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The Parker post., 1918-02-23
MINING MEN HERE.

Ernest c. Lane, formerly super
intendent Of the Swansea mine, spent
several days here the past week ex-
amining mining properties. He was
accompanied by Attorney Benton
Dick of Phoenix and w. H. Tharpe
of Los Angeles. Mr.. Lane is now
superintendent of the Argus Copper
company, formerly known as the A.
B. Jones property, located near the
old Planet mine. He is also consult
ing engineer of the Rich Hill Min
ing company, whose property is To-
Gated near Congress Junction. Mr.
Lane is making rapid rise in the
mining world since his successful
work at Swansea.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23

spectacular mining suits ever thresh-
ed out in the courts Of Arizona, and
has the effect of practically putting
the financial affairs Of the Jerome
Portland company back on the same
plane as existed before Frame, the
promoter, succeeded in getting toe
company almost hopelessIy snarled
in tangle of legal controversy.
Frame organized the company
during the early days of the Jerome
bOOm and received a large block of
the organization stock for his SER
vices. Later he secured possession
of l l mining claims in the Verde dis
trict and upon representations that
the claims were of unusual value, he
succeeded in getting his directorate
to issue him about 100000 shares of
stock in exchange for the claims.
Later, the stockholders raised
howl" alleging that the claims
were worthless, and that Frame had
puHCOCu TIC COHlpdAy wien he put
the deal over. In order to allay come
Of the discomfort, Frame later re-
turned about 25O,OOO shares to the
treasury but this was not sufficient
to settle the matter, and the suit
was filed in May by the minority
stockholders to compel a complete
restitution. The case came to trial
a month or so ago, being heard by
Judge Lyman. Shortly after the ac-
tion was tried, Frame quit his job as
superintendent of the company, pull
ed out the pumps, paid Off the miners
and skipped out of the state, taking
with him the company's safe The
affairs of the Jerome Portland were
in such bad shape that a number of
the stockholders asked the court for
a receiver, and F. H. Dyer of Jerome
was named in that capacity.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23

lands, and the collection and loaning
of state funds derived from these
sources, amounts to less than $7O,-
600 appropriated by the legislature
for the administration of the state
land department an dthe selection of
state lands. During the six months
ending December 81, 1917, over 50O,-
900 acres of land were selected, on
which there was paid to the U. S.
land office in fees alone $500. AL
though the expenses of the state
land department for the period men
toned were greater than usual Ow-
ing to the large acreage selected,
they still fell short of the apprOpria
ton of $4,000 for the period, and
with the present six months expenses
less than this amount, the cost of
maintaining the state land depart
nent will fall we'll within the legis-
Iative appropriation.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
PROMOT|ONP PLAN
IS FROWNED ON

Judge Frank Fl. Lyman of Phoe-
nix, sitting as a special Judge in the
Yavapai county superior court dur
ing the trial Of the suit which the
stockholders of the Portland
Copper company had instituted
against A. B. Frame, on last Satur-
day handed down decision which
it is expected will have a far-reach-
ing effect and will tend to definitely
clear up the question as to how far
promoter may go in the matter of
securing stock in the company he
represents.
1t is the opinion of lawyers and
mining men generally, according to
the Arizona Republican, that the
ruling of Judge Lyman in the Yava-
pal case will have the effect if stop
ping the common practice Of pro-
moters securing large blocks of pro-
motion stock through the machina-
tions of dummy directorates, by vOt-
ing the shares to themselves for some
imaginary services or for some other
considerations of doubtful value.
The JerOme-POrtland case was the
first of it's kind to be brought under
the provisions of the state constitu-
tion, which expressly prohibits a cor
poratiOn from disposing of it's stock
to anyone except bonafide subscribers
who pay for the shares either by
cash or through the performance of
some legitimate services.
In the Jermone-Portland Copper
company case, which had been insti
tuted against A. B. Frame, Judge Ly-
mand handed down a decision can
ceiling the 469,900 shares of the
treasury stock which the defendant
held in the company and directing a
Prescott banking concern, which held
the shares in escrow, to deliver the
shares over to the receiver of the
company for restoration to the COM
pany's treasury.
Judge Lyman's decision terminated
one of the hardest fought and most
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
HERE FROM BOUSE.

