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The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

Judge Thomas Reed of the First di- vision in recent interview with a Jul neau paper said: "I realize that the district judgeship in Alaska carries with it some semi-political functions, but wish to leave administrative af fairs as largely as possible to the ad- minstrative officers of the territory and my greatest ambition is to dis, charge successfully the judicial duties of the office"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22
1 CHURCH 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS

ST. GEORGES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
 22nd Sunday After Trinity Holy communion and sermon at II o'clock.
 Church school at l2 m. Rev F. P Ziegler, priest-in charge.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

What is believed to have been d plot for a wholesale jail delivery from the federal jail at Juneau was frus- trated last week when two bars of a window leading to the outside were found to have been nearly sawed through A steel table knife was found made into saw but none of the pris- oners claimed to have any knowledge of how il got there.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

George Nelson, who is in jail at Juneau, charged with the murder of Nels Peterson. made a high dive in his cell last week in an attempt to commit suicide. He climbed to the roof q distance of ten feet. and then let go with his hands, kicking himself from the bars with the intention of striking the floor with his head. He struck the bars first and cut a deep gash in his head. After his high dive he was placed in a straightjacket.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

Charles Hoddinott was fined $9OO and costs at Skagway last week on the charge of violating the Alaska bone dry law. Hoddinott was arrested in connection with the car robbery al Skagway in which a customs seal was broken on a freight car and a case of bonded whiskey taken out. While the defendant could not be found guilty of the robbery some of the stolen whiskey was found in his possession.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

sidney Drake and mining associates of Minneapolis have recently bought out the interests of Major Reese in the Kasaan Gold Company's mine near Kasaan. A new body of high grade ore has been found in the new stope below the 300 foot level From 22 to 24 men have been working in the mine all summer.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-22

The Juneau Capital which has been running as a weekly paper for some time past will resume the publication of daily just as soon as the new Republican federal and territorial off cials start to function.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
TAXES ARE NUT
 ORDINARY DEBTS
Attorney General Rules Delin- quent Tax Bill Cannot Be Off set Against Valid Claim Upon County; Tax Fees Ruling

If you have legal demand against the county for money and ii you are delinquent ill your taxes, your legal demand must be paid by the county.
 This is regardless of the "debt" the claimant may owe the community. The holding is contained ill an opinion handed down yesterday by the office of Attorney General w.. J. Galbraith, who cites a considerable amount of law in support of the view.
 Taxes, he finds, are not in the same class with other debts" but are owed, just the same. They are rot incurred ill the course of "con- tractua1 relations"
 h another opinion, the attorney generals office holds that the county is not liable for $ fees deposited with the clerk of the court in cases where a tax suit has been dismissed on motion of the county attorney.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
INSTAL MACHINERY
 AT BIG DOME MINE
Compressor, Engine, Engine House and Other Equipment Being
 Placed on Walker Property
nTrom weones.ay's Daily)

With work on the tunnel proceed ing satisfactorily and the showing looking better at every round fired, work of installing machinery at the Big Dome mine in the Walker dis trict is now under way, according to Jack Hayes, general manager Of the Big Dome, who was in the city yes terday with Mark Bradley, president of the company.
 A load of corrugated iron was taken out to the mine by Hayes yes terday, for use in constructing the housing for the machinery. Hayes IS installing a compressor and engine and jackhammer drills, to proceed with the tunneling as fast as pos sible. He is also building all engine house.
 The mine, Hayes said yesterday, IS improving constantly; and he expects shortly to have news of interest for the stockholders. While here, Hayes was conferring with A. B. Cole, local representative of the company.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
TWO GREAT NEEDS OF THE COUNTY SHOWN

