The Arizona copper camp. [volume], August 20, 1915, Image 3

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EDITORIAL
HUNT AND DEMOCRACY.
The Bisbee Review, the strongest
and staunchest of Arizona’s demo
cratic state dailies in a strong editorial
attacks Governor Hunt, especially
charging the governor with failing to
give to the state an economical ad
ministration and to lighten the burden
of taxation. Here is what the Re
view has to say: #
“Nearly twelve months have passed
since the citizens of Arizona first
heard the good news that the expense
of government would be reduced with
out impairment of efficiency, and that
the burden of taxpayers would be
lightened IF the Hunt administration
were continued in power. This good
news was later emphasized and made
more plausible by being embodied in
campaign promises. Governor Hunt
personally put in circulation the prom
ise bearing his unqualified endorse
ment, and instructed his lieutenants to
go forth and propose this covenant to
the people. The people took the
Hunt administration at its word.
Hunt was elected.
“Review readers will recall that this
newspaper—which counseled against
the re-acceptance of Hunt —never-
theless made his re-election the oc
casion for an expression of hope
that his second term would prove of
greater benefit to the people than
his first. The Review in all sincerity
pledged its support to every worthy
undertaking which the administration
sponsored.
“The time has arrived when the
taxpayers of Arizona may knoiv
whether or not they have been de
ceived. Only that testimony put forth
by the Hunt administration exclusive
ly deserves consideration because the
burden of proof rests entirely upon
the Hunt administration. Nothing
controversial must enter into the re
port on Hunt’s stewardship. Whether
Hunt is a paragon of executive ability
or a so-called public servant of
lamentable but astonishing imbecility
t has no part in the arraignment. That
»the case may be presented in ab
solute fairness, the promises of Hunt
must be set over against the fair
keeping or the false treatment of
these promises.’’ <=—
Here is Hunt's covenant:
“I promise economy to the people
of Arizona.”
Here is the result: “Increase of
$13,000,000 in assessments of 1915.”
Here is Hunt’s covenant:
“I promise to lighten the burdens
of taxation.”
Here is the result: “Increase in
tax rate of nine and a half cents on
the hundred dollars. This increase
is at a ratio of twenty-one and a half
per cent.”
The question naturally arises:
"Is the Hunt administration solely
responsible for these results?”
The answer is: v
“Senate bill No. 2 passed by the
recent legislature provided for a tax
levy of 44.139 cents, which would
have raised $1,856,210.08 for State pur
poses. This bill was the sole arbiter
of its destiny. ■ He proclaimed his dis
approval of the measure by deed of
hand. He increased the demand upon
the taxpayers of Arizona to $2,270,-
901.25.
“In 1914, the assessed valuation of
the State was $407,267,393. Yet what
aid he do after election? He in
cerased the assessed valuation of the
State to $420,537,412 for 1915.
“Let no taxpayer smarting under
betrayal of Hunt turn impetuously
upon the Democratic party. George
Washington P. Hunt has betrayed the
Democratic party of this State no
less than the people as a whole. Let
no taxpayer harbor the belief that
redress can be secured by drawing
democracy to defeat in. order to efface
Hunt and his hirelings. Until the
party fails to repudiate the man, there
must be complete dissociation of the
party and the man in efforts to cast
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out the latter. Then, and not until
then, can it justly be said that
democracy in this State is unworthy
of trust. But if the Democratic party
declines to disavow publicly Hunt
and every man constituting a cog
in the political machine which has
leeched the commonwealth and
brought Arizona into disrepute democ
racy in Arizona will merit swift de
feat and entire contempt. In this
connection, we take the liberty of
quoting the Douglas International, a
Democratic organ which has this to
say about the tax increase:
“This money may all be required
to satisfy the capacious maw of the
Hunt political machine in this state,
but this increase should at least
start an inquiry through the state as
to what this half million dollar in
crease is to be applied to? And this
inquiry promises to become very em
barrassing to the democratic party in
the campaign next year
“So far as our observance went dur
ing the legislative session there was
little if any additional expense pro
vided for in our state government and
if the legislature could have had its
way in trying to cut off much useless
expense surely the state tax rate
would have been less than it was last
year But the governor with his veto
left the door open for unbridled and
almost unlimited expense, and to meet
this condition and to recoup the empty
state treasury we presume the tax
commission could find no other way
than the increase of the state tax
rate.”
