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The oasis., 1901-12-28

tinuall; opening up new ore bodies. Upon the Colorado miue tunnel was run in 200 feet. at an angle of 6oe to tue course the vein. which was thirty feet wide where cut, A shaft WIS sunk at this DO nt and connected by an upraise from the tunnel. At the junction of the workings work was extended in all directions chambering out body of ore thirty feet in width. eighty feet in length and sixty feet in height, which yielded 1000 tons. Upon the other side of the noun tain, two miles away is the Pobre mine, showing equally we'll. Be- side these there are four others properties, and great deal of vir- gin ground. In the properties now developed are 32.ooo tons of ore, of high grade, all blocked out and ready tor storing.
 It is the intention of tue Big Mountain Mining Comp ny to push development work upon an extra ordinary scale, erect new and ex- tensive reduction works, and place their great properties in the front rank of producers in Sonora.
The oasis., 1901-12-28
LAS PLANCHAs DE PLATA
A New Company Which has taken Over
 those Famous Mines.

In the advertising columns of THE OASIS this week there will be observed the articles of incorpora- ton of the Big Mountain Mining Company of which Prospero Sam -doval is president; Albert D.. Shrewsbury, vice-president; Igna- -cio Macmanus, secretary; Albert Biester, secretary. The new com- pany has been organized to take over and operate the far famed and historic mines at Las Planchas de Plata, and other properties in that vicinity, which are situated about lift zen miles southwest from Noga- les, in the Magdalena district of Sonora.
 Authentic history determines the discovery of these mines to have been in I76o, and the record of stheir early production is wonderful. At depth of a few varas masses of pure silver were found, globular in form, of one or two arrobas in weight, and several pieces were taken out weighing upward of twenty arrobas. (An arroba is twenty-five pounds Abaudond- ment of the property was caused by Apaches. In 1877 operations were successfully resumed, cut the Apa- ches again drove away the miners. Then they laid idle for many years, with occasional ftful attempts at working them,
 In IS9o company was organiz- ed which took over the properties and worked them very successfully. This company sold to eastern par ties, wno in turn sold to P. Sam doval & Co.,, of Nogales. That firm have been operating the prop critics very successfully during two years past. They have in actual operalion a complete ten-stamp mill with daily capacity of fifty tons, with everything in first class order, and working finely. The first class ore is shipped, and the second class run through the mill
 All told there are I2o pertencn- cias of groun included in the prop critics now taEen over-more than 300 acres.
 The formation is porphyry and conglomerates, with a limestone cropping. This is cut by several veins, from two to twelve feet in width, and are plainly seen to cut clear through the mountain from side to side. The charac CT of the ores are chlorides and bromides of silver in flakes sparingly sprinkled with silver sulphides. They also contain a small per centage of cop per. The ores are free milling and easily worked.
 There are several properties, three of which have been exten- sively developed, aud which have yielded much ore, but there are yeI ID sight great quantities of rich rock aud development work is con-
The oasis., 1901-12-28
Tho Wandering Jew Property.

As intimated in THR OASIS of last week Mir. Bird has let a con tract for sinking one hundred feet upon the Wandering Jew property, in the Tyndall district, Santa Cruz county. Arizona, Santa Rita mountains) and the work will be commenced immediately. There is already upon the mine a shalt thirty-five feet deep, aud from the bottom a drift has been run into the ledge thirty.6ve feet, in good ore all the way. Now a shaft will be sunk at a point about 25o feet farther along the ledge. In both places the ledge is more than 200 feet wide, and it carries surface in- dicatiors ofore all the way across. The ores are high grade in silver and opper carryinA some gold They run from 100 to 25o ounces in silver per ton, seven to fifteen per cent in copper and S6 to SIo per ton in gold. The new shalt will be sunk at point about 25o feet east ward along the ledge from the old workings, and will start in on ore of high grade right on the crop pings. It is anticipated that the Wandering Jew will prove one O. tue big min of the country. With tha is included the Columbia, an
The oasis., 1901-12-28
Arizona & Sonora Mia Go.

4 Block Of the preferred stock Of the Arizona 6 Sonora Manufacturing Go is offer cd for subscription, Sufficient work has been booked ID 10 Keep fhe pianf running for (. months and II IS found necessary 10 largely increase fhe present equipment in order 10 ger work 0uf quickly. Funds derived from the sale Of fiiS stock will be used for fiiiS purpose.
 Call or address
 ROu < TltCOmb, Inc.
 Sales AgeHfS.
The oasis., 1901-12-28
A aood Uough Medlclne.

