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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
OLD AGE PENSIONS

lt is now nearly fifty years since n dreamer of dreams first propounded the policy of oldagc pensions. urging tnat this reform of state aid was due "to pensioners of the ploughsharc as well as those of the sword" The idea was ridiculcd and dismissed; but just as the paradoxes of one genera. tion become the accepted policies of the next England is today giving this needed support to her "vetorans of industry" The dawn of the New Year, 1909, marked memorable epoch in the lives of thousands of Great Britain's old people, broken on the wheels of industry hut not despised,
 The blessings of this money distri. button can hardly bc estimated. While no exact figures are yet obtainable, the latest returns from postofices through.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.

In all the history of the human race, the conduct of this nation in it's rela. ton 10 Cuba is unique example of fostering good will, says the Philadel. phin Telegraph. One may look in vain for . parallel instance where power having once taken possession of a country by force of arms has deliber ately planned for the education of It's
 inhabitants for government. and their establishment as n free and inde. pendent people; nor can another such an instance of generous forbearance be found where, when upon one signal failure of these inhabitants to rule themselves, the power which liberated them from mediacval monarchicaI op. prcssion has set patiently to the work of retrieving the ruin they brought upon themselves, and of proceeding a second time to ht them for self.rule.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
FREEMAN BLUMBERG WEDDING
urom Sundays Daily)


 Miss Cecilia Blumberg and Edward Freeman were united in marriage il, the home of MT. and Mrs. Sam Drcy. CT in this city Friday night at 2 o'clock Probate Judge C. F. Hicks oiiieiated in the presence of n number of relatives and friends.
 A reception followed the uuptials. The bride is the sister of Mrs. Drcy. err She has resided here several years and IS favoritc in local social circles. The groom is an attacae of the Drey. CT and Blumberg mercantile establish. ment. He came here two years moo from New Jersey. The wedding is inc continuation of a romance that started several months ago when he me, tho charming woman he now proudlv claims as bride. They were the recip. rents or many costly and useful pres. ents.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
THE STEEL TRUST INCIDENT

The energy of public interest in the panic incident whicn involved tho sale of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company to the Steel trust, is steadily accumu' Iating. The fact that the president 's action in permitting the sale is of his toric importance is sufficient to assure the country that the circumstances will ultimately be made known. In the meantime, the question as to whether the executive action was proper is com plicated by the controversy concerning tho right of congress to demand the submission of executive records for in formation.
 It is really important that the pub lie should know all about the Steel trust transaction, not for the purpose of criticism or the manufacture of pc litical ammunition, but as the basis of . better understanding concerning the necessities of the case. If the law is now to be construed as interfering with the normal freedom of property use or the beneficial administration of industrial affairs, even to the extent of persuading the national executive Co disregard its restrictions, the law can well disappear and carry with it the necessity of violent constructions That an officer of Roosevclt's well. known opinions should be the author of violent construction, kept from public knowledge by the impcdiments to constitutional inquiry, is the strong est evidence against the merit of the law. The concessions of an advocate give the heaviest emphasis to the ideals of the opposition.
 The implied rights of property are manifold. One of them is ,ac implied right of sale, which would seem to give Co the Wall Street banking house the unquestioned liberty to dispose of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company to any purchaser On the side of the Steel Trust, which purchased the same, it might be argued that it possessed the right of accumulation. but the aim of modern laws is evidently to restrict such right. Judge Taft remarked the other day that the talents and efforts of the best lawyers would, within few years, he called upon to discover the necessary limitations, as q means of forcstalling losing test of this in stitution. Judge Taft has expressed the feeling of the best observers.
 It is, therefore, essential that the Steel trust precedent he understood, and that the administration deal frankly with congress and the public The country has n vital interest in the maintenance of its institutions and the integrityof property rights, whethor they be those of the great or the small lt is, indeed, true that the laws should be properly made and properly construed, for if tncy are not properly made they will be improperly con strued.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
PUBLIC RECORDS.
instruments Filed as Reported By The
 Prescott Title to.

