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Arizona republican., 1904-11-04
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Conference of Reclamation Officials
 Here Yesterday.~

MT. l.. C. Hill, constructing engineer in charge of the operations of the gov ernment at Touto basin arrived here yesterday morning coming overland via the Roosevelt road which he re- ports as almost finished. Except for a very few feet near the top of the Fish creek hiIl, and the installation Of couple of bridges, the road may now be drlven over, though there are a few rough places yet. The principal busi ness Of AIr. Hill on this visit was to meet in conference with a ncrnber Of consulting engineers of the reclama- tion service who arrived here yester- day morning also. Thew are AIessrs George Y. Wisner, F. T. Perkins, w
 Fl. Sanders and O H Ensign w. H. Code irrigation expert of the Indian bureau was also in the city and was invited to participate in the confer ence.
 That the engineers are not here on a mere pleasure trip was proven by the falt tEEt they were in conference soon after their arrival and all day long.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04
PERSONAL.
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The following named were among .he lassengers leaving on last night s M. S- F.. train: L. 4. Maull for Bis bee; Dr. John Deunett for Red Rock: <. Hallick for sentinel; Rev. and Mrs. c. L. Taylor for Tucson; James l.. HeIvey for Santa Monica.
 Those registering at the Commercial hotel yesterday were: Robert Bloom CT. Winkleman, Ariz.: Tom F. Geidner. Winlleman; H. F. Fisher. Kansas City; Harry Kingsbury, Chicago; w F. Hin6s J. R. Hinds, EIs5erry. Mo. l.. Thanhaussl.- New York; Geo. E. Brown Mesa; Geo HamIia, Relief John Coleman and wife, Mesa; Geo. Cbenauer, Jr.; San Francisco.
 Those registering at the Ford hotel yesterday were: E. l.. Honig. San FranciFco; Captain and Mrs. A. c. Ma comb, Major and Mrs. T. A. Winter. Fort Euachuca.
 Those registering at the Hotel Adams yesterday were: Dr. and Mrs. John Dennett. Congress; Chas. M. Pa per St. Louis; Chas. Boehm. New York; P. Gregory, Boston; Geo. Y. Nlsner and wife, Detroit; Horace O.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04

SHiths ". O. Franklin. Geo. Della porte. A. B. Jones. San Francisco: J.. l.. Rose, wife and son. Arcata, Cal; \. J. Bereisdorf Chicago, Reese LIewellyn, Q. II. Ensign, ". T. Sand CTS. Wallace Taylor. Los Angeles: IT. Woods and wife. Chicago; D. ". Bel don, city; ". S. Negus st. Louis.
 George r. Brown of the Sacacon re- -servation arrived in the city yester- day morning and wlll be in and about she city until aftc-- the election
 Secretary Nichols left last night for Willcox to look after his cattle inter ests there.
 Reggie AI. Price who has been at Cananea for the last eighteen months returned to the city yesterday. It might be suppcsed that he had come home to vote, bus that is not so for he arrived too late for the registration. In his opinion Cananea is not only the greatest mining camp on earth but it is also one Of the pleasantest places to live -n.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04
"A Cure for Asthma

The worst cases of Asthma in the world succumb readily to the one great euro that never fails. Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann's Asthma Cure almost performs miracles.
 MT. k. NJ. Spencer, 23s0 Vermont avenue, Toledo, O., says: Asthma has been growing on mo for years, until last summer the attacks became so severe that many nights I spent half the time gasp ing for breath. Doctors seemed to give no relief whatever, and I felt there was no hope for me, when Q drug clerk recom- mended your Asthma Cure. It's effect is truly magical and gives complete relief in from to minutes
 Sold by all druggists at soc and sLOO. Send 2c stamp to Dr. R. Schiffmann, Box S93, St. Paul, Minn., for a free sample Cackage.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.

