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The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mrs. Il. L. Houk and baby return
ed home To Grand Junction Thurs
DAY, after pleasant visit with home
folks the s, NJ. Hendrickson fam
lily on California mesa.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. John Shreeves and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Shreeves and child
are in Denver where they will be the
guest Of relatives until after the mid
die cf January.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Singleton are
enjoying a visit from their daughter
Dora, who is a student at one of the
state colleges.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mrs. T. H. Thurman. of Paonia,
left Monday to spend Christmas with
her sister, Mrs. ]. w Burdette. of
Grand Junction.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mrs. H. E. Tyler is enjoying visit
from her twin brother, Fred Metteese
of Buena Vista.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mrs. G. A. Groom will spend the
winter with her daughter. Mrs John
Michaelson, at Tulsa Okla She ex-
poets to return to Paonia in about two
weeks.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

And now TO add insult TO injury,
German measles has broken loose
in several Delta homes. French or
English. possibly, but German. ugh,
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Gilbert left
Wednesday for Long Beach, California
for the winter
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mrs. Charles Oliver of Paonia. i,
IN San Diego, where she viii spend
INC winter with cousins, the Mayors.
Mr.. Mayer is n loor health and she
goes for visit with him.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Wilson and
family OF Crawford had as their guests
from Sunday until Thursday. Milford
Shields and his sister. Pearl of Ash
mesa.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Miss Dora Singleton met L. A Pitt
ser and Miss Lois Nelson from Gunni.
son Wednesday. Miss Nelson going
on to visit friends in Austin after a
short visit with Miss Singleton.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-28

Miss Elizabeth Bowie. of Bowie.
was Delta visitor Thursday. going
on to Denver where she will be with
her aunt. Miss Agnes Bowie. for some
time
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
YUMA COUNTY'S VALUATION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE.

County Assessor A. B. Ming has
completed the 1917 assessment rolls
of Yuma county, and the figures
showing the valuation of the differ
ent classes of property for purposes
of taxation are interesting to every
taxpayer in the county. The total
valuation for 1917 is SIS, 648.4
as against $14,536, 6,244.14 for 1916,
showing a total increase of 1929,
440.31. This is most remarkable
showing for Yuma county and indi-
Gates that the people are rapidly de-
veloping the resources of mine, shop
and farm. The figures show that the
big increase comes in state and script
lands, town property and in the min
ing industry Of northern Yuma
county.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
VALUATION OF MINES GROWS
BY MILLIONS.

The valuation of the mines of this
state will add $158,743,373.57 to
the taxable wealth of the state this
year, the total valuation fixed by
the state tax commission being $780,
1,994.76 against S171,8S8,616.19
in 1915. This valuation is just for
the mining property and not for the
improvements which are assessed by
the counties in which they are situ-
ated. Such improvements last year
were valued at $39,566, 6,662.77. The
total valuation of mining properties
in the state, therefore, this year will
not be less than $37O,00O,000 1t
is estimated that the total valuation
of all classes of property for taxable
purposes this year will be about
$3.50, 100000 against $486,406,5 SIS
so in 1915.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
HIGH WATER CAUSES DAMAGE IN
CIBOLA VALLEY.

Judge A. G.. Grossman of Quartz
site, in a letter to The Post dated
July 9th, says:
Judge Bishop, the justice of the
peace and postmaster of Cibola, made
a quick trip by auto to Quartzsite
for supplies today, accompanied by
Mrs. Bishop. Mr.. Bishop stated that
never in the history of Cibola val
ley has anybody seen such large
body of water, the Colorado river at
that point being entirely out of it's
banks. The Bishops were unfortun-
ate enough TO lose their residence
and postoffice. They say that as the
water struck the adobe buildings
they crumbled down like so much
chaff. The buildings stood on what
had always proved to be high ground,
but this year the flood waters of the
river reached them. Many other
ranchers in the Cibola valley were
even more unfortunate than the
Bishops The Bishops will rebuild,
but they state that the new buildings
will be constructed on higher
ground"
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
SINKING THREE COMPARTMENT
WORKING SHAFT.

