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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
SICK SOLDIER SAYS SALVATION GIRLS
 IDOLS OF YANKEES
(From Thursdays Daily.1


 F. F. Milton, who enlisted in the army at Aspen, Colorado, and who is quite well known as former miner of this section, passed through yes terday from Fort Logan, Colorado, to spend the winter on the desert near Vicksburg with a brother, having been granted an indefinite furlough. He is suffering from incipient tuber- culosiS, being invalided home last month fo rtreatment at the above base hospital His affliction is due to his being gassed and exposed to rain and bad weather for thirty-two hours aftS falling before he was picked up by Salvation Army girl
 He said: God bless these women, and you newspaper fellows cannot make it too strong in their behalf; their religion is genuine humanity, and let me tell you they go right into the firing line with smile on their lips to help us boys out in SO many ways: they are the idols of the Yank, and they are true blue, to boot"
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
PINECREST NOW PART
 OF CITY OF PRESCOTT
(From Fridays DaTiv.l

At the special meeting of the city council held at the city hall last night,
 ar ordinance calling for the i'm
 mediate annexation of the adjacent tract known as Pinecrest was passed by unanimous vote Another ordi- nance allowing the tract known as the Buena Vista addition, occupied by the houses recently put up by the
 Yavapai Construction Company, to be annexed to the city proper was also passed.
 + is understood that the annexa- tions came about through petitions which had been signed and present. ed to the council by the residents of those districts, the majority of the signers desiring to have the tracts included in the city limits because Of the fact that under the new condi- tions. the residents could have the benefits of the city sewage systems, etc Because of the lack of adequate sewers in Pinecrest. the sanitary con ditions were not the best, and ar have already been made for the construction of a municipal sewer in that section Pinecrest isI located about two miles south and west of the west corporation line. It is occupied to a large extent by families who have been attracted to Arizona by the favorable climatic conditions. The land was once the property of the local Chamber of Commerce, the lots being deeded free of charge to any person who would agree to construct house or which did not cost less han a certain specified figure.
 The Buena Vista tract comprises | he hilltop just south of the LeRoy Anderson residence. the property ! laving been until recently a part of 1 he Murphy holdings.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
ANOTHER ARIZONAN
 IS SAFE AND WELL
From Thursdays DziIy.)

Ii will be of interest for many friends of Egbert Finlay, of this county. to know that he has probably escaped the Hun bullet, this infor-
 nation being given yesterday by Carl C. Hogue, his uncle, who pass ed through yesterday from the Wil- Hams country for Salt River valley, accompanied by his wife, to remain in the south for the winter. Finlay was a range rider who was drafted from the Ash Fork region, and in his letter written October l2. he stated that he had been detailed for supply depot duty, being taken off the ac- tive duty line. He says: Am a long way behind the firing line, but wish 1 could go up; have seen several HavaPai boys go down, and it makes ones blood boil; maybe it is best for me to be here; we are sure going through
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
EPIDEMIC OF FLU WINS
 BRIDE FOR HILLSIDE BOY
(From Wednesdav's DailvN

L. B. Cannon of Hillside has re- ceived notice of the marriage of his son, Lieutenant Frank NJ. Cannon Of Chicago, and Miss Katherine Me Govern of Vaile, Iowa, the cere- mony having taken place on October Both.
 The Chicago Herald and Examiner ha the following to say of the nup- tial event:
 An influenza romance resulted yesterday in the wedding at Great Lakes of Lieut. Frank NJ. Cannon of the medical department to Miss Katherine McGovern, 9 Red Cross nurse. When the epidemic broke out at the naval training station several weeks ago Lieut.. Cannon was assign ed 10 the hospital where the wives of the blue-iackets were receiving treat ment. It was there he met and work ed with Miss McGovern. They were on the lawn back of Capt. Moffett's residence, and an orchestra from the station played the wedding march. Chaplain Charles s. Moore Lieut. Canon's home is at Ariz. The bride is from Vaile, Iowa.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
CHIEF OF POLICE TO BE Q.
 SELECTED BY ELECTORS
(From Wednesdays Daily.

