Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-01
in Thf NICK OF TIME
REACHED LAND OFFICE
ThSmss D. Msi;sy a. Yuma esrsiy
Saved His Clients tbs Sem Of sIf9p.

The Wash0s' Ol tie ella bridge and
the attendant difficulties experienced
by passengers from the southern part
af the territory In reaching PhoeaiK
came near costing several mining COM
pani.s now operating iH Yuma county
over thousand dollars. Luckily. how
ever. they had employed = man NhO
when in the performance OF = duty a.
takes more than floods and Wsshe !
OuI bridges to stop A. is well known
January ist IL the date which marks
The beginning Of year for the doing
Of assessment work on mining claims.
Fog INSTANCE work might be done In
December for 1906 but 70 a mining
claim is held and unpatehted an any
Gay u: 1907 the assessment work for the
year 100. would have to bs done CH-
der the law the work must Gust at
least sioO ON each claim 80 held.
The PARTIES operating In Yuma cOun-
~ desired 10 cEcape she cost 0f assess
HenI work for lS0. and accordingly de-
cided To procure q patent title To- their
claims. oEe group consisting % serea
claims and owned by the Consolidated
Gold and Giant company was to he so
patented as was also a property known
as the TregQ group and a third group
the property of the Arizona Prince
Mining company The work of pre-
pairing the patent was turned over by
several companies to Thomas d. Mol
10y Of Yuma a member OF. the Yuma
county bar and ne prepared to- make
ths jOBJ aey 10 the Land office I'm this
city planning TO reach here Ia time 10
complete his work villa The land office
before tar. first day. 10 the new year.
On arriving at Maricopa 'OR the noon
tain last Saturday he learned for Ihs
first TIM. oG the washnut at the ella
river. tie 1t Tnce prepared to complete
MS Journey to tsh0caix by going so
casS GTande. theme by stage 90 Flor
et.ce sad tAeE into Phoenix by way ~
;he Phoenix 6nd Eastern road. Flor
eDce was reached in due time but the
crossing Of the river so reach the rail-
road depot consumed more time than
was calculated upon and. the train for
Phoenix was missed by very few
minutes. This entasIed days delay
at Florence. THE train the following
day, shich aas yesterday vas caught, |
bat Oh account Of several unimportant
was delayed in reaching she !
city and arrived but oue hour before |
the tisHe Of closing the land office.
Mr.. Motley on reaching ike city at |
once went 10 the land cftice and took |
the necessary steps IN applying for The !
- tsD'. EscStpis We're issued 20 him /!
which are 81 tbs same effect as a pit |
sut would ~ provided the general land /
Office iRteT appFOye. ~ sna aDoIicafiou /
ef the several claims 81 the ConssIi-
dated Geld and Giant company four
claims We're passed. Adverse claims
had been made on the remaining tnre @.
The three claims OF the TT@Eo grcap 1
we're passed ~ Wefe aIya two claims
FOX the Defiance Mining and Milling
company and the Arizona Priace Min
ng company. All OF the claims are 10
,sted in TIII8a county
Had Nj Molioy tnTTiets ga his Jour
ley OF resigned himself 10 Fate and
waited at HarfcOpa for the repair Of
he tsiia bridge Il would have cosi his
iients SLIGO the ccst OF the annual as
iessemnt work had che claims not been
patented Se!ose the year 1897. one hour
vas nSsrew margin 10 have 80 spare
but in thir ease u MAS ali that WIS
2eceHsssy. Sn ths regular train from
he south which arrived IN the city
IoEIr Mario 0pl last evening came q. "
roNae OF Yuma, no had he arrived 10
i5He would have filed an adverse claim
o cne Of the properties Ny Moiioy- pat
.nted. The train reached the city after
he Land office had been closed for the
las aHd (cT the near Of 1895