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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
Pocket Picked in scuffing Match
(From Sundays Daily.)

ApAA f'AAAN"f '
 While wrestling together in the Red Light saloon yesterday morning, about o'clock, Alberto Nojero was robbed in the scuffe, so he claims, by Reyes Roebles. and parted company with $1IO in money and a diamond ring.
 The story of the robbery, as told by Nojero to Officer Irwin, would in dicate that Roebles was in possession of a highly developed sense of humor. It seems that while in the saloon to- gether drinking and generally having good time. ROebles challenged No jero to a wrestling match, which chal- lengc Nojero accepted.
 A friendly seufhe ensued, and the delft fingers of ROebIes got busy with results disastrous to Nojero. NOjero said afterwards that he could feel the ring being pulled from his finger, but by the time he collected his scattered senses, it was too late. He then unfolded his troubles to the of feer, and described the alleged pick pocket as Reyes Roebles.
 Within an hour Roebles was under arrest, but the stolen property was not found on his person, and he is now in the county jail awaiting trial.
 This is the second or third time that Roehles has been arrested for like offenses. The first time was in Je- rome, the result being a conviction and Jall sentence. The next time the grand jury failed ts indict him on account of lack of evidence. Just what the evidence is at this time cannot be stated, but it IS understood that the police have strong ease against the alleged robber
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
COMPLETED PROVERBS.

"A fool is never wrong;" few of us are.
 "Whatever man has done man can do" better.
 "Look before you leap' out of the frying pan into the fire.
 Until a man finds wife he is only half;' thereafter he is less.
 Honesty is exact to a penny;' but not always to larger amounts.
 "The best things are not bought and sOld;" they are stolen and kept.
 "Pity is akin to love-" but kinship does not always signify friendship.
 "The second blow makes the fray but not if the first is well placed.
 A fool and his money are soon parted.' when the fool has friends.
 Everything comes to the man who waits," except that for which he waits.
 It takes two to make a quarrel. = How about husband and wife, who arc one e!-Literary Digest.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
BOARDING HOUSE AT CLIMAX IN
 ASHES Sunday Night Blaze Consumes The
 Structure Sparks From A Broken Stove Cause of
 Disaster

Foreman Duncan of the Climax Min ing Company, arrived in Prescott on Sunday evening, and stated that dur ing the day the new and eommodious boarding house of his company was entirely consumed by fire. He at tributed the origin of the fire to 2 stove that was partially broken, and a spark escaped through the opening.
 The loss to the company is consider | able, as the building had recently been remodelled and made very comfortable otherwise. The United States post office was located in the building. and over $200 in postage stamps was lost. in addition to other valuable data be- longing to the government.
 Mir. Duncan also stated that while the fire was in progress two five gal lon cans of kerosene became igniteJ, and it required the utmost efforts of the men employed to save the new mill of the company besides the othet buildings. Fortunately in this re- speet the kerosene did not explode. but ignited. and two flames shot into the air. Had the oil ran down the hill a few feet the mill would have been consumed, and the loss would have been a total one to the company
 Mir. Duncan states that the saving of all company property was due to a small garden hose that the miners applied to watering a small patch of garden ground. and through this ag- ency a stream of water was playei on the buildings near by, this checking the progress on the conAagration.
 Manager Spaulding on Monday sent out q new supply of camp utensils an" supplies, and the men were permitted to resume work yesterday. The 5rrn, I buildings VII be rebuilt at once.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
PUBLIC RECORDS.
Daily Report of Instruments Filed iI
 .... County Recorders Office. ....

F.. W. Hawkins to Frances D. flaw kins, deed to n. Inf. of s.w. qr. sec 9, Is n. r. 3 c.. and l acre on north {; $2OO.
 w. A. Haggott to the Piekaway De vclopment Company, deed to mines in Black Canyon dist; $3O,OOO.
 Emil Kaufman to Gold Copper Com pany, deed to Peacock, Mountain View and Iron Duke mines. Hassayampa dis trict; $23,OO0.
 John Halbleib locates three mines. Big Bug district.
 Abbie T. II. Fogg and Edward T.. Hodge, to l.. c. BickfOrd, deed to va rious mines in Black Hills district; $lO,OOO.
 Enoch Kile locates three mines, in White Picaeho dist.
 6. w. Bartholomew locates Wonder mine, Walnut Grove dist.
 W. F. Weglet ct al incorporate the ereensburg and Paola Oil Co.,; capital stock, $5O,OOO.
 United States to Nary E. Witter. patent to s. W. qr. of n. W. qr, sec 25, 16 n. f e.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
Some Deviations ;n Witnesses
 Testimony.

