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Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
BANKS OF GILA VALLEY SAFE
Visitor from Graham says Conditions
Are Prosperous --G0Od Progress
Being Made in Development Of Oil

Dory Morris of Stafford, genera
manager of the Hot Springs Oi
company, operating in the artesian
belt, Graham county, was Sun
day visitor in Globe.
."This valley is prosperous, said
Mr.. Morris enthusiastically. "Our
people are absolutely sane as far
as banks are concerned. There
have been no runs aud there are
likely to be none. The people
were assured by Bank Examiner
Page that all of the banks of the
valley towns were perfectly solv-
ent and in good fix, and business
is proceeding in normal manner.
The future of the First National
of Globe will have no effect on the
Bank of Stafford, according to
statements of officials of the latter
bank, and the people are feeling
perfectly at ease.
"The oil well? It's in fine shape
and the great rotary drill is push.
ing down rapidly. We are driv-
ing a six and quarter-inch hole
and the formation now being pene-
trated strongly indicates u near
approach TO OIL. Several Texas
oil men have examined the stuff
we are taking out at present and |
they all predict that oil will be
struck. We have attained a great
er depth than ever before and |
was never so saDguine Of success
as now.
"Our farmer folk are in solid
financial condition. The alfalfa
cuttings have been entirely salts
factory and high prices have pre-.
vailed. i expect the farmers have
averaged better than Sl0.50 for
every ton of hay sold and they are
at present holding for Sl2. ,
"Of course, these bank suspen-
slons will Inconvenience Globe for
a time, industrially and commer-
cially, but activity will continue
as long as your mines and smelters
are working, and pay rolls will
grow larger, day by day, from
now on out. can really see no J
real reason for discouragement
lere. Globe has seen the worst
md the pendulum is now swinging
n the other direction. Your busi- !
less mea are made of the proper
'tuff and will always keep your
,olors flying."-Belt. {
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
Found, q book holder. At this

Found, a book holder. At this
Office. ..
Supervisor Joe Terrill arrived
in Stafford last Wednesday.
Hon. W. W. Pace is in Tucsor
on business this week.
| Mrs. S. A. Merrill has returned
from an exten dcd visit to Utah.
The county teachers examina
tion will be held at Solomonvlllt
| d &c. I'd and Sd.
| A brush fire Thursday evening
brought forth an alarm and the
boys with the new fire wagon IN
quick time. No damage.
The Y. L. NJ. |. A. of 7 hatcher
gave a successful entertainment
Wednesday evening,
Henry Clifford has returned
from Utah, where he spe ut some
time visiting friends.
Ed Waddles of St. Joseph, the
we'll known commercial traveller.
is in Stafford on business this week
Judge Shirley got into n tussle
with Sheriff Andersou's big st.
Bernard dog few days ago and
had his face quite badly bitten.
The Suhuara Club held its reg
ular meeting at the school house
last Monday, when q number of|
interesting papers were read.
Mrs. J. Nj. Foster and Mrs. W.
W. Gammage reached home Wed
nesday, after an extended tay on
the coast.
A small boy of Sam Cults of
San Jose had his leg broken a few
days ago by beirlg run over with a
wagon.
Dr. Chas. W. Stone, Arizona's
oldest opticlan, will be at the
Brinkerhoff hotel for two weeks.
If your eyes are troubling you
come in. Same accurate work
Same low Prices. 1t
Mrs. c. W. Morris has opened
,ew restaurant in the building at
ne rear Of the Cyclone Store. Mrs.
Morris has been in the restaui ant
BUSINESS here before and alw ays
ave satisfaction to her patrons.
DR.. Stone, the optician, who has
gwen satisfaction in his protest. on
n this valley for u good macy
'ears past, arrived from Nevada
asst Tuesday, and will make bead.
Iuarters at the Brinkerhoff hotel,
thatcher, for the next two weeks.
A Mexican woman by the name
It Serfena Garcia was sente1lced
o sixty days in the county jul in
ustice Austen's court at Solomon
lille. last Tuesday, for shooting
nto another Mexican WON an
ouse the night before. Jealousy
supposed to have been the cause
{ the shooting.
Mrs. @. I. Reynolds, who at
ended the session of the Grand
lodge of the Easterr. Star ut Nor
nci last week states that the del. {
gates had an unusu ally pleasant I
nd were royalty tre.Nted by the !
embers Of the order in Nor gnci {
nd Clifton. There were 70 rty
'dy delegates pres, mt. Mrs. {
eynolds was elected. grand Es.
Ter of the lodge. is
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
LOCAL. NEWS

