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Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
CARRIER cOMPLIMENTED.

To the Editor of The Republican, Sir: After reading the article signed "New York" in your daily paper Of June Live of route No. 2, feel aggrieved that our carrier did not come in for a word of praise, so justly deserved. Not only have his duties at times been CO., lcssal but they were performed In the shortest time possible and with exact ness which seemed marvellous. Aside from mail distributed in the surest and most rapid manner, there is always that pleasing way, that has cheered and given hope, not only to the re- mittance recipient, but the aged par ent, looking so anXiously for the be- lated letter from the absent son or daughter or perchance the neglected lover. My feeble pen is unaccustomed to writing articles for public print, but having time and fearing others who feel alike grateful to so efficient, carrier as No. 2. might neglect a cause so just, ask you to give space to this article in your valuable paper.
 AN ILLINOISAN.
 Phoenix June Il,
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THE KINGS FRIEND AGAIN.
Waldorf Astor and Edward Reconciled
 Once More.

Waldorf Astor has apparently settled his old feud with the king in Bucking- ham palace this week by Lord Edward Clinton, says a London dispatch Itis the first time MT. Astor has met the king in several years. He was accused of insulting Edwards friend, Captain Milne, now commander of the royal yacht, by ordering him out of his house on the occasion of a concert. Con- trary to the desires of the Prince of Weles, MT. Astor refused to apologize to Captain Milne.
 When Waldorf Astor became a Brf- tish subject, he placed his social career in the hands of the Prince of Wales. The act did not commend itself to many Anerican's. AStor's decision did not commend him particularly to the Bri- tish. as many persons believed that the change was for the purpose of gaining title. In spite of his unpopularity, 1t was believed by many persons that MT. Astor was justified in his action to- ward Edward. then Prince of Wales. Captain Milne attended a concert given by MT. AstOr. He had not been invit- ed, but came by invitation of young woman who had re- ceived an invitation. Mir Astor knew nothing of this. This had been done several times and it was known that MT. Astor resented it. h. fuential friends of Captain Milne re- lated the matter to the king who os- traclzed MT. Astor. Edward did not hear MT. AstOr in his own defense. It is not known on what grounds the ex- American was presented to the king. Gossip here says that now that Mir Astor and the king are reconciled, Mir Astor may have his coveted title fol- lowing the large gifts to the Tory party's campaign chest for the next general election. MT. Astor has made several gifts to the Tories. One of | them vas said to be s1O,OOO.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
A SHORTENED VACATION
R. L. ncDonnold Will Leave for Phoe
 nix This Morning.

telegram was received at his of- flee yesterday saying that Sheriff Cook, who had gone after McDonnold, had arrived there and would leave for Phoe- nix with his prisoner this morning. In that case he will return to Phoenix not later than Tuesday and possibly to- morrow morning.
 McDonnold still refuses to discuss his very much tangled Phoenix affairs, but he continues to assert that once he is here he will be able to establish his innocence, but even his most sanguine friends do not see how he is going to do it.
 The question of his bail is already being discussed, and the acquaintances of the professor are wondering if he will be able to keep himself out of the sweltering jail pending the preliminary proceedings in his case. Then will come
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
ACCIDENTLY A KILLED
Death of Russell nckinnon, Who Fora
 merly Lived in Phoenix.

