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THE COCHISE REVIEW, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1901 COCHISE REVIEW Published Every Saturday by W. B. KELLY, Editor. Entered at the Postofflce at Bisbee, Ariz., as second-class mail matter. Advertising rates will be made known on application to this office. Legal pub lications in conformity with Territorial Statutes. Reading notices, 10 cents a Hue for each insertion. Subscription One Month 2o cents. BISBEE, ARIZ., JAN. 12, 1001. THE LEGISLATURE. COUNCIL. C. C. AVnrner.. J. 31. Ford , J. 1). Flnloy.... .Kopubllcun "...Democrut ...Democrat ..Domoornt Cochlso... Mnrloopn Pima Yiimn Pi3:v:r"::.;i-Goorw p. mmr .E.S. Ives.. ,.l)eniocrit ..Democrat v.nl II T. Atiurewg.. nlTnhhm CM Shunnon Apnohe ? S. Perkins... ...Democrat .Rrpubllcnti . .Democrat . ..Democrat .Republican Republican ASSEMBLY. Cochise MiUe Gray. nerr-ocrnt KlhUa ... ... Stevo Roemor-.Demoprat Crah se -H. Mv Woods Republican MmIoodb . P P- Parker .Den.ocrut Maricopa Democrat SS?teSS2::Z:ZchS;. pfcn.....Democrt Mnrlrana B. A. Fowler Republican Plna?." Wm. Beard Democrat PlnS ... Alex. Barker Democrat W!L .....sm Rarkloy Democrat P m I!!:" A. O. Uornnrd......Penofrnt N wnlo... W. J. Morgan Pemocrat Apache". Richard Glb8on...Republlcan Yuma" Jessie Crouch.... Democrat Graham Andrew Kimball Democrat Graham E. J. Ijams Democrat iitaCruz A II Noon Democrat mia..V.f.!.'."""'".-L Houston Democrat TERRITORIAL DIRECTORY- Cai.Brebsman J. F. Wilson Prescott EXEOUTIVE DKI'AHTMENT. Governor N. O. Murphy St03"! Secretary G. H. Aket-s Pjicon x Auditor- W. VICKERS Pliasn x Treasurer.. T. W. Pemberton.. tax Attorney Gen C. F. Alnsworth Ptox Adl Gen..".?. H. F. Robinson Phoenix Supt. of Schools R. L. Lone Phcenlx JUDIOIAllY DEI'AKTMKNT SurHEME COUHT. Chief Justice Webster Street -Phojnlx Asso! Justice R. E. Sloan .Prescott Also Justice V. M. Doan.... Florence Alio Justice G. R.Davis.... Tucson cferit "'.. Sum Grlndell Ph jenix U. S Marshal -W M. GrilHth ...Tucson U S Dlst Atty... R. K. Morrlsson-Prescott Clerk Dlst Court W. C. Foster Phoenix ON BUSINESS", PRINCIPLES Clerk instructed to notify the mer chants of the city of Tombstone that all persons purchasing supplies for the court house, must buy such supplies as needod for tno various umuua uu orders issued by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and duly signed by the said clerk. Merchants selling goods without these orders being pre sented by persons purchasing, the said merchants so doing must look to the parties purchasing for their pay. When claims aro presented for settlement, all orders issued by tho clerk for the purchase of supplies must accompany the claim. Tho above Is a copy of a minute en trv in the books of the Board of Su pervisors at Tombstone last week. It goes to show that in so far as possible tho present Board of Supervisors in tend to conduct the county's affairs on business principles. Indiscriminate buvincr on tho part of county officers of supplies for the Court House might lead to .oxtravagance. With no one to check Cup purchases by the several offices merchants would be apt to give Ihe Court House plenty of everything needed and charge a good big price for it. We don't know that such has been tho case in the past, still the above order by the Board Is getting county affairs on a business basis. Uncle Sam Is doing much for re ligion In'tho Philippines nit. When tho American troops entered Manila there were but three saloons in the place; now there aro 280 saloons there. The government proposes to appeal to tho United States supreme court from a -decision of tho United States district court, a case affecting the rijrht of congress to delegate its author ity to tho secretary of the interior to make duties and regulations as to grazing upon forest reservations and to grant permits and to fix penalties. C. O. Anderson, editor of tho popu lar Range Nows, has bung out his shin gle in Willcox. In a card "To the Public" last week lie announce-) that hereafter he will dovoto some of his tlmo to tho practice of law. Mr. An derson Is a man of ability and possess ed of tlioso sterling qualities that will win success In any undertaking. Lltla Calvert Ober chain, In the Tuc toi Star, devotes a column leaded In trying to got all tho women to declare in faVor of woman suffrage. After this would-bo voter succeeds in educating all tho women up to tho desired point Bho will probably devote her remain ing energy to tho 21st Legislature. SNAPSHOT JUDGMENT. Last week at Tombstone the bids for publishing the county advertising for Cochise county were opened. Tho bid ders for this advertising wero the Will cox Range -News, Cochise Review the Tombstone Daily Prospector and the Tombstono Epitaph. The bids were opened at 2 p ra on Friday and after a comparison of the different bids for job printing the Review was awarded tho contract for printing all tax receipts except licenses and the remainder of the job printing was awarded to tho Prospector. For pub lishing the proceedings of tho board of supervisors the bids ranged from 20 cents per inch to nine cents and for all other advertising