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WEEKLY JOURNAL-MINiSR, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1913.
EPIDEMIC
OF SMALLPOX IMONTHLY DIGEST
GALES UNCOVER
RICH GOLD MINE
Coney Island Strike Though Was Of
Gold Jewelry Lost During Sum
mer By Visitors,
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IN PHOENIX
LAND DECISIONS
Sixty Cases Have
But Effort is
Matter
Special to the Journal-Miner.
PHOENIX, Jan. 23; Although
every effort is being made by the
press and public bodies of the cities
to suppress the facts, it is well
.Ten own that an epidemic of small
pox is raging in this city. Up to this
date there have been sixty cases and
the end is not yet in sight
It is undertsood that the Board
of Trade waited on the three local
papers and "requested" them to make
no mention of the epidemic, and that
-the efforts of that body were suc
cessful is evidenced by lack of news
of that character appearing. A short
rtime ago the national convention of
the Livestock Growers was held
TWO DATES FIXED
FOR ARBOR DAY
News Room of the Journal-Min
er, Room 203, N. B. A. Bldg.
PHOENIX, Jan. 20. Governor
Hunt today issued his annual Ar
bor Da' proclamation which fixes
February 7th as the date to be ob
served in the Central and Southern
Counties of the State, and April 1st
the date for the five northern coun
ties of the State. The last legisla
ture very materially increased the
scope of Arbor Day observance
which was formerly limited to ob
servance by public school children.
The present law calls for the ob
servance of the day at all public
institutions and by all public offi
cials. While it is declared to be
a holiday, the law Outlines an ob
servance of the occasion along the
. linec r( tree nlnntinrr whirh should
make the day a very busy one for
-those required by law to observe
it.
Autos Increasing Rapidly.
Ten State auto licenses were issu
ed today by S. P. Osborn, Secre
tary of State. This brings the to
tal number of auto registrations in
Arizona up to 2,004, of which num
ber 77 are for cars of over 40 horse
power. Under the law the last
named class of vehicles pay an
annual license of $10, while other
vehicles pay an annual license of
55. In all 333 chauffeur licenses
have been issued by the State. i'uch
licenses are issued for life and cost
their owners $5. They are required
to be held by all who operate autos
for hire.
Some Weather? No.
In a letter received at the Goy
crnor's office this morning, a corre
spondent of Arizona's Chief Execu
tive writing from a Montana town
waxes enthusiastic over the ideal
-weather conditions being enjoyed in
his particular locality. Says the
letter, "We are having ideal weather
since I last wrote you, the ther
mometer failing to register any low--er
than 10 above zero, and so far
we have not had over five feet of
snow." Governor Hunt referred the
letter to several of the Southern
Arizona Boards of Trade.
New Accounting System.
The matter of the adoption of a
uniform system of reporting to the
Corporation Commission by the
transportation companies of the
State has now been finally submit
ted for decision by the Commission
er, and an order outlining the form
which will be required, will prob
ably be issued by the Commission
during the next sixty days. Durng
the hearing concerning the report
forms, a number of witnesses were
examined at the request of the rail
road representatives who sought to
show that this or that feature of
the report would be of no value to
the commission but of great expense
in cost of preparation by the trans
portation companies. A most inter
esting witness was Gene VanSlyck
now a resident of Trinidad, Colo
rado, and general live stock agent
for the Santa Fe lines in the West.
"VanSylck it developed was an old
Arizonan. He first came into Ari
zona to the- Tono Basin Country
with a cattle outfit from Utah in
1884 and in 1886 began his first rail
road work with the old Atlantic
and Pacific road.
Coal Rates Hearing.
Members of the Corporation Com-
Developed Thus Far
Made to Keep
Secret
here, the delegates being in igaor -
ance of the danger they were facing
in not only contracting but spread-
ing the dread disease.
There has been much surmise as
to the source of the influence ex-
erted upon the State Board of Health
lie health would keep the fact of the
epidemic "dark.'
