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Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS

Two applicants took the examination for railway mail clerk before the local civil service board at the capitol build ing. Wednesday, and one applicant took the examination covering two days, Wednesday and Thursday, for the position of clerk-draftsman in sur veyor- generals offices.
 THE TAFT coMMITTEE-Accord- ing to previous announcement, there will be a meeting of the committee on the reception of President Taft at the Hotel Adams at 2:30 o'clock this af- ternoon. It has been called by J. C.. Adams, acting on the request of the chairman of the committed, Mayor Christy, who is absent from the city.
 HAS COME TO SEE-J. C. Arrwood of Greenville, $. C., is recent arrival in Phoenix and expects to spend a month in looking over the valley. MT. Arrwood is conductor in the employ of the Southern railway, and has beeu hearing a great deal about Phoenix and the Salt River valley; so much so, in fact, that he is disposed to make this his home if the facts verify the advertising. and to date they seem b have done so.
 DEATH OF s. C. CORN & c. Corn, better known as Red" died at his room at the Hoffman last night. after an illness of about a week. His body will be buried on Friday after noon at o'clock from Merryman's. s. He was a native of Indiana and came to Phoenix seven years ago from Center Point, la. He was member of the Carpenters union and of the Chinese Masons. He was man of upright character and had a large circle of friends.
 WILL PAY THE FREiGHT-James Goodwin. superintendent of the min eral exhibit of the territorial fair, is sending out letters to the various cities asking for cooperation in making it one of the best exhibits of late years. For the benefit of those who may wish to send samples. it should be stated that they will not have to pay any freight charges on their consignments. All that is necessary is to do the min erals up in a bag and address 1t to the fair commission. and the railroads will do the rest. If sent by express, however. charges will be collected.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
PRESCOTT VISITORS
HUMBOLDT VISITORS

Mrs Robt E. Morrison of Prescott were Phoenix visitors yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
RETURNED FROM THE EAST

MT. and Mrs. Warwick Scott have re- turned from extended visits in the east. Mrs. Scott left here last March as Miss Catherine Dittus, a we'll known nurse who has made Phoenix her home for several years. Mir. Scott left in the early summer and the two were married in Monticello. Minn. Their summer travels included Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City and many other inter esting intervening towns.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
ROUTE WILL BE cHANeEo-I


 is announced on the authority of George Purdy Bullard, president of the automobile club and chairman of the committee on the route to be taken with the presidential party through the valley. that the aforesaid route will be somewhat changed from that recently announced as decided upon. This decision was arrived at Wednes- day afternoon immediately after an excursion over the route, taken by Mir. Bullard in his machine. At one place along the Grand canal the road is very narrow and as they traversed it the bank gave way on one side, partly tipping the machine over. It would have gone clear over only for barb wire fence, against a post of which the automobile lodged. The rear fender Of the machine was wrecked beyond recognition. The fact that the machine was going very slow is probably the only thing that kept its occupants from serious injury. The change in the route has not been announced yet, but that it will be changed is a cer- tainty. Any road too narrow for a man of Mir. Bullard's stature would hardly be considered safe for President Taft.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
Notice to the Public

Owing to the large patronage of Ice Cream, Ice Cream Soda and other cool refreshments, it prevents us serv ing monday lunches after Saturday. September 25. Win serve a la carte only thereafter.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
! OF LOCAL INTEREST :
HOME FROM THE EAsT-J. J.

HOME FROM THE EAST-J. J. Casey and family returned yesterday morning from a summer visit in the east.
 A QUICK TRIP-Ar. Jones of the Orangewood nursery returned Wednes- day from a business trip of three or four days to California.
 RETURNS HoME-Dr. John Lentz has returned to take up his practice again after a vacation at Seattle and coast cities.
 AID SOCIETY MEETING-TheL La dies Aid of the First M. E. church will hold a business meeting at the church parlors at 2:3O on Friday, Septem- Der 24.
 QUARTZSITE VISITOR Sam Bentley, who owns the Chuckawalla mine at Quartzsite and is engaged in developing it as fast as possible. ar rived here Wednesday on business trip.
 DEATH OF MRS. M'DERMID-Mrs. Alice McDermid, who returned to Phoenix from a visit in the east about a week ago, died on Wednesday morn ing at St. Joseph's hospital. She came to Phoenix several years ago from China.
 YOM KIPPUR-Saturday. or rather beginning this evening. will be Tom Kippur, or the day of atonement, which will be celebrated as usual by the Jewish congregation of the city. There will be services in Melczer hall at 7:30 o'clock this evening and at o'clock Saturday morning.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24

