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Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
YAVAPAI RANGE
 ARTISTS GOING TO WINSLOW
(From Sundays Daily)

Yavapai's bunch of arena stars dur ing Frontier Days, is billed for the read, and will leave this week for Winslow, where they will participate in the Navajo County Range Tourna- ment, given under the auspices of the Elks' lodge of the above city. Prac- tically a repetition of the sports given in Prescott early in July, will be the program, to be enlivencd by large purses for the winners. A six-day event is scheduled and those who have signed up from Yayapai are the following: Doc" Pardee, Buster Brown, Frank Thompson, C. (. Jack son, Henry Ritter, Joe Rudy, Walter Cline, John Frcdcricks, Alton Gard rer, Joe Winn, Jake Koontz; Lone Jordan, Bobby Darnall, Lee Robin son. Harry. William and Archie Hem dcrson, Charles Evans, Oscar Clay and James Brown.
 All horses of the above arc to be  skipped by rail on Wednesday. and will be followed by the owners. After the Navajo occasion ends, it is quite probable several will go to Cheyenne and Oklahoma City to participate in cowboy tournaments. The trip to New York City for The Stampede" has been called off, after a consulta- ton held a few days ago, on account of distance. time and business inter csts interfering with a long absence. Some of the most expert cowboys in the Southwest have entered for the Winslow contests, and large sums in side bets are up for certain events.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
SUMMER SNAKE
 STORY TAKES THE CAKE
(From Saturdays Daily)

Fresh from Swansea, the copper mining camp near Bousc, comes a rattlcsnake story without a parallel, from Gus Schraplau, a mechanical engineer at work for the company. Schraplau writes to a Prescott friend as follows of his thrilling experience with the reptile, as well as the narrow escape he had from being struck:
 At II o'clock several nights ago l was awakened from what l believed was the alarm clock going off. lighteG the candle on the table near my bed, and as l prepared to arise, 1 heard q noise other than the tingling of the clock bell. It was huge rattlcsnakc in angry action, within two feet of the bed, lying on the flcor, with its head protruding fully 12 inches above the coil striking viciously at the place from whence came the sounds. did not dare to get out of bed, and realizing the danger picked the clock up and set the alarm ahead so that there would be something in noise making to attract the entire attention of the rattler.
 "lt did the business, and when the bell began to ring it was very inter cSting sight to see the combat that followed The snake struck repeated ly at the clock that l had laid on the floor and in a few minutes all was quiet. The rattlcr had simply com- mittcd suicide, in fighting an imagin- ary foe. Its head was smashed to a jelly, although its body was still writhing in agony on the floor when I took the broom and swept it from Inc room. One of the boys at the camp said he faced a similar cxperi- cncc some years ago, and he attri- butcS the attention of the snake being attracted to the sound coming from the second hand of the clock The rattlcr, at night, is susceptible to quick action to protect itself, and is instantly aroused to fight from any unusual noise: that's the reason why 1t entered the room, to investigate v
 Schraplau writes that the snake was six feet, four inches long, of the black diamond variety, and carried fourteen rattlcs and button.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02

supply hard wheat in great enough quantities to save the great freight casts from Kansas, is Prof. McOmie' s belief. Should this be true, Yavapai county will not only be one of the mining centers of the State but will be the hard wheat country of the West.
 There is a rather odd phase to the raising of hard wheat, however, in that the Verde valley is too low for successful crops. On the other hand, the country between Prescott and Jerome Junction is ideally suited to the crop. All of the latter property can be placed under irrigation from the waters of Lake Watson, claims McOmie.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02

