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14th day of May, 1917, at which time and date said bids will be opened and considered.
 Plans and specifications and bid ding blanks may be had by apphca- tion to the Town Engineer, Clifton, when accompanied by deposit of S5 .OO, which deposit will be refund ed if the applicant files bonafide bid, or upon safe return of the plans and specifications.
 Each bid is to be accompanied by certified check for two thousand dol lars (s2,000) payable to the Town of Clifton, said check to be returned to the bidder unless he fails to execute the contract, should it be awarded to him.
 A bond for five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be required for the faith full performance of the contract, the sureties to be satisfactory to said Town Council.
 The person or persons to whom the contract is awarded will be re- quired to appear at this office with the sureties by him or them, and execute the contract within six days from the date of notification of such award, and the preparation and readiness for sig nature of the contract, and in case of failure or neglect to do so, he or they will be considered as having abandoned it, and the check accom- panying the proposal shall be forfeit ed to the Town of Clifton.
 All bids will be compared on the basis of the Engineers estimate of quantities of work to be done, which is as follows 95 cubic yards of slag excavation. SSO cubic yards of earth excavation.
 S15 cubic yards earth fill tamped and wetted.
 2S4 cubic yards earth fill not tamped.
 ITO cubic yards concrete footing.
 SO4 cubic yards rubble masonry wall
 $40 cubic yards rubble masonry slope wall.
 Removing portion of present board wall, extending drains, etc. These quantities are approximate only.
 The Town Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Bids must be enclosed in sealed envelope marked Bid for Construc- tion of River Bank Protection,' and filed with the Town Clerk on or be- fore the hour and day above mention ed.
 Dated this .. day of April, 1917 Town Council of the Town of Clifton,
 O. J. COTEY, Mayor Mat Danenhaur, Clerk.
 First publication April 20, 1917. Last publication May Il. 1917.
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New York Co. Registers Certificate No SO29. My term expires March 30, 1918. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY or STATE. ss.
 I have compared the preceding with the original Certificate to Increase the Capital Stock of Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, filed and recorded in this office on the 18th day of March, 1917, and do HEREBY CERTIFY the same to be a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof.
 WITNESS my hand and the seal of office of the SECRETARY OF STATE at the City of Albany, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hun dred and seventeen.
 70. W. TAFT,''
 Second Deputy, Secretary of State. (OFFTCIAL SEAL) ENDORSED:
 Filed and recorded March 13, 1917. FRANCIS M. HUGO,"
 Secretary of State.
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JAIL BREAK IS
 PREVENTED AT MORALES

MORALES, April 16.-A wholesale jail delivery was prevented at the county jail Friday night when War den Tom Burtch discovered that four men being held there for Los An geles sheriff's on charges of auto stealing, were trying to escape through window from which bar had been sawed. The four men were locked in cages while the rest cf the prisoners were locked in a large inner cell.
 4 hack saw was used to saw the bar from the window. It was said at the sheriff's office today that the saw was handed to the prisoners from the outside.
 Warden Burch noticed the four auto thieves Friday afternoon as their actions were suspicious. close watch was kept on them until later in the night when their work was completed and only one or two small objects to overcome before gaining liberty. It was then that MT. Rurch locked the men in cells and relieved them of all jail breaking implements.
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5779.5 feet; thence N. B deg. 45 min. E. 1S1.5 feet to corner No.2; thence s. 57 deg. 56 min. E. 1926 feet to Corner No. 8; thence s. B deg. 45 min w. 1S15 feet to Corner No. 4; thence N. 57 deg. 56 min. W. 1926 feet to Corner No. 1, the place of beginning; exclud- ing, however, from said described area 0.3S0 acre in conflict with the 'El Monte" lode, Survey No. 3116.
 The net area of said ''Erskine" lode, for which patent is applied, exclusive of said area in conflict, is o. 3S0 acre The adjoining and conflicting claims are the Black Diamond, Survey No. 1733; Mack & Jack, Survey No. 1945 and Fl Monte, Survey No. 3116.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely the mining ground, vein, lode, premises, or any portion thereof, so described, surveyed, plated and ap- piled for, are hereby notified that un- less their adverse claims are duly filed, according to law and the regula. tions hereunder, within the time pre-. scribed by law, with the Register of the United States Land Office, at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of said statute.
 J. L. IRWIN, Register of the United States Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona. First pub. Apr. 6, 1917.
 Last pub. June 1, 1917.
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Notice of Application for Patent. Survey No. 3292.
 Serial No. 033441.

