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Tombstone epitaph., 1907-05-26
Tombstone, Ariz. Nay l5, 1907.

Tombstone, ATE. y hy ID, ISO'' Board of supervisors convened in regular session at zoo p m. All members present. The board immediately proceeded to open bids for sork advertised for at the previous meeting April ,, l9O1.) The following bids were submitted for constructing water way at John son Addition, Bisbee, Arizona. ANDY ScoTT-
 Excavation. earth 27cents per cubic yard.
 Excavation, loose rock, 75 cents per cubic yard.
 Excavation, solid rock, sl.25 per cubic yard.
 For overhaul lover POO feet cents per cubic yard.
 Putting in concrete wall, ss.75 per cubic yard.
 bROPHG N JOHNSON Earth excavation, P cents per cubic yard.
 Loose rock. D cents per cubic yard. Solid rock, sl 50 per cubic yard. Over haul, per each loo feet over 200 feet, cents per cubic yard. Concrete retaining wall foundation, 90 cents per cubic yard. THE HAGGATT-G RAND SMITH Co., Moving earth 200 feet, or lees, 3l cents per cubic yard. Moy .ng loose rock POO feet, or iess 62 cents per cubic yard. Moving eolid rock 200 feet, or les. $I.6O per cubic yard Over haul. per 100 feet over 20t feet, ? cents per cubic yard. Excavation for concrete wall, s1 ct per cubic yard.
 Concrete wall, 5000 per, cubic yard
 Moved by Bowen, seconded by Nc. Cabe and carried unanimously ths contract for the above work be award ed to Andy Scott, and his bond va fixed at 5000.
 The following bid wa, ubmitted 10 boring wells on the poor farm: JOHN SAILOR
 Four Inch We'll
 1st 100 1t. per It. $50.
 2nd loo 1t. per 1t. $I.75.
 3.d 100 1t. per 1t. $2.00.
 4th 100 it. per it. $l.25.
 9th 100 1t per 1t $2 50.
 Six Inch Well.
 Ist 100 1t. per 1t. s2. 25.
 2nd I0Oft. per 1t. s2.5O.
 3rd 100 1t. per 1t. sz.75.
 4th lUO 1t. per 1t. $500.
 5th 100 1t. per 1t. g 25.
 Eight Inch Well
 Ist 100 1t. per n. 8 g.
 2nd 100 ft. per 1t $50.
 3rd 100 1t. per 1t. s3.75.
 4th loo 1t. per 1t. 100.
 5th 100 fr. per ft. $4z5.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-05-26
Ten Inch We'll. .

Ten Inch We'll. let loo ft. per 1t $4 75. 2nd 100 1t. per 1t. s5. co. 3rd l0b 1t per 1t. s5 25. 4th Oft. per 1t. s. 50. 9th loo f.. per 1t S5.75 The walls to be cased with the regular scrsw well casing, and proper ly placed in we'll.
 The above bid was unanimously re- jected by the board, the price being exorbitsnt.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-05-26

The following bids were received t' furnish material for the eulvert anC bridge advertised for to be built 1T Johnson Addition, Bisbee, Arizona:
 COPPER QUEEN CONSOLIDATED MrS- ING COMPANY
 1000 ssc~s of lola Kansas Cement first quality, sl.075 %, f.o.b b. cars, Bisbee, Arizona All good sacks re- turned at the rate of 9 cents each. WICHITA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
 1000 sacks of lola Kansas Portland Cement, s950 co, f. O. b cars Bisbee Sacks charged extra at 10 cents each and credit given when returned; also 70 deliver i. O. b, Bisbee, 7-l2' l Beams, 3l l-2 pounds 2sit long; l2" channels 2s , pounds 2s 1t long an IS wall plates 3-4"1 l2" l2" for the sum of S395.00
 
 No bond or certified check being enclosed, in accordance with the terms of the advertisement, the bid was not considered.
 MIDLAND BRIDGE CoNPASY--
 No tond or certified check being enclosed, in accordance with the terms of the advertisement, the bid was not considered.
 Ii was moved ty Bowen, seconded by McCabe and carried unanimously that the Wichita Construction com pany be awarded a contract for furni shing 600 sacks of lola Kansas Portland Cement at $l05 per sack with 10 cents rebate for each empty sack returned. Sacks to be delivered at Bisbee, Arizona; also steel for the bridge. ss advertised, for s395.u0, the cement and stel to be shipped b. June Ist. The check for S50J00, en- closed with bid to be retained in lieu of bond for performance of the con- tract.
The state herald., 1907-04-12
Child Turning Purpl,

