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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Pertinent Personals

Seth Wilkins one of Our most re-
specified townsmen is turrible glum and
down in the mouth and is a wander
ing around town like as if he haddent
friend in the world. Seth says he
drawd off the last drink of hard cider
from his bari last Tuesday whereas he
thort there was at least half a bari of
same left This is a awful blow to
Seth when he thort he had enuff hard
cider to cheer him up until late in the
spring. Seth thinks it must of leaked
out
Ham Wilson purchased the last plug
of tobacko Hen Weathersby had on
hand in the store tother day and sinst
then there has been a tobacko famine
in Bingville. Hen says he diddent real
Use he was that neer outen tobacko and
don't know when he'll get some more
in being as the roads is SO bad. Some
of our most respeckted citizens has
took to chewin and smokin dried cribs
but they're poor substitoot.
Zeke Holmes who moved from here
over into Pottowassie co. five yrs. ago
was Bingville visitter last wk. Zeke
left here under rather pecooliar circum-
stantces being as there had been a good
cal of chicken stealing going on which
all ceased after Zeke moved away. OF
course we amt calling no names in the
matter, but our readers can draw their
own conclooshions.
Jed Peters our intelligent school
teacher has joined the quire of the
Bingville Church and sung for the 1st
time in it last Sunday. Jed's voice is
loud enuff goodness knows, but there
amt mulch musick in it. Deacon An
drews said after the service that Jed
had a awful good voice to drive yoke
OF oxes with, but not for singin in a
quire.
Mrs. Hester Whittleby of Snake Bend
is the gest of her sister of here who is
Mrs Lem Brown. Hester was widderd
about a VI. ago and they do say that
she is fixing her cap for a certain Bing-
vile bachelor who we could name. If
Hester can catch Rufe Slocomb she'll
do well. being as Rufe is turrible sly
and as tite as the bark to a tree. We
calkilate Rufe has the LIST doller he
ever ernt and we also calkilate he wont
squander his money i'll matrimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

gentle as a kitten and on this
grounds they perdicl>t that we'll
pay for it before the munth is over.
Lem Peters says that sinst March
come in so soft and easy he calki-
lates its a goin out like the ole
Scratch hisself SO Lem is stuffin
extry waddin around the edges of
the doors & winders and patehin up
the chinks all over the house where
the cold air is likely to git in.
March is a awful trecherus
nlunth and amt to be depended on
a tall. You cant tell what Ininnit
the sky will cloud over and the
wind come up and breeze hard
enuff to blow the fethers often the
hens backs. For this reason it be-
hoofs us to be always reddy & pre-
pared for we don't know what z
day will bring forth during March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
WARNING TO flor
SEES & HUMANS!

IS your horses shoes sharp? If nor
he is liable to slip this icy weather
and break a leg or slide down a
hill and break your neck? 1t aint
safe to ride horse or drive one
neither on roads which is as lev as
the roads is around Bingville at the
present time. There amt no danger
though if you keep your horses
shoes sharpt up. Its my bizness to
do that. Bring your horse to my
blacksmith shop and 1 will sharp him
up so he wont slip. Some folks keeps
their horses in the barn all winter
and lets EN- eat their blamed heads
often their shoulders ruthern take
EN- out and run risk of havin en-
slip and fall That's ridicklus. A
horse wont slip so long as his shoes
is sharpt up.
Until further motifs I will agree to
sharp your horses shoes up for you
all four shoes for the small sum
of rs cts. That's almost six cents per
shoe if I have fggered rite. SPESH-
IAL NOTIS-Horses that kicks,
speshiaI high rates.
also make heel plates to be put
on the boots and shoes of humans
to keep EN- from slipping on the ice.
Them as have tried my heel plates
to keep from slipping on the ice has
found them worth their wait in gold.
Don't take a chanst of falling and
breaking bone and paying Doc Liver
more $40 or SIS of a dockter bill
when | will sell you a pair of ice
creepers for only Is cts. ! have
made up hole lot of these creepers
and ! can fassen EN- on your boots
while you wait perviding l amt too
bizzy with some other customer. In
that case you'll Taft to put EN- on for
yourself
Safety First" ort to be your mot
to. My motto is Money First"
and after that lie sharp your horses
shoes or put anty-slippers on your
boots with great cheer.
Yours for bizness,
BILL HEPBURN.
Artistick Blacksmith.
BingviIle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
On the Outs

