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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06
Kerl submits Views.

Thomas T. Kerl. candidate for the
house OF representatives on the re-
publican ticket. submitted the follow
ing statement of his position with re-
latiOn to the law:
In reply to your request that ]
state my position on the direct pri-
mary law ! will say that / have not
as yet reached a definite conclusion,
but am making inquiry from people
who have seen the law in operation
In other states as to the favor with
which the various systems meet. If
understand the direct primary law,
it's purpose is to give the people a
greater part in the selection Of their
agents and representatives. II is
deemed much more difficult to cor
rupt large body OF people than the
small numbers that usually are mem
bers of conventions. The law is
supposed to unhorse the bosses.
Every direct primary law seems to ac-
complish these purposes to an extent.
One may rest assured that the bosses
will not be entirely eliminated be-
cause the people who interest them
selves in political matters are going
to control the situation no matter
what the law is. Under the direct
primary law candidates must place
themselves before the public SO
prominently that their character be-
comes pretty well known before IL
is too late. Such gross mistakes
about men as have happened in a
very few cases in our sister state OF
Washington can scarcely occur when
the public has chance to thorough
ly review the candidates.
The desire to circumvent. evade
or play smart with a law is so greai
that precautions must be taken in
drawing up a statute which are MOI
at all necessary for well meaning
citizens
I'm general. the direct primary Law
is cumbersome and expensive. boti
to the state and to the candidates
but If 1t serves to keep down cor
ruption and to keep the best men IL
Office and the unfit men out. the cos
should be cheerfully borne. 1t woul'
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06
DECIDE GAMES A TIE
Eew YORK and Chicago Must Try
ARaim.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. Oct. 6.-The
board OF directors Of the National
league today declared the disputed
game between New York and Chi
agO \ tie. This decision sustains
hat rendered by the umpires. and
means that the game viii be played
sFeE again O the New York teams
grounds II the New York team %
aesirea.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06

CContinued on page three.J
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06

be interesting to see all costs figured
out under both systems.
The best primary law. d.
rect or indirect. fails II people do not
assume a proper attitude toward Il.
This matter lies in the domain of
morals and ethics. not of law. Max
ing royal sport of DurkinlEing the
direct primary law was one of the
prominent features of the recent
Washington election. That the de-
mand for a direct primary law IL
spreading over the country like q
wave seems to be a fact. When the
time Is ripe for the passage of such
law. the only thing to be done Is
to see to 1t that all the fraudulent
minded, evading and circumventing,
smart playing. or Deurkinizing voters
have just as little scope for action
as possible. THOMAS T. KERL."
Favors the Law.
In reply to your enquiry as to
my views on the direct primary law
l will state ] am most heartily In
favor OF II. | believe in having the
people make the nominations rather
than a few politicians who may be
in control of the party. There is
altogether too much ring rule in the
politics of the day. IL elected
promise to work for and vote for a
direct primary law.
20. NJ. BUTCHER"
Wonnacott Wants Publicity,
F. E. Wonnacott. who was nomi-
mated on the democratic ticket for the
house, but who was afterward APP
pointed to the Office of assessor by
the executive committee, stated that
he was in favor of a direct primary
law. Besides this law. he said, II
would like to see law passed with
reference to the publication OF the as
sessment roll OF the county. be-
lieve that II law was enacted direct
ing that the assessment roll prior ia
the meeting OF the board of equaliEa-
ton be published that 1t would oper.
ate beneflcially to every one concern.
ed. Under such a law 1t would be
possible for every man to compare
the assessment of his property with
that of his neighbor, and 1t would
give each county an opportunity
to see how the other counties were
assessed and in this manner they
would be prepared in advance to &c
before the board and present an in
telligent complaint. and the board b.
able to take action that would b.
remedial of the situation. That Il
the kind of law | would like to Sc,
passed. and | trust that the legis
lature will take action along thes'
lines this year"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06
Is FavOrnbly Impressed.

r. N. Winship, nominee of the re-
publicans for the house said: Il am
favorably impressed with the direct
primary law, and II elected TO the
house will work and vote for the
passage of such a law by the legis-
lature."
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-06

in government. shall do whatever
can for the passage Of such a law,
II elected to the house of representa-
tives.'
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
GOOD GOTHAM.

