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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
LEASE LAW WILL BE PARA
 MOUNT ISSUE.
Urom Wednesdays Daily.)


 IT, r.. Campbell, prominent wool grower of Northern Arizona, left Mon. day for Salt Lake City, where he will attend inc annual convention of the American Wool Growers association, which meets in the Utah capital on the l7th. 18th and lDth of this month. Ar fer inc ndlournmcn, of the Wool Grow. cts' convention hc will visit Denver, where hc will attend inc convention of the American National Live Stock as. socia,ion. which will hold sessions thcro on the 22nd, 2Jrd and 2ith.
 "Ho,h associations, said Mir. Camp bell, "arc in favor of leasing the pub. lic domain and forest reserves and the matter of having Congress pass lcnsc law will bc the paramount issue. Con. ditions in this Territory are different from most of the other states and Ter. fitorirs, and ] am not prepared to say how a lease law would affect Arizona or how t would bc received by our heavy live stock interests. This k n matter that can hardly bc forcsccn. Only wool growers will attend inc Salt Lake convention, but the Denver convention will he composed of representatives of all the live stock interests, including cattle. horses, sheep and hogs. look forward To some good results from both mcctings.'
 r.. <. Gosney, the FlagstaT banker and wool grower, is also n delegate to both conventions, and a delegate will bc present from the Territory appoint cd by inc Governor. Ii. A. Packard, one of Inc largest stockmcn of South crn Arizona, will be present at the Denver convention as representative of inc Territorial organization and the Live Stock Sanitary Board of the Territory will also bc represented.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
RELIEVES CANDIDATES SHOULD BE SELECTED AT PRIMARIES.
(Prom Wednesdays Dsily.)

Steve Rocmer, Democrat, member of the Territorial Council from Cochise county, and n veteran legislator of the Territory, speaking to n Journal Miner "an of the coming Legislature, said:
 "I believe that candidates for office of all political parties should be SC. lectcd by primary election and not in convention, as the law now stands. I am radically in favor of this change. The will of the majority is often times defeated in conventions and men are nominated who are totally unfit for the offices they aspire 10 and unworthy of th" support of the people at the polls.
 '' am in favor of other changes in our laws" he added, "but then have been member of three other L.cgis. 'atures, every time a member of the majority, and do not care to express myself further, as l do not know how 1t will feel to be s member of the minority f tho upper House this time"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
ROPER DECLARES IT A PER
 SONAL AFFAIR.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Dr. Ralph J. Roper, member of tho Territorial Dental Board of Examiners, returned yesterday from Phoenix, where he spent the past three days at. tending the investigation by Governor Kibbcy of the Board on charges pre-. fcrred by Dr. Wilson of Phoenix.
 "Thc investigation of the Board by the Governor" said Dr. Roper, Zap. pears to mo to be the continuation of some misunderstanding which arose be. tween Drs. Wilson and Lcntz, about two and one'half years ago, when Dr. Wilson commenced to practice in Phoe. nix. In fact,' he said, "Wilson's 's at. torncy admitted in his opening argu. ment before the Governor that his client had nothing against the Board, and made the statement that the charges against the Board were for the purpose of exposing Dr. Lcntz. There was no evidence introduced that would incriminatc the Board in any way, and I am of the opinion that the Governor will SO render his decision in the next few days.
 "The charges made," Dr. Roper ad- ded, "wcre in substance that the ex. aminations of applicants by the Board had been conducted with a view of preventing new dentists from practic. ing in the Territory, and that the ques. tions propounded to those asking for license to practice were unnecessarily severe, and propounded with n view of keeping the practicing dentists in the Territory as few in number as pos. siblc."
 Continuing, he said; "Dr. Wilson did not mako ss strong a case against Dr. Lentz as I expected. I knew DOT.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
IMPORTANT STRIKE or COPPER
 ORE
l.rn,n TLnrsdnv 2 Daily.