Q. You mean to let the jury un, derstand that you do not know, that that is not fact that it was testified to in this courtroom yesterday?
 A. Well, l couldn't say it was, NIT Morrison, when l didn't hear the tes- timony; that is, I couldn't say posi- lively.
 Q. But it is a fact, nevertheless that you O. K'd. s. E. Tcrry's bill be- ginning the 10th of April, isn't that right?
 A. I can't say that I O. K'd. his bill, no.
 Q. Didn't he get paid from the 10th day of April, 1916, in the employ ment that you gave him?
 A. He hasn't been paid yet in full. There has never been a settlement.
 Q. Did not his pay begin on the 10th day of April, 1916?
 A. Why, I couldn't say that it did. In the settlement, if it shows that he worked from the 10th day or the 18th day, he will be paid.
 O. You do not know that he testi- lied yesterday that you O. K'd. his bill beginning the 10th day of April, do you?
 A. I do not know of my own per sonal knowledge.
 o. Well, then, if he did state that, it was not true, is that right?
 A. No, it was not, if he testified that I O. K'd. any bill, because there has been no bill to O. K
 o. Then he didn't tell the truth if he testified to that, did he?
 A. He certainly did not in that way.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
TWO HOMES ARE WASHED
 AWAY NEAR JEROME
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
 JEROME, July H.-A heavy cloud burst last night caused the biggest flood down Deception Gulch, South of Jerome, that has occurred in years. The water came in torrent from the direction of the head of Hull's can yon, where the cloudburst IS supposed to have occurred.
 Two houses that have stood in the canyon for years were washed away; one was occupied by a family by the name of Du Flynn, and belonged to Mir. Hudson, cattleman of Black Hills. The other was a small cabin standing on the bank of the stream, and was not occupied at the time of the flood. The Du Flynn family lost all its property in the house and tho dwelling was completely wrecked b\ the force of the flood.
 Travellers in from the valley this morning report the bridge between Clarkdalc and Cottonwood washed away. and the road somewhat washed out in places.
 The rain, which seems to have been general over the valley, and especially heavy in the mountains to the south, came in time to save the range, which was beginning to show the effects oi the three weeks delay in the season s -,;Ifa1I CattIcuucn from MiupuS and Yeagcr canyon in Jerome last week expressed anxiety over the condition of the range due to ;he drouth, and as the spell seems to have been brok- on they are undoubtedly relieved on that score.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
MAGNATE is BUOYANT
 OVER FUTURE
HEAD OF UNITED VERDE SEES BIG TIMES COMING AND WILL INCREASE COPPER OUTPUT.
(From Sundays Daily.)

In reviewing affairs of his United Verde Copper Company holdings at Jerome and Clarkdalc, former Senator w. A. Clark in the Butte Miner of re- cent date, makes mention of many important matters, among which he says that the smcltcr plant is to Dc made capable immediately of having monthly output of 10OOO,0OO pounds of copper Work is to begin at once for the enlarged capacity to treat the above tonnage. Speaking of mine con ditions, he says that the greatest depth reached to date IS 1900 feet, but that no orc as yet has been eX- tracted below the 1,50O-foot level. The ore reserves from the surface down, will provide, he says, from six to eight years of supply of the above tonnage to be treated without any further development being prosecuted during that time.
 He continues: "We have heard great deal about a slump coming after the European war ends, but l do not look for that to happen. Why, in Germany they have needed copper so badly that they have stripped the cop per roofs off of buildings and substi- tutcd wood; they have taken the cop per used for trolley wires, and they have gone into every place where cop per had been used-and appropriated il for war purposes. All that huge copper tonnage must be replaced, but they cannot furnish it. They will call on us and 1 know what I am talking about when I say that have been ap- preached by some big interests ask ing me to make contracts to deliver copper for such reconstruction work after the war is over. If our people arc wise, and prepare for it, we will
 find our markets greatly enlarged up- on the termination of the war, that will run from one year to IS months more. l think we will sec a wonder ful period of prosperity in the years that are to follow the close of the war. We will sec the greatest expor- tation of copper and steel to Europe that this nation has ever known. The two above metals run hand in handin the big demand that is coming"
 Of Clarkdale, the new shelter town he said: The company has just giv- en orders for building 60 new resi- dcnces for the accommodation of em- ployes. We built one school building at a cost of S65,OO0, and we are to close a contract for another struc- ture at like cost, the demands of ;he town warranting this action. and the population rapidly increasing. We also will have a High school building at Clarkdalc. and the Shelter City is to be made beautiful as well as rec ognized industrial center, by thou sands of trees being planted within
 it's limits. have no hcsitancy in say ing what is generally admitted to be a fact, that Clarkdale is the model town of Arizona"
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
FACTS FIGURES AND
 FUN AT CONFERENCE
(From Saturdays Daily)


