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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-08-04

left Oil City, passing Rnrecognized
through the streets by reason of my
costume. and walked through the dark
ness and bitter cold to the pumping
house on the Ackert property, where
arrived a few minutes after nine in
the evening.
Inside the pumping house George
Book was seated alone in large easy
chair, close to the boiler. which was
fred and well lighted with natural
gas, and was kept warm and neat.
He was reading a novel when en-
tered.
The engine house was located only
a few feet off the main road that ran
between Oil City and the neighboring
town of Plummer, and it was not an
unusual thing for oil men, or any other
men for the matter of that, to stop
at the door while passing. to get a
drink or to warm themselves, espe-
cially on a February night with zero
temperature. Book, looking up from
his book, was consequently not in the
least surprised to see another of his
fraternity-as he imagined me to be
standing at the door at that hour
in the evening.
Would you mind my standing by
your boiler to get warmed?" asked.
mot Bit" responded George
Book. cts mighty cold outside, and
III be glad of your company Where
do you work?" he continued. cycling
me closely, and little suspiciously
at first.
81 have been working on the Foster
farm" / replied, naming a property
which was situated on the Allegheny
river about fifteen miles southwest of
Oil City.
How did you get hurt?" asked
Book Immediately afterward, observ-
ing the bandaged hand, which l had
slipped into the sling just before en-
tering the pumping house.
muttered something inaudibly and
stood nearer to the boiler After a
period of silence / said in a slow
manner, as a man uses who is about
to reveal confidence:
''You have been mighty kind in al
lowing me to get warm in front of
your boiler, and you look to me like
you would not get fellow into
trouble by giving him away, so I will
tell you all about it. You see," l
continued, Il am driller, and was
working under superintendent. We
had some trouble over a girl, and
he had a gun. He shot me through
the hand"
With that I pulled my hand out of
the sling and showed him the band
age, to which the liver, adhering, had
given hideously stained appearance,
while the liver itself looked like a
chunk of raw and quivering flesh.
Gracious! You've got an awful
hand there" said George Book. look
ing at the liver and the bandage and
shuddering. you ought to have it
attended to at once"
I'm going to have it attended to
when / reach Petroleum Center"
answered 81 don't want to stop on
the way, either, because of the other
fellow. I shot him, but / don't know
whether he is dead or not; in fact,
didn't wait to see. I left Immediately
he dropped, and have walked the en-.
tire distance, only stopping long
enough to get cup of coffee at the
eating house in the Oil City depot"
Books sympathy was now fully
aroused, for he was really a good
hearted fellow. you must be awful
hungry" he said
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be no probability of my meeting him.
Approaching the emptied tank, care.
fully shoveled the snow from around
the salt water faucet and, when got
down to the muddy ground, I found
very distinct traces of a No boot
The boots had been very recently half
soled, and the shoemaker who had
made the repairs had placed three
nails in a row across the center Of
the half sole. as his trade mark and
sign manual.
Returning to Oil City, l made dill.
gent inquiries among the shoemakerS
of the town. There was not large
of the rough and ready type which
was required by the men employed IN
! the oil leases, and after short III
vestigation the man who had soled the
shoes was discovered He at once
remembered having repaired a pair OF
shoes for Henry Book a couple OF
days before the oil tank had been
I emptied.
1t developed then that both the
brothers were in the conspiracy the
one having written the letters and the
other having acted upon the threat
contained in them. Undoubtedly
George Book had been more or less
tool in his brothers hands, for Win
wife and a good position he had no
reason to feel grudge against hiS
employer on account of the superlH
! tendent.
| at once procured a warrant foi
the arrest of the Book brothers anu
that night returned to the AcKeH
/ lease, this was q sleigh and accom-
panied by two officers. Arriving aDou'
IL o'clock found George Book IN
the pumping house on duty, as 10
had been the night before, ana d.
once arrested him. then proceeueu
to Georges house, where ! found niS
brother Henry in bed and arresteu
him also. After this the house |nlcn
was a one story building with an
attic, was thoroughly searched anI
wagon loads of loot we're found, al y.
it taken from the Ackert and adJaceHs
leases. This was afterward ldenIln0s
by the owners as having disappeaIe'
from time to time. .,o
After a preliminary hearing Wv
Book brothers were committed 10 'p'
county Jail in default of bail.
Henry Book soon confessed 10 lns
emptying of the Oh tank and 0eoi 8
to the writing of the ANONYMOUS le .,
tiers. There seemed no doubt OF tnei =
conviction. However about "ee'
before the trial was to have oeeul
there was a jail delivery from u,
county jail at Franklin, Pa nL, ,s;,
or more prisoners making n rnC
escape, among them being the Doo,
brothers. They boarded northpou =,
freight train on the A. & G. W, "a, a.,
road, now known as the Erie ~ -,
at a point about twenty miles , ma,
of Franklin this freight train coiii.-, i
with another train and IN the w. 49,
Henry Book was killed lnslaI lts
while George was so badly huI' 'N'
he died the following day. -,
This was the ending OF the ii -,
case, which occupied in all ou' -
DAYS of my time.
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An Agreement at Last.

