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Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

exists. There is reason for the be- lief that there will be a renewal of Chinese buying demand in the imne- diate future. Europe is buying more heavily than it was three months ago. This months export movement prom ises to be large, shipments to date apprOximating 15,OO0 tons. Revised July export figures are 19,47S tons. There is a very noticeable increase in the domestic consumption of cop per.
 The experience they are likely 10 20 through this month and next will be pretty sure to cause consumers Of copper to return to the old custom of buying their supplies three months in advance While it cannot be de nied that they saved some money by buying from hand to mouth just pre- yious 1O the break in the copper cor ner, which occurred in the closing months of 1901. # is believed that they have lost a great deal more by fighting the advance of the past two years. Nearly all of the 12-cent copper of the period mentioned went abroad. American consumers being exceedingly bearish at bottom prices. Though t is unfortunate that the laudable efforts of the Amslgamated selling agency to hold the price of copper down around 15 cents have failed, the loss may in the end be more than compensated by it's educa- tional value on some of our domestic interests.
 The prosperity of the trade is stead ilv pushing the prices Of the copper shares higher. Though there is yet Dcthing in the nature of a broad spec nistive movement, conditions are un- quesdcC2tly SkaP.-g tEc-Ee,-cs fer
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27
 AlLU0 MllGO IUu HDUu U JlO

esties in Arizona and elsewhere aie
 earning good dividends. This coun-
 try is dotted all over with mines, but the business is changed. Mining IS To longer a gambling game. While the mountains are filled with pros pectors. they are now guided by scien-
 tific knowledge and practical eXpe- rience rathen than by luck. Mining
 is no longer a poor mans business.
 Organization, capital, machinery and transportation facilities are absolute iy necessry; quite essential as they are in coal regions of Pennsylvania. There must be means of reaching smelters with the ore, and there must he machinery and workmen to handle t.
 There is a great demand for labor in every part of Arizona. with wages at 8 and S4 a day. Superintendent Drake of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad told me it was inn possible for him to get a sufficient number of track hands. The con- pany has it's right of way strewn with ballast, and cannot get men enough to shovel it on the tracks. Most of his ldDOr comes ITOm MSXlcO ana the lD- dian reservations. New mines are being developed all the time, primer pally with outside capital, and thus the demand for labor is constantly in creased. New sCelters are being erected in all of the mining districts. We went up to sec enc the other day which VII cost a million or more dollars. l. is sixteen miles from Pres colt. at a new town called Humboldt, and is owned by New York capital ists, who have organized what they call the Arizona Smelting Company. There is a large area here without shelter. with fifteen or twenty paying mines, which have been shipping their ere as far as Fl Paso, Texas, and San Francisco, and about seventy 1 five prom sing prospects under devei- opment The new shelter expects 10 begin on coo tons a day and will run up to 1000 tons as soon as possi- , ble.
 l. is reached by Q wonderful raIl- road that climbs up the side of the
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27
George Walkers Weekly Copper Correspondence a5 - s~ S:s ss % % s;

Amalgamated, Utah, Massachusetts, Gas and other stocks at a time when purchases should have been advised Now the holders of Copper Range are asking if his reason for so strongly advising the purchase of that stock was to make a market upon which he could sell the 70,000 shares in which he was interested. As a stock market prophet, MT. Lawson has been losing prestige very rapidly. Can we hope that he has not lost heavily in any other direction,
 This is time when one who hopes 10 invest wisely cannot afford to lis ten to cries of calamity. It is a time 10 swim with the current.
 Old Dominion has completed it's new mining, milling and smelting plants, and all are in commission From now on the management ex- pects to handle ore at a considerably reduced expense. It is anticipated that Old Dominion copper will be made at a cost of g cents to 10 cents per pound.
 There is every prospect that the Old Dominion will in the near future redeem it's past bad record. The new plant is up to date and capable of do- ing very economical work, and the very large number of new mining ventures in the district surrounding Globe will supply it with a considera ble tonnage of custom ore. As long as copper holds above 12 or 15 cents per pound, and this promises to be a period of years, the Globe district will be a steadily increasing factor in the copper market
 Several outside mines are already shipping ore to the Old Dominion shelter. The Arizona Commercial 1 has begun prcaucing, a-a premises toi
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

