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Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
MORE O|L LANDS ACQUIRED BY
 LOCATION
Excitement Causes Some Entries to be Made
 In Columbia
(From Tuesdays Dsily)

After a brief cessation in the oil land location fever that prevailed along ,the Verde for several weeks, a reaction occurred few days ago, when over 2500 acres were located by D. M. Clark, Mark Bradley, George Calder, F. q. Long, W. l.. Dustin, w. II. Hoover, Geo. II. Davis. c. E. Trnex comprising one group. Another com psny composed. of c. II. Davis, w. II. Hunter, B. Hilton, A. l.. Lee, c. B. Lee, John Harlan, W. W. Ross and J. Harvey Blain acquired another large strip. This movement is due to the good indications in the well of the Verde Valley Oil company, and the excitement prevailing generally throughout the valley that oil will be developed at several places to be drilled immediately.
 From Columbia, in the extreme southern part of the county, the. oil fever has seized that we'll known gold mining belt, and W. K. Lee, repre-. scnting an association, has forwarded for record eight locations each of 160 acres, and stipulating that the same are for oil purposes.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
WORKERS FEDERATION IS
 CONSIDERED
Laws Uncertainty Cause Of Many Dissatisfied
 Stenographers

SPOKANE Wash, Feb 26.--Sten. ographers. typists and other office women in Spokane are figuratively up in arms over the decision by Judge Chapman in the Pierce county super. for court, who ruled in test case of the eight.hour law that woman who operates n typewriter is not a mechanic, even though employed in a mechanical establishment. Not that they desire to be chased as mecha nics but, to guard against longer hours they may organize a union.
 There is also talk of forming an eight hour office workers federation throughout Washington, with branch offices in Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and cities in central Washington, to lobby at the next session of the Legis. lature for an amendment to the fol. lowing section of the state law, which formed the basis of Judge Chapman s opinion:
 "No female shall be employed in any mechanical or mercantile estab- lishment, laundry, hotel or restaur. ant in this state more than eight hours day.
 Judge Chapman held that an office separate from the place in which manufacturing or other mechanical operations are carried on is not it self manufacturing establishment hence Louis II. Bean, the defendant did not violate the law by working n stenographer more than eight hour n day. The court ruled that th, test of the naw was not SO much tn, the nature of the service, as tn, question whether or not it wan rcn dered in a mechanical establishment
 Managers of tbe larger offices il Spokane declare there is no plan or foot to increase the working hour of office help, saying also that steno eraphers employed in local mauu facturing, mercantile and office build ings have never worked more thar eight hours n day even before tn, state law was enacted year ago.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
JAMES LoGUE FELL
 FROM HIGH BRIDGE
From Wednesdays paily)

The body of James Logue was brought to the city yesterday from near Middleton, on the Bradshaw Mountain railway, where his death "ccurred recently, when he fell off the high bridge at switchback four, while performing his labors as section foreman. The finding of his body on Monday afternoon created consider. able comment among his friends, the supposition being held that he had been foully dealt with. An investi. gation made by coroner's jury yes. terday established the cause of death to have been by accident, and from the location of the remains it is be. lieved he stepped to the side of the bridge and lost his balance while making an examination of the. strnc. ture. He fell to the side and where his body was found it was over eighty feet below. His shoulder bone was broken in several places, while many of his ribs were also fractured. On the top of his head there was q. con. tusion, and it is the belief that he was instantly killed.
 He had been missing from Middle ton since last Friday, and it is be. lieved his death occurred that after. noon late. His remains are. at Ruff. ner's and will be. shipped to Denver where his family lives.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
COLUMBIA MINES INCREASING IN
 PRODUCTION
Tip Top Getting Back On Producing List After
 Many Years
lFrom Tuesdays DaiiyJ

George Carey and Fred Plumb, of Columbia, who are in the city on min ing business, give an interesting ae- count of the rcviving of that old gold producing region. which they state Is rapidly coming into prominence.
 The Locke Mining company, which took over few months ago the De- Cant group of mines, has started op- erations on n large scale, and is de. yeloping their properties on prncti' cal basis. The old mill is being mod. ernized, and will be equipped with \ cyanide plant. The Tiptop mines are also producing and reports are very encouraging for again bringing that property into high rating.
 Several individuals are demonstrat. ing their interests as valuable and the outlook for the year wns never so encouraging. The great drawback to the district is the lack of good wagon roads, but in this respect there is to be concerted movement among miners and others in the southern part of the county to have the territorial highway pass through the district, and the present state administration will have the matter placed before them in the near future.
 MT. Carey recently disposed of his holdings near Columbia, hut retains other interests.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
UNTERRIrIED WILL
 HOLD ELECTION MAY 2g

