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WEEKLY JOURNAIrMINER,
WEDNESDAY MORNIN.G, MARCH 13, IMS.
PAGE. .tHKEE
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BUT SURELY
S U R VEY SHOWS SENTI
MENT TO BE GAINING
FOR THE ABOLISHMENT
OF THE LIQUOR TRAF
FIC EVERYWHERE.
WASHINGTON, March 6. A
survey of tlic country showing the
relative position of the wet and dry
forces with reference to ultimate ac
tion upon the national prohibition
amendment indicates a growth in
prohibition sentiment so widespread
and continuous as to afford fair
ground for believing that the nation
will be nominally dry long before the
seven-year limit of acceptance car
ried in the resolution as it passed
congress. What the wets arc doing
to stem the tide against them is not
known.
'It had been supposed by mati
persons interested in the subject that
where the open saloon was abolished
local sentiment would still refuse to
rule out liquor for personal use, but
many states, particularly in the west,
are adopting bone-dry state legisla
tion, and, by the same token, are
likely to ratify the national prohibi
tion amendment The drys oppose
a referendum to the people upon the
liquor issue and some legislatures do
not hesitate to act without submis
sion. What the ultimate effect wilt
be of overturning the habits of a
community without consulting its
members can hardly be predicted,
although it is noteworthy that in sev
eral states where a referendum was
sought gains were made by the drys,
States That Are Wet or Dry
,In its annual summary of the liquor
situation the board of temperance of
the Methodist Episcopal church sets
forth, without comment, the statist!
cal position of liquor in the various
states of the country. From this use
ful sheet the following presentation
may be compiled:
iUndcr state-wide prohibition Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho,
Indiana (April 2,1918), Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Michigan (May 1, 191S),
Mississippi, Montana (Jan. 1, 1919),
Nebraska, New Hampshire, evr
Mexico, North Carolina, North Da
kota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Can
lina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,
General conditions in some other
states may be set forth as follows,
showing wet and dry conditions rela
tive to area of population, or both.
California Three dry counties, 20
dry outside incorporated towns and
cities, 14 dry all but one small town;
dry territory 60 per cent, dry popu
lation 25 per cent.
Connecticut One hundred dry
towns, 68 wet; dry territory 75 per
cent, dry population 25 per cent.
Delaware Two dry counties, 1 wet
(includes Wilmington).
Florida Forty-eight dry counties,
6 wet; dry area 80 per cent, dry popu
lation 63 per cent.
Illinois Fifty-four dry counties, 1
wet, 47 partly wet; dry area 87 per
cent, dry population 46 per cent.
Kentucky One hundred and six
dry counties, 4 wet.
Louisiana Thirty-four dry par
ishes, 27 wet; dry territory 21 per
cent, dry population 53 per cent.
Maryland Eighteen dry counties.
5 counties and Baltimore city wet;
dry area 75 per cent, dry population
40 per cent.
Massachusetts Dry area 75 per
cent, dry population 49 per cent.
Minnesota -Fifty-nine dry counties,
27 wet; dry area 82 per cent, dry
population 60 per cent.
Missouri Eighty-five dry counties.
15 wet, 14 partly wet; dry area 90
per cent, dry population 53 per cent.
Nevada Indian reservations and a
few mining camps dry, otherwise
state is wet.
Xcw Jersey Legislature has en
acted an "excellent" local option bill.
CCcw York Five dry counties, 5
dry except cities; 549 dry towns, 384
wet towns; dry area 65 per cent.
Ohio Dry area 66 per cent, dry
population 55 per cent.
Pennsylvania Eleven dry coun
ties, 56 wet; dry population 20 per
cent.
Rhode Island Eight towns dry, 31
wet; dry area 25 per cent, dry popu
lation 3 per cent
Texas One hundred and ninety
eight dry counties, 54 wet.
Vermont Dry area 95 per cent,
dry population 79 per cent.
AVisconsin One dry county, 71
wet; dry area 65 per cent, dry popu
lation 30 per cent.