q. G. Prina returned home from
Morenci last Wednesday.
Guy Houck has accepted u po-
sition with the Olney.fjams Fur
niture Co.
The Thatcher base ball team de-
feated the Stafford players Thurs.
day, Is to IA.
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29

1t is peculiar that none of the
Thanksgiving proclamations men,
tion the country's unprecedented
prosperity" The president must
have overlooked this important
feature.
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29

Bishop Lorenzo Hunsaker o.
Globe is visiting in the valley this
week.
Grant Curtis of San Jose had
his leg broken Tuesday by fall
from horse.
Captain Dave Leahy has been
appointed district attorney for
New Mexico, to succeed W. H
LleweIlyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Packer
and Miss Fay Montierth have re.
turned from an outing of several
months in California.
The meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society will be held at
the Methodist church next Sun
day evening,
Mrs. Eugene Baker returned
last Saturday to Tucson aft er a
brief visit in Stafford with her
mother, Mrs. N. P. Beebs.
The fremen's ball was scheduled
to occur last evening and there
was every prospect for very
pleasant social event.
Rev. Wardlaw assumed tho ed
itorial and business managem ent
of the Stafford Journal during the
present week, and Mr.. Roberts,
who has conducted the paper for
some years, will take charge Of
the work Of issuing a special edi-
ton. 1t is announced, however,
that Mr.. Roberts will continua
permanently with the paper.
The Guardian has received
through the courtesy of Hon. Mark
smith, a large number of books /
rom Washington dealing with
agricultural subjects, including dis
Eases Of horses, etc. Our patrons
IRE invited to call and obtain cop
es, which will be given away to
he public at this Office. L
The Stafford schools were closed
" Wednesday to remain closed until t
lext Monday morning. As there {
gill be a circus in town today, the
rnstees decided that the best t
hing to do was to make a two-day |
Holiday and the children will
therefore, have an opportunity to f
witness the antics of Gentry's ami b
nails this afternoon. t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Lewis Of
1t. Carmel, Cal, reached Stafford I
asst Thursday for few days visit "
With relatives here. They express Il
hem as being highly pleased with
be climate and surroundings of il
his portion Of Arizona. Their O
ONE in the golden state is near g
,istoric Monterey and Del Monte, A,
nd other beautiful spots on the W
oast Mr.. Lewis is cousin of d.
he editor of THE GUARDIAN in
The Literary Society's meeting b
{ the Baptist church last Friday
vening was well attended. The tt
rogram as published was follow. pl
and the event proved to be an 1t
,teresting one. An address on hi
,c history of the Society was de. OF
vered by the president, Mr.. la
-essrs. Yeomans, Roach, Rhodes, iii
.amstra, also addresses by 70
IardIaw and others. The next X
Getting will be held next Fri day oil
Lening. ht
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29

The "howllng prosperity that
we are enjoying, when it is difficult
to get a V changed, ought to re.
elect the present occupant of the
White House with a whoop.
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29

We wonder if the republicans of
the country will blame the pres
ent "wave ofprosperity" to Grover
Cleveland.
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
STRAYED or STOLEN.

