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The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
GOlCONOA DIVIDEND
CHEERS SHAREHOLDERS

KINGMAN, Aug. 25.-Yesterday
morning when the shareholders of the
Union Basin Mining company opened
their mail in Kingman they were
pleasantly greeted with checks for the
first dividend payment from the Col
conda mine under the Amster regime.
The disbursement totaled $S5,OOO, or
ten per cent on the issued stock Of
the company. Among the Kingman
people to receive checks were 1. M.
George, E. F. Thompson, Mrs. E. F.
Thompson, L. M. Teale, and A. E.
Ware. The disbursement of this large
amount of money which is to become
a monthly dividend, is remarkable
when it is understood that the mine
has been doing an immense amount
of development work and adding
largely to it's equipment. This month
is the first time that the mine has
reached it's greatest capacity, and if
a dividend of this magnitude can be
paid for July the August disburse-
ment should be far greater. While
there are no complete figures on the
earnings of the mine it must now be
far above 100000 monthly
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11

Stewart stated yesterday that he will
begin making improvements on the
new holding at once. A large cement
reservoir will be built on Smith
mesa, and an extensive system of fenc-
ing in of certain lands will be started
in a short time Corrals and buildings
are to be constructed at the Humphrey
place, and some farming is con-
templated also.
1t was reported yesterday after
noon that John A. Bozarth had dis
posed of his range interests at the
Dumb Bell ranch to J. w. Stewart,
and the consideration would reach to
over $4,000. This property is situ-
ated to the west of the Humphrey
place about six miles distant, and
forms desirable link in connection
with the property acquired by Mr..
Stewards son yesterday. The buyer
Of this property had held an option
from Bozarth for several days.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11

and practices of Germany and Aus
tria as late as the Boer war. The
incidental consequences of this neu-
trality are not for the neutral nation
to determine. Austria is further re-
minded that if the American govern
ment were to waive the rights of
her citizens in this respect, thus ere
ating one breach in law and usage
the result must inevitably be sur
render of other rights, collapse of the
whole system obtaining between neu
trails and belligerents and general
confusion.
In the outlining Of the American
policy Austria is told that this gov
ernment in it's course as a neutral
now must have regard for it's pos
sible necessities if it should later
find itself in the position of a belli
gerent. If we deny certain rights to
belligerents now the United States
cannot expect them to grant us the
same rights later on if we need them.
Therefore, the rights of neutrals
must be maintained regardless of the
exigencies of belligerents
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
WILDCATS
recovered.

recent dispatch records the kill
ing of a wildcat in the streets of
Portland. The head line in the 10
cal newspapers suggests that the
stranger had inadvertently wandered
into the city from a neighboring
mining district, but the details show
that he had been raiding the hen
roosts, not the pockets, of respecta-
BILE citizens, says the Mining and
Scientific Press. Time was when the
word wildcat connoted predatory
claims to simple people, 1t used to
be said that western Australia was
free from rabbits because the ex-
ponents of feline finance drove back
the prevailing Australian pest in
it's effort to encroach into the pre-
cincts of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.
Not long ago the editor of a Lon
don periodical was threatened with
libel-suit because he described the
Bullfinch mine as originally wild
cat" He explained that the term, as
used in western America, had be-
come almost one of financial endear
ment and no longer conveyed any
idea of villainy. The lawyer repre-
senting the Bullfinch company de-
clined to accept the explanation, be-
cause, of course, he was no tupto-
date in the use of mining terms.
To be serious, it is remarkable
how the word has lost it's sinister
meaning. It first used to indicate
schemes of deception based on worth
less locations it became employed to
signify a risky venture or a forlorn
hope. An enterprising and yet thor
oughly respectable mine operator
would say that he was wild eating
in Arizona or Nevada, meaning there
by that he had bought or optioned
a number of claims having only
what a Cornishman calls symptoms
of Indications" but usually in the
vicinity of some discovery of proved
value or in a new district just COM
ing to the front. Thus the wild cat
became almost as respectable as
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
ARIzONA'S GLASS HOUSE

