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Mohave County miner., 1907-07-06
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. cc
 County of Mohaye. S''

l. Thos. McNeely, Recorder of Mohave Coun- ty. Territory of Arizona do hereby certify that have compared the foregoiug copy of Articles of Incorporation of the WoOc ruff Goldfeid Mining Co and of the endorsements thereupon with the original records of the same on file in this office, and that the same are correct trans cripts therefrom and the whole of said original records.
 Witness my hand and the seal of said office this 2yth day of May, 1907.
 (SeaD THOS. MCNEELY,
 Recorder of Mohave County. First insertion June l-July
Mohave County miner., 1907-07-06
Heinze to be President.

A Boston dispatch says: F. A. Heinze is shorty to become president of the Silver King Coalition, recently formed with 10000, ,OO0$ capital to take over the Silver King, the McGregor and several other silver producers in the Park City district of Utah.
 Mr. Heinze has in contemplation the erection of a large shelter for the treatment of his own ores in that vici- nifty and it is not improbable that the Bamberger mines will eventually send send their ores for reduction to the Heinze shelter when completed, thus saving the Bamberger companies the expense of building their own shelter.
 The ouput of the Silver King camp will be increased materially according to Mir. Heinze's present plans, and with his new plant in operation the cost of treating ore will be greatly reduced. For thirty years the Park City camp has been operation and in that period it's mines have paid in div idends total of approximately 5O,OO0,- 0O0.S
Mohave County miner., 1907-07-06
STATE OF WISCONSIN. ic

Milwaukee County.
 Before me, A. J. Heyer, Notary Pubic in and for the state of Wisconsin, on this day personally appeared C. A. Woodruff. H. G. Lot ter and William Perthesius, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument. and acknOwl edged to me that they executed the same for the pur. poses and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of May, A. D. 1917.
 ALBERT J. MEYER.
 Notary Public, Milwaukee Co.,. Wis. My commission expires April leth, 19U9.
Mohave County miner., 1907-07-06

Filed and recorded at request of A. H. Smith May 29th A. D. 1907 at o'clock a. m.. in Book B. pages l5O-l5l.152 of Incorporation Records of MOhave County, Arizona Territory.
 THOS. MCNEELY.
 County Recorder.
Mohave County miner., 1907-07-06
Mine Warning Notice.

