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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
WEST BRATTLEBoRo.

Mrs. e. 4. Fisher has been visiting
in Springfield, Mass, this week.
Miss Maria Stedman and Mrs. Bart
lett left Monday for Palm Beach, Fla.,
where they will spend several months.
Leon Smith, who is employed by the
Boston Elevated railroad company
has been visiting at his home mere
this week.
Frank Prefountain, while scuiliing
with his brother Sunday, strained the
ligaments in one ankle so seriously
that he has been confined to the house
since.
Walter E. Bartlett who went to
Springfield, Mass. to assist the Amer
lean Express company's force during
the holiday rush. has secured permla-
nent position with the company. HIS
wife will go to Springfield next week
to join her husband.
A party of II young people from
Brattleboro academy went on slelgh
ride to Guilford Wednesday evening to
visit one. of their former classmates.
An ENJOYABLE time was had playing
ping pong and other games, and be-
fore returning refreshments were
served. Every house passed on the
way home was greeted with the class
yell.
David T. Perry has been in Rowe,
Mass, this week to complete arrange
ments for beginning work on the con
tract which he recently secured. He
will Euild tunnel 800 feet long for
the Rowe Copper Mining company and
it is expected that the amount OF ore
taken from the excavation will more
than pay for the cost of the tunnel.
Mr.. Perry will have to purchase spec
ial drilling machinery to do the work
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
HALIFAX.

Fred Chase has been very i'll from a
quinsy sore throat.
After considerable delay in procur-
ing a teacher for district No. II, Thorn
as Hill, the school, which is now in
the third week, is progressing favora-
bly, under the instruction of Miss Hell
en- X. West of Haverhill, Mass, a stu
dent of Wellesley college.
The Reformer's Great Quaker Range
voting contest is attracting the atten-
ton of the ladies in town, and the in
dications are that there will be full
list of entries in each of the seven dis
tricts. This town should be represent
ed in the contest and our people should
see that one of the stoves comes here.
Who will enter the contest from here
Read the advertisement on the Sth
page of to-day's Reformer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST

We reserve the right to add to these
conditions should occasion require.
Sample copies of the Reformer will
be furnished free of charge to all con-
testaDts upon request.
There is no restriction as to terri
tory in which renewals or new sub
scriptions may be solicited.
All reports must be made on blank
which will be furnished by the Refor-
mer upon application and proper entry
The prizes will be withdrawn from
any district In which there are not at
least four entries and two contestants
at the finish.
All votes must be in the Reformer Of
fee Cd Saturday, April 80, at p. m,
as none will be accepted after that
date and hour.
Complete reports must be sent IN on
Wednesday Of each week and results
will be printed in the Reformer of the
following Friday.
Cash must accompany all orders or
they will not be entitled to votes. Re
ceipts to subscribers will be sent from
the Reformer office only.
The votes will be counted and the
awards made by committee of three
Brattleboro business men-to be select
ed by the contestants from list fur
nished by the Reformer.
New subscribers will he held to mean
people who do not now take the Re
former. Subscriptions which have been
discontinued and renewed in some 9TH
er name will be counted as renewals,
if detected.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
VERNON.

Vernon grange will hold its regular
meeting Saturday evening.
Ernest G. Hubbard returned to Mer-
iden, Conn, Sunday. MIR. and Mrs.
J. E. Hubbard, who have been visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. Wood, in
Camden, n. j., returned home Satur-
day.
Miss leila johnson gave very pleas
ant card party to the neighborhood
people Saturday evening. About 80
were present. The royal prize was
won by Will Squires, the progressive
by Mrs. ]. 7. Wright and the BOBBY
by Mrs. A. G. Barnes. Cake, coffee
and confectionery were served during
the evening.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
LEGAL. NOTICES.

STATE OF VERMONT BY the Probate Court
~ Marlboro, SIS. for said District.
To all persons interested in the estate of
GEORGE A. CHASE, late of Halifax, deceased,
GREETING:
Whereas, FRANK WORDEN has present.
ed to this court an instrument purporting to be
the last will of said deceased, for probate =
You are hereby notified that this Court will
decide upon the probate of said Instrument at
the session thereof to be held at the probate
office in Brattleboro in said district on the 3lst
day of January. A. ID. 1908. when and where Won
may appear and contest the same if You see
cause.
S-St A. F. SCHwENK. Register
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
WEST HALIFAX.