Itching, blind. bleeding or protruding piles. Your druggist will refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure you in to If days. 50c.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04
CURED CONSUMPTION

Ars. 3. W. Evans ClearWater. Kan., writes: My husband lay sick for three months. The. do-tors said that he had quick consumption. We procured bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and il cured him. That was six years ago. Since then We have always kept a bottle in the house We cannot do without it. For coughs and colds 1t has no equal" Poe, DOC, S1.OO. Sold icy EIvey & Hulett.
 For Q fine juicy steak, tender chop or for a hamburger a la Hoghe, go to Hoghe's chop house.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-04

By mSnth week. day or single meal. Best board in city. Mrs. Conn, 25 w Monroe
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26

and there were shrinkages also in copper, all of which ordinarily figure pretty largely in the canals traffic. In hard and soft coal there was a gain, but this was not large enough to offset the losses from the other sources. Probably the business expansion which is in view throughout the country will have tendency to send up the ship ments of that waterway in 1904 to a higher point than in 1902. though the prophets are not as busy forecasting gains there as they were twelve months ago. It still remains true that the waterways, artificial and natural, are only at the beginning of their useful ness. When the projected deep- water communication between Lake Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico, by way of Chicago and St. Louis, is completed a new impetus will be given to ship ments around the strait between Su- perior and Huron. and a new direc- ton will be given to much of this traffic in reaching the sea.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
THE TRUE TEST OF COURAGE.

Caesar was selecting his personal staff. Men of undoubted courage were examined as to their qualifications.
 A Roman of unusual physical attain ments addressed the conqueror of the Gauls.
 May not have a placer" he in- cuired.
 Your qualifications, soldier?" de- manded Caesar.
 "I have acted voluntarily as judge of civic baby beauty contest" he said
 "Goodi' replied Caesar but not enough."r
 Tn Gaul I slew five of mine ad- versaries single handed, and offered my breast for the repose of an assault ing columns spears
 Still good!" cried Caesar, but still not enough"
 The soldier was dismayed.
 Tn my tent last night, while gam ing with my comrades, did I lay down three aces, being convinced from the nature of the draw they were rot good, although the fever was im my veins to tap mine adversaries,' he ven tured as last suggestion.
 Whereat Caesar embraced him. You are the bravest man in all my legions," he declared.
 And he constituted him a general of the first-class.-New York Times.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
Top of Head Covered win Scales Which Peeled off Taking
 Hair Eith Them.
CURED BY CUTICURA
Nov Six Years Old with Thick Hair and Clean Scalp.
 Cure Permanent.

"My baby was about six weeks old when the top Of her head became cov- cred with thick, scales, which would peel and come of, taking the hair with it. It would soon form again and be as bad as before. I tried several things and then weut to the doctor. He said 1t was Eczema, and prescribed an oint- ment, which did not do any good. A friend spoke of Cnticura Soap. tried it and read on the wrapper about Cuti- cura Ointment US a remedy for Eczenia. I bought box and washed her head in warm water and Cuticura Soap and gently combed the scaies of. They did not come back and her hair grew out hne and thick. She is now yenr aud a half old and has no trace of Eczema"
 MRS. CIV. BURGES, Iranistan Ave. Bridgeport, Conn.,. Feb. 21, 1898.
 Mrs. Burges writes Feb. 28, 1903:'
 My baby, who had Eczema very badly on her head, as told you before, after using the Cuticura Remedies was cured. She is now six years old and has thick hair and clean scalp"
 Instant relief and refreshing sleep for skin-tortured babies and rest for tired, worried mothers in warm baths with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anoint- ings with Cuticura Ointment. purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures. to be followed in severe cases by mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent. This is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per manent and economical treatment for torturing. disflguring, itching, burning, bleeding. scaly, crusted and pimply skin and scalp humours, with loss of hair. of infants and children. as we'll as adults. and is sure to succeed when all other remedies and the best physicians fail.
 Sold throughout ths world. Cutevr- Resolv.Di, 1e Ointment, De- soap: Se Deissts; Isondo1, ch.rter- house eQ.; Para Hue dc 10 raixs Boston. lU Colum- Sus Ave. Potter Drug Chern. Corp Sole Proprstarh
 ss- Send for "Ths Gfssf auaoor Cure"
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
RECORDS OF WAR OF 1912.
Found Among Waste Paper Sent from
 England to This Country.

