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Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
ALATER ACCOUNT.

WILLIAMS, Arizona, January 81
Especial Train No. was thirty
minutes late and was running at a
high rate of speed to make up time.
The log train was switching when No.
s approached and the engine of the
passenger struck the engine of the log
train. Both engines we're derailed and
the tender of the passenger engine
was samshed to pieces and the truck
of the same was turned completely
around. The baggage and smoking car
we're telescoped and smashed into
klndling wood. 1t is miraculous how
any of the employees in these cars es-
capped. The dead men are Engineer
Blackwood of the log train and Fire
man Beckham of the passenger.
Blackwood is from Williams and Beck
ham from Ash Fork.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
THE BEEMER TRACTOR TRAIN
Arrives at Martinez and Is Unload
ed Ready For a Trial Trip.

H. ]. Beemer Of the Almalgamated
Gold company, arrived from Quartzite
Thursday evening. He has spent the
past two weeks at the camp personally
supervising the operations and reports
the work progressing in a, satisfactory
manner. He says they do not calcu
late getting the mill in operation be-
fore about July, as it is no small uu-
dertaking to install a l60-etamp mill
away out in wilds of Arizona, one
hundred miles from the nearest rail
way point, which in this instance
happens to be Martinez. His plan is
to put in 60-stamp and increase to
12O-stamp mill as the demand arises
Another feature of Mr.. Beemer's S in
genuity is the electric power train
which arrived here this week. The
outfit consists of a tractor car, or
more properly speaking a generating
car, and four motor cars. 1t is a
generator rather than a tractor car
from the fact that power is simply
generated on the same and transmit
ted to the motor cars which propels
themselves on the same principle OF a
street car. The generator weighs ten
tons and is equipped with 90 horse
power engines and 10 horse power
generating motors. The cars weigh
four and. a half tons and have 81
horse power motors. On good road
fifteen tons to car is load. The
speed is about five miles per hour, and
when working full capacity about
eight gallons of gasoline or distillate
is used per hour. The water from the
engines is thrown onto a netting and
cooled by an electric fan and re- used.
This generating car is the second ma
chine of this tpye to be put in use
and was built by the Gibbs Eng IL
Mfg company, of Gendale, n. y, at
a cost of SIT, 200. Freight on the out
fit was $4,000.
The generator is in the hands of two
expert electrical mechanics, who in
fact designed and built the machine,
Messrs. Joe A. Anglada and Chas. A.
Blohm.
Many predict failure on account
of the narrow tires, which are eight
inches and the soft and pliable make
up of the roads. However Mr.. BEEN
er is not an adventurist, and having
had experience as a railroad builder
he doubtless knows what he is about.
Matinee Herald.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

PROMOTION

Governor Brodie yesterday received
from Acting Adjutant General Hall,
of the general staff a message congrat-
ulating him upon the confirmation of
his nomination by the senate to be as
sistant chief of the records and pen
sion office. The governor had received
no other word and had no idea when
he would be called upon to take up
the duties of his office. 1t is quite
certain that he will not occupy it very
long, for on June 10th he will outrank
the position by reason of his promo
tion to the rank of lieutenant colonel
upon the retirement of Lieutenant
Colonel Tweedale.
There are great possibilities of pro-
motion before Governor Brodie within
the nine years remaining to him.
Though there will be several other
lieutenant coIonels ahead of him in
the military secretary's office, he will
be the only subject to promotion, the
others being officers Of the line detail
ed for staff duty. Promotion to a
colonelcy is probable, and then it
would seem that there would be only
one man between him and the rank of
brigadier general.
As has been known, Governor Brodie
has for years been desirious of getting
back INTO the service. He is in now
/ by the only avenue possible. and con-
gress was about to close that. not, as
was generally supposed, by abolishing
the office, but by requiring that it
shall be filed by captains of the regu-
lar army. 1t will be so filed after the
promotion of Major Brodie in June. =
Republican.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
TWO ARE KILLED
IN A COLLISION
At Williams Early on
Tuesday Morning.
Passenger Train Running at High
Rate of Speed Crashes Into
Light Engine.

