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Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
.B|SbEE MAN
 OUT IF MIND,
 OBJECT SEARCH
E. P. VanRiStyne, Well Known Here, Wanders For Two Days About New York. Now in Sanitarium.

The friends of E. P. VanAlstyne, Jr.. will be surprised and grieved to learn that he has temporarily. at least, Iosr the use of his mind. This information | was received here by private commu- nication and by articles published in the New York papers VanAlstyne is now in a sanitarium in New York. About three months ago VanAl- styne, who has been employed in the general offices of the Copper Queen company, left here for New York for vacation. At that time there was no indication that his mind was not in it's normal condition. His health appeared good and he was in the best of spirits. YanAlstyne is past com mander of the Maccabees of this city. and a member of two or threee other orders.
 From the clipping reproduced below it will be seen that Van Alstyne wan dered from his home and was miss ing for two days before he was found.
 E. P. VanAlstyne, Jr., of Kinder hook strayed from his fathers home last Wednesday and fears were enter tained of his death. Scores of men we're StdTClilu all udg Sdluluds anu Sunday for the missing man for whose discovery a reward of $100 had been offered
 Late Sunday night a farmer named Teal, living near East Nassau was aroused by a knock on the kitchen door. and going down stairs found a man standing there, who asked him for something to eat. His clothes were wet and soiled and torn. his whole appearance disheYeled and he seemed to be exhausted. Mir. Teal questioned him closely and although his answers were incoherent he made up his mind from some things the young man said that he was the man for whom the whole countryside was searching Af- ter giving him something to eat he persuaded him to get in a wagon and drove to Kinderhook with him and to his fathers house. On Monday young Van Alstyne was sent to sanitarium until such time as his mind reasserts
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Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17

improvements can be made immedl- ately it will be necessary for the city of Bisbee to issue bonds. It is the intention of the present council to extend the roadway up Tombstone canyon, to build roadways on Chihu- bua hill, to improve the fire protec- ton system in the city and last, but not least, there is a strong sen timent in favor of the municipal own ership of the Bisbee water works. Under the present conditions the city is practically at stand still until the deficit has been paid and funds pro vided for further Improvements. Un- der the present financial condition it is impossible to carry on the street cleaning work, and even the sprink- ling has been shut off. The streets are in a filthy condition and the peo- pie are beginning to sit up and take notice and make inquiries
 A new subway which will take car of the flood waters for all'time. a bond issue to pay off the present outstana ing warrants and provide sufficient funds for street improvements and municipal ownership of our water sys- tenn, are among the absolute necessi- ties. from a municipal standpoint. and the sooner the first step is taken the better. It is to be hoped the special meeting called for the night of Sep tember 18th, will be productive of the right results.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
WARREN FIRE BOYS DO A GOOD JOB Tackles Almost Hopeless Case and Put Out the Ugly
 Blaze,

At the fire in Hansen's plumbing establishment at Warren the other night the Warren fire boys showed that they knew their business, albeit they have had little opportunity 10 put their knowledge to practical test The fire broke out after midnight, and of course everybody was in bed. The boys were aroused when the building was a sething mass of flames inside. They had to dress, go fou blocks for che hose cart, drag u up the hill, and connect with the. hy- drants. It appeared that nothing could prevent the building from going up entirely But in few minutes after water was turned on the boys had the flames quelched. The build ing still stands, but everything inside was licked up. In this case the best accomplishment was to confine the fire to the building and prevent dam age to surrounding structures.
 Mir. Hansen carried $1 900 insurance, but in the same building was stock of wall paper belonging to MT. Loomisr which was a total loss
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
TEXAS" PROVED \
 PLAY OF MERIT
NaturalneSS Keynote of Last Nights Performance at
 0rpheum,
-.I-r -