the bids ranged from forty cents per Inch for the tlrst Inser tion to 20 cents. The lowest bidder for the county advertising was the Tombstono Weekly Epitaph. This publication offered to print the board proceedings at nine cents per inch. It also bid to do all adv. for 20 cents per inch. This bid was the lowest by 50 per cent. The question was raised that under the law passed by the last Legis lature (Act 17, 1899) it was the duty of the board of supervisors to award the advertising to a weekly paper in the county provided it was the lowest bid der. Until the meeting of the last Leg islature the law relating to county ad vertising did state specifically that if a daily newspaper was published within the county, then the advertising must be given to that paper. The law was found in Section 3 Act No 83 of the Laws of 1891 and read as follows: Sec. 3 All advertisements, notices, proclamations, proceedings of Boards of Supervisors and all other public ad vertisements shall be given to a dally paper or papers ii such be published within the county in which said adver tisements, proclamations, etc., aro pub lished, and if no such daily newspaper or papers be published within such county, then all such advertisements, notices, proclamations, shall be given to a weekly paper within such county. And In case where all daily and week ly papers within a county refuse to ac cept public printing at the prices enu merated in this Act, the officers of such counties shall have such printing done in some daily, and if there be no daily then in a weekly paper In some adjoin ing county; provided, however, the prices paid for such printing must in no case exceeed the prices enumerated in this Act. Nothing in this Act con tained shall be construed to authorize a charge or payment for any legal ad vertisement or notice for any more in sertions of the same than is required by law to be made, and if any such ad vertisement or notice shall be publish ed in a daily newspaper the same shall bo paid for only for tho number of in ertlons thereof required by law to be made notwithstanding such advertise ment or notice may have been inserted and published oftner than required by law. When tho last Legislature convened a bill was introduced and passed known as Act 17 which abrogated tho old sec tion 3 and ommitted all parts of the section which related to the discrimi nation in favor of the daily. Tho new law on this subject was as follows: Be It enacted by tho Legislative As sembly of tho Territory of Arizona: Section 1. That Section 3 of Act No. 83 of the Sixteenth Legislative As sembly of the Territory of Arizona, approved March 19, 1891, and entitled "An Act to Regulate the Prices of Territorial and County Printing with in the Territory of Arizona," be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. In caso where all papers within a county refuse to accept pub lic printing at tho prices enumerated in tins Act, tho ouiGers of such county shall have such printing done in some paper in some adjoining couuty, pro vided, however, tho prices paid for such printing must In no caso exceed the price enumerated in this act. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize a charge or payment for any legal advertisement or notice for any more insertions of the same than is required by law to be made, and If such advertisement or no tico shall bo published in a newspaper the same shall bo paid for only for tho number of insertions thereof required by law to bo made, notwithstanding such advertisements or notices havo been inso1 ted and published oftonor than required by law. All Acts and parts of Acts In conflict with tho provisions of this act aro hereby repealed Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in fotce from and after its pas sage. Approved March 3rd, 1899. Under tho last Act it was clearly tho intention of tho Legislature to sub stitute tho new section for tho old one and by doing so tho Board of Supervis ors clearly had tho right to award this advertising to a weekly paper as well as a daily. The question was argued bt'foro tho Board pro and con and as it seemed to tho Board of Supervisors that this was a question of law tho mattor was referred to tho District Attorney for his advice. That official docidod that tho advertising mnst still go to a dnlly nowspapor at n much higher rate notwithstanding tho law passed by tho last Legislature. Knowing that this question would probably come up before the Board of Supervisors the Review had the opin ion of some of the best lawyers in the torritory on the question and they were unanimous in the decision that it was clearly the right to give such advertising to a weekly newspaper as wnll ns n. dailv. Amnnc the oninions we received Is one from the Attorney- General of this territory Hon. C. F. Alnsworth which we submit below. W. B. KELLy, Esq., Bisbee, Arizona. Dear Sir: Replying in your favor of the 24th inst., beg to state that I have examin ed tho section to which you call my at tention viz: Act 17 of the laws of 1899. It evidently was the intention of tho Legislatnre by this act to abrogate sec tion 3 of Act 83 of the laws of 1891, and