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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
COL. MOSBY,S GIFT
GUERILLA LEADER GENT LOCK OF
HAIR TO LINCOLN.
President Accepted Il 40 Sample, But
Wanted More-How Federal Pris.
oner Saved Life by His
Quick Wit.

Col. John 8. Mosby. the famous
guerilla leader, who attended G. A.
r. banquet in Boston a few nights
ago, was delighted with the cordially
and good will of his hosts. Whatever
doubt there was in my mind about the
war being over disappeared while l
was in Boston," he says. "They sim
ply overwhelmed me with kindness.
At the banquet I sat next to a man
whom had captured during the war.
When first sat down I was rather
proud that had captured him. We
had not been together half hour be-
fore began to be sorry that I had
captured him, and before the last
speech was made l was genuinely
sorry that he had not captured me-"
Col. Mosby, who is now an assistant
attorney in the department of justice,
has always been noted for his sense of
humor. 1t went long way once to-
wards saving mans life. Col. Mosby
and his men lay all night in ambush
near railroad waiting for q federal
supply train. It finally came along,
and was captured by the confederate,
who, however, lost two or three of
their men. This did not please Col.
Mosby, and he showed it by some of
the things he said to the federal pris-
oners. "As for you," he said to one
Of these men, II am gong to hang
you the moment see the sun rise to.
morrow morning"
II hope it will be cloudy day.,
said the Yankee. The reply so pleased
Col. Mosby that he did not hang the
man who made it or anybody else. In
stead, the prisoners were confined and
later exchanged.
1t was about the same time in Col.
Mosby's career that he made his
famous gift to President Lincoln. His
headquarters were at Virginia farm
house, and one day the guards brought
to him man who said he was farmer
and was on his way to Washington to
sell some produce. what reason have
to believe that?" demanded the con-
fereate leader. "How do know you
are not spy? How do I know that
you will come back If I let you go?"
The mans manner was so earnes
that it impressed Col. Mosby, who
finally told him that he might go.
"Now that I have done something for
you," he said, II want you to do
something for me. want you to take
present from me to Abe Lincoln"
Thereupon he borrowed a pair of scis.
sors, clipped of lock of his own lux
uriant hair and gravely handed it to
the farmer. "You give that to Abe
with my compliments" he said. The
man took it and started for Washing
ton. promising earnestly to return on
the second day following.
He was as good as his word. He
presented himself promptly on time
and informed Col. Mosby that the pres.
emit and the compliment had both been
delivered.
"And what did he say?" demanded
tho guerilla leader.
"Oh," said the farmer, che Just
laughed and said that if he ever caught
you he would not be content with one
lock of your hair. He would take the
whole of it. But am sure he did not
mean that literally"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Congress Not Too LARGO.

S0nVress Not 100 Iaf0es
The congress of the United Statea
is much smaller, in proportion to the
population Of the country which II
serves than the central legislative
body of almost every other civilized
nation. In numbers it falls below
the parliament of Great Britain, the
national assembly of France. the reich.
stag Of Austria and the parliaments OF
Hungary, Italy, Japan and Spain.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20

Defeat Paved Way for Liberty.
The most lucky defeat which Eng
land ever experienced was when the
French bea. King John at Bouvines in
1914. But for chat the barons would
never have Gxtsrted from him Magma
Charta.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
MRracticallY.n

A great lawyer once declared that
whenever in counsel's speech, in a
witnesses evidence or other document
you saw the word practically" you
might be perfectly certain that there
was an intention to deceive or, as he
put it, that there was swindle meant.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Sugar Was In Use.

An American travelling through the
Ardennes stopped for a cup of coffee
at remote inn. Sugar was not forth.
coming and the waitress begged the
traveller to be good enough to wait
until the party at the next table had
finished their game of dominoes, for
which the Jumps Of sugar, duly mark,
ed with pencil from one to double six,
were serving.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
eritish TeIephone servlee

British Telephone Service.
The English post Office telephone
system now publishes every Monday
in the daily papers a list of the new
subscribers added during the previ.
GUS week. This adds to supplemental
directories, which are published much
more frequently than is the case here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
comparison Of Life.