PHOENIX, Arizona. February a. Details have been given out con corning the plan of the Democratic State Central committee for the hold ing of direct primary for the selec-- tion of delegates to the National con vention. The primary will be on May 20 and not only will the delegates and altcruates be named hut the vot- CT will indicate his first and second choice for President at the same time,. so the delegates will have their in- structions from the people before they leave. A national committeeman for the state.at-large will also be named in the same way.
 The election will be held in each county under the direction of the. ebunty central committee and at it's expense, the returns being forwarded to the state central committee which will canvass them and certify the election of the successful candidates. The state will be divided into six districts.
 Candidates for delegate and alter. nate must file with the county central committee in their respective counties by May 10, petitions conforming as nearly as possible with the primary law of the state, except that the names of qualified voters therein must. be minimum of 6 per cent and . maximum of ls per cent of all the voters in the county. instead of ! per cent and 10 per cent as required by the state primary law. The petition of the candidates for national committeeman at large must be filed after the manner provided n the nominatioa of n governor. Nominations for President must he filed with the state central commit. tee not later than May 10 and the central committee will certify to the county committees.
 The qualifications of the voter are that he must be Democrat and must have been . resident of the state one year and of the county thirty days prior to May es, 1912, and pos sess the other qualifications required of voter under the primary election law. His name need not be on the great register.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
CATTLE STEALING ACCUSATION
 IS MADE
Three Men Arrested On Charge of Butchering
 Animals of Others
(From Tuesday's Dailyl


 As the outcome of the alleged wholesale stealing of range cattle, with the additional crime charged that five head had been butehered and sold on the market by Ignacio Medina, Francisco Raya and !. Val oiez, the above trio were arrested near Cedar Glade yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff Joe Young and brought to the county jail later in the day. It is said the cattle killed and sold bore the brand of Nelson Puntenney of Big Chino Valley, and were driven off the range to. a convenient locality for marketing. Other rangemen in that section have been complaining of heavy losses in recent months, and a strict surveillance has been con. dueted for several weeks with the above outcome.
 Medina, it is said. bears m unsav. ory reputation, and is reported to have served one term in the peniten- tiary of several years for shooting up the town of Williams. He is said to be dangerous man, and to have been at the head of the above alleged crime. As soon as witnesses are SC. cured the mem will have their pre- liminary hearing in this city before Judge MeLane.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
MAY BE IN LINE FOR FAT PLUM
Is Off to Phoenix to See Those With Power To
 BeSt0W Favors
(From Tuesdays Daily)


 There is little question but that J. J. Sanders of this city has plueked a fat plum from the tree of democracy in this state, and the gleam in hi. eye last evening as he. boarded the train for the capital city, with his retieence as to what particular part of the pie counter he was to be seated at, indicates that he had a ssIead pipe cineh" on the job.
 Mir. Sanders, 1t is stated, was ten. dered the position of superintendent of the Reform School at Benson, but his ability is more in the line of con. struetive statcsmanship, rather than that of whaling rebellious kids into. submission, and with the persuasive argument of friends, Governor Hunt has taken him under his official wings. with an office that he is pecuI. iarly qualified to fill, and which it is said, will be given publicity today. Senator' Sanders was elected to the lower house of the legislature scv. eral years ago, and was an ardent supporter of the measure to have a mine inspection law passed and rigid. ly enforced.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
USELESS INvEsTIoArIoNs