Notice is hereby gwen that the De- troit Copper Mining Company of Ari- zona, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Michigan, and lawfully engaged in the transaction of it's corporate business in the State of Arizona, by Milton H. Mclean, it's General Manager and Attorney in Fact, whose post office address is Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, has made application for patent for the ''Erskine'' lode, situate in Green lee Gold Mountain Mining District, Greenlee County, State of Arizona, and is more fully described as to metes end bounds by the official plat herewith posted and by the field notes of survey thereof filed in the office of the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Phoe- nix, Arizona, which field notes of sur vey describe the boundaries and eX- tent of said claim on the surface, with magnetic variation of 13 deg. 40 min. E. as follows:
 "Erskine Lode"
 Beginning at Corner No. l,
 whence U. S. M. M. No. 3, Green
 lee Gold Mountain Mining D.s-
 trict, bears N. 56 deg. 06 min. w..
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Of Greenlee County, State of Arizona WINNIE SPAW, Plaintiff

 Of GreenIee County, State of Arizona WINNIE SPAW, Plaintiff
 vS.
 WILL E. SPAW, Defendant. Action brought in the Superior Court of Greenlee County, State of Arizona, and the complaint filed in said Coun- ty of Greenlee in the office of the Clerk of said Superior Court.
 In the Name of the State of Arizona to Will E. Spaw, Defendant, GREET ING:
 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the Superior Court of Greenlee County, State of Arizona, and answer the Complaint therein f1l- ed with the Clerk of this said Court, at Clifton in said county, within twen- ty days after the service upon you of this Summons, if served in this said county, or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter, the times above mentioned being exclusive of the day of service, or judgment by de- fault will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and seal of the Superior Court of Greenlee County, State of Arizona, this 23rd day of Feb ruary, 1917.
 BEN M. CRAWFORD,
 Clerk of said Superior Court. 4tcH A%s
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Hereby Certify the same to be a cor rect transcript therefrom and of the whole whereof. WITNESS my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at the City of Albany, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hun dred and seventeen.
 c. W. TAFT,
 Secretary of State. Second Deputy (SEAL) Endorsed: Filed and recorded January 29, 1917.
 FRANCIS M. HUGO,
 Secretary of State. 3-3O-6tc
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Survey No. 3291. Serial No. 033440.

Notice is hereby given that c. E. Stevens, whose post office address is Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, has made application for patent for the Pelican" lode, situate in Green lee Gold Mountain Mining District, Greenlee County, State of Arizona, and is more fully described as to metes and bounds by the official plat herewith posted and by the field notes of survey thereof filed in the office of the Register and Receiver of the Unit ed States Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona, which field notes of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface, with mag netic variation of 13 deg 40 min East, as follows:
 "PeIican Lode."
 Beginning at Corner No. 1,
 whence U. s. L. M. No. ?, Green
 lee Gold Mountain Mining Dis
 trict, bears N. 36 deg. 54 min w
 29SS. 4 feet; thence N 79 deg. AT
 min. E.24S.1 feet to Corner No.
 (Witness Corner bears S. 13 deg
 A min. E. '21O feet); thence S.
 13 deg. A min. E. 1019.5 feet to
 Corner No. 3; thence S. 79 deg
 AT min W. PAS. l feet to Corner
 NO. 4, In6IlC6 N. To u6S. fl Hllu.
 W. 1019.5 feet to Corner No. 1,
 the place of beginning; excluding,
 however, from said described area
 1.214 acres in conflict with the
 Virginia Queen lode, Survey No.
 1731, 0.37O acre in conflict with the
 Jumbo lode, Survey No. 1734,
 and .730 acre of the conflict with
 the Republic" lode, (the last ex-
 clusion being all conflict with the
 Republic" lode outside of Tract
 A. which is not excluded from this
 applicatfon)
 The net area of said Pelican" lode, for which patent is applied, eX- elusive of said areas in conflict, is 3 4S2 acres.
 The adjoining and conflicting claims are the Virginia Queen. Sur rvey No. 1731; Buckeye, Survey No. 1887: Republic, Survey No. 1882 Jumbo, Survey No. 1734; and the Big Bend No. ?, Survey No. 174O.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely the mining ground, vein, lode. premises, or any portion thereof, so described, surveyed, plated and ap piled for, are hereby notified that un less their adverse claims are duly filed, according to law and the regu lations hereunder, within the time prescribed by law, with the Register of the United States Land Office, al Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona they will be barred by virtue of the provisions of said statute. J. l.. IRWIN, Register of the United States Land
 Office, Phoenix, Arizona.
 First pub. April 6, 1917
 Last pub. June 1, 1917.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that bids for the construction of river bank protec- tion along the San Francisco River will be received by the Town Coun- cil of Clifton, Arizona. until the hour of 8 o'clock P. NJ. on Monday the
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

In the Matter of the Application of c. E. Stevens for a Patent for the "PeIican" Lode Mining Claim, Sit uate in GreenIee Gold Mountain Mining District, GreenIee County, Arizona.
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GEORGE HOFFMAN,
Secretary
STATE OF NEW YORK,
 COITNTY OF NEW YORK

 STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK. ss. ' Cleveland H. Dodge, Chairman, and George Notman, Secretary of the afore said meeting, being Severally duly sworn. do depose and say, and each for himself deposes and says, that he has read the foregoing certificate sub scriecd @y him, and knows its contents and that the same is true.
 CLEVELAND H. DODGE,
 Chairman. Sworn to before me this 26th day of January, 1917.
 GEORGE HOFFMAN,
 Secretary. (SEAL)
 F. K. CAMERON, Notary Public, Kings Co. No. 16 Certificate filed in Register'sOfficeN No. SO13.
 Certificate filed in New York Co. No 26. New York Co. Registers Certificate No. S029.
 My term expires March 30, 1918. STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ss. On this 26th day of January, 1917, before me personally came Cleveland H. Dodge and George Notman, to me personally known to be the persons described in and who made, signed and verified the foregoing certificate, and severally duly acknowledged to me that they made, signed and Veri- fled the same, for the uses and pur- poses therein set forth. (SEAL)
 F. K. CAMERON, Notary Public, Kings Co. No. 16 Certificate filed in Registers office No. 8013.
 Certificate filed in New York Co. No. 26.
 New York Co. Registers Certif- cate No. S029.
 My term expires March 30, 191S. STATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. ss.
 have compared the preceding with the original Certificate to reduce the number of shares of Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, filed and recorded in this office on the 29th day of January, 1917, and do
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
 OFFICE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

In the Matter of the Application of
 the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona for Patent for the "Er- skine" Lode Mining Claim, Situate in GreenIee Gold Mountain Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona.
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JAMES DOUGLAS,
 President. GEORGE HOFFMAN,

secretary.
 That a copy of such notice was also mailed to each stockholder of such corporation at his last known post office address on December 10, 1916, more than two weeks before the meet ing.
 That at the time and place speci fled in such notice, stockholders ap- peared in person or by proxy owning the entire capital stock of the corpora tion and chose from their number the undersigned Cleveland H. Dodge as Chairman and George Notman as Secretary thereof.
 That the notice of the meeting and proof of the proper publication and mailing thereof was presented.
 That, on motion, a vote was taken by those present upon the following resolution:
 RESOLVED that the number of shares into which the capital stock of Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company shall be divided, be reduced so that hereafter such capital stock shall be divided into twenty thousand shares of the par value of One Hun sdred Dollars each.
 RESOLVED FURTHER that the Chairman and Secretary of this meet ing be and they hereby are authoriz- ed and directed to make, sign, verify and acknowledge the certificate of pro .ceedings required by statute, and to cause one of such certificates to be filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk of New York County, and a duplicate original thereof in the office of the Secretary of State, and to do all acts and things that may be necessary to comply with the pro- visions of law applicable to and regu- lating such reduction in shares of capital stock.
 That stockholders owning 100000 shares of stock, being the entire issu- ed capital stock of the corporation, voted in favor of such resolution, and no stockholders voted against it.
 That sufficient number of votes having been cast in favor of such resolution, the same was declared duly adopted and the meeting adjourn ed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made, signed, verified and acknow- ledged this certificate in duplicate.
 Dated the 26th day of January, 1917. (Corporate SeaD
 CLEVELAND H. DODGE,
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CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE IN PAR VALUE OF SHARES OF COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDATED
 MINING COMPANY

We, the undersigned, chairman and secretary, respectively, of a special meeting of the stockholders of Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, a domestic stock corporation, held for the purpose of reducing the number of shares into which the capital stock of the company is divided without re- ducing the amount of such capital stock, do hereby certify:
 That prior to such meeting notice stating the time, place and object thereof and the reduction in the num- Der of shares proposed, signed by the President and Secretary, was publish ed once a week for at least two sue cessive weeks in the New York Law Journal, a newspaper in the County where the principal business office of such corporation is located.
 That the following is a true copy of such notice:
 To the Stockholders of Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Co.,:
 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a special meeting of the stock holders of Copper Queen Consoli- dated Mining Company will be held at the office of the company, No. 99 John Street, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on the 26th day of January, 1917, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering and vot ing upon a proposition to reduce the number of shares into which the capital stock of said company shall be divided without reducing the amount of such capital stock so that hereafter such capital stock shall be divided into twenty thousand shares of the par value of One hundred dollars each.
 Dated, New York, January 10th, 1917.
 JAMES DOUGLAS,
The sun., 1917-10-09
BREAD PRICE CUTS
NOW ON HORIZON
Trade Board Finds Reduc-
tions Practicable.

