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Arizona republican., 1905-03-03

of more than usual interest. This is especially true. as the author sums up in this book the result of his exhaus- tive researches and presents the mat ter in comprehensive shape.
 The author first states that the pop ular idea of the Sahara is erroneous. It is generally supposed that the desert is a place of moving sands without water, rain, or any form of animal or vegetable life. This view of the mat ter, however, does not correspond with the real conditions. etenths of the surface of the Sahara is fixed and stable; rain is abundant in many quar- terranean water. The popular idea Of the springs and water supply of the Sahara, M. Leroy -Beaulieu asserts, proceeds from the fact that we argue from data furnished by the noInadic tribes. These tribes however, only use the surface water, or that which is only few feet below the surface; they do not attempt to care for the wells. leaving them exposed to sources of contamination as well as to destruc- ton by the clements.
 The oases of the Sahara may be increased in size and multiplied, thus providing for an elaborate system of irrigation; but where the oases do not exist there is sufficient rainfall In many instances to satisfy all agricui-
 
 that entire sections of the so-called waste are we'll adapted to agricultural needs, especially in the south and east. in Air, Tagama. and Mmergou and in the central and western portions of the country around Mouydir. There are many native plants and trees which are perfectly at home In the Sahara, and with care and energy the desert of to- day may be converted into a nagnifl- cent domain. The one consideration. according to our author. which jeopar- dizes the future of the Sahara is the danger from the marauding bands which infest the territory. This is work which the future must attend to; but when peace is established in the region there is no reason why millions should not live bountifully off the pro- ducts of the present desert.
 In addition to it's pastoral possibifi- ties. the Sahara offers vast mineral wealth. Truly. NJ. Leroy -Beaulieu states, we should not fancy the Sahara a land of undiscovered gold and dia- mond mines. but the fact that we find here copper lead, zinc. and other valu- able metals is a circumstance by no means negligible. And there is no doubt that if the matter Is taken in hand, as it should be, the time will come when the Sahara and the Soudan will be among the most fiourishing g and powerful of the French colonies. The most important means of preserv- ing and developing the country, ac- cording to NJ. Leroy -Beaulieu, lies in the construction of trans -Saharan rail- roads.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
The rlurder of rlrs. Stanford.

It would be difficult to conceive of a crime more shocking than the murder of Mrs. Jane Stanford. That the death of that eminent woman at Honolulu is due to murder, there seems no possi- bility of a doubt. Lovable for every womanly quality. and a philanthropist who had placed the entire country un- der a debt of graa itude to her for her magnificent gifts to the cause of edu- cation. she should have been without an enemy in the world. When the facts come cut it will be found prob ably, that her life was taken by some discharged servant possessed of fan cied grievance.
 It seems that her murder was ac- complished only after a first attempt had failed. Before she sailed from San Francisco she complained that somebody had given poison to her, and in the light of the tragic sequel it is paid no attention to what she said. But the police of San Francisco be- licved. of course, as everybody was bound to believe. that she was mistak- en; for who could have designs against the life of Jane Stanford?
 The means used in the murder may give a clue to the fiend who perpetrat- ed it. Poison is considered by crimi- nologists as a feminine weapon, al- though the list of male prisoners is a long one.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Of the Third Judicial District, Terri tory of Arizona, in and for Mari


