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The oasis., 1907-07-06
A Hss,ow ssosps.

A press telegram from San Fran. cisco contains the following inter. esting account of an occurrence to the steamer Curacao while on her return voyage from Guaymas tO San Francisco;
 San Francisco. July 1. Fifty miles at sea, bound into this port from Mexico, the steamer Curacao took fire at o'clock this morning. and all hands were called on deck. The thrty-one passengers were not notified of their imminent danger. however, and it was not until they arose for breakfast as the steamer was entering the Golden Gate, that they learned of the excitement that had eX- isted among the crew for half the night.
 Tn the meantime, the fire, which had broken out in the forward hold and had not spread, had apparently been extin- guished by the application of steam under the airtight matches.
 After the Curacao was in her slip the hatch covers were removed, when a volume of smoke arose, indicating that fire still existed in the hold. Hastily replacing the covers in position, Captain Paulsen ordered steam to be again turn ed into the compartment. All day long the Curacao's forward hold remained closed, while steam was being injected into that part of the ship. The covers will be removed tomorrow morning when it is believed all danger of further fire will have been removed.
 In the affected portion of the steamer is large quantity of sisal hemp and panocha, or Mexican brown sugar in bulk. The latter has been melted by the fire and intermixing with the hemp, has caused great mess in the hold. The vessel itself, it is believed, has suffered little damage.
The oasis., 1907-07-06
United in Matrim ony.

At the residence of the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Matt Win ters, Miss Hattie Winters was united in matrimony with MT. w.. c. R. Hoover of Bisbee Thursday of the present week, Reverend R. c. Elliott officiating. The bride is a young lady long resident in Nogal- es, and has here many warm friends who will miss her from the circles she graced. MT. Hoover was resident at the line city year or more, during that time winning the good opinion of everybody, and preceding his residence here was at Fort Huachuca. He has located recently in BisDee, where the newly welded pair will make their home. In their new found relation the happy pair have the best wishes of host of friends.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

of the controversy regarding them which is siilI in abeyunce. and prices held steady. cows at s2 70 tc s475, heifers s37b to sb 25, grass bulls to cents lower, fed bulls steady. S2.75 to $500, calves higher at s4.OO to $6.25, siocktts $3 50 tc $4.75, feeders s400 10 $5 00. Mode rate receipts and a good market are predicted for next week.
 Supplies of sheep and lambs have been moderate, but the. market is working steadily down ward. Buyers claim there is bad outlet in the East for mutton, and that the public taste which recent ly turned away from mutton to- cheaper meats is hard 10 coax back. Prices are p to 90 cents lower than a week ago. Texas, Arizona and Utah have been represented this week, Texas muttons selling at $500 to $5.35, Arizona yearlings now worth around $500. ewes $5,. Utah wethers $500 to $525, goats $3.25 to $3.65. Lambs range from $7 .00 to $7.75.
 J. A. RIcKART, I
The oasis., 1907-07-06

Yesterday evening there arrived from the south Doctor w. E. Rob- ertson of El Paso, and Mir. w. G. Ross, two gentleman who are in- terested in mining in the vicinity of Hermosillo, and who have been visiting the scene of their opera tions.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

Save money by having your Articles of Incorporation drawn and all details arranged by "THE OASIS BUREAU OF INcoRPoRATIoN."s
The oasis., 1907-07-06
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

