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Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
MINING STATION MAY
 GO TO TUCSON

TUCSON, Oct. 7. - The visit to
 Tucson during the past week of the
 Honorable Van H. Manning, director
 of the United States Bureau of Mines
 is significant that step is to be taken in the progress of the State Bureau of Mines. The purpose of MT. Man ning's visit was to investigate the con ditions of Tucson as a location of one of the proposed mining experi- ment stations to be established by the Federal Bureau.
 By an act of congress, it was pro vided that there should be established at places selected by the secretary of the interior ten mining experiment stations, of which three should be established the coming year. No ap- propriation was made at the time, this matter being left to the general budget of the Federal Bureau for the next year. It was also provided in the same act that the Federal Bureau might accept donations or contribu- tions from states of cooperative work, buildings or money.
 In the selection of the first three stations, it was understood at the time the bill was passed that Alaska was to have one. As Utah already has a temporary station, this will un- doubtedly be made permanent, leav- ing only one station to be sought for by the other states. Arizona claimed attention immediately, owing to the fact that it could provide co-opera- ton with the State Bureau of Mines and could provide for housing the ex- pertinent station on the campus of the University area of Arizona. As Tucson is the geographical center of the copper area of Arizona, it would be logical place for the establish ment of station to handle copper problems, the problems of the investi- gation of sulphur smoke and fue dust, the investigation of teaching methods for low grade copper ores, investigations of methods of separat- ing the many low grade large deposits that are to be found within the area of Arizona as well as in the neighbor- ing states.
 The copper problems of Arizona are distinctly different from the cop per problems of the two nearest to it in importance, Montana and Michi- gan. Michigan problems being large ly with native copper and Montana problems dealing with arsenic com binations.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
MINES OUGHT TO
 BELONG TO THE WEST
(From Fridays Dailv1


 TUCSON, Oct, That the West, ern states should be allowed the bene- fit of their mineral resources, instead of these being developed for the en- richment of the country at large was declared by J. F Callbreath, secretary of the American Mining Congress to- ! day at luncheon rendered in his honor and that of J. H. Robinson, secretary of the Arizona chapter, by representative business men at the Santa Rita hotel. MT. Callbreath argued that the mineral resources of the Western states are just as prop erly their own as Boston harbor be- longs to Boston and New York har- Dor to New York.
 The development of mines for the benefit of the states in which they exist results in the reduction of per sonal taxes borne by the inhabitants thereof, he said, and he added that mines are not found, but are made by putting labor into them and de- veloping tonnage.
 As to the location of mine experi- ment stations, he pleaded that he not be asked to favor any one city, since his work is to get the appropriation from congress. The efforts of all should be directed toward that first, he urged, and the question of loca- tions can be scrapped out afterwards.
 Mir. Callbreath was introduced by MT. Robinson as the father of the American Mining Congress, and an carly leader in the safety first move ment.
 In his own speech, MT. Robinson said that the state chapter now has 475 members, is engaged in promot- :ng the welfare of the mining indus try and in interesting outside capital. He showed that all cities of the state were started on mining money and that two-thirds of the taxes are de pendent on mining. In spite of this, the year 1915 is the first time that the mining industry has received recogni- ton in appropriations by the legisla- ture He paid a tribute to the Pima county delegation and to Professor Willis, director of the bureau of mines of the university for thir work n securing $75,OOO for a school of mines building MT. Robinson said that in Arizona 38 per cent of the taxes are paid directly by mines as compared with 22 per cent by rail roads, 12 per cent by agriculture and per cent by cattle.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
BOARD LOOKS OVER
 PROPOSED NEW ROAD
(Frer1 Wednesdays Daily )

Henry Sudcr, William Stephens and Clerk Bclchcr, of the board of super visors, accompanied by T. G. Norris, of the roads committee of the Cham bcr of Commerce, made a trip to Granite Dclls yesterday and made all investigation into the question of run ming the road to the Dry Farm through the point of rocks, Nothing further has been determined on the matter as Nancy Brothers & Com pany have not turned in their survey or estimate to the board.
 Other matters taken up by the board yesterday consisted of approV- ing the accounts of the justices of the peace and the constables. Mrs. Mattie Ralston was granted d widows exemption from paying taxes on her property.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
THIRTY-TON MILL FOR
 TELSORO GOLD MINES
(From Fridays Daily)

