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Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
WILL PRESENTED
For Probate While the Testatcr Was
 Alive and Kicking.

The unfamiliarity of q large ma jor- ity of people with forms of legal pro- cedure occasion the officers of the law a good deal of amusement and at times, good deal of annoyance. Some time ago a man living in this town decided to make provision for his S. year-old son. He was not getting along very well with his wife, and so cared nothing about her future. He was owner of house and lot. He drew up will in which this property was left to the boy. His next move was one which he now looks upon as a mis- ake, the more so because it was un- necessary in the carrying out of his intentions toward the boy. He deeded the property to him.
 The relations between the husband and wife became moro strained than ever. and one day the wife presented herself at the office of the county re- corder with the deed and the will which she wanted recorded. The deed was accepted, but the woman was sent to the probate court with the will. On its having been presented the probate judge inquired how long the testator had been dead. The woman replied that that happy event was yet in the future. The court said that no action could be taken under the will In his life time. The woman said that 1t was imperative that some action should be taken at once. the old man might live long enough to change his mind. The court finally made the woman under stand that a will Is valueless during the lifetime of the maker, and is his own private property. She had, how ever. made enough trouble by the re- cording of the decd.
 The husband heard of it and the next day visited the recorders office and demanded that the deed be expunged from the records. Nobody knew how to go about It. The husband made sev- eral novel suggestions, none of which quite met the exigency which had been created. The husband said there was only one thing to be done. That deed had to come off the records. He was willing to pay the recorder any reason able amount. not exceeding s1G0. He said that he had intended for his son to have the property, but not until after he himself had got through with it. He might want to raise some money on 1t. He said he would bring In q lawyer and perhaps some solution Of the trouble might be reached. The re- corder said it was not possible; no amount of legal advice could induce him to erase the deed from the records
 Then said the husband If you can't do it. how much would it cost me if I would do it? You wouldn't need to have anything to do with it" Tt would cost you a good many days under the clock replied the recorder The deed still stands.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

The title to over 50 per cent of the area of seventeen western states still lies in the governemnt, and is subject to entry and settlement under the land laws; and the great commonwealth of Texas, owning it's own lands, also opens wide it's doors to the homeseeker. This statement is true, but, after all. remaining forty per cent of the area of these seventeen states are so fOrti- fed in their holdings by climatic condi- tions, by obsolete and unjust laws, by lack of restrictions as to their power. and by the apparent illegitimately ac- quired rights, that they now control the other 50 per cent of the area almost | owning the land about the water sup ply. and by the few combining against the many. the use of the public do- main is divided up among those who have purchased or have appropriated the most favorably situated acres.
 Theoretically. all of the 500. .0OO, 900 acres of land are open to settlement. Practically there are not 1,000.G00 acres today upon which a settler of limited means could file an original claim un- der the present land laws. with the in tention of permanently establishing himself and his family, and not starve to death or be driven from his precari- ous foothold by more powerful in terests.-Harper's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

heard. We cannot blame them for re- fusing to go unless the government says so. They did right in not compro- missing. l presume the compensation would have been a mere trifie compared to the real value of the land.
 Let us give the Indian a fair trial. Then watch him work out his destiny. If we expect him to rear intelligent and refined families we must not con fine him to a small patch of ground. Let him have the means of success as fast as he can use them. Even now he is reaching out after greater things. Given eighty acres each of good land, the Pimas will in another generation, with their good qualities, make first class citizens and add enormously to the wealth of the territory. I am speaking for my own race when I say give the Pimas a chance. Under d benign and now experienced govern ment. our red brothers are rapidly evolving from centuries of superstition and adverse conditions and in dealing with him we must not forget that he. like his Anglo-Saxon brother. Is heir to the whole estate" Respectfully.
 w. H. GILL.
 Salt River Reservation. Jan. i. 1902.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
THE INDIAN LAND CASE.