Attorney Robert E. Morrison had an interesting seeanee yesterday morn ing with D. D. McDonald, who was called as a witness for the defense
 Mcdonald testified on the first trial that he was as far as ten feet away from Miss Storm at the time she work ed the combination of the vault, on the morning of November 9, while yes terday he asserted that he was by the right side of Miss Storm, as she turn ed the combination knob to the right.
 This seeming discrepancy was the subject of a sharp cross-examination by Attorney Morrison. resulting in a snappy exchange of words, in which witness finally admitted that he had conversed with defendant s attorneys relative to his testimony after the first trial.
 The erOss-examinatiOn of Miss Storm was intensely interesting. The witness spoke in a low tone of voice, and although calm and collected. on direct cross-examination was visibly embarrassed when cross-questioned, proving to have defective memory as regards the placing of the money tray on November Sth, and admitting that she did not know whether it was placed on the wash stand on this day, or that she had seen it at all.
 This statement was contradictory of the evidence she gave on the first trial, in which she testified that shs knew the money tray was on the wash stand.
 The prosecution made the utmt of its opportunity, and after securing fiat contradiction from this witness, finally forced her to admit that she really knew nothing about this tray or its position or location on November <.
 Four or five more witnesses oeeu- pied the stand after Miss Storm step ped down, but their testimony was largely a repetition of evidence de- duced during the first trial.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
AN INSIGHT INTO LIFE
 INSURANCE.
(From Tuesdays Dailv.)

The row over the management of the great Equitable Life Insurance Com pany is giving the public an insight of things insurance that may result in something of a revelation in that busi ness. Here we have a corporation with a comparatively nominal capital controlling $1OO,OOO.OOO or more. and with a surplus reaching into the tens of millions. Two propositions sug- gest:
 One, the control of this vast sum of money renders the officers of the concern potent factors in the direction of great industries. and the market va lue of their stocks. By purchasing, selling or otherwise manipulating the securities of such concerns, with these vast sums held in trust, the managers of the insuranca companies may affect the market value of the securities, and therefore of the stocks, at will; and it is plain, may readily take ad- vantage of the situation for their own benefit Or they may loan the money, as it is in evidence they have, to the Harrimans and Hills, and other cap tains of industry, and effect changes of control of any enterprise they may see fit to "get behind" Clearly, there is a vast power in the hands of these men handling trust funds, for in suranee funds are no more nor less than trust funds. Far-seeing men have pointed out that the financial sta bility of our industrial world is in the hands of the controlling forces of the great life insurance companies, with their command of vast sums of cash.
 |. Then, there is the stupendous sur plus of the Equitable, for instance, to be considered. Are these tens of millions the legitimate profits of the shareholders. or do they belong to the patrons? This surplus is arbitrarily set aside. it may be said. out of the money paid in by the patrons, the peo- pie insured. Beyond certain, safe margin it should unquestionably be pro rated to the people whose money created it. The officers draw immense salaries, as high as S10O.000 annually; large commissions are paid, and the expense account is practically unlimi- ted. Assuredly the surplus should be limited by pro rating.
 If anti-race suicide doctrines are to be considered in the selection of the next presidential candidate, Mayor Dunne. of Chicago, who has ten liv- ing children, ranging in age from + years to few months, will feel that he has right to be considered.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
Hotels And Restaurants Doing a Good
 Business
The Sound of The Mill Is Heard in The
 Land

