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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Hotel Fire at Missoula.

Missoula, Mont, Oct. 27.-The Euro.
pean hotel, a landmark of the city, is
Quilted by fire. The boarders lost
their effects. The loss is $4,000, fully
insured.
]. H. Perrault, plasterer from Spo-
kane, jumped from a third story win
dow and was impaled on a fence, re-
ceiving injuries from which he may
die.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

II heard today that your son was
an undertaken. I thought you told me
he was a physician"
mot at all"
81 don't like to contradict, but I'm
positive you did say So"
"You misunderstood me. I said he
followed the medical profession. -
Philadelphia Press.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28
Unknown Found Dead.

Chattaroy, Wash, Oct. 27.@The
body of an unidentified stranger was
found beside an unused logging road
a short distance from town by Isaac
Staley. The man was apparently about
so years Of age and a working man.
He was plainly dressed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

The most striking sermon Is usually
the one that hits the man who is not
there.
The first blacklist of habitual
drunkards" published in London, un.
der the new licensing act shows three
times as many women as men.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

1t is usually imagined that the in
candescent light gives out very little
heat. AS a matter Of fact only 6 per
cent. of its energy goes to make light.
while "a per cent. goes into heat.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-28

Australia has the largest duck farms
and the largest incubator in the world.
The incubator has capacity of H.
400 ducks eggs and 14.0S0 hens eggs.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
MEN WHO LIKE DREAM BOOKS.
They are Generally Ashamed eff It and
Tell Fibs When They Buy Them.

Have you got any of those fool
man. entering an Ann street book
store.
Lots Of EN-" replied the salesman
tossing over pile of paper covered
books. with demons in red and black
adorring the front page.
My servant girl wants Them eX-
planned the man half apologetically.
Yes said the salesman, looking
bored.
The man selected three of the books,
one on dreams, one on fortune telling
and one on handke1 CHEZ firtations,
paid for them and went away.
His servant girl wants them" said
the salesman to a friend. The old
gag. He wants them himself, and is
ashamed to ask fer them.
We get several dozens of that kind
in here every week. They are crazy
over dream books and fortune telling
books. and all that kind of thing, but
they are so afraid someone viii know
it.
Almost everyone of them blames the
poor servant. That's the most popular
bluff. They laugh and say they don't
know why the servant wants them, but
they suppose they'd better humor her.
Then they take the books home and
read them by the hour. When they've
finished them they come back for
more.
It's best to let them think they are
fooling you, for we sell more books
that way."-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
THE bitches OF THE BIBLE
DIR. Halsey Draws a Lesson From a
Popular Local Theme.

AT the Baptist service il O'Neill hall
yesterday morning Rev. DR.. Halse.-
preached from d text found in Second
Kings. 1916, Make this valley full o.
ditches.''
The preacher said in part:
The Bible, from Genesis to REVEAL
ton, is a book OF water ways. We have
first the three rivers of Eden. and lasT
the river OF the water of life. In the
Gospels we read of the brook by th=
way and of the we'll of water.
l came to Arizona with d handsome
parchment certificate. signed by Gov
ernor Levi P. Morton. commissions,
me as delegate to the third national IT.
rigation congress. Nov we are on the
threshold Of one of the great achieve
ments of the century.
A new national policy has been in
augurated. We may be thankful that
the president OF the United States was
once a rancher. sympathizes with the
west and knows her needs
Now as never before, the nation is
interested in the redemption of the arid
west and in the preservation of her for
eSts. 'Impound the waters, save tbs
trees. We're WatchWOrdS of the earlier
irrigation congresses. Now the nation
has learned these WatchWordS. Homes
are to be provided for homeless hosts
\ few millions expended now Will BE-
worth in few years hundreds of mil
lions to the nation. This is an era OF
great undertakings. The Empire state
expects to expend 100000 900 in deep
enins her great canal from Lake EriJ
to the sea We have been WAITING iN6
hoping. and hoping and waiting 1oi
word from Washington. At last tina,
word was spoken and work on The
Tonic basin project is begun.
Think and Thank" was the motto
over Il wise mans study door. We may
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

