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Arizona state miner., 1924-08-23

came pressman on the Tombstone Ep-
itaph, pulling the first issue of that
paper on an old Washington hand
press. "Pop," as he is Familiarity
known now, is the oldest pioneer
printer-journalist of the state who is
still in the harness.
He is running for State Senator
at large from Maricopa county on an
anti pact platform and thru his Wick
enburg weekly has for two years been
educating Western Arizonans on the
dangers of the Colorado River pact
In an address before the Ladies'
Democratic Club at Phoenix ON this
subject Mr.. Watson said: con a re-
cent inspection trip to Roosevelt lake.
Mormon Flat, Horse Mesa and pro-
posed San Carlos dam sites, I became
thoroughly inspired with the stupen-
dous reclamation work undertaken by
the State of Arizona. | am profound
ly impressed with the necessity of
legislation necessary to protect and,
develop those and other Arizona re-
clamation enterprises by the forma
ton of State Reclamation and Pow
er Board to represent Arizona with
same authority and officials as those
which compose the federal power
commission. I find that the state@-is
totally without protection from an
tagonism induced by recent preju-
diced reports of the federal power
commission, which has classed some
Of Arizona's irrigation and power pro-
jects as without merit" This re-
port in it's onerous influence has been
far reaching In at least one instance
it has resulted in an injunction by
a federal judge of Arizona to stop
work. BY this act the federal power
commission has antagoniZed and de-
layed development Of AriZOna's re-
sources for two years and may con-
tinue to do so Indefinitely, unless
Arizona awakens to the emergency
OF c0unteraction. My proposed Board
of Power and Reclamation should
comprise at least five competent en-
gineers and two of the best lawyers
in the state to take care of all legal
matters. With such an auth0rative
body, the federal power commission
cannot wantonly stop development OF
AriZOna's resources in the COLORADO
river, or any other project, without
being called into conference to show
why and wherein lie the defects. An
Arizona Power and Reclamation
Board will inspire respect and tend
10 bring about congenial cooperation
and protection of her interests 1t is
not the policy of Uncle Sam to take
awey the natural resources Of any
state. Arizona and Gov. Hunt are in
in1 same position that New York and
ll9v. Smith are.
Both contend that the stream re
sources and power potentialities be
long to the states in which they or
lsinate and should not be usurped oy
the federal government to farm out
10 special privilege like the TEAPOT
Dcrne oil lands, the Matanuska coal
hnds, Washington timber lands, and
rational parks for perpetual protlt
making machines, to big corporate IN
Arizona state miner., 1924-08-23

amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described land are advised to
file their claims or objections on or
before the time designated for. sale.
JOHN R. TOWLES, Register.
L.. L. FERRALL. Receiver.
Stephen B. Rayburn, Attorney
list pub July 26-last pub August %.
Arizona state miner., 1924-08-23

endorsement of the pact can be ac-
cepted by her people, without en-
dangering and retarding. her develop
ment for years to come"
Arizona state miner., 1924-08-23

Light bills are sometimes pretty
heavy.
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22

and the Towering rod of Aaron, ana
he to whom they were given knew
that they were the price of blood and
was afraid and great tribulation came
to him that bought and sold with the
money of Judas.
"How do / know" continued Mr.
Lawton, "that the sad ending of the
Shilds family was not caused by them
finding portion of this hidden treas
ure containing more or less Of the sill
yer originally in the thirty pieces paid
to Judas? How do l know that some
Of this that / have resurrected does
not contain more Of it?"
Late figures from Washington show
that the United States in 1922 pro-
duced 56,240,00O ounces, or about 26
per cent of the silver output of the
mines of the world. But in 1860 our
share Of the worlds production was
only 116,016 ounces, or fraction Of
1 per cent. So that previous to 1860
practically all our silver money was
coined from silver brought from other
countries
With all these facts staring him in
the face, Mr.. Lawton, most loyal
American citizen, tracing his ances-
tors back to New England in 1880,
says he will take no chances by re-
tanning these old coins in his possess
sion Nor will he pass them off here
in the peaceful United States. But
after thev have been on display at one
of the local banks he intends sending
them to the Denver mint with the re-
quest that they send him their equiv
alent in good clean American-mined
metal money. They can remelt and
recon these tainted pieces"-if such
they may be-into money they are
occasionally coming for Old Mexico
and some of the South American re-
publics that are always at war and
apparently never happy only when in
trouble.
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
Crosses Mark Historic
Spots Through England

