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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27

long-lookedfor opening of the Yuma reservation lands will begin February 5 next.
 During the next three months Yuma will experience a steady arrival of land seekers and investors, bent on getting into the game early.
 It is estimated that not less than 100000 homeseekers will want to file on 9,440 acres of land which will be thrown open on February 5, and as there must be many thousands who cannot hope to be successful, as but 472 people can draw 20 acres each, it is a necessary conclusion that there will be many thousands of purchasers of land, both improved and unim- proved under the Yuma project.
 One of the facts brought out for the first time by the announcement just received from Washington is that the petition of the Yuma Indians for 10 acres each as against five acres originally intended has been al lowed and 600 Indians will now get 5000 acres and the white settlers 9,44O acres.
 Those who have been watching the progress of the Yuma section now declare that the opening of these lands is the key to the future; that but one other thing remains to be done and that is the early construc- tiOn of the syphon under the Colo rado river, bringing with it gravity water for the Yuma valley, and that nothing then can prevent the begin ming of an era of great prosperity.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
ORGANIZATION IS
 PROMPT IN PAYMENT

On Tuesday last the sum of $1,5O0 was received by William H. Wolfe in payment of the insurance policy ear. ried by his son, James H. Wolfe, the young fireman who met his death in the engine accident that occurred near Iron Springs on August 17th last. At that time it will be recalled that Telegraph Line Inspector Frank McCrea also met his death, and Joe Rees, the engineer, had a narrow es- cape from the same fate, being thrown from his cab to the ground several feet distant.
 The above sum which the father received through the death of his son, was issued by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, whose headquarters are located at Peoria, H., and of which organiza- tion A. H. Hawley is the general sec retary and treasurer. Less than two months elapsed since the sad acci- dent took place before the death claim was adjusted and paid, which in railroad circles is considered a prompt transaction and one also which is proverbial with this organization. The young man who met his death at that time was an ardent supporter of the brotherhood and carried as heavy an insurance as he was able to bear financially.
 The expeditions adjustment and payment of this claim is a splendid endorsement of this fraternal or ganization and aside from the pe- cuniary benefits it extends the de- ceased, it maintains a strong arm in the defense of the rights of the iv- ing. It is also an organization that is free from any taint in its delib- erations and the receipt of the above financial reward is the best argu- ment of the charitable purposes it exercises whenever the occasion arises for this course to be pursued.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
DEVELOPMENT IS
 VERY SATISFACTORY
From Fridays Daily,


 After a personal examination of the mining field embraced in the prop critics of the Hermosa Lead and Zinc company, T. R. L. Daughtrey, of Jacksonville, returned to the city last night and this morning will return to his home in the above city.
 In a pleasant review of the trip to these well known properties, he stated last night to a number of mining men that he was more than pleased with the development and showing to date, in fact was enthusiastic over the enterprise, as well as surprised at what was demonstrated. His con ception of the ground before reach ing the works was outlined along the lines that ordinarily go with prospect holes and limited exploitation, but after an inspection of the extensive openings that are everywhere in evi- dence, he was free to alter his i'm pressions and give the enterprise the merited rating that it deserves.
 Mir. Daughtrey says that when he first became identified with the prop osition his interest was a nominal one as a subscriber to the first stock issue made, but since an examina- tion of the workings at all points, he will increase his holdings and mater ially 80 and desires to become promi- nently identified with the future of the company. This opinion of a gen tleman versed in the vocation of min ing, is supported by the mining ele- ment of this section generally. Those eonversant with the proposition and who have followed the development of the group to the present time are pronounced in their belief of the flu. ture that faces the company. This is based on the character of the ores that are produced.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
FLATTERING CONDITIONS.
From Thursday. paiIvl

After a few days of business trans actions, Benjamin Rybon returned yes terday to his mining interests near MeCabe, to resume work. In speak ing of that immediate section he seys that the amount of ore ready to be shipped to the Humboldt smelter is surprising in tonnage, accommodating after nearly two years of develop ment. On many claims in that belt recent work has demonstrated many good properties, and the universal feeling is that the sooner the big smelter starts up the better will it be for that district. With the smelt- CT in operation it is MT. Rybon' g belief that MeCabe and vicinity wlll be heavy shippers and prosperous conditions will follow.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
OPPORTUNITIES TO
 SECURE LAND TRACTS
(From Fridays Daily)