into quite general use and is far more
picturesque than the staid and prin
derby. The latter hat is much affected
by the city youth of Mexico, but it is
foreign. alien and exotic. 1t is ridicu-
lous worn on horseback under the ar
dent sun of Mexico or Andalusia.
In old times Mexicans, as we'll as
Spaniards of social rank Wore the cocks
ed hat, immoItalized in Alcon's story
of the "Sombrero de Tres Picos The
three cornered hat. properly speaking,
affected by people of times agone. was
called the "Sombrero de tres candles"
Boys Of the lower classes wear cheap
straw sombreros to school and the mar
vel is that they ever distinguish them.
as they are as much alik as peas in Il
pod.
But to return to our mutton, 50 to
say. tho hat as u symbol of grandee
ship. 1t is nowadays the tall hat. the
topper, the silk hat. stove pipe. or what
YOU Will "Gobernadores wear it, SEN
ators and deputies and lawyers, OF
course though in Mexican cities the
younger lawyers affect Jaunty straw
hats in warm weather. and sometimes
derbys.
The grandees of Spain of the first
class have the privilege of remaining
covered in the presence of their sovcr-
eign. and the other day the young King
Alfonso. receiving Il party of noblemen
of high degree who approached him
uncovered. said after Il moment. cover
yourselves senores which is ancient
etiquette. Thus the hat plays in Span
ish tradition and actual life Il ceremon-
ial part differing from usage in Anglo
Saxon countries
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
PRESCOTT BUSINESS FIRMS.
Hotel Burke
AMERICAN PLAN.

PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
les rooms. All modern convenience
strictly nrst-class and modern hoteL
Sample rooms for commercial men.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
A Phoenix Man Finds Many Things as
They Ought Not To Be.

Phoenix. A. T. Oct. Is.
To the Editor of the Republican:
I desire to call the attention of the
public to several matters of general in
terest and trust that you will give me
a little space.
Yesterday while one of our distin-
guished visitors was driving about this
valley he made the remark that this
was an ideal country for good roads
and he was surprised that we did not
have them. This remark surprised two
of the gentlemen who were driving
with him. as they thought we had ex-
cellent roads. But it was no surprise
to the Phoenix man who was driving
The matter was brought up in con-
versation later in the presence of sew
eral citizens OF Phoenix. AS physicians
drive a great deal. and two of them
were present the road question was
referred to them. Both agreed that our
roads, in the main. were abominable. 1t
matters not whether YOU ride il an au-
tomobile, rubber tired. or steel tired
vehicle, there is a constant Earring
and chugging over the rough. cobble
stone like prominences found almost
anywhere. and over the miserable chug
holes found in almost every square rod
of Phoenix and Salt River valley roads
Any man who tries will find that this is
correct. The fact is that most of our
people think that we have good roads
while those that. have a good deal to
do with the roads know that we have
not.
There is really no excuse for this
condition of affairs. a small amount
of money expended judiciously at the
proper season will give US IDEAL thor
oughiares. In order to appreciate this,
one has only to go to the north end
of Third avenue. in SiITlms Addition.
where one will find about one thousand
feet of road built by citizens of Simms
Addition last spring. The road was full
of chuck holes and dirt that had been
simply dumped from wagons and never
leveled. Our German friend. Tom King.
IS the best road grader In the coun-
try, ana he was employed and built a
good load. Six hurried feet of road
was plowcd UP. then scraned. and af-
forwards rolled. 1t is now in perfect
condition. Mr.. King spent, two days
with three teams and two men TO help
him. His charge was $50. Had there
been a longer stretch CT road the eX-
pense would have been less III proper
ton, as the shorter the distance the
greater the expense All that is nee
essary to keep this road in good re-
pair is to run over it once year with
an ordinary road grader. and you have
as good a road as can be paved with
any modern paving material. There is
not a street in Phoenix that is not
in need of just this kind of work. Mr..
Dwight B. Heard built q half-nlile of
this kind OF road last spring but it
was not properly rolled afterwards and
has not been graded since. yet a small
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