David Foley files 5000 bond as jus nee Of the peace, Ash Fork precinct c' A. Peter, IT,, files $e00O bond as clerk of the board of supervisors. A. E. Foltz & Peter Giroux locate ? mines, Peek district.
 Jan. 14.
 d. c. Bradbury, county recorder, aP' points H. F. Aston as deputy.
 Geo. P. Harrington & Otto LbarlOn locate Iron III mine, Tiger Dist. John Wilkins ct al, file An. A. work on Norman Group Placer, Walker ds' trict.
 Dell Higgins & John Wilkins file ah' A. Work on Drummer Placer, Big Bug District.
 Dollie Wilkins files Al. A. work on baltimore Placer, Big Bug district. IT. J. Evans ct al incorporate T. J. hvans Co. Qnc.) Capital Stock IT, F.. Hamblin locates Rumble Bee flacer, Lynx Creek district.
 Black Mountain Copper Co. file As' A. work on l7 Mines, Mineral Point district.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
RESTORES WATERWAY.
From Tuesdnv,a nau,,

w. b. Roberts of Skull valley VII, nefe yesterday, purchasing lumber and supplies for the construction of . Hume to conduct the waters of sku,l valley creek to his ranch.
 The Hume will be I,5OO feet ,D 'ength' one foot deep and one foo, S,. ",u, '' 'he bottom It win replace n ditch which has been washed owoy rom ,'me to time in the last three years by floods.
 The lumber for the new water com ault will be shipped today 10 skull Valley station. Roberts left ,o, h",.a last night "'"'e
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
ELECT DIRECTORS
Commercial Trust Company Holds the Annual Meeting, Choosing officers
CFrom Sundays pni,y,

Al the annual meeting of the stock. holders of the Commercial Trust Company. held yesterday. the follow ing directors were elected: Morris Goldwa,er, R. x. Frcdcricks, F. c. Brecht, James A. Hope, F. NJ. Mur. phy, ]. l. Gardner, Ed Block, George Schuerman, ]. J. Hawkins, T. c. Nor. ris and Harry Brisley.
 \ meeting of the directors was held after the close of the stockholders meeting at which Morris Goldwater was elected president, R. x. Frcder. icks vice president, l.. E. Larimer cashier. and H. NJ. Thomas, assistant cashier.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20

particles. nor was there any change at' ter hours of immersion.
 One feature of the method is the case of renewal. If from any cause or accident any portion of ihc surface IS ininrpd. all that is necessary, in the way of rcpar-, k to apply a new coal ing of ,hc compound. c.'hcr to ilil the break or to cover t',c cr'irc surface II nccc,>ary. m hui 'lisht expense, and ,nc arpara,u, i> ae good a' ever.
 The machine, gre designed to meet q.l requirements. ,n tL" way of capac' .t,. from l.oUo 'o i.ooo 'u. yd'. per day. and are made n such q manner a. 'o allow of transportation over the most difficult tfaIls or roads.
 Mr. Luttrcll has made application for patent on the invention and n com pauy has been formed ly which the proposition is fully financed. He IS now looking over tbc western fields to find properties on which to install and operate his new discovery and invcn. ton. whether they be wet or dry, or difficulty accessible. He has been re- auc.tcd by the Y. <. Geological Sur vcy To send them reports as to his op- crations and results, which tends to goow ,ha estppm in which the process is held by these, as well as other cmi. ncnt authorities Mining Review.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
SOUTHLAND CLAIMS STIR UP MUCH
 LITIGATION
Conflicting Titles Ar Bound Up By
 Tangle