One of the most natural plays !, ever saw" was the just criticism passed on the presentation of Texas presented at the Orpheum theatre last night The play is romantic come dy drama, written by J Mauldin Feigl, Texas girl, reared among the scenes it represents.
 The audience was not as large a one as the merit of the play deserved. This, probably, because the long run of stock companies during the summer months, none of them more than or. dinary, have made the public skepti cal as to a really good play beins presented. The opera season for Bis bee has begun, and some really good plays are booked.
 The merit of the play last night lay in the fact that the writer had judged correctly that a play represeh. ing actual ranch life, without the usual blood and thunder, and other exag gerations that have so often charac- terized western plays, would appeal to the public The management de serves as much credit for their abili ty to resist the temptation to exagger- ate, as for the real ability of those who took part.
 It is safe bet that Nora Shelby, who took the part of Miss Texas West, the heroine of the play, is southern girl. If not, the imitation she gave last night is as near perfection as art can get Jack Dallam, the hero of the play, Tank" Jimmie Peppercom, Sam SOrrell. Lord Trevor, the English man, his sister, Lady Cecilie, and his cousin, Lady Francis, all fitted into their parts with a naturalness that doubtless made many a Texan in the crowd honesick.
 The company will leave this morn ing for Tombstone. Texas" ranks with such plays as the ''Virginian" and ''The Girl of the Golden West"
 Review Want Ads Brinc Results.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
DOUGLAS HAS B|G FUND FOR
 THE CONGRESS
Asks Bisbee to Join Hands In Advertising the Mineral Re- sources of Cochise County and Sonora.

Douglas has raised almost five hundred dollars and we are not through yet" said Secretary Gerhardt of the Douglas Chamber of Com merce, Ito be expended in the proper display of the mineral resources Or Cochise county and Sonora at the IF. rigation congress at Albuquerque the latter part of the month"
 Mir. Gerhardt, iii company with H C. Stillman, arrived in tae city yester. day morning from Douglas and spent the day here making arrangements for securing a display of minerals from the Warren district It is the inten-
 ion to make mineral display, as well as an agricultural display from CO chise county, at the Irrigation con gress at Albuquerque. which begins Its sessions in the metropolis of New Mexico, September 29.
 During the day Mir. Gerhardt and MT. Stillman were in consultation with Mr. E. F. Williams. Commissioner ol Immigration for this county. also members of the Board of Trade of Bisbee. and the work of collecting funds in Bisbee to be used in conjunc- tion with the subscription raised in Douglas. will be taken up here this week.
 Douglas and Bisbee will also join hands in an endeavor to send from Cochise county a representative deE egatiCn to advance the interests of this section at the congress. Already the Board of Supervisors have ap- pointed five representatives, and just as soon as the Board of Trade of Bis bee and Douglas can ascertain who will go iron these two principal cit ies in Cochise county, their appoint ments will be forthcoming.
 The general plan of advertising Co chise county at the fair will be to i'm press upon the thousands who will at tend the National Irrigation congress, that Arizona leads every state in the union in the production of copper and that the resources of Sonora, sout. of Cochise county are rich in mineral possibilities. Printed matter will be taken along and the fact made plain that AriZona's importance in the min eral world was made possible on ac- count of the hig production of cop ner from the Calumet & Arizona, Copper Queen and ot.ler Cochise coun- fy producers.
 The mineral display tJ be made Tt Albuquerque will comprise display rof average samples of ore from our mines which has made this great pro duction possible. The Fair commis- sioners at Albuquerque have allotted to Cochise county 4000 feet of foor space for this purpose.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
TAX COLLECTOR Is
 ON YOUR TRAIL
l, N, GaineSI County Treasurer, Arrives in BiSbee on a
 Still Hunt.

If you see J. N. Gaines, county treasurer of Cochise county, coming up the hill, you had better go the other way. He is here on still hunt tor delinquent taxes and is the first tax collector in the history Of Cochise county who mas left his office and in- vaded the delinquent tax payer on his own premises.
 Already I haye collected khous ands of dollars in this manner" said Mr Gaines last evening. The collec- tion. in this manner, is made with less expense to the delinquent and the money is recovered into the treasury without delay of tax suit.
 Mir. Gaines will remain in Bisbee today ana tomorrow and from here will go to Douglas on similar mis sion.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
WILD HAY GUT
 SAN SIMON VALLEY
Thousands of Tons Are Now Stacked Along the Interna-
 tionaIi Line.