Register Frank Parker of the PhOe- nix land office, yesterday received from Land Commissioner Dennett of Washington, D. C., an order opening for entry the lands lying north of the Arizona canal that the department of interior recently announced would be returned.
 These lands were withdrawn sew eral months ago by the reclamation service when it was supposed that they might be necessary to carry out the Roosevelt project.
 According to the order sent by Commissioner Dennett to the Phoe. nix land office, the lands will be thrown open to filing on January 5, but will not be open to settlement until February following.
 According to the conditions, this land can be taken up either under the desert land or the homestead act, and settlers will be permitted to file on as much as 3S0 acres. The 14. month communication rule will prevail, and those who prefer to buy the land in that manner will not have to wait the five years otherwise required.
 Estimates of the land that has been returned by the government runs as high as 15O,OOO acres. The area includes Paradise valley, which is con- sidered rich in agricultural possibui. ties. Experts say that plenty of wa ter can be obtained in wells.
 This land will not be irrigated by the Roosevelt dam, which accounts for its being turned back by the gov ernment.
 Coincident with the visit of Seere- tary of Interior Ballinger to Arizona comes the announcement that the
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27

thusiastic for irrigation and believes that the southwest has a future in agriculture which will astound The country.
 Quiet on Pinchot.
 Secretary Ballinger declined to dis cuss the recent controversy between himself and Clifford Pinchot, chief forester.
 "Mr. Pinchot is not in my depart ment," said Secretary Ballinger. ''Furthermore, I wish to add that the newspapers have been making eu- tirely too much of our supposed con troversy."
 Well preserved and vigorous and appearing to be not over 45 years old, Secretary Ballinger makes a most favorable impression. He is decidedly genial and affabln at most times but when the recent Pinehot affair is mentioned, in which there was 8 re- ported radical, difference regarding the policy of conservation of national resources, his eyes flash and his man ner changes.
 Nevertheless he declines to talk about the affair.
 A resident of the state of Wash ington, Secretary Ballinger is quite well acquainted with the west. He knows western conditions from actual experience. He is a government of ficial of the type who conduct their departments on a business-like basis and who prefer to learn conditions at first hand. He fsvors personal ob- servations rather than routine evil dence of which it is easy to obtain volumes, which when read is, in many instances, conflicting and leaves the final judge, who has to pass on it, much perplexed.
 That Secretary Ballinger is popB- lar with President Taft is indicated by recent utterances of the chief ex- ecutive of the nation praising the head of the department of the inter- for in highest terms for the manner in which he is handling the affairs of this department and stating pub licly that his work is entirely satis- factory to the present administration.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
CORRESPONDENTS VIEW
 or THIS TERRITORY

That the eastern correspondents can not resist the temptation to still fill the various newspapers they represent is indicated by the following article from one of the special representa- tives of one of the big eastern syn dicates who, there is every reason to believe, was actuated not by any sim ister motive toward Arizona, but by the fact that he had to pound out "eopy" of some kind. The article reproduced from the New York Her aid is as follows:
 PRESCOTT, Ariz., Wednesday, After having fought Secretary Car penter to an unsuccessful finish by wire and letter in an attempt to gain more of the presidents time, Arizona today deliberately took over his train and, until peremptorily checked, ran it to suit herself.
 When this train gets to Pres colt, send the president of the next railroad to me, and have it under stood that he takes orders from mo- body else.'
 "This was the order which came from the president when the plot. was laid bare by the arrival of the spe- cial train at Phoenix, two hours ahead of the time scheduled. Then it was made sure that the next railroad upon which the president travelled would not lend itself to the plans of local committees of entertainment
 "An arrangement for making up time tonight, which was sanctioned by the president, will bring him to the rim of Grand Canyon before sun rise tomorrow morning.
 eff the president would see the sun rise he must dress and climb to the rim from the station. He will not be able to view it from his bed room door in pajamas, as he did at Glacier Point, in the Yellowstone.
 From Grand Canyon the president will go to Albuquerque, N. M., and is due to arrive there next Friday evening. On Saturday he meets Pres ident Diaz at Fl Paso, and after spending Sunday and Monday at San Antonio will go to the ranch of his brother at Corpus Christi for four days of golf and rest.
 "It was a talk straight from the shoulder which the president gave to citizens of Arizona clamoring for statehood at Phoenix. He promised to aid them, but he made it plain that once a state the burden of To- cal control would be shifted from the shoulders of the national gov ernment to state officers, who mIrh' not always be a success.
 of you think he said, that in your constitutional convention you ought to lay down all the limitations that are ordinarily included in a statute you are going to make a great mistake.'"
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
POLITICIANS ARE
 SEVERELY SCORED
(Phoenix Demoerat.l

