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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-02
ID RAPIDLY DEVELOP CHASE CREEK
 COPPER CO.
Power Drills are to be Installed that Development Might be Fastened
 -Tunneling Now More Than . Two Thousand Feet.

The management of the Chase Creek Copper company, as the outcome of a consultation of the heaviest stock holders, has decided upon the installa- i tion Of power drills in it's mines To- cated few miles above Clifton, on the northern side of Chase Creek can yon, this being for the purpose of more rapid development.
 Since the beginning of operations at these properties, this was several years since, the only manner of eX- traction was by hand methods, and with the result that progress was not as rapid as has been found satisfac- tory, and the new drills, which will be operated by air formed by gas engines, will be much faster in oper- Tation. The enormous amount of tunnel excavation at this mine is evi- dence of the great time and finances expended in following the aims of the management, these plans being the piercing of certain ore veins discover ed alongside the high peaks north of the mines entrance, and which pro- ject downward, the expectation being that these veins are of great depth, continuing far below the level of the 1 tunnel being built to meet them. At present excavations are removed from the workings by means of rail, and
 
 Recently in the progress of the tunneling, copper bearing formation of more than twenty feet in width was discovered, this formation bear ing in places ores that are almost solid copper, the average of the metal being slightly more than twenty-five per cent. Sulphur is borne to the extent of twenty-five per cent, and iron is associated to the ex- tnn nf irfx- I1i formation was not followed, the pur- pose of the management being to fol low the original plans calling for junction with the leads of rich ores leading downward from the peaks to the north. This recently encounter ed ore body will later be followed, all indications being that it is of great continuance. Forty claims comprise the total of the properties now being developed by this company.
 Heavy Investors Here.
 That the operations at these prop critics have reached a stage of inter- est is to be inferred by the presence in this section of several of the heavy stockholders of the company. s. s. Campbell, of Boston, Mass, company, has been in Clifton from his home for the past week, leaving here this week for Stafford, where he well inspect the electric light and water plant belonging to him and as sociateS. Also in that vicinity he will visit at certain mining properties in which he is interested, among these latter being the Lone Star mines.
 The capital stock of the Chase Creek Copper company is in the neighborhood of $5,OOO,OOO, of which large amount is held by parties resi- ding here. Associated with these properties since their discovery here, and continuing after the recent mer- ger of the old Stevens company into that of the Chase Creek Copper con- pany, are some of the most eXper- fenced and conservative mining men in this section of Arizona.
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Creek, has been removed to a depth of an average of probably five feet. In length the area to be excavated is about five hundred feet, and the breadth is about one hundred and if ty. All this earth will be resmelter- ed at the new plant of the company. This earth is known to be very rich in it's bearing of copper, the estimate being that in places the percentage of copper will probably be found to be thirty per cent. Especially rich in copper are those portions of earth containing the slag resulting from the operation of the earliest furnaces of the shelter, these being the fur naces employed by the Lezinsky con- pany, which many years since sold their mines and other properties to the present owners. Because of the crude methods of reduction then in practice, the refuse of the furnaces often contained a percentage of cop per that would now be considered rich for the original ores.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-02

and the coming of the New, remind ing the many listeners of the old fashioned observance of the season as is described in the stories of Old England. Beneath the windows of the homes, these songs were as sweet harbingers of the coming Year, the many voices of the singers blending in harmony that were as pleasant greetings to the occupants in herald of the changing Everywhere was shown the romance and sentiment of the night, the more expressive of the celebrants engaging in the firing of pistols and the booming of giant fire works Bells were rung from the steeples of the city's schools and churches. On that night the old smelter of the Arizona Copper com pany closed forever, this being a fit ting time for the ending of the ac- tivities of the old plant that for nearly half a century has been steadi- ly poducing the wealth of copper that has been the meaning and exis- tence of Clifton.
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OLD A. [. SHELTER PASSES INTO
 HISTORY
At Four O'Clock on Morning of First Day of New Year Last Copper is Produced at Historic Old Plant -EmpIoyees Observe Passing With Great Explosions of
 Dynamite.