Silas fled before his irate WE ~. IA
seeking the first shelter that prest-,- ~,
itself. crept under the bed, from Whepl ~.
after a short time, he peered caulio0'''
out. br
Seeing his wife standing near u''
with an uplifted broom, he shouted.
''Mirandy, 1 think it's abouF In a
somebody was boss in this hO0S''
Christian Herald.
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Ho begged me to use all possible ef-
forts to discover who the person was
and TO bring him to justice He then
told of having received the anonymous
letters. which he laid before me. | at
once perceived that they were all writ
ten upon the same brand of paper, in
legible and penmanlike manner, and
evidently by the same hand and pen.
By the end of the third day Of my
Investigations, had hit upon clue.
Joseph Sullivan, the superintendent,
had employed two engineers whose
names were George and Henry Book.
George was young man, married,
and living in cottage on the leased
property, near the well. Henry, his
brother, was single, and lived with
George and his wife, They were both
employed on the same well as pump
ers. George, who was employed on
the day watch, was considered a very
good engineer and reliable man,
while his younger brother, Henry,
though known to be competent and en-
ergetic, was not nearly so reliable.
He had been found asleep while on
duty by Superintendent Sullivan on
various occasions, for which he was
several times reprimanded, and finally
discharged from the service. 1t was
subsequent to his discharge that Mr..
Ackert had received the first of the
anonymous letters.
In addition to the attempt to destroy
property or, at any rate, to the drain
ing off of Mr.. Ackert's tank, there had
been the theft of oil well tools and
other material on the Ackert and adj
jacent leases. This corroborated the
supposition that the perpetrator of
these acts was familiar with that por-
ton of the oil territory. In fact, every
thing pointed to Henry Book as the
guilty man.
Being familiar with the manner in
which oil leases were operated,
donned the suit of an oil driller, con-
sisting of overalls spattered over with
sand pumpings, which gives the wear
er the general appearance of a bill
poster. Thus equipped, / set forth
on a cold night in February, the Their
mometer at the time standing below
zero. My objective was the pumping
house of we'll where / knew George
Book would be on duty until midnight,
when he would retire, to be succeeded
by the man who had taken the posi-
ton formerly held by his brother,
Henry.
Before making my way from Oil
City to the Ackert property, | visited
a meat market in the town, where /
asked for five cents worth of liver.
There's pet cat that seems to
have adopted me- l explained to the
meat market owner. "She stays round
my place and cries for food regularly
at meal times, and so l guess it's up
to me to see that she gets it,
Having planked down my nickel,
received the chunk of liver which
the proprietor cut off and wrapped up
in piece of paper. 1 took it around
the corner, where l made further in
roads into it with my jackknife. A
small slice I placed in the hollow of
my right hand I then cut thin
piece and spread it on the back of the
same hand, which l afterward tightly
bandaged with piece of white mus
lin. The liver soiled the tightly
drawn bandage, which gave the ap-
pearance of a wound extremely in
famed and sore. then tied two hand
kerchiefs together and improvised a
sling in which I could put my right
hand at the right time. So equipped 1
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16

receive just as cordial a welcome at
the state house as the rich man.
Concerning Taxation
Much is being said throughout the
state about taxation and it is here
that organized government most init
mately comes in contact with every
citizen and, if 1 am elected governor,
I will feel that it is my duty to do
everything in my power to so reduce
the cost Of administering the state
government as to reduce the burden
Of taxation made necessary to carry
on a costly government.
After all that may be said about
government, we come at last to the
saying of Thomas Jefferson that
That government is best which
governs least This is true because
the measure of liberty is larger and
it is also true because the cost Of
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
.OLVEY PLEDGES
ASQUARE DEAL
To ALL CITIZENS
Not Dominated by Any Man or Set
of Men, Candidate for Governor
Outlines His PIatform-WouId
Put Guard on it's Feet