An accident occurred in the railroad
yard at Williams on Tuesday morning
by which two men lost their lives
without moments warming apparent
ly. The dead men are Tom Blackwood
and man named Beckam, engineer
and fireman respectively of what is
known as the log train.
They had just backed out on the
main track and we're proceeding east
ward from the west end of the yards
when train No. 8, a regular east bound
passenger, running on time, came
down the grade from Supai, at high
rate of speed and ran into the rear
end of the engine on which we're En-
glneer Blaekwood and Fireman Beck
am, Growding the tender up into the
cab, crushing the life out of the two
men, both engines being carried for
quite a distenee, so great was the
momentum.
Just how this engine happened to be
on the track at a time when No.
was due could not be learned and will
probably be known only when an Off
cial investigation is had, bu tthe seri-
Gus mistake was due to either the en-
gineer or agent, who has charge
of the yard. The men who lost
their lives evidently did not see
the approach of the passenger traiO
until the engine struck the one they
were on.
A-Engineer Guy Mapes, of the passen-
ger train was reported to be severely
injured also, while his fireman, Brown.
escaped uninjured.
The dead engineer was married to a
sister of Mrs. Tom Pickett, of Pres
colt, and the latter left for Williams
on yesterdays north bound train hav-
ing received a telegram short time
before its arrival of the accident.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

one when the many veins are reached.
The solution of this problem in mines
and mining of this section of Arizona
is anxiously awaited and the predIc-
tion is freely made that it will prove
magnificent one is not questioned.
The rehabilitation of the old Sena-
tor is then practically under headway,
which news will be received with a
great deal of interest by the mining
fraternity of this section of Arizona,
and as we'll will 1t stimulate the pos
sibilities of the industry at all points,
and establish the fact also that the
primitive methods of the past must
sooner or later give way to the touch
Of modern principles of operating.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
PECULIAR RATIFICATION.

The democratic morning paper on
Saturday morning stated that the
United Verde tax compromise case
was ratified by the voters and the
evening democratic paper echoed the
assertion.
The reading of the original assertion
and the echo must have been like
dose of wormwood and gall to two of
the principal actors in that midnight
drama-George H. Schuerman and Fred
Stephens. They we're the only two,
out of the five persons present on that
stormy July night in 1908, when
amidst the darkness, lighted only by
the flashes of lightning from heaven
and amidst the reverberating peals of
heavens artillery, that infamous com
promise was effected, which robbed
the taxpayers of this county out of
about Sl5, 900 which the court had said
should be paid into the county treas
ury.
Mr.. Schuerman was a candidate for
denomination as candidate for the
same position before his party's nomi
mating convention, and the jolt he got
from that convention was like unto
the one which the taxpayers had re-
ceived from him and his associates on
the board. Fourteen votes out of
total of considerably over 100 writing
from memory was the opinion ex-
pressed by the democratic convention
of that compromise.
Mr.. Stephens being young man,
and it being argued that he was not
personally in favor of it but had been
influenced by the other members re-
ceived the nomination but was defeat
ed at the polls.
Does this look like ratification of
that compromise? If it is then, the
persons ratified are entitled tc hold
ratifcations in contempt
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
IMPORTANT NEWS.

The story published exclusively in
the Journal Miner on Saturday morn
ing of the actual beginning of opera
tions towards the construction of
seventeen new buildings at Whipple,
coupled with the information that an
appropriation had been passed for the
construction of two more buildings
was the most important item of news
to this section that has appeared in
any newspaper for long time.
While the fact, that an appropria-
tion of s1s7, 500 had been made several
months ago for this purpose, was
known, the fact that such long de-
lay occurred, before making it availa-
BILE or before commencing active OPP
erations towards its application for
the purpose intended, had commenced
to cause some uneasiness and doubt.
This uneasiness was not groundless
either from the fact that at any time
it chose the war department had the
power to divert the appropriation to
some other place and from the further
fact that strenuous efforts were made
to do this.
Major Holbrook in his very happy
little speech at the recent banquet
given by the Yavapai club, struck the
key note of the situation in reference
to Whipple when he congratulated the
citizens of Prescott on what had al
ready been done, but warned them
that their task was far from being
completed yet, and persistent efforts
would be necessary on their part to
effect the elimination of the proposed
pla1is for the complete rehabilitation
of the post.
While no information has been re-
ceived here, that the action taken, af-
ter so long a delay was the result of
effort on the part of some person in
terested in Prescott, circumstances
point to that being the case and the
presence IN Washington of F. NJ. Muir
ply naturally suggests that he was the
individual who succeeded in getting
the official machinery>in in motion.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

