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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
New N exico.

Ex-Governor Otero OF New Mexico
is said to be one Of the promoters In
the new oil field near Denver.
It is reported that Grover Latham
and d. S. Miller. Jr.. have succeeded
in finding a long lost Spanish mine
in the Cooks peak range.
G. r. Brown, who has the Manhat-
tan mine at Pinos Altos under lease,
is making regular shipments to the Ell
Paso smelter. He shipped two cars
last week, but owing to the strike in
the smelter. he was requested not to
ship any more ore until further or
ders.
Chino copper Of New Mexico re-
ceives a glowing notice In Boston
paper. 1t is claimed to be the most
remarkable property ever known In
that 1t is able to produce 53.OOO,OOO
pounds of copper annually. During the
first three months of the year it pro-
duced approx m ately 12,oOO,ooo
pounds. Its output for March was es-
timated at the end of the month at
45,S70, 900 pounds. 1t is believed the
total for 1918 will be 55,000,O00 pounds
of copper costing not far from IN
cents.
That the oil fields of the Pecos
valley of New Mexico will prove
among the greatest producers Of any
In the country with proper develop
ment, Is the unqualified declaration
made by Prof Fayette A. Jones of AL
buquerque, mining geologist Of
prominence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
LARGE COPPER PROFIT.
CHINO COMPANY MADE 100000
AND UTAH $s,3o7.242 IN 1912.
Expected That Current Year VIII
Show 4 Production Of Approx
mately 12o, ,o0o, 900 Pounds.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Colorado Springs.-Charles M. Mac
Neill and Spencer Penrose, both OF
treasurer, respectively, of the Utah
Copper Company and the Chino Cop
per Company, were reelected at the
annual meetings of the company in
New York, The report Of the Chino
company, as recently published. shows
. profit of more than 100000 tor
1912. while a total profit of $6.307.-
242.13 was made by the Utah Copper
Company from its own operations.
Miscellaneous income from outside
holdings, including dividends from the
Nevada Consolidated Copper Com
pany. were $S0,532.05, leaving a net
profit of $S,529. .804.56 for the year. In
terest charges were sS0,449.272.05,
leaving a net profit of $S,449,272.51,
for dividends and other purposes.
The net production Of refined cop
per for 1912 was 91.366,337 pounds.
In addition, the company produced
1885 ounces of gold. worth 500 an
ounce. and 311.391 ounces of silver,
for which 60.55 cents an ounce was re-
ceived.
The dividends during the year
amounted to $4.729.747.5O. making
grand total of $16.242.22O paid out in
dividends by the company. Quarterly
disbursements were made in 1911 at a
rate Of SO per share per year.
President MacNeill says of the pres
ent year: in the last annual report
1t was estimated that during the year
1913 the output would be 120.000.OOO
pounds OF copper. This prediction
would have been realized had 1t not
been for the interruption occasioned
during the last quarter OF the year fol-
lowing labor difficulties. 1t is expect
ed that the current year will show a
production Of approximately 100000
900 pounds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Arizona.

The Hayden smelter is now being
operated at full capacity. with a daily
output of 100000 pounds of blister
copper.
James A. Fleming of Globe is re-
ported to have encountered some high
grade silver ore in the old Champion
mine, which he recently took over.
The diamond drill is still in opera
ton at the property near Cochrane.
Four holes have been bored, and 1t Is
said the ores are very satisfactory In
copper values.
The Storm Cloud group at the head
of the Hassayampa, near the Senator
mine, has again changed hands. The
property has been taken over by the
W. ]. Bryan syndicate of Toronto.
Canada.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN 0RI Eff
western Newspaper Union News Service.
TREND OF METAL VALUES.
Colorado.
IN d RI Eff