The conferences of the last day or so have proven that there are two basic needs of the county-county roads and connecting, roads. That the two systems cannot be made to fit together in a way to bring about the maximum of road building under possible federal assistance, is regard ed as certain unless a more elastic policy can be permitted the highway commission. In other words, Mari copa is going to build to Wicken- burg = regardless. Yavapai county was committed to building to Canon regardless. Between Canon and Wickenburg was a lateral gap of many miles of virtually impossible country.
 A possible new policy, glimpsed out of the ruck and father of talk and discussion of the last few days is that the Black Canyon road will be constructed as highway com mission project, $3O8,OOO being avail able and considered enough to pro vide a boulevard; road will be got through to Wickenburg some way so as to link that thriving metropolis with Prescott; road will be pushed north somehow, to connect with the county seats in that general direc- ton. 4 hopeful feeling has settled in. the minds of the. commission that Approximately half million of fed eral aid can be added to the funds now set aside, so as to put the Yava- pal county seat on a satisfactory north and south route from Phoenix
 tc Flagstaff or whereabouts.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
TOBACCO NUT FUR KIDS; TWO
 MEN ARE FINED
Juvenile Court Makes Example of Two Dealers Who Confess Having Sold Against Law; Both Chewing and Smoking
Trom Tuesdays Dailyl

That for which the juvenile court has been laying" for a brace of weeks was delivered into its hands yesterday in the form of two citi- zens charged with having sold to- bacco to minors. Superior Judge Sweeney and Juvenile Officer Ben Powers have for some time been looking into the sources by which a number of little devils around here have been obtaining their nicotine. With half dozen kids of assorted colors, but scarcely varying degrees of boyness, gathered around, MT. Powers obtained the names of two dealers in the weed, and there was an almost instantaneous issuance of bench warrants.
 As a result, Nick Schroeder and Henry Barbaglia were hauled from their places of business and walked up in front of the court. It was un- necessary to conduct a trial as the two men admitted having sold smok- ing and chewing tobacco to the boys. Judge Sweeney then extracted $25 each as a fine and administered a lecture, the severity of which was due to the courts extreme interest i'll young America as represented by all the possible wards of the juvenile court.
 Further infractions of the law which prohibits the sale of tobacco to minors will be followed by great activity on the part of the court, it was explained yesterday. The traf-
 fife will be broken up if the ingenuity of the experts available to the court can do it.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
GEN. BURTON ASKS DAMAGES
 ON HIS AUTO
Machine Damaged in Washout Near Jerome Junction Valued at $500 in Demand Presented to Supervisors
(From Tuesdays Daily)

It was the county's fault that there was a dangerous washout" near Aero Jerome Junction last summer, and car belonging to State Sena- tor Charles E. Burton of Ash Fork, was wrecked and demolished.
 This is the basis of a demand on Yavapai county, presented at yester- days meeting of the board of super visors. When the days session was over, the demand lay on the table with other business mot reached" '" There were strong indications that it would not be granted when reached.
 According to the story of the ac- cident available at the time, the car was driven to town by an employe of Burton's without consent. As to this there has been no verification. At any rate, the car catapulted across the narrow and deep wash about a half mile this side of the junction, turned over a few times and landed bottom up and much the worse for wear. Another item of interest at that time was the fact that one of the two occupants of the car was beneath it when it "1it" and remained there about four hours until Santa Fe train crew stopped their freight, rescued the man and brought him and his injured com panion to Prescott.
 Senator Burton now asks for a county voucher for the sum of $3,80O representing the alleged damage to his machine. Those who saw the car as it lay in the wash are in clined to believe that the only value left in the wagon was its value as debris-not very high, considering the cost of the machine new.
 Soon after the demand was pre- scented to the board, Chairman w. wv Midgley, who has habit of closely gazing at all expense items after the fashion set by some of the very best misers of history and fic- ton, summoned Deputy County At torney Rufe Westervelt to the scene and 1t was presumed, talked to him
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
move through today en route tc Mayer on the Black Canyon road. ENGINEERING COSTS ARE BROUGHT our

