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WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1912 ft as-. LEGISLATIVE (Krom Wednesday 's Daily.) The senate went on record today as favoring the repeal of the entire good road law of the state, and agreed to a bill doing that very thing, and further appointed a com mittee of three senators: Roberts, Davis and Harrison, for the investi gation of the present conditions and methods of disbursement of funds of the office of the state engineer. At all times during the debate was it Wept clear that the present incum bent was not to blame, but that the system under which the office was conducted should be improved. Wood of Maricopa, submitted facts and figures secured from the office of the engineer and treasurer show ing in detail the disbursements of the funds. Yavapai Got Hers. "1 notice," declared the Maricopa county senator, "that Yavapai coun ty has had the lion's share of the state road expenditure and much of the work, having in mind the Silver Mountain road, is of anything but of general benefit. " Cunniff Was Indignant. Cu tin iff was on his feet in a hurry to defend Yavapai and insisted that the road work in his county, much of it, had "P.ccu forced down the throat of Yavapai county," and that lie openly was indignant over the situation. The Maricopa senator set the senate laughing by remark ing, that it was too bad Yavapai's indignation did not become more acute just prior to the expenditure of the great sum charged to that county on the records of the en gineer's office. Hy a vote of 13 to 5 the bill was ordered engrossed. Reform School Bill Signed. PHOENIX. Ariz... April 16. Gov ernor Hunt today signed a bill for the creation of the Itcnsou Reform School Site commission and at once took up the work of securing the three commissioners provided for by the law. At a late hour tonight he was still hopeful of receiving answers to telegrams lie had caused to be sent, offering appointments when he will make his announcement of the names of his choice. One of the appointments was offered to Morris Goldwater of Prescott, but that gen tleman, on account of business could not accept. It is the governor's de sire to secure men that arc inter ested, on it and doing what if best for the Benson school and not ad vocates of any particular site for the institution. House Doing Business. The house, during the morning session disposed of by passing the bills for transfer of the insurance business of both surety, life and fire companies to the corporation com mission form the secretary of state and governor's office, and also pass ed the bill permitting the killing of five head of cattle for sale without a license. They also adopted a reso lution inviting La Follette to ad dress the legislature should he visit the state. In the afternoon the en tire time was taken up with a bill providing a new method for the forming of corporations, which was finally agreed to and ordered pre pared for final action. Governor's Mansion Proposed. Kane of Greenlee, introduced a bill to provide for a governor's man sion and site, and an appropriation of $15,000 for the purchase of the same. The board is to consist of three members and a site is under consideration in front of the capitol grounds. Recall Conference. The senate named its members for the conference committee on the re call measure, two of which com mittee, Kinney, Roberts and Wcsscl, were members of the Constitutional convention and known to be strong advocates of the recall as first written into the constitution. The conference will be held tomorrow morning and great interest is taken in the outcome. Code Commission Discussion. The code commissioner bill was finally whipped into shape and agreed to after an effort which was unsuccessful was made to strike from the bill that clause providing that the assistants, if any arc re quired or used by the commissioner should he of opposite political faith to that of the commissioner. The senate also agreed to a bill provid ing for a more strict examination for tuberculosis of applicants for positions in schools as tc;ehers and principals. Free School Hooks. In committee meetings tonight it was practically agreed that the bills providing for the compulsory In- I PROCEEDINGS -Mntiit ! iti-uraiitf rollertious would fad t passage, that a uniform and free text book bill Would pass, hooks to be paid for by the state, .mil that the Kinney bill, for Kng list speaking miners would be sub mitted to a vote of the people In connection with the free text book bill, Roberts of Cochise, who was a strong advocate of the same, de clared he was charged with being a Socialist and was willing to have the word go broadcast that he was, at .my rate, he was Socialist enough to have the state buy and pay for school books for the education of the children of the state. Fraud Hinted. PIIOKNIX. Ariz, April 16 The