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The oasis., 1905-12-23
NocALEs NOTES.

Monday morning Mir. II. C.. Glore came up from Llano
 Mill man and amalgamator wants a job. Apply at Tnr OASIS office
 Monday Mir. Oscar Ashburn of the Pennsylvania ranch, was at Nogales.
 For Christmas goods in the greatest variety, go to the Sonora News Com pany. 1t.
 Monday MT. Charles F. Hoff of Tucson, was at the line city on business.
 Mir. E. F. Harris, from Cerro Colorado, was at Nogales Monday and Tuesday.
 Saturday MT. K. H. Evans was from Patagonia, attending to busi- ness at Nogales.
 All the latest and most popular novels at the store of the Sonora News Co. And any one Of them will make a very acceptable and highly appreciated Christmas present. 1t
 Saturday and Sunday Mrs. George D. Gross of Mowry. was a visitor at Nogales.
 Score cards for the new game of Five Hundred for sale by the So nora News company. If
 Monday Mr. H Vincent Wal ace, superintendent of the Sombre- tillo mine, in the Altar district, was at Nogales.
 Saturday Doctor A. L. Gustetter United States sanitary inspector went to Bisbee, Douglas and Naco on official business.
 Saturday Messrs L. Ephraim, B. Schwob and l.. B. Fleischer, went to Cananea on business, re- turning Sunday evening.
 If you are looking for something for a holiday gift, and don't know just what you want, drop into the International Drug Store and you may find just the article desired.
 Monday Mr. Harry Barnett of Patagonia. and his sister Miss Edith Barnett, who isvisiting him, were visitors at Nogales.
 Mr. II. Harrison, formerly secre- tary for the Arizona Cattle Sani-
The oasis., 1905-12-23

fafg NMafa naw fesllIUR in tos hhgela eas tf NossIes Sunday su0daf the gentleman vent over into ihe Patagonia mountain re eion.
 Sunday evening Mr. John Teeter, formerly a resident oi Noqales, now residing ia Tempe, arrived at the line city, and will remain in this vicinity couple of weeks.
 The boys and girls have not been overlooked in selection of the elegant and varied stock of valuable and artistic articles for Holiday presents at the store of the Sonora News Co. At.
 George Montague is reported as being with surveying party on Cananee, Yaqui River x Pacific railway preliminary work, along. the river.
 At Tucson the great mercantile house of Albert SteinfeId < Co.,, has moved into its new quarters a superb structure which would be a credit to any city.
 You can get more scents for dollar in one of those fancy little bottles of perfume at the International Drug Store, than you can get by buying Mexican money when silver is below the bottom of an artesian we'll. And she will appreciate it as q holiday gift. 1 Mir. Joe Teeter, formerly with the Jimmie Fruit Company in No- gales, is now in Los Angeles, stenographer and book keeper for George c. Stinson X O., one of the great real estate firms of that city.
 Your eastern friends will greatly ap- preciate fine and artistic Mexican drawn work, and nothing could be more ap- propriate for Holiday present to loved ones far away. You will find anelegant and valuable assortment at the store of the Sonora News Co. 1t. Monday Mr. Pat Hannah had a man with wheelbarrow at work filling the gulleys across Merely avenue in front of his stable, and he hoped his example would be followed by other business men along the street-unless the town board should wake up and have 1t done.
 SONORA MINING DfREcroRY-rea in November First work of the kind ever published in this section. Contains Alphabetical index Of mining companies of Sonora digest Mexican mining laws :; up-to-date district map of Sonora; var ious technical and general information Indispensable to mining men and in- vestors. Order now. Price 90 cents, gold, postpaid Address, SONORA MIv- ING DIRECTORY, Box 129, Cananea, Son, Mex. x
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whiris; but by and large Chicago is a
very livable place in summer. 1t is
in the thawing days Of spring one
wants to run away.
But beginning with late April and
lasting until mid November, one has
small cause to quarrel with the lake
CITY,. Cool breezes blow, there are no
street canyons to shut out the bright
sky, fresh looking people pass along
the streets. There is a revival of life
and energy.
Drexel boulevard in the spring dis
plays mile of lilacs, mile of intox-
lcating fragrance and loneliness; and
when the shrubs are through bloom
ing the gayest of posies faunt all sum-
merlong, only ceasing from parade when
the frost nips them. Jackson park,
with its extent of driveway along the
shore, it's golf links, tennis courts,
green lawns, shady trees, sparkling
lagoons, is most refreshing. The Mid
way stretches, with smooth boulevard
bordered with wide space of greenest
grass, into most pleasurable distance,
and ends at Washington park; this
public pleasure ground, noted for It's
flower gardens. great lawns, where one
has full liberty to play or rest, it's
palm houses and charming waterway.
Other parks there are where one
may be minded of country joys, and
the city fathers are active in further
ing the increase Of the small recreation
ground.
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Airs. H. Wriahf

