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Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
HE LONG ROAD RACE
 FOR REPUBLICAN CUP
The Entrance. Fee of the Contestants To Be Posted Today.

Los Angeles, Oct. 3.-A four hun dred and fifty mile road race from Los Angeles to Phoenix has been announc- ed for November 3. Representatives of three cars have already expressed an intention of entering and a 5000 entrance fee for each will be posted tomorrow
 The race is so scheduled tlat it will be finished at the time of the terri tOrial fair at Phoenix and the finish ing point to be at the Arizona Repub- lican building where the winner will be presented with a large silver cup. offered by The Republican. The de- tails of the race are yet to be decid- ed. The route will probably be by the way of Beaumont. Palm Springs. Indio, Mecca and thence across a long strip Of desert to Ehrenburg. where the Colorado river Will be crossed.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
HITCHCOCK DETAINED.
The Matter Of Raising Money Still
 Engages His Attention.

New York, Oct. 3-Chairman Hitch cock postponed his departure to Chi cago until next Tuesday. It is under stood that the cause of Mir. Hitch cocks detention here is the continua- tion of the plan of obtaining money from various state managers for the national campaign.
 He was asked if he had received any reports from Illinois that that state was in doubt He said there was local disaffection here and there in Illinois. but that there was no reason why It should affect the national ticket
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
MAY HOLD THAW.
The Sheriff and Charge Sustained By
 Federal Court.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 3.-Judge Arch bold in federal court this afternoon decided that Sheriff Charles Lane, of Westchester county, New York was not ir contempt. not having delivered Harry K Thaw to the keeping of the United States marshal to be taken to Pittsburg to answer in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
BATTLE WITH MORO OUTLAWS

Manila, Oct. 3-A beiated report has been received from the Island of In danao of battle between scouts and outlaw Moros with a dozen casualties. Outpost scouts were waylaid on the Keithley road by fifteen Moros. At the first onslaught one scout was killed and two wounded The company raI- lied, however. driving off the Moros, killing and wounding several
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE.

New York, Oct 3.-A man was killed and a woman probably fatally hurt in an automobile collision to- day. The dead man is Edward Ryan and the injured woman, Miss Jose phine Wagner. They were struck by big touring car while on their way home from an entertainment
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
METALS.

New York, Oct. 3-The metal mar kets were quiet in the absence of ca bles. Tin was $29.37I.G29. cop per was dull, lake $1337ia d13.62 F, electrolytic S1S121a G13.37lz. casting $12S71s@
 Lead was easy at $4421aa4471a.
 Shelter was dull at s4.721A @4775a.
 Iron was quiet and unchanged.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04

6. cows and heifers s175@5.GO, calves $6.25@S.5O, stockers and feeders $2.7O d4S5.
 Sheep receipts were 1000; market steady Natives S2.4O@435, westerns $2.5O@435, yearlings $4.35d490, lambs $3.75G6, western lambs $3.7566.10.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04

that the head of the republican pub licity bureau. and member of the ex- ecutiye committee of the national committee had through the editorial columns of the paper published by him severely criticised one of the pluaks of the platform on which Taft is running.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
STOCKS.

New York. Oct 3-Amalgamated Copper 76I4, Smelling sS. Atchison SSA. St. Paul 1874, New York Cen tral 1041s, Pennsylvania 1231s. Read ing 1928, Southern Pacific 1O5A. Un- ion Pacific 16f7s, steel 45%, Steel pfd. 10915.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
ASHORE ON MUD FLATS.

Tillamook, oct. 3.-The steam schooner Bandon, Capt. Ross, was wrecked at Mud Flats Tillamook Bay. She attempted to cross out last night with load of lumber, and drifted on to the flats.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
CHOLERA VANISHING.

St. Petersburg. Oct. 3.-Cholera con- tinues to decrease. The reports at noon today for A hours shows 164 cases. and S4 patients. 996 patients discharged
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
The Records for Crowds and Enthusiasm
 Broken In Kansas
The Candidate Gave the Farmers Figures Showing the Difference, In Dollars and Ceuts, Between the Two Parties Policies.

were shattered today by Jas. $. Sher- man and Congressman Longworth, who travelled through the country making speeches. In his address here tonight, MT. sherman replied to Mir Bryan's question, Shall the people rule?"
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
CATTLE AND SHEEP.

