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Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL
 ENCOURAGES BOY SCOUTS
(Prom Fridays Daily.}

Governor Tom Campbell was once a boy.
 This statement is made in all scri- ousncss, for the governor has gone on record proving it. How he regards boys-especially the vigorous, busy, active kind, is set forth in the follow ing letter, addressed to the Boy Scouts of Prescott, in answer to a letter by Scoutmastcr II. W. Wcster:
 Prescott, Arizona, Council,
 Prescott, Arizona.
 My Dear Friends:
 ''I have just learned, with much in terest, that you are having a party Thursday to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Boy Scout move mcnt in this country.
 When I think of the great oppor- tunitics and wonderful advantages within the reach of the boy of Amer ica today, 1t makes me wish, some times, that l were boy again. Fore most, l believe, among these advan- tagcs, is the Boy Scout movement.
 Your association together makes for manly, wholesome citizenship. The men of tomorrow, who have had the benefit of this communion with each other and with nature, must, of necessity, find themselves better equipped for the battle with life.
 Sane minds in sound bodies, a spirit of chivalrous cooperation and a sturdy, honest ideal of competition these arc some of the things for which you will some day bless your present membership with this valu- able organization.
 Of course, wish your company the greatest success but the problem of bringing about success in any sphere of activity must be solved by dint of the pluck and grit of the in diyidual. know you have these qualifications and that the Boy Scout education will develop and quicken them. All good wishes to you. (SigncdD
 THOMAS l.. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona"
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
OUITS THE NAVY

Charles Rule, formerly a resident of the PlaccritaS country, when with his father. a mining man, writes from San Francisco that he has left the navy, after II months as Q machinist apprentice. on duty in the submarine service. He was stationed at Hono- lulu. and gives failing health as the cause for rcsigning. He enlisted at 10 years of age.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
SOLDIERS FALL

Among the list published in New York newspaper of casualties in France in recent months appears the names of Americans killed, among them being F. Drurca of Jerome and Al. Nuro of Wickenburg. Drurca left this section few months after war was declared and was joined in New York City by many relatives, all re- turning to France 10 fight for thcil home country.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
FEAR IS GUIDE
 TO HAND OF SLAYER
(From Fridays Daily.l

Uncomfortable fear of his Mexican
 workmen is thought to have guided
 the hand of Section Foreman Arthur
 Wilcoxson to his six shooter Sunday,
 and to have impelled him to shoot
 and kill Ysabcl Fasio, a discharged
 laborer Sheriff ]. F. Young and
 Assistant County Attorney Neil Clark
 returned yesterday from the north, where they made complete investi-
 gation of the affair. Wilcoxson, who
 has a wife and four children, is not
 being detained, Justice of the Peace
 F. H. Cartmell of Seligman, having taken the case under advisement.
 According to Wilcoxson's story at the preliminary hearing, he shot Fasio in self-defense. 4 12-year-old daugh- ter is one of the chief witnesses of the tragedy, and her story was secur- cd by the officers.
 Fasio had been fired on February End. Together with a number of other Mexicans of the section gang, he was proceeding Sunday, about noon, to take 'hand-car from the section house, to take a visiting Mex ican from Scligman back to his home WilcoXson called to him about some meat and groceries he had secured for FaSio from the home supply de- pertinent of the railroad, informing the Mexican that he had taken out quantity of dried meat. Wilcoxson said he offered Fasio dollar for the meat, that being more than its worth. Fasio, however, insisted on being paid for all the groceries or else being is- sued all of them, including the meat This, Wilcoxson declined to do, ana, a quarrel cnsucd. Fasio was said to have followed the foreman into his home, making mcnacing gestures to- ward his hip pocket, as though to draw gun or knife. Wilcoxson talked with Fasio through the form CTS daughter, who acted as an inter prcter.
 According to the stories of both the father and daughter, the Mexican had stuck his head inside the door, and was vilely abusing Wilcoxson, when the latter fired, the bullet en- tering the brain, and the powder burning his hat
 A strange feature of the case, was presented by the subsequent actions of WilcoXson. He had the laborcrs carry the body from the front step and lay it on the cast side of the house (where, by the way, it remained in view of the passing trains from noon Sunday until late Monday after noon). Wilcoxson then sent word into Scligman by one of his work men, that he had shot Fasio In the evening, he got aboard No. 10 with | his family and proceeded to Williams, 1 and that night went mp to Vallc sta ton on the Grand Canyon railroad, | where his father Is section foreman. l Wilcoxson and his family returned to Williams the next day and then pro- cccdcd to Pan station, five miles east of Scligman, where the killing had occurred.
 Meanwhile, the yardmaster at Will Hams had heard of the killing and had notified Deputy Sheriff Fred Camp | bell at Scligman, who in turn notified | the authorities hcrc.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
THOMAS l.. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona.

