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The oasis., 1902-02-08

Monday evening Superintendent
 c. C. Sroufe of the Southern Paci-
 fife railway arrived at Nogales. Tues
 day morning his car returned to
 Tucson, attached to the pay train
 of the $. F., which arrived at No gales Monday afternoon.
 "I hafe" observedt" remarked Schuster, "dat both der Vidette undt der OASIS hafe fiery pig clrculations. Der OASIS cirguladtes der newsbaber midt der supcribers, undt der Vidette cirguladtes der editor apoudt der sdreeedts undt midt der pooze shops, aindt idt?"
 Wednesday Mir. M. F. Perry, general manager for the Minas Prietas Reduction Syndicate, pas sed Nogales, en route to Virginia City, Nevada, where has the man. agement, also of another big cyan idle plant now in course of con 
 MINERS WANTED: Two Hun dred miners and laborers wanted at the mines of the Yaqui Copper Company, beyond the Yaqui river near Suaqni de Batuc. Wages S2.00 per day for miners and $1.50I for laborers. Apply to W. P. Har- low, in the old bank building at Hermosillo, or to c. A. Kayser at he mines.
 Sunday evening Messrs L. Lind- say and Bracey Curtis went to To- res and Minas Prietas on business. Wednesday Mrs Curtis, the mother ,f MT. Curtis from Boston, and | Mrs. Lindsay, with her sister, Mrs. | Hills from Newport, Kentucky, l vent south and joined the two gem lemen, with an intention that the ,ntire party shall pass several days tt Guaymas, Hermosillo, and other points of interest.
 MARRIED:-At Nogales, Sonora, February 9th. 1902, Mr. Fernando Rodriguez and Miss Edwigus Rod- 'iguez, Reverend Juan Ramos per- the religious ceremony, md Judge Estaban Maqueo Castel- anas officiating at the execution If the civil contract. The mar iage took place in the morning md was followed by a dinner at which a large number of friends were present. The young couple | will make their home in the resi- Ience recently built by MT. Rod | iguez on his lot near the school 1 lOuSe.
The oasis., 1902-02-08
NOCALEs NOTES.
Doctor Bristol, dentist, Nogales. *

Last week Mrs. Pugh of Patago- nia, was | visitor at Nogales.
 The celebrated Douglas shoe at l.. B. Fleischer's
 "Wednesday evening MT Allen C. Bernard came from Tucson.
 Thursday evening Mr. C. M. Menier of Patagonia returned home from a yisii in Tucson
 Hanna shoe-Celebrated foot wear Sole agency at Boston Cloth ing House. L. B. Fleischer
 Friday morning Mir and Mrs. F. $. Nave and family went to Tucson, where they will hereafter reside
 Wednesday evening MT. A. L. Lewis, agent for the National Metal Company returned from business visit to Clifton
 Wednesday morning Lie Trim idad Perea, of Nogales, Sonora, went to Bisbee. en route to Mocte- zuma.
 Tuesday Mir. E. A. Mcfarland chief engineer of the railway de- partment of the Sonora railway, was at Nogales.
 Wednesday morning Doctor C. E. Ricketts, consulting engineer for the Phelps, Dodge copper syndicate came up from the south. en route to Bisbee.
 Wednesday evening Mir. k. Ruiz the Hermosillo merchant prince, returned from Los Angeles, where his family are stopping. en route home
 Sunday evening Mir. J. F. Tener and Mr Mcconnell, a friend from Pittisburg, visiting him, went to Magdalena, thence to the Empora camp.
 Yesterday MT. George Darms, an old and well known resident of Nogales died at his residence at the corner of Crawford street and Sonoita avenue.
 Mr. B. Pringle, of San Diego travelling for the Pacific Hardware Co.,, has been this week in Sonora, visiting all the principal points of interest.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. A Lonsbury of Washington Camp, Arizona, Mr. J. c. Coombs of Boston, and Messrs Estabrook of Nashua, N. H. were visitors at Guaymas Monday.
The oasis., 1902-02-08

