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Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
BIG CONVENTIONS
 TO BE HELD IN DENVER

DENVER, Colo, July I9.-States- men all over the country are greatly interested in the forthcoming Public Lands Convention to be held in Den yer the 2S, 29. and 30 of September While the convention was called by Governor Shafroth of Colorado by order of the State legislature. tnjs fact gives the affair no political sig nltleanee from a party standpoint but both parties are greatly inter- ested Tn the fact that the prominent men of the West of all political parties will get together at this meeting to discuss matters of inter est to the West and incidentally will be developed the fact that if tho men of the West stand together with out regard to political party thAv have the balance of power m Csa- gress and can accomplish almost any thing.
 ''The future of the West lies in is great undeveloped territory now known as the public dOmain,'' said Governor Shafroth the other day. s'Ir there is any one thing regarding which all the Western states and territories are unanimous, it is the desire to see this territory developed and the vacant lands filled with eiti zens. The recent development of new policy by the Washington bureau towards these public lands which is keeping people from the lands instead of settling them, is responsible for this effort to get together. If the. western people can agree upon auy policy towards these lands and work together for it, we can win. Our Eastern friends will be with us when they understand what we want. So 1t IS very important that the West first determine upon a policy aud then fight for it.
 The convention will be held in the big auditorium in Denver and 1t @ predicted that there will be fully 5000 delegates in attendance.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
NEW BISHOP OF DALLAS

DALLAS, Texas, July 19.-Distin- guished ehurehmen from many 1inceses today attended the consecratIol of Rev. Joseph P. Lynch as Roman Cath ole bishop of Dallas n sI',c.sinE to the late Bishop Dunne. The solemn service was held in the Cathedral of the sacred Heart of Jesus. The con secrating prelate was Archbishop Blenk of New Orleans. who was as- sisted by Bishop Morris of Little Rock and Bishop Gallagher of Calves ton. The sermon was preached by the Very Reverend Michael s. Ryan, president of Kenrick Seminary. St. Louis. At the conclusion of the cere- mony the visiting prelates and priests were entertained at dinner at the Oriental Hotel.
 The Right Rev. Joseph Lynch, the new bishop of Dallas, was born near Chicago in 1873, and early in his career he was engaged in the prac- tice of law. Deciding to enter the church he took a theological course at Kenriek Seminary and was or dained a priest about eleven years ago. After his ordination he became attached tO the Dallas diocese and a year ago was made vicar general. He has been the active bishop since the death of Bishop Dunne.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
RANDOLPH PLANS NEW
 LEVEE ON COLORADO

TUCSON, Ariz, July 19.-Return- ing from a trip to the errant Rio Colorado, which has caused govern ment, railroads and land owners so much trouble by the insistenee with which 1t strolls from its own prop CT course and wanders over the surrounding country, Colonel Ran dOlph denies the report that emanated from Yuma to the effect that he is to supplant Col. OekersOn and under take for the government the task of turning the troublesome river back into its proper channel. Col. Ran dolph denies this report in toto.
 The occasion of his visit to the vicinity of Andrade was, Col Ran dolph yesterday stated. to protect the interests of the Colorado Devel- Opment Company and not in the in- terests of the government.
 Colonel Randolph gave out the fol lowing statement:
 "The survey which we are mak- ing near Andrade, following my visit of a few days ago is for the purpose of finding out how to protect the property of the California Develop AnEAb OUAuBohN III CdSG tue SUN Cl IT. ment is not successful in closing the present break,' Col. Randolph stated. ,''The break is diseharging the wat CT of the Colorado into Volcano lake following the channel of the Abeja river Overflowing the south and southwest banks of the lake it will be discharged into the Gulf of Cal ifornia
 But as the inflow continues the salt deposits will render the lake more shallow, and as it fills up the tendency may be to discharge the water over into the direction of the Imperial valley with its 275,0O0 acres of cultivated farms and into the Salton sink.
 ''Three years ago 7 built ten miles of levee on high ground northwest of the lake and 15 miles east of the lake in general northerly and south erly direction, this latter levee be- ing on top of a mesa. That served for the protection of the Imperial valley and the Colorado was ulti- mately forced back into its natural water course.
 "Now it may be necessary to con- meet the two levees with third, which will be eleven miles in length, thus making a protecting dyke thirty six miles long.
 HMueh of the country around Vol eanO lake has never been surveyed. have put a surveying corps into the field to get a contour map of the district with all elevations definitely figured out; and also to find out what volume of water is being dis charged into the lake and how rapidly the lake is rising.
 'It is simply a case in which, if the governments efforts to levee the Colorado fail, we must take meas ures to protect the $5,00O,000 invest ment which the Hartman interests have in the water system of the I'm perial valley under the title of the California Development Company
 "The survey will require about three weeks to complete.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
PRECIPITATION TO
 BE RECORDED BY CHANGES