c. w. Graves, proprietor of the
Yellow Front Garage of Bouse, was
a Parker visitor Thursday. While
here he bought a new Ford touring
car from the Parker Motor company,
distributors of Ford cars for this sec
tion. Mr.. Graves expects to return
to Parker soon, having at the pres
ent time under consideration the sale
of his BOuse interests. Spencer, his
son, recently enlisted in the army, and
Mrs. Graves is now visiting him in
San Diego, where he is at present
to an eastern training camp most
any day.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
EMPIRE SHAFT
REACHES WATER

The striking of the permanent wa
ter level in the Eagles Nest shaft
of the Empire Arizona Consolidated
Copper company, at a depth of $40
feet, is the most important develop
ment in the history of the Parker dis
trict.
Heretofore mining in this section
has been carried on at or near the
surface, until the management of the
Empire company decided to abandon
past methods and sink to the sui
phide ore zone. The Eagles Nest
shaft was started last summer, des-
tined to prove for all time the ex-
istence of commercial ore bodies at
depth. For the past few months Su-
perintendent Milton Sutherland has
been devoting the entire time of his
force in gaining. depth as fast as pos
sible, and is at last rewarded in
reaching water level, which was en-
countered sooner than anticipated.
On the first two levels of the
Eagles Nest shaft high-grade cop
per ore was encountered in sufficient
quantities to decide the management
to proceed to greater depth before
any further cross-cutting was at
tempted. Therefore, the first cross
cut to be run since the 2OO-foot level
was opened, will be started when the
700-foot level has been reached which
will require about SO feet more sink
ing.
At that depth an adequate pump
will be installed to handle the water
and cross-cutting to the ledge will
be speeded up.
Future developments at the EN-
pire will be watched with great in
terest for the next sixty days, as ev-
cry mining man in the district is
confident that the ore that will be
encountered at this depth will run
high in copper content.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
BUYS NEW FORD.

William Wintz, superintendent of
the Black Giant Copper company,
was here from Wenden last Tuesday
and purchased a new Ford touring
car from the Parker Motor company.
He was accompanied by j. e. Matte
son, the well-known Wenden rler-
chant. They stated that Wenden was
improving in a business way, and
that the outlook for considerable min
ing development in that section was
exceedingly encouraging
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
HENDERSON JOINS THE COLORc

With the God-speed and heartfelt
good wishes of every man and woman
we're at the station as the train pull
I'd out, Randall Henderson, editor
Ind publisher of the Blythe Herald,
eft Monday night for the second
step in his voluntary military career.
Following the signal success with
which he passed the examinations of
he aviation examining board, and
he evident impression his volunteer
ng made, he was assigned for train
ng as an adjutant in the quarter
masters department, and ordered to
report to the training school at Col
lmbus, Ohio, by February 9th.
Monday noon Randall was persuad-
I'd to eat lunch at the club and was
surprised to find the biggest crowd
ever gathered there for lunch. Short
ly his surprise was increased when
Bill Carrigan and Ernest Lorton turn
ed over to him on behalf of fellow
club members and friends about town
substantial cash purse for wrist
watch. Randall was barely able to
reply to the speech of presentation.
The most touching thing about
his leave-taking was the pluck but
fearful farewell from his wife, who
will not have the excitement of novel
adventures to distract her from the
painful fact of their separation
Blythe Review.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
FORD CARS ADVANCE $50.

The Parker Motor company, dis
tributors of Ford cars, received a
telegram this morning from the Ford
Motor company, announcing an ad-
vance of 500 in the price of touring
cars and runabouts. The new price
is said to have been on account of
the high cost of raw materials and
will probably remain in effect dur
ing the period of the war, and maybe
permanently.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23

Every familiar with the dress uniform of the u Marine
The attractive combination blue light blue
gaced a military ball md
This uniform corresponds the suit o civil life The Marine
khaki uniform drill and field that the civil
working clothes"
ide him business suit" O
The uniform
With pockets respect
Their clothing causing the u. Marines amusing
they have been the before.
frequently costed with the when back"
Another sitting
Tho
you
O. a Canadan?"
of
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
BROWN IN TOWN.

L. V. w. Brown, general manager
of the Salt River Valley Cotton COM
pany, was in Parker Thursday look
ing after the interests of his COM
pany Mr.. Brown stated that his
company would plant about 900
acres OF long staple cotton this sea-
son, and the balance of the land
would be planted to milo maze.
The Parker post., 1918-02-23
TO DRILL ROBERTS GROUP.

