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Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-16
1000 WOODEN HOUSES
ARE contractor FOR

BERNIE. - The American military
commission in switzerland. II is an.
bounced, has Just contracted for an
additional 1000 wooden buildings 10 be
lsed as barracks. which are to be de-
,ivered not later than next February to
he American military authorities.
These viii supplement l.500 such lar
-acks ordered months Az.
The barracks arc to be about 100
about 100 feet Ions by 20 feet wide,
and are Of double thickness so as to
pro .ect the soldiers from cold aud
1ampnesS. Tney are OF pine aud are
so built that they can be shipped in
parts and erected without the use OF
nails. Each part is numbered so that
The assembling is an easy matter. A
number IT Swiss building concerns are
O fulfll The oontrsCt.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-16

Calumet and Arizona smelter forces
have occasion for pride in the fact that
they are double shooting the turn in
the matter of getting out war essen
tials at maximum capacity and even
a little better than that, as compared
with rated capacity of plants when
constructed.
This smelter is not only producing
copper but it is also getting out sui
phuric acid The latter is an essen
tial in the making of ammunition as
well as steel, and the government has
needed much OF il. Shipments which
have been going forward from the c.
and A. smelter TO concerns handling
government contracts have been more
than welcome to both the manufac-
turers and the government depart
ments.
That which has thus been shipped 20
make contents for the copper products
the government has been getting out
for its soldiers to shDot is in excess OF
about 81 cars the week that the
snelte- ships 20 Ajo. where ii is sued
in the mixture Cornelia Copper COM
pany employs in its acid tanks for the
production of copper. These ship
mehts to Ajo run a little more than
five cars day.
When c. and A. worked out the sui
phuric acid plant idea and decided -
conserve the sulphur which was being
lost in the smelter smoke and other
wise about the smelter. war was not
in prospect for the United States. but
other nations were at war and the de-
mands upon the sulphuric acid sup
ply as well as upon all other basic
things employed in the. manufacture
OF war materials was plainly going to
tax resources as they stood at that
time So c. and A. exercised more in
preparedness vision than was at all
common a few years ago.
The sulphuric acid plant. beside
serving double turn at this time is
probably more responsible for the
steady operation of Cornelia and the
remarkable gain in metal output which
il has made than any other factor. FOR
without the Douglas plant Cornelia
would be hard pressed TO get suffi-
GENTLY regular deliveries OF the chem
ical TO keep going steadily. As it is,
the Douglas smelter sulphuric acid is
enabling the government 10 get 1000.
600 extra pounds of copper each
month from Arizona
IN copper reduction, both C. and A
and Copper Queen smelters in Doug
las have fine half month of results now
behind them, and il is indicated will
make more copper in December than
in either October or November Shat
tuck shipments from Bisbee are heay-
Ter than last month and promise TO
materially pull Up the output of that
mine Other custom ore shipments
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Small Producers
Must Get Together

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Results Sought
In Mine Activity

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ARIZONA FARM LAND RENTS
FOR $50 AN ACRE ANNUALLY

YUMA, Aria farm Of 800 acres
in the Somerton section has been leas-
ed for three years for cotton growing.
at an annual rental of $50 per acre,
the highest ever locally known for
bare land The owner has especially
excepted a ten acre tract adjoining
the Somerton townsite. promised by
him for the erection of worman's
club building. to be sold for only $50
an acre, the price at which the tract
was purchased few years ago.
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REVIEW WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS.
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and again as of September Is, 1917,
when silver was selling above 81 an
ounce and climbing, and when the sill
yer companies had fair right to as
sumo that the price Of silver, would
stay above 81 an ounce.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-16

