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Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04
VERDE COMBINATION CUTS 0UTCR0P WHILE
 SINKING ITS SHAFT
The Find Is Con6rmatory and Adds to Enthusiasm of the Management of This Mine Tn the Jerome District.

JEROME. March 3.-Good news from the Verde Combination this week is carried in the cutting in the shaft of a we'll defined quartz outcrop. This outcrop is both confirmatory and additional to encouraging finds which were made through the Mescal eX- ploration tunnel work and resultant upon which the location of the shaft was made The confirmation the shaft is giving on the top is very pleas ing and adds materially 10 the convic- ton of those directing Combination development and there is a mine awaiting them in the country they are going to.
 The three compartment shaft is now going down under hand work. They are making four feet the day and have present depth of something better than B feet. Combination has cleo tric power contracted for and will be making use of it just as soon as they get their equipment in and set up.
 Now at Clarkdale and to be brought to the mine at once are the motor and compressor for the plant The hoist is now in transit from the manufac- turers. Installation of the equipment, which will be among the best in the district. is to be made with all the rapidity possible. It is now hoped that it will be finished and sinking be go- ing on under power within thirty days.
 Verde Combination is one of ths properties looked forward to with high expectations on the part of the mining nuhlic for the achievement of important results during the present year. They will have to go some to make a mine in that time, but behind Verde Combination is the going kind.
 (Continued oa Page Sixl
Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04
T.LOUIS FINANCIER INTERESTED IN MINE
 0F,YAVAPAI COUNTY
Charles T. Pabst Becomes As sociated in the Union Group in Chaparral District of Big Northern County.

PRESCOTT, March. 3.-lmportant matters to affect the future of the Union group of gold mines in Chap arral were satisfactorily concluded when Charles T. Pabst. of St. Louis. became associated with D. NJ. Locey in acquiring a one-half interest. This action followed after Mr. Pabst had visited the property with his consult ing engineer. Frank Virgin, of Mont ana. both remaining for a thorough ex- animation of the holdings and spend ing five days on the property.
 Initial steps are now being taken for incorporating what will be known as the LoceyPabst Mining Co, with stock of $100 a share and with the specific understanding between the two above named principals that the affairs of the company are to be close ly controlled. with no marketing of shares. Ar Pabst's association with the Union Is significant on account of his prominence in financial circles in the East, and the new team of operat- ors is practically assured of capital sufficient to place the Union ou solid basis for the future.
 Already they are planning exten- sive operations. The payroll was in creased during the week to 32 men. Nr. Locey stated that all matters af- fecting this property are now in an excellent shape. and beginning at once a radical change in past methods of handling this desirable gold proper. ty will be inaugursted
 The ten-stamp mill on the ground is to be enlarged to 20 stamps. with an oil Notation system added. New machinery is to be installed and several additional buildings are
 (CoRtinus1 on Page Two)
Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04

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 Mexico City by Ame diplomatic Ambassador Fletcher tentative American mining interests to resume ae tiviies in Republic
 United States Refining Co., Metals and smaller Independent mines which ship their the larger companies for treatment and sale were
  the silver production of Mexico has been com paavely operation place of the worlds Heading producers 
 well above 25OoOoo enforced absence from the producing field has of the metal level unpre nearly century
 their predictions worldwide constantly growing demand for question whether the advance This complshmen, a uncertain date perplexes industry in Mexico edous uprisngs embarrassment companies which the American companies
 rich enough justify smelling companies employ the cyanide process the imports of this modiy approximaing tons
 of and cyanide has risen in some instances per pound production rapidly time expected that enough will produced United mines discontinued operation because virtually impossible to get cyanide alternative the their metal ;" '. That output entirely that prevailing have materially cyanide prohtaby silver has produced conditions
 