Wyoming One dry county, 20 wet.
U. S. MUST SECURE SHIP-
BUILDERS AT ONCE
(From Thursday's Daily.)
Information recently received by
the Chamber of Commerce from Ed
ward N. Hurley, chairman of the U.
S. shipping board, is to the effect
that the shipbuilding program of the
government contemplates the con
struction of six million tons annually,
but owing to the want of the ncces-
ON
: sary skilled men, is not under pres
ent conditions in a position to turn
j out that tonnage. The shipping
I board has the money. It has the
I yards and the material. The hous
ing question is being rapidly cleared
up and all that is netded is to obtain
the necessary efficient labor. Mr.
Hurley states that it should be
brought home to employers and to
the employes of the industries of the
nation that their own future depends
on the construction of these ships.
The fact is that the recent order
issued by Fuel Administrator Gar
field, closing the factories of the
whole country, and the more recent
freight embargo issued T)y Secretary
McAdoo, tying ip all the freight
with the exception of food and fuel,
came not because of a falling down
on the part of the carriers them
selves, but because of the lack of
ships. The reason for this is plain.
The speeding up of the American
factories piled in the eastern sea
ports and packed into every railway
siding outside of the scaboanl cities,
thousands of loaded cars of materials
for the war zone. The result was
that even the coal required for the
ships in harbors could not get
through, and even the few ships
which we now possess were held in
harbor by empty bunkers and could
not sail. Until the United States has
ships to clear the Atlantic port of
manufactured goods, for which our
army in France and our Allies are in
need, these enforceil holidays and
embargoes must recur, with the re
sult that no factory in America can
be assured of running full time and
no workman can count on contin
uous employment.
Chairman Hurley makes this state
ment: "On labor depends the con
struction of the needed ships and on
these ships depend not only the war
itself, but the present Industrial life
of the nation."
Men arc enrolling throughout
Yavapai county for this work, and
the office of the Chamber of Com
merce is open for men to inform
themselves regarding this important
matter. Special registrars have been
appointed in all of the towns of the
county and when the final count is
made, there is every reason to be
lieve that Yavapai will have regis
tered her necessary quota of men.
TIME STILL LEFT TO
TAKE OUT INSURANCE
'PHOENIX, March 6. The Coun
cil of National Defense urges upon
the Arizona council the necessity of
clearly putting before the public the
fact that soldiers, sailors and nurses
who enlisted before December 13,
1917, have until April 12, 1918, to
file application for insurance. Those
enlisted since December 13 will still
have 120 days in which to apply. All
automatic insurance has ceased. The
three quarters of a million men who
have not taken out insurance now
arc wholly unprotected. It is asked
that all relatives and friends write
their soldier connections urging that
insurance be taken out if this has
not alreacdy been done.
Arizona, as represented at Camp
Kearny and Camp Funston, already
has done very well. The Arizona
field artillery regiment at the latter
post, has taken insurance to the very
last man. Colonel Yule even tele
graphing to absentees to assure a
100 per cent rating. The National
Guard regiment at Camp Kearny ex
pected to leave for France very soon,
is understood to have come within
one per cent of complete insurance.
But hundreds of Arizona men arc
still unreported, namely those who
have enlisted in the regulars or in
the navy or have gone as volunteers
into the special service organizations.
Within five working days, the
Military and Naval Division of the
Bureau of War Risk insurance re
ceived 117,967 applications, repre
senting $925,330,000 of insurance. The
first certificate written was to Ser
geant L. L. M'cadow of an engineer
organization at Washington barracks,
the second going to a sailor, Yocman
M. J. Krumni.
ALL CHILDREN IN STATE
MUST BE VACCINATED
PHOENIX. March 7. 'All school
children of Arizona must be imme
diately vaccinated or show a satis
factory scar, according to an order
issued by the state board of health,
Dr. W. O. Sweek, chairman, at noon
today.
