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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
OVER $l0O,0OO :.
 SAVED COUNTY
Statement of Expenditures By Board Of Supervisors For 1906 Shows Big De- crease Over Statement For 19O5--Some Interesting Figures

J. II. Robinson. late Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, has completed n statement of the expenditures of Yavapai county for the year 1906, as shown by the books in the office of tho Board, which more than favorably compares with the expenditures of the Board for the corresponding period in 1905, n largo decrease in expenditures for the year just passed being notice. able.
 In the form of rccnpitulation the statement follows; Warrants drawn on Ex-
 pense Fund .......,...S 75,10i D2 Orders drawn on General
 Fund (taxes rcfundcdD 706 0j Warrants drawn on Road
 Fund ....... ........ i0,2G3 G2 Sale of Road Tax Receipts
 (cxpendcd) ... ..... i,ei7 sj Total Expenditures of the Board of Supervisors, all
 Sources ...... ....... o,Oie iiI Expenditures through other
 sources and not audited
 by the Board of Super.
 visors- Territorial Treasurer Ger.
 ritorinl taxcs) ......... 60.iij 0l Redeemed Roard Warrants (witb interest. 10 per
 'th'l ssssss.ssss -sS I' Territorial Treasurer. Yava.
 pai County Refunding
 Bond. interest on Ky.
 Bonds .... ...... li,a2s s2 Territorial Treasurer, Yava-
 pal County Rcfunding
 Bond, interest other fund.
 cd debt ............ 2,6os IS Yavapai County Redemption
 Fund. interest Bonds, sc- ries 1888 ......... I,o5i OG Court Orders Borders Dist.
 Court Criminal prosecu-
 tion) ...... ......... 2.e7G o5 Bonds Redeemed, Ynvapai
 County Redemption Fund.
 series 1888, Nos. l07 to
 li3, inclusive, bearing :
 per cent interest ..... 5000 OO General School purposes
 (warranis drawn ny the
 Supt of Schools, Current
 School cSpense) ..,,, is.39d i2 Teachers Institute Fund
 (warrnnts by supi. of
 sehools) ...,.. ...... 25 00 Total Expenditures for all
 County purposes ........ 25s,3ai n Bonded and High School
 district -
 School Dist. No. l, F. X l.
 Fund. interest on bonded
 debt (warrants drawn by
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09

Supt of Schools ....... 3.IOO co School Dist. No. 1, E. S l.
 Fund, bonds redeemed
 (warrants by School
 Supt) ... ......... 5000 co School Dist. No. I. High
 School warrants (drawn
 by School supt) )..... e,I36 5i Total Expenditures for all
 purposes .... ......... .S2Gs,JG0 G6
 The total expenditures for all puS poses. as noted in the Board of Sup. ervisors' statement for 1905, amount. ed to s362. 2.i25.2G. showing n difference of s03,s5l.G0, this being the sum saved the county over last year. despite tho fact that in inc 1906 report was cm. bodied s3.000 donated to tho San Francisco earthquake sufferers, and some s3.i03.3i election expenses this year which did not occur Inst year, so that in reality the expenses this year were some .ioo257.oi less than last year
 The total Shcrii's fees for 1905 were s2O,iss. For 1906 they amount cd to only sli,i72.o5.
 Total expenditures for criminal pros. ccution in 1905 amounted to s35,3sI .53; in 1906, s2s,eO9s7.
 4 noteworthy item in the statements of 1905 and 1906 is that the total amounts of warrants drawn on the er. pcnsc fund only vary s7.s2. In 1905 this item amountcd' to S75.691.lO, while in 1906 it was s7j.70l92. Az stated before the increase in this item for the year just passed was occasion. cd by the donation to the earthquake sufferers, and the election expenses. neither of which items of expense oc. eur in the report for 1905.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
SMITHS FATHER DIES.
(rrU.a 8unaay's DailyD

Acting Clerk of the Board of Super. visors ]. II. Robinson received a tclc. gram yesterday from Clerk of the Boatd J. W. Smith which conveyed the sad news of the death of Mir Smith V father, in Wichita, Kan. Deceased was aged about v years. His remains will he inferred in Wichita today. Mir. Smith Is expected home next week.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
WEEK or PRAYER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.--In pursuance of a custom inausurated some years ago by the Evangelical Alliance of America, the coming week will he ob served as "week of Prayer" by the churches of moro than dozen different religious bodies.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
NEW FAST TRAINS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Arrangemcn,s have been completed for the inaugur. alton tomorrow of a new fast train service between this city and New Or. leans. The trains will be two in mum Der and will bc run over the Pennsyl vania, Louisville & Nashville. southern and Atlanta A West Point railways.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
Development Work Progressing.