To the Editor of The Republican i Sir: Your Tempe correspondents ac- count of the above. in d late issue of The Republican was evidently colored ! by sympathy for the white claimants
 and misleading by reason of lack of
 information. which l now give.
 | In the first place. bySvirtue of their | long occupancy (about thirty years) the ! Indians have natural right to the disputed lands. Legally. according to ] decision of the government. all In dians living off q reservation before
 1887 have q prior right to enter and | hold the land they have been cUltivat- | ing.
 ! Again, it is not true that there is plenty of available land, just good | on the reservation. Let us get at the facts. Those acquainted with the Salt | River reservation know that ail that
 part Cmore than halD lying north of | the Arizona canal cannot be irrigated. Along the river much of the land is l broken by ravines to such an extent | that 1t can never be watered. In some
 places the rough land extends all the ] way from the canal to the river bot tom. All the available land is under 1 the one ditch from the Arizona canal. ] Under this ditch all the tillable land has been allotted by the Indians. It is ] true that a good deal of it is not now
 under cultivation. but every year marks a decided advance in the num- | Der and extent of the fields enclosed. | The difficulty in getting posts and wire has retarded the work in the past. It
 must not be forgotten. too. that the | land on the mesa is far inferior to
 the deep, loamy soil of the river bottom
 which the Indians arc so kindly asked | tl a disinterested point of view. one
 knows not which trait or faculty in
 this white syndicate most to admire their suaviter in modo or their fortiter in re.
 There is fine body of land Several sections) in the east half of the reser- vation. near the river. not occupied but this land lies east of the old Tempe canal crosscut and of course is practi- cally useless to the Indians under pres ent conditions. In view of the above, I think the "injuStice" is on the side of the white claimants. The government stands pledged to give every citizen d
 home. regardless of race. These In
 dians were told long ago that this land
 was their home. The government pro tected them here. Successive agents allowed them to go on clearing land | making ditches and fences. building | houses and digging wells. Here these peaceful Pimas. in the early settlement
 of the valley, helped to fight back the
 thievinS, murderous Apache, not only holding their own homes but making it possible for the white settlers to hold theirs. They fondly thought that this was to be their safe abiding place Here they reared their families. The Indian has a strong local attachment. No doubt every spot of that land is dear to them. In their humble homes the winter fires burned brightly and along the sunny banks of the river the
 merry shouts of their children were
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
NEW YORK PRISON REFORM.

The superintendent of prisons in New York has issued an order prohibiting 2 the cutting of convicts hair with clip pers. and directing that prisoners be permitted to wear their hair of such length as to comb and part properly. This order is q move in the right direc- tion. inasmuch as it abolishcs a need less as well as a humiliat ting degrada- tion of prison inmates. Time was when it was regarded as d warning to others to make the appearance of the convict as obnoxious as possible; but while warning those who perhaps needed no warning. it's tendency was to rob the convict of such self-respect as remained in him and to sink him lower in the sea of crime.-Boston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Heart trouble. at least among the Americans, is certainly increasing, anG while this may be due to the excite ment and worry of American business life, it is more often the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion.
 Real organic disease is incurable; but not one case in a hundred of heart trouble is organic.
 The close relation between heart trouble and poor digestion is because both organs are controlled by the same great nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneumogastric.
 In another way also the heart is affected by the form of poor digestion which causes gas and fermentation from half digested food. There is a feeling of oppression and heaviness in the chest caused by pressure of the distended stomach on the heart and lungs, interfering with their. action; hence arises palpitation and short breath.
 Poor digestion also poisons the blood. making it thin and watery which irri- tates and weallens the heart
 The most sensible treatment for heart trouble is to improve the digestion and to insure the prompt assimilation of food.
 This can be done by the regular use after meals of some safe, pleasant and effective digestive preparation like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores, and which contains valuable, harmless di- gestive elements in a pleasant, con veuient form.
 It is safe to say that the regular. per sistent use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets at meal time will cure any form Of stomach trouble except cancer of the stomach.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
His taking ways-vaccination.
A HOME FOR ANARCHISTS.

