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Mohave County miner., 1904-12-24
Serious Accident.

Last Tuesday evening serious ac- cident occurred at the Keystone mine, at Mineral Park, by which Jacob Detar, uperintsndent of the property, was severely and Charles Richards, en. gineer, was slightly injured The two men were being lowered into the shaft and when about forty feet from the bottom the brake gave way and the men and bucket were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft. The men were thrown from the bucket when it etruck the platform and MT. Detar's leg was broken above he ankle, the bones being driven through the flesh He was otherwise bruised and injured. MT. Richards had an ankle spained, but was not seriously injured. The men were taken from the shaft and Dr. Cowie sent for. The doctor reached the Park at midnight and at once pro- ceeded to make the men comfortable. A telephone message from that town the following day stated that they were getting along nicely. Mir. Detar's injured limb has been put in plaster cast and it is hoped that it will reunite and leave no permanent injury.
 Jackson McCracken, after whom the famous old McCracken mine, in the south part of the county is named died recently in Santa Cruz. McCrack en was speaker of the house in the first Arizona legislative assembly. Hi: widow gained literary fame as Jose phine Clifford, prior to her marriage with McCracken. The mines that made McCracken independently wealthy were discovered in the early seventies by himself and H. A. Owen, known al over the coast as "Chloride Jack, anC who at present is prospecting in thi county. The mines are situated abou thirteen miles south of Signal. At on time their production was immense but for number of years they hay been idle.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-24

A Christmas tree and it's attendant festivities is to be held at the M. E. church this evening.
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-24

Mrs. c. H. Whitaker died at Gold Road Thursday night after lingering illness, of consumption. Deceased had lived in this territory many years, coming here from Texas. The remains were brought to Kingman yesterday and inferred in the cemetery this morning.
 The Misses Alta Hubbs and Florence and Charlotte Frost arrived from Flagstaff on last nights train. The young ladies have been attending the Northern Normal school.
 Fred Harter is getting good ore in the Nighthawk mine, at Layne Springs. A shipment from this mine was re. gently sent to the shelter.
 The Misses Zoa and Vida Watkins are home for the holidays, having come in from Santa Monica the first of the week.
 Mrs. Ralph Bulkely came up from the Sandy few days .go and will re main in town until after the holidays.
 A Christmas tree and it's attendant festivities is to be held at the M. E.. church this evening.
 Ralph Gooding, who has been attend ing school at Pasadena, Cal, is home for the holidays. Lee Kayser and wife were down from Hackerry few days ago. D. I l..
Mohave County miner., 1904-12-24

Mrs. Ralph Bulkely came up from the Sandy few days sgo and will re main in town until after the holidays.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Last sn,slay ON mar snip.

"A a lad almost" said an old sea cap
tain, Il became second mate Of a Nova
Scotia sailing vessel bound from Liver
pool TO the provinces. 1t was OH a
Saturday that we left port, and the fol
lowing morning the tug which had
placed us to windward off Holyhead
left us.
I'VE were making ready for the trip
across the north Atlantic, but u
minds were diverted from work by see
Ing the skipper place a blackboard upon
the break Of the poop upon which was
written Sunday The skipper, a thor
ough type of the seaman, called all
hands aft. He said: Il want you to
know what Is on that board. For you
fellows who can't read i will spell It,
Then deliberately he said: Sunday.
You understand 1t, don't your Then
he gave the word to throw the board
into the sea. Over II went, and as 1t
took the waves he said. You all know
that was Sunday, don't your Yes
answered the men. WELL he continu-
ed, that will be the last Sunday you
will see on this ship And 1t was
Baltimore Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Red Cross in China.

The dowager empress of China
has contributed 100000 taels, or
about one hundred and thirty thous
and dollars, toward the formation of
a Chinese branch of the Red Cross
society. The action of China in thus
becoming at last one of the sigma
tories Of the Geneva convention is
received with satisfaction by philan-
thropists and peace societies gener-
ally. The Red eros Society is
in Japan, the Woman's Red
Cross society being the strongest
women's organization in the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
shoe shops. In Japan.