George A. Olney, candidate for the
democratic nomination for governor,
has recently completed tour of Ari-
zona in the interests of his candi-
dacy. Discussing the campaign and
his own candidacy, he says:
Il am confident of receiving the
nomination at the hands Of the demo-
Gratis Of this state because my candi-
dacy is based upon a sincere desire
to be of service to every man, woman
and child in the state. I do not think
that any band of professional politi-
clans should have the right to dictate
to the people who shall hold their
offices and 1 am going straight to the
people with my candidacy, and when
am nominated 1 will be under no
obligations to any man or set of men
or any politician or group of polti-
clans.
Il am addressing my candidacy to
the employer and to the employe and
it is my wish to be of service to both
in administering the affairs Of state.
In my life 1 have been both an en-
ployer and an employee, and 1 under
stand the duties and relations Of each
to the other and it will be my pur-
pose, if elected governor, to. bring
about a friendly and cordial relation
between the employer and the en-
ploye, based upon the idea that their
interests are mutual and that neither
can profit without corresponding
advantage accruing to the other, and
that neither can be unjustly dealt
with without a corresponding disad-
vantage to the other The laborer is
certainly worthy of his hire, and, if 1
am elected governor, I will do all in
my power to see that he receives his
just due, and the employer is entitled
to the same, but no more, protection
from the law than the laborer.
Il am also addressing my candi-
dacy to the rich and to the poor alike,
because to pursue any other course
would be to pervert the fundamental
principles of justice upon which our
liberty is founded. This is true be-
cause the rich Of today are the poor
of tomorrow, and many of the boys Of
today whose parents are poor will be
the rich men of the next generation,
and my idea of a state is that it's
laws should be so based upon justice
and equity that a poor boy, by in
dustry and economy and with those
personal traits which make for sue
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
MUST SHIP PABLO

- TUCSON. ,Ariz., June 15.-Railroad
companies entering the state of Ari-
zona can no longer refuse to accept
shipments of Pablo" a beverage
manufactured by the Pabst Brewing
company of Milwaukee, by reason of
a mandatory injunction issued by
Judge William H. Sawtelle of the
U. S. District Court. The decree ap-
plies to interstate shipments only,
and the brewing company will be
required to include a certificate of
analysis. and affidavit showing that
the beverage shipped is non alcoholic
and Notwithstanding.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
DICK WICK HALL Ssi7S%z SAtS%d;

kinds of special favors that there
may be no misunderstanding as to
what 1 say, mean that this applies
to the rich and the poor the laborer,
the professional man, the artisan mer-
chant, and to all classes and kinds
of citizens.
"To meet the requirements Of the
complex activities Of our civilization
and to protect the industries which
make up the wealth and happiness of
our state ought to be the chief con-
Germ of everyone who would render
any public service to it's people. 1
am trying to make it plain in my
campaign that I oppose and abhor all
class hatreds and distinctions; that I
would go as far and do as much for
the poorest citizen in the state as I
would for the richest and, If I am
elected governor. the poor man will
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16


preserve liberty and protect oppor-
tunity and promote the welfare of all
of her citizens; that they should en-
courage the weak.
II believe that the slogan America
First" has met with a hearty response
from the people of this state and this
nation because it means the homes of
Americans must be protected, the
lives Of Americans must be protected
and, If I am elected governor Of this
state. 1 will use every means within
my power to protect the citizenship
Of this state and to that end will be
heartily in favor of the National
Guard being reorganized and equipped
and put upon a basis of proper use-
fulness and kept absolutely free from
a political atmosphere and under no
circumstances to be used for political
purposes"
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16