 That an assessors life Is not made up entirely of facts and figures was brought out at yesterdays meeting of the Arizona State tax conference which tccmcd with humorous cxplan- ationS of odd assessments in the vari- ous counties. When it was reported that there were fewer chickens on the Grccnlcc county assessment roll this year than there were in 1915, the as sessor was asked what he did with them. He quickly replied: We ate 'cm."
 Assessor Ruggles, of Mohave conn ty, testified to the conference that the cnly jack in his county died last year which made a discrepancy in his re- port for l9l6 compared with that of 1915. The assessors of Pinal and Pima counties said that they had 1000 burros running loose on the San Pedro range which belonged to no one and which they could not assess. Further than that, the Pinal assessor asked the conference if there wasn't someone present who would be cou-- tcous enough to remove d few burros from Plnal county. He said the cat tlemen will have 10 kill the little ami mals in year or two unless some thing is done with them.
 r. A. Love, of Apache county, in
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
FE TALK AT LUNCHEON
 INTERESTING
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS w. A. DRAKE'S PREDICT ION OF CALAMITY:P POEM BY PASTOR PLEASES.
(From Saturdays DaiIy)

NIlOili Sdlulu udN Ddil1sJ
 The capacity of the Yavapai Club dining room was the only limit tc those hearing the interesting subject: Santa Fc, All the Way" discussed at the regular scmi-monthly luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce yestcr- day noon.
 And it was only the limit of time that kept the subject confined to two speakers, for the Santa Fe was an in mcnscly large subject handled in ., broad way by w. \. Drake, supcrin tendent of this division of the road and the Rev. Joel Hcdgpeth.
 After clever introduction by Judge F. O. Smith, who said that the pur pose of the luncheaons was to feed both body and soul, Chairman Drake introduced the Rev. Hedgpcth who read his original poems: The Santa Fc Trail and The Santa Fc Rail" Rev. Hedgpcth scored ready applause for his poetry.
 Chairman Drake then told of the troubles of officers of the Santa Fc and the troubles of its patrons. He said complaint came to him recently that someone in Phoenix was getting coal for SS ton when people in Pres colt were paying SIS. On his invcs- tigation, said Drake, the coal that was selling at $S was bituminous, mined at Gallup and the SIS coal was Pennsyl vania anthracite.
 Then again" said Mir. Drake, "it may be that railroad men make mis- takes but that is no reason why some people should think that they arc cvcrybody's servant. In a way they arc, but at the same time, they should be approached as most individuals ap- proach one another.
 Since a railroad man must follow rules and regulations like man in inc United States army, he gets about the same consideration that a militia man does-which usually isn't very much. There are always two points of view to every question and when pco rle have a complaint to make, they should realize that.
 Some people may think that be- cause Prescott has one railroad that you get the heavy end of the log. But that is not true. The Santa Fc rail road is not trying to incur the dis pleasure of the people any place"
 According to Chairman Drake's computation, the freight rate on the clothes of person from hat to shoes from Chicago is less than 30 cents. If anybody says that it is excessive freight rates that causes higher prices here than in Phoenix, they are mis- taken, according to Drakc's view.
 Chairman Drake concluded his speech by making plea for more "a. tional means of obtaining righteous results in certain questions. He said that a calamity is impending which may take Prescott back to the state of affairs of the pioneer days. In Drakc's eyes, the railroads are not able 10 do much to prevent it.
 The luncheon was well attended by the delegates to the Arizona State tax conference. Not only was the dining room crowded but luncheon guests were seated in adjoining rooms of the spacious club.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-02
JURY RETURNS
 VERDICT OF GUILTY
(From Thursdays Daily.)