to substitute this last section in place thereof. The formor section did re quire all publications to bo made in a daily. I have not had time yet to run through all the other laws to see If there were any other acts of the Legis lature between 1891 and 1899 on this particular point, if there are not then, under this last act. it is clearly the right to give these publications to a weekly, as well as a ciauy, pupar. Kespecuuuy. C. F. AINSWORTH, Attorney General. In the face of tho law and the opln ion of the attorney-general it is passing strange that the learned? district at torney should still hold a different opin ion when such an opinio?, means the payment of more money for the same work than was bid by a weekly news paper. The taxpayers of Cochise coun ty in consequence of this snap shot opinion will be called on to pay the difference between 20 cents an inch and 40 cents an inch on all county ad vertising published for the year 1901. If the attorney does not display a better knowledge of law in other matters ef fecting the interests of Cochise county, it is no wonder that our tax rate is at the top notch. The district attorney admitted there was no other law touching on this point between 1891 and 1899 but still held that this last section did not abro gate the old one. The Review has opened this matter because it is in the right. Because it is according to law. Because the con tract should have been let to the low est bidder, daily or weekly, "and be cause the best interest of the taxpayers were at stake. THE POLL-TAX LAW. The following letter from Harrison Convard of Flagstaff, Arizona, was re ceived at the Review office this week which we reproduce ver batim: Flagstaff, Ariz., Dec. 31, 4900. Editor Bisbee Herald, Bisbee, Arizona. Tt.. a i Gtt? It is understood that the poll tax law will have the attention oi tne coming anco-.nr. nt iiri clnMirp. Rsnecially that portion of the law making the pay ment of a poll tax a requisite iur ouu rage. I am desirous of obtaining as much Information on the subject as possible, and would thank you to ad vise me if you would favor the repeal of the act defining the poll tax requislto for suffrage, or if you would favor the repeal of the entire poll tax law; and also, what in your opinion, is the sentlmeut of the citizens of your county regardinsr same. In all probability the first bill In troduced in the next legislature will be one repealing that portion of the law maying the payment of a poll tax a remiisito for suffrage. This law was placed on the statutes with the idea of making everyone pay a poll tax. We believe in this the law was a success as tho vote throughout the territory was very little less than that of two years ago. The law was very unpopu lar, oven so with men in tho employ of large corporations, where their poll tax had been deducted from then wages for years, while others had been allowed to escape this tax Tho aver age American citizen does not like any restrictions placed around his bal let and for this reason many who had paid this poll tax refused to register under tho new law although they held a poll tax receipt for the year 1900. The poll tax law should by no means bo entirely repealed. Our public schools aro In a great measuro de pendent upon the poll tax receipts for tho maintenance of a good school, and this is the only tax that reverts direct to tho school fund. The poll tax requisite for suffrage in our opinion should bo repeal d, out In its place tho poll tax law should bo so strengthened and amended that every citizen should pay this tax regardless of occupation or condition. The miners of Bisbee do not srom to tako kindly to tho Idea of a minors' union. When a union is necessary it is a good thing, but as a well known miner in Bisboo expressed himself this weok "what can a union accomplish in Bisbee, tho company is paying top wages." Greene Consolidated Copper Company Owns the vast and FAMOUS CANANEA .. . . ,-., i i ..., ' COPPERjTlINES in Northern Sonora, Mexico, containing an inexhaustible sup ply of Self-Fluxing COPPER ORES of h'gh grade from which copper can be produced at a lower cost than ANY WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. . . CAPITAL STOCK, - $5,000,000 500,000 SHARES-PAR VALLE $50. 115,000 of the 150,000 shares of stock in the treasury have already been sold and the proceeds have gone into the development of the property and the in crease of the plant. The other 35,000 shares are offered for sale at $12.5o a share, subject to our right to increase the price at any time in our discretion. The proceeds will bo used to complete the Increase of the smelting plant to 400 tons, daily capacity. The increased plant will be ready for operation in January next. Make check payable to the order of Walter S. Logan, Treasurer, and for ward to the office of tho company, 27 William street, New York. The titles have been carefully examined and aoproved by Logan, Domond & Harby, Attorneys at Law, 17 William street, New York, and their opinion has been confirmed by the judgment of tho Supreme Court of the Republic of Mexico. "I can find six United Verdes on the Green Consolidated properties. 