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The oasis., 1899-07-22
The Thompson Case. |.

The case of Joseph Thompson vs. Santa Cruz county, for services as taller, which was won by Thompson in the lower court, and appealed by the county to the district court, was decided Tuesday by Judge Davis giv- ing judgment for the county.
 The case turned upon the question as to whether Thompson was legally an officer. It seems that the plaintiff, in common with all the county of1i- cers, filed his bond with the treasurer. Judge Williams assured all hands that the act creating Santa Cruz county provided that such bonds should be 80 filed. But the trouble was that the bonds should have been filed with the recorder. The act ere ating Santa Cruz county is silent on Shat point. Rut general law says that bonds of county officers shall be filed with the recorder, and if not so filed within ten days after taking the oath of office the office becomes vacant. Up to the time that Thomp- son retired from office and afterward, the bonds of all officers reposed in the treasurer's safe. So then, if Thompson was not legally an officer of the county none of the rest were, and there is a question asfto whether they are yet.
The oasis., 1899-07-22
RA1LRoAD NEWS.

El Paso Graphic: Conductor Sam Gillespie and Engineer O'Brien of the s. P. have lost their positions. The Graphic is informed that they were discharged for running by their or ders. It seems they had orders to meet train at siding and that they ran past, not going further than whistle post, however, when the train was backed up. It seems there was spotter on the train, however, and that he noticed the technical over- sight of orders. He had several pas sengers sign statement, which was presented to the officials, and the discharge of the conductor and en- gineer followed. Sam Gillespie was the oldest conductor on the s. P. run out of Fl Paso.
 MT. w. S. Bowman, long in the em- ploy of the Sonora railway at Nogales, Hermosillo and other points, is now in the employ of the Southern Pa cific, and is at present stationed at Deming, New Mexico, where he is acting in the capacity of day operator and ticket agent. His family are visiting in Texas, where his father resides.
 MT. J. J. Temple, agent for the New Mexico & Arizona railway at Huachuca, has been granted leave of absence, and with his mother and sister, Mrs. L. l.. Temple and Miss Ida Temple of Benson, will go to San ta Monica and other points of interest along the ocean shore.
 MT. c. D. Taylor, supply agent for the Sonora Railway Co.,, has gone to San Francisco to enjoy vacation of a few weeks, expecting to return in the middle of August. He was ac- companied by his little daughter Emilia.
 Last Saturday Manager J. A. Naugle of the Sonora railway, and family departed for Cairo, Illinois, where Mrs. Naugle and the little ones will remain through the summer. From Cairo MT. Naugle will go to Birming- ham, Alabama, on business of i'm portance for the Sonora railway.
The oasis., 1899-07-22
no. For the Seaside.

When the days grow warm, how en- joyable IS plunge in Mother Ocean. Our popular excursion season IS now open. excursion trains leaving Nagale> on Thursday of each week during the season for Santa Monica. Long Beach, san Pedro, San Buenal entura, Santa Barbara aud Avalon.
 Fare for the round trip, S37 40. Tickets good for ninety days. Don0t miss this chance for a pleasantolting. Will be pleased 10 give any informs tion desired. F. J ZElMET, Agent.
 s. F. Co.
The oasis., 1899-07-22
pate and polIars ALIxed.

When the trial jurors were dis charged, Monday, there was 9 kick from some at a difference in remuner- aation Some were paid about eight dollars for thelr service and others above seventeen dollars. Some of the ,atter ,i9ed n tewn and aers satiGle5
The oasis., 1899-07-22

All subscribers to TIE OASIS fail ing to receive their paper regularly are requested to notify the publica- tion office, 50 the error may be rec tiied.
The oasis., 1899-07-22

