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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
G|LA COUNTY VOTES
S5O0,0OOB0NDSF0R
BETTER HIGHWAYS

GLOBE, Aug 17.-Taxpayers of
Gila county yesterday approved the
issuance of 100000 bonds for good
highways by a majority of more than
300 votes. Returns were received
from all the principal precincts in the
county and showed an overwhelming
sentiment in favor of the bonds, the
nearest to division of opinion being
noted in Globe where the majority in
favor of the measure was only AZ out
of $50 votes cast.
Returns were received from all pre-
cincts in the county except Young,
Gisela, Tonic, San Carlos and Rice.
AS these are all small precincts the
returns from those points will not ef-
feet the result of the election. In the
other precincts a total of 749 votes
were cast, $50 being for the bonds and
199 against, giving majority of 35l
in favor of the issue.
The vote was very light in all parts
of the county but was proportionately
heavier at the northern and southern
ends of Gila than in other portions.
Although there are about 1400 quail
fed taxpaying voters in Globe alone
the total vote here was only $50, I'll
being for the issue and 169 against it.
The people of Miami came to the
front for the issue, Ga voting for the
measure as opposed to s who were
against it. In lower Miami nearly
the same ratio was noted.
Northern Gila went for the bonds
almost unanimously, the vote at Paq-
son being SO in favor of the issue
with only against. Pine did even
better and cast a unanimous vote OF
So in favor of the issue.
Hayden and Winkelman were al
most unanimously in favor of the
bonds. At Hayden the vote was &c
to 2 and at Wilkelman the vote was
IS to l.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
GER|G IS KILLED IN
FATAL CRASH ON
FAIR TRACK
Machines Pile Up In Races at Phoe-
nix This Week; Wilson Seriously
Hurt.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 1S.-A vic
tim of the most sensational and spec
tscular motorcycle accident ever
seen on the state fair grounds track,
William Gerig died at st. Joseph's
hospital yesterday afternon at $50.
Ellie Wilson lies at the hospital suf-
fering. from severe scalp wounds and
lajnful bruises. He is in critical
condition. Lorenzo Boido and Har-
ry Crandall, the other parties to the
accident, escaped with cuts and
bruises of minor importance.
Four out of five starters in the
15-mile free-for-all race piled uD on
the north turn Human and mechan-
ical wreckage was strewn over the
track.
1t happened in the third lap. Joe
IO'Connen took the lead at the start
and Crandall had just passed Coon
nell after a sharp brush on the back
)stretch. AS Crandau went in to the
north turn his rear tire blew out ana
the wheel crumpled. The machine
turned squarely across tao track.
IO'ConneIl missed it by hair. Gerig's
Excelsior hit Crandall's He,rley
squarely and the two motorcycles
locked. Both machiness laMmej up
against the fence, breaking a post
off shcrt. Gerig must have been
thrown into the fence, but Crandall
fell clear and escaped with lothing
more serious than a skinned elbow. E.
Wilson'S Merkel jamn1ed into the
Harley and Excelsior next AMI then
came Boldo's Indian.
Bill Gerig was employed by the
Republican He was only Il
Gerig took fourth place in the
Phoenix-Tucson motorcycle ace
and fourth place in The lace at the
Southern Arizona fair.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
Forest Service Office in Clifton
In ordar fo handle fha h1Isina a

IN order to handle the business
pertaining to the Apache .tional
Forest to better advantage Ind for
the convenience of the useIs of the
National Forest, the Forest Ser Ice
has stationed Deputy Forest Super
visor John A. Adams in Clifton. Mr..
Adams has obtained a combined Of
fee and residence in South Clifton
and will be glad to see any persons
who have business with the Service
on Maple Avenue. 1t will no doubt
be of advantage to the stockmen and
others, using the National Forest, to
consult Mr.. Adams in order to expe-
dite business with the Supervisors
office in Springerville. Mr.. Adams
has been connected with the Forest
Service for a long period and has
had varied experience in Forest Ser
vice busines in Arizona, New Mexico
and A~hansas.
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FIRST CATASTROPHE
lATROOSEVELTLAKE.
RESUL TS|N DEATH
Joseph RirkenMeier, Jr., browns l
Presence Of Several Spectators.

