Duncan Arizonian. [volume], November 05, 1913, Image 1

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SIXTH YEAR
© The Bank of Duncan ©
jWj We Pay 4 Per Cent on Time Certificates of Deposit
Is prepared to transact all branches of
domestic banking. Accounts are solic
ited from firms, corporations and indi
fc.f.l viduals, who may rely upon courteous k£3
consideration and the best terms that are
Lfj consistent with good business methods. FTn
fcZrk Very truly yours cJS
W B. U. LANNEAU, Cashier
Franklin Co-Operative
Mercantile Institution
I
Franklin, Arizona.
J. F. McGRATH, Manager.
JOHN EVANS
Land and Ditch Surveying.
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE AGENT
Represents:— The American Surety Company of New York,
Fireman’s Fund of Fan Francisco And Arizona Fire Insurance Co.
Notary Public And Conveyancer.
Duncan, Arizona.
Solomonville and Duncan
Auto Stage Line
We meet all trains at Duncan and Soloman
ville every morning
Cars for hire day or night
Agents for the Ford car in Duncan
Scott Auto Stage Line Co.
The Gila Valley Realty & Loan Co.
DUNCAN, ARIZONA, J. L. T. WATTERS, M’g’r.
Has for sale several irrigable farms, as rich and pro
ductive soil as there is on earth, where 10 acres with in
tensive cultivation will make a man rich in a few years.
Unexcelled Markets and High Prices for all Produce.
® Duncan Lodge No 27
Knights of Pythias
Meets Every Saturday Night.
Visiting Brothers Cordialb
Invited to Attend
Jo . McCluskf.y C. C.
John R. Fowler K of R ar d S
L. F. VAUGHN H. W. CLARK
Clark & W.uoiin
Attorneys and Counselors
PRACTICE in STATE and FEDERAL
COURTS. OFFICE:
National Bank of Arizona Build
ing.
PHOENIX, - ARIZONA
E. V. HORTON
ATTORNEY-AT-1. AW
,Clifton. - - - Arizona
The Duncan Pharmacy
IS ALL THAT THE NAME IMPLIES.
PRESCRIPTIONS 011ß SPECIALTY
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J. L. T. WATTERS, Prop.
Duncan, - Arizona
We sell everything in the
Building Material Line
DUNCAN LUMBER CO.
I) UJN CAN ARIZONIAN.
Devoted to the Interests of Greenlee County, State of Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico.
Every young man in the valley
will be interested in knowing
that my new line of samples of
winter suitings is now in.
The particular people are coming
to look over our splendid new
style ar.d sample book to select
their materials and order their
winter clothing. It costs no
more to be well dressed than it
does to wear cheap, illfitting
garments and the satisfaction
one feels is abundantly worth
the trifling extra trouble of
stopping to be measured. Suits
and overcoats, the kind that fit,
and hold their shape and wear,
and give absolute satisfaction,
from ten dollars up. If you
are an old customer, you will
come again. If not come in and
let us show you what we have
for you. Harry Fidler.
For Sale TlO acres of land
one mile from Duncan,- about
seventy-five acres in cultivation
fronting the public road to Clif
ton a good four room residence,
barn, good well best water in
the country, fret from all alkali,
for other information and prices
address, L uRANGETTO,
Duncan Arizona.
I See Mrs. Griffith for dress
making at the Cosper house by
j Parks.
DUNCAN, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1913
Lchool Party a Success.
The Hallowe’en party which
was given by the school boys and
girls last Friday evening was a
decided success. The costumes
worn by those who masked were
unique and beautiful. A good
many of the characters of hist
ory and tradition were present
to lend color and interest to the
scene. Little Red Riding Hood,
Chinese Lady, Shepherdess girl,
Gypsy girl, Goddess of Liberty,
Colonial dame, and ghosts of
various kinas made a gay and
brilliant scene. Nor were the
boys behind the girls in their
inventiveness as to costume.
There were negroes, ck>wns and
imps galore present, to say
nothing of his Satanic Majesty
and his Imps who made a de
cided hit when they appeared.
Another feature of the evening
was the gost dance, of about a
dozen young ladies dressed in
ghostly attire about a huge pump
kin. Quite a neat sum was
realized from the sale of the
boxes.
A car load of brick for the new
bakery has arrived.
W. F. Sanders went to Louisi
ana with two car loads of horses
this week.
John Evans was acting cashier
of the Bank of Duncan last Mon
day, while Cashier*Lanneau was
at Clifton and Miss Clark was
on her wav to Phoenix.