frame building on the maln street at Patagonia, to he used as d store or saloon.
 Messrs. c. c. Cooper and Gray Brothers are developing a promis- ing property adjoining the R. R. k. mine, where they have a dozen men at work.
 John Cady is doing fine busi- ness at the Patagonia hotel, and to accommodate his increasing trade large ten-roomed building is being erected on the opposite side of the street.
 Ex-Sheriff Tom Turner, who has been down in Sinaloa, has returned to Santa Cruz county, and IS em- ployed now at the San Rafael ranche, in the service of the Greene Cattle Company.
 The Mansfield Mining Company are reported getting good shipping ore from their Black Gap mine, upon which property they are sinking new shaft. They are arranging to make a shipment of the Black Cap ores.
 Mir. c. L. Theobalds, who was foreman of the Pennsylvania ranche about five years ago, has returned to Santa Cruz county, and is now engaged in teaming for the l. T. Hosey Company, hauling from their camp in the Santa Rita mountains, to the railway station at Crittenden, at which place he makes his home with his family. Mir. Theobalds is a nephew of Col onel Allen T. Bird of THE OASIS.
 In the Salero district of the Santa Rita mountains Mir. J. NJ Hackett is prosecuting work stead fly upon his United States and Rosario mines, and he IS taking out some very good ore. He has a pay streak that is a foot wide, from which he gets ores that assay as high as $750 per ton and will yield an average of $35C to $400. Recently he made a ship ment of about two tons from which he expects to receive returns in a very few days.
 Upon their properties in the Santa Rita mountains the SalerC Mines Company are installing 8 Sullivan diamond drill, and tht experts of the manufacturing com pany are now upon the ground en gagged in the work of installation With the new machine the com pany proposes toexplore the ground away below the present workings and determine go far as possible the depth and permanence of th' ore body from which there has beer shipped so much ore, without th' costly work of sinking with shafts With the lines of the ore body de fined by the diamond drill develop ment can be performed more in telligently and effectively. Tn new machine will drill a fifteen sixteenths inch hole to a depth o 900 feet in very short time. Tn same company manufactures drill which will penetrate tn Orouod +o n JoNtb of cOOO foat
The oasis., 1907-07-06

J. A. RIcKART, L. $. Correspondent.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
WOMEN FOIL WRECKERs
Attempt to Ditch B. & 0. Train Dis
covered by Young Ladies'.

Grafton, w. Va, Aug. 28.-A 'das-
tardly and almost successful attempt
to wreck the down passenger train
over the Grafton and Belington div
ision of the B. & o. was made last
evening, and had it not been for the
fortunate discovery Of trio OF
young ladies, the chances are that
a horror would have occurred.
At S o'clock last evening Mrs
Hugh WarderN Mrs. Thos. Moran
and Miss Margaret Moran, all daugh-
ters Of Mrs. Patrick Moran, Of this
city, were strolling up the G.. G. b
tracks. They had reached a point
just above the pump station when
they discovered a number of iron
distractions placed on the. rails
These they quickly pushed aside and
continued their walk, remarking on
their timely discovery.
They had not gone one-fourth of 9
mile further, however, before they
discovered another obstruction and
this one enough to excite their keen.
est alarm. A fireman's rake, such
as is used to rake out the firebox Of
engines, had been placed across the
track, and had been cleated dowr
over heavy piece Of iron with devil
ish ingenuity, and on top of>this hat
been placed other heavy iron OBJ
structions, one Of hepieces so large
that two of the ladies could not LII
| it away. 20.
Mrs. Thos. Moran, at once realiz
ing the fact that the passenger trair
would be due shortly, aad seeing the
grave danger that menaced, ran bach
to the pump station and told the
pumper there Of what was going on
he Immediately stopped the pumps
but Mrs. Moran had hurried back tt
her sisters more alarmed than ever
Arriving there the three womer
| exerted their utmost strength AM
| the cinder rake was torn loose from
| the tracks and the heavy obstruction
removed and torn aside just rs thu
down train whistled less than quar-
| ter Of mile away. A moment late
the train dashed past the ladies at
high rate Of speed. The 3. & o
detectives have; started an tnvesti
cation and 1t Is thought that SONS
boys were responsible.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
NATIONAL, NOT PERSONAL
Roosevelt Not Wholly Responsible
for Anti-corpOration Movement.
Philadelphia Republican.

