Williams news., 1904-04-30

for the purpose of inducing a laIhily of Ser; Indians to go to St. Louis for exhibition purposes during the Worlds Fair. Mr. Meadows has entered into q contract with the mana cement of the fair to furnish family of this famous tribe, and says he will have them in St. Louis at the appointed time, even it be- comes necessary to kidnap them.- Yuma Sun.
 County Recorder C. ?. Cronin this week won an important suit in the district court against the coun- ty. The suit was brought to settle dispute between the recorder and the board of supervisors over the payment of fees for certified copies of deeds, mining locations, articles of incorporation, etc. MT. Cronin claimed the fees were legally due him, but the board refused to allow the claims until ordered 10 do so blythe court. The amount involved was $673.05.-Yuma Sun.
 Oklahoma is the first territory that was ever given permission to lease the public school lands and collect the rentals. When one notes the income of about $4OO,OOO an- nually from this source, they may realize how much this means to Oklahoma, and how much the pub lie schools would have suffered had they not had it. Usually it has been the custom to leave the school lands idle and give territory per mission to lease them until it was admitted as a state-The Earth.
 The government now requires less in fees of applicants for mineral surveys than formerly. The fol- lowing schedule of prices for office work on mineral surveys have been in effect since April 15: For lode claim, $30; for placer claim, $35; for millsite, $30; for millsite in cluded in the survey with lode claim, $20; for each lode claim within and included in the survey of a placer claim, $2O; for several lode locations included in one sur vey, the first location named, $50; all other locations included, each $25; for several placer loca tions in cluded in one. survey, the first loca- tion named, $35; all other locat tions included, each $50; supplemental order for survey, additional.
 Hugh Campbell and Jeff D. New man, two prominent sheepmen of Northern Arizona, were in town yesterday. Mir. Newman was a former resident of Prescott, having attended the public schools here about a quarter .of century ago. His sheep at present are ranging in the Sycamore country. He says water is still abundant there, but feed is getting very scarce. He says that if Northern Arizona was not the best sheep country in the United States sheep men would have suffered big losses before this on account of the drouth. AS it is he thinks the outlook is not very good for the future unless we should get good rains, which can hardly be expected now until July.-Jour- nal Miner, April p.
 Although Senator Clark's United Verde mine at Jerome is the most talked and written about copper mine in the territory of Arizona, the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee is the largest producer, and will soon be making much more copper than ever before, as the new smell ter will enable the mine to produce something like it's actual capacity. For several years the Queen has held fourth place in the United States and sixth among the mines of the world as a producer, and last year made nearly 10000, ,000 pounds of refined copper With the aid of the new smelter the Queen will easily pass the Mensield, Germany's greatest mine, in output, and will probably pass the Boston & Mon