we'll stop to thank our heavenly Father
for soil fertile as the valley of the Nile.
for climate as salubrious as that of
southern France, for valley already
prepared by the hand of nature for IT.
rigation-for the Tonic basin. We
should thank the Giver of the early and
the latter rains, for blessings present
and prospective, for the work done ana
to be done and for the men who have
made that work possible-for Fowler
and Maxwell and Roosevelt and Brodie,
our modest governor and powerful
friend.
The work which has been done in
uniting as one the various interests OF
the citizens of Maricopa county may be
an object lesson to the Community and
10 the church. We win success when
all are working: when all are working
| together. when all are working intelli-
gently. when all are working econOm-
ically. all for each and each for all, re-
alizing in part the dream of the poet:
When each mans good shall be his
| brothers AIM.
Often that power which undirected is
a menace to man, becomes, when re =
stricted and directed. Il blessing. 1t is
! so with the elements which compose
society.
The mad rush of enraged waters may
J he compared to the mad, rush of the
mobs whose passions. restrained and
governed, may mean health and pros
! perity to the republic.
We may note the power of united
effort One drop of water upon a ranch
means nothing, a flood means desola-
| ton; but if drops are united and prop
| .r1x- e.t,.i1N I've
granary of a nation. There is need of
| the reservoir. of canals large and small.
and of little bitches.
The physical needs and the spiritual
needs of the valley are alike. Water in
the Scriptures is Il figure of life. Bap-
tism symbolizes both death and Il re-
surrection. Humanity is the arid des-
crt. Divinity comes as the water of life
as to the valley of dry bones which the
prophet saw came the spirit bringing
divine life. We must have not re-
formation but regeneration. 1t is use
less to plant the rose in the dry desert
There is need enough of work. You
can help. You can be a channel to con-
vey the water of life to the needy.
Other churches have their work: W.
| have our own. We bid all Gods chill
dren God speed. Let us endeavor to
surpass them in one thing-love.
/ Arizona needs more water and more
Baptists. true Baptists, deep-watel
Baptists. baptized body and soul, ready
to de and ready-to do for the Master
to do anything. anywhere, anyhow. to
be anything or nothing.
Too many of us want to be Tonic
basins rather than little bitches. The
old hymn, % to Be Nothing. Nothing.
has been criticised. Some one wrote
another 20. to Be Something. Some
thing" but Paul was willing to be
nothing if only he could advance III.
cause of Christ.
Let us recall the words on or topic
card:
Il am only one.
But / am one:
| cannot do everything.
But [ can do something:
What | can do l want to do.
And. by the grace of Cod will do.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

good as the best of roads Just de-
scribed.
In this connection it might be we'll
to mention that Tom King is the only
man known to the writer who knows
how to properly run a road grader The
idea of putting any man on road
grader to build roads will not work.
One must have experience. In the cast.
the companies manufacturing road
graders employ men who have had
large experience to go about the coun-
try and give demonstrations of the
work that can be done with their road
graders Would il not be well for Phoe-
nix and Maricopa county to employ
men to come into this county and teach
our men how to build roads?
The money that the city of Phoenix
is spending in useless bond elections.
and is now about to eXpend in one that
surely will result in nothing. would
build several miles of first class read
in this city. Why should the town
council not take some steps in the di-
rection of read building at once? And
why should we not have Il Good
Roads League"
If anybody feels as I do about this
matter please address a letter to The
Kicker at the Republican office and
we will see if we can't get together Tor
the formation of such an organization.
Few people realize that we are about
to enter upon Il serious labor trouble.
Ii is d we'll known fact that this valley
Is largely dependent upon Mexican la
Dor. The MexicarS are, and as far as L
know. always have been. we'll paid. As
laborers they are generally inferior.
Perhaps 90 per cent are up TO the or
binary American workingman for most
work but the ma jority are Tot worth
as much as the white OF negro labor
CT. \ gentleman had occasion TO en-
ploy some men to clean bitches within
g haif-mile of the center of town last
week. He offered 81 for nine hours
work. When the men showed up he
found hat they intended to work but
eight hours a day. He informed them
that lie would require nine hours of
service. whereuno7 every man in the
bunch took his shovel and walked off.
This man has since been informed by
Ne Means that they have agreed to put
VI, the price of labor to 50 per day.
end hold it there, and that their day
shall be an eight-hour day. too.
This seems to be generally known
among the Mexicans but not ger,'r-
ally known among those who employ
them.
The Kicker wants to register a kick
On Phoenix sheet lights. In the first
Place there Is no. half enough of them.
ir the secon1 place there rs rot one
% them up to the requirements OF any
light contrac-. II the moGl does net
cu'9e W until nire o'clock the lights
are seldom on, but this is Il fact so
we'll known i'll the community that
ti'rre see L. re use to register COM
plant at TN r.a:E Office.
There are a whole lot OF dilapidat-
ed stacks around this town that should
a@t be toleca ed. Every one of these
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19
THE HAT IN MEXICO.
Silk Hats Now Worn by Officials In
stead of Somberos.