What seem to be the original Eng fish records of the American naval prisoners of war taken in the War of 1872 have come into the possession of F. w. Harwood, of Springfield, Mass The records. which are in three books, contain the names of hundreds of prisoners and the names of the ships from which they were taken. The hand writing is old fashioned in style, although clear. and the books have been kept with the utmost accuracy.
 MT. Harwood is a gold beater and uses handmade paper in a certain part of the process to protect the moulds. Such paper is very scarce in this coun- try and gold beaters have been send ing abroad for it for some time. Re- gently MT. Harwood has been getting his paper from an old book store in England, in the shape of old ledgers and blank books of various kinds, and old legal documents. For business reasons he does not care to reveal the name of the book store. but says he cannot imagine how such important records should have come into the pos session of the store.
 The books are hand ruled with ink and one is headed, General Entry Book of American Prisoners of War at Barbadoes, Lieutenant John Barker, R. N.." and another is similarly head ed with the word Jamaica substituted for Barbadoes. Then fellows a care ful tabulation of the name of the ship making the capture, the time of the capture, the place of the capture, the name of the ship taken, the character of the boat taken, and a list of the prisoners. the quality of each prisoner, and, finally, when discharged, if dis charged at all.
 The names of such well known boats as Defiance, Decatur, President Vixen, LoyaliSt, Enterprise and Yankee are among the prizes taken, and of these the Decatur and the Loyalist have the longest. list of prisoners. Something of the fate of these prisoners is learned from few remarks in the records. Most of them are discharged or eX- changed, but occasionally there is a note that such a prisoner died from fever. another was shot by the guard, and still another was shot while try ing to make his escape by cutting a hole through the boat. Some are dub bed riotous characters, others notori- ous and still others desperate. Often there is a record of the discharge of a prisoner because of his being of other nationality than American, as Spanish. French or Russian.
 The documents contain no accounts of battles. but are merely dry records of the prisoners taken and their final disposition. Such good old names as Madison, Buchannon, Andrews, Stone, Harrison, Williams, Lee, Morrie and Ramsdell are found in the list of pris- oners.
 Whether these records have been carelessly sold by the British govern 1nent for waste paper or have fallen into the hands of booksellers by some other means MT. Harwood has no way of knowing, but he has no doubt that they are the original records of the British naval department.-New York Tribune
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
PEDICURING AN ELEPHANT.
The Big Fellow Likes to Hold Up
 His Feet.

The tools for trimming elephants feet "a carpenters drawknife and a rasp for the soles and a horseshoer' s knife and sandpaper Tor the toenails. The operator places a beer keg or a strong box behind one huge hindfoot lightly prods the thick ankle with his elephant hook and commands the beast to Hold up" Up comes the mighty foot, slowly and heavily, but obedient- ly as the velvety paw of a kitten. The foot is rested on the box or the keg where it remains while the expert works on it much as a horseshoer pares the hoof of a horse. Great slivers of the horny sole are sliced off until it is cut nearer to proper thick ness, when the rasp is used to smooth off. Similarly the toenails are treated with the knife and the sandpaper, while the big patient stands with swinging trunk and an occasional was of an ear too full of satisfaction for utterance. When the turn of the fore feet comes the great beast is made to lie own on it's side and the hoofs are propped up and treated.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. seivers and Mrs. Schmidt spent yesterday at Phoenix.
 H B. Lewis and wife. of Mesa. spent sunday in Tempe, the guests of Mrs. Savage, at the Casa Loma.
 MT. and Mrs. Whitsett drove to Phoe- nix yesterday.
 Miss Daley returned Sunday evening from short visit with friends in Phoenix.
 Registered at the Casa Loma are l.. C. Holmes, Tempe; F. G. Bewley and wife. Phoenix; Nat Goldsmith, St. Jo- seph, Mo; B. s. Westheimer, St. Jo- senh. Mo.
 F. E Fuller, of Mesa, made Tempe a short visit yesterday.
 Hon.. B. A. Packard was in Phoenix MonGay on business.
 MT. Thos. H. Means returned yester- day from business trip to los An -eles and other coast points.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26

town. There was six acres put m as an experiment with satisfactory results the yield averaged 7O12 bushels per acre which at two cents per pouiiu (not at St. Louis) will bring $l4o per acre. The expense of irrigating ana cultivating the ground will not exceed $1O.OO per acre. In the light or these figures it would seem that the corn industry should receive more attention at the hands of Salt River valley farmers.
 MT. Bewley, New York Life Insur- ance man, is business visitor Tn Phoenix today.
 In spite of the dry season the Mesa farmers are prospering. Henry Horn demonstrated this fact by sporting d new turn out in the shape of a new top buggy and harness.
 Real estate is on the move today on account of a high prevailing Wlnd prior to the heavy rain fall anticipated
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26

