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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-06


these possessory rights multiplied 50 the
right to acquire town lots. 1t was here
that the fraud began to work. Innumerable
names we're secured from ali parts OF the
country and from nearly every state In the
union, and lots were applied for in the
names OF these parties, and, as frequently
happened. without the knowledge of the
parties whose names were thus secured. or
reported as applying for the town lots.
Get Cult cIsias.
Those carrying on the scheme met ali
the payments as they became due and
finally secured the patents. Then as alleged
agents OF the parties in whose names the
patents were issued, these agents in order
10 avail themselves Of the scheme and
reap the profits OF their enterprise had to
hustle about and get the patentees 10 quit
claim their lots TO the alleged agents or
combine. It. was through this process Of
securing quit claims that the fraudulent
nature of the scheme was divulged.
$50 you will see why there are two
separate actions brought. one to recover the
~fraudulenfly acquired properties and the
other for criminal conspiracy.
1.-THE entire town site OF Muskogee is
honeycombed with these fraudulent titles
and hence the anxiety OF the people there
over these suits. Some OF these persons.
true. are innocent purchasers. but others
are not and should the cases go against
them the latter VIII have 10 take the con
sequences.
"Muskogee IL q city Of about 3O.ooO people.
and is surrounded by some OF the richest
Oil territory in the United States. which
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
THE STATES OF NO SEX CON
 SCIOUsNESs

In Colorado, Idaho. Utah and wyom. ing, women now have the full right of suffrage. They can. vote at all cleo. tions and for and against all candidates though not both as yet. The New York World recently published a symposium of opinion from these states upon the results of this extension of the ballot privilege.
 It printed letters from each of the present governors and United States senators It neglected to get the opin. ions of the defeated candidates. But 1t is gratifying to find that those who won with or in spite of feminine sup port approve of the system regardless of their future ambitions
 Not one of them publicly resents hay ing attained prominence through femi. nine assistance. and all are evidently willing to repeat the experience. If the world expected any one of them to re- sent being afflicted with the votes of the women, it was disappointed.
 In fact, they all seem satisfied that the result of the participation of the women in the elections has been the selection of the best men. Governor Brady of Idaho modestly expresses the belief that it has ''induced better men to become candidates for ofice.''
 Governor Brooks of Wyoming says that in his state ''women vote as freely as the men and seem to have an inborn our progress there effective. The Roma intuition (this in itself is a novelty) in political matters which aids them mater tally in arriving at correct conclusons. ;, It was not necessary for him to add 'of whom I am which,
 Governor Cutler of Utah. with that dlfiidence which comes to be a common effect from common cause, is satis. ned that the result is ''the selection of better officials, resulting in higher honesty of administration. All the senators reach practically this same conclusion, and, while some had their doubts at first, they would not now feel safe without at least one sample of woman's suffrage in the house.
 But Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. with whom the handle denoting the wed. ded state by no means indicates any surrender of independence or of sep arate individuality, goes further than ,ne once-holding men. She considers
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
THE AGE OF DESTRUCTION

While the nations of the world are almost impoverishing themselves to maintain huge armies and monstrous navies, the inventor comes in sight with good big sack of gas, which threatens to make these hundreds of millions of dollars look like the proverbial thirty cents"
 Just what the future of the airship is to be in war is but partially solved problem, but its probabilities have al ready become probabilities, while year may make them certainties. They may indeed be the final argument on the side of never-ending peace; let us hope so.
 This much is certain, that both diri- gtbles and aeroplanes will fly with a comparative disregard of the wind. They will carry more than one passenger and considerable extra burden. There are also always men at hand ready to throw their lives in the balance of a great adventure or a possible great re- sultant benefit to their country.
 More than this, no gun is yet known except the ordinary rife that can be so adjusted as to reach these creatures of the air, which not only move forward and back, but dart up and down. To get the proper elevation, any cannon would have to be placed at an angle which would make the recol practical. ly direct into the ground.
 But the airship has no such problem to solve as to it's destructive missiles In the darkness of the night, without lights to betray it, it could mount in the skies. and, lowering over fort oI city, drop rain of dynamite tha, would work havoc.
 It could cover large area in bn, few minutes of time, and leave a trail of destruction that would amour, almost to annihilation, rivaling the earthquake. It could also be in con stant communication with the army o, navy of its origin by wireless teleg raphy.
 Military men now say that this new menace can be met only by rival fleets of the air, and in fact every nation ii now engrossed in planning an air navy If this is the age of construction, 1, may become equally the age of destruc tion, and even the most phlegmatis souls must shudder to think of the pos sible horrors of the next war.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
"Now the ban has been removed

