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Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-05

The following is taken from the Paradise Record and is selfexplana- tory:
 Tn three months it will be possible to talk from the saw-mill-six miles from Paradise-to Globe, Courtland and Douglas. Such is the calculation of Forest Ranger Stuart, who is in charge of the telephone construction work now being accomplished on the Chiricahua National Forest by the government. As soon as larger wire is strung between this place and the saw mill, it will then be possible to talk from Paradise to the cities men tioned. The line from the mill onward is strung with long distance wire No. 9-while that between Paradise and the mill is a repaired line equip ped with smaller wire, which would not be suitable for long distance pur- poses. The line GO the mill may be re-strung with No. g wire by the gov ernment later on.
 Long distance advantages will how ever. be derived by Paradise, Portal, and Rodeo immediately on connection being made at Erickson-s ranch, for. as will be readily seen, a relay system can be established at the mill, the op- orator there transmitting over the long distance wire messages he re. ceiyes from this end over the old line. Hence this improvement, for which the United States forestry service IS to be thanked, will be of great benefit to th,s section an dwill constitute drawing card of greater and greater value as the camp grows.
 "A complete list of the cities and towns possible to be reached by the new telephone system is not avail able here. It is understood that the Riggs line with which the Chiricahua system is to connect at Erickson's ranch) reaches Courtland, Gleeson. the Riggs ranch. Dos Cabezas and Wilcox That will give an outlet to Douglas, via Courtland, and to Bisbee. by the way of Gleeson. The line from Wilcox to Bowie and Globe is under construction and its completion will be realized soon. All the cities and towns mentioned will therefore be reached by telephone from this sec tion. Tombstone is also available by way of Bisbee. These are certainties. Other l:nes-connecting with other cit ies-are proposed"
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and others found fault with 1t, was decided to try to secure work of that kind by authorizing the city engineer to appoint sidewalk inspector, to serve. when needed at 50 cents per hour actual amount of time put in, his particular duty being to see that the ingredients of the cement were al ways mixed n due proportions.
 The matter of sewer facilities for the rapidly upbuilding Clawson addi- tion section of the city. in which many of the spectators were interested, was settled by the unanimous passage of a resolution of intention to extend the present sewer from Avenue A. to the engineers sewer line in that addition, matter of some 800 feet. costing about 75 cents per foot City Eng,n- eer Norton promised the council that he would get up the specifications as quickly as possible, and the council promised itself to act as quickly as they were drawn.
 The council also resolved to adver- t;se for bids for the laying of an eight foot cement sidewalk all around the park and playground, and to open the bids at the next meeting" which it
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DOUGLAS, Aug 4.-(Special.) )-
 Thunder and lightning accompanied the meeting of the city council Monday evening; but the storm was outside the couhcl meeting not Inside. What aver storm had brewec within the council, if any, blew over previously, during the afternoon.
 There was sound reason for the gen eral serenity of the council. As re- marked by City Attorney Lockwood. sotto voce, during the meeting as soon as the budget was agreed upon. That virtually sets the tax rate at .0OS (eight mills) or less than one cent on each hundred dollars of val uat on of property. or a 60 per cent valuation. That gives Douglas cty the lowest tax rate of any city in the territory" ands then followed a few facts and a few jokes that were not to the credit of Bisbee, with its ai- legged rate for next years of two cents on the hundred dollars of valuation.
 Before the budget was presented, Mayor Greene stated that himself and City Clerk Daley had made up the budget that was to be presented soon by comparing the estimates of last year with the amount actually spent for each fund, and then making up the estimates for this year in the light of those figures.
 The figures of the budget for the coming year including the estimates and expenses for last year, were as
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OUR COUNTRY AND
 PEOPLE II NEEDS
WHAT HERBERT KAUFMAN SAYS IS PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT
 TO THE SOUTHWEST.