NASHfNGTON, oct. S.--A reduction in
the price Of bread. awaited since the
food administration came into being.
seems nearly At hand.
The Federal Trade Commission will
report Tomorrow on It's investigation of
the cost of producing bread, The COM
missions investigation is said to dis
close tho entire practicability Of selling
bread at prices considerably lower than
the present.
AS forerunner of the commission's s
report tho food administration made
public to-day information II has re-
ceved of the sale of bread at widely
divergent prices about the United
States, the lowest level being at
Pleasantville, y. j.. where sixteen
ounce loaf has been selling for G cents.
In contrast tn this the same size loaf
was reported selling at 20 cent>Sn Para
gould. Ark.
In Eagle Pass. Ten. a sixteen otAs..e
loaf sold for i'a cents. 1t sold for s
cents in Lansing. Mich. Houston, Tex
and Chippewa Falls. Wis.
fourteen ounce loaf sold for a cents
In Lock Haven, Pa, and Nashville
Tenn.
twelve ounce loaf sold for cents
In Rock Falls. Ill; Brownsville, Tex
and Douglas, Ariz
The sun., 1917-10-09
THREATENS TO BAR
NEW YORK "CALL"
Postn,aster General Orders
Mail Privilege Hearing.

The New York Call. n Socialist daily
newspaper printed in the English lam
guage prints this morning an announce
ment that It has been ordered to appear
before tho Postmaster-General at Wash
ington and show cause why its second
class mailing privileges should not he
revoked. The order from the Postmas-
ter-Cieneral fixed the time for the ap-
pearance of the CARS editors and own
ers as this afternoon. but Charles w.
Erwin. one Of the editors. said last night
that an adjournment would be asked for.
Mr.. Erwin declared that the adjourn
meut would he necessary because of the
fact that the Post Office Department
failed to deliver the notice. although II
was marked as having left Washington
by registered mail on october 3 until I
O'Clock yesterday afternoon
1t WAS because Of the failure Of the
notice to arrive, Mr.. Erwin said. that he
had been recently denied the truth of re-
ports from Washington that the paper
had recently denied the truth OF re-
this mornings edition the can also
prints Il long editorial outlining its stand
upon the seiective conscripton law. the
conduct OF the war and the aims OF the
United States In tho war and reviews its
editorial policy for Ave months previous
to the war.
The sun., 1917-10-09
MICH4ELIS RUSHE.S OFF.
Hurrtcs TO Confer with Kniscr and
IIindc

AMSTERDAM, Oct Sowing 10 the va
rious parties having couvokcd meetings
for this morning to cunsi!"r the stua-
ton aFisrE from Saturday = sitting or
the Reichstag, says Berlin despatch,
the debate which was planned for to
day has been postponed until Tuesday
The chief subject OF discussion will NJ
war aims. but according to this de.-
patch, the Imperial Chancellor, Dr
Michaelis, has gone To great hcadquar-
ters.
The Journey OF the Chancellor is he
lieved to be of special Significance, In
view OF tho fact that always heretofore
prior to the opening Of debate in the
Reichstag on important subjects. the
Co" nCelor has visited main headauar-
- !e- corfsvsstN with Emperor VIII
lam and FN~ia Marshal Won IindcnhNse
George Gothien. Progressive member
of the Reichstag, is quoted as having
said AT "A meeting Of the central com.
mittee Of his party that although the
military situation was satisfactory there
was no hope of crushing Germany,
enemies on land, As Tor the submarine
campaign. 1000 900 tons Of shipping had
been sunk, asserted, but no dispnsi-
ton toward l"rcc on the part of Eng
land was disccrnihlc. rationing sys-
tenn for foodstufrs had not been even
introduced, and no one was able to say
when the u-boat would make England
more inclined for peace.
| America cannot he forced 10 make
peace" Herr Gothien continued. "Ws
cannot force America to pay a war y
demnity. There remains only England
The sun., 1917-10-09
u. s. SHIP FIRES ON
ITALIAN SUBMARINE
AT NIGHT; 2 DEAD
Submersble Failed to Respond to Identity Signal
Sims Investigating Gables Regret to
Italian Minister of Marine

WASHINGTON, Oct. s.-An American
patrol vessel on duty at night In the
war zone fired on an Italian submarine
which failed to answer recognition sig
nails. killing one officer and one enlisted
man.
The Navy Department issued this
statement tonight:
"The Navy Department has been in
formed by Vice-Admiral Sims that re-
Gently an American patrol vessel while
on patrol duty at night encountered an
Italian submafne and that when the
latter failed to answer the established
recognition signals the patrol vessel
opened five. which resulted in the killing
of one officer and one enlisted man be-
fore the identity OF the submarine was
established.
"Vice- Admiral Sims Is thoroughly in
vcstigating the unfortunate occurrence
and reports will be forwarded later to
the Department.
'rhe Secretary OF the Navy upon re-
ceipt OF the first news despatched the
following message to the Italian Minis
ter OF Marine:
81 have learned with deepest regret