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Evening journal., 1906-09-05

Santos Dumont may be well called the
wizard Of the air. for all other efforts to
construct a navigable and steerable bal
loon are comparatively puny when com
pared with the young Brazlllan's brilliant
achievements. He has only one rival as
far as conquering the air Is concerned.
and that man is signor Marconl, with
the difference that the latter sends mes
sages through the space. whilst the
former sends himself.
Santos Dumont was born at Rio de
Janelro. Brazil. IN 1873. and is the young
est Of Family OF 10 sons. Very early
IN life nylng machines and balloons alb
sorbed the whole OF his attention, and
he determined TO devote his life 10 solv-
ing the riddle that has bafiled 80 many
and has cost SO many lives. In 1878 he
visited France. climbed Mont Blanc by
way Of getting his nerves In good trim,
II he ever Ind any. and IN the same year
he visited Paris and nscended from the
Jardin d'Acciimatatlon In The smallest
navlgable balloon ever made In Sep
tember OF that year he made the first
steerable balloon ever drigen by petro-
leum motor. but unfortunately It was
wrecked at the first experiment. Nothing
daunted. he set to work to remedy Its
defects. and by gradual process and ex-
periments ut length he succeeded In
''launchlng' q steerrhlc aud Navigable
airship In which he few from ST Cloud.
near Paris, round the Eifrel Tower and
home again. n distance OF eight miles.
Paris nay. the whole world was amazed
and saw in the young inventor the herald
OF a new era In dying machines THIS
nI
was tempted to try for the $4,000
Deutsch prize. offered by a generous
Frenchman. named Deutsch, TO whoever
succeeded In sailing In the air from the
Aero Club TO the Eidel Tower and home
again In half an hour Dum0nt accepted
the challenge. and a great crowd gath
cred 10 see one OF the bravest and most
extraordinary feat ever attempted by a
man. The drst time Dumont was unsuc-
cessful. his balloon not answering prop
erly to the controller But on October
20. 1901, he again attempted TO gain the
Dcutsch prize. aud after a brilliantly sue
cessful trial missed the reward by being
only 40 seconds over time. Mons. Deutsch.
n thoroughly Just but exacting sports
man, would not consider the prize won.
My conditions we're TO sail from ST.
Cloud round the Einel Tower aud home
again IN 80 minutes, be said. 'Snntos
Dumont has uobly acquitted himself. but
is 40 seconds behind time lie must try
again..
The President OF Brazil presented him
$4,000 in recognition OF bis services and
IN order that he might devote the spend
ing Of II 10 prosecute further experiments.
The same year he made c sensational
flight from Hampstead 10 Harrow and
back again iL bis alrship. the 5. itos Do
mont VI
Evening journal., 1906-09-05
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tied rs Is Porto Rico. Almost every
rood OF its urea Is capable OF supporting
man. The entire face Of the land is
dotted with the cabins Of the peasantry.
white and colored who live together In
goodfellowshlp. There are no large towns
IN the interior. but pnchlos or villages
are numerous. Each Of these Is the cen
ter Of scattering agricultural com
munty which depends upon II for the
simple convenicnces OF civilization Each
village has It's church, town hall. plaza
and shops. The society OF the place
consists OF the cura always an I'M
portaHt member the doctor lawyer
or notary. and perhaps hne or two we'll
ta-do tndesnpn They pass their days
On somnolcui contenunent There is
nothing m which they could busy them
selves II they would. casual traveller
Is godsehd There Is no hostery IN
the ham'ot. but the representatives OF
the iearned professions will vie with
one another FOR the pleasure Of entertain
Ing the stranger. Aud II he be a man
weary and sore from the hot strife OF
northern city soiourn In one OF
these peaceful spots will be bliss un-
speakahle. Here all men are passing
rich Tor all are perfectly content Kind
ness bouhommie-ls the keynote OF the
daily lie. Perfect harmony prevails
Mans mood uuconsciously reflects the
attitude Of nature. IL is all very prim-
ltiye. but therein lies its chief charm.
The vices of these simple. honest folk
lose the sinister element in this innocent
environment The cock fight Is merely
the eAubcrant play OF grown-up children.
Even the padre will stop in his walk TO
watch an important main by the way
side. and he may become sufficiently In
The Coconino sun., 1906-10-06
cure an immediate revenue to the county from the collection of tolls,