The new hree-compartment work
ing shaft, recently started by the
Swansea Lease, which is owned by
the Clark copper interests, has at
tanned a depth of over SO feet. The
two large boilers which were forIner-
" used in Ihe smelling plant have
been moved to the new shaft and are
being installed in the new power
house. A mammoth new engine and
hoist have been purchased to COM
plete the power equipment for the
shaft.
Reports from >wsHst.a Lat, that a
full force Is again employed at the
mlne, the strike a.i-4 ih"re recently
by the l. W W having failed. The
Swansea miners have a fiourisnjng
union which IS affiliated with the
American Federation OF Labor. and
the leaders have expressed themselves
as being opposed to the methods en-
plOyed by the l. w. w. miners.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
DEATH OF CIIAS. BOWMAN.

The news of the death of Charles
Bowman, the well-known Los Ange
les attorney, was received in Parker
Thursday, and was a shock to Mr.,
Bowman's many friends here. He
died last Tuesday as a result of an
operation for appendicitis. Mr.. Bow
man Vas we'll known in Parker. hav-
ing made many trips here during
the pdst few months on legal busi
ness connected with the mines Of
this district He was secretary Of
the Mammon Gold & Copper com
pany. and was attorney fCc the En-
pire-Arizona Consolidated Copper
company For many years he prac
ticed law in this state, removing to
Los Angeles about FIVE years ago.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
DEPOSITORS' MEETING.

The regular weekly meeting of the
depositors of the defunct Commercial
Bank was held Monady evening in
the lobby of the new hotel. G. A.
Marsh, chairman of the committee
on waivers, reported that nearly ev-
cry depositor had signed up, only
two or three depositors with ac-
counts Of about $1,000 each, and q
number of small accounts, had not
yet been heard from. 1t was his
opinion that the present week would
witness the completion of the work
of securing the signatures of the bal
ance of the depositors to the waivers.
The matter of the eligibility Of the
directors to be elected by the adjust
ment company came before the meet
ing in the form of a motion that no
one owing the Commercial Bank
should be eligible to act as a direc-
tor of the adjustment company AT
ter considerable discussion, the mo-
ton was laid upon the table until
such time as the meeting of stock
holders shall be held, when this
question shall be decided
A motion was carried instructing
the secretary, Charles Detrick, to
invite p. K. Lewis of Phoenix to at
tend the next meeting of the deposit
ors, which is scheduled for next Mon
day night at the same place
Upon the completion of the work
of signing up the waivers steps will
be taken Immediately for the incor-
poration of the adjustment company
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
JOE MAKES GETAWAY.

Joseph LaBelle, the contractor, is
gone, but not forgotten. Consider
ing that the town is just passing
through a bank failure wherein ev-
erybody's money is tied up, the en-
terprising LaBelle succeeded in
making fairly good cleanup be-
fore departing for new fields. No,
brother, Joe isn't coming back, If he
can help it, because he would have
to explain the reasons and where
fores of securing various and sundry
sums of money from unsuspecting
friends and customers just before his
departure, and, besides, these peo-
pie whom he owes would ask him to
pay, and it's not in Joe's line to pay
after cleaning up. So it's a safe bet
that he never pays Parker another
visit. Our space forbids giving the
names of the many people whom Joe
bilked, and probably the bilked ones
Wouldn't like to see their names in
print in this connection. Anyway,
Joe has hit the trail, and from last
accounts he is now in Minneapolis.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
I. w. w. AGITATORS RUN OUT
OF JERMOE.

JEROME, July 10.-Hundreds of
miners and citizens, some with rifles
and others with pick handles, start
ed at sunrise today to "clean" the
town of agitators whom they consid-
cred undesirable, as the result of a
strike called Friday by the Metal
Miners branch of the I. W. w.
which members of the International
union repudiated. No violence has
been reported
Most of the Industrial Workers Of
the World apparently learned of the
proposed drive" and left town during
the night.
Those who remained offered no re-
sistance, and they were ordered
aboard special train, leaving soon
for Jerome Junction.
Sixty-seven Industrial Workers Of
the World finally were herded to-
gether by the citizens and miners.
They were searched and loaded
into cattle cars guarded by fifty
armed men.
The train was then started for
Jerome junction, 27 miles away,
where it unloaded the prisoners.
Only two revolyers were found on
the deported men
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
ZOO |. v. v. s
ARE DEP0RTED
SHERIFF WHEELER CLEANS UP
BISBEE AND SENDS AGITATORS
TO u. S. ARMY OFFICIALS AT
COLUMBUS. N. M.