TOMBSTONE, Jan. 1s.-Tbe s,. action 10 be filed in the district co,,, that involves the question to ttls :. claims in the vicinity of Cour,,m has been filed in the distinct eout, Ia, is entitled William Blackburn, T " Maloncy and George McGee, plaints, vs. the Calumet & Arizona MnI,, Company, the Leadville Mining Con. pany, A. Y. Smith, Thomas Pidwsl ]. II. Snyder and l.. D. Shattuek. d. fcndants. The suit involves the ou,, ton of pitlc to the New Year mine a,, eight other claims in the immedI,,. vicinity of Courtland. The eompls,, alleges that the plaintiffs were in DO. session of the property in question !, right of prior location, and that u, defendants have made recent location, over the locations made by the plsi,. tiGs, and are thus depriving them ., their rigntful ownership. The claim, in question lie just north and wes. o, where the C. & A. company arc u present sinking the new shaft of ,h. Maid of Sunshine mine, and where they are operating the diamond dnl on the King Solomop property. Fl w. Goodbody appears as the at,orn,y for the plaintiffs.
 This is but starter of what is ,s follow from the actions of parties ia that district. Claim after claim hi, been located and then relocated and overlappcd, so that it is next to impos siblc to determine where the lines Q, any of the claims are, as there ar. monuments every few feet in some parts of the district.
 Dan Sullivan is about to start n. ton against n number of parties who have taken in a portion of his claims, which he has held for q number Of years. and upon which ne has done as sessmcnt work and spent no small amount of money.
 An example of what the excitemen. m that vicinity has caused those DO, acquainted in the district to do was the locating of two patented claims, the Emmett and Elgin, by no less than ten or twelve different parties. These claims adioin the Brown group on the east by about one hundred yards from where the Copper Queen company ii sinking the new shaft, and have m
 excellent showing on the surface. They are the property of tho Kendall Mining Company of Kansas City, and when w. R. Kendall of Kansas City was out there few weeks ago be round that there had been number or parties doing work on the property, and no less than fifteen 1O.foot holes Tor location work had been done on the properties. It was discovered tha, tne ground was patented and they would move off and someone else would locate it, so that the company mas some development work done on 'he'r property with no expense to themselves.
 The next session of the district court will find number of eases on Che docket involving the question of ute to mining property in that local ny This is not only sure of the min ing claims, but there is n likelihood that there will be a number of lively d'sputes arising over the filing Of homestead entries in that locality as mere have already been filed by dif- ierent parties their intention to claim the same pieces of land
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
MOVER GETS NOTHING

WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. The su preme Court has decided against Moy. CT of the Western Federation of Min. CTS, in tho damage suit brought by him against former Governor Peabody Tor Imprisonment at Telluride in the riots of 1904.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
FOR BETTER coNsULs.

Young men throughout the country looking forward tu career in inc di
 plomatic service may take cheer in the thought that during 'hc coming Taft administration merit aIun" will open the door [" appoiu,mcnt Tbs announcement may strike with paftlr. ular force that class of young men who have achieved university hon0r,. Aside from Mr. Taft himself. the best friend of this merit system will he his secretary of state. Philandcr Knox. In taking these consulships, whicd mark the road to higher diplomatic prcfefmcnt. ont of inc political "grab bag Mir. Knox will follow the course of the present secretary of state, Eli hu Root, who ran rightfully lay claim to being "thc father of consular re. form.'
 \ few years ago it could be said, and was said with truth, that the nv. craze American consul was 'a joke; " that he had no right tO represent this or any other country In an important diplomatic capacity. and that his pres cnce as such was entirely due to bad political system. Except in exception al cases, these assertion. would be without foundation now, and when MT. Taft and his secretary of state get through with their pruning, these ex. captions, too, will be of the past.
 Changed commercial conditions, as well as the cmbarrassments brought about by incompetent representatives abroad. have made this consular re form imperative. it was either q question of divorcing the consular berths from politics or be discredi,cd in the eyes of foreign governments. Though the change wrought has not been without opposition. and Mr. Taft when he becomes chief executive pro. bably will be urged to return to the old "spolls' system, the results at. '"i"'' "''f P'pN'h lu' Ni'h"m VT Ah' reform.
 To the average American this field offers varied attractions. It may not have been So in former years. when most of these jobs were properly Ia. belled "sinccure,' because the con. sul's chief duties consisted of killing time and drawing his pay. The ser. vice Is now ridding itself of tne few incumbents who follow this exciting routine. While it is true that some consular offices offer n wider field of opportunity than others, none of them are without their offerings to the nm. bitious man. Many of those stationed in the various countries of south America. which countries are now marching to the tune of a quick step t0 capture some cf this c0untry's trade, have found ample opportunity to develop lines of trade for home mer. chants, and thus benefit indirectly. Others have been offered alnring in. ducements to enter the service of cor. porations having n large shipping headquarters at the port where they were stationed, and still others have left the consular service Co develop opportunities they learned of wnile acting as thcir country's representa-. tive. Taken all in all, this field would seem vastly more inviting one than formerly, and more SD because, instead of being closed to all except n class of hungry politicians. it is now within the reach of all-if they only show their fitness.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
LIKE PRESENT SECRETARY