Mary Eishotz. thrco years old Of
New York, Is turning purple. The
doctor faya she IL suffering with a dis.
ease known Hs purpua hemnrrhaglcn
Tie chlld6 mother nrst noticed the
changing color three weeks ago. while
bathing the Elrl she detected small
purple spots On various parts OF tho
body Alarmed, she applied home
remedies but the spots continued to
spread The chlld'n body presents tho
appearance u being tattooed Almost
tho entire body 10 covered. with the
exception Of the faeo. which thus far
has not been affected While most Of
th1 time tho blulChes are Of a mellow
purple. they occasionally change TO a
deep plum color Or dun rcd Some
bitches are 40 large as a penny. 9th.
or arc no larger than a pinhrad. The
di5easo iu probably caused BY a rhcu.
matte germ
The state herald., 1907-04-12
DESCRIBES WARsHlp OF FUTURE.
English Naval Expert Says Steam
Boiler and Tunnels Must Go.

London.-The battleship of the fu.
ture is to be strangely weird looking
craft II the designs which have been
worked out prove practicable The in
stitution of naval architects recently
held a conference in London, and one
OF the most important papers was one
which dealt with THE Influence of
Machinery on the Gun Power of the
Modern Warship."
This showed that If large number
of guns are to be effectively mounted
they must all be placed so as to fire
on either broadSide. In the Dread
nought out of ten 12.inch guns only
eight fire on either broadside To en-
able all ten TO fire with the utmost eff
feet 1t was shown the the tunnels must
be abolished and also all deck erec.
tions. But II tunnels are to be elimin.
ated steam can no longer be used and
the boiler must go.
The great firm OF Vickers has faced
this fact and after three years of al
most continuous research work has
perfected system of gas machinery
for propelling ship.
An explosive engine, In word. is
to displace the steam engine The de
sign for such vessel has been work.
ed out She has no tunnels and is
thus an extraordinary looking craft.
Her speed will be higher than that
of any existing battle ship Her di.
mensions are moderate, but she car
ries batteries more powerful than even
the Dreadnought, since all of its ten
guns can fire on either beam, and
six alead or astern. This is to be the
ship OF the future
The state herald., 1907-04-12
PROPHET PREDICTS OWN DEATH.
Was Father Of Seer. Who Improves on
Parent In Foreeasting Business.

weIlsyille, o.-w. s. Grimn died
here. Three weeks ago at a gathering
in celebration Of his seyenty-dith
birthday. he announced that he had
not long To live aud that he would not
complete his seventy sixth year. lie
was then In apparently good health.
a few days later he was taken M and
the decline WAS rapid
Mr. Griffin was not only a prophet.
but the father OF a prophet. His son.
John l.. Grinln. has achieved much
local nolorlcty as seer lie claims
to have predicted the japanese. Rus.
sian war, tho Martinique and the San
Francisco disasters and other mcmor.
able events long before they occurred.
He is the author Of book entitled. "A
Journey Through Heaven and Hell. A"
dealing with miraculous visions he
Ind In his boyhood of great events.
some Of which are nov past and some
10 come.
llo versatile genius Besides
being an author be lH an expert con,
t0rtiunist and has worked as coal
miner ftorplciack painter and pa.
per hanger
The state herald., 1907-04-12

the conditions tho writer saw in n
mill town In northern Wisconsin The
local paper carried practically no local
advertising when the size Of the town
was considered and the stores OF the
town were but small affairs. In talk
inE TO one Of the merchants he com
plalnod that more than $4,000 was
sent from that community TO tho Chi.
cAgo mail,ofdcr houses each month
THAT is easily twice the amount that
Is spent In an M. stores In this town
put together each month be explain,
ed Merchandising don't pay In such
place aH this"
A few hours later tho writer was
talking with the publisher Of the local
paper, and the conversation turned 10
local advertising. or rather tho lack
Of Il.
Il was very much tempted 10 accept
proposition which / received from
one Of tho Chicago mallorder houses
few days aEo, said the publisher
Il sull have the proposition hero on
my desk hoy onrf mo a cash con.
tract at my regular display rates for
600 inches. t1 bn used during the
year and in addition 10 the cash ad
yoftinlng they afirF mo a small com.
mission on all the new business 80
cured In this county during the life
Of tho contract They say their bust
ness In this county during Tho last -
months was approximately $4,000 per
month. and would secure a small
pcfeenlag. on all business done over
this amount during the next ~
months"
Have you shown that proposition
10 the merchants ot this town1"
asked
u have. 4 Il didnt move them"
he replied "Thsy ulmply say II don't
nay 10 advertise Nauld jump A.
Tho nnaf n n waro not Tor the fact
that cannot brinz myself 10 The point
NJ doing that whieh ! knpw Will help
"a kll this community @" 90
There WAS an Illustration oi mail.
order methods The vide awake mail
order man ptuposed 10 reap golden
harvus, from the neld tho fsfy,much
aslesp lgrsl merchant would not oul
ursta
The state herald., 1907-04-12
ken Darn Floor Clean.

