nearly all Of the bed-rock
Oirtoropdn the Rocky Mountains
hds beep.explored, but there re-
main immense tracts that are
.covered with vegetation, soil and
loose earth, These can be ex-
ploited with the rod,but not with
the pick and shovel.
In an experience of forty years
in exploring, prospecting and
mining, mainly with a desire to
learn someting of the intricica-
cies of the business the most as-
tounding thing I ever saw was
the discovery of a big quartz vein
carrying gold,silver and lead,by
the divining rod. The discovery
was made on the slope of a
mountain, the bed rock of which
was covered with earth from 8 to
12 feet in depth. . There was no
float visible except a few small
particles of iron carbonate and
oxide.
ROD SHOWED THE WAY.
These did not show any indi-
cation of where the lead might
be from which they came, or
whether they really came from a
lead. But they showed some
gold in panning, and the pros-
pector who found them proceed-
ed to hunt for their source.
depth of 10 feet he was on the
apex of the lead in fairly good
prospecting gold ore. In this
instance, at least, the divining
rod saved time, labor and ex-
pense, enabling a man to do in a
day what under old methods
would have required months, if
the latter proved successful at all.
Then let us give the divining
rod the credit that is due and
study its merits instead of show-
ing our ignorance by pooh-pooh-
ing the proposition.
llelieve the Work will be now
Hastened. The Committee
of Reorganization
At Work.
Found A Tin Gan.
While ploughing in an old field
at Ruidosa a short time ago Geo.
Sutherlin struck an old can con-
taining someting like paper cur-
rency. It was either so old or
from being buried it was hardly
possible to ascertain what some
of it represented. There was _____________
one small piece which clearly in-reorganization committee would
Sunday and Monday Edward
Dickinson former vice-president
and general manager of the Orient
system and now one of the re-
ceivers of the system, together
with F. 8. Mordaunt sent out
by the Committee of reoganiza-
tiou to investigate the industrial
conditions along the route, F.A.
Molitar investigating the physi-
cal conditions of the property and
W.W. Colpitte chief engineer,
were in Marfa and vicinity look-
ing over this end of the proposed
road. They were a very pleasant
set of gentlemen and wore very
free expressing themselves about
the present and future propects of
the Orient. Mr. Dickinson said
that at present it was impossible
for any one to know what the
fnture action or polocy of the
promised to giro the matter; Mpvjpri
serious consideration ana stated '•* IHMIliU.
before acting finally the citizens of | --
Marfa would be given an oppor- | H. W. Schutee writes on the
tunity of further presenting the 4th of April from Juarez, Mexioo,
proposition. a8 follows:
l- .om Marfa the distinguished Am speniing the day in Juarez
party left for I el Rio with view 0jd \|exi00> Tug place .is quite
of looking into the branch road .interesting to a Jay from Marfa,
passing through that city, owing !Lot8 to 8ee and 'to go to. Am
to the unsettled conditions in the only one of the Mapftt hunch
Mexico that end of the line
will not be investigated at pre-
sent.
Valentine Note.
Praria Fire Shipment of Cot-
ton From This Section.
dicated that at one time it had
represented a ten dollar bill, but
whether a green or a confederate
blue back we could say. Mr.
Fennell of the National Bank
sent the package to the U. S.
Treasury, and it may be the ex-
perts there will be able to figure
out the puzzle.
—Use an Eclipse door check,
and 6ave you glass doors. For
sale by, G.C, Robinsou Lumber
He cut a forked willow that1 Company.
be, that at, present the road was
iu the hands of the courtage was
of the opinion that everything
would turn out for the best and
that work would soon be com-
menced again.
It was admitted that in all pro-
bablity the Orient would use the
S. P. tracks from Alpine as far
as Paisano.and from there branch
off to the river. A number of
our citizens suggested the ad-
visability of using the S. P. track
as far as Marfa. Mr. Dickinson
Mrs. C. O. Finley was an El
Paso visitor last week.
Mrs. Will Foley who has been
sick for some time is able to be
out again.
Sheriff J.B. Davis was in town
lately on offioial business.
Mrs. Lizzie Green, accom-
panied by her daughter is visit-
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bell.
Rev, W. B. Bloys, of Fort
Davis conducted services hero
last Sunday.
Mr. Grevenberg who has been
night yard master here for seve-
ral years has resigned and will
move to New Orleans.
A piano fire was burning eaBt
of here Saturday in Capt. Gillette
pasture. A nuiubor of men in
Autos errived in time to prevent
very mnch damage.
A number of wagons loaded
with cotton over 30 bales, oame
from just below the rim-rook last
week, going to Marfa for ship-
ment to Houston. We under-
stand on the river and the Capote
over 65 bales were raised last
year, and it is thought there will
be several hundred produced
there this season.
who would venture over to-day.
I find the soldiers in charge very
friendly to all Americans who be-
have themselves you can bet I
am good. The town is wide open
plenty of gambling of all disorip-
tions. The time hangs heavy as
we will not begin with oourt for
about 4 days as the Judge was
called to Houston unexpectedly.
An Invitation,
The Marfa History Club has
received an invitation from the
Alpine Study Club, for members
and their husbands to be their
guests at an intertainment to
oeielnate San Jacinto Day, ou
Friday night, April 19th.
BLEW UP BRIDGE.
The train men coming from El
Paso this morning report that
last nighb the rail-road bridge
between El Paso and Juarez was
dynamited on the Mexican side
of the river.
HAY--HIDES
Am still in the hide and hay
usiness, Phone 90.
Geo. R. Shannon.
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