From the Gazette Toowoomba. Anstraiiaj
 l find Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy Is an excellent medicine have been suffering rom severe cough for the last two months. and 1t has effected a cure. have great pleasure iD recon mending it.-W c. WOgKNER This IS the opinion of one of our oldest and most respected residents, and has been voluntarily given in good faith that others may try the remedy and be benefited. as was Mir. Wockner. This remedy is sold by l.. w Mix 6 Co
The oasis., 1901-12-28

extension of the big ledge. They are two full claims. each r5oox6oo feet, making 5000 feet the ledge plainly traced he full length of both claims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
The Confederate Veteran says:

Colonel w. H. Knauss of Columbus, O., writes that Saturday, June 5, nas been fixed as the day for the annual me morial exercises at Camp Chase Confed- crate Cemetery, and he asks that tne floral donations be sent in time to reacn them the day before. Consult your ex' press company, and forward In gooo tune e, He says that in the last two years over half the flowers did not arrive until one two and three days after the service; Ha nn he. usually accompanied by ms vie world take them each day to the cemg tery and place them on the graves: graves. Il would bemuch better to send mowers little earlier.
 We trust that the day will be remem- herad and that an abundance of flow era will be sent to the patriotic Colo nel Knauss in time to be used for the graves of the Confederates who died at Camp Chase. Colonel Knauss, year by wear has devoted himself to this task and deserves the thanks of all our peo- vIn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
HON. JOHN V. SMITH
Replies to Some Criticism of His Re- cent Letter.

Having simply expressed my indi-
 yidual views upon the question of
 Constitutional Convention, and having
 specifically disclaimed any intention to force these views upon the delegates.
 I am somewhat surprised that Generai
 Oates should have taken the matter so seriously and criticised me personally, as well as the management of the cam paisn, It is true that 1 do not concur with him in many of his views. l have followed General oates and been ms
 ardent supporter for many years put cannot endorse his present position II
 l am demoraliZed my demoralzatioh IS
 founded upon what I conceive to be
 the welfare of the State, and the I'enl-
 ocratic Party. The platform, unanl-
 mously adopted, declared that 1t was the sense of the Convention that no
 white man be disfranchised except TOT crime. I am in favor of keeping that pledge. To apply the test favored by General Oates that one must be able to tread intelligently, or understand when read to him, any section of the Con stitution," thus placing the power m the hands of the registrar to dlsIrah- chise whoever he pleases, would De d repudiation of the platform. ana result in the disfrancSisement Of very larse number of honest and worthy whlIe men. some or WnOIn lOllo"Co biiO oN- lant oates to battle in the cause or liherty. If were in command, with the power to order a fire upon these men, then with trembling heart, ana with all the earnestness of my soul' my command would be Hay down your arms" for the liberty of this class or men to exercise the elective franchise must be forever preserved. l am more than ever persuaded that the poll tax clause, with a good primary election law. will give the desired relief. do not agree with the General that the
 people sulked and stayed at home be cause of the course of the Campaign Committee. The platform was scat
 tered all over the State, speakers, in- 1 cludinR General oates himself, were
 sent everywhere possible in the short time allowed, and much good was done and much fear allayed. In my Judg-
 ment, many white people failed to
 vote because of a fear that their right of suffrage would be restricted, their
 exemption laws destroyed. their taxes
 made heavier, and their present judi
 ciary system radically changed. all of
 which fears, as I before stated, were
 without any real foundation. what
 ever the cause, the Convention has
 been called. and l again reiterate the
 confidence l have in the wisdom and
 integrity of the delegates, among whom l General Oates is one of the ablest and | truest John V. Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Says The Louisville Post:

It is possible, if not extremely probable. that the solid Democratic South will yet become a solid Republican South, the main reliance of the Republican Party.
 We fail to see upon what The Post predicts it's expectation, but we have no fear of the result it predicts. We look on it as a certainty that the elim- ination of the negro from our politics will cause an increase in white Repub- lican votes. but that Alabama, for ex- ample, will become Republican Stat' is not even within the bounds of pos sibility. as we view the situation, al least not during the present genera tion. To say that a majority of South ern Democrats will abandon their life long principles as soon as all danger of negro dominRtion disappears is unjust to them and without foundation in fact. We hope to see a Republican
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes About Persons
 Talked About Now.