Colorado.
Upon Colorado Springs authority 1t
is said that every mine owner of
prominence has now declared In favor
of Immediately building a new drain
age tunnel which will drain the dis
trict at point 500 feet below the
level of the present bore.
made by lessees on the Bay City
group in the La Plata mountains near
Durango. The ore Is filled with free
gold and 1t is believed that 1t will net
fully $1,000 per sack or over 100000
per ton. The ore is being mined from
an open cut and the foot has not yet
been encountered. The snow is Off
on the lower hills and is rapidly melt
ing in the upper ranges.
Mining in Colorado. especially in
the Cripple Creek district, received a
big impetus through the announce
ment from New York Of the election
of officers and the perfecting Of the
organization of the Colorado Mines,
Railways and Utilities Corporation, a
$4,000, 900 concern formed recently to
effect the merger of the Ell Paso Con-
solidated Gold Mining Company and
the Golden Cycle mining properties.
The strike made at the Donaldson
mine on Donaldson mountain, near
Idaho Springs, is one Of the best ever
made in that part OF the state. The
ore runs $4,000 to the ton. An
assayer. In a test just COM
pleted found 1870 ounces Of gold
and G99 ounces of silver to the ton.
The streak is five inches wide and
solid. 1t is covered with coarse gold
and much silver. John Larsen. tho
lessee. is having the ore carefully
sacked.
Since the big gold strike at Jasper.
thirty-two miles from Monte Vista,
was made a few days ago. there has
been a great influx Of miners and
prospectors into the section. Two
groceries. a bakery, boarding house.
a restaurant and two saloons have
been erected, and 1t is believed sub
stantial boom has started. Pack trains.
wagon trains. automobiles and other
vehicles are carrying men. tools, i'm
plements and provisions to the scene
of the recent strike, and 1t is estf-
mated that at least five hundred men
have settled there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
TWENTY-FIVE OFFICERS ExECuT-
ED IN VIEW OF PEOPLE,
SAYS REPORT.
MEN PUBLICLY SHOT
OFFICIAL INsURGENT STATE.
MENT ADMITS 200 STATE
TROOPS KILLED..
-e.torn Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Nogales, Ariz.. May 12.-Twenty-
five federal officers, including an In
fantry and artillery colonel. taken pris-
oner during last weeks fighting above
Guaymas, were shot at public exc
cution by order OF the constitutional
list commanders. The execution is al
mitted officially by state authorities
at Hermosillo.
The official insurgent statement
also admits the loss in killed of 200
state troops during the three days
fighting, which resulted during the
driving of the retiring federals into
the first station north of the gulf port
town. Fighting at this last stand con-
tinued Sunday.
The reported deaths OF Chief Bu,e.
commander of the insurgent Yaqui In
dians, and Of Colonel Gutierrez OF the
state troops was announced as con-
firmed in the report.
Riding everything from burros to BIZ
cycles, thirty residents of Parral are
moving overland with the federal gar
rison of the Chihuahua mining town.
peacefully occupied last week by con-
stitutionalist forces. From Parral to
chihuahua City is march OF 200
miles, and sufferings OF the townspeo-
pie are mingled with tho comedy OF
their means OF transportation. The
trip will require week.
Brownsville, Tex, dispatches. say
that the rebels, victorious in battle Mt
Reynosa, are reported marching on
Matamoras. across the boundary from
Brownsville. and 5000 residents of
that city have taken refuge in
Brownsville.
The government does not admit re-
verses in Sonora, or at Reynosa. ne"r
Matamoras.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Ammons Names Water Commissioner.

Denver.-Governor Ammons has ap-
pointed nine water commissioners as
follows: Harry r. Thompson. Pueblo.
District IA; Lorenzo Walters, Paradox,
Montezuma county, District 61'
George Taughenbaugh, Rifle, District
As: d. L. Brown, Wray. District Go;
Samuel Ent, Hesperus, La Plata coun.
ty, District So; Alexander Russell.
Saguache, District &c: Alonzo Wright,
Pine Grove. Jefferson county, District
90; John X. Samples, Brush, Morgan
county. District 1; Clarence Boston,
Walden, Jackson county, District AZ.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
sleep Talk Barred as Court Evidence

Denver-The Supreme Court of
Colorado reversed the conviction of
Jose Martinez, found guilty in the Dis
trict Court of Archeluta county of
numbering a woman named Fortune
Campbell. A jail guard testified that
Martinez talked in his sleep, saying
repeatedly 81 killed her." 1t was large
" on the strength of this testimony
that Martinez was convicted. The Su-
preme Court holds that the confession
In his sleep was not voluntary and
was therefore barred.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Wyominq.

