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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
LETHBRlDGE, ALBERTA
SECURES DRY FARM.
ING CONGRESS
FOR 1912.


The term. dry farming doas
indicate all that might be imnned u9 u
does not mean a system Of ;rri,,a4, II
but one where all the rain fa s1@'lon,
precipitation is stoi ed nm ora anu
served in the soil. to be drau,n con
by scientific and sane processes 7 pPon
II may be required to forward an, az" :,
crease the growth of grain II
In certain sections of the con.s,
West as we'll as in the Amor t,an
vest, there is a portion of the Ian
try in which the soil is the very Ga.',
Tor the growing of cereals. bn+ -
geographical locations and ro1ot,-
position to the rain avenues 40 n.'
give the advantage that other No.
possess in the matter of precinitd ~ ~ -
Agricultural science, however b 40,
been making rapid progress dnrino
the past few years, and it is now os
certained that it is not altogethar ~.
number of inches of rain that ,s -
sential to the growing of crons bm.
its conservation, and that is tho
meaning Of DRY farming" enrv
Farming may well be applied To dis
tricts where there is a heavy rain faI,
and better results will follow Tho
education of the public into these NON
methods, not new exactly, but such
as have had satisfactory demonstr..
ton, is not alone the purpose of thasa
dry-farming Congresses. One idea 10
to bring into life and into oneration
the great areas of splendid land lving
within what might be termed semi.
arid, without placing them under tba
restrictive and expansive process of
irrigation.
The Congresses are attended bv
thousands and they bring representa-.
tiyes from all parts of the world The
Province of Alberta, and also of sas.
katchewan, has taken vital interest
in the Congresses which have been
held in the past two or three years
TIE Province of Alberta has made
provincial exhibits, districts have
shown their products, and last wear
several hundred dollars were taken in
prizes; this year the Province OF AL
berta took prizes ten to one in excess
of any state in the Union. Alberta
has won eight out of twenty special
cups, that province taking one, Leth
bridge one, Arthur Perry six. and
John Baxter, Edmonton, carrying off
one sweepstakes. When it came to
a matter of location for the Congress
for 1912. the City of Lethbridge
which had put up a splendid fight for
1t, secured the Congress by a unan-
nous vote 1t is expected that the
Lethbridge Congress will be the larg
est yet held and will be the biggest
convention in the history of Western
Canada In emphasizing his invita-
ton to Lethbridge, one of the speak.
ers said he had just received a tele-
gram from Magrath (near Lethbridge)
stating that of one thousand acres of
wheat just thrashed Hethershaw and
Bradshaw had thrashed $4,000 bush
els.
Literature sent out recently by the
Canadian Government Agents, which
will be sent postage free on applica-
ton, tells of hundreds of splendid
yields in all parts of Western Canada.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
CHAPTER v.

Still men were without faith In the
strike. When Daylight. with his heavy
outfit of flour, arrived at the mouth OF
the Klondike, he found the big fat as
desolate and tenantless as ever. Down
close by the river, Chief Isaac and his
Indians were camped beside the
frames on which they were drying sal
mon. Several old-times were also in
camp there. Having finished their
summer work on Ten Mile Creek. they
had come down the Yukon. bound for
Circle City But at Sixty Mile they
had learned of the strike, and stopped
off to look over the ground They had
just returned to their boat when Day
light landed his flour, and their report
was pessimistic. But an hour later.
at his own camp, Joe Ladue strobe in
from Bonanza Creek He led Daylight
away from the camp and men and
told him things In confidence.
She's sure there" he said In con
clusion. Il didn't sluice it, or cradle
Il. ! panned it. all in that sack. yes
terday, on the rim-rock. tell you you
SttA sndhS ~ out OF tue BraSS.rOCtS.
And what's on the bedrock down In
the bottom Of the creek they amt no
way of tellin'. But she's big, | tell
you, big. Keep it quiet, and locate all
you can. It's In spots, but wouldn't
be none surprised II some OF them
claims yielded as high as fifty thou
sand. The only trouble is that it's
spotted"
A month passed by. and bonanza
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29