In spite of the general idea that New York is n wicked city full of snares and pitfalls for the unwary, the Bible continues to he widely read here. According to the report of tae Bible Society, the last twelve months have seen the distribution of s7,39s Bibles and parts in this city and at Ellis Island, the landing place of inn migrants.
 Among these latter 9l2 Bibles, 3343 New Testaments and 3i,sl6 copies of the Gospels were distributed in the course of visits to 32s3 vessels. The detailed figures of the total distribu. ton reveal the fact that New York Is not quite so much of foreign city as has been thought, since the mum. Der printed in English far exceeded the number printed in any other Ian. guage.
 Indeed, nearly half the total mum. ber of books and pamphlets distribut. ed, or i2,45s copies in all, were print ed in English. Next came those print. ed in Italian numbering 9s07, or less than one quarter of the English prints. Other nationalities received Bibles and parts printed in their own Ian. guage in the following order: Polish 6s64, German 5641, Danish 4294, Swed. isn 39ss. Yiddish 30O7, Russians 223s, Bohemian 2027, and Hungarians 1864. These figures give a fair indication of the proportions of various foreign races in New York.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
REPORTS HUSTL|NG ASPECT IN \. & [.
 COUNTRY
Machinery Arrives For Prospective Clara
 Shelter
(From Tuesdays Daily)

Dr. w. W. Lewis, who recently re- turned from a mine inspection trip in the Colorado River country tributary Co the Arizona and California railroad, reports a general awakening of the mining industry in that region. Sev- eral companies are prosecuting opera. tions and n number of mining deals are under consideration.
 He saw three carloads of smclter machinery at Blouse consigned to the Clara Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company. Preparations are under way to haul it to the Signal mine, where it will be installed by the company. He also stated that two railroad surveys had been made from Rouse to the Signal and Planet mines. Excellent grades have been found for both routes. The branch line can be built at a very low cost from railroad construction standpoints, according to the engineers estimates.
 At wiekenburg Dr. Lewis reports good progress being made in installing the new power plant of the Central Arizona Power Company. This com pany was organized by the stockhold- CTS of the Octave Mining Company, the primary object being to furnish power for the operation of the Octave mines and mill. The company now proposes to furnish power and ligat to all of the principal mines in the Mar tinez, wiekenburg and Weaver dis ;rists at very low cost, which viii enable a number of companies and mine owners 10 operate their proper tics at a profit by eliminating the great expense of delivering fuel oil and coal at their camps under present conditions. The doctor expects to sec the wickenburg power plant ready to deliver power before the first of March. The building of the trans mission line to the Octave mines is under way. Operations will be resum- ed at Octave on a larger scale than ever as soon as the plant is ready to furnish power.
 He found a feeling of renewed con fdence in the mineral possibilities of Southern Yavapai and Yuma counties in every distret, many predicting that the coming year will be the most pros porous in the history of the mining in. dustry in these parts.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
Editorial Comment