Several lots of apples have been sold
at ST. % barrel.
The installation of the officers OF the
G. A. X. of the Charles p. Clark post
took place at F. H. Niles Friday even
ing followed by an oyster supper.
Bills are out announcing the board
of agriculture meeting in Jacksonville
Wednesday at 10 a. m, Jan. 81 Spec
ial attention will be given the cream
ery and dairy.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

ry Dickerman was made president of
the ladies' aid society of the Metho-
dist church. Walter Burnham of Bos-
ton was here to attend his grandmoth-
er's funeral. John Gray of East Rose,
N. Y, visited with his aunt, Mrs. S.
X. Hildreth, last week. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Harvey of Keene.
Mrs. Frank Tilden has gone to Wor-
cester to spend week with friends
there
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

The Quaker Range the equal if not the superior of any
range manufactured 1t sells for $1,000 1t made to burn
either wood or coal Has large fire box which will take "a
inch piece of wood contains all the modern improvements
and is made either with reservoir coil as may be desired
The Quaker Ranges exhibition at the store OF Emerson
Son. House FurnSes Brateboro, whow be glad to show
them to callers They beauties and mistake. Proud
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
Ideal Cash Register for Sale!

We have for sale new Ideal Cash Register
Cost Sis 90 but will be sold for $1,000. Who
wants 1t? Come in and see it before someone
else gets 1t. ULLERI & CO., Brattleboro.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16
Administrators. Executors. Commissioners.

II you are friend of the Reformer or its
publishers and wish to favor us with your
business in the way Of Probate, Commits
sioners, or Executors Notices, 1t will be
necessary for you to instruct the probate
officers to send all such notices for publ
cation In the Reformer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-16

Yearly Subscriber entities you to 200 votes
Each Renewal Subscription paid entities to 100 votes
The news-herald., 1903-02-07
The TenderfoOt Group.

VIII Murray returned the first of
the week from the Tenderfoot group
of claims, owned by W. G. Garter,
John Riggs, and himself. The
property, which consists OF six
claims, les between the White
Gold Slime and the Black Rock
mine. The ledge, which can be
traced the length of three claims,
is about three feet wide and horns
considerable gold. They are situat-
ed in one. of the best localities in
this district, and they have very
good prospects of opening up a
good mine.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

w. R. Humphries aud wife Of
Prescott, are in the city and are
registered at the Commercial. Mr..
Humphries who is a first class
photographer is here on his way
throughout the southern part of the
territory as the representative of
the American Development comp
any, to take photographs OF all
objects of interest, especially mines
and mining camps, and important
buildings of all kinds, not only in
the southern country, but in every
part of Arizona. The object of the
company in having this work done
is to make complete albums which
will show to outsiders what we have
here besides wickiups and desert.
The company referred to, owns the
Congress mine, Poland, Tombstone
and many other valuable properties
in Arizona. The company intends
to issue the finest illustrated mag
azine ever published from western
views. ArizOnn Democrat.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Oscar Jennings and wife came in
from the Profusion group the first
of the week on their way to Phoe-
nix. Mr.. Jennings has lately COM
pleted the assessment work on the
Sullivan group of Is claims owned
by the keystone Copper-Gold Min
ing Company. On the Boer claim
he sank 40-foot incline shaft. On
the Bunker Hill claim q hundred
foot incline shaft on the ledge.
The shaft. which is sunk on the
foot-wall of the ledge, is all in ore,
a heavy iron quartz, most of it
carrying very good gold values. A
cross-cut will probably be made to
see how wide the ledge is, as it is a
very large and strong ledge on the
snrface.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

