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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
Real Estate Board

To not only improve general real es- tate conditions, but to advertise to the world the advantages and resources of the Salt River valley, is the object of the Phoenix Real Estate board, the or ganization of which was perfected Fri day night at a meeting held in the office of the Valley Realty company. There were twcnty-eight real estate men in attendance, only a few of the dealers of Phoenix being absent. A board of eleven directors was elected, which will hold meeting shortly and elect officers, in accordance with the constitution and by,laws adopted at their meeting.
 Hon. w. T. Webb, R. K. Webster of Clifton, A. c. McAllister, district attor, ney of Graham county, and Nit Sims, ex.county recorder of Graham county, arrived in the city Saturday morning, says the Phoenix Democrat, to fight a bill that MT, Hampton proposes to in troduce in the council. This bill divides Graham county, and the gentlemen who arrived here say they are to be followed by seventeen others. They are general ly wrought mp over the action of Mr. Hampton, and say they intend to fight him to the finish II looks at this time a. though MT. Hampton will not be able to get his bill through both houses.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23

Fire insurance written in best com. panies Room 32, Trust Bldg.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
Wealthy Mar.copa

The annual report of the board of supervisors just published gives the to- tai valuation of property in Maricopa county at $l4,264, ,755.53.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
Dimensions of Roosevelt Dam

The dam is now up l35 feet from bedrock and 97 feet above low water level, which is 3s feet above bedrocs. The total height of the dam is 265 feet, and the structure is considerably moro than half completed, as it is much mar rover at the top than at the bottom. The length of the dam at bedrock is 270 feet, and on top, 820 feet. The thickness at bedrock is ls0 feet. and at the top % feet. At the place where masonry is being laid now the thick. ness is so feet. The dam is rising at
 about the rate of eight feet per month.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
Nex Railroad Proiect

It has been announced by the direc- tors of the Humboldt & Verde Valley Railroad Company that right of way for the railroad has been granted by the Interior department and the bond approved. The promoters are confident of being successful in financing the en- terprise early this year. Construction will be commenced a2d the road pushed 10 completion as soon as funds are avail. able, says the Journal Miner The sur vey of the proposed road passed through the Cherry Creek mining district from Humbolds to the Verde Valley. The country tributary to it is one of the most promising mineral and agricultural regions in the territory. At a meeting of the stockholders held in the com pany's offices at Prescott yesterday A.. J. Doran, Daniel E. Parks. James H. Purdy, J. E. Russell of this city, and l. Francis Purdy, of Chicago, were elect ed directors.
 Data and pictures which will be used to exhibit the Salt River and Yuma pro. ject at the Alaska Yukon Pacific expo sition are now being prepared at the reclamation service. 1t is the intention of the government to advertise all of the projects of the exposition during the coming summer with lectures and illustrations of the different sections. Mr. Sellew has some especially beauti. ful and striking reproductions of the work in Arizona which will be forward ed to Washington immediately.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-23
The Newport

Tirst- Class Barber ehsp l.. N. MonYN. Pzsp.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
THE SERVANT PROBLEM.

You, madam, think yourself held and
bound, hampered with many cares,
troubled about many things. But your
home throughout is free to you-you
are supreme within it's four walls, and
mistress of yourself and your days.
Think what it would be to rise up
early to face days drudgery, and lie
down late, conscious that tomorrow
and all tomorrows would mean the
same. Fancy yourself at home only in
the kitchen or the uninviting bedroom,
shut away almost wholly from human
comradery. Would your temper al
ing? Would you smile when your af-
ternoon out was denied, or take it kind
ly in the mistress to have a company
luncheon upon washday? And you are
yourself with, presumably, a gentle
woman's sense of justice and self-con-
troll. Put yourself as nearly as you can
in the place of some lone creature ig-
norant, low-bred, developed only along
the lower human plane, then Judge
what a servants griefs and grievances
may be. The first and most intolerable
is that she can be nothing but SER
want. You say, perhaps. she should be
grateful for food. shelter and wages.
But ask yourself how long she would
get either If your need of her suddenly
ceased. The answer, If a candid one,
will put an end to the claim of graft
tude. You know you would not keep
her day, no matter how desperate her
need of you.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case Of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pr6frud-
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soc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
The Pope's Costly Wardrobe.
From London Tit Bits.