Comparison Of Life.
Life is like getting a telephone
number from the information bureau"
said the woman. when you have
waited and waited till you are so tired
you don't know what to do and don't
care much whether you get 1t or not,
they call you up and give it to you"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
London Street Wait.

London Street Wait.
In spite of all the compassion legiti.
mately excited on his behalf, the Lon.
don street child seldom looks on him.
self as an object of pity. He has an
unfailing fund of good spirits, a we'll
developed sense of humor, and a
boundless capacity for getting enjoy.
ment out of the most unpromising ma.
terials.-Manchester Guardian.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
To Have Perfect ventiIatio,

To Have Perfect Ventilation.
London's new central criminal
courts will have perfect system of
ventilation, by which 100000 cubic
feet of fresh air will be forced into
the building each hour, and there is
not to be fly in the whole building.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
eroad.Minded Views,

Broad.Minded Views.
One bit in Robert Louis Stevenson's
Vailima prayers is good advice:
Purge out Of every heart the lurking
grudge," he says; "give us strength to
forbear and to persevere. Offenders
ourselves. give us grace to forgive
offenses. Forgetful, help us to bear
with the forgetfulness of Others"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
At the Races.

Upson-1 just won ten dollars on
q horse that didn't have any tail.
Downs-1 just lost ten dollars on
one that didn't have any head."-De
troit Free. Press.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Nothing to Regret.

Nothing to Regret.
my husband never saw me in the
ten years of our married life when my
personal appearance was neglected"
boosted a woman. when the nurse
called me to his bedside, saying that
he was dying, hastily wiped a piece
of chamois skin over my face before
responding to the call. have nothing
to regret" Globe.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Diagnosed.

Diagnosed.
Henry" asked the Sunday school
teacher, what is the conscience"
The conscience" answered little
Henry, us what you have after you
have been eating cake and jam and
things out of the pantry, and then you
have to take castor oil, and that cures
the conscience. Judge.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
Effect Of Heat on Steel.

At mild red heat, good steel can
be drawn out under the hammer to a
fine point; at bright red heat it will
crumble under the hammer, and at q
white heat it will fall to pieces.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20
women coIdsmith. Lik.d.

"OnneU VUIu8IUISU0 CIKSos
Women goldsmiths and jewellers are
having much success in America and
Europe. They are particularly sue.
cessful in designing collars and such
ornaments.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-20

DIR. F. J. DUGGAN
PHYSICIAN AND sURGEoN-spe.
cial attention given to diseases Of
women. Office. Beare Block. ONCE
hours, 10 m. to ~ m, 2 p. N. to 4
p: m. p. m. to p. m. Both Phones
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
New Road to
 Start From Benson

The main line of the Cananea iaqui River X Pacific railroad, in the opinion of we'll posted railroad men, will run from Benson to Nacr. thence to the YaquI river, thenc. to Alsmos, thence to Culiacin thenc, to Mszstlan, thence to Guadalaj r- the connecting point with the Mexi- can Central.
 In the opinion of railroad men, whose positions have acquainted them with the different rontes now in use and those in contemplation; with the prospects and present development of the territory through which it is nec- essary or desirable to build and with the traffic that enables railroads to pay dividends. Nogales is not to be the port of entry on the main line oi the Csnsnea, Yaqui River X Pacific road. While 1t is at present the mair port of entry for that road, % far as construction work has progressed the branch of that road now being constructed from the Yaqni river north of Nscozari, will prov, not 10 be a branch, but the main line.-Phoenix Enterprise.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
The Attorney-General
 On Patented Mines