The development work on the Iron. wood X Arizona Is progressing well. This is the property which has been known for the last six or eight years as the Griffin property, having been To-. catod by the Griffin brothers, who have worked if and prospectcd it Is much as their means would allow. In some years they have not been able to do much more than the work required for the assessment, but have held their title clear to their group of claims. cx- tending milo and a half along the vein. The new development company consists of that group of bankers in lronwood, Mich, who n ycnr ago took over tho ilarqua Ilnln, aud finding it to still have inc bonanza values attrib. uted to the original mine. thought Co take chance with another property in the same region. If is, in truth. q great copper dyke; on inc surface, while still carrying copper values, and q few dollars in gold, the ore is mostly leaehed out. lt Is confidently expected that water will be reached at goo feet. but the company will not hesitate to go GOO feet for it, if necessary. It is easy ground to work. and the single compartment shaft will be sunk with a right good will. When water k reach
 ed, the teaching process stops. and the great body of sulphidcs will be found beneath. q. l.. !.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
OLSEN THINKS HE WILL SOON GET
 FUEL 0|l Returns To Salome From His Los An
 geles Trip Prescott Engineers Are Working In That
 District
(From Tuesdny's Daily.)
Special Correspondence.

SpccihI correspondence.
 SALOME, Ariz., Jan. 6.-E. j. Ol. son. superintendent of the IInrqun Hala mine returned today from Los Angeles, where hc went the latter part of De. ccmbcr to secure the fuel oil his com. pany SO badly needs to begin opera. tions. Mir. Olson interviewed all the oil men in Los Angeles, and as many railroad men as he could find, and pulled all the wires he could lay his hand to; was finally compelled to fall back upon his own powers of pcrsuas. ion, and wore n broad smile as he got oh the train at Snlomc, believing that they had not been used in vain. He hns reason to believe that the oil will be coming by the end of next week and that he will be able to start his fires and run the stamps of the old IInrqua IIaln ngain.
 Believes In District.
 On the same train arrived Ernest A. Haggott and Park Latimcr of Pres. colt, who are here on engineering busi. ness. They both spent the day in Salomc, and Sunday morning took an early start for the Bill Williams coun. try, to inspect and report upon prop. criy which is now being developed by n company working from Wcndcn, as the nearest base of supplies. When asked if he did not think the IMll Will. inns properties were far cry at this time, with the railroad SO distant and transportation go difficult, Mir. flag gott recalled the cirly days of the old Dominion mine at Globe, from 1888 to 1895, when it wns seventy miles from the nearest railway point on the South ern Pacific, at Bowie, and roads often impossible, when coke was S4I per ton laid down nt the mine, and copper was n cents n pound. With the railroad now within twenty-five to thirty five miles of the Bill wy Vliams district from Wendcn or Saloinc, and twenty miles or less by another avenue of np- proach, from Bousc station, at the end of the A. X C. line, and with copper ai 23 cents, he was willing to be quoted as believing the district was well with in inc future possibilities.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
WIT or THE YOUNGSTERS.

Teacher-Johnny, what is the future
tense Of HE drinks?" Johnny prompt
ly)-He's drunk.
Teacher-Willie, can you tell me why
the multiplication table stops at 127
Willie-I guess it's because Is at a ia
bic is unlucky.
Teacher-N0w, Johnny, you may give
me the definition of exercise" John
ny-Exercise is work what a fellow
likes to do because it isn't work.
"They say that 1 have cut a TOOTH"
Said the babe with mournful glee;
But If they'd only tell the truth,
They'd say the tooth cut me-"
Teacher-Why, Freddie, this excuse
doesn't look like your fathers writing.
Freddie-Well, the next one will look
more like it, 1 guess. He says my pen
manship is improving.
Small Tommy after being severely
chastised by his mother for d~isobeying
her ran to his father and said between
sobs: Papa, how d-did you c-come to
IL A14oAAS QUILL a a. LII A.
Isl"
Mamma-If you had two pennies,
Willie, and 1 was to give you three
more, how much would yod have? Will
lie-Make it dollars, mamma What's
the use Of being stingy with make-be-
lieve money?
A little fellow, age A, accompanied
his father to Lincoln Park one day,
where he saw a dlminutlve monkey
with whose playful antics he was great
ly pleased. "What did you see, dear?'
asked his mother upon his return
home. "a funny little boy with a tall
replied the small observer.
whats the matter, pet?" asked 6
mother of her 3-year-old daughter, who
was crying. "S-som1n' dweadful h
happened" sobbed the little one well
what was 1t, d%arllng?" queried The
mother, anxiously. MY ODDLY do
away f-fwom me an b-bwoked a d-disl
In re p-pantwy," she sobbed.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
SHOOT AT HUMAN TARGETS.
Frenchmen Brine Dpe,,n

