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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
THIRTY YEARS HENCE

It took thirty years for the great contro- versy to reach the court of last appeal.
 At the request of the gray haired judges the Eskimo expert, decrepit and tottering, was again called to the witness stand.
 The attorney for Shook after a vigor- ous objection from the attorney for Skeary, read his famous hypothetical question.
 ''You may answer,' said the presiding jus tice to the Eskimo.
 "Gloob woogymik, ' said the witness.
 The judges looked at one another and shook their heads sagely.
 "But if the conditions were reversed?' persisted the chief justice.
 "Nikvat," replied the witness. "Gaggle- goop sassymuk roomiyip ginglenit blooky- boop."
 Again the justices looked at one another This time they smiled sagaciously.
 "You still hold to this theory?" remarked the chief justice.
 ''Sassarip," cried the Eskimo indignant ly. "Sassarip sassarop. Milky nikerip ki- bo bloop boozyap wool hankeroo niknak gin ger oot."
 This time the gray haired justices shook hands all around.
 "The court will take this amazing admis- sion under consideration announced the chief justice, and, followed by his associates, he gravely withdrew to the inner room.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
TRULY MODERN

A review of metropolitan newspapers reveals an amazing number of suits brought for ahena- ton of affections. The affections most often aenated are seemingly those of wives and the city most productive of these domestic infelicl- ties is apparently New York.
 The wealthy men of that very sizeable '"burg" appear to have formed tacit alliance for mutual alienation. 1t seemeth that while one gentleman is engaged in subtracting domes tic happiness from some mans home, the other fellow reciprocates by making away With the affections of his betrayer's spouse and so on ad infnitum Altogether, this pastime must make life highly entertaining, and is form of excite ment that should prove extremely exhiratlng, even to New Yorker.
 But this phase of metropolitan existence would not be really smartly American, Ii It did not have its remunerative aspect. To have it merely amusing would by no means satisfy. That it is decidedly lucrative to be deprived of the affections of wife is surely and accurately indicated by the substantial indemnltles pad for such losses Ranging anywhere from few dollars up into the tens of thousands the iinan- cial outlook of man with wayward wife should be most valuable asset in the business world It requires no great stretch of the i'm agination to forecast the day when Bradstreet' E or Duns compilations will contain annotations like this
 "John Smith, banker. Reliable assets include one handsome and intelligent wife whose alice
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
American Advice in London.

One Englishman has decided that he does not like one American idea. Dur ing visit to te United States, this oO- server, who is London dry goods mer' chant, was impressed by printed cards he saw in a large establishment, when bore the injunction, Do it now Fms struck him as being excellent advice to his employees against the evils of pro crastination, and on his return home ne caused several of the cards to be hung in his office and about he store. Within fortnight of the advent of the cards the chief cashier departed with the sum of f2.O00, three clerks and deputations from two departments waited on the proprietors with requests for increased salaries and his best lady typewriter eloped with very business like ana good looking shopwalker. The cards have been removed.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
Ginger Cakes as Currency

Tokens instead of gold and silver are variously used as money in some parts of this country. There is a curious cu,- tom at Girard college, in Philadelphla, where ginger cakes have for years been a medium of exchange. It is only once a week that the boys are served with these cakes. One and only one is given to each boy. Years ago the market value of cake was 1 cent. 1t ha, since risen to ?. Now the boys at the college are not overburdened with spending money, therefore the custom of trading "ginger, as the boy call the cakes, for other things gre" rapidly, till at the present time many articles are bought with the "gin gers" A boy will often pledge hv' or ten "gingers" for some coveted ar ticle and unless he can trade some thing belonging to him for the "gln gers'' he owes, for the next ensmns five or six weeks he must turn over hl' cakes to his creditor.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
Crews of British Ships

It is hot generally known to what eX' tent foreigners are employed to man British sailing ships. A report Of the British board of trade deals with twen' ty-six craft. totaling 3l,490 tons net and carrying crews numbering 4S1, oi whom l67 are foreigners. The eertl' fcated officers (ineluding masters numbered 59, all British except one masters and mates 66, including 3 for eigners; petty officers 40, including ls foreigners; apprentices, GA, of whom , were of foreign birth; boys ?, one of these lascar; seamen PIP, of whom no less than I26 were foreigners; othel persons 43, including IA foreigners. For eign cooks seem popular, as the galley were usually in charge of Germans Frenchmen. Dutehmen, Norwegians anC Japanese.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