Of romantic interest was the pass ing into history at four o'clock on the morning of the birth of the New Year, of the old smelter of the Ari- zona Copper company, the last of the many thousands of tons of cop per being produced at the historic old plant at that hour.
 The passing of the old smelter was a momentuous epoch in the thoughts of the employees, as all of Clifton, the former at the final pouring of the last converter of ore exploding large quantities of dynamite, with boom ing that reverberated throughout the canyons of Clifton, and reminding the waking people that landmark in the history of their town had been pass ed.
 The suspension of the smelter was decided upon some time since, and upon the splendid success obtained new smelter of the company, it was decided to finally. suspend operations at the old plant.
 For more than thirty-five years the old plant has been the center of the life of Clifton, around it clustering pioneers, and from which grew the town through all it's stages. The comparison between the first equip ment, furnaces, etc., ever installed at the site of the old shelter, and the equipment which will now be abandoned, would be as distinct as the comparison between the present equipment and the equipment now in- stalled and in operation at the large new shelter of this company. All denotes the progress in the science of metal reduction,, and is only a changing of forms to the better.
 This final suspension of the old plant marks an epoch in the life, both industrially and commercially, of Clifton, indicating as it does that the progress of the methods of reduction have been considered, and that the old must give way to the new. In the future, all copper of the Arizona Copper company will be reduced at the company's magnificent new smell ter situated on the San Francisco river below South Clifton, where cop per has been steadily produced for the past several months, the opera tion there now being of the most satisfactory in results.
 All Earth in Vicinity Resmeited.
 For the past several months work men have been engaged in the ex- cavation of earth in the vicinity of the old smelter, ana will continue until all earth in the vicinity, from the company's concentrator to Chase
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eUILLIERoN-MccARTY.

MT. Lewis Guillieron and Miss Allie Stewart McCarty were united in mar riage on December 27, in the parlors of the Clifton hotel, with Rev. Love officiating. The groom is employed at the new shelter, being in charge of the carpenter department there. The bride has for some time been a resident of Clifton, where she has many friends, who offer best wishes to the happy young people.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-02

Visits from Antietam Mines-A. A. Coleman, who is employed at the An tietam mines in the vicinity of Met calf, was the guest of his brother, R. J. Coleman, during the Christmas holidays.
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DUNCAN MAYS SECURE MAIN LINE OF
 $. p. R. R.

Maps Issued by the Southern Pacific May be so Favored Within Few Years-Route is from Lords
 burg to Phoenix.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11
4 COLoRED MAN CAPTURED
WHITE BURGLAR

Last Friday evening Michael Nathan
was captured while he was in the act
of knocking down a White woman and
had snatehed her pOeketbook.
Mr.. William L. Sledge was the
Colored man who performed that brave
and gallant feat, at about 9 p. m, On
that evening.
Mr.. Sledge was on his way to render
a speech at a political meeting and be
saw a White man running down an
alley at 3Sth st. He went down the
alley which was very dark, and which
the officer was afraid to venture, as
it would be at the peril of his life
Mr.. Sledge captured the White nan.
We need more such citizens in our
community as Mr.. Sledge. He should
be placed back on the police force,
as he is a well experienced man in this
line of business.
The woman's name was Mrs. Anna
Lipka, and the map who Mr.. Sledg
captured was Michael Nathan. Mr.
Sledge resides at the Y. NJ. c. A,
3Sth and Wabash Ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