affiliated with that system. It runs
 southward to Phoenix and every few
 miles a spur is built to bring down
 the ore from some mire up in the
 foothills and take in the necessary
 supplies.
 The Santa Fe company is pushing
 east and west from Phoenix. West ward it is building a low grade line to Bengal, which will cross the Colo rado desert siXty-five miles below The
 Needles, and connect with the Los Angeles branch at San Bernardino.
 This will open up a new and rich country, and cut out all Of the noun tain grades. At present the line crosses the mountains at an altitude of I5OO feet. The new line will not reach a higher altitude than 4OO0 feet and will relieve the main line of the heavy freight traffic, which is becoming so great that double track will be necessary soon.
 Eastward the road is now in oper- atlon as far as mining town called Winkelman, about a hundred miles AAOlAA hOtlllA. r IOIl IQCTS two lines are being b. ilt. One of them runs south to connect with the Southern Pacific at Benson. The other runs eastward to connect with the Santa Fe system at Silver City. N. NJ, and from there to Rincon. which IS half '~av between Albuquerque and Fl Paso. From Rincon eastward a line will be extended to Roswell and the Pecos Valley. which will give an en- tirely new overland route from Chi>a- go to Los Angeles and San Francis co, several hours shorter than any of the present lines. Instead of follow ing the old Santa Fe trail through Kansas and Colorado. the trains will be sent south from Newton. via Wich- ita, Kan. through Oklahoma, across the staked plains of Texas. via Ros- well, Rincon. Silver City. Phoenix and San Bernardino to Los Angeles. They tell me here that only about 300 miles of track remains to be constructed to close up the gaps between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

mountain by switch backs. The train
 runs one way for a while. then it
 stops and backs up the other way;
 and keeps zigzagging up the track
 until it reaches the Crown King mil.e.
 one of the big properties in this neigh
 borhood. A dozen or more import ant mines will be dependent upon
 this road for the shipment of tn ,ir
 ore, and it will add largely to the
 wealth of the country, not only b.
 making them accessible, but by en- couraging the development of other mining properties.
 Mir. Murphy built the road. He IS the most progressive man down this way. No citizen of Arizona has done more to develop the resources of tho state. He has not confined himself to mining but has been a leader in all kinds of useful enterprises. He is a native of Maine. but was brought up Tn Detroit, began his business ca reer in the lumber camps of Wiscon- sin several years before he became of age. In 1873 he went to California; in 1877 he moved to Arizona and has taken an important part in the 1e- velopmet of this territory ever since. He has done all sorts of things. He has cut timber, run stage lines. operat- ed mines, promoted railroads. orgln- ized banks, built up town sites. man aged mercantile establishments. con ducted newspapers and built business blocks and hotels. He got his frs start. when, as representative of "Dio- mond Joe" Reynolds of Dubuque. he purchased the Congress gold mine south of Prescott. It proved to be one of the best producers in this ter ritorv. and has already paid between S1,000.000 and s8.000OO0. They arc now taking about s5O,0O0 a month from it. Mir. Murphy promoted the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Rall- road and has been it's president sin 70 1894. He is now engaged in gal vanizing the ancient mining districts 1f Tombstone
 Mir. Murphy's railroad connects with the Santa Fe at Ash Fork and is
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

During the past week affairs among the mines have been somewhat quiet. in so far as any new strikes of ore having been made, yet indications for the finding of ore in two of the Bo- nanza Circle properties have begun to show and it is quite possible that the announcement may be made shortly that ore has been struck in at least one of the two.
 The shipments tc the Douglas smelt- CTS are about the same as usual and no marked increase is looked for un- til about the first of October.
 The local stock market is holding its own and shareholders are not let. ting go at present prices. The mar ket at the end of the week may be considered to be in excellent condi- ton with good chances for a steady rise.
 The preparations for placing three more shippers on the list, are fast being completed, and the output of this part of the district will be almost doubled within the next sixty days.
 Freight shipments of machinery and mine supplies are on the increase and are growing daily. Good mines are still in demand and forces are being increased. In fact the past week shows few .dle men in the city.
 The only unpleasant feature of the week was the news that the TerritO- rial Board of Equalization had raised the tax on mines in Cochise county 1.5O0 per cent and distributed in slight ly less degree like favOrs throughout the other counties in the Territory.
 The announcement of this proceed ing came as Q shock to holders of pat ented mines in the Territory. Not the least fear is entertained, however, but what the action of the board is
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27
Real Estate Conditions
 o4 Remarkable Situation