The local Boy Scouts were also the recipients of d letter from r. L. Ha- worth, president of the chamber of commerce yesterday. It read:
 'To the Boy Scouts of Prescott:
 On this, your anniversary, the Yavapai County Chamber of Com-
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-14
CATTLE MARKET.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
 KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS, Feb. 1.-The cattle market finished last week a little shaky, due to fairly liberal receipts and to war situation, hogs broke g to 5 cents, but sheep and lambs held firm Today with l3,000 cattle the market is strong to 10 higher, best steers offered Sl0.50 to lSl065. Hogs advanced Is to 30 cents, top Sl2l0, receipts 9,000 Sheep re- ccipts were 9,O00, market 10 to 5 up, lambs $l47O, ewes $l07S, prices ncv- CT cquallcd here before.
 Beef Cattle.
 The main element of strength today came from the fact that Chicago, Omaha and other Northern markets arc in a storm area, and had light re- ccipts. Nothing very high class was here, prime steers quotablc up to. .Sl175. Influence of the war talk was hardly noticeable today in any depart mcnt of the market, cattle, hogs or sheep. Fair 10 good native steers sold at S035 to Sl025. Several lots of medium finished pulp fed steers arrived, and sold at $l0lO to S1O65, weights from l,OS0 to 1, ,234 pounds, a | load of pulp fed bulls at S. Cows continue firm, sales strong to 10 high CT today, prime heavy COWS So or better, medium fcshcd wcighty COWS SIPS to $S canncr COWS around So.
 Stockers and Feeders.
 Cold weather put dampcr on en- -. thusiaSm for stockcrs and feeders, and . prices arc no more than steady today. | \ rather large share of the receipts 1 were thin grades, which worked in favor of buyers \ leading sale was 5C0 head of 705-pound Panhandle . stock steers. pretty we'll bred Here lords, at $S.65, with 20 out at T.50 . Feeding steers range mostly from SS.50 to $975, occasional sales at $l0 or better.
 Hogs.
 The market today disrcgardcd re- cent adverse influences, and sales were Is to 30 higher, light and mcdi- um weight hogs getting greatest gain these having dropped most last week. The top of $l2lO was equal tc best price paid last week before the scare,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Rain After Thunder.

Why does IA heavy dOwnpOur of rain
often follow a clap Of thunder? asks
the Popular Science Monthly, and gives
this answer Not, as is popularity be-
lieved, because the thunder ~jostles the
cloud particles together into raindrops.
In the violent turmoil between the pos
tive and negative electricity in a
thundercloud there will be places
where the production Of drops by con-
densation and their subsequent break
ing up proceeds more rapidly than else
where. Hence in these places there
will be more drops to fall as rain n
also more electrification, the rainfall
occurring about the same time as the
flash.
We have, then, starting toward the
earth at the same time, light, sound and
raindrops. The light, travelling at a
speed Of about $4,000 miles per sec
ond, reaches us almost instantly. The
sound travels far more ~slowly-about
! 900 feet per second-but the rain falls
much more slowly still. Thus we OBJ
serve, first, the lightning, then the thun'
der and then the rain.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
NEVADA-LUNING is
INSTALLING PLANT