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is
kind of dyspepsia that is caused by
arrangement of the female organism.
and which, while it causes disturb
ance similar to ordinary indigestion,
cannot be relieved without a medicine
which not only acts as a stomach tonic,
but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects
also.
AS proof of this theory we call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y, who Was
completely cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. She writes:
For two years suffered with dyspepsia
which SO degenerated my entire system that
was unable to attend to my daily duties.
felt weak and nervous, and nothing that ate
tasted good and it caused disturbance in my
stomach. tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing seemed to help me. I was ad-
vised to give Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound a trial, and was happily surprised
to find that it acted like fine tonic, and in a
fewdays began to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid, and in
i've weeks was well woman. have rec
commended it to many suffering women"
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement,o or has such record OF
cures of female troubles, as has Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

marked pityingly: ooh, isn't 1t dread
full, that tenement life?" AS we hap
.:pened to know, those "tenements''
rented at 1925 month. But to this
lady, accustomed to the comfortable
large houses and smooth lawns of her
own pleasant village, this real. appear
ance betokened only squalidity; yet
had she entered the apartment at the
front, she without doubt would have
been impressed with the marble
walls" the immaculate ~stairways, the
careful arrangements for comfort.
Flat life really has about it very lit
tie of the undesirability of the pro-
mlscuous tenement hives. There is
generally as much privacy as one
wants, little noise from other floors,
and in the well-kept buildings land
lords demand references before leas-
ing to new tenant In a fiat where
there is plenty of light and air, the
building detached one, as fortunately
SO many in Chicago yet are, and if
there is view Of lake or park from
the principal windows, one need feel
no call to commiserate the jewellers
therein.
Many of the apartment houses in
chicago have trim lawns in front, and
when the tenants care enough for flow
ers to surround themselves with min
1ature gardens in the way of blossom
ing window boxes, there is presented
brave summer picture indeed. One
can find even in the city much simple
beauty.
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and tired body.
But there are many women who de-
vote this period to hard work, and do
not spend it in self-centered affairs.
Not few of the gayest of the gay now
get down to earnest labor in philan-
thropical matters, spend the days free
from society demands in organizing
and recognizing charities in which
they are specially interested. And not
a few of these so-called butterflies
evince business ability of high order,
little training and perhaps they might
answer the requirements demanded of
that much talked of 100000 man.
A society whose aims appeal to peo-
pie generally, but which is something
new. is called The First Aid to the In
jured; members are to receive instruc-
ton in what to do when confronted with
emergency cases, such, for instance, as
clamor for relief at the time of rail
road wreck. At one of the meetings the
address was made by doctor that had
served with the English army in the
Soudan. The speaker spoke of the suf-
ferings he had witnessed arising from
railroad accidents, said they exceeded
the sights he experienced when acting
as an army surgeon. He earnestly en-
treated the ladies present to become
members of the Society Of First Aid to
the Injured, that they might learn
something about what to use, what to
do in times of emergency, that they
might be ready to make themselves
helpful in cases of need.
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to keep himself within the limit of a