Hon. John Shenick, a Chicago Alderman residing at 220 So. Peoria St. owes his election to Chamberlain Cough Remedy. We will let him tell it: 1.-Two years ago during political campaign, caught cold after being overloaded, which irritated my throat and was finally compelled to stop as I could not speak aloud. In my extremity a friend advised me to use Chamberlain s Cough Remedy I took two doses that afternoon and could not believe my senses when I found the next morning the inham- nation had largely subsided. l took several doses that day, kept right on talking through the campaign, and l thank this medicine that won my seat in the Council, for had l not been able to continue my meetings, l would no doubt have been unable 10 secure sufficient votes. Since that time 1 have praised this medicine to dozens of my friends. My wife has also used itsand we find it valuable household remedy"
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
TEMPE
LOOKED LIKE A STEAL.
But the Rig Was Returned Before
 the Warrant Was Issued.

sunday afternoon a man named Cruthers appeared at Finchs stable and rented a horse and bue.sxy -fo, the afternoon. He said nothing abou+ where he was going and it was sup- posed he was going to make only an ordinary Sunday afternoon drive. Noth- ing more was thought about the mat ter until late in. the evening a tele gram was received from O. c. Smith at Maricopa, saying thaS the rig and three occupants were there and if look ed as if they might be going farther. He had recognized the rig as belonging to MT. Finch and thinking that something might be up. thought it best to send word. Mir. Finch. thinking the rig was stolen, at once swore out a warrant and he and Marshal Brown made prenar- atiOns to go to Maricopa on the 8 o'clock train, MT. Finch to bring hack the outfit and the marshal to take charge of the men who had rented if.
 Just about train time they received a second message stating that two of the men had left for Douglas and the third one had started for Tempe with tha horse and buggy. This. of course cleared up the matter so far as the war rant was concerned, unless MT. Finch should see fit to bring a charge for damages against MT. Cruthers for inc hard use of the rig. About midnight both man and horse returned, the horse naturally much the worse for wear. for in addition to the trip to Maricopa. they had driven it to Phoenix first. Mr Cruthers settled the damage satisfac- tory to MT. Finch and now the only question about the affair is. what had the other two done that they should be in such hurry to leave town. All three men were employed on the Santa Fe bridge at this place.
 It seems that later in the evening the officers at Maricopa were again in need. A man on yesterday mornings train reported a genera, mixup of Mex jeans, there Sunday evening. The trou- ble was started by several who were drunk and in an attempt to arrest them. tho officers, Smith and Harris had their hands full and each received a few severe bruises. The Mexicans were at last overcome and were placed in a box ear for safe keeping. They set fire to the car and were almost suffocated before it was discovered. The next morning they were brought before the justice-and were held to the grand jury. They have been sent to Florence unti! that time.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
ON A VISIT FROM BENSON.

Harry Eckerman, a brother of Mrs. Harry Walker. of this place. cane up from Benson Saturday morning for a weeks visit with his sister and friends bere. He has been working at his trade there as carpenter for some time but at the same time has interests in large piece of land watered by sever al artesian wells. He expects to put out, large acreage in apple trees this spring and also will take back with him several thousand grape cuttings. Being near Bisbee and Cananea, the market for all such produce is very good. There are number located in that vicinity who formerly claimed Tempe as their
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
FALLING OFF AT THE 500.
Traffic Through the Great Waterway
 Shows a Decrease from Last Year.

Shows a Decrease from Last Year.
 The decrease in the shipments at the Soo Canal, the connecting link be- tween Lakes Superior and Huron, in 1903, will be a surprise to the country. The general tendency of things there has been upward for many years, with some short Interruptions. The total traffic through the American and British canals al that point, the great CT part of which was through the American waterway, was 34,674, ,437 tons, a shrinkage of 1,2S6, 709 tons from 1902. These figures for 1903 will stand, as the season has been closed.
 While the decline has been small, the expectation was, along until a few weeks of the closing of the waterway by ice, that the record of 1902 would be exceeded. The Soo, however, is by far the busiest spot of water in the world, notwithstanding this decline in 1903 The tonnage passing through it has, for few years past, averaged almost three times that of the Suez canal. The vast gains which have been made in the shipments of the Soo waterway have furnished effective ar guments for canal construction in this country. The general assumption at the beginning of 1903 was that the traffic for the season just ended would reach 4O,0O0,O00 tons.
 The falling off has been in passen- gers as we'll as freight. In freight the largest decline was in building stone,
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
A SToRYsoOK AUTocRAT.
Melo- Drama Heroes are Mild Com
 pared to Nicaragua's President.