During the summer months there are always a few vacant houses, caused by families being away to avoid the hot weather. During this hot weather the sanitary conditions of Bisbee are had. There is no use de- nying it, but there is hope that before another year the conditions will be changed Tn this regard. When the sewer is rut in there will be constant demand for houses the year round.
 Every train brings in new families, mostly those of workmen who are daily being added to the mine forces, sna already the supply of houses is about exhausted. Within the present week the supply of renting houses will be completely out, and the house fam inc of last year will be repeated, only more acutely and 10 a greater extent. This will be due primarily to the en- iargement of the smelters at Douglas.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

be very large shipper within year
 or two. The United Globe property
 is slowly increasing it's output of ore.
 perhaps less rapidly, however, than
 was expected when the two combined.
 The Old Dominion's own mine is de
 YelOping very satisfactory in it's lower workings. In addition to the ore from this portion of the property, however there is a considerable accumulation of low grade oxidized ore in the upper workings which can be handled at a good profit with the new smeIting plant. There is also an area of na- tive copper rock near the surface. which will be mined and treated in the new cOncentratOr; and the explor- auOns of the past two years have brought to light considerable depos- it's of concentrating sulphide ores. All of this will make copper fast, and both the smelling operations and the cOmpany's profits will be helped by the very large accumulation of old smelter slag, which will yield an aver ge of 40 pounds of copper to the ton.
 The Copper Queen is at present shipping a lower grade sulphide ore to the Old Dominion smelter, and the falling off in the monthly output of the latter company is largely due to this. There is a good prospect that the required amount of sulphide ores will eventually be supplied by the mines of it's own district and that the Old Dominion will make a profit on every ton that is smelted, instead of treating it at cost as it does the ores supplied by the Copper Queen.
 Old Dominion should be able to pay the remainder of the floating indebt- edness between now and the close of the year and in 190G should begin -,a-i-c I.,...sc-. - -.-. ut.---s.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

much greater activity and higher pric-
 es. All other kinds of securities are
 in great demand and new levels of
 quotations are being reached; but the increase of prosperity that has come to the copper trade has not been dupli-
 cated in any other business. The tremendous earnings of the copper
 producing companies will unCuestion- ably be more fully recognized and re- flected in the stock market before the
 present demand for investments is
 satisfied.
 The decline in Copper Range was damper to speculative enthusiasm for a few days; but it is not at present considered Q vital market factor.
 Manipulative operations in any stock cannot blind the public to natural con- ditiCns. We have 16-cent copper market, and several of the important brokers of Wall street are making prof it's of 100 per cent over the cost Of operations. Copper consumption has ove-taken production, and the pros pect is that the average price of the metal during the coming twenty years will be considerably higher than dur ing the past like period. Profits, al ready enormous. will force further dividend increases all along the line. This is a time for speculative invest ments in coppers-a time to buy them at lower price than they promise to be worth a few weeks or months hence.
 IL is quite generally recognized on | State Street that Trader Lawson is bearish on the market. This is un- fortunate for everybody, and especial i Iy for Mir. Lawson He wanted the ] public to sell all it's stocks and bonds , st much lower prices than those now ard be was bearish CD
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

