Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 9, 1913, Page 11

to Squat ;Late\in seatch of W. c. C. Peterson; expenses orator, Memorial Day.. .. .. 5.50 Wm. Passard, surveyor’s assistant 17.00 Ear Phifer, Axman & chainman Road 18.13 H. D. Powers vert, Wabana Road.. .......... 18.20 H. D. Powers Hardware Co., 100 Ib. dynamite, 2 rolls fuse, Wa- bana Road... <. 2. ee se-peensen 1000 H. D. Powers Hardware Co., 100 ib. dynamite, 2 boxes caps, 2 i Of tases! jcocgetin a tananes 16.30 | Peterson, Axman and Rod. man, board and lodging for sur- | yveyor and livery 5 Theo. Peterson, Axman and chain- man Road No, 130.. .. .. : 6.75 | J. J. Robert justice fees J. C. 10.10) J. J. Roberts, justice fees, J. C. 1.50} T. T. Riley, stamps... scsscasess +) 2004 7. T. Riley, sheriff's expense a count. a eS CNS SESE Y . 62.18 T. T. Riley, board of prisoners 59.50 | AL R , music, Memorial | Day. on. on pealeen Leeann se. 30.00 , plan and profil 10.00 | 17.50 6.00 | 27,50) Drug Pest Hou mae . 1.15 Red Cross Drug Store, Drugs Co. Jail.. « 0s Ce wpewsseebe dace 65 1. D. Rasmussen, services board of Audit.. BELO Se 12.00 George Stimetz, witness fees J. ldward Sequin, witness fees ffony Sherovla, witness fees J. Louis Simonson, juror fees. 1.00 Joe Scul'y, juror fees, J. C. 1.00 Sam Scorich witness fees,J. C... 1.12 John L. Shellman, state highway commission meeting at St. Paul, S. R. H. No, 4 and others.... 51.00 Security Blank Book & Printing Co., stationery supplies clerk of John Stor Axman and chainman Sec. 3, 4, 5, 11-145.26.... . 5.00 Schieffelin & Co. Antitoxin.. .... 3.35 Jos. Sell, labor on Lydick road 6.25 3. S. Siverte, chainman survey bridge site No. 114.. Saeieseios ROD Gust Saumi, Axman Road No. 107 13.50 John S. Siverts, surveying road No. .90.. 2. 0 00 we cccroces soe. 25.60) ices on board of M. A. Spang, ser Audit witness fees J. heodore, witness: fee: Mike James ae 35.50 | | B20, . eroaelaen aaa Thompson, axman road labor on Grat- 55.00 | Road... .... x Terho, labor on Round Lake Road.. ..........-+ George Todd, labor on Balt Club Lake Road. nile ieee Dan Vuckovick, witness fees, J. J. A. Van Patter, labor on Lydick J. A. VanPatter, work on Count; Road No. 110... ... «+ +. Weston & Clout#r, plastering etc. sheriff's residence.... .. - 171.73 John Webb, constable fee 7.55 Leroy Wheaton, removing Co. en- gine from Pokegama Lake ferry Anna E. Wang, expenses County nurs: 5.00 | 15.00 George Wilson, livery Bovey to Balsam, pauper.. .. ...-. seeee 4.00 George V on, examining Road No. 112 ery hire) 5.00 | Peat labor on sani 10.00 s Walber Road No. 11 50.00 Casper Zoble, Read... 2... os 25.00 An adjournment was then taken to 2:30 o'clock p. m. Ju 2nd, 1913. Pursuant to adjournment the board again met this 2nd day cf July, 1913, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. Members present: Commissioners King, ! \ O'Brien, ard. Commissicner mn moved the ad. | option of the following resolution: Resolved, that the action of this board in adc ; the resolution on May 10, 1913, appropriating the sum of $15, from the al revenue fund to the rium fund be, and the same is rescinded and the county au- ditor hereby authorized and directed to transfer said amount back to the | county revenue fund. Be it further resolved, that the ac- tion of this board in adopting the re- solution on the 10th day of June, 1913, appointing Dr. Thomas Russell, Jno. T. Ring and Dr. C. M. Storch as a county sanitarium committee be, and the same 4s hereby rescinded. ‘ The motion was seconded by Com- missioner O’Brien, and said resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of all members present. Commissioner O’Brien moved that an additional sum of $10 be, and the same 4s hereby appropriated from the county revenue fund, for the purpose of de. fraying the expenses of the Memorial day celbration at Grand Rapids. The motion was seconded by Com. missioner Nelson and carried by unani- mous vote of a_l members present. The following report of the county Board of audit was presented and read, and upon motion of Commission- er Passard, seconded by Commissioner OBrien, was approved by unanimous vote. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Itasca County, Minnesota Gentlemen: The Board of Audit of Itasca county respectfully report . to your honorable body that they have ex- amined the books, accounts, and vou- ehers of the county treasurer, counted and ascertained the kind, description and amount of funds in the treasury ef said county, or belonging thereto, for the period from January 6th, 1913, te February 28th, 1913, both days in. elusive. We find the treasurer charged with the tax levy for 1912, as follows: Tax levy for 1012....$907,379.96 Total debit .. o $907,379.96 Taxes collected.. ..$ 42,848.75 Total credit.. .. .- $42,848.75. Bal. uncollected March 1, 1913 $864,531.21 We hereby certify that we have ver- ified the correctness of the foregoing statement by checking the dujlicate re- ceipts with the tax books for the period above named. M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Cc. M. KING, Chairman Board of County Commissioners. I. D. RASSMUSSEN, Clerk District Court. To the Honorable Board Commissioners. Itasca County, Gentlemen: The undersigned Board of Audit of said Itasca County, met at the of- fice of the County Treasurer of said County on the first day of May, AL D. 1918, for the purpose of examining and auditing the accounts, books and vouch- ers of John E. McMahon, Treasurer of sald county, and to count and ascer- Minnesota. tain the kind, description and amount” of funds in the County Treasury and belonging thereto. We respectfully make the following report thereon. 2S RECEIPTS from Dec., 2nd, 1912, to May Ist, 1913. Balance in the Treasury. From Tax Collections... + 78,121.07 From Mtg. Reg. Tax.. + 19,545.94 From collection on Public Land 3,942.37 | From Collections on Private Re- demptions.... ....+-++ weeees 2,610.81 From Collections from Interest on County Funds...... oo o> ETERS From Collections of Fines and Licenses... 1. -.+. seeeeees + 1,045.40 From Collections Ditch. Assess. ments.... .. From Collections on Bounty Fund.. .. ... From School Apportionment and State Aid.. .. ... ee 1,542.79 From Miscellaneous. . + 11,323.22 Total Bal. and Receipts (a) $651,197.07 DISBURSEMENTS from Dec. 2nd, 1913, to May Ist, 1913. Paid Orders on Revenue Fund $36,172.24 Paid Orders on Poor Fund.. 8,628.98 Paid Warrants on Private Re- demption Fund.....:.. .. 2,697.51 Paid Warrants on Road and Bridge Fund.. .. .. . Paid Warrants on Paid Warrants on Town Funds 162,086.05 Paid Warrants on School Dis- 291.51 Interest sie pe Ba aE Ao aR BS 181,000.69 Paid Warrants on State Tax- Sb eee telesales ae 42,235.93 Paid Warrants from Collections from Public Lands.. ...... 5,738.86 Paid Warrants on Miscellan. O0Us... ashe tee a>) 3,811.48 Balance at close of business, April 30th, 1913, ++-(b) $224,579.70 Total Disbursements and Bal. ance.. ++ «6(@) $651,197.07 Bank Deposits and Cash On Hand (to balance): Cash in Safe and Drawer . 224.08 Cash Items, Checks, Money Or- Pace é 432.12 ited in 1st Grand Rapids.. each 30,257.09 Deposited in Ist. State Bank, Grand Rapids.. .. .. ...... 16,406.14 | Deposited in 1st. Nat'l. Bank, Deer River 12157 as ie aes 20,538.69 Deposited in 1st. State Bank, Bovey ).7°12°. woe dees ABDODSE Deposited in 1st. . Bank, Coleraine,.. 22 2.0....68 25. 48,068.80 Deposited in 1st. State Bank, Marble. . Peper ete A Maiko: 18,924.85 Deposited in 1st. State Bank, Keewatin. se 11,444.27 Deposited in Nashwauk State Bank, Nashwauk.. + 9,549.31 Deposited in Cohasset State Bank, Cohasset,.. ; 9,145.01 Deposited in Farmers ate Bank, Deer River.... ...... 10,074.81 Deposited in ist. State Bank, Pisfork.2!'),/ tive stews iare 6,038.41 Deposited in A. A. Kremer se- curities. . RARE pes 13,900.00 Deposited in Mortgage Loans 13,500.00 Deposited in Bonds.. .. ...... 