Arizona republican., 1905-08-18
Los Angeles Newspaper Prints Inter-
 view with F. If. Murphy.

The Los Angeles Times in recent interview, under the head O. Among Men of Action says the following of Mir F. NJ. Murphy:
 F. M. Murphy of Prescott, Arizona. president of the Santa Fe. Prescott eS Phoenix. railroad, the Imperial Mining company. and vice president of the Tombstone Mining company. and one of the richest mining men and capi- talists in that territory, arrived in Los Angeles today He came here to meet President Gage of the Tombstone mine, who is expected here from san Francisco in Q few. days. MT. Murphy, with his wife is staying at the Van
 NUys hotel
 In the building of smelter at Tombstone. on which these gentlemen propose to spend over S1500,00G. Mr. Murphy foresees much good ahead for Los Angeles. This mine has hitherto been paying toll, to the American Smelling, and Refining company, the
 smelter trust. Messrs- Gage and Mur- ! phy. with New York financiers. de termined some time ago to build their smelter in opposition to the conhina- - I ftion.
 Details of the plan. which has been
 under way for some time, are to be discussed when EFr. Gage comes GoTn from san Francisco.
 Its a pretty big proposition" said Mr. Murphy last night to q Times ; reporter Ut means q great deal for Arizona and great deal for Los An igeles. l. will put the company in q pretty good position
 Among his business projects, Mir. Murphy has now under way the build ing of a railroad from Prescott and 2 connect with the Santa Fe railroad. He has also just completed a tunnel 1 5000 feet long, connecting two of the
 mining districts in that region.
 "The new branch of the railroad u'ill be of importance to many people in i Los Angeles said NIT Murphy, "as ! it taps a country where many Los Angeles people have interests. It will serve the Saline company that ~-was formed by local people some time ago I to extract the sodium from the biz, salt deposits in the bed of the old iD< land sea.
 People down in our country are beginning to look more and more to Los Angeles every day. That merger of the banks that took place here re- gently will be a great thing for the city. It will have the effect Of attract ing industries here, and making the city the financial center of the south west When any enterprise is on foot that calls for $100,000 or $200,0G0 or i even half a million, they will know they can get the money here. Then they will say. Why not get the mon ey in Los tAngeles instead of going to New York; And the more propoSi- tions that are financed out of Los An geles, the greater the territory Los
  MT. Murphy together with Col Robertson of Monterey, owns large timber concessions in Northern Chi huahUa. This, together with the fact that Col. w. C. Greene has large min ing interests in that part of Mexico, has led to his being spoken of several times as connected with the copper .aalnate. But MT. Murphy denies that he has any business relations with Col. Greene.
 MT. Murphy is a brother of ex-Gov- ernor Murphy of Arizona. He himself says that he does not mix in politics at all. He is greatly interested, as are most Arizonans, in preventing the combination of Arizona and New Mex ico into one state. 'We appreciate the help we get from Californians in that struggle. he said. While we ought to have statehood, we most emphat- icany want to be. separate from New
 Mexico. -
 Arizona bids fair to become the greatest copper producing state in jhe union next year. What, with }5enI- tor Clarks property, the United Verde mines, Col. Greene's mines and others, the output of copper is on the increase all the time and w:u amount to am enormous total. Our own mines gre not so. poor. either
 See Mc1See's flour price today.