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The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
Uncle Sam as a Land Owner.
From the Los Angeles Times.l

From the Los Angeles Times.l
 An interesting article on Uncle Sam as real-estate owner was published in The Times last week. It will be surprise to many people to learn that, while all the land the United States has acquired by cession and pprchase has cost in cash about s400D00, 900, the government has already received in return, for land that has been sold, $350 900, 900 cash. Thus, while it is true that vast amount of public land has been given away recklessly to rail- roads, speculators and others, yet it will be seen that, even after making allowance for this, Uncle Sam has not lost much money in his real-estate deals.
 The writer of the article referred to states that number of strong and capable members of Congress have be come deeply interested in the public land question, and that there will be a determined agitation at the next ses- sion of Congress for the repeal of all land laws except the law under which man can secure 160 acres. of public land by residing thereon for at least five years, and giving evidence of good l faith by the cultivation of the land. Every Secretary of the Interior fol twenty-five years past has urged thi. action. It is encouraging to learr that such is the case, as it bodes vel for the success Of the national-ir -irriga- tion movement, and for the defeat o those schemers who are attempting tc get the United States to make over { large amount of the arid land to tn, States and Territories.
 There is no time to be lost in pro yiding legislation of this kind, or oth erwise we shall find ourselves in th, position of locking the stable doc after the horse has been stolen. Larg areas of public land are constantl, being gobbled up by spectators unde the present laws. We have an exam pie of this near home, in the Colorad Desert, where wealthy people are talk ing up land under the new canal sys tenn in tracts as large as ten or fiftee thousand acres. This is sectio where man may make good Twin, on forty acres of irrigated land, an,
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
GREAT FIND OF MANUSCRIPTS.
Recent Russian Discoveries in Man churia May Solve .
 Problem.

The Russians, on occupying Mukden. the capital of Manchuria. secured-in other words footed large quantity of very valuable oriental manuscripts, which, by command of the Russian gov ernment. are being sent to St, Peters burg in order 10 be submitted to a mi mute examination at the hands of the authorities Of the imperial library. says correspondent of the London Daily Mail.
 Among the manuscripts there should be. according to the view of the Rus sian experts, many manuscripts of Greek and Roman classics, which were plundered and carried away by the Mongols in their wars of devastation in Europe in the thirteenth century. Some European scholars have com bated this theory, which was put for ward some years ago. but in any case the question is likely to be definitely settled at TO distant date.
 The Mongols first became known and feared in Europe by the eonquests of Jenghiz and his house in the thirteenth century. The Huns were the first wave of Mongols 10 burst over Europe. They even broke into Italy. Before the mid- dle of the thirteenth century the Mon- gols had conquered all Russia and Po- land and all eastern Europe. Liegnitz. the battle which left Europe helpless before the Mongols, was fought in 1241.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
WHERE MINES ARE DEEP. Talk of Sinking Shaft Nearly Two Milos
 for Copper Ore.
from the Milwaukee sentinel.l l