"Now the ban has been removed from other denominations, and they are all in there on an equality In the spirit of Christian emulation. Without the moral influence of the churches there We could not accomplish anything"
 Certainly the orthodox should be ready to forgive such man the lati- tude of his beliefs and join in aiding him in his work for which he is pecu- liarly fitted. If he is correct in his diagnosis of the situation, the church has no less responsibility in the Phil ippines than has the government as a political enemy
 Here then is work for all in bearing the burden of progress and the uplift of humanity, and all under one flag of our common country.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
MIR. TAFT AND THE CHURCHES

Some of the orthodox churches and of the more punctilious of churchmen nave been very severe critics of MT. Taft's church afiiliation. It has seemed to them sad slipping away from the faith of our fathers, and almost frac. ture of the constitution, that Unitar. ian should be made president.
 But this does not seem to have ruff. lied MT. Taft's sunny disposition, nor to have unbalanced the judicial fair. ness of his judgments. He can still give credit where credit is due and is as unbiased in his praise as he is unre- strained in its expression as to the good work of all the churches.
 In recent address at Augusta. Ga. before body of Protestant ministers. he took occasion to emphasize his opin. ion, born of observation, of the vast in huence for good of Christianity upon our civilization and its usefulness in aiding the development of the sense of responsibility ard governmental ability among our wards, the Filipinos.
 He said: Leaving out the sectional distinctions, no one can be blind to the indispensable presence of church infiu. ence in the improvement in our civili. zation who has shared in the slightest the responsibility for government and the responsibility for improvement in people as I have. That was a res. possibility in respect to race that is now in state of Christian tutelage and must be uplifted, in my judgment, through us and our guidance, before We shall have discharged the obligation that Providence has thrust upon us.
 "And in the study of the develop. ment it has made, has been made known to me the enormous influence that the church must exercise in order to make our progress there effective. The Ro, man Catholic church was there for years, and preserved that state of Chris tian tutelage to which have referred.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
WOULD ADoPy THE ENGLISH sYs
 ITEM

ITEM
 So satisfied is congress with itself and so dissatisfied witt, the president that certain members are now advocating clipping the wings of the executive. They would have tl,e executive power placed in the cabinet and the president made decorative tgurehead on the ship of state.
 In the casa of MT. Roosevelt, Con- gressman Willet would call the figure head a gargoyle.' Congressman Mccall in recent address voiced this change of established system-e -estab, lished by the way, by the constitution,
 MT. Mccall figures thSt some dsy there may come ''merciless tyranny of bureaus with some chance autocratic president with whom Providence may possibly afhict us." He is needlessly alarmed-the American people will take care of any such contingency.
 The change proposed is in fact to the English system, where the cabinet alone is responsible and passes away with a parliamentary vote of lack of conf dence. This would hardly suit the peo- pie, at least in their present temper.
 Congress has now the power to legis. late if 1t will, there is no apparent de sire to place it also in virtual control of the executive department.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

mot what women have done with 1t (the franchise), but what 1t has done for women.''
 She is satisfied that it belongs to women as ia part of their woman hood,' and that ''it has virtually done away with sex consciousness. There is now no thought of sex; men recognize us as equals.'' This is condition for which the world has sighed since Eve cast the only family vote-or was 1t Adam7
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The ranger substitute bill authorizes the board of county supervisors to ap- point at least four deputy sherifs at a salary of S125 per month, making a total expense to the respective counties of $6,000 per year. Of course we un- derstand that 1t is optional with the counties whether these deputies are ap- pointed or not, but it is big chunk of patronage which will not be overlooked in many counties. If the rangers have mt been in politics the deputies cer- tainly will be.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

"How it must gall old Spain to sec Cuba free and independent says the Los Angeles Express. Well, well; let's not whistle too loud before we get out of the woods. Spain may yet have the last laugh in that matter.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

A St. Louis woman asks divorce be- cause her husband threw her down stairs. Perhaps it was well to dis semble your love, but why did you kick me down stairs?" It is respectfully submitted that is going too far, even in the case of the most accomplishing and long g-suffering of wives.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
CHANGE IN METHOD or FIRE
 FIGHTING