The Cochise county board of equal ization is in receipt of A letter from the attorney generals office, in Phoe- nix, in rega d to the placing of non- patented mining claims on the assess ment roll The letter is copy of a similar one sent to the various boards Tn the territory after the meeting of the supervisors in Phoenix, and is in line with the attorney-general's re- marks in discussing the matter with the board during his recent visit here
 The letter states that non-p ,tented mines should be placed on the rolls at their actual cash value and that they should be considered personal prup- erty and the taxes collected upon them a. once The question has been gen. 4rally discussed pro and con and it is the general opinion of all who are posted in mining matters that it Is next to impossible tb place mining claims of that character on the rolls Some conclusion will be arrived at in the near future, as case involving this very point has arisen in Santa Cruz county and will come up before Judge Doan on the 23d instant at No gales.
 The issue involves the right of the as >essor Santa Cruz county to place 4 valuation of s3OO,000 on the Power. group of non-ps ented mines in that cnunty, the amount of tax being Sll, $50 The right to assess a non pat ented claim is directly at issue. At 'orney-General Clark, Attorney Chas Bowman Of the territorial equalization board, and District Attorney Noon O santa Cruz county will prosecute tn case, while Attorney E. .. Ives ap pears for the defense. The ruling c the court will be watched with inter est throughout the territory.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Cananea to Be
 a Military Post

As a resul. of the labor riots and hfoodshed which broke in Cananea on June l, among the Mexican employees at the Cansnea Consolidated Copper companys big copper mines, Cananea will be made an army garrison post and one of the largest military strong holds in Northern Sonora.
 The recommendation of Military Governor Luis E. Torres of Sonora to thls effect has just been approved by the war department in Mexico City and 1000 Mexican troops will be sta tioned there at once.
 Four companies of troops have been in Cansnea ever since the outbreaks and this number will be increased to the number named.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15

argument the motion was denied and the matter of arguing the writ itself put over untilthe afternoon.
 In the case of Bsshford vs Elliott judgment was given to the plaintiff for $2 and costs of suit, but not for the costs of the lien that the pla ntitf had placed on the property of the defend ant.
 When the writ m the hsbeas corpu: ease of Du tois was called this p m J .dg R use had associated with him Attor .eys unn nghsm and Miller while the interests of the City of Tue. son were looked after by Attorney Ritchy. The argument is still op as we go to press.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Statistics of the
 Territorial Prison

It cost Arizona S6l ,602 last year to maintain the Territorial prison st Yuma. The receipts from the prison were S!.3ls, according to the report which has been sent out by the Board of Control, which lnoks after all the Territorial institutions The repor; on affairs at the Territorial prison re- fleet credit CD Warden Jerry Miilay Large as the entire expense seems, it Is & fact never heless, that the cost oi maintenance of each prisoner Is les, than i2 l-2 cents per day.
 The expense sheet, when compared with the California peniten iaries shows Arizona up in a good light as the expense per day for each prisoner is nearly two certs less than at Fol- som, Cal This is true notwithstand inL the fact that in this Territory supplies are higher than in Califor. mia.
 The greatest expense st the Terri torisl penitentiary is the guard fnrce, which would not have to be added to even fl there were twice as many pri- soners.
 Every prisoner released from Yu- ma is given 8, 5 o suit Of clothes and half fare transportation for 30C miles.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Board of Supervisors
 Transact Business

The hoard of supervisors adjourned yesterday to meet tomorrow afternoon .
 The board since being in session has transacted considerable business. Most of the bills against the county for the past quarter have been audited and allowed with tine exception of the fee bills of the justices and cOnstables in Bisbee and Douglas. These are "held up" pending the determination of the cases now in the district court, but as there is no likelihood of a final judg- ment being arrived at in the district cou,t, and in view of the fact that a change of venue will be asked for in he constable cases, the board, on the advice of the district attorney, vii audit the bills the same as they dId lat quarter. cutting off the same class of offenses. The fee bills as filed for the past qrarter show that in Bisbee the amount was $2,423.55, divided as follows: Constable Doyle, Murphy's court, s246; McDonald's court. SIPS Judge Murphy, s64l.45; Judge Me- Donald, s55I.75. In Douglas the total amount is $1 .65S l5. divided as follows: Judge Mcdonald, $76l l5; A. J. s Shropshire, constable fees, S3S7.25; San Hayhurst, s36l.35; Young Davis BIAS. 40. What the bills will lock like when the district attorney gets through - ith them remains to be seen.
 The board has fixed the number of voting precincts in the county for the coming fall election. naming judges and inspectors for each There will be 2s voting precincts Tn the county.
 The board expects to go to Benson before finally asjourning to inspeci the site If bridge that is wanted by the citizens of Benson across the river at that point.
 The report of the county surveyor on the repairs needed on the St. David was accepted, and the road overseer for that district was instructed to make the needed repairs.
 he highway leading from Naco to | Lowell. 40 feet in width, was declared to be county road.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Danger Lurks in
 Whiskey Barrels