Several of the Southern Arizona
cities, notably Douglas and Tucson
are discussing the advisability of
quarantining against the capital,
Criticism in those places is general
as to the action of the Board of
Health in not informing them of the
status of affairs in Phoenix until de -
mands were made for information.
mission are preparing for the hear-
ing which Special Examiner Gibson
of the Interstate Commerce Com-
mission is to hold at Phoenix begin-
ning January 23rd, on coal rates
from Gallup, New Mexico to con-
suming markets in the State; on
fuel oil from Southern California
points to Arizona points and on
paper labels from New York City
to Arizona points. In the first nam-
ed matter the Commission is a party
to the hearing, having made the or-
iginal complaint while in the last
two named matters the Pacific Crea-
mcry Company made the complaint
and the Corporation Commission
will intervene.
Will Resist Advance.
On Tanuarv 27th Commission,-.-
Tone will for To Angles
where I, will nnnear l.efore a hear-
ing conducted by a special examiner
of the T C. Tommiion on n nm.
oosed advance of California and Ari-
zona rates bv the railroad comnan-
ies on tin rccentarles. An order
was secured some time ago for a
temporarv susnension of the oronos-
ed advanced rate and a final adjudi
cation of the matter will follow tlie
hearing
The shiomenU in one.tion rP
used extensively by those engaged
n the butcher hnsines.;. the dairvTnrr
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and apairying industries. It takes
many tin cans to convey the honey
Droduct of the state to market The
Arizona nroduetion for the tcn
hist closed amounting to over 100
cars. One firm bought sixty cars to
be used in the flavoring of ginger
snaos thev sell
ROBBED OF HF.R
VALUABLES AND MONKV
(From Thursday's Daily)
Letters received early this week
from Portland, Oregon, brought the"
news of the conviction and sentence
for one year of "Chic" Edmonds for
the crime of "doping" a woman by
the name of Mrs. Lizzie Duncan
The above pair were residents of
this city about five years ago, or
when gambling was closed. The
woman had recently fallen heir to
several thousands dollars, and after
refusing to disgorge to Edmonds,
the latter put her to "sleep" with
narcotics for over two weeks. When
she was resusticated Edmonds had
flown with several hundreds dollars
in cash and valuable jewelry, among
which was a diamond ring, valued
at $750. He was captured at Sitka,
Alaska. His light sentence is due
to conflicting testimony as to the
ownership of the jewelry. I
WHITE PLAGUE IS
CAUSE OF HIS DEATH
(From Wednesday's Daily)
m. Kcese, ot Lentralia, Wash-
mgton, who arrived in this section
about one year ago for his health,
passed away Monday night after a
short illness with pneumonia. With
wiie lie resided on Uroom and mains in a river to meet the appro
Slate Creeks, and his tubercular af- priation and beneficial use of pre-
niciion nau very much improved by
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nis out door lite, when he exposed
himself and was stricken down. He
made many friends in his new home
and regret is expressed over his
death. He was a member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge, and enjoyed
much prominence in his native state,
in that order. The body is at H. M.
Maus & Co., to be prepared for
shipment home tomorrow. Mrs.
Reese will accompany the remains.
Homesteads.
The marriage of a woman under 21
years of age adds the disqualificat
ion of coverture to that of min
ority, and in the event that she is
deserted by her husband such des
ertion, while it removes the disqual
ification growing out of the pre
sumption that the husband is the
lhead of the family, does not affect
her status as a minor.
An individual is never a family,
I that term being applicable only to
the collective body of persons living
as a household.
. N "ported case imports qualif-
to one shown to be a minor, merely
because of the marrriage and deser-
tion of such person.
The reported cases go no further
than to hold that the disqualification
due to coverture is removed by
bona fide separation or living apart,
and that where, under such circum-
stances, the wife has arrived at the
age of 21 years or is the actual
lhead of the family, she may make
a homestead entry, if otherwise
qualified. But a separation, in what-
ever form or through whatsoever
means accomplished, does not, of it
self, release her, on applying to
make homestead entry, from showing
due qualification, as would have been
required had she never been married
If a married woman has not here
tofore exhausted her homestead
right by the making and perfection
of a homestead entry and is in
fact living apart from her husband
with no intention of assuming mar-
rtal relations with him the mere
fact that she has a husband living
from whom she has not been di-
vorced does not deprive her of the
right to make homestead.