3,067.95 Total Funds.. .... -++(b) $224,579.70. When the report is completed the two amounts (a) should be like amBunts and the two marked (b) should be like amounts. Respectfully submitted this 17th day of May, 19: ¥ M. A. SPA Cc. M. KinG, Chairman Board County Com’rs. I. D. RASSMUSSEN, Clerk of District Court. Upon motion of Commissioner O'Brien, seconded by Commissioner Passard, the County Depository Bond of the First National Bank of Grand Rapids, with the Title, Guaranty & Surety Co. as surety, in the sum of $10,000, was ap- proved by unanimous vote of all mem- bers present. Upon motion of Commissioner Pas. sard, seconded by Commissioner O’Brien the bond of Oscar J. Lidberg, as Coun- ty Superintendent of Highways, in the sum of $5000, with the American Surety Co., of New York as surety ‘was ap. proved by unanimous vote of all mem- bers present. Upon motion of Commissioner O’Brien, seconded by Commissioner Passard, the bond of J. A. VanPatter, in connec- tion with his contract for the con- struction of County Road No. 110, in the sum of $1098, with C. M. Somers and Gabe Goodell as sureties, was ap- proved by unanimous vote of all members present, A petition was presented for the es. tablishment of a highway beginning at the NE corner of section 31, 53, 24, thence North 1 mile along the section line to the NE corner of section 30, thence North 1 mile along the section line to the NE corner of section 19, thence North 1-4 mile along section line to the 1-16 corner. Beginning at the NE corner, section 80, thence East 1-3 mile along sec- tion line to the 1-4 corner of 21 and 28, thence East along section line to a point on West side of Splithand Creek; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the most feasible route to the intersection with the old State Road, approximately 1.4 mile. Commissioner Passard moved that a hearing be had upon said petition at the Court House, in the Village of Grand Rapids, on Tuesday the 26th day of August, 1913, at 10 o'clock A. M.; that Commissioners King, Nelson and Passayd, be a committee to ex- amine the route of said proposed road; that said committee meet at the of beginning of said route on Friday, the 22nnd day of August, 1913, at o'clock A. M., for the purpose of , County Auditor, r i=3 of County | $529,779.28 | 1,954.12") i i | additional | Attorney amining said route, and that said com- mittee make report to this Board at the time set for hearing upon said petition. ‘The metion was seconded by Commis- sioner Nelson ans carried by unani-. mous vote of cll members present. The following appiications for cor. rection of assestment and abatement of taxes were approved and recommended to the Minuescta Tax Commission: Superior Woodenware Co. 1, H. Logan, 1. The County Auditor was instructed to advertise for bids for the construc- tien of County Road No. 16, in the Town) according to plans and in the office of of Wawina, specifications on file the County Auditor. Commissioner O’Brien moved that the chairman appoint a committee of three to make an examination of the Wabana Road, and that said commit- tee be given authority to make an expenditure of $100 for the improvement of said road. The motion was seconded by Com- missioner Passard and carried by un- animous vote of all members present. Commissioners Nelson, O’Brien and Passard were appointed as such com. mittee. Commissioner Passard moved that the chairman appoint a committee to ‘sell the gasoline engine which belongs to the County, and which is now loca- ted at Pokegama Lake. The motion | was seconded by Commissioner O’Brien and carried by unanimous vote of all members present. Commissioners O’Brien and Passard were appointed as such committee. Commissioner Passard moved the ad- option of the following resolution: Resolved that the sum Of $250 be, and the same is hereby appropriated from the County Road and bridge Fund !to the Town of Third River to aid said Town in the repair and construc- tion of roads therein. Be it further resolved that the sum cf $250 be, and the same is hereby | appropriated from the County Road and Bridge Fund, to the Town of Alv. wood to aid said Town in the repair and construction of roads therein. The motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Nelson and carried by’ unani- mous vote of all members present. A pet'tion was presented requesting the Board to make certain improve- ments upon certain trunk line