Nearly every newspaper in Arizona
has spoken in terms of the severest
condemnation of the lynching of Leo
Frank by a Georgia mob. None has
spoken of it approvingly or in ex-
cusatory terms. The action of the
Georgia mob cannot be too strongly
condemned, but we Of Arizona
should speak Of Georgia's shame in
all humility, for we are living in a
glass house as regards inSistence
upon enforcement of the law, insofar
as we have been remiss by advoca-
ton of, Indifference to, or conniv-
ance in the course of Governor Hunt
as regards his frequent suspension of
the sentences of Arizona's courts
Tucson Star.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
AMERICAN POLICY DEFINED

If the note from the American
state department to Austria rejecting
that country's contentious regarding
the expectation of arms and mum
tions of war to European belliger-
ents, the policy of this government
is SO clearly portrayed that it will
doubtless result in putting an ef-
fective quietus upon such protests
both at home and abroad, says the
Ell Paso Times.
The state department at Washing
ton did not undertake to defend the
legality of the expectation of mum
tions Of war in it's reply to Austria,
for that feature of the situation was
conceded in the Austrian protest,
which was received on June 29. The
Vienna contention was that the pc
culiar conditions of the war by which
the central powers were isolated as
particularly because American ex-
ports Of war supplies had attained
such enormous proportions, the prin-
ciples of neutrality were violated in
effect if not by intention. Therefore,
it requested a modification in prac-
tice and put this proposed modifica-
ton squarely up to the United
States as a matter Of morality, a
question of policy which should be
deemed as superior to the simple
consideration of legality.
The answer Of the United States
to the Austrian representations is a
sweeping denial of both these prop
ositions. AS to neutrality, this is be-
ing strictly observed under the law,
in accordance with established usage
and in line with the constructions
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11

prospect differing from it mainly
in the lack of an outcrop or other
visible sign of ore. In a way, this
gain of respectability was the result
OF the proof that ore bodies valuable
for the precious metals might lie
under a flow of andesite or that a
mass of disseminated chalcocite
might be covered by considerable
thickness of worthless gossan. In
short the wildcat became the type
OF venturesome mining enterprise of
a quite legitimate character. Indeed.
so long as the owner of a wildcat is
willing to retain possession of his un-
tanned property and does not use it
as lure for enticing less experienced
people into flimsy share dealings, we
must recognize that this phase of
mining adventure plays a useful part.
Without risk there would be no min
ing. Unless the possibilities of min
eral distribution are tested by coura-
end to a great industry. 1t is the
recognition of the Wild cat stage of
mining as possible incubator of
productive enterprise that causes the
general public to use the term with
out the suggestion of either ridicule
or disapproVal. We should be careful
not to shoot at wildcats, even when
they come near the city boundaries,
until we are sure that the agile Vag-
rant is not respectable domestic
pet made fierce by unkindly treat
ment. The word has come to signify
a recognized feature of western ex
ploration; when we want to designate
a mining claim that is being used
for predatory purposes, let US call
it a ''sWindle" or fraud"
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
TOWN BUDGET CUT
AT SPECIAL MEETING

Jerome's City Council held a spe-
cial meeting Saturday, August 14th,
and at this meeting, cut down the
town budget by slicing off parts and
wholes of salaries of town officials
and by reducing numerous miscel-
laneous expenses. The regular SAL
ary Of the city attorney was done
away with entirely, his remunera-
ton in the future, depending upon
fees for actual services rendered and
the sum of five dollars allowed him
for each council meeting attended by
him.
The salary Of the town health Of
ficer was discontinued, although the
office was not abolished. Jerome's
health officer will continue to give
his services for the protection of the
public welfare in matters of sani-
tation and health, as do the health
officers in Prescott and some other
towns unable to afford a regular
salary, depending in part upon fees
received in the performance of his
official duties-in large part render
ing aid to those unable to pay, free
Of charge, and helping to regulate
sanitary precautions necessary to the
health Of the town.
The police judges salary was re-
duced to $4,000 per month, the
duties of the court having been
greatly reduced since the closing of
the saloons, the first of the year
Including the cutting down Of miscel-
laneous expenses, the saving to the
town by the reduction of the town
budget will amount to $780, annually
The city has leased a piece of
ground for the disposal Of garbage;
the proposed incinerator proved upon
investigation fully as expensive in
it's installation and maintenance as
the alternative decided upon.
The ground leased lies at the head
of the canyon and 300 yards from
the cemetery plot the property Of
the Jerome Verde company, for which
the town pays $500 per month.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
TWO YAvAPA| RANGE
DEALS FOR BIG sum