One interesting phase of the con- ference was the new light thrown on engineering costs. The county has already spent the difference between $127,707-the commissions total ex- pense-and about $66,000 spent in actual construction on the Sedoria road, for engineering. This amount closely approximates the entire sum asked by Olmsted & Gillilen for do- ing the whole of the directory engi- neering work, and preparing all of the cross sections, profiles, maps, specifications and calls for bids, scrutinizing and tabulating the bids and making recommendations there on to the commission. Thus 1t is shown conclusively that inasmuch as practically all of the surveys of the old commission are useless" the coun- ty has spent the sum required by the directing engineers without however obtaining their services or anything tangible.
 The sum, in the opinion of many, can thus be charged off to ultra hasty nickel shaving as recommended by the rabid opponents of the old 1o1.o,.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
NAME RANGER AS SUPERVISOR
 ON THE APACHE
Special to the Journal-Miner)

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 8. The local office of the U. S. forest service announces the promotion of U. H. Sizer of Roosevelt, Ariz., to forest supervisor of the Apache Ma tional forest, with headquarters at Springerville, Ariz.
 MT. Sizer is not new, either to the service or to the Apache forest, on which he was at one time ranger and later deputy supervisor. His long experience in the forest service, where for the past ten years he has been closely in touch with the stock industry of Arizona, makes him es- pecially qualified to handle the Apache forest This forest, which lies in the White mountains of Ari- zona, has large timber resources which, however, because of distance from the railroad, are now inacces- ible and very little timber is cut. It, however, has a well developed stock industry, supporting as it does 450oO cattle and 4O,00O sheep. MT. Sizer is expected to arrive at Springer vile early in December to take over the forest.
 The present supervisor, R. J. Sel- kirk, will leave the forest service at the end of the year and settle in the Salt River valley, where he has ac- quired some farm interests.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
THE NET RESULT IS TWO WEEKS WAIT

The net result of yesterdays far reaching conference was a decision to stick it out for two weeks more, by which time the commission was sure it would possess the results of a number of surveys. It would then be in a better position to answer the drumfire of questions directed at it from all sides.
 Moreover, number of other sting ing little problems might be solved by that time.
 The day before, a request had been made of the new commission for information as to its time ill of flee, and the intimation was given that the end of its first 60 days on the job should by rights find it with something more definite in sight than just a lot more field notes.
 Survey parties were scattering for their jobs yesterday. One left about noon. The party which has been chasing lines all over the summit near Iron Springs is expected to
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
JUDGMENT OF $40
 AWARDED TO GAGE
From Wednesdays DailD

Judgment in the sum of $l2O. and costs was rendered in the justice court yesterday, in a civil action brought by John Gace against Nick O'Bran over a year ago in the Con gress Junction precinct. The case, recently transferred to the Prescott precinct, and tried under Justice of the Peace Charles H. McLane yes terday, arose over d board bill al legged by Gace to be due him and his wife from O'Bran, whose name is variously spelled that way and as Obergan, in the documents.
 Gace was represented by Former Superior Judge F. O. Smith, now ot Phcenix. David l.. Bishop. of Wick enburg appearing for O'Bran.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
J. $. WILL READ
 IF YAVAPA| IN
 NEW RATE BQ0K
CFrom Wednesdays pailyl


 A 500-word article on Yavapai county will be contained in new rate-book to be issued by the adver- Using department of the Santa Fe, it was learned yesterday from C. L. Richards, of the railroads publicity department, who was here yesterday gathering material from the local Santa Fe offices and the chamber Of commerce for the book. The article on Yavapai will be furnished by the chamber of commerce and written by Miss Grace Sparkes, secretary.
 The rate-book will be distributed to all the leading hotels in the United States, as well as to libraries and Santa Fe railroad offices, thus giving large nationwide circulation for the publicity matter it is to con tain.
 In addition to this, it was learned from E. L. Parke, advertising repre- sentative of the Fred Harvey hotel and dining-car service of the Santa Fe, $1,000,O0O will be spent by the Santa Fe railroad east of the Mis- sissippi river during the next year in advertising the attractions of the great southwest, including Arizona.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
FIRST HEARING
 IN COURT TERM
John Gace Obtains Foreclosure of Labor Lien Against Blue Ridge Hoboken in First of Se- ries of Non-Jury Cases
From Wednesdays DaiIy)