For the purpose of ascertaining the exact precipitation in parts of Yav- apai county where the rainfall has not been recorded, Professor McOmie, of the University of Arizona accom- panied by C. B. Howard and Sec retary Fraser, installed rain gauges Tuesday at the hotel at Jerome Junction, at the Four Mile House on the Walker road and the farm of Moses Hughes, on the American ranch road at the base of Granite noun tain. Another gauge will be installed at Puntenney in care of Mir. Nelson Puntenney. Measuring sticks have been obtained from NIT. Jesunofsky, United States Weather Observer at Phoenix and the exact precipitation will be hereafter reported after each rainfall from the stations above named.
 Through the courtesy of MT. A. A. Johns, a gauge will be installed on his afrm at Nelson in Mohave county. Professor McOmie will also have a guage at his experiment station farm, north of Prescott and by means of this and other gauges, distributed as dAN III nASA AANod Adhuo anu bAAN low valley lands. a more accurate idea of the exact precipitation can be obtained. The soils in the var iOus localities are quite similar and it is merely a question of preeipta- tion. Thus, Professor MeOmie will be able to obtain valuable data from a large scope of country.
 The party was halted several times by reason of cloudbursts breaking over Granite mountain and causing a tOrrential flow in the washes near the Target Range Just north of the Target Range, the loop road is badly broken up; and a mile and a half further, canal has been formed by the flood. opening a cut in the road for a distance of an eighth of mile. Although it rained in the mesas between Wyncoop's ranch and a point three miles north of the Target Range, there was no rainfall at Jerome Junction up to two o'clock, the storm seeming to have broken only on Granite mountain and the hills to the northwest.
 The rainfall in Prescott according to pr. Films reading, was 1.02 inches for Tuesday.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
THOMAS CAT CAME BACK
(From Thursdsy's Daily.)

J. W. Thomas, of Big Bug. while in the city yesterday, related an in teresting eireumstanee in connection with the changing of the abode of his high bred tortoise shell eat from that place to the camp of the Brook lyn-Arizona Mining Company, which revives the apt saying of the "eat came back" Placing the feline se- eurely in a covered box he started on his journey, and left the feline at the boarding house. week later. NIT. Thomas returned to Big Bug. and when he entered the front door of his home, he was amazed to see puss perehed in the doorway as happy and cOntented as ever. The eat started from the camp the day following it's delivery and although the distance IS over forty miles, the trip seems to have been made without any dis comfort. What puzzles MT. Thomas IS 10 ascertain how the eat could have retraeed its steps for that nun Der of miles over a rough country, without any guide other than that of instinct. The feline will be kept at home hereafter, he says
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26