roads in the County, and if the expense there- of exceed the amount of the appropria- tion the Board is authorized to make, that the question of issuing bonds be submitted to the voters of the Coun. ty. The petition covers certain -roads which have heretofore been desi; nated as State Roads, and the County advised the Board that Chap. 235 of the laws of 1913 provided for OF THE Village Counci OF THE Village of Grand Rapids Minnesota. Grand Rapids, July 5, 1913. A specia: meeting of the Village Council of Grand Rapids, Itasca Coun- ty, Minnesota, was held this 5th day of Juy 1918, at the Recorder's office, Village Hall, at 8 o'cock P. M. Present: President Riddell’, Trustees Arscott, Russel and King and Record. er Sherman. The reading dispensed with. It being the time and p.ace set for the hearing of a certain liquor license | application, President Riddel declared |this to be the order of business. Application from P. E. Grefe was jread, the Recorder stating that there was no objection fied against the |granting of same, and that application had been published according to law. | Trustee Arscott moved that license be |granted to P. E. Grefe'for a term of one year from August ist, 1918, Trus. tee Russel seconded the motion and upon a vote being had the following voted aye: Arscott, Russell, Riddel, King and Sherman, There being no nays the President declared the motion carried and ordered a license issued to P. E. Grefe for a term of one year, subject to the approva of the appli- cant’s bond and the paying into the Village treasury the fee required by law. | A communication wag read from the Woman's Club requesting the Council to have more lights placed at the High School. Same was upon motion duly made and carried, placed on the table. The folowing bills were audited and allowed: Edw. Hachey, Ave., culvert of the minutes was balance on Sleeper contract and Hoffman | Ave. | Cuvert contract,.. .. 6. ..+66 $ 286.00 |Henry Hughes & Co., Assignees | Sundry labor bills...... |First National Bank, Assignees | Sundry labor bil's.. | Lieberman Bros., Assignees, Sun- dry labor bills.. .. 230.52 There being no further business the meeting adjourned. | GEORGE RIDDELL, 31.95 | | chairman of the Board and the County | the issuance of bonds for County | Vilage President, Roads only . Attest! FRANK SHERMAN, Upon motion of Commissioner O'Brien, | Village Recorder. seconde¢ by Commissioner Nelson, the | NOTICE OF SEALED DS Sealed bids will be received by the Attorney were, by unanimous vote of all | members present, appointed a commit- | | said State Roads back to | sale, tee to arrange for the changing of County Road. Upon motion the Boa; ed to the 14th day~ i0 o’clock A. M. Cc. M. KING, Chairman of County d then adjourn- July, 1918, at Board. Attest: 4 M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Notice of Expiration of Redemption OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR. COUNTY OF ITASCA, STATE OF MINNESOTA. | To Sarah Faligren: You are hereby notified that the fol- lowing piece or parcel of land gituated in the County of Itasca, State of Min. nesota, and known and described as follows, to.wit: SW 1-4 of SE 1-4 sec- tion 9, Township 53, Range 26 is now assessed in your name. That on the Sth day of May, A. D. 1905, a sale “f land pursuant io the real estate tax judgment duly given and made in and by the District Court in and for said county of Itasca, on the 21st day of March A. D. 1905, in proceedings to enforce the payment of taxes delinquent upon real estate for the year A. D. 1903, for said county of Itasca, the above described piece or parcel of land was duly offered’ for and no one bidding upon said offer an amount equal to that for which said piece or parcel wag gubject to be sold, to-wit: the sum of Twenty-seven Dollars and ninety cents, the same was duly bid in for the State of Min- nesota for said sum. That thereafter, and on the 11th day of November, A. D. 1912, the said piece or parcel of land not then having been redeemed from said sale, and having then become the absolute property of the State of Minnesota, was