The Arizona Copper Camp, 1915-09-18

Want Kelvin Bridge First A petition has been forwarded to the board of supervisors which, al although - though although hastily circulated, contained the signatures of over 560 prominent residents of. the Ray-Superior and Kelvin district praying that the super supervisors - visors supervisors order the construction of the Kelvin bridge prior to the erection of the bridge at Winkelman, Action will be taken by the board at the meeting the early part of October, and it is hoped at that time the supervisors will act favorably on the petition. We understand the last session of the board of supervisors at Florence was a stormy one when the question as to which bridge should be built first was up for discussion. Supervisor Thompson was very insistent that the Winkelman bridge should be built first, while Supervisor Keating argued that the construction of the Kelvin bridge first would be of benefit to a larger number of residents of the county than would the Winkelman struc structure, - ture, structure, and he was inclined to give the same favorable attention. The question also came up as to whether the Winkelman bridge would not be delayed by reason of the Gila road bonds having been declared invatld or in any event if the bridge funds were available the roads connecting therewith would still be in bad shape and little used. The money for the construction of the Kelvin bridge is now available, and there is a great demand upon the part of the residents of this section for its early construction, and The Copper Camp is only voicing the senti sentiments - ments sentiments of this section when it urges the starting of work on the Kelvin bridge at once. We have never been able to understand the position taken by Mr. Thompson, who apparently desires to curry favor with an adjoining rival county in the place of performing an act of justice for a large num number - ber number of residents of his own county. Along this same line we feel that por portion - tion portion of our county kbove Casa Grande should receive some attention and hope that Casa Grande will be taken care of equally as well as the north northern - ern northern part. The Topeka Bridge jk. Iron company was the successful bidder for the construction of the bridges when the bids were opened by the supervisors. o Whoop 'er Up For Rag Ray is the best mining camp in the state of Ariznoa to live in. There Is not a miner who is familiar with conditions in Ray and in other camps of Arizona who will not say that such is the case. Our town is growing and Ray citizens generally should get together and boost. The merchants of Ray should get together and enter into an arrangement having in view the making of prices on their stocks of merchandise which would make it unattractive for purchasers to go outside of Ray to buy. The quality of the stocks of merchandise in Ray is as good as is offered anywhere. Let every everyone - one everyone in Ray know that prices are right through an advertisement in The Copper Camp and then see the results. Our paper finds its way into almost every home in Ray and is watched for each week with keen interest by our subscribers. If you are not a subscriber you are one of the few not re receiving - ceiving receiving The Copper Camp and you should get on our list at once. Let's get together and make Ray bigger and better than ever. TRADE WHERE YOU LIVE If this town is worth living in it is worth trading in. If it is not worth trading in it is not worth living in. And if it is not worth living / in, why are you still here? Be loyal to your home town TRADE WHERE YOU LIVE! o | Good Q/(/ School Dags The schools of Ray and Sonora opened with a good enrollment last Mon Monday. - day. Monday. A number of changes had been made by the school board in the teaching force and the board of trustees are entitled to congratulations for obtaining the corps of teachers now employed. They all have had wide ex experience - perience experience in public school teaching and are splendidly qualified. The Copper Camp hopes that the parents of the school children will co-operate with the school faculty in making the coming year the most successful one in the history of our school. At the Dunham school in Ray Miss Gertrude Huff retains her position as principal, her assistants being Miss Louise Brekke, Miss Tocie Moore and Miss Helen Collins, who will teach the intermediate grades, while Miss Florence H. Greer will teach the primary. At the Sonora school Miss Alta Smith will be in charge, assisted by Miss Laura Chisney. The other teachers are Mrs. Orris B. Hanson, Miss Jessie Kingwell, Mrs. Nana Knight, Miss Mabel Wilson, Miss Georgine Till Tillson, - son, Tillson, Miss Emma McAlester and Miss Florence M. Holla. It is of interest to know that the state board of education considers the Ray schools of the highest rank in the state. o That Jack Monro Petition The Copper Camp has received, since referring to the circulation of the petition for the parole of Jack Munro, numerous letters from parts of the county congratulating us on giving publicity and opposing the efforts being put forth to secure for this .criminal his liberty. One of these letters states positively that a fee of SI,OOO will be earned by the circulators of the petition if Munro secures his freedom. There may be instances where justice has miscarried and there may be convicts in the prison at Florence who should not be detained there. In the case of Jack Munro, however, and in view of the terribly revolting facts known to every resident of Ray but which did not become a part of the testimony in his trial for the murder of Ed Drew justice should be allowed to continue on its course, and for the benefit of society in general Munro should be made to serve the full penalty for his crime.