Pacific Time Flag Stations StOU> or signal
 REIN VILLA MS perIntendent
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Joe Dewitt THE SILVER STAR
believes that Dolores should incor-
porate. Joe has recently expanded
niatrimonially himself, and has be-
come an ardent advocate Of the
principle to the extent that he would
like TO see Dolores annex Durango,
the Philippines and a little warm
weather. San Miguel Examiner.
We believe in expansion all right,
but when it comes to annexing Du-
range, nit. Dolores is too nice a
place to think of communicating its
beauties with bailed hay ard scent
beer,
The silver star., 1899-02-16

his loss in mileage would be the
greatest, were the mileage clause
repealed, Of which there is not even
a possibility. From Denver to
Dolores, the home Of Senator Harris,
is 4a3 miles, which entities him to
sr44.9o from the state, Quite an
item yet, consistent in his.dehiands
for retrenchment, he is willing and
anxious to give it up.
The above vsry appropriate edi-
torial is from the Telluride Journal
of the nth, but in addition to his
other good qualities, Senator Harris
does not ride'on q pass and has pos
itively refused to accept passes from
the railroad,
The silver star., 1899-02-16
DOLORES MoNTEzuMA THURSDAY

counting the space between each
word as letter, then remember that
each letter must be picked up sep
arately and put in the line, and be-
fore another issue can be printed
each letter must be put back into
its own box in the case, When all
this, besides rustling "copy, doing
job work and everything else, is
done by one man, the printer GER
tainly earns the patty S. 90 he gets
for printing So issues in a year.
The silver star., 1899-02-16
HEARD ON The CORNER.

That the wind sometimes blows
two ways at once, especially when
you try to light a pipe out of doors.
That the man who talks the most
sometimes says the least.
That quarreling through the col
umns of newspaper is not journal
ism.
That the smartest man may look
like fool.
That the rat in the grancry is
not the only thing that gets away
with the profits.
That the railroad company will
build sometiine-maybe,
That in climbing up the hill Of
prosperity you may justly wish to
never meet a friend.
That honesty is not only 1.-THE
best policy but it pays good in.
terest on all investments.
That life is a game of chance from
the time you come into the world
until the undertaken gets hold o.
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you.
That Dolores has nothing. TO lose
by incorporating and all to gain.
The silver star., 1899-02-16
Senator Harris of Montezum,

Senator Harris of Montezuma
county, is one of the most industri-
Gus, honest and consistent legislat-
ors in the Colorado assembly. On
Monday last when the bill for fur
ther reducing the paltry pittance
now allowed the county officials
was being discussed by the COM
mittee of the whole senate there
bobhed up a measure which pro-
yides that public officials shall not
accept any mileage in excess of the
actual railroad fare paid out by said
official, Inquiry was instantly made
as to whether or not the bill would
cut of the 30 cents mile given the
senator's in addition to their 81 per
diem, the entire session, Sundays
and holidays inclusive, and when
the reply came in the affirmative
there .,arose forthwith a vociferent
protest from the economist contin-
gent who carly in the session paint
cd in glaring. red letters upon their
standard the watch-word RE
TRENCHNENT," and ever since
have kept itMoating. Senator Har-
ris, however. whose course has al
ways been conspicuously .cnnsist-
ent, at once declared himecifi in ia.
vor Of the bill. As an evidence of
how the mileage matter works Sem
ator Taylor stated the railroad fare
from Denver to his home aud re-
turn is si6 and the,statc pays liru,
for this distance, 'SsS III mileage.
The constitution allows members
30 cents mile, rs cents each way
from their homes to the capitol.
OF course they all ride on ..a pass
and the 80 cents a mile comesIunder
the head Of 'perquisitss." Senator
Harris lives farther from the cnpi-
tol. than any other member, hence
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Speaking Of the direction person
takes when they board train to go
any place from this part Of the coun.
try is not exactly proper. Their
general course may be in n stated
direction, but by the time they have
rounded all the curves Of the route
II would take an experienced sailor
to tell all the directions they have
travelled.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Some newspapers in southwestern
Colorado have lately discarded the
ready prints, and then attempt to
, make fun Of their ncighbors who
furnish their readers with the news.
The aforesaid publishers could great
ly improve their papers by adopting
the old method again.--Pagosa
Springs News.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

-. 'iThenew ocean steamer Oceanic" "
'iis.adainty little thing. Its length
OVER all is ,7o4 feet, beam 6s feet,
.depth 40 feet, draught 3e1s feet.
Its displacement is. 2s, 500 tons and
sspeed .so knots. Imagine a ship
almost as long as two blocks of Do
Heres town. lots and you have it.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

