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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-03-30
Wildwood Min TO Start.

Cottage Grove-The Wildwood Lum-
ber company, which owns large saw
mill near the end of the Oregon 4
Southeastern track, above Wildwood,
has decided to put the mill into active
operation. There are plenty of logs
close to the mill. l. L. Smith, we'll
known samwill man, has been put in
charge.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-03-30
DENTIST

Crown aud Bridge Work Specially. once
upstairs In Howerman Building
coNDoN. OREGON
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returned shortly after the meeting had broken up and voted his stock for the reelection of himself and his friends for the ensuing year. It was his intention to leave the following morning for New York, but he was ar rested by a warrant sworn out by Wm. Hoff charging him with grand larceny by missappropriation of mon eys during the years 1904-5. On Fri day morning be had a hearing before Justice Neff and was bound over with a bond of $25OO for temperance. The bond was given on Saturday, and be left for New York on Sunday.
 Talking of economy and the great desire, apparently, of the present board of directors to reduce expenses, whether such reduction is in the prop CT line or not, and keeping in view the fact that $500 is great item for these people to ponder OCT, would just like to inform you that for the 15 months previous to March, 1904, MT. Ross drew from the funds of the company the sum of s4,625.0O in salary and travelling expenses alone. You might have noticed in the balance sheet at that date the suspicious looking item, viz: Directors salaries and tray cling expenses, $44,625.00." Gentle men, allow me to inform you that these expenses are solely and only the tax that MT. Ross imposes on the prof. it's of our company for his own use; the other directors did not receive one penny of these amounts. Think of it. gentlemen. S4.625.0O is just about
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to pay to satisfy the inquiries of this large number of European stockhol1. CTS. Mir. Robbins also suggested that as the Standard Copper Mines had q cash balance of over $20,000 in New York, they were in a position to pay a 1-2 per cent dividend. which would in a measure satisfy the shareholders for the time being and restore much needed confidence in the present man. agement. MT. Ross expressed ] i'm. self to Mir. Robbins as being heartily in favor of this suggestion, but renfie- men, MT. Ross has absolutely nothing to say in the matter. Mir, Erskine, the guiding angel in this business. would not listen to it for a moment. Personally, if I were assured that the affairs of the Standard Copper Compa- nies were in capable hands, I would not be inclined to favor the payment of any dividends, but when We look at the fact that we are totally unac- Quainted with the exact disposition of this balance, think it would perhaps be well to favor the payment of 3 1-2 per cent dividend and be content with at least that much for the time being"
 During the pe|iod following these remarks many hot expressions were made as to the character of the compa- ny's management and the heated shareholders appropriated such books of the company as they could get hold of, and MT. Ross was invited to in- form his New York associates of the proceedings of the meeting. Mir. Ross
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likely to have. is the inane verbal ir responsibilities evolved from the cor rupted imagination of MT. Ross. Some of you shareholders present had the pleasure of meeting MT. Edgar Rob bins, who was here lately on a mis- sion from the European shareholders to ferret out the precise reason of the present unsatisfactory condition of af fairs. Mir. Robbins wished to be sat is1ed o' the point as to why the Lon dun office was abolished by the auto crats of 52 Wall street without any reason whatever, except the so-called on of economy. The London office had .alary attached to it of $500 per annum, and this office was a great convenience as well as Q channel of infCrma,ior to those European hold e:s of about one-third of the total stock issue of the Standard Copper Mines.
 In tbe matter of the London office. and in response to his inquiries there on, NIT. Robbins, as have stated, met with this fetish of economy. I should like to ask you gentlemen if this S50e economy sets well on the shoulders of those who were proclaimed to- us little more than a year ago to be the emblem Of a mighty wealth. Mc Ross led us to believe at that time that the engineers of this Standard Consolidated business had almost monopoly of all the legal tender in New England, but gentlemen, they consider that under the Erskine-RoSs system of economy $500 was too much
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0k0d in Wp9n00 Il

