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The oasis., 1910-05-28
NocALEs NOTES.

Survey Of the H3aPenings a,slte l!fe City and Vicinity During the Week.
 Early in the week Mr. E. J. Hol- den was up from Cerro Prleto.
 Yesterday Nogales was visited by Mir. James Kane of Patagonia MT. K. E. Bethell of Patagonia was d vi itor at Nogales yesterday. Mir. w.. c. Dumont from the Ealero country, Is visitor at Nogales.
 Thursday the Nogales Fire de- partment received d new hose cart, which is very handsome piece of equipment.
 Thursday evening there was at Nogales Mir. George Bepbe, presi- dent of the Cleneguita Copper Co., who was en route to New York.
 At the Cltholic church tomnr- rlw Sunday evening, at 6:30 o'clock, there will be procession in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, All are cordially invited.
 Mrs. Dye, wife of U. s. Consul Dye, in Nogales. Sonora, went to Kansas City Saturday of last week with her little son. and will visit relatives there until November.
 Monday Nogales was visited hy Mir. D. Lamb, general manager for the Noche Buena Mining Com. pany, operating fine property near Soyopt, on the Yaqui river,
 Monday of the present week Probate Judge MsrstelIer issued a marriage license authorizing ano legaliziug the marriage of MT. H Clay Mundy and Miss Mona May Thompson.
 Yesterday Nogales was visited by Mir. Il. B. Sinclair of the H. II McNeal Company at Phoenix stationers, printers ana blank book manufacturers, who is on his usua rounds about the territory.
 Reverend Father Duval is arring ing to go to California for a vaca ton which will be extended ovel two or three weeks. He will go >tC Los Angeles, whence he will go tC the colony of Father Quiteau which is about fifty niies iron that city.
 Visitors at Nogales from Guav mas who were here Monday, stated that there has been started d Guavmas an American newspaper The visitors gave no details, a they could not recall the name c the new newspaper, nor the nam of it's proprietor.
 Doctor A. c. Wright returned yesterday evening from the Bolud' and Cienega regions in the Alta district of Sonora, where he wen to look over the placer possibilities The gentleman remained at Noga les today, and will go along t Douglas tomorrow morning.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
NEW ROAD

level; but many people thought it could not be kept open in the winter time. This fear proved groundless and the road turned out to be very lucrative national investment, al though it has not as yet paid directly in the form of dividends; it has done better than that by greatly accelerat- ing the development of the Trondhjem district and of Nordland and Fin marken
 In 1872 investigations were con- menced with the view of discovering the best line for a railway between Christiania and Bergen, and in 1874 the storthing voted the first part of an eventual Bergen -Christiania railway. the selection from Bergen to Voss. But to the general public the contin- uation seemed impossible and more like one of Asbjornsen's fairy tales than anything else. for the field ex- plorations had more than confirmed the popular conception that the diff ficulties to be overcome were truly formidable. The railway which has just been opened follows practically the line which the engineers traced in 1874. From Voss to Opset. distance of about 50 kilometers (35 miles), it rises with steep gradients from 339 to 5,100 feet, and. rising further to a max imum height of nearly 5000 feet, 1t passes altogether distance of more than 100 kilometers through high mountains, coming down to 4,S00 feet at Gjeilo. And in these inhospitable regions it was found necessary to bore the Gravehals tunnel, not less than
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
London's New Official Offers to Can. tufe One Thousand Rodents In
 Three Nights.

London.-It seems that the grue- some freemasonry which binds Flu ropean official executioners together causing them to intermarry and in- herit the profession, is not without its parallel among ratcatchers. Hence John Jarvis. who has just been ap- pointed official ratcatcher to the Lon- don county council at a salary of $243.12 year. is a ratcatcher by in heritance and instinct quite as much as he Is by profession.
 Since 1903 each male member of his family has devoted his life to catching rats. and so 1t was with the greatest confidence that Jarvis issued a chal- lenge to all the ratcatchers in the kingdom to catch more of the vermin in given time than any man living, provided that neither dogs nor ferrets were employed in the hunt Further. more. he said that with the assistance of his uncle, MT. J. Dalton. he would undertake to catch 1000 rats in three nights.
 As Jarvis made these challenges he
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
RCtcatcher Issues e Deli