 II. S. Grant, Jr., is the latest con- vert to the orange growing fad. He has recently purchased the largest orange grove in san Diego County, California.
 An effort is being made in Raleigh. N. C., to have the city buy and pre- serve the horne in that city which was the boyhood home of President Andrew Johnson.
 Count Tolstoi's study Is small room with an unpainted and uncarpeted floor vauited ceiling and thick stone walls. These last are covered with inn elements of labor.
 Miss Lucy c. Coolidge recently re- ceived tn. largest vote ever cast for one person in Portland. Me. She was on all ticke-s as candidate Tor the school board and got S.413 votes.
 General Sir Evelyn Wood. adjuIant general of the British army, has just entered upon the tiftieth year or his active service. This started in the navy, which he left for the army in 1855.
 King Edward much prefers congenial society to solitary state and so has introduced the custom of having a good-sized dinner party every evening at the royal table. The members of his own family all guests and several members of the suite are always in at- tendance.
 Rev. Edward Schnadhorst has been pastor of London church for forty three years without a salary. Re Is a man of independent means, who Tn 1858 dedicated his life to the uoliftlng of the poor in the east end of Lon don, The church owns a large build ing on the Roman road in North Bow where almost every kind of relelous and philanthropic work Is ca"StHA HnI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
wooDMEN OF THE WORLD.
The Sovereign Camp in Session at
 Columbus, o.

Columbus. O.. May 15.-TAe Sover- eign Camp Woodmen of the World got down to business today. The Sover- eign Commanders report was submit ted, Commander Root reported that there were 129,S37 members at the end of the last year. a net gain of 4l,356, The membership of all Jurisdictions was as follows: Sovereign, 129.S37; Pa cific 5S,043: Canadian, 6,l29; Woodmen of Woodcraft, 1S,975; Woodmen Circle, 12,S1S; total membership of perfected Woodcraft. 225.797. The Commander spoke in flattering terms of the prog ress of the order and discussed the matter of entering Mexico.
 The Finance Committee presented the following statement:
 Receipts-Beneficiary fund, $1,555,O7O; emergency fund, $5,1e2; new emergency fund. $1S5.O54; general fund, $217, ,457. Balances are as follows: Beneficiary, SIP, ,S96; emergency s5,102; new emer- gency, $32, ,O07: general fund, $6,565; the total death losses during the year were $l, ,651, ,452. Insurance in force De- cember 1. 19OO $219.S31. 200 The death claims paid during 1900 were $1,6OO, 33S 65
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16

operated in certain localities at profit. If, for example, 1t were conceded tkat cities should own the street railways. the thing would work out well in those cities only where street railways are profitable or can be made profitable. In other cities only the best manage ment saves their operation from loss. and in some cities the street railways are operated at loss. as was the case in Mobile for many years before the electric system was introduced. It will be proper. therefore. for the advocates of public ownership of these and other utilities to asF who Is to pay the losses in case there are losses-and there are sure to be loseea as is shown by the British management of the tele- graphic service and the American management of the postal service. Public ownership of prosperous utility is fine thing: but how about public ownership of an unprofltable utility? What would Mobile do with a lot of losing public utilities, for ex- ample? Where would she find the money with which to make up the losses?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
FAILED OF RATIFICATION.
Rome, Chattanooga & Southern Not
 Sold to the Central.

Rome. Ga., May 15.-The sale of the Rome, Chattanooga and Southern to the Central of Georgia failed of rati- fication here today, because J. F. Kempell. of Columbus, Ga. filed an injunction praying the court to pre- vent the sale.
 Kempell alleges that he is minor ity stockholder in the road owning stock to the value of $7,COO. He al leges that the road is worth $S,SOO,OO and that the purchase price for which it had been sold to the Central Rail- rosd is only $1.S00.000
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16

Hon. J. W. Abercrombie, State Su- perintendent of Education, yesterday announced the appointment of the fol- lowing students to free scholarships at the Peabody Normal College, Nashville. Tenn. Mary A. Dean, Franconia. Pickens County: Alexina Hooker. Sel- ma; Martha A. Pittman. Roanoke; Rayner Tiliman, Tuscumbia; Louise McDanell, Florence; Mary I. Mastin, Huntsville; Victor H. Williams. Town by.
 These students are now attending the college and will succeed the following students, who will be graduated thls year: Martha w. Armstrong, Ethel M. Erwin, Johnnie McCluskey, Floy Pas cal, Daniel NJ. Sizemore, Thomas H. Somerville. Aileen E. Sweatt. The last named young woman is from Mont gomery.
 The rule is to appoint students who are already at the school to the free scholarships if application is made AS a result of these appointments DO com petitive examinations for these schol- arships will be held in Alabama this year,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Government Ownership.

M0blle ReSlSteI'
 The British loss on the government s ownership of the telegraphic service of the country is about $3,500,0O0 a year, making a total of about $41,0O0,O0O since the government took over the lines. This shows the chief argument against government ownership. People who have their eyes fixed upon those quasi public industries and employments called public utilities which are mak- ing great money in certain Localities are anxious that the government should purchase them and operate them, and let the people get the profit. But gov ernment ownership. if 1t is right in principle, should be general in applica- tion. No account is taken of the fact that many of the utilities cannot be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
secnritieS Deposited.