With the deal closed for the Logan group of gold mines in Cherry creek district, and the Telsoro Mining Com pany in possession, both mining and milling operations are to begin i'm mediately. A plant is now on the road to the camp with a capacity of treat ing 30 tons per day, and was fur nished by the Arizona Mine Supply Company, of this city. In the mine de partment large exploration is being outlined to be energetically prose cuted, under the superintendency of Claude Ferguson, who was a visitor to the city yesterday. He was for merly with the Chaparral Mining Company, on the Little Jessie, in a similar position. The Logan hold ings are among the best known of pioneer mines in the above field, and have been under steady development by L. \. Wombacher for many years, with large tonnage accumulating on the dump, as we'll are underground conditions capable of making an in creased supply to the above product The Telsoro is a subsidiary organiza- ton of the Major Milling and Min ing Company, which took over the Shelton group a few weeks ago, on Lynx creek, the latter camp being operated in an energetic and prac- tical manner under the management of Major A. J. Doran.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
INSANE WOMAN AT
 TEMPTS TO END LIFE

TUCSON, Oct. 7.-Obeying a sud- den impulse to destroy herself, Mrs. Mary Nelson, wife of smelterman at Douglas, committed to the State insane asylum at Phoenix, leaped from the window of the toilet room on No. 9, westbound Espee train, yes terday morning about 5:So o'clock, received injuries to her head and foot from which she is not expected to re- cover.
 Mrs. Nelson became insane recent ly from the results of continued re- ligious meditation and emotion. Mon day she was taken to Tombstone and given an examination before the Su- perior court, and was committed to the State insane asylum by Judge Lockwood.
 She was placed in charge of Deputy Sheriff Rafferty, who started with her for Phoenix on the Golden State Limited. When they reached Tucson at l2:30 o'clock at night Mrs. Nelson, who had refused to go to bed, looked out of the window, and seeing the Fl Paso and Southwestern depot, simi- lar to the one at Douglas, declared that they were at that city.
 To humor her, Deputy Rafferty got out of the train, when she refused to go back and made such fuss that he realized it would be useless to try to get her to sleep again that night. He brought her up to the Tucson county jail, where she was kept dur ing the evening.
 Yesterday morning he left with her for Phoenix. When they got to Jaynes station she told him that shei wished to go to the toilet. He fol lowed her to the front of the car, and when she went inside she shut the door quickly, locking herself in. In about three minutes Rafferty, hearing nothing more from her, grew alarmed. He ascertained that she was no long CT inside, and rushing to a window saw that the window was open. A porter forced the door of the closet and it was found to be empty. The conductor was notified and the train stopped, and when the trainmen and Rafferty rushed back they found her near the track in charge of Mexi- l can women who had seen her leap from the train.
 Rafferty rushed her back to Tue son on an eastbound freight and she was hurried out to St. Mary's hospi- | tai. It was found that her head was badly bruised and one foot injured SO severely that it became necessary | to amputate it. Later in the after noon she recovered consciousness. but it is not believed that she can recover. Relatives arrived yesterday | evening from Douglas to care for her.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
NINETY DAYS FOR
 TAKING SHOES AND RAZOR
(Erom Fridav's Daily.l


 Ninety days in the county jail was the sentence given Serifino Tcrison, a Mexican. yesterday by Justice of the Peace McLane, after he had pied guilty to a charge of stealing pair of shoes and a razor. The Mexican was arrested by the sheriffs office late Wednesday night, two persons having made a complaint that they had been robbed by him. The razor was stolen from one of the Mexicans down at the section house, and the shoes were stolen from C. R. Wallace, of Williamson valley. After stealing the shoes from the wagon of Wal lace, the Mexican sold them to local secondhand man. He will have plenty of time to think it over.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13

the Verde school situation was most gratifying and that he hoped the next trip of inspection would be as good. He stopped at Perlinsville last Sunday with M. A. Perkins. He says that everybody there is busy putting in grain and working the cattle.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
RESUMES ASSESSMENT
(From Fridays Daily.)

J. C. Bradbury, agent of the Walnut Grove Water Storage Company, has sufficiently recovered from injuries re- ccived in the Date creek railroad ac- cidcnt to resume charge of annual title work on the above holdings and left yesterday for Walnut Grove for that purpose. He states the Hassay- ampa river holdings will be the point of operating, and the usual annual outlay of over $3,OOO is to be applied to the big work.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
MINING ENGINEER IS
 WON BY YAVAPAI
(From Fridays Daily.)