 After months of diligent work and an expenditure of many thousands of dollars, the special committee of the House which has been Investigating the sugar trust has finally made it's report, finding that such trust ex- ists No remedy is suggested in the report, which is signed by Republi- cans and Democrats alike.
 Thus, the country has before it n concrete example of the folly and use. lessness of these countless investiga. tions that are being made by special committee of Congress, says the Wash. ington Post. The net result of many months of constant inquiries, with witnesses coming from every part of the country, with the expense of mileage and stenographers bills, is a report telling the country what it all ready knew--that there is combin. ation of sugar interests in the United States.
 Last fall, while the IIardwick in. vestigating committee was still peg. ging away at it's investi gation, the department of justice began suit un. der the sherman law against the sugar trust. The House committed is year behind the department of | justice. Incidentally, while the Hard. wick committee suggests no remedy, the attorney general has actually taken steps to obtain remedy from the courts.
 In what way would the country have been worse off had the special committee never been appointed What does it know now that 1t did not know before the investigation was beguni The committee spen, thousands of dollars of the public money, and for whats A great deal of the time of able Congressman was taken from the business of legisla. tion, and for whstS .t | No legislation Is ugsested by the committee in it's report, and as q matter of fact none could have been suggested that was not already or she books in the form of the sher man antitrust law.
 Congress has been duplicating thu work of the department of justice and the public has been footing th. bill without proper return being made. While Congress Is busy inves tigating the expenses of the variou departments of the government, i should look into it's own expenses and show good faith by doing ava, with unnecessary waste of money il the shape of investigations starte,
 for political purposes.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
sn GILBERT rzf.Ls
 WORLD or AaIzoNA
(Fsom wsdnssday,s Dsily.l

London and English newspapers bearing reference to the recent stay of Sir Gilbert Parker in Northern Arizona are beginning to come to hand In one of these, the famous novelist gives his first impressions of Prescott, some of which follow:
 "1 believe this great country of Arizona is going to do me good. The air is wonderful. Prescott is some. thing over $500 feet high, but I am going 10 n place called Castle Hot Springs, 25o0 feet lower, in . few days where I shall stay until my re, turn here in February. I like this altitude and like this place i'm, mensely. The people of Prescott have been wonderfully kind, having me, me at Ash Fork, the junction for this place with three of their very important officials of the town and railway. I was brought here in a private ear and Mayor Goldwatei met me at the station.
 "They have made me feel Ut home and here in the Yavapai Club am comfortable as l would be in Pieca dilly. From my window, look out upon the snow.clad San Francisco peaks, over l2,000 feet above sea level; to the left, upon Granite noun toin, 5000 feet; all about me ars brown, cedar and pine-covered hills This little city of 5000 people has al the characteristics of n far larger place, is metropolitan in it's convcn fences and in it's ways of doing things"
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
KELLER, !. BRINGS IN TWO
 BOARDERS
St. Claire and Leonard In Jail on Charge Of
 Robbery
lFrom Tnesday,s Dailyl

eTiVu AuCouoy Duiiy
 James St. Clair and Robert Leonard were brought from Mohave county yesterday morning by Sheriff Keeler, and lodged in the county jail accused of robbing m Italian named Ceehia on the grade of the new railroad last week. Both men were emphatic in denying the serious crime, and pro. tested against being arrested, stating that they had never been off the main line of the Santa Fe.
 However, when they faced Q young man named Schroeder, who, 1t is said, they held up the same day, and took every cent on his person, they seemed dazed, and were taken bsek to their cells. Sheriff Keeler states thst when arrested at Blackberry, both men had on their persons n watch, six shooter, overcoat, and miscellaneous property said to belong to Cechia, many articles having been sold along the railroad, which have been recov- cred.
 Ceehia was lured from the grade several hundred yards, gagged and tied to tree, where he remained helpless for several hours. On leav, ing the country the above pair i, said to have held up Schroeder, who produced a few dollars with alacrity when he faced 45 calibre six shooter.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
TURKEY RATTLE HIS uNDoINc

< PAULINA, Ia, Feb. 26.- Because he participated in turkey raffle last Thanksgiving. Frank J. MeCraskcn, until recently the mayor of this city, is to stand trial on charge of gamb' ling at the term of the district court which convened today. MT. McCrack- en resigned the mayoralty after the charges were preferred against him. His friends declare that Dc will plead guilty and pay . fine.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
LIVING IN CLOSE QUARTERS

