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Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25

The Utah Chapter the AriZOna Min ing congress has made expression for mining operators in that state of us view C- standardization in wages in Uesern mining states. The telegram forwarded Co the department of labor
 s interesting to mine operatives and operators generally starting very clearly sCme things which have long been .amiliar among miners. The tel egram follows.
 The following telegram was pre- pared by committee appointed at a meeting of Utah mine operators Cn July % and was immediately forward ed to W. B. Wilson. secretary Of labor. at Washington. The committee con sisted of G. W. Lambourne Inner Pett. C. w. Whitley and L. D. Anderson.
 At a meeting today of operators rep resenting more than 90 per cent of the metal output of this state, it was voted unanimously to submit for the consid- eratiOn of your department our views with respect to proposed wage regula- tions affecting Western metal mines. The meeting was the result of the re- cent visit here of Werner z. Reed and E. P. Marsh. of the Presidents medi- ation commission. who cOurteOusly granted an interview to a committee of metal-mine operators on July 27. The impression gained from the meet ing and subsequent press announce ments was that the mediators would recommend to your department that a zone be created embracing eight west ass frnsr svn1sr1Tvr~ Arizona. Montana and Nevada: that a uniform scale of wages be applied throughout this zone and that a gov ernment commission be appointed 10 reinstGte wage dif-erentials with power to make findings retroactive wherever necessary. The operators were urged by the commissioners to feel entirely free to present directly to your depart ment any objection to their plan which from the operators intimate knowl- edge of the business they might be in position to make.
 We are in sympathy with the sugges- ton to "set the price of labor" as the government has fixed the price of our products, but we believe that the price of labor should be based on conditions where the labor is employed and not on conditions elsewhere. Realizing the complex nature of this problem we suggest the careful consideration O. the following points before any final decision be reached: First. Utah diff fers from Montana Arizona and Ne vada in that a great many of its mines are dependent on lead and zinc ores. Although the price of lead and zinc Is low compared with copper. the lead zinc mines are obliged either to pay the wage scale prevailing in the great copper mines of the state, face endless labor difficulties or close down If
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25

There are two conceivable ways in which the government can stimulate the production of gold: It can go into the business of prospecting and Enin- ing and produce the gold itself. The success of this method would be very doubtful, and it can be predicted with certainty that gold produced in this way would cost the government more than S20.67 per ounce. The alternat- i've is to pay miners S2067 per ounce for gold produced, and in addition to this allow a specified amount toward the expense Of producing it. This would be a bounty for the finding and winning of gold, and not an increase in its price, and such a bounty should be restricted to gold produced current ly from mines in the United States. In my cninion, the payment of a bounty would be far more effective than the mining of gold directly by the govern mcnt.
 The suggestion that certain privi- iepes. such as exemption from taxes, be granted gold mines in place of a bounty. has the defect that it would not help the small producer or the one that produces gold at Q small mar gin O. profit, in the same proportion that it would help the larger, mere successful. producer; whereas, as far as the government is concerned. gold won at no profit to the producer is fully as useful 70 the treasury as gold produced at a big profit If a bounty is placed on gold, much of the incre1se in production would probably be made by small producers and prOspectOrs from small or low-grade veins, and placers. that cannot be profitably worked under present conditions. The exemption from taxes would be of very little help in stimulating production from this class cf deposits. By plac- ing a bounty on the production of gold, the additional cost to the government would be in proportion to the results obtained. and would be divided among producers in a like ratio.
 There are precedents for the pay ment of a bounty or bonus of this na- ture The bounty on coyote scalps comes most readily 10 mind. The kill ing of predatory animals is beneficial to the state, and the skins sell at a good price, but in addition to this, several states pay bounties in order to accelerate their extermination. The substituting of shipping. and of the eX- pcrtation of manufactured articles, as applied in some countries. are tn- stances of somewhat similar practice. Even the payment Of interest is in some degree of this nature for. where where we pay money for the use of borrowed money in order to facilitate cur financial transactions. the govern ment would be paying money to get the use of gold to facilitate it's finan- cial transactions In paying bounty for the production Of gold. the govern ment would simply be subsidizing tine gold industry in order 10 keen it alive and to maintain the production of an essential commodity.
 Whatever nclp is given to gold min ing at this time must be in the nature of additional payment, either directly
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
LESS ATTENTION IS BEING PAID TO
 POLITICS
CANDIDATES FIND SELVES UP 4 TREE WITH REGARD TO SEEM ING INATTENTIoN MEN UNDER
 GROUND TO ANYTHING EXCEPT
 PRODUCTION COPPER FOR WAR