War alarmists are not noted for delicate consideration in timing their calculated mysteries. That all Europe is in a feverisn condition, that a treaty has been defantiy broken and that in n far corner of the continent several hundred thousand brave men await only opportunity 10 fight for their national aspirations these seem to Lord Roberts no reasons 10 with. hold his demand for q million men lrmed 10 the home defense of Britain.
 When Lord Roberts was younger he once reported that the best defense of the Anglo.Indian frontier was com. munication, not forts. Command of the communicating sea is today Eng. lands home defense, as it has been since "Bonaparte scares' were popu. lar with the Robertses of a hundred years ago. That the command is sc. cure, Prime Minister Asquith in dig nified language assured his hearers at the recent Lord Mayors banquet. How Germany could land I5O,000 troops with their guns and munitions on British soil, an immense undertak. ing for a great fleet of transports in an uninterrupted week, surpasses com. prehension. What France might be doing in the meantime is a consiJera ton that would occur to the German war office, if not to n jingo lord.
 The whole campaign of ehsuvinism is as absurd as 1t is wicked. When Germany is facing constitutional crisis; when her imperial debt is growing slOo,Oo0,OOo a year and she is asked to sanction an additional ST.. 000,oo0 this year for naval purposes; when in the bond markets German i'm. peral credit ranks away below that of Italy; when the separate debt of Prus. sia is more than twice that of the United States and yet Won Buclow demands that she snall spend millions more in forced buying of the lands of Poles and planting them with German colonists; and when the very lights that dispel the gloom of the long North German winter nights are about 10 be taxed, it does not seem to res sonable men an appropriate time to beat the great alarm drum on the Keutish coast and cry; "The Ger mans are comng!"
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
IMPROVEMENT IN FORESTRY
 SERVICE

The disvision of the work of the for. estry service into district and the es.
 tablishment of district headquarters at points in or near the reserves will, no doubt, accomplish great deal to. ward developing a good feeling be. tween the citizens and the govern. ment. It is proposed that the trans. actions of each district shall be han. dled a the local Headquarters, the bu. reau at Washington having supervi. sion over all, but not necessarily con. cerned with the details of each office. This will facilitate the strai ghtening out of complaints and give the citi. zens an opportunity to come into per. sonal contact with men in authority.
 In the event a prospector or mine operator considers that he has n griev. ance against the forestry service, it will not be necessary for him to 20 to Washington, or to feel the embarrass. ment of not being able to undertake such journey. It will be compara. lively easy for an operator in Arizona to visit Albuquerque and it will, no doubt, be the policy of division head. quarters to send representatives into the outside towns and the reserves for the purpose of giving direct supervi. sion to the work of interiors. In this way abundant opportunity will be af. forded for personal communication and the advantages that always ac. company personal contact between persons who have . grievance, or imagine they have.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
PRICE CONTROL.

At first blush, the chief objection to monopolies is their power over com. modity prices, ns though 1t were a foregone conclusion that n monopoly, like individuals, win drive its advan. tage to the fsrthest limit in this re. spect, with blind grasping after i'm mediate profits and with no outlook toward a disastrous euimination of its efforts. Without advocating monopo. lies, 1t may be said tnat their subjec. ton to economic law increases in de gree with the growth of their inau. ence. As the ownership of industries Is concentrated, so also is the effect of economic law more uniform and more readily detected.
 During n period of wild speculation, n thousand individuals will be less likely to perceive the inevitable reac- .ion and they will more surely seek the ultimate advantage of high prices. If any of them are wise enough to look ahead, they will encourage the nigh price just the same and trust to their own wisdom to retire before be. ing caugh, by disaster, but some are sure to suffer. If only one institution, known as monopoly, is concerned in the making of a commodity price, it may be assured that tho effect of T reaction will be felt by 1t alone, for it Is alone in the field. For which cause, there is greater reason for caution on the part of the monopoly than there would be upon tho part of a thousand individuals, each striving to take ad. vantage of the others.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
FINE CHANGE FOR A GHOST.

The latest quotations on ghosts show that n real spook is worth slO, 900 in cash to any one wno can pro duce him and put minor her through paces which will absolutely es. tablish his authenticity beyond the question of doubt. Only few months ago Clark University offered 5000 for the capture of real ghost. Now the Metropolitan Psychical So. cicty has offered an equal sum for a gnost that can count up tO twenty.
 All that ghost has to do to get this money for the medium by whom he is controlled - for a ghost obvious ly couldn't use the money-is to be successful in one simple test. This test consits in enabling the medium to tell how many oranges from bag containing twenty have been poured on the table.
 So far the net results show that lemons nave been chosen, for such fa- nous mediums as Bright Eyes, Princess" and Big Chief' have not been able to interest their ghost. ly adorcrs in the matter. The psy chcal society, however, perfectly SC rious in it's offer, as the Clark Univer. sity is in its.
 President Stanley Hall of the latter institution is apparently n bit of n skeptic in this matter, however, if one may judge from m article on spooks which he contributes to Appleton 's Magazine. In it he cites nis test, the reading of a sealed and hidden letter, and asserts tha, after long investigu. ton he finds the alleged acts of such spook. az he has been able to learn about are too unimportant and color loss to make them worth considering.
 But if there is real ghost wander. ing around loose he now has fine opportunity 10 caru sl0,000. All that Is necessary is for him to undergo successfully the tests prescribed. Meanwhile the air is full of psychical and telepathic terms strange to the ear of the lyman such as telegenisis, elongation, levitation and other equal. ly ghostly words.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02

