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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22
Frank Harris

The kaleidoscope of humanity is
ever before US with its bright or SOM
Der colors.
Once in an epoch some radiant
CLEAN breaks through this worlds
black clouds of trouble, and holds the
eye as if looking into the very por-
tails of better day.
A man that is a man is on a plane
peculiar to itself, and such character
sometimes takes a whole span of life
to have himself seem by mankind as
nearest to the pure ideal always look
ed for, but seldom seen or known.
When a man is looking into the
horizon of the setting sun of life,
and can look backward with the
sweetest solace and happiness of his
own consciousness of a life of recti-
tude and generous impulse toward
mankind, and can live in his humble
but useful sphere in the hearts of his
neighbors ana countrymen, being low
ed by them for himself-then no
crown, sceptre or exalted public hon.
ors can add one jot or little to his
manliness.
Frank Harris of Ocala, Florida is
such man among men. His recent
published views on his reasons for de-
clining to enter into the campaign for
the honored position of governor of
the state of Florida have just been
sent through the mails to his fellow
citizens.
The wisdom and philosophy con-
tanned therein are the most remarka-
BILE utterances that ever were pro-
claimed in print in this state.
1t should be copied upon vellum
and placed in the public records, so
that the present and future genera
tons could read of the mental stature
of the man.
While there is some semblance to
a truly grieved spirit therein, yet it
lis like unto minor strain in a grand
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22
Letter From Hon. w. NJ. Sheats
Lakeland, Fla, Dec. 10, 1911.

hdhSIduu, ID, O0C. ~, 1J1l.
Hon. Frank Harris, Ocala, Fla.
Ny Dear Sir-I have just read your
letter in the Tampa Tribune, and in
spite of me the tears would come into
my eyes, and am so sorry that did
not carry out my oft-felt desire and
write to you. / will write a line now,
if have withheld all my flowers I'M
til they bear the appearance of a fu-
neral offering.
There was but one thing that re-
strained me from writing to you, and
that was the thought that / am re-
garded as dead cock in the pit, and
that a letter from me would have no
influence in effecting the desired re-
suit
l have long felt and appreciated
your sincere service to the democrat
ic party and to the state, and wished
it were in my power to help in suita-
bly, rewarding you.
/ was glad when some newspaper
mentioned your name for governor,
and kept reading with interest the
publications of the various papers,
and was continually hoping that you
would consent to run. If I had felt
that letter from me, with so little to
offer, would have any influence, it
would certainly have been written.
Now, my friend possibly there were
hundreds more, just like myself, who
would have written if they had felt
that their influence would count for
anything.
l certainly thought of writing, and
expressed the desire to several
friends that you would come out, and
promised to tender you my might of
influence as soon as you announced.
Please accept this in the spirit in
which it is offered, if it does seem
out Of time.
Yours truly,
WIN. n. SHEATS.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22
Letter From Hon. w. 3. Lamar

New York. Dec. 9, 1911.
Hon. Frank Harris, Ocala, Fla:
My Dear Sir-I am in receipt here
of your published letter, sent out to
the people of Florida. You would
have had my vote and my support, for
whatever it was worth, had you be-
come a candidate for the governor
ship. 1t is a noble and laudible ambi-
ton to hold high office, when ones
purposes are for the public good.
This, am satisfied, is the only mo-
tive that would induce you to ask for
public preferment. But never felt
in the many mentions of your name
for the governorship, that you would
ever become a candidate. Had I
thought that, am one voter who
would have offered you his vote and
support; this, because of your emf.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22