hrenchmen Bring BlOOdless DueIinH
to an Exact ~Science.
Shooting at human targets merely
for the sport derived from 1t and as a
test Of craftsmanship, in other words
bloodless dueling or fencing with pis
tolls, has been made possible through
the invention by a Frenchman of a
harmless wax p~rojectile. This new d.
version Is really no more serious than
fencing with swords and has that spice
Of realism In it that tends to make any
sport popular.
The new bullet is an ingenious de-
vice and required a great deal of ex-
pertinent before being perfected. The
situation was thus: A heavy projec-
tile must necessarily have a woundlng
force, a light one loses Its precision
and a soft bullet will be changed in
shape and describe an Irregular trajec-
tory; therefore a harmless projectile
to be effective must differ from all
these. The Frenchman's product is a
spherical ball Of wax-fat, with a small
charge, and In tests twenty-four balls
were lodged In succession In a rectan.
gle four by five inches at twenty yards.
At a six-day tournament held In the
Tuileries the efficiency Of the wax bull,
let was demonstrated
The combatants wear thick screens
for masks, with heavy glass over the
eyes, and wear thick clothing to pre-
vent bruising from the impact of the
balls. The distance is 20 PAGES and the
weapons are revolvers. The director
Of the combat, keeping his gaze fixed
upon a metronome which beats eighty
to 100 times 6 minute, makes the in
quiry as in an actual duel, Are you
readyT and when they reply Yes tn,
director, timing his words exactly t
the beats of the pendulum, cries, Fir,
-one-two-threel !"
At the command Fire" the adver
saries raise their weapons and shoot
The two shots must be made befor
the command Three !" AS the par
Elephants in these trials were expert
they made a good average, hitting thei
man six or seven times out Of eigh
shots. Although more than 1000 ball
were fired, there was not the slightes
accident.
The wax bullets can be used in apart
ments as well as In the open air Will
out the inconvenience Of the lead ba
of small callber, which will prObabl
lead to its introduction into the armie
If the various nations for practiC
shooting.-Popular Magazine.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
RESULTS NOT AS PLANNED.

Nature Turns AssOuan Dam Into q
Joke on England.
Every veal sees new Harvesting OF
natures forces by man for his uses
Mother Earth seem to have q
n of humor and gratiies 1t by
turning mans devices into means for
his discontinue. The dam Of Asseuan
is the latest humillating instance of
a tremendous achievement producing
results opposite to those planned.
That mighty engineering work was
to be the monument to the British oc
cupancy of Egypt. 1t was to end oil
famine In the Nile valley. There was
to be no further dependence upon the
chances of the seasons for the enrich
ening overf1ows. Held within Assou'
ans mammoth reservoirs, the fertillz-
ing flood could be released whenever
needed. The Nile crops would be per
feet and the people happy each year.
instead of at such intervals as the
whim Of the river willed.
AH the nations %applauded England
when the work that was to make
Egypt a land of plenty was completed
But nature had not been consulted
with sufficient care. And to-day the
Egvptians are damning the dam Of AS
souan with oriental fervor.
Outbursts of fanatics, aggrieved- be
cause some of the most sacred relics
of the past have been submerged might
he dlsregarded. But there are more
practical reasons for the growing dis
content. Water, nee an occasiona
hoon. now is had In plenty. But th'
crops are not what they were wheI
the Nile attended to It's own overflow
inc Grain is scantier, and cotton, th'
country's most valuable product, Is de
tarioratIng, It's once unequaled fiber ap
~nroaching every year nearer similarit,
with the more brittle, least cost,
American staple.
The explanation Is simple. 1t wa
not the Nile flood but the fertilizin
matter held in solution that richene'
tbe soil. Those properties are pre-
c,nitated when the water is held staG
nant behind the barrier at AssouaI
England. thinking Its work finished
Nnds that 1t has only begun a NOR
dif1cult task. Dame Nature has ha
ber toke.-New York Mall.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
"ED" WAS BARRED.

