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Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
VERDE VALLEY IN
 PROSPEROUS CONDITION (FfOm Ffiday's Daily.O

C.. II. Harbcson. the business man Of Camp Verde, was visitor to the city yesterday and reports pros porous conditions prevailing from the upper io the lower end of the valley
 Big crops with heavy demand, the advent of 'hc railroad, and land values appreci.;ing. are some of the favorable conditions in evidence. The we'll of the Verde Valley Oil company will again be the point of active drilling, to begin in a few days, the casing being placed in position. Camp Verde. he says. is assuming metropolitan air, anl now has permanent population of over 25O people. 4 movcmen, is under headway {, have the railroad building into fhc upper end of the valley continue on to the lower end and it is practically assured the line will be extended inside of the next year.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
MAKING GREAT MEN.

Much of fulsomc culogy lavishcd upon presidential candidates must be expected and endured during campaigns. Al Chicago we had the virtues and the ability of Theodore Roosevelt played up until Washing ton and Lincoln were left looking like ciphcrs with the rim rubbed off, compared with the Bull Moose. "The greatest product of the great. est century, puts him on the top rung of the ladder of time
 According to the speakers. Theo- dorc Roosevelt is destined to fame as deaihless as that of Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte We can give a very respectable place in history to Col Roosevelt with ont making ourselves ridiculous by
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
year.
TO RESUME cHURN DRILL
 WORK AT CUMBERLAND (rfon Wsdnssday's Dsrly.)

Churn drilling operations by the New Cumberland Mining company on Pine Flat are to be resumed i'm. mcdia,ely, was the important an. nouncemeni made yesterday by Dr. William Woodburn. president, who was in the city. The range of ex. ploitation will be extensive. covering a large domain heretofore not pros. pecied. He is optimistic over the outlook, passing this belief on what has been determined in six holes previously drilled, and the strong copper values ascertained, which reach as high as five per cent from a depth of 27s feet.
 Under the new plan of operating he expects to reach the depth of 9oo feet. the capacity of the engine power available The porphry con. dition. supposed to be non mineral. will be selected for future drilling. one hole sunk in that formation giving the best assays get returned in gold, copper and silver. IL is expected to resume this character of development immediately and it is probable the old shafts will be further explored at adjacent points.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21

that these people arc consistent and conscientious. although mistaken in their beliefs. which we are sorry to say cannot be said of the cdi- ,orial policy of the Democrat. A charge of misrepresentation comes with very poor grace from such a paper It is we'll remembered low during the last canpa;gn its c ,lunins ws'- tiled with ialsc. vicious and malicious lies charging Governor Sloan with being in a Conspiracy" to defeat statehood while it and every fair-minded man in Arizona knew he was doing all in his power to bring it about. When we accept advice as to what to print in the Journal Miner it will not be from the Democrat whose reputation for vcraci,y is on n par with that of Dr. Cook
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
BISBEE. Smuggler Captured.

In inc county jail, awaiting a hearing before Court Commissioner Taylor is prisoner who gives hi. name as Fitzsimmons who was brought to Bisbee by Customs In. Spector II. S, Creighton. The pris. oner is charged with smuggling and his arrest is made in connection with D. D. Williams. formerly q 'ananea conductor who is repor,ed to have been caught with the goods on Fitzsimmons was arrested n, the Williams home at St. David which ii is claimed was smuo. gler's resort.
 Speaking of the arrest on ,b. coast of Williams, accounts of which were sent out from Los Angeles MT Creighton says that the yaIue of the goods seized was exapgera,.d but not the importance of the can. lure Of Williams which i, is hs lleved, together with the capture q, ''tzs'mmons. win break up the gang
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
TROUS. BILLIARD NOT AMBIDEx-

