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Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

A precious lot of the governments money is still being wasted every year through the printing and distribution of so many thirty to sixty page buhe- tins, which from the standpoint of value for the average farmer might as well be written in Hebrew and San skrit. Not only does the farmer not have time to wade through them, but the average country editor does not. A fair regard for the forest conservation policy, concerning which so much. h just now being written, would seem to suggest the propriety of boiling down a good many of these treaties and thus sparing the trees from which the paper is made
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

The crabgrass, one of the worst ot garden pests, is fortunately Sly an annual-lives but year-and hence If it is kept from going to seed in August or September it will be knocked ort for next y@Sr. Elbow grease ard perseverance are the req uisites in exterminating it.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

Omaha has a students organization that is known as the Alfalfa Hay club. It is their belief that beef steak and alfalfa is balanced ration and an excellent energy producer for mental as well as physical exercise. The alfalfa ration is given in the shape of gems, pancakes, mush and cake. the tender and nutritious portions of the plant being finely ground and bleach ed. If this ration does as much for these college boys as for hogs and beevs in the feed lot, they may be counted on to get there with both feet in the 40 dash and in wrestling with Greek and Latin roots.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

There ought to be an enthusiastic member of an Audubon society in ev- cry state legislature In the country, simply that some one posted on the subject of the economic Importance of birds might be on hand to give legisla- tors wholesome and hard headed ad- vice to keep them from. unwittingly passing laws permitting the GAe.ruc. ton o8 useful birds. The seed of this has been suggested by an act lately passed by the Minnesota legislature, giving towns and counties the right to bounty for killing blackbirds and crows. Nothing much aan be said for the crow, barring his utility as a scav- enger, but it is different with the black bird, which Is classed as one of the useful birds. Had some one been on hand at the time this bill was. passed to present. the edss for the bIackbird it is sdoubtfH if suchAa neasupe would have passed.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

Farmers and gardeners in Massa- ctAISe4S &rS suffering considerable Shi@soSS frSra deer, the Killing of which has been prohibited fot number of years past and are now asking the Legislature for permission to kill ma rauding deer which appear on their premises. The deer seem to realize that they are privileged characters and presuming on this have become so bold that they invade farm fields and gar dens and do muck damage in a. single night This is an illustration of a pro lection which has been carried too far and is overdone. Permission to kill trespassing animals would doubtless put a stop to the nuisance and make them seek uncultivated fields and tim Der lots.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

The horse census for the past two years, as compiled by the bureau of animal statistics, has some interesting figures. It shows that on Jan. l, 1908 there were in the country 19,S92 900 horses having a total value of $1,S67,- 530,CO0. giving an average of $9341 per head. A year later, Jan. 1, 1909, the number had increased to 20,640 900 and tho tDtal value to S1,974. .952, 900, which gives an average price of $95.64. Ehis shows that there has been a gain of S2.23 per head. The average price of horses per head ten years ago was SGO 25
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

A road treated with the road drag acquires character, so to speak, as time passes. One treatment keeps it from getting into as bad shape during the next wet spell, and so on with every subsequent treatment until 1t becomes well nigh impervious to sur face water and much less susceptible to indentations from the traffic which passes over 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

Very little has been~ done as yet along the line of testing silage as a ration for lambs. The Illinois expert ment station has. however, been con ducting some feeding eXnerAments along this line and the results have been very satisfactory. Six lots of lambs of the same age and weighing an average of ninety-three pounds were n the feeding test. One lot was fed no silage at all, their ration beiug 1.42 pounds of corn and 1.12 pounds of hay per day. The other five lots were fed varying amounts of ensilage with lighter rations of hay, and corn. At the end of the period it was found the lot fed hay and corn only had made a gain of thirty-three pounds each, the average cost per pound of gain being 4.6 cents. The lot fed the most silage had a ration of 1.1S pounds shelled corn, 1.9S pounds silage and IT pounds hay, and during the period made a total gain In weight of 3S.4 pounds, with an average cost per pound of gain of ST cents. It will be observed that the lambs fed most silage made a greater gain than the others and at a~coSt of nearly a cent less per pound. The feeding of the silage was not attended by any in- furious effects whatever. The series of experiments would seem to furnish definite and valuable information for good many who have been consider ing silage as a possible ration for lambs and sheep.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

The number of mice which will be on hand to threaten orchard trees when the winter snOws are deep may be mSterially reduced if piles of mulch, hay or other litter are removed by the first of September Many of these piles of litter will be found to contain nests of from five to eight little naked, squirmng mice which are very easily dispatched. The writer remembers removing. some ten or more cocks of grass from the orchard about the time mentioned~and in almost every pile there were just. such a bunch of little mice, which would have been able to do'a world of gnawing by Hhid~inter had they been left undisturbed.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