Thousands of tons of wild hay are being cut in Cochise county this yea as a result of the splendid rains which have fallen in this section dur ing the summer months" said j. J. Bowen yesterday just after a trip into the San Simon valley east of Douglas. "AlI around the international line in the San simon valley can be seen |stacks of hay. cut from the prairie country and the yield this year is in excess Of anything that has been known for a long time" Mir. Bowen has arranged for secur- ling approximately two hundred tons of wild hay which he will use in his livery business in Bisbee. Lowell and Saco.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
FOOTBALL SQUAD
 HARD AT WORK

At a recent meeting of the football squad of the Bisbee high school, Sam Benton, who has made a good record at the sport, was chosen as captain. The team is practicing hard and has already arranged a practice game with what is known as the Town Team" to be played on the 26th insta
 During the season they expect to pay about five games. with the Doug las, Tombstone and Tucson schools. The first game will be with Douglas, to be played about the second Satur- day in October Whether the game will be played in Bisbee or Douglas
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
HAD GREAT TIME
 ON HUNTING TRIP Mike Cunningham Says Hunt ing and Fishing in White
 MountanS Real Sport

Looking brown and feeling re- freshed, Mike Cunningham, cashier of the Bank of Bisbee, returned yester- day from a hunting and fishing trip, to the White mountains.
 The party with which Cunninghasn made the trip has been having all kinds of luck Several deer have been killed, feathered game is plenti- ful, and they hope to get bear be- fore the camp is broken up.
 Cunningham was very reluctant to, leave, but business matters which de manded his presence in the city forced him to return. He reports that the camp is an ideal one, with good man in charge, and that the members of the party, himself included, have been eating like famished wolves.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17

,ssses DRUG CO., s'soee. naeo and
 Lowell.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
ROSABELLE LESL E COMPANY AT
 oRPHEuM TONIGHT.

Tonight at the Orpheum the Rosa belle Leslie Company make their first appearance in Bisbee, presenting the Burglars Daughter" with a record of ten successful weeks in Tucson. This company will no doubt prove treat to the Bisbee play goers.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-17
has not yet been determined.

nds not yet DeeH ueJBIHIIItu.
 The following officers of the High School Athletic ssociation have been chosen Sam BrJton, president; Steele Woods, vice president; Miss Iva Butter, secretary and treasure, John O'Mailey, manager football tam: Roy Benton, manager boys bas- ket ball team. Bessie RilCv, manager girls basket ball tea n.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Isabella Election,

AT the annual meeting of the Isabella
Gold Mines Company. held at Cheyennn
February 3rd, the old board of direc.
tors was reelected and the FOLLOWING
omcers were chosen here at COLORADO
springs the next day by the directors
}. A. Hayes. president; Irving How.
pert wee president c. D, kilborn
general manager. and W. T Donbt
secretary
The gross receipts from the sale NJ
the product for the year was shown IN
pe s52',354.24; mining and milling oy
penses, s1S@,552.o3; transportation and
treatment charges, SIS S,S02.52; paid to
ses. re tse s's'oS',25; leaving net prof
70 ,he mine Of s36,lO3.44 Expenses in
colorado Springs, s10.55741 maxim,
,o,al profit of s43,o629S. Liabilitias -, a
pms payable, $4,000, and an outstand
nn, M. Juasnent os of $4,000 have been paid
out OF the January earnings pau
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Smelter Cuts Wages.

Notices were posted in the Globe
smelter yesterday announcing reduc-
ton in wages commencing Tuesday.
February llth. says the Denver News
OF February 7th. The notices We're en-
tirely unexpected by employees, as the
rumor had been circulated that the
Grant smelter was about to reopan.
One of the Pueblo smelters will also
be shut.
The reduction affects 700 men and va
ries from 10 to rs cents per day. Com.
mon laborers at the plant have been
paid Sl.75 a day. This will be reduced
to $lG0. Chargers and helpers are re-.
duced from 81 to s1S5 and blacksmiths
from $3.50 and IS per day to 1925 and
$2.75. Furnace men will get s225 in
stead of $3.50.
General Manager Franklin Gutter.
man said last night that the reductions
were made necessary by reason of the
decreased production of the mines,
The production has been so small re-
Gently said he. that We have been
forced to make reductions in wages.
Metal prices are so low that it is i'm
peratlve on US to curtail expenses. Be
cause of the continued shortage in
ores We will be compelled to shut down
one of the Pueblo smelters. This will
afect about 400 men. BY so doing We
will be able to keep the other plants
going and at the same time keep many
OF the mines of the state working"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
NEWS FROM THE MINES AND MILLS
New Mining Joint Resolution.