Mr. John Hagan was a caller
at this office Monday. He reports
a fine corn crop this year, some
making near a hundred bushels
to the acre.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Gale, left
last Friday for Taylor, Arrizona,
to spend a short visit with
friends and relatives. They are
making the trip overland with a
well equipped outfit.
John Evans is moving his
engineering and real estate
office to the building which he
bought from the Twin Peaks
Mining Co. The building has
been removed to the Evans lot
below Hobbs Hall.
Mr. and Mrs._ W. W. Wilkey
have as guests 'this week, Mrs.
Wilkey’s mother, Mrs Anna
Scott and sister, Miss Eustace
Scott aud Mr.' Robinson, all of
Douglass, Aiizona.
W. D. McKehan and family
and Miss Clark, bookkeeper at
the Bank of Duncan, are attend
ing the fair at Phoenix. The
party made the trip overland in
one of the Scott cars, leaving
Monday morning.
The marriage of Miss Lola
Young and B. F. Dutcher, one
of Uncle Sam’s popular mail
clerks running between Lords
burg and Clifton, took place at
the home of the bride’s mother
south ot the city Sunday week
afternoon, Rev. W. E. Foull.s
officiating as clergyman. Miss
Young was cne of our popular
High School girls, and Mr.
Dutcher was formerly a clerk
in the Deming postoffice. The
young people have gone to
housekeeping at Clifton.—Dem
ing Headlight.
Arizona & N. M. -Railway Company
Passenger Service
Train No. I g § Train No, 2
-iouth Bound #J §£ North Bound
Daily Laily
Q ''
Lv 6:45 A.M. 0 Clifton *r 3:25 P. M.
” r-U ” 11 Guthrie ” 2:56 ”
” 9:19 ” 33 Duncan ” 2:'Jl ”
” 9:35 ” 70 Lordsburg ” 12:55 ”
Ar 10:45 ” 108 Hachita „v 11:30 A.M.
South bound trains connects with Southern
Pacific west bound trains i cs. 1 and 9, leaving:
Lordsbuag- at 10:57 A. fc . and 12:10 P. M., and
with Southern Pacific east bound train No.
leaving at 10:30 A.M., also with El Paso & South
western east and westbound trains Nos. 5 and 6,
saving Hachita at 10:50 and 11:20 A.M.respectively.
R. K. Minson.
General Ftiiutw Agent, Clifton, Amona. I
Advocate Government Own
ership of Telegraph .
Lines
Washington,Oct.3l.-The only
way to extend the use of the
telegraph to the whole people is
through the government owner
ship and operation of the lines.
American telegraph lines have
been in the honds of private cor
porations for nearly three quart
ers of a century, and in that
time the telegraph companies
failed utterly to reach more than
half of the population. And be
cause of the high rates, the half
of the people to whom the tele
graph is available—the people in
towns and cities—are unable to
use the great convenience to any
substantial extent.
The solution of high prices, and
inhuman treatment of employes
and the other evils of the pres
ent system, is government owner
ship and operation of the lines
by the ; postoffice. The govern
ment must have the monoply of
transmitting speech, and next
winter congress will tackle this
great problem.
The question to be determined
will be the meth< d of acquiring
the federal telegraph—whether
to buy outright properties of the
telegraph c impanies or to begin
the construction of competing
government lines. Both methods
will have advocates.
In purchasing the telegraph
properties the government runs
the risk of paying a great deal
more than they are worth. The
companies now have a capitaliza
tion of about $20,000,000 and
more or less of this capitaliza
tion is probably water.
Take for instance the Western
Union, which is now capitalized
at over $100,000,000, but which
was started on an investment of
$150,000. Few American corpor
ations have ever been subjected
to such frenzied stock inflation.
In 1852 its capital stock was
$250,000. By 1859 this had in
creased to $385,700. And then
the watering began. The first
extention of this company came
when it bought the old Browns
ville telegraph line, stretching
1100 miles Brownsville, eb.,
to Salt Lake City. This line built
at an exorbitant cost, entailed
an actual cash investment of
$147,000. The Western Union
absorbed it by issuing $2,000,000
worth ot stock. That made the
total Western Union capitaliza
tion $3,000,000 on a valuation of
about $500,000.
Encouraged by the ease with
which water and blue sky could
be turned into cash, the tele
graph promoters in 1863, just
after the Brownsville purchase,
declared a stock dividend ot
$3,000,000, so that the proportion
of water to value became five to
one. Later that same year stock
to the amount of $3,322,000 was
issued to buy other lines, and to
celebrate these purchases the
company declared another stock
dividend of $1,678/000 so that by
1864 the total capitalization was
$11,000,000. In 1865 the com
pany declared another 100 per
cent stock dividend, making the
capitalization $22,000,000. Two
years later,.as the result of pay
ing - inflated paper prices for
absorbed lines, this capitaliza
tion was $41,049,400. Stock divi
dends and inflation continued at
intervals until 1884, the capitali
zation was $80,000,000, and in
1895, $95,000,000. At that time
the actual value of the plant,
counting worthless, but actual
investments, was probably not
wer $30.000.000. It is declared
Unions could b«
duplicated today for $20,000,000.