This lesson was learned in the cop. per market a year ago. It was gener. ally supposed that few large inter ests were able to combine in forcing the price of copper to q very high level, nay, an unreasonable one. If these interests had sufficient control over the copper supply to maintain an arbitrary price, they could not avoid the hardship that followed during the slump, except possibly by the sacrifice of the combination by which the con trol was retained. Accordingly fl mas become apparent that unreasona blc prices do not pay as well in the long run as moderate prices, and 1t is to the advantage of n copper combna ton to observe maximum limit ns well as minimum. Permanent mod cration in the fixing of prices IS thus as important to the monopoly as 1t IS to the public which consumes the pro duet. and the discovery of this truth removes one of the strongest argu mcnts against the monopoly.
 The policy or the United States Steel Corporation in maintaining the stability of iron and steel prices is of interest in this connection. It is note worthy that the independent plants have found this power of the steel trust to their advanagc, for the steel trust has sufficient control over the price determining factors to relieve | the independents of their worries in this respect. While there was a cut in prices during the late unpleasant ness, there was no such slump as that which cnaracterized the copper mar ket. The steel company has done much to prove the permanent efficiency of moderation in the making of prices, becau,e it has removed the iron pro. duets from the sphere of wild specula tiop.
 l IL is generally recognized that the American Smelling & Refining Co.,. |
 commonly known as the smelter trust is the largest factor in the lead mar ket, and that it maintained for long period a hign arbitrary prices for this metal. While this high price was of great advantage 10 the lead miners while it lasted, the fact that the smel
 ter management became demoralized during the late panic, and that the
 price of lead fell to n ruinous figure proves that its will had not been exer
 cised within the limits of moderation
 Not only should the trust learn it's les
 son well, but the miners of lead ores
 should perceive that it is poor eeono
 my for them, in the long run, to hope
 for prices that are ever beyond tho
 power of dominating institutions tc
 control. The suppression of extrava
 gant speculation in trust. controlled
 commodities is the surest reemdy fol
 panics. If the trusts have discovered
 this truth, the people will profit by it
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
rArT's TASK.

It is pretty well established that no attempt to defeat Cannon can succeed unless 1t has the sympathy and active support of the president elect. Those who wish to oppose Cannon are too timorous, indeed, 10 make the attempt unless assured of such support. There is no present assurance the attempt would succeed even with the president elects active and earnest support. It certainly is true that many members of the house who have large sympathy with Cannon and his methods would resent any pressure from the outside in a matter which SO intimately con. cerns the house itself. It Is equally certain that those who were fighting the battle for the house organization and against executive interference would have the sympathy and support of the senate, almost to a man.
 Under such circumstances, for MT. Taft to make the fight and lose would mean not only that he would be con. fronted by a hostile house but that he would manifold whatever hostility there now is toward nim in the senate. And when he gets to this point, MT. Taft will have to consider whether he would gain even by successful fight against Cannon. Undoubtedly, should his candidate for speaker win and re. organize the house such a tarif bin as Mir. Taft approved would pass that body; but what would be the fate of the bin when it reached an antagonis. tic senate There is danger that the Republican party would be so rent by the struggle that the Republican sen. ate would be ready to defy both the president and the public in the matter of tariff legislation.
 Moreover, there has been lot of criticism during the past few years of executive encroaehment upon the CO., ordinate legislative branch of govern ment, but there mas been nothing even approaching in hagrancy presidential interference with a constitutional right of the house to choose its own speak er lt may well be assumed that Mir. Taft, with his reverence for the con. stitution and respect for constitutional forms, has no relish for such an on. terprse. And assuming such, it safely may be further assumed that ne will not undertake it unless profoundly convinced that he owes it as a solemn duty to the American people.
 That the situation is filled to tho brim with peril is realized by both sides, and both sides are making ear. ness efforts to find some solution.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
WILL DIsMANrLE SULTAN MILL.