lions are now being negotiated for by Henry Brown, the wealthy broker. At the regular market value. the endearments of Mrs. Smith should by conservative estimate, be worth $2OO,OOO. Mir. Brown already has an option on Mrs. Smiths affections and payment Tn full to Mir. Smith should be forthcoming soon. Mr. Smiths fnancal standing may consequently be considered on a solid and promising basis.
 The growth of the traffic in feminine affection is truly assuming cyconc proportions. O Temporal 0 Mores! That recreant spouse should be made the means of paying the turn- ture man, or of making the butcher obsequious. And yet, this new and distinctly American branch of business has its consohng feature. At least the unfortunate husband, falling or marital bliss. receives certain kind of equlva- lent in the coin of the realm. Whether It IS safe investment however, for man to pay goodlv sum of money for merchandise that IS of such a perishable nature as feminine con stancv is a question that must be decided by the hard headed fnancier In any case, may the mls- takes of the purchaser be upon his own head If we were so disposed, we might also ask the courts that make such transfers of affection by what method of logic they arrive at the point o1 placing an adequate monetary value upon re- latiHons that are supposed to be of a purely per sonal and abstract nature.
 But it payeth not to be too inqulsltlve, and if the Fates award us individuals sundry thou sands of shekels in hand in lieu of domestic tranquility, it behooves us not to be ungrateful but rather to rejoice that, although the loat may be lost to us forever, we have yet crust that may very possibly give better proof in the eating than the loaf itself And so we debonalr- ly throw the sop of covert approval to the met ropolitan belief that a few ducats In hand IS worth more than surfeit of affection as evan escent as the morning dew
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
Wills and Wives.

If MT. Hartman s estate had been In England it would pay an inheritance tax of sl6,OOO,OOO His will leaving all to his wife allows an American practice. In England he would have left the bulk of his property to his eldest son "to found a family" He would hay cared for his wife by charging his estate with income for her support. Very likely ne would have left her nothing in fee. ID France half of the estate would have gone to his wife and children iniePen- dent of any will, and his testamentary powers would have been limited to the other half of his property. The rest woud have been divided by law. Rare lv or not at all would cuch an estate elsewhere have been left to the wife. Ii will be recalled that Russell Sage left practically all his property to his wife
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
A woman,s s African JOur.y.

It is a woman who has made the Cape to Cairo journey in Africa. She is Miss Charlotte Mansfield, novelist and poet, and she travelled without white ald l6.72s miles in 21S days. There are te" links of the much desired Cape to Calro Railway already in existence, and, Of course, she took advantage of these, but the greater part of the trip was made on foot or in the machila, a ham mock swung on poles and carried by na' lives. Considerable courage must have been required for woman to take such a trip. with a few blacks as comPanlons and with no knowledge of the ratiYe dialects. In some districts which she penetrated the people had never seen a white person of either sex, but they manifested fear rathe rhan hostility. U the character of the natives Miss Char lotte speaks very highly. Her purpose in making the journey was no tsimp! to gather literary material or for the sake of doing something extraordinary. She went with the serious intention ol ascertaining how much of the undeVeI' oped country in Central Africa might be opened up proftably.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
OfPassing Interest
The Census in Mexico

A new plan is to be tried in taking the census in Mexico City and in that federal district. President Diaz will personally take the census of the block on the north side of Calle de Cadena, where he lives; members of the cabinet will perform similar duty in their re- spective neighborhoods, the archbishop of Mexico will take the census of pop. ulation in his own quarter, and an effort will be made to have all prominent cit. izens accept the appointment for their neighborhoods generally in order that confidence may be inspired among the natives and the figures may be as as. curate as possible. But in interior Me- ico the majority is bent upon thwartin2 the census work, being formed of i literate peons and farm laborers wLc are still afraid of compulsory militaly service.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

That Miami is destined to become a thrifty little city, even the pessimist will not under take to deny But Globe will always be the commercial center of this rich mining section if the business men are persistent in their de- mands for rapid transit between the metropolis and the little suburban sister. The best of feel ing between the two towns should always be maintained, as the interest of one will prove to be the interest of the other. A boost for Miami is a boost for Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
THE ROAD TO COPPER HILL