The Kimball Mining Company has
resumed work on it's mines near Ar
lington. 1t has several men at work,
and they are getting ready to install
the four cars of machinery which Is
being shipped.
Announcement of the plans OF the
keystone Oil Company to erect re-
finery In Casper this year and to start
at once the building of six-inch pipe
line to the Salt Creek field is the
biggest piece of oil news heard in Cas-
per for some time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Two Hurt In Runaway.

Clifton.-Mrs. Ella Emmett and her
son. Willard. are in a serious condi'
ton from injuries received when tho
team they were driving ran away.
throwing both occupants from the
wagon. Mrs. Emmett suffered bro
ken leg and internal injuries. Her
son sustained fractured skull. Mrs.
Emmett is sixty-six years old. Their
team ran off culvert, overturning
the wagon.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Colorado Springs Traction Strike.

Colorado Springs.-After day OF
irregular car service, followed by the
abandonment of all service in the
pixies Peak region, the controversy
between the conductors and motormen
and the Colorado Springs and Inter
urban Railway Company was settled
early Monday morning and all the men
went back to work.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
SPRINGS Police Must Work.

Colorado Springs.-Henry G. Hall,
in his first opinion rendered as city
attorney. held that the new one-day-of-
rest-in-seven ordinance does not apply
to the police department or any other
branch OF the city's business. Police
Commissioner Johnson had ordered
observance of the ordinance but re-
scinded the order.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
sui,or. 70. Iilt. EIaneee. es.

Fort Collins.-The romance of T. c.
Parker, 70, and Mrs. Nancy c. Pen
nington. 65, whose wedding day was
set. was shattered when the bride
groom-to-be left here for Moline. Kan.
where, it is said, his relatives live. 1t
Is rumored here that an old sweetheart
there is the attraction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Auto Crash Kills Monte Vista Girl

Monte Vista.-Lucile Moody, twen-
ty, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar'
ence Moody of this city, and niece
of former State Senator Frank Moody
was instantly killed here when the au-
tomobile In which she was riding COL
lided head-on with team and wagon
driven by an unidentified Mexican.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Referendum on California Land Bill

Sacramento, Cal.-Theodore A Bell,
Democratic leader and candidate FOR
governor two years ago, said: "If the
governor signs the alien land bill. ref.
erendum petitions will be in circula-
ton all over the state within few
hours. They are already printed and
Il will be only short time before
the necessary 10000 signatures are
obtained.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Lady Belle Ship. First Car.

Eagle.-The first carload of ore
from this new mining district was
shipped from the Lady Belle Satur-
day. 1t went to the smelter at Lead
VILE and comprised about forty tons
of the high-grade silver ore which has
made a sensation during the last few
months.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
DURANGO Man Is Drowned.

Durango.-H. l.. Pearson. 80, of Du-
range, was drowned in the Assini-
boine river at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He
was standing on the bank OF the
stream with brother, when suddenly
he leaped in, swan nearly mile and
disappeared.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Government Lose. Water Right. Gas.

Montrose.-District Judge Charles
Cavender of Leadville. sitting In the
place of Judge Block in the District
Court decided case OF much import
ance to farmers In the Uncompahgre
and Cimarron river valleys. when he
held that the United States reclams'
tion service could not ask for fur
ther adjudication in water district No.
CO, where the priorities had already
been decreed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
1.o5o steers Bring $4,000.

Lamar-St. George Crache & Son.
pioneer cattlemen, disposed of 1,o5o
head of two-year-old range steers.
Thes animals were brought from New
Mexico about year ago, costing $ls
a head, and were sold for $40 head.
The cattle we're shipped to Benjamin
Kemper at Rifle.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
KANSAS WOMAN
WHO SUFFERED
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Dizziness and Nervousness,
Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Lawrence, Kans. year ago I was
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always uaA AA AAo
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ing the delay I suf-
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with headache. back
ache, dizziness, few
erish spells, nervous
ness and bloating:
l had been married
nearly three year,.
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Wilson Sees washinston's Grave.

Mt. Vernon. Va.-President Wilson,
accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, paid his
first visit since becoming President to
the former home of George Washins'
ton and stood for some minutes WIN
barred head before the tomb oil 'he
first chief executive.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Refuses Husbands Compromise.