PRESCOTT, Ariz, Aug. 25.-There
have been numerous range deals in
this section during the past thirty
days but the largest one for some
weeks was concluded Monday.
1t was the deal IN which c. E.
Stewart of Williamson valley, took
over for $4,000, in cash, the cattle,
lands, and range rights of Thomas
Humphrey, and according to the stip-
ulations agreed upon, Stewart is to
be given possession this week. This
unit of range property is to be con-
solidated with that of the buyer and
his father, former Supervisor J. w.
Stewart, and will embrace under this
ownership a vast domain of grazing
country, as we'll as absolute title to
three townships of railroad lands pur-
chased some years ago from the San
ia Fe Pacific company. Thirty miles
of country lying west of Williamson
valley, reaching to the Camp Wood
range, will be under the ownership
and control Of this range firm, max
ing them rated as among the largest
individual concerns in the state.
Speaking of the sale closed after
several weeks of negotiations. Mr..
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
VACATION TIME

News Note-O. N. Cresswell, state
Inspector of weights and measures,
was in Flagstaff this week on his
usual rounds inspecting He has been
doing the northern part of the state
for the past few weeks.
We congratulate General Creswell
and praise his industry and energy in
running down users of short pecks
and bushels little neck quarts and
hole-in the bottom pints. He is one
official of the Hunt administration
who has at least had the good sense
to remain in Arizona while he en-
joyed his summer play. But he is
one in many. The governor is in
Boston, attempting to CLEAN further
knowledge on how to make life easy
for his boys" in the state prison at
Florence The auditor and secretary
of state are in Utah or California,
and the corporation commission have
been unable to meet for many weeks
on account of lack of quorum, vaca-
ton being the cause. The tax COM
mission and the mine inspector are
gone and important matters pending
before the supreme court are held up
all because the vacation and rest
bug hit Arizona's official family.
Even Harris, adjutant general of the
guard, made an effort to vacate his
escort, being a band and a detach-
ment of guardsmen.
It's a great job being an official
of state in Arizona with an unlimited
amount of tax money to play with.
Some of them are worse than others.
Cresswell has the best record. He
chose the Arizona pines for his six
weeks period of rest. Again we
congratulate you. General Cresswell
of the army of short pints and
quarts.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
EDITORIA

which he had to sue For the same
get $4,000 or 100000 today.
1t is said that James B. Dill got
$1,000,000 for services rendered in or
ganizing the United States Stel cor
poration For breaking the will Of
Henry B. Plant, William D. Guthrie
was paid 100000. Joseph A.. Choate,
Samuel Untermyer, George w. Wick
ersham and William Nelson Crom
well have received enormous fees in
the course of their practice, and in
this day and time the disposition of
the average big lawyer is to take
just about all he can get.
In former times it was said the
secret of successfully practicing law
knowing how to find the law In
more modern times the secret of
successful practice seems to be large
ly predicated upon knowing how
much to charge for the services
rendered, and most practitioners ap-
pear to be well up on that particular
end of the legal game. Particularly
do we think does this hold good in
the personal injury suits in which
the rule seems to be for Arizona
lawyers to grab half of the amount
recovered.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
TIMES ARE BEST EVER N
JtROME.vtROE DISTRICT

Jerome is considered today. has
been sometime, and will continue to
be in the future, one of the best
mining camps in the state. Fabulous
wealth lies all about her, and every
inch of ground and the air above it
is invested with the romance of the
pick and shovel search for wealth.
The aggressive, energetic spirit of
the age are exemplified in the prog
ress Of the big industry, and the
dependent, smaller industries which
have followed in it's trail.
The News is proud of the COM
munity from which it springs, and
like all good publications has striven
to represent the best and most vital
interests of this big mining section.
The News, or any other paper. can
do this adequately and with Justice
and dignity, only in so far as it's
local supporters assist it. In other
words, to be representative of Jer-
ONE In its entirety it should have the
unquestioned and enthusiastic sup
port of every interest here, big or
little.
No business man, local inventor
or promoter would be willing to have
so large an item of the community's
existence wiped out as it's local paper.
In fact, throwing all uncertain
3cruples Of false modesty to one side.
You would not care to do without the
News" with it's great potential op-
portunity for the benefit of Jerome.
W3y not then, do the thing up in
creditable style; put your one best
bet on the surest, safest, sanest
method for individual and community
benefit. Not luxury but a neces-
sity.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
RAY HERCULES
IS MAKING PLANS