John A. Bradley of Bradley Bro
hers, stock brokers of New York
C'!, who with Il r 10C6 of this
city, spent several days in Luning
inspecting mining properties, has
returned exceedingly we'll pleased
with the outlook.
The visit primarily was to make
an inspection of the Nevada-Luning
property, but other mines in the
district were visited and the New
Yorker was deeply impressed with
the developments already made and
under way.
Machinery for the Nevada-Luning
is on the ground and is being in
stalled. When the installation is
completed production of ore will
proceed as rapidly as a big force
OF men can bring it out.-Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
CORK LEG FOUND
BAR TO EML|ST|NG
MARINE CORPS TURNS DOWN
VOLUNTEER WITH PHONY
LIMB

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Aug. 1. = Be-
lieving that the use of a cork leg
should not prevent him from serving
his country, John Franklin walked
owe so miles from a farm near Will
burton to this city to apply for en-
listment in the United States marine
corps.
Franklin had spent two months
blowing the fields previous to his
long walk, and supported himself on
the hike by working at odd jobs
along the way. He surprised the
marine corps medical examiner by
walking without the slightest sign of
lameness.
Although Franklin expressed the
opinion that his cork leg should be
considered a handy life ~preserver in
ease of submarine attack, he was not
accepted.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Desert of Sahara.

At one time. some twoscore years
ago. some knglishmen proposed to dig
a canal on the northwest coast of AT.
RIGA, south of Morocco, to admit the
waters of the Atlantic into the Sahara
desert. 1t was argued that a great
inland sea would thus be created and
that ocean vessels might steam into
Africa and pick up cargoes along the
western Sudan. This fine idea was
based upon the prevalent notion that
most of the desert surface was much
below sea level. 1t was discovered
later that most Of the desert stands
high above the sea. The French. who
have been the greatest explorers of the
desert. have corrected other false ideas
about the desert. The most colSpic-
Gus and persistent of these errors has
been the notion that the desert is a
vast area OF sand. The French have
proved that this is not o In fact. on!.
about fifth of the Sahara is GOV
cred with sand.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
COMPANY INCORPORATED
TO WORK AT SILVER PEAK

H. E. Anthony, Olaf Austed, NJ. E.
Gleason, w. B. Hamilton, H. H. Her.
bard, Robert n. Pearson, c. S.
Ranney, Jr., Fred n. Steen and E. P.
Watkins of Los Angeles and vicinity
have filed articles of incorporation
with the comfy clerk for the Peak
Mines company at Silver Peak. The
company is Incorporated for $780,
600, divided into 100000 shares at
81 each. For some time past the
men have been working the ground
at Silver Peak formerly owned by
Howard Marine. and it is understood
they are now planning the erection
of a mill of small capacity. w. B.
Hamilton, mentioned in the articles
of incorporation, is Barry Hamilton,
iformerly cashier of the First Nation
al bank in Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
ROUND MOUNTAIN HAS
VALUABLE CLEANUP

The second cleanup of the
Round Mountain company's sluice
boxes, made about the first of July.
and covering deposits of about
thirty days, yielded $4,000, which
makes a total of $4,000 for the
first and second sluice cleanings.
A third recovery will be made
about August 1st, after which the
work of cleaning the bedrock will
be undertaken. it is cOnservat;velv
estimated that The red rock under
lying the gravel washed this season
holds not less than $4,000, the
deposit having been unusually
heavy during June, because the
surface material was washed over
rough and uneven ground. --Tour-
nal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
QUICKSILVER PLANT
TO BE RECONSTRUCTED

w. G.. Adamson general manager
of the Goldbanks Quicksilver COM
pany's property in the lower end
of Grass valley, returned this morn
ing from a business trip to San
Francisco.
Mr.. Adamson made the trip to
the coast city to arrange for ma
chinery for their new reduction
plant to take the place of the one
destroyed by fire a short time ago.
While, under present conditions, it
is impossible to tell when the e
plant can be delivered, here. Mr..
Adamson says: 1--WE are going to
rush matters and will land the ma
chinery at the mine as soon as
possible"
The Goldbanks quicksilver mine
is situated about 40 miles south of
Winnemucca, and prior to the fire
that destroyed their reduction plant
was a big producer of mercury. -
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
COSTS ARE
HIGH IN GERMANY
MEATS AND MATERIALS CON-
TANNING FAT REACH PRO
HIBITIVE FIGURES