the late Speaker Reed. 1t is remem-
bered that the Maine statesman and
giant tipped the beam at not less than
$50 pounds. but when inquisitive
friends would ask him how much he
weighed, he always responded in that
inimitable drawl: "a gentleman new
er weighs over 300" Mr.. Roosevelt
reached and passed the gentleman's
line during the past winter. The pres
sure Of public business and the stream
Of congressional callers at the execu-
live offices prevented his taking the
amount of bodily exercise necessary to
keep him IN the best physical trim.
The president does not like to be fat.
He wants to keep his weight down to
1870 or 1876. He has always managed
to dc this until recently, and he has
now set his teeth and announced his
determination that he will work him.
self down to that point again this
summer. Since the adjournment of the
senate he has added at least two hours
day to his usual exercises He de-
votes more time to riding across coun-
try and to long walks over the rough
est parts of the district. He has taken
up tennis again and he gives his op-
ponents in that game many lively
tussle in the court in the rear of the
| white house offices. The president
goes at this game in genuine earnest.
He usually wears blue flan14el outing
shirt. with his trousers belted about
his waist and wears canvas tennis
shoes. He discards hat or cap of
any kind, puts on his long distance
eye glasses and rushes over the court
in a furious manner, keeping in mo-
| ton every minute. and is delighted if
he can work himself into a profuse
perspiration in the hope of taking off
| few ounces of superfluous flesh dur
| ing each game.
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clined to serve as chairman any long
er. He has been appointed a member
of the republican national committee
from Wisconsin in the place of the
late Postmaster General Henry c..
Payne. This appointment has given
him the opportunity he desired to re-
tire from the management of the con-
gressional committee. Mr.. Babcock
has been eminently successful as chair
man of the committee. but his atten-
ton to the duties of the position has
injured him somewhat in his own dis
trict. Last year tremendous fight
was made upon him that came very
near costing him his seat in the house.
He has now determined to go out to
his home district and reorganize his
forces there.
A number of republican congress-
men have been suggested as Mr.. Bah
cocks successor For the past IL
years he has had associated with him
in the congressional committee work
Hull, of Iowa; Overstreet, of Indiana:
Loudenslager, of New Jersey. and
Sherman, of New York Each one of
these has been mentioned, but both
Hull and Overstreet have signified a
desire to retire with Mr. Babcock from
the active management of the commit
tee.
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On March ) last, Secretary James
Wilson completed eight years serv-
ice as secretary of agriculture He
has been reappointed, for a third
term, by President Roosevelt. Should
the secretary keep his seat to the end
Of the present administration he will
have II continuous years of service
in one cabinet Office to his credit.
This record has not been equaled
since the early days of the republic.
Albert Gallatin served from 1901 to
1914 as secretary of the treasury,
while William Writ served from 1917
to 1929 as Encouragement.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

Despite all talk as to the existence
of race prejudice in this country, the
number of colored men of character
and ability who are winning tributes of
respect from their white fellow-citi-
Zens is steadily increasing. The
Grand Army of the Republic of Massa.
chusetts has recently elected as de.
partment commander a colored vet.
Gran. The man thus honored by the
comrades side by side with whom he
fought in the civil war is J. H. Wolf,
OF Boston, who, because of this recoe.
milton, will be conspicuous at the next
G.. A. r. encampment at Denver.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