In October it cost this company Y
cents an ounce to produce silver. The
profit was 161 cents per ounce. with
silver above 81 cents an ounce for
the month in New York
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silver would have been produced at
loss. And yet. the price of silver in
September was the highest on rec
ord since the days of so-called free
silver" before 1898 The New York
price averaged s1.00z. The western
price was 3 to cents higher. On the
New York price the profit was zoos
cents per ounce, so that costs at SOL
cents per ounce. This company usual
" receives one cent more than the
New York price. so that the costs
figure at ST. cents This is after
credi;ing gold by-products and all
other income against the cost Of pro-
ducing silver.
In October il cost this company ~
cents an ounce to produce silver. The
profit was 161 cents per ounce. with
silver above 81 cents an ounce for
the month in New York
In September and October. 1917,
with highest silver prices in modern
history, profits averaged is cents per
ounce In late 1915 and early 1916
with lowest prices for silver in history
profits exceeded % cents an ounce.
with costs around % cents per ounce,
and silver selling above a cents
In October, 1917. it cost IS cents
per ounce for the Tonopah Mining
company TO operate its silver mines
This is after crediting gold production
and ell profits in Nevada and interest
on the company's surplus. The actual
cost OF operating the silver mines and
producing silver and gold therefrom
exceeded 20 cents per ounce silver
produced. The profits per ton of ore
was s1.4e. In the year 1915 the profits
per ton Of ore was SAT-. In 1915 sill
yer averaged IS cents as against 81
cents in October, 1917 when profits
per ton were less than one-third those
of 1915. In 1915 costs were well un-
der % cents per ounce of silver pro-
duction, and on as cent silver about
the lowest yearly price for silver in
the history of the world. profits were
% cents per ounce at the least. To
day on S. cent silver profits would be
nearly tripled if the same conditions
could apply, but under the conditions
that actually do apply, profits are ac-
tually only Is cents or thereabouI on
S. cent silver-actually less than
price in history and almost 40 cents an
ounce under the current price which
the government hopes to fix
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are also coming in well to the smelt-
ers. while the ore from their own
mines is holding a little better than
the normal
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and again as of September Is, 1917.
when silver was selling above 81 an
ounce and climbing, and when the sill
yer companies had a fair right to as
sumo that the price of silver. would
stay above 81 an ounce.
The Toncpah Mining company and
the TOnopah Extension Mining COM
pany comprise two of the three larg-
est so-called strictly silver mining
companies in the United States, as
distinguished from lead-silver mines
which produce silver as an incident
TO lead. or copper-silver mines which
produce silver as an incident to cop
per.
The Nevada companies point out
that in mid-September they raised
wages to a level representing the high
est wages in any silver or gold mines
in the world at any time in history.
Silver was then above s1.05 per ounce
and they anticipated price above 81,
hence the wage increase. In their
anticipations they were justified in
part by the known market factors OF
supply an demand When the govern
mental price fixing at SIS cents was
preached in October. and the price
of silver collapsed to 81 cent average
for the month. the Tonopah compan'
les showed either a loss or profits
dwindled almost to the vanishing
point-lesser profits in fact than
when silver was selling at around so
cents in early 1916. The Tonopah
mines are certainly ''in a hole" since
the wage increase in September and
the subsequent drop in silver. To re-
scind the wage increase is practically
impossible at this time. since the min
ers would simply pack UP an move
off to the copper camps where they
are badly needed and where wages
are even better. Thus a shortage of
silver production already acute. would
be more distressingly acute.
A solution OF the difficulty would
probably lie. If the So cent price be
adopted. to make this a New York
or Atlantic seaboard price, and fix
slightly higher price for Denver.
San Francisco and western" mints,
whose product would be supplied by
Nevada and western mines. The west
ern mines would thus not only obtain
the higher price, but would also save
expense of shipping their silver east.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-16