After a soiourn OF several weeks in
WASHINGTON as the accredited repre-
sentative OF the American Mining con
sress. President Victor C. Anderson
has resumed his duties at the Colo
rado School of Mines. The bill for
mining bureau, introduced and adEo-
Gated by Senator Dick of Ohio. whose
son is a student at the "F'reiburg OF
America" has been temporarily re-
placed by joint senate Tesoiuion
from the committee on mines ana min-
ing in the senate. prepared after CON
sultation between committee members
and Secretary Garfield of the Interior
Department, at which DR.. Anderson
was present by invitation.
The new measure, which stands in
the relation of an amendment TO the
amendment. has for its basic principle
a more equitable recognition OF tne
mining industry by the federal govern
ment The joint resolution referred 10
and which was recently reported out
favorably by the senate committee on
mines and mining, provides that the
director OF the geological survey De
authorized under the direction OF the
secretary of the interior. to extend the
examination of the mineral resources
and products of the United States and
its non-contiguous territory-meanlng
Porto Rico and the Philippines-so as
to include the investigation of all min
ing and metallurgical methods. SUCH
investigations shall bear upon the
more efficient utilization of the mate
rial resources of the country, and par
ticularly upon the accidents and dan
gers of the mining industry.
The director of this branch OF bu-
reau is to be named by the President
and will receive a salary of $4,000 per
annum. The secretary OF the interior,
with the advice of the director. Is au-
thorized to name as many expert as
sistants as the appropriations by Con-
gress may justify Thus the branch
or commission will gradually take on
the dignity and scope of bureau, and
the latter may in time develop into a
full-fledged department of mines and
mining with a cabinet member at its
head and an annual mineral output OF
more than s2000000.o 900 as its eco
nomic excuse. Senator Hepburn OF
Idaho. while not opposing the commits
sion plan, has introduced a bill for
mining department and refuses to
lower his colors by a single inch. The
Dick bill for a mining bureau has reg
uar standing in both house and SEN
ate. with the great coal-producing
states behind it, so that it can be
called up at any time when circum-
stances may favor its passage-Den-
yer News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Shot BY Hold-Up.

Pueblo.-In the boldest holdup that
ever occurred in this city. Joe Russ,
a young Austrian. was shot dead and
six Of his countrymen routed by
lone highwayman at ten o'clock Sun
day night.
The holdup, with its fatal results, Is
rendered all the more tragic by the
fact that Russ. after long, hard labor.
had Just succeeded in laying by sufi-
cient funds to take him back to his
young wife and child in the old coun.
try and that he had already written
them that he would leave for home
next week.
The affair occurred under the bridge
across Santa Fe street and near the
Eiler smelter. The Austrians were re-
turning home from town when the
bandit stepped out Of the shadow and
ordered them, Hold up your hands,"
Instead Of complying with his request
or rushing upon him. the seven, all OF
whom are big, stalwart smelter work
ers, frightened by the bandits gun,
ded.
Seeing that his commands were not
obey ed. the man shot-once, some Of
the Austrians say; tve times, others
affirm. One of the bullets struck Russ
In the back, passing through his heart
and killing him instantly. The high
wAyman escaped
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Land Claims and Grazing Permits.

Washington-C Forester Pin
chot in his annual report says that al
though lands within national forests
are withdrawn from all forms OF entry
or fling except under the mining laws
and the agricultural settlement act OF
June II, 1906. many claims are valid
because initiated prior to the creation
OF the national forests. All alleged
claims must be examined and reported
upon in order that the commissioner
OF the General Land Office may be in
formed IL there appears to be any rea
Son why patent should not issue
Reports on 2.473 claims inside ma
tional forest boundaries were received
from examiners. or this number ,o93
mining 100 homestead. so desert land
~ timber and stone and % miscella-
neous claims were transmitted to the
General Land Office for final action;
200 mining. 100 homestead, 10 desert
land and 90 timber and stone claims
were held for further report and 2l5
required TO action.
The General Land Office ordered al
hearings on recommendations OF the
forest service that claims be rejected
The average number OF cattle and
horses grazed under each permit was
81 head and the average number OF
sheep 1,74S. This shows conclusively.
says the report. that the small owners
have preference in the use OF the ma
tional forest ranges
The total receipts on account Of the
above permits were $S57.S57S3
Only eight per cent Of the applicants
failed to pay the grazing fees and to ac.
cept the permits applied for, and with
out doubt many of these will accept
their permits before the close OF the
season. This is exactly the same per-
centage as last year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Portland Election Was Hot.