According to advices received from
Bisbee 1900 members of the |. W. w.
were rounded up Thursday by Sher-
iff Wheeler and $500 fully armed
citizens Of Bisbee and Globe, and de-
ported to New Mexico. The wob-
blies. it is reported are now at
Columbus, N. NJ, where they will be
interned by the United States gov
ernment.
The work of deporting the |. w
w. members, who are regarded as
the disturbing element in Bisbee. was
done thoroughly and was gone about
in a systematic manner The Citi
zens Protective League, which did
the work, is an organization consist
ing of citizens, business men, mine
operators and miners not affiliated
with the l. w. w. Practically all Of
the members Of the organization were
deputized by the sheriff
All business in Bisbee was sus-
pended for the day, all shops being
closed and no mining operations at
tempted. The members of the Pro-
tective League had determined to
make this the "unfinished' business
and set about to see that it was ac-
complished before nightfall. Every
member Of the organization was
armed, although there has been no
report from Bisbee up to this time
that the arms had been used except
to make a demonstration.
Apparently appreciating the fact
that they were greatly outnumbered
and were unable to cope with the or
ganization, those members of the |.
w. w., who did not escape from the
town, were rounded UP in the city
baseball park. There q strong guard
was kept surrounding the park and
as fast as the men were brought in
they were searched for weapons and
the little red cards showing their
membership in the T. w. w. organiza-
ton.
Nearby on a siding, cattle cars and
box cars were standing and the men
were taken from the ball park to the
cars where other guards saw to it
that they remained in the cars.
The entire affair was conducted by
the sheriff Of the county and it is an
nounced that the roundup was 100
per cent. Peace officials and mine
officials do not expect a return of
the men.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
WOMEN AND CHILDREN NOT AL
LOWED TO CROSS DESERT

Women and Children will not be
permitted 10 cross the desert by auto
between Needles and Barstow during
the present hot spell, according to
word received from San Bernardino,
Calf District Attorney Duckworth
at San Bernardino is reported to have
issued Instructions to officers at des-
ert points to halt all automobile par
ties containing women and children
and If necessary to enforce the or
der to arrest the driver
This order, it Is understood, will be
in effect until the weather becomes
cooler. In some of the sinks on the
desert the heat is so oppressive that
children could not survive should
mechanical trouble develop with au-
tomobiles.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
REVENUE CAMP DESTROYED
BY FIRE.

The Revenue camp, located about
sixteen miles east of Parker, consist
ing of several tent buildings and a
large quantity of supplies, was to-
tally destroyed by fire last Sunday
night 1t is believed the fire was OF
incendiary origin, as the personal be-
longings of former employe were
taken out and carefully laid aside.
The affairs of the Revenue Copper
company are in very bad condition,
it being said that the company owes
a number of its former employees, be-
sides numerous other debts for sup
plies, etc. The loss of the camp is
placed at $4,000.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
dollar of normal time tax production
to conduct it's business.

dollar of normal time tax production
to conduct it's business.
Meantime, business men the state
over are being handed a close times
envelope that two months ago they
did not dream to be among the pos
sibilities. Those in the mining dis
tricts are at the immediate time the
heaviest sufferers, but the tighten
ing up is reaching out over the state
from the mining districts rapidly,
and it will not be long until the out
side cities feel it sharply. The money
of the mining districts keeps the
banks Of the outside communities
flush, provides loans for farmers and
cattlemen and for those improving
city property. Thousands of dollars
of it, too, are carried to the outside
towns by traders and vacationists
from the mining centers. 1t has
been estimated that but for the pres
ent trouble, Arizona miners and
their families and the business and
professional men and their families,
would have carried ten million dol
lars to Los Angeles and it's beach
resorts this season. They will have
to get along with probably less than
half of that unless there is a more
speedy wiping out of the trouble in
the state than there is now the pros
nect Of
The Parker post., 1917-07-14

treatment of our ore by the oil fiota-
ton process, which has been proven
satisfactory for the character Of ore
we have. BY concentrating at the
property, we can make material saw
ing in hauling, freight and other
charges. Other units may be added
to this plant; and it will not be long,
in my opinion, before we will have
plant many times larger than the
first unit, as it is a matter of small
moment to make additions after the
first installation
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
FROM
DESERTS HEAT
RUN OUT OF WATER AND SOME
OF PARTY WALK SIXTEEN
MILES OVER BURNING SANDS
FOR HELP.