One bay horse from San Carries
branded R S, weighing about 1000
lbs. Will pay reward for same
delivered TO me. J. NJ. Foster. 2t
Graham guardian., 1907-11-29
Rev r w Johnson

Rev. r. w. Johnson, who has
been assigned to Solomonville by
the South Methodist conference of
St. Louis, Mo, was a visitor in SAT-
ford last "Wednesday, in company
with A. II. Austen. Mr.. Johnson
will hold regular services in Solo
knoxville from this time forward.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-28

An over heated stove in the office of
A s. Guthrie's livery barn, at Pierre
Friday night, was probably the cause Of
a confiagration ending the total loss of
the structure. The loss will amount to
about $500, with but small insurance.
The horses and the rigs were all removed
and the adjoining property was not
injured. This is the third blaze In a few
months on this property, but no incen-
diary origin is assigned.
A fir which for a time threatened to
destroy the big McCaull- Webster eleva-
tor at Tyndall, was of a picturesque
character. A large gasoline tank near
the elevator had been filled, but through
an oversight the top plug was not
inserted. The tank is set we'll into the
ground, and the rapidly melting now
soon commenced to run over the top Of
the tank and the gasoline fioated out on
the surface of the miniature pond mr.
rounding the tank. A film of gasoline
covered the ground for a space of about
twenty feet in circumference when the
leak was discovered. A crowd soon
gathered, and one of the spectators sug
gested that the gasoline be burned off
the surface of the water. Nc sooner
had he made the suggestion that he
threw a lighted match into the gasoline
impregnated water. Instantly a pillar
of fame 100 feet high shot into the air
and it was only by a miracle that some
of the spectators were not eDgulfed in
the cauldron of fire. Only by the prompt
action of some of the men in throwing
great quantities of wet snow against the
side of the elevator was the building
saved from destruction. The fire dimin-
ished almost as quickly as it sprang into
existence without doing any great dam
age.
Papa what makes your hand so
cold and big?" The above words
uttered by the little daughter of Geo.
P. Bennett, of Rapid City, aroused Mr..
Bennett, who, upon rushing into the
apartment of his daughter, caught a
glimpse of a burglar who was just
making his escape. An examination
revealed that drawers and c~upboards
had been ransacked by the intruder,
but nothing Of any great value was
found to be missing. The burglar
appeared to have designs on a gold
bracelet which encircled the wrist Of
the little girl, but the touch Of his cold
hand awakened her and she made the
remark which aroused her father and
caused the burglar to fee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-28

Sheriff Skillings and states attorney
Upton, of Charles Mix county have
been given the custody of John Ham,
who was serving a term of three aud
one-half years in the Sioux Falls pen.
~itentiary for grand larceny, committed
in Charles Mix county. Hams attor-
neys a few days & secured a writ of
error and probable cause in this case.
Ham has been taken to Charles Mix
county and will be kept in Jail until he
can secure bonds for his release pending
a decision by the state supreme court
on his motion for a new trial. Ham is
a son Of Watson Ham, one of the most
prominent stockmen in the Missouri
river section Of South Dakota.
The Missouri was at a standstill again
at Vermillion Friday. The flooded dis
trict where no current exists is now a
sea of ice which formed the night before.
1t is still freezing, bat the ice is not
strong enough to walk upon. Boats
have been abandoned. Stock is huddied
on high ground, suffering from exposure
in a hard snowstorm which is raging,
and for lack of food. The animals must
be relieved in the next twenty-four
hours or many will be frozen. Ice is
backed up behind the gorge for six miles
forcing the water ont over territory that
until now has been high and dry.
According TO advices received in
Sioux Falls from a reliable source, NJ.
l.. Fox, who is the divorced husband OF
the daughter of ex-governor A. e. Lee.
and for years vas prominent in news
paper circles in Sonth Dakota, having
been editor of the Sioux Falls Daily
Press for a year or two, and who was
prominent in state political circles dur
ing the time the populists were in con-
troll of state affairs, has ''struck it
rich" Through lucky speculations in
land in Cuba, where he now is located,
during a peroid of five months he has
cleaned mp" sac. 900.
The mine owners and operators of
Lawrence county held a meeting last
evening to take steps toward a settle
ment of the strike difficulty. In Janu-
airy at least 500 miners and millmen
employed at Bald Mountain and adjac-
emit districts struck for an eight-hour
day. The mine operators have agreed
upon a proposition which they will sub
init to the different unions and
upon which the unions viii probably
take action in q few days. It'll believed
that q settlement Of the strike 10 near.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-02-28

