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The Florence daily tribune., 1902-08-16
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Headquarters RS for the OIL EXPERT,
Fl. McDOUGALL, who for the past five
years, has made the locations for many
of the largest producing oil wells in the
Florence field, with his Instrument, and
Iecently in Ohio located and drilled six
producing oil wells, not dry one in the
lot; also two gas wells now producing
ten million cubic feet OF gas every day
Drilled May % and July Is, 1902 at
Chesterhill, Ohio. Mr.. McDougall will
be in Florence during the month of
August, and any one desiring his SER
vices can find him at T. e. Spencer's
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12

Tn" regular 5o-ceat kind. this We"k..-. .--. ...... .....- :'oc Trimnod with Fine Embroidery
 and insertion, were '5c. this week. ..-... .... ............. :':;,' Trimmci fit ior 2 queen. were $1.t9 and $l.-5. this week T9c
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12

1eau reports and ;n api.-eati2n to other
 official ana reliable sources hc found . cGrroborative evideI'ce uf the state Iil-nt thct there Waz none or very littlt
 fri2i,;ity ahoJ, the -AGua C,tlerte hot
 springs.
 Air. jones and his son tn r-cfore srt "ul in search Gf the -Ari.:al:l mid-um- iiicl' winter. Their horses began 10 be jad-d about the time they reached Phoenix. ana when theE got 10 Cline's place they were in need of retirement and secluston- They arranged with
 Frank Cline Tor pasture at $1.-0 :; head -i0r the hogses-per month. There was ID time set fos their returning. but they though, they would be back with iE three or four months. A month ago Cline got tired of a sedentary life and decided to move lie also thought that Jones horses needed exercise to Wori, off t;sa lat they haG been acquiring Ill his pasture and he decided to t1ke them with him on q pleasure trip throughout the eastern and southern 1 part of Arizona. and most of Sonora. His original itinerary included Japan. but he feared that the Jones horses could not swim so far. So he turned i bIcl. to the prehistoric city of Tucson. i Il Was at that point that he was nIe; ! by the warrant sworn out by the i'm ! patient and anxious Mir. Jones.
 1 l. MAS upon this statement Of facts
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12
FRANK CLINE HELD
For Exercising the Horses Belonging
 to Mr. Jones.

The preliminary trial of FranI. Cl;nc. charged with the emJ- zzleElent oi- two horses too.s place in the court of Jus ti5S Burnett yesterday and the deferd- ant was held to the grand ju ' in the sum of $350 in each case. On Decem- her I5 J. W. Jones Of FIaEs-arf, Who was on his way to the hot springs at ASud Cdliente with two horses. Has; passing along the Yuma road about six miles below the city The testimony Of Air. Jones is the beSt Illustration O. the general want of information about this territory. He had lived about Flagstaff for many years and had get so that he believed that he could not- stand the rigorous winters of that part of Arizona. He thought that the win ters Were SO 2n over the territory. buJ his son happened to read in some pup lication or other that there Was ;t place called Agua CaIieHte. AriZ.. where there was no snow to sneak or There wa: so much snow in> Northern Arizcr;. and that was 50 near to Southern -Ar.zona that the son Of AIr- Jones could hardly believe Wl.1t he had read.
 By . consultation of the weather !;u-
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12

this city. who was still known ny the name Of Mrs. Knapp fer her marriage to him was not then generally auver- tiSed. Curtis broke out from the rear of the house and escaped. He was af- t.rVard heard of in northern New Mex leo. where the federal authorities sought for him. lie was lost sight 0i until month ago when. 5inCer an un- Geistanding existing between Captain alosslnan oi the Arizona Hangers and Col. kcstellitzki of the Hurdles for the .appreh ension of all people along tna border whn ought to be approhended, curtis was discovered aa d teanst"f for the Greene Consolidated company.
 Another crime charged against Cur tis was the robbery cf the store at
 Briggs, by which he obtained a small quantity of gold dust ana bullion. Mrs. Knapp, or now Mrs. Curtis. disappeared; from Phoenix some months ago. and t is supposed tha, she is with her hus- band.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12
CURTIS CAUGHT
A Man Who Eluded the Phoenix Po-
 lice Year Ago.