 copa County.
 F. J. Bennitt, plaintiff, vs. Julius Liberman, Oscar L. Hascy and Cor nelia HascY his wife, defendant. Action brought in the district court of the third judicial district of the ter lritory of Arizona, in and for Mari Copa county, and the complaint filed Tn said Maricopa county, in the office of the clerk of said district court. In the name of the territory of Ari- 2ona, to Julius Liberman, Oscar l.. Hascy and Cornelia Hascy, his wife. defendants, greeting.
 You are hereby summoned and re- quiIed to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the district court of the third judicial district of the territory or Arizona, in and for the county of Maricopa and answer the complaint therein filed with the clerk of this said court, at Phoenix, in said county, wItSin twenty days after the service upon you of this summons, if served in this said county, or in all other cases within thirty days thereafter, the times above mentioned being ex- ciL:lve of the day of service, or judg- inent by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and the seal of the district court of the third judi "ial district of the territory of Arizo- ma, in and for Maricopa county, this 14th day of October, A. D., 1904.
 ELIAS F. DUNLEVY.
 Clerk of said district court. By WALTER B. KIBBEY,
 Deputy clerk.
 First pub. Feb. 2S, 1905.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Horatio Fl Wharton. de- ceased. Notice is hereby given by the under signed administratrix of the estate of Horatio H Wharton deceas- sd. to the creditors of and all per sons having claims against the said CcceaSed to exhibit them, with the ne"essary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this noticc to the said administrative at the Cffice of Street & Alexander, room 3O2 Fleming block, Phoenix, the sithle heinz Il ilace for the transac- tirn of the rus mess of said estate, in said county Of Maricopa
 EVELYN M. WHARTON, Administratrix of the estate of Hor-
 atio H. Wharton, deceased.
 Dated Phoenix, this 27th day of February, 1905.
 First pub. Feb. 2s, 1905.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03

a very good thing for them. tool to simplify their diet Civilized people that is. the well to do-eat too much and too highly seasoned food. Could these be persuaded to give up their highly seasoned and highly spiced themselves that they were accomplish ing some good good in the world. And they might as well devote themselves to bringing about this particular re form, for they will never make a rig idly rational diet popular.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03

serviette are modern luxuries about which he knew nothing. and the lack never affected his conduct. But for modern man they are necessities. And he cannot initiate his primitive an eesto- by eating nuts when he is hun gry any more than he can initiate him by going without clothes.
 In every theory advanced by extrem- ists there is generally some good sense to be found. While it is not possible for modern folk to dispense with cooks. it is possible for them (and it would te
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
The Sahara and Its Potential Wealth.

Substantial additions to the worlds knowledge of geography always follow an exploration of the so-caIled waste places. Until a generation ago 1t was the general belief that the Great American Desert" comprised most of the country west of the Missouri river. The world is still of the opinion that the Sahara desert in Africa is a vast waste of sand with occasionally here and there an oasis of an acre of two where the Arabs have sunk a well. The school books teach this with care
 It has been left to a French traveller to prove that many Of the established ideas concerning the Sahara are based on transformation. Mr. Paul Leroy Beaulieu, the celebrated French econ omist, for many years has made a close study of the Sahara desert, and from time to time has published the results of his investigations. These published reports, however, were nec- essarily fragmentary. and thus the re- cent appearance of a book on the Sa- hara by M. Leroy-Beaulieu is a matter
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
DO YOU SUFFER

From Floating, Heartburn, Nausea, BeIching or Cramps?. If so we want you to try Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters at once. A dose before meals will tone up and strengthen the digestive organs and cause the bowels to relax. Then these ailments will quickly dis appear. It has made thousands of weak stomachs strong during the past 50 years. It also cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Insomnia ChilIs, Colds, La Grippe and Malaria.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03

MAY R. PORTER, professional aeeomPa mist. 5l6 South First Ave. First class piano music furnished for receptions, parties etc Rates reasonable.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
LESSONS IN ELocUTIoN.

MRS MAY FRENCH COOLEY-Reader and Teacher of EIocution. Oratory and Physical
 Culture Delsarte. Studio, zs7 S. Fifth Ave
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
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How long has it been since you heard a boy compliment his father = Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
AssAYER AND mETALLUReisT.

I. O. A. KING, Assayer aRd AetzllurXtst Cyanide, concentration. mill and EmsE ter tests IS N. Second Ave. Fheeziz. Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
PRoFESSI0kzL
NOTARY PUBLIC.

E. D. PASCOE, Notary Public Convey ancing a speciality. Acknowledgements taken. no North Center street
Arizona republican., 1905-03-03
cHIRoPoDT.

Painless removal of coFns or bunions; prices SO cents each Privacy assured. Day or night All instruments sterll- ized. Fashion Barber shop. s3 W. Washington St.. opp Santa Fe cfiice- Telephone Red 962.
 Infrowins Nails a Specially.
 FRANK SHIRLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
THE Waite or ADVERTISING.