(FrOm nC:SQ Ddlly.D
 As conclusion to one of the hardest fought trials in the annals of the Su- pcrior court of Yavapai county, the jury in the case of Bob Birch, charg- cd with violation of the State prohi- bition amendment, brought in the verdict of guilty at 9:40 o'clock last night. It took just an hour for delib- oration after the close of the special night session of the court.
 It is understood that the defense will immediately ask for a retrial of the case, for in the first trial the jury returned no verdict and in the second trial the jury reached verdict only after much contradictory evidence had been offered.
 During yesterdays session, J. H. Cooksy, a railroad foreman, and J. D. Cooper, goat raiser, swore on the witness stand that they were not playing cards in Birch Bros estab- lishment on the Saturday night be- fore Easter as the two Terry broth CTS, "spottcrs" in the employ of Shcr- if Joe Young, had testified.
 The Tcrrys contradicted the tcsti- mony of Tom Wilcox, of the Scopel hotel which was confirmed by Bob Birch and Larry Duff, that w. w. Terry had shaken hands with Wilcox on the carly morning of April 26th. They averred that they shook hands with Wilcox on the early morning of the 24th and later w. w. Terry ad- mitted that he was ''gloriously lit up" in other words drunk, that morn ing, about 2:30 o'clock, when he claims he shook hands with Wilcox.
 s. E. Terry followed his brother to the stand during the rebuttal tcsti- mony and testified that he talked with his brother about the handshaking episode, yesterday, after Wilcox had given his damaging testimony
 When Bob Birch took the stand in his own defense, he absolutely denied the sales of liquor to the "spotters" as they had alleged. Not one bit oi damaging evidence could the prosecu- ton get when it had the privilege of examining the defendant
 During his final argument, County Attorney P. w. O'Sullivan, in charge of the prosecution, told of his friend ship for the defendant. At one point in his speech to the jury, he said: Bob Birch is an honest man." In speaking of the "spotters" as wit nesses, O'Sullivan said:. T don't be- lieve the witnesses framed up a thing except to trap him."
 Attorney Morrison in his final argu- rlcnt roundly scored and discrcditcd the "spotters." Morrison made one oi the most brilliant arguments ever heard in the Yavapai courts.
 Judge Smith set Friday morning al 10 o'clock as the time for sentencing Birch. He allowed the present bond to stand as sufficient. The judge ex- cuscd the panel from further service with the exception of Frank Brink, who will be held over as representing a panel until further jury trials come up during this term.
 CHAJTThITOIIA NEYT
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16
PATENTING COAT-TAILS

Sometimes a Congressman intro
duces bill "by request" which means
that he does it as favor, but with
out enthusiasm.
Representative Morrison, of Indiana,
introduced a bill by request" that IL
lustrates how laws are being urged
that will apply to every nook and crook
of commercial activity.
il is House Bill No. 645S, to enable
clothing manufacturers to patent
styles. If a style dealer produces a
coat-tail that catches the popular
fancy is there any reason why he
should not have exclusive rights to
that coat-tail?
If you want to know what a nation
of money struggling neurasthenic
noodles we are becoming, read this
latest effort to extract royalties from
button n-holes. pleats, gussets, cores
and drapings.
A lot of other things mot now
reSisterable nor patentable under the
copyright act" also come under the
provisions of this bill. Just to men,
ton: bottles, borders. jewelry, plumb
ing fixtures and bric-a-brac. To prove
that the design is new and original"
All! that would be fun for the law
yers, and that is what laws are for.
Art Young in the July Metropol-
tan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16
Urge Railway Standards;
Master Car Builders Plan

Atlantic City, June Is. - Reports
submitted yesterday at the Master
Car Builders convention showed that,
because of the prosperity throughout
the country, the necessity for stand
ardiZation in car equipment has grown
more vital than ever before in the his
tory of American Railways Booming
business conditions, it was shown, also
have interfered with the enforcement
OF Federal statutes regarding the
equipment of rolling stock with safety
appliances, and it was proposed that
no cars be accepted from the owners
without safety appliances after
January l, 1917. In this Connection
1T also was proposed that no cars
without safety appliances be accepted
from railroads not the owners after
April l, 1917. On December 81, 1915.
there still remained 6S1,571 cars
without safety equipment it was re-
ported.
Aside from the exhibit of the Rail-
way Supply Manufacturers Associa-
ton and the annual convention of the
American Railway Master Mechanics
Association, which begins Monday.
there are several smaller meetings of
railway men here which will take
place this week and next. 1t is esti-
mated that more than 5000 railway
men aid their families and friends
are in attendance at what perhaps is
the greatest gathering of railway
workers held in the country this year
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16
Railroad Notes