Special Correspondence to the Journal
 Miner.
 WALKER, Ariz., May 16-Our min ing camp is booming at last. Super intendent Marrs is kept busy looking after the several properties that are being worked. The old Dixie mill is running, the sound of the stamp being sweet music to those who have waited long for a boom.
 Hotels are Prospering.
 The hotels are all doing a good busi- ness. J. w. Johnson has returned from the Goldfeld country, and op- ened up his restaurant again. W. Wicl,s has leased the Walker hotel, and is ser wing customers in first class tyle.
 Picnic Time.
 Numerous picnic parties from Pres eott visit this camp often. A delega- tion came out on Saturday and another on Sunday. They all seemed to enjoy climbing the mountains. This cer- tainly is an ideal place for an outing.
 Personal Mention.
 Miss Pearl Henderson came up from Martinez last Thursday to attend the ball here. She returned on Sun days stage.
 Mrs. A. F. Swigert, of Prescott, has been visiting old friends on the creek for several days. Amos is the popular mill man at Greenwood's camp now. Mrs Fred Widmer's daughter from Los Angeles, is here for an indefinite stay,
 Miss Cora Thomas is rusticating in Walker.
 Our dairyman, Albert Medd. has beeu indisposed for several months At present he is confined to his bed with a complication of diseases.
 Stukey Bros, general merchants here, are doing thriving business. They have all their goods shipped through the tunnel direct to the ware muse uOOT.
 W. II. Muller is in Prescott for a few days.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jas. NJ. Sloane are vis- iting friends in Prescott. They will take charge of the Pine Mountain boarding house in a few days.
 C. C. Stukey. superintendent of the Bodie mine, has a force of men at work this week taking out the water. They will soon begin mining there again on a larger scale than ever. Harry B. Joy. the insurance man from Prescott, is eanvassing our camp in the interest of the New York Ma tual Life Insurance Company.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
TO LIVE HERE.

James BrOckman, one of the early settlers of the Cherry creek mining district, accompanied by his family, arrived in Prescott Sunday on his way to the Colorado river country, with a view of taking up land and making it his permanent home. Brockman is one of the old time settlers, good citizen, and his leaving Yavapai coun- ty will be a decided loss, but a gain to Mohave
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
GREAT COUNCIL OF RED MEN

The Red Men of Arizona will hold their Great Council in Prescott on May 24th and 25th. Special rates will be offered by all the railroads as an inducement to secure large attend anee. The representatives of five tribes will assemble here. and prepara tions are being made for their enter tainment. This is a growing order in this territory, and in California it is making rapid strides in member ship.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17

into camp very rapidly during tiat part of the past winter. ~
 It might be said of the unwSsome rains, however, that they rather i'm proved the power canal by eonsolidat-
 ing the banks. Water will be divert ed from the river to the power canal about quarter of a mile below the confluence of Pinal Creek and Salt
 River. The canal is 19 miles long. and its construction has involved the excavation of about 6OO.OOO cubic wards of material and the driving of nearly 5000 feet of tunnel.
 Until power can be obtained from the power canal, a temporary steam plant has been built for the purpose of furnishing power to the machine and wood shops and for running the cement mill. It has also run the hoist for the material, which has to be elevated 300 feet to the cement mill. and has furnished light and power for drilling operations in the tunnels at the dam.
 The cement mill, which has been ready to run since the middle of Feb ruary, is now in operation. The fuel used in burning cement in the kilns IS crude petroleum from the California oil fields. The beginning of manu- featuring cement was delayed through the fact that only one tank of oil reached the mill during March. That had been two weeks on the road, and weighed about 2,5OO pounds, requiring six horses to haul it. The other oil tanks got stuck in the mud between Globe and Roosevelt, and had to be abandoned.
 About 400 tons of machinery and 60 tons of structural iron have gone into the construction of the cement plant. The ball mills weigh about F tons each; the tube mills. when ready for grinding. weigh about 20 tons each, the erusher fifteen tons. and the rotary kilns for the burning of the cement are 70 feet long, and weigh 40 tons each. Attached to the mill is well-equipped laboratory under the charge of two chemists. who will devote all their time to standardizing the cement material5 and testing the products of the mill. It is expected that about 100000 barrels of cement will be required in the construction of the Roosevelt dam, the power canal, and the various Tonto improvements. It will cost the government S1.60 a barrel to make the cement on the ground. If the cost of the ,,!ant, $120,000, be added to the cost df the 100000 barrels of cement required. the total cost of the government ee- ment will still be only S2.2O a barrel. This means a saving of $2.61 a bar rel, or a saving of $522, 900 on the en- tire work. After the dam and canals have been completed. the cement plant will still be capable of further lse, and considerable salvage may loubtless be realized.
 Two new gazing stations were es- ablished on Little Colorado river, and ts tributaries during March. A party las been surveying a possible power anal on Verde river, the power to be lsed to supplement that obtained from he dam, when it is desirable to store water in the reservoir. It is propos- d to do considerable reconnaissance york in the northern end of the ter itory, at the headquarters of the ;an Pedro river and on San Carlos nd San Francisco rivers.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
PETITION TO SELL.