eulean strength. The thigh and lower limbs indicate at least twice the size of the average man of today.
 'I made the discovery by mere accident. My attention some weeks ago was directed to that part of the farm by flood waters passing through, cutting a ditch. A few bones were found on the surface, but my i'm pressiOn at the time was eentered to the belief that they were those of some animal that had been killed. dug into the bank that was exposed by the rushing waters, and when a distance of about three feet in depth had been reached, the skull was found. The bones that were strewu around for a few feet, with those found in the ground, were put to- gether with the above result. The skeleton is only partially complete, but there is enough in evidence to show that it was that of a giant.
 'After making this discovery, my observations were continued. when metallic arrowheads and spears, stone hooks to hold garments together, plumb bob of stone, two inches in diameter and tapering to a point, stone axes and butcher knives, pottery of modern and primitive manufacture, and other articles were dug up. Near by was evidently an old fort. The walls were built of immense bOulders, indicating that persons of great strength performed the work.
 "I have been the owner of that tract of land for over forty-one years and have resided there eontin- uously. That section of the farm has never been cultivated to my knowledge or any one else in that country. No other human frame has been found, although I intend to continue digging. The relic will be Kept Tn my possession, as I consider It a great curiosity. Mir Clark has seen the skeleton, visiting the valley after I made the discovery
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
 BUILDING BIG ROAD

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 19.- Work on the largest single span up. lift bridges ever to be constructed has been started by the Southern Pacific Company in San Pedro har- bor. California. The length of the bridge is 1S7Ia feet. The bridge will carry a double track and will be operated by electric power, capable of lifting the ponderous mass of steel in fifty seconds. affording a clear channel of ls5 feet for the passage of boat traffic.
 The new bridge is what IS known as the Strauss trunnion type, differing from the Baseule bridge of the Salt Lake railroad. also at San Pedro, in that the latter is lifted on a rocker, while the Southern Pacific bridge will be lifted on a tail pin or hinge. It is also to be double tracked. A latch operated by a motor will hold the bridge in place when it is down. This new bridge will replace the present Southern Pacific and Pacific Electric trestle bridges.
 The Southern Pacific company made application to the War Department a year ago for permission to build this bridge, which was granted on the first of December. last. on condition that the structure would be completed within a year. The Southern Pacific engineers have been working all of these months in making tests for bier foundations and studying the var ious designs of bridges. Test wells bored to a depth of 100 feet found nothing more solid in the harbor bed than sand. Three cOfferdams are now being constructed. They will be bound with concrete and sunk to a depth of fOrty-fOur feet after which piles will be driven to a depth of eighty feet.
 Following the construction of these eofferdams the water will be pumped out and the interior cOncreted and reinforced. Upon the base thus formed the concrete piers will be erected to a height of ten feet above low water mark, the superstrueture to be built upon these piers.
 The largest of the piers will be 22x55 feet and will enclose 1S5 piles. Thirty-five hundred yards of concrete will compose the three piers. The King Bridge company of Cleveland is building the material from de- signs furnished by the Strauss Bas. cule Bridge company. The parts will soon be shipped to San Pedro and in stallation will probably begin about the first part of September. The work is being done entirely by the engineering department of the South ern Pacific company.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
SKELETON OF GIANT
 FOUND AT JUNIPER
CFrom Fridays Daily.)

One of the most wonderful dis eoveries of prehistoric life that has ever been made in Arizona, was re- ported yesterday by Peter Marx, of Juniper, and corroborated by E. s. Clark, attorney, which reveals the existence of a race of people, that is not generally accredited to the primitive era, in the huge propOr- tions of a skeleton that is now in the possession of MT. Marx. In detailing what was discovered by mere aeei- dent on his farm early in the pres ent week, MT. Marx gave the follow ing interesting account of his dis cOvery.
 "The bones of this mOnstrOus hu- man may have represented a race of men or a single individual. At any rate, the skeleton of the man in my possession, is sufficiently complete so that the dimensions, which are astounding, may be aeeur- ately aseertained and so far as the present generation is to be consider ed from what I can learn, there is no comparison to be formed. In the AlISl HldNt luN Shull lo OL SuNn dl abnormal size that if the average man of this day placed it over his head, he still could find room to move it backwards and forwards or up and down with ease, without dis turbing his natural position. From measurements taken of this skull, a number 10 hat would be required to fit it. The teeth, several of which are still imbedded in the iawbone, substantiate the immense size of the head. They are fully one third larger than those of the men of to- day and present more the appearance of tusks than of molars of the human family. Other dimensions of the head reveal similar evidences in harmony with the above. As to the bones, there is no disputing the fact that the owner was symmetrieally formed, of immense size and her
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
CBy U. $. Press Association )