There are many Phoenix people who will remember MT. and Mrs. J. E. Me- kinnon and their son Russell, who liy- ed here about three years ago, MT. Me kinnon at the time being a member of the mechanical force of The RepubIi- can. They lived in Nevada previous to coming here and returned there from Arizona. Those who knew them here will be grieyed to lear4s~ of the accidental death of Russell, the circumstances of which are deteiled in the following, taken from Reno paper of June 4.
 AS the result of injuries received by having horse fall on him last Thurs day afternoon, Russell McKinnon. the SeVenteen-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. J. E. McKinnon, died at the home of ms parents at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. The end was entirely unex- pected for it was net thought that the boy was fatally injured.
 As a result the parents are almost heart broken. However, everything possible was done for the young man. but his injuries were such that it was beyond the power of human aid to save his life.
 The young man was full of life and was especially fond of riding horses. In company with a friend. Alvara Ev- ans, he rode out on the Truckee Mead ows Thursday. The animal he was riding was fractious and hard to man. age. In some manner the horse in rearing fell over backward. Russell remained in the saddle, the horn of which struck him in the pit of the stomach. His companion went to his aid and succeeded in having the in- Jured boy brought to town in a bug gy. Russell went home and told his mother he had been injured and was not feeling well. He then retired. During the night the young man did not complain of pain, simply stating that he was thirsty. He arose once or twice during the night to get & drink of water and a half hour before his death yesterday morning he was able to get out of bed. It was then that his parents realized his serious condition. The attending physician, Dr. Heppner, did everything in his pow CT fer the boy but without avail and at 9 o'clock he breathed his last.
 The young man was a native of Vir- ginia City. A few years ago he came to Reno with his parents and was we'll liked by all who knew him. He was always working at one thing or anoth- CT and his enterprise was such as to excite admiration. Withal he was bright and was the making of a good citizen. His untimely death is a sad blow to his parents who have the sym pathy of the entire community.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

When he came home that night he found a grocery box on the kitchen floor tilted up on a clothespin- Therc was a strong smell of chloroform in the room and a faint new from under the box.
 Whats this?" he demanded.
 "The kittens,'' she said in despair. "They won't die. I put the chlorocorIn under the box right after breakfast and they've been moving like that all day long. Mig is nearly wild"
 T should think so,'' he exclaimed in- dignantly. What have you got thS box tipped up that way for?''
 ''Oh, to give the poor things a little air" she replied. ''I was afraid they would smother under that box"
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
EASY MONEY.

Somebody happened to refer to the exposure of the up-to-date "creeper game" as 1t was recently conducted in. Fifth avenue, says the New York Times.
 And they got $500 from one man." remarked one of the group of speakers, in an uptown apartment house a night or two ago.
 Well" interrupted the gray haired man opposite, "all I can say is, he de- served to lose it. No man has a right to carry that much money around in his clothes"
 "I agree with you" said his visa. wis. Twenty-Five dollars is as good to me as twenty-five hundrad. I find that sum enough at all times. I never carry more"
 What would you do if you happened to need bigger sum in an emergen- cy?" asked one of the party. You might find yourself in a hole.'
 Not at all. I can always draw a check-yes. and get it cashed, too."
 Several of the men present agreed with the speaker.
 ''It's the easiest thing in the world to get money" continued the man who had introduced the subject. At least, I've always found it so. And I have found it especially simple when I was abroad. Only last year I was in Lon- don and ran short of funds. I simply walked into d bank there and asked them if they would cash check foT me. I was referred to the president and he saw me readily enough when my card was sent in. When told him I needed a couple of hundred dollars, he immediately agreed to let me have it. But he said he would like to cable over to see if it was all right-not that he doubted me, but just as a matter of form. I told him if that was neces- sary not to mind. It wasn't worth while. Whereupon he took my check, told the cashier to give me the money. bade me a pleasant good day, and the incident was closed.''
 "You have an honest face" remarked one Of the smoking-room group, with a laugh.
 "Yes. and they must be easy over there" vouchsafed another. . "Oh, I don't know" put in a third. "I had practically the same experience in California a year or two ago. A banker there advanced me a hundred dollars on my check without any per- sonal identification whatsoever. These people evidently get to be the keenest possible judges of human nature; that's all there is to it."
 Several other members of the party then remembered similar experiences, and the general conclusion was that the original speaker was right in averring that no man need carry large sum of money in his pocket.
 These were all business men, but of no special prominence. No one of them would be recognized on sight as a pub- lie man, financier, or capitalist And as they had no incentive for other than truth-telling, their exposition of the ease with which money may be obtain ed seemed as interesting as it was sur prising.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