Completion of title to land cm
braced in a homestead entry by pay
lnent. as provided by the act of June
15th, 18S0, is an exercise of the
Homestead rigni, anu a person nav-
K us exercised nis mil nome
steau n8"" m tn3t manner 15 "ol
cntr' under any of lhc acts p.ro'
vidi"S for sccond homestead entries,
under certain circumstances.
Lands embaced within a bona fide
settlement claim are not suoject to
sc,1o1 1(lcmnity selection: The
Malc """ever nus a rigm io
lianrd tmrtn icciia e( cii rci ctin rr
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se,uemenl " Uate 01 US nro"crcu
No final commutation proof can
Ue "ereattcr accepted, wincli snow
If . . ii . r . . ? t
,ess ,nan IOU"cen ontns residence,
P '" cases wnere statutory au-
tnonty exists to tnc contrary. -asc
ot mivorson, toy i v. tso;. uver
ruled.
When the Land Department is
negligent in passing upon an appli-
cation to entry, applicant is not ob-
hged to make any extended im
provements or reside upon the land
until such time as entry has been
allowed,
I" view of the Department, brief
absences in rendering humane ser
vice required by moral sentiment, or
ln case of the cntryman's relative
or his own health should not be
hchl to break continuity of actual
residence.
Isolated Tracts.
When no bidders appear at the
regularly published day of sale of
an isolated tract, the local land of
" without authority to set a
new date for the public offering of
such tract.
Practice.
Where, under rule 73, the Commis-
sioncr finds the additional evidence
'i'd insufficient, he should, in for
warding the appeal, accompany it
with a statement showing nffirma-
tivcly that such supplemental evi
dence will be remanded for reron
sideration.
Desert Lands
So long -as sufficient water re
sent users, no lawful or enmtahte
complaint can be made of the di
- -
version of other waters of the river
through appropriation and benefic
ial use by others, even though such
appropriation and diversion may so
lower the level of the river as to
necessitate the adoption by prior
users of other methods of trans
ferring the water appropriated by
them from the river bed to their
lands. Citing Schodde vs. Twin
Falls Land & Water Co., (224 U. S.
107).
Settlement is not requisite to
compliance with the desert land laws
and any such acts do not initiate
any interest in the land of any
valid claim hereto superior to that
acquired by a concurrent homestead
entry.
Rule 10 of the circular of April
22, 1909, providing for amendments
in desert entries, was designed as
a requirement to evidence the good
faith of a claimant. Amendment
will be permitted thereunder, con
sidering the nature of the difficul
ties encountered, within any reason
able limits of time to one year.
Mining.
It is immaterial whether a deposit
bear mineral of a metallic or non
metallic nature; if a mineral deposit
exists in vein or lode formation
that is to say if it be in place in
the general mass of the mountain
it is, whether the mineral it bears
be metallic or non-metallic, subjects
to the provisions of the lode mining
laws.
Phosphate rock, between well de
fined boundrics, constitutes a lode
or vein of mineral bearing rock in
place within the general mass of the
mountain, aiul hence is subject to
disposition under the provisions of
the lode mining laws.
Where rights asserted under an
alleged mining location all the nec
essary steps, aside from the making
and recording of the location cer
tified, where such is required, must,
when contested, be established by
proof outside of the recitals of such
certificate. Without such proof, the
certificate possesses no probative
force or effect.
SAME OLD STORY
MEAT IS WAY UP.
Special Correspondence.
KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS.
Jan. 20. The cattle market averag
ed steady last week, though the best
fed steers declined 10 to 15 cents,
and stock and feeding grades sold
a little higher. That has been the
trend of the market for two or
three weeks, but today conditions
arc changed a little. Fed steers are
selling steady to strong, the market
closing firm on them, butcher grad
es firm, stockcrs and feeders about
steady; but a little shaky. Killers
had good orders to fill today, and
the hestitating tactics of feeder buy
ers permitted killers to get the half
fat steers at $7.50 and upwards.
The run here today is 14,000 head,
and the fact that this number sold
so well, in conjunction with heavy
supplies at some other points, indi
cates a healthy beef trade. Appar
ently country buyers have about
reached the end of their daring, and
the margin between fE'ltrs ami fat
steers is probably at its narrowest
point.