Kingman, Nov. 13. 1906
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others have temperature of about 100
degrees Fahrenheit.
There are seven villages in the oasis,
and the largest of these springs are
found in the date plantations on the high
lands of the town of Ell Albd In about
the center of the oasis. Who first con-
structed these underground drains which
carry the water from level to level no one
sees to know. Mr.. Pascalet has asked
many of the Arabs. but their only reply
Isl: I'VE do not know when they were
built, but it was many, many years ago."
1t may have been two centuries ago and
1t may have been longer but how long
no one knows.
These drains are kept in order today
and new ones are constructed from time
to time. There must be hundreds Of miles
of them for they reach every part of the
oasis, being connected in each of the viii
rage plantations by great reservoirs where
the water Is stored when not needed for
irrigation. Each tree, l am. told gets a
good drink at least twice a week.
During my stay l visited Eel Abid and
these springs The palms grow all about
them. In some places they are only two
or three feet apart, and the branches
meet overhead shutting out the SUM-
Some of the springs are In great watts,
some are in hollows or ravines and
others in wells or square tanks. During
our visit the Arabs were bathing In one
of the springs. and crowds of white
gowned men with rags about their heads
look out at me over their long boards as
I took these notes. At one place Jack
attempted to take photograph of them,
but the Arabs protested and looked
angry, only to smile again when Mr..
Pascalet told them that we were taking
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bers of each council are elected to a gen.
eral council of twenty-one. which passes
only upon matters which relate to the
whole corporation of Figuig. The village
councils regulate all things affecting their
respective villages. They appoint the local
judges and make the town laws. AS to
matters of peace and war with villages
outside Figuig, these are dealt with by
the oasis council, and the same body
regulates all matters regarding the water
supply
IN FL Abld.
But come with me and look at ono of
these oasis communities. We shall go
through the town of Ell Abid, observing
some of the things / saw there this aft
ernoon. The municipality contains about
1000 souls, but 1t is nothing like any
town of that size in our country. In
the first place ! doubt whether 1t covers
more than twenty acres; and, as one
looks at It through the palm trees, he
sees only the mud walls which inclose 1t,
with the hat-roofed, windowless mud
buildings rising here and there above
them.
We enter the town by a gate in the
wall. It is not over ten feet high and
about five feet in width, and 1t is shut
at night by rough doors of palm wood
hung on rude wooden hinges. There are
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soldiers sat on a red Arab saddle, with a
high pommel and back, and their horses
were good. Mr. Pascalet rode a white
Morocco mare, which he said had cost him
a thousand dollars and upon which he
had recently ridden seventy-five miles in
one day. Jack and myself were mounted
with English saddles on two pure Ara
ban 3-year-old colts which belled the gen.
tie nature commonly attributed to their
breeding. They bucked, trotted and gal
Hoped, and at irregular intervals acted
worse than the average western brencho
when ridden by tenderfoot. We man
aged to keep our seats, however, not
wlthstanding the stony desert and the
winding walls of the oasis Enclosures. 1t
took us about an hour to reach the Mo-
roccan frontier. We crossed 1t from AL
geria between two high, brown, rocky
mountains, and at once entered beauti-
full valley filled with thousands of date
palms.
Oasis of Flgulg.
This was the oasis OF F1guig. 1t con-
sists of this valley and has great date
pltations. Standing at the entrance, be-
tween Mount Tarla and Mount Zenaga,
each a barren. rocky, brown mass about
5000 feet high, we could see forest of
green-leaved palms, ranging In width
from two to three miles and extending
up a ravine for distance of seven miles
or more. On both sides and beyond were
nothing but sand, rocks and mountains,
perfectly bare, thirsty and dry. The palms
formed a great green sheet In this setting
with round brown watch towers made
of sun-dred brick and the yellow min
arets of the village mosques rising above
them. On a hill In the center we could
see the mud houses of the village Zenaga,
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A visit to Figuig, in the wilds
of the Western Sahara


