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The copper era., 1908-01-02
Much LeprOsy in Mountains of Chihuahua

An exchange says: The interest
now being taken in the federal capt.
tai of Mexico in the prevention of the
spread of lepr0sy calls renewed atten-
tion to the fact that there are great
many cases of the dreaded Asiatic di-
sease scattered in the villages in the
mountains of Chihuahua. If fact, if
the statements that come in occa-
sionally are true. and they were gen
orally known, there might be much
more interest taken than there is.
When Governor Creel was acting as
executive under General TerraZas, he
appointed a commission of medical
men to investigate, but so far as
known no action has ever been taken
on their report.
Perhaps the most important focus
of the disease is the mountain hamlet
of Temores, near the mining camp of
Guzapares in the western part of the
state. Its population is about 80 and
it has been said that fully 80 or 40
per cent of these are lepers. These
mountaineers are extremely poor,
most live hand to mouth existence
under conditions that are extremely
shocking, and they fall ready victims
to any disease that may appear
among them.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Rangers We're Busy During Last Month.

The monthly report of Captain
Harry Wheeler of the Ranger force
for the moth of November has been
received at the Governors office, and
as Captain Wheeler says, is made up
from the individual reports of each
member of the force, made to him.
The report contains number of in
teresting things, the sum total of
which demonstrates very clearly that
the Ranger force is by no means an
idle or useless organization.
During the month of November
there were 40 arrests of which II were
on felony charges and 80 were misde-
meanor charges. The principal work
of the force was done in the counties
of Cochise, CoconinO, Yuma, ella and
Santa Cruz. The total amount of
travel made by the % men on the
force, on horseback, was 1895 miles
or an average for each man of eleven
and three-fourth miles day, approx
imately. In addition, there was 5000
miles of travelling by rail.
The felony cases where arrests were
made are as follows: Tom Wills, fu-
gitive, returned to Texas authorities;
Eddie Williams and Ef1ie Williams,
arrested in ella county for fraud;
Jack Held, arrested in Yuma as fu-
gitive from Texas; John Cahill and
Lee Jerry, arrested in or near Will
liams for robbery from the person; G.
p. Silvernail, arrested at Flagstaff for
blackmail and SANDER: Lorando Marus
arrested in Nogales for attempted
murder of a woman; Henry Clay, ar
rested at Roosevelt for grand larceny.
One other case was that of the find
ing of suicide in the vicinity of Bis
bee, by trailing. The 3S misdemean-
or cases are also described in detail.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Fair Play for the Railroads

An interesting and rather astonish-
ing array of statistics is given by
Logan G. Mcpherson in the North
American Review for November. He
points out with a clearness that must
surprise all those citizens who are in
habit of blaming the railroads for
all their ills, that figures that will
not lie are saying a lot of good things
for railway corporations. The United
States census, the reports of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
the records of the year book of the
Department of Agriculture, are
placed side by side for the purpose of
telling just what they really mean.
Taking the good American dollar as
the unit of measure of value, it is
found, among other things, that the
net returns to the railroads of this
country for the year 1905 (S6l6, BAL,
65T were less than one-third the net
returns to the country's manufacture
ers, with nearly the same total CAPT
talization, and less than one-fourth
the net returns TO the farmers of the
nation.
If it be claimed that the low metre
turn to the railroads is because OF
their inflated apitalization, the re
ply is made that the present tota
capitalization, including all imitation
is only about $50, 900 mile, far les:
than that of the roads of any other
country, as shown by President Had
ley of Yale, President Roosevelt anC
other authorities. And to make it:
profits the railroads have to spent
more money than either manufactur
ers or farmers Truth telling figure:
again show here that to get one dol
lar back in net returns it costs man
ufacturers 1892 of capital, farmer
1914 and railroads so. 40.
All deductions show that while the
administration of the railroads is fal
more economical than that of eithe
manufacturers or agriculture, the re
turns to capital are far less, and thi
means that the prices for the rail
roads product-transport rate
are relatively lower than the price
for the other products compared
Again, Interstate Commerce Com
mission figures show the average rail
way rate per ton per mile for 1905 t.
haye been a decrease of S.8 per cent
over the ten-year period between
1890 and 1899.
That piratical spectators hav
brought about an uureasoning preju
dice against the railroads the write
comedies, but he urges the necessit,
for fair play if the nations genera
health and prosperity are to be as
sured, and suggests the wisdom ant
good sense of readjusting popular in
pressions to fit the facts that the fig
ures here quoted Enthusiastically deu
onstrate.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
ELECTION FOR ASSESSORS
COchiSe County Grand Jury Recommends
This Manner for Their Choice