In the bending to work in the min ing districts a notable feature which is finding comment is the far less at- tention that is being paid to politics than has prevailed in previous cam paign years. Candidates, policies and measures are receiving comparatively little attention. a fact that has been the cause of considerable speculation among politicians. The men in the mines evidently have their minds made up as to the primary contests and are concerning themselves no further. With reference to the meas ures appearing on the ballot. the over whelming expressions for place for the amendment providing compensation for injured wOrkmen and for the re- stOration of capital punishment appear tO indicate clearly the decisions which have been reached in regard Go these. The compensation measure. because of its close relation to the every day work life of the men in the mines. has come in for larger discus sion than any other feature in the cam paign, even Co the gubernatOrial candi- dates. It has a great body of sup port behind it among the workers and few opponents except those outside the working body. Its doubling of pay ments over present standards is decisive factor among workers.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
CONSOLIDATED
 SHOWS EARNINGS
 GROWING HEAVIER
JUNE GUAR ERLY EARNINGS MORE THAN DOUBLE THOSE REPORTED LAST MARCH AND DIRECTORS POSSIBLY WILL INCREASE DIVIDEND RATE

Rays report for the second quarter showed earnings available for divi- dends of S2255.217. or more than double those of the previous quarter. By reducing the dividend from S4.00 to 8 S3.O0 rate the surplus after dividends amounted to S1,O72,333 as compared with a deficit of S471 .316 in the first quarter.
 these earnings would seem to indi- cate that the great bulk of copper car ried over from the first quarter at 131ac a pound had been sold at 2355c. With a stated cost of 16.47c a pound and production of 21,963.414 pounds, it is estimated that profits from copper produced during the quarter amount ed to S1.537 ,439 Thus the company apparently realized profits of SHIFTS from sales of copper produced in the previous quarter. This, if added to the earnings of that quarter, would have been more than sufficient for the payment of the regular s1.00 diyi- dend.
 Rays earnings for the first half of 1918 are very encouraging. Net prof its amounted to s3361,O ,OSO or S2.10 a share. Dividends O. S2,760, ,6O3. or S1.75 a share were paid, leaving balance of $6O1.017. Assuming production of only 21,OO0,00 pounds of copper in the next quarter at a cost of 1Sc pound-with the present government price of 26c a pound maintained-earni would amount to S1.6SO 900, or $1.OG a share. These are considered conservative fig ures and will probably be exceeded. It therefore seems not improbable that the directors will next month author ize payment of the old dividend at the rate of s4 a year.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
CALIFORNIA GOLD
 PRODUCTION WILL
 BE LOW IN 1918
FLETCHER HAMILTON, STATE MINEROLoGiST, DECLARES IT WILL FALL BELOW THAT OF YEAR PREVIOUS BY AT LEAST TWENTY PER CENT

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. "A The production of gold in California for 1913 probably will be 20 per cent under that Of 1917 said Fletcher Ham, ilton. state meterologist. While the price of gold has remained fixed at $2O.67 an ounce the various factors Of the cost of its production have advanced from 25 to 300 per cent since the European war began, accord ing to Hamilton. Mines have been shut down and others may be forced to cease operations. he said. When this occurs the shafts fill with water and the equipment rapidly deteriOT- ates, thus causing a more serious situ- atiOn than the decrease in production attendant upon a cessation of mining, he asserted.
 "The problem is to find some way whereby the government can help ab- sorb the gold miners losses" Hamil- ton said. Bonuses and a raise in the price of gold had been considered, he said
 The state mining bureau, according to the state minerologist is given at tention to the appeal of Secretary of the Treasury William c. McAdoo for maintenance Of gold production which is urged to help the United States maintain big reserve.
 Following are the figures on gold production during the past three years:
 1915-S22, ,442.296.
 1916- 21.41O.741
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
INSPIRATION IS
 LIKELY TO MAKE
 100000 POUNDS
YEARLY OUTPUT PROMISES TO BE AT LEAST THAT LARGE Ac- CORDING TO FIGURES MADE PUBLIC THUS FAR; s,00o,0oo POUNDS FOR JULY