 It will require deep shaft to de- velop mine to the west of the Tama- rack-a shaft of nearly two miles in depth--but in view of the wonderful strides made in deep mining in the past decade it is not beyond the range of possibilities that such shaft may be started soon. Fifteen years ago tue sinking of No. Tamarack to a vertical depth of 2,270 feet made new worlds record, aad the men who sunk it were denounced as lunatics until the phenomenal success closed the months of their detractors.
 The bottoming of the Red Jacket shaft only few years ago, at a depth of 4.900 feet, was regarded with won- der, and held by many to be the ulti- mate limit in deep mining, yet to day the No. 5 shaft of the Tamarack lacks but mouths work of being a full 5000 feet in depth, and the hoisting plant just installed is built for service to a depth of 5000 feet, nearly three times the depth at which the original Tamarack shaft cut the lode, although then denounced as a. crazy uudertak- ing by some of the best mining mea in this district.
 If the planned limits of deep mining have been extended to almost three times this original bound, within less than two decades, the jump from 1000 to 10000 feet is not such an impossible one as it now seems to many. A shaft two miles in depth could be sunk in ten years at a cost, including equip ment, of s2,00C,OOO or 5000 900. h other words, two-mile shaft could be sunk and equipped it about the same cost and in about the same time as the Red Jacket shaft, which lacks little of mile in depth.
 There is really but one serious draw back to the sinking of a two mile shaft, and that is the question of ventilation At such great depth the heat would be very great. The developments of the next two years in No. , Tamarack will settle the question of whether two mile shaft could be operated to ad- vantage. That it could be sunk is nu longer open to question. At the deep l vertical shafts of the Calumet district powerful fans are used to re-enforce the natural sytem of ventilation ob- tainiDg in all deep mines that have more than single shaft.
 In the case of the hypothetical two mile shaft the single opening could be made to serve the purpose of two shafts by making the different compartments air-tight and using one of them for a down-cast, and another for an up cast, or chimney, to withdraw the heated air from le mine.
 The compressed air from the power drills is also powerful factor in mine operations at great depths, as air gives up much ofits heat under compression and when released quickly robs the surrounding rock and the free air 1T the mine of a portion of their heat.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

Tine Western Mining World calls at tention to delusion among old timers in Butte, Montana, that is common in all mining camps, namely: the ten dency to discredit opportunities for gain which the mines in the imme- diate vicinity offer aud so rush off to distant parts, allured by reports of fabulous mineral discoveries, which rarely prove true. The World says: About three times year some Weary Willy, long on the usual story of a mineral discovery, lands in Butte. It generally takes him about ten days to land few "suckers," and away they go. The trips are perilous and with out result. If these same would be mine hunters were approached by any one of a number of reliable prospec- tors from any one of the adjacent fields of Montana, they could not get two bit lunch, but present tEan something thousands of miles away, in an inac- cessible country, and the entire ex- pense of the trip will be gladly borne. ! It is truly stated that Butte money goes to all parts of the world, and it is just as true that nearly every pro ducing mine in the Butte district has been opened up by outside capital. | 41..4
 lieve, but it is nevertheless trne, is that there is not an original stockbolder in Butte today holding shares in her wonderful mines. The entire profits of las: year, amounting to over $l9, ,000, 900, goes to eastern people who have greater faith in Butte's mineral possi- bilities than the hundreds of old tim CTS residing here for years.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
such land should go to bona fide home builders, not to spe,ulators or inves-

such land should go to bona fide home builders, not to spe;ulators or inves- tors.
 In this connection F. Il. Newell of the United States Geological Survey made some interesting statements in an illustrated address which he deliv- cred before the Trans Mississippi Com mercial Congress at Cripple Creek in July last, which address is published in the Forester for August. MT. Newell showed that the annual amount received by the government for the sales of public land from 1881 to 1900 varied from S865, ,000, the smallest amount, in 1898, to sll ,202 ,000, the largest, in 1898. Mir. Newell claims that the proceeds from such sales fur nish ample funds for entering upon a general scheme of reclamation of the arid lands. The amount, he says, is sufficient to begin the construction of reservoirs or canals for tue diversion of large rivers for several States where the needs are greatest. limit to ex- penditure is afforded by the income, and thus no widespread disturbance of industrial conditions can be made possi- ble, the lands coming into use gradu- ally, so as to keep pace with the in- creasing population.
 shown, this income, should it be divided among the various States and Territories in proportion to the value of land sales in each States or Terri. tory, would be too triiiing to be of much service in building storage res ervoirs. For instance, under this plan Nevada would only receive about l $7000 year, and California $120, ,000 year, which amounts are altogether too small to accomplish any useful purpose in the shape of national irri- gation of the arid lands. It would however, be quite feasible, and a good plan, to use this income from the sales of lands in connection with direct D. appropriations by Congress.
 l Another point that was touched upon by Mir. Newell in his address is thatit is not proposed to actually irri- | gate the lands, as some people sup pose, but to bring the water to a point where private enterprise can step in, undertaking work that il
 would not be profitable for private capital to attempt on s smaller scale ' As Mir. Newell says, the government Ifs warranted.in making expenditures
 which would not be profta ble to ths
 private investor, since indirect re-
 turns compensate the government many times over for imm ediate losses
 The question in regard to these ariS
 lands is somewhat similar to that
 which prevailed in the early days preceding the systematic improvement of rivers and har5ors.
 The outlook now is brighter than
 has ever been for an early inception oi the important task of irrigating thu
 arid lands and 50 making homes fo , millions of land hungry people.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
Attorney-GeneraI Upholds Judge Hum-
 phreys.