A strong report was made by the
Cochise county grand jury, which ad-
journed at Tom bstone December 27.
The report recommended:
We recommend that the law be so
amended as to provide that the as
SCISSORS throughout the territory be
elected.
We recommend that the law con-
corning the removal of officers of
counties be amended so as to provide
that the report of the public exami-
ner showing causes therefor and the
order of the governor suspending
such officers be Immediately submit
ted to the district Judge of the Coun-
ty who shall Immediately, if the reg
ular grand jury is not in session, en-
panel a special grand jury to inquire
into the matter; and that if the Off
Ger charged and suspended be the
district attorney, the court shall ap-
point some competent attorney tC
act as prosecutor before the grand
jury, and in event aCcusationis found
to prosecute same; who shall be al
| lowed d reasonable compensation by
the court, and paid by the county.
We condemn the practice of jus
tees of the peace throughout the
county of Cochise OF holding persons
to answer to felony charges to the
grand jury, in cases where the evi
dence and the facts do not support (
felony charge, but warrant only {
charge of misdemeanor, of which
such justices have jurisdiction, ant
should dispose of in their courts, thu
preventing the bringing of witnesse
before the grand jury and taking u
the entire time of the jury, and eX
penses to the individual witnesse
and the county of such examinations
when ends of justice could be reache,
by trial in the Justices court.
We also condemn the practice o
justices of the peace throughout tn
county of entering names of witnesse
in their transcripts to the clerk o
the district court, who know absolute
ly nothing of the case, which fac
must haye been known to the justic
at the time of examining the wit
nesses at the preliminary hearing.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
NEW TIME CARD FOR E. P. & 5. W.
The Stub Trains Between BiSbee and 0S-
borne Will be Discontinued

On Sunday, January 3, new time
card will become effective on the Ell
Paso and Southwestern railroad,
which. will give added convenience to
the public who patronize the road.
Superintendent King has been work
ing out the details of the new time
card for two or three weeks and it
has now been perfected. The most
important feature of the new time
card will be the elimination of the
stub train which has in the past come
down from Bisbee to meet the pas
senger trains bound to and from FL
Paso mos. l and p. Beginning on
| Sunday, January 5, all the passenger
trains will be run into Bisdee, thus
doing away with the Inconvenience
of transfers at Osborne.
BY the new card a person may leave
| Douglas for Bisbee in the morning at
o'clock, remain there fifty minutes
and get back at 1925. In the after
noon one may go to Bisbee and re-
main there one hour and forty min
utes and get back home at O'Clock
as now. Parties from Bisbee may
reach Douglas in the morning at 1925
and remain until 2:45 in the after
noon. This arrangement will be es'
pecially welcome by those who in
Douglas may have necessity for bus
mess trip to Bisbee.
Under the new order No. 3 will leave
Douglas at I O'Clock in the morning
instead of 1925, as now. This trair
will reach Bisbee at S:2O; it will ar
RYE at Naco fifteen minutes earlier
than at present, thus giving thai
much time to catch the train for Can
anea. The Benson train will arrive
at Douglas at the same time as al
present.
No. will arrive at Douglas from
Ell Paso at 2:4O o'clock and leave
Douglas for the west at 2:45 and ar
rive at Bisbee at 4:05.
BY the new card the morning trair
for Benson will reach that point a
11:30, thus increasing the time before
the departure of the "burro" trail
for Tucson which goes from Benson
at 1906. The same connections viii
be made with the Southern Pacif,
trains at Benson as now.
No. will leave Douglas for Fl Pas
at 1875 and will arrive at Ell Poso d
: $40, which is shortening the running
time for that distance thirty-fv'
: minutes from the present schedule.
The elimination of the stub trail
: between Bisbee and Osborne will es
pecially serve the comfort of the PEG
pie of Bisbee by doing away with tn,
: inconvenience of making d transfe
: at Osborne.
The crew now operating the stu
train will be given positions on the
road elsewhere.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Mineral Application NJ. 300.