DOUGLAS, Aug 4.-(Special) -
 During his call on Douglas, yester- day. MT. Herbert Kaufman, special representative of Everybody's maga- zine, who IS writing up the southwest ern portion of the United States and it's development, said to the repre- sentative of the International who called on him at his private car:
 My purposes in all this trip are to get information at first hand, to tell about each section just as 1t is, so as to attract only those who will come to a country knowing just what its difficulties as well as advantages are, and be able to cope with both success fully I believe that new countries need men who have made a success of life elsewhere and would like to make 1t over again in a new country on a large scale. I am particularly pleased at one thing: I find that these new countries of the Southwest ern portion of the United States do not need to be lied about. All they need for their success is to nave the truth told about them on both sides, good and bad. One thing of your city I want to particularly speak of, and that is the Gadsden hotel-it is worthy to rank with anything in this country as a piece of art in Interior finishing.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-05
Friends of sparrows.

Rider Haggard classes sparrows with rats as "vernin" ard recom- mends a campaign against them How ever, sparrorzs have had plenty of friends in past ages. Catullus' poem about his Lesb.a's pet sparrow is one of the prettiest things in Latin liter ature and in a passage of Plautus "spar7ow," "dove" and hare" occur texether as terms of endearment Pepys, too. writes of a pet sparrow: .-To dinner with my father and sister and family. mighty pleasant, all of us; and. among other things, with . spar row that our Mercer hath brought up now for three weeks. which is so tame that 1t flies up and down and upon the table, and eats and pecks. and does everything so pleasantly that we are nightly pleased with it."
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way. barred themselves behind the doors of an executive session." but as the gentlemen representing the bond buying companies talked pretty loudly in their efforts to induce the council to think that to buy the pri- vate company is the only right way to get municipal ownership of water. works, even if they had to pay twice what the private company's plant is worth on a replacement basis and therey incidentally g.ve the bond-buy- CTS a bigger bite. and as the doors of the executive chamber" are of anly light wood and the other rooms were open. the sess'on was more executive than secret, and neither very much The execution is expected to occur at special meeting of the council this evening. Te insistency of the bond. buyers did not seem to made the ses- sion of last evening very satisfactory to them.
 Sewer and Sidewalks.
 During the evening, Councilman Ramsay presented an ordinance pro- viding that sidewalk builders should be compelled to give bonds for the goodness of their work, but as he
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trustees of this district be and are hereby instructed and authorized to erect in this district: CD a high school: (2) school for children of the African race; (3) grade school; (4) two-room addition to the P.rtle- vile schoolhouse: (5) two-room ad- dition to the Second street school fhouse, in Douglas arizona.
 Resolved. That the sai board be authorized and empowered to pur- chase an appropriate site Tor said high school in Douglas, Arizona, etween Eighth and Fourteenth streets and F. and Bonita avenues: that they are herey authorized to purchase the site of the school for children of the Afr can race etween Fourteenth and Twen- tieth streets, and F. and A. avenues in said city: and to purchase a site for a grade school in what is known
 as the Overlook addition to the city of Douglas.
 Resolver further that the price to 1, be paid for said lots and for said buildings be left to the judgment of
 the board.
 Resolved further that the price to by authorized to establish and here
 after maintain kindergarten school
 or schools for children under the age
 of six years, and to use the school
 property therefor. for - months in
 each year, the period of the year to
 be determined by the board; to pur-
 chase material therefor, employ teach
 CTS. and use or devote school funds
 to the credit of the district for their
 maintenance or support; and are au-
 thorized and instructed to do all things
 not inconsistent herewith nor with law, and all the acts and things as spec f cally set forth in Subdivision 5,
 Paragraph 21S1, Civil Code of Arizona.
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Story of Dying Trees,