~i.,. a-,uir,ns Inc lease "n lhc ,.u..,.,.I Mining 'omp'nv prop ..,,... io o.r,r Basin, 'hr ir-' "i 'hc
 p.,,t,.tc Development com .,.... ... perfected a plan "i "N''"S'N' .......,. ,..Y' u, 'l, wtu'-, 'rd i~ no" u,.r. p.pr'Iot- 'o 'nrr'H'" th' t.,.. .i r,u employed in 'h" camp as ...... %. fH. weather mod"ra'os. and th" .... 2. r. skull Valley station, seven ... distant. ir,. up sufficiently to a.lU ot hpuliug ore to the railroad.
 Recently an important strike of cop r.r .r. WIS made iu a tunnel being .I.,.n Iuto hc mountain, and the p.u.I,,r. of thc new concern are Jubi' r,,, o.rr tnc milUok aS the tunnel l,. b,.n driven several feet through tlc ere body, tbc extent of which has uo, .,i h,Dn d,mou.tHlcd. There are ,,,, several thou4and tons of orc in sight of a higher grade than any that has been shipped from 'hc property m the pas year to thc Humboldt smcltcr.
 \ pccuIariiy of thr new find is the fact that sulphil,- prcdomuatc m the orr body giving ,t n solidity as well us an appearance "t pcrmanency not found in the miucralilcd formations of ,ho upper working L. D. L. Williams, who is heavily interested with Mcssrs. rorl,in and Bork and I. E. Edwards in the QuHrtcttc Development com pany. operating thc property, gives It as his opinion that a very large body of ore will be uncovered there m the near future, when thr tunnel K rnn farther ahead.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
WORK SUSPENDED ON BREED
 GROUP or MINES.
(From Wednesdays Daily.r

F.. F. Breed, the Mount Union min. ing man, who is here on business, states that ]. w. Boilcau, who recently pur. chased the Breed group of mines, was compelled to suspend operations on the property on account of the snow, which 's two feet deep on the level in the camp, preventing the delivery of lum. ber and other supplies for the erection of a number of buildings in course of construction at the camp. Mir. Bolcau was informed by the manufacturers that his machinery orders could not be delivered for at least two months Inc. fore he left for the East a short time ago, so here ordered all operations sus. pended until the first of March, whe, the work of installing the machinery and tho building of camp houses for the accommodation of the miners will be actively resumed. Other mining on. erstions in the vicinity have been scri. ously interfered with on account of th. steorms delaying traffic.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
FLAMES ROB MAN or $500 IN
 CASH
Crrom Wednesdays Daily

About 2 % 'clock, yesterday morning. ihc tent owned 'and occupied by w. F.. Edwards. in Copper Basin, caught fire and burned io the ground. with ifs en- tiIc contents and furnishings. valued nt tlOo. besides .3oo in cash which Mir. Edwards left on thr premises in n poGkrtbook.
 afternoon daylight express. 10 purchase q new tent, clothing and supplies. hay. ing nothing left but inc clothes hc wore m the mine at the time of the fire. The cause of the conil,gration is unknown.
 "Thc first 1 knew of the frc,' said Mir. Edwards. "was when one of the miners whom sent to the tent for Il saw returned to inc tunnel and inform. cd me that the tent was on fire. With the force in the mine immediately ran to the place. and found it almost to. tally destroyed. lt was impossible to save anything from the flames. which burned all of my clothing, bedding and tdOo m paper money which l had in a pockctbook with about sj in silver coin, which | found in the ruins after the fire. -
 NIT. Edwards has lease on the mines of the Commercial Mining com pany. in Copper Basin, from which he IS making regular shipments of ore to the Humboldt shelter. He will leave today for his camp.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
F'sHINu WORK ON THE OLD
 MESA TUNNEL MINE.
(From Fridays Daily)

work IS being pushed on the tunnel into the old Mesa mine. n, Poland and Manager Ed. Block states ,bot some developments of n startling m. lure may be expected at any time. The tunnel is now about 700 feet into the mountain, and the vein may he an. countered at any time. Yesterday Mr Block, manager of the Old Mesa Cold company owning and operating the property, purchased and shipped 200 rect Of Y rails, loo feet of pipe and other supplies to the camp, to he placed in the mine as soon as deliv. cred on the ground, and the prospects arc that the mine, which was one of 'ns great producers of the early days, will, at an carly date, be again in the producing class.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE JUAN.
 TIA GROUP.
(rrom Wsdnssday's Daily.)