symphony of music that makes 1t the
more sweet and touching.
Ambition is grand, and public hon.
ors to round off a life of voluntary
public service and allegiance to the
people is sublime.
But the self-abnegation of an honest
heart has the setting of priceless Jew
els, and he who can serenely rest in
his environment after he ploughed
the new rough ground and sowed the
seeds for the sustenance Of his people
and let others reap the harvest, can
philosophically let the dross of earth
ly ambitions lure whom it may.
Frank Harris needs none of these
to crown his venerable and honored
years.
His exemplary citizenship and no.
BILE manhood makes him beloved by
his people, the more, in private life.
Titles and public honors cannot add
to manhood, and Frank Harris re-
mains greater in his refusal to be lur-
ed by the evasive bubble of public
preferment than if he had attained
the first position in the state of Flor
ida.-Claude L'Engle's Dixie.
Hon. Frank Harris, editor Of the
Ocala Banner, will not be a candidate
for governor. In long and carefully
prepared statement, which he pub
fishes in his paper, this veteran editor
tells some of the reasons which in
duce him to put away the ambition
of his life and continue in the benefi-
cent work whereunto he was unques-
tionably called. He acknowledges
that he would like to be governor of
the state in which he has lived and
labored for a life time. He thanks
his friends of the press who have urg-
ed him as an ideal executive; but the
cost, aye, there's the rub; for in this
thorny path of dirty politics which
one must tread to reach the goal, the
shekels he must drop to win support,
must make all but the rich man pause
and be content to fill to worthy place
in private life, rather than appear to
purchase honors that are empty when
thus secured. Mr. Harris thanks the
men of the Florida press who have
sincerely urged his candidacy and
promised loyal support, but he is dis
appointed that others, whom he has
supported heartily in the past, have
kept silent while his name was under
discussion. Mr.. Harris, under the cir
cumstances, will probably never be
governor. His hair is silver and his
age is SIS. But as editor Of the Ocala
Banner, where his influence has been
potent for good for 10, these many
years, he is still a power in Florida.
May he continue to be so until the
tide shall bear him far."-Palatka
News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22

ouallty considered, there IS No
Gneaper wniskey on the market than
f,,I9 AAXX Rye: 1878 for fn,r
n 1uid quarts delivered. G. d. HOGAN.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22
MR.. HARRIS AND THE Gu6ERNA-
ToRIAL NOMINATION
Comments of the State Press and
Letters from Friends on his
DecIination


We have reproduced in this issue
the reasons why dear old Frank Har-
ris will not step down from the
ranks of honorable journalism to
join the horde of office seekers. 1t is
one of the most beautiful tributes
ever written, and every good man
and woman in Florida ought to read
it.-Jacksonville Floridian.
Editor Frank Harris has had SO
many pretty things said about him of
late by the brethren of the pen that
he ought to be enabled to get some
idea of what his obituaries will be
like. The editor is fortunate in that
he is getting the flowers while he is
able to enjoy them.-Pensacola
News.
All of US have to take off our hats
to Editor Frank Harris of the Ocala
Banner. A newspaper when run on
honorable lines is in a position to do
more good for the cause of suffering
humanity than any church in chris
tendon, and Mr.. Harris is entirely
right in his opinion that it is no ele-
walton for a newspaper man to go out
of decent journalism into politics.
Albert Williamson's Floridian.
In another column we publish an ex-
tract from a statement to the people
of Florida by Hon. Frank Harris, Civ
ing the reasons why he cannot be a
candidate for governor, and stating
what he would do if he were govern
or. The article is we'll worth reading
and when you have read it you will
regret that Mr.. Harris is not in the
race.-Lake City Index.
We just feel like going up to Ocala
and humping Frank Harris for de-
clining to run for governor just at a
time when the plum was in reach,
and the newspapers of the state had
secured it for him. 1t is a severe
blow to those who have advocated his
candidacy, but the people of Florida
will suffer most by the stand taken
by Mr.. Harris. To offer as an excuse
a financial strait is not plausible, be-
cause the money would have been
forthcoming, and really, what honest
candidate ever defrays the expenses
of the campaign from his own peck
ct? Mr.. Harris has made mistake,
and the people of Florida are the real
losers.-Inverness Chronicle.
Editor Frank Harris of the Ocala
Banner comes out in an able article
in which he says that he is mighty
much obliged for the many kind
things which have been said about
him, but he can't become candidate
for governor. That ought to cause
the other candidates to spend better
Christmas, for if the editor had enter
ed the race for sure he would have
led the other candidates a merry
chase. Frank Harris has served his
state well as one of its ablest editors
and the esteem he has won from
those who know his worth should be
more satisfying to him than the pow
er and emoluments Of Office. The
newspaper men of the state can vouch
for the fact that he would be worth
his weight in gold and diamonds If he
weighed ton, and nothing pleases
them more than to lombard him with
bouquets-Pensacola Journal.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22

