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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
10
Washington reports the June 27 drawing of registration numbers for the 1918 class to determine order of call into service. The list shows each number with its draw order, outlining how new registrants will be placed in five classes and mailed questionnaires. All in Class 1 are expected to be called by year end, with later numbers slated to follow after a short wait.
Minnesota bars alien teachers. Congressman Nolan a mulder by trade. London firemen to gain 15 shillings weekly during war. Harry McDonald weighed 200 pounds when jailed, 340 on release. US Bureau of Standards tests color in cottonseed oil. Rebecca Mayo at 90 runs a Provincetown shoe store since 1875. Russian prisoners in Germany drafting propaganda books. Faure storage battery first shown in London 37 years ago, improved by Edison for streetcars and more.
A Bacon quotation emphasizes that steadiness in military matters is more essential than in peace, since errors in war can be irremediable and costly. The line underlines the gravity of decisive, disciplined leadership in conflict.
In Arizona many copper and mining updates appear with May outputs at Miami Copper Co and Tom Reed and Bald Eagle at Oatman. The third Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die after a thirty day session with eleven subjects and seven bills signed including a council of defense.
Prices for metals in New York and London are listed including lead silver bar and spelter with regionally reported ore values. Oil is reported found at San Simon and new vein openings at Oatman including United mine. Oatman ore output and plans for a tungsten concentrator near Fort Huachuca are noted along with Jerome oil strike.
In 1917 Iron Silver Company and lessees produced 40 075 tons of ore valued at 368 739 dollars. Development totaled 7 626 feet. Leases at Hibschle shaft in Walcott ground report a large manganese body 31 percent metal. Royal Tiger Mining tests ore from a Breckenridge Swan valley site nine miles from Breckenridge. Cocomongo mine at Bonanza ships ore by rail. White Man mine reopening shows strong lead zinc demand. Evelyn property in Graham Park yields high grade silver sulphide ore on 1 000 foot level. Steady tonnage continues from several old mines.
Montana Power Corp reports four months ended April 30 1918 gross earnings 2514203 net earnings 1800359 net income 1809193 and surplus after interest charges 1302378 Dividends declared include Anaconda Copper Company unusual quarterly 2 per share payable Aug 26 to stock of record July 20 Eureka Pipeline Company usual quarterly 5 per share North Butte Copper Company regular dividend 25 cents per share payable July 29 to stock of record July 12.
Ore is cut by Mogollon Mines at 700 and 900 foot levels while mill production averages 160 tons daily. Socorro M and M Co. squares No 1 shaft on the Johnson mine and will begin sinking after timbering. Oaks Co enters 25 ore in a raise from the 500 foot level of the Pacific mine. Continuous sinking on Deep Down mine Central shaft. Texas capitalists join Silver City Manganese and Development Co to hasten operations. Water level on Deadwood at Mogollon lowered as 400 foot level is cleared and workings retimbered after flooding when silver price fell under 50 cents.
The Maverick Springs well of the Sheridan Wyoming Oil Company now yields 400 barrels daily after two weeks of production. A Midwest pipeline about nine miles from Casper advances toward Salt Creek from the tank farm. A new Thermopolis to Warm Springs pipeline has begun operation, marking a key Wyoming oil development.
A testimonial claims a four year struggle with irregularities weakness and nervousness ended after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad asserts the remedy cured the woman and offers to advise others with similar female troubles and to contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
During a Saturday morning inspection Private lacking a belt is ordered to the quartermaster sergeant to obtain a new belt and be charged for the one he lost. Private then admits lending the belt two months earlier to Corp S C Samuels of Battery C 126th Artillery.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soothing and healing irritated skin. It encourages bathing with hot water, drying gently, then applying ointment and offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
A shoe clerk explains sizes are scarce because a large number of shoes are being sent to soldiers abroad. The exchange highlights wartime material shortages and support for troops, with customers noting reduced shopping options.
A brief advertisement urges shoppers to choose Red Cross Bag Blue over liquid blue as a superior laundry aid. It promises better results and notes availability at all grocers. The copy ends with a generic promotional sign off.
Captain Takeshima of the Hudson Maru says the term Maru attached to Japanese merchant ships has no special meaning. He cites a centuries old custom and a story that Empress Jingo added Maru to a ship transporting troops to Korea about 2,000 years ago, after which it became standard for civilian vessels.
A playful wartime exchange frames marriage amid conflict with her as war warden and him in the trenches as she jokes about their honeymoon plans. The line highlights humor amid hardship and resilience.
In a light verse tone the speaker notes Gibbes defending himself with a quip about calling a punch a pass a fist. The remark highlights humorous bravado and neighborly judgment over clever wordplay in social exchanges.
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