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Newspaper

Benson Signal

Location

Benson, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1916

Page

10

War Developments From The Balkan and Near East Fronts

Western front telegraphed updates report Serbian troops occupying Ra pesh near Monastir and continued advances by Rumanians in Dobrudja. Villa fugitives retreat from Chihuahua City. Teutons push into Romania with Bucharest peril cited. British press notes Villa’s withdrawal and Greek Aegean events.

Rapesh Monastir Carranza Villistas Chihuahua City Venizelos Bulgaria Monastir-Presba Wallachian Black Sea Greece Admiral du Fournet Britannic White Star Aegean Sea Villa Danube Berlin Bucharest Dobrudja Tchernavoda Constanza Associated Press Rumania von Falkenhayn von Mackensen Makovo Orahovo Vranovtsi Ribartsi Bilyanik Novak Suhdol

Wilsons pluralities and labor leaders in national notes

Wilsons plurality in New Mexico was 2502. Supreme Court obstacles on the Adamson law were wiped out at Kansas City. The East St. Louis real estate exchange votes to raise rents 25 percent. The AFL re elected Gompers. Buffalo to host next year’s convention. Safford school children panic after dynamite caps found during janitor sweep. California rice growers plan to press Congress to raise the tariff, announced by J H Stephens president of the Rice Growers Association in Sacramento.

Wilson New Mexico Supreme Court of the United States Kansas City East St. Louis Ill American Federation of Labor Gompers Buffalo Safford, Ariz Rice Growers of California Congress J. H. Stephens Rice Growers’ Association Sacramento

Cattle tick quarantine lifted for 40 counties across five states

More than forty counties in Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi and Texas will be released from cattle fever tick quarantine December 11 by a secretary of agriculture order. President Wilson signed a commission placing Col. James W. Pope on the retired list with brigadier general rank for his Indian fighting service in Denver. The treasury reports a continental U S population over 103 million as of November 1. James L. Coke of Hawaii named third judge of Hawaii’s Circuit Court by President Wilson. He plans to attend New York exercises for the Statue of Liberty inauguration.

Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Texas Secretary of Agriculture Wilson James W. Pope Denver Col. Pope Continental United States Treasury Department James L. Coke Hawaii Circuit Court of the First Circuit of New York

Notable World Figures and War News Highlight 1914 Tribulations

Western Wallachia appears under German control. Charles Booth dies in London. Sir Hiram Maxim also dies there. Norwegian steamers Oifjeld and Trym reportedly sunk per Lloyds. Australia bans wool sales without PM consent. Albert Kemp becomes Ottawa militia minister, succeeding Sir Sam Hughes. Emperor Francis Joseph to abdicate command to focus on state affairs amid war.

Wallachia Charles Booth Booth Steamship Company London Hiram Stevens Maxim Oifjeld Trym Lloyd’s Australia Melbourne Albert E. Kemp Ottawa Ont Sam Hughes Kemp Charles Francis Joseph Austria-Hungary Vienna Charles Reichrat Ramsgate Berlin Katerina Sarrail Athens Francis Joseph Austria Hapsburg Europe Francis Ferdinand Bosnia

Purdue Wins Cross-Country Meet At Lafayette Indiana

Purdue takes the annual cross country run in the Western Conference at Lafayette Indiana. Joe Bonds defeats Fighting Dick Gilbert by decision after fifteen rounds at the National Athletic Club in Denver. Wales downs Harvard in Yale Bowl 6 to 3. West Point beats Annapolis 15 to 7 in New York. Moran and Fulton sign for a ten round heavyweight bout in New York with Moran guaranteed 5000 and 35 percent and a 1000 dollar knockout bonus.