Even if any body accidentally hap
pened to save lite money Christ
mas or birthdays or something like
that would come along TO burn it up.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29

Ancients Used Lightning Rods.
AS early as 400 B. C. the ancients
had observed that iron rods had the
power 10 avert lightning.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
t4epIna for the Worst

"Jimpson doesn't like you
Il hadn't suspected that. What
makes you think he doesn't like me2''
I heard him wishing the other day
hat you would buy an aeroplane."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
eTo BE CONTINUES,

A man is as young as he feels-and
q woman. but she doesn't always
look t.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

The White Elephant and Little Eye
mine, both in the Castle Dome dis
trict, Yuma county, Arizona, have
been bonded to New York parties for
$3.50, 900.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
Dry Farming CONGRESS,

The sixth International Dry Farm.
ing Congress will be held in Colorado
Springs this year October 10Th Goth,
The program will be devoted to dis
cussing plans for rapid enlargement
of the necessary agricultural
educational propaganda; cooperative
work between nation, state and
farmer in developing a higher type
of methods and production; exchang
ing reports between nations, states
and farmers, as to methods of over
coming problems in the conservation
of moisture, soil fertility and of
breeding more drouth resisting plants
and fruits; studying the rebuilding of
soils and overcoming of diseases of
plant life, trees and soils; enlarge
ment of experimental methods;
national and state legislation affect
ing the farmer from the standpoint
of development and methods; i'm
migration; the interests of the home.
steader, etc.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
TWIN PEAKS
Continued from page ~

rhyolite, while the larger noun
tains forming the northeastern rim
are rhyolitic-poryhyry, overlain with
quartzite flow some 1000 feet thick.
The floor of the basin shows the
effects of several active volcanic
periods previous to the vein mineral
forming period. These volcanic
periods so altered and changed the
Cambrian gneiss, schist, lines and
other formations that they are
scarcely recognizable-t h horn
blondes and micas changed into spars
and feldsite, orthoclase and plagio-
clase, along with the silicas of the
more basic rocks of the Cambrian
and pro-Cambrian, and have formed
the igneous and other crystalline
varieties. These have later practi-
cally become agatized and porphyri-
tized, the lines forming calcites.
Two large, prominent PARALLEL dykes
of feldspar with some fuorspar and
quartz coursing lengthwise of the
basin near its center, numerous
small peaks and mountains composed
of andesite and quartzite cover the
floor of the basin; all as standing
record the great metasomatic actio n
of numerous ext met geYsers,
fumerols and hot sulphurous mineral
springs. There appears to have been
no eruption or volcanic action since
the veins were formed as is the case
in gold camps that fault and shatter
the veins. No horizodtal or vertical
faulting of the veins have been found
in any part of the district as yet.
The veins are of the true assure
and contact-fssure, and were evil
IDENTIFY formed in the tertiary period.
The two large feldspar dykes appear
to form the boundary of the gold and
silver bearing zone. These dykes are
about 900 to 1000 feet apart, the veins
either coming in contact with the
dykes or intermediate The former
featuring and assuring of this zone
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
ARIZONA MINING NEWS.
Development Work in the Mining Dis
tricts of Southern Arizona CulIed
From EXCHANGES.

Arizona leads the country in copper
and besides this, stands second in
the list of states for the production
of all metals. The sun-kissed terri
tory has passed Colorado in metal
production.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.
Current News of the Week and Events
of importance in which Arizona
FIGURES.
Especial to the Copper Era)