San Francisco.-Mrs. Bessie G. Mer-
riam will not consent to the compro-
mise offered by her husband and
urged by Judge Graham of the court
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Kick Of Horne Fatal.

Broomfield. = After suffering :or
hours, Dorothy, the 5-year-old daugh'
ter of Guy Pease. who was kicked by
a horse, died in Denver hospital.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Insure Selves for University.

Madison, Wis.-As a memorial of
their class of 1918. 600 seniors in the
University of Wisconsin will take
life insurance policy of s100 each.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Bandit. Wreck oeeeque Bank Safe

De Beque, Colo.-Three masked
men blew open the safe in the Bank
of De BeQue. but failed to get $4,000
which they evidently knew mad peeh
placed in the bank for safekeepihg.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15

There is nothing more pitiful than
a life spent in thinking nothing Dut
self-Farrar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue, Deignts
the Iaundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
Best Way.

How would you make these rem
edies popular?"
Make them anti-skeptic."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
No Facilities.

"They say that Cupid strikes the
match that sets the world aglow. But
where does Cupid strike the match!-
that's what I'd like to know."-Corneu
Widow.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15

Mr. Windows Soothing Syrup for Children
teethinQ sofsens the gums, reduces innammsr
tion aliAys pain, cures wind colic, &c botsleAA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15

An ostrich can eat tacks. but it can't
lay a carpet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-05-15
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.


June 10-l2-P E. .. Society state
meeting at Manitou.
June .-19.-National Press Associaioh
Meeting at Colorado Springs.
June 22-29.-German funniest at Den
yer.
June 2629.-Christian Endeavor State
Convention at Longmont.
June.-Northern Colo. sunday School
Convention at Greeley.
July--.State Postmasters Association
at Manitou
July 2S.-Pacific Jurisdiction. w. o.
W., at Colorado Springs.
Aug. 12-15.-Thirty- second Triennlai
Conclave of Knights Templar. Den
yer.
Aug. 1s-2o.-American Association OF
Park Superintendents. at Denver;
Aug. 1S-20.-Army of the Philippines
National Society. at Denver.
Aug--Grand Council of Order Oh fteu
Men. at Denver.
Aug. 25.-Conference of Governors at
Colorado Springs
Lodge Meeting at Trinidad. ,,,,
Sept--National Association OF rHs'
Class Postmasters. at Denver.
Oct. 21.-CoioraGo State Baptist Asso
citation at Pueblo. >.h
1915.-Last Grand Council OF North
American Indians. Denver.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25

sea level. The lowest point in the
United States, or on the continent OF
North America, is in Death Valley, Cal
ifornia, 276 feet below sea level. This
is but slight depression. however,
compared to the basin OF the Dead Sea
in Palestine, Asia, where the lowest
dry land point is 1890 feet below sea
level. This is the lowest point of
dry land in the world.
Figures ON points below sea level
have just been published by the Geo.
logical survey. South America is
practically the only continent that is
without depression that is far below
the level of the sea.
The lowest point in Africa Is in the
Sahara desert $50 feet below sea level.
Contrary to popular belief, the entire
desert is not below the level of the
sea, it is asserted Europe has de-
preston OF 80 feet on the shore of the
Caspian sea, and in Australia the low
est point Is at Lake Torens, about %
feet below sea level.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
Kent Feels Secure.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-That the
contest brought by Judge l. G. Yum
walt against his seat for the Second
California district will be thrown out
by the house committee on privileges
democrat, is the opinion of William
Kent, radical progressive. who laughs
at the charge that he used too much
money in his campaign. Kent is so
busy fighting the free canal tolls pro-
posal that he has not paid much at
tention to the attack on his position.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-"That's
the result of an agreement made with
Ralph Williams, republican national
committeeman from Oregon, at the
June convention in Chicago" was the
comment of Congressman Lafferty
when he heard of President Taft's
nomination of Thomas McCusker to
be postmaster at Portland. "On page
428 OF the appendix of the Congress
sional Record for last session you will
find that in a speech of last August |
quoted the remarks made July rs in
the Oregon progressive state conven-
ton by Bruce Dennis, in which he
told OF having been informed by Will
liams that Williams could be reelected
committeeman by McCuskerh fslp,
and that McCusker wanted that job
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25

cratic and progressive party platforms
a pledge for free tolls. which he is
quoting to doubtful members
81 think nothing will be done on the
matter until the secretary of states
reply to the British note is made
public" he said today The commit
tee is likely to report out fayorably the
Sims bill, but it took. the same posi-
ton last session, when only five Of
the 3Sl members were for the reten-
ton of the free tolls clause. The
house upheld us then, and l do not
think it will reverse itself now"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
MAY SAVE OREGON MAN
FROM HIS PRISON TERM

