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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

wire gauze, and, being only about a
third as large as our hats, they sit upon
the top Of the head without covering
it. They have a narrow brim of the
same material and are tied on with
strings under the chin. These hats
are generally black, altho different col
ors may be seen upon the streets; some
times an enormous straw hat is used
for mourning.
The unmarried men wear the hair in
one long braid like the Chinese pigtail,
but when one marries he combs his hair
to the top of his head and ties it in a
stiff topknot which is visible thru the
gauze hat. The, foot Is encased in
sock, padded with cotton, and a canoe
shaped shoe Of grass, cloth, leather or
wood. -; ..-.s s..- ,z@....zr
@..~ !. !. !. as>~
The women, except those Of the coolie
class, are seldom seen on the street In
the daytime, and the men are not al
lowed on the street at night, or were
not until western ways began to invade
the island. Even when going out the
women wear over their heads green
cape with scarlet sleeves and draw it
across the face in such a way that little
more than the eyes can be seen. The
streets Of Seoul and of the towns thru
which we passed were full Of men, many
1 of them walking about in a leisurely
way or standing In groups smoking long
pipes. = Mingled with them were coolies
! carrying immense packs on their backs
or leading ponies, oxen or cows laden
with hay, wood or fagots. We saw more
idle men in two days in Korea than we
saw in Japan in a month While the
coolies seem to be quite Industrious
and carry astonishing weights, there
seems to be a. deep-rooted contempt for
labor even among the middle-classes,
and a contractor told us that in the
employing Of the coolies it was neces.
sary to pay them every day because a
week s compensation would have to be
spent before they would return to work
An incident will serve to illustrate the
feeling in regard to labor of any kind
In making a purchase we wanted two
things tied together with string. We
called the guides attention to it; he
handed the things to his attendant and
the attendant handed them to the shop;
keeper, who did the tying. We were also
informed that the Koreans lack the
power Of organized cooperation. Each
one works by himself and carries his
burden on forked sticks strapped to hi
back. In walking. he uses what seem.
like a staff, but it's real purpose is tina,
of a prop for his load when he stops tx
rest.
i The shopkeepers Of Korea have thu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

oriental taste for bargaining to a
marked degree and always ask a great
deal more than they except to receive,
finding, apparently, intellectual recre-
alton in haggling over the price. In
making few small purchases we were
very much amused at the spirited dis
cussions which. took place between our
guide and the merchants. Followed by
a crowd Of interested spectators, num-
bering from twenty to fifty, we moved
from shop to- shop. The vendor would
announce price as if his were a. one
price store. The guide would receive
the announcement with absolute con
tempt and the wordy war would begin.
The bystanders took sides and joined
in the fray; the clerks and members Of
the storekeeper's family focked to his
aid, while the crowd elbowed each 9TH
or to get near the scene of action.
Usually the guide would start toward
another store before an agreement&could
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

many's greatest modern soldier, Count
Won Moltke, and Of General Won Room,
minister Of war at the time Of the con
fict with France in 1870. Moltke was
chief Of staff during the Franco-Prus-
sian war, and it is his favorite nephew,
Count Helmuth Won Moltke, who now
occupies that position probably the
most responsible peace times command
in the world. &
{ The general staff Is departments are di-
svided into countries. The most import
ant are departments ! and 2, respective
ly, the French and Russian divisions.
The officers attached to these depart
ments are the keenest thinkers in the
staff, for upon them devolves the task
of mapping out Germany's defense in
"a great European land war, which would
probably involve the kaiser's fighting
on two long g fronts.'' While Ger
many s.. plans Of campaign against
France or Russia, or. against any other
great enemy, are constantly in a state
of practical completeness, officers are
always working away at Improvement
Of details and such changes as day-by-
day events may make necessary. For
instance, the Russian military attache
to Berlin, Colonel Won schebeko, was
recently withdrawn by request of the
German government for having been
detected in spying operations with the
military attache Of France. His ofense
consisted Of exposing certain plans for
raiding Of French and Russian cemmun.
| ications in the rear Of armies march
ing on Germany. It became necessary
for the German staff to work out q
completely fresh set Of plans for these
raiding patrols. This requires weeks
Of work and taxes the ingenuity of the
] staff charged with that particular duty
/ to the utmoset. ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