When the increases in capacity now making at the smelters are completed they will demand double the amount of ore they are now taking. and more ore demand means more men to dig iU where In Bisbee.
 The Sacramento shaft is abou. ready to hoist the ores of the comhi- nation of mines it is to empty. The Copper Queen was obliged to make the connections with this shaft that they have in order to arrange to handle their product 10 meet the increased smelling capacity in the most advan- tageOus manner.
 When the Sacramento shaft plans are consumated and in working order they will concentrate more work and add more revenue to that already en- Ioyed by the prosperous town of Low ell Already about 75 per cent of the miners working nearer to Low.
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

that Bisbee .s today doing more bush ness on a substantial basis than any ether two towns in the territory. Con sequently business men have not only a very bright situation at hand, but they are able to look forward to very much better things without in the least finding it necessary to stretch imagina- ton. The close of August is finding things most certainly in excellent con dition, and September will undoubtedly see the fall seassn start in with
Bisbee daily review., 1905-08-27

greate- briskness and a greater vol. ume of business than it has before known. While OF this subject it is worth while to note that there is not a single man engaged in business in Bisbee who is not making money, and plenty of lt. One will travel the coun- try pretty thoroughly before finding another town through which he can travel from end to end without find ing poverty bulging from the door of some business concern or ether
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Ordinance No. So.

AN ORDINANCE to Regulate the Keeping
of Domestic Fowls and Poultry within the
Corporate Limits of the Town of Meeker
be 1t Ordained by the Board Of Trustees Of
of the Town Of Meeker:
Section l, II shall be unlawful for any
NE rsOn or persons, or business house, fes1d-
Ing or doing business within the corporate
limits of the Town Of Meeker, to keep any
domestic fowls or poultry within the cor
porate limits OF snid town, unless the same
shall he confined within a properly con-
structed poultry yard, with SUFFICIENT fence
to prevent the escape OF said poultry or
fowls out of said yard.
SectIon2 L. It shall be unlawful for any
person, persons or business house within
s,lid town to permit any domestic fowls or
poultry to RUN at large upon the streets ana
alleys Of said town or to permit said fowls
or poultry to treslass upon the lot or lots OF
another, within said town.
the provisions Of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty OF n misdemeanOr, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined, for the
first ofense, in n sum not less than five nor
more than ten dollars, with costs, and, for
each subsequent conviction under the terms
OF this Ordinance, shall be fined in sum
not less than ten nor more than nifty dollars,
with costs.
Passed a By the Board e
December, A. ID. 1y0i. T. E. SHERIDAN,
Presiding of1cer Of the Board of Trustees of
the Town of Meeker, Colorado.
signed and approved this 4th day Of De-
rcmber A, ID. iN6. F. Il. SHERIDAN,
Attest: ]. <. BLAZE, Town Recorder.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Get good dinner and supper at the
bazaar next Wednesday.
Wedding Bells.

Fort Lupton, Colo, papers an
nounce the marriage, at that place
on Thursday, November s0th, of Mr..
Roy f. McClave and Miss Anna
Bluebell Stuart Phillip, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gilfillan Phillip.
The bride will be remembered by
many friends in this community as
. relative of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Smith and as an accomplished
teacher In our schools. The groom
is . graduate Of the Agricultural
college and a young man of high
standing ut LuptOn.
According to the Denver papers,
the wedding was very elaborate
social function. Among the attend
ant auspicious features was a cable
gram Of congratulations from the
brides relatives in Dundee, Scotland.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Over-Zealous.

+ Some thoughtless people are blam-
Ing Judge Sanderson for assessing
Ines against violators Of the game
laws. When man Is brought before
the Justice and pleads guilty to the
harge there IL nothing left to do but
fmpose the fine and costs rs legally
1 Prescribed.
Lately 1t has become subject of
Dmment that certain wardens are
Bringing the game laws into disrepute
hy their efforts to Overdo the thing
BY bringing charges against people
who may happen to have a piece Of
vonison hanging up In an out house
probably since the close OF the game
eeason.
Daring the past few years healthy
sentiment In favor of a reasonable en-
forcement Of the game laws has been
worked up among the citizens of this
coanty.
+ Some recent acts of some game
Wardens, II persisted In, are liable to
tarn the sentiment In the wrong di-
rection.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
The Gambling Case.

Considerable stir was manifested
Wednesday when HI. Clifford and
fobe House, propfietefs Of the old
Welch saloon, were placed on trial
before Judge Sanderson charged with
permitting gambling In their house.
The complaint was filed by Sheriff
Amick.
Defendants demanded a jury trial.
Messrs. M. T. Ryan, A. f. Rees, Joe
Booney, J. w. Rector, w. f. Simp-
son and A. C. Ellison were selected
as jurymen.
District Attorney Gentry appeared
for the prosecution and +. A. Martin
for the defense. The trend of testi-
mony showed that the alleged gam
bling consisted in playing for beer
chips.
DEPENDENTS were acquitted and Rio
Blanco county will be called on to
pay the costs.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Up Against the Strenuous One.

