Arizona state miner. [volume], November 07, 1919, Image 1

About Arizona state miner. [volume] (Wickenburg, Ariz.) 1919-1927

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Wickenburg’s Advantages as a Winter Resort In Points of Health and Climate Are Unrivalled Anywhere
Big Mining Wave .ARIZONA Houses in Demand
22nd YEAR
INFLUENCE OF THE COUNTRY
PAPERS ON NATION'S DESTINY
Country Newspapers Influence Greater Than the Big City
Publications —President Wilson’s Opinion
on Rights to Combine.
In nearly every country town
there is a local newspaper; some
times small and unpretentious,
hut every family within a radius
of 20 miles reads it. The little
“hometown” papers serve 58.2
per cent of the population of the
U. S. They ars the factors for
dispensing the outside news to
more than half of its population.
They are the advisors and coun
sellors-at-large; a vital factor in
growth of the town where they
are published and are always
looked to for support and advice
on all public activities.
The home town paper is the
heart of its own community, and
the sentiments pervading the
country press is a power in shap
ing the destiny of the nation —
a greater influence with the free
born, self-supporting country
folk.
In the cities are one million
families worth $5,000; in the
country are over 6,000,000 fam
ilies worth over $6,000 each. City
family incomes average $750;
country families average over
$2,500. This explains the great
efforts of manufacturers to get
the country trade, because that’s
where the money is made; and
that’s where public opinion is
molded and influences the nation.
So the little insignificant country
weeklies, be they ever so humble,
in the aggregate, have more in
fluence than the big city dalies
with their thousands of city cir
culation.
The Right to Combine
Judge Gary might do well to
read the following from one of
Ingersoll’s speeches, delivered a
quarter of a century ago. This
might be read and pondered with
profit by other haughty individ
uals says the Tucson Post, who
are in a greater or lesser degree
responsible for the present war
between capital and labor.
Our reactionary Republican
and democratic friends as well
as the steel barons should pon
der the following:
“Capital has always claimed,
and still claims, the right to com
bine. Manufacturers meet and
determine prices, even in spite
of the great law of supply and
demand. Have the laborers the
same right to consult and com
bine? The rich meet in the
bank, club or parlor. Working
men, when they combine, gather
in the street. All the organized
forces of society are against
them. Capital has the army and
navy, the legislature, the judical
and executive departments.
When the rich combine, it is for
the purpose of “exchanging
ideas.” When the poor combine,
it is a “conspiracy.” If they act
in concert, if they really do some
“Entered as Second Class matter July 11th, 1919, at the Postoffice at Wickenbure, Arizona, under the Act of March 3, 1879."
thing, it is a “mob.” If they
defend themselves it is treason.
How is it the rich can control the
departments of government? In
this country the political power
is equally divided among men.
There are certainly more poor
than rich. Why should the rich
control? Why should not the
laborers combine for the purpose
of controlling the executive, the
legislative and judical depart
ments? Will they ever find how
powerful they are? A cry comes
from the oppressed, the hungry,
from the downtrodden, from the
unfortunate, from the despised,
from men who despair and from
women who weep. There are
times when mendicants become
revolutionists-—when a rag be
comes a banner, under which the
noblest and bravest battle for
right. ’ ’
Along this line, President Wil
son has said:
“The trusts are our masters
now.”
Again:
“The government of the Uni
ted States at present is a fostered
child of the special interests. It
is not allowed to have a will of
its own.”
And again:
“We have come to be one of
the worst ruled, one of the most
completely controlled and domin
ated governments in the civilized
world —no longer a Government
by conviction and a vote of the
majority, but a Government by
the opinion and duress of small
groups of dominant men.”
The greatest of our statesman
have been crying out against
the abuse of power by the ex
tremely wealthy. We can ’t won
der at industrial unrest being
abroad when such a condition as
President Wilson pictured has
been in existence.
They Shall Not Graft.
Government officials have been
trying for some time to induce
the newspapers to run free ads.
about the left over merchandise
from the army and nav,y stores.
They have been meeting with
indifferent success as the news
papers are gettingrather tired of
this method of cheap grafting of
newspaper space by the govern
ment.
Hardly a day passes but that
this office does not receive a
batch of junk from some state or
federal department to “please
print the enclosed.”
Even the packing trust is seek
ing something for nothing, al
ways at the expense of the news
papers.
During the war the newspapers
“put over” the Liberty loans.
The government was crying and
begging for help—and they got
it. But the war is ended. Just
why the government should be
more favored than an individual,
ia so absurd as to make one
laugh. Next year a political cam
paign is on. We miss our guess
if every candidate running for
office won’t have to spend hard
coin of the realm to push his
WICKENBURG, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1919.
claims for office. It has taken
the country press a long time to
wake up to its rights, but the
editors are awake at last and any
publicity some of these govern
ment birds get will be the cash
in-advance kind or none at all. —
Chandler Arizonan.
Con. Arizona Smelting Co.
Humboldt Ariz., Nov. 3rd.
Arizona State Miner.— For
your information beg to advise
that the operations of Consoli
dated Arizona Smelting Company
for the month of October, 1919,
resulted as follows:
From our Blue Bell and De
Soto Mines there was shipped to
the Reduction plamLst HumYoldt,
a total of 13,400 tons of ore; our
concentrator handled 9,100 tons
of material, while the smelter
proper treated 7,700 tons of new
metal bearing ores and concen
trates during that month. Ship
ments of fine copper in bullion
to the eastern refineries amounted
to 625,000 pounds during Octo
ber, 1919, about 500,000 lbs. of
which was derived from ores
mined on our own properties.