The suggestion of Senator Hoar that Guam be selected as the island to which anarchists should be deported is capital one. The proposition to utilize the Isle of Pines is untenable.
 The latter is entirely too near Cuba. IL is barren and without natural re- sources. While this might, in the minds of some persons. make it an ideal spot on which to isolate these mad dogs of civilization, it must not be forgotten that these same people must have an opportunity for gaining a livelihood They must have ground to till and food to eat. After deportation. if they live up to the recognized rules of their creed they will neither work nor wash; they will naturally prey upon each other. and in this way exterminaton of the whole breed wil occur in the brief course Of ycars.-Philadelphia Press.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
LEMLY'S READY WIT.

Judge Advocate General Lemly is neither prophet or the son of aproph- ct, but his prominence in the Schlcy case has made him a target for al! sorts of questions regarding the future as well the past. He draws his line sharply between the two.
 A day or two ago visitor dropped in to inquire as to the outcome of the Meade courtmartial. Meade was aC- quitted.' answered the judge advocate general, promptly, without looking up from his work.
 How about the charges which were filed by Meade against Lauchheimer?' asked the visitor.
 That question you will have to pro- pound to the weather bureau
 "But the weather bureau is not in- volved in this matter. I don't under stand you-
 Ut deals with proba bilities. I never deal with probabilitiesi''-Wa Washington Post
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
A WORRIED WOMAN
She Was Lest in This Big City and
 Did Not Know It.

Phoenix has become so large q city sometimes get lost here, notwith- standing the streets are all named, the blocks rectangular and most of the houses numbered.
 The other day lady wEo lives sev- eral miles in the country. came to town to do a little holiday shopping Sh- has a little child that she rightly judged would be in the way in the crowds that thronged the big stores, so she drove to the house of d lady friend who lives in the eastern part of town. and left the child with her. She knew which end of the valley sne entered the town from, and therefore had no difficulty in finding her friends house.
 But after she had spent the after noon in shopping and was ready to go home, she had without realizing it. get completely turned round by going backs and forth from one store to an other. She thought she was on thc right track. however. and went due west instead of east. When she got out to Neahr's addition she discover e l that things did not look familiar in that neighborhood. She began maE ing inquiry of the residents. but TO one seemed to know Mrs. Blank. After she had canvassed the west end thor oughly she made up her mind that she must be badly turned around, and talk ing the trail for the east end she finally found both friend and baby just as she was about to give them up for lost. fhoeniX is getting bigger every day
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Mrs. Lydia Bartram of Assyria, Mich, writes: II have suffered from stomach trouble for ten years and five different doctors gave me only tenn porary relief. A Mir. F. R. Page ad- viscd me to try Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and four boxes did me more permanent benefit than all the doctors medicines that have ever taken
 Mrs G. II. Crotsley. 5SS Washington St. Hoboken, New Jersey, writes: 'Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets just fill the bill for children as well for older folks I've had the best of luck with them. My three-year-old girl takes them as readily as candy. I have only to say tablets and she drops every thing else and runs for them"
 Miss Leila Dively. 4627 Hummer St. Pittsburg, Pa, writes: ''I wish every one to know how grateful I am for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. I suffered for a long time and did not know what aaed me. I lost flesh right along until one day noticed an advertisement of these tablets and immediately bought d % cent box at the drug store. I am only on the second box ard am gaining in flesh and color. have at last found something that has reached my ail- ment."
 Phil Brooks, Detroit, Mich, says: ''YCIr dyspepsia cure has worked won ders in my case. I suffered for years frcI1 dyspepsia. but am now entirely cured and enjoy life as I never have before. I gladly recommend them-'
 Full sized package of these tablets sold by druggists at 50 cents. Little book on stomach troubles mailed free. Address r. \. Stuart O., Marshall. Mich.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
SENDING DEBTORS TO PRISON.
British System Has a Good Effect Tn
 Forcing Payment.

