Arizona republican., 1916-12-15

ty. To him comes the Mexican maids and youths with their joys and sor- rows. their good times and bad. IL is his advice they follow in all their af- fairs. whether Of love or speculation
 William V. Ross, champion double handed driller Of the world for twelve years. figuring that the boom in Jerome would he a permanent thing. sel cred his connection in kingman and dropped into camp last weeis Copper has the call now. and mean to stay said Boss on his arrival. This district Is a matte Of copper. and the most active mining camp l have been in since the old days. It's i gamble any way you look at IL. but fm willing to take chances in this districs." Ross and HcNichois won the sl. .0e0 prize hammering on Gunnison granite in Bisbee in 1909.
 The New York boys arrived in Je- rome late in the seventies
 They were X. ". Witaker, Jim Kennedy and William Richards who came west to grow up with the coun- try.
 Their camp was brought from Pres colt over the trail. their hauling be- ing done by Tom Sanders,
 They were all workers. There was nothing Of the tendcrfoot about any Of these men who prospected in the Black Hills The iure Of gold grip ped them and then worked on and on. Finally they located a promising pros- pect. the Mescai group. which later came into possession of the United Verde Company through George Hull, , to whom they sold their holdings.
 old Man Whitaker today tells stories of the past, of those first few years in the district He tels them wtih real enjoyment and best of all he loves Co describe his last interview l with F. F. Thomas. who was super | intendeEt Of the United Verde when 1 it closed down. after a period that ] hordered on financial failure. before II came into the control of Senator Clark.
 Thomas in d discussion relative tn the future of the camp. emDhaticaIiy declared that there would never be another Jerome. Tc confidentialIy drew Whitaker aside @nd advised him 1 to leave. The camp is dead he asserted Whitaker who was the first man 10 put pick in the Glory Hole ! was closely associated with many of the pest remembered pioneers. There was tHptein Boyd. said to be the first 1 white man to enter the country and one of the loeators of the United l Verde. Captain Boyd disappeared for time after he concluded lis mining operations and came back years later ior.a short time. There were rumors that ne had been engaged in writing n historical sketch of Jerome. but 1 there Is no record Of such book The captain died in the Pioneers Home.
 Another ore of those old timers | MF Whitaker recalls. was q man by the name of DIden who thirty years ago. with Whitaker and Nichols. Io- cated the Dundee. Olden also located q claim six miles below Camp Verde and worked t in a mild sort of q way.scu K now known as the Squaw l Peak. and. Olden is said 10 have re- i fused an offer Of $25.000 for the pros pect. firm in lis belief that he had a big mine. Late one afternoTi. as he made his way over the pracipitous bluff from Jerome to his camp he fell hundreds of feet below. The acci- dent proved fatal and there were not enough funds In the bank to Olden' < credit to pay for his burial.
 ticer3e Huls who was stricken in the court house of Prescott "a short timc ago when giving testimony in T eivll casc brought by tbe Hui Cop per Company was one of those early prospcetors who left a large estate
 Hull had little store in Altman when he was attracted to Jerome by 1 the inning activities. He took ,ip practically I'll the claims surroundinr me original group of the United
 verde property. He sold many claims 70 the big copper company, and others ne located later that were taken over
 ly the United Verde Extension Com pany and still others he held. He put thousands in Che ground and took out many thousands more.
 MT. and Mrs. Ed Kurmeier have probably played hosts to more. dis- tihgushed guests than any other resi- dents pf the state. Tho Murmeiers managed the Montana. the con:pany's hotel. rntii it burned to the ground. and the habit of hospitality was so