Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-06
a1NAToR CLARK 10 NOW IN
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 E1.Scnator wm. 4. Clark, of Mon. tsns, is at present in Jerome, looking after his United Verde interests. Sen ator' Clark, to a Jouvnsl.Mi repre- sentative, stated that, everything con sidercd, he Is we'll pleased with tho United Verde amairs. The production, following the rctrenchments made af' ter the inception of the October panic, has been brought up to a point near the normal output of the great copper mine, anording employment to almost the usual number of men.
 Speaking of the proposed railroad line from Flagstaff or Williams, down to Jerome, to tap the fertile Verde val ley, Senator Clark, speaking through his son, Charles w. Clark, general manager of the United Verde Copper Co.,, said that while it was true he had an engineer in the field, going over the country and proposed route with view to determining tae feasibility of the project. the matter at present Is in such an cmbroyo state as to forbid the giving out for publication anything of a definite nature. IL has not even been determined, as yet, whether such a line will eventually be built.
 Senator Clark, as a result of his ob. , scrvations while in the east, believes the present is a very inopportune time ' to contemplate any new projects, cs' peeially in the railroad line, inasmuch as it is almost impossible to raise money in New York, for any legiti- mate projects.
 l "Onc can obtain money on call, "
 he said, Tor on block of stock or
 other securities, but il is well nigh impossible to obtain backing for any
 new project, and especially for rail
 roads. I attribute this to tne stand
 Roosevelt has taken against railroads, and to the storm of adverse legisla'
 tion that recently swept the country
 in some cases without any regard td
 the merits of the ease. !"
 Speaking of national politics, he de
 clared that among the 6nanciers, pro
 motors and high railroad and othe'
 business men in the east, the oPinior
 generally prevailes that if Taft is mol
 nominated on the first two or tnre'
 ballots, the convention will he stan peded to Roosevelt. This, they seem t' consider, is in itself sufficient to mak' them hesitate in financing new pru jects until after the coming Presiden tiai election, or until after the nomin ations, at least.
 It was the joint opinion of Cha' Clark, general manager, and Will l Clark, superintendent of the Unite < Verde, that the Verde valley, with it | wonderful resources and possibiiitie | would eventually, possibly in the nea
 future, become the Mecca for easter q settlers moving west, together wit l. the land in the Salt River valley to b ]. brought under irrigation by the con r pletion of the Roosevelt dam. Ne e Mexico is now rapidly settling Il |, with farmers from the southern, eas ', ern and northern states, and many a' '. coming to Arizona. Within the nel d two or three years, it Is expected th'
 the Verde valley will number possib c three times as many farmers ar 's ranchers as now make their hom i there.
 n' Considering that tne Jerome distric 'e along with the rest of the country, IS just recovering from the effects of q 'c recent panic it presents a busy seen T. Many outside mining concerns are D, work, prosecuting development wor 'e and it is expected that within a re 'h sonable time Jerome, like Bisbee, VI 'e come to be known, not as a 'one mil
 camp" but as one of the greatest mi
 ing centers in Arizona.
 Senator Clark will remain in Jeror ,d until the end of the week, when he W te leave for Los Angeles, going later n. San Francisco, and then to Nevad al from where he will continue on
 Butte, Montana.