That was rather nice compliment
which his fellow members paid Con
gresham G. H. Burke the other day
when he was given the right of way in
the house for his Trip county opening
bill. The bill contains some rather
unusual provisions, and there was some
prospect of trouble but Congressman
Burke, who has long served in the house,
guided the measure safely, and largely
in personal compliment to him the
opposition was Withdrawn, and the bill
slid through, much to the advantage OF
South Dakota. The Washington cor.
respondent of the Omaha Bee says that
the passage of the Trip county bill
was "record legislation" and that cor
respondent compliments Congressman
Burke very highly on his achieve
ment. 1t will take Messrs. Hall and
Parker a long time to learn the ropes SO
that even with equal ability they can
secure the legislation which is possible
to the old timers. Meanwhile, Mr..
Burke's friends in the state have made
a note of one more point to his credit.
A tramp as the result Of making a fire
for the purpose of broiling 4 cents
worth of beefsteak for his dinner,
caused a loss of SIS, 900 to III. G. Clason,
of Hermosa. The loss grew out of the
destr uction by fire Of a roller mill
belonging to the Hermosa man. The
fire started from a small one which the
tramp had built in the basement of the
building for the purpose of preparing
his dinner. The tramp, who has been
taken into custody, says he left the
building to go to the creek. only a few
feet away to wash himself and get a
little water, and that when he returned
the flames had communicated to the
building and were beyond his control.
The mill origionally cost $4,000, and
was a total loss. The tramp was held
for appearance at the next term of the
circuit court.
Comptroller of Currency Ridgley has
decided not to appoint a local man to
the national bank e~xaminership of South
Dakota made vacant by the resignation
Of General A. Silsby, who has held the
Office eight years. Instead, he will send
Walter A. Mason, Of Baltimore, into
| that district. Mason was formerly a
bank examiner in an eastern district
and resigned to accept the presidency Of
q bank in his home city. Recently he
resigned that place and re-entered the
J government service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13
MONTGOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS
Corrected DaiIy3

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13
MRS. W. T. BURNS

Mrs. W. T. Burns, of Memphis, Tenn. who is national press corre- spondent of the W. R. C., writes: T caught a severe cold which 1t seemed impossible for me to get rid of. l be- came much run down, lost my appe- tite and flesh and felt nervous and ir- ritable. Vinol was recommended, and certainly worked wonders for me; 1t increased my appetite, and cured my cough and nervousness. I consider Vi- mol a wonderful remedy"
 Our local druggist, F. c. Fowler, says: Many people right here in Montgomery are in just her condition all un-down, hardly able too drag about, don't know what ails them. This is probably caused by a cold or cough which is hard to cure, overwork or too close confinement to business, and such people need Vinol.'
 Vinol is not a patent medicine, but contains the medicinal curative ele- ments found in fresh eods' livers. with all the useless oil eliminated and tonic iron added.
 We ask every rundown, nervous, de- bilitated. aged or weak person in Mont gomery, and every person suffering from stubborn colds, hanging on coughs. bronchitis or lneipient con- sumption to try Vinol on our guaran- tee. It costs nothing if it fails to give satisfaction. E. G. Fowler, Druggist
 Nots-while we are sole agents for Vinol in Montgomery. it-is now for sale at the leading drug store in nearly every town and city in the country Look for the vinol agency in your town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13
FoRAlxER,s Nnp TAcK.
Tries te Prove Bullets Were Fired
 From Mauzer Rifles.