Chcago Oct. Seattle receipts were 600; market steady. Reeves $3.75@ 51O. Texans $3.5O@ ,, westerns $5-3OQ
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
WEATHER TODAY.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Weather fore cast for Arizona: Fair and warmer Sunday and Monday.
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
MR. sHERMAM,s TouR.

Evansville, Ind, Oct. 3.-Long dis tance speaking records from stumps
Arizona republican., 1908-10-04
FOR SALE.

Twenty acres of alfalfa, three mi from postoffice.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

is right now, Watson is fool. One
or the other is a fool or a knave.
Mr.. Editor, [ wish you would ex-
plain wherein their political ideas are
the same. If they are the same, Tom
Watson is a mighty bad man. Why,
he denounces Bryan and his politics
to the lowest degree, Why he has got
me to believe that Bryan had gone
to the gold standard, national bank,
asset currency, protective tariff, and
was arm in arm with Belmont, Ryan,
gambling Tom Taggart, Wall Street
& Go. Watson also says Bryan is ca
tering for the negro vote, dining the
negroes on fried chicken at his home,
and that he said he could not vote
for an ex-Confederate soldier. Shame,
shame, Tom, if these charges are not
true. If I was Bryan I would not
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10

stand any such charges, if they are
not true. If Mr.. Bryan does not clear
himself, the people will believe Wat
son. Now if it is true that Mr.. Bry-
an dined the negroes on fried chick
en-, get up your chickens, ladies, Mr..
Bryan wants them for campaign
funds. They go to a premium.
Mr.. Editor, you say that Watson
ought to turn his strength to Bryan.
Why not Bryan for Watson9 You
know that Watson is far superior in
every respect as staunch Democrat,
statesman and lawyer. Watson is
stronger in the North and Northwest
than Bryan. IF Watson withdrew
and turned to Bryan, all his follow
ers would forsake him, and Bryan,
too, forever. They voted for Bryan
and got showed, and he has now left
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10

the principles they voted for then,
and their principles are the same now.
Watson s chance with Bryan's help
is better than Bryan's chance with
Watson's help. I believe that the
Democrats would swing to Watson;
but l know the Populists are not GO
ing to swing to Bryan. They would
stay at home if he was the only
chance. They class him as a wavering
man. A wavering man is like the
waves Of the sea-goes with the wind
and is tossed. A double minded man
is unstable in all his ways James,
first chapter).
Mr.. Editor, any comment agreeable
you may make.
Yours truly,
r. III. WEIR, Sr.
The Reporter-Index, Hickory, Miss
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10
GOES AFTER EDITOR AND
BRYAN.
Wickware, Miss.

Wickware, Miss.
Editor ReporterIndex:
Sir, I am very much surprised to
see you say that Bryan's Watson s
and Hearst s political ideas are the
same. Are their platforms the same?
If not, why not? Is Watson trying
to fool the people? In 1896 Bryan
did run on Watson s platform, but it
was not his idea. His idea then was
as it is now, to get in. He then
stumped the states for free coinage
at 16 to l, and took every vestage OF
the reform suit Watson still wears
Bryan now denounces every princl-
pie he then advocated. Was he right
then7 If so, is he right now? If he
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-10

said Miss Page.
"No," said the man, speaking de-
liberately. ~ have a great deal Of
time away from the box-office, ana
help my brother in his store. I earn
altogether twenty-five dollars week,
and I don't spend half of it. I have
over three thousand dollars in the
bank. You have been very friendly
to me, Miss Page, all summer"
Miss Page started at the sound of
her own name. She had never told
the man her name, and wondered how
he could have found it out.
IT had never thought before about
making a change in my life, perhaps
because I have always been too busy
to think Of it. But your friendliness
made me think there might be some
thing better. I wish you would mar
ny me-"
The man had been looking into his
hat as he spoke, but now he looked
straight at Miss Page with his dull
brown eyes. If Miss Page had met
his glance, she might have seen a
light of eagerness smouldering be-
meath their dizziness.
Miss Page was red and uncomfort-
able. She was more than forty years
old, but she had never had a proposal
before. Now the knowledge that she
had aroused the long dormant senti-
ment of the man filed her with pain
and shame. His sober pride and faith
in his meager finances touched her
deeply.
q [ am very sorry" she stammefed,
closing her parasol with a jerk. ''But
you don't know anything about my
circumstances. It is impossible-but
it was very good of you to ask me, !"
she added, in a tone Of great pity.
Muff gave three loud, short banks
in disapproval Of the man, and Miss
Page gathered the little gray heap in
to her arms
II thought there was scarcely any
use in speaking" said the man. "But
thought I'd try" He put on his
hat, and limped along by the garden
palings.
Miss Page, with Muff under one
arm and her parasol trailing behind
her, walked sadly toward the penny
bridge. There was another toll-man
there now, but Miss Page was not
friendly to him.
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cbe Jsffersonian
THE TOLL-TAKER: By Alvin Msst
75be Jeffersonian

