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Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
BlSbEE FIRM LANDS
 MEGOOD CONTRACTS

The friends Of Ols-n & Co, the contracting firm of this city were pleased a few days ago to learn that they had been awarded the contract to erect the building for the Water Users association in Phoenix which will cost very near thirty-five thou sand dollars. Mir. Frank Gras, who is a member of this firm has been .soTping fS Phoenix for several weeks. Connected with this firm Is also Architect Hurst. of this city.
 This company began business in the Salt River valley when t ee- cured the contract 10 build a high school building in Mesa. Next thing secured ths contract for the Sisters hospital vhfth will be completed a. bout the middle Of January. The company als7 has the contract for building a concrete lb~idGs srrOs@ Salt river for the county.
 These B'sbeeites seem to be doing well in their new field of operation. They are reliable and responsible and the Review comments them to all who may have need of their seryices.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
S.W. DID GOOD BUSINESS
 FOR YEAR l9|O
Travelling Agent Mustaine Says All Months But One Showed Better Business Than i1 Previous Year

Tha volume Of business which came To the Fl Paso & Southwestern railroad during 1910 was much great rr than f1r the previous year, accord. iuc tp E. c. Mustsine. traveiins rived in Bisbee yesterday.
 There has been a satisfactory growth iu the business of the South lreicht and passenger agent. who sl- western during the past year" said M- Mustaine when approached by a Review reporter. Every month during 1910, but one, slowed an in crease .a what We call competitive lusiness.
 or course we have all heard much speculative talk during the last six months about the exten- sion of the Southwestern west from .;cus1n uo Tucson or Phoenix or beth, but have no authoritative information concerning the inten- tons Of the company regarding this exransion Surveys lave been made down the San Pedro river towards lTsocnix and also direct to Tucson but so far as I know, no determira' ton has yet been reached as to route or probable time for starting construction
 It was learned this morning rom a gentleman connected with the oper' ating department of the road that D the surveys Fave neen competed hs the change in the line of t' railNpad beI~ cen Lewis Springs and Fairbanks, a distance of eleven miles. This work is regarded as badly needed, because of the threat ening danger to the track from the San Pedro river in many places Uu less this work is done before tho rainy season next summer muct damage from washouts is antici pated. The construction of th' new line would considerably shorter the distance and the survey cuts ou many curves. There will be mucl heavy rock work and several month will be required to complete i: afte it Is started
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
TOMBSTONEBOY IS AUDITOR OF
 THE TERRITORY
George Mauk Leaves Globe Railroad to Accept Office Rendered by Gov. Sloan-- is 2 Live Wire

The ann 7uncement that George Mauk has been appointed to the of fee of territorial auditor by Gov. arnor sloan. brings to mind the fact that Mauk during hi5 boyhood days, was a resident of T-mbstone where his parents arrived during the boom days O. the beloved old camp.
 The announcement also brings to mind that Mauk has on several oc- cc'Tions proven himself to be a live p-litical wire. Before going to Globe Mauk lived in Phoenix, where as the political ally of Ned Creigh- ton and J. C. Adams, he was promin- ent in what was known as the anti Kibbey faction in 1908 when the Kib beyites and nntjs were fighting to control the delegation to the nat ional republican convention. Mauk ! and Creighton line7 up the opposi- ton to Kibbey and I'd it to victory.
 Shortly before the famous Tucson convention ws-s called in 1908 Mfr. Mauk removed to Gl7be to become ! ihe general agent of the Gila Val ley, Globe and Northern railway. Globe was just beginning to show signs of the political fever when Mauk arrived and the federal appoint ees laying the necessary wires for naming a Kibbey delegation from Gila county.
 This did not look good to Mauk, but he said nothing and was seem 1 ingly indifferent as to political re fsuits, devoting many hours over time each day to becoming acquain' | ed with the railroad boys and pop ularizing himself with them. Every thing was moving smoHth with the i Kibbeyites and they were not dream
 ng of any attempted interference with thir plans until late in the af ternoon os the day on which a mai5' meeting had been called for the eVeI ing. When the train arrived tha . afterno0u it brought all the sectio' men and bridge gangs on the roa
 