That the order is to be rigidly en
forced was the statement made by
Dr. Sweek this afternoon. No alter
native is afforded for the school chil
dren of the State they must either
submit to the vaccination, show a
scar or leave school.
Under the ruling by thci State
board of health, certificates will not
be acceptable as an -evidence of a sat
isfactory scar. Each child must un
dergo examination and be able to
show a scar that is regarded satis
factory by the examining physician.
In the event that such a scar cannot
be shown, the pupil must submit to
vaccination.
The order is effective immediately,
but a reasonable length of time will
be allowed by the board to permit
the students to comply with the
order.
Dr. Sweek is urging the vaccina
tion of all persons as a war measure!
and believes that the State board of
health will be upheld in its ruling by
the federal authorities. State Super
intendent of Instruction Case and the
city and county physicians are said
to be in accord with the order.
NEW Fll WILL
OPERATE IN
THREECITIES
ENGINEERING AND CON
STRUCTION COMPANY
IS COMPOSED OF MEN
SKILLED IN ENGINEER
ING AND CONTRACTING.
JEROME, March 6. Organization
of the Southwestern Engineering &
Construction Company, the biggest
concern of its kind in Arizona, has
been perfected by Jerome and Clark
dale men, three of whom were for
merly with the United Verde Copper
Company.
The organizers arc T. D. Hawkins,
formerly chief engineer of the U.
V.; J. J. Stanton, up to a month ago
master mechanic of the same com
pany; W. J. Jamison, who was a
United Verde engineer before his
appointment to the commission on
state institutions by former Gover
nor Campbell; W. R. Fleming and
F. S. Stitzer, the well known con
tractors. These men have subscribed the en
tire capitalization of the Southwest
ern Engineering & Construction
Company, $100,000.
Mr. Fleming is president of the
company: Mr. Jamison, vice-president
and engineer; Stanton, treas
urer; Stitzer, secretary; Hawkins,
general manager.
Offices will be maintained in Phoe
nix, Prcscott and Jerome. The
three front rooms on the second floor
of the new Scott building have been
secured as the Jerome offices and
Stitzer is in charge there. Hawkins
will be in charge of the office in
Phoenix and Jamison of the one in
Prcscott.
The first contract secured by the
Southwestern Engineering & Con
struction Company is the grading for
the apartment house to be erected
by the United Verde in Jerome, just
above the town hand stand.
A great deal of new work is com
ing up and the members of the South
western Company hope to land many
big contracts within the next few
months. They plan to submit bids
on the proposed Prcscott-Jcrome
short-line road and also on much
new construction which the United
Verde and United Verde Extension
companies will soon require.
It is difficult to conceive a more
admirable combination for an en
gineering and contracting company
than Messrs. Hawkins, Stanton, Jami
son, Fleming and Stitzer. They arc
all men who have shown what they
can do, and, associated they expect
to accomplish much bigger things
than they could possibly achieve by
divided efforts.
VERDICT OF JURY
AFTER LONG DELIBERA
TION, ALLEGED BOOZE
IMPORTERS OF CLARK
DALE ARE FOUND TO BE
INNOCENT.
(From Friday's Daily.)
A. F. Pittman and Charles Church
were yesterday morning acquitted of
thc charge of bootlegging for which
they had been on trial in the Superior
court here for thc past two days, thc
jury returning a verdict of not guilty
at 10 o'clock in thc morning. The
trial was begun on Monday morning
and the case was placed in the hands
of thc jury at five o'clock on Wed
nesday evening. All of the evidence
introduced by thc State was of a
purely circumstantial character, and
for this reason, apparently, thc jury
failed to fasten the booze importa
tion crime upon thc accused. The
State fell down in its attempt to es
tablish the fact that the footprints
found in the vicinity of the liquor
cache were made by Church and 1'itt
man, and aside from the fact that
Pittman's auto containcit tires which
made tracks similar to the ones
found near the booze deposit, little
other evidence was presented which
was damaging to thc men. Church
had been in jail since December 16,
and Pittman had been able to secure
bond and avoid being locked up.