liking at once. There was no stiff
ness about Miss Pages intercourse
with her fellow beings.
She passed over the bridge for a
sixth and last time that day on her
way back to her boarding place. AS
she stepped upon the bridge, she took
a fve-cent piece from her purse, and
laid it down upon the window ledge
Of the sentry-box. She had been in
the habit Of saving pennies in one
corner of her purse on purpose to pay
her toll. But this morning the idea
came to her that if she got change,
she might gain time for remark.
"Still money-gathering, eh?" she
said, with a pleasant glance through
her spectacles. "You are the greed
lest man I know"
The man said nothing, but pushed
toward Miss Page one Of the little
piles of four pennies which he had in
readiness. But Miss Page thought
that she detected the glimmer of
smile under the dropping moustache.
After that, Miss Page never paid
her toll without giving a friendly
word to the man at the same time.
He did not resent her friendliness,
but seldom offered a word in return.
Miss Page was an excellent walker.
She made at least one trip over the
bridge every day, Usually she made
several trips. One morning she car
ried tiny gray terrier on her arm.
"You don't tax dogs, do you?" she
asked. Eff you do, I'll pay Muff's
toll for him. I call him Muf, be-
cause he is more like muff than any
thing.''
Ono, there is no charge for dogs"
said the man, looking at Muff with
his expressionless glance.
"He is a present from an old lady
who was staying at the house, but
who has gone home now," explained
Miss Page. She might have explained
further that she had nursed the old
lady through an illness, and that Muff
had come to her in the form Of
thanks.
About a week afterward, as Miss
Page was taking her toll from her
purse and preparing to remark about
the pleasantness of the weather, the
man said, elbow is Muff this morn
ing?"
Miss Page gave a start of surprise.
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1t was the first time he had ever
made remark of his own accord.
"Well, you do notice things" she
said, caressing the little gray bundle
under her arm. "Muff was sick last
night. I think I give him too much to
eat I must learn how to treat him
well without hurting him.
Miss Page walked away smiling to
herself, and glad to think that she had
awakened a human interest in the
machine-like man.
After this, it was usually the man
who made the remark about the
weather. Miss Page was left to in
vent responses.
One morning in September, when
most Of the city people had left the
place, Miss Page, with her parasol
raised, and with Muff on the end Of
a chain, was walking under the ma
piles when she saw a man coming to-
ward her, limping painfully. Miss
Page was just passing the man, when
he took off his hat and said, Good
morning." Then she recognized him
as the toll-taker. She had never
seen him before, except in his shirt
sleeves, behind the little grated win
dow, and she had not known that he
was lame, A feeling of pity came up
on her first, and then a feeling Of in
security, as if a Gagged animal had es-
capped from the menagerie and con-
fronted her on the road. She did not
find it so easy to deal with her toll
taker, now that he was walking,
free man.
elbow is it you are not taking
toll?" she asked with shade Of anx-
iety in her voice.
ooh, that was only my summer
job" He leaned up against the pal
ings of a garden fence, and Muff
shifted suspiciously at his lame leg.
There were red dahlias growing
near the fence. Miss Page took one
between her thumb and finger, and
smelled it absent-mindedly She
knew there was no perfume in the
flower.
" lam going back to the city to-
night" continued the man, still hold
ing his hat in his hand. 81 sell seats
in the box-office Of one of the theatres
during the winter. The season opens
tomorrow"
cit must be very combining work, "
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PAGE SIX.
4 AUn i w.

