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The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
CRdr toIIMAIt BUREAU
ISSUES MONTHLY BULLETIN

increase of 10 per cent About 11,000
acres were planted this year. which
compares with 10000 acres last year
and 5000 acres, the 5-year average.
Based on conditions June l Of 81 per
cent of a normal crop, the total pro,
duction should be about 100000 bush
els. This compares with 100000 bush
els last year and 915,OOO bushels in
1916.
For the United States, a record crop
is Indicated The condition June l
was 81 per cent, which forecasts a
crop of 1,5OO,00O,OOO bushels.
The barley crop in Arizona will be
about 100000 bushels. This is 1856
900 bushels less than was pro- iced in
1917 The acreage that will be har-
vested this year is about 10000 COM .
pared with $4,000 acres last year and
35 900 acres. the 5-year average.
Barley production in the United
States will be about 235,000000 bush
els The .-year average production
IS 201,625.0 600 bushels. The cor -.,.o2
of the crop June l was 90.5 per cent,
compared with 1913 per cent in s191T
and 90.4 the 10-year average condition.
Hay production in Arizona is esti-
mated at about $4,000 tons, compared
with 568,000 tons last year The Uni
ted-States will produce about 100000.
900 tons, which is 12,000,000 tons more
than was produced in 1917.
The Arizona cantaloupe crop is in
very good condition. While the acre
age is smaller than last year, the av-
erage yield per acre will be larger
Shipments this year will be about
1000 cars, compared with 1900 cars
last year. The first car will be ready
for shipment about July /. For the
United States, the condition of the
crop June 1 was S5.6, compares with
sos last year and 81, the 1O-year
average.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15

If Pinal county does not go well
over t1e top in the present intensive
w. S. S. campaign, it sure won't be
the fault. of the boys of Superior.
Every pay night the club is con-
Yerted into a wicked old "49 Camp"
Swdust floor-everythin wide open,
every imaginable gambling game in
full blast! Poker? Sure! And the
sky only. the limit. Roulette? Well,
guess yes! Black jack, twenty-onc,
faro, dice, three-card Monte-thimble
rigging. Everything goes-only the
demon rum missing. At each table a
-frocked, heavily armed gentle
man presides at the game. The noise
of this gentleman's waitscoat almost
browns the hoarse and racous voice
voice of the spieler. Nothing in the
way of atmosphere is lacking. Check
by jowl at the same table sits the griZ-
zly-beared rough-neck> veteran with
the COW puncher and his jangling
spurs. Langurous dance hall ladies
with real Theda Bara devilishness
mingle with the patrons with all &e
grace and evil suggestiveness of their
KIND. Old '49 dance hall signs meet
you at every turn. mo shooting al
lowed. If you must shoot, do so at
the crap table," etc, etc.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
BUSY WEEK AT
FLORENCE TOWN

FLORENCE, June 15.-The past
week was a busy one for residents of
the county seat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Adams, the
former being assistant county enSi-
neer, and Mrs. Adams cur domestic
science teacher, are the proud parents
of son born at Modesto, Cal, where
they are making their home.
Mrs. w. w. Lane, wife of our coun-
ty engineer, has gone to Kentucky
with her infant daughter to spend the
summer months.
teacher, is spending the summer at
Long Beach, Cal.
The Florence chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has changed it's meet
ing days and will now meet two days
in each week, namely, Wednesday and
Fridays, instead of Wednesday only.
Miss Ruth Hall, one of our teachers
in Florence, is keeping books for the
Valley Market in the absence of Mr..
Wells, who has gone to California to
attend the funeral of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. ReNPy.
AThe three -year-old child of Antonio
Delci had just recently recovered from
an attack of pneumonia, was stricken
with typhoid fever, and passed away
June IL The sympathy of this com
munIty goes out to the Delci family in
it's bereavement.
Miss lone Powell, one of our Flor
ence gills who has been teaching at
Miami this term, is leaving shortly
for chicago, where she will take a
course in music.
Nels Bollin has left to work in the
shipyards and is stationed at Vallejo,
Cal. Mrs. Bollin is still here in Flor.
ence with her parents.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
SUPERIOR SOME RARE CAMP
TO BOOST v. 5. 5. SALES