The furnaces of the United Verde
Copper company were started up at
Jerome yesterday and six hundred
men will be put to work, This
means prosperity not only for
Jerome but for that entire section
of country. It is predicted that
when the properties and wo'k are
running full capacity, this company
will have about 1900 men at work,
Aside from it's own marvellous pro-
duction the fame of Senator Clark's
United Verde mines has been in
strumental in bringing more invest
ment money into this section than
all other cause combined, for the
text of almost every mining talk
and write-up of this mining section
is taken from the wonderful record
of the United Verde group-Pres-
colt Courier.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Chas. Goddard and Frank Cox
were murdered Sunday evening at
Goddard's Station on New River,
about 80 miles southeast of here.
The murderers are supposed to be
two Mexicans, who were last seen
headed toward Phoenix. Sheriff
Cook took the trail Tuesday morn
ing and if there is any man in the
country that will find them, Billy
Cook is the man. New River is
his old stamping ground and he
knows every foot of the country.
Goddard leaves family who reside
in Phoenix.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07
A GOOD DISTRICT
The Great Opportunities For
Capital in JudiciOuS and
Legitimate Mining
OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE

Wickenburg cannot fail to inn
press any mining man with its vast
possibilities in the minig line 1t
lies directly between two great voE+
canic upheayals, the Eulture peak
range few miles to the south and
the Black Rock mountain on tho
north, one forming the upper box
canyon and the other the lower box
canyon of the Hassavampa river,
from which Wickenburg, on its
banks has the best and purest water
supply in Arizona. In the Vulturc
district the presence of gold has
been satisfactorily proven by the
extraction of over $16,O0O,OO0 from
one mine alone, the Vulture, and
all from above q vertical depth of
400 feet. The other properties in
that secuion showing good values
are too numerous to mention. On
the north, four miles from town,
on the south side of the volcanic
upheaval which is landmark for
the entire section, is the famous
Orc Grande, which promises to
rival its sister on the south, the
Vulture. The ORC Grande already
has its millions blocked out and in
sight. Besides the many other
good properties near the Oro
Grande, there are many on the
north side of the range, within two
to ten miles, which are doing much
to bring this section before the
mining world. On the Powell
Black Rock property, cross cuts
are now in over $50 feet, all in ore
averaging over SIS. A few hundred
yards away, the White Gold Co. is
inning tunnels on a ledge which
8 lows values from a few dollars as
high as $500 and $500. Ore ship
ped from this ledge has netted
several hundred dollars to the ton
and the White Co. are now open
ing up their claims and preparing
for the installation of reduction
works. A number of other parties
are: developing claims on the same
ledge, both on the east and west of
the White property. This side of
the White mine, the largest pro-
ducer was the Gri ijalva, from which
the Mexicans took somewhere be-
tween $4,000 sand 100000 a Jew
years ago, all of which came from
above a depth of thirty feet. Some
nuggets worth over 500 were found
in the white quartz and all of the
gold was coarse. One cannot point
in any direction from Wickenburg
where there is not a mine or pro-
missing prospect.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Claude Burson, who has been
spending several days with his
family, returned to Phoenix Sun
day night to resume his clerical
duties in the Legislature.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Hon. J. w. Burson, who has
been spending some time at the
Aqua Caliente Springs taking baths
for his rheumatism, has returned to
Phoenix very much improved in
health.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07
THE ELECTRA
What Good Management Has
Done With a PrOmisiag
Property
HOIST TO BE INSTALLED