(Phoenix Demoerat.)
 In line with the editorial in the Journal-Miner Tuesday morning, crit icising the New Mexico politicians and partisan Albuquerque newspaper for doubting the sincerity of Presi- dent Taft, the following editorial from Arizona papers which appeared on the same day are given:
 To say the least, the New Mexico politicians carry their nerve with them. To deliberately inform the president at a banquet that they doubted his sincerity and that they did not believe he would give them statehood was about the grossest bit of gall that has come to the surface for some time. In the first place, no man has the right to insinuate that President Taft is out here mis- leading the people. He has no req sons to do it, and he would simply be putting himself down as a hypo- crit without any reward. In the next place, we should have respect enough for his high position to give him credit for being sincere. No man in his position could afford to mislead the people 80 grossly as to tell them he would do a thing when he had no idea of doing it.
 In fact, just as sure as President Taft lives until congress eonvenes, 80 sure will he recommend that Ari- zona and New Mexico be admitted as states and use all of his influence to accomplish this. The Democrat does not doubt this for an instant, and it does not want to say any thing that will lead people to be- lieve that it doubts the sincerity of the president on this point. We will go still further and say that we are sure that the statehood bill will pass both houses and be signed by the president.
 The committee that got up that banquet should have had sense enough to keep such wild-eyed speakers off of the program. However, their talk is bound to rebound to the advan. tage of Arizona, as it will show a comparison in the mind of the presi- dent highly favorable to this terri tory.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27

Secretary of the Interior Ballinger honored Prescott last evening with a visit which lasted one hour. He ar rived here just a few minutes aftor o'clock.
 Accompanied by Frank M. Murphy, president of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railway; l.. c. Hill, of the reclamation service, who is in charge of the big undertaking at the Roose- welt dam, and his own secretary, Don N. Carr, who was formerly prominent in newspaper circles in Ohio, Secre- tary Ballinger was taken to the Yav- spai club, where he was most pleas antly entertained.
 He declared that Arizona WAS q surprise to him and that he is pleas ed with the reclamation work wLicl is now being done in this territory.
 Talks About Parker.
 Secretary Ballinger in reply to in- quiries regarding the opening for settlement of land in the vicinity of Parker, stated this is a matter On which a more definite announcement will be made later. He declared, however, that at the present time none of the land has been taken up and that a townsite has not been officially recognized by the govern ment.
 He added that until he returns 10 Washington and looks into the da.a which will be furnished him he can not tell what action the government will take. He said that he had paid a visit to Parker in order to look over the ground.
 He stated that without question the government will hold a tract near Parker which will in all probability be later used for canal purposes for the irrigation of the lands in the vicinity of that town. The water will be secured from the Colorado river, in whose banks the town of Parker is situated.
 During his stay in Arizona, seere- tary BslIinger paid a visit to both Laguna and the the Roosevelt dams, the two most important irrigation projects in the southwest. He is en-
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
MR. TAFT NsULTED
 IN NEW MEXICO
(Phoenix Republican.)

(Phoenix Republican.)
 We had something to say yester- day concerning the Arizona papers that have distorted and misrepresent- ed MT. Taft's promises and advice relative to statehood.
 One New Mexico paper, the Albu- querque Tribune-Citizen, has out classed the Arizona papers in mis- representation. That paper, and some of the New Mexico politicians, went so far as to insult the president.
 The Albuquerque paper, in it's ;s- sue of the 18th, published on its front page a verbatim report of MT. Taft's speech at Albuquerque on that day, and by way of inviting attention to the speech it used headlines of big type printed in red ink, which said:
 ''Taft Holds the Big Stick Over People of New Mexico in Speech Favors Statehood Conditionally- Must Make the Kind of Constitution He Would Like to See-Receives Chilly Reception From Thousands Gathered in Hope to Hear Good News"
 Any reader of the Albuquerque pa per who contented himself with read ing these headlines, to the neglect of the speech itself, would of course - if he believed the conclude that MT. Taft indulged in a threat, or threats, and that if he made any promise of his support to the state hood cause he attached a string to it.
 How dense and ignorant must paper hold its readers when it un- dertakes to make them believe that these words of MT. Taft embody any suggestion of "the big stiek' or that his promise was conditional it. any sensel In his Albuquerque speech MT. Taft went further than in his addresses in this territory-because, possibly, he wished the most stupid to understand his position in order that demagogues might not misrep- resent him successfully-and he took pains at the outset to make it clear that he would not veto the statehood bill, whatever it's provisions.
 He then proceeded, as in Arizons, to give the people wholesome advice concerning the making of their con stitution-adviee founded on his own careful observation of affairs in the United States and on his own ex- perience as a proIound constitutional lawyer. In this advice there was not the slightest hint of any desire to intimidate the people of the terri tories-not the slightest hint of any desire to advise them otherwise than for their own good.
 The reports of the banquet tender ed to the president at Albuquerque on the night of the 18th, make it clear that some of the statesmen there assembled took advantage of the oc- easion to insult Mir. Taft, as the AL
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
POISONED CANDY HERSELF.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 22.-Mrs. Ninette Lilliard, who yesterday ae- cused Mrs. Maud Ridley of having given her poisoned candy, confessed today she bought the candy and put in the poison herself. She did it, she said, to turn Mrs. Ridley against her husband, R. ". Lilliard, a news paper reporter. Mrs. Billiards con fession followed an Identification of the candy by a drug clerk. Then she fainted. Mrs. Ridley said she loved Lilliard.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
ADDING MACHINERY.