FROM London It-BlIS.
The most costly wardrobe i'm the
world belongs, without a doubt, to tho
pope. Etiquette compels him to wear
different garments each day of the
year, and, as nearly all of them are
ornamented with rich and rare gems,
no millionaire could hope to purchase
them, even II value could be placed
on them. The pope's little skull caps
are of the finest silk, while his EN-
broidered slippers of velvet are gorge
Gus to look at. Still more costly are
his gloves, made of white wool, en-
broidered with fine pearls in the shape
of a cross. A special herd of 80 sheep
is kept, from which all the papal
Woolen garments are manufactured.
The surplices are of the most valuable
and beautiful lace, while one long cape,
the ''cappa bagna." which is rarely
worn, hangs straight from the should
ers, and literally CLEANS from top to
bottom with gold and precious stones.
The rings, too, which the pope wears
are priceless, containing as they do
many stones of matchless quality.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
The Pessimist.

A hard looking citizen who showed
every indication of having made Il
night of 1t and then some walked along
Beacon street. in Boston, and sat down
wearily upon one of the marble steps
OF q handsome residence.
The owner, of the house, at a lower
window, watched him for some time as
he sat with his bewhisk cred chin sunk
upon his breast, in an attitude of de-
lection, an expression of utter disgust
upon his face. At last he opened his
mouth and said In husky and can
tankerouS voice:
ITO hell NIT the church: to hell nit
the pope; to hell nit everybody-cept
Rosie!"
There was another long silence. Then
suddenly he arose and said defiantly as
he walked away:
ITO hell nit Rosie!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Deafness CGnnot be CureI

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu.
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when it is
entirely closed: Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi.
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catacrh
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halrs Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, Toe
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
A prayino Man.

BY Henry Ward Beecher.
When men begin their prayers with
"Oh, thou omnipotent, omniscient,
omnipresent, all-seeing, everything
blessed Potentate, Lord God jehovah"
should think they would take breath.
Think Of a man in his family, hurried
for his breakfast praying in such a,
strain! He has note coming due, and
1t Is going to be paid today, and he
feels buoyant; and he goes down on.
his knees like cricket on the hearth
and piles up these majestically moving
phrases about God. Then he goes on
to say that he Is sinner; he is proud
to say that he is a sinner. Then he
asks for his daily bread. He has 1t;
and he can always ask for 1t when he
has 1t. Then he jumps up and goes
over to the city. He comes back at
night and goes through similar wordy
form of evening prayers" and he is
called "a praying man." A praying
man? | might as well call myself an
ornithologist because ! eat chicken
once in q while for dinner
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Laughing.

Sing us something full of laughter:
Tune your harp, and twang the strings
Till your glad voice, chirpng after,
Mates the song the robin sings;
Loose your lips and let them tiutter
Like the wings of wanton birds
Though they naught but laughterutter,
Laugh, and Wen not miss the words,
Sing in ringing tones that mingle
In Il melody that filings
Joyous echoes in a jingle
Sweeter than the minstrel sings:
Sing of winter, spring or summer,
Clang of war; or low of herds;
Trill of cricket. roll of drummer
Laugh, and Wen not miss the words.
Like the lisping laughter glancing,
From the meadow brooks and springs,
Or the rivers ripples dancing
To the tune the current sings.
Sing of now, and the hereafter;
Let your glad song, like the birds.
Overflow with limpid laughter
Laugh. and We'll not miss the words
James Whitcomb Riley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Early Trials of the Rural Telephone.

garrulous old lady might get hung
on the line and keep it employed for
an hour talking about the children
with the measles and the chicken with
the pip. During all of which time an
other neighbor, who desired to send in
an urgent call for the doctor, must
stand and wait. This caused confusion
and discomfort among the subscribers,
because there are times when a man
needs the telephone and needs it quick,
says Harris Dickson in Ringing Up
Rural America" in Hampton's Broad
way Magazine. For instance, Milly
Hawkins, the d-headed daughter of
the dairyman, had been talking for
one-half hour, when the voice of a
Dutch farmer broke in:
Hello, central; | want"
"Aw, cut 1t out" said Milly. I'm
using this line"
But" protested Hans.
mo but about it," said Milly. Tn
talking; you shut up"
Il want to speak, insisted Hans.
mo matter who you want to speak
to; keep off. l want you to understand
I'm a lady"
But will reimburse you. madame"
said Hans.
II don't want to be reimbursed; ]
want to talk"
But must talk" his voice came in
one long yell over the wire-"Mine
house is on fire!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
TRIMME ED WITH FUR.

Handsome cloth suits will be trim
med with fur. Bands of it will be put
on the skirt and collars, cuffs and
waistcoats made Of it to go with the
coat
This is good news to the woman who
has odd pieces Of fur or garments that
are out OF fashion. She can use them
on a cloth gown. One directoire suit
of dull eCru broadcloth has IA four
inch band of brown fur around the
skirt and the coat has a narrow, long
waistcoat OF it. The wide revers are OF
brown satin, and the triple cuffs are
of the satin, edged with a two-inch
band of fur. The hat that goes with
this is an immense flat sailor of ecru
satin with an Alsatian bow of brown
fur across the sides.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Tho Lovers BIunder.