As warm weather comes on be- care.
ful TO keep the barn floor clean. In
tho winter time when tho manure IL
likely 10 freeE" hard, there II some
excuse for not keeping the stable floor
absolutely clean. but II IL very bad
TO have huge pile under the horses
hind feet which enmpela him tn stand
In IN unnatural position Then all
soft fottlng manure gives on such
strunR fumes of ammonia that the
horses eyes are ofcntlmru serious.
" injured. as well ~ the genera,
health,
The state herald., 1907-04-12
HOLE IN HEAD RESTORES SPEECH
BLOW Causes Man to Los, Tongue
rrsphininu Cures Him.

New York-Aftcr suffering from a
strange afiiiction for thrre months.
which prevented him from speaking.
Frank lliotlrin. 81 years old. loft Belle.
yuo hospital the other night complete.
~ cured
loifioln was struck on the head last
winter with a blackjack by negro
who tried To rub him. A few days later
irlflrin began 10 lose the power OF
speech A. bellevue hospital the X
ray showed that iirirlrih'H skull had
been fractured, causing pressure on
tho portion Bt tho brain which con
trnilcd the vocal organs An opera.
ton was performed and small piece
u the skull removed when Boiflain
recovered from the effects " the an
aesthetic II was found that be could
speak
The state herald., 1907-04-12
GIRLS WORK BIG LAND DEAL.
Raise s75o,ooo to Finance Purchase Of
100000 Acres in Mexico.

st. Joseph. Mo-The biggest land
zeal ever made by two Missourians
has Just been completed by two very
brainy and ambitious young women.
Misses Helen Kimber and Nellie How
ard, who have become sole owners Of
100000 acres of grazing. mineral and
agricultural land In northern Mexico.
The sum paid FOR this land is $3.50.
COO, or a little more than 80 cents
an acre. The money was raised from
Missouri banks and trust companies
and personal friends OF the young
women, who have implicit confidence
in their ability, Judgment and ulu.
mate success In converting the vast
tracts into profitable gains.
Attention was FIRST called TO their
extensive operations in western Kan
sas and Colorado lands three years
ago, They came 10 St. Joseph from
Cottonwood Falls poor in purse. but
exceedingly ambitious and nctlye. as
agents for a western railway In dis
posing of tracts secured direct from
the government generation or more
ago IN grants.
Ports Labas ana Libortad on the
Gulf Of California. and n strip 81
miles long touching Arizona. are in.
cluded In the purchase.
The state herald., 1907-04-12
onI, n,lI,Y,.

No not ioNnrast II dirtlrulti., srr.
round you In your heavenly life They
may be pupoaely placed there by God
To train and discipline you Tor higher
Developments Of ialih n hs calls you
TO 'tolllng Ia rowing" Il may bs 20
make jou the better seaman. and 10
lead you to holior trust IN Him who
has the vessel and lts dentlnios In
hand, and who amid gathering clouds
and datkened horizon. aud crested bli,
loss, ever mufmufs the mild fsbuke
10 our mlssiylnss said not unto
thee that II thou wouldst believe, thou
shuuldst see the glofy Of Cod dr'-asr.
John u MarduF
The state herald., 1907-04-12
HONEST MEDICINE
TRY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR STOMACH TROUBLE.
Convincing Evidence Supported by
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most SkepticaL.