Purdue Lafayette Ind Joe Bonds Dick Gilbert National Athletic Club Denver Wales Harvard New Haven Conn West Point Annapolis New York Frank Moran Fred Fulton St. Paul, Minn Moran

U S Steel Raises Pay. Morgan Widow Ill in Highland Falls

The U S Steel Company increases employee wages. Mrs J Pierpont Morgan widow of the late financier is critically ill at her Highland Falls summer home near Newburg N Y. The Corn Exchange Bank says it lent 25 million dollars to the Wheat Export Company of Canada guaranteed by Britain. Three Mexican women were executed at El Valle for allegedly trying to kill Col Gonzales Diaz. A New York branch of the American National Conference committee forms to push a national stop the war campaign. The American Railway Association asks railways to return coal cars to owners to ease shortages. The Y M C A reports 38 124 new continental campaign members, surpassing 30 000 goal.

U. S. Steel Company Carranza Gonzales Diaz el Valle Wilson New York American National Conference Committee Conference Committee On The American Railway Association Railroad Department Young Men's Christian Association

Late Market Quotation Summary for Cattle Hogs and Lambs

Market notes list prices for steers and cows in pulp and grain fed and grass fed categories. Heifers and veal calves show midrange values. hogs priced at about 9.50 to 9.80 per hundredweight and feeder lambs around 9.25 to 10.00 with feeder calves quoted 5.25 to 6.25 and sheep wethers near 7.00 to 7.50.

Iedgeiessteresien TEGO Siurs Eeiake Gensie Este Geisiee

Commodity Prices for Forage and Grain Across Regions

A historical list presents buying prices per ton for upland Colorado at 14.00 to 15.00 and Nebraska 12.00 to 13.00, with second bottom ranges 11.00 to 12.00 and Timothy 16.00 to 17.00. Alfalfa shows 11.00 to 12.00, Straw 4.00 to 5.00, and regional tonnage for San Luis Valley 14.50 to 15.50, Gunnison Valley 15.50 to 16.50, plus wheat and corn prices for 100 pounds and bulk oats at 1.75 to 1.95.

Colorado Upland Nebraska Upland Colorado Nebraska South Park San Luis Valley Gunnison Valley Colo Idaho Seareree

Live Poultry and Produce Price List Summary

The notice lists live poultry and produce prices for items such as turkeys hens ducks and eggs, with regional F O B Denver indications and varying weights and grades. It includes apples pears vegetables and staples with per unit and per hundredweight pricing, showing discounts and commission terms.

Metal Market Quotations and Prices

Bar silver 73 cents per ounce. Spelter 10 dollars 83 cents per 100 pounds in St Louis. Lead 7 dollars per 100 pounds in New York. Copper casting 30 dollars 62 and a quarter cents per hundred pounds.

St. Louis New York

Boulder Tungsten Concentrates and Ores Prices

Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 per cent range $16 to $17 per unit. Crude ores 60 per cent at $15. 25 per cent at $9.50 to $12. 10 per cent at $8.70 to $10 per unit.

Boulder

Market Summary of Farm Produce and Poultry Prices

Kansas City markets list dairy butter at 41 cents, firsts 39c, seconds 38c, and packing 32c. Eggs firsts 42c. Poultry prices show hens 15c, roosters 12c, and broilers 21c.

Kansas City

Chicago Grain and Provision Prices

Corn No 2 yellow 97 98c No 4 yellow 92 94c No 4 white 92 94c Oats No 3 white 57 58c standard 58 59c Rye No 2 1.51 Barley 0.90 1.28 Timothy 3.25 5.25 Clover 11.00 15.00 Pork 28.50 Lard 16.92 Ribs 14.25 14.75

Chicago

Mining and metal price quotes in New York market

Western Newspaper Union reports current metal prices including lead at $7.15 to $7.25 per unit and bar silver at 73%4c. Copper casting at $30.62%4c. Boulder tungsten concentrates 66 percent range $16.00 to $17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent $15.00, 25 percent $9.40 to $12.00, 10 percent $8.70 to $10.00.

New York

Copper and silver finds and new shafts across Arizona mining areas

Reports from Mineral Park, Oatman Shamrock, and Kingman districts detail active development. A copper molybdenite body is opened in the Great Carion claim, a new shaft and improvements at Oatman Shamrock, a 600 ounce silver strike at Sunshine, and ore treatment advances at Gold Dust Mines Company in Oatman. Development continues at Harqua Hala Bonanza and new strikes northwest of the Republic mine attract attention.