Special Correspondence of The Journal
- ERLIN, Feb. Ito those IA
miliar with the political situa-
- tion in Europe at present there
are few places in Berlin which possess
more interest than what might be
termed Germany's military strong
box ''-in other words, the imposing
building in the heart of the capital
which is the headquarters Of the gen
eraasstaf of the kaiser army. For in it
are studied out and stored with her
metical secrecy all the fatherland s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

into his home whenever he is able to
support one, the pledge would seem to
be mere formality on his part.
= j. i.
Seoul, the capital and largest city,
is surrounded by substantial wall and
entered by gates which until recently
were shut at night, even tho the city
long ago ,outgrew the. walls. These
gates reminded one of the gates de-
scribed in the Bible, and they are not
lacking in the beggar, who finds the
gate a convenient place to make his
plea to the passerby. Aside from two
or three broad thorofares, the streets
are narrow, crooked and filthy. The
open sewers on either side are filled
with refuse matter and reek with foul
odors. ,.-..--. g.. r.. .....
| There is no general educational sys-
tenn in Korea, and the, percentage of
illiteracy is naturally large. The mis-
sionary schools are doing an excellent
work and few Of the young men
have been sent to China, Japan and
America. During recent years there has
been quite an awakening among the
young men, and they are showing an
increasing desire to learn about west
ern civilization. So great is this in
terest that a newly organized branch
Of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation at Seoul has membership Of
over 500, four-ffths Of whom are not
protesting Christians, but are drawn
into the institution because it gives
them chance to study western prob
lens and methods. Mr.. Wanamaker, the
merchant prince Of Philadelphia, has
just offered to supply the money nee,
essary for a permanent Y. NJ. G. A
building in Seoul, and, having attended
a meeting in the present crowded quar-
tiers, I can testify that a new hall is
badly needed.
The Chinese characters are used in
writing, but the Koreans have spoken
language which is quite different. There
is no extensive literature that can be
called Korean, altho DR.. Allen, fol
many years American minister at Seoul
has published in a volume entitled
sEKorea; Facts and Fancies,' a number
Of delightful folklore stories, which
show an appreciation Of the love story
and q very clear recognition of the per
sonal virtues as illustrated in daily life
Mr.. Allen g book also contains an inter
esting chronology Of the principa
events, but it is significant Of thu
change wrought by foreign influence
that 1t only requires twelve pages o.
the things worth mentioning from tn,
beginning Of the Christian era down tt
1875, while eighty pages are devoted t,
the things that have transpired since.
+ + + - IT,.
In examining the pages devoted t.
the last century one is struck with tn
disinclination Of the Korean govern
ment to accept the offers of intercours
made by the various nations Of Europ
since 1875, and with the number Of mis-
sionaries who suffered for religion
sake prior to. that date. Persecution
however, seems to have increased rattle
than diminished the zeal Of the variou
denominations, and today Korea is re
garded as one Of the most promising o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