An incident that occurred yesterday on the road between Globe and Copper Hill may be taken to point moral Two cavalcades of trucks grocery wagons and buggies apparently started almost simultaneously y from this city and from the mines located at the east end of Copper Gulch. In the narrowest point ot the canyon through which the roadway winds like the narrative in one of James stories, meet ing took place. Thereupon, various other things occurred and not all of them were of pleasant nature What was said by the numerous way farers will not be inscribed here for reasons that will be readily apparent to the truly thoughtful. The reader desiring to know the tenor of con versation is respectfully referred to the scrolls of the recording angel. Suffice 1t to say that the burden of the remarks collectively was dl- rected in no very complimentary terms at the wagon road on which the tragedy came to pass.
 Now all the foregoing narrative is not intend ed to startle the public. Anything that occurs every day ceases to be news. The inference is plain The only salient point one should en- deavor to grasp is that this particular stretch of hghway-or lowway to be precise-ls the most
 internal piece of thoroughfare that can be found anywhere this side of Tophet or Yuma. Of course, there are worse roads. But also no one tries to travel over them.
 But to return to our party in the canyon,let us chronicle the fact that some two hours were consumed by it in getting out of its predica- ment. This waste of time and anathema that occurs frequently might be overlooked if there were any necessity for it. But the necessity here is by no means apparent And the whole incident described above is simply reminder that with the growing size and importance Of Copper Hill a serviceabe wagon road to it is an imperative need that can not be ignored. | Already, some of the county supervisors have had their attention drawn to the necessity of a new road built wide enough for teams to pass easily upon, and much sentiment favorable to the project has been aroused.
 The best route to Copper Hill from Globe would be up Sycamore street to Sutherland, from there to Mesquite thence to Devereaux along Devereaux to Tonto and up Tonto from | tDevereauX for about block before branching off to construct highway leading over the hills to the Copper Gulch district. The cost of such a road would be divided between the county and the city There is strong likelihood also that the mining companies to derive benefit from this road building would contribute generously to- Il WdfO US cOuSJGucJlOu.' LAui tio NOS' itself would not be great.
 In any case, the necessity of a new road to Copper Hill is positive and immediate, and the sooner such highway is built the better it will be for all interests concerned. It IS neces- sary to the future of Globe that she shall have j the best possible communication with the neigh boring mining camps, and among these Copper Hill is, beyond doubt, about to assume very important position
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU

The SiIver Belt Wil be mailed upon request to subscribers ledvuag the city during the sum- mer months Change of address wiH be made as frequently as desired; notices of such change should giUe both tue olG and new address Gall at tke office or phone any change you a0iSh be- fore leaVirg the city, The subscription rate iS the same out of toaon aS im the City.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

At the next session of congress law should be passed setting forth in detail exactly what the vice-president is for, anyway. This thing of the vice-president undertaking to interfere with the decisions of baseball umpire and at tempting to board train to get glimpse of the president is an apparent abuse of ms tltle that at least baseball umpires and train conduc- tors will not stand for.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

no occasion for eiaculatory expression of sur prise and gladness. For every loyal and far seeing Globe resident has belief in the ultimate supremacy of this city in the southwest as a part of his daily working religion the kind that is kept for a weekday as well as for Sunday wear
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

It might be a good idea for the merchants of Globe to ask for a special train from the valley towns every Saturday to be known as the shop per's special, with a rate not to exceed one dol lar for the round trip. A train of this character is we'll worth pulling for and is possibility. Try for it, gentlemen.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

The Miami Messenger made its appearance yesterday. It is bright and newsy and a boom CT from away back. Editor Green can congrat- ulate himself that the Messenger is one of the best weekly newspapers in the southwest. It will prove a very helpful factor in the upbuild- ing of the entire district and will early put its home town conspicuously on the map.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

If the estimate Postmaster Sturgis is placing on newspapers was universally adopted the tar if on pulp could be revised upwards until Pike's Peak would appear as bottomIess hole in the ground without ruffing the feelings of the Silver Belt But fortunately for a few of the best of us, the P. NJ. stands alone on this proposition.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

''Meat pie is healthy" and may be made from cheap cuts of meat" says physician. "he only thing wrong with this is the more or less unimportant fact that there are no cheap cuts of meat
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Cornell university has received an endow- ment providing an annual prize for the student who writes the best original poem. If the prize were for the best college yell it might create some enthusiasm.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

The Taft reception at Phoenix should be an Arizona event eclipsing all previous undertak- ings of the kind in this territory. There should be no party lines Mir. Taft is the president of all the people.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

A Harvard professor just returned from the Philippines says he found the government do ing everything that was best for the people. Even Mr. Jacob Riis could not testify lore lap- oily.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

If the Fl Paso fair management will afford Arizona the pleasures of big rock drilling con est the entire errtory will turn out and swell the numbers in the Gate City during the first week in November.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

The Clark road running down through the rich timber and mineral sections of the Payson country will add millions to the wealth of Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Mir. Bryan should be greeted on the occasion of his visit to Globe in December by the mem bers of a we'll organized Gila county democratic club. The time to organize is right now.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Comparatively speaking, Mir. Hartman (, not appear to have been one of the cal g rich'' men of the country. His estlte '+lll rot up only some $75000,000.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

John l.. Sullivan is contemplating lecture tour. In view of the fact that latter-day pugilism is all talk and no fight we do not see why John L. should not hold his own with the rest of them.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Lieutenant Shackleton will sail again f)r the South Pole soon. So long, lieutenant! See ycu at the Ananias club when you get back.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

