The Green Forest tribune., 1910-07-08
MINING IN OLD MEXICO.
Clarence Foreman Writes the Editor
 An Interesting Personal Letter.

An interesting PerSOnal Letter.
 The Tribune editor knows neithe, friend nor foe when it comes to tht publication of matter that we believe will be of general interest to our read CTS, hence we make no apology fol extracting the following paragraph. from letter, decidedly personal ir some respects, from our old 'frienc Clarence Foreman, who is now engaged in mining in Mexico. The letter is dated at Dolores, June 22, and is 1T part as follows:
 "Would it remind you of old times way back in the latter sos or early sos to get few scratches from me! Your interesting letters followed me through the ups and downs of ten years in this far away land in our youth, anC why should we not keep in touch with each other now?
 "Of course, I read the old Tribune with great interest each week and each copy seems like a visit with you, for it carries the personality of the editor into every paragraph and every line. I am pleased too that notwithstanding your other business connections, the Tribune still maintains its place among the very best of Arkansas local weeklies.
 I am still grinding away at my old trade, beating up rock. 1 remember back in our school days MT. Bumey and MT. Barnett used to speak of the beating up of rock as about all the business some of the boys who were lazy would ever achieve While they did not consciously refer to me at that time, l expect that have done more time at the profession than all of their other diciples put together. I and my pals, working S-hour tricks, manage to beat up about ITO tons each 24 hours. This days work gives the stockholders of our company about $5,000 in gold and silver. Of that $5, GOO our share seems mighty small. For the first 21 days of this month l have received 294 50-cent dollars. That represents pay for some over time. Our mill pay roll is about $200 per day. It is very expensive operating here. Power alone costs Sl0O, 900 per year in gold.
 ''There are about 5000 people in camp here of which about 50 are foreigners, mostly Americans. There are at the present time only two strictly Ameri- can families here and two half-breed families. All the rest are Mexicans.
 "We are two hard days travel from a railroad or post office It is only 42 miles, but they are rough ones indeed
 Our local government consists of a ind lo policemen and half dozen rurals peaceful mining camp. There have been but three murders and one fatal accidental shooting during the eleven months 1 have been here.
 ''Ihe company maintains company store and sells everything at two prices and if poor peon buys anything on the side the buyer and the seller are both jailed and fined
 "This is a fine climate, the best have ever seen. The altitude is too high to get very warm in summer and we are too far south to get very cold in winter. This point is $500 feet above sea level. May and June are the warmest months, about like June in Arkansas. The last of June the rainy season sets in and it is delightful from then until it warns up the next spring.
 Well, what do you know about politics? There is going to be some thing doing in national politics accord ing to my notion during the next three years. l didn't vote for Taft, but expect to vote for Roosevelt in 1912, as leader of a great, new American party, made up of the best of republi- canism, democracy and socialism Now, don t look sour because 1 said socialism, for there is such thing, old man. Don't say anarchism. Socialist may be anarchists in Europe; so was repub- licanism in Europe in the bloody revo- lutions in France, but it took Ameri- cans to trim it down to a practical working theory, and they will do the same thing for socialism. All of the leading baits in the late party platforms were socialistic measures. 1 voted for Bryan the last time; in fact, I have been voting for him all along and ex- pected to vote for him some more. But it is Teddy for me now
 'I see that Charley Kirkham has married. 1 knew he would. In fact, 1 was sure of it P years ago when we were in school together, but thought it would then be the following spring. Charley always was slow to act. If he hadn put it off so long his eldest might have been old enough to vote for Tom Morris at the late primary
 "Seems to me you take up too much space with Jim Reeves and do not poke enough fun at John Buell. now days. Jernigan and O'Neal don't seem to go fishing as much as they used to- Can it be that they have begun to feel their age?
 q see that the Eureka editors were to dine with you recently. Now, 1 am sure of two things, that you had some good company and that your guests were well entertained. 1 know from fond recollection the kind of dinners Rose serves. l have not the pleasure of knowing Editor Deihl and lady, but know MT. and Mrs. Baird very well indeed. They are cultured and refined good human people. l am inclined to change my opinion of booze since seeing certain brand so highly recon mended in his paper.
 q am taking advantage of spare time to perfect myself in the Spanish language. 1 have the name here o, speaking it better than some who have spoken it since childhood