While visiting the city Friday from his mining camp in ChaparraI, John s. Jones stated that he is plac- ing additional machinery to his 10. stamp mill and is arranging to op- crate that plant steadily in the flu ture. He also continues development on the Union and Independence mines and feels very enthusiastic over the showing made in each of the above. MT. Jones also states that the Chap arral Basin is on the eve of the greatest era in mineral production it has ever had, and the next few months will substantiate this asser- tion. He will return to his camp today.
 If your job is "shaky" a Journal
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
ITALIANS ALARMED.

MESSINA, Italy, Oct. 22.-Yester- days earthquakes felt in the vicin- ity of Ethda, coincide with the re- newed activity of Mt. Vesuvius and caused much alarm.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
SHUFFLED OFF

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. 2L- Brown, aged 2s, inesrcerated in jail last night for alcoholism, drank quantity of concentrated lye and died this afternoon.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
FIRE LOSS HEAVY.

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. 22.- A fire this morning in a restaurant caused the destruction of the main portion of the town of Moron. The loss was $30,O0O.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
BALU|NCER PAYS
 VISIT T0 PRESCOTT
Declares Government Will Retain I Tract Near Parker
 For Irrigation Canal.
(From Fridays DaIIyl

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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
WARNING NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the un- dsruigned, owner of thes Neiman group of claims, and located about 30 miles west of Hillside and adjoining the pat ented claims of Lawler ( Wells, in the Eureka mining district, Yavspai county, Ariz., will not be responsible for debts of any kind contracted for labor and improvements on said prop. srty, while it is being worked under bond. GUY ALLEN,
 By & J. Gnssh, attorney-in-faet.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27

If your job is "shaky" a Journal Miner liner will get you another one.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
PITHY SERMON ON
REALTY QUESTION
Discourse Based on First Land
Purchase Recorded in
Genesis XIII
By GEORGE E. BELvEL

The first transfer of title TO real es-
tate known to history occurred about
100 years before Christ, and was re-
corded in Genesis. chapter xiii of the
sacred book. The purchaser was
Abraham. The seller Ephron. The
agent, Heth's sons. The property sold
is described as follows, to wit:
The field of Machpelah. which was
before Marine. the field and the cave
which was therein. and all the trees
that were in the field. that We're in all
the borders round about
The same is Hebron in the land OF
Canaan"
In consideration of 400 shekels of
silver. current money with the mer-
chant" the above described property
was made sure unto Abraham for a
possession in the presence of the chill
dren of Heth
The story of this transaction is in
terestfng Abraham wife, Sarah, had
died at the age of 127 years. The
cause of her death is not stated She
died in kirjath- -arba; "the same is
Abraham was soiourning in that place
mourning and weeping for her. But
she was dead, and the bereaved hus-
band set about to secure suitable
burial place
Abraham was mighty prince in his
day Therefore. he was offered the
privilege of burying his dead in what
ever sepulcher he might choose. Not
one of Heth's sons. withheld from Abra-
ham the use of his sepulcher But still
did Abraham insist on purchasing a
sepulcher for his own exclusive use
He bowed himself to the people OF
the land, even to the children of Heth'
tNote--He bowed even to his agents)
and entreated them to see Ephron
the son of Zohar. and get an
option on the cave of Machpelah
which he hath. which is in the end OF
his field, for as much money as it is
worth" So, the agents brought Ephron
and Abraham together. Ephron Of
fered to give the field but Abraham
insisted on paying what it was worth
and the price was named. the silver
weighed out and the deal closed.
WHAT THE INCIDENT TEACHES
This ircidentfis not modern in any
sense. but 1T is full of meaning II
clearly indicates certain conclusions
that Abraham had arrived at in his
wisdom. which conclusions the inter-
vening ages have proved to be truths
1. That actual ownership and pos
session of real estate is essential.to the
needs of men.
g That. separate ownership, as
against ownership with others, is wis
dom.
g. That something for nothing is not
a safe working principle Abraham in
sisted on actually acquiring full title
to the cave of Machpelah, and he in
sisted on paying its full value. He
refused TO accept an interest with
others, because he knew that differ