Carter Case Dismissed
Several months ago a shed in the
rear of the Prcscott Sanitary Laun
dry was paid an official visit by a
party of cops from the sheriffs office
and a barrel of pint botttcs of liquor
seized, the whisky being cached in
the soap room at thc washing works.
The blame for bringing in the booze
was fastened upon Edward Carter,
a negro engineer at the laundry, and
. charge of introducing was lodged
against him. When Carter's case
was called in the Superior court yes
terday morning. County Attorney
Haworth stated to Judge Sweeney
that he had failed to find any evi
dence which would tend to cause
him to believe that thc booze was
CHURCH
AND
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tiroiignt into the laundry by the de-f
fendant, and he asked that the case
be thrown out of court. Judge
Sweeney was soon convinced that the
supply of whisky was brought to
the laundry by other persons than
Carter, and that an attempt had
been made (o saddle the blame an
the negro, and the latter was dis
missed. Divorce Decisions Rendered
Judge Sweeney, who has for the
past few weeks had a couple of di
vorce cases under advisement, yes
terday announced that he had decided
to grant a decree to Samuel Newton,
who had asked a separation from his
wife Carrie. The defendant was ac
cused of athiltcry in ttic complaint
filed by her husband, and Judge
Sweeney found that the plaintiff had
substantiated all of his allegations.
Mrs. Minnie Lajuencssc was given
a divorce from Francis Lajuenesse
anil the cross-complaint filed by the
defendant was ordered dismissed.
Mrs. Lajuenesse is to have custody
of one of the children, Jean, and the
father is to have the care of Ruth
and Byron. The matter of the plac
ing of the children was but a tem
porary order, and the court may
make different arrangements any
time that it is deemed advisable.
Seventeen Tax Suits Filed
The State of Arizona, through P.
J. Kcohanc, treasurer of Yavapai
county, yesterday filed snit against
17 land owners in this county, alleg
ing that all of the defendants have
failed to pay their taxes on certain
pieces of property. The defendants
are the following-named: Albert Rit
tcr, Marion Draftz, Matilda Kilgus,
Paul Pommcranz, Mrs. Rorusch,
August and Fcrdman Ifcllwig, Caro
line Rittcr, Anna, Elfrcda, Helena,
Erana, Margaret, Hcnrich and Fritz
Lowenau and Emma and Herman
Drawz.
Held on Charge of Larceny
Walter Atkinson, who was arrested
on Wednesday on a charge of steal
ing $100 from the room of F. N.
Caglc at the Annex Hotel, was yes
terday afternoon bound over to the
Superior court under a bond of $1000
bv Tusticc McLane. The defendant
failed to produce the necessary bond
i t t- i .i : I
anu is ucing nciu in jan.
THREE FACES IN ORE
IN THE BIG LEDGE MINES
(From Thursday's Daily.)
Late news from the Big Ledge
mines, Henrietta and Butternut,
state that two faces arc in ore in the
former mine, and one in the latter.
The development work on the 300-
ft. level of thc Henrietta is looking
particularly good. Thc drift north ' amount expended during the same
from the Le Due shaft was in 68 feet, I year in making repairs. If he wishes
and carrying a 3-foot breast of ore to claim a deduction on account of
running $50 to thc ton. Thc drift J repairs their cost must be deducted
south from thc shaft, on same . vein J m
was carrying ore averaging ?-" Pcricia:nlci as a deduction under thc
ton. The consistency and excellent heaj;,lg Qf "Depreciation" that is,
average values of this vein has bccn';f tle taxpayer expends $100 in mak-
. " . .1 .1.'. . .,, .. . Ml
very conclusively proven ai a ucpiu.lng repairs to a ouuaing wnicn win
of 150 feet, and if. will be recalled
tlmt tlir snmn in the shaft. 40 feet
below thc 300 level, disclosed that1 a business expense and $100 as dc
width of ore and values arc contin- preciation, or he may claim $200 as
7 .i r ii ,.i..c ,i;,;Uli depreciation and nothing for repairs,
ued there. Gold values may diminish rf thc aggregatc dcduct;ons
to some extent with increasing depth,, cla.)ncd Qn account of rcpa;rs and
but increasing values of copper may dCprcc;at;on must not exceed the full
be expected. The Henrietta origin-, anlount of depreciation estimated to
ally was a gold mine, and the com-:ji:iv occurred.
