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Arizona republican., 1906-10-21

their subscription if you will just go after them. We know a great major ity take The Republican, but every body does not get it yet; there are a few left and even if they do get an other paper, they want The Republi- can also-because they want the news while it's new news.
 COUNTRY CONTESTANTS.
 That the country contestants are fair candidates for leaders is no longer doubted at scholarship headquarters. In yesterdays score Randolph McEl- haney strode into seventh place by his first days business and today rises again. Others have crowded in higher in the line and great results are expected when they turn in again. These rural district people are mani festing much interest in their con- testants and it is a matter of no little pride to The Republican to announce that they are literally proving their desire to help by large advance pay ments, most of them paying up for a full year. And those who already did not take the Daily Republican are giv- ing their subscriptions prepaid for six months or. a year.
 TEMPE AND MESA. Several of the South Side contest ants turned in yesterday and made a tremendous gain. Eva Young Of ! Mesa, is a whirlwind when it comes to action, and in a single. days count | jumped from fifteenth to eighth place. | Joe Perkins made a good showing but | is new in the race, and when he gets ! a good start, will no doubt make the others "get up and rustic" Homer Corbell of Tempe scored over two l Ufgs him in the lead for his district. AL though Florence Stevenson has not been heard from and she may have a big bunch up her sleeve" waiting to be counted.
 PRIZES AT STAKE. | The contestant having the highest score at the close of the contest at l Christmas will have first choice Oi the following list of scholarships and l trips The second highest will have second choice. and so on to the end of the list.
 LIST OF SCHOLARSHIPS.
 The Phoenix Academy and Business i College, choice of any course, business
 academic or classic.
 Arizona School of Music, vocal, pi-
 ano, violin, elocution and physical cuI' ture.
 | Lamson Business College, bookkeeP
 ing, shorthand, typewriting, eommer' cia law, practical business or any oth' | CT course.
 Scranton International Correspond
 ence School, electrical, mechanical
 mining, engineering, architectural 1 draughtsman, advertisement writing l and illustrating, assaying, chemistry | and others.
 | Then there is free round trip trans. | portation to the coast, and free rounC i trip transportation to the Grand Can | yon.
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The elevator shot straight upward for two hundred feet. It stopped at the seventeenth story to let off a little fat man. with a red face. He stopped short, breathing heavily and looked about suspiciously. Before him white marble runway stretched down one side of the building. At the far end was a door marked in small let ters, with Peter Potter-Real Estate" The rows of doors on either side the hall wefe all closed. The air of the place was lonely, remote and fOrmid- able. Six thousand people spent most of their working hours in the little steel cages and cOops under the roof of that sl1yscraper. Yet the solitary hunter living in a log shack thirty miles from the nearest settler might be no more cut off from commerce and sympathy with his fellow men than the occupant of one of these offices.
 Alone in the big inside room on the corner, Peter Potter stood close to one of the windows with face eastward, looking out over the black chaos of roofs to the lake. He was'rocking back and forth from heels to toes. his hands in his trousers pockets, his head sunk between his broad shoulders.
 His old colOred man brought in a card from the anteroom. It was an inn pressive piece of pastebOard:
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! tried series of experiments in the lit
 tie laboratory back of his library. He was chiefly occupied with a long rub
 Der tube, attached to a gas jet, a cou-
 pie of alcohol lamps and a pressure gauge. With the aid of a text book on physics, he also made some math
 ematical calculations.
 "So long as they're depending entire Iy on the supply from Fayette county, it ought to be easy" he said to himself
 ''The trouble will be to find the man" The next evening Peter Potter took a train which carried him into the nat
 ural gas country. The main gas reser-
 voirs, where the gas was collected
 from all the wells and stored under
 pressure, before being pumped into the
 pipes which carried it to the city. were
 located at Fayette. the county seat of Fayette county. Peter Potter got off the Pullman there in the gray of the
 early morning and went across the street to the little hotel.
 CT don't suppose there's a bit of use I trying to sell you Fayette people any l coal, is there?" he asked casually, | stopping at the desk after breakfast 1 to chat with the landlord.
 The old man grinned. "I don't know,
 stranger" he said. "It don't look nat
 ural there ought to be any market for
 coal here. Gosh knows we ought to 1 have gas a-plenty But the Fayette Natural Gas company has been buying up all the wells. No telling how high they'll boost the price"
 "GOt all the wells, have they?"
 Every blamed one in the belt. so far's/I know. They closed up with [ Henry Larsen last week. They's two big wells on his farm, and he was the ! last one of the boys to hold out against
 'em- Now they've got 'em all gobbled. % How far out does Larsen live?" "Oh, he's located right here in Fay [ cite. He's a-making shoe polish down | the pipe line here half a mile"
 In the lane behind the hotel and on 1 the surface of the ground ran the huge pipe which carried the gas from the ! pumping station on across country to | Metropolis, nearly two hundred miles away. Peter Potter went out and start 1 ed to follow the pipe line. On either
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ter travelling up from Metropolis to Chicago to see Peter Potter he didn't enjoy being put off in this way. Lit tie purple blOtches came against the deep red of his face. He started to growI an angry objection. then thought better of it and stopped. Since the present fight began he had run up against a good many unusual things. And he knew his present situation was desperate. If he couldn't enlist Peter Potter on his side of the battle it was almost hopeless. The stakes were too big to allow him to give much weight to personal pique and chagrin- And Tomlinson was, first of all, a shrewd business man.
 "All right" he said and went out
 The first glance at his visitors card had given Peter Potter a fairly clear idea of what was wanted. The Chicago papers had noticed the great fight be- tween the Citizens Gas company. which had for twenty years absolutely controlled the Metropolis field, and a new company. which had secured a franchise, laid mains and pipes and promised largely to cut down the price of gas to consumers. That evening the business privateer read in one of his carefully kept scrap books the detailed story of the struggle so far as it had been printed. As a veteran in such campaigns between big corporations. it was easy for him to read between the lines and supply what was missing. It was really very interesting and com plicated fight. The Citizens company was capitalized for $2O,OOOOO and the profits it had at stake were enormous. Peter Potter felt that an independent command in such a struggle might be well worth his while.
 At o'clock the>next afternoon Tom linson came back. His first glance around the baroness of Peter Potter's big office was not convincing. It did not seem possible that a man who worked with so few tools could be so formidable. But he remembered what Hooper had told him about Potter's queer ways, and tried not to look sur prised.
 Peter Potter was leaning forward over his desk as Tomlinson came in. His chin rested on his right hand and ! a long forefinger lay alongside his arching nose.
 "So Hoefeld sold you out eh?" he 1 said.
 l The gas president was startled How | did this man come by this bit of under ground information? It was a sore point with him. But there was no use in denying it.
 "Yes. the dirty dog. that's just what he did" TomIinson declared. And then as he thought of the alderman's per l fidy and the memory of his own wrongs
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H. LARSEN. Sunlight Shoe and Stove Polish.