BENEFIT


The benefit ball given on Friday
evening by the library board was a
complete success. 1t received very
liberal patronage, the hall being FILL
ed Mrs. B. H. Smith and Ernest
Emanuel furnished the music and so
fascinating we're its strains that dane
ing was continued until o'clock in
the morning.
The hall was very tastefully decora-
ted for the occasion showing the skill
and taste possessed by the ladies. De-
licious refreshments we're also served
TO those in attendance and there was
not single feature of the occasion
that lacked in any respect the ele-
ment of enjoyment.
The library board, who we're respon-
sible for the ball we'll as for its
complete success, with the co-opera-
ton of course of those in attendance,
is composed of the following ladies
Mrs. r. E. Sloan, president, Mes
danes W. 7. Brown, r. H. Burmister,
T. g. Norris, j. L. Fisher, J. J. Fish
er, W. W. Ross, T. c. Job and B. D.
Billinghurst
One hundred and sixty tickets were
taken in and the ladies estimate that
after all expenses are paid they will
have a net profit of over 500 for the
benefit of the library, certainly a very
respectable sum for an evenings en-
tarfoinmaOt
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
SHUMATE SELLS
GRANITE DELLS
James Adams is the
New Purchaser.
He Proposes to Maintain Repua-
tiOn of the Resort to is
Former Standard.

A deal which has been in progress
for several days and which has been
watched by the Journal Miner, was
consummated yesterday by which the
lease and all the improvements of the
Granite Dells pleasure resort was
transferred by Ed. Sbumate who has
conducted the place for two years, to
James Adams, the consideration being
$1,000.
Mr.. Shumate, by conducting the
place as first class respectable re-
sort, and by providing for the enter
tainment of the public in an accom-
modating and reasonable manner has
made an unqualified success of the
place and has made it popular resort
in addition to making remunerative
business of it. When be took hold of
it all manner of predictions we're
made that it would prove failure for
the reason that Prescott was said not
to be large enough place to support
such place.
Mr.. Shumate however disabused the
minds of such as entertained such an
opinion and furnished opportunities
for amusement and recreation together
with his special dinners that it soon
won its way into public favor.
Having engaged in business again in
Prescott be was not able to give it the
personal attention required hence de-
cided to dispose of it.
MIR. Adams was seen by a Journal
Miner representative and when asked
as to his plans in connection with it
stated that be intended to continue
its management on similar lines to
those of his predecessor and to main
tain it at the standard of projection
attained by him.
He expects to so out tomorrow to
take charge of it and to get it in prop
er shape for the coming season, as he
expects to open it if the weather is
favorable between the first and tenth
of April.
But while the formal opening is set
for that date it will be open every day
and evening after tomorrow for par
ties, dances or other forms of amuse
ment, while a first class cook will be
on hand to prepare and serve meals,
such as have made Granite Dells ia
nous.
Among improvements which he has
planned for the place is putting in 8
bowling alley and billiard pool rooms
such as we're there prior to the fire of
last summer.
He also intends to increase the boat
ing and bathing facilities OF the place
and to make it as complete and per
feet in every particular as possible
that pleasant outing may De afforded
by it to all who desire to avail them
selves of it.
His one object and aim will be to
furnish the public what they want in
the way of respectable and innocent
amusement and enjoyment.
He proposes to. make several i'm
proveHents to the place between now
and the date set for its opening, and
at the same time to accommodate all
who favor him their patronage during
the pleasant weather inteT vening to
that date.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