With the increasing use of motor
cars and the char-a-bancs, the high
ways and byways of England are be-
coming more familiar to all classes.
''The sign of crosses by the road
side and also at crossroads often give
rise to many conjectures as to their
meaning and origin" says writer.
Between Norwich and Cromer there
is a battlefield cross, which marks
the spot where John the Litster, who
STYLED himself King of the Common
was overthrown by the bishop of Nor
wich during the peasants revolt in
the Fourteenth century. Funeral
crosses are represented by some of
the memorials set up by Edward / at
the halting places of the procession
in which the body of his queen, Flea
nor, was borne from Hareby, in
Northamptonshire to it's last resting
place. The only Eleanor cross on the
open road is on the London road at
Hardingstone, near Northampton"
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
Matches by the Billion

Our grand:1others were very care
full to bank their fires, since the dying
Of the flame often meant incon-. enfent
trips to a neighbor's hearth, or re-
course to flint and steel, or, later, use
of a very expensive and unsatisfac-
tory match. Now we are more prodi-
gal, and consequently, our bill last
year was two hundred million dollars
for matches! Can you imagine four
quadrillion matches laid end to end?
Made Of white pine and aspen, our
country uses and manufactures a third
OF the worlds supply.-Exchange.
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
For Buffalo Bill Monument

There is fiat concrete slab over
the unpretentious grave of Colonel
Cody-Buffalo Billion top of Look
out mountain, Colorado. This in turn
is covered with ordinary chicken wire,
and on the concrete are hundreds Of
coins cents, nickels, dimes and even
larger ones, which the visitors have
thrown there. The chicken wire is to
prevent anybody from getting the
money with a stick. The object of the
collection is to build real monument
over the last resting place of Buffalo
Bill.
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22

mile, always stopping at one particu-
lar place, about where the Lawton
farm is now located There he would
lounge around on the grass while the
children picked flowers or gathered
nuts.
In celebrating the completion Of the
railroad the Irish colony got into
pitched battle with knives and shil-
lalahs. "Big Mike" was disembowled.
Staggering into the boarding house,
he dropped dead in front of Mrs.
Shilds. His murderer followed, packed
his few personal belongings in a red
bandanna and walked off down the
railroad, never to be heard of again.
The excitement and shock caused Mrs.
Shilds to give premature birth to
child that night. The next day big
Mike" and the babe were placed in
two homemade coffins and buried at
the old Haggard burying grounds, just
west Of town, and the sad event soon
forgotten. The laborers soon after
ward migrated and their little town
of huts was abandoned.
The Shilds family established
home in Plymouth, and never gave up
their belief that big Mike" had bur-
led his savings in some wild spot. Mr..
Shilds and his dog spent many DAYS
searching for the buried treasure
trove. In 1868 the Shilds were known
to have suddenly come into possession
| of considerable money in some mys-
terious way Disposing of their
humble home, they journeyed back
to their childhood home near Hagers-
town, Md. They only tarried there
year or two when they again came
West, settling at Marshall, ILL.,, where
Mr. Shilds was killed in a runaway
accident and the eldest son, Samuel.
met his death while railroading out
of Terre Haute, Ind. The daughter.
Fannie, made an unhappy marriage
and soon died of a broken heart. Then
in the late Seventies, the younger son,
Merritt, who had gone to railroading
in Kansas, was sent home a corpse.
In 1892 the mother, then past eighty.
wrote Plymouth friends of the sad
ending of her once happy family and
how they were all then quietly sleep
ing in the Effingham qll.) cemetery,
where she soon expected to follow
them.
| With these sad events still fresh in
| his memory, Mr.. Lawton is greatly
worried over his find. We know the
same metal is time after time remelt-
ed, recoined, restamped and thus main.
tains its perpetual youth.
''What assurance have l." said Mr..
Lawton, 'that some of these gold
pieces that have been buried in this
teapot for over half a century were
not at one time worn in rings by Gle
opatra, or used in the golden targets
of Solomon? Or that some of these
silver pieces did not form part of
pirates booty from a scuttled galleon
of the Spanish Main? For aught I
know it was current money in Nine
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22