NJ. Williams never gave MT. Ross any reason to believe he was ashamed with his connection with you gentle men. MT Williams never told Mir Ross that there would be no further trouble about the matter, so that, in language more truthful than poetic, these statements are absolute lies.
 Mir. Ross pointed out to you little while ago, and he assured you in ways that are difficult to follow, just the act ual relation in which you stand on the question of certificates. He in formed you as to when you might get the certificates, and therefore, as to when you might not He assured you that he was strongly in favor of hay ing these certificates placed in your hands immediately, but these are only his statements to you, they are not quite in line with what he tells his friend, dear John. He says to Mr. Erskine: If MT. Hazen has got them (the certifcates) or can get them, and it does not cost too much, think I should issue a few certifi- cates to those people as they are howl ing for them, but please do not go to any expense about a register and transfer agent until we know what we propose to do." Gentlemen, that shows what reliance you may place on any statement that MT. Ross coAst1- CTS sufficient to help him out of an extremity.
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two-fifths of what would be required to pay 2 1-2 per cent dividend. It is four times as much as the total ex- pense of the London office during the same period, and while they prate on a $500 economy to satisfy the large number of European shareholders, MT. C. A. Ross gently pliers s.,c2o.
 In a letter written by MT. Ross to his friend MT. Erskine in November, 1904, he gave very vivid description of a meeting which you shareholders had about that time. He pointed out that he had endeavored to discover what was the main point of dissatisfac- ton, but could learn nothing except a general kick on the situation He informed MT. Erskine that at that meeting, at which he was aIso pres ent, you were inclined to take mat ters with high hand until he turned and ended the matter in his usual egotistical style. He also informed MT. Erskine that you were a crowd or howlers and mudslingers. Gentle men, I hope yau are rlattered with this charming description of your selves. He also put in postscript to the letter, a note in regard to MT. F.. NJ. Williams position in this matter. In fact, he said this: Since writing the above, have met MT. E. NJ. Will Hams, who I think is rather ashamed of his connection with the growlers. He told me there would be no. fur ther trouble about the matter, as hay ing expended their superfluous energy. they felt somewhat better. MT. E.
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(Morenci Standard.l


 The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Standard Copper Mines Company was held in Clifton last week, and after much wranling among the dissatisfied stockholders, the books were cOnfiscated and the presi- dent arrested on a charge of grand larceny. Following we give the syn. Opsis of the meeting as seen by an eye witness, and shows the trend of the dissatisfaction which has existed for some time. President Ross called the meeting to order and stepped off on the wrong foot by stating that he did not possess the eastern proxies. but later he managed to produce them and proceeded to propose the election of the old board of directors. This precipitated a rough-house. and in the midst of the sQuabble, Tom Inglis made a warm speech, of which we herewith reproduce the IoIowing points:
 T am sure we are very much in debted to MT. c. A. Ross for the ele- gant quarters he has provided for our annual general meeting. Before pro- ceeding further, I should like to call for the balance sheet and report"
 Nlr. Ross-"It is in New York.
 AIr. Lynch-"Should it not be here?" Nr. Ross-"I wanted to adjourn the meeting until it came back"
 Mir. Englis continued: "Gentlemen, today we have no balance sheet, we have no report. The only report we have, the only report we are ever
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A manufacturing establishment that is owned by leading United Metals Selling interest has recently bought a considerable lot of copper for advance delivry at about 15.10 cents per pound. This fact obtained from thoroughly reliable sources, is considered conclu- sive evidence that Amalgamated peo- pie are looking for a higher rather than a lower metal market
 Now t:at returns from the Pacific ports are in, it seems that exports of copper for the month of April amounted to 24, 121 tons, or almost twice asmuch as in April. 1904. Ex- ports for the first four months of 1905 aggregated S3,947 tons, compared with S2, 9e3 tons in the corresponding pc
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soon as the necessary legal steps can be taken development work will be commenced under the same manage ment as heretofore. Manager Sweet ing states that it is his intention to put in air drlils, and rush the work as fast as iC is possible to do so. He ex. poets to have the property sufficient ly developed within two years. or even a less time, to justify the erec- tion of a plant The Polaris company controls a large number of excellent claims, and with ample money behind it, there is no reason why it should not eventually become one of the big producing companies of Arizona
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Boston May 27.-Geo. Walker says, in his weekly copper letter: Copper is decidedly stronger. Lake is IS If cents and electrolytic is 15 IS cents per pound. Domestic consumers have comeinto the market again. and it is estimated that they have this week contracted for fully 5O,OOO.O0O pounds of copper for delivery as far ahead as September. Confidence has taken the place of doubt, and it is now the con census of trade opinion that the price of copper will hold around IS to 15 l-2 cents during the remandier of the year at least.
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A Williams EpIsode.