BOSTON, MASS, Aug 25.-The
Boston News Bureau says:
]. G. Hopkins, formerly managing
director of the Arizona Copper COM
pany; August Heckscher, the largest
stockholder in the New Jersey Zine
Co.; E. P. Earle, president of the
Nipissing Mines Co.; N. F. Brady,
son of the late Anthony N. Brady;
F. c. Armstrong of New York and
George A Huhn and J. B. Mccall of
Philadelphia, have taken over con-
troll of the Ray Hercules Copper COM
pany
Ray Hercules has an authorized
capital of 100000 shares, par SIS.
1t owns ground Immediately adjoin
ing and east of Ray Consolidated.
Henry Krumb, consulting engineer
for The company. has been carrying
on some development work by dia-
mond drill on the Hercules ure BODY
with satisfactory results to date.
Further drilling under his direction
will be started at once for the pur
pose of tying in the present fully
developed ore body with other show
ings revealed by scout holes to the
east and southeast of the present de-
Veloped ore.
c. E. Addams. formerly in charge
of mining for Ray Consolidated, has
been appointed general manager
Present plans call for the equip
ment of the mine to produce 5000
tons of ore daily. The mill will be
designed for a capacity of 1000 tons
of ore per day, while the first ma
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
LAWYERS AND THEIR FEES

This is an age of high fees. The
surgeon who operates upon the mil
lionaire lightens his purse as we'll as
his anatomy but to the legal pro-
fession is reserved the distinction of
charging fees that seem almost be-
} ond the dreams of avarice.
According to the Bostone Post,
Robert M. Morse received the largest
fee ever paid to Boston lawyer. He
is reputed to have been paid $780,,
600 as attorney in the Wentworth
will case about II years ago. The
lawyers who opposed Morse in this
case are said to have received $780,,
000 each Sherman L. Whipple was
awarded $685. 900 in the Bay State
Gas company receivership case, also
in Boston.
In the old days lawyers were paid
much smaller fees. 1t is said that
him but $4,000. Rufus Choate, who
was very famous lawyer and prac-
ticed more than Webster, averaged
during the 10 years from 1849 to
1859 nearly $4,000 per annum. His
largest single fee was $4,000. Choate
was probably equal in eloquence and
learning to any lawyer Of the pres
ent day.
When Abraham Lincoln was a
member of the Illinois bar prior to
1910, he received two or three fees
of $5Q each, and sometimes took pay
ment in trade. The largest fee that
Lincoln ever received was $4,000,
from the Illinois Central railway, for
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
LOOKS LIKE LEADERS
WILL BOOST G. o. p.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. 25.-
Frederick M. Davenport, progressive
candidate for governor Of New York
last fall, and Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson, once chairman of the state
progressive committee of New York
and nephew Of Col. Roosevelt, have
quit the ranks Of the Bull Moose
for good and have advised progress
sives to enroll with the republicans
this year.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
VERKAMP GIVES FIGURES
ON SHEEP INDUSTRY

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 25.-Ac-
cording to L. F. Verkamp, secretary
of the Arizona Wool Growers Asso-
citation, the Arizona wool clip will
aggregate from 100000 to 6,OOO,O 900
pounds. About two to two and a
half million pounds of the wool was
consigned to Boston merchants and
about 100000 pounds was sold at a
price from Is to 271a cents.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11

Our friend Col. Breen finds a good
laugh in the following:
1T is reported that a deep student
at Kingman was the recipient Of a
large box marked books" and was
and get his books" as some of them
were leaking"
Prohibition is a great game when
it's played right
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
NEW HIGHWAY ORDERED
FOR SILVER CREEK ROAD

BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 25-The road
at Silver Creek, which has been in
such miserable condition since the
be repaired at once and a survey made
for new road which will be built
on the high land and not go through
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
WORK ON HOLBROOk POWER
WORK WELL UNDER WAY