outside the citv limits. He was passing
through a wooded pasture, mingllng
with nature and mixing up with the
happy birds and squirrels when he
saw something that glistened under
the roots of a large oak tree near
small brook where the heavy rains had
washed out the SOIL Securing pick,
"Old Farmer" who had spent forty
years in Colorado, soon had the object
unearthed. 1t proved to be an ancient
pewter teapot of a design in use CEN
tury ago.
The teapot contained $91 in Ameri-
can gold IN twenties tens, fives and
dollars These bore dates from 1882
to 1856. There were ten dollars in
silver quarters and fifty-cent pieces,
dated from 1923 to 1856, and a half
dozen of the old large American cop
per cent pieces, dated from 1928 to
1861 There were also few English
copper pieces, some bearing dates back
into the seventeen hundreds and an
English silver crown, dated 1847. The
most interesting piece is about the
size of an American ten-dOllar gold
piece, evidently brass or bronze, and
is a souvenir Of the coronation Of
Queen Victoria, showing picture of
the queen encircled by the letters in
her name. On the reverse side ap-
pears a gallant knight on horseback
and the words "To Hanover 1887"
AS no coin is dated later than 1856,
the pot must have been buried about
that time. The majority of the early
pioneers who settled in this western
central Illinois, known as the Mill
tary Tract" in 1885 to 1910 were a
class of sturdy and fairly well-tO-do
immigrants with large families who
migrated from eastern states in wag-
ons, the husbands being allotted farms
by our government in recognition of
their loyal services in the Black Hawk
war and War of 1872.
Local histories show there was very
little money in circulation in these
parts until the railroad made it's ap-
pearance in, 1856. Up to then farm
ers raised their own necessities of
life, hauling any surplus 25 miles to
the Mississippi river, where it was ex-
changed for store clothing or luxur-
les.
The fact that the teapot contained
some English money would indicate
that whoever buried it had at some
time come from Europe and retained
q few pocket pieces.
The most plausible theory is that it
was buried by one of the employees en-
gagged in the construction of new rail
road through Plymouth. The company
was two years, 1854 and 1855, putting
In a very deep fill and building large
stone bridge over a creek a mile south
of this village. There a graders camp
was established and many Irish, lately
from the old country, were employed.
A family of the name of Shilds kept
the boarding house. Among their
boarders was one known as "Big
Mike" most Industrious and parsi-
monious kind Of fellow. On pleasant
Sunday afternoons he would take the
Shilds children up the creek about a
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
Teacher-Grauedfggers

According to an old record the du-
ties of an English schoolmaster of
1861 were as follows: ITO act as
court messenger, to serve summonses,
to conduct certain ceremonial services
of the church, to lead the Sunday
choir, to ring the bell for public wor-
ship, to dig graves, to perform other
occasional duties"
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
Store Well Protected

Fifty miles Of wire are used in the
burglar alarm system Of a store In
London.
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22

veh and Babylon. Perhaps
some of it is one of the
pieces paid by Abraham to
the children of Heth for the
double cave that looked to-
wards Mamre, or one of the
pieces for which Judas be-
trayed the Master. The
Gospel tells us that before
Judas Iscariot went out to
destroy himself in his great
remorse at having betrayed
innocent blood he cast down
the thirty pieces Of silver
before the chief priests.
These pieces were shekels
of the coinage of Simon, the
high priest, which Antiochus
authorized him to issue.
They bore the pot mamma
Arizona state miner., 1924-11-22
By v. c. HEINE

GORGE E., familiarly
known as "Old Farmer"
Lawton, is a retired
business man who for
the past few years has
been living the dream
life in the village of
Plymouth, ILL.,, and incl
dentally looking after
his farm interests just
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-18
COUNTY
MAN n AIMED
T0PORT BODY
City Committee Waits Upon
Governor SiIzer Here To-
day for That Purpose
PORT AUTHORITY POST
Governor Says That He Will
Take the Matter Under
Consideration