The Roberts group of mining
claims, adjoining the Empire hold
ings on the west, were bonded this
week to w. H. Tharpe and associates.
The group was owned by Mrs. Rose
M. Roberts and A. M. Green. Mr..
Tharpe stated while in town this
week that a drilling rig would be
secured at once, and a test hole put
down before a shaft is started
The Parker post., 1918-02-23

failed but Abbot, the Careys and
Jean val Jean de La Bisseaux are
leaving to visit her domain and wrest
from her tons of the. sombre gold
over which she is keeping lonely
vigil.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25

that horse standing In one spot for two
or three days, wouldn't your He
wheeled Rather unobtrusively. his eye
on the pinto. II hope he don't try to
follow" he said. 81 want you to have
a little time to think about the things
1 said to you.- Well, so long!"
Ward rode back the way he had
come, glancing frequently over his
shoulder at Buck, slumped in the sad
die with a paper pinned to his back
like a fire warning on a tree and his
own grass rope noosed about his neck
and connecting him with the cotton
wood limb six feet above his hat crown.
Ward had not ridden a hundred yards
before he heard Buck Olney scream
Historically for help. He grinned
sourly, with his eyebrows pinched to-
gether and that hard, strained look in
his eyes still. LET him holler awhilel"
he gritted. "Do him good, hang himI"
Until distance and the intervening
hills set a wall of silence between
Ward heard Buck screaming in fear of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25

upon the bed. Then he turned his head
and stared, frowniag, at the black butt
where it prOtruded from the holster
suggestively ready to his hand. He
reached out and TOOK the gun, turned it
over and hesitated. No telling what in
sane impulse fever might bring upon
him-and still-no telling what Buck
Olney might do when he discovered
that he was not in any immediate dan
ger of hanging.
Then he removed his boots by the
simple method of Sitting the legs with
Bucks knife, barred his broken leg in
the same manner, braced himself men
tally and physically, gritted his teeth
and went doggedly to work.
A man never knows just how much
he can endure or what he can do until
he is making his last stand in the fight
for self preservation. Ward had no
mind to lie there and die of blood poi
soning, for instance, and broken bones
do not set themselves. So, sweating
and swearing with the agony of it, he
set his leg and bound the splints in
place and thanked the Lord it was a
straight, clean break and that the flesh
was not torn.
Then he dropped back upon the bed
and didn't care whether he lived OF not.
Followed days of fever, through which
Ward lived crafty and lost count of the
hours as they passed. Days when he
needed good nursing and did not get
SO much as a drink of water except
through pain and effort. Hours when
he cursed Buck Olney and thought he
had him bound to the chair In the cab
in. Hours when he watched for him,
gun in hand, through the window be-
side the bunk.
He had made a final trip to Hardup
two weeks before and had brought back
supplies for the winter. And because
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25
lay there a long wnne IN a oeao ralnr.