 ed 10 order the hall was filled so fuI
 of railroad men that there was n
 room for anyone else. Mauk ha
 complete c1ntrol of the meeting an ] headed the anti-Kibbey delegation { ! Tucson which was seated in the cor vention after a strenuous contest.
 The seating of Mauk and his Gil
 county delegation and the Adams Cre'ghtcn delegation from Maricop
 was more than Kibbey could stand fl one day and he picked up his hn and giving the wink to Hoyal 4 Smith and the administration buncl they al went to the Santa Rita hote and held a bolters convention. bu il bore no fruit.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
BANKER ROBIN IS FIRED FROM
 SANITARIUE
CConurued from Page ID

(ContiEued from Page I.) confer tomorrow with Superintendent Mcdonald, of the Connecticut Insgi ance department. whether the Aetna Indemnity company. of Hartford, can be restrained from doing further business in the state. It becpme known here that in April 'OS and o' ficsl bulletin was is.Tued by E. F. Rittenhouse, then state s1Derin- dent of insurance in Colorado and now president nf the Provident Saw ings Lie Assurance society. that ousi cd the Aetna Indemnity company from C. dorado. and warned the pab- lie against Jos. J. Robin.
 No information can be had from the state supeIzntendent of banks bearing on the probable amount of the alleged shortage in the Northern bT.nk of New Ycrl<, but the director said tha: it might aggregate ss00,6o0 or more. James M Gifcrd, alter. ney for ths bank and also of the directors, who sad yesterday that all oepoeiiors would be paid in fall tonight estimated that the hank had quick assets on hand sufficient t1 assure all depositors es z-3 per cent on the dollar.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
SAY STRICKOV|CH
 GOT $50 TOO MUCH

RadovaH Strickoyich was arrested yesterday on a warranr sworn out bs@nre U. s. Comm. ssioner j. D Taylor by Postmaster Cz"sidy charg ing StTickovich with stealing fifty dollars from the Bisbee postoffice The preliminary exam. nation was he'd yesterday evening and the de- fendant is out cn bond pending the decision of the commissioner which will be rendered on January 9th
 T1e charge is based on the pay ment of a money order by Gerald inc Ryan, who had charge of the money order window at the pcstoffice when Strickoyich presented a money order for payment. The money or der, on it's face, apparently called for the payment Of seventy five dollars. but the stub which had been forward ed to the pcstoffice only called for twenty-five dollaIS Miss Ryan de clares positively that she paid seven ty-fve do,hrs to Strickovich, while Et CktAlIS tudl StlS pdiu nlIn OniS twenty-five dollars.
 On the discovery of the discrs D. .ancy which, occurred Is3e in the afternoon the cs.sh in the money or vas found 10 be s49.99 s1ors the one cent being explained by Miss Ryan as an over payment to a GUS toner in making change. On learn ing the circumstances Postmaster Cassidy looked up Strickoyich and de nisjnded that he return the fifty dol lars which had been paid to him by midtake. This was refused and the arrest followed. A search of the de- fendant and his room failed to dis close the missing money.
 This incident fs regretted very much by Mr. Cassidy because the
 oss will fan on Miss Ryan who has ii;s utmcst confidence. both for her honesty and accuracy,
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
DISCUSS LABOR LAWS

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 2s.-Witb conservation of Human Resources" as the main topic of discussion, the american Association of Labor Leg lsiation met in St Louis today for us fourth annua, meeting. The opening session was held jointly With the American SociolcyicaI So ciety and the American Statistical Association.
 The proceedings began with an address by Professor Henry " rarman of Yale on Practical Meth. ods in Labor Legislation" Professor Franklin H. Giddines of colurt;, university followed with a paper on
 The Re ation of Social Theory tn ruolic Policy" and Frederick l.. hoffman, of the Prudential Insurance company, concluded tSe session with paper on Fifty Years of J4fa Insurance Progress"
 industrial hygiene, the legislation of the working hours of women and tne progress of workingmen's com , pensa1on legislation in America are other subjects to receive a,. tention at te meeting. Mrs. Flor. ence Kelley of New York. Prof charles B. Henderson of te Tn, versity Of Chicago. Charles P. Neil united States Labor Commissioner ana a number of other noted mer and women are taking part in the meeting
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
MEET ID TALK IF LIABILITY
 LAW PROPOSED
Public Discussion of Bay State Idea of Employed Conpensatiol for Injuries Begins in Boston Today