fondled half a. dozen tame white rats while his seven-year-old daughter at his side played with couple of fer. rets. "I have no son to carry on the business" he said. but Kit, there. and her younger sister both know pretty we'll all there is to know about catch. ing rats.
 The means use for catching them alive is a family secret, known only to my people for the last four gener. ations. l won't tell you exactly what that secret is. but don't mind letting you know that 1t acts very much in the same way as chloroform does on human being. Over my back I fling huge sack. connected with a trap door arrangement at my side. wear noiseless boots and black clothes.
 "As walk down the passages with a bulrs-eye lantern attached to my side the rats. scared by tn light. scamper past me. As they run I can pick them up left or right hand and drop them into the trap-door. Gradu. ally they work their way around to the sack on my back. My! How they fight! Sometimes when fancy I have hundred fnd half of them are killed by the time I arrive home."
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
Christiania- Bergen Rail Line Across Mountains Completed.
Eastern and Western Parts of the Kingdom Have Easy Means of nication-Event of
 Much Importance.

Christiania. - The opening of the railway across the mountains from Christiania to Bergen recently by King Haakon was an event in the his. tory of this country of far wider i'm portance than any one not well ac- quainted with Norway, geographically and Geographically, would be able to appreciate. Norway is divided into three isolated parts by the Dovre mountain and by the broad and wild range Of mountains that bear success slVely the names of Fylefjeld and LangfJeldene. The overland route be- tween Bergen and Christiania was. even more than the route to Trond. hJem. great hindrance to traffic pass. ing as It does for considerable dis lance over mountains of height of 6.o0O feet and more.
 Although Norway was united into one Kingdom as early as SIP by King Harold Haarfager and has remained united ever since, the natural splitting up or the country into the western, northern and eastern districts has in- evitably to some extent impaired the feeling of unity in the nation. And the barriers which nature had raised between the districts have formed very serious obstacles to personal CO., operation for the development of the economic resources of the country. The consequence has been that the progress has been considerably slow. CT than 1t might otherwise have been.
 Good roads were constructed in the principal overland routes in the begin ming of the last century,. and they represented an immense improvement on the ancient trails which had been possible only on foot or on horseback But a journey of several days in a carriage was expensive and entailed great loss of time and. in the winter time. severe hardships. In 1880 the railroad to Trondhjem was completed. mus the great barrier between the northern parts and the southeastern parts of the country were overcome. The highest point of this road does not lie more than 4,OOO feet above sea
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03

5,311 yards long. besides a number of shorter tunnels.
 For 19 years the engineers contin. ued their exploration work, and mean. while a national determination was slowly forming that the task of unit. ing eastern and western Norway should be undertaken in spite of all obstacles. In 1894 the storthing de. cided upon the construction of a rail. way from Voss to Taugevaud, and in 1898 the continuation of the line through Hallingdal to the junction point on the Christiania- -Gjovik rail road. Roa. was decided
 AS preparation, transport roads had to be constructed and barracks for engineers and workmen built; 5OO. 900 kroner ($135,0O0) had to be spent on transport roads alone. The Grave hals tunnel was constructed by pri vate contracting firm: the rest of the work was done directly by the state The whole road was built exclusively by Norwegian engineers and work
 
 nel once made an experiment with Italian workmen. but they very soon proved so far inferior to the Norwe gians that they had to be sent home after few weeks trial.
 The railroad has length of 4s2 kilometers (3O0 miles) and there are IFS tunnels. aggregating 36.6S2 meters 119.250 feet). The total cost amount. ed to 54.000.000 kroner ($14,5S0. .O00). It has been necessary to put up wood. en walls at many exposed points There are three rotary snow blows of American system, these having proved far superior to other patents which have been tried. By their help and the wooden walls 1t is believed that the traffic may be carried on as regu- larly as on any other railway.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
Chinese Adept Fan Makers