YUMA, July 12.-Details of des-
ert tragedy in which one Yuma man
| lost his life and four others barely
missed the same fate came to light
yesterday. The man who perished
was formerly a colored porter at the
Hotel Arizona, Charlie Smith At
torney w. F. Timmons, John Fish
baugh, Jr, Charlie Martin and a Is
year-old colored boy named Hudson
Selvage, constitute the party which
came so near adding their bones to
the grim-visaged array of the great
sandy way that they will never for
get their torturing experience OF
practically two days and one night
Messrs. Timmins, Fishbaugh and
Martin were in Imperial, coming
from Los Angeles to Yuma. The two
colored boys, Smith and Selvage, had
gone to that place to picnic and
started to ride home with the white
men. Sixteen miles from Imperial
their auto ran out of water, and the
five men were also void of water to
drink. The sun was brOiling hot and
the great. wavy land of peril repre-
sented seething chaldrOn of heat.
The party formulated a plan which
seemed to them their only salvation.
Timmons and Martin were to start
for Imperial for water and help, and
the colored men and Fishbaugh were
to go to the well. Night came on
and the two parties started. Tim
mons and Martin reached Imperial,
distance of 16 miles, all but famish-
ed. Fishbaugh and the two colored
men separated, after it became mani
fest the two latter could not keep
pace with the former. The Imperial
party returned with horse rig and
water and picked up Fishbaugh, but
the two colored men could not be
found. They were tracked until their
tracks became obliterated by sec
tions of plank road. The three white
men arrived in Yuma all right.
About the same time the negro boy
staggered into Ogilby half naked and
all but dead. He said himself and
Smith, so fatigued they could travel
no longer, laid down together to die.
Smith took off all his clothing. He
told young Selvage the jig was up
with him and advised the latter to
go on and save himself But Selvage
stayed with him over night, and In
the morning found that some time
during the night Smith had left him.
his clothing remaining. Selvage
started to travel, and by the merest
chance came to Ogilby late Saturday.
after having endured the torture
since Thursday. A party Of Ogilby
people organized and searched for
Smith. They found his clothing, but
did not find the man. However, they
tracked him until they were sure he
had gone in the direction Of Glamis
and was out of reach of all human
help, probably dead in the hot sands
at least IS miles from any place
where he could have secured help.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
SCHEME TO END WAR.

A brand-new scheme for ending
the war was presented at a socialist
meeting held last week in Los Ange-
les. The luminous plan Is nothing
less than that all women shall re-
fuse to have any more babies, the
Idea being that if there are no more
babies there will be no more men,
and If there are no more men there
can be no more fighting, Simple,
isn't it?
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
BAD MAN ESCAPES FROM BANDY

Joe Benny, convicted in the Yuma
county superior court for placing
railroad tie on the Southern Pacific
railroad, escaped Saturday night from
Deputy Sheriff Henry Bandy while
en- route to the state penitentiary at
Florence with the officer to serve a
sentence of one year. Benny is said
to be a bad man, and the Southern
Pacific officers are afraid that to
avenge himself he will attempt some
other crime against the company.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
At the Cost of Taxpayers.

Arizona taxpayers are losing some
thing like 100000 the week because
of the labor troubles in the state at
this time. That figure is based upon
the taxes the copper mines would pay
if operating full capacity for the
privilege of taking ore out of the
ground. Their tax payments are
figured upon the tonnage Of copper
they produce and the price they get
for it,
Arizona's production the present
month, under normal conditions,
would have been around 90,000,000
pounds. AS matters stand, 46,0OO,-
900 pounds have been cut off the to-
tai by strikers Cananea's 1000, 700
pounds should be added, making 53,-
100000 taken out Of production thru
the l. w. w movement in Arizona.
The tax loss on the 46,000,000 pounds
which the state will not make this
month, figuring 2S cents as the price
the producers would receive, which is
about what their contracts average,
will go something over 100000 the
month. The business man, the city
property owner, the farmer and the
cattleman, the latter two classes in
the largest measure, will have to dig
into their pockets to make up the
shortage, for the state needs every
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
REDUCTION PLANT FOR MOHI-
CAN COPPER COMPANY.