Miss Page was crossing the penny
bridge for the fifth time that morn
ing, when it suddenly struck her that
the toll-taker must be very lonely all
by himself in his little sentry-box.
The morning was bright and sunny.
The road which ran along the lake
side was crowded with carriages,
pony-carts, and horseback riders. La
dies in light summer dresses were
walking under the maple trees beside
the road There was a pleasant
splash of oars in the water as the
boats passed under the bridge, and
the talk and laughter Of the rowers
came ripping over the lake. But it
occurred to Miss Page as, she walked
across the bridge for the fifth time,
that the beauty of the morning and
the gayety of the scene we're not for
the toll-man. So, at the end of the
bridge, as she laid her penny down on
the window-ledge, she tilted her
white parasol to one side, and said,
"You must be very lonesome here all
by yourself"
The man in the sentry-box was In
his shirt sleeves. He had dull brown
eyes and a black mustache with
dropping ends. He gave Miss Page
an expressionless glance, and ans
wered, "There are people passing all
the time
"But nobody . began Miss Page,
and then stepped aside for two young
girls to pay their toll.
"But nobody speaks to you," said
Miss Page.
"They've no need to-" said the
man sententiously. "They'd only
block the way"
Miss Page felt that this was true,
for butcher-boy had come up behind
her, and was pushing his basket
against her.
AS Miss Page walked along the up
hill path under the naples, she
thought to herself, "Poor man! [
really must be pleasant to him. |
wonder I never thought of it before.
He looks as though he had no inter
est in life. f"
Miss Page was an old maid, and
frankly called herself one. At her
summer boarding house she was pop
ular on account of her friendly dis
position. She had way of speak
ing to people without waiting for an
introduction, and of winning their
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11

acreage would require more water
 than the Glendale loess. Had there
 been an abundance of water the
 Phoenix growers would have done
 pretty well anyhow though they
 would not have made quite so high
 grade of cantaloupes by an overplus
 of surface water as though the mols-
 ture came from the ground. Canta-
 loupes 1t appears do not require an
 excessive amount of water if the soil
 is properly fitted to their culture for the surface irrigation during the ripening detracts from the sugaring and netting of the fruit, though if
 there is a lack of moisture in the
 ground the next best thing is to have some on the surface. Had the Phoe-
 nix cants been more thoroughly till
 ed more moisture would have been retained in the ground.
 The quality of the Glendale can
 taloupes, says Mir. Woolfolk, is the best he ever saw. The melons are large, nearly all of standard size. The Glendale farmers do not raise ponies. Moreover they are of thick
 meat with "a small seed cavity and as sweet as cantaloupe well could | be-
 | In his visit to the Ingleside orange grove Mir. Woolfolk took special in terest in an experiment being con ducted by the management in the growing of Valencia oranges. These have heretofore been picked in the early spring or as soon as the nav els were out of the way. This year the Valencias that might have been gathered last spring are still on the trees and If everything goes as well as 1t now seems to be doing, they will probably stay there some time yet and be gathered for the pre- Thanksgiving market. In the mean time the present seasons crop is coming along nicely The idea of carrying two crops on the same trees at the same time is rather a novel one and as mentioned above is eX- perimental but seems thus far to be success. The mature oranges seem to hang as firmly as they did six months ago and are still very hard | to pull off. There is an offer of $3.50 a box for them now any time i the management wants to ship but so far it has not been accepted. There are two particular seasons in the year when the market is most attractive. One is just as the Cali fornia navels begin to decline and before the California Valencias are fully matured. The Phoenix Valen- cias are a little earlier and can then claim recognition. The other is in the early fall after the California Valencias are out of the market and just before the Phoenix navels are ready. It is this season especially for which the Ingleside Valencias are being held this year, and there is every reason to believe they will command as fancy figures as the navels do a little later.
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11