Like all other shops In Japan. a shoe
shop opens a broad side to the street.
1t seems a misnomer to call IL shoe
shop, a place where you can only buy
sandals or clogs. things we are not ac-
customed to call shoes. They are foot
gear anyway.
There is a low platform In front, upon
which the customer sits and drinks tea
while making his or her purchases, the
shopkeeper meanwhile squatting on
his heels and discussing the news Of
the day.
The sandals worn by the rickshaw
coolies are called waraf. They are
Of rice straw and are sold for
half a cent a pair. They are made in
the country villages, and the foreigner
watches the weaving with amused in
terest.
The p~rehensile big toe Of a Japanese
IL of great assistance. as 1t is used for
catching and holding the straws, leav-
ing the hands free to weave.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
The Years. Corn Crop.

Secretary Wilson takes an Opt.
mistic view of the corn crop. He
predicts that it will reach nearly
2,oO0,OO0,O00 and the market price
will not be much below 30 cents.
He believes that when cattle feeders
get an idea of the size of the crop
that will proceed to stock up with
feeders at once. At present they
are buying feeding cattle rather
reluctantly The past two years
has been high and fat cattle
low, leaving the feeder to meet a
deficit at the end of the year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
People VINO Live In Nests.

Travellers who have returned from
the heart Of Africa and the Australia
sian continent tell wonderful stories of
nest building people who inhabit the
wilds Of those countries. In the bush.
men Of Australia we find perhaps the
lowest order Of men that are known.
They are so primitive that they do not
know enough to build even the sim
piest form OF hut for shelter. The
nearest they can approach to It is to
gather a lot of twigs and grass and.
taking them into a thicket or Jungle
build . nest for a home. The nest Il
usually built large enough for the fam
ny. and II the latter be very numer-
Gus then the nests are Of a very large
saze. Sometimes the foliage above will
form a natural covering. but there Is
never any attempt at constructing a
protection from the rain and storms.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Dillon Breaks Record.

Lou Dillon smashed the worlds
unpaced trotting record last week at
Memphis, Tenn, by completing a
mile in two minutes and one second
fiat. The former unpaced record
was 2;0l4 was held jointly by Lou
Dillon and Major Delrnar.
After scoring twice word was
given. The mare stepped the first
quarter in 30 fiat, the half in 593,
and the three quarters in l:30.
When well heightened out for the
fight to the wire Lou Dillon slightly
faltered but passed the judges stand
in POI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Straw Vote.

Minila and the City Of Mexico
took straw votes on November eighth
results:
Manila Roosevelt 606, Parker,
31I.
City of Mexico-Roosevelt 800;
Parker, 215; Swollcw, 10: Debs, 10
Watson, A.
Places that cast Roosevelt votes
like these deserve annexation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
CONFIDENCE UNDER WATER.
How This First Essential In SWIM
ming May BE Acquired.

How This First Essential In Swim
ming May BE Acquired.
A person who is timid about the wa
ter can overcome the greatest part of
the difficulty of learning to swim by
the proper use of a wash basin.
The obstacle that persons
meet in the water Is not the conscious
fear of drowning, but an involuntary
nervous shock that causes them to
gasp for air even before their faces are
under water. 1t is this gasping for
breath that browns people.
They cannot control the gasping. and
consequently they often snap for
breath when their mouths are under
water. AS the buoyancy of a human
body Is easily disturbed, a few pints or
quarts of water swallowed in these in.
voluntary gasping acts serve to sink a
person who otherwise would float long
enough for help to arrive.
Now, IL a person afflicted with this
involuntary fear of getting under wa
ter will thrust the whole face gently
into an ordinary basin full of water
every day and stay there as long as
possible 1t will be only a short time be-
fore the gasping sensation begins to
disappear.
Then the bathtub should be used. so
that the bather, lying full length, can
immerse the entire head. At first this
will bring back all the old frightening
sensations of suffocation, but the at
tacks will be OF short duration, and
within a few days 1t will be found that
the total immersion can be maintained
for almost q full minute without dis
comfort OF any kind.
Once a person has learned how per-
fectly comfortable one can be unde
water the first great step has been
taken toward learning t swim.
Many otherwise good swimmers have
never really acquired this caImness
under water. The result Is that when
such a swimmer is caught I'm an under
tow or a swirling current his conf
dence leaves him as soon as he feels
himself dragged under the surface. In
stead OF diving or remaining motion
less and so preserving his breath he
gasps involuntarily and naturally swal-
lows water, and the choking sensation
at once forces him to exhale what
he has left and gasp again.
Confidence under water should be
me f1rst lesson In swimming.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