William Royal Curtis is on his way back to Yavapai county to ans Wor tp charges of burglary and stage robbery which have been pre- ferred against him. About a week ago Sheriff Nunds of Prescott. who ap- reared to be in an advanced stage of consumption came to Phoenix and said that he had come to escape the rig0r cf the Prescott winter. Sheriff Munds was prevaricator. inasmuch as ne nad come after q requisition for Curtis. II vas learned that Curtis had been appr2hended in Mexico.
 Curtis is a somewhat noted character in Phoenix. He first became connect ed with q street religious organization. and in that way got to know Mrs. C. H. Knapp, the widow of Major Knapp. for long time clerk of the distric, court for this district.
 The particular crime for which Curtis ;s wanted is tha robbery of the stas" between Hot Springs Junction anG Castle Creek more than Il year ago. II was almost immediately suspected, and when he came 10 Phoenix h. was followed and surrounded at the hom of his wife on south First avenue in
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12
Cancers and Tuners Cured wITTogT 4n]Tr THE DR, HIBBARD
KNEE

TemoVes eEternaI growths by local mecETNt0n.
 Ills method Is safe. sure and successful. Mum CrOUs testimonials and SCecimcns removed can be seen mt office. The doctor makes speciality of chronic diseases and removal of abno -lnhl ErowthS- The knife Is q failure in lArg. Tt r cent of cases Dr. Hibbard's method ia sue cess. Bis system is rational and scientific. ThOuSands die annually ill tac United States because physicians as I ruie do not upnerstand
 the disease They call it uncurablc and ii they
 do anything they resort t0 the knife. There is remedy. q treatment wi thou severe measures
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12

that Cline was held. notwithstanding the introduction of 9 great deal of tes- timony in his behalf that he was only exercising the Jones horses.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-12

and q method whereby Cancer can Ds cured and with little pain and con. plete SafeIy. Do n ot be deceived. II you h.Vc A growth nn suspicious and sbOuid be beimmcdiatciy removed before IL is too late. Judge tn- doctor by the cures he makes. The ord iilAry doctor tries to do too much. He scattcrs his faculties and becomes proficient in no particular branch Like jack of all traces he is lnaSte- of nouc The ski'. experience and scientific ability of Iir Hubbard unqucStioned. besides he does hy others Hs he would like to be done by. Consolidation free. Call or address Hibba I'd building, 26-2s south Second Avenue. Phoenix, Arizona. Hours I0-l2 1-3 G..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23

representatives, he is one OF the othclal
visitors of these institutions.-We have
never known Gen. Mccullough to have
any connection with any OF them except
the Soldiers Home at Bennington OF
which we believe he is trustee.
(5l Mr.. Proctor, besides being at
Montpelier during one session OF the leg
islature as secretary to Gov. Ormsbee,
has served two terms in the house and
once was it's speaker, and also one term
in the senate. In this connection it is
worthy of note that both times Mr.
Proctor was representative i'll the leg
isature he received the unanimous vote
of his town. Gen. Mccullough has
served one term in the senate, and has
never represented his town in the house
1t is generally understood that, in late
years at least, we have never had gov
ernor vet had who not at some time rep
resented his town in the lower house.
10y Mr.. Proctor has served on the
finance committee in the house and on
the finance committee in the senate, and
in the legislature has always actively
participated in legislation effecting ques-
tions of state finances. We are not
aware that Gen. Mccullough took any
active part in the subject of state finances
at the one session he was at Montpelier
or that he has at any other time.
In view of these facts, we inquire which
is the older of these two men in expert
cnce in those practical affairs and inter
ests which the governor of this state
ought to know.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23