OF the many good mines situated
in the districts adjacent to Wicken-
burg, the Electra is now attracting
more than passing notice. This
property is about II miles north
east of the town and partially in
the Black Rock and partially in
Blue Tank district, and has been
developed, with limited means, to
such an extent that it may now be
classed as one of the going pro-
perties of the districts in which 1T
lies. While not yet sufficiently
developed to place it in the list as
mine, it has been opened up into
such a big prospect and has such
good indications Of making a mine,
that it can be safely prophesied
that it should soon enter the lists
as big paying property.
Between 400 and 500 feet of de-
velopment work has been done up
on the property up to date, the
larger pant of the work consisting
of two shafts on the main lode, one
25O feet deep and the other 60 ieet
deep. Both Of these shafts have
been sunk on the ore, which holds
an average width of about 3 feet,
and as they are about 5000 feet
apart and the same mineralogical
conditions exist in-both, there is
little question but that the lode
carries long and continuousshooc
of ore. Short drifts have been run
from both shafts at different levels
all in ore, the longest being over 50
feet, and a conscientious sampling
gives an average value of 27.0O per
ton, the greater values being in gold.
The lode travcrses highly miner
allied dyke OF altered diorite, with
micaceous granite on the foot and
prophyritic granite on the hanging
wall, the outcrop being easily traced
/ s f<>,,1. ri
That the Electra is one of the
coming big mines of the Wickcn-
burg: district is conceded by every
one who has visited it. 1t has had
the two qualities attached to it,
necessary to make a good mine
that is, good ground and good man
agement, and with the provision OF
sufficient capital to open nitu up upon
q large scale, it should not take a
very long period to make tia divid-
cnd-paying property.
Up to the present time every
thing hoisted from the workings has
been done by horse power, a whin
being used, and the property has
now reached a stage where it is
necessary to equip it with steam
or gasoline hoist. When this latter
necessary equipment for economical
working is placed upon the mine
the long ore shoot can be rapidly
opened up and blocked out, and the
property will then be ready for 6
milling plant. The editor Of the
News-Herald takes pleasure il
visiting and looking over such pro
perties as the Electra, for it is sucf
mines, accompanied by honest anc
intelligent management, that serve
to keel, up the good name ola min
ing district, and we only wish there
were hundred such in this vicinity
to which we could put our approva
with as much confidence as we fee
towards the Electra and its man
agement.
The head officers of the company
H. e. Wilson and L. G. Nickerson
of Phoenix, respectively presiden
and secretary, inform US that they
are now Offering a block of trea
8ury stock, which will enable them
when disposed Of, to fully equip the
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Al Anderson and Bert School
were in from the Oro Grande Ex-
ploration & Development Co.'S pro
peny for supplies on Monday,
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

James Munchus has returned
from visit in Texas.
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Al. Anderson and Bert School
went to Phoenix Monday night,
The news-herald., 1903-02-07

Supt. Franklin is building a road
rom the Wickenburg-Gilbert road
to the shaft on the Uncle Sam
Copper Co.'S property. A soon as
the road is completed the shaft
which is now down 100 feet will be
timbered and a gasoline hoist will be
installed and sinking will be con-
tinued to the 500-foot level. The
Uucl sam property has some Of the
best surface showings in the Blue
Tank district. The ledge on which
the work is being done is the same
ledge on which the Denver Group
is located and which Supt. Gam
age of the Denver Group is drivingl
q tunnel to cross-cnt. >
G.. T. Smith, timaerman en-
ployed at the White Cloud mine II
miles east of here, fell from the
scaffolding in the main shaft Of the
White Cloud to the bottom of the
shaft, q distance OF about 80 feet,
striking on his head and dying 1T
once. The accident occurred Tues
day. Acting Coroner Judge Gil
bert summoned q jury who brought
in q verdict of accidental death, (
exonerating the company from all
blame.
Al Andarson and Bert SohnnfM
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-12

Orchn I'd Ahnuf - W"
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
DISTRIBUTING TRACTS
REQUIRES A LICENSE
Comes Within Scope of Opera
tons of Billposter.

On motion of Commissioner West. the
District Board has decided that the free
distribution of certain religious tracts
from door to door comes under the oper-
ations of the license law. The matter
was brought to the attention of the Board
through the application of Clarence E.
Fowler, OF 11s Center Market, who ask
ed permission to distribute these tracts
through the city
A report from the Assessor gives the
law relating to the distribution of print
ed matter from door to door. An opin-
ion of the Corporation Counsel Is re-
ferred to which defines the meaning of
the word billposter within the meaning
of the law. The report shows that the
tracts referred to come within that
definition, and that licenes OF $40 is
required by law.
Commissioner West, with this report
before him affixed the following motion
to the application:
while 1 have no doubt of the worthy
character of the literature for which
free distribution Is asked, the Com
missioners have for obvious reasons de-
cided that all printed matter, of what
ever character. should be under their
supervision and CONTROL in order to pre-
vent any annoyance to and imposition
upon the public.
The law governing this particular
case is very plain. the literature in
question being a printed circular which
advertises a publication entered as Sec
old-class mail matter. and sold for a
fixed subscription price.
Il therefore recommend the writer to
be informed that he must comply with
the law, which provides licenses fee
of $40 year"
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
SMALL RETURNS ON
HERBERT WELSH LETTER
Petition for Publication of General
Miles Philippine Report.