lem at frequent intervals. Mig herself was one of the family. but even she was a pretty tight squeeze for the four room flat, and as to adopting any of her numerous progeny, that was out of the question.
 "Serd for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals people," he suggested, as he picked up his hat to depart.
 But I don't know how they kill the animals" she objected. "They may treat them cruelty"
 Well, don't think the s. P. c. A. goes in for feline inquisitions," he said; but stirl, if you prefer. you might get some chloroform and kill them your self"
 She decided to adopt this suggestion.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
NOTICE.

Beginning June 1st the Maricona 6, shoenix road will abandon their seventh street passenger and freight stations, and trains will make no stop there.
 Effective June 1st all trains will start rom the new passenger station on center street. The passenger station not being quite complete, tickets will ne sold temporarily at the new freight office on First avenue.
 NJ. o. BICKNELL.
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Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
ITO GET THE REAL THING,

.''I tell you automobiling is exciting. 9
 Think so?"
 'I know it.
 well, if you want real excitement. you want to give up your automobile and take to driving on roads where automobiles are thick. You don't be- gin to get all there is coming in the excitement line."-Chicago Post.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

Dr. Win Wylie, formerly of Phoenix, has associated himself with Dr. De- Earth Shorb in the practice of medi- cine and surgery in the city of Los Angeles, with offices in the Bullard block until July 1st, and in the He'll man building. at the corner of Fourth and Spring. thereafter.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THEN HE TALKED,

When Robinson Crusoe found that he was alone on the island he was silent for a long time.
 Then he threw off his tacturnity with a violent effort.
 If I ain't careful he said, "Tu make a Judge Parker of myself."- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

influential union, is invariably that in which meetings are numerously at tended, and everyone takes an active interest in the welfare of the body. If shining example is wanted, it is found in the United Mine Workers of America. MT. Buchanan's words carry valuable message to the members Of every great labor union in America National Labor Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
AFRAID THEY WOULD SMOTHER,

Mig has three kittens this time, and we haven't a pail big enough to drown them in There was a pucker of per pleXitY in the middle of her pretty forehead as she made the announce ment.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
SUCCESSFUL.

Visitor-What a beautiful binding you are putting on your new novel.
 Publisher-Yes. It's bound to suc- ceed.-Cornell Widow. <. IAss.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

An Atchison couple have been en- gagged so long that their marriage will attract no mere attention than the av- craze wedding anniversary.-Atchi Globe.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
Coast Specials via "THE OILED ROUTE. :"

One night out to either Los Angeles or San Francisco. The only lone night" line to Frisco. We give you choice of routes. Either via Los Angeles, or through the beautiful San Joaquin Valley.
 San Francisco and return. .S45.45 Los Angeles, San Diego, Coronado Santa Barbara and Southern Calf. resorts. ts.................... .S25.95
 Tickets on sale Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week. Limit Nov. 30th.
 15 and to Chicago June Is.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
Granite Gravel

furnished for grading walks and yards. Hauling, grading and excavating done to order. Address E. Pennington, P. O. box, 723 or Phone Red 513.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

THROUGH SLEEPER TO ST. LOUIS. Our next through sleeper for St. Louis leaves morning of June 15.
 l.. H. LANDS,
 General Agent $. r. P. & F.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12

Phoenix, June Il.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-09-21

ing to be done. One was to find out what meanings the last editors of the Old Testament put upon the books when they had suffered much corruption. The other was to complete an improved textual crit icism.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-09-21
Biblical Criticism.