I'd in Smith Center there is mer-
chant by the name of Henry Ahlborn.
There are three newspapers In the
town and he is one of their most con-
slant advertisers.
In speaking f-his advertising lately
Mr. Ahlborn said that It cost MIN just
ten cents on the hundred dollars OF
business that he did during the past
year, and he would have considered It
cheap if it had cost him dollar on
the hundred. AS an example of what
his advertising did for him Mr.. Ahl-
born cited the following:
Last fall for one week only, ad-
vertised Farmers Handy wagons at
$500 equal to any $4,000 wagon. AS
a result I sold 5 of them in 80 days,
besides cleaning up some old stock on
hand. Ordinarily I would have sold 5
or Of these wagons, but the adver-
tisement and the fact that these
wagons were just as represented sold
the bulk of them. And here is the
point. Goods must be as represented
or all of the advertising in the world
will not sell them. 1t may do it once
but won't do 1t for keeps"
If advertising will accomplish such
results in a country. community, where
everybody knows everybody else, how
much more will it do in a larger COM
munity? The city merchant has nc
other way to reach people who do not
pass his store other than by adver-
Using.
The successful modern merchant
realizes that one Of the great secrets
of success is in advertising, and ar
abundance of it. If you have any
thing that people want, judicious ad.
vertising will sell it, whereas the pub
lie might never know about it if il
were not advertised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

AS the conclusion of a legal battle
extending through four years, and
which was fought through the courts
of the land including the United
States supreme court, the Kansas
grain trust is in a Kansas county Jail.
It is in jail by its representative, E.
J. Smiley. Mr.. Smiley was no more
guilty of breaking the antitrust law
than others, perhaps, but he was the
executive officer and moving spirit of
the trust and punishment therefore
falls on him personally.
So far as is known this is the first
time a trust has been sent to Jail and
for that reason it is remarkable. It
has been a long, hard fight. but the
law has triumDhed. It is little
severe on Mr.. Smiley, but the law had
to be upheld. Mr.. Smiley knew what
he was doing when he was violating
the law. and now he will have to take
his punishment.
Still, it might be worse for Mr.
Smiley. His sentence is only for
ninety days and the Rush county iail.
where he is confined. is in the midst of
the wheat belt. Mr.. Smiley can take
his trusty typewriter there and con-
( duct his correspondence just as well
or better than he could in Topeka.
The punishment of the grain trust,
through Mr.. Smiley. viii doubtless
have salutary effect on other com
! bines- The grain trust was organized
to take a large portion of the farmers
profits from him, and It was extreme
/ " oppressive. Now if the state could
corral the oil trust. the beef trust. the
implement trust, the school book trust.
and few more of the same kind. and
show them what the inside of a jail
looks like, trusts will probably go out
Of fashion in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
THE DEWEY CAsEs

With the dismissal of the murder
charges against Chauncey Dewey and
two of his employees in the district
court Of Norton county on Tuesday at
ternoon ended one Of the most remark
able murder cases in Kansas. Three
men. David Berry and his two sons.
Alpheus and Burchard, were killed, and
another son, Roy Berry, was danger
ously wounded, on a ranch in Cheyenne
county nearly two years ago. The kill
ing was done by one or more of a party
OF ten men from Chauncey Dewey's
ranch. as it occurred in fight between
the Berrys and Dewey and his ranch
men.
1t seems remarkable that the officers
Of the law could not get at the bottom
Of this trouble. Attorney General Cole
man personally went to st. Francis and
conducted the preliminary hearing, and
the state has had a number of attor-
neys all through the trial.
The men arrested for the crime
Chauncey Dewey and his two EMPLOYEES
may have been entirely innocent of it
for there were seven hot-headed COW
boys accompanying them. The law pre-
sumes every man innocent until he is
proven guilty. Yet the fact remains
that three men were killed. and some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