NA ANiAi AiAUI . Ddlly')
 Returning few days ago from a scouting trip through different min ing fields adjacent to the city, How ard D. Sargent, mining engineer of Geneva, N. Y, expressed himself yesterday as decidedly impressed with the extent of the naturalization of Yavapai county, and among other things, said:
 Nature has been s1umbering in this field, and is just awakening through well directed and practical human eff fort. Such scene of geological con struction is hard to conceive as exists, and 1 must admit the situation is a surprise to me. As mineral sub division this county is a revelation Take, for instance, the Jerome field, link it to Walker, then go over the range to Big Bug, and then on to the Bradshaw mountains, which. to me appears to be the key to the miner al chamber of this zone. For the present l can only judge by hearsay of the Hassayampa region, also Cop per Basin, and later will visit both districts. Enough has been seen, how ever, to convince me of the vast ex- tent of treasure stored within the boundaries of this field, and the little wave of investments prevailing, is nothing as compared with what the future will reveal"
 Herd Nut to Crack.
 When asked what was behind the present wave of activity noticeable in mining investments throughout the West, MT. Sargent smiled and said:
 "Candidly there is but one legiti mate reason, and here it is: Indus trial conditions in the big financial centers of the East have been shiv- cred to fragments and somebody has been singed financially. Depression in manufacture, uncertainty over the future, with the past before their eyes, has stampeded investors into a new era of seeking security for their capi- tai, and mining appeals so attractive ly that many are going to take a chance in the new game. The cause of the rush west is due to the political conditions of the day, and the pre- valent alarm as to the future. In dustries in the East that have been the thousands, are now only employing hundreds, and stabil- ity gives way to uncertainty. What can capital do to retrench and relieve itself. There Is only one solution to the problem, and that is the oppor- tunity open before them of mines and mining. This industry as yet has not been floored' by the dominant politi- cal power of the nation, and is liable to escape destruction. I must admit 1 am democrat, but from now on belong to the conservative school that baked when Bryan was first nom mated many years ago, and the gold basis ticket went into the fight and won out. The same situation is again here today, but the vitality of the na- ion will most assuredly triumph in the future as it has in the past, and he next election will show it".
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13
MADE A SCOOP
(From Thursdays Oaily)

From Thur sdayS DalIy.J J. T. Alfred, pioneer resident, made a little scoop on the hunting fraternity during the week by going out on Potts creek, during the fore noon, and returned four hours later with a fine two-pointed buck deer swinging on his shoulder. He travelled on foot, distant less than four miles, and the wise ones arc consoling them selves by saying he had his venison "staked out.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13

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Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-13

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02
OFFICIALS ALSO TO BLAME.

Not satisfied with scratching over the surface in connection with the re- cent fire at Williamsburg, N. Y. where lives were lost in the Diamond candy factory building because of the failure to provide proper protection for the lives of the employees in case of fire, the investigators opened up the entire situation and showed that while there was negligence on the part of the factory owners in not complying with the requirements of the law after they had been ordered to fireproof the stairways, there was salso serious neglect of duty on the part of the state officials in their failure to get the work done.
 When it is shown by the jury's finding that for the fiscal year of 1915 in the first district of the state there were 10,650 factories out of a total of $500 which were not inspected, and that only 246 of the 3711 orders issued to property owners for fire proofng were complied with it reveals 2 condition which calls for something more than placing the blame entirely upon the proprietors.
 While they are lax in overcoming conditions which exist in violation of the law there is serious contributory negligence upon the part of the au- thorities whose duty it is to see that the law is respected. Their respon- sibility does not end with the order ing of improved conditions. They are required to see that their orders are carried out, but how inefficient has been the work is indicated by the many cases where they have failed to make inspections and the much larger number of instances where they have entirely disregarded the important duty of seeing that dangerous condi- tions which have been found are cor rected. The law amounts to little un- less it is enforced and when officials fail to do what is expected of them little respect can be anticipated from property owners.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02
cANADA's WHEAT SEIZURE.

When the Canadian government communicated 20,0OO,OoO bushels of wheat it took advantage of a right which it possesses although it has caused much speculation as to just what was the reason for it and what the effect is going to be. It is an act which is not of every day occurrence and the one logical explanation of it Is that it is due entirely to war de- mands. From all indications it is ap- parent that Great Britain or some of its allies are in need of wheat. That need can be supplied in Canada and at once, and by such a method it can be obtained at the market price.
 Had 1t been noised about, however, that such an order was to have been placed, prices would have gone a-soar- ing, and while the effect of the seiz- ure has been an advance in the price of wheat it has not affected the quan- tity demanded and obtained, or re- suited in any greater jump in the mar ket price than would have followed the purchase in the open market.
 The 20,ooo,oOO bushels are, however, but a drop in the bucket. Canada's supply has by no means been wiped out, for it is a great producer of wheat and while there may be a temporary embarrassment if the entire amount is immediately taken away, it seems inn possible that it can last long. Its chief harm is likely to come through the inability of the owners of the wheat seized to fill their orders which may already have been taken, but that danger can be obviated if the quantity is withdrawn gradually and not in one fell swoop. Canada's pur- pose has evidently been to eliminate the speculators' profit and in that it has unquestionably succeeded, and it would be but just to protect those whose grain has been Communicated and who can show that it had been held solely for filling orders already on the books
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02
TAFT AND GARRISON.