Setz Mineral Park Silver King Wallapai Mountains Oatman Shamrock Black Range Kingman Carion Fife Syndicate Hill Top Dos Cabezas Sunshine Old Hackberry Yuma County Johnson Republic Gold Dust Mines Company Oatman Camp

Mining activity widens across Silver Creek and Cripple Creek

Mining operations continue at the Whitepine and Ottawa mines with high grade ore shipments. The Spencer copper mines install new machinery for winter development while Iron Cap at Silver Creek eyes steady output. Gold King mill at Gladstone resumes after repairs. Gillespie silver mine sold to Pyramid Mining for extensive development. Vindicator mine at Cripple Creek reports rich ore on eighteenth level and long vein with ongoing drift and 40 foot depth progress.

Whitepine Ottawa John Kaminky Alice Spencer Iola John R. Brown Iron Cap Silver Creek Gladstone Boulder County L. A. Ewing E. J. Webb Gillespie Sunshine Pyramid Mining and Exploration Company Vindicator Cripple Creek

Blue Star Mining Incorporation and Ore Transport Update

The Blue Star Mining Company is incorporated at Mountainair with a capitalization of 150 000 dollars. About fourteen to fifteen claims are in the group and work is to begin at once. Seven trains of twenty eight cars each haul sixty tons per car daily from Santa Rita to Hurley for processing, about 12 000 tons daily. Oil operators at the Meadows move east of Farmington to drill in section 16, abandoning the Meadows. Howard and White of Deming have optioned their Cook's Peak lead and silver property to Larsen and Smith for about 30 000 dollars, with other claims near Bayard station involved.

Blue Star Mining Company Mountainair Santa Rita Hurley Chino Copper Company Farmington W. D. Howard Z. D. White Deming Cook’s Peak Paul A. Larsen R. L. Smith Bayard Station

Oil field leasing and drilling activity near Casper and Moorcroft

J. D. Cameron for a New York firm wins leases on 3,000 acres in the Big Muddy field near Casper. Active drilling in the Burlington line area about ten miles southeast of Moorcroft. Embar Oil Co north and east of Bonanza reported down 350 feet with a strong gas indication at 300 feet.

J. D. Cameron New York Big Muddy Casper Burlington Moorcroft Embar Oil Company Bonanza

Arizona State News Highlights From Globe to Parker

Summary of Arizona events includes conventions at Globe and Phoenix, civic efforts in Oatman and Chandler, ore discoveries near Jerome and Parker, silver and copper mining milestones in Chloride and Treasure Hill, a fatal shaft accident at Chloride, political results for governor and recounts, and Dr. Percival Lowell estate news.

Parker Syndicate Messrs. Long McIver and Ridenour Oatman Manning & Roeder Parker Percival Lowell Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Mars Hill Dr. Lowell

Business Lesson Always First Sparks Schoolyard Fight

A parent interrogates a boy about a street fight with Hem mandhan, noting the boy remembered a Sunday school lesson about handling quarrels with a strictly business approach. The boy explains he struck back after being hit, calling it receiving a receipt for the insult.

Hemmandhan Youngstown

Baby's Eyes Valued At 25000 By California Court

The California court assigns 25000 to the eyesight of a child harmed at birth by an attendant’s carelessness. The judge notes that money cannot replace priceless eyes or restore the child to a life of sight. The母 parent receives compensation, but the loss is emotionally irreplaceable and lifelong.

California

Odious Comparison Across Potatoes and Jewelry

A Klondike man compares potatoes to gold while Miss Cayenne objects that precious potatoes should not be likened to jewelry. The exchange highlights humor over value and worth.

Klondike Miss Cayenne

Square deal pledge boosts satisfaction for all sides

A compact pledge promises fair treatment to all parties, aiming to ensure clear expectations and mutual trust. Officials emphasize balance and transparency to build confidence in dealings and outcomes.

The World Makes Way for a Man Who Knows His Path

A concise proverb about decisive leadership and goal oriented conduct. It emphasizes determination and clarity of purpose guiding success and progress. The saying suggests steady direction and confidence attract opportunity and influence.

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