London, Jan. 4.-There is q popular impression that imprisonment for debt has been abolished in Great Britain. The county court returns for 1900 which are just published, show that 4.692 debtors were imprisoned during that year. Technically they were inn prisoned for contempt of court in fail ing to pay after the judge of the coun- ty court had ordered them to do so. but the non-payment of debts was the real offense.
 The system apparently had q good effect in the case of the majority of the debtors, as the returns show that of 129,044 against whom commitment warrants were issued 124,352 paid up when they came face to face with the alternative of going to prison.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
Personal Mention


 H. B. Dixon left last night for Will cox.
 F. Kaufman went to Tucson on last nights train.
 Joe Connor left on this mornings train for Jerome. MT. Walter H. Graves went to Yuma
 on last nights train. J. J. Philbin of Chicago was a guest of the Hotel Adams yesterday. P. C. Cambiaire of Tucson was
 guest of the Hotel Adams yesterday. l Otto Arnold of Columbus, O.. regis tered at the Hotel Adams yesterday. William Still and Harry Hall were southDound passengers on last nights train.
 J. H. Johnson was a passenger for
 Fairbank on the M. & P. train last
 night.
 E. J. Mendenhall of Prescott was in | the city yesterday a guest of the Com
 mercial hotel. Mrs. Hugh McCallum was a passen- ger for Los Angeles on the M. &. P.
 train last night. | R. O. Duncan left last night for Patagonia camp in the southern part
 of the territory. II. Bloom of West Superior, Wis. ar | rived here yesterday and is a guest of | the Commercial hotel i Mrs. R. H. Cooke of Prescott came down yesterday morning, registering
 at the Commercial hotel. Messrs. William and Louis Melczer
 were among the passengers leaving on | last nights M. & P. train. | Mir and Mrs. l. K Kerr of Eau Claire. Wis, were among the ar
 rivals at the Hotel Adams yesterday
 morning.
 Territorial Treasurer T. w. Pember-
 ton was an outgoing passenger on this
 mornings train, his destination being 1 San Francisco. 1 MT. and Mrs. w. C. Ladd and baby of Haverford. Pa, and Miss Ida F.. Ladd ! of Hutchinson, Kan, were among the
 arrivals at the Hotel Adams yesterday. C. M. Burkhalter. general division
 passenger and freight agent of the Southern Pacific. with headquarters at
 Tucson. returned to that city yester day.
 | MT. George w. Woy and wife of Mesa ! City were guests of the Commercial hotel yesterday Mrs Woy was en-
 route home from an extended visit in ! the east
 Mrs l.. l.. Smith and Mrs. J. B.
 smith and son Ralph left for Seattle | on last nights NJ. & P. train. accom-
 panyinS the remains of MT. J. E. | smith.
 Charles Rendrich of St. Louis and F. NJ. Farrer of Los Angeles were guests of the Ford hotel yesterday Mir. Hen { drich left on this mornings train for San Diego. | Among those registering at the Com
 mercial hotel yesterday were: L. D.
 McClainn. of San Francisco; T. w. | Kerr. Bisbee; R. A. Craig. Los An | geles. and A. J. Matthews, Tempe. | Mir and Mrs. John $. NayIor of Wheeling. W. Va: arrived here yes ! terday morning and are registered at the Hotel Adams. They spent last win
 ter in Phoenix. and liked it so well 1 they will try another season here. Among those who registered at the Hotel Adams yesterday were C. C. Brooks of san Francisco. r. J. Ruler of Philadelphia. F.. G. Anderson of ! Ciayson's ranch. and Messrs. w. II. Buchanan. George Buxton and L. II. Landis of Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Below are a few of the many bar gains we will offer you Keep one eye on this space and the other on our show window"
 pairs Blankets, size 46X15, bargain at 75c. our price. pair soc pairs Blankets, size 66x74. ex-
 cellent value at s1.50, our
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 size, a trade winner at $50,
 our price. each. $1.OO 6 White Crochet Bed Spreads,
 size 66x76, good value at 75c,
 our price, each. SOc 6 White Crochet Bed Spreads,
 size 72xS1, very cheap at S1.25,
 our price, each. DOC pairs Lace Curtains, size 31a
 yards long, 42 inches wide,
 regular 200. our price. pair. s 1 .25 1 lot Ladies Hose, drummers' sam pies, at prices that defy competition. See show window for styles and prices. Brownie Double Roasting Pans,
 size 11X15 inches, regular soc,
 our price, each. soc Sun Paste Stove Polish in tin
 boxes, always 10c, our price,
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Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.