Whatever conviction Secretary of War Garrison may have concerning the merits of the policy which is be- ing carried out in the Philippines by the present administration he makes a gross mistake when he undertakes to assail ex-President Taft for his partisan attacks thereon. Whatever approval MT. Taft may have given to a report on conditions in the islands as set forth by a Pacific coast writer, whose interest in such a matter it has since been found to be solely for per sonal gain and as willingly turned to one side as the other for the proper remuneration, 1t does not affect in the slightest degree his sincere interest in the best government for the Fill ipinos or alter the belief that exists 30 widely throughout the country that MT. Taft understands thoroughly the conditions in the islands and knows what he Is talking about when he crit. lcises the policy which is being fol- lowed there under the change in ad- ministration.
 The fact of the matter is that as governor general, secretary of war and president, MT. Taft has had unusual opportunities for studying the Philip pines and the needs in keeping with he policy adopted by this country when the islands were taken over This is something which MT. Garrison has not had. He must depend upon the state ments of others and reports for his knowledge of conditions there and his views therefore cannot carry as much weight as those of the former presi- dent. And the manner in which Mir Garrison has attacked the partisanship' of MT. Taft is not justified by any act or interest which Mir Taft has manifested in supporting the national policy towards the Filipinos. It is a case where Secretary Garrison can ex- pect little encouragement in his posi- ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02
Stories of the War
Making Munition. In England.

The following facts as to the mak- ing of munitions in England are sup piled to The Associated Press by one of the heads of that department.
 '"The country is divided into areas, each of which has a local Board of Management in control acting under the Ministry of Munitions. This Board of Management has representa- tives of the leading engineering and manufacturing firms; and expert en- gineers working the whole time on the work of the Ministry are attach ed to each board and survey all the engineering resources in the locality so as to utilize these as highly as possible for the production of muni- tionS.
 far, and machinery concentrated in suitable factories and every effort made to utilize all the lathes and en- gineering equipment in every town and district in the locality.
 Each Board of Management is in direct touch with Headquarters at the Ministry of Munitions, where there is gentleman who is in charge of ev- cry particular district and is able to answer all inquiries and help and ad- wise in any difficulty which may occur in that particular area
 At the head of this organization is MT. J. Stevenson, a business man Of wide experience. It should be noted that the powers exercised in regard to taking machinery and fac tories by these local organizations acting under the Ministry of Muni- tions are very extensive and very drastic.
 The national shell factories al- ready established number 20 and are chiefly situated in large centers of manufacture. while cooperative areas are arranged in more scattered dis tricts- In many cases, the two sys- tems run side by side so that every available means may be taken of in creasing the supply
 Steps have been taken to control the conditions under which private factories are working. the 9owers of Ministry in this matter being defined in the Munitions Act The most im- portant sections of this Act relate to what are called controlled establish ments." The total number of con- trolled establishments is now 1,346, and there are a million work-people employed therein.
 This control implies, as regards the employer, limitation of profits, con trol of changes of wages, and as re- sards the workmen, it implies t6e suspension under statutory safe guards of rules and practices restric- ting production or employment and the enforcement of regulations in re- gard to regularity of work and effi- ciency."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02

ships are not held at New York and other harhors along our coasts by any order of this government. When it became evident that they would be captured or sent to the bottom by the enemy. the owners or agents of the lines sought protection to which they were entitled in this country and they have the right to that protection as long as the war lasts and beyond, but they also have a perfect right to sail when they like provided they comply with the regulations of the country concerning clearance papers.
 It Is folly to think that this coun- try is restraining them, since they are not interned as are tife converted cruisers tied up at Norfolk. The Ger man merchantmen are held in New York harbor now for the same reason that they were first tied up there and that is the knowledge that if they get outside our territorial limits they stand a pretty good chance of being captured and it is not intended that any such rich prizes shall be turned over to the enemy for their use when it can be so easily, prevented.