The complications OF some of the
Young women who have quit eating
andy according 10 the recommends
tionS Of Herb Hoover aro improving.
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fellow. suggesting the South Amer
lean. He would scan every person
who went aboard, and then, as he evil
IDENTITY found not what he sought,
would take an eager sweeping survey
of the wharf, and even beyond it, al
pedestrians and vehicles as though in
a torment of expectation and sus-
pense.
Finally the last bell rang. Some
belated passengers got hurriedly
aboard, the gangplank was dropped,
and the little dark man stood in pro-
found detection, evidently suffering
under the weight of a severe disap-
pointment
The lady is still in Galveston. She
was to have gone on that steamer"
Marvel advised me. I'VE should have
gone with her AS 1t is"
Just then the wiry foreigner gave a
start, a jump. He ran forward, his
eyes fixed on an automobile that had
come up to the wharf. And then my
own glance was riveted upon the ma
chine as we'll The chauffeur had
evidently just learned that they were
three minutes too late for the steam
er. His passengers looked sorely
disturbed They were two; tall
dark man with great mustachios and
SCARED warrior-like face, and a
young lady.
This was Miss Geraldine Farrar
and I knew her at a glance. There
was change in her manner since l
had last seen her. and in her face as
well, as compared with the photo
graph Marvel carried in his pocket.
Her eyes expressed animation, her
whole pose was one of energy. Her
face was deliciously flushed with ex-
element She spoke rapidly to her
dignified escort, and then to the chauf-
feur. The latter received some hur-
ried instructions. He seized the
wheel and at once the machine sped
away from the wharf.
The wiry foreigner who had SEEM
ingly been watching for just this ar
rival ran forward, looked about for
another auto, found none for hire, and
sped on the trail of the speeding ma
chine at gait worthy of a crack pro-
fessional Splinter
This way" spoke Marvel, Selling
nay arm and directing a swift dash
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inspected, and on the reversed side,
naturally. tiny protnberance CORE
sponded
Nobody but Warner Clay ever did
that" declared Marvel. 1t is the test
infallible. As on the returned checks,
so on the one claimed forged-the
writer depressed the pen point to get
a momentary staying power. Those
checks were signed by the hand Of
Warner Clay, all of Them 953 incluu-
ed.'
In other words exclaimed, tour
client is his own forger!'
you have it, assented Resilius
Marvel, precisely. We shall not
have to retraverse or fortify that con-
clusion, unless we are forced into
a court of law. The point of interest
now is Geraldine Farrar."
THE girl cashed the check-why
was she given it? She left the city at
once-what impelled her? She went
into obscurity, leaving no trace be-
hind her-why?" challenged Marvel.
The mans rare humanity spoke out
in his questioning, determined face.
Viewed in a coldblooded way, the
banks interest ceased at the discov-
cry of a method of saving its money.
A new strain had come into the
case-mystery, maybe misery. Cum
ming or foul play, Resilius Marvel, I
saw, was determined to go to the bot
tom of the proposition.
when | questioned Clay about his
missing ward" resumed Marvel "his
sorrow was touching! He plainly in
that she had seized an oppor-
tunity to acquire fortune at one deft
stroke of the pen. She had no friends,
no other relatives than himselfl he
averred. She had seemed to share
his>4onely life for the sake of COM
fort and home She had had some
very distant relatives once. he be-
lieved, in far western Canada. One
thing / noticed: he was sure in his
mind that she could not be found.
Circumstances or his own plans were
placing her at sure distance. / in
sisted on visiting her room. He did
not demur. 1t was a miracle of good
order. / found nothing to inspire ma
in my search-he had prepared for
all that-nothing except scrap of
crumpled-up paper lying where he
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for a cab. Keep that machine in
view" he ordered the driver double
pay"
1t was wild rush, this triple race.
The auto did not make towards the
city center, but along the wharves.
Suddenly, at spot where trim
yacht was getting ready to leave
shore, the automobile came to an alb
rupt stop. Miss Farrar jumped
gracefully to the ground. Her austere
escort followed her. He carried two
satchels. She taking one of these,
they ran to the yacht and clambered
unceremoniously aboard. There
seemed to be some discussion with
the one man in charge. Then he went
about his duties and the pretty craft
made for the ofing.
We were getting so near now that
could read the name Of the yacht
in gilt letters at her stern: "The Ar
row." The little pursuer of the auto
mobile leaped toward the yacht as she
pushed of, but Colonel Aloa Gaspard,
a revolutionary South American, and
present convoy of Miss Farrar lifted
stake from the bottom Of the yacht,
dealt him blow and sent him hurting
back into the water.
It was done so quickly that by the
time we came to the spot where the
craft had been moored she was lost in
the dim sea mists, and the wiry for
eigner stood rubbing his aching head.
Marvel gave me quiet direction to
return to the hotel and took the strang-
er in tow. When he put in an ap-
pearance at our rooms several hours
later he briefly stated:
THE man who got the ducking was
Venezuelan spy, who it seems has
been watching Gaspard and our young
lady for a week, and, learning this, ne
was my selected pilot, with the de-
nouncement as you have seen. Again
he asserts that those two satchels
carried by the parties who have skip
ped us contained dynamite.
Marvel did not seem to worry any
over the uncertain shape affairs had
taken. He kept busy in his own
WY. l knew he did lot of cabling
and even used the wireless. The sec
ond morning he ushered into our room
3 stranger.
This is the gentleman who took
charge of our friends on his yacht,
The Arrow" explained Marvel. We
bowed, and / saw that the man was
a gentleman.
The promised story, my friend;
intimated Marvel in his effective way
Why, when that young lady ana
her military escort bounced aboard
my boat two evenings ago. stated
the man, L had just taken a queer
commission from the police authorl-
ties of Galveston. Know me as Adam
Butler. unsuccessful business man, II
valid of good repute and mild habits
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USE HATS AS LUNCH BOXES
In the Island of Sardinia Headgear Is
Employed for Multiplicity
of Purposes.