The thing, of course, is a masque-
rade The scheme is simple and eff
fective. Stage money is used, and on
40 nights is sold to the boys at the
rate of one cent to the dollar. This
money is redeemed in w. S. S. only.
1t is also marked so that unless it is
turned in on the particular night it is
used, it is of no value.
Superior has purchased to date $8,-
500 worth of stamps, or about one
fourth of the entire sales of Pinal
county, and most of this has been
made at the '49 camps. Sales occa-
sionally run as high as $500 worth
of real money on these camp nights.
Realizing, however, that they could
not make their quota from the '49
camps alone, the boys of the general
office have banded together and made
minimum pledge of stamps to be taken
each month"; which will amount to over
$2500 before the end of the year. This
is an average of $1OO per man.
Things are sure done in a very SUI
perior way in Superior. Perhaps, If
similar methods were adopted in other
communities, considerable impetus
might be given to the thing of the
most vital interest to every man,
woman and. child in the country-the
winning of the war.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
MARICOPA BURNS
WITH BIG LOSS

Maricopa was visited by what is
estimated as a $4,000 fire Friday
morning, when nearly half of the town,
consisting of the property of J. v.
Edwards and the general merchandise
store of Henry Shry and Sidney Deal.
was destroyed, One Ford car and a
horse were the sole casualties.
The fire started in the hay barn in
the rear of the store, and because
there was but very little water in
the big tank which supplies the town,
it was practically futile to use the
hose which was connected up with
the hydrant at the depot. The prop
erty destroyed was the two-story
abode building containing the store, a
hay barn, warehouse, cottage. garage,
blacksmith shop and corral The mer-
chandise in the store was valued at
$4,000 and the. property destroyed at
100000. The merchandise was Gov
cred by an insurance policy amount
ing to $4,000 and the property carried
valuation of $6,500. The merchan-
disc in stock was purchased by Shry
and Deal from Mr. Edwards about two
months ago. Mr.. Shry plans to re-
establish the merchandise business.
The postoffice, which is inside the
store, was not seriously damaged as
all records, equipment and mail were
saved before the fire reached that
part of the building.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
NO LET UP BY
RAY RED CROSS

Ninety, instead of thirty. as stated
in last weeks Copper Camp, was the
number of packages sent off last
month to our boys still in America.
Letters were written to those abroad.
as we are allowed to send no pack
ages overseas. Also fourteen comfort
kits to those boys wha left recently.
Wrist watches will be sent this month
to those boys who have gone recently.
Wrist watches will be sent this month
to those deserving them who have not
yet gone across.
The hours for serving at the Guild
house on Tuesdays by the Red Cross
have been changed from until l. An
electric fan has been installed.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
KNIGHTS PYTHIAS
ELECT OFFICERS

At the regular meeting Tuesday
evening the following officers were
elected: L. H. Driggers, chancellor
commander; J. Angel, vice-chancel-
.lor commander; w. Atkinson, prelate;
Walter Harlan, master of work; N. L..
Edwards, master of arms; w. H. Phil
ipson, inner guard; Eli Vukas, outer
guard. After the election, refresh
ments were served. Arrangements
were also completed for the dance to
be given at the Red Cross platform
on Saturday, June %.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
SUNDAY CLOSING
NOW IN EFFECT

There has been a ready and state
federal food administrator for, Ari-
zona that all merchants selling food
commodities close their places of busi-
ness all day Sundays. In many in
stances grocers' associations have vol
unfairly adopted regulations making
it imperative that all members carry
out this suggestion, and this plan is
being encouraged on account of it's
fairness to all
Sunday closing reduces the ex-
penses of operation, gives the proprie-
tor and his clerks needed rest and re-
leases man-power for the army and
navy. 1t is therefore urged that all
merchants, regardless of the char
acter of their businesses, set a pa
triotic example by remaining closed.
At the same time it is realized that
in certain communities there are
stores handling mixed lines and oper-
ating ice cream and soft drink stands
that might be too harshly affected by
a sweeping order. For this reason it
is thought best to modify the request
made in a previous issue of this pub
lication regarding Sunday closing to
this extent:
Dealers are asked to refrain from
the sale of any food commodities on
Sundays and to post signs that no
food will be sold on Sundays. This
will not prevent the sale of other
merchandise, such as hardware, cloth
ing, soft drinks. cigars and tobacco
and ice cream on Sundays.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
CONGRESSMAN HAYDEN ALERT
CREDIT FOR ARIZONA QUOTA