The city of Prescott is going to
 once again try the experiment of hay
 ing its chief of police selected by
 popular vote at the municipal cleo
 ton instead of leaving the appoint
 ment of this official solely in the hands of the mayor, the preliminary arrangements toward this end having been completed by the city council at its meeting of Monday night last. It was decided to change to the elective method primarily because of the fact that petition was presented to the council signed by number of Pres colt voters asking that such step be taken. The signers of the petition apparently felt that the selection of the police chief was too far removed from the hands of the citizens them selves, and felt that the plan for all lowing the city's chief executive to do the selecting, method which has been practiced here for the last three years, should be done away with at once.
 The city attorney was directed to draw up a suitable ordinance and to present it at a special meeting which is to be held tomorrow evening. at which time the measure will prob ably be passed without a dissenting vote and its publication in a local newspaper started at once
 It is stated that there will be at least four candidates for the place now held by Chief Bloom, the office to be filled under the new plan on and after January Sth next, the date of the city election.
 At the meeting of the council, it | was suggested that all of the munich pal positions, such as city clerk, city attorney, health officer, treasurer, etc, be filled by direct election in stead of being left in the hands of the mayor, and it is believed likely that some steps toward this end may be aken shortly. With the chief of po- ice and the city assessor elected, here are many who believe that the entire list ought to be selected in a inform manner and incidently give he electors a chance to effectively -oice their approval or disapproval of he activities of the divers municipal attaches.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11

Had heard SO much about the
 mineral (placer) possibilities of
 Siberia, concluded this was my op-
 portunity to look ahead, so went into
 the ranks with the - regiment,
 made up to great extent of practi-
 cal miners from everywhere, includ-
 ing many from Klondikc. But We are
 as vet disappointed as our range of
 observing IS confined to q narrow
 strip. Later a party of about six of
 us will strike out for the inland
 country. " This rendezvous is the worst human makeup one can imagine. The Japs, Chinese, four distinct nationalities of Russians, (no tongue alike) a Korean element, Mhlayians and two races from India and also the Filipino. It is a noisy center and many of these officers arc always yelling to their commands in a manner which would indicate that a mutiny was brewing. It's awful We Americans are not looked upon as amounting to anything, and to see some of the swelled-up officers of the different units is Imaginable Guess this is the first time they ever had chance to face some powder.
 The customs observed here among some of the different nations amount to pure idolatry. Guess they are get ting ready to be called over the divide, or else anticipate that Gabriel will blow his horn. We Americans fraternize well with the English. and | We are huddled with them on the out | skirts of this ancient burg. Harbin has sections pretty well modernized. ! but other zones are pitifully primi- tive Will remain after the , war, and hope to be discharged here Want to get into the country to see what II looks lige, and if it is at tractivc We will do some prospecting. Hope we won't have to go through | 10 the main portion of Russia, for it | may be possible we will be sent home ria the Mediterranean. Send | you later a set of idols, each one labeled for a particular religious wor- ship. There's a ton of the pottery deities sprinkled around here, and ,nough of blessed sticks with images ,arved thereon, to corduroy the plaza in Prescott"
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
YAvAPAI co. D1sTRIcTS
 NOT TO BE CHANGED

i. PHOEMX, Dec. 3.--Through the
 passage. by majority vote in the elec-
 ton, of legislative redistricting
 amendment (No. l02) to the state
 constitution, 1t is believed there has
 been attained a much nearer ap-
 proach to equality of county and com
 munity representation than ever be-
 fore known in Arizona. The amend
 ment leaves 10 the counties the same
 senatorial representation as at pres ent, they to be elected "at large" as at present. and provides also that no county shall have a smaller num- Der of representatives than that to which it is now entitled" Two sen ators each will be elected by Cochise.
 Gila Maricopa and Yavapai coun- ties, all other counties having only one each
 Hereafter each county will have in the state house of representative a member for each 1900 votes, or ma jor fraction thereof, cast in such county for the office of governor at the last preceding general election Division of each county into repre- districts shall be done by the board of supervisors, each dis trict to be compact and contiguous and 10 be balanced in population with it's neighbors as closely as possible.
 It now appears evident that the strength of thirty-five in the coming house will be increased to forty in it's successors. Maricopa county will gain three members. At present it has six, contrasted with seven from Cochise, which has $500 fewer reg stered voters. It appears probable that Yavapai will remain with four members, Pima with three and Gila with three. Pinal and Coconino are due to raise to two each. Graham Greenlee, Pinai and Yuma remain at two each and Apache, Mohave. Nay !jo and Santa Cruz at one each.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
WESTERN UNION TRIED ID GET
 LINE ID ASIA
CRUMBLING POLES IN ALASKA ARE LAST REL ICS OF FUTILE EFFORT TO LINK GOTHAM AND LONDON WITH WIRE.