Under the close scrutiny Of his wife
and sister, Mr.. Hanson sat unhapplly
in his chair, drawn up to the cheerful
blaze, to be sure, but between the
chairs occupied by the feminine mem
bers of his household.
well, now, what difference does 1t
make whether Letty's husband Is we'll
favored or not?" he demandedA irrita-
bly,.
1--WE told ye there weren't any o
those folks in that little town o. theirs
much to look at. Why Amt that
enough for We? He's a mighty good
fellow, Ed Norton is. E~verybody'll tell
ye he's got the best disposition that
ever was, and he's smart, tool
Mrs. Hanson leaned forward and
twitched her husbands coat by its
sleeve. o.
as it rue he's the homellest man in
oil that part O. the country? 2" she de-
manded. IF hooks don't make any
difference to you, why don't you speak
up and tell the truth?'
Long as you've worried 1t out o.
me-" said Mr.. Hanson, reluctantly, an
tell ye. There's a game they play,
young an old, when they have one o.
their gatherings in the little hall
they've built. If anybody's made dough
nuts that day. mean whoever's made
'em, or cookies or what not-lnstead o.
handing 'em round with the rest o. the
food. they do 'em up separate. all In
papers and boxes and tied with strings
in hard knots, and then they'll give 'em
70 the children 10 deal out, saying,
Now that's for the man with the big
sest mouth That's for the man with
the largest ears That's for the man
with the longest nose That's for the
man with the biggest hands, and so
or. You see what / mean? They men
ton what you'd generally call personal
defects, l take 1t.
well. II makes considerable sport, and
nobody's sensitive. I was there to one
OF those times, and saw how it worked
But Just before they began to play Il
the man that was kind OF master o.
ceremonies, he stood out In the center
Of the floor, and said he. Before W.
begin l will ask Ed Norton to steI
} outside he said. 4 understand there
a new brand o. cakes on hand tonight
ard some o. the rest Of us men want t
get 'em by rights he said, and no
have to depend on Ed NOrton's bounty
as we've done at the last two entertain
mgnta'
- aNow hope you're satisfied" an
Mr.. Hanson closed his eyes with tn
: air of one from whom no further In
fornatlon could be dragged--Youth'
" Companion.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12

siderable time to the perusal OF foreign
papers and magazines, and they can
tell you offhand more about the way
government affairs are going on on the
other side Of their world than many
of the people in that world can.
Nearly all of the worlds great rulers
belong to press clipping bureaus, and
the majority of them insist upon read
ing all that is printed about them. II
a single ~unfavorable article is suppress
ed the fact and the article usually come
to the knowledge Of their majesties.
Once the faithful secretary of one Eu-
ropean emperor took It upon himself to
save his royal patron the embarrass-
ment and discomfort that were sure to
follow the reading Of a certain news
paper "roast." But that very morning
the emperor had decided to put his
newspaper secretary to a test. and he
ordered copies of every paper that was
sold in his country. What was his sur
prise to see himself literally carica-
tured and featured with anything but
hattering comment. The result was
that the secretary received Il sound
scolding. and ever after that he was
s~crupulous about inserting in the leath-
err journal all articles about the en-
Deror.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
Measure LIrht OF stars.

Various attempts have been made to
estimate the light OF stars. In the north
ern hemisphere A~rgelander has regis
tered $4,000 stars down to. the 9A
magnitude, with the aid OF the best
photometric data. Agnes NJ. Clerks
new System Of the Stars" gives the
sum OF the light OF these northern stars
as equivalent to lao of full moonlight
and the total light of all stars similarly
enumerated I'm both h~emispheres TO the
number Of about 100000 Is roughly
placed at 1-1SO Of the lunar brightness.
The scattered light OF still fainter ce-
lestIal bodies is difficult to eyoluate. BY
q Photographic method Sir William
Abney in 1896 rated the total, starlight
OF both hemispheres az 1900 Of full
moonlight and Prof. Newcomb In 1901
from visual observations OF di1fused
sky radiance fixed the light power Of
all stars at just 72S times that Of Ca
pella, or 1-S0 of the light Of the full
moon.
1t is not certain, however, that the
sky would be totally dark II all stars
were blotted out. Certain processes
make the upper atmosphere strongly
luminous at times and one never can be
sure that this light Is absent
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
Pack Clouds Away.