The child in the home who is made to think that the notwithstanding everybody in the home-revolves around and must pay homage to him has some heartbreaking experiences ahead before he gets his ideas of the relation of the luminaries in his solar system properly adjusted. This early hmbibed misconception often makes trouble for the yoGngster and a lot of grief and embarrassment for the folks who have to live and associate with bim.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26

A fruit grower who is the recipient of the very useful service which the birds render him in the destruction of a multitude of insect pests which but for their intervention would con sume about everything he produced and then denies them Il bite of his tempting fruit as sort of a reward, is absolutely too mean and stingy to live among civilized fair minded folks. He should have a ring put in his nose and turned out with the porkers.
Connecticut western news., 1909-08-26
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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
TAFT FOR ARIZONA STATEHOOD

WASHINGTON, April 22.-After numerous consultations between Chair. man Hamilton of the Committee on Territories and Delegates Cameron and Andrews, in regard to the land laws in connection with statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, Hamilton consulted President Taft this morning and the latter is enthusiastic for statehood. He announced that he will insert in his December message a strong reeommen- dation for admission as a Christmas present.
 Hamilton will introduce a statehood bill in few days, and it will have the full eonsideratin of both houses, the president and all departments be- fore the month is closed. The house is unanimous for the measure and over 80 of the 92 votes in the senate are favorable.
 Te statehood bill will surely pass at the long session and Cameron will not let the grass grow under his feet.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28

the surface where the shaft is being
 sunk. As soon as a depth of l5O feet
 is reached crosscuts will be run t0
 both walls of the vein. The erection
 of the new noisting plant is nearly
 finished. The management expects to
 have the hoist ready for operation Tn a
 week. Better progress in sinking will
 then be made.
 The old Mudhole works are unwat- cred to the $50 foot level. The water
 is being pumped steadily. The placing of new machinery and other improve ments in and around the camp is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
 The Mudnole is the best proven property in the Walker district. It is equipped with a reduction plant of 155 tons daily capacity. Another unit will soon be added to the plant, in- ereasing it to 200 tons daily capacity, and it is the intention of the company to increase it by the addition of an- other 5O-ton unit as soon as the mine is unwatered and the development in- sures daily output of 25O tons of ore.
 Engineer Portugal met F. Mergen- thaler, the junior member of the Mer- genthaler firm, owners of the Linotype l printing machinery company, here last night. MT. Mergenthaler arrived from his home in Baltimore, Maryland He is a heavy stockholder in the Penn-Arizona Mining Company. He will leave this morning for the Mud lole mine in company with NIT. Portu- gal.
 This is MT. Mergenthaler first visit to this part of Arizona. His father, inventor of the machine wnich bears lis name, formerly resided in this ,ity. He was the owner of the Bald Butte group of mines northwest of the .ity, in the development of which he expended large amount the two ears previous to his death
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
RUSHING SOUTH ON
 THE BRIBERY CASE
CFrom Fridays Daily)

Kean St. Charles, editor of Our Mineral Wealth of Kingman, who rep resented Monave county in the council of the last legislature, passed through here last night on his way to Phoenix, where he has been summoned to testi- fy before the grand jury on charges of alleged attempts at bribery in connec- ton with the passage of the local op- tion bill. He considers the charges as joke.
 He is accompanied by Mrs. St. Charles.
 J. P Dillon, chairman of the Terri tOrial Democratic Central Committee, joined Editor St. Charles here and ac- eompanied him to Phoenix. Chairman Dillon denied being summoned to testi- fly in the alleged bribery charges, and stated that his visit to the capital city at this time has no connection what ever with the Maricopa county grand jury investigation, although it is known that he was an active lobbyist against the Pace bill.
 MT. Morgan, councilman from Maya io county, who was also summoned to 1 appear before the Maricopa grand jury, did not pass through here last night. His failure to join St. Charles at Ash Fork was due to an accident | on the main line which delayed passen- ger train No. nine hours.
 In the County, St. Charles had the deciding vote which passed the meas ure, and it became common report lat CT in Phoenix that he had made the statement that he could nave sold his vote for from 5000 to s5OOO if he had been susceptible to bribery.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
RECLAIMNG THE ETTA MINE
 GOING ON RAPIDLY AND WELL
From Thursdays Danyl