bolt and NJ. G. Burns of Humboldt the latter a prominent member of the last legislature. are among the vis- itors from the north, drawn to Phoe- nix to listen to the oratory of the great democratic leader.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
eARNIsHMENT PROCEEDINGS

I. F. Howells and w. J. Graham, con tractors of Los Angeles, have begun garnishment proceedings in the district court for the collection of amounts all legged to be due them from G. w. Bell, the principal contractor for the Tempe high school. The plaintiff had the clustering contract at $1125. They claim that there is yet due them on that contract s312.15. They allege that they performed a great deal of extra piece work for which they have not been paid, so that the total amount due is $701. .62.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-24
RAISED DISTURBANCE

Douglas was arrested yesterday for raising q disturbance at Buchanan and Center streets.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
Choice MISCELL.AHI
No Tins In Finland.

A country where there are no tips
and where small services are rendered
to the stranger without hope of re-
ward would seem hard to find. Yet
such country is Finland.
So far the tourist has not appeared
in any great numbers, and consequent
ly the commercial spirit which his ad-
vent always marks has been absent
AS an example of this Nine. Ainu
Malmberg, Finnish lady. who is pay
ing visit to London, tells an anus
ing story. Two English friends hed
been staying with her at her house On
Helsingfors and on leaving gave ehss
maid tip.
She was very much astonished ard
did not know what it meant Seeing
Nine Malmberg's son coming down
stairs, she ran to hill, and said: They
gave me money. Did they give you
any?" Hearing that they had not
done SO, she was much mystified. =
cannot understand why they should
give it to me and not to you. when
they know you much better than me, y
was her perplexed comment on the in
cident.-London Post.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
just to Make Things LIVELY.

A special correspondent Of Vienna
paper writes this about recently
opened department store in London
To the great displeasure of the Eng
lish people. the store owes its exist
ence to American money, and it will
be conducted on American lines. Lon
don has a full quota of large stores.
but this did not deter the Americans.
No; they opened their store in the
very heart Of the business district,
Just to make things lively they say.
There it stands. this American coles
sus, n symbol of American strength
and self confidence. Fancy the arro-
gance contained IN tie advertisement:
Our business. large as it will be. will
not Injure the old. honorable and care
fully conducted concerns in our neigh
borhood On the sontrary. our bust
ness will be of inestimable value to
them. for it will attract the world to
our district. What viii these Ameri-
cans do next 2
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30

Dangers Of Railway Travel In China.
Railway travelling in China appar-
emily has dangers of its own. Of late
complaints have been rife as to the
failure of the authorities to afford
proper protection to passengers on the
Shanghai-Nanking line. 1t appears
that when some irresponsible China
man meets with an accident through
trespassing on the line or not exercis-
ing proper caution at level crossing
1t is customary for his fellow villagers
to stop the next train. lombard it with
stones and extort compensation from
the unlncky travellers. who are fortu-
nate If they reach their journeys end
with their heads unbroken. Such at
tempts at repression as have been
made have proved entirely inadequate,
and these outrages are said to be Of
frequent occurrence. Near Chinkiang
recently a mob hurled through the
window of train heavy jagged pieces
Of granite, any one of which might
have caused serious injury to passen-
gers.-London Telegraph.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30

