Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-16
HOVAL A. SMITH NOT FAVORING
 INSTRUCTIONS
Was interviewed By Tucson
 Star On Occasion Of Recent
 Visit-Thniks Recovery Of
 Normal Activity Will Be Slow

H0val A. Smith, of this city, was on business in Tucson one day this week. Concerning his present there the Tue son Star has this to say:
 ''Hoyal A. Smith, Of the firm of Hov- land & Smith of Bisbee, is stopping at the Santa Rita hotel He was here yesterday on business of a private na- ture. and expects to return to the big mining camp in Cochise county this morning.
 "Hoval A. Smith has played an i'm portant part in the development of the Warren mining district. He was with the Calumet & Arizona Company dur ing the early days when l. l.. Merrill was the superintendent, and together with H. B. Hovland. was Instrumental in securing for this big company some of their additional valuable mining ground. After leaving the Calumet & Arizona Company Hovland & smith was formed and they are now heavy stockholders in some of the big min ing companies operating in Arizona and New Mexico.
 "Hovland & Smith are at the head of the Globe Consolidated Company in the Globe district; they control the Warren Development Company, the Copper Gulf Mining Company, and several smaller companies, all of which are being developed and upon which the recent financial stringency has had no visible effect
 ''The Copper Gulf Mining Company is located in the uBrro Mountain min. ing district, near Silver City, N. NJ, where large number of men are em- ployed steadily in opening up large ere bodies which average per cent copper. It is announced that the Cop, per Gulf Company is shortly to be re organized as a mining company and a large area of additional ground added to their holdings. During the high price of copper regular shipments were made from this property to the smelters at Douglas and Fl Paso, but at the present price of copper, 1t is not profitable to continue shipments and the future plans of the company call for the erection of large con. centrator on the property for the purpose of handling the , per cent. ores.
 Tn the Globe district the develop ment of the Globe Consolidated property continues on a large scale. The Globe Consolidated adjoins the property of the Old Dominion and the Arizona Commercial and two shafts have been sunk on the prop erty. The principal work now con sists of drifting and crosscuttine, and some important developments are expected in the course of the next sixty CT ninety days.
 Asked for an expression yesterday regarding financial affairs in general, Mir. Smith said:
 q fear that we canot expect much renewed activity in mining or other industries until the approaching presidential campaign has been de- cided and the country has adjusted itself to the policy of the new ad- ministration, wnateser it may be-"
 Asked regarding the national con vention at Chicago, and his views On the mater of an uninstructed del egation or an instructed delegation by the Republicans of Arizona. Mir. Smith says:
 "I am an admirer of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, and at this time it apears that the popu- lar secretary of war will be nomi- mated. but I am not in favor of Ari- zona instructing her delegates to the convention. l believe we would be going cut of our way, uncalled for, to show our lack of gratitude to Sen ator Foraker of Ohio, who saved ATi- zona from joint statehood with New Mexico. Dent understand me that I favor a delegation for Senator Fora ker for president. but my opinion Is that Arizona's best interests would be subserved by sending a represent ative delegation to the national Re publican convention, untammeled by instructions. and able to secure such favorable declarations in the plat form for Arizona's interests as pos sible'