Boston. May 15.-About 99 per cent of the securities of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis and Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Rail roads have been deposited with the Old Colony Trust Company under the rurchase offer of the Pierce syndicate and the purchasing committee has con sented to receive the other 1 per cent The money to purchase the securities reaching $15,OOO,OOO will ha distributed at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Getting Ahead of Birmingham.

pemopolis Express.
 1t ia seldom that even the larger cities have the pleasure of bragglng that thev can beat the Magic City in anything. so when we little ducks set a chance to blow about outdoing tEe foremost city in Alabama, We are Just bound to do it. Now what occasions all of this jubilation is that on fast Monday both Birmingham and Delnop- oils had municipal elections. In Birm- ingham 261 votes were cast and in Der. Cpolis 290 were boiled. We are thinking of asking for new census to be taken in order to determine which town Is the larger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Get thee glass eyes And like a scurvy politician seem To see the things thou dost not.

The Advertiser has neither the in- cliuation nor the need to defend the President or his administration. but such straining of the imagination as the Texas paper resorts to is traves- ty on intelligent criticism. The Presi- dents language was really somewhat of a platitude but none the less true. The people and the government have been encouraging transportation by land and by sea- since the formation of the government, and never suspect ed that they were favoring ship sub sidy steal. The people themselves build yand equip railroads and boat lines, and everytime they do it they encourage Transportation" beyond a doubt.
 whether the ship subsidy steal" will ever become a law, or whether it is all together as bad as certain alarmists would make it out. we do not know, and there is no need to argue the oues- fion. It may be fully as bad as rep resented. and Mir. Mckinley may favor it. for aught we know, but there is nothing to prove it in the expr ession referred to. The paper from which we quote is so in the habit of seeing spooks, hobgoblins, "Gorgons and Fly dras and Chimeras dire" and other s.skeery'' things that everything said or done not in accordance with Pcpu- aistic vagaries gives it a new attack of fifa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Stands in the Way.

New Decatur Advertiser.
 The man who is deliberately cruel to birds and beasts. to a dog or horse, or any dumb, defenseless creature, Will be cruel also to men and will mistreat a woman or child where fear and pru- dence do not restrain. Many cruel acts are the result of thoughtlessness' and custom stands in the way of many needed reforms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16

We see no occasion for kicking up such a racket because General Chaffee told some Englishmen at a social party fiat Americans and Britons would nev- CT be found facing each other on the field of battle. Chaff was only "haff- ing the Britons, or jollying them lit tie. but we hope time will prove the sarrectness of sshat hA said.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16

Ex-Governor Poynter of Nebraska, one of the big Populists of the North west in a speech in Omaha recently. demanding the keeping up of the Pop ulist organization, said that If the Democrats should go back to the orig inal principles of the party before they became Populists in all but name we must have party left for those who still stand for the rights of the peo- ple." That was rubbing 1t in, and one ". J. Bryan was present enjoying it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
A Text for the President.
.,-e,oIa lMassl Renublican.

Springfield (MaSs) RepuDncan.
 Some Wall Street estimates: George Gould has increased his wealth $3o,OOO. GOO since the last Presidential election through speculation and the rise in the value of the Gould stocks; J. P. Nor gan is $2O. .Ooe 900 richer than before the election, James R. Keene is $15.O0O .OOC richer. and John w. Gates $5,OOO,OO Fortunes made in the recent stock speculation from S1.Ooo.000 down are too numerous to mention. This should be a good text for the President Tn ms talks on the prosperity of the people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
Establishing a Mousery.

AEDeVIIIe TtWS. -
 What do you suppose will happen nextP Ii is given out that several Chicago ladies, who are not afraid of mice. are soon to establish 'moIse:y for the purpose of raising mice and disI osing of them for pets. We'll bet they don't have much sale and it sur prises us to know that as many as a Lozen lad'es could be found in any city who are not afraid of mice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
An Advance in Journalism.

Birm irgham Ledger.
 The old-time editors came to prom thence in days of great public excite ment, and they had new field Tor their writings and when they were able to lead public thought they became Ia mons. In the press of today the duties are more severe and the public demand Is higher and no paper that attains 5, ,OOO circulation can have dull edito- rial page to say nothing of other f'a- lures. No, there has been no dee e:l2- ration but an advance in journalism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-16
A Good Service.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 MT. Ochs undertakes to make The Philadelphia Times fundamentally Democratic' paper; this means pa per that will uphold the old Democratic doctrine of sound finance. If he eCes no other service for The Times he will vet be entitled to the thanks of that papers lifelong readers.