sold and conveyed at public sale by the County Auditor of said county pursuant to the order and direction of the State Audi- tor of the State of Minnesota, and in accordance with the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided, for the sum of Twelve Dollars and no cents duly paid to the County Treasurer of said county. ‘That the certificate of sale for said piece of parcei cf land, executed and delivered by said County Auditor up- on said sale last above mentioned has been presented to me at my office by the holder thereof for the purpose of having notice of expiration of time for redemption from said tax sale of said property given and served; the amount required to redeem said piece or parcel of land from said tax sale, at the date of this notice, ex: ing on July 16, 1913, ,|County Board of the County of Itasca, | Minn., up to 10 o'clock A. M. on |Thursday, the 24th day of July, 1913, | at the County Court House in the | Village of Grand Rapids, Minn., for ‘furnishing al labor and material for p.acing weather strips upon all ‘win- dows of the County Court House. The Board reserves the right \ject any or all bids. ~ to re- M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Herald-Review, July 9-16-23. NOTICE OF SEALED BIDS Sealed bids will be received {by the Board of County Com- missioners of Itasca County, ‘Minn., up to 10 o'clock A. M. on i ‘Thursday, the’ @4th day of July, 1913, at the Court House in the Village of Grand Rapids, Minn., for the construction of a portion of County Road No. 16, in the Town of Wawina Said road is to be constructed according to plans and specifications on file in the office of the County Auditor. Ak bids must be accompanied by a jcertified check of 6 per cent of the amount bid. The Board reserves the right jject-any or all bids. to re- M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Herald-Review, July, 9-16-23 NOTICE OF SEALED BIDS Sealed bids wil) be received by the County Board of Itasca County, Minn., up to 10 o'clock A. .M. om Thursday, the @4th Gay of July, 1913, at the County Court House in the Village of Grand Rapids; Minn., for the construction of a bridge across Prairie River, upon County Road, No. (111, in section 82, Township 57, range #4; said bridge is to be constructed and completed .according to plans and specifications on fie in the office of the County Auditor. All bids must be accompanied by a certified check of 5 per cent of the amount bid. The Board reserves the right to re- ject any or all bids. M. A. SPANG, County Auditor. Herald-Review, July, 9-16-23 TEESE ieee N near sPREC SERIES SUNN See» a Notice of Application For Liquor Li- cense. ' STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF ITASCA, VILLAGE OF CALUMET, ss Notice is hereby given, That applica- tions have been made in writing to Village of said Vil. of Calumet and filed in my of- fice praying for License to Sell Intoxi- cating Liquors for the term commenc- and terminating on clusive of the costs to accrue upon said. July 14, 1914, by the following persons, notice, is the sum of Twelve Dol-|and at the following places, as stated lars and no cents, with interest jin said at the rate of twelve (12) per cent} wit: applications, respectively, to- Per annum from said 11th day of No-| Angelina Matkovich, front room on the vember, A. D. 1912 to the day such|ground floor of the certain two story. redemption is made. That the time for the redemption of |19, block 3, in the Village of Calumet, building located and situated on lot said piece or parcel of land from said |Itasca County, Minn. tax sale will expire sixty (60) days af- ter the service of this notice and the|termined by said Village council at the in my | Village of Calumet in Itasca County, filing of proof of such service office WITNESS my hand and geal of of. | of July, 1913, at 8:30 o'clock, P. M. . of Said application will be heard@and de. and State of Minnesota, on the 12th-day fice this 14th day of June, A. D. 1913. | that day. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. No. 415. No, 05858 ; Cass Lake, Minn., July 5, 1913. To Charles R. Handley of Grand Rap- ids, Minn., Contétee: You are hereby notified that James S. Erven, who gives Grand Rapids, Min- nesota, as his post-office address, did on July 15, 1913, file in this office. his duly corroborated application to con- test and secure the canceliation of your Homestead Entry, Serial No. 05858, made March 4, 1912, for NE 1-4 SE 1-4 section 12, Township 53 N, Range 25 W, 4th Principal Meridian, and as grounds for his contest he alleges that said Charles R. Handley has never re- sided upon said land nor made any im. provements whatsoever thereon singe he made above described entry and for more than six months just past has Wholly abandoned said land. You are, therefore, further notified that the said allegations will be taken by this office as having been confess. ed by you, and your said entry will be canceled thereunder without your further right to be heard therein, ei- ther before this office or on appeal, if you fail to file in this office within’ twenty days after the FOURTH pub- lication of this notice, as shown be- low, your answer, under oath specifi- cally meeting and responding to these alegations of contest, or if you fail within that time to file in this office due proof that you have served a copy of your answer on the said contestant either in person or by registered mail. If this service is made by* the delivery of a copy of your answer to the con. testant in person, proof of such service must be either the said contgstant’s written acknowledgement of his re- ceipt of the copy, showing the date of its receipt, or the affidavit of the per- son by) whom the delivery was made stating when and where the copy was delivered; if made by registered mail, proof of such service must consist of the affidavit of the person by whom the copy was mailed stating when and the post office to which it was mailed, and this affiddvit must be accompanied by the postmaster’s receipt for the letter. i You should state in your answer the mame of the post office to which you desire future notices to be sent to you. LESTER BARTLETT, Register. E. B. WOOD, Receiver. Date of first publication, July 9, 1913. Date of second publication, July 16, 1913 Date of third ‘publication July 23, 1918. Date of fourth publication, July 30, 1913. PCitation For Hearing on Final Ac- count and for Distribution. ? STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF ITASCA. IN PHOBATE COURT: In the Matter of the Estate of Omah. dway-ah-je-wun-oke, Decedent: The State of Minnesota, to George Platt, Maggie Nushkegwan, Joe Platt, Lizzie Tibbets, George Fisher and all persons intersted in the final account peess distribution of the estate of said decedent: The representa- tive of the above named decedent, hay- ing filed in this court his final account of the administration of the estate of said decedent, together with his peti- tion praying for the adjustment and al- lowance of said final account and for | distribution of the residue of said’es- tate to the persons thereunto entitled; THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, are hereby cited and required to show cause, if any you have, before this court at the Probate Court Rooms in the Court House, in the village of Grand Rapids, in the County of Itasca, State of Minnesota, on the 31st day of July, 1913, at 10 o’clock A. M., why said petition shoufd not be granted. Witness, the Judge of said Court, and pe seal of said court, this 5th day of July, 1913. (Court Seal) CLARENCE B. WEBSTER Probate Judge. Herald-Review, July 9-16-23. ABOUT THE STATE ‘News of Especial Interest to Minnesota Readers, ARRANGE FINAL SEPARATION , Insurgent Minnesota Woodmen Organ- ize New Order at a Meeting in St. Paul. The insurgent branch of the Modern , Woodmen of America began final sep- aration from the parent society when ,100 delegates, representing 25,000 ; Minnesota Woodmen, it is said, met ,at the Hotel Ryan at St. Paul, or- ganized the Northwestern Plainsmen, | elected temporary officers, several of , them being prominent men of the state, prepared the required petition ,demanding separation