At tho regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Juanita Mining company, held in Phoenix, recently plans were perfected for the installa. tion of two boilers. large hoist and pumping plant and other machinery on tho shaft of the Tom and Dick mine. which it is proposed to sink from the 100 foot level to depth of 300 feet. A road will be built at once from the Prescott and Peek stage road at Palace station, to the camp, n distance of two miles, and buildings will he erected for tue accommodation of an increased force of miners.
 The report of prominent mining engineer was read at the meeting. show. ing that there was fourteen feet of ore at the 100 foot level in this shaft, which sampled per cent in copper and A in gold. According to the cn. gineer's figures. there is l ,jOO feet of work done on the group, all openings being run in ore with the single cx. ception of cross cut tunnel being run into the mountain to tap the ledge on the Juanita claim. As soon ns the machinery is installed and the roads repaired regular shipments of ore will be commenced to the Humboldt smclter
 D. A. Seaman, Joseph Swan. R. W. Seaman, C. F.. Warren and E. F. Peters will act as the Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the following of. fcers were elected: D. A. Seaman. President; Curtis Miller, vice prcsi dent; Joseph Swan, secretary; R. w. Seaman, treasurer, and C. F. Warren superintendent.
 The company's holdings, consisting of eleven claims, arc located in tho Crook Canyon district, about seventeen miles south of this city, and about eight miles by wagon road from the Poland terminus of the Bradshaw Mountain railroad.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23

sonolly that inc members of inc I'oatd were not guilty of inc charges pre- forrcd against the Board "7 wh"I'' The cnmiiy, if any exists, is between Drs. Wilson and LcntI, and i'" "'h'r member. of 'hc Board hay" np'iH'2 '' ,lo with thc matter. Thcr' Va' ''' dcncc or go sensational nature n.' duccd. aud believe that Dr. "' and h- Nituc,.c. proved a '''t !. case.
 The other members of ihc l"'i'. addition to Dr. Loniz ot PhocWN ''l Dr. Roper of Prescott, atc Dr ~Wm. of Bislcc and Dr. Stiles of Iurs'n
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
MARICoPA COUNTY NOW WITH.
 OUT ACoUNTY TREASURER.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Maricopa county is without n treas. urrr
 By inc rendering of n decision by Judge Kent, at Phoenix. Tuesday. in Inc election contest of Miner vs. Bal,- bitt, setting aside the election. the Treasurer office was made vacant, and within ten days District Attorney Bullard will submit instructions to the Maricopa county Board of Supervisors advising them what course to pursue in filling the vacancy.
 Unless Miner appeals within ten days" said Mir. Bullard, Git will he. come the duty of the Board of Supcr. Visors to fill the vacancy, and you can rest assured ,hey'll appoint Babbitt.n
 NIT, Miner has not decided ns vet whether or not he will appeal. and in The meantime, Rabbit, who was the last incumbent, continues to pcrform the duties of that office.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
FAMOUS SHOE M| OPENS AGENC||
 HERE

w. l.. Douglas, the world, o,, shoemaker, has established an ,. in Prescott, where full and Chm, line of his mcn's $3.5O and sio :, are being carried. W. l.. Doncl,, established this agency in order ,o the consumer both time and eo., ,, prcssagc in sending to the Dor Shoe Shops of Brockton. M,., these goods.
 These Douglas shoes are known world over and arc known ,o be hest shoe for the money that Ina, .| been manufactured.
 The Douglas Shoe is made bv r,| Labor, and for honest workm,,! and good material it canno, Inc ccllcd.
 The Douglas s3.5O and siOO ,l will give the same seryicc as o, shoes for which you pay $500 and style and 6t it has no superior
 The price Is stamped on each every pair of shoes before they le inc Douglas Shoe Shops, and agents for these shoes are compe to sell them at these fixed prices. I enables the consumer to buy ,hi, ccllent shoe at the same price he wc pay at the Douglas Shops in Br ion.
 This agency has bccn placed the Cloihicr. Ed Block, where the he is invited to call and inspect q goods.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
MANY WANT THEIR TAX MONEY
 BACK.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