. Congressman Hayden took a very
active part in the consideration of
the Senate joint resolution, providing
for the calling into military service of
certain classes of persons registered
and liable for military service.
Mr.. Hayden stated that errors had
been made in the apportioning among
the several states in the draft quotas.
by using estimates of population in
stead of basing same on the 1910 cen
sus
Mr.. Hayden said in part:
"The bill should be further amended
to provide that credit shall be given
no each state for the number of men
who have entered the military and
naval service of the United States 1t
is only by this method that we can do
justice to the patriotism of thousands
of men who have volunteered for SER
vice. The people of my state demand
credit for the 672 men who were in
Federal service as members of the
First Arizona Infantry when war was
declared, together with over thou
sand voluntary enlistments in the Ma
tional Guard and the Regular Army
since that date. They also have
right to ask to be credited with the
646 sailors that Arizona has furnished
to the Navy and SO marines. The Off
GERS who have been commissioned in
the various branches of the service
should also be entered in the count.
But the largest credit to which they
are entitled and which otherwise
would not be granted is for 3,472 men
additional draft of 148 men departed
about two weeks ago and 470 more
men are now preparing to leave for
Camp Funston on April 26th. We also
claim credit for several hundred men
who have been inducted into various
special and technical units of the Ma
tional army, none of whom were cred
ited on the first draft nor since that
time. 1t is only by giving credit for
every selected man that the Injustice
done to the people of my State under
the first apportionment of quotas can
be corrected.
Up To this good hour Arizona has
furnished more men in proportion to
the number actually liable to military
service than any other state in the
Union. BY that record we have earned
the right to say that the forty-eighth
star in the American flag is the Mars
, of the consultations. l want to see
,sthis bill amended so that credit shall
be given for every son of Arizona who
is now fighting for freedom and democ-
racy on land and sea. (Applause).
want to be frank with you and
say that my attention was first di-
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
MISS ZIMMERMAN
AGAIN TO RAY

Miss Hazel Zimmerman, home DEM
cnstrator agent, will visit Ray in the
interest of food conservation. She
will give a lesson in the Guild house
Thursday morning, June 27, at $50
a. m. on "Meat Substitutes and min
ers' Packed Lunch" Those who at
tended Miss Zimmerman's previous
demonstrations will welcome the op-
portunity of hearing her again. This
lesson is a free government demon
stration and all the housewives are
urged to attend.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15

PHOENIX, June 14.-The condition
Of wheat in Arizona June l was 80
per cent of o normal crop, according
to The government crop report issued
at@Phoenix today. This forecasts a
crop of 100000 bushels, which is the
same IS the forecast CT last month
Last year on June l the condition was
85, while the 5-year June average is
SO. The production last year was
825OOO bushels and in 1916, 100000
bushels
In Maricopa and Yuma counties the
crop is very good, but in the other
counties it is below, the average, due
to lack of water for irrigation on some
of the smaller projects, and damage
from insects.
For the United States, conditions are
above the average for both the winter
and spring wheat crops. The fore
cast June / is for a crop of 921 900 600
bushels, which would be the second
largest crop of record The produc-
ton last year was $50 $4,000 bushels
and in 1916, 36,318,OOO bushels The
record crop was that of 1915 when
1925, ,801 900 bushels were harvested.
Details for the principal states are
oS follows
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
MACDONALD WEEDS
AT CAPITAL CITY

News comes from Phoenix that on
Friday morning at o'clock Herbert
H. Macdonald, a successful business
man of this city, was married to Miss
Catherine Stearns at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Carrie Stearns,
on West Taylor street. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Ray G. Harker
of the Methodist church of the capital
city After the ceremony and follow
ing the wedding breakfast, the couple
left for Flagstaff and the Grand Can
yon and will before their return toI
Ray visit California points. Mrs. Mac
Donald is a graduate of the Phoenix
high school, and for some time past
has been with the Mcneil company.
She is an especially attractive young
lady and the hundreds of friends of
Mr.. Macdonald in this community will
welcome Mrs. Macdonald as perma-
nent resident of Ray.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
TWENTY YEARS FOR
DONALDSON KILLING