 
  The Wahoe smee will make will materially add its 5s5 which will 20 higher than the  3OOOOOOO
 
   for of Cotn completed will s2OOOOOo which enlarged since doubled when uphu:ic
 
  the At the Great Falls plant there a large completed full sections in and
 
 Butte Mining and Refining taxed the limit the the district
 
 legislation Pacific and their calls
 
  grains,
 
 (Contnued seetionJ
Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04

Resumption of All
 Mining Tn Mexico
 Seen In Near uture

American Mining Enterprises Feel That With the Presence of an Accredited Ambassador in Mexico with Carranza That Much of the Activity in That Country Will Be Resumed in Near Future-Will Mean Much Silver Production
Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04

Butte Mining Companies Are Contemplating Many Improve ments and Increased Outputs Will Be the Order of the Day-Butte and Superior Company Again Goes to Work on the Butte Property Focasng Good Results from That Direction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
THE LOVE LETTER.

The love letter is habit which Is
cured by marriage.
Almost all of the marriage ceremon-
les perpetrated in this country are RE
coded by the twelve-page love letter
containing passionate avowals Of I'M
dying esteem and averaging fourteen
misspelled words to the page. 1t Is a
peculiar and melancholy fact that be-
fore marriage q man will find time to
sit down every day and prepare a long.
wordy love letter full Of grammatical
misdemeanors, but after he has been
married for two years he Is too busy to
send anything but picture postcard
with q request to shake down the fur
mace.
The love letter is intended for tenn
porary use only, and IL Justice were
done law would be passed prohibit
ing wives from retaining epistles which
do no good except to conjure up sad
memories Some wives take great de-
light in hauling out their husbands love
letters and reading them out loud. This
is Il fiendsh and inhuman practice
which causes the average husband to
wonder why woman was invented. AZ
ter all that man has done for woman,
providing her with home and allowing
her to spend part of the money she
earns over the rub-board. i: would
seem that he should be treated with
greater consideration and respect, in
stead of being made painful joke be-
fore his own children.
The purpose of the love letter is to
satisfy the recipient that she has an
opportunity to marry one OF natures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
[By David CorN.I


On the way home from Mr.. Bears
cave it began to snow. Billy Bunny COW
cred the honey up carefully and hur-
ricd on. Faster and faster ,he snow
fell. until the Friendly Forest Trail was
covered all over. At last Billy Bunny
couldn't see the trail at all. The ground
was smooth and white, and it all
seemed so much alike that Billy stood
still and sat upon his hind legs to look
about him. He wiggled his little pink
nose: then he scratched his left ear.
But that didn't do any good No. sir.
1t didn't help Billy to find the Friendly
Forest Trail one little bit.
Let me see" said Billy Bunny to
himself, Il must be pretty near the
Forest Pond" He peered thru the
snowy air. but everything looked SO
strange
Il guess rye gone and lost my way
he said at last. Goodness! l hope
mother won't be worried"
He tucked the package Of honey I'M
der his arm and started off again. BY
this time the snow was pretty deep.
and it was hard going. Billy hoped
ana skipped along but every moment
he grew more worried.
Willie Wind was making great
racket among the leafless trees. He
made the branches creak and groan,
and, worst of al. he piled the snow into
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
ON THE WAGON

A legion recently swore off; thee
said. We've had a-pIenty: no NOR
we'll crowd up to the trough, and gusj
zle S. Frumenti." And now, while yet
the pledge is young. they suffer every
minute, and from a cask they'd knock
the bung, and drink tkhe liquid in it.i
Cheer up-this epoch is the worst thu
first few weeks of striving to curb HI
million dollar thirst. and keep tt%
pledge surviving. That thirst. by years
of effort built is not at once detected:
but in a little while twill wilt, when
finding It's neglected. The day will
come. as from the dump you keep on
gallivanting. when warer rom the vii
lage pump will seem to you enchant-
ing. Though water seems upon the
blink, until you're on the wagon. you
never poured a better drink into cup
or fiagon. When you're as glad to see
a mug of undiluted water, as you were
glad to see a jug of booze that made
Won totter. your million dollar thirst is
canned. your troubles all to bliss turn,
and you will join the gladstone band
that whoops around the cistern.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09