PHOENIX, Arizona, October 10, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that the New England
and Clifton Copper Company Of Arizona, a COR
poration organized under the laws of the
State of Maine, by its attOrney-in-fact AleXan-
der Veitch, whose postoffice address is Clifton,
Arizona, has made application for patent to the
Leo c., Antietam and Brat lode mining claims.
situate in the Greenlee Gold Mountain Mining
district, Graham county, Arizona. in Section 81,
TIP. 3, S. R. o. East unsurveyed, described as
follows:
Leo C. Beginning at Cor. No l, whence U. 8.
L. NJ. No. bears N. "a deg. 81 min. W. SllS9
#; thence s. Is deg. "A min. E. 72s.5 fl. to Cor
No. 2; thence s. D deg 80 min. W. 1l3O U3 #. to
Cor. No. 3: thence n. 10 deg Il min. w. 1874
#. to Cor. No. 4 thence N. p deg. OF min E.
1lS9.OS #. to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning.
Antictam. Beginning at Cor. No. l, whence
U. s. L. NJ. No. bears n. &c deg. w. 256O.6 fl:
thence S. 81 deg. 16 min. E. 5GS.6 #. to Cor. No
?; thence S. 16 deg. 81 min. W. 112S56 it. to Cor.
No. 8; tn ence N. 81 deg. 16 min. W 56S6 #. to
Cor. No. 4; thence n. 10 deg. 81 min. E. 1l2S. Sc
fl to Cor. No. l. the place of beginning.
Brat. Beginning at Cor. No l. whence U. S.
L. NJ. bears N. so deg. II min. W. 2Os5 l #;
thence S. 81 deg. 16 min. E. 600 #. to Cor. No.
D thence S. 16 deg. 81 min. w $3.50 #. to Cor.
No. 3; thence N. 81 deg. 1t min. W. 600 #. to
Cor. No. 4; thence n. l6 deg. 81 min. E. 1888
fl. to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning.
Conflicts with Sharpshooter lode, Survey No.
1887, containing O.951 and 1904 acres, respect.
lively, and conflicts with Buckeye lode, Survey
No. 1887, Lacey lode, unsurveyed, and Trinidad
No. lode, Survey No. 175l, containing OOlO
S.Ol7 and O.G6O ceres, respectively, are excluded
from this application. Location notices are re-
corded in the records of mines in the office Of
the County Recorder of said Graham county a,
follows: Leo C. in Book Is page so, Antietam
original, in Book II, page AS Amended, il
Book 10, pages ASS and 4S6, Brat, in Book Is
page 1Sl.
Adjoining and conflicting claims are Lacey
Boulder, Defiance No. l and Defiance No.
lOdes, unsurveyed, and Buckeye and Sharp
shooter lodes. Survey No 1887 and Trinidad
No. lode, Survey No. l75l.
LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD,
| First publication Oct. p, 1907. Register
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Forfeiture Notice.

To Carrie V. Schau, her heirs, assigns and
ad m Illustrators:
You are hereby notified that $500 90 in labor
and improvements has been expended upon
the following lode mining claims, situate in
the Greenlee Mining District, Graham County
Arizona, for the years 1905 1906 and 1907, n
small payment having been made leaving a
b lance unpaid of 500. 90
The Magnolia, Mayiluwer, Washington,
Gladys Charleston aud Columbia: in order to
hold said premises under the provisions of
Section 1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amOInt required to hold the
same for the years 1905 1906 and 1907, and if
within ninety (90l after this notice by publica-
ton you fail or refuse to contribute your proper
ton of such expenditure, including the cost of
publication of this notice, u cO-partner, your
interest in said claims will become the property
of the subscriber under said section.
WILLIS JAMES.
First publication January > 1908. 1926
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Don't Take the Risk

When you haye bad cough or cold
do not let it drag along until it be-
comes chronic bronchitis or develops
into an attack of pneumonia, but give
it the attention it deserves and get
rid of it. Take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and you are sure of relief
From small beginning the sale and
use of this preparation has extended
to all parts OF the United States and
to many foreign countries. Its many
remarkab BILE cures of coughs and colds
have won for it this wide reputation
and extensive use. For sale by all
druggists.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Cured LumbagO

A. B. Canman, Chicago, writes:
Having been troubled with Lumbago
at different times and tried one ply
sician after another, then different
ointments and liniments, gave it up
altogether. So I tried once more,
and got bottle of Billiards. Snow
Liniment, which gave me almost in
slant relief. l can cheerfully recon-
mend it, and will add my name to
your list of sufferers. Sold by a. G..
Co. drug department.
The copper era., 1908-01-02