The drowning of Joseph Birken-
meier, Jr., about 1 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon at Ro6seyelti lake, records
the first fatality of this sort since the
dam was completed. II
Young Birkenmeier had gone to the
lake on one of the ella Auto Service
excursions and shortly after lunch he
aid Chauffeur Leonard Cox went in
bathing near the Lodge hotel and ac-
cording to eye witnesses, Mr.. Birken
meier had proceeded from the bank
Only few feet when he threw up his
hands and sank without a sound or
struggle. Leonard Cox, who says he
was not more than ten or fifteen feet
wrong until the guests from the hotel
came running down the bank, frantic
ally calling to him to save the young
man who has just disappeared be-
meath the surface
Efforts to Rescue.
MI Cox, who is an expert swim
mer and diver, did everything in his
power to recover the body, and later
or was joined by a large number of
eXcursionists and visitors any every
available known method for recover
ing bodies was restorted to, all to no
purpose.
Mr.. Otto Birkenmeier, an uncle of
the unfortunate lad, who resides in
Miami, was notified and accompanied
by several sympathetic friends left. .at
once with about seventy-five pounds
OF dynamite to be exploded atthe bot
tom of the lake in the vicinity of
where the tragedy tok place. On ar
rival at the lake, however, it was
learned that it would be necessary to
obtain a permit from the proper au-
thorities at Phoenix before any meth
ods of this character could be resort
ed to but before the permit, which
naturally is only formality, could
be granted, darkness had set in and
all attempts of recovery were post
poned until the next morning.
Dynamite UnavaiIing.
All day friends and other willing
hands worked increasingly, exploding
about fifty shots, dragging the bottom
of the lake with graphing hoks, di7-
ing, ETC., but up until dark last night
not trace of the body had besn
found.
The suddeness with which he dis
appeared, without giving any signs OF
distress, leads to the belief that he
had a weak heart and that the shock
of the cold water was too great and
that he went down to his death in an
Unconscious state.
Mr.. Birkenmeier was about 2i
years of age and came here only g
short time ago from his home in st.
Louis where he leaves sorrowine
mother and other relatives ani
friends to mourn his untimely death
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20

are the Socorro Mining & Milling
Company and the Mogoi1on Mines
Company. The Mogollon Mines
Company alone pays out on an aver
age of from SAT 1000 to $4S,00O a year
in haulage costs. During 1914 this
company hauled from Silver City
nearly 100000 pounds of fuel oil
and 100000 pounds of other freight,
while the supplies hauled by the
Socorro Mining & Milling Company
were probably even higher. The COM
panies are each treating in the neigh
borhood of 5000 tons of ore per
month, while the combined monthly
payroll of the camp will be about
$4,000.
1 might add that there is also a
movement on foot, and some work
has been done in building road
from Magdalena to MogoIlon. Such
a route, however, would not have
the advantage of Offering hay, grain,
fruit and other supplies as cheaply
as they could be delivered from Ari,
IONA.
If any representatives from your
district are chosen at any time to in,
vestigate such road, I believe that
both Mr.. A. ]. Anderson, General
Manager of the Socorro Mining &
Milling Company, as well as the
writer, would be glad to go into the
matter further with you.
Thanking you for your inquiry, we
beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
S. J. KIDDER,
General Manager
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20


