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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

he began selling more huoses and
stree he returned a fev davs ago hc
has sold the rest of them, cleaning up
the slate for a new deal
Mr.. Skinner believes that the lean
years are over. the good houses will
no longer so begging in this city, at
least not for years to>ccme. He has
squared up all his debts. got sOme
money left and proposes TO put il
back into brick and mortar He feels
lonesome any time he finds himself
in Phoenix without any houses of his
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06
REVIEW OF TRADE
BY RIG. DUN & GO.
Comment on the Events Of 1907 and
Hopeful Hint of Better Times Dur
ing the Present Year.

The Withdrawal OF 25.000,0 900 from
a few large trust companies. precipi-
tating a season Of boarding and send
ing currency to a premium at a time
when it was most needed throughout
the country is credited in @. r Dun &
COS annauI review Of trade. published
tomorrow, with having been one Of
the great factors in turning the year
1907 from it's promise of new records
in prosperity to a closing period of
financial disturbance that caused
many plans for future extensions of
business to be abandoned or post
poned.
The year 1897" saws the report
started under the auspices that seem
al bright beyond precedent and the
movement Of trade attained velocity
that constantly promised new records
of prosperity.
For almost ten months statistics of
production. bank exchanges, railway
earnings, and other measures Of COM
mercial activity compared favorably
with any previous year and in many
instances the total for the twelve
months was never eclipsed.
Normal Conditions in SIGHT.
Products Of the farm far surpassed
all earlier records. high prices more
than compromising for smaller crops
Of some cereals and cotton than in
banner Years.
Immigration and foreign commerce
both exceeded any previous year. gold
in the treasury rose to $3.50. 600. 600 and
the amount OF money in circulation
per capita became greater than ever
before. despite a correction in the
gold estimate Of Sf35. 100000 and an
Increase in population to over $780,
600
Conditions changed radically dur
ing the last ten weeks OF 1907. the
financial disturbance that started in
October unsettling confidence so com
pletelyf that currency commanded a
premium and plans for future extern
sions of business were abandoned or
postponed.
No accurate figures are q cailable
regarding the extent Of this movement
but it is estimated by well posted
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

look after his interests. and perhaps
acquire more>if he has a good oppor-
tunity
His plan now is to build a few more
houses. Just how many he does not
announce. but reserves the right to
build as many as he wants to. For Il
starter he only has seven in mind
and has taken out building permits for
two already and tesJn operations. one
of these he sold before the wall got
scaffold high so he finds himself IN
the act of building the house for an
other man. These houses are on North
second street. He has five more lots
on First and Fillmore streets and he
proposes to put a house on each one
of them as fast as he can get around
to it. These houses will each cost APP
prOximately $500 and will be modern
residence properties. good to sell or
rent.
1t was mentioned above that he got
tied up i'm a hard knot before he left
Phoenix. He has built a lot of hous-
es and finished them just about the
time the town was most quiet: before
the water conditions were settled and
before the steady influx of new resi-
dents which began couple of years
ago. There was a time his monthly
rental income was about $1,000. Then
there came a time when it was less
than 800 for there is no money i'm
vacant houses. Finally when Mr.
left here he had thirty-seven houses
on hand and a most magnificent debt
He had to unload at hard time prices
to keep his head above water and dis
posed of twenty-four of the houses at
loss. If he had been able to carry
them through the lean years he said
yesterday il would have left him $50,
00o better off than ne is today Then
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