now for these cheap fans, used as they are by the millions for advertising purposes, that nearly every man. wom' an and child works all day and hall the night at fan-making.
 The industry is almost confined to the Peng- g-Chow district. because here abounds particular kind of bamboo especially suitable for the rigs and the handle of the fan.
 The manufacture of the fan Is very simple. For the frame the split bam' boo Is repeatedly rived until each piece is suffi iciently slender and fexi' ble. These thread-like pieces of bam' boo are arranged in a row. attached to each other by thread passed cross wise through the middle. This thread Is fastened to semi-circular strip or bamboo giving the fan it's shape. The ribs are then slightly heated and bent at the ends. The fan has now the pe' culiar and characteristic shell-like shape at the top. Very flimsy SIX gauge Is then pasted on the face, and kind of tissue-like paper on the back After the handle is attached. the Dor. der of the fan Is black vanished ana the gauge Is coated with a chalk-and- water mixture. The handles are mace Of bamboo, various kinds of hard WOOL bone and ivory. The hand painting on the fans is cleverly done. in some in- tances being works of art The medium quality fan retails for 25 cents Mexl' can (ten cents gold), better grades one to four dollars Mexican (40 cents to $1.60). The amount now exported yearly amounts to about $30.00O. Tnis fan trade of late has shown a decrease due to the importation of Japanese straw fans. which have met with : favorable demand.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
Consul Pontius, at Swatow, Tells In. teresting Story of Industry jn
 Peng-Chow District.

Washlngton.-Mr. Albert W. Pontius, the American consul at Swatow, sends an interesting report of how the Chi nese fans are made. Fan-making. he writes Is O. origin so ancient in south ern China that no one knows when 1t was started. Tradition has 1t that the first fans were made in the little will iage of peng-Chow. at Ampow, which Is about three miles from Swatow. For hundreds of years only the women in the different villages through which the Industry spread, were the fan makers. but so great is the demand
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
Lower Car sssps In Chicago.

Chicago.-Chicago women have won their light for lower car stepe. F1iV new cars for The City Railway Con pany. now being built in Philadelpni.' will be constructed 90 that the pis' forms will be at least one and one. half inches lower than tho presen' platforms.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
FOR TAX ASSESSOR.

We are authorized to announce G. R. Blake as candidate for Tax As sessor of Nevada county, subject |, the action of the democratic primary
 We are authorized to announce Martin Fuller of Parker township, as a candidate for Tax Assessor Of Nevada county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 We are authorized to announce Wi ley T. lobe as a candidate for T2. Assessor of Nevada county, subjec, to the action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce John Bright as a candidate for re- e ection to the office of Tax Asses son of Nevada county, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 FOR CONSTABLE.
 We are authorized to announce Will C. Norman as an candidate foI Constable of Missouri Township, sub- ject to the action of the democratic primary.
 FOR ROAD OVERSEi1I,.
 We are authorized to announce J. F. Horne, as a candidate for re-elec- tion to the office of Road Cverseer of Missouri Township, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 We are authorized to announce O. l.. Moore as candidate for road over seer of Missouri township, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce w. Y. Edwards as candidate for road overseer of Missouri township. subject to the action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce En0ch Hale as a candidate for road overseer of Missouri township, subject To the action of the democratic primary
 We are authorized to announce James H. Hamilton as candidate for Road Overseer of Emmett Township. subject to the action of the Democratic pri- mary.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-03
FOR CONSTABLE.

We are authorized to announce Will C. Norman as an candidate foI Constable of Missouri Township, sub ject to the action of the democratic primary.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
RECEIVES MEXICAN
PETROLEUM BONDS