Attention has recently been directed eo the number of trees in Glasgow which are fin dying state, their sick ly condition being attributed to smoke. A correspondent mentions a singular coincidence in regard to five trees which John Pattison planted in the center of his garden in Kelvingrove on the birth of his five sons. Two of his sons died early in the nineteenth century, but three lived till after 1850, when there were only three of the trees standing. On the night that his son Matthew died one of the trees fell. and on the night of Frederick and Johns death (some years be- tween) one of the trees fell, certain ly, as the writer remarks. ( singular coincidence.-Glasgow Herald.
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was then expected would be the one called to consider the sewer bids.
 Feeding Prisoners.
 The council received a polite com municauIon from Fred Haas, of the cafe, saying that he would like to con tract to feed the prisoners confined from time to time in the city cala- booze: end the council, on that sug- gestion. concluded 10 advertise to re- ceive bids for doing such work. Coun- cilman Houle suggested that it be required that the food be 'such as the marshal, could eat himself" but the suggestion received no support, and passed unheeded.
 Other matters being out of the way, that of municipal water works was taken up. and Messrs Bullock and King, representing eastern bond-buy- CTS, were called upon. Mir. Bullock gave way to Mir. King and the latter was just warming up to his subject when Mayor Greene gave him a quiet tip. at which he subsided. and on mo- tion of the mayor, the council went into executive session, and the spec tators went home. to Took for it in the papers.
 HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. As result of the meeting held by the citizens of Douglas Monday 'n the Twelfth Street school building the local school board was authorized to 90 ahead with the plans for the ad- ditional school buildings in the Douglas district which includes all the suburbs While the resolution passed at the meeting authorized the board to pro. cure location for the new high school building between Eighth and Four. ! teenth streets and between F. and A. avenues it is known that there :s only one available location for the building within these bounds and that location is the vacant block bounded by Telfth and Thirteenth and c. and .. owned by the International Land and Improve ment company. It is understood that this block can be bought for, $12, ,00C and Mir. Hammil. of the board stated this morning that the building would
 probably go there. No specific loctioan has been secur ed for the uilding for African children
 but that building will be located some
 where Tn the northern part of the city as the greater part of the colered pop
 ulation live in that section. There are only about twenty colored school chil dren in Douglas, and one room will be
 sufficient for the present. A two room | school building will be erected in the Overlook addition.
 | Following is the resolution adopted
 by the meeting of citizens yesterday | evening:
 l Resolved, That the said board be
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No Doubt a Reader sf Punch"

A hearty laugh had gone almost around over the story of the fisher man who, to locate the place on the lake where he had had good luck, cut a nick in the side oi his boat. Almost around" for the Englishman sat sol emn and silent About five minutes later, however, he awoke with roar of laughter, and when asked the trou- ble, replied: Well, wouldn't 1t be corking good joke if that fisherman got a different boat the next time he went outi"
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$15. ze $35.

As in previous seasons, we have made an effort to get another step ahead in excel lence of styles and in good workmanship. We are confident enough concerning the result to make the invitation most cordial to come and judge for yourself today. Every week now will see additions to the autumn clothing stock---This word of in- vitation is extended whether you plan to buy or not.
 The costliest garments that purse can buy are not more becoming than will be the clothes of the man who is garbed in Kuppenheimer Fall Suit.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-05

Drawn largely by interest in police and fire department matters, and what might be done in them personally, there was a larger crowd in attend ance on-the councils proceedings than
Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-05
EXTENDED PHONE SERVICE. FOR
 DOUGLAS

FOREST SERVICE IS BUILDING LINE WHICH WILL PUT PARA. DisE ON DOUGLAS PHONE CIR. cUiT-iT WILL GIVE PARADISE MANY CONNECTING POINTS.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
STARS AND STRIPES OUT.
Cuban Flag Floats Everywhere on
Island.

Havana.-The last emblem of
American domination over Cuba dis
appeared when the garrison flag at
Camp Columbia fluttered down the
pole and was replaced Moment
later by the lone star. red banner OF
the Cuban republic. The ceremony
attending the transfer of authority
took place in the presence Of the
American garrison of Camp Column
bia. At the direction of Major Gen.
eral Thomas H. Barry, commanding,
Lieut.. Bayard Sneed of the Tw enty-
seventh Infantry advanced to the
fagstaff and hauled down the colors.
The troops presented arms and the
Cuban and American bands played
"The Stars-Spangled Banner" A
Cuban ltusenant then raised the
Cuban colors, and the troops again
saluted. The transfer of the camp
being thus completed, the Cuban
troops lined the roadside and pres
ented arms, while the Americans.
numbering about 500 in heavy march
ing order, swung past, proceeding
to the transports Summer and Me-
C1ellen. The passage of the troops
through the city did not attracts the
least attention, and not more than
a dozen visitors at the arsenal wit
messed the embarkation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
DISASTROUS PRISON fire
Eight Hundred Convicts Are
Cowed by Soldiers.
ONE MAN is PAINFULLY SCALDED
Laugh, But as Fire Approaches
Cell-House, They Beg To
Be Saved.