Especial to the Copper Era)
Upon the re-apportionment bill
which has passed the House and is
now pending in the Senate, depends
the size of the Electrical College
which will go into effect after the
next Presidential election. This bill
increases the membership of the
House from 39l to 433 which gives
the Electoral College a membership
of 525, to which the new states of
New Mexico and Arizona will add
seven members, making 267 votes
necessary to elect. The states that
will be entitled to one more elector
are; Alabama, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, Min
n-sota. North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Utah, and West
Virginia. California would be
entitled to three additional electors;
Illinois, two, Massachusetts, two, New
Jersey, two; New York, six; Oklahoma,
three; Pennsylvania, four, Texas,
two; and Washington, two. The pre-
sent membership in the Electoral
College for the different states totals
4S3, as follows: Alabama, eleven;
Arkansas, nine; California, ten;
Colorado, FIVE; Connecticut, seven;
Delaware, three; Florida, five; Georgia
thirteen; Idaho, three; Illinois,
twenty-seven; Indiana, fifteen; Iowa,
thirteen; Kansas, ten; Kentucky
thirteen; Louisiana, nine; Maine, six;
Maryland, eight; Massachusetts,,
sixteen; Michigan, fourteen; Min
nesota, eleven: Mississippi, ten;
Missouri, eighteen; Montana, three;
Nebraska, eight; New Hampshire,
four; New Jersey, twelve; New York,
thirty-nine; North Carolina, twelve;
North Dakota, four; Ohio, twenty
three; Oklahoma, seven; Oregon,
Jour; Pennsylvania, thirty-four;
Rhode Island, four; South Carolina,
nine; South Dakota, four; Tennessee,
twelve; Texas, eighteen; Utah, three;
Vermont, four; Virginia, twelve;
Washington, FIVE; West Virginia,
seven; Wisconsin,, thirteen; and
Wyoming, three.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

North of Kingmau, Ariz., in what
is called the Big Bend of the Colorado,
the washes that lie 1000 fl. above the
river bed will have water running in
them when the June floods are on in
the river below Everyone in that
planned.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

The many friends of Mayor Gold
water of Prescott, insist that he is
the proper man for the first Demo-
cratic governor of Arizona, Beyond
question, this able pioneer would fill
the office with credit to himself, his
party and the territory. The Courier
thought he was excellent timber for
-ecretary of state, but he will fit the
governors chair mightw well if the
people see fit to select him for the
position.-PrescOtt Courier.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

The Arizona Gazette has handed
out a column long rumor that F. M.
Murphy, the multifarious President
of various Arizona industrial corpora
tions, is a candidate for U. S Senator
from the State of Arizona. Certain
it is that Mr.. Murphy would make a
typical member of Americas house
of money lords. But, being a re-
publican, his chances for being q. S.
Senator from Arizona are not parti-
cplarly bright -Pgesfqtt Courier;
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

Talk of a copper merger has again
'been rife, and the improved foreign
demand for metal has steadied prices
a Bit Consideration of the impeud-
ing new production, however, induces
pessimism as to natural Improvement
in prices, and the threatened criminal
proceedings by the Government
against officers of the Standard Oil
and American Tobacco companies
suggest caution in forming new
monopolistic combinations. Any
merger of copper producers that did
not control production and raise
prices would not offer sufficient in
ducement to attract the majority of
producers. Court DEGREES may modify
the Sherman law, but they seem in
effective as regards the law of supply
and demand.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

Report has it that the United States
Smelling, Refining & Mining Com pany
has exercised it's option on the Gold
Road mine near Kingmap, Arizona,
making an outright purchase at ST.
100000. The mine has been an active
producer and is said to have 800, 900
tons OF SO ore in sight.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

Arrivals from Kelvin state that
much excitement prevails in that
section over oil indications d iscoverec
at Erman station, one mile from that
place on copper claim owned by J
J. Sullivan of Phoenix. Mr.. Sullivan
is making arrangements to install d
drill and sink well.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

Tombstone, June 17.-In the district
court here judgment was rendered by
Judge Doan in favor of the plaintiff
in the now famous case of T. r.
Brandt VS.. the Tombst Con-
sollds ted Mines company, for the
sum of S27 ,526 rs, with a decree of
foreclosure on the company's mining
properties in the Tombstone district,
numbering II patented mining claims,
to be sold at public sale by a special
commissioner to be appointed by the
court. Additional judgments we're
also granted against the company in
the sum of over $4,000. The suit
brought by the county to collect taxes
due from the company for the year
1910, in the sum of about 1000, will
come up for trial in about two weeks.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