ing in of copper values at increasing) (Note The repairs referred to in
depth was what caused the old time this paragraph are such as arc gen
gold operators to quit. eral in character, representing rc
Thc drift south from the shaft in' placements, etc. Small items, such
the Butternut was carrying a o-footi
e it if I.
2 ounces silver to
report.
the ton, at last
VOLUNTEERS TO
AVENGE DEATH OF FRIEND
(From Thursday's Daily.
Writing from Merrill, Wisconsin,
tn n frinrwl in th! ritv Alhprt Kirk-
wood, a resident of Prcscott, when!
following his trade of carpenter, has
the following to say:
"You have been aware before this
of the Tuscania horror, and may
have seen the name of "Billy" Wilton jj,
amomr the lost ones. We came to
Arizona about two years ago, and
he located at Williams to follow his; 3 lessening of values due to changes
trade as a timherman. He joined thc j in the social or business conditions
Forest Corps, being drafted at Janes-, " the neighborhood in which a prop
ville, and I was with him at thc time, "ty is located, changes of street
, ' ,. . , 1 .1 giadiJ or fluctuations in market val-
I could not crawl under the same cannot bc c,a;med
tent, as my age was above conscnp- Depreciation in the value of
uon, so we pancu ior uic nrst "'e,iaPd whether improved or umm
since my early boyhood. Now I am proved, due to ordinary erosion, ex
going into the regular army under
thc federal statutes governing enlist
ments and this is my reason: To
avenge his loss, even at thc risk of
my own life. His father afnd mine
were like two brothers, and this firm
fellowship was inherited by their two
sons for each other. I am overjoyed
at going and will enter thc regular
army, hoping to be assigned to a
command soon to sail for France.
SCHOOL CHILDREN INVEST
$1,471 IN W. S. STAMPS
(From Friday's Dailv.l
Superintendent Martin of thc Prcs
cott public schools, stated yesterday
evening that thc sale of the War
Savings Stamps in the schools of
thc city had reached a total of $1,471.
Thc high school has purchased
$395.81 worth of the stamps, the Lin
coln school $268.32 and the Washing
ton school leads them all with pur
chases amounting to $S07.78.
A detailed report of the war secur
ities held by thc pupils in thc Wash
ington school discloses thc fact that"
69 of thc students hold baby bonds,
the "total amount invested in this
form of saving being $662. Liberty
Bonds worth $5,S33 arc also held
by pupils in thc Washington school.
At thc Lincoln school, 48 children
arc owners of bonds; 12 of the young
sters have brothers in thc United
States army and 2 have fathers en
listed in the service.
For quick dnd artistic job worV,
INCOME A
TO
SOME GOOD POINTERS
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORRYING OVER HOW
MUCH THEY OWE TO
THE GOVERNMENT.
(From Friday's Daily.)
'As the rate at which depreciation
may be claimed is dependent, in a
greater or less extent, upon local con
ditions, the Bsc to which the prop
erty is put and its probable lifetime
under normal business conditions, no
specific rates at which it may be
claimed having ever been established.
The law states that a "reasonable
allowance" may be claimed, and it is
for the taxpayer to determine what
constitutes a "reasonable allowance."
To compute the amount which may
be claimed, a taxpayer should deter
mine the probable lifetime of the
property, then divide its cost to him
by the number of years it will be
usable in a business in which em
ployed, and the result thus obtained
will represent the amount which may
be claimed each year as a deduction,
c. g. a frame building, the probable
lifetime of which, without repair or
replacement, is 25 years, cost $5,000.
Divide $5,000 by 25 and claim $200
each year as depreciation.