The first of series of non-Jury trials scheduled for hearing in divis- ions l and 2 of the superior court, was held before Judge John J. Sweeney yesterday and resulted in a judgment for John Gace against the Blue Ridge Hoboken Mining com pany for 5000 on mechanics lien.
 The plaintiff was represented by Former Superior Judge F. O. Smith, now of Phoenix. The defense was on record with an answer but was not present by counsel at the hear ing. There was no entry of default, however. according to the record.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
r,sPEcT POOR FARM

County officials including Superior Judge Richard Lamson and others yesterday made an official visit to the county farm in Miller valley in connection with a case in which the court is interested. The farm is under the able management of Su- perintendent and Mrs. Fred Camp tell.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16

concerning the extent of the county's liability in certain cases.
 The demand, which was couched in semi-legal phraseology (high tone for words), charged that the wreck was caused by dangerous washout, which in turn was due to the coun- tvs carelessness and negligence; and alleged that the car was hurt while the same was being driven in careful manner by the driver there of."
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
MIDDLE ROUTE l. IS SURVEYED
 BY ENGINEERS
Accommodating Party Views Pos
 abilities of Hassayampa Out let to Congress Junction in
 Connection With South Road
From Wednesdays Daily)


 En route to the Yarnel country to see what could be done about short ening that hill and trimming it down to automobile size, members of the highway commission yesterday morn ing were back from an exploration in an entirely new country.
 They had nearly split the difference between the two proposed southern routes and dug up a new one that not even Ed Block, strong advocate of the Wagoner route, had thought to advance.
 From Prescott, the route pursues the county road to the Hassayampa, up Granite and then down Indian Creek. From the spot where the Hassayampa and Groom Creek mingle their pure and legendary wat CTS, the proposed route would shoot south, avoiding the Box Canyon, passing the old Catoctin, passing a score of other likely mineral pros poets, head toward Wagoner with its orchard and truck farm wealth, shoot westward through the zone of the Zonia, said to be the coming great est" copper mine, join the old road over Yarnell hill, only on a slighter grade, traverse the length but not the breadth of Fools Gulch and, be- hold! Congress Junction and the flat.
 Those who did" this country on foot and a-horseback, in machines and by whatever other modes of pro- gress offered, were Ben Ward, Art Gage, Mccarthy of the highway com mission, Engineers Bill Waara and Caldwell, a new locator for the com mission.
 The worst tract of land, according to Mccarthy, would be several miles between the mouth of Groom Creek and the point opposite the Catoctin. There are three sections of the pro- posed route already built and in ope- ration. No grade off Yarnell hill would be greater than per cent and most of it would be confined to 4 per cent. The distance this-a-way to Wickenburg would be 52 miles. l Blocks proposed route is much the same as this, as far as the point where the new line leaves the Has sayampa. MT. Block has strongly favored going on down the Has sayampa as far as possible, then cut ting across to Castle Hot Springs where Maricopa county would meet the survey.
 The new route very nearly parallels the Senator highway. The latter now sometimes referred to as tho Pine Line route, is higher and to tho east. It is also shorter as it under goes no distortion by the hills ant waterways south of Kirkland ano west of the Hassayampa.
 A recently discovered set of fielt notes and sketches, made by Jin Grand originator of the route, wher he was territorial engineer, make! the distance on the Senator rout' from Phoenix to Prescott exactly 9. miles, showing this the nearest all line of any proposed road.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
STATE HAY AND
 GRAIN RATE GUT
Corporation Commission An nounces Policy of F e d eral Commission on Lower Inter State Rate Will Be Followed
fElom Mednesoay,s pailyl