unanimously in favor of the bill and
have gone on record in the presence
of many witnesses favoring il.
Those who are working tor the pas
sage of the bill still have hopes of
gaining the support of Mr. Bernard,
and a mammoth petition asking him
to favor the bill is being circulated
aud will be forwarded to him. 1t al
ready contain several hundred sigma
lures.
Petitions asking the members of the
legislature to favor this measure are
being circulated in every county in
the territory and are being forwarded
daily.
\ prominent politician of the terri
tory who lives in the north, whose il
fluence was sought, is said to have
stated that personally he favored the
bsnishment of,the gamblers, but that
the democratic candidate at the recent
election received 1000 votes among
that fraternity, and that no man could
ever accuse him of political ingrati-
tude.
1t is reported that the Tucson city
council, carrying out their pledges in
the recent city election, will petition
the legislature asking for the passage
of such a law. The people would
probably demand such action, if they
are not disposed to take it, but it is
said that the mayor and council are
unanimously in favor of such action.
The justices of the supreme court.
Gov. Brodie, Judge Joseph H. Kibbey,
Ben Goodrich, f. S. Ives and many
prominent attorneys of Tucson and
Phoenix have affixed their names tc
petitions asking the legislature to pass
this bill
1t is apparent from the news from
Phoenix that the big fight in this leg
islature will be on this question of the
suppression of gambling in Arizona.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

Supt. Pukthorn of the above COM
pany operating in the Black Rock dis
trict has recently let contract to
drive 300 foot tunnel on the ledge,
which will give depth of 40 feet in
that distance crosscutting one ledge,
at depth of 100 feet in the drift and
at the end of tunnel by crosscutting
they will open four PARALLEL Lodges at
a depth of 400 feet. The tunnel is at
present writing about thirty feet un-
derground and is exposing some re-
markably fine ore, carrying heavy in
copper and gold. 1t is considered here
by those in a position to know, that
it is only a question of money for
development and equipment to make
this one of Arizona's great mines. =
Wickenburg Miner.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
GREAT SENATOR
TUNNEL PROJECT
Beginning of a Great Mineral De-
VeIOpment Enterprise Near Pres
colt is Announced, and it Will be
Prosecuted in Vigorous Manner

The most noteworthy event in min
Ing of this section of Arizona is that
given publicity today by the announce
melt that the great Senator tunnel
project is practically under headway.
Mr.. \. J. Pickerell, who will have the
management of the same, was visitor
to Prescott yesterday, and in connec-
tion with that enterprise he states that
the first contract incidental to the
Inauguration OF the work had been let
and that from this date all prelimi-
nary matters would be early arranged
and the driving of the tunnel prose
cuted. a few weeks ago this matter
was mentioned as among the possibil
tiles contemplated on that old time
mine, but it was received with some
what of a skeptical mind and as i'm
portsnt as it is was passed away as a
proposition that called for but little
consideration from the element that
eternally have to be "shown. Fur
theI more this paper was the first and
only public medium to chronicle thai
imT ortant fact.
Mr.. Pickerell states that the tunnel
to be driven under his management
will be a continuation of the old
Senator tunnel and the work will be
commenced from the breast of that
one and driven at least six hundred
feet further east. This will be the
means of reaching the ledge of the
we'll known Ten Spot mine several
hundred feet deep from the surface as
we'll will this project cut into and
through many other veins that as yet
have not been explored except on the
surface. The greater the distance run
by this tunnel the more depth will
there be given on the many ledges.
Practically an underground distance
of 1000 feet will be opened, and as
this tunnel will crosscut several other
leads known to exist, all the more in
practical mining is this undertaking
to be rated from the we'll founded
standpoint of mineral possibilities.
Mr.. PickereIl also states that ma
chine drills will be employed, and
once under headway there will be LEI
mp until the work as outlined is ac-
complished.
There is not more desirable min
ing project in northern Arizona thar
this one. The early workings of the
Senator established a foundation il
production that warrants the under
taking of this specific project. anc
though the amount of capital that il
to be expended will be heavy, the
question of depth is only necessary
on the many veins to te tapped tt
] insure the proposition as a successful
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