their equally industrious and God fear,
ing descendant in the hour of his need.
But in the fall, when the mortgage
became due, something leered at Zeph-
aniah from the barren rye fields. 1t
glared at him from the scanty stub
BILE of the oats and wheat 1t reared
it's ugly head exultantly at him out
Of the mean shocks Of corn. Zeph-
aniah stood face to face with defeat.
And Zephaniah's suffering was two-
fold, for his thoughts now had become
self accusatory. He had done wrong,
hence the Lord had turned away his
face He had made his only son an
outcast, and by his mandate of silence
he had saddened his wife's life. Had
he been patient little longer with his
hayward boy, had he permitted Abb
bail to answer the affectionate, en-
thusiastic letters, loss and disaster
need not have come upon them and
Matthew would still have comforted
their old age.
1t was a late afternoon in September.
the day before the mortgage was due.
The old couple were to leave the farm
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30

eyes, held the reins, and as she noticed
the boy by the roadside she nodded
pleasantly to him. But he, caught in
shirt sleeves and suspenders. rivaled
an August poppy as the carriage
passed, forgetting in his embarrass-
ment to hide his telltale face from
his father. Neither spoke while the
beat of the hurrying hoofs died away
down the road, but the silence was
tense between them. The boy broke
fteat last, taking the aggressive.
s'The farm is beginning to fail now, 3
he exclaimed, turning toward his IA
Their. II tell you you're oufraging ma
ture, exhausting the soil stupidity year
after year this way without any re-
dress. Mark my words. four years
from now every harvest will be a fail.
ure."
The muscles about Zephaniah's
mouth twitehed and his eyes narrow
cd as he locked at the tall boy before
him, bat he spoke In the same even
tone.
And anandin. four Years with your
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30

Good seats in the best theaters of
London are pretty dear" remarked
Mr.. Jay F. Durham, a distinguished
newspaper man and veteran globe trot-
ter
1.-THE prevailing price is los. Cd.
or about $3.50 in our currency. The
pit is a good bit cheaper. being only
3 shillings. There is no especial the
alter district i'll London as in most
of the big American cities, but fine
playhouses are to be found away out
IN residential sections, miles distant
from the business quarter. In this
country, Were a theater. no matter how
magnificent and well equipped it might
be, established in remote street. it
would be financial failure. as it could
expect no patronage. The London the
alters are also great deal smaller than
those of the. United States. but in the
matter of comfort they are infinitely
superior. They have large, easy
chairs and do not put them so close
together as to make entrance and exit
painful and disagreeable task. as is
too often the case over e''-Balti-
more American.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
IN THE FURROW
OF HIS FATHERS,
Story of a Wornout Farm and Its
Restoration to Fertility.
BY KENDR!ck FERRIS.

copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.1
Il can't let you go. son. need you
for the harvestin'"
The tone was patiently persuasive
of pleading crept into it as the old
man added, Il don't like to feel have
to force you to stay at home, Mat
thew"
"You can't" cried the boy passion
ately. "I'll run away first" AS be
spoke he broke a piece off the rottins
rail fence by which they were standing
and filliped it angrily into the field OF
waving grain Then as his father did
not Immediately answer he turned to
see the effect Of his threat, but Zepha-
niah Whitcomb's thin. scanned face
was as quietly impassive as If he had
not heard.
"I'll run away" reiterated the boy
doggedly.
His father ignored both the words
and the tone This field'll be about
ready for reapin' Monday" he remark
ed with the air of connoisseur, let
ting his eyes travel slowly across the
acres of billowing rye to the dark row
of windbreaks opposite rearing itself
against the northern sky. .And the
ten acre piece across the way is about
ripe now. There'll be considerable
thrashin', all told"
mot as much as last year." said the
boy meaningly. "And the weather's
been better too" ---
Again the father ignored him and
continued imperturbably: Sam Curry,
from down on Beaver creek, was up
at the Corners store yesterday. an;
he said helps goin' to be scarce this
season. He's sent for couple Of his
sisters boys from down Maine. and
he's only got a hundred acres under
the plow.''
The boy looked his contempt.
"Sam Curry cradles and fails" he
said, bracing himself by his elbows
against the rails. 81 should think he
would have to get help from down il
Maine, but some day even Maine'll
kick on a cradle"
The old man pulled his hat brim
lower as he looked past his son down
the dusty road that ran westward for
mile or more.
sally Marks was tellin' your ma
this mornin' there's goin' to be more
dances this harvestin' than ever BE-
fore" commented Zephaniah. slinpine
his thumbs under his suspenders ard
spreading his feet apart. She's get
tin to be a fine lookin' girl. Sally
Marks is Looks like an August pop
py with her red cheeks and her red
hair"
Matthew Whitcomb Strengthened
himself slowly Sally Marks is the
wrong bait father" he said dryly.
Her horizon is covered with dance
and recipe for mince pie
As he was speaking the sound of
horses hoofs approaching rapidly came
from the curve in the road to the east,
and before the farmer could answer d
trim little phaeton, drawn by span
Of bays drove briskly by. A girl in
gray, with brown hair and large brown
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30