ley, Colorado, and Tennessee. From the above it may be easily under stood that Mr. Woolfolk knows some thing about produce and at one time or another has travelled through a good deal of agricultural country. He .came to Phoenix the latter part of last week intending to stay but a day or so. He is yet here and don't know just when he will leave. He is merely on d tour of inspection Ito see the sections of the country from which the firm Is moving the crop that he may have a better per sonal Knowledge of the conditions.
 It is therefore no slight compli- ment when Mir Woolfolk says as he did to a reporter for The Repub- lican last night, that he had never seen so large an area of agricultural land so perfectly located as this val ley He said further that in the vi cinity of Glendale is the finest land for market gardening and farming that he had ever seen. Other land has equally as good water supply and other land is perhaps equally as fertile but in the soil known as Glen dale loess there is the highest pro- portion of fertility. coupled with a capability for holding the moisture. that he has never observed else where.
 He has been all over the north side in an automobile with President Belt Fine of the Phoenix Cantaloupe as sociation and President Foss of the Glendale association, visiting not only the cantaloupe lands but the orange orchards and intervening farming country. His judgment of the soil for garden purposes is based largely on the results of the cantaloupe crops. The Glendale people only had water once in twelve days while some of the lower canals had water every six days and the Glendale canta- loupe acreage is incomparably bet ter than the acreage in the Phoenix association. This is due to the two facts that the Glendale loess con serves the moisture below, where it is needed and the Glendale farmers fearing they were going to be short of water, did more cultivating to make up for it's scarcity. It was the cultivating that helped amazingly, for the same amount of moisture will do a great deal more good if the ground is kept thoroughly broken up.
 This was not always the case and an instance is q patch on Dr. Foss' land at Glendale which is returning only a mediocre crop for the reason that it was not cultivated enough, even though the doctor a few weeks ago had the best appearing field in the whole association. The stand was practically perfect but the culti- vation was neglected and the crop shortened and dried out much more than that of some of his neighbors. The doctor realizes this, however, and says it is no fault of the land.
 The Phoenix association acreage suffered a great edla aslo KThanS suffered a great deal also for lack of cultivation. Had the ground been properly titled the water shortage would not have been near so disas- trous, though it is likely the Phoenix
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11
VALLEY FARM LANDS
 THE BEST ON EARTH
Some Observations of Visitor Who Ought to Be Considered a Compe- tent Judge.

F. B Woolfolk of the firm of Crutchfield and Woolfoik, PittsbWg commission merchants, has finlshed an automobile tour of che north side and yesterday paid Tempe a visit. He is one of the most enthusiastic visitors the valley has had for a long time and is most sanguine of It's future greatness.
 Messrs. Crutchfield and Woolfolk are handling the cantaloupe output of the Tempe, Phoenix and Glendale associations, and are the largest shippers of cantaloupes in the coun- try That however is only one line and they have a good many in the changing seasons. They shipped about 400 carloads of oranges from Florida last season and are now in the midst of the Florida pineapple crop which will possibly aggregate 500 carloads. The Florida canta- loupes were gone long ago. In sea son also they handle a large part of the Georgia peach crop as well as Georgia cantaloupes. The order of the cantaloupe crops in the country is as follows: Florida. Georgia, I'm perial country, Yuma, Salt River val
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11
SANTA FEE TIME TABLE.

 "The Diamond Jo". All Main line local points Phoenix to Ash Fork, Los Angeles, San Francisco and all other points west. Leaves daily at. >...2:15 a. m. ''The Daylight Express. All Main line local points and all points east of Ash Fork.
 Leaves daily EXCEPT SATURDAYS at % a. m. "The Coast Limited. Through Pullman Sleeper to Los Angeles, connect ing with California Limit ed Train No. 3 at Ash Fork.
 Leaves EVERY SATUR- DAY at .4:30 p. m. Trains arrive from Ash Fork at 1:45 a. m. DAILY and 4:10 p. m. daily.
 No trains on branch line to Parker on Sundays.
 Tri-weekly service from Prescott to Crown King and Poland. Call Main 10S for further information.
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS.

The following transcripts of the rec ords ef the offices of the district clerk. theprobate court and the county re- corder are furnished by the Arizona Abstract tS Title Company.
 The records for yesterday were:
 RECORDERS OFFICE.
 A. E. Cobb and wife tO John Bag giore. deed to lot 9. block f, Linville Addition
 s. O. Furrey to Fred F. George. deed to s. E. 1-4 N. F. IA and N. F. 1-4 $. F 1-4 1S-2N-2E.
 Fred F. George and wife to Neil McEwen, deed to part section 1S-2N -2E
Arizona republican., 1908-07-11
THE WEATHER.
Local Daily Weather Report for the
 Arizona Republican.

Forecast for today: Local showers. Data for 24 hours ending 5:30 p. m. vesterdaV:
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A SUIT FOR MILLIONS.

Vancouver. July 10.-Two years of legal contest between Mclean Broth- CTS. contractors of this and the Yukon government over the validity of a lease on five miles of Dominion creek. end ed in victory for the local firm. The government will have to pay the costs of the long fought suit. The property is worth several millions.