1t is ardently to be hoped that the
present legislature will pass a measure
fixing salaries for all county officers
in place of the pernicious fee system
now in vogue. The Journal Miner has
always favored legislation of this
character, and believes the members
of the legislature are men of such in
telligenee and character as to need
but little urging to effect the desired
change. 1t is of course no reflection
on any officer that he takes all the
law allows him, but it is a serious re
Election on the law that it permits any
officer tc receive more than fair and
adequate compensation for the service
rendered.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
MINING INTELLIGENCE

Horace J. Stevens, who poses as an
expert on copper but who has seldom
been able to see much good in Arizo-
ma, has contributed an article to a
mining paper in which he tells what
he imagines about the United Verde
mine. Mr.. Stevens knows about as
much about the United Verde as he
does about any other mine which he
has never seen, but tells of this prop
erty with as much assurance as though
he had been through all of its work
ings and knew all about it. This
is what Mr.. Stepens says: "'Ihe
United Verde is a single mon
strous Iense of sulphide ore, the exact
size of which is known only to the
management, if to any one, which is
doubtful. The lense is probably 1000
feet in length, possibly longer, with a
width of several hundred feet and a
depth of 1900 to possibly 2OOO feet.
The mine has fifteen to twenty million
tons of copper ore unbroken, carrying
one to one and a half million tons of
fine copper, or enough to meet the
worlds present requirements for two
or three years. The future produc-
tion of the United Verde must remain
a matter of conjecture. 1he position
of the owners to the mine is much
like the Hibernian, who had the bull
by the taiI-can't let go, and hard to
hang on. 1t must not be inferred
that the company has the remotest
idea of Testing 60 of the United
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
AGITATION TO
STOP GAMBLING
The Crusade Against il is Bitter
and Strong Petitions Will go
to the Legislature.

The Pima county representatives in
the legislature are not unanimous for
the bill introduced IN the house re-
peallng the laws licensing gambling
and making that traffic felony. n.
W. Bernard, seated as Joint council
man from Pima and Santa Cruz coun-
tles' does not favor the measure. Mr..
bernard added that he believed in
taperIng off, and that he thought
the city government had gone too far
in Tucson.
The the republican members of the
lower house from Pima county are
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

D. j. Sayer, manager of the Sayre
Mining company, which is operating
the Leviathan mine near Stanton, says
that it is the purpose Of that company
to continue sinking on that property
until depth of 500 or 600 feet has been
attained. The Leviathan has i'm
mense groupings of quartz, which give
good assay values.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

The Courier speaks very slightingly
AS it ought to-of the corporation
press, meaning, probably, the United
Verde "push''. But why should it re-
fer so unfeelingly of the push"
that owns, controls, dictates and
speaks through it?
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

E. +. Bacon, of Detroit, Mich, is
reported to have purchased from
Ward & Gibson group of nine mining
claims for eastern parties for S75, 600.
This property lies five miles east of
Harrisburg near the line of the new
railroad being built west from Wick
enburg.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01

The Jerome Mining News asks: :
"Did the supervisors pass or not pass
that resolution favoring the repeal of
the so called Andrews law?'' They
did not. They did, however, pass a
resolution protesting AGAINST the
repeal of that law, which action should
be highly commended. The Andrews
law, Tor which the territory is indebt-
ed to Judge Henry I. Anrdews, of
Prescott, a life long and "uncompro-
missing democrat, is one of the best
on the statute books. An act was
passed by the last democratic legisla-
ture which had the effect of repeating
it, but Governor Brodle declined to
approve it, so the law was saved. An
other bill has been introduced in the
present legislature, designed to kill
the Andrews law, but it will probably
meet the fate of the last one, despite
the frantic attempts of certain great
! corporations to get it through.