government should not govern at all,
but it does mean that, after the laws
passed for the protection of labor and
capital and the home have been faith
fully executed, that oversight laws
and supervision laws and various and
sundry laws, which have crept into
modern government, could be well
dispensed with and thereby reducing
the burden Of taxation and increasing
the measure Of liberty which the
citizens enjoy. I am in favor of such
laws as are necessary to properly
control the great corporations of the
state, but I would be opposed to the
enactment nr any new law which
would hamper. the growth or develop
ment Of the state.
America First
1T is my conception Of a great
state that her laws are such that they
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
BOOM IN SALOME AND
WENDEN DISTRICT IS
NOW IN FULL SWING

is spending several thousand dollars
to build an excellent wagon road
through Tank Pass. This road will
be carried along hogback to Salome,
some eight miles away 1t will afford
easy access not only to the Cobrita,
but to a number of other properties
which lie through Tank Pass, New
claims are being located there and
work is being started on a number
of old ones.
Cobrita a Shipper
When the road is finished, which
will be in about to weeks, the Cobrita
will become a regular shipper. The
main tunnel at the Cobrita is now in
lao feet with the face in ore that is
from 35 to As per cent copper and
carries $65 g. ton in gold. Stopping
above the tunnel level has been COM
menced and winze is being sunk on
the ore. When the winze is down so
feet another level will be run and
the ore blocked out. A contract has
just been let for the driving of the
tunnel another 100 feet.
At 100 feet in the tunnel short
orosscut was run, showing the width
of the ledge at that point to be nine
feet. Some 1000 feet farther up the
side of the mountain the surface
groupings are three times as wide
as at the mouth of the tunnel.
Los Angeles and Whittier people
are behind the Cobrita. They were
interested. .in the property by D. w.
Hall, who is now in charge. Mr.. Hall
is a pioneer of this section. He dis
covered the limestone belt and IRON
capped lodges of the Tank Pass sec
tion and built the first semblance of
trail through the pass, 10 years ago.
He is also interested in the Black
Bonanza, Black Bear, Daisy May and
Black Dixie groups. Other operators
in the vicinity are Seth Bullock, for
mer U. S. marshal of South Dakota
and close friend of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt; Thomas Wilkinson and as
sociates, of Burlington, Iowa; Arthur
Neil, Sam Snapp, A. P. Irvine. Frank
Lucas, J. ]. Davis and Dennis Burke
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
DUNDEE SHAFT
To BORE DOWN
FIVE FEET DAILY

Shortly after June 18th work of
sinking the main shaft of the Dundee
Arizona mine, at Jerome will be under
way. The hoist, compressor and other
machinery recently purchased by the
company has been installed under the
direction of Superintendent James A..
Hubbard. Progress will be made at
the rate of at least five feet a day.
The shaft is down $50 feet in copper
impregnated limestone. It's collar is
about 200 feet lower than the collar of
the United Verde Extension company's
Edith shaft, and the limestone forma-
ton is thinner. 1t is therefore thought
by engineers that ore enrichment will
be encountered at 500 or 600 feet, COM
pared with 500 feet in the case Of the
U. ". Extension.
It is hardly thinkable, engineers say
that there is not big ore body under
the Dundee Arizona claims. If there
is no such body, however, the surface
deposit of carbonate ore will more than
pay off the original investment of the
stockholders.
The Dundee Arizona stock appeared
on the New York curb market May 13,
being bought up by a prominent New
York exchange house at So a share.
Since then there has been slight drop
in the quotations, and the purchase of
Dundee Arizona stock at the present
prices is being strongly recommended
by some of the leading New York
brokerage firms.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16

SALOME, Ariz., June 15.-Investors
and prospectors are pouring into the
Harcuvar and Harqua Hala noun
tains, adjacent to Salome and Wen
den. The boom which this section
has awaited so lang seems fairly
under way Mining men of the east,
Nevada and California are writing to
inquire about this country or are
coming in to see for themselves. Few
come without at least opening nego-
tiations for some of the promising
prospects so plentiful in the home
of high grade
Among the recent visitors was E.
A. (Bob) Montgomery. of Skidoo and
Montgomery -Shoshone fame. He came
in with Didrick Rogers, of Los An
geles, who has the Minnizona prop
erty, near the Harqua Hala, and left,
with options on several groups in
his pocket A satisfactory termina-
tion of his negotiations will mean
great increase in activity around
Harqua Hala. Mr.. Montgomery started
in the mining game as a practical
prospector and has become one of the
most successful operators of North
America. He has been associated with
such men as Charles NJ Schwab and
E. L. Doheny, so his approval means
something. At present he is largely
interested in Mexican oil ventures.
This country is receiving attention
particularly from people who are
looking for properties where pay ore
comes to the surface and fortunes do
not have to be spent in searching for
values at depth. Few districts can
show such high grade values at or
near the SURFACE. The regular series
of lodges and dikes which seam the
Harcuvars from the Glory Hole to
Cunningham Pass, II miles east, are
source of constant surprise to the
newcomers.
The region around Tank Pass and
Cottonwood, in the Harcuvars north
of Salome, has been neglected largely
because of it's inaccessibility Now,
however, the Cobrita Mining company
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
CITIZENS LEAGUE
7 D W D R K F D R
LOCAL OPTION