The duke of the Abruzzi has picked
up many interesting stories in the
course of his various travels, and he Is
fond OF telling the following, which he
heard in the far north:
A young Eskimo loved a beautiful
maiden, but. as is often the case, her
parents would not hear Of the match.
One night a great storm ripped up a
crevasse in the ice, and between the
two huts there yawned an abyss
bridged only by slender strip of ice.
Here was the chance which the young
lover sought.
He crossed the frail bridge in the
dead of night and crept to the home of
his sweetheart to steal her from her
cruel father. The Eskimos sleep in
bags of sealskin; and, with bated
breath and loudly beating heart he
hoisted on his back the one in which
his lady love slumbered.
With his precious burden lie re-
crossed the strip OF ice, and, safe on
the other side, broke 1t down with a
blow of his ak so that no one could
pursue lin save by tine aid of boat
Regaining his hut, he opened the bag
to gaze upon the fair one, when, with
a cry of horror he staggered back dumb
founded. For in his haste to get the
affair over, he had stolen her father by
mistake,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

table. / will never be without this
medicine in the house" Mrs. SAINT
LEE, 1923 Fourth St., Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Ga. 81 suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and / dreaded it almost as
much as death. Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. p LENA v.
HENRY, r. f. ID. 8.
Thirty years of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power of Lydia e.
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cure female diseases. The great vol
ume of unsolicited testimony constant
ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a remarkable remedy for those
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Mrs. NewIywed in Real Life.

A baby boy with a comically serious
little face, making sounds which at
times bordered on human speech,
pulled himself out of his mothers lap
In Taylor car Thursday afternoon,
stood on the seat by the window and
then seized the purse his mother held
and threw it into the opening at the
side of the window.
why, pudding angel" demonstrated
.he young mother her rosy cheeks TAX
ing deeper tint as the other passen-
gers began to laugh. Nov, just cause
her honey bugs was so naughty,
muZzerll have to call 'ducky man to
get pockie book"
And she beckoned to the conductor.
He looked down the window side and
shook his head.
don't know how I'm going to
reach that, ma am" he said.
Never mind" said man across the
aisle. "They turn these cars upside
down once a year to empty that place
out. and you can wait and get it
then"
IF 1 had a stove poker" suggested
a woman.
The conductor went up front and
from some place near the sandboX got
out a screwdriver. He unscrewed the
end of the seat and moved it away from
the wall, leaving small mole. He could
touch the purse, but could not grasp
it, and no one else succeeded in doing
SO, or in finding any instrument which
would get hold Of 1t. The effort was
almost abandoned when the car
coached Laclede avenue.
This is my corner" said young Mrs.
Newlywed. But my key is in that
purse, and this is the girls afternoon
out, and my husband doesn't come
home for an hour yet"
I'll write McManus about this, sure. y
said a man at the rear, as the young
woman, after taking the number Of the
car and receiving instructions as to
where to call next day, shouldered the
baby and left the car.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
A Free Advertisements

A Frenchwoman on her way to this
country met on the steamer the prin-
cipal of well known school of lam
guages. After she reached New York
she took some lessons at the school,
stating that she meant to write a book
of her impressions in America, and in
timated that she should speak at length
of the institution and it's master.
Thinking of the free advertisement that
was to be his, the professor redoubled
his affability.
When the book appeared he read
with mixed feelings:
ION the steamer l met Monsieur X,
who was seasick in seven languages"
That was all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

I read OF Doan's Kidney Pills and be-
gan using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. l kept
on using them, and in three months
was able to get out on crutches, and
the kidneys were acting better. l i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder Of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
CHILD HAD SIXTY BoILs
And Suffered Annually with Red
Scald-Like Humor on Her Head
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.


When my little Vivian was about
six months old her head broke out in
boiis. She had about sixty in all and
used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which cured her entirely
Some time later humor broke out
behind her ears and spread up on to
her head until 1t was nearly half COW
cred. The humor looked like scald,
very red with sticky, clear fluid COM
ing from it. This occurred every
spring. l always used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment which never failed to
heal it up. The last time it broke out
1t became so bad that I was discour-
Rged. But | continued the use of Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent I'M
til she was well and has never been
troubled in the last two years. Mrs.
NJ. A. Schwerin, GA Spring Wells Ave,
Detroit, Mich, Feb. "a, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

The shepherds of Landes, France, all
go on stilts and they think nothing of
being perched up from dawn to dusk
with their feet on level with mans
head. The shepherd is provided with
a stout staff that answers for many
purposes. At the proper place in the
staff Is a flap, which makes a comfort
able seat when turned down. On this
the shepherd quietly sits and watches
his flock, and while he sits up there he
knits or spins with distaff thrust in
his girdle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
COLDS
CURED In ONE DAY

Munyon's Cold Remedy Relieves the
head, throat and lungs almost immediate
ly. Checks Fevers, stops Discharges Of
the nose, takes away all aches and pains
caused by colds. 1t cures Grip and OBJ
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Price 25c.
Have you stiff or swollen Joints, no mat
ter how chronic2 Ask your druggist for
Munyon's rheumatism Remedy and see
how quickly you win be cured.
II you have any kidney or bladder trou-
BILE get Munyon's Kidney Remedy,
Munyon's Vitalizer makes weak men
strong and restores lost powers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Now York cooklnn.