(Bv '. $. Press AssOciation.)
 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2O.- Perhaps some day that portion of the population of Arizona that has listen ed to the poor advice given them by some of it's citizens who have spent good deal of time in the capital, may be brought to realize that the position of Delegate Cameron has been sound at all times-and indeed it appears in the light of most re cent events that the courageous stand taken by the delegate in opposition Co the Flood resolution and in warn ing the senate committee on territor- ies that an attempt to pass the house resolution would defeat state hood. has been justified in view of the most recent developments. Chair man Smith of the committee on ter ritOries, got back to town the other morning and immediately wended his way White Housewards. Then he went to the senate and arose in his seat and made the statement that feeling personally friendly to the prompt admission of Arizona and New Mexico. and desiring to bring about that end at the present ses- sion, that he desired to give notice of his intention to offer an amend ment upon the question of the judic- ial recall provision respecting the constitution of Arzona. Outside of the senate chamber MT. Smith be- came more communicative and ex- pressed the opinion that if the joint Flood resolution now pending should be adopted as it left the house, that it would be vetoed. The position of AIr Smith at this time, and which will undoubtedly gain the support of all except the insurgent senators, Is practically in line with the minority report of the house which was signed by the delegates from Arizona and New Mexico, and which brought upon their heads the criticism of portions of the population of Arizona, who were described by Senator Suther- land in a speech on statehood the first of the week. MT Sutherland in beginning his address said that '' Within the last few years the United States of America has be- come the field of operation for an amiable band of insurgent sOothsay-
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
PLEASANT OUTING
 AT CATHEDRAL CAVE
CFrom Thursdays DEilyJ

All who journeyed to Cathedral Cave Sunday to partake of the hos pitality of Don SenOr Patterson, Chester Dickerson and other Ash Fork persons at their barbecue, pronoaue- ed the trip the most enjoyable of it's ! kind they had ever experienced.
 The weather was ideal, the roads in first-class condition, barring a few mud-hOles which were inevitable owing to the recent heavy downpour and there were no accidents to mar the trip.
 The first machines left Prescott as early as 6 o'clock, Messrs. Anderson and Radley and their parties having spent the night before at the Els ealante. These first cars from Pres cOtt arrived at the Cave at 9:30 a. m., with the others stringing .n up to P, noon. After the arrival of the Prescott cars, which numbered thirteen, the party, joined by about thirty from Ash Fork and Seligman proceeded to explore the Cave. All the ladies, with the exception of Mrs. DOdds, descended and remained with the party until the exploration was concluded.
 Gus Peter, owing to the fragile appearance of the rope at the neck of the orofice refused to go into the Cave at all. Don SenOr Patter- son expOstulated, measurements were taken and it was discovered that Mir. Peters girth at the apex of his EeTr- poration' was too great to allow a safe descent without the use of ex- plosives to wiGen the opening to the cavern.
 Barbecued beef and all the neees- sary adjuncts to an open air feast were furnished and served by Messrs. Don SenOr Patterson and Chester DickersOn at ? o'clock and all who partOOk are as one in prOnouneing the beef the tenderest they had ever tasted
 County Assessor Tom Campbell voiced the sentiment of the Prescott "bunch" when he stated that this occasion would be a means of fur ther eementing the good feeling ex- isting between the two communities. whose position and resources render them so dependable upon each other r's friendship.
 Chester Dickerson responded for the Ash Fork contingent, declaring that the activity of Supervisors Smith and Stewart in finishing the road to their city and the cave had been the strongest agency in this bringing of the cities together HeI predicted that this would be but the first of a seres of "get-tO- gether" functions, to weld these relations fur ther
 A green mesa was selected as the scene for the dinner, which was served in the shade of the iunipers Messrs. Patterson and Dickerson had spent the whole night in and prepar- ing and cooking the viands.
 Mrs. Barney Smith made the trip from Prescott to the cave and back to Jerome Junction in her little Metz without a hitch. At the latter place, she tired of driving and hitch ed her ear to that of Barney Smith, who lowed the little machine home, arriving in Prescott at IOl o'clock. Most of the other cars re- turned between seven and eight
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
UNITED GOLD MINES
 TO ENLARGE PLANT
Immense Ore Tonnage Being Opened Is Attracting Mining Men From All
 Over Country to District
(From Fridays Daily.)