senate adopted a resolution to in vestigate the expenditures of the old territorial engineer's office in rela tion to road building. It is claimed the money did not all go into roads. The senate and the house named a joint committee to try to effect an agreement on the recall. The house passed a bill that no tuberculosis sufferers should be employed as school teachers. PIIOKNIX. Ariz.. April 17 It was discovered tonight at a meeting of the finance committee that the en tire plan of creating a state board of equalization would inadequately cover the ground desired, and that revenue raising bills will have to be prepared and introduced. Wood of Maricopa, made the discovery and the members of the committee arc dividing their time between con gratulating themselves that the situ ation wa.s discovered in time to be corrected and fixing the blame for the situation they are confronted with. It is the desire to create a board that would have power to fix property values of transportation, telephone, telegraph and express com panics, public service corporations and producing mines, their valua lion to stand, and the valuation fig ures for city and founty tax boards as well as state. Bullard Is Blamed. They explained their idea to At torney General Bullard, and he drew a bill which he afterward not only 'approved as to form, but it is said, told the committee he could success . limy cntorcc. iiic idea was to 1 create and the bill drawn did cre ate, a state board of equalization. Constitution Was Forgotten, ft now develops that the slafe con stitution calls for a state board of equalization but that board is limit ed to the adjustment and equaliza tion of value of real and personal property only among several coun ties of the state. To county boards of equalization tinder the cnustitu- j tion is left the duty of adjustment and the equalization of values of property within the several coun- tise. To get around the difficulties the committee will prepare, it is said, a bill for a state tax board consisting of three members and having powers originally proposed to be given to the state board of equalization. The several taxation bills will also be amended, provid ing for reports to be made to the tax commission in the place of the board of equalization. The only dam age resulting from the mix-up is the loss of time but time now is preci ous. It is not known if the advice of the attorney general will be asked in framing of the new taxation bill. New Bills Cut Off. It is now understood that no new bills will be received in the senate after next Monday, except by un animous consent or introduced by committee. Spread of this news brought a flood of news bills today. Irvine of Maricopa, had a bill pro hibiting houses of prostitution with in two miles of incorporated cities; Johnson had bill regulating the li censes of butchers; Kclton of Co chise, two bills amending the print ing laws; and Lewis three bills, one for free lunches for school children, a second to prevent accidents in underground construction, and third to create the office of slate electrical inspector. Compulsory Investment. In the house, the compulsory in vestment for insurance companies was reported against passage by the committee and the committee of the whole acted favorably on bills fix ing the hours of electrical workers, raising the salary of the chaplain for the state prison to $300 yearly and bill providing for the revoca tion of the license of foreign cor porations transferring litigation from the state to the federal courts. Six Months' Divorce. The six months' divorce legisla tion was tabooed for this session by the action of the senate committee of the whole recommending that the bill do not poss, white favorable action was taken on the bill making it a crime to overdraw a bank ac count where the intent is to defraud; a bill naming the bonds of the vari ous state officers and providing for the state to pay for such, and the holiday bill. In connection with the consideration of the latter there was much fun made by suggesting vari ous possible holidays the bill had overlooked, there being a long list created by the bill. Certain Contracts Void. The bill to regulate the assign ment of wages was killed, while ap proval was given to the bills against giving of gratuities to straw bosses for employment, and a bill making void any contract signed by an em ploye rclinguishing his right to sue his employer for damages sustained through his employment Cobb Nominated. The governor today sent to the senate the nomination of Lamar Cobb to be state engineer. As a bill to abolish that office is before the appropriation committee the nom ination was thus referred. Reform School Site. It is said that Governor Hunt is having difficulty to find men to serve on the reform school site com mission. Tonight he has but two men selected. Divorce Bill Killed. PIIOKNIX. Ariz., April 17. - A bill proposing an eight-hour day &.r women was infcfinitcly postponed to make place for the substitute of nine hours. The divorce bill re quiring six months' residence was defeated in the senate, likewise ihc bill to restrict the assignment of salaries. The house passed th bill limiting the size of trains. PIIOKNIX, Ariz., April 18.