While each taxpayer must deter
mine the probable lifetime of his
property without regard to the fol
lowing figures, it has been estimated
that the average usable lifetime of a
frame building is 25 years, a brick
building 35 years, a stone building or
a steel and concrete building 50 to
100 years. The estimated lifetime of
ordinary machinery is 10 years, that
of automobiles used for business or;
farm purposes and farm tractors 4
to 5 years.
If a taxpayer wishes to claim the
full amount of depreciation esti
mated to have occurred in the value
of a building or other property used
for business or trade purposes he
may do so, but this precludes his
claiming a deduction to cover any
depreciate in value $200 during the
1 calendar year, he may claim $100 as
1 . ,.
Panes,
papering, minor repairs,
etc.
are allowable, even tnougn
amount of depreciation has
full
been
claimed.)
In claiming depreciation the fol
lowing fundamental principles must
be taken into consideration:
(a) Only such depreciation as re
sults from exhaustion, wear and tear
of property arising out of its use or
employment in business or trade can
be claimed. Depreciation in thc value
of a home or any article of property,
such as automobiles used for per
sonal pleasure or convenience, can
not he claimed; the property must be
used for the purpose of producing
(b) Depreciation other than that
arising from wear and tear, such as
haustion or any other cause, can
not be claimed.
(d) Where, in thc course of
years, thc owner of property has
claimed its full cost as depreciation
in his income tax returns, no fur
ther claim will bc allowed.
(c) The value to bc cared for by
depreciation is the actual amount in
vested in thc property and not thc
value which may bc arbitrarily or
otherwise fixed.
FRANCE PILING UP
A HUGE WAR DEBT
PARIS, March 7. The public
debt of France was about 115,000,
000,000 francs at the end of 1917 or
81,000,000,000 more than on July 31,
I 1914. At least 50,000,000,000 more
j will be added to it during the course
of this year, bringing it up to 165,
000,000,000, it is expected.
Thc interest charge in 1914 was
1,037,000,000 francs. At thc end of
1917 M. Klotz, minister of finance, es
timated it at 4,725,000,000 francs.
Pensions, based on the casualties
reported up to end of thc year arc
estimated 700,000,000 francs annually.
11 he interest charge will Dc in-
creased, it is expected, not only by :
loans already tloatcd but by an in
crease in thc sums advanced by the
Bank of France, which must e'cnt
ually be converted into loans at a
higher rate. This item is estimated
at 240,000,000 a year. A considerable
part of the paper circulation may be
W
DEPRECIATION
'retired and replaced by a perpetual J
loan involving a further charge of,
120,000,000 a year.
J ' Short term national defense bonds,,
jof which there are now outstanding,
I about 24.0X),000 francs will also be,
converted into bonds at a somewhat I
higher rate adding perhaps 50,000,000
more. I
The balance of the estimated in
crease in the interest charge is made
up of 500,000,000 interest on the ten
billions required to repair war dam
ages and 500,000,000 more on a fresh!
loan of 10 billions. f
For each additional year of war,
about 3,000,000,000 francs must be
added to the budget to care for the
added war debt. If the war ends
with'in a year, the amount France will
have to raise each year will be in the
neighborhood of 17.000,000,000 francs.i
according to present estimate. That!
amount is susceptible, however to im
portant reductions. For example, the
national defense item will depend
upon the measure of success obtained
in the constitution of the Society of
Nations.
STEWARTS AGAIN
SUSTAIN LOSS BY FIRE
(From Thursday's Daily)
C. E. Stewart was an arrival yes
terday from Williamson valley anil
brought news of the loss by fire on
Sunday night of his range ranch
home at the old Humphreys place,
six milcs west, nothing whatever be
ing saved.