Yours very truly,
D. W. McElroy,
Sec’y to the General Manager.
New Mining Company Near
Vulture.
The Ploma King Mines com
pany, the principal organizers of
which live in Mesa, has been
formed to take over a property
in the Vulture mining district,
vyhere active development has
been in progress for the past year.
Good bodies of silver-lead-gold
ores have been opened up and
the new company is planning to
push the development work at
once. The organization includes
W. T. Studer of the Southwest
Flour company of Phoenix, and
associated with him are H. W.
Siddler, Aaron Purdy and A. P.
Crawford and W. T. Crawford of
Mesa. It is evident that another
producer is assured for Arizona’s
list.
U. S. Land Ordered Sold for
Money to Reclaim It.
There is rejpicing in the town
of Yuma, Arizona, among those
interested in citrus fruit growing.
Secretary Lane designated De
cember 10th as the date upon
which lands under the first Mesa
Unit of the Yuma auxilary irriga
tion project will be sold at public
outcry.
This state is unique in the his
tory of federal irrigation in this
country. Heretofore settlers on
government irrigation projects
have been given up to 20 years
in which to return to the United
States treasury the monies ex
pended for irrigation works to re
claim their lands. Owing to lack
of money in the irrigation fund
for undertaking new projects,
congress enacted legislation au
thorizing sale of lands on the
Yuma Mesa together with water
right and utilize the money so se
cured for building the necessary
work.
LATEST NEWS EVENTS IN
AND AMD WICKENBURG
Personal Mention of Residents and People Connected With
the Town and Happenings In The Mines
Around This Neighborhood.
When you have a mine, or ma
chinery for sale notify the State
Miner, Wickenburg. We have
inquiries nearly every week.
Several patented silver-copper
claims near Wickenburg for sale
or lease; good showing of ore
veins and walls. Address S. L.
this office.
An Armenian tubercular pa
tient died here last week and the
body was embalmed by C. M.
Shannon and sent to Fresno for
burial.
Monday was a big day in Phoe
nix for Wickenburgers. Charley
Hjhier took along two hats, it is
presumed to influence the demo
cratic supervisors in behalf of
road matters.
T. A. Riordan federal price fix
ing agent for foodstuffs has re
signed and Geo. H. Smalley of
Phoenix has been appointed in
his stead.
By error this paper stated the
body of Francis Lucero, killed at
the U. S. mine recently, was in
terred near the mine. The body
was brought to Wickenburg by
C. M. Shannon, embalmed and
forwarded to relatives in Wen
den.
There are loud complaints all
over the country of profiteering
at the Fair by Phoenix hotels and
restaurants. Provision antici
pating this emergency was made
by the Phcenix chamber of Com
merce, to whom Wickenburgers
are directed when visiting the
Fair instead of going to the ho
tels where a room or bed cost $5
per.
The State Miner gives the
.latest available news of adjacent
mines. Operators are invited to
send in reports that may reach
those who are spending their
money in developing the resour
ces of this section. The wave of
mining interest hereabouts pre
dicts a banner production in the
near future.
The Dragon Mining company
are adding another unit to their
equipment eight miles from
here. The addition comprises a
new ball-mill which, in conjunc
tion with the roller mill already
installed and fine screens are
considered necessary for hand
ling the high grade venadium
ore now being extracted.
Big significant developments
are rapidly coming to a head in
the affairs of the Home Oil com
pany. This company owns much
land adjacent to Wickenburg
which has been acquired for oil
development. It has been satis
factorily proven that there are
favorable indications for oil in
this vicinity and it only remains
for earnest, intelligent action to
prove that it is not wholly theo
retical.
Word from Congress Junction
says Jack, Billy and Bob Rosen
burg are back from the coast and
report big business at both places.
Jack returned from Swansea last
week and reports 200 men work
ing there. They have shipped
several carloads of lumber and
machinery to the Bullard mines.
Wickenburg is closing all its
stores tomorrow to give employes
a chance to visit the State Fair.
It is going to be a big day.
W. A. Brown, prominent oil
man, who has just returned from
India where he was in charge of
eleven strings of oil drillers was
a visitor here last week. He
pronounces this vicinity as an oil
bearing area—as good as any he
ever visited.
The State Land Commissioners
are said to be considering a limi
tation of oil land leases to three
fourths of each section located
therefor.
If you will invest in a good
silver-copper-gold property,
showing promise of raising an
other crop of millionaires, write
to S. F. P. this office.
The Abe Lincoln mine*is now
showing some great veins of high
grade ore with walls smooth as
a marble front
T. Edwin Farish, State Histor
ian, died in Los Angeles last
week. He was an old pioneer
and had just completed the
eighth volume of the History of
Arizona.
Mrs. C. W. Hunt, a tubercular
patient who recently came here
died a week ago. The remains
were interred here at her hus
bands request, because he had
no settled place of residence in
Oakland where he is temporarily
employed.
If you don’t believe Prescott is
a bad burg you want to look up
the list of murders there in the
last 10 years. Some tough rec
ord'that. There were three mur
ders there last winter and the
other day a man standing near a
cigar stand was filled full of bul
lets, dying instantly, by an ad
versary, who pleads the usual
unwritten law.
When you want printing done,
remember the State Miner can
save you money on it. We can
print business cards at $2.50 to
$5 per thousand if you’re not in
too big of a hurry; letterheads
and noteheads, on bond paper at
$4 per thousand up; circulars of
all sizes from $2 up; all kinds of
printing for mines such as shift
boss reports, requisitions for sup
plies, receipts, tramming and
powder leports, all blanks that
are popular with big companies
in every capacity. We print gov
ernment stamped envelopes at
$1.25 per thousand.
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