rooA'Ei'Lo, Jan. 16.-The Na,ion. al Wool Growers convention toaa, sent n telegram by the officers of ,h, asSoe'ation to Taft in Atlanta askiro 'hat the present secretary of agri.n, 'ure be retained in the cabinet.
 Among the papers read before the convention today was on. bv . Knoliin, of Chicago.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
ROOT IS CHOSEN
Secretary of State Is Named to Succeed
 Senator Platt

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. ls.- Elihu Root was the unanimous choice of the Republican legislative caucus tonight to succeed Senator Platt.
 The Democrats named former Lieut.. Governor Cbanler as tneir senatorial nominee. The legislature Is over. wbelmingly Republican.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23
SHINES PLANT IS
TO Be ENLARGED
Consolidated Mercur VIII Add
New Equipment for Treating
0xidized Ores.
THIS WILL RELIEVE
LEACHING OPERATIONS
Seventeen Leaching Tanks Are
Still Available in Spite
of Accident.

In spite of the recent accident Mt
the Consolidated Mcrcur property al
Mercur, by which the eight north
teaching tanks, each with capacity
OF 22O tons of ore. were suddenly pre-.
clpitatcd from their foundations to the
ground, the management at the present
time is running practically a normal
tonnage through the plant. General
Manager George II. Dcru is in the
city from camp, and when asked yes
ter6day regarding this disaster, he
said:
"We had noticed for nearly a wear
that the ground in the vicinity Of the
BINS was sliding, but we had no idea
that any of the tanks would he af-
fected. Beneath the mill and west of
The plant some old slopes cavca. bring
ing some of the surface levels down
with them. This caused orr tank trou.
bic, IN spite of the careful watching
wo had been doing, 1t was a miracle
that no men were beneath these tanks,
and that no one was, hurt
Our north taIlings banks were OBJ.
structed for the time being. ana we
were somewhat ;mpcdcd in our work
until we had r"Numped the premises,
installed new tracks and switches so
as to gain the south tailmgs banks. BUT
these things were soon done, and II
wEs not long until the company was
Operating full blast again. We have
seventeen teaching tanks left. ard /
do not believe i. would be economy
I)r us TO rep,ayc those which aro de
stroyed. ] feel certain that We will
nake as low IN extraction with our
present equipment as we ever have
done. but TO make sure of this I have
decided 10 make AZ enlargement TO the
shines plant. Materials for this addi
tion have beeu ordered. The change
means that we will handle a greater
tonnage of oXidized ores hereafter than
we have been treating, and it Will re-
)icve the teaching department even
moro -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23
MORE COLO BROUGHT
IN FROM NEW PLANT
BOstOn-Sunshine Mill Closed Its
Initial Months Work Very
Creditably.

Tn every way pleased with tho man,
ner III which the new milling plant of
the Boston Sunshine company of the
Mercur section has rounded out the
first month of its active operations,
George Ii. Dern came in from the camp
Saturday morning, bringing with him
a button of pure gold worth n little
over $210. The first of the week. Su~
pcrntendent Wood came TO Salt Lake
with $4,000 brick from this mill. the
result of the partial first cleanup, and
Mr., Dcrn states that the button he
brought IN was composed of the metal
lies concentrated from the Stag, and
there is portion Of the Stag that Will
yet he treated in like manner.
Mr.. Dern states that the mill for its
first month did splendid work. All the
expenses of The plant for the month
were met by actual bullion turned ouf
by IT, and this was so in spite of two
break downs and other DELAYS incident
to whipping an entirely new plant into
operation. The management had TO
break IN entirely new crews also. Al
present the plant is treating l2J tons
Of ore day, and the results Tor Nav
VIII be great deal better than ut rho
close of April
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23
STOCK MARKET HAS
DISCOUNTED FUTURE
Senator Macbeth Says East Is
Not Recovered Fully
From Panic.