Philadelphia Republican.
Some newspapers, not many, q
number OF finaneieFs, all the weekly
financial organs who speak for them,
and tolerably large number Of indi-
vidual investors, corporation man
ayers, and railroad officers charge
the current agitation to the presi-
dent. They look on the existing de-
termination to suppress trusts, re-
form corporate management, in
crease the responsibility Of directors,
revise the rates Of railroads, and
lessen the cost and improve the SER
vice Of public utilities as all the work
Of Theodore Roosevelt. All phases Of
the movement are laid to the policy
OF his administration, to- his mes
sages and speeches, and to the laws
passed by congress on his demand.
President Roosevelt has led this
movement. He speaks for it. What
people were ridiculing in his
speeches as "platitudes" four years
ago, prove to be the principles of a
great national movement
ouI 1feSlQeHL Roosevelt mas not
created this movement. He has not
| caused it. He has not sown the
Iseed. Men like Hartman have done
! that. President Roosevelt has
brought a wide and rising demand
to concrete shape as far as railroad
rates are concerned; but the move
nent would have existed without
him, and its surgIng tides are fa1
wider than the narrow beaches OF
Federal power and Federal super
vision.
This vast movement, national and
not personal, felt in every field, Fed
eral, State, and locaI,Nin manufac-
ture, distribution, and transporta-
ton, has not only found in Theodore
Roosevelt leader, but a conserving
and conservative force. But for the
legislation which has been passed on
interstate commerce, on State super.
vision over insurance. and on one
municipal public service and an.
other, there would have been q DO.
litical revolution which would have
swept away what IS now curbed, re.
! Vt6cd, and protected
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
POLICE COURT
Big Volume of Business of Last Few
, Days Has Dropped on.

The session of the police court this
morning was In marked contrast to
the sessions Of the two preceding
days, but four cases being called.
Judge MacGorkle presided, with Re-
corder Ross on duty as usual, and
Attorney McCabe representing the
city attorney. ..s. -.
The first case called was that of
r. E. Wood, George Smith and Henry
M. Anderson, who had been caught
in the bad lands some time during
the night. Each had deposited for
felt often dollars to secure their ap-
tpearance this morning. They prob
ably oversight themselves, and did
not appear in court, the city treas
ury~ being thereby enriched to the
extent of $50. 49,
J. w. King entered a plea of
guilty to charge OF plain drunk,
and escaped with the minimum fine;
81 and costs, which he arranged to
pay.
Harry Pierce answered to the
charge of theft preferred by Ruth
Jones, of the bad lands, who adj
| mitted that she was under the in
fiuence OF liquor when the alleged
theft was committed. The evidence
| being insufficient to sustain the
charge, 1t was dismissed, but Pierce
was committed to the lookup to an
swer to former charge which had
been preferred against him.
A young man from Huntington
giving the name Of Arthur Cfandall
answered to the charge of burglary
of the "Pannatorum' of Rufus Penn
ON Summers street, and the evidence
against him was sufficiently strong
to Justify the judge in holding him
under $1,000 bond for his appear
ance before the'grand jury. He made
la strong, but unsuccessful effort to
| implicate others In the robbery, but
they clearly established their limo.
| cence.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

ence to which they are entitled and
which they themselves deny them.
selves by being frightened at a mere
ghost Of the past,
1t may be said that when l say
the South denies itself OF the oppor-
tunity to take part to influence the
course of the government to deter
mine Its policies, ignore the fact
that by the suppression Of the Negro
vote. the white democrats of the
South In point Of representation in
the senate and in the house, per cap
ita. WELD a far greater influence on
the legislation Of the country than do
the northern voters per capita, be;
cause in the representation they get
the benefits in the proportion Of al
their colored adults over 2l. while
they exclude them from exercising
the ballot. This Is true, and 1T Ia
an injustice, but the very injustice
leads many q Northern voter to sup
port the republican party and to
keep it in control. and this to prevent
the Southern states, following as
they do the democratic party, from
taking any part In the executive
control OF the government or to ex.
ercise any substantial influence"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
0GD|N A. CANDIDATE.
Tells Parkersburg Paper
He'll Run Again
OFF ON A VACATION