largest contains more than 5000 people
1t is known as Zenaga. The next largest
Is Ell Oudagahir, and the third is Ell
Abid, which 1 have described as having
the hot springs and furnishing water for
the greater part of the Figuig planta-
tons. In addition to these villages there
are four others. They are named Ell
Maiz Foukani Ell Maiz Tahtani, Ell Ham
man Foukani and Ell Hannah Tahtani.
These seven Figuig villages have alto
gether about 5000 Inhabitants. They
are separate towns, but together consti-
tute a little United States of their own,
village governs Itself and a common coun-
ell of the combined villages governs the
oasis. The village governments each con-
sist of a council of seventeen members, five
of whom are land owners and twelve of
whom are laborers. They are all elected
by the people of the village. Three MEM
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The streets out the town at ell sorts of
angles. Some are too narrow for horses
and one has to get down and go through
them on foot. The houses have no, win
dows facing the street and they are en-
tered only by low doors of palm wood
In some of the wider streets lodges have
been built along the walls, and upon these
shrouded figures lie and sleep or sit cross
legged and chat Here and there men
squat on the ground, hugging the walls
while working away at their trades.
noticed several tailors making gowns, a
cobbler or SO sewing on yellow slippers,
and also one or two peddlers. There were
many little boys with sore heads closely
shaven, and sore eyes with flies playing
about them. They stopped and stared at
us, and as We passed many Arabs with
boards scowled at us and the camera
There were no women to be seen, al
though 1 now and then caught a glimpse
of sheeted figures which ran out of our
way. In the Jewish quarter I saw some
bare-faced girls with earrings as big
around as the bottom of a pint cup. The
Jewish men were dressed like the Arabs.
Moors at Home.
The town of Zenaga, which we next Wis
tied. was of about the same character as
Ell Abid. save that its streets were a lit
tie wider and 1t had a business section.
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our journey. In addition to them I had
with me my son Jack and Mr. Pascalet.
the proprietor of the Hotel du Sahara
and one of the leading merchants of this
part of the world Mr.. Pasealet speaks
Arabic as well as French and English,
and he acted as our guide and inter-
prefer during the day. He has a branch
store in one of the largest of the Figuig
villages and has many friends among
the people
Bucking Arabian Colts.
We started at daybreak. The sun was
just rising as we left Benz Ounf. 1t came
up a red copper ball out of the eastern
horizon, and in a few moments took on
a white hea, only to be lost half an hour
later by the thick sky which has ended
tonight in the sirocco, or wind storm, of
the desert.
We rode along single file. Each of the
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that smallpox had broken out on board
the John CARING, one of the fleet of
whalebacks which Isaac Wagner, presl-
dent of the beef trust had sent to bring
three million bushels of wheat from the
northwest in an effort to break the great
Fuller wheat corner. The victim was a
young man who had acted as clerk of tho
fleet. His duties had carried him on
board every ship of the fleet, and all the
crews had been exposed. Under direction
of the Marine hospital service, backed by
an order direct from Washington, the
CARING and its sister ships, together with
all the men on board them, were put into
quarantine for thirty days. During that
period no member of the crews of any of
the fleet would be allowed to land, and
no part OF their cargoes could be handled.
By the time the embargo was removed,
it was pointed out, the great Fuller wheat
deal would be over. Settlement day was
less than q week off.
During the next few days the price of
wheat went soaring. AT one dollar and
half Peter Potter sold enough to keep
the price steady at about that figure.
Meanwhile Isaac Wagner was making
desperate efforts to force the government
to release his fleet. He burned the wires
to Washington with his messages, and
then went down to the natiCAlal capital
himself to try the effect of a personal
interview. A direct appeal to the Presi-
dent met with a decisive rebuff. The head
of the beef trust was given to under
stand In the plainest and most forcible
language that where the public health
was in danger his possible financial loss
tremendous though 1t might be-was a
matter of no Importance
On settlement day, when the great De-
cember wheat deal expired by natural
limitation, the price of wheat went to So
bushel. Peter Potter made private set
Elements at much lower figures with most
of the shorts. But from all the brokers
whom he even suspected of acting for
Wagner he exacted the last cent. The
newspapers estimated that the profits of
the Potter syndicate were upward of
So, 100000.
Thirty days later the ships were re-
leased from quarantine. All too late, tina
fleet Of huge whalebacks steamed up to
the docks and discharged their oargoes,
only to add to the losses of Isaac Wag-
ner. That same night Peter Potter sat
down to his desk and wrote two letters.
Il enclose herewith" he wrote, "a re-
ceipt In full for balance due me by the
Wagner Packing company and its presi-
dent" The Privateer smiled grimly az
he addressed the letter to Isaac Wagner
and wrote Personal across the envei-
ope.
In the second letter was enclosed a
check for large sum. with best wishes
for long and happy married life read
the note which went with it. The en-
velope was addressed to Miss Margaret
Winters.
"And now" said the Privateer aloud,
looking up from his desk. II wish knew
how to reach the Frenchman who figured
out so carefully the way to produce q
mild but typical case of smallpox by In
oculation. These scientists never get their
DUE"
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but the other towns of the oasis were
hidden in the forest of palms.
This oasis has | am told, about the
largest number of PALMS in one solid
block of any in the Sahara. Mr. Pascalet
thinks are more than a million trees,
and | am sure I saw two or three hun
bred thousand lying IN front of and below
me as l stood on the Jorf, one of the
highest parts of the oasis.
Fed BY Hot Springs.
Many of the oasis on the Sahara lie
along dried-up waters courses, which are
flooded during a part of the year Figuig
is fed by hot springs which rise out OF
a hill in almost the center, and are con-
Quoted by underground drains about
foot square, made of stones and cement
through the fifteen or twenty thousand
acres which are covered by these trees
Some of these springs are lukewarm and
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two gates to the town. and outside one Of
them some canels, a part of a caravan
which has Just come from the desert, are
now lying on tho ground chewing their
cud while their Arab driver sits mediate
ing among his freight, which he has
unloaded for the time As we go in
through the gate we pass donkeys loaded
with grain and sugar and, turning this
way and that, find ourselves in dark
covered streets, in which we might lose
our way had we not our soldiers and Mr..
Pascalet to guide us.
The town of Dl Abid reminds one of the
catacombs. There are houses built over
the streets with only here and there a
hole for the light Outside is the fierce
glare of tho African sun; here In the
main streets of Ell Abid, it is almost as
dark as in some subterranean caven or in
the tomb of tt, above Cairo, In the valley
of the Nile.
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IN H r. POTTER puts too hugh a
mn value on his own services.