The East has had seigc of snow
and, although they don have slides
they can now do little sympatis-
irg with the West.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

America has furnished to the
world the character ofWashington.
And if our American institutions
had done nothing else, that alone
would entitled them to the respect
Of mankind. Daniel Webster.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

General Eagan will draw $500
from Uncle Sans exchequer each
year during the six years ofhis sus-
=, pension from rank and duty. Lots
F. ofpoor devils over the country would
! be glad to get one-fourth Of that
and work all the time.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Denver papers are endeavoiing to
interest their readeis in paluiistry.
We've heard of fellows who looked
into cannons for palming,
The silver star., 1899-02-16
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n WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL
4 IF American faith in Washing
ton is deeper than mneie words, there
will be this year two occasions for
showing to his memory the respect,
the vcneration that it deserves. One,
hundred years ago, at peace with
all men, happy in the adininistra-
tion of his property, busy in cor
respondence on momentous subjects
and profoundly blessed in his home
life Washington though in full Wig
or of rugged age was ripening for
the harvest of death. His day was
done December IA, 1899, and be
cause it was we'll done we should
see to it that in every community
there is this year a restudying ofthe
man who stands head and shoulders
above all others who participated in
laying the corner-stones of the re-
public.
1so he BORN is no unusual hui
man experience, neither is it
unusual to die. The value of life
is reckoned solely by what the in
dividual fills into the gap between
two common places. There is so
short a cry, for some Of US. between
''the two silences," that life and
what we do with 1t become strange
ly urgent matters. Washington
says in one of his letters: "Idleness
is disreputahle under any oircum-
stances-productive ofno good even
when unaceompapied by vicious
habits" Like sane man, he par
took of his own advice; and the
chief impression left by a close study
of the man, his, thoughts, his acts,
his writings, his influence is that
his life was a full one-filled with
healthy endeayors wherever it
pleased Providence-in whom he be-
lieved most deyoutly-to place him.
900
n NoRHER CHARM of his charac-,
ter was that his energy was al
ways well directed. To some of us
who are over-enthusiastic and, per-
haps, nervously constituted. the
awakening to a,sense of "individ-
ual responsibility to Almighty
God," as Daniel Webster expressed
it. tends to the attempt to do any,
thing and everything that needs do
ing. Twenty things around us
clamor for attention. There comes
in the need for poise Of character,
preventing Us from first an impetu-
ous dash in this direction and then
an ignominious retreat in another.
Zone thing do" not "twenty
things / dabble at" One fire in a
noble heart may we'll serve to heat
one iron-too many irons will put
the fire out. Surely along such a
line Of thought, Washington was a
marvel, Of sclf.posscssion. He was
not hasty In his acts and therefore
mot defeated; he was not swift as
.sca.hawk in his decisions and there
fore he WAS never out Of sight Of
those who followed him; he was not
abnormal In his intellect and there
fore not arratic; he was not fierce
partisan and therefore not dragged
into The unsecmly squabbles Of his
day. The grand old man of Eng
! lond, whose full life ended 80 glori.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

There is an old bachelor in town
wno wants to adopt girl baby
about eighteen years old,
The silver star., 1899-02-16

One hundred years ago the I4th
of next December. George Wash
ington, father of our country"
passed away, and this may rightly
be termed a Washington centennial
year.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Those who imagine the printer
has a. soft snap nnd think it mn easy
job to get ont country paper,
should sit down aud count each let.
atcr in. this issue or any other issue,
The silver star., 1899-02-16

One year ago yesterday the bat
tleship Maine was destroyed in the
harbor at Havana. Wonder if
Spain remembers the date.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

Dolores is agitating the question
.ot incorporation. This means that
Dolores is growing, along with the
rest Of Denver Times,
The silver star., 1899-02-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.
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That beef may have been en-
balmed, but it has been mighty
lively lately.
The silver star., 1899-02-16

The Denver Times has resumed
its Sunday edition and is issuing a
very creditable paper. which is
nothing new for the Times.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
C. M. FUNSTON, Editor.
FLAGSTAFF. SATURDAY, JUNE r., '99.
COPPER STOCKS AND MINES.