;o 6eautiful Silks, Dress Goods Hos
teIy, Md Gloves and all kinds - la o
aul Things for Christmas at Ha,ss
on Fasteur's. 1881
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-12-22
Letter From Mr.. Flauler
SAMUEL PASCO.

st. Augustine, Fla, Dec 9, 1911.
Hon. Frank Harris, Ocala, Fla:
My Dear Mr.. Harris-Returning
last night from a hurried trip to Key
West, / find reprint from a page
of the Ocala Banner, containing your
letter to the people of Florida in re
the gubernatorial nomination, and l
congratulate you most heartily upon
the stand you have taken. You enjoy
too good reputation as private
individual to jeopardize it by getting
into political mire and hope that you
will never experience any change of
purpose.
With my love to Harris Powers. and
every good wish for yourself, believe
me, Most sincerely yours,
H. NJ. FLAGLER.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
NOTICE OF STOCK ASSESSMENT.
Manhattan Gold and Copper Minin,

Manhattan Gold and Copper Mining Company, a Corporation.
 Incorporated at Phoenix. Arizona
 Principal place or business, Sacra- mento. California.
 Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the directors held on the 30th day of June. 1911. an assessment of one half of one cent per share was levied upon the Capital Stock of the Corporatio payable on the 18th day of August. 1911. to A. L. Shinn, the Secretary of said Corporation, at the city of Sacramento. county of Sacra- mento, state of California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall re- main unpaid on the 18th day of Au- gust will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment Is made before. will be sold on the 1Gth day of October, 1911, to pay the delinquent assessment, to- gether with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
 Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of June. 1911, at my office at Peoples Bank Building, Sacramento, California.
 A. l.. SHINN,
 (SEAL) Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
MANY REASONS
 FOR IDLE MINES
A Hundred Reasons, But Not Single Good One, Declares Mining Writer.

C. A. Dinsmore, who is known over the territory as the travelling min ing editor, has put in the past spring among the mines and miners of south ern Arizona, and during his visit in Ray last week, made the following ob- servations on the cause of idle mines:
 On my present trip horseback through Southwestern Arizona I have been rather appalled, because of the great number of idle properties. The reason for the idleness is more than two-fold-the low price of copper, the tight money market, the unreasonable prices asked for prospects, the opti- mism of the owners, the apparent de- mand for stocks in the "porphyry cOppers." the mismanagement in some cases, the unwarranted acts of pro- motors in others-pshaw, there are an hundred reasons, and not good one in all. I have been down shafts, through tunnels, drifts and stopes, have ridden over country on tremen- dous ledges-have seen so much in this country of real merit that I am indignant that anything whatever shall have happened to temporarily stop operations, and I am positive that people of means and mining knowl- edge will shortly visit and take over many properties of the greatest merit. There is a give-and-take phase to this business, and none of us should forget our part. The owners of the property must explain its merits by underrat- ing, must permit the coming in of prospective purchasers on something less than an enormous price with big spot cash payment. The people of the whole country must help the owner of the prospects to succeed whether it be in promoting sale or in developing. We must all work together as we have never done before. The tide must turn, What need it mat ter to us if times are hard, if we will but put our shoulders to the wheel and push nightly? Possibly no man knows as well as l now how broke the average mining man is; but all the same, if he will just learn that the sympathy. the efforts of the people
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
RICH CHALCOPYR|TE
 IN COPPER QUEEN
Property Owned by Texans, Who Are
 Confident of Mines Future.

News of a valuable strike on the property of the Copper Queen Gold Mining company at Stoddard, was brought to Prescott last Friday, says the Journal Miner, by John Cain T well known mining man of that dis trict. In cross cut tunnel which is in 340 feet a round of shots on Thursday evening broke open body of high grade chalcopyrite ore cov- ering the entire breast of the tunnel. Samples were brought to town and it is believed that they will assay re- markedly high in copper and gold in fact, the tunnel has been in ore for 160 feet. copper sulphide having been encountered 1SO feet from the mouth of the tunnel. The extent of the chalcopyrite which is at a depth of 200 feet from the surface is yet to be determined, but there is every reason for believing that it will de- velop into a very large body.
 While there has been considerable exploration work done. on the prop erty which consists of 32O acres. this tunnel is recent work and was un- ueI IIdheh ny LOUIS 1oluhlaili the gen eral manager who is on the ground. MT. Cain who inspected the strike is very enthusiastic over the prospects of the property and predicts that it will be one of the big mines of the county. The formation is especially favorable for producer, being black slate schist and porphyyr
 group of me min Paris, Texas are the owners of the property and it is said to be well financed for large operations.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15