Some years ago the president of the republic of Nicaragua was sitting with his cabinet officers in his council room in the city of Managua. They were waiting to greet their victorious gen. eral, Zelaya, who had just entered the city at the head of his army, after quelling dangerous revolution.
 The general entered-a fine, stalwart, soldierly man, with cold, gray eyes and a steely glance. At his heels followed a mob of his officers clad like most Latin American warriors, in a queer medley of rags and gold lace. As they tried to push into the room after him he gave them one angry glance, and they tumbbled down stairs in a greater hurry than if he had sworn a dozen oaths at them.
 The president began to thank him in
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26

you'll find, by allowing seven seconds to each great grandmother, that if he danced with em one at time he must have spent his entire stay here in tripping the light fantastic.
 But history tells us that he found time for other things. Therefore he couldn't have danced with 'em one at a time. What then? The conclusion to be drawn is obvious.
 What is the one and only dance that would permit of his dancing with patches of from twenty to thirty of 'em at the same time? Why. can't you see the gallant marquis. a willing link in large circle of sprightly great grandmothers. luttering gaily through the exhilarating steps of ring around a-rosy?
 Its figures, my boy, merely q mat ter of figures. And figures never lie
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
SUSPENDED FERRYBoATs.
A New Invention for Crossing Rivers
 Proves a Success.

Within the last two years a substi- ute for bridges and ordEary ferry boats in crossing rivers has been thor oughly tested at Bilbao, Spain; at Rouen. France and at Bizerte, Tunis. It is a ferry suspended over the wa ter and moved by electricity.
 As it has been found practicable and costs cnly about one-tenth as much as suspension bridges, it is being in- troduced in a number of small cities of Europe. One of these suspended fer ries has just been put into oparation at Nantes. France, where it crosses the Loire river
 Two tall steel towers were erected, enc on each bank of the river, the towers being connected by a horizon tai railroad track supported by suspen- sion cables from the towers. The track is 4Oe feet long and 165 feet above the river.
 An electric car travels along the rails, and suspended from it by steel cables is the ferry, which has three divisions, one for horses vehicles, and railway cars in the center and the others for foot passengers, on either side of it. The crossing is easily and quickly nRde.
 The car track is so high above the water that ships of the tallest masts may pass under it. The ferry is only a little above the water-and lands at docks on the street levels, so that the acsents and descents of the ordinary bridge approaches are avoided.
 The cost of the ferry at Nantes was a little more than S2OO, 900; and engin- eers agree that the suspended ferry has solved the problem of crossing rivers or other channels ina cheap, simple and practicable way.-N. Y. Sun.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Permanent Officers of the Kyrene and Salt River Valley Melon
 Growers Association.

The permanent officers of the Kyrene and Salt River Valley Melon Growers association were elected Saturday af- ternoOn at the meeting held at the home of w. H. Weller of Mesa. The fol- lowing were elected: President, Charles Y. Eaton; vice president, George. J. Earl: secretary. Dr. A. C. Hansen; trea- surer, A J. Hansen.
 Over enc thousand acres have been signed up. and the contract for a cold storage plant has been let. by Mir Han sen to an Ohio firm and the work on it will be commenced soon.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
MESA

George Scott returned from the sheep camp Saturday and reports he and his brother have 90000 pounds of wool in the warehouse, this seasons crop. They state it is a hardship on the sheep to rob them of their wool at this time it being so cold the sheep have to Keep on the move to keep warm, making it lively for the herders. They intend to return to the mountains to locate n lambing ground where there is water the Tonto country seems to be the location for lambing.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
PROSE sPERITY.

The painters and carpenters of Mesa are busy; the merchants are feeling good. over the news ot the reservoir being under way, opening their pocket books and having their stores fixed up and repainted, adding much to the ap- pearance of the business streets or Mesa. The resident parts always present clean and well kept appear ance. Let us all continue in this work and have it to say Mesa is the gem city of Salt River valley.