cure an immediate revenue to the county from the collection of tolls, in the action itself prays the court to forever cnjcin the county from deriving aLy revenue whatevet from such source.
 That there may be no misappre. hension as to what Mir. Ashurst de- sires 1 invite your attention to the prayer of his complaint in this ac- tion of which the following is an exact copy:
 Wherefore, the said Hemy F.. Ashurst, as District Attorney as aforesaid, for the Territory and in the name and by the authority thereof, prays that process of the above entitled court be awarded against said defendants compelling them to answer and show by what authority or warrant they or either of them claims he right to use, hold and exercise said franchise; that upon the final hearing hereof said defendants be perpetually en- joined and restrained from holding, using, exercising and usurping said franchise; that said defendants be busted from the possession of said franchise: that said Territory be awarded such other and further re- lief as may upon the hearing hereof appear to be just and equitable"
 The resolution of the board and the court proceedings are matters of public record and open to the in- spection of every citizen.
 Why does Mir. Ashurst, having turned over to the railway company his name and office, premit it to use the same in the effort to induce the court to deprive the county for all time of any control over or revenue from the Bright Angel Toll Road?
 Ralph H. Cameron.
The Coconino sun., 1906-10-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Hold Quarterly Meetlns-Accept Res l9natlon Probate Judge Douglass .
 and Appoint R. j. to FIJI Term.

Office of the Board of Supervisors
 of Coconino County, Arizona
 Territory.
 Flagstaff, Arizona, Oct. I, Ioo6.
 Pursuant to law aud adjourn ment from the meeting of Sept. 27, Ioo6, the board met today. Present R. H. Cameron, chair man, F. 0. Poison and A. T. Cornish, members, Fl. C. Hibben, clerk. The minutes of the meet ing of Sept. 27, Ioo6, read and approved by the unanimous vote of the board, to-wit:
 G w Huckaby, bounty Woii. ........ ....p 20 % Harry Henderson, sheriff
 fees .... 1924 90 J Q Harrington. of P
 fees. .. 245 co w H Anderson, work on
 Grand Canyon road <. 2o4 2s C M Funston, fees elk
 dist court. ......... I26 90 A E Douglass, sal etc,
 probate judge. ...... .Io5 20 The Ruffin Drug Go, SUD- plies. .............. } o5 J O Harrington, coroner
 fees, etc.. .......... Ss 50 Geo Patterson, drayage, 2s IS F Denison, registra- tiOHS. OO T E Pulliam, acct indigent sick hospital ....... 856 % Postal Tel Cable Co, tel egramS.. } 40 T E Pulliam, meals for
 jail prisoners, ......... 3I2 50 C M Funston, sal elk
 dist court. ....... 6a 50 E N Crawford, registra- tiOH. Z5 Os' F Poynter, care judges
 chamber er.............. IA co s Barron, acct indigent
 blind .............. 30 DO J P Hough, bounty mt
 lion, order Rabbit
 Bros. ... 40 % HB A Cameron, sal as-
 sessor for Sept. l... I66 50 E A Brown, reporter for
 coroner. ..... ..... 5 co J Herman, supplies for
 jail 50
The Coconino sun., 1906-10-06