Among all we'll bred people great at
tention is paid to the hat of the nlascu-
line visitor. That emblem of grandec-
ship. as Richard Ford called it. is taken
at once and carefully placed on Il chair
quite as if it were Il person. 1t must
be treated with respect. y table is
also Il proper place for it. but chair
is better.
Especially is d top hat distinguished
IN etiquette: it implies that the wearel
is Il real senior, Il true caballero. ana
it is honored with careful treatmentSee
that il is allowed to repose on chair
safe from casual brooks or jars. III
common parlance. the top hat is una
chistera' a faceticus word. and. speak
ing seriously. it is "un soubrero &c
copa." or dc coca alta. 1t is an
emblem of social rank. and lawyers Oh
ten wear it from morning till night
The somhrero dc raja. or straw hat.
may be of many degrees of fncness
Sometimes it has d gold or silver cord
and is worn by Well-to-do rancheroS OF
great llacicndados on proper occasions
Women on horseback in the country, anu
formerly il the city, wore handsome
sombreros. The sombrero of felt Wild
its ornaments, may cost anywhere IRON
SO to 1000. 1t is the gala hat foi
horseback on days of tiestas, ana IN the
country regions is affected by the pres
porous. Remember that the hat, in any
form, Is something to respect. 1t IS tax
en- off as sign of regard and Difference
or of mere courtsy.
The Sombrero calanes is the Andaln -
sian hat of low crown and broad brlln
the hat of the bullhghter on the street
where he receives the homage of the
adnirng popuIace, especially of The
small boy. II has its epochs Of coming
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

Even in blue blood you Will often
find streak Of yellow.-Philadeph
Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

Any woman will tell you that trying
on a dress is also trying on the nerves
Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

It's often hard work to collect debt
of gratitude.-Philadelp Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

No" said the married man. my
wife and | never have any disputes"
"How's that" queries the bachelor.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

No young nan ever considers his best
gill to be too true.-Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r. w. Hunt, D. p. A.-Announces half
rate fare for the mardi gras at New
Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola. See
fourth page.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Has onion
SETS and the best varieties Of gar
den seeds for this climate. He also
has seed potatoes. He tells you to
use Magic horse and cattle powder.
Jas. M. Starr & Co., Druggists-Invite
your attention to their prescription
department, and assure you Of the
very best service il you will take
your prescriptions to them.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that Mac
murphy & co. use no cheap material
in the manufacture Of their fertilizer
and make no low grade goods.
c. P. Lowrance & Co.-Ask you to
try Lowney's cocoa, and say 1t Ia q
most delicious table beverage.
York Drug Store--Calls your attention
to q pleasing picture that is on ex-
hibit in their south window.
Strauss-Smith Co.-Make some peril
nent remarks about tailor-made gar
ments, and say that they represent
one Of the biggest and best tailoring
concerns in the United States.
Glenn & Allison-Enform you that the
car Of mules advertised last week, is
here. They put an ironclad guaran-
tee on everything. they sell, and want
you to come and see them II you are
wanting horse or mule.
W. o. Guy, Chester-Wants the atten-
tion Of farmers to o. s. long staple
cotton seed which he is Offering to
sell at 81 a bushel. He sold his pro-
duct for 13a cents a pound.
J. M. Heath & Co.-Let you know that
they are not considering profits now,
but say that their one point is to
turn goods on hand into money.
They also have some attractions for
the jobbing trade.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
MONUMENT TO HAMPTON.