HOLBROOK, Aug. 25.-Work was
commenced this week on the power
house for the electric light plant. 1t
will be located east of the pump
house. Albert Copeland has the con-
tract for the building.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A
UNITED STATES PATENT

serial No. 027452-Survey No. 3039
United States Land Office Phoenix,
Arizona, June 25th, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of the act Of Congress ap-
proved May 10, 1872, ITO Promote
the Development Of the Mining Re-
sources Of the United States"
Charles H. Hooker and Chas. r.
Ewing, claiming 1926 linear feet of
the LOOKOUT lode, 1433.4 feet Of
the SURPRISE lode, and 1893 feet
Of the "96" lode, all bearing gold,
silver, lead, copper and other val
liable minerals, with surface ground
600 (average) feet in width, lying,
being and situate in the Verde Min
ing District, County Of Yavapai, State
of Arizona, have made application
to the United States for a patent for
the said mining claims which are
more fully described as to metes and
bounds by the official plat herewith
posted and by the field notes, the
survey thereof now filed in the office
of the Register Of said district, which
field notes Of survey describe the
boundaries and extent Of said claims
on the surface with magnetic varia-
tions IA deg. 30 min East as fol-
lows:
LOOKOUT
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, a pine
post Aka inches square and feet
long, set III feet in ground, painted
white and carved "L-1-3039" in
Southwesterly face, from which U. s.
L. NJ No. 1865 V. D. bears N. 80 deg
81 min. w. S43.01 it.; thence s. 80
deg. 48 min. w. 601.37 ft. to Cor. No.
II; thence S. 40 deg. "a min. ID. 1321.64
#. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 80 deg
48 min. E. 541 #. to Cor. No. 4,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of the SUR
PRISE lode Of this survey; thence
N. 38 deg. 0 min. w. 1333.10 #. to
Cor No. 1, the place Of beginning.
Excluding, however, from said de-
scribed area, the following area in
conflict with the "96' lode, this sur
Iey:
Commencing at point in the
Northeasterly side line Identical with
corner No. l, "96" lode; thence South
point on line ga LOOKOUT lode;
to Cor. No. 4, LOOKOUT lode; thence
~. 90 0cS. w. 4VoSso LIE " p1oCO VI
beginning.
SURPRISE
Beginning at Cor. No. /, identical
With Cor. No. 4 LOOKOUT lode Of
this survey, from Which U. S. L. M.
No. 1865 V. D. bears N. 35 deg. 8
min. w. 2171.7O it.; thence S. 80 deg
4S min. w. 575.4O ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 48 deg. 55 min. E. 1433.40
#. to Cor. No. 8; thence N. 80 deg. 4S
min. E. $50 ft. to Cor. No. a; thence
N. 49 deg. 80 min. w. 1433.15 #. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Excluding, however, from said de-
scribed area, the following area in
conflict with the "96" lode of this
survey:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1, SUR
PRISE lode; thence S. 80 deg. 48 min.
w. 1915 #. to a point on line 1-2
''96" lode; thence S. S3 deg. 10 min.
E. 392.27 #. to Cor. No. 2, LOOKOUT
lode; thence N. 48 deg. 27 min. E. 200
it. to a point on line Al SURPRISE
lode, Identical with Cor. No. 8, "96"
lode; thence N 49 deg. 80 min. w.
405.49 #. to place Of beginning.
Also excluding from said described
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11

chinery installation will be for the
treatment of 1000 tons daily.
The company does not plan to get
into the producing ranks for at least
another vera.
The Arizona copper camp., 1915-09-11
THE FAILURE OF "6o6. !.

Are Of those who used 1905 and found faluef
Have been and returned uncured? Have
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-02-25
Purchasing Power OF Farm
Crops DMindiIna

Washington, ID. e., Feb. 22.-The
Federal Department of Agriculture
has just issued statement showing
the purchasing power of an acre of
farm crops in 1915 compared with
1909. While the price per acre of
several farm crops is shown To have
increased To some extent within the
past five years the gain in price has
not kept pace with that Of some of the
necessities used by the farmer. The
report shows that the purchasing pow
err of an acre of wheat in 1909 was 50
pounds of lard, while IL was only 81
pounds in 1913. In 1909 an acre of
wheat would buy 243 yards of calico
while in 1913 the purchasing power
was only It's wards. Forty hoes
could be purchased with the proceeds
of an acre of cotton In 1893, while five
years later the buying strength had
decreased three hoes. An acre of corn
in 1909 would buy 20 pounds of coffee
and only 50 pounds in 1913. Twenty
seven pairs of oyeralls could be bought
with the receipts from one acre of cot
ton in 1909 while the purchasing power
in 1913 dropped to "A pairs. An acre
of wheat in 1909 would buy two more
pairs of brogan shoes than in 1913.