WHITE HORSE, Y. T., Dec. A.
 Here and there along the basin to
 the Yukon River are few crumbling
 poles, believed to be about the only
 remaining visible remnants of a
 great futile project launched by the
 Western Union Telegraph Co.,, over
 half century ago to connect New
 York and London with a telegraph
 line across Alaska, the Bearing
 Straits and Siberia.
 When the project was launched in 1863 the first of the Atlantic cables had been laid but had not proved
 much of a success. Before the tele- graph enterprises got we'll under way, however, another cable had been laid across the ocean and had worked satisfactory. So the telegraph line plan was dropped after, it has been said, it cost about S3OOO,OOO and sev- eraf lives and much time had been wasted upon it.
 Thousands of miles of the route selected for the telegraph line lay through country which at that time was wholly unexplored It was plan ned to build the line north from San Francisco, across British Columbia and down the Yukon River basin of Alaska to point on the Bearing Straits. Here 1t was to cross on buoys or anchored boats and connect with line to be built eastward from Petrograd, then St. Petersburg, by the Russian government
 The task got but a little way be- yond the surveying and experimental stage. Climatic conditions were studied. experimental lines were built in Alaska and Siberia and sur veyS were made on both continents. It has been said that the trans Siberian railroad, when it was built later followed many of the survey lines set out by the American tele- graph corps. .
 Members of the surveying parties sent north suffered many hardships. One of the leaders, Robert Kenni- colt. head of the scientific corps, died at Nulato, Alaska, from exposure. Another member, George Kennan, who made many surveys for the line in Siberia, later became we'll known as a traveller and lecturer, William D. Hall who succeeded Kennicott as head of the corps, wrote a book of his finding Lake Le Barge, widen ng of the Yukon River between here and Dawson, was named after Mich lel Le Barge, member of the expe- iition.
 Although the telegraph survey par ies did not accomplish what they set out to do, they did, by their findings, add much to the knowledge he outside world then had of Alaska. One point they definitely settled was hat the Yukon River, as described y the trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company was the same river that the Russians spoke of as the Kwipak.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
TRIO OF COPPERS MAY
 POOL THEIR RESOURCES
From Thursdav's Dsilv.,

Current gossip in local mining cir
 cles is to the effect that three promis-
 ing Iavapai county copper proper
 ties-the Green Monster, the Verde
 Combination and the Grand Island
 arc about to pool their operating
 funds, concentrate the development
 work on the group which at the pres
 ent time has yielded the most favor
 able showings, bring in a producing
 property, and, after a sufficiently
 large income has been derived from
 this source, proceed with extensive development work on the two rmain- ing properties.
 Such steps, if they are to be taken, will be made necessary by the rather unfavorable conditions which have prevailed as regards copper securities during the past months-conditions which have made extensive financing of the non-producing properties a matter more or less difficult and which have of necessity materially slowed down the progress of the | search for the ore deposits. While all three of the properties above men toned are regarded as having excel lent prospects for developing into big mines, none of the companies have at the present time an over-plus of ready cash with which to go ahead extensively with sinking operations The Grand Island has recently cut into a deposit of copper ore the value of which makes it quite advisable to go ahead with operations as fast as he funds will permit The Com- has also made some good, though limited showings, and the Green Monster has reached the o00- oot level without having reached the deposits which they hoped to en- Therefore, it is proposed hat the three organizations select me property, probably the Grand ,
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11

Island, and concentrate all of their
 resources in attaining the necessary
 depth for the production of ore of a commercial value sufficiently large to
 warrant its shipment to some nearby shelter. If the Grand .Ishnd-or any one of the others in the group could be made to pay dividends, the income could at once be turned over 10 fund set aside for the develop ment of the other properties, and in this manner three producing mines could be added to the list of those in the county. or else sufficient work could be done on the respective to demonstrate to the that further work would be unprofitable.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
ARID TERRITORY RECLAIM
 ED FOR SOLDIERS USE
(From Fridays naily.)