Parkersburg, w. Va, Aug. 28.-
The, following interviews with prom
inent state personages are printed
In the Dispatch-News: ....- -: :. ;
State Treasurer Newton Ogdin was
IN the city yesterday en- route from
the capital to his home in Peasants
He'is going to spend a bSlated vaca-
ton there and may come here to the
picnic of the Peasants County asso-
citation. He has been earnestly inyit-
ed.
Mr. Odgfn was accompanied by his
wife and son. The short vacation he
Is taking from the cares OF his ONCE
at the capital will be spent quietly
among his neighbors in st. Marys.
While in the city Mr.. ~Odgin let it
be known that he will be a candidate
for reelection. It was the first alb
solutely definite ststAment he had
made, but 1t will occasion no particu-
lar surprise, since it was pretty gem
orally understood that he would seek
| the honor again.
Mr.. Odgin Is already serving his
| third term In the office, but he is not
! averse to four more years OF it, il
the people Of the state see tit to give
him the position.
| There has been a lull in politics
| locally, and, for that matter, over
the state, and since the recent de
veolpment indicating that Governor
Dawson's choice for the main job
were not particularly acceptable to
| the public there has been an indica-
| ton to let the gubernatoriai situa-
| tion take care of itself for . while.
There has been much discussion in
Parkersburg over the announcement
that Auditor Scherr would probably
run, and it has been noticeable that
there Is rather strong sentiment
for the auditor. H.:
| However, there have been no par
ticular developments and there is at
present dearth of political news.
The absence from the state OF the adj
ministration has perhaps served to
lessen activity.
! Adam B. Littlepage OF Kanawha
county, state>senator from the Kan
awha district, waS In the city yes
terday on business. He was stop
ping at the Chancellor. .4t--.v.
Mr.. Littlepage has ,beeh urged by
some Of his. friends to- became his
party's candidate for governor, but
being Of the hopeless, minority it. is
understood he has not been taking
the matter very seriously. Mr.. Lit
tlepage met some.,o8 hfs friends OF
the unterriied while here, but he
did not discuss his proposed candi-
| dacv. -'-' -'.-. - ..-..
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
HAD A HISTORY
New Martinsville Train Victim Led
an EventfuI Life.

Parkersburg, w, Va, Aug. IS
Sam Smith, the aged Parkersburg
man killed in the New Martinsville
yards several days ago by an Ohio
river freight train, has quite rec
ord. Sam was born and raised in
Parkersburg. He was married four
times, and all his ventures we're fail
ures, His first and second wives Sc
cured a divorce frQm him His third
wife died Of a broken heart, and the
fourth became so disguised that she
pulled up stakes and left Sam.
Sam Smith was about rs years of
age. In his early days he taught
school and was we'll known through
out Wood county. In later years
drink got the best of him, and he
took tho downward path. He was
arrested every few days by the local
police, and usually served out his
time in the lookup
Only few days before his death
he had been arrested for drunken
ness. The city at that time had
passed an ordinance to compel the
prisoners to work on the streets. Sam
was one Of those put out on the
chain gang the first day. He worked
for an hour or two, but soon took to
his heels and left the city. That was
the last seen of him until news Of his
death was received here. He was
a fugitive from justice at the time
he died.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
Rig ELEPHANT SAVES A LIRE
.
Rescues Engineer From Beneath
His Engine. H..

Morgaptown, W.. Va, Aug. a.
A freight train on the B. g. o, rail-
road was derailed at Corbin Monday.
Inc engine and sixteen cars were de=
rallied and wrecked. A broken rail
was the cause. The enginemen es1
capped death by jumping. The engi-
neer, James Malcolm, or this city,
was caught whom he leaped from the
cab and imprisoned In the wreckage.
So tightly were timbers wedged about
Malcolm that human hands could not
bulge them and he was in danger of
being burned alive, for the wreck
had taken fire. \Fortunately two Sec
tons OF the John Robinson circus
were closely following and these
were tagged. The kgen thoughtful
ness of Governor" John F.. Robin
son displayed itself and the ele-
plants, eight in number, were quick
~ unloaded and taken to the scene
OF the wreck. Bacil, 200 years old,
the mother Of Jumbo, rescued the
Imprisoned engineer. : Then the old
girl proudly took Malcolm In her
trunk and carried him to q place Of
safety. The other elephants were
taken to stream nearby and COM
manded to fill their trunks with
water. They got big supply aud
going back to the wreck threw water
on the flames. After three trips they
had the fire out. ALL mail trains
were held up. The wreck train was
sont out but the elephants did their
work for them before they arrived.
In less than two hours they had the
track cleared.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
POWER FROM CHEAT
Little Mountain Stream will Operate
New Trolley Line. -

Elkins, w. Va, Aug. 28.--The Ell
kihs Electric Railway company pro-
poses to get its power for running
It's generators from the Cheat river
and will build a 12-mile pipe line for
that purpose, using 14-inch pipe. The
fall between the source Of supply
and the power plantHis 80 great as to
give a tremendous force ut the plant
The company has also. laid a prdpo-
sition before the. Blkins city council
to furnish, the Cheat river water to
Elkins at price to be agreed upon.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
INHALED DRUG BY MISTAKE
,Chloroform Instead of Smelling
Salts Produces Fatal Sleep.