-Gov emor Hunt today named as members of the Benson Reform School Site commisiiou, L. F. Vaughn, editor of the Duncan Arizouau, of Duncan; John T. Dunlap, real estate broker. of Phoenix, and Judge John J. Haw kins, of Prescott. The commission will meet in Phoenix to organize and leave on the night train for Benson. Legislature Quiet. Today was a quiet day with Ari zona's lawmakers, little of import ance transpiring that was part of the record. The house finally dis posed of by indefinitely postponing the bill requiring insurance com panies to invest part of their re sources in Arizona securities... A similar measure is now before the senate, but the action by the house is a fair forecast of what the senate will do and accordingly the .insur ance men arc tonight jubilant. The senate labor committee this after noon agreed to a report on the Kin ney bill for Knglish-spcakiiig min ers, a majority of committee recom mending that the bill do pass provid ing that the senate attach to the bill a provision for the .submission of the question at the next general elec tion. Senator Brccn, of the com mittee has prepared a minority re port to the effect that the bill be in definitely postponed. Majority Report Popular. It is said the majority report is popular with the senate and that the bill amended as suggested will be passed and ultimately sent to the house. There has been strong pro tests against the passage of the bill in any shape submitted to the senate coming from the Mexican citizen ship of the state and from the So cialist organization with which is affiliated many of the Mexican min ers of various camps, State Purchasing Agent. Three new bills were introduced in the senate, one by Wcsscl which creates the office of state purchasing agent; by Lovin, providing for a San Francisco Fair board of com missioners, and by Worslcy provid ing for the protection of laborers in the matter of the settlement of wages, requiring employers to pay the men within five days after their wages are due and for all days in tervening from the time their em ployment ceases until the payment is made. PIIOKNIX, April 19. Mine and water legislation, San Diego and San Francisco expositions, politics and Missourians, barbers and deaf and dumb and blind made up to day's legislative program. There was little oratory and more work than on any previous day of the session although the volume of com pleted business was small. La Follette Invited. Immediately after convening in the morning the senate took up and passed a resolution which Crofoot had safely guided through the house of a standing invitation to Mr. La Follette to visit the legislature on the occasion of his trip west and make an address. There was no opposition to the resolution and it carried unanimously. Exposition Commissioners. Later the exposition resolutions were called up by a communication from the governor transmitting a re quest from the Frisco fair that An zona send representatives to Frisco on Maq 7, to pick out a building site. The house had already passed a resolution creating a San Diego board of commissioners, so the Frisco board bill was proposed and offered and under a suspension of the rules passed out of its place on the calendar. The San Diego reso lution was then passed and sent to the governor The executive will, it Is said, name the commission the early part of next week. Labor Bills. Senate labor committee made a re port including favorable action on the Brad tier railroad bills, and a divided report on the Kinney bill for English speaking miners. The majority report favored the passage of the bill with the referendum clause attached, providing for the submission of the question to a vote of the people at the next general election. Four members signed the report while Brccn offered a min ority report that the bill do not pass. When it was ascertained that the bill had not been amended by the committee by attaching the referen dum clause, it was re committed, and will be reported during the coming week. No Sunday Closing. The senate labor committee also reported favorably the eight-hour law for smelter men and unfavorably the bill for Sunday closing of barber shops. On the last measure, there was a minority report recommend ing that the hill do pass. The com mittee on education recommended the hill for the education by the state of the deaf and dumb and blind do pass. The Corporation Law. The house passed by a close vote the corporation law providing for the right to revoke the license to do business in the state of foreign corporations