ufacturers or our workmen have
thought Of the probable changes soon
to come in fiscal policies Of European
countries. Professor Taussig certainly
keeps in touch with what both profess
sors and statesmen abroad are say
ing and planning. That knowledge
should help him and the United States
in his new official work. All the bel
ligeront nations are now living under a
pretty rigorous application of very
practical and highly practicable state
socialism. Peace when it finally does
come year or so hence will nos he
marked by full return to the old ways
of individual living and Of national
government. 1t is really possible that
a keener sense of coming changes than
has The manufacturers association or
the national chamber of commerce.
The changes will not hit this country
for quite Il year or two possibly. Yet
the thinking man is justified in feeling
that the most serious effect of the cleo
ton in November will be 20 have in the
White House when the hour shall
strike for resumption of commercial
competition a man who hitherto has
been a free trader The need of This
country at the hands of the Sixty ifth
congress is protective tariff law no1
written with gloves on, and as soon
after March as possible. II Profess
Sor Taussig can put behind him sta
tStics for a while and look conditions
il the face with theoretic glasses laid
aside he has the ability 10 do much N
the place he has accepted that would
enable the United States 10 brace il
self for the impact that will impend
with the first meeting of the real peace
makers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
GLARING MIST AXES.
Davenport Times.1


Franklin G. Plat. Of Waterloo, Iowa.
in an article in the current number
of the Rotarian. on Business Methods
For City Government" points out
many faults in the present form OF
handling municipal affairs, the truth
of which will be apparent to most
Davenport people. He nciH:: cut thar
It is the little stakeholder in the big
corporal ton who needs protection just
as much as the big one.
The man who has little or no politl-
cal influence, but who owns his own
home pays taxes, uses the sidewalks
and streets. and the street cars, whose
health depends on proper sanitation,
whose safety on adequate police ana
ire protection Is the one VINO il: 81!
fering most from the present system.
His taxes on a little lot on a BACK
street are greater burden on hiI:l
than the taxes Of his fellow citizen
whose home occupies a Eauare block
in n section where the value Of prop
erty is indicated by the front foot.
This little fellow Is the man. who
should be interested most in efficiency
In the management Of city affairs. He
is more interested in removing evils.
He further points out the conflict or
authority which comes OF the present
form. One would almost believe that he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Iona Newspapers
HOME RULE FOR CITIES.
LC'pdar Ranids Gazette.l

on the theory THAT those who know
from little to nothing Of the questions
involved ar" most competent to form
Of the interests under ccnsiderat ion
the general assemblies of Iowa have
deprived the cities of any sufficient
measure OF home rule. They are still
allowed to elect officials to carry out
policies fixed by others, but it would
be more to the point II the genera
assemblies would appoint the officials
zens who pay the bills and who know
what they want.
There are no two cities of Iowa haV-
ing needs in common.
1t is we'll enough that the general as
sembly should fix a limit for taxation
in the cities and, by the way, the cities
should take more interest in fixing for
he general assembly limit of taxa
ton for the state of which the are an
assessable portion.
The gen erai assembly sees little dit-
ference in the cities as viewed on wall
maps The cist of the matter Is that
the people Of Iowa have been in the
habit of sending about all their taien'
to Des Moines to make laws for gov
erning cities. the majority OF the as
semby men gaining their first expert
ence in that line in places remote from
city halls tenanted by men chosen ne
cause of belief in their abilities 70
manage one city. not a hundred.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Billy Bunny and His Friends

drifts. Billy Bunny's little fur over
coat was covered with snow and hi
eyes were half blinded at times by TIL
whirling fakes. His little pink nos
was red with the cold and his ears wefs
nearly frozen.
Just then he came across Motht
Partridge. She was walking on the sof
snow without any trouble at all. Bill
Bunny looked at her admringly III
didn't know that at the beginning 9
every winter the skin grows out be,
tween the toes of Mother Partridge
making a splendid pair Of snowshoe
for her
Bully Bunny" said Mother Part.
ridge. aren't you a long way froi
home?" I
Yes, ma'am," said Billy Bunny.
expect / am. l guess I've lost my wayl
This is a bad time to lose ones wayt
it's long past supper time" repli@
Mother Partridge. You just folloS
me, Billy Bunny. and I'll lead you bag
to the Babbling Brook. You can folio &
it till you come to the Pleasant Meadow
and from there on you'll be all right, 3
guess Won't YOU"
Yes, indeed" said Billy Bunnk
Thank YOU
(You see, Billy Bunny didn't get hon
in time for YOU to read tonight how III
went skating. So you'll have to way
for tomorrow nights story.) +
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
THE SPOILS or OFFICE
TDes Moines Capital !