bankers that the cash withdrawn from
New York banks alone amounted to
SIPS. 100000 and perhaps four times as
much throughout the country.
"InsOlVencies We're not unusually
numerous in 1907, despite some in
crease in the last quarter. but as the
year advanced there were more de-
faults of exceptional size. and liabi
lities in the fourth quarter exceeded
those of any three month period since
1893.
Ircn Production Curtaied.
Changes in the iron and steel in
dustry during 1907 were more striking
than elsewhere. particularly in re-
spect to the volume of production.
During the early part of the year
there was a gradual increase in cut
put. the weekly active capacity of
blast furnaces constantly establish
ing new records until the high point
was reached on July l. with n totai
of 52S.170 tons of pig iron per week
From this point moderate de-
crease occurred until toward the end
OF the year it was estimated that not
more than about 80 per cent of the
entire iron and steel capacity was in
operation.
Although in many cases the size
of crops in 1907 fell below some pre-
ceding years. high prices made the re-
turn to the farmer much larger than
ever before.
ITO some extent short crops in 9TH
er countries accounted for the high
prices. notably i'm the case of wheat.
for which foreignSrs We're willing to
pay more than 81 a bushel during the
closing months.
Not only did the high price fail to
check shipments abroad. but the re-
turns for November showed more than
10000, 600 bushels sent abroad. the
first time any monthly total was as
large i'm over five years.
Adding the value OF cotton, meats.
dairy products. poultry. eggs, and all
other items raised by the agricultur-
list. the years total attains the phe-
nomenal value of S7.4OO 600. 900
Dry Goods Exports Decrease.
Conflicting Influences united to
produce a year in the dry goods mark
ct which has been without precedent
for the volume Of business done. but
with disappointments that reduce the
average Of what might otherwise be
regarded as a most successful twelve
months.
Above md beyond all is the in
creased trading which marked the first
ten months Of the year. In the export
division the year was one Of decided
retrograde movement. The aggregate
Of exports falls far below that OF 1906.
which in turn. was smaller than the
record year of 1905.
Although hides broke to lower fig
ures than had been reached before in
about a decade. leather kept fairly
steady throughout most of the year.
The year has been characterized as Il
period of retrenchment in the shoe
trade. and prices have undergone a
readjustment from the top rates that
prevailed late in 1906"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

own to look at and play with His ad-
vice to people is TO build and he not
only gives the advice but sets the ex-
ample. lie has been in town five days.
got two houses under way already and
is arranging the preliminaries for five
more. That will average W about "a
house a day. Where are the rest o.
the live ones? Eligibility to the lis
will be granted anybody who builds
even one house a month Phoenix
needs houses and the way 10 get them
is to build them.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06
RED FEATHER.

Red Feather" the romantic comic
opera in two acts By Reginald De
Koven. with Iibretto b. Charles Klein.
of Music Master and Lion and The
Mouse" fame. and lyrics by Charles
Emerson Cook. viii be presented at
the Doris opera house. Tuesday Jan.
eth 1905.
The scenery. costumes and special
effects cost F1orenz Ziegfeld about
$4,000. therefore its splendor is un-
questioned Jos. N. Gates has fur
nished a strong company with The well
known orimma donna. Cheriddh Simp-
son At the head of 81. and a big and
attractive chorus behind her. The
tremendous vogue that the opera has
attained however is said to be- due. in
a large measure. to the musical score.
which j. IN NJ De >Koven's familiar
and most pleasing vein. The soprano
music is full of brilliant bits of melody
and evidently OF an ambitious char
acter Throughout the score there are
effective choruses. OF distinctly mus
zeal value, original tuneful, well or
chestrated and ingenious. Mr.. Klein
has told his stor.- well. The comic
element is YER inspiring and mirth
provoking Mr.. Cooks lyrics are clev-
er and graceful and said 10 blend nice
~ with their musical settings. The
story Of the opera has TO do with
mismanage. afrairs in the kingdom #
Romancia. where an unpopular crown
prince is depoSed by the Countess Won
Draga. as Rcr Feather, Chief Of a
band of conspirators. and Captain
Travors is elected To his place. The
piece IS divided into two acts. the
events Of The first taking place in the
streets % the town of Romancia and
those % tie second act, within the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06
WAY TO GET HOUSES
is 10 BUILD Them
One Mans Experience That May En-
courage Other People to Follow His
Example.

L. NJ. Skinner "a contractor who has
been very closely identified with this
city for many years but who has been
absent a great deal for the last two
or three years. returned three or four
days ago and has billed himself for
more or less continuous performance
for some time 10 come This billing"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06
MEETING PIONEER HOSE CO.

\ meeting of the Pioneer Hose COM
pany No. l viii be held Wednesday
evening at O'Clock sharp at the head
quarters of the fire department. The
regular order Of business will be
transacted.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-01-06

castle Of the Countess. Sear.s on sale
at BEGINNERS Drug Store, Jan. 9Th.
Prices $3.50. S1.oG, 75c. soc. Box seats
$500.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24
THE "FIXER" OF GOTHAM.