There is a keen interest folt in the
appearance of German influences
that are seeking to secure foothold
in Panama, and are backing a proje> t
of railroad development in the
Isthmian Republic. The matter is
being discussed in official circles, and
army, navy and diplomatic people are
carefully watching the development
of the concession granted by the
Government of Panama for the con-
struction of a new line of railroad,
most of which viii be in Panama, but
miner section in Columbia. The
name of the concessionaire corpor-
alton suggests English control, but
intimations that German influences
are really back of it is being investi-
gated. The possibility that such a
railroad might prove of great military
and strategic value in operations in
the Canal Zone is recognized.
Washington, D. =. June 19.-Hear-
ings upon the statehood matter were
again taken up before the Senate
Committee on Friday, and the differ
ent features of the Arizona and New
Mexico documents are being con-
sidered, and in due time there will be
a report in the upper branch of Con.
gress. There is nothingin the Senate
situation that is new to the subject
of statehood, and likewise there is no
reason to predict favorable action on
the Flood resolution, which con-
stitutes the method of procedure
for the House. Those who have i'm
partially viewed the matter of state
hood without reference to political
advantages that might be gained, are
contending that the affairs of the
two Territories should be treated
separately and distinctively in order
that New Mexico and Arizona might
stand equally on their own merits.
Howev er, the political enlargement
in the Senate may not premit this, in
which event the result, particularly
in reference to Arizona, cannot be
foreshadowed. New Mexico will be-
come state in time automatically,
but the same rule does not apply to
Arizona, which has not received the
approval of the President, and it may
be added that Mr.. Taft will not affix
his pen to Arizona statehood so long
as the provision for the recall of the
Judges is a part of the document.
The Importance of this provision has
increased rather than diminished in
interest. Should the Senate strike
out this feature of the document,
the House which is composed of a
ma jority of Democrats, and has made
the measure party matter, would
likely not recede from its position,
in which event Arizona would be no
nearer to the statehood line than it
was during the closing days of the
last Congress.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

by the parallel.dykes and several in
trusiYe dykes of andesite was indi-
rectly the cause of the vein fissure,
as the dynamic force that formed the
veins occurred where the least resis-
lance was found. The vein Filings of
the contact veins are in the main
hard fiinty agatized quartz with some
teldspar: the whole mass carrying
iron hydratis with some iron sui
phides, the latter carrying the prin-
cipal gold and silver values. The
assure vein filings have in addition
to the above, d lite crystalline
andesite), and auorspar replaces the
feldspar; calcareous spar is gener-
ly found associated with the ore of
the assure veins; this spar is barren
of gold or silver, even when associ-
ated in banded form with the ore.
The work being done at the Hiuck-
ley mine is simply developing and
blocking out ore. There is a good
chute of highgrade on the $50, and
another on the 200. BY the time the
mill is installed ore sufficient to keep
it going indefinitely will have been
blocked out. This property is but one
of many good ones of this section of
the district, but as the others are idle
nothing may be said of them.
Mr.. Densmore arrived in Clifton on
Friday and spent Sunday at Morenci
On Tuesday he visited the workings
of the Frisco Placer Co., and left on
Wednesday for Globe. While on this
trip Mr.. Densmore will write special
to the COPPER ERA giving highly
interesting description of the country
through which he passes and the
mining operations of each district.
Last week pretty Mable Manning
was Convict No. $50 in the Colorado
state penetentiary. Ga Wednesday
she bcame Mrs. George A. Reid, the
wife of government forest ranger,
and the ne WY married couple took
the train at Canon City for their new
home among the Arizona pines. Reid's
answering faith in the woman he
loved opened the prison gates for
her. She had been convicted of shop
letting in Denver.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