Through the open door Peter saw two men at work. He stepped in.
 els MT. Larsen here2" he asked. one of the men stepped forward.
 Whats your spot cash price on shoe and stove pOlish?' asked Peter Potter.
 The price was named.
 q wish you'd put me up a gross each of them as a trial order" said Peter Potter laying down the money. "I see you are using natural gas for fuel. It's cheap down here. 1 suppose"
 Pretty cheap" said Larsen. I'm paying ten cents a thousand feet"
 This Fayette County company that's been buying up all the wells n be boosting the price on you pretty soon. won't they?" asked Peter Potter with a smile
 Not on this boy answered Larsen. ''You see. I sold 'em their biggest wells. and I made 'em give me a contract to sell me all the gas I wanted at ten cents a thousand"
 They'll probably try to break it, said Peter Potter indiferently.
 I'd like to see them break it." Lar sen answered hotly, his pride touched. Look at it now and see how easy they'll break it."
 He went to his safe and pulled out a piece of legalcap, over which Peter Pot ter cast a hurried but careful eye
 "The Public Gas company of the city of Metropolis county of Metropolis and State of Kentucky, it's heirs. as signees and successors. party of the first part, in consideration of the sale to it by Henry Larsen, party of the second part, of his farm on which are located its gas wells Nos. 20 and 25, does hereby bind itself, its successors and assignees to furnish to said Hen ry Larsen, party of the second part, his heirs, assignees and successors. natuT- al gas at the rate of ten cents per thou sand feet to any amount which he may require, said gas to be burned on the premises which is now located his shoe and stove polish factory
 The contract was signed by the pres- ident of the Public Gas company. and by Herman HOefeld, its general man. ager.
 That reads like good contract said Peter Potter. but you must re- member there are a lot of tricky men
Arizona republican., 1906-10-21
JOHN G. TOMLINSON,
 President, The Citizens Gas Company, Metropolis, Kentucky.