Pack clouds away, and welcome day,
With night we Danish sorrow;
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, alof'
To give my love good morrow.
Wings from the wind to please her min'
Notes from the lark I'll borrow;
Bird, preen thy wing; nightingale, sing,
To give my love good morrow,
To give my love good morrow,
Notes from them all I'll borrow.
Wake from thy nest, robin redbreast
Sing, birds, in every furPow;
And from each hill let music shrill
Give my fair love good morrow.
Blackbird and thrush IN every bush,
Stare, linnet, and cock-sparrow,
You petty elves, amongst yourselves,
Sing my fair love good morrow.
To give my love good morrow,
Sing, birds, In every furrow.
Thomas Haywood.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
CeyIen Shnrks.

sharks infest the water Of Ceylen,
aHu the pearl divers Of that region are
= ueadly fear Of these wolves of the
Seep' The divers are mostly Tamlls and
1l0Ormen and display marvellous endur-
snee and pluck. To protect themselves
asa'hst the ever present danger to
"AleA the presence Of the sharks ez-
POses them the divers carry charms
sven them by recognized shark bind
1S who receive a small government
aha a dozen oysters a day from
e1en boat Owing to the constant noise
~ spiashing, the sharks are generally
sspt at a distance. and accidents are
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12

army Of unmarried men. and invariably
turned a deaf ear to privates who were
In love and who wished to take wives.
When Horsford was In command Of a
battalion of the rifle brigade, says Sir
Evelyn Wood In his recent entertaining
volume, From Midshipman to Field
Marshal" a soldier came up to him
for permission to marry.
mo, certainly not" was the curt re
ply. "Why does a young man like you
want a wife?"
ooh, please, sir" said the soldier, 81
have two rings ("good conduct
badges) and five pounds In the savings
bank, so l am eligible, and l want to
marry very much"
well, go away, and II you come
back this day year In the same mind,
you shall marry. I'll keep the vacan-
cy."
On the anniversary the soldier re-
peated his request.
But do o really, after a year,
want to marry?"
ayes, sir; very much"
In spite Of himself, Horsford was
vlsibly impressed.
Sergeant major" he said, take his
name down. Yes, you may marry. !
never believed there was so much con.
stancy In man or woma Right face
Quick march!"
At the door the man turned.
THANK you, sir" he said, gratefully
at isn't the same woman"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-12
Old-Time school Committees.

Fifty years ago the men who made
UP the school committee In a rural
community left something to be desired
In the matter Of scholarship, but the
Maine worthless, sketched by w. s.
Knowlton In The Old Schoolmaster,"
must have contributed not a little
galety to the dull round Of teaching.
When a certain committeeman came In
Mr.. Knowlton always reduced to a
minimum the noise in the school OF
which he was the master, SO as not to
disturb the good mans slumbers. For
be would sleep SO placidly, with such
a childllke expression on his face, that
the young schoolmaster had not b
heart to disturb him.
When the time for -speechmaking
came a stick Of wood was dropped upon
the floor to awaken him.
HE always commended the good or
der" Is Mr.. Knowlton's shy comment.
Il gave another man, who pretended
to know Greek, a German reader while
the class read Homer" confesses Mr..
Knowlton, 'and he did not know the
difference. He said the class translat-
ed admirably"
One man asked the pupils II they
would be ready to be examined the
thirty-frSt of September, and they said
they thought not.
Well" said he, shat day will con-
Vene me best and 1 hope you will be
ready"
The pupils were too polite to smile,
ana so the committeeman passed out
OF the schOolhouse feeling sure that he
mad carried a point, and had corrected
julius Cesar and all the popes.
In n school eight weeks OF the ses
sion had elapsed, and there were -four
weeks remaining. The superintendent
asked what fractional part Of the tern
had passed.
~TWethlrds," answered the school.
No" said he, with a knowing looH
upon them and a disappearing scow
upon the teacher. You are wrong.
wan ask you again before l leave."
When no vas about to go he repeatet
ue question, and the school gave tn,
same answer.
You are wrong again." he said. 9TH
'Orrect answer Is eight-twelfthS"