WcuneSudy iHOTHl luS MT. II.
 Durham the mining man, passed Nogales en route to Tucson on
 business.
 Episcopal church services (St Andrews parish) at Athletic Hall, tomorrow Sunday February 9th, at II o'clock a. m. and 7:30 P. m. Sabbath school at 10 o'clock a. m.
 Wednesday evening Mr. J. $. Hurst, superintendent for the Pefia Blanca Mining Co.,, and Mir. F. N. Cox, superintendent for the Buena Vista Mining Co.,, returned from a visit to Phoenix.
 Wednesday morning Mr. D.. Richardson, the well known min ing man operating the La Bufa and other fine properties in the Sahuaripa district of Sonora, pas sed Nogales en route to New York
 Wednesday morning Dr. A. II. Hoeffer, one of the proprietors of the Sonora brewery, passed Noga- les, en route to Germany, sum- moned by the illness of his father, a very aged man.
 Thurday evening MT. F. E. Mur-  ray returned from San Francisco, where he took his wife for medical treatment in November. The gen tleman brought the sad intelligence that Mrs. Murray passed away on January 26th.
 The Magic Mirror with other will be presented at Marshes Hall Feb. 18th by the Ladi,- of the Methodist church and their friends. You are promis- ed a good time. Admission 50c i Come one and all.
 Wednesday Mir. H. c. Woodruff, general manager for the United i States Graphite Company, passed ! Nogales, returning home to Sag i inaw, Michigan. from visit 70 i the company's property in the Hermosillo district of Sonora
 The winter season at Guaymas | ind Hermosillo, is now at it's height. and many visitors are talk ng advantage of the fine weather @ visit both cities. Upon this nage there is presented q handsome sngraving of street scene inI 5uaymas.
 Saturday of last week Mr. E. Lu : Setich returned from Los Angeles md remained at Nogales a couple ,f days before returning to his nome at Hermosillo. He reported ,ery cold weather in Southern Ca iiornia, with snow and freezing doing great damage to the orange crops.
 Wednesday evening MT. F. L. Kiel returned from a visit in Los Angeles. En route he stopped 9 lay in Nogales to participate, with his dog Guy, in brilliant social which was pulled off Tuesday evening in the Orndorff lotel.
 Thursday evening MT. D. R. Oliver, president of the Zubiate Mining Co. passed Nogales en route rom San Francisco to Zubiate, accompanied by party of people in the enterprise. They were Mir. and Mrs. Sorensen of San Francisco, Mr. D. Cowell of San and Mrs. Oliver.
 Monday evenino Mir Ionacio
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

tgin in the wine rooms. In this city dur
ing the two preceding administrations,
the wine room was positive moral and
social scourge. It has found it's develop
ment to its most evil proportions within
ten years. With reasonable legislation
at this time it is bound to pass out of
existence, and the business Of the retail
sale Of liquor be relieved Of one OF
its plague spots.
The city authorities and the city min
listers owe it to the good name of the
city and the moral welfare of the people
that there shall be no failure at this
time to wipe the evil out. Mayor Smith
has shown his desire to promote the
needed reform. The ministers and the
other avowed enemies of the wine rooms
have in the discussion, so far as 1t has
proceeded, shown their amenability to
reasonable suggestion. The greater pro-
portion Of the saloonkeepers have indi-
Gated that it would be a service rather
than an injury to their business to have
the evil brought to. an end. The public
want it ended. 1t can now be ended
unless there is lack of reason shown
in one direction or other Those who
may stand In the path Of the adjustment
which now seems inevitable will take a
serious responsibility.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
/ L.
Machinery Is Detective.