A request that he name Middle
sex county man, to the Port of New
York Authority when he makes his
next appointment was made today
Of Governor Silzer by committee
of prominent county business and
Industrial men which waited upon
him in his Perth Amboy Trust
Company office. The governor.
after hearing the arguments in fav-
or of this district being represented
on this important body, promised
the members OF the delegation that
he would keep the facts in the case
In mind when making his next ap-
pointment
Although the waterways of Rari-
tan Bay, Raritan River and lower
Staten Islhnd Sound are included n
the scope of the Port OF New York
Authority, the governor was told, the
present members seem 70 snow little
consideration for this section. con-
4 eentratine their attention on the Sec
fion nearer the city OF New York.
Newark Bay and Bayonne.
]. Logan Clevenger. spokesman
for the Middlesex delegation, told
the governor the general feeling
among those having the future har-
Dor and waterfront development of
this part of the country at heart, Is
that they should have a representa-
tive of this commission of six men
5 known as the Port of New York
Authority. consisting of three men
from New Jersey and three from
New York.
There is a vacancy on the board
1t the present time owing to the
-. IL V<,
,ne of the New Jersey men. The
:ern of Chairman Van Bushkirk
expires this summer and with these
two vacancies facing the governor
the Middlesex county men hope to
persuade him to select a Middlesex
county man who will look out for
the interests of this part of the
Port of New York.
ABrunswick. told of the important
2bearing the new Intra-Costal ship
eanal from Cresequake Creek to the
pelaware river will have on local
Waterway development and urged
the governor to seriously consider
the possibilities of developing this
section when he makes additional
appointments to the Port Authority
board.
Oliver r. Hatfield, secretary of the
Industrial Association of this city.
also spoke in favor of having a
county man on the board. The gov
ernor told the committee of the
great amount of work connected
with an appointment on this board.
which carries no salary. He said
that this is not local problem and
the enormous powers given the Port
Authority should result In its efforts
being either tremendous success or
tremendous failure. There are
many. angles to the matter OF ap-
pointing men to this board but will
keep in mind what you gentlemen
have brought to my attention." the
governor assured the committee.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-18
WALSH LIKELY
| CHAIRMAN OF
| N. Y. SESSION
Cummings viii Be Chairman
| of Committee on Rules b
New York Convention
RECEPTION FOR M'Aoo
Boom for Houston-Sev
Candidates Have Then
Headquarters Opened
RECEPTION FOR M'Aoo


NEW YORK. June 1s.-The cosII
paign of william c. McAdoo fox q Il
Democratic nomination for Fxx6(<
dent enters on It's rnal phase ~<<6
his arrival from Los Angeles f1i11j
to take advisory charge Of HI zp<<
ces. Several thousand. It Is anti
pated. win be at the depot ta Sft<1
Mr.. McAdoo who will be accorIs
panied BY his wife ana two d1u1
ters. z:: s.
The welcoming deIexaf1on
form a parade and conducf f66
mer secretary of the treasarV
Hotel Vanderbilt which VIII
home during the convenkt6
has engaged the suite foru
1 tc1plea ~ Es5r1oo earus1
viii take place the ceI1f6r6
| his campaign managers tH&<
much to determine his oIlc<
the forthcoming battle
National commifteemen ana 4e1<:
gates already In town are disp1a3In6
decided sentiment in favor OF Seus
ator Thomas J. Walsh, OF MoufnnS !.
as permanent chairman of the co,,s
vention- 1t Is generally agreed thai
inasmuch as the oil scandals r.
virtually certain to be one ef the
chief issues of the campafrn Il
would De Wise move to capita1iza
the Montana senator's natioua17s
known connection with the 5pvee<i-
cations. There is also the feeilns
that 1t behooves the party to sho,s
Senator Walsh his appreciafio, ~,
his efforts. -
Although this favorinr sentinrr,f
makes Senator Walsh,s seiecfsor
highly probable, his choice has vef
to be ratified by the fun national
committee
Members of the Democratic Ma.
tional committee let it be known las1
night that Homer S. Cummines Of
ten mentioned for the chairnanshiD
Oh the committee on rules, was Writ
uaily certain to be chosen Chairman
or the committee on resolutions uu-
less unexpected opposition developed.
In the camp of both Mr.. McAdoo
and Governor Smith indifference q
expressed as to the result of the f3r1f
which may be provoked by the pro-
posal to do away with the tra<f-
tional two-fhirds rule.
1t is no secret, however. that Ger
tain of the McAdoo leaders would
be pleased If the convention should
adopt a rule providing for the nonl5-
nation of a candidate by a majority
rule. On the other hand. the follow
ers of Governor Smith. as wen a.
the sponsors of several of the less
prominent candidates. seem bent ON
doing all in their power to have tka
two-thirds rule retained
. A boom for David F. Houston, for
mer secretary of the treasury and
secretary of agriculture, has been
started by Circuit Judge Ewing
Cockrell. of Warrensburg Mo-. son
of the late United States Senator
Cockreil
Headquarters for former Governox
James NJ. Cox, John w. Davis, Sem
ator Underwood and Governor Smith
will be opened today at the Waldoff-
Astoria, where the Netional Demo-
cratic committee has its headquar~'
ters.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-18
Matthews To Nominate SiIzer
# At Convention: Boom Pushed
Silzer's Strength for at Least
Vice president Nenination
IS Beng Shown
BY LEO y. MANNING