Canon Cheyne. the distinguished author of the "Encyclope1ia Bib lica," addressing the English churchmen's union at Westminster on the Discovery of New Facts and Justification of More Search ing Biblical Criticism" contended for free and untrammelcd criti- cism in the cause of progress.
 Canon Cheyne held that the na- tional church was not merely hospital for the morally sick, but union of men devoted to the high est ideals and to historic truth. He said it could be shown easily that some of the narratives in the Old Testament were colored by the Ori- ental mythology. The earlier chap. ters of Genesis, containing the cos mogony and the deluge and such stories as Jonah and the big fish were semi-mythical and Oriental in origin, showing the influence of Babylon. Certain clements in the Bible were borrowed from a culture older and richer than the Jewish.
 "I have no intention of giving any shock" said Canon Cheyne, in touching upon the virgin birth of the Redeemer. But he claimed that new facts brough, to light showed that the Jewish narrator had derived it from a non Jewish source and that the use of the word virgin" arose out of a misundcr- standing of the meaning of the original word. which referred ,o the divine generation of certain favosed persons. AS q historian he could not refuse to recognize the possi. bihsy of this origin of the story.
 After showing how many names ef people and places tn the Old Testament were wrong. be said there were two great wesks remain
Yukon Valley news., 1904-09-21
MIDAS CREEK SPINDLE OUTDONE
 BY TRICK TURNED ON THE YUKON

fraud, which had been so cunningly devised that Expert Fitzhugh was thoroughly deceived. He secured afidavits to this effect from numer- ous people familiar with and impli- cated in the saltiAg; and never sus- pected for a moment that the array of facts covered by his voluminous report would ever come into ques- ton.
 Now comes the remarkable part of this remarkable story.
 The directors of the Klondike Estates Corporation, Limited. met in London in February of the pres ent year.
 Fitzhugh was there.
 Hoffman was there.
 Torrance was there!
 And it is safe to say a good deal of modern hell was raised by the experts and capitalists congregated there. of the latter of whom Tor rance is now one.
 Hoffman reported the situation as it was actually found by him to exist on 'Seventymile. and backed up his account by documentary evidence and the affidavits afore. said.
 Fitzhugh acknowledged that he had not used due caution and had been imposed upon.
 Torrance declared them both liars and traitors to the men who had employed them. He supported his denunciation by evidence that no body of sane men could wholly discredit. For each affidavit Hoff- man produced Torrance had five or six.
 Poor Fitzhugh caught it then
 No matter where truth and false hood rested between Hoffman and Torrance, he was ignominy's own.
 Torrance story was strengthened by the appearance of one Hale-a man who would seem to Ee trust worthy could ever man be called trustworthy again-who proposed at his own expense to expert the Seventymile proposition a third time for a stated inte rest in the property. and reimburse the com pany for all past outlay regardless of the experts report. What this play means it is unprohtable to guess. The Hale proposal was re- jected.
 Threatened with actions at law by innocent stockholders. the per plcxed directors know not who to believe.
 To the best of It's ability the company wtll continue to irvesti.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-09-21

the Midas creek swindle, inaugu- rated at Nome perhaps year ago, Is that the perpetrators of the fraud were able to keep their dupes so long ill ignorance of the true state of affairs. Passengers from St. Mi chael on the Susie last Monday relate that even up to the present time some of the victims cherish lingering hope that all will yet be well. Duncan and Griggs. the perpetrators of the fraud, are gone, officers of the law know not where. How much money they succeeded i'll wheedling from confding indi- viduals will never be known, but it exceeds $50, 1000.
 Cold -blooded treachery was their distinguishing point. Friends who had known and trusted them long were feeced and made innocent CO., partners in their villainy.
 Meanwhile trick has been turned on the upper reaches of the Ameri- can Yukon that for dramatic inter- est, boldness in conception, audacity and success ill execution will prob ably remain without a parallel not in the north alone. but in the his tory of mining frauds on the entire American continent.
 Scarcely more than the bar st outlines have got into the public prints, and with such consummate skill were the plans laid and the details executed that to this day the losers are at sea as to the truth of conflicting reports from the ground chosen as the lure.
 George Torrance, of California, is the promoter, and the Klondike Estates Corporation, Limited, of London, England, is the concern he succeeded in interesting in what he represented as fabulously rich | placers.
 The placers lie on Seventymile creek, on the left limit of the Yu- kon. a distance below Eagle.
 The amount of money so far yielded up by the company is up- ward of $72s.ooo.
 The ground carries gold. but in such small quantities no one would do years representation work for d clear title to the whole creek.
 In this instance there is nothing to show that the company failed to exercise reasonable prudence. Tor ranee's antecedeuts were inquired into and found satisfactory. The ground was originally exported by W. N. Fitxhugh. whose integrity yet remains uutaEnlshed.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-09-21
White River Strike.