There will be special meeting of the Spanish-American War Veterans at the armory in the city hal. on Tuesday evening, January :. for the purpose of installing and swearing in officers for the ensuing year. All comrades are especially requested to be present and any and all ex-soldiers of the late Spanish war are cordially invited to attend.
 CAPT. J. L. B. ALEXANDER. ~
 Post Commander.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
SOME PUMPKINS.

Mrs. David Conover of Pittstown is away up at the head of the class in the matter Of vegetable production. This season she planted three pumpkin seeds in one hill. and the product was fiftyfive pumpkins. The largest weighed eighty-five pounds, the second largest fifty-seven and the third fifty three pounds. The others ranged from ten to forty pounds each in weight. The longest vine was 125 feet-Provi- dence Journal.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Sam Powell of Wickenburg. who has been in the city several days on bus mess. left this morning for home. Mir. Powell is a successful mining man. A very valuable claim in which he is one of the principal owners, was lately sold for large sum, but it is only one of many in which he has become in terested in the course of a long resi- dence in one of the richest mining districts in Arizona
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Are you going to write letter to Santa Claus. and have it printed in the Banner?" asked the first boy.
 No; my pa doesn't take the Ban ner,' was the answer.-Baltimore American.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-25
Are You Thankful.

If you are especially thankful
for anything, you will certainly
feel inclined to be liberal on
Thanksgiving day. The ladies
of the Aid Society of the Chris
tian church have made arrange
ments to give you a good oppor-
tunity to display your liberality,
by attending the Big Thanks
giving Dinner at McAninch Hall,
Nov. 27. If you are not espec-
tally thankful, come anyway and
when you see the tables heaped
with roast turkey, chicken, Eng
lish plum pudding, cranberry
sauce, and dozen other good,
old fashioned dishes, you will
certainly have abundant cause to
be thankful to the ladies for furn-
ishing such a bountiful supply of
good things for the moderate sum
of 80 cents. Come and get a
good dinner and help a good
cause. 74tf
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-25

The Southwestern Normal Col
lege opens its fall term Nov. nth, at
9 a, m, in the Morgan building.
Enroll with the Southwestern
Normal College for a business
course. IF
Prepare for business by taking
the Commercial Course at the South
Western Normal College which
opens Nov. 4th at 9 a. m. IN Nor
gan building. 55tf
Rohr's Rock Island Saloon has
added to its many attraction first
class cafe where everything in the
eating line can be had at all times,
day or night. Come and see. 56tf
House to rent on Main street,
between 4th and 9TH. See j. M.
Youngblood. 67t6
Call up No. 1872 and the Law
ton wagon will come for any kind
of laundry work. 6St6
Be up-to- date, and have the
Lawton Steam Laundry estab-
lish their towel supply service
with you. Phone 1872. 68t6
O. H. Geagon & Co. Real Es-
tate. Accomplishments, school
land, city property, rentals and
collections. 9th street between
Broadway and Main. 6Stf
New, clean towels furnished
every morning at cost not ex-
ceeding the laundrying of your
own, is the proposition of the
Lawton towel supply. Phone Is:
est
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-11-25
Police Officer Ousted.

Late reports from Blackwell
state that Chief Elmer E. Step
henson is no longer connected
with the police force of that city.
Three charges were preferred
against him, first, that he had at
various times during his time in
office, been guilty of intoxication,
second, that he had been guilty
of indecent conduct III associating
with lewd women, and third, that
he had abused the power of his
office, and neglected to attend to
his duty. A committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the char
ges, with the result that he
was rather summarily de-
posed from office. The day of
malfeasance in office, in Okla
homa, is about over. The people
will no longer allow these deplor-
able conditions to exist, and it is
almost daily occurrence, of late,
to read of some officer in an Ok
lahoma town, who has been prov
en- guilty of a serious misdemean-
or, and ousted from the office
which he was unfit to hold. The
people are entitled to good clean
government and a man who will
make a wrong use of an import =
ant office, is a rascal, and should
receive the punishment which he
so richly deserves.