The Journal-Mincr is very glad to know that Attorney General Bull lard is not as ambidextcrous as the Arizona Bulletin believes him to be We also learn from the agi,ated editorial columns oi the Phoenix Democrat, which opened its pop gun on us, that MT. Bullard knew he was to hold office for three years and SO stated to that paper two months before the last cleo tion. The great trouble Is that the people were not aware of the fact and the only way we can account for their lamentablc ignorance is that the circulation of the shoe, does not extend more than two blocks beyond itS press-room. But. while the Democrat tears its hair eHb 'tii' N1 'lofl'H " forgets to state whether Purdy was as conscientious in telling the peo- pie while campaigning that they would rock him and his associates in their lap for three long, weary years, as he was in confiding the information to the paper that is now taking up the cudgels in his behalf
 IL seems to he crime, m the eyes of the Democrat. for the Jour nal Miner to have printed anything found in . Socialist paper Why not7 The Socialists claim that the only decent things in the Demo cratic platform were stolen from them by Woodrow Wilson without even a thank you.
 Although we do not agree with ,he tcncu,s of Socialism we do think
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
GENTLEMEN JUBILANT
 MINING MEN DEPRESSED

There was never a better feeling in the cattle country than there is at present" said Jo Corners. editor of Who's Who in Arizona, last night, and who recently published Arizona Opportunities" an Elks' book.
 Mir. Corners has just returned from a trip through the northern tier of counties, and says conditions in the stockraising sections are most promising.
 "The lumber companies are rum ming their mills night and day and cannot i'll orders even then
 "Thc exact opposite is true in Mohave, where conditions are not what one expects. The mine lien law has completely stopped develop ment work and everyone is com- plaining Men in a position to know say the county will give nine out of ten votes for the repeal of the law. A merchant of Kingman, who has mining interests, declares the passage of the law deprived Mohavc of $SOO,OOO in three instances and blocked numerous deals which were pending for different properties.
 "'Thc big mining companies are doing we'll and the Tom Reed com pany will declare it's first 5 per cent monthly dividend this week. "A new railroad being built into Chloride mines will open valuable lead deposit, and with the repeal of the mine lien measure. Mohave will again take its place among the prosperous counties of the state"
 Mir Corners will be in Prescott and Jerome about ten days in the interests of his publication.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
VALUABLE HORSE IS
 KILLED BY RATHER (Fpom Er,d.ys Daily,

Stanley Payne. son of Mir. and Mrs. Edward Payne was in the city yesterday from Granite Dells and reported the killing of valuable horse of D. NJ. Wynkoop by a rat tlcsnake on Wednesday afternoon.
 The animal was struck in the flank while lying down in the pas turc. and. although every known remedy was applied. the horse died within two hours afterward.
 MT. Payne states that an unusu- ally large number of rattlesnakes have been infesting that county dur ing the past three weeks and many have been killed. An effort 10 trace them to central point has re. suited in the Deming ranch being located as their nearest nesting place in the crcvices of the large boulders. and an attempt will be made to exterminatc them. The heavy rains of the last two weeks have brought them out hunting for insects, and the large number of frogs in Willow creek is food they particularly desire. At this time of the year this breed of snake does not forewarn by using his rat,lcs. and attacks when his victim is with in range without giving the slight est signal, as is usally the case.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
TUCSON. Option About Due.

Due within few days is pay ment on an option held by the Cop per Queen company on the Reid mining claim, which adjoins the five claims owned by r. Geesiman until Thursday, when the Copper Queen people paid Geesiman s5o,OOO and took title 10 the property, paying a total of S6s,000 for the group.
 lt was stated Friday that the company would make the paymeu, on the Reid property.
 The company also holds an option on two claims known as the Rams. dell property. payment being due September P.
 In addition to the options on the keid and Ramsdell property the copper Queen company owns an option on the Leatherwood group oi nine claims on the south, pay men' on which is due at an carly date. |, was stated Friday by an attorney in the city that all of these options would be taken up as soon as they fell due.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
RANGE AND STOCK
 DEAL NOW PENDING
(From Sunday's Daily.)