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 81
Information concerning food costs
in Germany, received at the offices
of the food administration, show
that many edibles, particularly
those containing fats, are selling
at almost prohibitive prices. Fat
for frying is bringing more than 81
a pound. Goose fat is sold at
$3.50 a pound.
Fowls generally are high. Fresh
fowls bring $1.01 a pound; larded
goose breast $2.0S; sailed goose
legs "a cents; young country lay
ing hens 1892 each, we'll fed geese
$11 to $40 each.
The egg ration at Hamburg for
one week was one egg for each
person. Horses are in great demand
for food and horse flesh sells at
from SO to sc cents a pound. Rab-
bits r sold at 81 each. Cheese
is quoted at from % to % cents
a pound.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
EXAMINING men
FOR NEW CAMP
ARMY OFFICERS ARE NOW ON
TRIP THROUGH
STATE

Lieutenant Truman d. Thrope,
examiner for the second officers
training camp, to be opened at the
Presidio on Aug. 81, accompanied
by Lieutenant Henry Ostroff of
Reno, of the medical reserve corps,
examining surgeon, arrived this
morning from Reno to examine ap-
plicants for admission to the train
ing camp. DR.. Ostroff is secretary
of the state medical section of the
council of national defense.
The men are now on a trip
through the state and expect to
examine from 20 to 80 men. Ne
vada's original quota was 20, but
this has been raised and it is now
believed that from 80 to 40 men
will be accepted from this state.
About a half dozen men will be
examined here.
The war department recently in
quired of Lieutenants Thorpe and
Ostroff if they coulo secure good
material if the quota was raised.
The examining physician states that
the men examined thus far are the
finest he ever saw and that the
state would be able to furnish far
more than it's quota.
The officers will leave tomorrow
morning for Las Vegas and from
there will return to Rene.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
CAMP APPLICATIONS
REACH BIG FIGURE
THOUSAND MORE APPLY FOR
TRAINING THAN CAN
BE TAKEN

WASHINGTON. d. c., July 81
For the 5000 places in the second
officers training camps to open
August 81, 72,914 men nave ap-
piled and the wal department is
considering accepting several thou
sand more than was originally in
tended. Preliminary examinations
given to applicants by civilian physi-
clans indicate that 51,S3S are ply
sically satisfactory.
In most states the number of APP
p~licants is from three ii five times
the states quota. Montana, with a
quota of 70, had 745 applications,
the highest proportion.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
MARRIAGE NOT
TO EXEMPT
NEW-WEOS )
SIackers Who Wed to Escape Drait
Will Meet With Big
Surprise
DEPENDENCY MUST BE
FULLY DEMONSTRATED
Women Who Marry to Aid Slackers
Are Liable to Prose-
cutiOn

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. l.
Hasty marriages made since July
90. the date of the army draft
drawing, in IN effort TO escaie ON
scription through tie claim OF q
dependent wife, will not be cons.d-
cred sufficient excuse for discharge
unless the wife is actually depend
ent on the husbands daily labor.
Prompted by reports ron many
cities of marriage license bureaus
besieged by men included in the
first draft call, Provost Marshal-
General Crowder ruled that mar
rage is not of itself a valid ground
for making claim for discharge
Dependency is a fact, not of law,
General Crowder pointed out.
"A man whose wife is mainly
dependent on his daily labor for
support" he said. may claim ex-
emption on that ground. Only the
exemption boards can determine
this fact. Where dependency is
claimed and circumstances show a
marriage hastily consummated since
July 20 by a man whose number is
high on the available list, the ac-
tuaI fact of dependency must be
closely scrutinized."
Moreover, General Crowder de-
clared, women who marry men
merely to aid them to be slackers,
are liable to prosecution under the
draft act.
Fears OF some officials that de-
lay in obtaining materials and SUI
ficient labor for national army can
tonments would postpone the mob
ilzation long past September were
dissipated by an announcement by
Secretary Baker that rs per cent
of the cantonment materials are
now on the ground and that reports
indicate everything will be in read
mess, or nearly so, in another
month.
No definite late for mobilization
was ever fixed, but Secretary Baker
has indicated hat every effort
would be made to effect it by Sen
temper 1. 6
Delays in preparing the nation,I
guard mobilization camps may posY
pone their opening for about two
weeks, it was announced today.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
MINES PRODUCING
At LONE MOUNTAIN
TONOPAH MEN OPEN PAY ORE
AND MAKE GOOD
PROFIT