TRENTON. June 1S.-The name
of Governor Silzer will be placed
before the New York Democratic
convention next week by former AS
semblyman John A. Matthew'S. of
Newark He is a delegate from the
tenth district and one of, the best
orators in the political ranks of the
state. OF late years he has been
affiliated with the Nugent wing OF
the Essex Democracy but when a
member of the legislature in 1918
defied big Jim" and went along
with the Wilson forces. For this
independence Matthews was pun
ished and denied denomination
and when the Democrats from Essex
came down TO the state capitol to
sit in the assembly of 1914 the in
surgent member of the year before
was absent. Later the hatchet was
buried.
Matthews, however, had made his
i'm print upon the minds of the po-
litical observers by his one year of
legislative service which was char
acterized by marked ability as a de-
batter. Although Mr.. Nugent is at
present believed to be soured on the
Silzer Presidential candidacy. it is
not going to have any effect on Mat
thews making the nominating speech
even though the latter is now asso-
ciated with the Essex leader.
The governor is not expected to
appear on the floor OF the conven-
ton, according to plans of his man.
ayers now. At least, he is not likely
to be seen at the start of the conven-
ton. He will remain in the Silzer
headquarters in the Waldorf Astoria
hotel and somebody will exercise his
proxy. Maybe 1t will be Mayor
Frank Hague. state Democratic lead
er, who will also have headquarters
in the Waldorf. The mayor has been
busy for some time furthering the
S.lzer boom.
Should the executive land a place
on the national ticket, for President
or vice president, it would be big
feather in the cap of Mr.. Hague, who
is now a member of the Democratic
national committee and naturally
ambitious for country wide promi-
nince. The Silzer success would be
the vehicle on which the Jersey City
mayors name as political strategist
could ride to fame.
(Continued on Page p
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-18

Taylor, Of Montana, Sings
Their Swan Song at Con-
vention at ST. Paul

ST. PAUL Mimi. June 1S.-Pre-
diction that the Farmer-Labor party
eventually would dispose of the two
eapitalistic parties that hold the
power today" was made by Charles
E. Taylor. Montana state senator. in
an address today formally accerI-
ing the permanent chairmanship OF
the national Farmer-Labor-P Progress
sive convention here. Mr.. Taylor
severely criticised the Democratic
and Republican parties and issued
an appeal to farmers and workers
to unite more closely for political
action. and urged ballot box
revolution"
He greeted the delegates '.in the
name of the thousands upon thou
sands of bankrupt farmers-farmers
who during the past few years have
lost their all: in the name of the
constantly Increasing numbers of
the unemployed: and the workers
of the nation
"Out of this historic. convention"
said Mr.. Taylor. "is destined TO grow
the great mass-class Farmer-Labor
party a party that in a few short
years will dispose of the two capi-
talistic parties that hold the power
today and take over the bower in
this nation In the name of the
workers and producers of the realm.
setting up a government of The
workers. for the workers and by the
workers"
Mr.. Taylor urged cooperation
of all factions in the convention in
bringing about a mass class Farm
er-Labor party
Faced with financial troubles COM
ing on top of a communistic victory
yesterday in the first open skirmish
of the gathering, delegates to the
convention today began work in an
uncertain state of mind.
State Senator Taylor, who was
elected permanent chairman of the
convention yesterday, said he had no
definite program in mind for today
aside from the selection of standing
committees and his own formal
speech as permanent chairman.
The convention. he indicated.
would be at a standstill until the
committee on party organization was
ready to report, with speech-making
employed to fill the interval. Alice
Lorraine DAILY, the first woman can
didate for governor in South Dakota,
was announced as headliner. Miss
Daily was elected secretary OF the
by acclamation yesterday
on motion of Joseph Manley, Illinois
delegate from the Workers party
and acknowledged spokesman in the
for William z. Foster,
American representative for the
Moscow Internationale.
The call to order found many seats
vacant. Belated delegates struggled
in throughout Chairman Taylor's
address, which he prefaced with a,
statement that since his election yes
terday he had had mo conference
or interview or other communities
tion with William q. Foster"