Wheeling, w. Va, Aug 26.-Miss
Mamie Martin, an active worker In
the Baptist church at Redwood,
making her home with Dr.. Perry's
family, feeling dizzy, went to her
room, taking with her smelling salts.
Later she was found dead.
/, A bottle of chloroform thrown
carelesslessly among some articles at
the side Of medicine chest leaked
out and saturated the handkerchiei
she held in her hand with the smell
ing salts, when she put it to her faea
|and fell asleep.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
IKE LEWIS
Seems to BE a Very Popular Name
Up the River.

Mason Republican.
Up in Waggener and Robinson dis
tricts in this county there are a
quarter OF a hundred men named
Ike Lewis, and we are Informed that
In order to distinguish them apart
their friends have attached handles
to their names as follows, to-wit:
Mont's Ike, Little Ike, Hartford
Ike, Aunt Sally's Ike, Fillder Ike,
Fourth Virginia Ike, Tenmi1e Ike,
Trotter Ike, Thirteenth Virginia
IKE, FifeT Ike; Windy Ike, ike IN the
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

He's got the collection habit III
him bigger that a woodchuck, and
Lord knows he's got unlimited money
to indulge himself In the fad. He
carries pocket magnify1nx mirror
around with him. so that he can SEQ
the results, and he makes three or
four changes Of eyes day. Ike is
never 30 we'll pleased as when folks
notice his artistic eyes and talk to
him about them" .. s.. .t. 70
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
NIGHT ON MARS.

"Here," said her angry father,
after he had stolen up behind them
in the wark, what are you two do
ing?"
, 1--WE are just seeing the world,
pa" said the sweer young thing, as
she pushed her companions arm
away. and pointed to the bright,
beautiful orb that beamed across the
cuffs of space. -<ss ..,s-., r. -. ...
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
1T LOOKED 1T.

D'Auber---That's my latest canvas.
started it six months ago. You
see some days [ paint away force
fully, feverishly, while on other
days ! can't paint at all.
Crittick---I see; you painted this
on some Of the other days.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
THEN He HowIs.

Il like your husbands style very
much" said Mrs. Cooley.
"How do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Marryat. '..'
"He's such quiet dresser"
Huh! you should hear him some
time when he can't find his shirt
studs and COLLAR buttons" -;
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
A HINT TO HIM.

"Gracious!' exclaimed Mr.. Stay
late. ITS nearly midnight. / should
be going pretty soon, l suppose"
Yes replied Miss Patience Con
ne, you know the old saying, Never
put on till tomorrow what you can
do today"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
THE WHEREFORE,

Justice is queer" quoth Binks,
land makes odd deals"
"Didst ever hear" asked Winks.
"about It's wheelsY"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Miss Nina Sillanpaa, a member Of
the Finnish Diet, a few years ago
was a domestic servant. She now
edits a paper, the Working Woman.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

Mrs. J. w. Cook and children went
to wyoming county yesterday to
spend some time with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Baird spent
Sunday in Columbus.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

: India has 4,835,947 acres of ir.
Tigated land in the Junjab, IN in,
icrease of 453,561 acres in one year
The crops are mainly wheat, sugar
cane, grain and winter oilseeds.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

The largest serpent ever measured
was an anaconda, which DR.. Gardner
found dead in Mexico. 1t was 81
feet long and 1t took two horses to
drag 1t.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
PLEASED FOR ONCE.

your family seems so happy and
contcntcd at home"
Wait a month. They're just back
from the seaShore now"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
AN HONEST ANSWER,

Il didn't shoke cigarettes when
was boy"
why not, gran'pop?"
"Well-ah-the fact is, Johnny
they didn't have cigarettes then" u
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29

sc e {: MAY Y 4 7
''For Better Clothes =

Holler, Fighting Ike, Railroad Ike,
Section Boss Ike. Gussine Ike, West
Columbia Ike, Soldier Ike, Farmer
Ike and Daddy Ike. 81:
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-29
1T ALWAYS Is.

What were his first Wprds after
they pulled him out from under his
automobiie?'/ i.'a.N
ct was the other EeYIow'a