It is perfectly honorable TO seek Of
ace. But when men become profess
siOnal office seekers having no purpose
excepting to obtain salaries they are
public nuisance.
The need Of the present hour Is FOR
patriotic unselish men who are willing
0 support other patriotic men for pub
ic places without hoping for reward
themselves. Heretofore it has been un-
fortunately true that the man or men
who support other men for nomina =
tons and elections hope in the end TO
land something for themselves. The
Subordinate office seeker is in class
by himself He endeavors 10 pick the
winner at the primary and then prove
that he had an important part in 1t. 1t
IL seldom that any man secures big
office without attaching vast army OF
candidates for minor places to his ma
Chine.
This system is banefui for the reason
that it puts men into the big offices
with great number Of obligations to
those who seek the minor places.
The well wisher OF his country can
see many dangers in the spoils system.
We are not sure that it is any worse
ow in the United States than at form
er periods.
In Iowa there has been much prog
ess. but the spoils system is apparent
at every coming together Of the peo-
pies representatives. 1t is the spoils
system which causes useless offices to
be created The remedy is to be found
n elevating the character and thought
all the people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
THREE APPOINTEEs OF PRESIDENT.

Professor Frank William Taussig is
certainly an authority on tariff ques-
tons so far as they may be studied and
expounded in the library and the COL
Iege classroom. His appointment on
the federal tariff commission by Pres
ldent Wilson is hailed as a good one by
all the academic political economists in
the land. Yet one may wonder If
Frank Taussig is the practical man the
country a@ehs mat - chairman OF
that commission. Like all bookish ex-
perts on tariff matters, he leans to
freer trade among all nations. Never
theless, a light has shone on this old
question in recent years here as else
where over the world and no high pro-
tectionist need be struck dumb with
surprise if the present democratic ad-
ministration adds to its program Of
the new freedom some of the old re-
strictions on imports.
One may doubt if either our man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Destruction Of the wild Pigeon.

The children In school in Warren
county read a story Of Audubon about
the wild pigeon, in which he said he
had seen the wild pigeons fly so thick
| that he could not see the sky for sew
eal seconds. In review, l found the
children did not believe the story. They
asked me II believed 1t. / was happy
to be able to tell them, truthfully, that
had seen the same thing many times.
Think of the vast number Of birds 1t
took to completely cover the sky. And
now that beautiful bird Is entirely ex-
tinct. The wild pigeon was larger than
the turtle dove, which it resembled. 1t
was harmless bird, living principally
on mast Beechnuts and acorns were
its favoriteS. Rice was found in the
crops of some pigeons taken in lndi-
ana, which they had eaten in Carolina,
so rapid was their fight and migra-
tory habits. These birds nested one
year in Decatur county. Indiana, and |
had a chance to observe some of their
habits. They came in early spring like
cloud from the south, and covered
the trees. For hours they came. After
resting a while they flew down on the
ground in search of food. They moved
like an army, throwing the leaves over
their backs. hunting for beeChnuts and
aCorns. They selected their roosting
place near Muscatatack creek. north of
the Michigan road, where later they
built their nests. They would fly south
every morning. and back to the roost in
the evening. They made a noise like
falling water. Men came to the pigeon
roost for miles around and killed these
moor birds A II MIC hit tbis N n
ate slaughter went on until the young
birds, called squads. were large enough,
then the slaughter turned on them. At
nesting time one day the males would
stay at the nests and the females would
fly over The next day the females
would stay at home and the males so
over. We boys found this out by trap
ping the birds in the fields. We trap
ped them and shot them. day and night,
without thought of their destruction.
These birds built their nests on small
trees. fifty to sixty feet high. on small
limbs. close in to the trunk; three to
five nests on a tree, and Matched one
young bird in each nest. They fed
their young a pasty secretion general
ed by glands in their breast. When the
young birds were grown. they were
larger than the old ones. and covered
with pin feathers only. No one killed
or ate old birds after the young ones
came, One morning the old birds were
all gone. The young ones sat in their
nests, perfectly helpless fat and edi-
bic. till their feathers grew. and they
starved till they became quite light.
Then they flew in little focks for a
time and then left forever
F. VI. Milliken.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09