The Board Of Supervisors at their
meeting held on Monday last adopted
a resolution which pledges the Board
on behalf of Greenlee county, to con-
struct highway to the southern
boundary of the Apache National
Forest Reserve in the event the For
estry Department will construct a
highway within the National Forest
to open up the rich resources of that
section, the proposed highway to be
connected on the north with Springer
vile.
The action of the Board was the
result of conference held at the Of
fee of the Board of Supervisors a
week prior between delegation
representing the Greenlee County
Chamber of Commerce and members
of the Board at which conference
the Board expressed themselves as
being heartily in accord with the
proposition.
In the meantime the resolution
pledging support on the part of
Greenlee county in cooperation with
the Forestry Department had been
prepared by special committee OF
the Chamber of Commerce and upon
presentation last Monday morning
was unanimously adopted by the
Board.
/ Forest Supervisor Frederick Wynn
was present at a meeting of\ the
Chamber of Commerce on Monday
morning, and later appeared before
the Board of Supervisors and out
lined the proposition of the Forestry
department in connection with the
proposed road through the Apache
Board that the department of agri
culture would recommend to congres.
an appropriation for building road:
within forest reserves adjacent tt
good markets, thus anticipating future
revenues from such forests. Thi:
Recommendation will be renewed a
the next session of congress and Mr.
Wynn is of the opinion that sucf
Recommendation will receive favor
able consideration.
The resolution adopted by the
Board of Supervisors on behalf O
Greenlee county appears in anothel
column of this issue.
A committee has been appointed b!
the Chamber of Commerce to confe
with the citizens of Apache count.
regarding the connecting highway an,
will leave here on August 81 il
automobiles, going by the way o
Rice and FIT. Apache to attend tn
Frontier Day celebration to be held a
Springerville on the second, third an
fourth of Septebmer.
In the meantime County Enginee
Redd is looking over the most feas
Bile route between Clifton and tn
Southern boundary of the Nations
Forest, and once decided upon, tn
survey and estimate of cost, togethe
with the resolution adopted by th
Board of Supervisors, will be forward
ed to the Department of Agricultur
and the Arizona representatives
congress.
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During the months of April and
July a total of 453 acres of land
within the Tonto National Forest,
Arizona, were listed with the secre-
tary OF the interior, and will shortly
be opened to entry under the forest
homestead act.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20

r. l. Slaughter goes to Nogales
to take charge Of several hundred
head OF cattle which he recently
drove across the border as he stated
that he would rathe let the Ameri-
can government ate sm than
have the MeXiC.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20

Dave Reid, one of the best known
railroad nen in the Southwest, is
now general manager of the Gila
Auto Service company, which oper-
ates the Red Jitney Cars" through
out the district. He has a host of
friends in that section who will
gladly assist him to assured success.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-08-20
MINING COMPANIES
MOGOEEON DIST.
WANT HIGHWAY

Delegation From the Greenlee coun-
ty Chamber Of Commerce Will
Leave Shortly for Conference With
Mine Managers in that District
Rich Section Would Be Tributary to
Clifton. al. -
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SUPERVISORS ARE
IN FAVOR OF
FOREST ROAD j

BY Unanimous Vote Adopt Resolu-
tion ,PIedsing Cooperation Of
Greenlee County With Forestry De-
partment in Construction of High
way Through Forest Reserve
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COMPARISON OF TAX RATES 1e141e15:
Tax Rates per $1ooco Valuation.

State Tax Rate. 40 %
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-03


All friends of prohibition, all advo-
Gates of law observance and all who
are interested in the moral welfare
of the community should make
special effort to attend the meeting
Sunday morning at the First Baptist
church. Both DIR. Morrow and DR..
Woolley are speakers of national rep
utation. They are men of note and
their addresses will be of high order.
They will, besides speaking in the
First Baptist church Sunday evening,
deliver addresses at Buffalo that af-
ternoon.
The friends of prohibition are just
now face to face with the real crisis.
When the dispensary goes out, blind
tigers will begin to multiply. There
is a sure way to compass their de-
feat; the good citizens must stand t..
gether for the enforcement of the law
The speakers who are coming to Un-
ion will point the way to meet our
difficulties sanely and successfully
Come out Sunday; you will hear some
thing worth while.
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the men who honestly desire to make
our city a good place in which to liv-,
we say: Come to the support of your
Chamber of Commerce. Let all pull
together and pull upward. Let us
enter into an agreement one with an
other to give money, time, energy and
good will to our Chamber of Com
merce. 1t is the one public institution
that may with benefit accept the in
fluence and help of every good citizen.
Subscribe to the support of the in-
stitut;on. Speak good word for it,
If it has not measured up to your
ideal in the past, come in and help l,
to reach your ideal. Do not kill one
of the best agencies Union has for ad-
vancing the common good.
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EXCELSIOR TEAM THERE FIRST
Union, S. c., Dec. 1, 1853