Secretary Root has received 154 let
ters in response 10 the request sent out
by Herbert Welsh. OF the Anti-Imperial-
ist League. asking those to whom they
were addressed 10 petition the War De-
partment TO permit the publication Of
the full report of General Miles upon
atrocities in the Philippines, and the re-
port of Major Hunter, upon the case of
Major Howe. accused of responsibility
for beating Fflipinos to death.
Mr.. Welsh sent out 10000 of such let
ters, but only a little more than ~
pei cent of them have had any effect
SO faras needing the request which
they contained is concerned OF the 154
oommunications which Secretary Root
has received, only sixty-one directly ask
10: the publication OF the Miles report,
seVenty-six call attention to the mat
ter without making any request what
scever, and seven persons simply in
close the Welsh letter without comment.
1t is the intention of Secretary Root to
reply to these correspondents. stating
that both reports referred to have been
made public in full
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
PRAISE FOR NATIONAL
GUARD OF THE DISTRICT
Captain Stevens Reports Militia in
Highly Creditable Condition.

Capt G. w. F. Stevens. Artillery
Corps. assigned to the duty of making
a special inspection of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, has
fled his report at the War Department
The inspection shows the National
Guard of the District to be IN a highly
c~editable condition. and that every or
garization is Sufficiently armed, uni
formed. and equipped for active duty In
the field
The total strength of the National
Guard of the District, as shown by this
inspection is 125 officers, and 1,169 men,
making a total of 1921. including band
and field music OF this number there
were present at inspection, 121 officers
and 1,O27 men, and officers, and 142
men absent; the percentage of absentees
to the total strength being 11,309. The
inspection also developed the fact that
there are 202 married men among the
membership of the Guard, or a percent
age of 1856
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
LOWELL MILLS OPEN
WITH REDUCED FORCE

LOWELL, Mass, June 1.-The textile
mills this morning opened with small
percentage of help, mostly unskilled
labor.
In each corporation efforts are centered
on one or two departments, which are
running below the normal capacity Few
operatives deserted the ranks of organ
lied labor, which embraces most OF the
important grades. The mill agents are
confident that before the close of the
present week the sight of turning
spindles will have won over the majority
of those now enrolled under the standard
of President Conroy.
Crowds of curious persons witnessed
the influx of operatives. but order pre-
vailed throughout. The police were in
evidence, but had little to occupy their
eftention
Official returns from the various
unions were made at a meeting of the
textile council this morning. The strik-
ers declared that less than 2 per cenf
of organized workers have returned, and
say that they are as firm as when the
mills shut down. They refer to those
who returned as a handful of nonenities,
and aver that they VIII be back in the
ranks before the close OF the present
week.
The statement of John ]. Connell.
agent of the fremont and Suffolk mills,
is in direct variance with that issued
from the strikers camp. He said:
"In my mills are 5000 looms. This
morning one-third of the capacity is in
operation This exceeds all expecta- :
tions I have six union loom f1xers on
nv roll Not a mule spinner reported
for work However, l will start four
pairs of mule frames this afternoon with
the aid OF my oyerseers and second
hands. That number, with the ring
spinning. will make the production Of
sufficient material possible. The end Of
the strike Is near at hand"
The Washington times., 1903-06-01
CHILEAN MINISTER GIVEN
NEW RESPONSIBILITIES

The Chilean minister. Senior Don
Joaquin Walker Martinez. who was re-
Gently accredited minister TO Mexico In
addition to his duties here, has receiv-
ed notification from his government of
the irtrusting to him of still further re-
sponsibilities. He has now been named
Chilean minister 10 Cuba, in addition to
the two other missions.
Senior Walker Martinez has planned to
leave early in July for Mexico. TO pre-
sent his credentials and spend the great
er part of the summer there. His visit 20
Havana TO meet President Palma and
other Cuban officials will not be made
until the early fall.