w. H. Walker. a negro tailor, form erly a resident of Prescott but Tor some time past conducting a tailoring Dusiness in the town of Williams, on last Wednesday morning, was captur- ad bv A committee of vigiiantes, fore ed to hastily arrange his business for a long absence, taken to the suburbs of Williams. stripped of his outer gar ments. beaten terribly with rawhide and driven down the railroad track toward California.
 4 week ago Sunday night about Il o'clock according to the Williams News Walker appeared at the resi- dence of Mrs. J. D. Raudebaugh, next door to the Williams News offlce' anu demanded admittance. MT. Raude- baugh had left few hours before TOT Seligman. in connection with some contract work leaving his wife ana little girl at home alone.
 Walker, who had seen neignoor woman and her son leave the house after an evening call. when Mrs hau- debaugh appeared on the lnsloe oi locked screen door, told her ne hao sean men leaving her house and un- less she admitted him ne Woulu re ,,ort the matter to her husband. She I,aacbad for a revolver and told the negro to travel, which he did prompt ly. The next day she wired Tor ner husband to come home, and ne arriV' ad on the next train. Walker had in tbe meantime disappeared and was not found again until Wednesday morning. Ao-
 Ry that time the husband had been oo,,nseIIed to preserve his equaninity and a vigilance committee was organ s-nd ,.S Walker was covered with 2 shotgun after which followed the inci Sants described in the opening para oranh. District Attorney Ashurst ar
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lngersoli Case. Witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear before the territorial grand jury next week in the case of the territory against Rob ert G. Ingersoll, formerly of Douglas and connected with the publication of the Dispatch. Ingersou is charged with embedding money from Editor Dorr, the amount being Something like one hundred dollars. There is a dis position not to further the prosecu- tion against IngersolI and most likely jury has investigated the case aganis. him.
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riod of the preceding year The ship ments of the first half of the present month reached 12, 56S tons. Last year the entire exports during May amounted 10 only 14.772 tons. The prospect therefore is that the total United States export movement of the present year will exceed that of 1904 the year which recorded more than a 90 per cent increase over the great est that had preceded it.
 The recent weakness of the London "G. NJ. B." or Standard copper quo tations has been credited with too much importance. Those quotations represent simply a speculative mar ket, the copper so bought practically never being taken over by consumers.
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Cmnnp Removes to P t Ab Is

The metal called for by the contracts is low grade. only 96 per cent or 9S per cent fine, and must be refined before being ayailablt for uses. Stand ard" had been selling higher relative ly than refined copper, and the de- cline had to come sooner or later. Best Selected" has shown much greatr relative firmness.
 The marked improvement in the tone of the metal market has to some extent revived the courage of Boston speculative and brokerage interests and there has been better buying of coppers during the past few days On ly a comparatively small portion of the whole business is for Boston ac- count, however, the best buying con-
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tinuing to come from New York and the west. There is constant de- mand for Amalgamated. Utah, United States Mining, Boston Consolidated and Greene from New York, Chicago, Salt Lake City and other important western centers.
 Good judges of the stock market ex- press tn belief that trading energy has worn itself out, so far as the New York railroad and industrial shares are concerned. that the arguments have all been heard and that the mar ket is entitled to a period of rest. They therefore expect to see the New York trading get dull, narrow and un- inviting. If this opinion is correct, the way will be opened for increasing
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Newspaper Relic.

Capt. Isaac Polhamus fishcd out from among his collection 0s old te'ics the other day copy of the Arizona Enterprise, a semi-weekly newspaper once published 1t Prescott, of ;he date March 10, 1877. Although printed on thin brown wrapping paper, the copy is well preserved, notwithstanding, also. that John Marion (who had just retired from the editorial tripod of the Miner) has in it a whitening roast Of a prominent contemporary of his day and who was at the time surveyor gen eral of the territory An illustration of the journalistic amenities of those days is given in the following item in which the Enterprise editor refers to a Prescott brother of the quill:
 The bloated millionaire advertises that he has twenty jackasses for sale. To prevent possible mistakes we wish to inform the public that he is not himself included in the twenty"
 It is not in evidence how the broth CT got back at him, but he probably did so a plenty
 In its territorial news, the Enter prise quotes the Sentinel liberally. nel :s :ac following:
 "Passenger travel through here is constantly increasing. Via San Diego and Yuma is fast becoming 2 fayorite route to and from San Fran cisco and the Pacific ports of Mex ico. The Gila took down quite a mum Der of these passengers and expres! packages. It all has cheerful ef feet, and also shows that people art tired of merely hearing about Arizona they want to see it.-Arizona Senti nel"
 John Marion, referred to in thu above, was a pioneer newspaper maj of Prescott and northern Arizona, an' was the founder of this paper.-Pres colt Courier
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activity in coppers, and we shall have the bull market here that is now many months overdue.
 While the strength of Amalgamated, Utah and U. s. Mining is maintained, there can be no material decline in coppers. These stocks have been ad- vanced and supported by a character of buying that carries confidence. It seems to furnish substantial proof that the statistical position of the metal and the financial situation as a whole are such as to warrant expectation Of a coming higher range of prices
 believe that coppers will show bigger advances from this level dur ing the coming two months than any other group of stocks. on the market
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iotoa mountains. Both ore and water has been developed in good and what seems permanent quantities.-Star
 Clifton-Morenci District.
 Alex Mclean left last week for Manaca Chihuahua, near where his mines are situated. II the Yaquis are not operating in that section he will visit his mines before returning
 Frank A Milziler and A. R. Ham, prominent citizens of Dallas, Texas, spent a few days here during the past week, looking over the Polaris property, in which they are largely interested. They returned home well pleased with. the present condi- tion of the company.
 George Fraser, superintendent Of the smelting department of the A C. company, has commenced the cree tion of a new tailings bin on the bank of the river at the same point where the old bins stood before the flood. The bins whI lave a solid rock foundation. and will be constructed sufficiently strong to withstand the floods of the Frisco.
 During the past week there were number of the directors of the Ari- zona Copper company in Clifton look ing after the business interests of the company. It seems to be generally understood that the company have many improvements of importance under contemplation, but so far no definite announcements have been made, however. there is no doubt that the output will be materially increas- ed during the year.
 Superintendent Stevens of the Chase Creek Copper company, was this week exhibiting some fine speci- mems of iron-copper sulphides, now coming from the breast of the tunnel. The ore is most desirable for smelt- ing purposes, and is also of the character known as acid ore" in this district. The extent of the strike is not yet known, but MT. Stevens is of the opinion that he will have plenty of it in short time.
 The shareholders of the Polaris mining company held special meet ing at the office of the company Monday last, at which much import ant business was transacted. Manager Sweating submitted proposition from responsible company at Colo rado Springs, agreeing to advance s75O. 900 in cash for a like amount in longtime bonds of the company, the money to be expended in the develop ing and equipment of the property. The proposition was accepted, and as
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Struck It.