Inspiration production in July of g. O00,000 pounds of copper was the low est shown since last March, the first month that output got back close to normal since the disastrous strike which started approximately a year ago among the mining companies This total was a loss of 1900 900 pounds from that of the preceding month, a somewhat sharp decrease. Whether Inspiration will be able to maintain ;ts present rate depends largely upon it's ability to get sufficient miners which at present is none too bright.
 Up to the end of July Inspiration had produced 5S.75O.OOO pounds, drop O. S.550.OtO from that of the cores bonding period last year when no out put was recorded for July. Should the present rate be maintained for the rest should show a total slightly above loo 100000 pounds. This compares with approximately S0.600,O00 in 1917, and 1O2.SOO 900 in 1916.
 Last year Inspirations costs were 1O.44 cents per pound against SGT cents in the previous year. With 20, OO00OO pounds more than last year forecasted. it is obvious that costs should be materially reduced. It would not be surprising if final results show ed copper costs close Co that of 1916.
 Last year Inspiration showed share profits of $9SS with the result that rumors were current that the dividend rate of SS was in danger of being re- duced Based on the present showing there is little fear Of any such action As matter of fact. earnings for the outstanding stock should be far i'm eN- cess of the dividend rate after prOvid- ing for the government taxes.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
Help to Small Producer
 Of Gold Is Vital Need

has mining by general superintendent of the United Eastern Aroaas largest individual producer gold: Now that the War Industries board has announced its decision place industry
 
  operating O simulate rom 10 re 
 
 
  respect stationary value the
  fore that gold in the U will ment credit than $2067 this additional that will fly the paying bounty for the production gold
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
PEARCE MINING DISTRICT IS NOW
 QUITE ACTIVE

There is noticeable activity in min ing operations in the Pearce mining district tributary to Pearce, Arizona. The commonwealth, one of the oldest producing mines in Southern Arizona, is making regular shipments of sli- yer ore and the Middlemarch, another well known property is also making shipments of concentrates.
 The Central Butte located about three miles from the Commonwealtb property are after the ore and recent ly made an important strike in the lower cross cut. They are soon to start shipping the ore. This mine has made a number of new modern i'm provements in equipment and are ac- .tively pushing development.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
SHIPS ORE

George Motz sunerintendent of inc Nacozari Consolidated Mining com any is m from inc DronRrtv for a brief visit after making a shinment of ora from the mine V consists of silvar concentrates runring 100 oz fo fho ton w''h oood vaIueS in copper and lead.-Douelas International
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25

Calumet tG Jerome. is finished. having been driven a distance of 340 feet Go the side line Of the property. No. 8 is now we'll started
 The second hole passed through about eighty feet of sheared schist carrying chalcOpyrite, pryite and hor- mite in encouraging quantities Hole No 8 should hit this zone about 100 feet south of where it was penetrated by No 9
 Unless something is discovered in No. 8 to change the present plan, No. 1 will be a vertical hole.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
ARIZONA MINES MAINTAIN
 V|GOR IN PRODUCTION OF
 METALS FOR WAR PURPOSE

HANDcAPs ARE NOT AMONG THEM BEING LACK OF SKILLED LABOR WHICH RETARDs DEVELOPMENT WORK; THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY OVERLOOKED HOWEVER, AND THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES WHERE SMALL FORCES HAVE BROUGHT BIG LIGHT AND EXERCISED MUCH INGENUITY TO FURTHER THEIR EFFORTS
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25

Kin0man: The Banne~ mines has been leased and operations will soon begin. It is a ve-y good prospect.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25
DIAMOND DRILLING AT THE
 CALUMET AND JEROME

JEROME. Aug 24-Diamond drill hole No. 2, on the 6OOft. level of the
Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-25

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01

have joined with Critchlow & Mark
ham to make a deep test in the
northeast of section 3 4s5w.
Tulsa World; Practical oil men
still have a little judgment when it
comes to bidding on wildcat acre
age even il the prospects do appear
4 little brighter than usual, and this
was demonstrated Friday at the sale
OF Kiowa leases at Anadarko.
Flushed with the success OF selling
the south half OF the southwest Of
II ls9w for SlO,4O0 upon which Cas
placed minimum appraisement OF
500 per acre, the interior depart
ment sought to jump a pace or two
and get by with larger appraise-
mcnts. The result was that they
did not sell all of the lease, and still
have the majority Of the number Of
Tered on their hands.
Two pieces did sell. however, and
they were both purchased by Jake
l.. Hamon of Ardmore. The north
east quarter of 33 ls9W, a mile and a
half northeast Of the good well, sold
ior S4OOO0 or at the rate Of $500
per acre, which was the minimum
appraisemcnt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01
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Map of South Part of Oklahoma
and North Texas, Showing Oil
and Gas DEVELOPMENT.

Covering townships five (5) north
to eight (S) south and ranges one
% to fifteen (l5) west, inclusive.
Scale: one-half inch to each mile.
l95 congressional townships are
shown on map.
Blue line on white linen and
paper.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01

Dr. II. c. Laird can be consulted
at his private railroad car. Practice
limited to chronic diseases, over 80
years experience. Private car Mig
nom on RingIing's private spur, OPP
pOslte lFrisCO) depot. 26-7
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Impossibility There.