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-It appears
that the proposal for the pardon of F.
A. Hyde, convicted in the Oregon land
fraud cases along with Benson and
others, has been under consideration
by President Taft for some months.
Hyde's friends-whO are not friendly
in any wise to Francis j. Heney, the
prosecutor in the case-have been
bringing strong pressure upon the
president to save Hyde from actually
serving the prison sentence from
which he has appealed. The president
has Left the inquiry upon this case to
Attorney General Wickersham, and the
latter has gone into it at some length.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
WESTERN SOLONS HELD
ARCHBOLD'S FATE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The IA roll
calls taken in the senate upon the guilt
and punishment of Judge Archibald of
the commerce court showed Senator
and once absolving him from blame;
Senator Poindexter voted 10 times
against Archibald, and on three counts
seven times against and six times in
defense of the respondent; Senator
Jones and Senator Works each bal
anced seven counts against seven.
while Senator Perkins pronounced
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25

Archibald guilty on the first five
charges, and not guilty on all others.
The 14th rollcall, determining
whether Archibald, after expulsion
from his place on the bench should be
forever disqualified from holding any
office under the United States. was
answered against the convicted man
by Bourne, Chamberlain and Poindex-
ter, and in his favor by Jones, Perkins
and Works. Had the former group
voted with the latter, Archibald would
be eligible for further honors on the
bench, as the vote was 80 to As.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25

Although the report made to him by
the trial judge has been, adverse, Wick
ersham has shown a disposition per-
sonally to hear the claims of the
friends of the convicted man, who
have come from the Pacific coast for
that purpose.
The Rev. Francis Father McQuaide
Of San Francisco, who was an army
chaplain in the Philippines and was
closely associated with the then Gov
ernOr Taft, is said to be one of the
most loyal friends Of Hyde. He has
been at the capital for the past week,
and 1t is understood that he has said
a word in behalf Of clemency for the
former land speculator.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
LAFFERTY is SORE
OVER TAFT ACTION

McCusker was elected as a delegate
instructed for Roosevelt, yet he stayed
and voted for Williams and the Taft
program
Lafferty has wired to President
elect Wilson congratulations upon
the latter's stand for active progress
sivism.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
MARKET REPORTS.

This report Is corrected every day,
and is the price paid to the producer.
The grain report is the same as that
received daily by the Farmers Union.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
DEATH VALLEY
LOWEST POINT

WASHINGTON, jan 25.-Five OF the
six big continents of the world have
extensive areas of land that are below
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-01-25
PARTIES PLEDGED
TO FREE CANAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Congress-
man Knowland of California has ar
rived in Washington after a long i'll
ness, and is renewing his campaign
against the Sims bill, which would
abolish free tolls for American coast
wise vessels using the Panama canal.
He has discovered in both the demo-
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-11-07
flKS HAVE SMOKER IN WENATCHfF
Many Members of the Popular Frater-
nifty go to County Seat to Take in
the big DOings

To help celebrate the occupancy OF
their new quarters in the Elk hall IN
Wenatchee, 10 local Eiks went to that
city Tuesday afternoon on Nc. a, re-
turning home on No. 3 in the morn
ing. Members of the lodge from Pc
shastin, Cashmere, WateTville and the
upper Columbia river country were
present at the meeting which was
more on the order OF smoker. Those
attending from here whose names we
learned were: w. A. Decker, J. /.
Mcdonald, Harry Wall, F. E. Carl
ouist, NJ. A. Marley, w. w. Wilder,
R. Norberg, S. A. Burce, Frank John
son, P. E. Galloway, A. Y. Jones, 0.
S. Sampson, r. B. Fields, I. J. Cos
tello, A. ]. O'Larey, L. F. Bulls.