It is the intention of the United
 States government to give all return
 ed soldiers piece of land and locate
 them on the same. This plan is
 now being worked out by Secretary
 Franklin K Lane, whose represen- tative has been in Phoenix making ar
 engagements for this in Arizona
 Eleven Arizonans have been selected to meet in Phoenix on Monday Dec 9th to prepare report which will be forwarded to the secretary of the in terior telling of all available land in Arizona for this purpose. Yavapai county will be represented by T. c. Norris. Mir. Nerris will have the as sistance of the Chamber of Com merce and county officials in prepar- ing the data on Yavapai county. and a meeting will be held by Mir. Norris on Saturday at which time local men like l.. L. Bates, John Bianconi, etc, familiar with land conditions, will be called into conference to assist in the report on Yavapai
 While it is not known at this time now much land is available, this in is being obtained and it is believed that Yavapai will within the lext few years have many beautifully developed stretches of land, which Ire now but so much waste.
 Each state will be required to sub nit to the secretary of the interior ! report giving information regard 1 ng land available for this purpose. ! md in view of the early return -of roops it is necessary that the report 'f the state of Arizona be prepared t once. It is ebclieved Arizona will 'e one of the states to furnish a reat deal of land for returned sol iers.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
LEAVES THE NAVY
 OWING TO ILLNESS
(From Thursdays Daily ]


 Writing from Norfolk. Va, Harry McQuerter says he has been permit ted to leave the navy. much to his regret, and will return to Arizona be- fore Christmas. He gives as a reason for this his poor health which he has had since recovering from the in- fluenza about two months ago. He will locate this winter in the Wick enburg country where the climate is mild.
 He had attained the rank of sec ond class boatswain's mate, and in- that he had seen active ser. vice. He proposes to re-enter the service if his health in the future will permit it. This youth, it will be re- walked from a camp in Placeritas district to Prescott to os Ter his services, which were accept ed. He Is an orphan boy of about 10 years of age. and was born in Yuma county. never having been out side the state prior to his enlistment,
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
YAVAPAI MINER HAS
 EYE OPEN FOR FUTURE
(From Wednesdays Dailvl

Writing from Harbin. Manchuria, Denison Coster, gives the following pen picture of the military makeup at what then was the front of the Allied troop movement. The letter Is ad- dressed to his cousin, Mrs Mary Prentiss, an arrival short time ago from the Black Rock district, where her husband is mining. Coster was visiting at Baker City, Oregon, when he concluded to enlist to see the Siberia country. Here is what he says.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
HU[L'S WILL IS ABOUT SHORTEST
 EVER FILED
LEGAL COMPLICATIONS ENSUE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF DEAF MAN TO HAVE SIGNATURE TO REQUEST WITNESSED.
(From Wednesdays Daily)

(From Wednesdays Daily.)
 ? < | | | f < | < < < ( | 4 Frank, you are not going to < } get well, so we must know now. + I don't look of improving bet < }. ter this time. 4 } Tell us at once where your + money is to go as you are not + going to live long. + It will be turned over to Alice * Dickerson. < FRANK HULL. #
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
EVERY EFFORT ID bE MADE ID GET
 ARMY MENJObS
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIRECTS LOCAL ORGAN NATIONS TO GET BUSY AND FIND PLACES.
(From Thursdays Dailv.N

w. A. Kenyon, examiner of the T.. s. employment service for Yavapai county, has received a telegram from Thomas Croaff, State director, con- corning the part which the local of- flee is to take in the matter of secur- ing positions for the returning sol diers and sailors.s Every effort is to be made to immediately place the boys in just the sort of positions they had at the time of their enlistment or the kind of work they desire at the present time. The active cooperation of the municipal authorities, the chamber of commerce and every other civic organization is solicited in this work. and it is believed that by conducting intensive local campaigns, the whole problem of readjusting the labor question from a war basis to one of peace can be accomplished rapidly and without much confusion or much waiting on part of the men to find profitable employment.
 The text of Mir. Croaff's communi- cation to the local bureau is as fol- lows.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11

The Journal-Miner has the best equipped job printing plant in North ern Arizona. A trial will convince. *+
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11

For quick and artistic job work the Journal-Miner is the place.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-11
Phoenix, Arizona. December 4. 1918.