Among the many things thatproduce
headache are long continued straining
OF d eyes. sudden excitement. bad air
n want of ventilation, alcoholic
drinks and a variety Of other causes.
Another fruitful source Of headache In
men Is the absurd fashion Of hats
which society now imposes. Tight
boots and shoes will also cause head
ache and destroy comfort of motion
and happiness. They prevent the flow
Of blood to the extremities and cause
slight congestion OF the brain. Tea
drinking is often an unsupported cause
OF headache, causing. as II does, ex-
haustion Of the nervous system. and
coffee the same thing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17


Daniel Connole, a reputable
banker, Of Anthem, Iowa, has just
returned from St. Louis, where be
was told by Charles Brennan that
he had seen Pat Grove there last
week.
The Brennan and Grove families
lived alongside, in Scott county.
twenty years ago, and Grove and
Brennan went to school together.
Brennan is travelling for Armour a.
Co, and lives AZ 1917, Twenty third
street, NJ, st. Louis. Grove visited
him and borrowed money with
which to get to Chicago to see his
brother.
Cows was not worrying and said
be hoped he could fix Up the Omaha
CASE. He said the only persons who
still wanted 10 prosecute him we're
members 81 the family Of e. A. Cud-
aby, whose bog he Kidnapped and
secured . $40 900 ransom for. He
10 be able 20 come e an
understanding with The cudahys.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
An Ancient Egg.

A fossil egg discovered among the
gravels of the ella river in Arizona
in described in the last number of
of the American Journal of Science.
The egg is supposed to be thousands
OF years old and shows evidence of
being in the grocery store where
Bill Nye found the prices as follows:
Eggs, &c; good eggs, he.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

What is considered one Of the
largest grapevines in the world is
located in Kern county, California
1t is now thirteen years old and COW
ers an area Of l40 feet long and 40
feet vide. II yielded this year over
one ton Of grapes. Its remarkable
growth has been secured by fertaliz-
ing the soil heavily, supplying
plenty Of water, and arranging the
arbor so that the trunk and the
ground above the root are unshaded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Modern woodmen are Happy

houSih "oOuHlSh are IIdDDNs
Head banker A. n. Bort announces
the good word to all Modern Wood.
men that the November assessment
has also been waived. This coming
directly on the heels of the remis.
sion of the October assessment, will
make a remarkable record for the
order.
Counting the December assess
ment to come, the Woodmen will
have but eight assessments this year
which is a remarkable record consid-
ering the vast interests Of the order.
There + more than 50, 200,00 sur
plus in the treasury and those who
opposed the re-rating Of the order
last January on the grounds that
the assessments would be higher
and mere frequent are getting a sur
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
A Good Law.