DR.. Williams Pink Pills are a Doctors
prescription, used by an eminent prac-
titioner, and for nearly generation
known as reliable household remedy
throughout the United States. Need
less to say, no advertised medicine could
retain popular favor for so long u period
without having great merit and it is the
Invaluable curative properties of the pills
that have made them a standard remedy
in every civilized country in the world.
Added to this is the absolute guarantee
that the pills contain no harmful drug,
opiate, narcotic or stimulant A recent
evidence of their efficacy is found in the
statement of Mrs. N. b. Whitley, of
Boxley, Ark, who says:
II had suffered for good many years
from stomach trouble. For long time
l was subject to bad spells of faintness
and lack of breath accomplished by an
indescribable feeling that seemed to
start in my stomach. Whenever was
n little rundown or over-tired, these
spells would come on. They occurred
frequently but did not last very long.
Il was confined to my bed for ten
weeks one time and the doctor pro-
nOunced my trouble chronic inhamma-
ton of the stomach and bowels. Since
that time l have been subject to the
fainting spells and at other times to flut-
tering of the heart and feeling us
though l was smothering. My general
health was very bad and was weak and
trembling.
II had seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
mentioned in the newspapers and de-
cided to try them. When l began taking
the pills was so rundown in strength
that | could hardly do any housework.
Now could walk ten miles If necessary.
Both my husband and myself think DIR.
Williams Pink Pills the best medicine
made and we always recommend the
pills to our friends"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills actually make
new blood and give strength and tone to
every part of the body. They have
cured serious disorders of the blood and
nerves, such as rheumatism, sciatica,
anHmia, nervousness, headaches, partial
paralysis, locomotor ataxia, st. Vitus'
dance and many forms of weakness in
either sex. They are sold by all drug.
gists or will bo sent, postpaid. on receipt
of price, 30 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
The state herald., 1907-04-12
INACCURATE SEED TESTING.
What the termination May and May
Not Show.

1t is not at all certain that seed
the same amount of digostibility as
when sown in seed testing boxes or
between plates In the house and un.
der ideal conditions of warmth and
moisture. A great many experiments
have been made TO show what the
terminating power of various seeds is,
and 1t has been figured out that the
results would be the same in the field
as in the seed testers. It is inter
bsting, therefore. to note that a com.
parison Of results do not show the
same percentage OF seed terminating
under the two conditions.
In some comparative tests reported
81 samples of seed of oats and wheat
were tested in regular seed testers.
The lowest termination was 40 per
cent. and the highest 80 per cent. A
Hike number of samples Of the same
beed were planted In the open ground
ht the same time. the samples being
the same grain as those planted in
the testers. One OF the oat samples
per cent. when planted in the tester
gave only "a per cent OF termination
when planted in the open field. An
other lot gave in the tester n germi-
nation Of 81 per cent. yet when sown
IN the open field 1t gave only 13 per
tont. This was n most remarkable de
cline.
One OF the samples OF wheat seed
rave So per cent OF termination when
sown in the seed tester, but when
sown In the field gave only per cent
pf termination. The poorest sample
br field work gave 90 per cent OF ger
minstion when sown In the seed test.
er, but in the field gave only per
cent. Of termination. This illustrates
the fact that something besides ger.
nination tests need be looked for
ehen figuring on what seed will do.
Conditions In the field are much hard.
or than In terminating plate.
An investigation OF this seed show.
ed that Il had been produced under
bad conditions and probably lacked
vitality, Il had been injuriously af.
Iectcd by carly fall frosts. Most OF
Il had enough vitality to enable il
10 sprout under the perfectly favor.
able conditions found in a sproutlng
tray, but had not enough vitality 20
enable II TO sprout when buried in tho
ground where the moisture supply
would be too great or too little. tho
temperature too high or too low, and
whore the air would not have free
access 10 tho grain
The termination tests may ntill be
esonsidcred valuable, snya Farmers'
Review, but they are by no means
ronoluaiye. 80 long aa they are con
Quoted under ideal conditions II la
pnly rare that conditions In the open
Sround are ideal for the termination
OF seed,
The state herald., 1907-04-12
ROAD TO SUCCESS
PUBLICITY is THE MAiL.oREER
MANS GREAT WEAPON.
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE
Eight Fire with Fire" and the DOL
lars Now Going cityward viii
Stay In tho Home Community.