on the following morning, and Abigail
was now busy in the big garnet pack
ing some forgotten belongings.
AS Abigail began upon second
trunk Zephaniah stole. miserably down
the stairs and out into the felds-his
fields, his fathers fields and his IA
theirs fathers to the third and fourth
generation before him, The old man
walked through them unsteadily. not
ing lovingly every familiar undulation.
every knoll, every outcropping Of rock.
He passed through the bare rye field
and came to the rail fence, opposite
the elm tree, where he and Matthew
had quarreled eight years ago. The
fare Of reddening creeper could be
seen in the windbreak; the fields were
empty and brown. He remembered
how the grain had swayed and nod
ded before them on that other day.
At the end of the western road the
sun was beginning to set in glory Of
purple and bold. and the sweet notes
Of hermit thrush came now and
again from the elm tree.
A completer realization of all that
he was about to lose mastered the old
mans heart. Mutely the scene about
him spoke of work that was done
the cleaned fields the setting sun, the
creeper reddening in death. Zepha-
niah, too, stood In the evening and au-
tumn Of his life But the sun would
rise again, the creeper would put forth
new leaves, and the young grain would
come up where the old had been cut
down. But for Zephaniah there was
no resurrection. In anger he had cast
his seed from him. He buried his
thin, scanned face in his hands. ooh,
Matthew, my son. my son. he cried.
Again the beat of hoofs fell upon the
air, but this time the judges bays,
driven by q young woman in gray,
came out of the west AS they drove
alongside Zephaniah they were drawn
in suddenly to a standstill, and man
sprang out into the roadside
"Father!" The clear voice came like
eight years.
Matthew And the oil man held
his hoy in his arms.
The judges daughter drove slowly
on toward the house. She and Matthew
had but that day learned of the mort
gage on the farm, and, armed with
its cancellation, Matthew had decided
to brave once more his fathers wrath
and to tell his parents of his coming
marriage. Margaret insisted upon ac-
eompanying him.
Perhaps he will not forgive you,
and then that will be my oniy chance
to know your mother she had said
Down by the rye field the young pro
fessor of agricultural physics was
bracing himself by his elbows against
the rails and saying:
BY keeping my nose in book four
years you see l have succeeded in
pleasing the judges daughter Now
will you let me try to save the FARM
Zephaniah was looking at the pro-
fessor with the, eyes Of a starved
lover, and now he laughed, low and
happily.
BOY" he said. "let's go in and see
Abigail
And SO it came to pass that Zeph-
aniah Whitcomb lived 20 see the
despised "beok learnin' !" bring hack
the full. glad harvesHs of his fathers.
The soils were carefully analysed b.
the young professor and their tiIth
and fertility intensified. Crops were
rotated scientifically. and prosperity
returned. And ''the hand of the Lord
which his fathers had seen in the
prodiga1ity of nature, Zephaniah Whit
comb now wonderinely beheId in the
knowledge oe his son.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
Ocean Toll In Soil,

One Of the most startling facts com
ing to the American public from the
latest report Of the secretary of agri-
culture IS that the rivers of the United
States are annually pouring into the
ocean not less than a billion tons Of
sediment and that this immense vol
ume of waste consists CT the most val
uable. elements OF the soil. the very
richest material, as the secretary calls
Il, ..the cream OF the SOIL At mod
crate appraisal the annual loss exceeds
all the land taxes of the whole coun-
try, and this loss IS steadily increas-
ing instead of decreasing. Independ-
-enf.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
French Village Ruled by Women.