 WASHINGTON, September 4.-Attor- ney-General Knox has determined to sustain Judge A. s. Humphreys of Honolulu, who took bold stand against the Chinese slave girl traffic in the Hawaiian Islands. The Bar Asso- citation of Honolulu has asked that Judge Humphreys be removed on charges, most of which are regarded as trivial.
 The Bar Association, it appears, ob- jects to Judge Humphreys making ex- a,nples of rich men who would not sit on jnries, making attorneys wear coats out of respect to the bench, etc. It is also alleged against the Judge that he runs partisan Republican newspaper which did not suit the Dole govern ment or the persons who were behind the Chinese and Japanese slave girl traffic.
 Attorney-General Knox has heard the case and, it is said, would have re- ported adversely to-day to the Bar As sociation, but more time was asked by the compliments. Five days have been granted, during which it is patent that no further evidence can be ob- tained against Judge Humphreys.
 Judge Humphreys filed an elaborate brief, the most important part of which is that in which he shows the Attor- ney-General that one of the main charges against him is that he tried tc break up the infamous traffic in slave girls, whereby officials under the Dole government made vast sums of money every year.
 It will be recalled that when "The Examiner" was urging the Fedora District Attorney at San Francisco tS proceed against the slave girl dealer. tue Attorney-General, aiding "The Examiner" sent to the District Attor. ney the charges of Judge Humphrey 1 aud Judge Estee to the courts in Homo lulu as warrant and incentive for m. mediate and vigorous action.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

Tombstone and Pearce. The railroad company has commenced work on a $S0,000 depot, and will soon erect large warehouse for the storing of freight. Tine ground is being broken for a 30-stal! round house, and exten- sive machine shops will be put in as soon as possible. It is also said that the Phelps Dodge Co. will erect large smelting plant there in which will be treated the Bisbee and Nacosari ores. The Calumet and Hecla people. who are operating extensively at Bis bee, recently paid $2,000 for well at Douglas which is inexhaustible, and it is said that they will also erect large smelting plant there.. The town is growing fast. Two ane hotels have been erected, and many other buildings are going up. The streets are being graded and a system of water works will soon be put in. The Mexican town adjoining Douglas on the south is also making 8 wonderful growth. Judging from the manner in which the Phelps Dodge company make their improvements in their various camps, it is only reasonable to suppose that Douglas will be one of the best built and most important towns ip the terri tory. Phelps, Dodge & Co. never do things by halves. This is their first serious attempt at town building, and their friends all over the country will oe disappointed if it is not a model in every respect.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