Ben Skinner and Miss Emily Dew
berry who has been keepin company
& it was thort. they was a going to be
writing.
Tother evg. Ben & Emily went on a
straw ride in bobsled with a crowd
of other yung folks and Ben tried to
kiss Emily in the sled right in front of
everybuddy and Emily slapt his Ease
for. him turrible hard and wouldn't
speak TO him all the rest of the ride
and when they returned to Bingville
she wouldn't let Ben even eskort her to
her door
Ben says he's kissed Emily menny a
time in private, but this is the 1st time
she ever slapt his Ease and that she
orient to be ashamed to kiss him before
other folks being as he amt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Our Mistake

Miss Samantha Deevers who has
been on the sicklist for the past sew
eral yrs. and expects to be for the rest
of her days complained to US tother
day that there was three ishues of the
Bingvi1le Bugle during the past yr. that
made no mentchion of her being on the
sick list and she was put out a good
cal about it too.
We explained to Samantha that we
allus aimed to mentchion the fackt that
she is on the sicklist in these columns
knowing how mulch she enjoys poor
helth and likes us to say so in the Bu-
gle and we are sorry we mist saying
so three times during the yr., but will
endeavor not to let it happen agin. We
take this ockashion to say with great
cheer that Samantha is on the sick
list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Lokal Squibs

Some of the members of the Bing-
vile church says they think it's about
time for Rev. Saml Moore our be-
loved paster to open his bari of SER
mons and begin on EN- over agin, being
as the past few Sundays his preachin
Amt been up to the scratch. How can
the church members expeck Rev. Moore
to be up to the scratch when he's back
nearly three yrs. on his salery?
Why don't you subscribe for the Bu-
gle this spring and pay us cash in adj
vance for same If you'd do that you'd
do us a turrible faver and would also
do faver to your nabers from who
You have been borrying the Bugle every
wk in the past after they have read it
Don't be a titewad and a dead beet
Ranse Hines purchased a new hat last
Wk- at the co. seat and wore it the lst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Constubble Dewberry
Called

Seth Dewberry our lion hearted town
constubble was cald by the nabers to
quelI disturbance in the home of Mr.
and Mrs Snide Petersby tother after
noon.
1t seems that Snide had jest creased
his boots and then like blamed fool
he put EN- on and traipsed all over the
house leavin greasy tracks wherever he
went. When Mrs. Petersby discovered
how Snide had messed up the house
she grabd up broom and begin to
wallop Snide over the head with same.
Snide hollerd Help" and Murder !"
until some of the nabers went for Seth
who was down to Hen Weathersby's
store playing checkers with Cy Hos
kins.
Seth had his badge on but he diddent
have his six shooter on his person and
was therefore unarmed so he had to
run home for that and by the time he
had rubbed up his badge and arrived
at Snides the fife was still a going on.
Seth busted into the house and when
he seen Mrs. Petersby beatin Snide
over the head who was crouched in a
corner and hollering for help, Seth he
walkt up to her and told her if she did
dent desist he would haft to a rest her
for salt and battery.
Mrs. Petersby turned around. and
when she seen Seth she hauled off with
the broom and hit him a awful belt
alongside the ear maxim him see stars
and knockin off his hat. She hit Seth
twict more between where he stood and
the front PLAYER and Seth newer stopt
rl1nnin until he arrived home and when
| he got inside the door he locked II
after him As for his hat he amt got
that back yet and callxilates he never
will being as it's a good hat and jest
about the size Snide wears.
Seth says that hereafter when there
/ is emmy ruckshions betwixt man and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Back Copies for Sale