Union, S. c., Dec I, 1853
Rev. l.. NJ. Rice,
Editor Union Times:
Dear Sir:
| notice in the last issue of Pro-
gress where the Union fire depart
ment made Al miles per hour on last
Sunday night in going to the fire at
w. G. Gregory's store in South Un-
ion. ! wish to call to the attention
of the author of this article that the
Excelsior fire department had stream
of water playing on the fire five min
utes before the Union department goc
on the job. I suppose he will have
something to say about their time on
Dec. / when Mr.. F. G.. Gossett's resi-
dence was destroyed by fire. | wish
to state that we met the Union fire
department on about half way ground
with hose reel propelled by hama
and had stream playing on the fire
long before the Union fire depart
ment with their "A miles per hour
and their $4,000 fire truck
Mr. Editor, if the Excelsior fire de-
partment had an equipment like those
boys there would not be so many
buildings totally destroyed by fire.
| am just giving this out that honor
may be given where honor is due.
r. w. Strange.
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COMMENDS UNION
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Continued from page u

ing State aid under the Rural Graded
School Law. The Rural Graded School
Act provides 5000 or $500 to school,
according to enrolment and teaching
force. This appropriation is con-
tingent upon the voting of 4-mill
tax. Instead of one rural grade,.
school the past year Union might have
had Is or 20. The result would have
been a considerable lengthening of the
average school term and a decided
increase in the per capita expenditure
in the county.
Your acquaintance with the condi-'
tions in Union county because of your
long residence and teaching experi-
ence in the county made it possible
for you to assume readily the duties
of county superintendent of education.
1t was gratifying in the extreme to
observe the recent marked improve
ments in the county, especially the
new buildings. Your efforts to secure
for the people of the county the BEN
efi.s of State appropriations under the
Rural Graded School Act and the
Term Extension Act can not be too
highly commended. The increase in
the number of applications for State
aid this year is evidence of your ac>
tivity.
In this day of school progress prac-
tically all of the time of the county
superintendent of education is con-
sumed with these business details.
Trustees and patrons must be in
formed of the benefits to be derived
from State appropriations. The coun-
t. superintendent is the person in the
county to give them this information.
Besides, these details bring to the Of
flee an immense amount of corre-
spondence and clerical routine. The
time has come, therefore, when nearly
all of the time of a conscientious
county superintendent in a county like
Union is consumed with the business
side of the office.
During my visits to the several
schools l was impressed with the need
of county school supervision. There
are some young inexperienced teach
ers that need the advice and assist
ance of supervising teacher. Their,
is great need in the county of unifying
all the teaching forces of the county
for educational progress. This car,
come only by close supervision of the
class room instruction and by thor
ough organization of the teaching
forces of the county through the
County Teachers Association and 9TH
erwise. 1t is impossible for one per-
son as county superintendent to at.
| tend to the business side of the office
and at the same time to give the sup.
ervision of the teachers that is need.
ed. 1t is my conviction, therefore
that no step could be taken in Unior
county that would more greatly furth
er the school interests of the COUNTY
than the employment of county s\p
ervising teacher.D,-There are- -taanhl
in the county who, by training anc
experience, are well qualified for This
work. 1t is an investment that would
yield large returns in manhood and
womanhood in future years.
/ wish to express my appreciation
of the many kindnesses shown me dur.
ing my visit over the county and I as
sure you that it will be great pleas.
ure to make a return visit with tht
earliest opportunity.
Lueco Gunter,
| State Supervisor of Rural Schools.
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STAND BY YOUR CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

"What good is a chamber of COM
merce?" What has the Union Cham
ber of Commerce ever done?" "Who
gets any benefit from the Chamber of
Commerce." These, and many other
questions of like purport may be heard
in the land Generally, the man ask
ing the question has never risen high
er than the purely selfish basis of &C
ton. He is, moreover, generally a
man who has never invested any mon
ey in chamber of commerce nor in
any other movement embodying public
spirit and public welfare. He is man
Of narrow vision and of parsimonious
spirit. All such characters are beyond
the reach of any effort that might be
put forth to enlighten them. They
are banacles on the bottom of the ship
of commerce; they are like the mis-
tletoe that grows and fattens on the
dying body that gives it life. No
word could penetrate, no logic con-
vince, no tears persuade such Mig
gardly souls to open up and give
reign to a liberal impulse that looked
70 the general good. We pass them
up as hopeless.
But there are other men, men of
earnest purpose and of broad vision,
who are not enthusiastic upon the sub
icct. They question the value of
chamber of commerce. They honestly
desire to help, to cooperate, in every
movement that will promote the in
terest of the community. They desire
to have their town a good town in
which to live. They have, time and
time again, contributed to and worked
for whatever they thought would
prove of real advancement to the COM
munity. But the past year was a try
ing year. They found that with al
most superhuman effort they were
able to make "buckle and tongue
meet" Expense of operation went
straight on; income dropped to half,
even lower in many cases. To do bus
mess was to endure severe strain.
Such men, keyed up to the last pitch,
bravely striving day after day, fin
ally developed "raw nerves." Compe-
tition, carried to the extreme, brought
about dissentions, distrust, a morbid,
sullen state of mind. And let it be
said that the writer is speaking out
of the fullness of his own experience
The iron may be heated so hot that it
is destroyed. 1t is hard to cheerfully
subscribe twelve dollars, twenty-fou
dollars or one hundred dollars to any
public organization when the weekly
payroll is bigger than the weekly in
come. 1t is difficult to have faith when
disaster stares one in the face. Yet,
a sane view of the matter leads to the
conclusion that it is at just such a
moment that one gets the best returns
from the exercise of such faith.
To the men who are struggling, to
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-03
DEATH OF MISS ANNIE GARNER