ANkE8 tU k-EOEf Eftt&EGES were HNRRH
 FF0m MauSer Rifles.
 Washington, March 12.--Showina the hostility of the people of Brownsville to negro soldiers, Senator Foraker to- day gave an entirely new turn to the investigation of th9 afEair at that place on August 13 last. He examined Cap tain Kiiburn of the 26tA Infantry. which preceded the 25th Regiment at Fort Brown, concerning the penetra- tion of steel bullets and the witness said that q bullet of the calfbre used iu the Springfield rifles could be fired from a Mauser rifle, but that it's pene- tration would be retarded
 He thought that the Springfield bull let from rifle that had been fired 800 or 400 times would not show the imprint of the grooves but if fired from Mauser the imprint would be shown.
 It is expected this testimony will have an important bearing in the in vestgation, as the committee has had before 1t the bullets taken from the walls of the houses "shot up" during the affray. These bullSts are said to be deeply grooved.
 It seemed to be the purpose of Sem ator Foraker to show by this testimony that the bullets taken from the walls of the houses could not have been fired from the rifles in the hands of the negro troops as these had been used in target practice for a long time.
 Captain Kilburn testified that he was at Brownsville when the order was promulgated withdrawing the white soldiers and sending battalion of negro soldiers to Fort Brown. The best people of Brownsville, said the witness, expressed disapproval of the change but the class that loafed around saloons and drug stores and Ioitered on the streets were loud in their threats that it would not be lonR be- fore the negro troops would be run out of the fort"
 Captain Kilburn said he was in Till mans store in Brownsville and heard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13
Mobile Sheriff WiH Hang
 Brother-in-Law of His Son.

Mobile, March 12.~-(special.)--In the next few days the sheriff of Mobile county will hang member of his own family by marriage
 Attorney Rittenhouse Smith, one of the legal advisers of Andrew Thomas, to be hung next Friday. received last night from Attorney Clarkson, his partner, telegram. stating that Gov ernor Conner would not interfere fin the case. He said that everything in his power had been done to save the man, but from the looks of things, the execution will take place on March IS.
 Andrew Thomas will be the first white man in Mobile county to be le- gally executed in thirty-three years. The last white man legally hung in this city was named Jerdan, and was hung for the murder of a man on a flat boat. The hanging was during the administration of Sheriff Shelton. father of Captain shelton. now clerk of the city court.
 Sheriff Prank cazalas has taken charge of his office just in time to execute Thomas, whose sister married Mir. Cazalas's son, Clebe Cazalas.
 Sheriff Oazalas was reminded few days ago of the ordeal that is ap- preaching, and was asked if he would get some other person to pull the death trap through which Andrew Thomas is doomed to fall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13


 Tillman say; 'Wel, run the negroes out within three weeks and the express sion of loiterers in the store conincided with this prediction added the wit ness. Continuing, the witness told of hearing talks of plans to organize a posse to prevent the negroes from get ting off the train on the!r arrival at Fort Brown and to raise money to send a delegation to Washington to protest against the sending of negro troops to Fort Brown.
 Was all this talk induced by hos tility to negroes?" asked Senator For aker.
 Undoubtedly it was." replied the witness.
 Much of the population of Browns vile was Mexican, or low grade of in- telligence, said Captain Kilburn. He said these people considered the sol- diers legitimate prey and made trouble for them when they were caught in town in small numbers or singly. It was a practice, he said, for the Mexi- can citizens to carry side arms and rifles through the streets and shoot ing at night was so common that ht- tie attention was paid to 1t at the fort.
 He described the police force at the time the was there as consisting of ten men, nine of whom we've Mexicans who could not speak, read or write English. Their method Of making ar rests, he said, were to beat the soldiers over the heads with the butts of their revolvers and then take them to the station. Captain Kilburn said this caused much III feeling between the people and the authorities at the fort.
 On cross examination by Senator Warren the witness said that it was not difficult for the soldi9r to obtain a few extra cartridges nor was 1t un- usual for a soldier to lose one or two from their allowance. He said that the inspecting officer could not always be exact in counting this ammunition. When soldiers lose ammunition the cartridges are charged against them but the witness said that they were only tried for negligence when they became chronic losers.
 At target practice he said the men were supplied with ten or twenty cart ridges, according to the amount of shooting to be done but he thought that if they were disposed to do so they could take few extra ones.