Sardinia, that large island which lies
directly south Of and very close to Cor
sica, and about a days steamer journey
from Sicily, is so filled with romance,
picturesque scenes and odd customs
that know so many nations, one Won
ders whether he's still in the present
or wandering the past of medieval
days. For every nation that held as
cendancy over the Mediterranean left
in Sardinia some trace of its day. In
deed, the population of this island re-
tains in its speech and customs vivid
memories of nearly every conqueror.
Having strong regard for woman
kind, the Sardinians are among the
most polite of peoples. AS you pass
along the roads you find them invari-
ably courteous and hospitable. Every
one wishes you to stop and break
bread with them, and if you hurry by
the women, the children and the old
men sitting by the doorways rise and
cheerily cry after you, "Buon yiag-
gro" Vigorous, hardy and grave, they
are a fine race of mountain people,
and, like many another race brought
up under similar climatic conditions,
they are suspicious of every inno-
walton.
This is one of the reasons why
their fields are still worked in the an
cient ways. Harvesting machinery is
rarely to be seen, and the grains are
'reaped with the sickle. Odd as Is the
costume the average Sandman wears,
it is upon the cap the men wear that
attention first centers. This head
dress is, indeed, one Of the few things
in Sardinia unique to that island.
Not only does it serve as prOtec-
ton against the weather, but in it's
capacious depths the wearer carries
his lunch when he works in the fields.
And when he sleeps outdoors, and
often when at home in his own bed,
his only pillow is that cap deftly rolled
up for service or sometimes stuffed
with wayside grasses to furnish soft
place on which to rest his weary head,
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RAN ASHORE

had not discovered it, half way under
her writing desk. Nor did he see me
secure it. There it is"
1t was mere fragment of note
paper. Penciled upon it we're these
figures: $780," $780," and this one
word: Sopranos" fancied this
valueless.
THAT and concurrent discoveries
gave me new focal point" explain
ed my companion.
"It is Greek to me-" I acknowledged
helplessly.
"The word is Spanish" said Mar
vel "It means SEPARATE or 'separa-
tion, or something of that sort. Clay
had tried to divert me north For
that reason my mind was fixed south.
analysed $3.50 and $3.50 and ]
made up my mind it appertained co
some meditated personal investment.
I fixed upon the girls calculation as
to railroad fare. / found that first
class railway ticket to Galveston is
exactly $3.50, and the sleeper tariff
exactly $3.50 I did not arrive at this
decision until l had gone over good
many time tables, and then confirmed
my selection at the railway ticket
Office. l was not sure of my ground
even then, until had got line on
the letter carrier who delivered mail
at the Clay home. The information
he gave me was very agreeable to my
course of reasoning. Miss Farrar had
only one correspondent that he knew
of. About every six weeks regularly
she received a letter, and its post
mark invariably was Galveston.
learned also from stray remark OF
Clay that once she had gone to Texas
for six weeks, settling some land bus
mess for him. The letters were d.
rected in masculine hand. A lover?
At least, and at once-Galyeston. On
the o'clock train. Be ready"
1t was late in the afternoon of our
third dag at Galveston, and was read
ing newspaper in the lobby OF the
hotel, when Marvel entered on the
jump.
wait for nothing" he advised me,
and simply kept on going BACK 10 the
street, myself following, brisk and
willing and hopeful.
1 had lively time of Il keeping up
with Marvel. Every time he consult
ed his watch he took new squirt.
We finally reached a wharf where
steamer advertised for a run to Ha-
vana was Just getting ready to cast
away.
Marvel drew partly within the
shadow of a pile of freight, and IN
obtrusively took my position behind
him. Ny companion was not watch
ing the passengers as they went
aboard. but soon discovered that he
was watching a man who was.
This latter stood by -he gangplank
He was 1.-THE. swarthy. keen-eyed
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The estate was worth over $4,000,
but could not be readily turned int,