We have lot of back copies of the
Bugle on hand which we will sell at
the ridicklus price of two copies for
5 cts. while they last They are useful
to spread on shelves or to wrap things
in or to bid fires with. We per-
SOON these Buggles will go like hot
cakes and we would advise you to come
early and avoid the rush. They are
also useful to refresh your memry on
things that has happened hereabouts in
the past. First come. first served
EDITOR BUGLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Potts says he seen whole mess of EN-
in his orchard last Sunday. These is
the lst bluebirds we have heerd of in
this parts. Sure they wassent chicka-
dees, Mel? PANSY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

wife in Bingville he calkilates they'll
haft to settle their own dispoots being
as he would rather Ease roaring lion
or desprit criminal than ragin wo-
man.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
BOTH SIDES STANDING PAT
IN GOLDROAD LABOR STRIKE
IFrom oatmaR Section Daily sIiner.I

From Oatman Section Daily AIiner.I
The Goldroad labor strike, affecting
on the one hand the mine and mill,
and on the other from 70 to IS en-
ployes, is about where it was the day
it started, which means that both
sides are standing pat. The Snow
ball Miners union demands recogni-
ton and adoption of its scale, and
tacitly agrees that there is no hope of
recognition of the union, except inso-
far as adoption of the scale could be
construed as such recognition.
On the other hand, the company is
understood to have a scale of its own,
which is "a a day, and whether or not
it may agree to an advance in wages
to the amount demanded by the union,
it is known that Manager Muir's in
structions from the United States
Smelling & Refining company are
against recognition of the union.
It is the adoption of the scale that
the union is making more of than the
collecting of the $3.50 a day due from
Contractor Watson, who has left If
the company would agree to pay the
$3.50 scale which the union gets from
other companies for both past and fu-
ture there possibly would be a quick
settlement of the difficulty and work
would be resumed.
Acting Secretary B. o. Lechens yes
terday explained to the Daily Miner
that opposition to the contracting sys-
tenn in mines, in which he comedies, is
based on the fact that it is a speeding
up system. The purpose, he says, is
to get more work out of a man than he
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
IFron oatmsn seetion DaiIy Minsr.l

TFrom Oatman Section Daily Miner.l
The Goldroad mine and mill are
shut down, all being as tight as a
drum, the SNOWFALL Miners union, No.
124, having called strike there. From
20 to rs men are affected.
This is the second strike within two
months. The former May %, was
over the question of hours, which was
adjusted by Manager Muir accepting
the miners terms, save that he ex-
plicitly reserved recognition of the
union. He explained that the United
States Smelling and Refining COM
pany, real owner of the Goldroad mine
and mill through control of the local
company, would not permit him to rec
ognize a union.
After the settlement the mine work
went on a contracting basis. The scale
for machine men in the employ of
companies direct is $3.50 a day, but
for contractors it is 81 more. In a
certain stope a man named Watson
had the contract and recently he left
Goldroad and none seemed to know his
whereabouts. The men had been paid
by company checks, but on Saturday,
which was payday, they were offered
S4.19 day in settlement when they
demanded $3.50 They refused to ac-
cept the $4.19 either under protest or
as a payment on account. While it is
a mooted question whether or not
company is liable under the scale for
the amount paid by a contractor, it is
contended that the company is liable
legally for the regular scale of $3.50.
But in this case it is alleged that S4.19
for the half month is the pro rata Of
the balance Watson had coming, and
that to pay more would be costing the
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
ONLY ONE CASE OF
TYPHOID FEVER
IFrom Oatman Section DAILY Miner.I


A report for which there is but the
slightest foundation has had it in Dat
man for week or two that, there were
from Is to 20 cases of typhoid fever
in camp. DR.. W. H. Bucher of King
man, county health officer, was here
yesterday and informed the Daily
Miner correspondent that only one
present case had been reported to him.
Physicians are required by law to inn
mediately report such cases.
DR.. Butcher was met at the offices
of Dr. Edward ,Bowes, who also said
there was only one case at present,
that being Roy Ship, who is conva-
lescing, but who has been i'll for sew
eral weeks.
There is a report of a little girl at
Tent City having had typhoid, but
whether that was the malady or some
thing else, she has recovered and is
now out among her playmates again.
DR.. Bowes was not familiar with tnat
case, so he stated. Health Officer E.
c. Anderson stated later that he I'M
derstood the child to have had typhoid
but said she had recovered and the
only case now was that of Mr. Ship.
DR.. Butcher said the Shipp case was
the only one at present in Mohave
county. Both he and local doctors as
sert that as far as they know the
health of oatman at present is par ex-
cellenee.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