s IN the village of Froissy, near Paris.
nearly all the important posts are
filed by women. Passengers alighting
at. The railway station are met by q
woman. who is station master, while
her husband Is only guard A bar
her shop bears the notice that Nile
Jeannea will ..henceforth shave her
customers only on Tuesdays and Fri
days, as she has undertaken other
work At tie posfo6ice The local tee.
gsal9h messenger and posanall, . ~ sssst
Lescbse. Is Eaef. She wells IN IL ~
Esssles Cay. Tho mu=
aieipal drummer IS We asa II her
i. EatIa yes2s .oz1dnn sfasssf 80
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
Safeguarding Patents.

Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania has
bill providing for an important
amendment to the patent laws. If
passed it will enable owners of patents
to recover damages for infringement
by an action on the case in the name
Of the party interested either as pat
entee. assignee or grantee. the pro-
posed amendment being as follows:
whenever an invention described in
and covered by a patent of the United
States shall hereafter be used by the
United States without license or au-
thority of the owner thereof. such
owner may recover reasonable com
pensation for such use by the court
IF ola irnc I.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
WHO PAYS The
TARIFF TAX?
Old Argument Up Again on
Senate Bill.
MANUFACTURER VS.. RETAILER

The Question Is Which Puts Up the
Price on Protected Goods-The Next
Governor of the Territory of Alaska
A Ptucky Constituent Rewarded.
Thorns For Root.
Washington. May 2s.-Gspecial. l-Ou
being pushed in arguments in behalf
Of rather high duties several of the
senators so far forgot themselves as t
seriously reflect upon retail merchants
Of the United States as class, assert.
ing that these dealers generally are re-
sponsible for exorbitant prices and
that manufacturers are not In the
slightest TO blame. It was even
charged that after manufacturers put
their goods out the retailers combined
to exact unheard of prices. It is IN
derstood that since this information
went out to the country retailers in
large numbers have sent indignant de-
malls to these senators, who since have
been trying to hedge on their state
ments. The retailers claim that in
many instances they are compelled to
sell certain products at prices fixed by
manufacturers; otherwise they are Iot
permitted to handle the goods. and
they say this is well known fact.
The controversy has stirred up some
thing of hornets nest.
Fitted For the Office.
Another popular and well known
Washington newspaper correspondent
has been given good Office by Presi-
dent Taft. The nomination of Walter
e. Clark, formerly of Connecticut. to
be governor of Alaska has been sent to
the senate. Mr. Clark does not expect
to assume the duties Of his Office until
about Oct. l. This young man has
Travelled a great deal with Mr.. Taft,
as he did also with former President
Roosevelt. and they got to know him
well. Besides, one of the papers that
Mr. Clark has represented for years is
the Seattle Post Intelligencer That con
nection threw him into contact with
most of the prominent Alaskans who
have visited Washington, and he also
has visited the territory several times
and carefully studied conditions out
there
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-30
pIueky Constituent Rewarded.


Although scores Of applicants have
been pressing him hard to secure ap-
pointments in Washington, Senator
Bradley of Kentucky admits he has
been able to land only one constituent
to a job since he took his seat in the
senate. Henry EEL. Denham is the man,
and he was member Of the Kentucky
legislature at the time Bradley was
elected senator having been carried
to the state capitol on a stretcher to
vote for him on account of being
down with a severe attack of pne.l-
menia. Throughout that memorable
contest a great many of the legisla-
tors paired with each other The day
Bradley was elected the Democrat tic
sergeant-at-arms OF the house is said
to have drawn his pistol in the hall
Denham is declared to have pulled mis-
gun also and. going over to the Off
cfal, tapped him on the shoulder gently
and said. captain. when the firing
commences please remember that |
am paired with YOU Denham. whe
has considerable Indian blood IN his
veins, is now the conductor of one Ct
the ma gnifcent bronze elevators IN
the senate's office building. his pay be
ing $1,000 a year. which is a fortune
compared with what a Kentucky mem
Der of the legislature receives.