are with him he will take heart and succeed in spite of adverse circum- stances. There is a good saying that it is darkest before dawn; and this believe. The good Lord knows that if most of us were to take heart in ac- cord with the ,in1c@ we would have given up long ago-bdt most of us are not of that temperament; we double our fists and fight on and always even in spite of what seems at the time overwhelming difficulties. The mining man has legitimate reason for all his efforts; he has an absolutely clean business if he will; he has every reason to push fOrward-and in all this the people at large should assist don't believe we are going to have 15-cent copper; that any company in this country for many years at least will be able to produce copper at to 6 cents a pound: that times" are going to materially brighten for the whole country for long time, and es- pecially do I not believe that the next election" will have much to do with the financial condition of the country-but I do believe that it lies within each one of us to succeed, if each one of us will set stake ahead and in spite of any and every diff culty push forward to that. We may. and will. be able to do what is ex- pected of us and what we desire with all our heart and soul but we may be unable to do it, right at once-but If we keep eternally at it, be sincere in every effort and work with all enthus- iasm and intensity-then it will come as surely as the sun is in the heavens.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
o14706 MINERAL APPLICATION.

Mineral Application No. 014706, United States Land Office. Phoenix. Arizona, June 16, 1911.
 Notice is hereby given that the Max-Delta Gold Mining Company. by its attorney in fact. Fen s. Hildreth. whose postoffice address is Phoenix, Arizona. has made application for patent to the Leggat and Maxmillion lode claims. Mineral Survey No 1899, in an UnorganiZed Mining District, Maricopa County. Arizona, described as follows: Leggat Lode: Beginning at Cor. No. l, whence to NA Co. Sec. 2. T. 1 S.. R. E.. bears N. degree. F minutes. B seconds w., s025.s1 ft.; thence s. s5 degrees. IA minutes w, 600 it. to Cor. No. 2: thence s. degrees. 46 minutes F.. 1900 1t. to Cor No. 3: thence N. S5 degrees. Il minutes E. 600 it. te Cor. No. 4; thence N. degrees, 46 min- utes, W. 15O0 1t. to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. containing 20.661 acres. Maxamillion lode. Beginning at Co. No. l, whence to NA Cor. Sec. :, T. &. R. E. hears N. de- gree, 52 minutes, 40 seconds E., 1O.392.07 ft.; thence s. 26 degrees 56 minutes w. 1900 ft. to Cor. No. 2: thence s. 63 degrees. 04 minutes F.. 600 ft- to Cor. No. 3: thence N. 26 degrees. 56 minutes E.. 1900 1t. to Co. No. 4; thence N. 63 degrees. 0I w. 600 1t. to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. containing 2O.6s1 acres. Said lode claims being situate in an Unorganized Mining District. County. Arizona, in approxi- mately Secs. IS and 19. T. S. R. 3 E., G. & s. R. B. X NJ. The names of the conflicting claims to said lode claims, as shown bv the plat of sur vey, are: Area Maxamillion lode In conflict with Leggat lode. this Sur. .63s acres: In conflict with Delta lode, Sur. No. 2900, .055 acres The ad joining claims are: East and South by unsurveyed Government land; West by the Delta lode, Survey No. 290O, Maxamillion No. 2 lode, and Montana lode. unsurveyed. claimant herein: on the North by the Mantle lode. unsurveyed. claimant herein. The loca tions of these claims are recorded in the mining records of Maricopa County, Arizona. as follows:
 Leggat. in Book 20 of Mines. Page 625; Maxamillion. in Book 20 of Mines. Pages 624-625.
 FRANK H. PARKER.
 Register.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of w. E.. Hiatt, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned. administratrix of the es- tate of w. E. Hiatt. deceased. to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased. to exhibit them. with the necessary vouchers. within ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrative at 120 North Tenth avenue. Phoenix, Arizona, the same being the place for the trans action of the business of said estate. in said County of Maricopa.
 ZOE M. HIATT. Administratrix of Estate of w. E. Hiatt, Deceased.
 Dated this goth day of July. 1911.
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Arizona republican., 1911-08-15
.laims Mineral survex No 2aOo in an