Commenting on the editorial of the
Review the Arizona Republican says:
“For our purposes the charges
against the governor need not now
be considered by us But also for our
purposes we will admit them to be
true. Is the governor alone to blame,
or primarily to blame, and can the
democratic party claim for itself, or
can it be claimed for it, that it has
been Imposed upon by the governor? The
governor is serving his second term,
having been nominated by the demo
cratic party after having served one
term. The democratic party had had
a sample of his administration, and,
looking over the primary and general
election returns last fall, we are in
evitably brought to the conclusion that
the democratic party liked It.
“We do not know whether the gover
nor pervious to the election of 1914
entered into any covenant with the
party or furnished any bond for good
conduct. It was unnecessary. A good
proof of the pudding is said to be
the chewing of the string. The demo
cratic party had had better proof;
it had not only chewed the string, but
had eaten the pudding and demanded
more. If the pudding was bad, the
democratic party is not a good judge
of pudding. If, in consequence of—its
gormandizing for two years, it is
suffering intestinal disquietude, we ex
tend to it a part of the sympathy
which we bestow upon the small boy
who fills his system with green ap
ples after having been apprised of
their disturbing effect.
“The green apple of one season is
no less harmful than that of another.
The administration of Governor Hunt
has been just as good since last
January 1 as it was during the two
years prior to January 1. His for
mer policies have been retained and
no new ones have been added. No
voter last November can complain that
he has been betrayed by the governor.
Those who are fighting the gover
nor now and who supported him a
year ago have changed. The gover
nor stands, and has always stood,
precisely where he stood in 1912.
“The democratic party is at fault if
the governor is at fault. If he was
a bad governor the first term, at the
end of it his party might have pleaded
the right to “try anything once.” If
it was then deceived by the governor,
that was the governor’s fault. If it is
deceived now, that is the party’s
fault; it has been proved incapable
of picking good governors and should
not be trusted with the business
again.”
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SENATOR STAPLEY’S VIEWS.
In an interesting article O. S.
Stapley, state senator from Maricopa
county, whose work in the recent leg
islature attracted the attention of tax
payers generally throughout the state
has the following to say of the
revenue bill:
“Having seen so much in the papers
ol the va’ley lately in regard to the
appropriation bill for the state and
in the uncertain way it has left
things in, with the governor’s veto
and later to see that the tax commis
sion has made a levy of 55 cents on
the SIOO makes me feel that I cannot
remain silent longer and as a citizen
and the people’s representative I wish
you would permit me to elucidate my
feelings in regard to this appropria
tion bill. *
In April the governor made a call
for the legislature to meet to make
appropriations for the state institu
tions and also a levy bill. Both houses
worked hard to perfect a bill that
would properly take care of all the
departments including interest and
funding debts and most all heads of
departments were called into consul
tation and after we got the desired
information then the appropriation
was decided upon for the different de
partments and I am sure that every
department was taken care of amply
for two years. Also the school fund
of SIOO,OOO per year was never in
conference at any time but both
houses felt that it should be cut to
that amount and that the counties
could just as well make the county
school tax that much higher for
school purposes, instead of having
the state collect part of it and then
refund same to the different counties,
apportioned according to their school
attendance, which of course makes
some counties pay more for this pur
pose than they receive and others re
ceive more than they paid in; and it
was to equalize this that the cut was
made, leaving ample funds to pay for
all free text books and state super
intendent’s office and expense and
if any balance was left it would re
vert back to the same as in the past;
and it was understood when this law
was made, at the first session, that
they provided amply to Inaugurate the
free text books system in the state,
as they did not know what it would
cost to put in the system; and that
future legislation could reduce it if
too much was appropriated and I was
told by those who helped to make
that law that this w T as the case and
it was no£ to make it burdensome
on some counties for the ease of
others.
Now has the legislature any power
in law-making, or is it just a farce to
spend the people's money? When the
legislature makes an appropriation
for the state for all purposes and is
passed by more than two-thirds ma
jority can it be vetoed and the
amounts raised? We understood that
•«. veto was to destroy, not to make
an appropriation, and it seems that
the tax commission has fallen in line
with the governor’s views. There
was vetoed, by the governor, twelve
sections and parts of sections carry
ing appropriations, and twenty-eight
repealing clauses, which should have
diminished the appropriations some
what. One of those repealing clauses
was Section 50 which made our
auditor, the auditor of 'the state in
very deed but by the governor’s veto
our auditor is just in name only. No
matter now what items are in a bill
presented to the auditor from any de
partment he cannot question the val
idity of the claim but if the foot
ings are correct he must pay the bill.
Now, just think of it; an auditor
without any power to act but just do
what the “clique” wants.