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 The method of fighting fires in our larger cities, particularly in New York, is undergoing drastic change. Within short time the fire engine, with it's noisy. throbbing and shrieking whistle and bell sounding warning will be thing of the past. Progress on it's on- ward march has overtaken and is rel egating to the rear this once honored fire fighter.
 This new method of fire fighting is commonly termed the high pressure sys- tenn It has been fully demonstrated that 1t is great success. By it small Niagaras of water literally drown the fires. It is predicted that in the largest cities where this high pressure system is being operated, four or five alarm fires with losses running high up into the hundreds of thousands will be pre- vented.
 The idea of having the new system was fathered by the success the fire boats met with in their efforts at fight ing blazes on the water fronts of New York. Philadelphia, Boston, and cities on the Great Lakes. On these boats were installed boilers and pumps more powerful than those of horse drawn en- zines. therefore, their pumping capac- ity was proportionately increased, and naturally the boats proved a great sue cess.
 It was then that the suggestion was presented that if cast iron mains of greater dimensions were laid, with hyd- rants of greater dimensions and strength, with more outlets, a power could be developed greater than that horse engines could possibly develop Streams of great volume could then be poured on the conflagrations.
 It was at first decided to use gas engines to supply the necessary power, but it has now been worked out by the New York Fire Department that cleo. tric motors are more advantageous. This being decided upon, induction motors and centrifugal pumps were installed at two stations, one at Gansevoort and West streets on the Hudson river and one at South and Olive streets on the East river. Both stations are supplied with five pumps, each pump having capacity of 5000 gallons per minute. In other words the two pumping stations in New York City proper are capable of pumping 30,000 gallons of water Der minute through sixty three miles of heavy cast iron mains. This is more water than all the fire engines in Man haitian can pump. If necessity required this supply could all be concentrated on one building.
 Throughout the high pressure dis trict the volume of water is contrilled by telephone arrangement installed Tn each station by the Western Electric company. It is a,model of simplicity. | The fire recording apparatus is mounted near the switchboard. When an alarm comes in gong sounds. The number Of the box is recorded on a paper tape through the punching of holes by an in- strument which resembles stock ticker. | The time and date of the alarm is auto | matically printed on the tape which winds on a roll.
 The telephone stations are mounted | in small iron boxes similar to those used by the Police department. Boxes of adjacent stations are not connected to the same circuit, so if one box should | be ont of order communication may be
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Presidentelect Taft will do his best to promote golf, as a poor mans game, but he recommends it mostly to the heavy oues--and poor men are not used to carrying around extra weight that can be trained down Oil the links.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

When Brady o'Neill became too raw for the herd of democratic village and ward statesmen assembled at present in Phoenix he certainly must have been going some.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Everybody who ever played the game of politics knows that men famous for the making of current epigrams are sell dom the authors, but are mostly in dcbted to the press agent.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Atlanta's mayor fusses because in a whole day spent in showing Hartman the sights of that city he only contrib uted grunts to the conversation. His honor may we'll be thankful that he kept his feet out of the trough.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Governor Kibbey at least was given an opportunity to tell the democratic ward and village statesman what he thought of them, and that was worth something. The opinion expressed by the governor is the opinion of every sane man in the territory.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

A Georgia jury remained out fifteen hours recently on damage suit involv- ing a total of $15. There ought to be some provision of law whereby state could collect damages from that sort of jury.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

It is encouraging to read "that Hunts action saved the situation. - Of course, the correspondent wasn't al luding to the job held by either Foster or the rangers.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Senator TillInan says he will "keep right after the president. This means, of course, the president will have to keep sharp lookout both fore and aft while in Africa.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The suggestion that the city employ outside" legal advice would indicate that the scales were falling from the eyes of some of the aldermen.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

A wedding ring may not be seized for debt, according to the judgment of Chicago court. Well, it is to be hoped!
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The democrats are paving the way for a clean cut republican victory at the next general election held in Ari- zona.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Is it possible that City Attorney All red has been making catspaw of the honorable board of aldermen?
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

If you keep close tab it will not be hard to separate the sheep from the goats in this city bond contract matter,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Sturdy integrity is all right as far as it goes, but Arizona needs men of brains in the legislative halls.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The policy of the Silver Belt is sim ply square deal for the people. No ia vorites are being played.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Subscribers to the Daily Arizona Sill yer Belt, will confer a favor on this office by reporting promptly failure ts receive paper. When no complaint is received the natural conclusion is that the paper is being delivered regularly.
 SILVER BELT PUBLISHING co.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

In England stamps bear the portrait of the sovereign. For seventy-two year Queen victona's portrait appeared or the stamps.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE

A WORD FROM JOSH WISE This thing of women being led to the altar is a polite figure of speech it's the man who always hangs back. "
 
 Frank, why aren't you as loving as you were before we were married7" Whats the use running after car after you've caught it7"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

He1lpl Wireless telephones9 aoodl
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
Shifting Slugs

How do you manage to get credit so easily, Jaggers7"
 ''swell up and let them force 1t on me-"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
France first issued stamps in 184e.