The increasing cost of building houses. and congestion of population in cities. is constantly forcing a larger number of people to live in small quarters. To Mrs. Newlywed, accus. toned to ample space in her fathers home. the small space of the new nest of early married life seems pinched and meager. She may find comfort in reading how living in close quarters looks to . bright GU. ropean woman, Madame Maeterlinck, the Belgian prima donna who has just sailed for home.
 The crowded condition of apart. ment house life. as it is developing in large cities and towns, and the lack of the traditional room to swing a eat in-of course daily proceeding in every well regulated family has been often dwet upon by our alert minded paragraphcrs.
 The social philosopher has always disliked to see apartment house life become common in any place before it is called for by congestion of popu. lation. The three family house, which is becoming SO common a type, does not help family to acquire attach. ment to the soil. When did a tor story family ever cultivate a garden
 But for many of us small quarters are inevitable. In our large Ameri can ways and love of space and free dom we have often failed to see how small apartment of but few rooms can be made artistic, distinctive, and habitable. A stranger among us like Madame Maeterlinek is captivated by the many ingenious devices of Ameri' can builders and home furnishers.
 70, the dear little gas stove and the dear little wash.tub were too sweet for words' was the way Madame Maeterlinek put it, deserib ing her flat in Harlem. .B,.
 Most people aggregate the appear ance of congestion of the small apart ment by using wall paper with large and staring figures. A plain paper with larger spaces of uniform coloI and design lets the eye wander along the wall unrestricted, and relieves il of the cramped feeling. A similar effect of size is gained by psperinl contiguous rooms that lie togethe with the same pattern of paper.
 People who are living in smal quarters need to be careful abou buying large chairs and desks. Som families seem to think every shair Il their living room must be big enougl to accommodate President Taft wit ease.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

Mayor Shank of Indianapolis, who cut the spud cost, as result of a recent visit to New York, has given up all hope of reducing the cost of q fingerbowl and pleasant smile from waiter at the festive Broadway res tanrant.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
RECTrvEs BAD NEWS
(From Sundays Daily)

Assistant Treasurer P, J. Keohane left yesterday for San Francisco, re- ceiving telegram that his brother, John Keohane, was critically i'll and requesting his presence. The stricken man was visitor to Prescott about six years ago, and has many friends who will regret to learn of his serious condition.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
SELLS CATTLE INTERESTS
(From Tuesdays Daily)

Orville Bozarth has sold to George w. McKcrow, all his cattle in the western part of this county and the eastern part of Mohave for a nominal consideration, according to a bill oi sale filed for record yesterday.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
PREPARING roa FROST
(From Tuesdays Daily)

IT. NJ. Maus will ship today to Fair Oaks over 5000 gallons of crude oil and 1000 Bolten heaters to prepare for smudging the 5000 trees of his orchard Experiments of last year by this method proved successful to the extent carried out, and 1t is pre- dieted that practically the entire orch ard will be productive this season by increasing the service as above.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
ARRIVED TOO LATE
{From Tuesday's Daily)

P. J. Keohane telegraphed from San Francisco yesterday that his brother, John Keohane, passed away Sunday night at about 10 o'clock, and he was unable to reach him be. fore the end came. MT. Keohane left Prescott Saturday afternoon, in re- sponsc to a telegram announcing the critical illness of his brother.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

The Kansas National guardsmen are to have special inspection from which death or small pox are the only exemptions. If there is to be a war, Kansas of course win start it.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

Tennessee Republican governor will be candidate for reelection. In road improvement and some other respects Gov. Hooper has made hit with all parties.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

If the present winter is an average sample, it is lucky that the United States has reached the first place in mining coal and has vast deposits to draw upon.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
M1sMArED COUPLE

In the Superior court yesterday Betty strom was given n decree of divorce from Henry Strom, on the grounds of cruelty, according to ths testimony introduced at the trial.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

If Uncle sam drops the habit of authorizing two big battle ships n year he will be out of fashion, judg. Ing from what other great powers are doing.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

Judging from Missouri conditions the Democratic party at this time is chiefly remarkable for large crack through the middle.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28
MAY SUTTON BEATS slsrER

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. e4. = Hardy defeated Browne-wyhne in Sutton won the women finals from finals of mems tennis doubles. May her sister Florence.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-02-28

Just as Col. Watterson reached the balmy F1oridian shores a cold wave swept down after him. still, the colonel needs chance to cool off.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-04-11
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