“Then there was a state levy bill
passed by the legislature carrying the
same amoutns for the different de
partments of state and was based on
a $400,000,000 valuation. The appro
priation bill and levy bill carried for
1915-16 $1,765,723.25, which would make
the tax levy on $400,000,000 44 cents
on the SIOO, but as the assessment is
on $420,000,000 the levy should only
be 42 cents on the SIOO. The levy
bill was filed by the governor with
the secretary of state and became a
law.
Previous legislators have made a
maximum levy bill, which was 75
cents on the SIOO, but only 44% cents
was levied. The law as it was ex
plained to us was that the levy bill
should be a duplicate of the appro
priation bill and the amount sspecifi
cally stated for each department and
item so that the tax commission
could not levy for more money than
the levy called for (see Article 9,
Section 3, of our constitution which
so states).
That being the case, how can the
tax commission .make a 55-cent levy |
in the face of this? It looks to me
that the levy made by them if it goes
into effect, would invalidate the taxes
of the state, if any one protested
against paying them, and would be
uncoilectable; and further the coun
ties have already made their levy for
school purposes without taking into
consideration any money that would
come back to the state, so if the state
levy should stand the schools of the
state would get $400,000 more than
they need.
For example, the Mesa schools put
in their requisition to the supervis
ors of this county in June for all
money necessary to carry on their
school without help from the state
end no doubt every school in the
siate has done the same thing and the
county*levy has been made.
You will note the tax commission’s
levy of 55 cents would bring a reve
nue of $2,310,000 and the estimated
ri venue from the state of SIBO,OOO
would make $2,490,000 to be spent by
the state during 1915-16 and the legis
lature estimated the revenue in the
appropriation bill, at SIBO,OOO but at
the same time they knew the revenue
for 1914-15 was above $250,000 and
the appropriation and levy bill called
for $1,765,723.25, making a total to be
difference between the legislature ana
the governor and tax commission ot
$544,276.77 more which they expect
to tax the people for.
How long are the people going to
stand for this extravagance and jug
gling? Why don’t some commercial
body take hold of this matter and not
let a few politicians tax the people
beyond endurance. There should be
a day of accounting and that quick.”
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COL. RANDOLPH’S PLAN.
Colonel Epes Randolph was quoted
in an interview at San Bernardino,
California, the other day as saying
in relation to the troubles in Mexico
that this government should let the
factions there fight it out. Colonel
Randolph probably knows, by trained
observation and bitter experience,
what Mexico needs. We should regard!
him as a higher authority
of the members of the A. B. CjH
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staiemaji at
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Crown City Bought By
Tom Reed Company
KINGMAN, ARIZ., Aug. 20.—For
$200,000 cash the Tom Reed Gold Min
ing company has purchased 61 per
cent of the stock of the Crown City
Mining company, which owns the
Crown City mine, west of the Gold
Road. The Crown City was controlled
oy Pasadena investors.
Mining men believe that in the
Ciown City the Tom Reed company
has obtained one of the biggest
mines of the Oatman district. The
plan is to equip it with a heavy
plant of machinery at once and to
conduct development operations on a
oig scale. For several years the
Crown City has been under systematic
development and the showing is an
excellent one. It is splendidly lo
cated, being close to the main wagon
road. Getting machinery on the
ground presents no problems.
As a result of its purchase of a
controlling interest in .the Crown City,
the Tom Reed company, for the first
time in four years, passed its monthly
dividend of from four to six per cent
on all issued stock.
During most of the last month only
lo stamps of the Tom Reed mill have
been in operation. Extensive better
ments are being made and the plant
will soon be in condition to handle
more ore than ever. The company
is getting the property in such shape
that an addition to the mill will soon
ue necessary.
It is possible that Mohave county
will soon have a zinc mill. Outside
parties have made a proposition to
the Kingman chamber of commerce,
which deferred action pending the
return from California of John Boyle.
Mr. Boyle controls several producing
zinc mines. There are # a number of
zinc properties in Mohave that can
be operated at a profit if their ores
can be treated at Kingman or some
nearby point. At present all the
zinc ore produced in this section is
shipped to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, or
Needles, California.
By far the biggest zinc mine ol
the county is the Golconda, in Union
bas i
trated the ore-bearing ground, but it
is expected that this will be reached
in the course of the next 10 days.
The drift to the west shows five feet
of ore, across the full width of the
drift, and how much wider it is can
not be determined till a crosscut is
run. It is expected that the Gold
Ore will be shipping ore in a few
weeks.