The estate was worth over $100,0Ut
but could not be readily turned int,
cash.
Il needed money" she confessed
blushingly. II was engaged to Mr.
Rodney Vincent, who owns this is
land, who has just been negotiating
with a false claimant who stole all
our weapons and preserved posses
sion of the fortress. Mr. Clay paid
me $4,000 cash for my property The
deed on record in Baldwin county.
Alabama, will verify that fact. He
knew that l would be practically out
of the world on this lonely island, and
trusted to the impulse of greed TO
cover my name with a crime, think
ing | would not be located"
We found Mr. Rodney Vincent a
most estimable young man who wor-
SHIPPED the ground that Miss Geral-
dine Farrar trod on-the fair young
girl who had brought her fortune to
his rescue. The dynamite was a
thought of the sanguinary Colonel
Gaspard, who wanted to blow the In.
truders clear off the island.
| have pleasant memories yet Of the
sight of celebration we passed on
Separation Island. We went north
the next day, prepared to clear the
fair name of Warner Clay's ward y?
all reproach.
When Resilius Marvel, arrived ct
home, went to confront our bank
client with the evidences of his per
fidy, l never saw a man turn so
craven-nor so yellow. The man left
the city as soon as he could sell his
property" tagged to every bank
within the clearing house.
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Never Turned a Hair.

"WelY
81 have here" began the traveller, "a
patent electric hair brush"
"Can't you see I'm bald as an egg?'
snapped the man at the door.
''Your wife, perhaps, might"
"My wife wears wig. She is as
bald as / am"
POSSIBLY you have child who"
II have Two months old, and still
bald"
"Ah-but maybe you have dog. /
can recommend this brush equally for
man and beast"
Look here, my good man. ours is
Mexican hairless dog. Good day."
The traveller gently replaced the
brush in his bag, and fumbled in an
other corner of It.
''Permit me-" he murmured, in hon.
eyed accents, Ito show you the latest
thing in fly-killers."
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POSTAGE Stamps.

The history Of postage stamps be-
gins with the issue made by Great BRIT
ain In 1840 under the administration
Of Sir Rowland Hill. Their successful
use In Great Britain resulted in the
adoption Of stamps by Mauritius, an
English colony, by Brazil, France,
Switzerland and the United States.
The earliest shape of the postage
stamp was practically that which is in
use today. The triangular, diamond
shaped, octagonal and square have
been tried as experiments by different
countries, but in nearly all cases re-
turn has been made to the rectangular
form.
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rahleoIoth Tempted peer.

A tabIecloth ornamented with de
sign of green leaves until recently
graced the board of a farmhouse In
Dark Moon road, back Of Allamuchy,
N. j.. and was the particular pride OF
tbe farmers wife, Mrs. William Crawn.
One morning lately Mrs. Crawn hung II
ON a clothesline, and in half an hour
was surprised and panied, according to
the New York Herald, to see three deei
eating it greedily.
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scuIptoJs Masterpiece.

The famous statue of st. Bruno at
Rome was made by the great master
of French sculpture. Houdon (1741-
1929. At the invitation Of Franklin,
Houdon visited America in the year
1885 and took casts for the statue OF
Washington, now at Richmond, Va,
said by Lafayette to be the best Ike
ness obtained of the American Pa
triot." st. Bruno belonged to the or
der of Trappists, whose chief law was
silence. Pope Clement XVI. on see
ing the statue of st. Bruno, exclaimed ::
"He would speak did not the rule OF
his order forbid"
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He Had DEPENDENTS.

A husky citizen, who declared that
he was employed as a navy yard ship
wright claimed exemption at New York.
He offered the fact that he was en-
ployed in government work as a rea-
son, but added, "an' besides, I've got
dependents" "How many?" asked the
exemption official. "Me mother" said
the shipwright, "an' about 20 gents
that been playing cards with for the
last three months. Without me they'd
starye"