BOSTON, Mass Dec. es.-The ses- sion of the Massachusetts legislature z ton convene next week in all prob abilit will pass a law providing for compensating workingmen for in juries received in tre course of their employment. A special com ! mission created to investigate the : subject has prepared a tentative draft of a bill and this afternoon the first of a series of public hear ings was given for the purpose of securing the views of employers and employees in regard to the proposed | measure.
 The salient features of the pro- ' posed act are as follows: Recovering is allowed in all cases irrespective of negligence, except when injury Is self-infiicted or due 10 intoxicatiou or breach of statu- tory regulation by the injured em- ploye
 During the first two weeks of dis ability no payments shall be made but the employer shall furnish first aid to the injured employe and pro- vide necessary medical treatment.
 In case of death dependents who'll ly depdendent shall receive. one. half the average wages of the de. ceased employe for 900 weeks. but not less than s4 nor more than sl0 a week. A wife or husband or children under eighteen shall be con. s,usively presumed to be wholly de. pendent.
 Partial dependents, in the absence of any one wholly dependent, shall receive a part of the above amount proportioned to their dependency.
 If there are no dependents the expense of the last sickness ana funeral shall be paid by the em ployer, not to exceed S20O
 If the employe does not die. bu is permanently incapacitated fo work. he shall receive ope-hal wages for 300 weeks. If the em ploye IS permanently partially in capacitated. he shall receive one half the difference in his earninj capacity.
 II the employe is temporarily in l capacitated. he shall receive one half wages for not moro than 30 , weeks. not less than s4, nor nor !, than sl0 a week.
 Employes shall not be required t Contribute.
 Employers, subject to the approya
 
 may substitute scheme incIudin. the payments prescribed in the ac provided that. if any contributions De required from the employees the extra benefits shall be cana to the contributions.
 Aged and partially incauacitate, empoyes may. with the approva of the Industrial Accident Board waive the provisions of the act.
 Controversies under the act sbaI Tn default of agreement by the mar ties, be settled by an arbitrafio, committee Of three, one Of whom be chosen by each party, the thir, 10 De member of the Industria Accident Board.
 Tee provisions Of the act sinai apply to all employees of the Com fnonwealth, counties. cities an, towns, and all other emplomentg except where there are not ove, live employees regularly emp;oyed
 The injured employe may. procee. nnder the compensation act or su, at common law, but not both.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29

new musical comedy from the Vienna stage, to be given here. is called The Doll Girl"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29

Elsie venner.'' the famous noye. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, has been dramatized.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29

Rose Rand is to be in Billie Burke's company playing Suzanne !"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Brief skirmlsh with the Natives, az
Described by the Late Henry
M. Stanley.

In the following language Sir Henry
M. Stanley describes an attack of ma.
tives upon his party during one of his
African expeditions: THE Leviathan
bears down on us with racing speed,
its consorts on either flank squirting
the water into foam and shooting up
jets with their sharp prows; a thrill
ling chant from 1000 threats rises
louder and louder on our hearing.
Presently the poised spears are
launched, and a second later my rifles
respond with ripping, cracking ex-
plosion, and the dark bodies of the
canoes and paddlers rush past us.
For a short time the savages are
paralyzed, but they soon recover. They
find there is death in those flaming
tubes in the hands of the strangers,
and with possibly greater energy than
they advanced they retreat, the pur-
sued becoming the pursuers in hot
chase. My blood is up. 1t is a muir
derous world, and I have begun to
hate the filthy, vulturous shoals who
inhabit it.
II pursue them upstream, up to their
villages; | skirmish in their streets,
drive them pell-mell into the woods
beyond and level their huts, and end
the scene by towing their canoes into
midstream and setting them adrift."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
Newspaper Enulish.