R. A. Evans, of Muskogec. Okla homa, one of the largest land own. CTS and live stock growers in that state. who Is associated with r. \. Reid of Ash Fork. in large range interests in this county. has decided to become a permanent resident oi this section of Arizona and will probably make Prescott his op- era,ing base.
 Messrs. Evans and Reid are clos ing negotiations for the purchase of large area of land and several hundred head of cattle in the northern part of the county, and while the deal has not as yet been ratified. it is probable. however, the big transfer will be announced in q few days. It is stated tha, over half . million of dollars will he the consideration
 During the week Mir Evans has been in the city he has become en- thusiastic over the climate. which. with the attractive range conditions prevailing. has actuatcd him to be. come an Arizonan in the future. The purity of the atmosphere. the health giving climate. with the open range country. form trinity of conditions that are ideal for busi- ness or pleasure. He left with Mir. Reid for the North. to again in- spcct the range and cattle interests to be taken over, after which he leaves for home. to return in a short time.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
THOSE PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN

Says the Arizona Blade Tribune of which Thomas F. Weedin is editor
 We would be pleased to have some one. gifted with power to read riddles, tell us where authority is found for including party commit teemen in the call for the election of presidential electors and con gressmcn next November. The new primary law. in section g. says: The state committee shall meet on the last Monday in the same month in which any primary election has been held, in which nominees for state and county offices are nom. mated, al l2 o'clock noon at the state capitol and organize by elect ing from it's own membership . chairman, secretary and treasurer. Niss dHu lli" ,tNllOn IuItUtT pTo- vidcs that the various officers and committees now in existence shall exercise the powers and perform the duties herein prescribed until their successors are chosen in ac. cofdance with this act This sec. ton of the primary act makes it perfectly clear that no party com mitteeman can be legally elected ex- cept at a general election at which state and county officers are elect ed. The validity of this law was not attacked, in fact the law was not even mentioned. in the Davis application for an injunction re- straining the secretary of state from
 issuing call for an election of state and county officers. and at no time in the proceedings had before the Superior and Supreme Courts. on the subject of said application,
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21

was the primary act mentioned By what authority, then. does the sec rctary of state attempt to nullify this law. by issuing call for the election of party committeeman in defiance of its provisionsi We just want to know, you know, whether or not strict observance of the law is optional with a state official. In the meantime, as one member of the Democratic state committee. we propose 10 siandpat ill we are shown some legal reason for sitting down"
 Straws show which way the wind is blowing Does Governor Hun, want an election of committeeman because he is not now in control Is the Wcedin faction in the saddle Is Governor Hunt afraid that two years hence his waning power will have waned ,o the vanishing point , Why should Governor Hunt fear tor his political machine when such an astutc and clever politician as Fair Commissioner Kecgah is at its hclm' Has not Mir. Kecgan safely rilo,cd the machine through q con siiutional convention. a vigorous campaign. session of the legis- la,ure and isn't it show of lack of confidence on the part of the governor now to howl for new help , Does Governor Hunt want to throw his present management overheard after harvesting the rewards of in dustry'
 Ex Candidate for Governor Thos. Wcedin is satisfied with the present committee and is not afraid to say so. Are Keegan and Hunt satisfied ,
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
DOUGLAS. Texas Catslemen Win Attend

The first of a large numbe, ., anticipated letters from people ir tcrested in stockraisinR. mat;r, reservation for the dates of ,.. Cochise County StoA Grow.,., Association convention here. o, August % and 2. was received b.,. yesterday by the Gadsden hot, management. The writer is the s,, retary of the Panhandle and sou,h western Stockmen's Associa,;or with headquarters at Amarillo. p,,' ervations arc made for nine peooL
 Shelter Assured.
 According 10 the word of L. ( Shattuck. one of the directors o, the Shattuck-Ari,ona Mining com. pany. who was in the city ,h;, morning. there is no longer arv doubt of that company bepinuing work in the very near future on ,he erection of a smeltef west of Douv. las on the site recently secured from the Copper Queen company.
 Assessments Arouse Ire.
 Increased valuation of property in Douglas!
 We'll. just look at the work of the City Council as Board of Equalization and you will imasin, that such Is the case.
 Property that was recently sold for S3.0O0 has been seized upon by the council and a valuation attach. ed amounting to N,000.
 Another property which sold for Sl2'oW last year was considered worth $l7.700 and assessed at tha, by the City Council.
 Other instances of violent increase in valuation. in the minds of the members of the City Council. have been reported on the streets today.
 Almost the entire topic of con. 'ersa'ion m the city today was re. garding what was frequently men. toned as the "boneheaded" play of the City Council in the matter of fixing valuations on city property for purposes of taxation.
 Acts % Own Officer.
 Every man his own cap. is the axiom which was put into effect by John Doan of the Arizona Bank X Trust company late last week when he arrested Frank Carroll an American. who was cursing on G avenue and annoying passersby MT. Doan called for an officer when the man persisted in his tactics. and as none responded he promptly collared the man and marched him down to police headquarters
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
RAILWAY COMPANY
 ASKS RE-HEARING

PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. l7.-The Phoenix Electric Railway company Of Arizona. the corporation that operates the street railways in the city of Phoenix. filed this morning with the Arizona Corporation Com mission an application for re- hearing of their case, in which a sweeping order was issued against them by the commission some few days ago.
 In the recently issued order the commission instructed the company to revamp and in many places re- construct its lines. and make other improvements.
 In the order certain set times were set out in which the street railway company would be expect ed to finish the work ordered, In the application for a rehearing filed 'h's morning the company sets out that the order is unreasonable. un' iair, unjust, and the time limits set down for the completion oi the ordered improvements are not o' sufficient duration for the company to complete the work ordered
 The petition was filed by Chal' mers and Kent. who have repre- sented the company before the com mission.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
FLAGSTAFF. Playful Lightning.

Larry QuinIan. the genial young man who handles haxi knots in Rabbit Bros general offices, was handed n bunch of lightning Tues day which came off the wires dur. ing the storm and was surprised and much shocked. He was laid up for several hours. This is the second time lightning has sneaked up and tapped him on the shoulder during the past month. but Larry has failed thus far to get thorough ly accustomed to it.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
nauseaiing hero worship.


 In the same class with the de. voices to the colonel, we must class the Hon. Albert s. Burieson, of Texas, who. in the course of an eulogy on Woodrow Wilson. in the House of Representatives. emitted the following:
 "New Jersey believes that there is an omniscicncc in national in s,inct This instinct centers in her governor. He i, tha, instinct. (Ap- plausc). How can his power in every state be explained, He has been in political life less than two years. He has had no organization of the usual sort; only T practical ideal. the re establishment of equal opportunity. (Applause). The logic of events points to him. The i'm perial voice of patriotism calls to him. Not his deeds alone, no, his immortal words alone. not his sim pie personality alone. not his in comparable powers alone, not his devotion to truth and principle alone. but all combined. compel ma tional faith and confidence in him (Applausc). Every crisis evolves its master. Time and circumstances have evolved the immortal governor of New Jersey. The North. the South. the East and the West unite in him. Deep calls to deep; height calls to height.
 From peak to peak. the rat,ling
 clouds among,
 Leaps the live thunder Not from
 one lone cloud,
 But every mountain now hath
 found tongue
 And Jura answers through her
 misty shrouds
 Back ,o the joyous Alps. who call
 to her aloud.
 "Thc lightning flash of his genius has cleared the atmosphere We know where we arc. The thunder of his sincerity is shaking the very foundations of wrong and corrup- ton" (Applause).
 Could you beat it, Many of us have pi,ied and smiled at the scrvile host who. as told of by St Luke. shouted of Herod Agrippa. when he made an oration. "Thc voice of god, and not of n man, ,Joscphus tells the same story as follows: And presently his flattcrers cried out from one place and another and still another that he was god and they added. Be thou merciful to us: for although we have hitherto revercnced thee only as man, yet shall we henceforth own thee as superior to mortal nature"
 So we see that human nature is much the same today as 1t was two thousand years ago, In proud, free America the toady and the sycophant are found just as readily as they were in Judca when that country was Roman province. The long centuries and difference of race and opportunity have not i'm proved us.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
Arizona State News.

of opium smugsiers and end ,.., illicit trading between Mexico ,.a the United States. There were D, cans of the contraband taken ,-, the value was not much less ,b,. S22OOO.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21
PHOENIX. California is Liberal.