R. II. Burmister, administrator of the estate of B. M. Crawford, filed a petition yesterday in the Probate Court, asking for an order authorizing him to sell the personal property and real estate of this estate. The hearing of this petition will be held on June 18th.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17

W. W. Elliott, the well known con tractor. has returned from Vivian. where he has been engaged for some time on special work.
 J. A. Conley, superintendent of the Banner mine, was in Prescott yester- day, and will go back to the mine to- day.
 John Kelley has been appointed ad- ministrator of the estate of his late brother. James Kelly, deceased.
 Mrs. F.. Foltz, wife of Ed. Foltz, a mine foreman in the Crown King dis trict, has returned to Prescott after a short visit out at the mines.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
TO OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY.

The Grand Army of the Republic of Prescott are making arrangements to observe Memorial day on May 30th. Services will be held at the cemetery, and on the Sunday preceding. Rev. Slothower will hold special service for the veterans in the Methodist church.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17

". A. Haggott, of Clear Creek, Col orado, sold to the Pickaway Develop ment Company, of Arizona, seven claims in the Black Canyon mining district, Yavapai county. for con sideration of S30,000.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17

The valor of the Russian troops is being daily demonstrated in Poland. They never retreat before a crowd of women and children.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17
LETTER LIST.

The following is a list of letters T, in the post office at Pre- colt, Ariz., for the week ending Ma 10th. 1905. Anderson, Wilson. Backman. Miss Lima. Banch, Max. Burdett, Mrs. R. A. Carney, William. Crawford, J. c. Coleman, Isack. ConnOrs, Ed. Comstock, Dr. Thos. B. Cyrus. J. w. Drake, Harry $. Defur. !. s. Driscole, Thomas O. Dorhinger, Geo. Dyer, A. R. Edelepart, A. Ellison, W. P. Fallon, Mrs. Fairchilds, A. Fisher, Lillie c. Gibson, Frank. Gronland, Wm. Hill, Lena B. Keefref Edw. La Motte, Miss Jessie. Lane, Wm. Langle F. Lemon, Archie. Mcconnell, Jack. Mayer, John. Dr. Miles Company. Warden, J. E. Wilson, Maud. Platt Iron Works. Prettyman, E. A. Price, J. G. Pos Bernard @ Reed, P. R. Riggs, c. E. Robb Bros. Ross, John R. Shanks. W. E. Sines, Miss Julia. Simmons, \. J. Stontenberg, D. A. Shopk. John C. W. Smith, J. Taylor, Tonic. Wallace, T. J. Williams, Thomas. Wilson, Thos. Wilson. Miss l.. s.
 WHIPPLE STATION. Allyne. Arthur A. BrisborO', Sergt. Corter, II. w. Krankel, Jacob. Siefart, John. Tidball, Mrs. Empfeld.
 SPANISH. d. Manuel Cartillo. omelia Cruze. osr-"-~ Henley Gietola. Es Aeelim Hernapidez. ~t- Raeeo Barghi. Parties calling for any of the above etters will please say "Advertised." "
 A. L. SMITH, PM
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-17

Special Correspondence to the Journal
 Miner
Evening journal., 1905-11-18
STORIES OF THEDAY
Married on s4 a Week.