Kirk w. Alexander, a veteran
statesman of Michigan, is out in
Minnesota deer hunting and takes
occasion to make a few comparisons
and offer some suggestions on the
subject of reckless shooting. He has
hunted in Maine and other states as
well as his own, and has reached the
conclusion that there are more green
-quick-trigger hunters in Mime
sofa than anywhere else in the
country. He says hat there was
but one death in Maine last season
from careless shooting and that was
due more too booze than anything
else.
There is a law in that state hold
ing a man guilty of manslaughter
who kills a fellow nan while suffer
ing from stage fright IN the wOods
and the penalty is from one to ten
years in states prison with a fine of
$1,000. This has a quieting effect
on amature hunters nerves when he
hears a twig break or ices the
bushes stirznear by, and the remedy
is one that might well be adopted in
Minnesota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

Former Governor B. r. Sherman
died at his home at Vinton, Iowa,
Friday night. He had been an
invalid for several years. He was
state auditor from 1875 to so and
governor from 50 to IS. He
enlisted as a private in the civil war
and rose to rank OF captain. He
was an active thirty.third degree
Mason.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

The newspapers are not neglect
ing to call attention to the fact that
il is Douglas, Of Douglas shoe fame,
who has been elected governor of
Massachusetts on the democratic
ticket, although Roosevelt carried
the state by 100000 or SO. Every
man in Massachusetts who wears a
Douglas shoe evidently voted for
Douglas for governor. 1t pays to
advertise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
ANCIENT BURlALS.

weapons of Warriors and Trinkets
Of Women In Their Graves.
A cemetery belonging to a garrison
Of Longobards has been found near
Ascoli. on the Tronto, at a pass across
the Apennines, In Italy. The site of
the fort is the top of an island of rock
now occupied by a little hamlet called
Castel Trosino. All the warriors were
laid with their faces to the east. Near
the head was found a comb made of
horn or bone and a round shield with
iron boss. On the right lay a long,
straight iron sword In a scabbard of
hide. Against the right shoulder was
laid a long wooden spear and on the
left a dagger In a highly ornamented
sheath, decorated with gold, as well as
a bow and arrows In a culver.
Generally there was present the
buckle of a broad belt, often decorated
applique for belt and scabbard. fash
Toned of gold, silver or bronze. Small
gold plates seem to have been sewed
to the coat in the shape Of a cross. One
grave contained a heavy cuirass of
plates bound together with iron wire.
The horsemen had big shears for clip
ping names and a large bronze feed
trough with two movable handles. Of
ten bits, saddles and harness were laid
beside the dead.
by the women were worn gold hair
pins with rounded fiat heads, gold ear
rings of different shapes, finger rings
ana gold plates. One ring has the
Gerontius and Regina engraved
on 1t. Crosses and necklaces of gold
and beads of glass, silver bracelets,
pottery vases and plates of glass, cups,
combs and other articles Of the toilet
accompany the remains Of women.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
QUEER ALMANACS.
Australian Shepherds Have Ocd
Ways Of Marking Time.

Ways Of Marking Time.
The boundary riders of the great
Australian sheep ranches have each a
district to look after, in which one
must keep the wire fences in repair
and see that the sheep come to no
harm. 1t is a hard and lonely life, liv-
ing, as each boundary rider does, quite
alone in the wilderness. A writer tells
of some of the curious ways in which
days.
One old man who had lived in the
back country for thirty years used two
jam tins and seven pebbles. One tin
was marked. This week" and the 9th
er Last week" On Monday morning
week" and drop it into This week"
and each subsequent morning till This
week" had swallowed the seven. They
were returned to Last week., and the
old fellow knew that another Sunday
had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit IN a
new idea. He made a big damper (cake
Of flour and water) on Sunday night
and marked it into seven sections,
each section being a days allowance.
so that every time he picked up the
damper the grocer would remind him
of the day. Unfortunately m Tues
day there came a visitor with a raven
Gus appetite. The host stinted him
self that the hungry one might be sat
isied with the days section. But lie
wasn't With anxious eyes the host
saw the knife clearing the boundary
line and the hungry man ruthlessly
carving into his almanac. AT last he
could stand ii no longer.
stop, stopr' he cried as he grabbed
the damper and glared at it.
There" he said, you've eaten Toos-
day and We'n'day, and now yer wanter
slice the best o. the mornin' o. Thurs
day, an | won't know the day o. the
week"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Northern Normal and Industrial School
at Aberdeen, opened Sept. 9th.