the gales that sweep through the
town so often during the warm
days. The streets are not cleaned; old
papers, rubbish of all sorts, add to the
depressing untidiness. Children play
in the dust and dirt, there is not a
blade Of grass anywhere within miles.
On hot day it is horrible.
One entering wedge is the new
school playground, and though it has
brought no beauty, it has furnished
needful sport for the Riddles, given
them at least cleaner spot in which
to spend the long summer hours. No
blade of grass shows here, but every
day the yard is we'll cleaned. and va
riOus amusements are provided: wood
en- swings creak back and forth, Ia young
sters do feats on horizontal bars. a
director guides the girls and boys in
physical exercises. Healthful play for
the children of the poor is something
sadly needed, something whose influ-
ence for improved morals educators
now recognize. 1t is said ground mas
already been broken for a small park
near the playground, and that in a
short time transplanted trees, clean
sward will be at the very door of these
Inhabitants OF this district, no car fare
be required to give the family a fine
outing. Excellent missionary work,
this.
In the stockyards district one finds
smells and dirt of a degree that the
only possible solution of betterment
for the people seems removal. And
yet good deal could be done to lessen
the unpleasantness; chief need is daily
sprinkling of the dusty streets, then
the small park and playground might
come in with their train of reforms.
The cost need not be so great, indiv;d-
ual enterprise could do much to bring
in considerable leaven of the beauty
which we aver exists in large measure
in Chicago in summer. -.-- .~=.. -.
KATHERINE POPE.
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Taft, who is indulging in daily eXer-
cises on horseback The disrespect of
the urchins does not affect the big,
good-natured secretary, but he laughs
his hearty Tho, no, ho!" as he trots
along the road, hoping to wear off
some of the surplus adipose tissue
with which he is burdened.
The secretary knows that he is not
q pretty figure on horseback and he
declines to expose himself to the gaze
of the populace on the principal
streets OF Washington. He rides to the
suburbs in a wagonette and has an
orderly meet him there with big,
strong horse, which he mounts and
takes his exercise. 1t is no secret that
the secretary tips the beam at 325
pounds and he feels it necessity to
take violent exercise to prevent accu-
mulating an unhealthful amount Of
fat. He is a giant in stature, but his
tendency to fat makes him look much
larger than other men of his height.
He finds horseback riding about as
effective a tiesh-reducer as he can fol-
low
The secretary is usually accom-
panied on these trips by Col. Clarence
r. Edwards, chief of the insular bu-
reau of the war department. Edwards
is natural born horseman, a lover of
the animal and an authority on any
thing that pertains to it. He rides
we'll, but he admits that his big chief,
the secretary, when mounted on a
strong, raw-boned steed has been able
to give him some of the best expert
ences in rough riding he has had in
quite awhile.
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herding of many folk in small space.
The North Edgewater Improvement
association has employed legal talent
to keep the fat building contractors
| away, to stay the hand of the spoiler.
With its lake front, it's bluffs and ra-
vines, wide lawns and air of leisure
| and plenty of room, at present it is a
| picture of country charm it were well
| to preserve-if possible.
But no matter how strenuous the OBJ
lection, the fiat makes Roadway pref
ty nearly everywhere in and about the
city. And why?
Because so many people prefer the
| luxury and ease obtainable in this man
| ner OF living. because so many house
,, owners, proprietors Of large places. are
tempted to give up responsibility for
the less burdensome mode of life in
/ the apartment house. where the janitor
takes much of the weight off from ones
! shoulders
The tendency grows stronger and
! stronger, observation of the ease en-
joyed by the fiat dweller moves the
householder to envy and finally to fol-
lowing the example, and every city
! street has it's regularity broken into by
the sky-scraping structure that is to
house many families. Only some of the
suburbs stoutly refuse to give in to
this indulgence, stoutly wage war upon
those that dare such town invasion.
| And what of the life led in the many
floored apartments? Does it make for
progress or retrogression? tits hard
to say; Enthusiastically it makes for ease.
The master of the family need have no
thought for heating, lawn sprinkling,
lawn moving; the mistress need not
bother about sidewalk, front steps. back
entrance, halls or stairway. Every
convenience modern invention has to
offer is at the command of the house
hold, and all at a merely nominal rent.
This accounts for the large numbers of
families of moderate means that take to
the apartment house. The rich come
for similar reasons; it makes life so
easy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

The founder of the Red Cross move
ment, Henri DVnant, is still alive at
the age OF 76 He resides near Lake
Constance, Switzerland, and is in poor
health. His plan for aiding the
wounded was for years scoffed at in
Europe as the conception of a mere
crank, and the credit of being tho
first ruler to consider it. sympathetic
ally and to adopt it in his army is due
to Napoleon III. of France Afterward
at the Geneva conference OF 1864, the
nations of the world accented NJ
Dunant's proposals.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