Prof. Starr let it be known that in
1910, after the settlers had undergone
all kinds of hardships and after they
had experienced all kinds of political
trouble-they, the early settlers, were
forced to levy custom duties, but France
and Great Britain refused to recognize
benevolent society as having the
right to levy duties on shipping and
foreign trade and the final upshot of
their difficulties with Great Britain
were that she finally seized a Liberian
trading boat. 1t was then that the
American colonization society cut loose
from the former slaves of America and
left them to shift for themselves in
barren wilderness on the west coast
of Africa.
They continued to drift along as
best they could until 1s47, at which
time they, the Liberians, called a con-
stitutional convention on June 25th,
1s47, and on July 26th of that same
year the Declaration of Independence
was duly proclaimed and the eonstitu,
ton adopted.
Its first President was Joseph Jen.
kins Roberts, who was a mulatto, who
was born in slavery in Virginia, who
had honorably served as governor fol
the colonization society for six years
He was President Of Liberia for eight
years and he was recalled to Office
when a very old man for the sole pur.
pose of settling some grave difficulties
which no one living knew how to
handle as well as himself.
The following was the first motto
to be deeply drank in by the Liber
ians, namely, "The Love of Liberty
has Brought us here"
Great Britain was the first great
power or country in the world to recog
nize Liberia as a free and independent
republic.
"The constitution is largely pattern
ed after our own, but there are some
important differences. Slavery was alb
solutely prohibited from the start with
in the limits of the republic and there
is only one bad or narrow feature about
it and that is that its citizenship il
confined to Negroes or persons of Negro
descent. A voter must not only be q
Negro, but he must hold property, as
they are forced to do in Mass, and il
many of the southern states. The
government consists Of three branches
executive, legislative and judicial
The President and Vice-President hold
Office for four years. The Legislature
consists Of a Senate, with eight mem
beers, two from each county, and 8
House Of Representatives, with four
teen members. There is a Supreme
Court, with a chief justice and two as
soeiates, and Circuit Courts, with, 70
tating judges, under the supervision Of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

1t is far beyond our ability to con-
vey to the minds of the many readers of
this paper the slightest conception Of
the immensely of the Lberian exhi-
bition which closed last Saturday eve
ming at the Chicago Historical society,
West Ontario Street and Dearborn Ave-,
and the illustrated lecture, very in
terestingly delivered by Prof. Frederick
Starr of the University of Chicago, on
that same evening who is one of the
most distinguished antropologists resid-
ing in any part of the wide world.
At the very start Prof. Starr gave
a short and interesting sketch of Lii
IBERIA and the formation and the early
history of the American colonization
society, which was founded in Wash
ington, D. c., in 1916 for the purpose
of moving free black men to Africa
and forming a colony there. The So
ciety was violently opposed by the
abolitionists and was principally COM
posed of Shareholders, who felt that the
free blacks would be a menace to the
preservation of order among the SLAVE
class. Among the early presidents and
prominent officers Of the organization
were Henry Clay, Commodore Stock
ton, who won his lsurels later in the
Mexican war; james Madison, James
Monroe, Bushrod Washington, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court and a
nephew of George Washington; Francis
Scott Key of "Star Spangled Banner"
fame; John Randolph, and many other
fathers of our early history.
Land was obtained from native chiefs
by purchase and trade, and in 1920 the
first shipload was sent out; but the
expedition was Inflated, and almost all
the eolonists died of the fever. The
first colonists were blacks who had pur-
chased their freedom, or had been freed
for faithful services, or liberated by
the wills of their dead masters, OF
taken by United States government
ships from slave trading vessels trying
to smuggle their human freight into
the country in defiance Of the ediet of
1916. The pioneer settlers, between
the hostility of the natives and
the hostility of the climate, had to
undergo as many hardships and priva.
tiOns as the Pilgrim fathers who came
over in the Mayhower.
One Of the great men Of the early
days was Jehudi Ashmun, a White
agent sent out, by the society. He
saved the little colony from extermina.
ton by the natives, who made two
severe attacks during his Office. In
the first of these attacks 900 natives
surrounded the camp, but were put to
fight, 200 of their number being killed
by the settlers, whose entire force mum,
bered thirty-fve, of whom six were
native youths under 10 years.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

DR.. h. R. Smith, 3403 s. State street,
will, on the 18th of this month, leave
for England, where he viii take ad-
vaneed studies for one year at the
university of London. he is not max
ing the trip for pleasure but to gain
knowledge in one of the greatest in
stitutions of its kind in the world. he
expects to answer present six days in
the week at roll call in the noted medi-
cal institution referred to. His many
friends wish him the best Of luck while
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