After an expenditure of s15,OOO during the incumbeney in the past seven months of E. L. Bartholomew, superintendent of the United Gold Mines Company, located at Congress, Yavapai county, One-quarter of a mile south of the well known Con gress mine. rich ore has been struck in the 700 foot level. This strike is attracting a great deal of attention as the dyke and vein are parallel to those of the Congress mine, viz: east and west with a dip to the north and strike to the west. These determinations are characteristic of nearly all the neighbOring veins.
 For the past eight years far larg- CT amount of money has been put into this property than has been re- covered in ore and the present pros perity of the mine is entirely due to the confidence of D. J. Sullivan and the McGil Brothers of Chicago, own CTS. in its future.
 At present, the shaft is 700 feet deep, running five levels seventy-five feet apart in a westerly direction on the ore shoot.
 The 700 foot level has been pene- trating a continuous ore body from two to five feet wide. It is 300 feet long now and still in ore. The average assays go from $2O to s2O0 in gold, being the richest in the his tory of the mine.
 In this level the ore is of an oxidized character, demonstrating in the opinion of its engineers, that the mine has not yet reached the per manent sulphide zone. Judging from the experiences encountered in de- veloping the neighboring Congress mine there should be much richer ore in the sulphide zone of the United Gold Mines Company; for the Congress mine shipped several hun dred carloads of sulphide ore run ming from $2OO to $500 per ton in pold
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26

The company is at present operating a thirty ton milling and eyaniding plant. It intends to enlarge both the milling and cyaniding plants to double capacity in the near future; also, to equip a steam hoist and a gallows frame to enable sinking, at least 1000 feet deeper.
 All the other levels in this mine are in ore of good grade and size; everything is running steadily; con- centrates are being shipped to Fl Paso and Needles and the balance, from cyanide recovery, is being shipped in bullion from the mine di- rect.
 "When the ore body on the 700 foot level is developed deeper, say to 1900 feet,' said Superintendent Bartholomew yesterday, CT confident ly believe that the shoot ore which will be opened up will surprise the mining world There is no question in my mind but what it will equal the richest output of the famous Congress mine, adjoining it.'
 The United Gold Mines Company and Congress mine are situated in the richest gold belt in Arizona, a tried and richly productive field for the past forty years. In this belt are situated, also, the Old York, RincOn, Johnson, Octave, Mildred and Yarnell mines, besides scores of other smaller properties.
 From the showing made by the United Gold Mines Company, this district is becoming the scene of greater activity than has been evi- denced during the past ten years and mining men from all over the country are interesting themselves in the development of adjacent properties.
 Among these is John K. Briee, brother of the late United States Senator Calvin s. Brice, who, has invested heavily with E. L. BarthOl- omew and John s. Reilly, of Prescott, in the Old York group, two miles south from the Yarnell mine
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
WAITING NEW HIGHWAY. OFrom Thursdays Daily.)

Dennis Welch. who is operating mines near Columbia, arrived in the city yesterday and reports quite a revival in gold mining, with better results being accomplished than in recent years. MT. Welch states that one of the principal drawbacks to making that gold field one of the greatest producers in the territory, is the deplorable road conditions. The coming of the territorial highway which is surveyed to pass within a short distance of Columbia, will re suit in bringing in capital, he says and start an era that will rebound to the general prosperity of that district. The many mine owners who are developing their properties on a limited scale are anxiously awaiting the advent of this improvement.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-26
QUIETLY wEDDED. dFrom Friday's Dailv1

Judge c. P. Hicks, yesterday, in his office united in marriage Robert C. Sinclair and Elva Burns, both resi- dents of Flagstaff, who arrived the day previous. A few friends were present. The groom is identified with the cattle industry on the MogOllons, while his bride is favorably known to all in. Flagstaff. They left for the north during the day