The place was valued at about $1,
500 and the contents were the accu
mulation of years, many family relics
being therein. There was no insur
ance. The fire was caused probably
by a defective flue, and not until the
person employed on the ranch re'
turncd at about 8:00 o clock at nightly , ' ' ' , , ,
was it known that the fire had taken Lnce -of thc amount can be seCured.
place. A big barn nearby, where wasjand it was with this view in mind
stored hay and grain, escaped, but i that the copper companies in thc
was scorched. I Jerome district were interviewed on
This is thc third time in the past! the subject.
two years the Stewarts have sus
tained heavy losses by fire, losing
their home in Williamson valley and
a storehouse containing valuable
property, and a large amount of hay,
grain and other goods. Their neigh
bor, J. II. Stephens, also has had
two fires in recent months, and the
frequency of these two families meet-,
ing the inevitable in fires, is naturally
occasioning wide comment. The
Stewart place is to be rebuilt.
CUTTING SCRAPE
FOLLOWS ROW OVER LOAN
(From Friday's Daily.)
Following an altercation over
some money which had been bor
rowed, Murdock Campbell, age 40,
was stabbed in thc abdomen yester-
Hay evening by J. A. Urewer, the
i cutting affray taking place in front
of the Bashford-Burmister store on,c,P" wmcn will DC torwardea to
West Gurlcy street at 7:30 o'clock.'' GoY"r Htint today, is as follows:
Campbell was removed to the Mercy "WHEREAS, It has been brought
hospital and is receiving surgical at
tcntion, while Brewer is being held
in thc county jail.
Both men worked for the Santa
Fc in thc local shops, and Campbell
is said to have borrowed a small sum
of money from Brewer. The men
met last night and Brewer asked for
thc money. An argument started,
and shortly afterwards Brewer pulled
his pocket knife out and drove the
blade into Campbell at a point near
the navel, hollowing thc cutting,
Brewer managed to get away to his
boarding house near the railroad
tracks, and was arrested there halfj!nS ndustry, promoting commercial
an hour later by Undershcriff Robin
son.
SILVER HISTORY IS
REPEATING ITSELF
(From Friday's Daily.)
At the present time there seems to
be prevailing more interest toward
prosper t:ng for silver mines than any
other metal, and many new discov
eries arc taking place, indicating that
the white metal Still holds high fa
vor for possibilities of quick returns.
Yctciday another strike was re
ported by J. H. Cross, of Crook can-
who brought to the city sam
pies that attracted comment for the
hih grade content. He made the
discovery near his gold holdings,!
which arc under option, and asccr-1
tr.inr.l thr lmnnnzn content of the ore !
bv nlac-ne: thc batch in a force and
submitting it to a semi-smelting proc
ess of treatment. He stated the vein
is about three feet wide, but actual
tonnage values will not be known
until after assays are made. Mr.
Cross believes, however, he has un
covered a silver bonanza, and returns!
today to begin larger operations. He
also staled that region and Turkey
creek district, nearby, arc swarming
with silver prospectors, and lively
times arc i.iicad.
FEDERAL MARSHAL BORN
UNDER A LUCKY STAR
(From Friday's Daily.)
Frank Hayncs, the deputy U.
mircliol mifWTi Qtinrlflf t(-RrwI
0f I
Graham county when thc latter' and JnlHng outfits ever used in the west.
. . ? 1.1 iand will shortly be m a position to
two other officers were shot "wnjst:lrt sinking.
and killed by thc Msson urotners
and Powers, was a brief visitor to
Prcscott on Tuesday, having official
business to transact.
H'c was thc only officer to escape
thc sad fate of thc others, and which
he attributed to exceptional circum
stances, saying to a friend: "I don't
know how it was they did not gctLvecks an(1 ,his amount ;s now on
me, too. tnc goou uoru iiuisi nave
been with me, as the bullets flcw:mcnt work. In fact the company's
thick and fast and to bc candid. I !
cannot reason out how it was I did j
not meet the same fate as the others.", out of every dollar must go into de
Deputy Hayncs is closely follow-! vclopment. and with this fact in mind,
ing the pursuit of thc murderers, but!!hc pzat.on is putting its money
. V . .... f , 1 into thc ground with an honest mten-
is reticent as to many details of this of asccrta;ning whcthcr or not
tragedy, saying the principal facts tIlcrc ;s 0;i ;n commercial quantities
have been published. in thc Chino field.
r
IS
OF
ARRANGEMENTS PRACTIC
ALLY COMPLETED FOR
FINANCING BUILDING OF
LINE BETWEEN THIS
CITY AND JEROME.
