Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-31

Such, in substance, was the declsrn. slOn made yesterday by R. F. Morrison, Republican candidate for District At. tsrpey of this county, to . representa-. tive of the Journal. Miner. The state. uept was called forth by m article appearing in n Phoenix paper, which hinted that Mr. Morrison wns dcsirous ef becoming tho Governor of Arizona.
 "Thcro is absolutely nothing in thc report, published in a Phoenix paper some days aso, te the effect that nm a candidate for tho Govcrnorship of Arizons," said Mir Morrison. "I would not accept the appointment, if 1t wero tendcrsd mc, on account of my pronounced views and unqualified opiu. Ion on the question of yoint statehood being 60 asta9onistic to those of the President, and further declare that 1 would rather be District Attorney of Yavapai county than Governor of the Territory of Arizona.
 Further than this," he Haid, ''I wish tO reiternt~ what I have alrsady stated on the stump; ttat if elected District Attorney of this county I will not rssia the office but will sarvc out ~y tern, devOting all the energy and ability with which God has endowed me to the conduct of its affairw.''
 speaking of the county cn,npa,gu, MT. Morrison said:
 ''Regardless of party affiliations, fhe people of the county have treated our candidates with all the hospitality for which ArsSona ia noted. There is a no. ticeable feeling of diseontent among large number of the Democrats but 1t . yet to be determined whether the up. heaval win be strong enough to create, a revolution of the sentiment of the majority at the polA In any event we sxpect strong support from the other party on account of having the hest ticket.
 "1n ny srip through the country was much impressed with the pros psrous condition of the different dis. triets, not . trace of poverty being seen. This is not only true of the min. ing districts, but of the farming dis. triets as we'll.
 "The country south Vf Crown King s especially interesting. Across the divide there is evidence of an indus trious awakening on every hand. old mines, famous n quarter Of centary ago, are being rehabilitated. and on each side of the road leading from Grown King to Ora Belle, wkich is the best in the county, being q veritable turnpike, houses are being built at n number of abandoned properties, upon which work is about to be resumed, and machinery installed.
 "At the Ora Belle, owned by the Tiger Gold company, a 2o.stamp mill s found, in operation day and night, in one of the best appointed and equip ped mining camps in the west, and tue daxelle, farther along, is also heinz developed by large force. This is one of the old mines of the district which was lately equipped with first class hoisting plant and other mining machinery.
 ''At the old Tiger mine a force of men is employed in putting the camp in shape for the accommodation of large number of men, to be soon employed in sinking large working shaft to depth of 1000 feet, from the bottom of which 1t I proposed to run an ex. tendvs system of lstersls through the great vein which has added in years gone by % much wbite metal to the worlds circulation.
 "At the Grown King mine, . force of men, under the direction of Chas Brown, Ass employed running the tun. asl lsvA aAsad wAsss the management sxpsste e uncover saetAsS of the rich ess aAes~s which has made tuis mine