plans Of battle against every possible
enemy or combination of enemies in the
world. It is, by general consent Of
tacticians and strategists Of all coun-
tries, the most complete war laboratory
in existence.
The huge, brick and stone home Of
the staff stands in the fashionable
. :. No rthwest" residential quarter Of
Berlin. It occupies full block, a
stones throw from the reichstag. AS
one approaches it, he encounters the
magnificent new bronze statues Of Ger
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est is not likely to be conquered in the
near future. He believes it cannot be
assembled without means of transport
superior to any now obtainabie, and
after prolonged sieges, during which the
mountaineers will have to meet and
overcome "not only the physical obsta-
cles presented by the peak itself, but
also those offered by altitude, heat, cold,
snow and wind, which become more ac-
centuated the higher the points attained.
One great difficulty is that it is almost
impossible to force the coolies who are
needed to carry the camp equipment up
to sufficiently high point to make the
tops of these highest SUBMITS attain
able.o
Limit Of Endurance.
DIR. Workman is convinced that the
limit of human endurance in extremely
rarifed air has been about reached. In
his camp at 1883 feet the whole party
was kept awake by lack Of air. They
would doze off and then awake with a
start, gasping for breath. In his opin-
ion, camps must be established at
heights of $4,000 to $4,000 feet to at
tempt the final assault on the SUBMITS:
and at these elevations, he says, sleep
may be entirely prevented or interfered
with by deficient oxygenation of the
blood to such an extent that a party
would be incapacitated from this cause
alone from going any higher.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04
Limit Of Endurance.

Nine. Simone lie Bargy, now playing
in a French play at Paris, is surely one
of the most accomplished artists of
modern times. She has Just accepted an
engagement to play in German at the
Volks theater at Vienna Nine. LIE
Bargy speaks German with an ease and
purity with which she speaks Eng.
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the Indian government. gave them an
escort of Gurkha mountaineers. 1t was
thought that their prospects were ia
vorable. They left Darjeeling in high
hope of brilliant success.
Few particulars of the accident have
been received, but it is known that
after the party had assembled to a
height of about 81 900 feet, struggling
upward in two groups, six men who
were roped together were swept from
their feet by an avalanche and carried
over a precipicet Pache and three
Gurkhas were killed, and Jacot Gull
larmod and DR.. Righi were badly
wounded. Further climbing was aban-
doned, but Mr.. Crowley says that he
will renew the attempt. "@
This is the only attack of mountain
GERS upon the higher peaks of the Kang
chenjunga range, and it remains to be
seen whether the tragical result will
very soon whet the appetite of Alpinists
for further experience on the slopes OF
these formidable mountains. Douglas
Freshfeld visited them several years
ago to do some high climbing, but fall
Of three feet of snow just as he reached
the base of Kangchenjunga put an end
to his progress. He succeeded in pass
ing entirely around the range, and il
making fairly good map Of it; and the
clear atmospheric conditions after the
storm enabled Mr.. Sella, the famous
mountain photographer, to obtain g
series Of ! magnificent views of these
highest of the eastern Himalayas.
To Conquer Mount Everest.
It was far to the west that DR.. Work
man made his record ascent of 23,394
feet on Pyramid peak. Last summer
he gave to the British Alpine club his
reasons for thinking that Mount Ever
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
Documents Filed For Record

Following is list OF documents
filed for record at the county seat,
compiled by Abstracter Fred Dysart;
P. C. Little, probate judge, to
Louis Baroldy, deed, lots 1, 2, 3 and
4, blk. Is, West Clifton.
Jose Maria Galibez to E. A. Clark,
deed, $3.50, 2 2claims in Bunker Hill
dist.
Lee Windham to Gregorio Tala-
mante, bill of sale, 5000, stone house
in Colquhoun tract, Clifton.
Tomas Martinez to Vicente Juarez,
deed, $40, lot 75x15O feet in sec. %,
S, 26 e.
J. w. Mattice locates 1 placer
claim 3 miles of town of Central.
Ernest Newbauer to H. S. Van
Gorder, bill of sale, $460, house in
Morenci.
Cullen Little is appointed deputy
clerk of the probate court.
J. Frank Wootan and Ricardo San
chez are appointed deputies county
recorder.
hector Vega and wife to Jessie
Stevens(wife of L. N. .Stevens), deed,
800, lot 6, blk. 8. West Clifton.
United States to Vicente Juarez,
patent, ne or of sec. %. 8 S, 26 e.
Thomas Harwood (single) to NJ. E.
Church, deed, 1915, "a acres in ne, 35,
6 S, % e.
Paul Becker to Ambrose Spezia,
deed, SO, int. in e 25 feet lot 45,
San Francisco townsite.
Ambrose Spezia to Dunagan &
Baldwin, deed, SO, 25 feet lot 45,
San Francisco townsite.
G. B. Boyd and Jas. Camp to Con-
solidated Copper Co. of A, deed,
81, 10000 in stock, several claims in
Stanley Butte dist.
Chas. Brock and wife to Robert
Brock, Sr., deed, SO, lots 3, 4, 5, /,
blk. 10, West Clifton.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
Remember the Dates of the Next Fail
November r. TO n. 1906