These figures show that it
would be well to consider both
methods —purchase of existing
lines and,construction of a new
system—before deciding to ac
cept the companies’ terms for
the sale of their properties.
The Arizona Gazette.
Dress making, cleaning and
pressing and hair weaving.
Mrs. F. V. Gooch.
WANTED: Cattle and Ranches
to sell. I have a steady demand
for cattle and ranches. Send me
a full description of what you
have. All correspondence con
fidential. Jos. G. Rosebcrough,
Deming, New Mexico.
Fen. S. Hildreth
Land, Mining and Irrigation Law
Suite 210 Fleming Building
Phoenix, Arizona
Make specialty of all business
before the local Land Office,
General Land Office and Depart
ment of the Interior.
Contests conducted, Plats
made Rights of way, Re
payments Townsites and
Forset Reserve affairs....
If you are thinking of patenting
your mines, let me explain my
method much cheaper, and
you get the result.
Have for sale Government Land
scrip that acquires title in one
day without residence, cultiva
tion or improvements.
Eight Years an Official
of the Land Department
Pleasures of the Rich.
“Mrs. Van Million is back from Eu-'
rope.”
“And what is she puffed up about?"
“Seems she smuggled in two pack
ages of foreign cigarettes.”
The Explorers.
Knicker —It must be thrilling to
tread where man never trod before.
Bocker —It is. Try tracking up your
wife’s pet rug.
Report of the Condition of
THE BANK OF DUNCAN
At Duncan, in the State of Arizona,
at the close of business October 21,1913.
♦
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, less due from Directors
63,869.81
Due from Directors 5,025.87
Overdrafts 324.72
Banking House, Furniture and fixtures 5,000.68
Real ‘Estate * .
Current Expenses and Taxes paid 958.61
Specie $902.55
Legal Tender and National
Bank Notes .... $2,000.00
Exchanges for Clearing
Other Cash Items . . $186.45
Due from State and National Banks,
Approved Reserve Agents $35,525.02 38,614.02
Collection Account
Total .... $113,793.71
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in . . . . 15,000.00
Surplus 7,500.00
Undivided Profits 2,761.90
Individual Deposits Subject
to Check $73,994.74
Demand Certificates of
Deposit $5,000.00
Time Certificate of Deposit $483.64
Certified Checks . .
Cashier’s checks outstanding.
Due Slate and National
Banks $147.74 79,626.12
Bills Rediscounted 8,905.69
Total .... $113,793.71
State of Arizona, County of Greenlee, ss.
I, B. R. Lanneau, Cashier of the above named -
Bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
B. R. Lanneau,
" Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st *
day of October, 1913.
J. L. T. Watters, Notary Public.
My commissison expires Feb. 26, 1916.
C. C. Martin.
Directors.
W. T. Witt.
Heavy Shipments of
Cattle Last Week
The cattle men of the Duncan
district have been busy for sev
eral weeks with the fall round
ups which are now over. Prob
ably half the cattle, which owing
to the dry season had somewhat
overstocked-the range, are now
gone from the hills and the
prairies. Estimate by a local
cattleman in close touch with
the business place the total ship
ments at 7900 head. The cattle
are gone, but the smiling ranch
ers think with satisfaction of
their bank balances which tht
figures show have been increas
ed by the neat sum of $232,000.
Os course even the cattle busi
ness isn’t all profit and it has
taken an unusual clean up to
produce these results. The tak
ing away of so large a percent
age, it is thought, will give the
remaining stock a better chance
to come through in good con
dition.
The limits of the territory
reported on, of which Duncan is
center, extend to Blue Creek
and Pine Seneca over beyond
Steeple Rock on the north, down
the Gila to York, west to Ash
Peak, southwest to the Black
Hills, southeast to Summit
Switch on the A. & M. and east
to the Gila Box Canyon at Cani
sier Mountain.
Among the shippers wera
Messrs. Day and Foster, Me
i Keehan & Martin, J. A. Martin,
Ed. Head, W. S. Sanders. W. L.
Cauthen, W. S. Willis, H. K.
Martin, W. M. Brooks, John
Martin, and Floyd Hightower.
Shipment' was made from
Lordsburg, the cattle being all
gathered in that direction.
19th WEEK