Students can enter at any time. h
school maintains strong courses-one
English and one Latin. These courses
are Thorough in the Common branches.
Diploma a state certificate. n good school
for teachers to review studies. 1t has
fine buildings and well equipped labor
atories. 1t graduates are in demand.
Manual training, domestic economy,
elocution, physical culture and music
besides the regular courses. Fine dOrmi-
tory and boarding hall. Tuition So tor ~
weeks. Table board $3.50 a week; room 80
to Is cents q week. Write TOr Catatog la
President Northern Normal and indus
trial School, aberdeen, S. d..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Remembering the Maine.

The last estate Of the heroic
battleship Maine promises to be
rather humiliating to our national
pride. The wreck has been lying
for six years in Havana harbor,
neglected by the United States and
a nuisance to the shipping of the
port. The new Cuban government
tried first to get the United States
to remove it. Then it begged the
United States government through
the state department to relinquish
all claim on the wreck, so that the
Cuban government might remove it.
This was done, though there is some
question whether an American ship
can be abandoned in a foreign port
without an act of congress.
Be that it may, the Cubans have
assumed that they may deal with
the wreck as they please. They
have accordingly sold it for $1,000
to a New York corporation called
the United States Battleship Maine
Salvage company, which agrees
under the contract to remove the
wreck from the harbor. This Is a
pitiful price for a ship that cost
100000 and whose machinery
and armor are certainly worth more
than the price of scrap iron. The
machinery cost over 100000. Of
course this deteriorated in submer-
sion, but the armor ought to be as
good as ever.
We imagine, however, that objec-
ton to the disposal Of the wreck to
the salvage company will be senti-
mental rather than financial. The
plan Of the company is to raise the
hulk by building a Golfer dam
around il and pumping on. the
If any bodies are found
they will receive due honors. The
machinery aud armor will be. sold.
Then q new bottom viii be put in
the ship and it will be towed to
Coney island as one Of the perman-
ent exhibits of that popular resort.
Before going to New York the
wreck will be shown for a small fee
as many Cubans as care seeing
Il.
The whole business seems TO us
cheap. We imagine that the
American people would be erati6ed
I the hulk would go to the bottom
on its way to New York, like he
spaniel 1|nnl1nr ndes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
from Nine. Stoessel.

NJ. Perloff, the millionaire mer-
chant of Moscow, has received a very
pathetic letter from Madam Stroes-
sci, wife of General Stroessel, dated
Port Arthur, October "a, appealing
to the rich Moscovites for money to
assist the helpless wounded defend
ers Of the fortress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Died Too Soon.

Too bad that Bob Ingersall died
so soon, wasn't it?" asked Council
man Smith this morning.
"Why?" asked she editor.
"Why, he said be would believe
in the Bible when Missoui went
republican" said Smith.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

A German in Mannhim, Baden,
is said to have invented a cheap and
effective substitute for leather and
to have sold his invention to an
American firm for 100000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

The horny handed man calls It "pay.s
the skilled mechanic wages" the
clerk salary" the banker sincome.s' a
landowner rent roll" a lawyer '.fees,''
2 burglar "swag." but 1t ali to
me same at the end OF the week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

I'm afraid, Johnny" said the Sun
day school teacher, rather sadly. that
shall ' meet you in the better
land"
Why? What have you been dom
nowy-Pick Ne Up.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
CURRENT EVENTS.
A Settlement Indorsed.

Pensylvania's plurality for Roose.
welt 494,425. The settlement of the
coal strike has been indorsed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

BUILDING
BLOCKS.

We manufacture the best
cement building blocks on
the market and we do all
kinds Of cement work.
Let US figure on
your cement work.
CANDY & LADD.