LeavenWorth, KAN With IzUu
United States soldiers gusFdin4 them
8u0 prisoners were marched Qnt 90
their cells amid unusual scen6S at
the fire which destroyed four build
ings Of the Federal prison here.
With the fire gaining dangerous
headway. troops, were rapidly plac-
ed around the prison. The first
guard line was placed about $50 feet
from the prison wall, the men being
stationed ten feet apart. The Sc
cond line was 200 feet farther back.
The companies were extended in open
order, and through this line no one
except an officer or soldier on duty
was allowed to pass.
When the fire was started there
was glee among the prisons. Let it
burnt" they yelled. The water pres
sure was very poor, and as the water
sputtered uselessly from the hose the
prisoners laughed and cheered The
flames leaped higher and gust of
wind whipped smoke into the near
est of the three cells houses, the
tone of the prisoners changed then.
For Gods sake, take us out" they
screamed, battering against the steel
bars in terror. Col. Loughbrough,
saw the danger when the flames got
very near the cell houses and or
dered the prison provost guard to
unlock the doors. The 500 prisoners
fell in, each convict with his hands
on the shoulder of the man in front
of him. At double quick they mar
ched to the farthest corner of the
prison enclosure, where they huddled
while 100 prison guards awed them
with leveled rifles. Two of the ter
convicts tainted.
All the sick prisoners were remov-
ed when the fire first was seen. The
records were taken from the admin
istration building, and also prepara-
tions made to blow it up if necess-
ary.
A new military prison is under pro
cess Of construction, and it is not
probable the burned building will be
rebuilt.
A few men were overcome by the
heat during the fire. Lieut.. G.. w.
Jones, Thirteenth Infantry, was pain
fully scaldej by steam and hot wa
,er frcm a burning roof
After the fire had been extinguish-
ID the prisoners were marched back
% their cells, which were in build
ngs undamaged by the fire. The
structures were erected TN
.857 and 1858.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
BROTHER AND SISTER MEET.
Reunited After Fifty Years by Post
Gard phOtODraDh

st. Louis, Mo.-Separated nearly
half century ago by the civil war
and reunited via "a photograph on
a postcard, James Bassett, wealthy
farmer, and his sister, Mrs. Sarah T.
Norvell, passed through st. Louis en-
route to Bassett's home, near Min
eral Springs Texas. When the war
started the Bassetts lived near Spring
field, Ill. He enlisted, shortly after
his company left Springfield his mo-
ther died. The father died six months
later. and the daughter was taken
to Chicago by relatives. Bassett's
letters home were never answered,
and no news of the death of his par
ents did he received until he inquir-
ed at his old home after peace had
been declared. He spent several
months trying to locate his sister
and then migrated West. Bassett
recently visited friends in Dallas,
and he and his friends were photo
graphed in front of cigar store. One
of the postcards was sent to a Mrs.
Jamison by the family Bassett had
visited. Mrs. Noryell visited Mrs.
Jamison, and while looking through
the postcard album spied the pho
tograph and the signature, "James
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
WOULD TAX BEEF.
EaVors an Additional Tribute of Sixty
Cents Per Barrel.