The defective tax machinery is a Sec
ondary reason for the unsatisfactory ma
lure OF the existing tax laws. No ade-
quate tribunal is now provided for the
administration of the tax system In
cities the councilmen, and in counties
the auditors and county commissioners,
are charged with certain important
duties for which they are in large part
UNITED or can only grudgtngly give
stnal traction of the time necessary to
discharge such duties properly.
The public records TEEN with ilIustra-
tons of the costly errors and superficial
and preJudfcial work Of the county
auditors and county boards Of equaliza-
ton.
The attorney general and governor
have, with rare and recent exceptions,
constituted ornamental rather~ than use
tul members of the state board of equal
1Zation.
A new tax code should therefore pro-
vide: First and foremost for the taxation
OF all forms of property so that the
same will be placed upon a parity with
such species of property as is now sub
Jected only to a gross earnings tax. Sec
ondly: A tribunal for the purpose of
administering the tax laws should be
elected in each county, as well as for
the state at large. Thirdly: The inquisi-
tor1al feature of all administrative tax
machinery should be reduced to a mini
mum instead of being further extended.
Fourthly: Real estate should be taxed
for county and municipal purposes only,
thereby rendering impossible the per-
nicious inequality in the present assess
ment thereof. Filthy: The arbitrary
and sometimes confiscatory effect of To-
cal improvement assessments should not
be further increased, as the tax COM
mission proposes to do by a constitu-
tional amendment sanctioning the front
foot assessment under all circum-
stances. Sixthly: The way should be
paved for the future adoption of
graduated income tax. This could be
accomplished by merely striking out Of
the constitution the provisions that
property on which taxes are to be levied
shall have a cash valuation, and that
property should be assessed for it's true
value" Seventhly: The exemption should
be increased rather than diminished.
Other changes neco ssary and defects in
the proposed tax code will receive notice
hereafter. -Moritz Helm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Possibilities IN A BOY.

l. nave profound respect for bows
IrIny, ragged, tousled boys in the street
oIten attract me strangely. A bov 10 ..
man IN the cocoon; you do not know WIN
II IS going to become; his life is big with
possibilities. He may make or rnnaka
kings, change boundary lines befwean
states, write books that will mold char
acters, or invent machines. Every man
was boy; 1t seems strange but it is
really so: Wouldn't you like to turn back
ward and see Abraham Lincoln at twelve
when he had never worn a pair Of boots?
the lank, lean, yellow, hungry bow hun
ing off through the woods twenty miles II
borrow a book, and spelling it out crouch
ing before the glare of the burning logs?
Then there was that Corsican bow one
of a goodly brood, who weighed only fifty
pounds when ten years old who was thin
and pale, and perVerSe, and had tantrums
and had to be sent supperless to bed or
locked in dark closet because he would
not 'mind!' Who would have thought he
would have mastered every phase of war
fare at twenty-six, and when the ex-
chequer of France was in dire confusion
would say: 1.-The finances? l will arrange
them"
Distinctly and WILDLY I remember
Patch and used to pick up coal along
railroad tracks in Buffalo. A few months
ago l had a motion to make before the
court of appeals at Rochester. That boy
from the 'tPatch' was the judge who
wrote the opinion granting my petition.
Be patient with thesboys. You are deal
ing with soul stuff Destiny waits just
around the corner.
Be patient with the boys!-Philistine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
Cash Valuation Evils.

The evils Of a cash valuation of all
property, for purposes Of taxation, un-
der the prevailing constitutional and
statutory system of taxation, are as stale
as twice told tale and require no ex-
tended mention. Striking inequality in
the assessment Of the different species Of
real estate prevails between the numer-
Gus political subdivisions of the state,
as we'll as locally; farm lands are assess
ed, broadly speaking, at one-third Q-3)
OF their actual value, while urban real
esate is generally assessed to the ut
most endurable limit, and not infre-
quently in excess Of its real market val
ue Personal property, in the practical
administration of the tax laws, has come
to signify only such grotesquely small
proportion thereof as a myopic assessor
cannot entirely exclude from his closely
restricted line of vision. Household eff
tects and the mortgages of widows and
wards, which cannot be kept off the
records of the probate court or the reg
listers office, can furnish striking illus
tfatlonS. That the franchise of a public
utility corporation might have a taxable
value was concept undreamt Of by our
local tax officials, until recently, and was
only gingerly recognized by state tax
ofhcialS as q, novel principle of doubtful
practical application. Oil. Of the Stand
0AN I'll company biscuits, OF the Ma
tlonal Biscuit company; ore, of the Steel
corporation, articles having a taxable val
ue, constituted, in the complacent minds
Of the taxing officials, merely the idle
dreams Of yellow journalists. To be
specific, the tobacco trust, salt trust,
sugar trust linotype trust, coal trust
lumber trust, steel trust and express
companies, according to the tax records,
either never had dollar of assessable
property in the state, or were safely in
trenched against taxation behind the IN
terstate commerce clause of the federal
constitution. The assessment of street
railway franchises furnishes a perennial
object lesson of the violent and cratic
fluctuations which the value Of such
franchises undergo on specific occa sions
The telephone, telegraph, sleeping car
length successfully escaped from the
length successfully escaped from the
onerous constitutional provision that all
property should be assessed upon the
basis Of cash valuation by resort to
appropriate constitutional amendments.
These serve markedly to emphasize the
inequality Of the present tax system.
Moreover, railroad property is also ex-
empted from the operation Of this cash
valuation clause Of the constitution, by
being subjected to a gross earnings tax
Of not, at present, exceeding per
centum. Such exempted railroad prop
erty now constitutes from one-third Q-3)
to one fourth % in value Of all taxable
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11