A two-year-old trot and two-year-
old pace have been arranged for
Arizona horses only.
They will be half mile heats-2 in
3 on half track.
Purses S25O.OO added money in each.
Entrance fee, s. payable in August,
S5 in September, S. in October, and
$40 to start.
Arrangements have been made
for great Cowboy Relay Race on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of
Fair Week. One half of the entries
will race on Tuesday, the other half
on Thursday. The winners of both
days to run Saturday for the Cham
pionship of Arizona.
This race will be two miles, chang
ing horses and saddles every half
mile.
Purses of s150 for each race,
divided, slOO to first and $50 to
second.
Contestants must have resided &C
days in the Territory, and horses
must be range horses, having partici-
pated in not less than three races.
Rules governing this race will be
furnished by the secretary.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
No Chinese Miners for Cananea.

Tombstone parties who have come
up from Cananea during the past
week state that there is no truth
in the following report that was
printed in the Phoenix Republican
short while since:
ga man who recently arrived from
Sonora states that the Greene Con-
solidated company of Cananea re-
Gently shipped 300 Cinnamon from
Guaymas to Cananea, where they
will be put to work in the mines.
They were brought over the railroad
to station below Nogales, and were
taken across the country from that
place to Cananea. 1t is understood
that the Greene company is sorely
pressed for miners; as many of the
Mexicans heretofore employed there
have left for other sections"
The only Cinnamon in the employ
of the company are being used in a
quarry and a few in grading work.
There has never been any Cinnamon
used in the mines there, and it is the
general opinion of those who have
been in Cananea for some time that
the company does not intend to put
any there now.
All fear of an uprising against the
Americans on September Is has sub
sided among the people OF Cananea
and no trouble is anticipated. Col.
Kosterlisky is in the saddle, and
while the valiant commander of the
fearless Mexican rurales remains in
the vicinity of Cdnanea the public
may rest in security, as the iron
hand of President Diaz waves aloft
as a warming to those evily inclined.
.-Prospector.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
Arizona Coal Lands are Withdrawn.

A Washington dispatch states that
independence of the coal monopoly
or a great strike of coal miners
seems to be assured by the action
taken by the President and Secre-
tary Hitchcock.
Secretary Hitchcock has, by direc-
tion of the president, following a
thorough investigation, issued an
order withdrawing from entry 6,000,-
600 acres of public lands which are
known to contain workable COAL
These lands are situated in New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming,
North Dakota, Montana, Oregon and
Washington.
The geological survey made an ex-
animation in accordance with in
structions from the president and as
certained that there were $4,000 900
acres of public land believed to con-
tain coal deposits. The president,
however, desired the withdrawal of
only those sections known to contain
workable coal, and the area was
accordingly reduced to 5000, 900
acres.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
Territorial Board of Equalization.