NCopyTl8uIJ
<frHR. POTTER puts too hugh a
mn value on his own services I
am the best Judge OF the worth
of what he has dono Tor us. As payment
In full for his work in the case Of the
Merchants Packing company, inclose a
check for 1900 Also a receipt in full
which no will sign and return without
delay"
That note was signed by Isaac Wagner.
head of tho beef trust AZ Peter Potter
read It tho muscles about his mouth tight
ened. So Wagner intended to treat him as
he did everybody else. paying no atten-
ton to contracts made by his gubordi-
nates7 Tho privateer got up and stood
before the window, his head sunk down
between his broad shoulders, his hands
in his pockets, rocking backward and
forward from heels to toes. He pictured
to himself the squat. fat figure of the
president Of the beef trust. utter contempt
for tho rights of others written in the
expression of tho heavy. pendulous lips
and tho scornful glare in the little rat
eyes, half hidden in the folds of flesh.
Wagner was the personification of the
inhuman, brutal power Of money. Into the
mind of Peter Potter came venomous
resolution to teach tho old toad the
strength of other weapons.
Mr.. Potter engages to shortly give Mr.
Wagner a more exalted idea of the value
of his services" he wrote. He incloses
receipt for $1,000 on account. the REMAND :
er of his fee he will proceed to collect at
his convenience"
He inclosed this note in a letter to the
general manager of the Wagner Packing
company, with whom the broken contract
had been made That evening. after
dinner, he left his apartment on the
Northside for lonely walk through
Lincoln park.
1t was a warm night in late October.
and a red moon hung in the western sky.
AS he walked up the splendid sweep of
the drive, he could hear the waves whis-
pering against the sea wall, and scattered
here and there on the benches he half
unconsciously saw young men and woni-
en- sitting, their arms about each others
waists. All the time his mind was at
work on the problem of teaching Isaac
Wagner the danger of insulting the Bust
ness Privateer.
Turning, absent-mindedly to cross the
high curve of Suicide Bridge over the
lagoon, he was suddenly aroused by a
collision with a young man who turned
quickly from the railing Just as he ap-
preached. Potter glanced at the face
thrown into relief by the moonlight.
why, hello, Billy" he said with a
smile. Gust getting ready to jump off
1.-THE water looks too cold,'' laughed the
young man, with furtive air of restraint.
pretty night isn't it?"
Eyes. Come and walk with me-"
The young fellow hesitated, and Peter
Potter, looking at him sharply, made up
him mind instantly.
"Come on Billy he insisted, slipping
his hand beneath the others arm Walk
down to the house with me. How's the
world treating you, anyhow? / haven't
seen you for six months"
IT guess I've got no right to complain"
Peter Potter caught the tnsincsss note
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Perched on an Iceberg.

The extraordinary sight of a desertod
ship firmly wedged on the crest OF an iu1-
mense iceberg has been witnessed near
the Falkland Islands. Captain Ama01t1-
jou Of the French bark Emile Ga1fiu1,
while on a voyage from London to Porfr->
land, Ore ran into field of tcebeffals
and his ship, while cropping her way 30to
opea Water brought up against az bcrG
carrying a large iron bark. disqT senfr2
but otherwise intact
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Destruction of the Black Hawk.