State Will Contribute 100000 II In
dividuals Will Contribute $4,000.
In the house Of representative last
Thursday a bill was passed to provide
for a monument to Wade Hampton,
which is prefaced by the resolutions
adopted by the State Democratic con-
vention last May. recommending that:
q suitable statue be erected by the
state on the capitol grounds in honor
Of zone Of her greatest citizens and
most distinguished soldiers" The fol-
lowing is the text Of the bill as it
passed the house:
Section 1. That the sum Of 900 be
appropriated, to be used in connection
with $4,000 to be raised by voluntary
contribution. Said $4,000 shall not be-
come available until the sum Of $4,000
shall be raised by voluntary contribu,-
tions, and the same shall have been de-
posted In some bank within the state,
to the credit of the commission to be,
appointed by the governor, as is pro-
vided for in section 2 hereof. The to-
tai amount shall be used for the pur-
pose Of erecting upon the capitol
grounds an equestrian statue to the
memory Of Wade Hampton.
Sec. g. That q commission Of five
citizens be appointed by the governor
to take charge Of the funds appropria-
ted In section 1, when available, and
also of all voluntary contributions
which may be contributed to them, and
they shall take charge of the location,
inscription and erection Of the monu-
ment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
said that If the present condition Of

said that if the present condition Of
education continued and the Negro 1s
to gain control Of the state Of South
Carolina and the whites become subor-
dinate, the deplorable result would be
that in a hundred years, the population
would be half mulatto. He had no
practical solution Of the problem, he
said, unless it be that the north take
It's share of the blacks, If you love
them so WELL"
His address grew more impassloned
as he continued. At first only applause
greeted his utterances, but toward the
end an occasional hiss was heard, and
finally he was interrupted by voice
crying. What about your nephew
Senator Tillman was at the moment
defending the summary measure
adopted in the south for the punish
ment Of Negroes guilty Of crime. espe-
cially against women. After the ex-
citement caused by the interruption
had subsided, Mr.. Tillman said there
was much more he could say amt
would like to say, but that he regarded
it as highly inappropriate to refer in
public to family affairs.
Before concluding his address he
took occasion to assert that If the pol:
icy of raising the Negro into power In
the south is carried too far. the result
will be bloodshed and its flow will be
upon the heads Of those who have
tried to force the white population In
to subjection to the black.
This was not q threat, he said, but
simply a statement Of what he knew
from his acquaintance with the condi-
tions in the south, would be the inev-
liable result.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-18
WITH THE LAWMAKERS.
Notes and Comments Relating tG
Work of House and Senate.

Notes and Comments Relating to
Work of House and Senate.
The general assembly will adjourn
sine die next Saturday. The session
could continue longer; but the per-
diem Of the members will not continue
after that day.
A bill Of some general interes: that
has been passed by the house, which
will no doubt pass the senate also, Is
one that will require railroads to keep
would-be passengers Informed by bull
letin of the probable time Of arrival Of
trains, at least within half an hour.
The bill requires that within half an
hour of the time at which the train
is due a. bulletin be posted, and that
this bulletin be changed every half
hour until the train finally arrives. A
penalty Of $40 Is imposed for each Of
fense. .....
Hereafter, the governor will have
nothing to do with the appointment of
dispensary constables except indirect
ly. A bill that has passed the house
and which had second reading In the
senate on last Saturday, provides for
the appointment by the governor of
one chief constable who shall hare Il
salary Of $1,000 year and whose duty
1t shall be to appoint as many assist
ants as may be necessary. The chief
constable shall give a bond Of $1,000
and the assistants bonds Of $500 each.
The chief will be able to make ap-
pointments only with the advice and
consent of the governor.