Following instructions of Governor
Kibbey and Attorney General Clark,
the territorial board of equalization
today raised the patented mines in
FIVE Arizona counties 81, ,725, 1852,
the greater part of the raise falling
on Cochise county.
Before the raise the total mine as
sessments of Arizona were six million
dollars, as returned by the various
boards of equalization.
1t is now $40, 773, ,0S1.48. The raise
by the territorial board a year ago
was about nine millions.
The territorial tax rate was fixed
at rs cents for each 800 valuation.
The total assessment of Arizona
property as returned by counties this
year was 100000, which has been
increased to S63,OOO,O 900. By the
raises made by the territorial equal
izers almost five million is against
the mines.
Graham county was taken as the
standard in mine assessments, pro-
duction of the mines being taken in
to consideration when the raises
we're made.
The following figures show the as
sessment by counties before and
after the raise;
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
Important RailrOd Contract.

The first contract has been let by
the Southern Pacific for a railroad
which is being built from Durango
Colo, south to connect with the
main line of the Southern Pacific
at some point in Arizona.
The contract has been awarded tc
the Lantry-Sharp Construction
Company, and calls for the building
of 300 miles of railroad. Contract
ors are allowed three years in which
to complete the work.
The road will run through San
Juan county, New Mexico, and will
cross the Santa Fe near Gallup N
NJ, and then run in southwesterly
direction and probably pass through
Clifton and Morenci.
The Importance of this road to
southern Arizona cannot be everesti-
mated. 1t will open up to this sec.
tion new supply of fuel, as the pro-
duct from the big coal mines near
Durango can then be shipped direct
to this section. There will be a
great demand from the smelters for
this fuel.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23

A New York report states that the
Santa Cruz Mines and Smelter com
pany has taken over the interests of
the Mowry Mines company and the
Alto Copper company. The new
company is composed of practically
the same people that were in the
other companies. 1t is given out
that among the plans of the new
company is one for the construction
of a $50 ton smelter and reduction
works at Calabasas on the Santa
Cruz and the building of about fifty
miles of railroad. 1t is stated that
the railroad which will be built to
Alto will be continued twenty miles
further into the Orc Blanco distric
At Mowry 1O0-ton smelter is in
operation and concentrating plant
is also being operated there. At
Alto 1000 feet of tunnel work has
been done on the 300foot level.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23

AS a temporary arrangement, until
electric cars can be installed, the
Copper Queen Mining company has
decided to place mules in the Gard
ner shaft in the 400 and 900-fOot
levels, to be used for pulling ore
cars to the stations. Heretofore ore
cars have been handled entirely by
men and one car is all that a man
can push at a time. 1t is figured
that a mule can pull five cars and
for that reason it is believed the
innovation will be material saving.
Two mules will be placed on the 400
level and two on the 900.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23

A recent expert opinion on the
amount of gold available on the Wit
waterstrand is S., 800, 100000. Calcu-
lated at the present rate of produc-
tion these mines will be worked out
in 30 years, unless new ore bodies are
discovered and greater economy Is
shown in recovering the precious
metal. The probability is that many
of the mines on the Rand will pas
into obi yion during the next quarter
centurv.-Mining World.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLIFTON
NATIONAL

materialized in the form of new
Incorporation by holders of Imperial
copper mostly and will be built at
Redrock on the Southern Pacific
railway Lots in the town have
already advanced % per cent
Tucson Miner & Stockman.
Harry Bennett, superintendent of
the Buffalo-Arizona Mining company,
which owns claims located in the
Bennett gulch on the road between
Morristown and Hot Springs juno
ton, is in the city today on business.
Bennett says that they have sunk
a shaft las feet through solid body
of copper sulphide. At present they
have two forces of men at work and
will shortly put another force on to
reach-eth 2OO-foot level as soon as
possible. When the shaft is sunk 200
feet, he says they will then begin to
drift and block out ore.
Recently an expert mining man of
the Clark mines at Jerome visited
the mine and he was astounded at
the large amount of mineral in sight
near the surface. He predicted that
this would be one of the future cop
per producers of the world and that
it would be equal to the best mine in
Arizona. Pay ore was found 35 feet
below the surface.
A short time ago a carload of this
ore was shipped to the Arizona
Smelling company at Humboldt, and
after paying all expenses a profit
was realized from the car.-Enter-
prise.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
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