was that we did not have the $l.zo.]
And if we had possessed the s1.25 we
could not have. purchased and kept the
land unless we had at least $3.50 toa
take care of each acre after we hadi
made the purchase.
We personally have a very vivid rec
objection of those days and We know
why Iowa land did not tempt peoples
even at those prices. We also remem
Der the time when you could secure an
eighty-acre farm for the asking, but1
even at that time it was hard prop Il
osition to keep the farm
There Is always reason why lana1
Is cheap and also why 1t brings Dlsl
money. In the days when you coulal
get quarter section Of land for a
span of mules the land was as good q y
today, but the grasshoppers were 81
plentiful that the only way you were
sure of harvesting crop was to coveY
1t with a grasshopper proof covering}
and even then there was danger y
the hoppers coming out Of the ground
and eating the crop under the netting
There was no drainage and tn
sloughs covered large part of tn
country, and the water from thes1
sloughs soured lot Of land that wa
not strictly in the sloughs. On an aV
erage we doubt If one could cultivata
over so per cent of the land in tr
northwest quarter Of the state.
Again. it was n !oEg way to rai!%e
stations, and if one did succeed
raising grain to sell he must depeni
upon a local market; prices were loy
and uncertain when one had grain t
sell. but high and certain If he wal
obliged to puy.
In after years Iowa land was KEEP
at a low level in price because OF tn
free lands. in Dakota and Nebraska
1t was not until the ii1oIIie stea Is
west were all practically taken tina
Iowa land began to really advance z
value. When the free lands were oc
cupied people began to appreciate lows
land and every one wanted to own
piece. Prices at once went up and ev
cry one has been wondering ever sine
why they I'D nos see what was cent
ing sooner.
The faces are that II was necessar
for a man to have other resources tina
the land itself IL he was TO own an
keep land that cost only $1.25 per acr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
OFF ON RIGHT FOOT.
GDes Moines Tribune.


The Legislature may give the report
of Mr.. Davis. of the Governor Clarke
good roads commission, more attention
than under all the circumstances we
should have the right to expect
The legislature is made up of a lot
of level-headed men, and while they
are committed iii the main asains: an
expensive road policy they are not
committed against the right way Of
getting good roads.
Mr. Davis urges upon the Legislature
that the automobile tax fund be set
aside and used as state fund for aid
in the construction of permanent roads.
There would be no additional tax bur-
den. 1t would merely be a matter of
putting the emphasis in new place.
There can be no argument against a
state contribution towards all main
travelled roads. 1t is the general pub
lie that uses the roads as much as the
adjacent land owner. The Lincoln
Highway is used more by the general
PUBLIC than by land owners whose
farms adjoin it. ~
Why should not the community at
arge pay part Of the cost Of such Il
Dad. even the national public at large?
Once the burden is properly distrib-
uted it becomes prohibitive on nobody
and the work goes forward with the
cordial good will Of everybody
This winter will be good time to
start back at the fundamentals in this
road matter, and set the state off on
the right foot for the future.
Mr. Davis has started the discussion
at the right place for until the state
takes some direct part in good road
building we shall never have anything
like systematized good roads. In no
state where roads have been purely To-
cal enterprises Is there anything like a
system Of, good roads. Where roads
have been built wholly by the state
they are much better off.