A. W. Clapp, who holds a bond and
lease on the Gem group, has been op
erating the Gem mill with some suc
cess. One bar of bullion has already
been shipped and others are to follow.
Mr. Clapp has been developing the
Golden Gem and also two groups of
claims owned by J. P. Ryan, of Cer
bat. Under his direction work is
being done on the Fredonia mine,
in Union basin. There 1 a body of
gold ore running SIOO a ton has just
been opened.
Bismuth is the latest metal to be
discovered in Mohave county, M. H.
Murphy and W. F. Dunlap have found
in the Aquarius mountains a two
foot vein of ore iron-stained macacious
material that runs high in bismuth.
Flat rock carrying bismuth has often
been found in that vicinity, but never
before has the vein been located. Dun
lap and Murphy are now in Kingman
to obtain a concentrating plant or dry
washer with which td work the clayey
matter surrounding the vein, which
contains rich bismuth placer.
In the same region Dunlap and
Murphy discovered float running high
in gadolinite. They have not Jound
the vein.
Rapid progress is being made toward
unwatering the Oro Plata mine. Seven
men are at work and it is expected
that they will have all the water out
of the way within two weeks. Oscar
A. Turner, who controls the Oro
Plata, hopes to have it on a produc
ing basis soon.
The shaft on the Colorado claim of
the Atlantic-Pacific group, at Thumb
Butte, is down 40 feet and is in the
best ore ever opened on that property.
Just how wide the ore is will not be
disclosed till a crosscut is runfrom
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 39 deg.
48 min. E. 541 ft. to Cor. No. 4,
identical with Cor. No. 1 of the SUR
PRISE lode of this survey; thence
N. 38 deg. 0 min. W. 1333.10 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Excluding, however, from said de
scribed area, the following area in
conflict with the “96” lode, this sur
vey:
Commencing at a point in the
Northeasterly side line identical with
corner No. 1, “96” lode; thence South
33 deg. 19 min. East 1061.34 ft. to a
point on line 3-4 LOOKOUT lode;
thence N. 39 deg. 48 min. E 88.75 ft.
to Cor. No. 4, LOOKOUT lode; thence
N. 38 deg. W. 1039.8 ft. to place of
beginning.
SURPRISE
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
vith Cor. No. 4 LOOKOUT lode of
this survey, from which U. S. L. M.
No. 1365 V. D. bears N. 35 deg. 8
min. W. 2171.70 ft.; thence S. 39 deg.
48 min. W. 575.40 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 48 deg. 55 min. E. 1433.40
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 39 deg. 48
min. E. 590 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 49 deg. 30 min. W. 1433.15 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
Excluding, however, from said de
scribed area, the following area in
conflict with the “96” lode of this
survey:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1, SUR
PRISE lode; thence S. 39 deg. 48 min.
W. 88.75 ft. to a "point on line 1-2
“96” lode; thence S. 33 deg. 19 min.
E. 392.27 ft. to Cor. No. 2, LOOKOUT
xode; thence N. 48 deg. 27 min. E. 200
tt. to a point on line 4-1 SURPRISE
iode, identical with Cor. No. 3, “96”
lode; thence N 49 deg. 30 min. W.
405.49 ft. to place of beginning.
Also excluding from said described
area, the following area in conflict
with the GREEN MONSTER lode
survey No. 1414:
Commencing at a point on line 2-3
of the SURPRISE lode, S. 48 deg. 65
min. E. 1338.01 ft. from Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 48 deg. 55 min. E. 95.39 ft.
to Cor. No. 3 of the SURPRISE lode;
thence N. 39 deg. 48 min. E. along
the end line of the SURPRISE lode
68.79 ft. to a point on line 3-4
GREEN MONSTER lode; thence N.
85 deg. 9 min. W. 116.35 ft. along line
3-4 GREEN MONSTER lode to place
of beginning. Containing 0.075 acres.
Also excluding from said described
area, the following area in conflict
with the UNION JACK lode survey
No. 1468:
Commencing at a point on the
Southwesterly side line of the SUR
PRISE lode S. 48 deg. 55 min. E.
1000.91 ft. from Cor. No. 2; thence S.
48 deg. 55 min. E. 323.58 ft. to a point
on line 4_l of said UNION JACK
lode; thence S. 86 deg. 32 min. E.
135.16 ft. to a point on line 3-4 SUR_
PRISE lode; thence N. 39 deg. 48
min. E. 507.48 ft. to Cor. No. 4, SUR
PRISE lode; thence N. 49 deg. 30