Do you have backache occasional
ly, or ''stitchers" in the side, and
sometimes do you feel all tired out,
without ambition and without ener-
gy? If so, your kidneys are out of
order. Take DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. They promptly relieve
backache, weak back, inflammation
of the bladder and weak kidneys.
Sold by y. c. Co., drug department.
The copper era., 1908-01-02

The reduction of rents by at least
four of the larger property owners of
the city in substantial amounts has
thus far marked the progress of the
movement started by Douglas bust
ness men to secure relief from high
rents during the present period of
business depression. This progress
was reported at the second meeting
of the Douglas Business Mems asso-
citation by temporary committees pre-
viously appointed. The reductions
made amount to 20 to % per cent and
in addition to the property owners
who have already agreed to meet
their tenants on this proposition 9TH
ers have the matter under advise
ment and consideration and other an
nouncements of rent reductions may
be expected shortly.-International
American.
The copper era., 1908-01-02

In the anthracite coal region of
Pennsylvania, the very fine coal, or
"culm," as it is called, that is OBJ
tained from the waste dumps by wash
ing, constitutes a valuable fuel for
power purposes. 1t can be burned
only on specially constructed shaker
CRATES" by the aid of forced draft.
Culm is used entirely for local con-
The copper era., 1908-01-02

Most of the tin ores of Cornwall re-
quire roasting or calcination before
they can be cleaned for the market.
At some of the smaller mines this is
done in the old reverberatory fur
mace, but at the larger mines this OPP
Grafton is performed in the Brunton
revolving calciner.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Carrie Nation

certainly smashed a hole in the bar
rooms of Kansas, but Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup has smashed all records
as d cure for coughs, Bronchitis, In
fluenza, and all Pulmonary diseases.
Z. c. H, Horton, Kansas, writes:
81 have never found a medicine that
would cure a cough SO quickly as Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. l have used
it for years. Sold by A. c. Co. drug
department.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
A Higher Health Level

81 have reached a higher health
level since began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills." writes Jacob Spring
er, of West Franklin, Maine. "They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels
working just right" If these pills
disappOint you on trial, money will be
refunded at a. G. Co. drug depart
ment. 25c.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
Stomach Trouble Cured

If you have any trouble with your
stomach you should take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Mr.. J. p. Klote, of Edna, Mo-, says:
81 have used great many different
medicines for stomach trouble, but
find Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets more beneficial than
any other remedy 1 ever used. For
sale by all druggists.
The copper era., 1908-01-02
All the World

is a stage, and Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment plays a most prominent part.
1t has no superior for rheumatism,
stiff joints. cuts, sprains, and all pain.
Buy it, try it and you will always use
it. Anybody who has used Ballard S
Snow Liniment is living proof of
what it does. Buy trial bottle. 25c,
-5nc. and 81. Sold by a. Q. Co. drug
The copper era., 1908-01-02

1t depends upon the pill you take.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
best pills known for constipation and
sick headache. Sold by A. G. Co.,
drug department.
The copper era., 1908-01-02

Large quantities of arsenic are
now obtained as a by-product in the
smelling of ores.
The copper era., 1908-01-02

The present production of the L. S.
Steel corporation is about $4,000, 900
tons annually.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13

therefore sold them at a much small
er price.
BY August the thing was IN full
swing, and even the ocean liners had
to buy them by the dozens to satisfy
the demand. Outgoing and incoming
passengers carried iig-saw puzzle in
every grip.
Those who have been bitten by the
madness have gone in for making
their own puzzles. Clever men and
women have bought jig saws and are
turning out these puzzles slowly for
the amusement of their own crowd.
It is said this part OF the game is as
fascinating as the matching of the
pieces, but there are not many who
can do it.
The shops are delighted with this
sudden and spreading craze for the
puzzles, for they sell them at excel
lent prices-anywhere from fifty
cents to IS.
Among the most popular pictures
that are being matched together by
pieces of wood are 'The Field Off
cer," which most people are familiar
with. as it is the we'll known picture
by Detaille, the war correspondent;
the t'Wild West" ''Mohammedan
Scouts" Girl With Apples" elm
Holland" "The Pilots" Hans,
'Tne Fruit Girl" Love Letters" and
the "Christy Girl. New York Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13
The Antiquity OF Soap.