Best fat steers brought $8.25 to
day, bulk of the steers $7.00 to $8.00.
Quarantine steers ranged from $5.85
to $7.20 today, and some meal fed
cows brought $5. 90 in the southern
divisions. Stock steers bring $5.75
to $7.25 and feeders $6.75 to $7.50.
Colorado feeders sold at $7.25 to
$7.65 here last week, landing on the
high spot of the winter so far. Cold
weather is stimulating the beef trade
and smaller cattle supplies ahead
which are expected, should meet a
firm market.
Hogs sold stronger each day last
week, though total gain for the week
was only 20 cents. The run is 8000
here today, moderate for Monday,
and the market ruled steady to 5
higher, closing rather mean. Tops
sold at $7.47, bulk of sales $7.25
to $7.45. Long feeds are showing
more plainly each week, averac
weight here last week 210 pounds,
against 206 pounds average for the
month of December, and 200 pounds
for the year 1912.
Lamb prices slumped off 50 cents
last week, yearlings about the same,
wethers and ewes off a quarter. A
break in mutton in New York is
given as the cause, liberal runs also
contributing. Receipts today are
16.000 head here, market strong to
10 higher. Colorado lambs brought
$8.75 and $8.85 today, yearlings
worth $7.25 to $7.60, wethers up to
$5.85, ewes $5.40, feeding lambs
around $7.50.
HIGH GRADERS.
LEADVILLE, Jan. 23. Two for
eign miners were arrested today,
charged with high grading. About
forty pounds of ore were found is
their mattress.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. One of
the most remarkable results of the
recent gales which cause more ocean
liners to run aground in a few days
than do so generally in a year was
the discovery of an extremely rich
gom mine at -oney island. While
the mine is not a permanent one, it
nevertheless caused a veritable rush
to the sands which for a short tirne
proved richer than those of Nome.
From them within a few hours was
taken wealth estimated conservative
ly at from $i0,000 to $15,000. The
gales, however, did not uncover any
store of treasure hidden there by
nature, but instead caused the seas
to wash up on the beach all sorts
of jewelry which had been lost in
the vicinity by careless wearers dur
ing the past summer. The first find
in the shape of a valuable n;old
SECRET OF SPHINX
FOUND BY REISNER
BOSTON, Jan. 22. That he has
iscovered the secrets of sphinx was
made known to the authorities of
Harvard Semctic museum and the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts by
Professor G. A. Reisncr, Harvard
Egyptologist. Inside the sphinx he
found a temple 'dedicated to the
sun. it is older than any of the
pyramids and its date is somewhere
around 6000 B. C, the most ancient
in Egyptian history.
Mena, or Mcnes, as his name is
sometimes spelled, was jibe first king
of Egypt of whom modern scientists
have discovered historic record.
The tomb of Mena, the king who
made himself a god and who fash
ioned the sphinx, is also within it.
There are tunnels leading off into
caverns which have not yet been
penetrated, for the work has only
been going on for six months.
The sphinx is carved out of the
natural rock, but within arc the
caves and buildings of a city of gold
which was perhaps once open to the
air.
At present the excavations are
confined to the chamber in the head.
This chamber is connected by tun
nels with the temple of the sun,
which rests within the paws of the
sphinx.
Such relics as the "crux anastea"
(the ' looped cross), symbol of the
sun, are found by the hundreds.
Several of these are gold and have
wires for tiny bells, which when
sounded by the priests, summoned
ghosts.
Jnsidc the sphinx arc also tiny
pyramids, although the sphinx was
built long before the great pyramids,
A pyramid in those times was
sundial according to Prof. 'Reisner,
and the sphinx was a sun god. The
pyramid of Cheops is an absolutely
accurate timekeeper.
According to Professor Reisner
Egypt of today is one vast city, th
edge of which has been scratched
and the interior of which probably
never will be disclosed.
Professor Reisner hopes to dis
cover among the relics of the sphinx
the secrets of the Egyptian princes
whose magic is believed to have
been marvelous.
Pictures of the inside of the head
arc being made and will be shown
at Harvard and Lowell Institute
courses next winter.