The Phoenix Herald in recent issue had the following to say in re- gard to the sale of copper stock. As there are some fifty new copper com panies in the southern part of the ter ritory, it probably knows whereof it speaks:
 "The stock markets of the east can look out for worthless mining stock, especially copper, put on the market through ''great expectations rather than through anything in sight. With in the past few days concern has been set up here in the territory that is founded upon imagination largely and which is likely to fleece many u would-be copper-st,ck investor. The representations already made are not borne out by the facts and the result will be a scheme that will injure le- gitimate miners in Arizona immeas- urably."
 The Herald further gives the follow ing good advice about the tying-up of copper mines:
 "The copper prospect owners of Ari- zona are very properly going very slowly in giving 'options.' There is evidently d scheme at work to tie up all copper properties possible and the miners of the territory understand it thoroughly, hence it is rarely that owners are willing to give options for any length of time. Most of them are
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

THE army in the Philippines is to be increased to 35.0O0 men. Gen. Otis has not asked for more than 30.0OO troops but the president has reached the con clusion that it will do no harm to in- crease the force by sending 5,O0O regn- lars to Manila at once.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

TIE recent seri ,us forest fires pre- sent proble n that taxes the ingen- ui,y of the forest supervisor. The long dry spell together with heavy winds spread the fire over large section Of country in remarkably short space of time. With the small force of range riders at the command of the supervis- ors the fires are soon beyond control. Another feature of the fires is that peo- pie do not put out Il fire when first started. bat will ride miles to inform a range rider, wbeD the fire could have been stopped by |, few minutes work. The supervisors should have more lat itude in the matter of employing for est rangers, and in order to prevent the spread of fires there should, at this season of the year, be a much larger force on the range, as their presence would prevent the destruction by fire of much Of the forest growth. The ser vice of trained rangers would save many times the cost of their service.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
THE COCONINO SUN.

willing for expert examination of their property and to take what IL shows itself to be worth or to give working bond for term with monthly pay nents of good round sums"
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

IT is stated that if everybody who owe newspaper publishers would pay up what they owe, every publisher in the United States would be able to pay his debts and each would have a good sur plus with which to improve his paper and increase it's power in benefiting the community where published. Try it on us.--Redland Citrograph.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08
IRON GRAvEYARDS IN VENEZUELA
Proposals Asked in This Country to Build
One That Will Hold 81, 900 Bodies,

special dispatch to the New York
Sun from Philadelphia says. the iron
manufacturers of Pennsylvania have
been asked through the medium of the
National Association of Manufa cturars
to submit proposals to the government
of Venezuela for an iron graveyard in
which to renter $4,000 bodies. The
proposal is novel with iron industries Of
this state, although there are a few
iron cemeteries in southern cities
The graveyard6, particularly in Cara
cas-, heretofore have been built of stone,
but these have proved unsatisfactory.
They were not waterproof. They could
not be made so; at least the skill of the
average Venezuelan failed in this direc-
ton. When the Venezuelans came to
look into the wonders on display in the
Manufacturers associations sample
warehouse at Caracas they decided that
American ingenuity would solve the
problem of the proper care of the dead.
The water persisted in percolating
through the rock barriers. These were
as costly as they We're insufficient.
The Venezuelans have become tired
of building stone graveyards. They
have been erected at great expense of
marble and granite, and it is believed
that iron will answer every purpose.
But it must be made waterproof, and
Mr.. Maggie of the Manufacturers asso-
citation said he did not doubt that Penn
sylvania mechanics could furnish a
structure that would answer every pur-
pose.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08
LADIES AND OTHERS.
Some Instances of the Various Uses of an
Abused World.