lay there a long while IN a ueau Il
After awhile he moved, lifted his
head and looked about him duly at first
and then with a certain stoical accept
ance of his plight. He looked into the
immediate future and tried to forecast
Its demands upon his strength and to
prepare for them. He crawled farther
up on the step, reached the latch and
opened the door. He crawled in, pulled
himself up by the foot of his bunk and
sat down weakly with his head in his
hands. Like a hurt animal, he had
obeyed his instinct and had crawled
home.
His eyes went slowly around the cab
In, measuring his and his
needs and limitations. He pulled his
one chair toward him-the chair which
Buck Olney. had occupied so unwilling
ly-and placed his left knee upon it.
He managed to reach the cupboard
where he kept his dishes, and took down
a bottle of liniment and a box of car
bolized vaseline which he happened to
have. He was near the two big zinc
water pals which he had filled that
morning Just to show Buck Olney how
cool he was over his capture, and he
bethought him that water was going to
be precious in the next few weeks.
He lifted down one pail and swung
1t forward as far as he could and set
it on the floor ahead of him. Then he
swung the other pail beside it. pain
f.IIp he hs&ohnd hsc ohnf. o1nn ncfdn
lifted the pals and set them forward
again. He did that twice and got them
beside his bunk. He went back and in
spected the teakettle, found it half full
and carried that also beside the bunk.
Then he rested awhile.
Bandagesi Well, there was a new
flour sack hanging on a nail. He stood
up, leaned and got it, and while he
was standing he reached for the cigar
box, where he kept his bachelor sewing
outfit-two spools of very coarse thread,
some large eyed needles to carry it, an
assortment of buttons and a pair of
scissors. He cut the -four sack into
strips and sewed the strips together;
his stitches were neater than you might
think.
When the bandage was long enough
he rolled it as he had seen doctors do,
and fished some pins out of the cigar
box and laid them where he could get
his fingers on them quickly. He stood
up again, reached across to a box OF
canned milk and pried off the lid. I'm
liable to need you, too" he muttered
to the rows of cans, and pulled the box
close. He took Buck Olney's knife and
whitfield some very creditable splints
from the thin boards and rummaged in
his "warbag" under the bunk for hand
kerchiefs with which to wrap the
splints.
When he had done all that he could
do to prepare for the long siege of pain
and helplessness ahead of him he NOV
ed along the bunk until he was sitting
near the head of it with his broken leg
extended before him and took a last
look to make sure that everything was
ready. He felt his gun at his hip, re-
moved belt and all and threw it back
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25
Continued from last week
SYNOPSIS.

find that Jase has died during the night.
Digging a grave in a level place above
the main ditch, she wheels Jase's body
on the homemade wheelbarrow and
buries her dead. Charlie Fox, her nephew
arrives.
CHAPTER IV-Fox rides to Billy
Louise's ranch to inquire If she has seen
anything of four Of their calves which
Disappeared; theft is discussed, and Billy
Louise starts in search.
CHAPTER v-Spring has come, but
Billy Louise Is not affected by the beau
ties of Wolverine canyon, for she Is brood
ing over her d-iscouragements and is on
she finds one of her finest cows dead,
and she has a machinery note due. Two
men approach on horses looking about for
missing stock. She rides to Wards cabin,
but he is not there.
CHAPTER Winding along a f1at-bot-
toned canyon she sees a horseman resem-
bling Ward disappear in the hills and later
discovers a hidden corral such as she re-
members being told about by her father.
She is late in arriving home and finds
her mother Ill. and a physician is called.
CHAPTER vII-Billy Louise does not
hold ~changeless her broken faith In Ward,
although she has learned to love him:
Ward NETS her on the trail and is puzzled
at her apparent GOODNESS toward him.
Ward writes her offering any assistance
he can give.
CHAPTER ~VIII-Riding over the hills
looking for cattle branded Y6 Ward dis
covers a hidden corral and sees three men,
one of whom he believes to be Buck OIL
Iney. Upon their leaving he investigates
and finds stock on which the brands nave
been changed to his W mark.
CHAPTER Ix.-After obliterating the
brands Ward deduces that Buck Olney
will become suspicious of him as moving
about the plant. He cautiously keeps out
of the way until his patience frazzles out
under the strain. He discovers Buck Oh
Iney hiding behind rock and takes him
prisoner.
CHAPTER x-with Buck bound to a
chair, Ward cooks a mess of prunes,
sweeps the floor, shaves himself, keeping
close watch on his prisoner through a
mirror. Buck is conveyed to a cotton
wood tree where Ward fashions a hang
mans moose, pins the prisoners written
pedigree to his shoulders; the work done
Ward rides away, having slit the rope SO
it would not hold any weight.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25
CHAPTER x.
$50 Long, Buck!"