There are signs of spring these days,
The first robin has put in its appear
anee, the grass in the parks and lawns
is turning green, the buds on the trees
are beginning to swell and old winter
is packing up and getting ready to give
us a long outdoor vacation.
OF course we mean a vacation from
billiards and snow storms though we
still shall have some raw, chilly and
disagreeable weather. But each week
will bring US closer to the real spring
weather, those warm, sunny days when
all nature is taking on new life and
the whole world about US looks bright
er and more beautiful than at any other
time of the year.
This is the time of year, too, that,
because nature is doing so much to
make things beautiful, it should prompt
US to help all we can in this work of
making our neighborhoods more beauti-
full this year than they were last. This
means that we must get ready for the
annual spring cleanup. In fact We
can start right now in cleaning up
back yards and putting the winter IS
accumulation of filth and rubbish into
proper reeeptaeles so that it can be re-
moved by the city wagons.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

and separate individuals; that at tl'
present time Mrs. Miller is residing
with some of her relatives in the 30"
block on Forest Ave-, and that Ih
Doctor is doing the best he can. 1t :
said that he gave their fine home, 50+
Wabash Ave-, to her and that be WI
retain his valuable income property .
Gary, Ind. 1t is barely possible tnD
before a great while a reeOneiLa1i''
may be brought about between theN
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

suitable for the erection Of a great and
lasting republic on the west coast Of
Africa, which could be controlled, dom
mated over and its destinies rightly
guided, exclusively by highly educated
persons of African descent.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

1t is reliably reported that DR.. and
Mrs. Edward s. Miller, who have for
some years ranked among the leading
social lights among the Afro-Amerieans
in this city, have agreed to disagree
that for a while, at least in the future,
they will live apart as two distinct
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

R. NJ. Harvey, who conducts the bar
Der shop at 1924 s. State street, left
Sunday evening for Versailles, KY, to
be at the bedside of his aged and sick
mother.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

Get after that manure pile now and
have it removed. Also do not overlook
that nearby vacant lot that has been
used as a dumping ground by yourself
and neighbors all winter. And once
you have it cleaned up see to it that
it is kept clean all summer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

The scrap book of "ChiPs on the
Race Problem" which contains selse
tions by John D. Reynolds Of 10.
Angeles, Calf, and the author has for.
warded a copy of it to the writer,
which we highly appreciate, for it con
tains many interesting facts pertaining
to the race problem.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

And now that the outdoor season is
at hand let US all make the most of it.
Turn the children out to play whenever
the days are dry and sunny. 1t will do
them good. Time now, too, to begin
planning for that little garden. Talk
it over with the little folks. They will
enjoy helping to plant and tend it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

Mrs. Phil. Green, 243 W. 47th st,...
expects to entertain some of her al.
tives from her old Kentucky home hi.
coming summer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

And don't forget that with your
neighborhOOd kept free from manure
piles there will be no flies. In fact
the most effective way to swat
the fly is to swat the places where it
breeds.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

have it at least one hundred percent
better this yeari Get your neighbors
to look at it from your view point and
they will help. In all efforts that are
made for community betterment, it is
good team work that counts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

If your neighbOrhOod was not quite
as clean and attractive last year as
you would like to have seen it, what
is the matter with making an effort to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

abroad and that his trip may prove
profitable to him and a safe return to
his adopted city.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

Soon be time to get out the window
screens and see that they are in readi-
ness; fly time will soon be here.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11
SIGNS OF SPRING.

Have you a clean Chicago club in
your neighborhoOdi If not, why mott
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

BE URGED THE coLoRD STATES TO BE-
COME MORE DEEPLY INTERESTED
CLAIMING Is GARDEN SPOT OF THE EARTH
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

SUITABLE ERECTION OF A GREAT AND
LASTING REPUBLIC COAST OF AFRICA. WHICH
COULD BE DOMINATED DESTnNIEs CONTROLLED
EXCLUSIVELY HIGHLY EDUCATED PERSONS OF AFRICAN
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

taken Positions of Responsibility.
L Anthony tribe, Physician and Professor
N l1.saquol tribe chief CLARK in the Interior Departments
Aw k.russ Congo manson Of = a.v.-aasD.r of Oonsr.A
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11
Liberia Its Natives, Its
Vast Resources and Fu-
ture Extraordinary
Possibilities Vividly Dr.
lated Upon