Peter Potter took the card with a curious strengthening out of his neck and a projecting forward of his beak- like profile.
 Two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, he said shortly. Then he laid the card on his desk, thrust his hands into his pockets and went on rocking endlessly back and forth.
 "Mistuh Pottah'u see yuh at ? o'clock tO-morroh aftuhnOon, suh," the negro told the little fat man who was waiting in the outer office.
 That wasn't treatment Tomlinson was used to and he didn't like it. Af-
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Yesterday was a day of shake-ups in the score. It was case of swing your partners and all change places, and the first week of the contest clos ed with some surprising results.
 HATS OFF TO THE GIRL.
 When Byrda ShOtt turne din yes terday evening she was all smiles, and we'll she might be for she had a bunch of subscriptions that scored her nearly three thousand points and sent her to the top of the list with colors flying. She is a Hummer, most assuredly. but she has hard fight ahead for Harry Kerr whom she put down to second place by her Saturdays stunt. is ntatchless racer and will no doubt make strong effort to regain his leadership before another days score in counted.
 Ben Kimber is a steady worker and stiH holds third place. Alton Stoner is. doing splendid work during the hours he has to spare from other duties, and moved up two places Tn todays score. The two "Pauls," Cronenberger and Todd. are almost tic. and the next score will show which has done the most vote getting in the time that has intervened. Robert Banks. the Alhambra boy, turned in over a thousand points and took an other rise. Milo McKibben came in fresh and bright as ever, and though his score is small now, he has the pluck to stick to it. and when his friends find out what a persistent lit tie chap he is, they will no doubt give him their kindly assistance and boost him toward the top and place his score among the leaders before the contest closes.
 NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
 Most of the contestants are down right hustlers and are going after business in a thorough manner-they arc making a clean sweep as they go. No one escapes. New subscriptions are pouring in more rapidly now than at the beginning of the contest. anI friends who are already taking the paper are lending their aid by d big advance payment to credit some con- testant.
 Go after the new ones, boys and girls. for you must not overlook the fact that nothing runs the score up so rapidly as new subscriptions. There are strangers arriving in Phoenix daily and of course they want to read the only real live, up-to-dae paper available. and you certainly can ge,
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the plant and all the gas wells of the Public Gas company and its ally. the Fayette County Natural Gas company. for half a million dollars.
 Tomlinson issued and sold to the public at par an issue of bonds to the amount of an even million dollars That supplied the funds for the payment to Hoefeld and more than reimbursed the Citizens company for it's expenditures on Peter Potter's account.
 Peter Potter sent in. by mail a per sonaI bill for S1OO.OOO. It came back with a letter of remonstrance and re- fusal from Tomlinson. When the pri- vateer read this letter his jaws shut . together with sound like the click Of the mandibles of a bird of prey.
 'John c. TOmlinson. President The Citizens Gas company. Metropolis, Kentucky, he wired back. Gall at my office at o'clock tomorrow"
 TOmiinson came. Efe came after he had been warned by Fuller and other friends who knew PCter Potter that it would not be safe to stay away.
 MT. TOmIinson.- Peter Potter said. without preliminaries. what did to the Public Gas company it would be just as easy for me to do to sou. now l that you have bought the property
 He produced the contract with the Larsen Sunlight Shoe and Stove Polish factory and asked the astonished and ! indignant TOmlinsOn to look it over
 ''The title to that contract Is now in me-" Potter concluded. elf you want it, my bill must be paid at once. called you up here to Chicago DO say ! that had made a mistake in the size of my bill. IL is S150.000. instead of an even hundred. You see-as you said 1 there is a point of business honor in volved- And I believe in enforcing a point 'of honOr-even among thieves.
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side a high board fence protected it from interference. Presently he came to a little frame building built along side the line and surrounded by a high board stockade. The pipe ran into this stockade on one side and out on the other. In front there was a big gate, and over it a sign readng-
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Some one is bound to get the money. $5O.OO given away to the best bread
 bakers. Bread must be made from
 Ruby Flour"
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candies received fresh every week at the Phoenix BakerS
Arizona republican., 1906-10-21