So comfortably situated are we out
in Salt Lake that we hardly can appre-
ciate that the east is still passing
through the dull times which began
with the financial panic Of 1907. Yet
that the east is quiet. that Micawber-
like it always is looking for something
TO turn up, is vouched for by Raveuel
Macbeth. state senator OF Custer
county, Idaho, who was shaking hands
yesterday with his many local friends.
Senator Macbeth says that the future,
especially the stock market. has been
discounted six or eight months ahead,
and conditions are far from being as
satisfactory as they might be.
GA year ago. says the senator, eve
were told 10 wait for the fall election,
and with Taft in the White house we
would have good times, and that on
the announcement that Taft was elect
ed everything in an industrial way
jerks. Well, the election has como and
Taft was elected. yet the next obsta
Gle to progress is the tariff agitation.
The east sav now that things Will leap
forward after the tariff matter is dis
posed Of, but ms n matter Of fact some
people fear that there will be some
thing as burdensome as national cleo
ton. OF tariff discussion, to frighten
business circles. This is the talk one
hears back east. The stock market has
been rather lively. but stock values
have discounted the future, they reflect
right now the condition of affairs the
eastern man hopes TO see eight months
or so from now. | am glad to be back
west where mankind is more optimistic,
and where times really are better than
they are in the cast.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23
WHAT HARMONY MEANS
TO THIS UTAH COMPANY

Hornblower & Meeks Of Boston, via
the Pollock wires, yesterday had the
following TO say about the United
States Smelling. Refining and Mining
company:
United States Smelling common stock
sold this week at 80 IA, an advance of
$40 per share within a compa ratively
few weeks, and SIS per share above the
prjce paid Robert D. Evans by syndi-
cate of directors for $4,000 shares of
the common stock. 1t was the sale of
the Evans stock which has been prlm-
arilv responsible for the advance. So
long as Mr. Evans and his co-directors
were AT odds, there was no incentive on
either side on the part of the public
Ia become interested in the property.
When this contest was over and the
mana cement was allowed to proceed
with its plans of expansion, unham-
pered by personal Quarrels, the change
was quickly reflected in the market
price of the shares. Sidney W. Win
slow. now the active head Of the COM
pany, has claimed to his friends that
the common would be at SO per share.
If it we're to adequately reflect the
company's S assets and earning, and in
order to have it sell higher and occupy
more favorable position market wise,
there has naturally been more or less
support given TO the shares in the mar
ket.
The market end of the United States
Smelling proposition has needed atten-
tion for some time. but with two op-
posing factions in the board, each with
holdings of 100000 shares, anything
like a concert of action was impossible.
There are only 1900 holders of the com
mon stock. There should be $4,000.
The latter number of holders in the
preferred, which is generally recognized
as safe per cent investment issue.
A good portion of the $4,000 shares
of the preferred stock purchased from
Mr. Evans has gone abroad The
United States Smelling and Refining
company has practically taken a new
lease OF life. Harmony is now the
keynote. and the report issued to
reference to the fact that the company
has again adopted an aggressive policy
of investigation and expansion, and a
liberal appropriation has been set aside
for such work. The company is now
earning at the rate Of ~ per cent. or
SO per share, on It's common stock. after
paying per cent Of 50 per share on
its preferred stock The annual report
stated that Of the earnings of $3.6l7,-
e47 last year. 40 per cent was made
during the first six months and so Der
cent. during the last six months IF
earnings for the present year are main.
tanned at the ratio prevailing during
the last six months of 1908. thoy would
amount to $3.50 per share for fhe com
mon stock, as against SO paid. AS
matter of fact, however, with a 5
cent, per ounce advance in silver and
one-half cent per pound advance in
copper, net profits are doing much bet
ter than this. Every one cent advance
IN the selling price of copper main
tanned Tor year adds $350,00O net
per annum to the company's earnings,
and every one cent per ounce advance
IN the price of silver adds SIS 900.