STARR MORE THAN DISTINGUISHED AN
FHRoPoLoaIsT OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

IN 1912 BE MADE CONSUMING DAYS
IN TRAVELLING THROUGH INTERIOR FOOT WHERE wTTH
FEW EXCEPTIONS ID WAS
BE FOUND LIVING IN MODERN Or ADVANCED
STATE OF CIVILIZATION.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-04-11

RATED LECTURE AT THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL soCTET
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19
PERSONALS.

Miss Mary Howell returned from
Boston, Mass, Saturday.
George S. Tucker and E. E. Combs
have returned from a trip to Excel
sior Springs, Mo.
kahoka Free Press: The m I'm bers
of the Girls club went to Keokuk to-
day, where they we're entertained by
Mrs. j. B. Cobb.
Hannibal Courier: Miss Mabel
Green OF Keokuk, Iowa, is spending a
few days in the city as a guest of
relatives and friends Miss Gwen has
visited here on numerous occasions.
Mrs. ". N. Mason has gone to st.
Louis to visit Miss blanche eastman
OF No. 30 Thornby Place. Miss Cash.
man will be remembered as having
visited Mrs. Mason last November in
Keokuk.
Canton News: Mrs. J. NJ Furlong
OF Keokuk remained after the concert
Monday night. IN which she took part.
until wedn esday, the guest OF Mrs.
Odor. She then went to Quincy. She
and the talent who gave the concert
will give a two-act play in Carthage
next week
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19
PAYS COMPLIMENT
TO CLERK SANDBERG
M. F. Cox, Examiner From Auditors
Office, Says Local Man Will
Rank With Rest

~eJc -SSc' ivto'f WI
Rank With Best.
VI. F. Cox, accountant from the
state auditors Office, who examined
the books OF City Clerk Sandberg,
has written Mr.. Sandberg a very
complimentary letter, praising his ac-
counts as he found them. The let
ter follows:
heokuk, Iowa, April II, 1914.
Mr.. O. w. Sandberg,
City Clerk, City.
Dear Sir:
It is a pleasure for me to state that
as usual We found your accounts
absolutely correct.
III the same care was used in all OF
hces, az we have always found in
yours. the time required for examina-
lions would be greatly lessened
believe We are in a position to
Know, and will state that as a city
clerk you rank with the best.
Yours very truly.
NJ. F. cox.
state Municipal Accountant.
Auditor States Office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19
CITY NEWS.

Clearance sale all suits Monday.
Choics $40 and SIS. ". s. Lowitz.
&C. w. Bandell. general contrac-
tor. Let me estimate your building.
All work done first class. Send your
plans or phone Black-646.
ALI harness troubles remedfed at
once at Sherwood's.
Masonic: Special meeting Of
Hardin lodge No. 20, A. F. and A. NJ,
Monday evening, April 20. 1914. at
1880 O'Clock. Work on first degree.
Visiting brethren fraternally invited
By order OF w. NJ L. ". Hahn, sec.
-Keokuk lodge No. 10, l. o. o. F..
meets every Monday night. at 7:30
o'clock. Visiting brothers invited to
attend. Work In second Dig ee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19
FUNERAL NOTICE.

ANSCHUTZ-The funeral of Mrs.
Augusta r. Anschutz will be held al
the residence, SIC North Thirteenth
street, at 3 O'Clock, Monday afternoon.
to be conducted by. the pastor Of ST.
Paufs German Evangelical church.
The friends Of the family are invited.
Burial private at Oakland cemetery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-19
FUNERAL NOTICE.

LEMON-The funeral of the late
Mrs. Fred Lemon will be held from
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Orrin McKibbon on Hilton road, Sun
day afternoon at O'Clock. Rev.
Paul s. APPEL OF the Valley NJ. E.
church officiating. Burial at the
wound cemetery. Friends invited.