iSPoiS court house. .,...... IF oc $ Barron, intpr of P
 court 2 SC Western Union Tel Co, telegrams s-....... 26 34 E A Brown, reporter for
 coroner ............. I2 SC H F Ashurst, Sept sal,
 dist atty. y.............. .... I66 6s Thos Devine, Sept sal,
 treas. ......... IS3 3: A T Cornish, Sept sal,
 supr ... S3 34 F o Poison, Sept sal,
 supr..... ..,.......... S3 g. K H Cameron, Sept sal,
 supr. .... 8, s4 H C Hibben, Sept sal,
 recorder. .... I66 6s Edgar Whipple, burial
 indigent ... ... 22 oo Postal Tel Co.,. Io I; C H Adams, constable
 fees. ............ go Is E N Crawford, of P 
 lees. ............ A 50 pr A G Townsville, sal
 Sept, bd public health 75 oc pr A G Townsville, acct indigent sick, Will
 Hams ............. 70 % Dr A G Townsville, ex-
 pense bd public health 6 Sc Dr A c Townsville, re-
 cording deaths and
 DlftnS .... 3c William Drug Co, drugs,
 etc ...... .t.......... 4 2o U V Fisher, bounty on
 wild animals. .... I6 co
 The resignation of A. E. Doug lass, probate judge and ex-oh- cio clerk of probate court of Co., conino county. Arizona, to take effect Oct. Ist, 1906, was pre- sented and accepted and the clerk was directed to notify the county treasurer, chairman of board of supervisors, and the recorder that the office of probate judge was vacant and to direct them to ap- point 8 successor to A. E. Doug lass, and the following appoint ment was received today by the board and spread on the records by order of this board. Flagstaff, Arizona, Oct. I, Ioo6. To the Board of Supervisors, of
 Coconino County, Arizona. Gentlemen:-
 Pursuant to yonr letter of even date advising us that the office of probate judge and ex-ofiicio clerk of the probate court of Coconino county, Arizona, was vacant, we met today in the office of the board of supervisors of Coconino county, Arizona, for the purpose of filling said vacancy. MT. Rob- ert Kidd presented the statutory petition asking for said position and, on motion by K. H. Cam eron, chairman of the board of su- pervisors; seconded by H. C. Hibben, county recorder, and by the unanimous vote of the treas urer, recorder and chairman of the board of supervisors, Robert J.. Kidd was appointed probate judge and ex-officio clerk of the probate court in and for the County of Coconino, Territory of Arizona.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this Ist day of October, 1906.
 R. H. Cameron, Chairman Board of Supervisors.
 Thos. Devine, Treasurer,
 Coconino County, Arizona.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

In New Orleans, Pennsyf-ania avenue IN
Washington. II was an uplifht to naingle
and be swept along past buildings that
Indicated life and high life among
thrsng Of busting forz. with no suggss-
ton Of raw squalor on any hand
Don't your chest swell a bit under these
conditions? Wasn't your head held some
what higher7 Didn't the Thermometer of
your spirit register pretty well among the
high figures at those times7
Surely AL that came TO pass and why?
Environment. That's the keynote. Now
II environment Is to be considered IN this
building up Of San Francisco, or at; least
the arranging Of those quarters for stores
which must be occupied for at least sew
eral years. while the town gets it's breath
In recovering FROM It's disaster. then the
value Of this plan Of the skilled architects
becomes easily and at once apparent.
Keep the city pretty and neat and IN
viting while the skyscrapers are going
up. That's the plan. told In a dozen
words.
San Francisco folk may be courageous
enough. Say that they have more courage
to the square inch than any other people.
Say that their nerve and spirit are thee
admiration Of the world at this time.
Admit that they can't be beaten for that
sort Of thing and still there win have to
be the admission that every ounce Of en-
couragement and help that San Fran
cisco can get Is a good thing to import.
That's why the scheme TO keep San
Francisco beautiful at slight expense
while the building goes on is big, ,valA
liable suggestion. worth while and de-
serving OF instant and serious attention
at the hands Of tho property owners, tho
builders. the tenants and all whose shoul-
ders ara now to the wheel. boosting.
Who now Is authority for the statement
that this simple scheme 10 achieve so
much is feasible. practicable ana well
worth while?
Well, suppose Burnham. great architect.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

How shall San Francisco be kept from
looking like an early day mining camp
during the five years that may elapse
before the retail district is permanently
rebuilt?
Two cries, Of almost equal strength,
come today from two camps in which
may be found quartered the great host
Of people whose one idea in life at this
time is the problem of rebuilding the city
Of San Francisco.
Fail not to make San Francisco a
city beautiful" cries one section.
Build anything. just so you build and
build at once in San Francisco" declares
the opposing host.
The big problem that faces the big men
of the city, the strong men of finance
and their army Of Heutenants is how to
reconstruct San Francisco in the shortest
space Of time possible and at the same
time give some semblance Of order and
beauty to the city while ii is being rebuilt
How is San Francisco to be changed
froma mass of dirty ashes and debris to
a city Of stone and steel and cleanly order?
What plan viii bring results the quickest?
Where shall the first steps be taken that
is sure TO lead to orderly work along
definite lines?
II a blunder is made the consequences
wiz be most painful. The city now is
like a sick man, around whose bedside
expert physicians come TO prescribe rem
edies, TO restore health. Pray that the
doctors do not err, all you who love the
stricken city, and meanwhile consider
what is TO be done to help. and which
plan for the restoring of the city to life
best deserves a city's support.
What do you say to a plan by which
San Francisco may become a city beau
tiful almost over night?
The Call has been provided with plan,
unique, feasible and most promising.
The fruit Of score Of architects lifelong
labors, eliminating now in a concrete idea
which these architects. who prefer to he
nameless. put forward at this time, with
a request that The Call inform puzzled
people of the details Of the plan.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