New York East Side Character Has .
Real Mission in Life.
0 will lot find him mentioned In
the city's charter nor on the pay roll
of Greater New York, but the east side
Is as important in his way as the po-
liceman who samples the wares Of the
pushcart peddler, or as the white-robed
street cleaner.
When aliens come to this country,
says the American Hebrew, and are
enlneshed in a mountain Of ordinances
and regulations it Is obvious that their
lapses from the straight path marked
out for the native must be viewed with
an eye of softened by kindness.
This eye Of kindness is the 'axer.'
He Is the man who rushes to the rescue
Of the unfortunate wight who has been
caught In the wheels of the law and
who needs a sponsor.
"Necessa rily the 'fxer' Is the init
nate friend Of the ward heller, Of the
district leader and necessarily Of the
judges Of the minor courts. He is nsu-
ally bluff, hearty, good-natured and
with a genuine love for his fellow
citizens.
when a pushcart peddler Is sud
denly made to realize that he Is vlolat-
ing the law by standing on one spot for
more than the regulation number of
minutes, and he is arrested by the po-
liceman who has been sampling his
beans or his fruit, it Is not a pleasant
situation in which he would ind him
self If he had no means Of communica-
ting with friends who are friends Of
the 'fxer.'
"It is the 'fxer' who sees the district
leader for him, who appears IN court to
say a good word for him, who sees the
judge before the case is called, and
who, If necessary, puts up the bail
to take him out Of Jail for the night.
ut must not be supposed that the
'ixer' is a ph~ilanthropist. He disdains
ethics and civic virtue as the fanatic
mounting Of the silk-stocking folk,
What he does is done for his own GOOD,
eff he does not receive his fee Ia
money he knows he may count upon tho
rescued individual for his vote, and n
vote is easily converted into monetary
value. AS the friend OF those III dis
tress he becomes an influence in the
neighborhood, and III army Of such
friends may lead to political prefer
ment of lasting Importance"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

pride was certain, sooner Or later, to
have a fall.
Old Miss Grange, who had 100000,
and who had always declared that she
loved dear Joanna Fox like a daugh-
ter, sent down word that she wasn't
very well, and couldn't see company.
DR.. Wentworth, In visiting whose
poor invalid daughters Parson Fox
had contracted the illness which car
ried him to his grave, was brusque
and short. The doctor was sorry for
Miss Joanna, Of course, but he didn't
know of any way In which he could
be useful. He understood that a fac
tory was to be opened In the neighbor-
hood soon. No doubt Miss Joanna
could get a place there; or there could
be nc objection to her going out to
domestic service. There was q great
deal Of false sentiment on this sub
ject, and he thought
But Joanna, without waiting for the
result of his cogitations, excused her
self. She would detain him NJ longer,
she said; and she went away, with
flaming cheeks and resolutely repress.
ed tears.
When she got home, she found one
Of the trustees Of the church await
ing her. He didn't wish to hurry her,
he said; but the new clergyman didn't
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

