Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-28
PHOENIX Republicans Organize

,oi strategy and the preliminary pre- convention skirmishing. comes the real battle. and the gettogcthcr dinner of the republicans at the Hotel Adams Thursday night. mark ed the first move of the party host iu Arizona. m the campaign of 1912. A county republican club was or ganized and oifccred and committees appointed for detail work Also it was some dinner and was enjoyed by as clean a looking bunch of men as ever assembled m Phoenix and m numbers the large dining hall of the hotel was practically filled. The dinner began and ended with music furnished by Miss Msybelle Baker, the prima donna at the Empress theatre. with Carl Bierman at the piano and between the two seasons oi merriment occurred flood of oratory that would certainly have tickled the cars of President Taft could he have heard it. and the seri- ous business of club organization which resulted as follows
 Judge r.. w. Lewis was named for president; l.. F.. Bigley. secretary; F. s. Curtis. treasurer It was de- cided to have a cc-prcsidcnt for each precinct in the county.
 Tax Commission Surprised
 The state tax commission return ed yesterday morning from Nogales where the commission held a joint conference with the county board of supervisors sitting as board of equalization. The subject of confer ence was land and cattle and the proper valuation of the Worlds Fair mine. As result of the conference the county's valuation was elevated approximately $20O.OO0. The total valuation of that county is now about two and half millions.
 The commission now has the re- tnrrs from all the counties except Apache where there was some kind of tangie that delayed the trans mission of the assessment roll. It has wired to Apache county for it's rcfnrns and expects to receive them soon. SO the entire valuation of the state may be announced probably within a week
 In this connection the commission and board of equalization in con siderably wrought up over the action of the county boards of Yavapai and Cochise, sitting as county boards of equalization. It appears that after Yavapai county transmit ted to the tax commission it's ab- stract of the assessment roll. which figures were used in fixing the state tax rate, the county board reduced the valuation of patented mines ap- proximately 2S per cent and also re- -duced other mining property. IL also appears that using Yavapai for an example Cochisc took similar action, This 1t IS contended by the state board. is exceeding the author fly of the county board and the auditor and state board of equaliza- ton have wired to the Cochisc coun- ,ty officials 10 that effect.
 Trying For Ssnitarium
 Success to the efforts of Albert Leyhe and other Moose. not "bull." {" will mean the establishment of a ,sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. in the Salt River valley. an institu- .tion of international scope and built and operated by the Loyal Order of Moose"
 Mir. Leyhc is at Kansas City at tending the convention of the lodge. When the subject of a sanitarium came up, he together with other Arizona members proposed that the new state be given a chance 10 put up proposition before the location oi the hospital is definitely found.
 Time was given the Arizona dele Ration to wire for the best to be had in the state. and telegram to fhe board of trade from Mir Leyhe was the result to Phoenix town. Harry WeIch replied there would be warm welcome rendered to the order in Arizona. He suggested in his reply there should he a delega- lion appointed from the national body to come to the new state to look over the ground. Any number of good sites can be found right in the Salt River valley, and if they go to waste, it will not he for lack of trying and talking on the part of local boosters at the Kansas City meeting.
 Masked Man Robs Saloon