to have their one-story structures all Of
one height, and all constructed under the
direction Of one architect and all faced
with staff" that stone-like stun which
at the Worlds Fair In Chicago gave the
white city, much Of its reputation for
beauty.
This long. low line Of seeming stone
Is to be broken at intervals by q polon.
q bit Of an arch. and at corners, when
desired. by curves that Will add to the
general picturesque effect OF the street
< Concerning the cost Of such structures
architects win inform all who inquire that
the cost per foot Of such frame structures
faced with stucco and embelished by an
occasional pilon or arch will be but a
few dollars moro per foot than for the
cheapest sort Of shack that can be built.
Architects also win inform the inquirer
that the difference in appearance between
a block Of one-story structures con-
structed on these lines anda block of
heterogeneous shanties is really the DIFF
ference between the ordinary mans con-
ception Of the difference between hell
and heatven.
Consider now that point Of how to
avoid the terribly depressing effect that
q wilderness Of mining town shacks, dirty
or at least suggesting dirt and squalor Is
bound to affect the morals Of the city dur
ing the years that must elapse before San
Francisco is permanently rebuilt can be
avoided.
Who Is 1t that does not know of the
effect upona city's spirit that environ
ment exerts. Test 1t for yourself. Take
a walk througha dirty quarter OF an
Eastern ora Continental city. Note the
depressing effect, the shrinking Of ones
spirit. the feeling of being dragged down
toa level with the sordid surroundings
1t is human nature to be thus affected
The operation Of natural laws brings such
an effect to pass.
Again recall the exhileration produced
by a swing downa boulevard OF Paris,
or down Broadway in New York. or
State street in Chicago. or Canal street
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

San Francisco at but Little more expense
than will be required to erect a vast
conglomeration of individual shanties.
shacks and unsightly one-story structures
of every sort.
Now, what can be said to inhere in
those suggestions of such paramount
worth as to make the idea immensely
valuable to San Francisco at this time?
Before the plan is explained in greater
detail, 1T may be said that the advant-
ages, as expounded by skiliful far-sighted
architects who have favored The Call
with sketches and data with which to
expound the plan, loom large and are so
distinct that the wayfaring man, though
fool, need not overlook one of the points.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

The idea Of making San Francisco a
city beautiful the work to take many
years and to involve the spending of
not new. There is one solid, influential
faction of citizens who insist, most prop
erly that the new San Francisco shall be
a more beautiful San Francisco. The plan
proposed to The Call by the architects in
question involves the beautifying of the
enormous sums of money as to make
inanciers stagger when the load is sug-
gested for them to bear.
The new plan, while it comedies with
the hopes of those who yearn for bril-
Aantly beautiful new city, also is found
TO jibe with the argument of that group
of San Francisco citizens which says:
First of all, get busy in San Francisco,
instantly and at every point possible, and
keep alive the breath of commerce in the
town. Cut out beauty If that sentiment
interferes with the bringing back to life
the hurt city"
If this novel plan, now to be expounded
in these columns, is found to satisfy both
groups of earnest, sincere citizens, and
to blaze the way for journey which San
Francisco may take with comparative
ease back to the goal OF beauty and
strength. then there may be found oc-
casion to isng the doxology. with every
body joining most heartily in the grand
old religious song.
Here is the plan then in brief:
Preserve the beauty and orderliness of
San Francisco during the years that per-
manent new buildings are being put up
by making Market street and Kearny
street and the other streets of the re-
tail shopping district uniformly faced by
long, low buildings, the front of which
will be made to resemble stone, though
really composed of stucco or staff
Follow the ideas of the builders of uthe
worlds fair structures at Chicago and
Buffalo. where the '1ong low line" of
architecture was made to produce ex-
quisitely beautiful effects. capable of be-
ing duplicate in essence at this time in
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