The state game conmiSsion UT California. corresponding with the Arizona state officials. expresses a desire to supply this state with one or more carloads of black bass for inc stocking oi the Arizona streams state game warden for Arizona has not yet been named but prob ably will bc soon and inc matter yll Inc referred 'o him as soon as his identity has been established
 |, would seem that the offer of the ncighboring state is very liberal one and should be taken ad- vantage of as it is understood that inc fish are not mere infants of the seasou's matching but come in all sizes up ,o foot or more in length. The railroads will transport them free and there will he no cost cx- ccpt the handling and the initial cost which. it is understood, amounts merely to that of handling and care for few weeks
 Good. If Not Original.
 Oscar Irwin, who is now in the Hast making lft promising for those who look like prospective Salt River valley farmers, ar dwellers around. has dug up m idea. which if not entirely original is at least entitled to consideration for its uniqucncss
 Mr. Irwin has been visiting Ari- zona's statesmen in Washington. It occurred io him it would boost Salt River valley if every senator could sec. feel and taste for himself some popular valley product. Oranges and grapefruit struck the booster just about right So with the last letter to the Board of Trade. he sent the suggestion that every solon in Washington be ship ped present of dozen of Ari- zona's best. biggest and sweetest.
 Yuma Citizen Missing.
 The Republican has received a request from Yuma to make inquiry concerning one Frank Schmidt Cor Smith as sometimes spclled) who is mysteriously missing from Yuma. He. in partnership with D. IT. O'Brien of Andrada. California Baja, had rented IS acres of land next the west boundary of the town of Yuma, Arizona, from Thos. D. Molloy. On Monday, August s,h, owing to III health, and from fears oi bodily harm from some Mex jeans whom he had employed 10 worK on the land. and with whom he had some trouble. he surrendered his interest in the lease 10 his partner O'Brien. and made some mention that he might return 10 Phoenix. where about four years ago he had been employed as fore man on ranch near the place owned by lady who has a brother who is . professional man in Phoe- nix.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21

Oil placer location blanks--the only kind with which to make valia Iocations---on sale at the journal Miner office.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-08-21

Mincr---High class job work
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-22
MANY OFFICIALS
TO CONVENTION
STATE POLITICIANS HEADED FOR
NORFOLK. LEAVING THE
CAPITOL DESERTED.

That grand old ship of state, Nir-
ginlu. will drift rudderless and with
out a guiding hand tonight and to-
morrow Officials q, the state CAPT
toll have planned a general exodus
this morning and afternoon, when
they Mill. hl.s away to Norfolk tes. AT,
t,nd the Democratic convention.
Governor William Hodges Mann.
Secretary owen, State Auditor Moore,
Attorney General Williams. Commits
sioner George W. koiner, and prac
tically everybody hearing an official
title. with some few exceptions. in
Guiding the attaches, elevator men.
ianitors and capitol police. are ready
to beard the "choo-choo' cars today.
There was buzz Of gossip anept
the political situation in capitol cor
rldors yesterday and last night poll
ticians from over the State were at
the hotel Hobbies en- route to Norfolk.
Curbstone and lobby gossip decided
All th.-re results az THE. r.3i4 paigs. In
GLIDING The Ohio election.
The belief prevailed around the
capitol and in the hotel Hobbies that
Virginia VIII send an unrestricted
delegation to Baltimore, although
many of Speaker Byrds friends passed
through during the day ready to wage
a tight for Governor Woodrow VIII
SON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-22
COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Nav 21.~-The cotton
contract market was as decidedly
strong TODAY as il was irregular and
unsettled during the trading of the
day previous. 1t was not alone that
liquidation had hardened the Iechui.
cal condition. and that the market was
narrow, but also that prices had gone
below parity with the spot markets
which refused 10 Weld to pressure.
While crop news was generally moro
favorable there was suggestion Of q
new danger TO the plant in reports
of ahnnrmallv high temperatures ruI.
INK over important areas of the cot
ton belt, some districts reporting as
high as - degrees.
Range Of futures and dosing bids