Boston Transcript; The New
Main--In my last place | always
took things fairly easy.
The Cook-Ye won't do that here.
They keep everything locked up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01
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Washington Correspondent in the
Daily Oklahoman: Oklahoma oil
producers favor the passage Of the
bill now pending in congress pro-
viding for the payment OF excess
profit taxes in four installments, ac-
cording to a letter received today by
Congressman Scott Ferris from
Writ Franklin, a prominent oil man
of Ardmore.
Payment of all the excess tax that
will be collected from oil men, he
says, would result in the withdrawal
of a large sum of money at one
time, and would place a heavy bur
den on business. Franklin urges
Oklahoma senators and congress
men TO support the bill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01
CITY NEWS AND VIEWS.

Miss Doris Morgan ha, returned
to her home in Durant after visit
with Miss Leona Recm,.
Misses Lucille Randolph and
Gladys Wilson OF Marietta spent
yesterday with Mis-, Alync NcChar-
en-, APP West Broadway.
William S. Austin, brakeman on
the Fri,o, who was injured last
Thursday by a switching engine,
has been taken to the Frisco hos
pital at Springfield, Mo.
The body OF Mex Watson has
been taken to Durant for burial
Mr. Watson died Saturday night
at the Leon hotel. He wa, a mem
Der Of the local Carpenters Union
and had been in Ardmorc few
weeks.
A. p. lIuddlcston was arrested
on a warrant issued from the coun-
ty court charging him with dcfraud-
ing Mrs. Ollie Alexander out OF
board bill amounting to SIS. He
was placed in the county Jail, but
made bond and was released.
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The Bayou Oil and Gas Company
in section 3 +s5w is drilling at l,15J
feet, where the salt water sand was
found in the RoNaua No. s, same
section and the log continues to
run true with the RoNaua well.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-01

Parties interested in acreage near
the Kabro well in section 2 4s5w
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Mr.. and Mrs. 10y Childress were
in Ardmore Saturday from the Ce-
ment district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
Clemency Recommended
 in Only 16 Petitions

Montgomery, December 11.-(Special., C1emency was recommended in only 1t of the 72 petitions that came to the board of pardons at the monthly ses- sion Tuesday. Judge John Purifoy member of the board, Wednesday was busy compiling the data and names ot the petitioners will be given out Thursday. Clemency was declined in |37 cases, restoration of civil and po- litical rights recommended In nine cases, declined in one and cases con tinued totaled nine.
 The board recommended a full pardon and restoration of civil and political rights to Edward o. Ellis. who killed Pat Rooney near the old Florence hotel in Birmingham in 1914. Ellis was sen- fenced to serve five years from April 14, 1914. On November 17, 1914, he was granted permanent parole fol- lowing recommendations from the board of pardons. Ellis is holding a good po- sition, and his employers testified as to his conduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
TWELVE SPIES SHOT
 IN LONDON TOWER
 DURING THE WAR

London, December 11.-(BritIsh Wireless Service.)-During the war 12 spies were shot in the Tower of London, according to the report now current. Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. IngIis, who at one tiInc was n resident of Omaha, Neb., was the first to be executed.
 Two women spies were sentenced to death, but both were reprieved, the sentences being commuted to long prison terms. One of the won- en, Lizzie Werthe, regarded as very dangerous, was tried in company with man named Rowlands. Rowlands was executed. This cou- pie made frequent Journeys between London and Rosyth, Scotland, and obtained information regarding the movements of the British fleet. This information, however, 1t is declared. never reached Germany. The other woman spy was Eva De BournOu- vilIe, who is now undergoing penal servitude for life.
 One spy hanged himself in Erik ton prison, while many others con- victed of espionage escaped the ex- treme penalty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-12
M'ADOo'S SUCCESSOR
Shaffer's Petition for
 Life Sentence Denied

Montgomery, December 11.-(Special.) ) Earl Shaffer, Jefferson county negro, lost again before the state board of pardons Wednesday when his petition for communication of his death sentence was denied in a majority opinion by Judge Purifoy and Emmett G. Thig- pen. Miles c. Allgood, state auditor and member of the board, wrote a mi nority opinion, disagreeing with the opinion of the other member
 Shaffer is to die in the Jefferson county jail on December 27 unless Gov ernor Henderson interferes. The su- preme court of Alabama recently af- f1rmed the decision of the lower court. It was stated that Governor Henderson is reviewing the Shaffer case. Shaffer was serving a long sentence for murder when he killed another convict. The board ruled that he would not be pun ished for the last murder if sent back to prison.