Jose Romero, CONVICTED of the mur,
der. of Deputy Sheriff Donaldsony
which affair occurred at Sonora some
weeks ago, was given an indetermin-
ate sentence of from twenty years to
life He has started serving his term
at the state penitentiary.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
SONORA HAS FIRE;
$1,000 DAMAGES

Fire of unknown origin totally de-
stroyed four frame houses in Sonora
Tuesday morning. (The wellorganized
fire department of Sonora was soon
on the job and the fire checked. The
houses were small and the loss
amounted to about $1,000.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
GUN TOTER GETS
NINETY DAYS JAIL

Sabras Galarza was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Henderson Monday for car
rying concealed weapons. Upon ap-
pearing before Judge E. w. French, he
Florence.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
WORKERS AND
OWNERS BOOST
FOR new LAW

A proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of the state, providing com
pensation for injuref workmen is at
tracing much attention and a great
deal of support in the mining districts,
where the majority of those who will
come under it's terms are employed.
Present activity in connection with the
amendment is in securing signatures
to petitions asking that Il be placed
on the, ballot this fail 1t will then be
up to the voters tofaccept or reject
the measure as they see fit.
In. view of the direct bearing the
proposed amendment has upon all
workmen and their families, as well
as upon employers, the following
points CLEANED from reading the meas
ure, which is remarkably simple in
wording and definite in terms as com
pared with the usual Illegal document,
are of interest as practically explain
ing the entire proposal
Points in Amendment
1t is to replace the present made
quate compensation law.
1t provides insurance to the en-
ployer and guarantee of fair compen-
sation to the injured workman.
1t provides state insurance to the
employe at no cost to himself and at
only actual cost to his employer.
The injured person entitled to com
pensation will receive it direct from
the Industrial accident board of the
state, promptly and without the as
sistance of lawyers.
1t should meet no opposition from
either employer or employe-it is good
for both.
It contains no catches. come-backs
or jokers.
1t protects the widow and orphans
no less than the injured workman.
1t safeguards these4from the tricks
and fees of a certain class of lawyers
and from the ,teehnioalities of courts
by doing away with the need of law
yers.
It provides more liberal payments
for injuries sustained than any other
compensation law il the United
States
1t, provides payment of compehsa-
ton at full rate during life and the
continuance of permanent total dis
abilities
The employe knows, and his family
knows, when he leaves home just,what
will be received if misfortune befalls
him during the day, whether it is the
loss of toe or any minor or major
injury between that and life itself.
1t comprises all that is best, clear
ington and New York compensation
laws, considered the foremost in the
country in liberality and protection,
and goes all of them one better in
clearness and in high payments.
In reality, it is plain accident insur-
ance, guaranteed by the state and paid
for by the employer. 1t is cheaper
for him than buying insurance from
a company operated for profits In
cutting out litigation, it will reduce
court costs and taxes for both the
employer and the employe and for all
other taxpayers.
Signing the petitions now in cir
culation means merely that you are
willing the measure should be voted
upon.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15

no more dances or entertainments at
the club until after July %, at which
time the general election of officers
will take place, which will be followed
by a big smoker.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
RAY CON CLUB
UNDER REPAIR

On account Of the repairing of the
Ray Consolidated club, there will be
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15

rected to this matter because of the
great injustice done to my state, and
it may be that I have been a, special
pleader. One cannot be blamed, how
.ever, for attempting to protect his
own people. That condition, however,
no longer exists I received a letter
from the Provost Marshal General
which states that in his last call for
$4,000 men, as apportioned among
the states, there were not men enough
left in Arizona to complete her quota
by 200, and that he has ordered in
this mouth of May all of the remain
ing men in class one from Arizona
into camp 1t is a mooted question, so
far as / am concerned, and l am not
making any more special pleas, be-
cause Arizona has no more men left
to plead for. But l do say that If this
House will reject this motion, send
this resolution back to conference, and
the conferees study the question as
they should, they can bring to us a
law that will do justice by bringing
the other states up to an equality
with my own.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-06-15
ARIZONA TO GET
CREDIT FOR QUOTA