NUMBER ONE TEAM WILL COMPETE FOR IHETRISCO PRiZt The No. 1 Ray Consolidated Shaft Team which tied the surface team of the Ray Consolidated company in the statewide first aid contest recently held at Bisbee will be sent to San Francisco to represent the state of Arizona in the national first aid con contest. - test. contest. The Copper Camp hopes, as do till the people of Ray, that the boys will distinguish themselves in this event, and first place is none too good for them. The Ray Con. company tendered the members of the teams which went to Bisbee a chicken dinner at the Dei Monte Case recently, at which the following guests were present: Lyle Nash, Leo Wall, John Lane, Ed Lilly, Chas. Bergstrom, Warren Whitehead, Carl Penny, Roy Fees, E. R. Russel, A. N. Anderson, Duane Rebstock, J. F. Newton, Ed O'Hagan, Chas. Hollister, John C. Devine, E. W. 'French, J. T. More and T. S. Jacobs. The dinner was served at 8 o'clock, and after having partaken of the scrumptious dinner the boys devoted the evening to telling stories and re recounting - counting recounting their experiences of the re recent - cent recent trip. They were all very praiseworthy of their treatment at the hands df the Southwestern Mine Safety association, and especially of the general man manager, - ager, manager, Mr. Cates, who his made it pos possible - sible possible for the teams from Ray to work themselves up from a very hard struggle for an existence to cham champions - pions champions of the state of Arizona. CHUGtS 11 POStAL sun Min tfftciiit With the beginning of September the postal department of the govern government - ment government has made several radical changes in the parcels post division, of which the local postmistress, Mrs. Grace Moorman, reports as follows: "Fourth class mail should not be registered, but may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $5.00 in any one case, on payment of a fee of three cents; not to exceed $25.00 on payment of a fee of five cents; not to exceed $50.00 on payment of a fee of ten cents, or not to exceed SIOO.OO on payment of a fee of twen twenty-five - ty-five twenty-five cents, in addition to the post postage, - age, postage, both to be prepaid by stamps af affixed; - fixed; affixed; but indemnity will not be al allowed - lowed allowed in case of loss of such mail addressed to the Philippine Islands unless the loss occurs in the postal service of the United States. "On and after September 1, 1915, the postmaster at the mailing office may, on payment of one cent, give the sender of an ordinary parcel poet package of fourth class mail a receipt therefor. A postage stamp to cover the charge for the receipt shall be affixed thereto. The name and ad address - dress address of the addressee of the parcel shall be written in the receipt by the sender. "For delivery within the first and second zones, five cents for the third pound or fraction of a pound, and one cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound, except where the distance by the shortest regular mail route from office of origin to the office of delivery is 300 miles or more, in which case the rate of postage shall be six cents for the first pound or fraction of a pound and two cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound. "Fourth class mail matter shall em embrace - brace embrace all other matter, including farm and factory products (and books), not now embraced by law in either the first or second class, or (with the exception of books) in the third class, not exceeding fifty pounds in weight (when mailed for delivery within the first and second zones, nor exceeding twenty pounds in weight when mailed for delivery within any other zones),

DIDN'T TELL HALF STORY TO ABOUT RAY Whoever W. T. R. might be and who visited our city on August 14 he failed to tell the people of Chicago, or at least those who are readers of the Chicago Tribune, one-hundredth part of what could be told concerning Ray. He only told the bad things, and evidently must have had his grouch on for several days, for he also refers to an incident at Clifton which excited his nerves. Here is the item which appeared in the Tribune under the heading "Put "Putting - ting "Putting Ray, Arizona, on the Map": "Ray, Ariz., Aug. 14. - Possibly this town has not yet come to your no notice. - tice. notice. No visitor could forget it - heat 118° plus; the home of the Gila mon monster, - ster, monster, who cools his heels in the Gila river, and flirts with the frisky blonde tarantula, the sinful centipede, and other gracious creatures. Were Omar Khayyam to visit this region, he would no doubt develop further the idea brought out in connection with his shattered wine-jug. Only, Omar Would 1 not like Arizona today. It is indeed dry. "One is disappointed to find that centipedes have only 16 pairs of legs. A husky one was sleeping in a towel the other night at Clifton, and was dislodged by the writer's carelessness; after being knocked out with a mon monkey - key monkey wrench, the writhing thing was checked up - only 32 feet. W. T. R." How much better would it have been and of how much more conse consequence - quence consequence and interest to the readers of the Chicago daily had W. T. R. told them of the wonderful values the Ray Con. company had developed in our camp; of the hundreds of pros prosnor - nor prosnor greater in size than 84 inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the per person - son person of any postal employe or dam damage - age damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character per perishable - ishable perishable within a period of reasonable time required for transportation and delivery. "If a parcel of fourth class matter exceeds the size, length and girth combined, prescribed in paragraph 1, Section 454, it shall not be accepted for mailing, no matter how small the excess may be."