In business letter from United States Commissioner E. R. Brady, dated Wickersham, Aug. "A. he says: II an pleased to say things look good to me here. A new find of placer has been made on the head of the White river; $2. 50 per pan in places."
 Portland Oregonian: A Seattle firm has received an order from Rampant. Alaska, for a moving machine and horse hayrake. This is said to be the first order of the kind that has ever come from Vest ern Alaska, and appears to offer proof that the land of the midnight sun has other resources than gold and fish. The order for the ma chine came from a pack-train op- orator who has spent seven years in the country and evidently knows what it is capable of. Western Alaska is too close to the Artic circle for very long summers. bu, the days are SO long aud warm that cereals and grasses are said to ma ture much quicker than iu attitudes further south.
 There has just been turned ou, at the Philadelphia mint ss,ooo gold oue-doIlar pieces. TNey are the souvenirs of the Lewis and Clarke Exposition at Portland. These are the 6Fst eoins which have had a head on both sides. that of Lewis being on one side and Clarke oa Al
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Land for Sugar eeets.

The question Is often asked: EDO
sugar beets exhaust the soil?" The
proper answer to this question is, that
any crop will exhaust the soil II
planted continuously and nothing is
done to renew 1t, says Charles F..
Saylor. Sugar beets will not exhaust
the soil more than other crops II the
right methods are pursued. 1t should
be the aim Of every farmer growing
sugar beets to make profit out OF
them the same as with any other crop;
therefore, he should be careful in the
selection OF l.uu for growing them
II a piece of land is not adapted to
general cropping, avoid it for s"gar
beets. Put upon 1t something better
adapted to 1t, and operate, If possible.
in such way as to make 1t pru iuc-
tive. If it is wet and sour, drain it..
II light. put it In grass or build it up
with legumes in rotation with light
crops and liberal applications of barn.
yard manure. At least do not try to
reclaim it with sugar beets. They are
not good reclaimer Beets are an
eApensiFe Ciop a. Tue oest, ana SnOuld
be put upon lands offering the best
opportunities for good yields. 1t takes
to tons of beets per acre to pay
the actual cost of production, and it
is the tonnage of beets over and above
this amount that yields the profit
So it can readily be seen that poor
land should be planted to something
whose production is not SO expensive
On poor land sugar beets are liable
to produce loss, either in low
sugar content and purity. or small ton,
mage of beets per acre.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-14
Specifications for Farm Drains.

The matter of specifications for the
construction of tile drains Is in my
opinion very important, although al.
most universally neglected, says Pro.
fessor Marston in book on drainage
Investigations. Every engineer ought
to prepare and always keep on hand
regular printed specifications and
forms Of agreement between land own.
er and tile contractor, with blank
spaces for filling in particular names
and adding special clauses as indiyid.
ual pieces of work may demand, and
he ought to furnish copy Of such
printed forms with each set OF plans
he prepares. At present there is too
often only a general verbal agreement
between the land owner and the ditch,
er. There Is no way to enforce good
work in all particulars. and too often
disputes and dissatisfaction regarding
the agreement and the work arise
which could readily have been pre-
vented had there been written specI
fcations and agreement.