w. E. Frost had a narrow escape
from death yesterday when the auto
mobile he was driving turned turtle
on the crest of the hill where the King
man road enters Wallapai valley. He
was driving in from his ranch and
was rounding the curve that leads into
the rock cut when the car shot out into
the country and somersaulted into a
ditch.
How. Mr.. Frost ever escaped from
the car is an unexplainable mystery,
as the top of the car was torn off. one
wheel wrecked and considerable dam
age done to other parts of the ma
chine. He climbed out of the wreck
age unhurt and walked into Kingman.
A truck was sent out and brought the
damaged car to Kingman, where it is
being repaired in the Old Trails ga
rage.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
CHANGES OCCURRING
ALONG MAIN STREET

In the past few days there have
been several business changes, filling
in of gaps and removals to straighten
the firing line for strategical reasons
on the battle front of Main street in
OatmaR. One of the most prominent
is the opening of a brokerage Office in
the st. Francis by W. L. Wilson & Co.,
with Dan Murphy in charge, he being
also general superintendent Of the
Gold Monster Mining company, a Viii
son hotation.
Then taking a swerve from the sub
lime to the amusement department,
the Desert Inn pool hall has been re-
moved from the second floor of the
Walsh building to the ground floor,
where the Mohave restaurant was The
Health Office pool room has been re
moved from the old location down to
the postoffice row. The Shiwamigan
lunchroom is to be reOpened, and n.
N. Gatlin, the tailor, has had such a
run of prosperity that he has removed
from the Altinger assay Office to the
next store to the south. Tn Mission
dining room has been opened at the
Iceberg and is doing a good business.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
GOLDROAD MINERS And MLLMEN CALLED OUT mine is SHUT Down
AUTO SUPPLY STORE
THREATENED BY FIRE

A fire that lasted, fortunately, only
a few seconds was the cause of the
new bell having its second exhibition
of pealing out an alarm occurred yes
terday afternoon at 4:3O o'clock in the
Oatman Auto Supply company store,
finch is in a basement on the east side
of Main street. The fire fighting out
fits had less than rs feet to run, and
they were there in no time, but even
in less time than that W. F. Brong,
one of the partners of the store, had
turned on a patent eXtinguisher and
the flames were nothing but smoke.
E. E. Loutzenheiser, a vulcanizer at
the store, was washing out a tire with
gasoline when the friction of the rub
bling started a flame. He was clean
sing it in order to fasten an inner shoe
with cement. The place was filled with
suffocating smoke and a great crowd
was there with the first sounding of
the alarm, but no damage was done.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
STRIKE IS DUE TO DISPUTE
OVER CONTRACT WORK WAGES

company more than the amount he had
agreed to do the work for
As a result special meeting of the
union was held at the hall in Oatman
Sunday night and another meeting
was held yesterday morning at 10
O'Clock. A committee was dispatched
to Goldroad to meet Mr.. Muir. He dis
cussed the issues with the committee
men quite freely, but gave no intima-
ton Of a desire to accept the unions
demands nor to compromise. He still
repeats what he said at the May strike
that he cannot recognize the union
and viii not.
At the time of the adoption of the
present scale Mr.. Muir attended some
of the operatives meetings, but stayed
out of the final ones. The others ac-
cepted the scale and recognized the
union, but he, in reality, claims to
have done neither. Thus, while he
claims to not be bound by the action
of the others, if also makes it clear
that the other operators of Oatman
and Goldroad are in no way affected
by this strike and will not be. Union
officials state that there is no posi-
bility of it spreading to other prop
critics.
The only work permitted by the
union at present is at the ice plant,
the power plant to furnish lights, the
pumping plant and man to feed the
mules that are kept underground.
B. o. Lechens, who is business agent
of the union, is acting secretary in the
absence of Charles DERRICK, who is at
Great Falls, Mont, attending the con-
vention of the Western Federation of
Miners as Oatman delegate.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS

At the invitation of Messrs. Daw-
son and Sehrader of the Aotman Pho
neer, DIR. Edwin Bcwes and wife and
others were guests of the Arizona Tom
Reed and Aotman Pioneer recently at
a dinner party at the Arizona-Tom
Reed boarding house. Those present
were: Mesdames Bowes, Page and
Forsch and Messrs. Eugene H. Daw-
son, manager; George Roper, superin-
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22

ordinarily would do. It tends to give
work only to picked men and to throw
ordinary ones in the scrap heap Of
the labor market, or to deprive them
of the opportunity Of earning a living.
"What is to become Of the worker Of
ordinary speed under this speeding
up system?" ne asks. He says it is
another form of piece work or a basis
for foOtage work in mines. According
to his ideas if contractor is found to
be making a lot of money at SIS a foot
the companies viii reduce the price to
S12 and again to $40 or as low as they
can go and keep him on the job. The
men will have to speed up all the
faster or anyway to keep up the same
gait and the companies viii figure it
all down to the point where only the
speeding-up viii be left and the wages
will be at minimum. Then his theO-
ny is that the companies will do away
with the contractors and expect the
miners to continue to work under the
speeding-up plan, thus eliminating the
man of ordinary speed and sending
others to premature graves or to old
age ahead of time as the case may be.
For such reasons he justifies the
course of the union in making a scale
of 81 a day higher all around for any
contract work. 1t is both because Of
the speeding-up required and to dis
courage the contract piece work OF
footage system, whatever name may
be applied.
There was a meeting yesterday at
Goldroad but no definite action was
taken one way or the other today.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
IFrom Oatman Section DailT Miner.l

LFrom Oatman Section Daily Miuer.F
A new and complete water system
for Oatman and suburban districts is
assured as a result of a series of deals
that have. been concluded within the
past three days. One of the features
will be the starting up of a 2O-stamp
custom mill.
The Oatman Water and Sewer COM
pany has been formed and has pur-
chased the water of the Big Jim mine,
the Mazona supply and plant and the
supply and plant of the Lexington
Arizona Mining company, which fur
nishes the town of Old Trails. The
pipe line Of the Orion Mining company
has been purchased. In turn, the new
company will furnish water to the
Orion and it will start up its stamp
mill and do custom work
For the time being the company will
use the Big Jim water for local sup
ply. It viii be filtered and piped
through town and viii be ready Au-
gust 1.
This supply amounts to 100 gallons
minute. A part of it will be di-
verted to the Tom Reed, which has
purchased a certain amount Of water
from the new company to add to its
present supply. Eventually the new
company will replace the Tom Reed as
purveyor of water for the people of
Oatman, and the Tom Reed will con-
fine its supply to people residing on
its own ground.
Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1916-07-22
EAST WILL SOON
COMMENCE BUYING
OATMAN SHARES
IFrOm Oatman Section Daily Minsr.l

"The genera lopinion that 1 have
gathered by several weeks spent on
the coast is that the East is going to
commence buying mining stocks and
invest in mining, perhaps by the mid
die of August or September, and that
the fall will be active" said Frank H.
Lathrap, of the Arizona Brokerage
company, yesterday after his arrival
from Los Angeles and San Francisco,
where he had been for a month.
whether it be Oatman or what
stocks they buy will depend on US. But
they will buy stocks that have the
merit when put up to them. Indus
trials and such stocks as depend upon
the war have had their day, and the
people are ready to turn to mining,
which you will find that they will do.
81 found this condition to prevail,
however. Take Nellie, for instance. A
broker there had an order for couple
of thousand and told me about it. 1t
was quoted at 10 and II. He went
out and tried to buy it, and although
it was frequently offered at II cents,
he never could get it. Finally his or
der was increased to 5000 and he bid
IA. Again he raised his bid to Is and
his order was increased to 5000. He
finally got 1000 at Is and that is as
near as he came to filling the order.
81 could tell you the same about
Lazy Boy and others. You will see
them offered at low figures, but when
you go to buy them you cannot get
them. The same is true if you have
them for sale, for unless you strike
the right parties you cannot sell them.
1t is quiet on the coast, but accord
ing to all the information l can get
the East will be our market, and
where Oatman will cut in will depend
on US.
"Oatman is little, if any, different
from others. The Comstocks are do
ing nothing. Tonopahs are doing
little and Goldfelds not quiet as much
as Tonopahs.
AT Los Angeles they are talking of
an excursion out to Goldstone
to let the people see it for them
selves"