The much-talked of cattlemen's
convention at GlenwOod was held
as auisoanced. but according to all
reports, did not accomplish much.
A cornmunieation from President
Roosevelt, In which he placed him
self On record - favering the reserve
grazing fssA put , damper on the
proceedings af,d now the whole Inat-
tor h up 10 = square fight between
the chief executive and the cattle
men.
A committee of cattlemen, headed
by President Ammons Of the state
association, will go to Washington to
try and induce the president to modi-
fy present and prospective obnoxious
conditions governing reserve grazing
privileges.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Stationery Proposals.

IN accordance with Chapter "a Of the 6es-
sion LAWS Of lHx,, entitled 'County Govern.
ment-Books, Stationery and supplies,
proposals ire hereby invited for furnishing
this county with books and stationery re,
uuired by the several county offices Thereon,
for tho period of one year commencing on
the first day Of January, l0o0. Foiiowihs
RooksLs and Esquire medium records,
plnin, printed heads and printed forms, each.
Extra for patent fiat opening, per book'
Canvas covering, per book. !,
Legal Blnnks-Printed lilo, l-s, 10, ID, l-z
and full sheet cap, and l-s and fuil sneet
folio, per 100. Autographed blnnks, inciud,
Ing grocery licenses, marriage iicehses hnu
certificates, certificates OF election, ueclrn-
lion of naturalization, per luo.
Mtscellnneous-COmple election Diahks'
per precinct. Assessment roll, ench. As
scssinent sched per 1000 Abstract OF as
sessment or tax r,ll, ench. Treasuser = cash
book, each. Tax receipts, bound pfanteu,
one and two coiors, per 100. Paper fasteners.
Gold and c0lored seals, per box. Arnoid's,
Carter's, stephens or Sanfords wiring
fluid and crimson inks, quarts ana pints'
Ali papers and work to equal that now in
use, and furnished to the satisfaction OF the
board.
Bids to be in by January !, 1905. at noon.
The Board Of County Commissioners re-
serves the right to reject any and all bids.
4. b. SCOTT,
County CLERK.
MEEKKR, Colo, Dec.7, 1905.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Teachers Examination.
ONCE Of Co. Supt. Of Schools

Office Of Co. Supt. Of Schools,
Meeker, Colo, Dec. 8, 1895.
The regular county teachers exam
inatton for Rio Blanco county, will
be held in my office at the court house
in Meeker, Colo, Thursday and Bri-
day, December 21 and 22, 1905. The
examinations will begin at0 o'clock
a. m. each day.
Applicants will please notice that
the Colorado constitution is one of
the required branches
The bar examination will be held
in connection with the regular county
examination at the above place.
It Is understood that the state sup
erlntendent will take some of the
questions from the two books on the
Louisiana Purchase" recommended
by the Reading Circle. So it will be
advisable to read up on the subject.
F. H. HOPKINS,
County Superintendent.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Modern woodmen Wake Up.

At the regular meeting last Mon
day night Of the local camp Of Mod
'ern Woodmen, nineteen applications
for membership were passed on.
The annual election of officers was
had, resulting as follows:
Consul-H A Wildhack.
Adviser-C M Sheets.
Banker-Ge0 f Aicher.
Clerk-R Hartke.
Escort-H $ Howey.
Watchman-George HOwey.
Sentry-F Harker.
Camp Physician-Dr. Hubbard.
Managerial 7 Wilson, g NJ Sheets
and James Lyttle. n-
The present awakening Of the local
camp Is due to the efforts of H. A
Dennison, who was recently ap-
pointed deputy state organizer and
assigned to this territory.
The recent exposures in the big
eastern life insurance societies shows
that the fraternal societies and the
sound home insurance companies are
the places in which to carry your
protection.
There Is no society sounder or
cheaper In which to carry your pro-
lection than the Modern WOodmen
of America