(From Friday's Daily)
j That arrangements have been prac
( tieally completed for taking care of
me loiai cost or me new rrescott
Jcrome short line highway was an
nounced at last night's meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce. The an
nouncement came -following the re
ceipt of word from Superintendent
Kingdon of the United Verde Exten
sion that in all probability the big
copper firm could .make arrangements
to carry one-half of the $120,000 def
icit. From. San Mateo, Calif., dur
ing the afternoon came a message
stating that while Manager Charles
Clark of the United Verde Copper
Company would doubtless be willing
to take care of the other part of the
deficit, his final decision on the mat
ter would be made'orr "Monday next,
at the time of his. regular visit to the
big plant at Jerome.
At present, the county has but $60,
000 on hand to start work on a job
which in all probability will cost
$180,000, and in order to get the im-
provement through economically and
. n - 1 ..I.:.- -. : 1 1 .
In spite of the threats of Super
visor William Stephens to secure an
injunction to prevent the county
from accepting financial aid of this
sort, the backers of the project are
confident that they can find some
means of checkmating the plans of
Mr. Stephens in his effort to block
thc construction of this vitally neces
sary highway, and the boosters are
making their plans accordingly, Mr.
Stephens notwithstanding.
At last night's meeting, the appre
ciation of thc organization at th,c
attitude toward the road recently
taken by Supervisors Stukey and
Jaeger, was expressed in a formal
resolution, which appears below.
These two officers on Monday last
definitely decided to direct the State
engineer to appropriate $60,000 to
which the county was entitled, for
this work, and thus officially set the
project in motion. the resolution, a
to thc attention of this organization
that thc Board of Supervisors of i a
vapai County has directed that this
county's proportion of the State road
fund for 19IS and 1919 shall be ex
pended upon the proposed short-line
highway between Jerome and Pres
cott. and
"WHiEREAS, This action insures
the prompt construction of that high
way, thus affording direct and first
class communication between Jer
ome, Clarkdale, Verde and thc Verde
Valley and all other parts of the
county, especially serving the min-
'interests, and in case of emergency.
meeting an important military neces
sity, and
"'WHEREAS, Thc building of this
highway has been and is one of the
earnest desires of this Chamber of
Commerce, which has been largely
instrumental in securing a petition
signed by thc representatives of 90
per cent of the taxable property of
this county asking thc Board of Su
pervisors to take favorable action in
thc matter; now. therefore bc it
"RESOLVED, That the Yavapai
County Chamber of Commerce, real
izing the vast benefit that must re
sult from thc construction ot the
Jerome-Prescott short-line highway,
now, in behalf of its members and
the taxpayers and residents of the
county, hereby tenders to the Board
of Supervisors its heartiest appre-
ciation and approval of the effective
and decisive action it has taken in
behalf of this important public
necessity."
HOME OIL COMPANY TO
SOON HAVE BIG DERRICK
(From Friday's Daily.)
C. S. Hogan, president of the
Hbmc Oil Company of this city, noti
fied the company officials on Wednes
day that while in Los Angeles he had
purchased the timber for thc con
struction of a standard 84-foot oil
derrick, and that the lumber was to
be forwarded to tnc company's prop
erty in the Chmo fields thc follow
ing day. The organization is getting
together one of the most elaborate
The minmnv'
holdings are in
Section 16, one of the most favored
parts of the Chino field, and several
of the well-known oil experts who
have made an examination of the
district are almost cerraln that pe
troleum will bc encountered in Sec
tion 16. More than $7,000 in cash
has been raised during the past few-
hand to bc spent in actual develop
permit from the State corporation
commission provided that 66J5 cents
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