If you believe in Arizona products, ask your grocer for Daisy Flour and try for the prize at the Fair.
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Hair dressing parlors. Gotten Block
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Pinoehe and Fudge have each had their day,
 And each has brought the seller good pay
 But # you want something better That just suits the letter Go to oonOfriO's and get his Cactus Candy.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-21
State of ohIo. city ol TOleao

State or Ohio, City of TOledo !
 Lucas County. s. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Che ney G Go, doing business in the City Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this eth day of December. A D. 1886. A. ". GLEASON. (Seal) Notary Public Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. and acts directly on the blood and nu- cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free
 r. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c-
 Take Haus Family Pills for constipa- ton.
Arizona republican., 1906-10-21

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
 the direct The Republican
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-10
Local News
Montpelier, Idaho, August 10, 1905
Chas. E. Harris, Notary Public.

Chas. E. Harris, Notary Public.
Miss Nettie Hillier went to Salt Lake
Wednesday to attend the Larson-t'rlob
wedding.
All the popular 10, Is and 25c novels
at Mrs. Chapman's. o
VIM. Sullivan of Solomon. Kan, is
visiting this week with his brother, R.
A. Sullivan.
Mrs. S. p. Spaulding of Pooatello, is
visiting this week with her sister, Mrs.
C. r.. Wright.
Flieschman's compressed Yeast for
sale at the Vienna Cafe. IL
Miss Ethel Mcintosh returned Tues
day fIom a three weeks visit with her
sister at Ogden.
Mrs. Henry Spidell went TO Logan
Tuesday for a couple of weeks visit
with her sister.
From now until September 1st the
Paris roller mills will run on Saturdays
only.
Mrs. John Stevens of Big Horn, Wyo.
is visiting at the home of her mother.
Grandma Jones.
Mrs. R, A. Sullivan returned yester-
day from a three weeks visit with her
mother in Butte.
Chas. E. Reese of the Golden Rule
- Lo,~., fxo,,, N mont "a atnolz
buying trip in the east.
Schmid, the tailor, has received hi.
line of fall and winter samples, call ant
see them. 20
Mrs. s. G. Hughart and children wen
to Pocatello last Friday for thre'
; weeks visit with relatives.
Mesdames Frank Hutchius, G. N
Sweet ynd Nose Lewis went to Glenco
"Wednesday for weeks outing.
We have had Kip Van Wrinkle an,
East Lynne-now let's havo Uncl
Toms Cabin and we'll be satisfied.
schmid, the tailor, makes specialt
of repairing and cleaning clothes. q
} Mrs. Lena Lehrbas and Miss Goldi
; Oman of Pocatello, joined the throng c
pleasure seekers at Bear Lake, today.
4 The perfume that emanates fromssho
pens IN certain portions Of the city,
anything but pleasing to the sense
smell.
Eli A four year. old son Of Tom Larsen
Wardbora, fell from a wagon Tuesda
/ and broke both bones of his right fol
arm:
II Miss Anida Bowen has been employe
by Clerk Holmes of the school board
take the school census of the Montpeli,
district.
Harold Toomer, Cecil Hull and Ra
mond Reese went to Mackay Tuesdi
for q short visit with Prot. and MI
Willis,
Iii Miss Cora Richards and Miss Gen
We've Wright of Salt Lake, are visitil
in the city, the guests of Mrs. g.
Toomer.
The school board is due to meet ne
II Monday night, at which some matte
. of interest to our schools will be CO
sidered.
Mrs. A. @. Hunter and daughter CT
] rie left last week for four months Y
It with relatives In Colorado, Kans
and Iowa.
Gus Hurt of Raymond, returned y
terday from Switzerland and German
where he labored for 20 months a
missionary.
Hugh McIutosh Ia now presiding o.
q the shoe,shining stand Mt Barkdu
7 barber shop and will give you stric
: first class shine while you are watt
- for shave.
The daily sentinel., 1906-12-12
The FinSen Ray.
What {?