Ryan, janftor, was attempting to hide
his face in the tin pail when the general
manager arrived.
what are you doing?' asked the boss
Drinking" answered J. Ryan, janitor
scorning to tell lie.
''What?"
Beer"
'sCut it out" ordered the general man.
ager and that ended the interview.
]. Ryan, janitor, loved his brew as a
wash for lunch. The general manager
ordered it stopped, but J. Ryan, janitor,
figured that it would be all right if the
janitor's son got the 10 cents worth In
without being discovered. .. Ryan, jan
itor, told the rest of the story to a
friend gem
Eye see,'' he said, 9Th boss he sez I
wuz to cut this out an l looks up aginst
ut whin 1 hits on "a foine schame t bate
him out I has little Jimmie chase his
self down t. oCaseys tin shop an he
buys me a tin sprinkler wan wild tn
long nose on i'm.
Jimmie comes back wild tn sprinkler
an I has him chase tn bucket After
Jimmie gifts started I waits fer i'm an
as 1 waits tn boss comes out on IA
back PLATFORM
'aThfn Jimmie comes up tn alley an tn
little haste won't see tn waves O. me
hand He walks up an hands me tn
sprinkler jist as tn boss walks up.
What 'aveaye there?' says tn gen.
eral manager.
An thin, me frind, We should ave
seen me- Oh, 1t wuz fierce. I jist had
t. take tn sprinkler from tn kid an waltz
up the platform wavin' It around. an
all me tin cents worth O. beer is lakin'
out be tn end
"'What has We there?' SEE the gineral
manager again, an be tn powers We
could feel tn tears in me voice whilst
snoiled an SEE. 'Shure Mister Brown I
wuz thinkin' tn platform naded sprink-
lin, an so decided Wud spread on 3
bit o. water.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
WILL TAKE CARE OF 1rsE1F

"~3@7 OdhE OE ITSELF
The profession of alarm in certain quar-
tiers, lest the acquisition of the BurIing-
ton system by the two Northern roads
might bring upon the latter a great bur-
den Of responsibility for dividends to
Burlington shareholders, looks ridiculous
In the light of the Burlington earnings
statement for the first half Of the fiscal
year-July to Dec. 81
instead Of being a burden, the Burling-
ton proves itself to be a prominent and
helpful factor in the Northwestern rail-
way situation. In spite of the dfsas-
trous drought last summer, which az
hicted much Of the corn belt tributary to
the Burlington, that company's earnings
for the first half Of the current fiscal
year show marked growth over the pros
porous year preceding and all other years.
burlington earnings last year paid a
per cent dividend on the S1O7 900 GOO of
STOCK and left a remaining surplus which
would have warranted a dividend of even
per cent But for the first half Of the
current fiscal year, when the drought
period odd its worst, Burlington gross
earnings were SIS, 48O,5S7, as compared
With AT for the same period last
year. an increase Of $2,015, 10; while the
net earnings are 81, 1886, 977, as compared
with $lo,2Ss,OS7. an increase of -S1,o41, $50.
This Is not so wide margin of In
crease as that enjoyed by the two North
ern roads-which is over 20 per cent-but
in view Of the fact that the period COW
cred is one Of the worst in the history Of
the Mississippi valley corn belt, It is fully
as significant as the tremendous gains
scored by the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern. Instead of the two latter roads
being called upon to make good a Bur-
lington guaranty, the latter system shows
an ability to take care Of its fixed charges
and operating expenses ana pay its share
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
WEATHER FOR TODAY.