We have all heard in boyhood day about the gun being dangerous with out lock, stock or barrel; but 1t re mained for blacksmith in Yuma to demo that the empty and dIs- carded whiskey barrel, also. is as full o danger even when empty
 The Sentinel states that on Friday afternoon, Peter Moore, with 8 red hot iron, was enlarging the hol. in a buggy hub, the latter resting on the head If an empty whiskey barrel. In the operation, the hot iron pierced the barrel head and terrific explosion occurred, tearing out the head of the barrel and severely iDjuring the black smith, who was rendere unconscious He re eived a cut on either arm and one on the body that required a num- Der of stitches to close. His injuries were not serious. There were three holes in the barrel b.fore it exploded According to the Blade a similar ac- cident happened at Florence. A man was leaning against an empty whiskey b,rrel. talking to friend. He struck a match on the head of the barrel to light cigarette, when an explosion followed; the head of the barrel fieu upward, the man was hurled away several feet, the hair on one side of hi: head was singed, his hand and arm was scorched, and the barrel set on fire
 Danger and destruction turks in tn, whiskey barrel. Ton bstone's frs great fire was the result of . whiske' barrel exploding. During the earl, sos & saloon man was won't to replen ish a bottle with exhil.arsting fluid and while holding a lighted csndI over an open bung hole sn explosion occurred, the flames spread rapidl and the greater portion of the cit
 went up in smoke. Temperance lee turers will tell you there is danger i whiskey barrel. There seems to be
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
New Cases Filed
 in District Court

The following new cases have been filed in district court during the past few diys:-
 Kade Flemister has brought an ac- ton for divorce against Lillian Flem- lster on the grounds of desertion. The plaintiff is a resident of Douglas.
 James Reilly has brought an action against Wm Ohensorgeu of Benson t. foreclose a mortgage on property located in Benson.
 Edward N. Buck and the Buck Pub fishing company are made defendants Tn two actions for debt by the plain tiff, ". NJ. Hoover.
 An appeal case from the justice court of Douglas, entitled the Moline Jewelry company vs L. Constance, was also placed on file.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Former Tombstoner
 Returns to Arizona

NJ. Nj. Sherman, of Genoseo, Kan sss, is in Douglas eLIoute to Sonora, where he goes to look after extensive ranch and mining property which he owns south of Nscozari.
 Mir sherman was one of the pioneer citizens of Arizona and principal of the Tombstone schools during the pslmy days.
 Mir. sherman is brother of Gen. M H sherman, now of Los Angeles, and owner of an extensive street rail- way system in that city and also own- CT f the electric car line and water system in Phoenix, this terri. tory.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Tombstone Engineer
 Avoids Accident

The young son of John Escapule had narrow escape from a serious accident. and perhaps death, this morning. He started to drive oyer the railroad crossing just ss the 1G o'clock tram was pulling out. Eng ;neer Ed. Curtis saw the boy start to drive across the tracks, and by applying the air brakes quickly, succeeded in bring ing the engine to stop uot more than two feet within the wagon. Had he not noticed the boy, the engine would have struck tile horse and wagon and inflicted considerable damage, and the boy could not have escaped without serious injuries.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Good Showing in the
 Dos Cabezas Field