If the wheel doesn't slip cog Globe will send larger delegation to the Taft reception Tn Phoenix than any other city in Arizona.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

One thing we like about the royal "lame ducks' of Europe they do not go on the lec- ture platforms.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

"There are large gray rats in the White House, says the Chicago Record-Heraid' Where, Oh, where, is the walking delegateE
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Leon Ting was captured recently in Texas. This makes only some 734,574 of him that have been captured so far.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Just because Globe is to have two new theatre buildings it should not be inferred that the clty intends to make show of itself.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Globe rightfully claims the finest postoffice building in Arizona.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

The Elks may be 'bad actors, but they are going to take chance on building an opera house just the same
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

The Silver Belt has larger paid cir culation than any daily newspaper in the world published in city with l2,OOO or less population.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

of meat.
 A Harvard professor just returned from the Philippines says he Hound the government do ing everything that was best for the people. Even Mir. Jacob Riis could not testify lore lap oily.
 Mir. Bryan should be greeted on the occasion of his visit to Globe in December by the mem bers of a we'll organized Gila county democratic club. The time to organize is right now.
 Comparatively speaking, Mir. Hartman t,cs not appear to have been one of the cal g rich' men of the country. His estlte '[ll! rot up only some $75,000O00.
 The Clark road running down through the rich timber and mineral sections of the Payson country will add millions to the wealth of Globe.
 "There are large gray rats in the White House, says the Chicago Record Herald. Where, Oh, where, is the walking delegate?
 If the wheel doesn't slip cog Globe will send larger delegation to the Taft reception in Phoenix than any other city in Arizona.
 Just because Globe is to have two new theatre buildings it should not be inferred that the city intends to make show of itself.
 The Elks may be ''bad actors,' but they are going to take chance on building an opera house just the same.
 Of course this little matter of grading Mes quite street goes slowly It is something of an uphill job
 Go to Phoenix, shake hands with smiling Bill and whisper in his ear something of the great ness of Arizona.
 With two new theatres and two new churches building, honors are pretty evenly divided Ill Globe.
 With a sewerage system at practically no ad- ditional expense there should be no hesitancy III Globe.
 Globe rightfully claims the finest postofice building in Arizona.
 The obstructionist will find an early grave in Globe.
 Now for sewers.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Of course this little matter of grading Mes quite street goes slowly. It is something of an uphill job.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

} With sewerage system at practically no ad
 l ditiona expense there should be no hesitancy II
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Go to Phoenix, shake hands with smiling Bil and whisper in his ear something of the great ness of Arizona.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

l The obstructionist will find an early grave l in Globe.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

With two new theatres and two new churches building, honors are pretty evenly divided II Globe
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-03

Now for sewers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-01
The Outspoken Wooster.

The redoubtable Charles Wooster,
better known to fame when the popu-
lists were in the saddle as Wooster of
Merrick, has a letter in the Lincoln
Journal in which he relieves his mind
of an accumulated grudge against the
Woosterian epistle is contained in the
following extract:
The plain fact is that our primary laws
have been an utter and absolute failure
from the first. The theory of primary
nominations is all right enough, but in
actual practice the primary has proven TO
be no earthly good. Not one solitary valid
point can be urged in its favor, while all
sorts OF valid objections can be argued
against It. It was an experiment that
ought not to have been made. Nobody
but a few theorists are in favor of it, and
the next legislature should wipe out every
syllable Of our primary laws, from first to
last. That would undoubtedly be done eX-
cept that neither political party dare go on
record in the matter. Both parties are OPP
posed to i~t-equally opposed-and yet
neither dare say so through fear that the
other might take advantage of it to their
hurt, Politicians are towards and are al
ways influenced from considerations Of
policy rather than by regard for right,
truth and justice.
Whatever else may be said of
Wooster, he will be unanimously ON
coded bluntness of speech and a COM
mand of u~nequivocating language. The
Bee has been printing comment from
the state papers suggested by the re-
cent primary which shows that there
is a wide divergence Of opinion as to
what has been accomplished in Ne
braska in the direction OF nomination
reform. So far as we have beer able
to observe all but two or three of these
papers agree in denouncing the wide
open ballot inflicted on the people by
the late democratic legislature as in
oentive to fraud and destructive of re-
~sponsible party government. While
a few of the newspapers are ready to
condemn the direct primary in toto
and advocate return to the convention
system, the greater number are con-
WINGED that the open primary is worse
than what preceded it, and that what
is wanted is a return 10 the closed bal
lot, with possibly some further modi-
hcations to adapt it to the require
merits of practical operation.
We have more than a year yet be-
fore the next legislature meets, with
power 70 amend the laws governing
our nominating machinery, and in this
time the subject ought TO be thor.