and walked into the old Montezuma bowling alley and saloon, which stood where the handsome Palace building is now located. The first person he met was Tom Maher of the provost guard. Maher had killed Mexican shortly before that, and was placed under bonds to keep the peace; he had given his weapon up and was unarmed when Thrift ap- preached him. The latter started a tirade of abuse and Maher said:
 "You wouldn't dare do this if were not under bonds to keep the peace, and consequently unarmedi"
 At that moment some friend slipped a gun into Maher's hand, and Bob Groom, who was present and was one of Maher's bondsmen, told him not to let that part of it bother him. Maher then said to Thrift;
 "Go ahead. I'll give Jop the first shot and then get youl"
 The bluff worked, for Thrift turned on his heel aud started for the door without attempting to shoot. When he reached the sidewalk he met Roy Jay, another member of the provost guard, and approaching him, pulled the latter's hat down over his eyes, saying:
 You're the--i Pm after, and not Maher."
 Jay gave him a shove, and Thrift made dive into his pocket for his gun; before he could use it Jay drew pistol from his bosom and shot Thrift in the throat. The bullet pierced his Adams apple" and he lived about twenty minutes. His early morning prediction came true.
 Something occurred about this time that completely changed this sort of thing, however. The Indians were peaceaole enough when the advance parties first came to Arizona, but in sNS AoiA OA AOSo enCy COWnSuCcu tuclr depredations. At first they demanded money for water, wood, grass and game that the pioneer miners were using, and upon the refusal of the latter to pay, the Indians decided to run wholesale human butcher shop business. It was then that the white men were compelled to stand together, regardless of union and confederate sympathy, and unite in shoulder to shoulder fight against a common foe. With their attention ever necessarily eeatered upon tlse treachorous Indians, they soon forgot personal differences and indeed they were not entirely re- lieved of the red mems atrocities until lS7S-4, long after the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattoz.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
Kansas Methods.
lFrom the Globe Silver Belt.l


 B. F. Crawford returned last week from Hutchinson, Kansas, where he went with shipment of range horses belonging tc Dennis Murphy. The horses were consigned to King Bros., commission merchants, who had made alluring representations of what they could do handling range horses. When Crawford reached Hutchinson he found the market for range horses demoralized, partly on account of the late severe drouth, and twenty-four head were sold for $226, or $9.42 per head. The remaining carload, thirty two head, were forwarded to De- troit, Mich, and brought $424, $13.25 per head. King Bros. then rendered bill for $720.37, leaving balance of $29.63 to MT. Murphy's credit, for which, no doubt, he is duly thankful King Bros charges included, in addi- tion to freight and commissions, large items for feed, advertising and livery. MT. Lowthian, of Coconino, a brother of l. Q. Lowthian of Globe, who ship I ped two carload of horses to the same firm, came out sl25 behind on the deal and shipper in New Mexico recived the munihcent sum of S3 cent. Evi- dently the shipping ofrange horses is a good thing-for the commission men in Kansas.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
indians All Right
From the soIomOnviIIe BuIletIn.l

From the Solomonville Bulletin.l
 The newspaper reports published last week throughout the country orig mating from Tucson press dispatch, concerning the Apache Indians on the San Carlos reservation being on the verge of going on the war path, was unfounded. There was some little anxiety felt at Fort Thomas. several days ago because parties from that town had come upon large number of Indians at Ash Flat, northwest of Thomas. holding kind of boisterous dance, but they offered no disturbance to any one. Mir. Burnett, issue clerk at the San Carlos agency, was in Safford Tuesday and he informed the editor of the Bulletin that the Indians were perfectly quiet and peaceable and that there was absolutely no cause for alarm.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and Dar-
 rhoea.

"Some years ago was one of party that intended making a long bicycle trip" says F. L. Taylor, of New AL bany, Bradford County, Pa. T was taken suddenly with diarrhoea, and was about to give up the trip, when editor Ward, of the Laceyville Messen- ger, suggested that I take dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy. l purchased bottle and took two doses, one before starting and one on the route. I made the trip successfully and never felt any i'll effect. Again last summer 1 was almost com pletely run down with an attack of dysentery. 1 bought bottle of this same remedy and this time one dose cured me-" Sold by Brockway's Phar- macy.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

Josh Westhafer, of Loogootee, Ind, is poor man, but he says he would not be without Cham berlain's Pain Balm if it cost five dollars bottle, for it saved him from being a cripple. No external application is equal to this liniment for stiff and swollen joints, contracted muscles, stiff neck, sprains and rheumatic and muscular pains. It has also cured numerous cases of partial paralysis. It is for sale by Brockway's Pharmacy.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
TO THE DEAF.

A rich lady cured of her deafness and noises in the head by Dr. Nichol- sons Artificial Ear Drums, gave Sl0,- 900 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free Address No. 190c The Nicholson Institute, 7So Eighth Avenue, New York. molly
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
A Communication.