we are all made parties to the transaction.
hut there is little or no profit to the town or
the state. The law is drastic i'll its proVls-
ions and rotten in its execution, ana as
knowledge of its workings spreads, feenIlg
OF disgust comes over every man VINO cale'
for the honor of our state"
This sounds almost identicallV like the
charges which Bishop Potter made some
weeks ago against the state OF MalnG'
and which DR.. l. K. Funk of New YORK
showed were absurdIy and scandalously
untrue. DR.. Funk, in the New York sun,
challenged Bishop Potter to verify MS
allegations, but he has never done IT,
President Clement has grossly scanoai'
ICED the citizens of the state OF vermont,
and we challenge him to verify his ooio
and sweeping declarations. EVERYBODY
acquainted even casually with the state
and its inhabitants knows that ne can
not confirm his reckless charges. The
people of Vermont are agricultural to a
degree not found in any other New Eng
land state; and, as a whole, they are
temperate, law-abiding and industrious.
Vermont is not a state of cities, or even
large towns. There is no demand Tor
the repeal of the prohibtory law except
perhaps in Burlington, Rutland, Ben
nington, Barre, Montpelier, Bellows
Falls, and two or three other large
places. But the aggregate population
of its two or three cities and as many
large towns is an iLconsiderable minor
ity as compared with the state as
whole. 1t is by no means probable that
the halt-dozen cities and towns named
would vote tor the repeal OF the proh1b-
itory law. Indeed, they probably would
not. That law is sacred to the people
an enactment imbedded in the conscience
and in profound religious convictions.
Mr.. Clement has not measured the mean
ing and significance of his rash propo,
sition. He will be hoist on his own
petard."
We confidently assure the friends oil
prohibition that there is not the slightest
occasion tor alarm. The prohbitory
law of Vermont will not be repealed
Meantime we resent, as will every loya
Vermonter, the humiliating nisrepre
sentation which this political aspiran
makes OF his state and its worthy in
habltants.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
ScandaliZing TIL State of Vermont.
LFrom IONS Herald

The president ofhe Rutland Railroad
Company, Perciul W. Clement, an,
nounces himself a an aspirant for the
republican nomintion for governor of
the state of Vermont. In so doing he
makes declaration of the issue upon
which he hopesto secure the coveted
prize. 1t is prlntd in full in the Boston
dallles OF April 10 AS piece of unwar-
ranted misstatennt and presumption
we have seldom sen anything to com
pare with it. TIL editor is a Vermonter.
has lived in thatstate more than halt
his lie, has trave!d over it as an timer
ant minister, ancsince his removal has
visited 1t several mes yearly and knows
personally the ondtions, convictions
and sentiments the people. We are
prepared, therefor, to express practical
Judgment upon NJ Clements announce
ment and aIltgaiSns He attacks in
brutal terms the rdhibtory law OF Yer.
mont, saying;
There is more itdyicating liquor. adul.
| terated and highl Injurious, sold in Yer
mont Lhah IN any ohH state 10 the Union,
according TO poplaion. 1t is also true
mat there IS more rophine, chooral, opium
ana kindred drugs oIBumed in our state per
Gaplta tnah IN any TIER state in the Union.
Inc whole effect Of hdlaw is pernicious. and
it has retarded thenaturai deyelonment of
our state, ana rests al a curse upon us, in
so lar as II breed hypocrisy, perjury and
iylng' eVils even graf r than intemperanCe
l'seH' liquors areoH by the towns and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
Short of Material.

The opponents OF Fletcher D. Proctor's
candidacy are talking quite Justify just
now. but we have searched the McCnl'
Tough papers in vain for some we'll.
grounded reason why Proctor should
not be nominated.
The matter of his nativity isn't assalI-
able.
His business ability they cannot ques-
tion.
His experiences legislator isn't hung
out upon the outer walls as topic for
dispute.
His practical everyday touch with
the everyday affairs OF his town,
his county and his state doesn't furnish
a first class point of attack.
His right to aspire to the governor
ship is about on a level with that of any
other man who is capable Of filling the
Office. So he can't be called down for
yenturing to aspire.
The two things harped upon by the
supporters of Mr.. Proctor's chief COM
petitor are the existence of a father who
is also a United States senator and the
sons mistaken idea that he could come
into the field as a candidate at just the
time he chose to come.
Surely, the opposition rests upon a
fimsy foundation, and can have little
weight among voters who think for
themselves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
"clean, Square and Honorable. -