herding them, in the care OF a ranch
er, of whom he rented a small field.
He continued his work for three years
more, each year adding his wages in
sheep to his bunch. At the end of the
fourth year he became an independent
owner, giving his whole time and at
tention to his own affairs. At the close
OF his service he owned sos sheep and
the increase of lambs for three years.
Eight years from that time he owned
an improved ranch of 1900 acres, on
which each season he raised three full
crops of alfalfa for his stock during
two months of winter; 118 horses and
colts, SO head of cattle, 3, 200 head of
sheep and lambs; his last two-year
wool crop and comfortable home for
his wife and babies in Omaha; and
he was making payment of several
thousand dollars on a second improved
ranch. He did not owe a dollar, was
3S years of age, and in perfect health.
Some one may ask, What of Philip
Well, he hired out as a herder, and
started in, as did Roger, dead broke
He was dead broke thirteen years
later. Philip has no ranch, no sheep,
no cattle, no wool, no house, no wife.
no babies. A single word tells the
story-drink.-Ne York Commercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
No Doubt of It.

Chinese and japanese are curiously
fbe atmosphere of tribunal. The
ian @Iistens eagerly and the Chink is
inpassive and undemonstrative. Yes
ferdav a Chfnaman who has looked in
at every session of the Hays trial
showed how closely he had followed
the case bv inauiring of his neighbor:
do you tfnk he's guilty %
ssWho?" was the reply.
The Chinaman silently pointed to
Attorney Chapman, who was vigorous
~ imploring the jury to acquit.
ssOf course he is" the American as
sured the Chink. 'sWho doubts it ?''-
Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
A Mothers Love.

Senator Depew, at a dinner in Wash
ington. praised the exceeding love and
devotion that mothers lavish on their
children.
This maternal love-" he said, lis
perhaps the most beautiful and the
most heartrending thing in human ma
ture Its beauty and its pathos have
been revealed to US by Mr.. J. NJ. Barrie
as by no other writing man."
Senator Depew paused. Then he re-
sumed:
Permit me to to show you another
side of maternal love, a side that Mr.
Barrie has not touched on.
In one of the Grand Central sta
tions a mother sat with her little boy.
IAN official passed through, an off,
cial in a blue uniform, a harassed look
on his face.
THE woman called this Official to her.
What time she said. does the next
train leave for Camden?'
THE official frowned saveagely as he
answered:
"'T-t-ten th-thirty, n-m-ma' am. I've
tod you that s-s-ix times in the last
hzhalf hour
yes, so you have the woman an
swered smiling; but my little boy likes
to hear you stutter. VIII you say it
again. please p Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

The American Anti-Saloon league is
agitating for celebration of the
Fourth of July which shall take the
form of outdoor mass meetings to be
addressed by speakers on patriotic
subjects The object of the Snovem ent
is to eliminate drunkenness and the
use of dangerous explosives from the
celebration of the day. One of these
evils does as much harm as the other,
so the league is to be commended.
Decoration day is nearer at hand
than independence day and is usually
even more misused. One state legisla-
ture has talked of prohibiting popular
sports on this national holy day, while
In New York there has been newspa-
per discussion on the subject Of the
character of the parades customarily
seen. All sorts of organizations, some
of them of an incongruous kind, have
been in the habit of Quitting into the
procession and even taking the right
of line away from the veterans. This
sort of observance" should be stop
ped. Decoration day belongs to the
veterans and those who are able to
appreciate what the day means and
why it was MISUNDERSTANDING Ex-
press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
THE GAs oRDTNANcE.