transferring from the state to the federal courts any liti gation. The final vote was 18 ayes, and 14 nays, with three absent. A similar measure was passed by the senate indicating that the bill will ultimately be sent to the governor. Cary Act. The afternoon session of the house lasted four hours, and with the exception of fifteen minutes con sumed by the final passage of a bill limiting the hours of employment in electric plants the entire time was spent in the consideration of the Drcuiicu bill applying the provisions of the Carey national irrigation act to Arizona. Irrigation Scheme. According to the author of the bill, a measure was introduced in order that the Grccly-Arizona irriga tion company might purchase from the federal government all the lauds now embraced in the Parker Indian reservation of the Colorado river, with the object of building a diver sion dam on the Colorado near the town of Parker, and after the com pletion of the irrigation system, throw the lauds open to settlers. Trust Ownership Feared, There was considerable objection to the bill from various members on the grounds that it would eventually result in two or three irrigation com panies owning all the land. Friends of the hill talked long and ardently in an effort to dispel this belief and that they succeeded was demonstrat ed when, at 5 o'clock the committee of the whole arose and recommended that the bill do pass after three minor amendments had been made. The Missouri Picnic. The house adjourned over to Mon day, but the senate will hold a short morning session and then take an adjournment over to Monday. At noon they will attend the annual picnic of the Missouri State Society which tendered to them an invita tion through C. B. Wood, an earnest Missourian. Labor Bills Considered. PHOENIX, April 19. The Kinney measure prohibiting the employ ment in hazardous occupations of thisc not speaking English was rec ommended for submission to the people hy the senate labor commit tee. The house passed a bill for a six-hour day underground where temperature is 105, or 110 over ground. (Continued oa Page S.) LOOKING OVER COUNTRY (From Saturday's Dally.) D, W. Halstcd, a chair manufac turer of Milwaukee, Wis., arrived in the city a few days ago from Sonera, Mexico, and is en route home, leav ing today. He is at the Congress house, and gives a vivid account of the uprising, with the warning to Americans to keep, on this tide of the line. ; ' ft" i ' ; SUPERIOR i Probate Matters Being Of the Greatest Importance (From Saturday's Dally) Mrs. Ida Knott, a recent arrival in the city from Oregon, has re ceived her freedom, after undergo ing the ordeal of a legnl entangle ment that embraced several phases. Last Monday she was arrested on telegrams from the above state, for abandoning her husband on a crim inal charge, anil yesterday she ap peared before the superior court with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This was denied and she was again remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Later in the day she appeared before Justice of the Peace McLane, and there being no evi dence on which she could he held, that official ordered her release. Further proceedings in the superior court yesterday was the filing of the suit of divorce of Mrs. Minnie Van Zandt against her husband, Edward B. Van Zandt, which will be hcird next Tuesday. Frank Fay was appointed by the court as administrator of the es tate of Stokes Morrison, deceased. The eighth annual account of R. P. Talbot as the guardian of the estate of Margaret Sarah Dcvinc, a minor, was filed and accepted. He was charged with having received the sum of $32,445.70, and credited with having paid out since the last set tlement and from the income, the sum of $7,111.60, on account of ex penses of administration, medical services, taxes, insurance and other accounts, leaving a balance on hand of $25,324.10. Of this sum $708.27 is in cash ,t lie remainder being in bonds, a house and lot in this city, and notes secured by mortgages on Prescott real estate, with other in terests also, all valued at the sum of $24,625.83. McOMIE DEPLORES PASTURING GRAIN (iFrom Friday's Dally.) L. A. Kchr, secretary of the Swas tika Development company, operat ing the Silver Prince and Black Warrior mines in the Bradshaw mountains, stated yesterday that the eighth carload of silver ore would pass through Prescott cn route to El Paso for treatment. The grade of this car is the highest yet ship ped from which it is inferred the value of the car will run to over $8000. When shipping commenced less than six mouths ago, the gross value of the first carload was close to $8000, and since that time the lowest was over $6000. The greatest depth reached in the mine is less than 250 feet, and the values are coming from a drift run to the north. This old working produced the high grade ore over a quarter of a century