T. F.. Campbell, general manager of the Big Stick Gold Mining Company, has returned from his company's camp in the Santa Maria district, where he let contracts for the dismantling of the Sultan mill and its transportation to the Big Stick properties, where it will be erected. Its installation at the Big Stick will be commenced as soon as the first installments of machinery are delivered.
 No. 3 shaft on the Big Stick is sow down 232 feet and drifting is in pro- gress, north and south on the vein. from the 200.foot station. He reports the ore showing in the drifts satisfac. tory and does not hesitate to say that he believes the Big Stick will provo among the large gold producers of northern Arizona with . reasonable expenditure in development intelli. gently directed.
 Considerable interest is being taken, he says, in the Standard and Lucy groups in the same district, the own. CTS of which are now preparing to start development on a pretentious scale.
Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
ULT|MATUM MINE WORKS THREE
 SHIFTS
Harqua Hala Properties Plan Extensive
 Development

SALOME. Nov. 30.-Three shifts are now at work sinking on the Ulti. matum property. The shaft is being sunk for eastern parties who recently bonded the property and it is calculat- ed that it will cut the ledge which out crops in a striking gossan at ono hun dred and fifty or two hundred feet. Ged Shull is in charge of the work. Sinking is rapidly progressing on the shafe for E. A. Haggott of Los An. geles and Prescott on the South Cholla group of claims. This work is being done under contract by McEntree brothers.
 The Hsrqus IIaia is going right along getting ready for important dc velopment work in the near future. It is reported that the force is to be increased by the frSt of the coming month, though no definite adviccs have been received to that effect.
 C. II. Shotwell, NJ. R., of the firm of Latimer and Shotwell, engineers of Prescott, was Se,lome visitor this week. Mr. Shotwcll was examining properties in the Tank Pass country, about nine and half miles northwest of Salome.
 F.. $. Jones, president and general manager of the Brayton Commercial Company, spent several days in Salome recently. Mir. Jones states that busi. ness conditions all along the A. & C.. show n most decided improvement. The company operate store at wickenburg, salcme and Reuse.
 Officials of the Harqua Hsla Devel. opmept Company passed through hero this week on n visit to their big irri. gation project. Work on the dam is progressing rapidly under the excel. lent management of the men in charge. W. s. Wilson, the well known min. \ ing man from the Desert mine section, about seven miles west of nere, was n Saiome visitor this week. The Wilson reports that several deals are pending in his part of the country. l X large number of Salome residents enjoyed the excellent Thanksgiving dinner served by ]. W. Burpgardner at his restaurant here. The dinner was all that could be desired--so good, in fact, that there was almost no con. versation at the table, everybody be. ing too busy to waste time on mere talk.
 w. II. Elliott, the county surveyor, was n Salome visitor this week.
 ]. ]. Sullivan went out to the Ulti- matum camp to go to work this week.
 Wm. Auderek is now running the engine for the lIarqua Hala Develop. ment company at their dam site, seven miles southeast of here.
 | s. A. Heckelthorn, representing the International Ore Treating Machinery Company, was in town this week, look. ing over the field. Mir. Heckelthorn is most favorable impressed with the re. zion.
 Ged shull, in charge of the Ultimat. nm, came in on Thanksgiving Day for grub and supplies for camp. He took out two wagon loads, one inside and one on the wagon in the rough.
 Harry Nevin, part owner of the Hardwiek group, about nine miles north of here, was in town this week on a short business trip.