and chose tem- porary headquarters at Little Falls. | The officers elected are: D. P. , O'Neill, Thief River Falls, president; — |W. 8. Gilkerson, Minneapolis, vice , President; George M. Peterson, Du- jluth, secretary; C. L. Swenson, Al- | bert Lea, treasurer, and John H. ,Sundeen, Minneapolis, field manager. ; The directors, one being chosen from each congressional district, are: Mc- ''D, Williams, Dodge Center; F. F. Ellsworth, Mankato; Mr. Grover, Glencoe; J. A. Larson, St. Paul; R. BE. Braden, Minneapolis; E. P. Bacon, Pillager; G. B.. Bjornson, Minneota; C. M. King, Deer River, and J. G. C. « Le The Art of Talking Back, ER! hardly know how to answer you,” Priceless Recipes That Are Now “Lost to the World, COLORS OF THE OLD MASTERS. They Are the Envy and the Despair of Modern Artists, to Whom Their Composition Is a Mystery—Greek Fire and Roman Mortar, Numerous are the trade secrets hand- ed down generation by generation from father to son, and vast is the capital made out of some of them in the commercial world of today. Particularly, perhaps, is this the case among the numerous manufacturers of piquant sauces and the countless vend- ers of patent medicines. But there is also, it must be remem- bered, another side to the case. Many, alas, are the priceless trade secrets buried far down below the moldering dust of the misty past and lost to the world, perchance never again to be re- covered. 3 To cite the first example that occurs to the mind of the writer, for instance, what would a Royal academician of the present day give to be possessed of the secret held by the old masters—Ra- phael, Rubens, Correggio, Van Dyck and their compeers—for mixing their colors so as to render them imperish- able and impervious to the ravage time? & Foe: ii : Pa gbed af a deplorable extent. Again, in the world of music, manufacturers of violins—old | as one may justifiably term them, in another branch of art—treasured a recipe for a varnish that sank into the wood of their incomparable instru- ments and mellowed it as well as pre- served it. . With such extreme, relentless jeal- ousy, however, did they guard their great secret that it, too, is lost, to all i! appearances, irretrievably. Rather more than 100 years ago there lived in a quaint, old world vil- lage in Wales a working blacksmith who had managed by some means or other to bring the welding of steel to such a pitch of perfection that the joint was absolutely invisible and the temper of the steel as fine as on the day it left the tester’s hands. By his process he was able to join the very finest of sword blades, and after he had finished with them they were ab- solutely as good and as sound as when they had left the factory. The blacksmith’s fame spread far and wide, and, naturally enough, he at- tained a great reputation, but he made a point of invariably working in soli- tude. He was offered large and tempt- ing sums to divulge his secret, but kept it obstinately to himself, and when his span of life had run its course he took it with him to another world. The ancient Greeks had a substance which we call Greek fire and which they used in naval warfare. Their method of employing it was simply this—to throw the substance upon the surface of the water, where it flamed up and set fire to the ships of the enemy. What was it? The only known substance of the present day that would do this is the metal potassium, but to set fire to a ship in the manner described would necessitate the use of at least half a ton of the metal. Where did the Greeks obtain the substance they used with such effect? Or how did they make it? If Greek fire was potassium the secret of the process is another that must be numbered with the lost. The man who could disinter the buried recipe for Roman mortar would be bowed down to and worshiped by the builders of the present day. How they made it is a profound secret and bids fair to remain so. The mortar is as firm now as it was 2,000 years ago. It has calmly scoffed at the ravages of time and weather. The above are but a few—a very few—of the lost and buried secrets of 4