MR. EDIToR-Allow me to speak few words in favor of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy. 1 suffered for three years with the bronchitis and could not sleep at nights. l tried. several doctors and various patent medicines, but could get nothing to give me any relief until my wife got a bottle of this valuable medicine, which has com pIetely relieved me-W. s. BRocKMAN, Bagnell, Mo. This remedy is for sale by Brockway's Pharmacy.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

Have yon sense of fullness in the region of your stomach after eating? If so you will be benefited by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They also cure belching and sour stomach. They regulate the bowels too. Price, 25 cents. Sold by Brnckway's Pharmacy.
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14
A Model Town.
From the Clifton Copper Ers.l

Julius Wellgehausen returned last week from a trip through the southern portion of Arizona. He was most fav
 orably impressed with Bisbee as live camp, but thinks the new town of Douglas will soon be the best town on the line between Nogales and Fl Paso. Douglas, it seems, is the pet town of Phelps, Dodge $ Co. It will be division headquarters for the Fl Paso and Southwestern and also headquarters for the cross road being built by the same company into Mexico and up to
The Florence tribune., 1901-09-14

When you want pleasant physic try the new remedy, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at Brock ways drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-26
PERSONAL mENT,oN

Mrs. Hnery Asp and mother, Mrs.
N. Powers, spent yesterday with
friends at Perry.
Mrs. A. G. c. Bierer and children
have gone to Kansas city on a visit.
Mrs. J. w. Duke is convalescing
from serious illness.
Mrs. Dorothy j. Cleveland mas re-
turned to her home in Anadarko, after
spending several days with Mrs. w.
NJ. jenkins.
Mrs. j. II Bennett has returapd from
vicit to her sister In ST. Joseph, Mo-.
and to friends in Kansas City.
Miss Belle Kearney. the temperance
lecturer, was entertained By Mrs. w.
NJ Jenkins while in the city.
Mrs. Frank e. Coudert of Tente.
Arizona Is visiting her sistor, Mrs. !.
w. Duke on North Broad street.
Mrs. f. Fist and two children Of
Chillicothe, MO, have come co Guthrie
70 reside. Mr.. Fist Is a travelling man
and viii make his headquarters in this
city
Robert Luse and family former resi-
deats Of Guthrie, have returned here
to reside. after spending the past FIVE
years at Cushing, okla.
Mrs. p II. Hillerman of saltwater.
was the guest o. friends IN this city
this week.
Mis- Katheryne SchnelI has return
ed from Oklahoma City where She
spent the past ten days visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lowry.
Mrs. John Dulaney of Perry. is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Newman.
DR.. J. H. Kemp Will spend Sunday
at Kinghsher.
Bishop Brooke and Miss Louise
Brooke, are now in Los Angeles. Cal.
they are expected home next week
Mrs. G. E. McKeeby returned today
from an extended visit CT three
months duration to Colorado and the
Pacific coast.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-26

Quo Yadis," the great religious play.
which is meeting with the most pro-
nounced success. Like the novel it
is described as being exceedingly
heavy an dbeautiful, and ike Shakes
peare's works, must be closely Follow
ed to be thoroughly enjoyed. The IN
PRODUCTION Of the Lords Prayer on the
stage by a playwright is bold at
tempt and novel feature, but the
dramatizer has 50 arranged Il with a
scene of solemnity that it's recital ap-
pear most beautiful and appropriate.
It is universally admitted that ;, is ms
possible for anyone TO sit through a
performance Of this play and not feel
better for having witnessed it.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-26

A social feature of the past Week
was a moosnght picnic given at ELI
sons lake, Wednesday evening. A
bountiful supply Of lunch was taken
aad upon arrival large camp hre was
built and supper prepared. A genuine
picnic was enjoyed. Mrs. J. J. Boles
and Mrs. A. o. Farquharson ehaper-
oned and the party was composed Of:
Misses Bessie Graves, Laura Brew
err Lillian Boies, lila Briggs, Pearl
Hutchinaon.
Messrs. Oryille Farquharson, Robert
Hirsohi. Harry Weinberger Sam
Smith. Mel Carter.