The Southern Trust company of Los
Angeles has received from the en-
graver the 81, 100000 issue of pipe line
bonds authorized by the directors of
the Mexican Petroleum company, limi-
ted. some months ago. When r. L..
Doheny and his associates in the Mex
lean Petroleum company decided upon
this big bond issue. II was agreed to
offer the bonds to the stockholders of
the company exclusively, and the lat
ter demonstrated their faith in the
future of the Mexican Petroleum COM
pany by subscribing for the entire is
sue.
The money derived from the sale OF
these bonds is to be used I'm building
pipe lines from the property of the
Mexican Petroleum company in Mexi-
co to the coast to insure the expedi-
tious handling of the product of the
company. The company has large
holdings in the republic, that are
among the most valuable of known
oil properties, and the system of pipe
lines projected will insure an econo-
mical handling of the output
Mr.. Doheny says that while the pipe
stockholders of the Mexican Petroleum
company, to whom they were offered
exclusively, the stockholders them
selves might in a few instances have
resold some of their holdings to their
personal friends. This would account
for any of the bonds being in the
hands of others than stockholders of
the Mexican Petroleum company.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
BROKER CONTRASTS
PAST WITH PRESENT

Fielding ]. Stilson, who has just re-
turned from the Midway field, where
he went i'm the interests of the Oleum
Development company, contrasts the
present oil boom with that of 1900.
I'm my opinion" said Mr. Stilson
yesterday, "the difference between the
interest I'm oil at this time as against
the former excitement of 1900, is that
at the former time a great many of
the oil properties were made up of city
lots In the excitement they were
overcaptalized and very small parcels
of land, and erected thereon as many
derrcks as possible. This naturally
would soon diminish the production
and consequently the values of the Sc
curities were greatly reduced, and in
some instances completely wiped off
the map.
ION the other hand, the strength OF
the present oil interest is maintained
and will be for many years on the
production, which of course is practi-
cally the only thing upon which the
oil security should be valued, except
i'm the case of speculative issues which
under proper management and having
fair chance for securing production,
should in time become producing and
possibly dividend paying companies.
There are many opportunities today
for the proper promotion of oil COM
panies.
ut of course needs ready money to
accomplish this. After one has made
an inspection of these oil fields he
cannot help but be impressed with the
wonderful possibilities attending the
proper promotion of the oil business.
ITO me it seems only i'm it's infancy,
and ] predict that enormous fortunes
will be made in California oil fields.
The excellent transportation facilities,
particularly the different pipe lines,
enable the producers to sell their prod
uct at the wells. thus assuring them
of steady income.
During the forthcoming months
| there will of course be numerous oil
propositions offered to the public, but
l would advise every one who con-
templates making an investment to use
due diligence in looking up the man
agement, property owned or leased,
and the general conditions surround
ing his contemplated investment
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
MIDWAY CHIEF WILL
OPERATE ON LEASE
OF WHEAT & WILSON

The Midway Chief oil company is the
name of "A company recently organized
to operate lease ON Section 1. Sl-22 in
North Midway. This Is the lease known
as the wheat and Wilson well, and ad-
Joins the Coin ON the west.
The Oleum Development company
bought forty acres from the Coin people
and will begin drilling operations with
in short time. The Midway Chief Is
drilling and has hole down over 1000
feet, IL Is said. seven hundred feet is
with 1S-inch casing and the rest 10
inch casing.
Maxwell Is drilling on the adjoining
section and the Union people are drilling
four wells on the cornering section
About 500 rods to the southeast the Do
minion has just brought in good well
This Is in the north part of section Is.
The trend of development Is toward
this section of the field and the possi-
bilities of bringing in good wells Is
thought favorable by those competent to
Judge.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
HIGH GRAVITY PROSPECTS

LIVERMORE, March 22.-New cas-
ing is being put in the Alsal Oil COM
pany's well this week in place of the
old, which proved too thin, and the
shoe having broken. Boring will then
be resumed in day or two.
The pipe is 12-inch at the top and
SIS at 500 feet. The drill had already
penetrated the oil sand fifty-two feet
The oil has a paraffine base and is
of S7 gravity, or about twice the or
binary weight, and the present esti-
mated yield is six barrels of oil per
day, worth $1.50 barrel at the WELL
as compared with 65 cents for most
California oil.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
LAKE VIEW GUSHER
CAUSES ACTIVITY IN
UNION OIL EXCHANGE