The merchant who would wage sue
cessful warfare against mail-order
competition should study mail-order
methods. The same tactics that takes
the dollar out of the community will
keep II at home.
And what are mail.order methods?
The keynote OF It all may be found
in the one word-publiclty. The mail
order house adyertises. II does not
advertise better goods at less money
than the home merchant gives but It
adyertises persistently. 1t puts its
proposition before the public constant
ly 1t recognizes no duh season in its
campaign for publicity. 1t never lets
up.
At a gathering in Iowa some time
ago mail-order man explained some
Of the system followed In the cam
palgn OF publicity. According to this
explanation the mail-order house seeks
the line OF least resistance in its
search for business. Whenever they
can find a town in which the mer-
chants are not active advertisers they
food that community with their liter
ature. When they find a town in
which the furniture dealer, for exam
pie, is afraid to use printers ink they
pay particular attention TO the subject
OF furniture. They are searching for
the weakest link in the chain of home
defenses.
Something OF this is explained by
The state herald., 1907-04-12
sIlso, Good for Horse.

silaRe In not generally recommend
cd for extensive use ~ horse feed
but nevertheless a few pounds or I,
will often be found beneficial. eHpe
clally for the brood mare The reason
II has not been recommended more
frequently II because II IL bulky and
the horse IN meant 10 live chiefly on
concentrated feed, his digestive tract
being comparatively small, bat a
small amount NJ silaEs once a day
Will be- Of value. II for no other reason
than for the Hucculeuce II will add to
the ration,
The state herald., 1907-04-12
Does 1t pay to ndyertlse, ,

Does IT. pay to advertise?
The more than 5000, ,OO0,0 900 that finds
It's way to the Chicago mail.order
houses each year is garnered by q
campaign OF advertising. You, Mr..
Local Merchant, claim, and rightly,
that You can sell the same goods for
the same, or less money, than the
mail,order houses offer, but at the
same time you complain because the
mail-order man gets the business.
Why do they get It? Because they
advertise.
They not only advertise, but they
advertise in your field, and they ad-
vertlse in your field because you do
not, They select towns. or special
lines where they do not have to meet
the competition that is offered by To-
cal advertising, and they make adyer-
tising pay.
We want the people to trade at
home; We want them to build up the
home community; we want to see the
dollars kept in circulation hero that
one and all of tho local people may
prosper We do not want TO see the
fortunes of the city mail-order nan
built at the expense of the local com
munity but we know absolutely the
value Of publicity, and We know the
mailorder houses will capture the dol
lars II the local merchants will not
fight FIRE with fire; will not show the
public what they can buy and at what
price.
Let us go back to this northern
Wisconsin town and see what oppor-
tunities the merchants there were sac
Tificing. II was mill town, and in
no way an agricultural community.
There we're not 20 farms within a ra-
dius Of as many miles. The industry
was lumber, and the money TO run the
mills came from the city. The nearly
1000 employees were paid in city
money and with a little effort on the
part OF the merchants in that town
this money might have been KEEP. in
the town. 1t might have been made
to build permanent prosperity. Aut
The state herald., 1907-04-12
FARM NOTES.

DO you ilft or do you lcan7
1t is comfortable to lean upon a
fat fob
Two family neods-good bread and
good breeding,
Don't Try 90 grind alfalfa meal
with low power.
Yes. without doubt the lime and
sulphur wash II a good funRicido.
Don't stop for long stories nr yet for
short tales when the trees In your or.
chArd arc covered with scales.
n the spring n late and wet many
.irmer will be- tempted 10 30 into
his fields and plow before the land IL
In proper condition. hut plowing that
merely turns u wet slice Of soil upside
down IL a damage TO the land.
The state herald., 1907-04-12
MIt,l-s. rhnn, . nns..,.-

berlin Count Arco In hla wireless
telephone experiments has succeeded
n obtaining distinct exchanges ai
words In a lulefablY natural yoita NJ a
distance ui tsu miles BY using poles
30 feot high Count Afco docs not 70.
gard hia discoveries ~ commercially
practicable A. present though he hopes
eventually 10 construct an apparatus
that will take tho place ~ wires IN
cities and perhaps IN suburban lis.
tries
The state herald., 1907-04-12
Have the Weight Near the Wheels.

can be drawn along by man, while
a boy steadies the handle to keep the
wire from unwinding too rapidly and
hnklng. For winding up wire that is
IS taken off Of a fence, the machine
can either be pushed or pulled, going
just fast enough to keep up with the
wire as it is being wound on the reel.
A little rack like this, says The Far.
mer, would be of considerable value to
any one who has any amount of barb.
wire fencing to wind.