Prof. Reisner says he is having
unusual difficulties -in his work for
the Arabs who are assisting him re
fuse absolutely to sleep in the cham
ber. They say there are devils there
and that the man who sleeps there
will pass away.
JEROME THIEF IS
CAPTURED ON TRAIN
CProra Friday Dally)
After burglarizing a place in Je
rome, taking away all the wearing
apparel of the owner, and about
$15 in cash, Felipe Sereno was ar
rested on board the train yestciday
accused of the crime as he was leav
ing the country, bound for Sonora.
He was identified by the clothes
he was wearing, which were cf fine
texture, and the suit case give, con
vincing evidence of ownership.
He will be returned to Jerome
today, to stand trial, and the ivhole
rig will be returned to the owner.
Sereno stated he wanted to put up
a COOd "front" with relative at tii
I old home.
watch had hardly been made before
word of it spread abroad, and with
in a few hours thousands of persons
were combing the sands in search of
treasure. That their search was pro
ductive of much wealth is shown by
a partial tabulation of their findings
which included a dozen gold watch
es, eleven rings set with either dia
monds, rubies or emeralds, thirty-one
stick pins, forty-two bracelets, num
erous neck chains, nearly $500 in
currency, and garter buckles, sleeve
links, watch fobs and other jewelry
of the same sort almost without
mention. In addition to these the
sea yielded up pots, pans and kettles
almost without number so that alto
gether the gales provided a store of
wealth richer than any within the
memory of the oldest beach fre
quenter.
FOUND DYING AT
FOOT OF THUMB BUTTE
(From Wednesday's Daily.)
Charles Gregg, a young man of
about thirty-five years, was found at
the foot of Thumb Butte yesterday
morning by Mexican wood choppers
in a semi-conscious condition, and
a few minutes after a relief party
from this city, composed of Judge
McLane, Under Sheriff Raible and
J. D. Bcthune reached that point, the
unfortunate wanderer succumbed.
The .deceased was placed in the
county jail on Monday, suffering
from blood poisoning in both hands.
This misfortune overtook him early
in the winter, when these members
were badly frozen, and did not heaL
His condition was pitable, and to al
leviate his suffering it was deemed
advisable to place him in the coun
ty hospital to receive medical at
tention.
Between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock
Monday night he left that institu
tion, and until the Mexicans ran
onto him lying on the ground some
distance away from the Thumb But
te road, nothing was known of his
whereabouts. When picked up Gregg
was slowly passing away. The body
was brought to the city and taken
care of by Lester Ruffner. Nothing
is known of the deceased, as he was
a stranger in the city. It is believ
ed from letters found on the body
that he has a sister residing in Keo
kuk, Iowa.
BIG MINING MEN
VISIT COPPER BASII?
(From Thursday's Dally)
Robert Rae, of Bisbee, auditor of
Phelps, Dodge & Co., and F. T. Bul
mer, of New York city, identified
with the Copper Queen and the
Commercial Mining Companies, re
turned yesterday to the city after;
making an examination of their in
terests in Copper Basin. They were
the guests of Major A. J. Pickerel!.
They made an investigation of all
underground points under develop
ment, expressing themselves as
pleased over determinations and the
daily production going out. Mr. Rae
has been a frequent visitor to the
Commercial camp in the past year.
but this was the first trip of Mr.
Bulmer, who was decidedly well
pleased with the future outlook of
that property.
AUTO TRUCK TO
SERVE SENATOR COUNTRY
(From Friday's Daily.)
Auto truck service in and out of
the Senator country will be intro
duced early this spring, was the
statement made yesterday by John
A. Twiggs, operating the Davis
mines on Slate creek under a lease.
One truck has been ordered for
a mine under development and he
will also place another to handle the
ores of the mine he is operating.
The state highway completed to the
summit of Senator hill affords an
exceptionally fine outlet, the g-adc.
to this city being down hill and with
roadbed that will afford economi
cal expense in transportation. Other
mines in that section are developing
and the rapid transit method will
e of great benefit to them likewise.
The Davis continues to yield heav
ily and he is well pleased with re
turns received from recent ship
ments to the smelter.