1 beleivo the stock of the company is worth 100 a share. 1 will not sell mine at any price." George A. Treadwell, Waldorf-Astoria, New York, and Phoenix, Ariz. "I believe it is tho biggest self-fluxing copper proposition in the world. Wo can make copper at four cents a pound and the ore bodies seem to be practically inexhaustible." George Mitchell, La Cananeas, Snora, Mexico. "I have exomined every great mine in the world, and unless it bo tho gold mines in tho Rand, I havo never seen a more valuable mining prnperty." Miles W. Gibbons, 11 Broadway New York. "I recently visited tho Greeno Consolidated Mines in Northern Sonora. I had read Treadwell's report and thought ho must be mistaken in some of tho things he states. I found he was mistaken, but not as I supposed. Ho stated not only half tho truth. Tho mines are even bigger and more valuable thau ho has stated them to be " William P. Blake, Professor of Mining Engineering in the University of Arizona, address New Haven, Connecticut, and Tucson. Ariz. "The mines are fine indeed far beyond my anticipation. Tho mineral oc curs under excellent conditions. Thero is a great zone of faulting and shear ing extending the entire length of the property which is thoroughly impregnated with every kind of copper ore." Robert T. Hill of United States Geological Survey, Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. "I found the property not only all that it has been represented, but so much better that 1 not only congratulate myself, but every shareholder on his in vestment.. They aro by common consent the greatest and most valuable copper mines yet discovered and with proper equipment and management will yield handsome profits to tho shareholders. In tho light of the present development of the property and the steadily increasing value of tho ores as the work of opening these wonderful mines progresses, tho report of Prof. Treadwell of iNovemuor 1st. last seems moaest in tne extreme. Aitnougu jl am a layman, I venture this remark because the development of the mines has now reached that stage that does not require an expert to understand tho enormons de posits and value of ore. 1 do uot hesitate to say that in my judgment and in the judgment of all who have seen the property, wo have a bonanza of no small nronortions. I am also fully satisfied of this that I shall not only substantially increase my own investments but I shall advise my friends to do the same thing, and m aoing so I am sure I will be doing them a positive favor.'' Gen eral Thomas H. Anderson, United States Attorney of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C. "Now that I havo seen tho mines and breathed tho beautiful idvigoaating air of tho Qannaneas, I know that Dr McCullom of New York, whom I met at Nogales. was right when he said that those would, in tho near future- be the largest and best mining camp on this continont." Geofge S. Robbins, Blooms burg, Penn. "I have known about the Cananeas for thirty years. It is a most maguifl eent copper proporiy." Don Pedro B. Chisom Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. 'I believe it is chance of a lifetime." Walter S. Logan, 27 William street, Now York. WILLIAM C. GREENE, President. GEORGE A. TREADWELL, Vice-President. MYRA B. MARTIN, Secretary. WALTER S. LOGAN, Treasurer. GEORGE MITCHELL, General Manager. LOGAN, DEMOND & HARBY, Attorneys. 27 William at., N. Y. DIRECTORS A. BLECKER BANKS, President, Banks & Co , Law Pub lishers, book sellers and Importers, Albany, N. Y. HON. J. B. SHOWALTER. Member of Congress from Pennsyl vania. CHARLES B- HOLMAN, Retired Manufacturer, Hopkinton, Mass. GEO. S. ROBBINS, , . Gf tho Paul E. Wirt Fountain ren Company, Bloomsburg, Pa. HON. JOHN G. THYER, Judge, Moriden, Conn, IIEFRY P. BLOUNT, Mine Owner and Rancher, Bisbee, Arizona. ALFRED ROMER, Ex-Presidout Now York Produoe Exchange Brooklyn, N. Y. EDWARD B.AUSTIN, Caahler of First National Bank, Bloomsburg, l'a. GEORGE MITCHELL, Export Motallugist, formerly m charge of Boston and Montana Smelters and United Vordo Smelt ers, La Cauunoa, Sonora, Mexico. WILLIAM C. GREEN Miuo Owner and Rancher, Bisboo, Arizona. GREENE CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO 27 Williams Street, New York. WILLIAM LAWRENCE GREENE, Vipn-Prnsiflmit: HikiIid .(- fVimnniiir Law Publishers, book sellers and importors, Albany, N. Y. WALTER S. LOGAN' Of Logau, Demond & Harby, Lav yers, 27 William st., N. Y. HON. SCOIT WHITE, Miuo opsrator and Sheriff Cochise county, Bisbee, Arizona. GEN. THOMAS II. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for tho Dis trict of Columbia Washington, D. C. ' PROF. GEO. A. TREADWELL, Geologist aud Metallurgist of dis tinguished reputation in tho United Statos and Europe, New York City aud Phoenix, Arizona. HON. RUFUS K. POLK, Member of Congress from Pennsyl vania. MARK L. SPERRY, Secretary of tho ScovilloMauufac turing Co., Wnterbury, Conn. CHARLES O. NEWTON, Capitalist, Homer, N. Y. MRS. MIRANDA B. TULLOCII, Former School Trustee of tho Dis trict of Columbia, Washington, D. Mi -VH mm J6i" k 'i ft m ce. m. H1.VT Z ?-- R.TOT , - if V X &&& 'a ft r 1 '"4 RKr -TVft