F. H. Hadley, trainmaster of the
Media division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was a guest at the Pennsyl-
vania railroad veterans banquet last
night
Among the veterans here yesterday
was S. G. Steel, assistant yardmaster
at Altoona. He is a son of Robert d.
Steel, one of the best-known mem
bers of the middle division association,
and brother of Ard G. Steel, of the
State Highway Department.
The Altoona shop quartet, under the
direction of Harry Gamble, sang a
number of seiections yesterday after
noon during the memorial period at
the veterans reunion.
The car builders close their conven-
tion tomorrow. The master mechan-
les section of the railway congress will
convene on Monday and run on
schedule" for three days. Electrifica-
ton will be one of the big topics.
Powdered bituminous coal is to he
used for exhaustive tests between
Camden and this city of the first pow-
dered fuel burning consolidation loco
motive ever built. In tractive power.
piston speed, heating surface, crate
area and firebox volume the big Della
ware and Hudson engine is said to
compare favorably with the general
run of Mikado locomotives now in op-
Grafton,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16

lessly through the very best streets.
At last its owner, vaguely disturbed,
said, apologetically
Il am afraid James doesn't know
where you live. 1t is annoying, he
always knows where everybody lives.
apologize for having to ask such a
question, but where do you live, my
dear?"
Her charming companion smiled,
and then mentioned a number in
North Broad street - it may even
have been Spring Garden street-an
address in the nmentionable regions.
The Philadelphian - for we can no
longer so designate the younger wo-
man-took the blow gallantly. The
pleasant chat was resumed, but for
at least quarter of an hour more the
sleek, fat horse still ambled aimlessly
through the very best district. At
last the elder lady rose to the situa-
ton:
She tapped the glass, and, as the
sleek, fat coachman halted, said:
81 wonder If you would mind tell
ing James yourself where to drive us,
dear? I'm afraid he would think it
very cd If. l myself were to give him
an address north of Market street,"
Harrison Rhodes in Harper's
Magazine for June.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16
Joint Memorial Services
For Brotherhood Lodges

The program for the twenty first
annual memorial services of the rail-
road brotherhood lodges of Harris
burg was completed last night. The
services will be held in Technical High
School auditorium, Sunday afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
Chairman w. H. Patrick of the COM
mittee in charge of arrangements, will
make the opening address. The secre-
tary, W. H. Young, will read the
names of forty members who died
during the year. Addresses will be
made by Commissioner of Labor and
Industry John Price Jackson, the Rev.
DR.. Edwin A. Pyles, pastor of the
Fifth Street Methodist Church and the
Rev. j. Bradley Markward, D. D., pas
tor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church
will deliver the memorial address. The
musical features will include solos by
Miss Alverda Hertzler; duet by Mrs.
Frank Smiley and Harvey Wagner,
and selection by a quartet to include
Mrs. Frank Smiley, Miss Emma
Stoner, Harvey Wagner and Elias
Wagner. Miss F. Rebecca Patrick
will be the accompanist. The bene-
diction will be given by the Rev. Jo-
seph A. Lyter, pastor of Derry Street
United Brethren Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-16

VETERANS ENJOY
PICTURE SHOW
Takes Place of Banquet Ad-
dresses; Re-elect Officers; Re-
turn Home on Special Train

Middle division veterans of the
Pennsylvania railroad wound up their
twentieth annual reunion and ban
quet last night Following the big
feast the railroad men were treated
to an interesting moving picture show
in the Auditorium. President n. w.
Smith announced that this feature
would take the place of addresses and
toasts. The show continued until 9:15.
The special train obtained through the
courtesy of General superintendent
G. w. Creighton, left at $3.50 for AL
toona and intermediate points.
At the business session in the after
noon, the offices of secretary and
treasurer were combined, and w.
Brooke Moore was elected to look
after the duties. Other officers re-
elected were:
President. n. W. Smith, Altoona;
vice president, Robert Hunter, Har-
risburg; chaplain, general secretary,
F. H. Gregory, of the P. r. r. Y. M.
c. A, Harrisburg; executive commit
tee, L. c. Clemson, Altoona. chairman;
d. Cramer and Thomas Scott, Milf
film; James Davis and l. c. Brubaker,
Altoona.