Director general Of our service in
 structs that bureau be established in
 each community to assist returning
 soldiers and sailors to secure employ
 ment at home. Task of finding them
 occupations thus becomes commun-
 ity responsibility and the function of
 employment service is to concentrate
 cooperative local efforts and all in-
 formation as to positions at central
 points, furnish means of communica-
 tions as to labor supply and needs between communities and to inform soldiers in camps where and how to proceed on reaching home.
 Start at once organizing such bur- eau in your community Use local offices of community labor boards or employment service. Cooperation of mayor. local council of defense, labor unions, chamber of commerce, draft boards, county farm agents. and others interested should be sought everywhere and every encouragement. given their efforts. giving them rep ICSGHldIlNCS III OIllCc IT WdHIcl anu 1 share in local management. This ser vice furnishing central clearing i house and uniform system. The re- sponsibility of this work is up to each | community and should be done by the community. Facilities of our ser vice are given for the purpose of | centralization of information and in tercommunity clearances. Make every effort to get men back to the farms where possible Extremely rapid demobilization of army on unit basis while industrial changes pend- ng and during winter months pre- 'ents to you the problem of readjust- ment in its most difficult form and -enders imperative immediate action and cooperation of organizing ability in each community. We look to you 10 see that soldiers bureau is organ zed in your community. The res is up to you and the com nunity. |,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24

Miss Delta Keyser left on last
Fridays jitney for the east on a visit.
Kelly Bros. received a letter from
their nephew, Carol, announcing his
arrival in France.
Undertaken Straw was called to
Sharon Springs last Friday to pre-
pare a body for shipment.
Last Thursday evening Mrs. A. T.
Greenwood departed for Roger, Ark,
to visit her son, Roger and family.
George Spitsnaugle was up from
Camp Funston over Sunday. He
looks good and makes fine soldier.
Chester Riggs was up from Camp
Funston over Sunday visiting with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Riggs.
of Banner.
J. j. Frank, who travels up and
down this road in the interest of the
International Harvester Company
was in town last Friday.
Fred Rensmeyer and several neigh
bors filled his ice house the latter
part of last week with good ice to
the amount of forty tons.
For Rent-House in good repair.
freshly papered and painted inside;
located in second block north Of court
yard; one block from common school
and on side walk; good barn and out
buildings. Phone $50. Adv. 4S.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-24
REPORT OF THE KENSINGTON
FOR THE YEAR 1917

Donated $500 to institute a Rental
Book Shelf in the City Library. The
H. o. A. circle joining with $500,
ten books were purchased. AS rentals
accumulated new fiction has been
bought until total of % books have
been given by the Rental Shelf Il 1-2
for the Kensington.
April 25th they voted to take up
some form of war work Committees
were appointed to write for infor-
nation and received papers which led
to the organization on June 23rd OF
the Trego County Chapter of tire
American Red Cross of which The
kensington was received as an aux
Hilary on October Goth. They made
up SO yards of cause into 1900 COM
presses, which were mailed to the
American ambulance hospital in
France
To stimulate Red Cross interest
they made a Red Cross float in the
4th of July parade.
With the help of friends % 'house-
wives" We're made and filled for the
H. o. A. Auxiliary. With the Coun-
try Club and Oak street neighbors
contributing 81 Christmas packages
were put up and sent to Lonesome
Soldiers" at Camp Funston. TIC
Lieutenant Kelly was presented vest
pocket kodak and a well filed COM
fort kit was made for Lieutenant
Coldiron. They also made absorbent
pads, Sd packages of 9x9 gauze
squares, A muff1ers, sweaters, 1 he'll
met, 1 pair wristlets and 2 pairs OF
socks.
Solonae A. Blair,
Secretary, Kensington