Minnesota and Iowa-Snow Tuesday,
with rising temperature; Wednesday
fafr and probably colder; southeasterly
winds, becoming northwesterly.
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Tuesday
with snow in west portion; rising tenn
perature; Wednesday increasing cloudi-
ness, probably snow; light variable winds
becoming fresh southeast.
"wednesday snow era With rising tem nI@Ta
ture; variable winds, becoming fresh
southeast.
North and South Dakota-Snow Tues
day; rising temperature in east portions;
"Wednesday fair and colder; south winds,
becoming 'northwesterly.
Montana-Fair and probably colder
Tuesday; Wednesday fair; west winds.
St, Paul : Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, p. T. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation: Highest temper
allure, Is; lowest temperature, 8; average
temperature. IL; daily range, z; barome-
ter. 1920; humidity, 76; precipitation, o;
p. m, temperature, IA; Z 2. m, wind,
northwest; weather, partly cloudy.
Yesterdays Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
LET THREE BE NO FAILURE.

Gl o b e has always been in favor
Of the enactment Of some adequate reg
ulation of the so-caled wine rooms. It
has always believed, and still believes,
that it is a duty which the local adj
ministration owes to itself, as well as to
the decent public, that an end shall be
made once for all of the vicious resorts
which have been maintained by certain
saloonkeepers in the name of wine rooms.
That is all that the clergymen of the
city want, and that the council and the
mayor are anxious to see realized. If
there is any failure to effect the purpose.
it will be from MISUNDERSTANDING. not
from any intent on the part Of local
officials to prevent the destruction OF
those evil places.
1t IS probably unavoidable in the root
ing out of a recognized evil that inius-
tee and hardship shall be imposed Oh
others besides the offenders. In this case
that condition will be realized in the re-
quirement which will probably be put
In operation Of making decent restau-
rants and hotels go to considerable ex-
pense and trouble, If not actual loss RI
patronage, by complying with the reo,1ira-
ments of any ordinance that may be
passed. The Glob would be glad
to see the restaurants exempted from
the requirements Of the proposed ordi-
nance if it were possible, but does not
understand how it can be done in view
of the abuses which are recognized as
having crept into that business In this
and other cities, and which place certain
restaurants on precisely the same
basis as the saloons in which known
wine rooms have been maintained.
Mayor Smith is all right His OBJ
jections formulated in the press are
reasonable. It would be a positive hard
ship to ask the saloonkeeper who NAV
even knowingly have entertained undesir-
able characters once to forfeit his H.
cense. It would be grievous wrong to
render him liable to be prosecuted for
noncompliance with the provisions Of
the ordinance by tearing down forbid
den divisions, until he has had a reason
able time in which to make his ar
rangements.
The wine room evil is not as rampant
or as widespread today as it has been in
the past. The worst days of the evil
are past thanks to an aroused public
sentiment, following on the discovery of
the hideous incidents which have been
made known publicly as having their or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-11
TWO HUNDRED
PRISONERS FREED
JUDGE sANBORN SUSTAINS APPEAL
OF PETER DEMING, A VOLUN-
TEER CAPTAIN
WAS CONVICTED BY REGULARS
Court Holds That COurts-MartiaI of
the Regular Army Cannot Lee
gaIIy Try Members of Vol
unteer Army.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 1O-Established
precedents Of the United States army
We're overthrown and the freedom of
nearly 200 men now confined in federal
penitentiaries was assured by a decision
rendered by the United States circuit
court of appeals today in the case of
Peter G. Deming, a former captain of
united States volunteers.
Deming was imprisoned at Fort Teav-
enWorth on the sentence of a court mar
t1al composed of nine regular army Of
hcers. The opinion written by Judge
Sanborn is that the court martial which
sentenced Deming acted in violation of
article " Of the articles of war which
provides that officers of the regular ar
my shall not be competent to sit on court
martial for the trial Of officers and SOL
diers Of other forces.
Deming will be released from the Fort
LeavenWorth penitentiary within six
days, and all former members of the
volunteer army who are confined in fed
eral prisons on sentence inflicted by
courts martial of regular officers wiz
also be liberated, as the result of today's
decision, 1t is stated E. A. Roster.
United States district attorney. esti-
mates the number of such cases at 200.