claims, Mineral Survey No. 29O0. in an Unorganized Mining District. Maricopa County, Arizona, described as follows: Delta No. 3: Beginning at Cor. No. 1. whence to Nk Cor. Sec. [. T. 1 S., R. 3 E.. bears N. IS degrees. A minutes. 5S seconds E.. s06490 it.: thence s. 61 degrees. 31 minutes w.. 50 it. to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 13 degrees. 36 minutes E. 1900 it. to Cor. No. 3; thence s. 61 degrees. 31 minutes w. 500 it. to Cor. No. q: thence S. % degrees. 29 minutes E. 1500 it. to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. contain ing 19.968 acres. Delta No. 2: Be- ginning at Cor No. 1, whence to NA Cor. Sec. 2. T. S.. R. 3 F., bears N. 13 degrees. 09 minutes. 40 seconds E. 9570.30 it.: thence s. 61 degrees. 31 minutes ". 600 it. to Cor. No. 2; thence s. 2S degrees. 29 minutes E. 1900 it. to Cor. No. 8; thence N 61 degrees, 31 minutes E. GOO it. to Cor No. 4: thence N. 2S degrees, 29 min utes w. 1500 it. to Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. containing 20.661 acres.
 Richard Stanton: Beginning at Cor. No. l. whence to NA Cor Sec z, T. l S.. R. E.. bears N. r degrees. Ss minutes. 05 seconds E. 999374 it.; thence s. 61 degrees, 31 minutes w. 600 it. to Cor. No. 2; thence S. 2s degrees. 29 minutes E. 1500 it. to Cor No. 3; thence N. 61 degrees, S1 min- utes b. coo 1t. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 2S degrees. 29 minutes w 15OO 1t. to Cor. No. 1, the place of begin ming, containing 20.661 acres. Delta: Beginning at Cor. No. l, whence to NA Cor. Sec. 2. T. S.. R. E.. bears N. degrees. 54 minutes, 38 seconds E. 1O.6O4.90 it.; thence s. 61 degrees, 31 minutes w. 600 1t. to Cor No. 2; thence $. 2S degrees. 29 minutes E. l5OO 1t. to Cor. No. 3: thence N. 61 degrees 31 minutes E. GOO f. to Cor No. 4; thence N. 2S degrees, 29 min- utes w. 1500 it. to Cor. No. l, the place of beginning. containing 2O.S61 acres. Said lode claims being situ- ated In approximately Secs. IS and 19. T. s., R. E., c. & s. R. B. & M. Area Delta lode in conflict with Max amillion lode Sur. No. 2s99. .055 acres. The adjoining claims, as shown by the plat of survey, are on the North: Old locations unsurveyed, names of claims and claimants unknown: the Delta lode Is bounded on the West by the Sarettie lode. unsurveyed. claimant herein; Richard Stanton and Delta No. 3 lodes are bounded on the West by old location. unsurveyed, names of claims and claimants un- known; portion of Delta No. and Richard Stanton lodes are bounded on the South by the Sarettie lode, and the Delta lode by nnsurveyed Govern ment land; on the East by the Maxa- million lode. Survey No. 2899, and by the Maxamillion No. 2 lode. unsur- veyed. claimant herein; the Delta No 3 lode is bounded on the East by old locations. names of claims and claim ants unknown. The locations of these claims are recorded in the mining records of Maricopa County, Arizona. as follows: Delta, in Book 20 of Mines. Page 622; Delta No. 2. in Book 20 of Mines. Page 623: Delta No g. in Book 20 of Mines. Page 624. and Richard Stanton, in Book 20 of Mines Pages 625-f26
 FRANK H. PARKER.
 Register
Arizona republican., 1911-08-15

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 For the IS year size tn e l on g kimono will require 5H yards of mate rial 27 inches wide. 4H yards 36, or 3M yards A, with IS yards of contrast ing material, or 3% yards of ribbon 5 inches wid e for trimming. For the ehort kimono will be n e e de d 2M yards 27 inches wide, IT yards 36 or A inches wide.
 A May Manton pattern. No. 7o7I, in sizes for misses I4, I6. and IS years. nt of this paper, on