Mary, I'm astonished that the gro cery boy kissed you. The next time he calls I'll answer the door myself.
 "No use, ma'am; you'n be, disap. pointed"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The Silver Belt has larger circula- sion than any daily newspaper in the world published in city with 10000 or iees population.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

A royal order of James I declared that English mails should travel not less than seven miles an hour in sum mer and five miles an hour in winter.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Any wife will let her husband wear diamond waistcoat on Wednesdays if he will let her wear diamonds the rest of the week.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

What makes you think the jewel Tom gave me is imitation?''
 "Well, dear, Tom used to be mine. v
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Another ship saved by wireless! Wireless will soon make all ships wreckless, and then what use will there be for wireiess7''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Congressman Cox of Indiana wants mileage for members abolished After that MT. Cox couldn't get more thar one vote if he wanted to run for speaker of the house.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Literary purists are raging in San Francisco, where bookseller was fined $500 for having in his possession a copy of the immortal Decameron.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The first postmaster of the United States was Samuel Osgood.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17
YES, SHE KNEW

Do you know what the full extent of your husbands 8 income is7"
 ITO be sure. Am not in charge of the outgo?''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

"Claribel. could you learn to love me?''
 "why, Rockey, old boy, could give lessons in loving you.''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Tappan, Carpenter & Co.,, New York, made the first stamps used in this coun- try, the series varying from l to 90 cents The contract later was given to the National Bank Note Go.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

Papa, why do folks cry at we'd dings?"
 ''I guess most of them have been through it themselves. -
 Under Queene Anne the several pos tai communications of England were consolidated and a general postofice was established in London.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

The first English postmaster was az pointed by Henry VII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
The Disappearing Wife.


 A woman in Silesia has been haled into court by her husband because she persisted in growing thin in opposition to his wishes. In his petition for a d- vorce the Siesian gentleman declared that the lady obtained her husband un- der false pretenses, for when he married her, she was full size and of ample and generous proportions and he had every reason to believe that she would remain so. When slimness became the fashion, however. she suddenly began fading away in order to wear the latest style of am hours each morning. played tennis two hours. and then took long. fat-reducing walks. Complainant further ayers that she ate like bird. How successful was this strenuous pursuit of slenderness may be judged from the fact that in three months time she had lost 31 pounds and d portly husband.
 For the hard hearted Silesian judge granted the captous husbands plea for divorce and delivered a fiery attack upon the prevailing styles in feminine architecture. He laid down the principle that no lady has a right to fade away without her husbands consent. and he completely disallowed defendants plea that half wife is better than none.
 The wife is left free to continue her 'disappearing process as long as she likes. It is hoped that her frugal habits of liv- ing will prove useful to her, now that she is deprived of a husbands support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

It was in the first number of the Al lantic Monthly that Holmes began his Breakfast Table series with the "Au- tocrat" in 1857. "rhe Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" was followed by "The Professor of the Breakfast Table in 1860 and "The Poet of the Breakfast Ia ble' In 1871. That was a golden time in American literature when a magazine ed itor might hope to look at once upon Longfellow, Holmes. Emerson, Lowell, Whittier, Bryant, and almost a score of others nearly their peers as his contrib utors-a golden day that shows no pres ent indications of another dawning. The Breakfast Table series gave Holmes his greatest fame as a prose writer. and in them he was at his best. Their loose and rambling construction gave him an opportunity to display the wholesome geniality of his nature. his deep insight into humanity. his humor and his pathos, and running through them was that vein of mysticism which always was lurking in him. The story of Iris is drawn from "The Professor at the Breakfast Table" and gives an idea of the character of the series
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

Next Sundays One-Page Classic will be "'The Children of The Abbey" by Regina Maria Roche.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-11
TELEGRAPH LINE ID
 GLOBE SUBURB
Connection With Miami Will Soon Be Made by West
 ern Union

Within the next two weeks, tele- graphic communication will be estab- lished between Globe and Miami.
 T. P. Smith of Los Angeles. general foreman for the southwestern division of the Western Union Telegraph com pany, arrived in Globe last night, to look after the construction of the new line.
 Practically all of the poles for the new line are already in place and the work of stringing the wires will be commenced within the next few days. An operator for the Miami station has already been secured and it is expected that the office will be thrown open to the public within two weeks, possibly sooner.
 The installation of this telegraph line will be of great benefit to Miami, as it will euable the mining companies of that district and the business men of the rapidly growing town of Miami to communicate with the outside world without the necessity of coming to Globe to file telegraphic dispatches.