In report just issued to the
stockholders of the Mohican Copper
company of Bouse Managing Direc-
tor Rol King says:
I'VE contemplate the purchase and
erection of a ffty-ton plant for the
The Parker post., 1917-07-14
WHAT COPPER
STRIKES MEAN
CURTAILMENT OF PRODUCTION
NOT ONLY CRIPPLES WAR DE-
PARTMENT, BUT IS GREAT
LOSS TO ARIZONA.

The total copper production of
North and South America during the
| first half of the year is approximated
at 21O,OO0,0O0 pounds the month.
North Americas proportion of this is
! somewhere around 100, 100000 lbs.
| the month. Strikes now in effect in
Arizona cut off 46,O0O,Q0O pounds Of
this the month, with $4,000 900 more
| pounds of Arizona copper the month
seriously threatened by the I, w. w.
| efficiency destroying organization re-
sponsible for the agitation working
the present havoc.
Copper production loss through the
! |. w. w strike promotions outside
| of Arizona include Butte's 10000
| 900 pounds the month. Cananea' s
| 1000, 900 pounds, Alaska's 5000, 900
pounds, or total of 100000 lbs
the whole loss to the metal market
| being 89,000,000 pounds the month.
l..
not at all unlikely of going out of
| commission at any time, in view of
| the manner in which terrorism has
| taken hold of the Montana-AriZona
! districts, are camps in other copper
districts of Arizona and Utah repre-
senting 100000 more pounds of
copper Should this latter copper be
| called out, the cut into the monthly
production Of 100, 100000 pounds in
North America would represent a to-
| tai OF 1875, 100000 pounds, leaving a
production of 55,000,000 pounds the
! month, or 100000 pounds less than
the June purchases of the government
! for its own uses.
Arizona's loss OF 46.000,000 lbs
of copper from it's monthly produc-
tion was brought about through
three strikes in which I. w. W. in
| auence dominated and which were
got underway within one week In
all three instances I. w. w. past rec
ord for violence and freedom with
dynamite was the important factor
in getting response to strike calls
far exceeding any expectations in the
mining districts affected. The same
| factor has kept and Is keeping hum
dreds of men from returning to work.
| It is a situation that abundantly JUS
titles urgent recommendations which
| were made earlier in the year to the
government to provide federal troops
in the mining districts in order that
/ this manner of terrorism could be
prevented and the mines operated at
efficiency, insuring the federal gov
ernment not only all the copper it
might need but an abundant supply
| for it's allies, along with the large
encouragement that would go to the
! latter by reason of the copper indus
| try being kept intact from the ef-
| forts of Germany to slow it down and
! win prOpOrtionate encouragement for
| German troops in the field, if not ac-
tual advantage through shortage Of
copper metal in the hands of the al
| lies. How far reaching disaster
might be in connection with a short
age of the metal for the allies, it Is
not possible to conceive.
The Parker post., 1917-07-14

Mail orders to the City Drug
Store, at Parker, will be promptly
attended to.-Adv.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-27
WILL PROTECT TENANTS.
Way Found TO Keep Tradesmen Away
From Apartment Dwellers.

Milwaukee. - Tradesmen, including
the butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker, will not swarm about
apartment houses to the annoyance Of
tenants If the recommendations de-
vised by the management Of one OF
Milwaukee's most modern establish
ments are generally adopted.
In brief, patrons are urged to do
their trading with but one grocer, one
milkman, one iceman, one laundryman
and the like. The quality Of service
rendered is expected to determine the
selection Of favorites. By this means
the leaseholder, it is expected, will not
be awakened at an unseemly hour by
the merry rattle of cans or clink Of
bottles as squad after squad Of milk
men go troOping over the premises.