A young man living on the west side OF
the city. who was married several days
ago finds himself i'm a peculiar predica-
ment through a misunderstanding with
his bride before marriage. il the story
being told by his friends is true.
The story is to the effect that the young
benedict. sometime ago learned that his
sweetheart, who then worked in store
on Market street got salary of s. a
week. This fact greatly interested the
groom who is very young and it was
shortly afterwards that he proposed and
asked her if she did not think two could
live on 81 a week. She is also very young
and answered that in her opinion 50 per
week would be a plenty to start on.
The morning after they We're married
the young man noticed that his bride was
not making any preparations 10 so to
work.
"An't you going to work this morning" a"
he asked.
why certainly not" replied his wife.
Il have given up my position
well 1 don't know how we are going
to live on "a a week. said the husband.
The wife then learned that her hus-
band was making but sA a week and was
counting ON her salary to make 81.
Evening journal., 1905-11-18

ouR ELECTION REFoRMERs.

IT HE Dover Index joins the process
Il sion OF Democratic reformers
who are now behind a movement to
purify our politics. It says that the
use Of money TO buy votes is contrary
TO the fundamental principles Of the
Democratic party.
IL is right; vote-buying Is contrary
to the fundamental principles Of any
party. Bribery is crime. and crime
knows no party Political parties fun
Idamentany are formed to maintain cer-
tain principles and to advocate pecul-
lar doctrines as to government. No
political party could exist a moment
which avowedly made bribery a fun
damental principle.
And. therefore. the Democratic party
as a party viii never break up bribery
AT elections in Delaware. For men who
act as party men in the endeavor to
put a stop to crime are acting from no
very high motive When they deter
mine as citizens to put stop to vote
buying. and ask other citizens to join
with them, not figuring ON political ad-
vantage, then something may be done
to eliminate bribery.
But when Democracy as party as
sumes the robe OF purity and asks for
support OF that party in order to check
election debauchery, the trap viii be
too apparent to catch any game.
We wouldn't discourage any real re-
form movement In the direction Of a
purer ballot Mr., Marvel Mr.. Handy
and Mr.. Ford may all honestly favor
IT, But if so. they must convince the
people that they stand for civic purity
as citizens and not as party men.
Evening journal., 1905-11-18
OPINION
The EdueatIonaI Loekstep.

From the New York Mail
Ii may be well TO break up the ed
lucational lockstep," as DR.. Butler pres
ident OF Columbia. calls the rigid sys-
tenn Of passing the student on from
class to class at the expiration OF one
year and the beginning Of another. but
Iit is also well not to ignore too utterly
the value Of elapsed time and the ac-
accomplishment Of measured tasks In the
life Of a student at university. Under
the system advocated by DR.. Butler IN
his annual report. a candidate for pro-
motion or a degree is 70 be judged by
his points very much as "a dog is
judged ia the ring at the bench show.
Does the dog possess such visible
measurable and ponderable character
istics? Then each one is entered up
40 his credit. and IL together they are
enough he is In the charmed circle.
Can the student prove that he has
taken such and such lectures, and an
swer a certain minimum number Of
test questions? Then he graduates
there and then. no matter whether he
has been in the college four years or
two years. seven months and twenty
mine days.
The point" system. the anti-lockstep
system. taken alone. sweeps entirely
away the element OF cultivation by ac-
ual residence among cultivated men
and aspiring youth. II ignores the very
finest thing that is to be obtained at
college-the influence Of the steady So
cial and intellectual impact Of the
whole graduate and undergraduate
company. II reduces college educa-
tion to a matter of hustle and cram.
But IL is the spirit OF the time" this
pressure and hustle. No doubt It has
to be recognized. A university educa-
tion can be at best but compromise
between the old cultivation and the
new, triumphant hustle. Probably Il
is best to break up the lockstep" But
we hope that same flavor OF the old
deliberate cultivation VIII nevertheless
be preserved IN the great institution on
the heights
Evening journal., 1905-11-18

they are assorted Ashes not required
on the roads have a value: in short. an
sorts Of waste is being turned into
money.
Another instance Is found in the
modern method Of handling the refuse
OF New York city. There is literally
nothing that comes from the streets
and back yards Of that city that il has
not been found possible 10 turn into ar
ticles OF value All wood is used for
fuel, coal taken from ashes for the
same purpose. einders for paving and
ashes for making land From the
garbage can come oils and fertilizers.
Bottles are oleansed and sold to be
used again; old shoes have a value for
'artihcial leather, tin cans are utilized
in several ways. and the street sweep
ings make a thousand truck farms
prosperous.
In time these corporate economies
may impress the lesson Of thrift upon
the individual.