ago, which brought the Prince and Warrior claims into national prominence, re sulting in the two claims being sold for over $125,000, with a depth of less than 80 feet on cither. Their entry into the producing class after so many years of idleness, due to litigation primarily, is attracting the attention of mining men to that field, and forms an interesting chap ter in the ups and downs of that mine. The Swastika has produced in the past seven months over $50,000 it is said, under a nominal expense, anil the field adjacent is again coming into prominence by many old mines being revived. REYNOLDS SELLS RANCH LANDS AT DEWEY (From Thuraftay'a Dally) It was reported yesterday that T. II. Reynolds had disposed of his 320 acres of farming land near Dewey to a resident of San Diego, and beside a cash consideration has acquired four improved lots in the above city. Mr. Reynolds will transfer the property in a few days, and with his wife will leave for their new home. THc land is valu able and in the past three years has been placed in a high state of culti vation with many improvements made. Uaadvertlsed things art sold sesaatlmsa. Journal-Vintr wa ads. will Mil tfcaaa quickly. HANDLES MUCH BUSINESS GRIM IS W.CMTY Remains Will be Taken To Sleep in Old Home Burial Grounds (From Saturday's Dally) Wyman C. Beatty passed away at 11:30 last night in the city from a complication of diseases of long standing. He was attended to the last by his faithful mother who had traveled with him to many parts of the country In an effort to alleviate his suffering and cure his maladies. He was aged 29 years and was a great favorite of all who knew him, and was an uncomplaining sufferer. His sister who lives in Los An geles, will arrive today and together with the sorrowing mother, will ac company the remains to the old home at Litchfield, III. The remains arc being prepared for shipment by H. M. Maus & Co., at whose under taking parlors an opportunity will be given friends and acquaintances to view the remains. Genuine sym pathy is expressed for the bereaved relatives. AUTO CLUB HOLDS IMPORTANT MEET (From Thursday's Dally.) By far the most important meet ing ever held by the Prescott Auto Club was that called Saturday night, by Paul Burks, its new president. A large attendance of members enthu siastically discussed plans for re doubling the efforts of the club in 1911 and many very important meas ures were outlined and put in train for accomplishment in the very near future. A resolution, expressing to the board of supervisors of Yavapai county the desire of the club that a road be extended from Prescott north west to Kingman, passed unanimous ly. Letter of B. L. Graves, Ford manager for Southern California, stated that the road to the Needles was in negotiable condition and that the writer had experienced no teal trouble until he got into Cal ifornia. Mr. Graves thinks that a road westward from Kingman to Needles will surely form a link m the Transcontinental highway, ami that soon. Invitation of Don Scnor Patterson for a run over the Ash Fork road and a barbecue at Cathedral Cave, Decoration day, Thursday, May 30, was accepted and referred to road committee with power to complete arrangements. Ladies will enjoy this holiday jaunt, the males to re pair such portions of the road as present obstacles to auto tourists. Providing that the expense will not be more than $125 and that per mission be granted for use outside the city limits, the club decided to offer to go in with the city council in the purchase of an adequate road grader. A committee, composed of F. W. Foster, J. C. Stephens anil T. G. Norris, was appointed to bring this matter properly before the city fathers. A vote of thanks was tendered the city council and its clerk, John H Robinson, for their recent action in dragging city streets. Mr. Robinson was made an honorary member of the Prescott Auto Club by a unan imous vote. For the thirty davs following April 15, it was decided that eligible persons can become members of the club upon payment of $5 Initiation fee and $10 dues, payable semi-annually in advance. After May 15, this opportunity will be withdrawn and $10 will be required for initia tion. The yearly dues dating from January 1, 1912, were changed from $12 to $10, payable semi-annually in advance. UNDER FULL SWING (From TkuraOar'a DaRyl The last engineer corps of the Arizona Land and Irrigation com pany left the city yesterday morning for the field near the site of the big flam on Willow Creek, in charge o Assistant Engineer Bodic Four camps are now established, all head ing from the Point of Rocks toward the site of the diversion dam at Whipple and to Lynx Creek, where the smaller dam is to be bailt. Topographic work is being done to gether with the re-sectioning of the tract. The fnrrf U fiftv mra and ubout two months will be required REAPER VICTOR OVER to complete, the work.