Editor National Tribune: l have jus,
read the article OF Comrade George II.
Mason concerning the Destruction OF
the Black Hawk. which occurred no,
on the Mississippi, as Comrade Mason
says. but on the Ohio, off the NAVY
Yard Mound City, Ill. l was in the
u. S. Marine Corps, at that time sta
toned at the Mound City Navy Yard,
and with others stood on the shore
watching the fine old flagship of the
Mississippi squadron go 10 destruction
IN flame and smoke. 1t was in the day
time, and furnished brilliant spectacle
as she slowly fioated down the river on
fire after the anchor chain had given
way. About mile below the Navy
Yard the magazine blew up and al
went to the bottom, the last of the
Black Hawk. ! was fortunate enough
10 make one trip down the Mississippi
aboard of her late in the Fall of 1864
when capt Pennock was temporarily
in command of the squadron.-SamueI
f. Emerson, two and half years in 80
Me. and four years in U. S. Marine
Corps Skowhegan, Me.
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The Sd ". Y. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: / wish to
express my gratitude to your grand pa
per for your help in the passage of the
new pension bill, which will be such
a help to multitude of the ''old boys
Too bad, the many thousands who have
been mustered out, when a few years
time could have also shared in the
benefits it will give. Those who are
helped will be very grateful for the
help in declining years. l would like
much to see short history of the Sd
n. Y. Cav and it's officers from 1862 to
the time of it's consolidation with the
N. Y. Mounted Rifles, called the 4th n.
Y. Reserve Cav, until the time of its
discharge in November, 1865, and ]
would like to hear from some of the
old boys. There are none in this city
or County. There We're three Of us
here who had little Reunion together
and talked over old times, but the other
two have been mustered out. / am a
longtime member of Old Memorial
Post, 141.-George A. Smith, 8316
Broktus Ave-, Cleveland, o.
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Crane in Field Ar,ilI.ry.

George A. Farr, Sergeant, Battery NJ.
fth U. S. Art, Grand Haven, Mich, re-
ferring to the difference of opinion be-
tween Comrades Noles and Stevens us
to the use of grape in field artillery dur
ing the civil war, confesses to some
sympathy for the former He served
during that war in Battery NJ, 4th u. S.
Art, which made its first appearance at
Shiloh and closed at Nashville, Dec. is
and 16, 1864. Battery NJ, known as
"Mendenhall's Battery and TerriIrs
Battery, was the first of Bue.rs army
Comrade NOles, he never saw grape
used in field artillery, and did not sup
pose it was used during the war. The
only stand of grape that he saw was on
the gunboat Pawnee at the wharf in
Alexandria in June, 1861. During his
service with Battery NJ they used Rod
man rifles. "a and 12-pound howitzers
and light 12-pounders, all but the rifles
brass smoothbores. For the rifles they
used solid shot, shell and canister. all
unfixt ammunition. For the smooth
bores they used solid shot, shell, spheri-
cal case and canister, all fixt ammuni-
ton. In fixt ammunition there is a
wooden sabot strapt to the projectile.
and the cartridge is fastened to the
| sabot. Very little solid shot was used,
as it was ineffective in field artillery, ex-
Ccpl WHeH lJHIB DIT SOlHe SODu OBJECT.
Time fuses cut to any desired length up
Ito 80 seconds were used in rifle ammuni-
ton. but the Boernan fuse was used al
most exclusively in smOothbOres. The
bursting limit in these fuses was five
and half seconds. He never saw a
chain shot used nor bottles of sand, and
does not see how they could have been
effective. COmrade Stevens, in his arti-
Gle, spoke of case shot, grape shot, cam
lister and shrapnel. By case shot may
be meant grape, canister, shrapnel or
spherical case. Case shot means any
shot done up in n case. Canister is case
shot, as well as grape and shrapnel.
Shrapnel and spherical case are really
the same thing. Shrapnel is so called
because of its inventor, Gen. Shrapnel.
of the English army. 1t is simply q
thin shell filled with small iron balls
with only bursting charge of powder,
the force of the discharge from the gun
carrying the balls forward after burst
ing. For effectiveness it should burst
from 25 to so yards.