The Red Cross Sanitarium. 721
Main street has received numerous in
quiries by mail as to whether or not
the Finsen Ray referred to in our ad-
vertisement is form of electrical
energy,
In reply we would say that it is not
in the least similar to electricity. The
Finsen ray may be derived either
from solar or artificial light. 1t is
germicidal and the most effective rem
edy for the cure of blood and skin dis
eases, rheumatism, nervous weakness
or debility in male or female, painful
Affections of the stomach or liver.
chronic kidney trouble, etc.
With our new treatment of vapor
massage we also cure catarrh. deaf
ness. throat and lung troubles. All eye
troubles cured and glasses adjusted.
Hours 10 to 4 and I to evenings.
consultation free.
The daily sentinel., 1906-12-12
TEMPERANCE WINS.

Kansas City. Dec. 12.-Dr. Geo. NJ.
Gray, citizens candidate was elected
mayor of Kansas City. Kansas, yes
terday by plurality of 800 votes over
NJ. ]. Phelan, Democrat, and John F.
Sims, Republican, at a special cleo
tion held to fill the vacancy caused
by custer proceedings of the Kansas
supreme court which removed w. w.
Rose from the Office of mayor. The
candidacy of DR.. Gray was supported
by the citizens including a large num-
ber of women who believed that the
municipal affairs of Kansas City, Kan
sas should be non-partisan. Phelan
was supported of eX-Mayor Rose and
his following. while Sims who receiy-
ed a light vote. was nominated. 1t is
said, to divide the vote of DIR. Gray,
The result is a victory for the law
enforcement. or anti-liquor element
of the city.
The daily sentinel., 1906-12-12
LEoPoLD's LOBBY AT WORK.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Evidence
was disclosed today, proving that des-
pite the expose of the lobby estab-
lished by the diplomatic agents of
King Leopold, of Belgium, to prevent
action by the United States govern
ment on the Congo outrages, the lob
by is again at work for the manifest
purpose of staving off action at the
present session of congress. looking
to an end of the inhumanities in the
Congo Free state.
The Rev. Frederick S. Johnson, of
Boston, who is actively identified
with the Congo reform association
says that he has in his hands a let
ter from James Augustus Whitley.
counsel general from the Congo tothe
United States, addressed to an Ameri-
can congressman, asking him to use
his influence to prevent any action by
the congress toward reform.
The daily sentinel., 1906-12-12
HIS STORY DON'T GO WITH THEM,

Denver, Dec. 12.-Declaring that
Rose Berger was crazy when she was
employed in his office, previous to the
alleged assault last June. DR.. Samuel
Orentrestch, the Jewish physician
brought back from Baltimore by
Deputy Sheriff Burkhardt, claims TO
have the strongest proof of his in
nocence. He says he returned to Den
yer of his own free will and tells how
he held the position in British hos
pital in Canada and could have re-
mained there for life If he had desir-
ed.
His attorney, z d. Rees. and o. n.
Hilton. who are on his bond and who
have spent $500 to bring him back
for trial, have not been to see their
former client and declare they will
not defend him.
The daily sentinel., 1906-12-12

The Magpies lost to the Mudhens
last night at the Mesa Bowling alleys.
Souvenirs given to each lady at the
G. V. Store, Friday afternoon, Dec
ember 18th.
Only a few days lert TO have your
Christmas photographs taken. The
pictures are right and the prices are
right at Lutes' studio on Main street.
Yesterday the Sentinel made an ex-
elusive announcement of the sale of
the ]. o. Kinney ranch of ten acres,
just east of the city for $40. 100. The
name of the purchaser was not learn
ed till today. Mrs. N T. Hellyer was
the purchaser. She will take pos
session at once.
This afternoon the annual bazaar
of the ladies of st. Matthews church
was opened at Margery hall and will
continue through the afternoon and
the evening. A great array of beauti-
full things, suitable for Christmas
gifts were placed on sale. and all af-
ternoon there has been a stream of
ladies pouring in and out of Mar
gerry hall. The sales have been heavy.
This evening a delightful entertain
ment will be provided. There Will be
an excellent musical program in
which Miss Pearl Bannister, Miss
Gladys Brainard, Mrs. Lienbaugh and
Mrs. Greer will take part. Leon
Chapman is also billed for work in
the impersonation line. Late in the
evening dancing and all in all a more
enjoyable evening could hardly be
planned. The ladies have given much
time and attention to the bazaar and
entertainment and deserve the very
largest measure of success. Mar
gerry hall certainly presents pretty
scene this afternoon.
We can use a limited amount of
money at G per cent per annum. draw
ing interest from time received until
drawn out. The Mesa County Build
ing and Loan Association E. e. I'd
lock. secretary.