Cornelius O'Connor, assitant treas urer of the Bockariz Mining Company,
 arrived here yesterday from the Etta
 mine in the Verde district, with a
 sixty ounce gold bar, the result of q
 recent run of the mill on waste and
 low grade ores drawn from the old
 stopes in the mine.
 MT. O'ConnOr says that the ore enutes in the old workings are now clear of waste and low grade ores and that the stoping of a higher grade product will be started. He expects better results from future runs of the mill, as almost all of the low grade ores and waste which and to be removed before actual mining was commenced in the old workings has been removed and treated. The mill, which was re- moved from its former site at the Verde river and erected at the mine, is running satisfactorily. Many minor changes incident to the starting of a new plant have been made and all of l the machinery is in first class condi- l ton.
 Developments in the lower level | from the main shaft are showing bet ter than anticipated. MT. O'Connor, in common with others in close touch with the company's affairs, is conf ient that the Etta mine, which has a record in gold production dating from the eos, is now entering upon the most prosperous and productive period n its history.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
SECOND PAYMENT ON
 c. 6 A. OPTION IS PAID
tFrom Thursdays Daily)

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 The second payment on the C. & A. option on part of the Leadville Min ing Company group at Courtland, Co., ehise county, has been paid, and the company stockholders have s20,0oO more to their credit from which it is understood, another dividend is to be paid to the fortunate stockholders of record.
 The c. & A. have a bond covering the Maid of Sunshine and King Solo, mon mines of the company for $2O0,- 0OO.. A first payment of $10,O0O was paid in October last and the second payment of $2O,OO0 made on Saturday last makes a total of $3O,O0O casn which has been applied on the bond price. The remainder of $17O,O00 falls due on October 17th next, according to the Tombstone Prospector.
 The C. & A. development on these claims has exposed immense bodies of ore and it is said enough ore has been encountered in the exploration and diamond drill work to warrant the belief that the bond will not be per mitted to lapse. The property is rated among the most valuable in the dis trict.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
DUMPING TAILINGS INTO
 RIVERS TO CEASE
(Frem ThursaaEes paAyl

The decision of Judge Nave, of
 Globe, having been sustained by the
 Supreme Court, mining companies wiE
 have to discontinue the dumping of
 taihngs into rivers of the Territory. This decision, it appears, will not af- feet the operations of the great con- eentrating plants about Clifton, as the companies have expended thousands of dollars during the past few years iR building dams and reservoirs for the storage of tailings. One big dam was constructed in the Morenci canyon, which takes care of all the tailings of the A. c. cencentrator below Morenci, and the water running into the river from this dam is free from shines. At Clifton the A. C. company has con structed an expensive pipe line and for some time has been pumping tailings on the lower part of HiI's fiat, where they are damned and settled, with the result that the water running into the river is absent of any substance detri- mental te vegetation.
 Likewise the Shannon Copper com pany has large storage reservoir in the canyon near its eoncentrator, in which the tsilings are settled, and the water running from this reservoir IS 1 perfectly clear. Thus have the min ing companies of this district mastered | a situation which for a long time | threatened the successful oPertion of the coneentratOr, without which few of the mines could be operated.
 It seems to be the general opinion now that the small amount of matter that is entering the river will in no way damage the farming lands of the valley, and the companies are to be congratulated upon having done their part to correct a condition which the farmers have for many years claimed was the ruination of their property. From now on it is to be hoped that the farmer will recognize the value of the company property and the company will recognize that of the farmer, with out which there cannot be mutual pros perity. They should quit fighting and work for the best interests of all.
 They should realize that without the companies in that county a great many men would not be here and the farm CTS would not have as good market and prices for their produce.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28

oil at it's commercial price in large
 lots at 60 cents barrel. The road
 owns large areas of proven oil lands
 and produces vast quantities of oil.
 but not enough to supply its demands,
 hence it is one of the largest purchas- CTS of California and Texas oils.
 The news from Coalings, that the Southern Pacific has agreed to pay its lessees the market price for oil, is en- couraging to the producers, as it means that the oil will not be thrown upon the market elsewhere. It is said that provision in the leases on all South ern Pacific oil land provides that the railroad can have all of the oil from the land, in excess of its royalty which goes to it anyway-at the pre- vailing market price, in case it desires the oil. That is, the Southern Pacific has the first call on the oil as against any other buyer, if it is willing to pay the market price.
 There was some fear among the pro- ducers, however, that the railroad would refuse to pay the market price of 60 cents a barrel or more which has been established since the new con tract with the Associated. Had this hapepned, the oil from the Southern Pacific leases would be obliged to find some other market. The fact that the railroad company is willing to pay the price shows that it needs the oil and must have it.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
PACE BILL BRIBES
 NEED MORE LIGHT
(Erom RrlaaH,s pailrl