Mayor Davis certainly did very
unpopular thing today when he sane
toned with his approval the ordinance
recently passed by the council turning
the entire natural gas franchise here
tOfore granted to an independent COM
pany over to the Excelsior Coke & Gas
company, a company which supplies
manufactured gas at the high rate of
S1.25 per thousand feet.
It is true that only few members
of the council voted or expressed
themselves against the ordinance, but
since it was passed the unpopularity
of it has been made plain to them It
is declared that had the mayor vetoed
the ordinance the council would have
now sustained him.
one especially unfortunate pro-
vision Of this ordinance Is that natural
gas. which elsewhere is a competitor
to the manufactured gas, will in To-
peka be absolutely in control of the
company which supplies the manufac-
tured article.
The other unfortunate condition lies
in the fact that the maximum rates
fixed in the ordinance in its revised
form are fifty per cent higher than the
rates fixed in the franchises in Kansas
City, Lawrence and other towns.
One of the councilrnen who voted to
tie up the city of Topeka to natural gas
at high rates and put it under the con-
troll of the other gas company made
this remarkable explanation of his vote
This councilman's name is Sinner, and
he said: I'VE got everything we want
ed. We got a $1,000 forfeit and free con
nections. and we can change the rates
whenever we want to-
What if we do get a $1,000 forfeit?
That is simply the contract that the
company will do the work which it sets
forth to do. What q we get free con
nections? The old company gave free
connections and were glad to do it.
Sinner says: I'VE can change the rates
whenever we want to-"
If that is true, why weren't the rates
changed now. The excuse made BY
the city is that the rates were fixed in
an ordinance passed year or so ago
and could not be changed. If they
could not be changed a few days ago,
how can they be changed whenever
we want to- If we can change the
rates in an ordinance whenever we
want to- it would be a good time to
make some changes right now and at
least put ourselves on a basis with
Kansas City and other towns.
The councilman says: I'VE got every
thing we wanted
The fact of it is we didn't get much
of anything we wanted Mr.. Holiday
and his company got all they wanted.
Is Topeka to be run for the benefit of
the corporations, or for the benefit of
the masses of the T1e0Dle7
The mayor Of Kansas City was today
enjoined, according to the dispatches,
from signing the natural gas ordinances
recently passed there simply because it
permitted in five years an advance from
25 cents to 90 cents. An injunction to
stop the Topeka ordinance in some way
would be a good thing. The Topeka
rate is 45 cents whenever President Hol-
liday wishes to make it that He does
not have to wait five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES.

The new Transvaal constitution does
not give the right of suffrage to the
negro. Nick Chiles should give this
his immediate attention.
A Topeka lazy man has decided that
he doesn't want any crown when he
gets over on the other shore-it would
be too much like work to wear it.
Il notice" said Bill Doolittle today.
/ that some of the councilmen say they
got all they wanted and so voted for
been trying to figure out what they
meant"
It's a little late, but the hackers of
the late Chief Stahl might have been
referred to as the Stahl-warts.
Society note: Mr.. E. ]. Smiley has
gone to Lacrosse, Kan, to spend the
summer.
A dispatch may be looked for almost
any time now from Mole st. Saigon
announcing a little gathering near that
place, at which among those present
will e b e Messrs. Rojestvensky and
Togo.
Satan not infrequently occupies a
front pew in a fine church and acts as
though he belonged there, although
he usually sails under an alias.
From what is thought to be a re-
liable source it is learned that the
drinking pledge at the Turner's this
summer Will not be, "Hoch der Gov
ernor!"
We notice that the brief of the
Standard Oil company VS.. the state oil
refinery is now running serially in the
editorial columns of the Kansas City
Journal.
It is noticed that some of Mr. Rock
efeller's money succeeds in breaking
through the quarantine every once in
a while.
A tramp in good clothes today asked
Deacon TwogOod to give him a con-
tributiOn "to aid the poor" 81 would
said the Deacon, but I'm one of EN-
myself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

Are you a time killer? Do you
stand about talking when you should
be disposing of duties that press upon
you?
Do you hang around home when
you should be at your Office?
Do you put off until $3.50 o'clock the
things that might just as well be done
at 9?
Do you lag through a task instead of
attacking it with all the steam on and
pushing it through briskly?
Do you fritter away a single hour of
the day that might be made useful in
benefiting your health, improving your
mind or helping your business?
Do you squander in selfish idleness
moments that you could use in be-
slowing comforts upon others?
If so, stir yourself. You are out of
the American spirit. You are not even
standing still. You are going back
ward If you do not look out the rest
of America will leave you far behind.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.