Excellent reports r coming
from Lone Mountain where half a
dozen firms of owners and leasers
composed of men from Tonopah
are operating. Shipments have
been going forward steadily for
over a month and it is believed that
there will be a material increase in
the tonnage during August. The
product is both lead and zinc mixed
with silver found in separate veins
and by different companies and
with an active market for both
metals there is no difficulty about
finding a market for all that can
be produced.
Frank Kerns, came in last night
from the camp with samples of lead
ore that looked like high-grade and
had to leave again for the mine
this morning before he secured re-
turns from the assayer. Mr.. Kerns
and associates are operating a lease
on a property owned by Lou
Walker and is making regular ship
ments to the smelter at Salt Lake.
Owing to the high lead content
it is understood that the smelter is
treating the ore at a nominal cost
as it is very desirable for fluxing
purposes. The shipments go out by
way of McSweeney's siding on the
r. & G. railroad.-Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Ely Physicians Volunteer

Seven of the eight physicians prac-
tlcing in Ely have Joined the medi-
cal reserve corps and are engaged
In closing up their practices prepare
tory to leaving for assignment to
duty. They have not been informed
now soon they will have to report.
but they are expecting to be called
within a short time. The entire
eight physicians volunteered. but at
a meeting they decided that the man
who was called last would have TO
remain in Ely to car for patients
there.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
Men Held On Serious Charge

One of the most sensational cases
of alleged cattle rustling has been
brought to a focus in Nye county
through the arrest of John Esser
and Joe May. cattlemen of the Beal|
ty district, where they own extefyp
sive ranges and are counted among
the wealthy cattle owners of south
ern Nevada. The men had a pre-
llminary hearing before Justice
Burt at Beatty and we're bound over
to the district court. The arrests
are said to be forerunners of others
of equal Importance.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
U. of n. Registration Normal

Advance applications promise that
n registration at the university of
Nevada for the fall term will equal
II not surpass that of other years.
Large numbers from the southern
part of the state are filing applica-
lions and for some unknown reason
many applications have been receiv-
ed from South Dakota. 1t is expect
+t that the reported closing of the
i4liling school at Golden. Colo, will
materially increase the numbers.
Many inquiries have come from
Bishop and Big Pine and northern
California and Oregon.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN
DO HAVE THEIR TROUBLES

William j. Bissell has filed suit
for divorce from Elsie M. Bissell.
The couple were married in Pasa-
dena, Cal, in 1910. Thompson and
Thompson represent the plaintiff.
The plaintiff complains that the de-
PENDANT kicked him in the face and
knocked his glasses off. This was
done on one Sunday in the winter
time. According to the complaint
she was apparently unreasonable, in
addition to being a high kicker, as
Bissell was employed as ar auto
mobile machinest and would be-
come badly soiled in his labOrs. His
wife would then accuse him of not
properly washing himself, yet on
another occasion he complains that
his wife prevented him from taking
a bath, which appears inconsistent,
as if Bissell's wife prevented him
from taking a bath she could not
we'll expect him to keep clean. Fol-
lowing occasions when his wife
claimed he was not properly polish
ed, Bissell says his wife would not
speak to him for several days and
again the complaint says she told
him he was not a man, but a cow
ard because he would not argue
with her. He also alleges that his
wife told his relatives that she did
not marry him because she loved
him. but because she wanted a
home.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-04
NEW TRIAL Is ASKED
IN DELLINGER CASE

Hugh H. Brown of Tonopah. attor-
%perience. this is indeed high praise
for Nevada highways.
ney for the Tonopah and Goldfield
railroad, has filed notice of inten-
ton to move for a new trial in the
case of Lou Dellinger against the
railroad company.