On the announcement of Mr.. Proctor's
candidacy the Burlington Free Press as.
sured the public that the canvass for
Gen. McCullough's nomination would be
clean, square and honorable" This
was very good-very creditable indeed.
But the Free Press soon forgot what it
had said on that score, and proceeded to
hurl at supporters Of the rival candidate
all the mud it could lay its hands on !;
and it has been ably seconded in this
down-in-the-gutter method Of campaign.
ing by two or three other newspapers.
That set of men are not necessarily
depraved criminals who venture to differ
with doctrines promulgated by either OF
these esteemed contemporaries and can,
didly speak out their opinions. The
hurting OF mud and slime doesn't make
votes--it nauseates the public and react:
hurtfully on the candidate in whose nam,
it is done, The Bennington gentleman
for whom all Vermonters have higI
personal regard, will not find his candi
dacy strengthened by these onslaught
Of narrow and prGudiced campaigners
Whatever the result when the votes ar
counted in convention, the employment
by either side up to that time, Of bite
personalities, yituperation and recrimi
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
Age or Experience?



Some of the Mccullough supporters
seriously advanced the argument that be-
GAUGE he is CT years old and Mr.. Proctor
only Al, the former is the better
man for governor. We do not under
stand what age has to do with it provid
ed only man is not so young as to be
immature nor so old as to be senile. No
objection will be made to either candi-
date on either of these grounds. But
there is a sense in which yeats make a
difference and it is not years of life but
years of experience IN those affairs which
ought to fit one for the governorship.
Measured by that standard, what are
the relative merits OF the two men?
Among the class of questions which
NEST deeply affect the state and necessar-
lily occupy considerable OF the time of the
executives are: ~ the public schools (2)
the public highways, (3) the machinery
of town government, for the town is the
unit of our local lite; (4) our state insti-
tutions; (5) Legislative matters; and (6)
state finances. What is the relative ex-
perience of the two men along these lines ?
(O Mr.. Proctor was educated i'll the
public schools of the state and his chill.
dren are now going to them. He has
taught public school himself, and has
been the head of school board for eight.
eem yeaIs which manases public schools
having nearly five hundred pupils
General Mccullough could not have been
in our public schools and he apparently
has not cared to have his children ed.
ucated in them. He has never had off.
Cial or other connection with them OF
manifested any particular interest in
them so far as we know
~ Mr.. Proctor has been seven OF
eight years the road commissioner of his
town. He has been active in the conven,
lions of the road commissioners of his
county. He is strong advocate OF
good roads, a practical student of that
subject, and in the legislature has always
been interested in any legislation to pro.
mote that desirable end.-General Nc.
Cullough has never had anything prac.
teal to do with our highways except to
drive over them summers. He is very
likely believer in good roads, but he
has never had any experience certainly in
their making or care.
~ Mr.. Proctor has been seectmar
not only Of the town of Proctor, but also
OF the old town of Rutland, and has hello
all the usual town offices, has never beer
lacking in interest nor shirked any of the
practical but modest duties which go tC
make up town life. He has had the most
complete kind OF experience in the admin.
istrative machinery of town AFFAIRS
Gen. Mccullough has had no experience
whatever along these lines. We under
stand that he never held town or loca
public office in this state Whether it be-
tecause he had no interest in such thing:
or no time to spare or was regarded by
the people of Bennington as not closely
enough identified with them to be en-
trusted with such duties we do not
know.
(4) Mr.. Proctor, as secretary to Gov.
ernor Ormsbee during the latter's term
as governor, was brought into immed
! ate relations with our state institutions
At present, as speaker OF the house o.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
Clements Purpose.

P. w. Clement has often said that he
hopes the time will come when man in
any city or town in Vermont can 60 into
a liquor store, buy drink as openly as
he would piece of cloth, and drink it
in view OF the passers-by without its
occasionipg remark. This goes beyond
the high license that he openly advo'
Gates, but it is the freedom" that he
desires and to which he thinks license
would lead. Think what governor he
would be, to enforce any kind of liq
uor law except one that permits a wide
open town. He knows he cannot get the
Office. Why, then, does he run? Partly
to promote his agitation, but chiefly to
have some delegates whom he can turn
over to Mccullough. This would give
him some claim on Mccullough. Yer
mont will not tolerate his policy direct
ly; why should it indirectly P North
| Troy Palladium.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
Information Asked For.