The jerome News says Yavapai
county is for Reese NJ. Ling of Pres
colt for U. S. senator. Ling might
possibly make a good democratic
senator, but he has not whipped any
one or talked three days without
thinking or stopping, that he might
secure a record. Anyhow, The Sun
believes it would be good policy of
the part of Arizona to ignore the
senate entirely and refuse to send
senators to Washington until they
grant us statehood.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

The tailings of the old Gray mill,
near Blythe Junction, are being
worked over by cyauidation, says the
Parker Post, and it is claimed that
two men are cleaning up about $500 a
week.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

According to advices from Tucson,
at the next session of the Arizona
legislature. it is expected that an
endeavor will be made to secure from
that DO 1y an appropriation for the
erection of a new building at the
University of Arizona for the benefit
of the department of mining and
metallurgy to keep pace with the
growth and needs of those depart
mentS.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-01

The fall fairs are long time away,
but farmers should already be laying
their plans for them. Now is the
time to plant with care the crops
which are expected to be entered.
Now is the time to determine what
livestock is to be entered and proper
ly care for it. The several fairs are
doing a great amount of good for the
agricultural interests, and he is the
wide awake farmer, who boosts them
along. The main benefit is not de-
rived in the winning of the prizes,
but in the effort If your neighbor
grows better potatoes, you should not
be jealous, but should be willing TO
learn his methods. If he can grow
better livestock, you should be will
ing to learn how. Be broad minded
in these matters and not jealous of
your neighbours success.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-01

small supply of berries and no market
for those. Today they have over 500
members; also most valuable canning
property, and they sell at a profit,
making that little valley one of the
most prosperous sections in the world.
The farmers should meet his com
petitors by cooperation, simply be-
cause his competitors are nearly Or
ganized under some name. 1t may
be trust which sells machinery. 1t
may be a gentlemans agreement which
buys his product, or any other of the
numerous organizations which deal as
a single body.
How can he as an individual meet
these combinations? He is entirely
helpless. What he buys has price
fixed by his business enemy. What
he sells has price too often fixed by
his business enemy also. The
only way to meet this opposition is
to organize into some association with
his neighbors. This is best done
through the Grange. For that reason
we think the Grange should be the
leader in this movement. 1t is a
critical time for the organization in
this state and we hope reason and not
passion will guide it's deliberations.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-01

the farmers interest would be better
served by slogan demanding tariff
for none. The farmers of the Nation
have been hornswagled by this tariff
scare crow almost ever since the
Nation was founded. Politicians
have made the farmer believe that
protection was necessary for him,
while in fact the truth is that protec-
ton never has protected what he sells
to any amount, but it has, on the
other hand, protected practically
everything he buys. The result. has
been that what he buys has been
raised in price by the protective
tariff, while his products meet the
competition of the world. We do not
believe that the matter of Canadian
reciprocity will hurt the American
farmer, and we do not believe that If
farmers would devote their energies
in cooperating with their neighbors
in the purchase of their supplies and
selling of their products they would
save dollars where they will save cents
in quarreling over the matter OF Can
adian reciprocity.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-06-01

The month of May which has just
closed, has made a record in rain fall.
While the months of March and April
we're uncommonly dry, May made up
most of the deficiency by raining
practically every day of the month in
Western Washington and Oregon.
The rainfall was almost equally as
generous in Eastern Washington and
Oregon, with the result that the
Pacific Northwest crops are in the
finest growing condition they have
known to be at this time of the year.
Unless a prolonged drought ensues
during the months of July and August
the Pacific Northwest will harvest
more than an average crop. Fruit
crops are apparently shy of last year,
which was record breaker, but the
wheat crop promises to be a record
breaker. The hay crop will probably
be one of the heaviest ever cut as this
crop and the winter wheat crop is
practically already made. One of the
greatest weather prophets at Wash
ington ID. G. predicts serious drought
during July and August, but with
the present moisture in the ground,
proper tillage will make any crop
that was planted in season. Things
are looking mighty prosperous for
Pacific Northwest farmers.