From the New York World.
The South may make its slender brag
or 'possum, but just walt
Till Taft comes on to visit u.s.
Then watch us celebrate:
Wen take him down to Chinatown
He'll eat chop suey there,
With bird's-nest soup and other things
That deck the bills of fare.
And then to Little Italy
This great man we shall take
For real sphagetti, and of course,
The long, thin bread they bake.
Hungarian goulash he shall taste,
Some Syrian cooking, too:
Wen feed him chilli beans and meat,
Mixed in red hot stew.
He'll get some English mutton chops,
Hasenpfeffer treat;
A fine large slice of kangaroo,
AS much as he can eat,
And should there be some foreign disl
That to his heart is dear.
Why, he but has to mention it
And he can get it here.
Charles r. Barnes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

The Mennonites grew out of four
sects of Dutch, Flemish and German
Baptists. They derive their name from
Memo Simons, Catholic priest, who
became a leader of the Anabaptists in
about 1887. Simons was born in 1892
and died i'm 1887. His True Christian
Belief" was published three years be-
fore his death. Following the death
of the leading spirit the sect underwent
divisions and changes of creed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
An Economical Extravaoance.

George W. Childs DreXel, at a reception
at the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia
described his forthcoming cruise in the
beautiful Alcedo in South American wa
ters.
But Il will be fearfully expensive
won't it," said young Engishman.
mo; economical really" said Mr. DreX-
el. You see, the yatcht is the only place
on earth where an eXtravagant couple like
my wife and myself can't spend a cent"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

% abo a bau III Jul
paralyZed me and
affected my kid
Eeys. My back
hurt me terribly,
and the urine was
badly disordered.
Doctors said my
right kidney was
practically dead.
They said 1 could
never walk again.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

talnly done me a
world of good and
l cannot praise it
enough. / suffered
fromirregularities,
dizziness, nervous
ness, and a severe
female troub lie.
LydiaE.P Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfe C It
health and kept me
from the oDeratipp
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
Her Social Duty.

Her Social Duty.
BY Lydia A. Conley Ward.
The door bell rings,
The portal swings.
My lady comes a calling;
In velvet dressed,
Her veil close pressed
The formal talks appalling.
The style, the day.
The church, the play
Whatever line she fancies.
Ten minutes pass,
She says, Alas,
Time flies" and off she dances.
No real word said
From heart or head,
No thought to live in beauty;
Her list she checks
What names the next?
She's doing social duty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

A youthful versif1er in Washington
not long ago, says the Kansas City
Journal, sought the criticism of well
known publisher who CHANGED to be at
the national capital on business with
the copyright division of the library of
congress.
"Sir," said the near-poet indignant
~, when the publisher had brusquely
advised him to burn the STUFF sir.
poets are born, not made"
Whereupon the publisher smiled
broadly. Young man." said he, 'it
won't help your case In the least to try
20 shift the blame on your parents"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
With COURAGE Bear ThY Lot.

CTranslated by Louise Waring)
Heart, my heart, do not bemoan it
But with courage bear thy lot;
Wintry blasts are soon forgot;
Once more Spring reigns, fair and sunlit
Much is left thee to rejoice in,
See the world, so glorious fair.
Heart, my heart, thou yet mayst dare
Love bestowing love receiving.
Heinrich Heine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea, aids
Nature in maintaining the general we'll
being of the body, it corrects constipa.
tion, purifes the blood, brings health.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

Professor Percival Lowell announces
that spectroscopic proof has been OBJ
tanned of the presence of water on
Mars, This would seem, according to
the Scientific American. to settle once
Lowell's favor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

Official statistics issued in Berlin
show that 9,927 young men were con-
demned and punished during 1907 for
attempting to evade compulsory mill
tary service.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13

The production of beet sugar in 1907
for the first time exceeded the produc-
ton of cane sugar; the product of the
year being, cane sugar, $4,000, 900
pounds; beet sugar. sSz000,0o0 pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-02-13
The Latest Fad.

Anna d. Adams Theatrical Beauty Pug
sle. 10000 prizes to those who solve it.
Amuses young and old. Send 25c to-day.
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