PHOENIX, June 12.-Not only have
exhausted in previous calls to the col
ors, which is the reason this state, was
not included in the call, announced in
Washington, for 100000 men to be en-
trained between June "a and June %,
but there is an acknowledged credit of
582 more men, this number having
been furnished from this state to the
various departments of the service.
"The provost marshal general ad-
mits that we have a credit of 582 on
record in his office" said Colonel
Charles w. Harris, adjutant general,
yesterday. "But we really have a
great many more than that. Some time
ago we convinced Crowder that we
should have a credit of 300 more than
the Washington figures gave us. We
will have to do the same thing again.
"These men for whom we are given
no credit" added Colonel Harris, "are
the Arizona men who have been in
Quoted into the service in some other
state"
Arizona will have few more Glass
l men after the 400 or more young
men who registered on Wednesday are
classified, these men having become
of age since June of last year. Ac-
cording to word from Washington,
these registrations are to be held
every three months hereafter, thus
furnishing constantly a few more men
for Glass 1.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-13
Second Crop Apples.

Eli T. Reynolds has in his yard on
East Main street of this town a large
Smokehouse apple tree that bore
nine second-crop apples this year.
The latter part of September, at the
time the first crop was picked from
the tree, several blossoms were
noticed on two or three of the top
most branches. Mr.. Reynolds took
note of the fact and from time to
time looked from an upstairs win
dow to see the blossoms give place to
small we'll formed apples, nine in
number. During the high wind of
Friday, Dec. 6, these apples were
blown from the tree. They were
about the size Of walnuts with the
hull on, and were all perfectly form
ed but far from being ripe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-13
No Red Cross Seals To Be Sold.

To lend support to anti-tubercu-
losis campaign, the American Red
Cross has hitherto supplied the
tuberculosis Association with their
Christmas Seals to sell. This fall
the Red Cross has made direct ap-
preparation of $2,50O,O00 as a war
measure, to insure the enlargement
of this work, preferring not to leave
its support conditioned on a sale OF
seals in the midst of many financial
drives. This sum, 400 more than
realized in the most successful seal
sale, is paid to the National 1uber-
culosis Association to carry out the
program of work before it and its
cooperating associations in 1918.
No Red Cross Seals are to be sold
this year. 6OO,0O0,0O0 of them,
however, are being distributed to
Red Cross members, ten seals to
every person joining during the RED
CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL
December 1929 The ten seals
will be contained in circular on
tuberculosis and the war against it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-13
Mamie Julia Mosteller.

Mamie Julia Mosteller, wife of
the late Samuel w. Mosteller, passed
away Wednesday, December IL,
1918, at her residence in Rising Sun.
The deceased was in the 33rd year
of her age. She had been afflicted
with tuberculosis for months, grad
ually growing weaker, but making
a game struggle in a losing tight
against the disease in her efforts to
provide and keep together in the
home her five young children, now
left orphans. Kindly neighbors and
residents of our town from time to
time rendered what assistance they
could, and will make provision for
the children, who are: Helen, aged
Is years; Samuel, aged IL; Mary,
aged IL; Margaret, aged 5, and Bes-
sic aged about years.
The funeral will be held Saturday,
December IA, at 2 p. m. Services
at the house. Interment Brookview
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-13
Mission Study Glass.

The opening meeting of the Mis-
sion Study Glass was held on We'd
nesday evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Edwin L. Haines. Twenty
two memebrs of the class were pres
ent and took part in the review con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Reed. The text
book for this year is "The Christian
Crusade for World Democracy"
Chapter one, Making Democracy
Safe for the World" was reviewed.
At the conclusion of the lesson
refreshments were served and a
social hour enjoyed. The class this
year has enrolment of forty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-13
johnson Trial December 16.

Aberdeen, for the killing of Major
John R. King, in July last, removed
to Elkton, has been set for Monday,
December 16. The defense has en-
gagged the following local COUNSEL
William T. and Henry A. Warburton,
Omar D. Crothers, Henry L. Con-
stable, Henry M. Mccullough and
James F. Evans, Esqs. Messrs. Will
liams, Robinson and Carver, of Har-
ford county, were already engaged
by the defense. The prosecution will
be conducted by States Attorney
Walter McComas and Senator James
J. Archer, of Hartford.