Miss Annie Garner died at the
hospital in Columbia Sunday, 2Sth
inst, and was buried at Gilead
church Monday, Goth, Rev. l.. M. Rice
conducting the funeral services. She
leaves a father, one brother and sis
ter and many relatives and friends to
mourn her loss. She died with pei
lagra. She was 81 years of age, and
before her death she gave testimony
that she was trusting in the Lord for
salvation and did not fear to die Her
family have many friends who will
mourn with them in their affliction.
M. G.. c..
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CITATION TO KINDRED AMI
CREDITORS.

State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
BY Hon. w. w. Johnson, Judge of
Probate.
Whereas j. NJ. Gault has made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Ad-
ministration on the Estate and effects
of w. H. Gault, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said w. H. Gault,
deceased, that they be and appear be-
fore me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Union C. H., South Caro-
lima, on the 21st day of December
next, after publication hereof, at II
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
3D. day of November, Ammo Domini
1915.
w. w. Johnson,
Probate Judge.
Published on the 3rd day of Dec.
1915, in the Union Times 49,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-03
FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT.

Fire almost totally destroyed the
store and adjoining residence of Mr..
w. G. Gregory, near Excelsior Knit
ting mills Sunday night about mid
night. The building was owned by
Mr.. j. A. Brown. Little was saved
from the house and practically moth
ing from the store. The building and
stock were partially covered by insur-
ancp
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-03
DR-STHRASHER'S GREAT HEAL
ING FLUID.

T.
III asher's Great Healing Fluid
helBH this man; it might help you.
ReaH what is said:
Honesville, S. c., Nov. 20, 1915.
Mr.V S. Thrasher,
Jonesville, S. c., Route 1.
( O. Tuesday, the 22nd day of this
moth, Ed Smith had a stroke of
and thorough rubbing with
Thtsher's Great Healing Fluid his
feeling has returned. He has been
rubbed twice day up to Goth of
No {ember, seven days, and he is
abopt normal. We think the fluid
ha5no equal, and will do what you
claim for it. j. E. Vincent.
fltice SO cents a bottle.
5or sale by 1. M. Sumner, Union,
s. p; H. M Toney, Union, S. c.; j..
II Cheek, Union, S. c.; ]. X. Bailey,
CAeisle, S. c.; H. j. Hames, Jones'
VII, S. c.; w. c. West, Jonesville, S.
CD. L. Hames, Lockhart, S. C.
A4dv. 49-tf
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BRIDGE LUNCHEON.

Mrs. j. Clough Wallace entertained
Wednesday morning at bridge lunch
con honoring Mrs. w. B. Moore and
Miss Rose Lindsay of York; Mrs. M.
V. Patterson of Chester and Mrs. Oil
yer Sarratt of New York.
After spirited game an elegant
course luncheon was served from a
beautifully appointed table. y.
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49-tf

Rev. l.. l.. Wagnon, of Union, is
the only clerical member of the con-
ference who is a member of the legis-
lature, although several of the lay
members are of that body. Rev. Mr..
Wagnon was elected from Union
county last summer and has taken
high rank in the house of representa-
tives, being looked upon as one of the
leaders of that body. He is man of
marked ability and of most pleasing
address.-From Christian Advocate.