WA had a ssnse oat long ing ago. Co., and set
the dishpan on the stove with
water to heat. He remade his bunk,
spreading on the army blanket which
he took from the saddle on Rather.
He swept the floor as neatly as any
woman could have done it and laid
two wolf skins down in their places
where they did duty as rugs. He
washed and wiped his few dishes,
keeping Bucks knife always within
reach and sending an inquiring glance
toward Buck whenever that unhappy
man made the slightest movement,
though, truth to tell, Buck did not
make many. He brought two pals of
water and set them on the bench in
side, and in the meantime he had cook
ed a mess of prunes and set them in a
bowl on the window sill beside his
bunk, where the air was coolest. He
stropped his razor painstakingly and
shaved himself in ~leisurely fashion and
Sent an occasional glance toward his
prisoner from the looking glass, which
made Buck swallow hard at his Adj
ANS apple.
And Buck during all this time never
once opened his lips, except to lick his
tongue across them, and never once
took his eyes off Ward.
i've sure put the fear of the Lord
into you, haven't 1, Buck?" Ward OBJ
served maliciously, wiping a blob of
hairy lather upon a page torn from an
old mail-order catalogue. II was
kind a hoping you had more nerve. I
wanted to get a whack at you just to
prove I'm not joshing.".
Buck swallowed again, but he made
no reply.
Ward washed his face in a basin of
steaming water, got a can of talcum
out of the dish cupboard and took the
soap shine off his cheeks and chin. He
combed his hair before the little mir
ror, trying unavailingly to take the
wave out OF it with water and leaving
it more crinkly over his temples than
it had been in the first place, a. re-
tied the four-in-hand under the soft
collar of his shirt.
81 wish you'd talk, Buck" he said,
turning toward the other. He looked
very boyish and almost handsome, ex-
cept for the expression of his eyes,
which gave Buck the shivers, and the
set of his lips, which was cruel give
read how the Chinks hand out what
they call the death-of-a-thousand-cuts.
I was thinking I'd like to try it out on
you. Butch, well, this is Friday. 1t
may as well go as a hanging" He
made a poor job of his calm irony, but
Buck was not in the mental condition
to be critical.
The main facts were sufficiently
ominous to Offset Wards attempt at
righteousness. Indeed, the very weak
ness Of the attempt was in itself omi-
nous. Ward might try to be coldly
malevolent, but the light that burned
In his eyes and the rage that frightened
his lips gave the lie to his forced COM
posture.
He went out and led up the horses
to The door. He came back and started
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-25

death, screaming until he was so
hoarse he could only whisper, scream
ing because he had not seen Ward take
his knife and slice the rope upon the
limb so that it would not have held the
weight of a rabbit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

every Sunday. There were ten inmates
four males and six females, five of whom
were children. The town provides for
the care of the people by giving the rent
five tons of coal and an average of 50 q
month for each inmate, the keeper fur
nshing both board and lodging"
That, bear in mind, is an average
case among those which the secretary OF
the state board of charities has been
called upon to investigate in Vermont
during the past year. 1t shows that Yer
mont is on the right track in exposing
the situations in which towns are giving
inadequate care for the poor and the
feeble minded, for large number of
these unsatisfactory conditions have been
removed under the persistent efforts of
the state board of charities and correc-
ton and particularly of its secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
People Who Rarely Wink.

There are people who rarely wink
How they manage to get along with.
out doing so is marvel, but some.
how or other they do. Some eyes are
naturally more moist than others, and
the very moist eye does not so much
need the assistance Of the lids to keep
the eyeball bright. 1t is constitu-
tional matter, for winking, though
under the control of the will, is done so
quickly that it is practically an invol-
untary action. Men wink when they
feel that the eye is uncomfortably dry,
and when it does not become dry the
necessity for winking is not felt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

When the whole story is told OF what
the United States has done to put sol
diers in the field in France, it will BE-
found, most likely, that the effort ha:
been good despite the fact that few
mistakes have been made, as President
Wilson states. No doubt there are OPP.
portunities for criticism, but TO say that
the whole system Of war preparation has
failed of its purpose seems to be far
from the truth. The presence of sub
stantial army in France at the present
time, is better than Germany expected
the United States would do in nine
months of participation in the war, CON
sidering the woefuI lack of preparation
up to April |, 1917. The army on French
soil will increase rapidly from this time
on, it is confidently believed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

Gen. Pershing's statement that nc
army ever led cleaner life than the
American army in France is direct evil
dencc that the " M. C. A. and allied or.
CARNATIONS, including the Knights of Co.
lumbus war fund administration, are ex-
erting and are to exert powerful infiu-
ence for good and are to do much toward
making victory for the entente allies
possible. incidentally, the information
from Gen. Pershing is decidedly pleasing
to every American back home and it fur
nishes great encouragement to in
creased efforts back home" to the end
that the soldiers, and sailors as we'll,
may be surrounded with the best infu-
ences when they are not at their posts of
duty. The knowledge that our money
is being put to good use will have tend
cney to loosen the purse-strings even
more.