Abused World.
The indscriminate use of the word
lady in rejecting social distinctions is
well brought out in the following anec-
dotes. The first occurred in a dry goods
store in a Massachusetts town: The
daughter of senator of the United States
drove one day from her fathers summer
cottage to a store in city near by and
ordered some articles to be sent to the
house. When the goods We're sent a mis-
take was made, and the senator himself
stopped at the store to correct it. The
proprietor called the saleswoman, and, af-
ter consulting with her. apologized for
the mistake g. ~, ,.
You see, SIR he explained, "the lady
who took the order didn't quite under
stand what the girl said"
A somewhat similar story was told of
remark made by a Yankee servant of the
family of John Lothrop Motley, the his
torian. On one occasion, when the histo-
rian was at home on the ancestral estate,
near Boston. and when his brother James
was also there, an intimate friend of the
family, who was sojourning at the house,
came out from Boston on a late afternoon
train The family coachman met him
with carriage at the station. On the
way to the house the guest said to the
driver:
did anyone come out on the earlier
train?"
"Oh, yaas," said the coachman, 9TH
was four; the was John and Jim and two
ladies'"
The guest knew that "John and Jim"
were the historian and his brother, but he
wondered who the ladies were Afterward
he found out that they were a seamstress
and a new chambermaid.
nr1i Of t1o tow,
that we are likely to find any record of is
related from England. The house surgeon
of a London hospital, we are told, was at
tending to the injuries of a woman who
had been badly bitten on the arm. AS he
was dressing the wound he said:
81 cannot make out what sort of a crea-
ture bit you. 1t is too small for horses
bite and too large for dogs
ooh, sir" said the patient, sit wasn't
a hanimal-it was another LADY,"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08

clair and his brother John, but the
royal heart was brought back to Scot
land and is now in it's silver casket un-
der the high altar in the ruins of Mel
rose. At Roslyn the first earl of Cath
ness of the Sinclair line lived in almost
regal splendor and built that wonder
of architecture, Roslyn chapel.
But Sinclair, the 18th earl and far
mer, builds no wonderful churches, and
regal splendor" does not characterize
the living at Berriedale farm. His titles
and his farm are all that John Sinclair
has been able to call his own for some
years, and now there appears a Scot
fish parson who wants to take away
the titles. Better that than someone
should lay claim to the farm. 1t seems
that there was a wicked old Earl Alex
ander in the family once, who willed
away Illegally, it is asserted, the lands
which went with the title. and so laid
the foundation for the poverty of the
subsequent holders of the earldom.
John Sinclair, the farmer. and the duke
of Fife, who married the daughter of
the Prince of Wales, have some sort of
claim on various estates which once
belonged to the Sinclairs, but claiming
is one thing and possessing is another.
The earldom came into Johns branch
of the family because it was supposed
that the uncle of the wicked old Earl
children born in wedlock. David of
Broynach was an exceedingly improper
person, and he had pretty house.
keeper Janet Ewing. Rev. John Sim
clair. who wants to GUST John Sinclair
the Dakota farmer, from the title, has
recently discovered evidence to prove
that Janet was not only the house.
keeper, but the lawful wife of David of
Broynach. David had a son, Donald
by Janet, who was sent to sea, where
he so prospered that he became captain
and part owner of coasting schooner
David and Janet were not reputable
people, and had been severely disci-
plined by the "kirS' for the looseness
of their lives. Donald did not know that
his parents were married, and when
the wicked Alexander died he never
thought of claiming the earldom He
married and had a son, William. Will
lam killed a man, and he and his father
We're for long time in hiding. Will
lam was the great grandfather of Rev
John of Perth, who has collected much
seemingly incontrovertible evidence
that the frivolous David and Janet
were married before Donald the sailor
was born, and that therefore, he, DON
AIDS descendant. is earl of Caithness
and not John of Dakota. Rev. Mr.. John
will take legal proceedings to have him
self acknowledged as earl of Caithness,
but if the crops are good in North Da-
gotta, John the farmer won't care.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-08

ents,' says he. We'll. an the devil? says
l. You must have heard of my books
says he 7 write under the name of Mark
Twain No says l, and went on with
my reading. He tries to be funny, that
man does. Now, look at Washington
Irving. You can take any book of Irv-
ing and easy and natural like he runs
along, and the first thing you know you're
splitting your sides. kipling? Never
heard of him. But they all come here.
writers and politicians and school chill
dren, but I seldom bother to ask their
names-in fact, never bother"
While the old man was talking two we'll
dressed men crossed over from the Peace
monument. One was a minister. Both
stopped short at the Old Curiosity Shop,
and looked all over it in pleasure and sur
prise.
Il can never pass a place like this
without going in said the minister.
"Can you?" And there they spent an hour
or two.