BISBEE, Ariz., June 15.-Some of the
leading citizens of Cochise county have
formed the Citizens Home Govern
ment league, the object of which is to
initiate a local option law and cam
paign for it's adoption. Petitions for
the initiation of this measure are al
ready in circulation and the league
will file them shortly with the secre-
tary Of state. 1t is planned to extend
the league organization to other
counties.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
TEN PER CENT
COPPER FROM
WENDE|V MINE

WENDEN, Ariz,, June 15.-One car
load of ore shipped from the mine
owned by Sidney P. Osborn and
James Burson, in Cunningham pass,
to the Selby smelter at San Francis
CO, netted more than $1,000. The ore
averaged 977 percent copper and
$3.50 ton in gold.
Globe parties have become interest
ed with Osborn and Burson and a
corporation is being formed this
week to develop the properties. A
hoist compressor and pump will be
installed and the main shaft, now
down 54 feet, will be sunk to depth.
The ore is over two feet wide in a 10
foot drift west from the bottom of the
shaft, so it is expected that regular
shipments can be made
A carload of ore is shortly to be
shipped from the Vindicator mine,
a short distance east of the Osborn
and Burson claims, it is practically
surface ore, yet is highly silicious.
Arrangements had been made to
ship it to Humboldt but the sampl-
ing works burned down there so the
ore will probably be marketed in the
southern part of the state.
The Black Reef company, which
owns group of promising claims
south of Cunningham pass, adJoin-
ing the Desert property, has purchas-
ed a 12-horsepower hoist which, will
soon be on the ground. This equip
ment is to be used in sinking the
main shaft, which is now down 120
feet in ore that runs from SO to SAP
in gold and 3.6 to S5 percent copper.
On the surface this ledge is only two
feet wide but it increases inwidth
rapidly and at 100 feet is six feet
from wall to wall. This shaft has
the only water that has been struck
in that immediate vicinity. 1t makes
about S5 barrels of good water every
"a hours.
Sulphide ore has been struck at
a depth of $50 feet in the No. 1
shaft on the Desert group. A hoist
and compressor are being installed
at the main shaft. some distance east,
which is down only so feet.
Several carloads of good gold and
copper ore have been shipped from
the Desert, which is owned by Jer-
ONE company. The ore is freighted
to Wenden by motor truck.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16

cess, may earn and be sure of receiv-
ing such rewards of his labor in
dustry and frugality as will enable
him as the years pass to obtain a
competency and have it and his own
ership in it protected by just and
wise laws. I know what it. is to be
poor just as I know what it is to
be a wage Garner. I have been a
wage Garner and I know what some
Of the rewards of faithful service
amount to.
Il am also addressing my candi-
dacy to the mechanic and the work.
man, the contractor and the farmer
and the stockman, and the mine
owner and the mine worker, because
upon the prosperity of all Of these the
prosperity Of the state must find it's
proper basis.
Close to the People
Il am familiar with the lives of
laboring men and I know the ms
and outs of their affairs, and I know
that they desire for their wives and
children the best things, but it is
also my firm conviction that the
laboring man, as a class. desires the
enforcement Of the laws and are sat-
isfied when they receive an equal
break with every other class and kind
of citizenship. Il am opposed to q
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-06-16
HUMBOLDT MILL BURNS

HUMBOLDT, Ariz., June 15.-Fire
originating from an electric motor
destroyed the sampling mill, ore bins
and a portion of the aerial tramway
of the Consolidated Arizona Smelling
company here. The loss is approx
mately $4,000. Destruction of the
property will not affect the COM
pany's own operations, but will affect
custom service at the local plant