Grain and hay freight rate reduc- tionS were announced in letter re- ceived by this paper from Corpora lion Commissioner Amos Betts yes terday. Mir. Belts says:
 Tt affords me pleasure to advise YOU that reductions in the rates on hay, grain and grain products within the state, in the same relative amount as those which will be made on in- terstate shipment under the division of the federal commission, will be made simultaneously with the inter state reductions"
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
MOVE SOME DIRT"
 IS MOTTO URGED
(From Wednesdays Daily)

The Yavapai county highway com mission, in line with its announced policy of seeking advice from the people, received it from two import ant sources yesterday morning, when the board of supervisors and officers representing the county chamber of commerce conferred with members and engineers of the commission.
 The developments might be listed somewhat as follows:
 1. The people want to see dirt fly. This was indicated by both the supervisors and the chamber of commerce.
 2. The bond election set task which in the opinion of President C. E. Yount of the latter organi- zation, cannot be evaded by any means.
 3. The diet of surveys unre- lieved by results save for the Se- dona road and a small patch of building near Seligrlan, is becom- ing distasteful and even less palat- able than the controversy over fed eral aid and state designation.
 Following the frank discussion of the highway problems-said by those present to have been the most nearly so of any yet held-thc commission did two important things.
 l. Set about determining its powers under the law to go with out the narrow bounds set up in the bond election, and
 2. Began a reconnaissance sur vey of an entirely new main north and south artery to connetc with the Maricopa county federal aid project between Phoenix and Wick enburg.
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
WHAT'S NEW IN THE WAY OF ROUTES

Engineer Joe Mccarthy and others came out with a proposal to build d new road to Wickenburg, 52 miles long, open for the entire year and missing some high attitudes found objectionable on other routes. It lies roughly as follows:
 South to the right bank of the Has sayampa along the recently improved Jersey Lily road, thence along that
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16

right bank, high enough to avoid the Box Canyon, to the point where a road cuts across toward Yarnell, thence up and over Yarnell hill to Fools Gulch and down that gulch to Congress Junction. From that point, the route would closely follow the present survey to Wickenburg.
 With shortening of tine Prescott Wickenburg road as promised by Maricopa county, this road would give a good no mile road between the old and new capitals.
 Soon after it was learned the sur vey party had left for the Yarnell hill via the Jersey Lily, there was an abortive storm in the board of su- pcrvisors. R. B. Westervelt, who was present, said he knew of no provision of the law or anything else that would permit the construc- ton of that road Chairman Midgley at first was astonished at the dar- ing of the suggestion. C. C. Stukey instantly foresaw mass of petitions, | iinjunctions and protests from tax payers along the other routes, who would be indignant at being left off" L. S. Colwell said the board itself would passionately adhere to the law as best it could learn the law.
 Secretary Jones of the commission said the board had understood the possible inhibitions against spending survey money on routes not specified in the bond election, and was pro- ceeding with an idea of informing it. self about the route, just the same.
 Chairman Midgley of the board then reflected that possibly the new route would be a wonder, and that it might be the highest type of com- mon sense to wait until some facts developed about it. Communities along the old Wickenburg route, he admitted, might be well content to be on short feeders to short through line which would bring both Phoenix and Prescott closer and eliminate high mountain passes.
 Before going over much more ter Train, the highway commission is go- ing over a great deal more law. Il has. date in Phoenix today with at torlieys to whom it was referred yes terday by Vice-President H. Cornick of the chamber of commerce, who, 8 lawyer himself, had been advised that a great deal of law had beer collected by a firm there who were looking into the powers of the Mari copa commission. MT. Cornick Wa: unwilling to record his own opinior ill the absence of search through the law hooks
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
REMARKABLE

"It is simply rotten. The people here treat us as if they knew we were not accustomed to much money and yet I am always talking about money" - Meggenderfer Blaetter (Munich).
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-16
NATURALLY

The hand that used to rock the cradle never saw the inside of a $20 pair of shoes.-The Trades Unionist Washington, D. O