eyes the successful young writer was
always right.
So Joanna Fox and Miss Woodin,
dressed in black and closely yelled,
went to Foxville to attend the auction
sale.
Everybody was there. They didn't
have an auction sale at Foxville every
day in the week
Squire Barton was there, with a
vague idea of buying the old place for
a public entertainment center.
But Simon Lockedge was most deter
mined of all to have the old parsonage
for his own.
IT could FIX It up. said he to him.
self, 'and live there real comfortable.
It's in a very pretty spot, and I'm
bound to have 1t, especially since moth
er's investments have turned out bad
and we've got to sell the farm. Moth
Ing has gone right with us since I
broke of with the old parsons grand
daughter. 1t wasn't quite the squaro
thing to do, but there seemed no other
way But, let mother say what she
Will, It brought bad luck to u.s."
And the rustic crowd surged in and
out, and the auctioneer mounted to his
platform on an old kitchen table, and
the bidding began at E2OO, and ad-
vanced f7b, where it hung fire for
some time.
"Threel" said cautious simon Lock-
edge at last.
-Four hundred" uttered the voice
OF a quiet, yelled M In the +
Everyone stared In that direction.
faint worth that" said the squire
! n an undertone. "All run down
fences gone to nothing"
But Simon Lockedge wanted it very
much.
"Four-nfty,' said he, slowly and UNI
willingly.
Five hundred" spoke the soft voice
decidedly.
Five hundredl" bawsd the auction
eer. I'm offered f6OO for this very
desirable property. Five hundred
Ave hundred once-nve hundred twice
five hundred three times-and-
gonel What name, ma'am, IL you
!. p~lease7"
And the woman, throwing aside her
veil, answered calmly:
Joanna Foxp
!, The cid parsonage was rebuilt and
studded with bay windows and medic
t val porches. Laurels and rhododen-
i drons Were set out In the grounds !; the
! little brook was bridged over with rus
tic woodwork-and Joanna Fox and
Miss Woo3sn came there to live 10
modest comfort.
But Mrs. Lockedge and her son
Simon moved out of Foxville when the
mortgage On their old place was fore
} closed, and the place that had known
them once knew them no more.
n Mrs. Emmons said:
( "She's done real well, Joanna has. /
always knew there was something In
her."
And Mrs. Wentworth and the Misses
Barton tried desperately to become In
innate with the young ~authoress, but
to no avail.
For there Is nothing In all the wide
world 70 successful as success, and It
ts q fetish which has many worshiperA
Spare Moments.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

evils of these later years, inseparable from a rapid oe-
velopmept and an unbounded prosperity, wherein OFTEN
times the material has been exalted above the moral
w. +bo sniritna1. the United States may well be proud
Of American business and American citizenship
The spirit that, long hidden In the great heart OIL
man, struggled up through the colonial years. up through
the revolutionary years, up through the dreadful years
or civil strife. that is struggling up through these years
of mighty social and economic adjustments, the spirit
of the builders and defenders Of the republic In every
crisis-that spirit of the freeman IS SILL WIN 'e
American people, and will abide with them II they Will
realize and be true to the high privilege OF American
citizenship.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

ocnAsrsuces, has chosen IT. candidate
foe member Of the National Committee.
The election Of this committee 10 now
in order. 1t is put through quickly, as
a rule, and without a hitch. Then reso-
lutions Of various serts are passed.
The ticket Is named, the convention
passes into history and the battle for
power and patronage begins. The dis
trict delegate goes home. His towns
men r ,ngratulate him on his good work.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

want to live in such q ruinous old
place and 1t was their calculation, as
the parsonage was m~ortgaged much be-
yond its real value, to sell it and buy
a new house near the railway station,
with all the modern conveniences, for
the use Of the Reverend Silas Speak
well.
So Joanna, who could think of no re-
naming friend but her old -governess,
who had long g gone to London to
fight the great world for herself, went
there, too, and appealed to Miss woodin
in her extremity; and Miss woodin
cried over her, and kissed her and ca.
ressed her, like al old maiden aunt.
First on the typewriter, then pro-
noted to a desk in the fashion de-
partment Of a weekly Journal then, by
means Of a striking, original sketch,
slipped Into the letter-box Of the
Ladies weekly win lear and lrem-
bling to a place on the contributors
list; then gradually rising to the rank
of a spirited young novelist, untfl she
had her pretty fiat furnished like a
miniature palace, with Miss Woodln
and her typewriter snugly installed In
one corner.
Because 1 owe everything 10 her.
said the young a%uthoress, gratefully.
And, n day, glancing over the pa
pers in the sanctum Of The Ladies'
Weekly, to whose columns she still n
tributed, she came across a copy Of the
Foxville Gazette.
Hester" she said, hurrying home to
Miss Woodin, "the old parsonage Is to
be sold by auction tomorrow, and I
mean to go and buy 1t. For I am quite
quite sure that I could write there
better than anywhere else In the
world.e
Asss Woodtn greedI.s Oaa.,.
Miss Woodin believed firmly In what
svee Joanna believed. In kse loyinr
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24
TURNING The TABLES