Struck IL.
 The miners working in the gold and copper matriX in the breast of the Chase Creek Copper Co.'S tunnel this week struck a big vein of ore therc just as the Herald predicted less than ten days ago they would. The stuff is probably worth in all values about s4J a ton.
 It is the largest and best of all the veins cut in the Chase Creek Copper companys workings, and tramway cars, the miners say, can be filled every five minutes when the stopes are opened up.
 The stoping ground is zoo feet in depth already and it will take years to work it out.
 Supt,. Stevens will soon have a 20 ton smelter run made in order to as certain the exact profit per ton for the company Enough ore will be taken out in driving to enable him to do this in a short time.
 The ore is a heavy iron-copper sul- phide and 15 sacks will make a ton.
 A few more such strikes and we can confidently look for better times in the Clifton Morenci district.-Clif. ton Herald.
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Word comes from the Helvetia dis trict that the developments of the Helvetia at depth is of character to establish the permanency of the Hel- vetia district as a producer of high grade copper ores.
 The Tucson copper range is being explored by six different companies and every one of them claims to have most flattering showing. The Gould people talk as if they had the great est copper bonanza in the territory. As development at depth goes on they report the continued permanency of the ore bodies.
 The Weldon Mining company is op-
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One of the largest mining deals that has been made in Cochise county for several weeks was made a few days ago when T. J. Quinlan disposed uf his interest in the seven mining claims located in the Apache Pass dis trict to the Grayson Mining company. The consideration was s175.O00. This district is located in the northeastern part of the county, close to the line of New Mexico and is said to be one of the best undeveloped regions in the county.
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Pima County Mines.

Mining in the Sierritas is going on like a swarm of bees in clover field. That mineral region is bound to eclipse many of the old producing dis tricts.
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The Weldon Mining company is op- erating most successfully in the Qui-
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l jotoa mountains. Both ore and water
 has been developed in good and what seems permanent quantities.-Star
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Clifton-Morenci District.
 Alex Mclean left last week for Alanaca. Chihuahua. near where his mines are situated. II the Taquis are not operating in that section he will visit his mines before returning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-29
Frightens Away Burglars
from Turner Post Office
Had Blown Safe---About $500
Worth Of Stamps Taken.
About s400 in Cash Left in the Safe..-
Burglars Eseape.--0ffieers on Trail.

Turner, Me-, July 2S.-Burglars We're
frightened away after making three in
ercctual attempts to reach the inside
of the steel chest containing about $500
in the burglar-proof safe in the local
post office, today.
The work evidently was done by pro-
fessionals. who blew off the doors, but
were unable to gain an entrance to the
chest. About 5000 worth of stamps
were taken. The noise was deadened
with clothing taken from the general
store kept by Postmaster w. r. Brad
ford.
The burglars became frightened when
!, lady living opposite the post office
was aroused by the explosion and called
out Of the window to inquire the cause
of the disturbance. They walked 10
Turner Center, where it was supposed
they had Il horse and carriage con-
cealed.
State Detective F. l.. Odlin of Lewis
ton, is conducting an investigation
pending the arrival of the post office
officials.