N-NNh
 The Phoenix Republican of the 2lst
 date has this to say of the alleged
 bribery investigation by the grand
 jury, in session at the capitol city:
 The grand jury has a bribery case on
 its hands. There had been an inkling of this on the day that the grand jury was convened, but the matter was giv- en no publicity until yesterday morn ing, when it was made known that subpoenas had been issued for F. A. Sutter, of Bisbee, assemblyman from Coehise county in the Twenty fifth leg islature and for Kean St. Charles, councilman from Mohave, and William Morgan, of Holbrook, cuncilman from Navajo county. Against whom charges of bribery or rather charges of offer ing bribes, have been made, has not yet been disclosed. The defendants NtAC hduitu JOuh COts
 Deputy Sheriff Adams left on Mon day night for Cochise county to secure service on MT. Sutter.
 The charges relate to incidents con- neeted with the passage of the local option bill, and it is said that they are based on certain statements made by MT. St. Charles the day of the pas sage of that bill. It had been under stood by those who were opposing the bill that MT. St. Charles would vote against it, though earlier in the ses- sion he had declared himself in favor of such measure.
 Strong pressure had in the meantime been brought to bear upon nim from Kingman and other towns in his eoun- ty, and he was even threatened with l the ruin of his business. On the night ! before the vote was taken, it was un- ierstood that he had surrendered. It | is known that his mind was not made | np when he went to the capitol on the of the day of the passage of the bill and many who heard his open ng remarks in explanation of his vote were certain that it was going to be ,ast against the bill, and after it was III over and he had voted for if, it seemed evident that ne had changed lis mind after he rose to speak.
 He stated later that there were sev- ,ral reasons why he had voted for the Jill. One of them was that if he had voted against it, all of his friends would have been sure that he mad been ,ribed. He later stated, somewhat in onfdenee, that he had been offered 10000 to vote against the bill. for the ate of it hung on his vote.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
ODD FELLOWS ARE
 HAVING GOOD TIME

TUCSON, Ariz., April 20. - The
 Grand Lodge of the Independent Or
 der of Odd Fellows commenced their
 meeting on Monday, the 18th, with an
 address of welcome from the mayor of Tucson, B. F. Heney, and responded to
 by the grand secretary, Geo. A. Mintz, of Phoenix.
 The session opened at 10 o'clock with nearly 100 representatives present from different parts of the Territory, and remained in session until 12 o'clock, meeting again at 1 o'clock at which time they gave the editor of the Southwestern Odd Fellow five min utes to bring before the grand lodge ehe objects and means of increasing the circulation of that fraternal paper, after which they proceeded with the work of the grand lodge. At 3 o'clock q meeting of the Grand Encampment went into session until 4:30 o'clock, at which time they adjourned
 In the evening the Rebekahs of the local lodge entertained all the visitors and members of the different lodges at a reception at the Elks Building, | which consisted of a dance and card | playing. It was well attended and did | great credit to the ladies wno spared no pains to make everyone at home. Good music and a good floor made the dancing very enjoyable. Prizes were iven for the highest score in the card playing.
 Tuesday the grand lodge met at 9 clock and the Rebekah assembly at 10 o'clock, when further business mat ters of the order were discussed, and the afternoon was spent in sight-see- ing, followed by another reception in the evening and degree work. One of tae vist was to the San Xavier mis sion.
 The town is decorated from end to end with bunting and electric illumi- nations embIematic of the order. The weather is delightful and not too hot, and everybody seems to be having q good time.
 The grand lodge occupied the lodge room of the A. o. U. w., and the Re bekah assembly the Odd Fellows Hall. Most of the delegates are staying at the Santa Rita hotel and tae Heidel. ,
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-28
AFTER ARIzoNA's CHAPTERS
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 PHOENIX, April 21.-It became public today that the grand jury now sitting has taken steps to exposed the suspected scandal in connection with the recent session of the legislature having under consideration the indict- ment of unknown persons, of an al legged attempt to bribe certain mem bers in connection with the passage of the Pace local option bill.
 Subpoenas have been issued for F. A. Sutter, of Bisbee, an assemblyman; Kean St. Charles, councilman, of Kingman, and William Morgan, of the council, from Holbrook.
 The inquiry is based on the state ment of St. Charles, who voted for the bill, when he remarked in doing so, that if he voted against it, it would not be construed that he was bribed.