During inc past year the County As | scssor collected taxes on personal prop ! orty in the county from property own srs not owning real estate m the sum of SlG,Ols. This amount was collected in the first six months of the asscsslng season, the property being assessed at the rate of per cent, this being the rate established in the year 1905 hy the Board of Equalization. Later in the ycar, when the Board fixed the tax rate for the past year at per cent, s large number of those owning only personal property and who had already paid their taxes, made application toI the Assessor and the Board of Super visors to havc one fourth of the amount paid refunded to them for inc reason that they had paid on a basis oi per cent instead of ! per cent. These rc quests were refused in every instance scssor to collect the taxes on personal property immediately when assessed where the owner IS not possessed of suf fcient real estate m the county to cover the amount of the tax, and at the rate established by the Board of Equalization for the previous year, but It appears to make no provision for the return of any part of the amount collected when the Board establishes lower rate than tho one under which the property was assessed. Were the Board To establish higher rate of taxation this year than last those who had already paid their personal prop. crty tax could not he compelled Co pay the additional amount for the reason that their receipts would read that the taxes had been paid in full.
 Supervisor B. IT, smith. when asked last evening by Journal Miner repre-. sentative if the Board of Supervisors intended to refund the amounts collect. cd from those who had paid their taxes on personal property before the tax levy was reduced to 2 per cent. said:
 CT believe that it would be only fair to return the amount collected over T per cent to those who paid their per. sonal property tax in the early part of the assessing season, but | do not care to assume the responsibility of doing so. If the Board had raised tho rate instead of lowering it to per cent, the county, as I understand the law, could not collect the additional amount of the levy and no property owner could be compelled to pay it. The county is ahead about $i,000 through the collection or personal property taxes at last years rate, and take the DO. sition that some property owners should sition that some property owner should tho county to refund one fourth of the amount collected from him. The suit would be a friendly one, and if he is successful in getting judgment against the county in the District Court. I, as n member of the Board of Supervisors, would be in favor of rcfunding ono. fourth of the amount collected from all those who had paid their person. prop. erty tax on the per cent basis In short, l am in favor of allowing Judge Sloan io decide this problem"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
PLAN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
 WORK.
(From phursday E Daily)

Development work on q scale larger than eyer before attempted in that section was recently commenced on the properties fthc Brooklyn Arizona Mining company, in inc Squaw Creek district, located about thirty miles east of Mayer, and twenty four miles distant by wagon road from Cordcs station, on the Bradshaw Mountain railroad. \ new compartment shaft jX12 feet in the clear, has been started which it k proposed to sink io n depth pf ,OOO feet, from which a series of drirts and cross cuts will bc run from the different levels, a new hoisting plant has been purchased to be in. stalled nt the shaf, ns soon as delivered on inc ground, large qantitics of lum- Der have been bought for the cons'ruc- ton of houses for tho accommodation of the men employed by the company, new roads are to he built at an early date, and other improvements made for the economic prosecution of large opcr ations.
 The holdings of the concern, consist ing of fourteen claims, arc located i'm mcdiatcly south of and adjoining the I.osalic and Sunset groups of mines, in the Copper Crock district, in both of which large forces of men arc now cm. ploycd in opening up the mineral bear. ing lodges, which, in the opinion of eminent mining engineers, are among the most promising copper prospects in the West. The locaiions cover n series of parallel and cross veins, the general trend of which tx southeastcrly and northwcs'crly, situated in basin in the mountains. about lj0 feet lower than the surrounding peaks.
 Samples taken from large croppings give returns of from s to l0 per cent in copper and from q to si0 in gold. The veins are in n granite and schist contact, sulphidcs appearing when water level is gained, which has been found io be only about twenty-five feet deep, in the numerous shallow shafts already sunk on the ground.
 In conversation with Journal Miner man, Frederick F. Small, the New York mining engineer, who has just returned from the properties, said: "I have mined in Idaho, Colorado, Montana and Maine for the past nine teen years, and have never seen in all my experience such good surface indi cations for the existence of large ore bodies ns there. There is certainly n bolt of country south from Jerome, | through the Black Hills, that is very judiciously expended. Before the per pcndicular shaft. which was recently started, reaches n depth of 1000 feet and we are going to that depth as fast as we can, we will, in my opinion, be ! able to show one of the greatest cop per mines in the West, one that may rival the United Verde. The claims are in n basin where all lodges from the surrounding mountains converge, and in every vein in which any sink. ing has been done there is a good showing of copper ore.
 cone drawback" he added, "is the distance from railroad transportation, but this will be overcome later. Al. most all of the great copper mines of the world were discovered in isolated places, but railroads were built to them as soon as their value was proven"
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
ATTEMPTS MURDER THEN BuRJ
 CAMP.
(From Fridays Daiy.)