Ever since the appearance of Fletcher
Proctor in the field as gubernatorial
candidate it has been the chief item in
the stock in trade of the McCulloupb
napers to throw out over and over again
the charge, not directly but by lnsuua.
ton. that Mr.. Proctor's candidacy was
plotted and decided upon at secret con.
claye held at the Waldorf Astoria in New
York. when Mr.. Proctor, DR.. Webb and
other politicians were present. The
Phoenix has asked heretofore in general
way for some positive statement or in.
formation on this subject, but has re.
ceived nothing whatever in the way Of a
satisfactory answer Three times within
the past week the Burlington Free Press
has repeated this charge-twice in its
editorial columns, and once in an anonv.
nous communication which the writer
was allowed to say: "The candidacy Tof
Proctor itself, however, was born at a
midnight concave in a New York citv
hotel, where the Webb managers and
young Proctor met to concoct the plan
OF withdrawing one and entering another
racer for the governorship."
The editorial reference OF the Free Press
was to "The now somewhat notorious
secret conference at swell hotel in New
York city which preceded the withdrawal
of DR.. Webb, followed by another refer
ence of similar import. The Phoenix now
passes by the smaller newspapers which
have pedded this charge, and goes d-
| rectIv TO Headquarters in the Free preSs
office with these inquiries;
/. Do you know that such secret
conference was held, either at the Wal
dorf-Astoria or at any other hotel or
place, public or private, in New York city?
2. Who attended this conference, if
held? Was it called or held to discuss
the Vermont governorship, and if so,
what was the trade, or agreement, or
understanding which was reached?
We await the definite information
which the Free Press will undoubtedly be
able to give Vermont Phoenix.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23
Twelve Questions to Gen. McCul-
Tough.

Tough.
Here are a few pertinent questions to
Gen. cCullough, on which it is but fair
that the republican voters of the state
should be informed:
/. Are you in favor of the prohibitory
law in this state, or not !
2. Did you not dodge every vote on
the liquor question when you were
member of the senate in 1895
3. Are the results OF the liquor license
law in New York city, your winter home,
such that you would unhesltatingy
recommend its adoption in Vermont
4. Is not Mr.. Clements campaign an
annex of your own, and are you not his
heir apparent?
5. When, in your recently issued circu-
lar yoA attempted to prove that you
were real Vermonter by giving list of
your property in Vermont, why did you
not give also a list of your property in
New York, so that people could really
Judge whether or not it is true that your
principal interests do not lie in Vermont?
6. Do you not think that J. P Morgan
and other New York fellow. millionaires
ofyours could prove their complete ident-
ity with any one of half dozen different
states by the same kind of argument as
that which is made in your behalf
7. Is it not fact that for years you
have owned and maintained a winter
residence on Park avenue, in New York
city, and that your principal business Of
fee is, and long has been, on Cortland
street in the same city
8. II elected governor, where do yor
propose to live winters during YOU
term OF office?
8. Is it not true that you never held {
town or local public office in this state?
10. If so, is it because you have NJ
interest in such modest affairs; or becaus
you have not had time enough in tn
state; or because your neighbors at you
summer home have not considered yo
closely enough identified with their loca
interests
II. Do you consider that it is possibl
to spend, legitimately, in political can
paign in Vermont, the amount of none
you are spending in yours?
II Are you willing to state, approx
mattly, the amount of money you hav
spent in this canvass, so that the peopl
may be able to Judge whether you al
not conducting the same on a New Yor
city plan?
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23

The democratic Montpelier Argus,
which is kindly attempting to assist the
republican party Of this state in picking
out a governor. asks: Have we any but
license candidates in the ield?" 1t looks
that way, if records count for anything
Percy W. Clement isn't open to suspicion
as being much else than license candi-
date. Gen. Mccullough lodged when he
saw the vote coming in the legislature
four years ago. Fletcher D. Proctor
answered to his name when it was
called, and voted against high license.
So it is safe enough to say he is not a
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-04-23

Mr.. Proctor had repeatedly stated to
friends and political associates that he
was not a candidate for the governor
ship this year; he had reiterated these
assertions up to within few weeks OF
the announcement OF his candidacy
Mortified News.
We presume so. But what oft? Isn't
it possible for man-even in poIitics-to
change his mind to meet changed condi-
tions, without being entitled to accusa-
ton as though he had committed a
crime? The tenacity with which the
opponents Of Proctors candidacy cling
to this one point would seem to indicate
that they are mighty short OF hrstclass
campaign material,