Cents Per Barrel.
Washington If Representative
Humphreys (Miss.) had his way
lumber will be on the free list and
an additional tax of 60 cents a barrel
ON beer imposed. He spoke on both
propositions in connection with the
debate. Declaring that as measure
OF protection to American industries.
the Payne tariff bill was sectional,
discriminating against the industries
Of the South, and West, and in favor
.of the East, Representative Humph-
of ~ issIssIpp 81 speech ia the
i1ousegsa4u lssS that 81 rs revenue
measure, It failed signa1ly, promising
under the best conditions to increase
receipts over the Dingley bill only
eleven million dollars.
The purpose of the BILL" said
Mr.. Humphreys, is to enable tha
American manufacturer to charge the
American consumer more for his
goods than they are worth. I am
not an expert in such matters, but |
can frame bill which could be
written on one page, instead of 234
and which would increase the reve-
nues many times over the increase
promised in the Payne bill, and that.
too, without laying the heavy hand
of the tax gatherer upon one legiti-
mate American industry"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
S2,500,O00 FIRE IN texas
81 Blocks Swept, 1 Fatality,
Score are Injured.
NEARLY 800 HOUSES ARE BURNED
Heaviest Individual Loser Is Texas
and Pacific Railway On Its
Roundhouse. Fourteen Blocks
Destroyed at Dallas.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Burning be
tween two and three hundred resi-
dences, fire here swept thirty-tWl
blocks bare, driving 5000 peopI,
from their homes, causing one death
scores more or less seriously injured
and Involving property loss conser
vatively estimated at s2,5O0,O00.
| OF the total loss, the heaviest indi
vidual loser is the Texas & Pacific
Railway Company estimated by of.
ficials at 100000 including round
| houses, damages to locomotives and
cars and the loss of 500 cars of coal
The fire started at about the cen
| ter of that portion of the residence
district known as the south side and
swept to the south and east cover
ing thirty-two blocks.
The Broadway Baptist and Broad
way Presbyterian churches and a
Swedish chapel, in the path Of the
flames were destroyed. The Protest
ant sanitarium was also rendered a
mass of ruins the score or more of
patients being moved out just be-
fore the building caught fire.
1t is probable that fourteen loco
motives in the Texas and Pacific
round house were reduced to twisted
masses of steel and iron Valiant
efforts of firemen and railroad em-
ployes saved the handsome passenger
station and here the fire was checked.
On the other side the business district
is located. So great was the demand
on the water supply that it became
almost exhausted before the flames
were brought under control.
Dallas and other cities surround
Ing have offered aid to the fire vic
tins but the Fort Worth authorities
feel able to cope with the situation.
The mammoth live stock building
and auditorium has been thrown
open. to the fire victims and all va
cant houses in the city have been
rendered to the unfortunates rent
free until they are able to find per-
manent quarters
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas ire
proof freight depot and warehouse
was in the path of the flames, but
was not seriously damaged.
There were many thrilling rescues
and volunteers responded by the hun
dreds to save the household Effects
Of the fire victims. Police patrolled
the fire district and but few reports
of vandalism were recorded
The flames were famed by a wind
blowing at the rate of Is miles all
lour and this with the weakening
water pressure handicapped the fire
department..
The fire devastated district now
scene of desolation. Hun |
lreds of brick chinlneys stand as SEN |
inels over the charred remains of
hundreds Of homes, large number
# them being the property of rail-
DAD employees.
The fire. is supposed to have start
d in a barn, from some unknown
ause.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
Ice Plant to Remain Closed.

The ice plant at New Roads which
is large enough to supply ten towns
like New Roads with ice, is not to
operate this summer. 1t is stated
that the company has been losing
money every year since the plant has
been installed and has decided not to
run this. year. Rumor reports that
the Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Compa
ny, will soon own the plant and that
by next year will have it differently
equipped.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
WOMAN LEADS BURGLARS.
Young Matron Taken Into Custody
At Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn.-That she = was
the leader of band of youthful
burglars, charged with a recent rob-
berry. was the rather remarkable ad-
mission of Mrs. ]. e. Wait, aged
"a, when taken into custody. Ac-
cording to the statement of the wo-
man, she and younger sister, Lea
nora Pryor, not only planned the
burglary but, donning male attire,
took an active part in It's accomplish
ment She was arrested while with
her husband, salesman for an ele-
vator concern Of Memphis and st.
Louis. The woman together with
others alleged members of the band
who had previously been arrested
were held for trial.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-10
Negro Driver Seriously Hurt.

At kentwood, Burt Brumfeld, a
negro driver for the Wilson-Naul
Company, was seriously injured when
delivery wagon which he was driv-.
ing, was struck by sauth- bound Illi-
nois Central passenger train No. ;,
at Kents mill, Tie wagon was dc
molished. The horse escaped in
jury and returned to the store drag
ging the front wheels of the wagon
behind him.