There was a great commotion In
Foxville when old Parson Fox died.
1t was not only because he was the
pioneer Of the place, having come there
when the woods were one primeval
mass of green, and himself having
erected the old stone parsonage, around
which the thriving village had grown
up with almost incredible rapidity. 1t
was not that he had preached the Cos
pei to them for forty-and-four years;
It was not that his footsteps had been
constantly on every threshold where
sickness came or sorrow brooded.
All this had been received as a mat
ter Of course, and forgotten as 500 as
the necessities were past. But it was
because Foxville curiosity was on the
uui vive about Joanna, his grandchild,
the sole remaining blossom on the
gnarled old family tree, who was left
quite ~unprovided for.
"She hain't got no common sense,'
said Sablna Sexton, the village dress
maker: "and never had"
"There's no denyin' that the old min
lister was as near a saint as we often
zee in this world" said Mrs. Luke Lock
edge, piously. "But he ought not to
have let Joanna run loose in the woods
and fields the way she did. Why, 1
don't s'pose she ever made a shirt or
fried an egg in her life! My Simon
will have property, and the girl he,
marries must have suthin' to match
IT."
SO that Joanna Fox, sitting listlessly
In her black dress by the window,
where the scent of June honeysuckles
noated sweetly in, and trying to real
lie that she was alone in the world,
had sundry visitors that day. The first
was Simon Lockedge, looking as II his
errand were somenow connected with
q police court.
Joanna started un, her wan face
Frightening. She sas only 16-a
brown-haired, broysn-eyed girl.
20 Simon 7. she cried, 81 knew you
would come when you heard"
Simon Lockedge wriggled ~uneasily
into his seat, instead Of advancing to
clasp her outstretched hand.
YES" he said. "Of course, it's very
sad, Joanna, and I'm really sorry for
yOu. But
She turned and walked into the adj
joining apartment: while Simon, stink
Ing out Of the door. muttered to him.
self:
"It's the hardest job that ever l did
IN my life Splitting trees ia nothing
to It But mother says It must be
done, and mother runs the soost in our
house"
Next came Mrs. Emmons.
Joanna" she said, "I'm deeply
grieved at this ere afniction that's BE-
fell you"
Thank you, Mrs. Emmons," said the
girl, mechanically.
"Tve come to ask you about your
plans" added the plump widow "be-
cause. IL you have no other intentions.
III be glad to have you help me with
the housework. I'm goin' to have a
house full o. summer visitors, and
thete'n be a deal more work than me
and Elviry can manage. Of-course, you
won't expect no pay but a good home
u what you need most"
II am much obliged to yeu,n said
Joanna ; but must decline FOUR kind
Ansepsn i.
l--4..,s Srsrs ;,f,,,nnn. aora-taa 4, ,v..th
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

aud scatter sunshine In his home. He VIII make H1nf
self handy around the house and not expect anything 70
ha done for him. When his wife asks him to memo the
sewing machine or put new wire on the screen door, ne
will not pout and say, THAT was not IN the marriage
contract"
He removes a burden wherever he can, and moves
around the house like a bearded angel, blessing every
thing he touches. He overlcoks any little weaknesses his
wife may possess, Instead OF calling her a "crosspatcn,
and then becoming ten times as cross and ugly himself.
He sympathizes rather than irritates. He Is not always
insisting that he is right and his wife is wrong. He is
1ovIal and lenient, and lets the little woman have her
own way in many things, always allowing her to have
the last word.
A good husband also keeps up his counting as long as
he lives. He never forgets to tell his wife how much
he thinks of her. He speaks words Of praise while she
ia living and doesn't wait until the funeral to deliver
sentiments she cannot hear.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24
OF Course.

MistressEWant more wages7 I
thought you were being very we'll paid,
considering that I do nearly half the
work.
Maid-You forget, mum, how mucch
1t costs me for advertiser for new sit-
uations.-ptck-MeIr r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24

ordor = ,erfect the peace Of enc. Still wider IT up
reaches to beings above the human kingdom In 'nnnl1
prsdations, to the Supreme, who is God NOT OF .
but Of love, whose moral codes bespeak virtue . :,
bsoutv md delight of it. When st. Paul adds his lden
of couorkine with God, Of hnrmonizing the Will Witn
the will Ct the supreme harmony, happiness mas eu-
hraced the universal nature and penetrated the uuf
versal plan, touched the utmost pouna OF pelrs'