Charles +. Fitzpatrick has no pa.
thence with those persons who COM
plain that they can not eat because
they have no teeth. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
has just had five teeth pred out of
his jaws, so that food may be inserted
between them to keep his interior ma
chinery going. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is an
ossified man, and his Jaws have be-
come locked shut by the hardening of
the joints upon which they swung. On
the poor farm in Hiram township
Maine, where he is being cared for,
Mr.. Fitzpatrick is spoken Of as 1.-The
petrfied man.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-04-21

On a piece of birch bark. by the
light of tiny oil taper Robert Nc
Neill, who laid down his life in the
quest for riches, scraWlcd a last mes.
sage to his loved ones and bequeathod
to them the wealth that was his. Nc
NcillS death came while he was pros
pecting near the headwaters OF the
Stewart river, Washington. Viola and
Freda Finn, of Spokane, WASH, daugh
ters Of the deceased sister of Mcneil
are the ones to whom the dying man
left his property. They were notified
by long distance telephone.
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chief clerk of the bureau The head
Of this bureau has always been a cit
izen of the United States. although va
rious governments on this continent
contribute to it's support. The fact
that the United States pays 60 per
cent. Of the expenses of the bureau has
always been regarded as giving this
government the right to name the
chief. There has been a little COM
other governments that the best posi-.
tons have gone to this country.
When Mr.. Fox was promoted to be
chief of the bureau there was a strong
desire on the part of South American
ministers to secure the place of chief
clerk, which pays salary of $4,000 per
annum. They were forestalled, how
ever, by the announcement that it was
desirable that Mr.. Gordon Cumming,
disbursing officer of the census bureau,
should get this position. Mr.. Cum
ming is very capable young man, but
in addition tc his other qualifications
he has the strongest kind Of social
UdNhAAS. ~ ~ odAu l11dC III lCoo d pei d.
sonage than the presidents wife, Mrs.
Roosevelt, interested herself in the
young mans future and secured the
promise of his appointment. When
this became known to the South Amer
lean ministers they gracefully yielded
and are content with some of the
minor places, such as librarian, secre-
tary and chief ;translator.
Mr.. Fox, who has been nominated
for chief of the bureau. has had con-
siderable experience in the consular
and diplomatic service. He at one
time published in New York city the
only strictly diplomatic and consular
journal ever attempted in the United
States. He had been chief clerk of the
bureau since 1898.
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of any sort. Only the other day Con

of any sort. Only the other day Con
gresham Patterson, of Pennsylvania,
who was about to leave the city and
had to make call on the president,
was stopped at the entrance to the
executive building because he had a
small travelling grip in his hands. The
usher was very polite, but none the
less firm in refusing him permission
to bring the bag inside the room. If
Mr.. Patterson had announced his po-
sition as congressman he would prob
ably have been passed in, but he good
naturally waived that prerogative and
smillngly deposited his travelling bag
on the step outside the door.
This regulation is regarded as emf
nently proper and wise, as it stops
one avenue through which evil-minded
persons might be able to smuggle in
an Internal machine. The secret serv-
ice men are experts in spotting the
cranks, and it is not likely that anyone
of that kind could get beyond the main
reception room in any event. Still the
life of the president is too precious
TO admit OF any chances being taken,
so the order has been issued to stop
all packages at the white house door.
1t is not intended that this rule shall
apply to senators, representatives, cab
met officers, members of the judiciary
and the diplomatic corps. A similar
rule is in force at the capitol and has
been for number of years. The po-
lice in that building require persons
carrying packages, or grips, to deposit
them in room set apart for that pur-
pose while they are within doors.
The possibility Of a bomb thrower
smuggling his instrument of destruc-
ton with him into one of the galleries
and using it on either the house or
senate was long ago recognized and
measures taken against it.