Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-12-18

with shameless marvels in the line Of
prospectuses, and have left the victims
OF their swindling schemes from Maine
to California. so when you, with your
honest and worthy enterprise, invoke
the aid Of money, you are met and con.
founded with the evil works Of the con.
hdence man. Your honest representa-.
tions arc met with the sneer That CDR.
Dinsdale sold us stock, and he said he
had a good mine, too" And you are
offered bushcl of such stock--but you
cannot interest men who have been bit.
ten. You must shoulder the burden
heavy one--of proving that you are
not Of the Dinsdale stripe, and you
know what that means In the face Of
such nefarious and widespread iniqui.
ties as this. Is II then, not the duty
Of the Journal. Miner, and Of every
other paper, and your duty and my
duty, and the duty Of everyone, when
they meet the convincing proof Of
fraud that has been laid bare in this
case, to expose IL, to proclaim IL, to
denounce the conspirators, and 10 in.
scribe on the walls In letters Of living
light that the people Of Yavapai will
not tolerate such evil, and that they
will drive its doors forth from their
midst! And by so doing, will they not
protect and encourage the real miner
and the true man in his effort TO bring
the mines Of Arizona into proper ap.
probation among men:
(Herc counsel read from a Dins,lalc
prospectus asserting the great value of
the Little Brother mines, concluding
with the comment: "Tnis will account
for the very high price Of good
mincs.") In the name Of all that is
right and holy! And this accounts for
the Every high prices" he asked for all
his good mines! He VINO went down
into the depths Of his genius-I can't
properly say "jcans," and persuaded
poor old man Ferguson that his fake
treatment Of his wife's blindness was
worth bunch Of mining claims. SO
the fact that his hypocritical pretensc
Of medical skill--the value Of which
Is, Of course, surprising and fabulous
brought him his bonanza group Of
mines, "accounts for the very high
price Of good Mines" For you will re-
member that though he, with all his
wealth Of assurance, only mad the
nerve TO value his "medical" services
ut $500, yet, under the magic Of his
Vibrator ownership these claims in.
stantly became worth three quarters Of
a million-in stock. But notwithstand.
ing this unheard-of appreciation in
valuc--in his mind-hc at once gave
half Of IL to Mr.. Barr. For WHAT For
doing the location work on these
claims. he gave Barr $S75,OO0 worth Of
Little Brother stock. Nowhere In nll
tho annals of munifcencs and prodigal'
ity il there a parallel instance Of
princcly liberality. (Reading further
from prospcctus;) "They are in the
same mineral zone as the famous
, United Verde mines, paying rs report
ed on good authority 100000 in divi
, dcnds monthly" You are all familiar
with this country and know that the
; United Verde is in the Black Hills, an.
this so-callcd property is out here neal
Thumb Butte. (Reading further:.
t "we have always had faith that oul
. Little Brother would not disappoint us
: and late developments convince us tina
!, our property is so much better taan VI
! anticipated that We have advanced on
, price per share from IS cents to pa
o | value, tl.OO." Who advanced i'll How
Q was IL advancedf It advanced only II
i the vivid imagination Of the wizard o
l visionary illusion, DR.. J. Waterloo, an
!. by = stroke Of his magic pen. (In thi
}. connection counsel read the ludicrou
!. claims in Dinsdals's circular relating I
r the "Hcalth vibrator.') When
o read that, I was Jared until ] almos
q "oscillated beyond the sphere OF &C
II hesion." To think that such propertic
e existed almost within q stones thro'
X Of Prescott, and that there had been n
Is riot among the populsce to see VIII
It would get there first! (lere couns'
Rs read Dinsdale's report of assays, CLAIM
10 ing a vein from foot to six feet
a. width, assaying from 900 to 5000 p'
20 TOM Just think Of that! Truly
n takes m eye-doctor to discover a prof
A. erty like that, especially after old ma
y Ferguson had spent $4,000 on |. an
found nothing worth mentioning. An
In no sent these circulars to all pcopl
N One, AZ no admits, to a lady in Obi
IF accompanied by sentimental and amo
m Gus "poetry," even an offer Of ma
Il v;aoo which he did not nuite den