rumor that the Union Oil company
had acquired "A controlling interest In
the Lake View oil company of Maricopa
caused activity in Union stock ON the Los
Angeles exchange yesterday. and nearly
400 shares changed hands above par.
Since the Lake View gusher was
brought in ten days ago there has been
a speculation as TO just what interest
the Union has in the company. The or
ganizers Of the Lake View said last
week that the Union owned a one-half
interest.
Conflicting reports current yesterday
were that the Union owned 81 per cent,
and on the other hand that it owned 40
per cent.
ON the strength of the former report
the stock became exceptionally active
and formed the feature Of the board
yesterday
The Lake View company so far as
known is still intact. either with or
without the Union as controlling fac
tor
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
CENTRAL DECIDES TO
WORK AND NOT SELL

For the past few days the Central Oil
company has been in the limelight be-
cause of the big offers made for its
holdings by the Standard Oil company.
The directors refused to entertain the
offers OF the Standard, but instead de-
cided to push development work with
vigor
Among the holdings of the Central
company in the Whittier district is a
tract of 220 acres of proved oil land
that so far is virgin ground. The other
day it was decided by the directors to
sell the stock stll remaining in the
treasury, and with the money thus de-
rived to go ahead with the work Of de-
yelopment.
OF this treasury stock I. A. Lothian,
one Of the directors, bought 10000
shares. Mr.. Lothian now is one of the
heaviest stockholders in the Central. 1T
is understood that as fast as possible
the company will put ten new rigs on
it's property, and there is no doubt that
before long the production will be
largely increased. The oil produced by
the Central is of very high gravity
and sells by contract at the present
time for $1.15 barrel.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
FOUR RIGGING TEAMS
WORK IN ELK HILLS

TAFT, March 22.-Leland & Dyer
have four rigging teams at work put
ting up derricks in the Elk hills, which
is at present busy territory. They have
acquired a large area of government
land, and will put i'm from thirty to
forty derricks in order to hold the land
A derrick may be seen every few days
raising its lofty crown on the slopes
and elevations. Many of the derricks
are visible from Taft and Moron.
The California Oil Land and Invest
mcnt company of Taft viii soon erect
derricks and develop in the Elk hills
region, on section "a, 1923. The COM
pany has opened an office here.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
PALMER ANNEX
MAKES PAYMENT
FIRST CONSIDERATION Is $780,
600
NEW COMPANY WILL DRILL ON
PROPERTY INN EDlATELY
Purchasing Concern Now Controls En-
tire Section Fourteen, One
Mile North of Palmer
OIL Holdings

SANTA BARBARA, March 22--Mrs.
Mary e. Post of Santa Barbara has
received the first of four payments Of
$780, 600 each for her 400 acres of land
in the Santa Maria oil field, a mile
north of the Palmer Oil company
tract, which has just been purchased
by the Palmer Annex oil company.
The price was $500 an acre, or $1200OO
for the tract.
The Palmer Annex now owns the
entire section IA of GAO acres. Eighty
acres lying on the north line Of the
Post tract have been leased to the
Dispatch Oil company of Los Angeles.
which will begin drilling at once.
l.. E. Blochman of Santa Maria, a
director Of the Palmer Annex company,
and A. A. Daugherty, the cOmpany'g
general manager, were In town to make
the first payment to Mrs. Post. They
announced that the company has just
completed the purchase of 240 acres
from the Old Mission oil company,
the original Palmer corporation. The
tract adjoins the property of the Los
Alamos Petroleum company, which is
in $50 feet of good oil sand and is at
the west end of the Old Mission COM
pany's tract. IL also adjoins the Pal
mer oil companys holdings on the
Blochman tract.
The Palmer Annex company was or
ganized last June and the financing
was completed n few weeks ago. 1t
gives every indication of becoming
one of the most important producers
and developers In the Santa Maria
field.
The directors are L. e. Blochman of
Santa Maria, Frank Brown. president
of the Palmer Oil company, of San
Francisco, and the following Los An
geles operators: C. Leonhardt, J. r..
Mckenzie and l.. Lindsey. A. n.
Daugherty Is general manager.
The Palmer well No. is in 200 feet
of oil sand.