The annual meeting of the Portland
Gold Mining Company, held in Chey-
enne. Wyo., February 3rd. proved to
be warm session. James F. Burns
and his supporters lost no time in com
ing to the point. He charges the man
agement and control with mismanage-
ment, and claimed the stockholders
were being imposed upon and that thet
income during the past year was ex-
ceeded by operating expenses during
the same period to the extent Of $780,
600
The result of the meeting was that
the old board of directors was re-
elected. but the annual report was
not accepted. and the management OF
the property was not Endorsed. The
reelected directors are: Irving How
bert, Frank G. Peck, Thomas F. Burns
d. II. Rice and Carl S. Chamberlain
In the meeting the Burns faction
voted approximately 100000 shares
and the Howbert faction 1900. 900
shares. the latter including the stock
of the Shannon and Stratton estates.
Against the voting of the stock of the
estates, Burns protested and demanded
viva voce vote of those present, but
this demand was voted down. Not a
member of the board of directors at
tended the meeting.
demand by Burns that he be per-
mitted to have the books of the com
pany examined by an expert was met
by the control voting to have Expert
HANNA of Colorado Springs make an
examination with the understanding
that Burns and Murat Masterson be
permitted to consult with HANNA re
sarding the finding of the latter
Burns refused to have Masterson in
any way connected with Hammas in
Vestisation unless he be permitted to
participate in the examination through
out This the Howbert faction refused
to consider
Approval of the annual report of the
conpanys operations, which Burns
asserts shows deficit of 100000, was -.
withheld pending Hammas examina
ton. The report shows earnings Of
approximately $550,0OO. and disburse-
ments OF approximately $4SO,0OO, but
burns asserts the figures have been
lusgled and deficit of $3.50, 900 exists,
II the trustees can prove any
charge OF mismanagement to be uu-
True. l will apologize to them and give
them my proxy" challenged Burns.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15
Arn1ored Automobiles,

Denver.-Battleships OF the highway.
armored cruisers OF the interior-these
are the strange fighting machines that
have just been purchased by Charles
w. Howbert for the Cieneguita com
pany for Use in carrying samples and
minerals for the mines OF the com.
pany, near Sonora. Mexico. past the
dangerous bands OF Yaqui Indians who
have been infesting the vicinity of the
mines and even, 1t is said. imperiling
the lives of those entrusted with the
conveyance Of the valuable minerals.
The machines are nothing but huge
automobiles capable of carving
twenty-five armed men, and barricaded
with steel plates. 1t is said that each
OF the two machines which are now
on their way to the scene of their use
fulness, Is SO constructed that in case
of an accident SO that it could no longer
progress it would become a very forrui.
dable fortress. Provisions can be car.
ried to outlivs . short siege, T. neces.
safy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-02-15

The mint refineries of the United
states received and operated upon S.
'9'oo5.5s1 standard ounces of gold bull
non and l?,430,s1S.18 standard ounces
OF silver bullion during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1907. This total was
distributed as follows: Philadelphia
4,i25,385.907 ounces gold and 1929
ooe.26 ounces silver; Denver fsix
months operations), 1,70S, ,1S9.456
ounces gold and 34O,2s9.95 ounces sill
yer; San Francisco, 99O.327, 900 ounces
gold and 2,097,6O272 ounces silver;
New York tassay office), 1,003S73.S55
ounces gold and $3.50, ,64356 ounces sill
yer: New Orleans, 51,77S.463 ounces OF
gold end l37,792.s0 ounces silver.
A Munich firm is reported to have
succeeded in artificially rendering as
pestos Waterproof, which material Is
sold under the title of asbestos states
which are thus described: These as
oestos states, it is claimed, ara as hard
ana as strong as natural states, ana
can therefore be laid on wall or ROOF
constructions without any wooden
ialns being necessary. Thay are vef!
easily worked, and can be bored, nailed
ana cut just like wood, without an!
dah2er OF splitting. They fern hre-
proof covering for inside and OUTSIDE
WOODEN walls, and are valuable for nv
sulation work of all kinds, even lo'
electrical purposes.