Second, the depressing effect of a con-
glomeration of mining town shanties will
be overcome. Third, retail business will
be vastly increased If the retail stores
are housed in structures which, while
inexpensive and but one-story high, have
the effect of cleanliness. beauty and even
art.
Those are three great big advantages
to be gained. They are wortha lot Of
struggling for and much hard thinking,
and whoever can help to achieve them
will have done mort for hsi city than can
be done in any other way at this time.
Consider how these points are to be
gained.
Let property-ow in one block agree
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20
CORNER OF
VAN NESS AND
NARKET STRLETe

The very simplicity of this plan, call
ton among property owners, builders
and merchants, is likely to daze the
crowd of folk who are now trying to get
light on the rebuilding problem in San
Francisco. but the simplicity eventually
may serve to insure the general adoption
Of the plan. If that end is gained able men
declare that the biggest chasm that sep
arates San Francisco from permanent
veal will have been bridged.
Now for the advantages: First, the
builders expenses will be but trife
plan of erecting shacks anywhere and
everywhere all over the retail district.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-05
MuLATrocoMMlrs Am OUTRAGE
Manles a White Girl Who Thought
Him White.

The story coming from Lee county
yesterday of the imposition put upon
a young girl there by mulatto caused
much indignation in AmerlcuF, where
the lady family is known. 1t seems
that A T. Wilson, very bright mu-
latto and a stranger there, and who
passed as a white man, met the girl and
after some time married her. After
living together for two months the
negro ran away, and a reward of $lOC
for his capture has been offered by the
Governor. If Wilson is ever captured
and carried back to Lee county, but
one fate awaits him. Wilson went to
Lee county and associated with white
people He was well~dressed, and
seemed to be we'll off He met Miss
Green, and married her early this
year. On August 21he disappeared.
and in trying to locate him MISS
Green's relatives discovered that the
man was not white, and that he ha6
previously been married to negro
woman,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-05
Starving to Death.

Because her stomach was so weakened
by useless drugging that she could not
eat, Mrs. Mary Fl. Walters, of st. Clair
st., Columbus, o., was literally starv-
ing to death. She writes: "My stomach
was so weak from useless drugs that |
could not eat, and my nerves so wrecked
that could not sleep; and not before I
was given up to die was I induced to
try Electric Bitters; with ,he wonder
full result that improvement began OF
once, and complete cure followed. -
Best health Tonic on earth, sec Guar
anteed by Eldridge Drug Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-05
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Department

Dung our recent visit east we bought the largest g.
best selected, the SWEETEST and most date ues If
dies Tailor made Suits Skirts, Jackets Petti,oa
everything pertaining to the line that have ever ca
we have been In the business. We want to assure
furthermore that we are in position to you lower m
than and shall leave no stone uuturns5 pr
merit the continued patronage of the public Expert %
people and ali first class assistance necessary for the %
factory altering OF every garment we sell when necessary
will again be of the important speciates which We b
made feature of the department for several years
We are the pioneers OF the ladies' read to.wear d.
parment IN Americas and many years close application
the buying of this important line enables US to be tLo
oughy familiar and in close touch with the best MAMMA
tuners the business 20 years of constant study enables
us to know the proper values of merchandise verv In
portant item IN the buying has always been said
goods well bought are half Sold
During the past each season has been greater for u
than the preceding and expect with the magnificent
stock we have bought for the season of 1906 to be the
greatest IN the history of our business During the next
few days we shall be receiving goods for this depart
careful inspection whether you wish to buy or not
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-09-05
a TESTIMONIAL OF FRIENDSHIP
Handsome Service Silver Presented
Foreman,

After q, continuous service of many
years with the Sesboard Railway as
foreman OF the car shops in Americas,
Mr.. W. 81, Howard has decided to
take respite from his labors, and his
resignation was handed in day or
two ago. Besides being a most eff
cient foreman of his department Mr.:
Howard was held in the highest esteem
among the large number of employees
there, who have evidenced their regard
by presenting him with q very hand
some silver service, The beautiful
gift was displayed yesterday in the
window at Thomas L. Bells store and
greatly admired, and to say that Mr.,
Howard appreciates such handsome
offering expresses it but mildly. 1t is
hoped that he will soon return to duty
in the busy hive of industry which has
been made great through his efforts as
much as that of anyone else.