As yet the county officers have located George Anthony, who, during drunken dcbauch, Christmas nig fired two shots at D. II. Smith, own of mining camp in the Santa Mar district, and after chasing Smith ip the premises, set fire to the ,en' whi, was burned to the ground, with store of provisions and clothing
 Smith engaged Anthony, n .irabg in the county, 10 assist him in the 4 vclopment of his properties. Mi\ starting Anthony to work Smith lc for Hillside, where he purchased load of provisions. returning 10 cam on Christmas night. Among the pu chascs made was n 6vc.gailon jug whisky. After unloading and s,oflnl the provisions, Smith and An,honI ! started celebrating the holiday, in, bibing literally of the liquor. Durin( lull in the conversation Smith noticed that Anthony had unloajed his shOt gun and rapid fire rife and put thI cartridges in his pocket, and in add| ton had appropriated all of thc anI intuition in the tent. Smith remoi, stratcd with him and the latter r1 loaded smiths rife, and then ordered him from the premises under threa'l of death. Smith ran from the tent and when oaly n short distance ava, Anthony fired two shots at him. whiel happily missed their mark. Mts smiths departure, Anthony set fire ( the tent, burning it, with it's en'ir store of provisions. During the pro gress of the flames Anthony strippe' all of his own clothes from his bod except his left shoe, and threw then into the fire.
 He then left the place and made hl way to Marshal's camp, about mil distant, where he arrived early h next morning, sans everything in tn way of wearing apparel, with the e' ception of the shoe on his left fool Alarmed at such sight, the miner there took the man in charge an dressed him in what clothing they coul spare. After partaking of some nou' ishment, he informed them that b had come from smiths camp. an stated that Smith had left the pls' and that he had burned down the ten A search party was organized an smith was found that afternoon LccsInan's camp, about three m''' away, where he had made his way the darkness, after being shot at Anthony.
 After Anthony had soberej U Marsh ordered him to leave his cam The command was obcycd and Anihon has not been seen or heard from sine He is described as being about io' in height, weighing ls0 pounds "l of athletic build. Ho is stranger the county and no one appears to Sn0 where he camo from or where ho wen
 The ofiesrs were not acquainted VII the attempted murder and arson un' some days after the occurrence
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23

The Journal Miner--Hypocriies ut test 1t, rogues fear 1t, and thieves s'e'' 1t to get the news.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23
Supreme Court Business.

feature of the opening session of the Supreme Court was the presence in the court room of eight attorneys from this city.
 Attorney ]. F. Wilson, representing R. F. Daggs of Phoenix, under sen tencc to serve Is months in the Ter ritoriai prison for attempted rape on Esther Power, filed one of the most voluminous briefs ever submitted io the Supreme Court. The brief covers 366 printed pages. The case was con tinucd for the term. Attorney General Clark was allowed thirty days in which to file his reply brief, and Attorney Wilson, on behalf of the defendant, was allowed thirty days to file closing brief.
 Cases from Yavapai county were set as follows:
 William Thomas vs. Tho Territory of Arizona, January l9.
 American Copper company, bank rupt, vs. Benjamin Blanchard and Howell Mining company, two eases, January 22.
 Prescott National Bank vs. A. l.. Head, January 23.
 District Attorney R. F.. Morrison, Paul Burks, head of the Arizona law department of the Santa Fc, Attorneys John Mason Ross, Leroy Anderson and J. J. Hawkins, returned yesterday from Phoenix, on the early morning train.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-23

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