pects in this mining district that are awaiting the capital of the east to develop them and give riches to who whoever - ever whoever will so do. He might have told of the picturesque scenery over which travelers to this Section rave about. He might have told the easterners that in Ray, Ariz., there is a club house as elegantly and as modernly equipped as is the much bragged about Illinois Athletic club or the Hamilton club or the Iroquois club. The thermometer at 118 in Ray would be welcome compared to 85 degrees of heat of the Chicago variety. Mr. W. T. R., whoever you may be, you cheated the . readers of the Chicago Tribune. You took space to tell something of no consequence when there are many things of consequence you might have told. INTEREST IN PROSPECTS RAY EXTENSION COMPANY Interest is running high in new mining enterprises in the Ray district. The Ray Extension Copper Mining company have a force at work grad grading - ing grading a road to the shaft so that the heavy hoist and air compressor can be easily transported. The shaft is being unwatered and generally things look bright for the future of this com company. - pany. company. They already have a large quantity of high grade shipping ore on the dump and early shipments will be made. The local demand for stock in this company gives assurances of the confidence entertained in this proposition by the people of this dis district - trict district and there appears now to be no doubt that this company will make good. There is no reason why numerous other properties should ndt be opened and money could easily be secured for the financing of any mining group in the Ray district that has even a fair showing on account of the good name the Ray mining district has in the mining world. o The Ray Con club gave its usual Thursday night dance which was at attended - tended attended by a large number of couples. A great many of those who left Ray for the summer are returning, and the club dances from now on should be well attended as it is cool at the club and this time of the year it is especially pleasant.

and bar that it is a waste of words to repeat such a statement of the law. It is ufrged, however, that in view of Paragraph 1164 of the Penal Code, no appeal to the supreme court shall be dismissed if sufficient matter or sub substance - stance substance be contained in the record to enable this court to decide the case on its merits. "The answer to this is that there is no appeal here but merely a pretend pretended - ed pretended appeal. "It is perfectly clear, and must be well understood, that the salutary pro provisions - visions provisions of the paragraph referred to can be applied to such cases only wherein this court has obtained juris jurisdiction - diction jurisdiction by an appeal duly and reg regularly - ularly regularly taken as the law directs. The gravity of the offense and the sever severity - ity severity of the punishment imposed by the law may not obtain to extend by a forced construction the right of ap appeal - peal appeal beyond the period specified, and thus ignore the explicit directions of the statute. "That the death penalty shall or shall not remain in this state as a punishment for the crime of murder is for the legislative branch of the gov government - ernment government to determine. But under the oath of office taken by the judges, the courts must support the law and ad administer - minister administer the same as it exists. The contention urged has no merit and is entirely frivolous. "It appearing that the judgment of death has not been executed, and that the time fixed therefor has passed, it will become the duty of the superior court, on application of the county at attorney, - torney, attorney, to proceed under the provi provisions - sions provisions of Paragraph 1147 of the Penal Code, and specify such time for the execution of such judgment as to said court may seem meet and proper. "We have no jurisdiction but to dis dismiss - miss dismiss this pretended appeal, and it is so ordered."

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 17. - The su supreme - preme supreme court today handed down a de decision - cision decision in the matter of the appeal from a judgment rendered by J. E. O'Connor in Pinal county in the Ra Ramon - mon Ramon Villalobo case. Villalobo was convicted of murder in the first de degree - gree degree and an appeal was taken, which, by the order of the court today, was dismissed. The court characterized the action as a pretended appeal and refused to take jurisdiction. Villalobo will now be resentenced by the superior court of Pinal county. On May 28 he was sentenced to be hanged. The opinion of the supreme court in full is as follows: 1 -" Ramon Villalobo was convicted of the crime of murder in the first de degree. - gree. degree. The jury selected to try the case, after hearing the evidence pro produced - duced produced and the law as given by the court .pronounced him guilty, an- 1 in the exercise of the sted in the jury by the law of this state, said that the said Villalobo shall suf suffer - fer suffer death as the punishment for his crime. In accordance with the ver verdict - dict verdict the trial court rendered its judg judgment, - ment, judgment, and sentenced the prisoner to suffer the death penalty. This pre pretended - tended pretended appeal is from the final judg judgment - ment judgment of conviction. The law of this state provides that an appeal in such cases must be taken within sixty days after the rendition of such judgment. The record here presented shows that no effort was made to take an appeal until more than seven months had elapsed after said final judgment of conviction. "The right to appeal is purely a creature of the statute, and where' an appeal is not taken within the time prescribed by the law this court, of course, acquires no jurisdiction, and the judgment of the lower court be becomes - comes becomes final and conclusive. This is so well understood by both the bench

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