County Superintendent of School.
 J. A. RvckfeIlow has returned from quite an extended trip through the central and eastern part of Cochise county.
 While absent he visited the recent strike made by Roberts and Dawson, at Dos Csbezas, and considers it the most promising property in that sec ton, for the work done. The ore body is 9 feet wide between walls. Fifteen feet in length has been opened up to . depth o! 5 feet, producing three car loads of sulphide ore that runs 8 per cent in copper without sorting. In fact no waste" was encountered, and the entire lotion is in ore. The claim is called the Oregon, and lies between the patented Ivanhoe Springs and Emersly lodes. The last named is owned by MT. Roberts.
 Over un the summit of the Chiri- cahuas, southeast of Dos Cabezas and about three miles north of Hands Pass and the Hilltop group work is'in progress on the King of Lead group. This promising property, which as been a producer for several years. be- longs to the Riggs Bros, but has re- gently been bonded to Martin King of | who starts ou: with good prospect of making 6 million dollar nIue out of it.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15

A. Y. Smith, one of the lessees of of the Commonwealth Mining com pany at Pearce, accompanied by his wife were in the city yesterday. Mir. Smith stated to . PRosPEcroR repre- sentative that the mine is looking first rate and that several new bodies of good ore have recently been up- covered in the lower workings of the mine They have 60 stamps of the mill running, and are still putting the tailing through the cynide process and continue to get excellent returns.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
The Attorney-G General
 Talks Interestingly

Attorney General Clark, yesterday, appeared before the board of super visors and informally discussed va rious matters affecting county and territorial interests. Regarding the mattel of placing non patented mines .n the tax rol the attorney general was familiar with the difficulties aid questions which would arise in the event of placing all the unpatented claims on the rolls, and instea ], urg, that only those of known working value be entered this year and placed at a nominal valuation of $lCO each. The list could be addel to and in few years considerable tax revenue had from this source.
 The report of the Territorial Exam finer was also discussed, during which Treasurer Gaines took occasion to point out the glaring inaccuracies of the Examiners report On the treas- ure.'s office, which did him an injus- tice. The treasurer was prepared with facts. citing the matter of fcounty fund depo it's, the g curity held in each in stance; also the alleged irregularities m tax assessments, showing there was in reality no disposition to lower the original assessments or exemptions The attorney general stated that Ex- sminer F ster would be asked to file an amended report correcting the er- TOTS evidently made in his previous re- port. Of the Issue of county warrants it wss tae atrorney-general's :opinioc that when no funds were in the treas ury to meet the sameth board should not issue the original W rrsnt, claim tug the same to come under the pro- vision of the Harrison Act.
 The attorney general stated that i,
 had been decided to have the back tax case against the Copper Queen Co
 placed on the books again and suit in
 stituted for the original amount o
 tax. This is the famous tax case O
 1891, when the Copper Queen wa
 raised from S553,5l4 to $2,464, ,s9j The company paid $9,l32.64 on tn original assessment and the remainde
 was contested, being in the courts fo
 three years, and was finally compro missed by the board for $5,66l A l Messrs. English, Mcfarland and Ed
 wards were engaged as special counse r with District Attorney Land and tn case cost 5000 tor attorney fees | which was paid out of the compro
 mise fund. Later. O. Gibson as ta
 attorney, made an effort to have tn |, assessment placed on the roll,question , ing the right uf the board to compro mise. The proceedings were demur ' red to and dismissed.
 The attorney-general states tha
 practically the same questions wer I involved in the United Verde cas 3 from Yavapsi county, the suprem , court deciding that the board had n
 authority to effect a compromise un
 less proven that the property was no
 valued at the amount assessed. Tn
 amount involved, with interest 10 thi
 date, will foot up $1OO,OO0, and tn treasurer will be ordered. perhaps b, msndamus, ::to place the company as
 sessment on the rolls, when Tax At.
 torney Gilmore and Attorney-Genera , Clark will commence suit to recove [ | the original amount of tax.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-07-15
Writ Granted in
 The Dubois Case

jfThe application for the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Homer Dubois was granted and the writ made returnable on Wednesday.
 It is learned from reliable authority that the officials of Tucson will not resist the writ very strongly, as tLey are satisfied that the punishment oi Dubois has been sufficis nt and that he will not attempt to further violate the city ordinances, and from the further fact that his wife is sick in the hos pitaI in Tucson and his children sr- being taken care of by friends.