The word Soap or Sope, from the
Greek sapa, first occurs in the works
of PIiny Galen. Pliny states soap to
have been discovered by the Gauls,
that 1t was composed of tallow and
ashes, and that the German soap was
reckoned the best. According to
Sismondi a soapmaker was included
In the retinue of Charlemagne. At
Pompeii overwhelmed by an erup-
ton of Vesuvius, A. D. 100, a soap
boilers shop, with soap in 1t, was
discovered during an excavation
made there not many years ago.
Hence the manufacture of soap is
of very ancient origin; indeed Jere-
miah f1guratively mentions 1t-:.For
though thou wash thee with natron,
and take thee much sope, yet thine
iniquity is marked before mo. -
Jer 1922.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13
Must Work Before Daylight.

That life is not all bed of roses
for the college professor, is fact
that is being experienced by Prof. e..
F. Nichols, of the physics depart
ment Of Columbia University. Every
morning, promptly at 100, DR.. Mich
OILS tumb!es from his comfortable bed
and wends his way to Fayerweather
Hall, where he works in his labora-
tory from 2 until A. M.
The professor is not taking an out
door tuberculosis cure, nor is he
seeking to perpetuate health, youth
and beauty. The truth is, that Prof.
Nichols is perfecting new type of
gaIvanometer 1t is for this that he
seeks his laboratory every morning.
DIR. Nichols has found that dur
ing the day he IS unable to expert
ment with his delicate apparatus be-
cause of the vast amount of electri-
cal activity surging about his labora-
tory.
Hence, it Is that, with the eager
ness of the sportsman who seeks his
game at the first streak of dawn,
the professor rises at this mystical
hour and steals cautiously on his
labratory in the hope Of surprising
and capturing some wild, elusive
secret of science.-New York Her
aid
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13
SHOOTING ON HIMALAYAS.
Game Birds of India-Their Habits
and Peculiarities.

The common pheasant of the Mus
soorie district and also of Kumaon is
The white crested kalij, says a writer
Tor Field. My experience of the Him
alayan pheasants points to their be-
ing birds of unsporting, skulktng
habits. When flushed by dogs they
frequently perch in trees, and when
sitting thus l have occasionally shot
hem with a rock rife after they had
oeen freed by my spaniel. Very close
and strict beating is necessary in Or
der to send the birds over the guns;
even then they seldom make long
flights, diving back again into covert
Oh the first opportunity.
OF course, the heavy and extensive
Jungle of the Indian hillsides is large
ly responsible for the disappointing
nature Of the shooting. Even the
English pheasant has, in the thick
and continuous bush Of New Zea-
land, become a bird Of low sporting
value, preferrinS, like the Indian
kali, to run rather than fly. No
doubt, if the kalij could be estab-
woods, such as the Neilgherry pla-
.eau, where the beaters could compel
them to face the open, they would
give nearly as fine sport as the Eu
ropean pheasant.
A peculiar and difficult shot, which
the Indian pheasant shooter is often
called on to take, is when a kali
dives perpendicularly from the top to
the bottom of a steep sided ravine.
One must hold then well below, as
though the bird were falling stone.
BY far the best time for shooting
Is n the winter, when the cover. has
thinned When the season first opens,
Just after the monsoon is over, all
vegetation is at its rankcst, and it is
then especially hard to turn the
Dheasants out of their Businesses.
At high elevations in the iiima-
layas the sportsman constantly meets
with the great snow cock. These
birds are not pheasants. but gigan:ic
mountain cartridges, and are found
In pairs near the snow, from 1900
feet upwards They are heavily
built, sober colored birds. and the
ptumage of both sexes IS aii&e-grey
above, penciled with black, and with
chestnut borders 30 tho wings; the
tail, which is square ended like that
Of q grouse, is reddish Gray and chest
p1t marked with black.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-11-13
CONSUMPTION And The Telephone.

The panic recently created on the
subject of the assumed danger Turk
ing in the transmitter of the tele-
phone is not precisely new. 1t is
but the development of fear which
has caused misgivings for some years,
as Is pointed out by the British
Medical Journal. On the supposition,
it says, that various germs Of dis
ease probably collect in the receiver
and transmitter of the instrument,
at any rate In public telephone sta
lions, some medical alarmists have
thrown out suggestions that antisep-
tics, both in dry state and in solu-
ton, should be applied for the safe
ty of the telephone user. The recent
dictum goes one step further, In
asmuch as it is now an established
fact that tubercle baccili, the casual
heterogeneous of consumption,
have been found-alive and in robust
condition-in the instrument. 1t Is
quite natural, in view of such a find,
that feeling of alarm might seize
hold of the more nervous.-Current
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