There were two principal faults of
newspaper English. First, incorrect.
ness, which might be due to haste or
ignorance, and, secondly, bad taste,
which showed itself in a striving
smartness, desire to write in what
these writer's themselves called a
crisp style" The latter fault was
the worst of the two. though he had
no desire to excuse incorrectness. Bad
taste was not only seen in the abuse
of language; it was shown also in the
protrusion of the writer's personality.
1t might be said that he was an unduly
severe critic of the halfpenny papers.
But he thought he was justified in his
criticism. These papers were often
enormously wealthy, and could well
afford to employ better writer's or to
encourage higher standard Of writ
Ing in their columns. Moreover, from
their great circulation they could in
fiuence far larger section of the
public than could any other form of
literature.-Sir Robertson Nicoll, in
London Home Messenger.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
Memorial Day.

In response to petition from the
old soldiers the Commercial Club
has taken charge of the services for
Decoration day May 80.
The following COMMITTEE have
been appointed, and are authorized
to enlist the services of all who will
help in the observance of the day.
Decoration of church and opera
house: Mrs. Lucy Bunch, Mrs.
Voyse Ragland and Mrs. W. G..
Baker, S. C. Sumpter and ]. E.
Bennett.
Flowers: Elsie Marshall, Phyllis
Fuhr and George B. Cones.
Program: S. H. Morrow, Mrs.
Anna jenkins Twist and C. H. Bur-
ford.
Music: F. w. Flick, Prof. Won
Prosky and Mrs. E. w. White.
Conveyances: Capt. Sourbeer,
l.. F. Schumacher, {. H. Burford
and K. A. Brannan.
Advertising: E. d. Smith and
Frank Fuhr.
Finance: E. w. Fletcher and
VIM. P. Elliott.
Entertainment: Entire Conner
cial Club.
The Memorial sermon will be
preached at the M. E. church on
May 29, by Rev. W. c.
Baker and the service conducted by
T. F. Hancks.
Decoration of graves will be in
the forenoon, and the Memorial
program will be given at the opera
house commencing at 1880 p. m.
Full program will be published
soon.
Everyone is urged to bring all the
flowers possible, and the earnest
cooperation of all patriotic citizens
Is confidently expected, and will be
much appreciated.
0. R. Stevens, Pres.
l.. p. McMeel, Sec.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
Gave the Sion.

1t was during the Spanish-American
war. A wealthy merchant, who had
left his business to offer his services
in his country, was pacing up and
down on picket duty one dark night.
Suddenly he detected sounds of ap-
preaching footsteps and quickly bring
ing his gun into position, commanded
in a sonorous voice:
Give the countersign!"
The person challenged proved to be
an enlisted dry goods clerk formerly
employed by the merchant before the
war broke out. AS their eyes met a
smile played around the corners of
the clerks mouth and he answered
in low whisper:
CASH"
Then the merchant, bringing his
piece to a right shoulder, let him pass
and resumed his pacing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12

consist of F. w. Flick, Prof. Won
Prosky and Henry Burford.
Prof. S. H. Morrow was appoint
ed on program and to confer
with the G. A. r. committee.
AS we understand it Prof. Nor
row is expected especially to ar
range for the participation of the
school children IN the celebra-
ton of the day. The arrange
ments made turning the manage
ment or the responsibility for
its success, over to the club, is
one that time has made almost
imperative, and which will be
absolutely so in few years.
The soldiers of the civil war are
now few in number and well
advanced in years. Soon they
will have passed on, and it IS
well that they take step while
vet with us which will leave the
celebration of the day with
younger people.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
LAUGHED IN FACE OF CARE
Now York Artists Turned Eviction
Trlbulation Into Time Of JOY
Gus Merrymakinp.

The trials and tribulatons of the
large number OF clever young men
and women who are struggling for
recognition as writer's and artists in
New York city are lightened in con-
siderable degree by festivities in the
studios.
one young woman whose landlord
was hard-hearted turned a seamy sit
uation into light comedy, and saved
expense, by giving what she called
an eviction" party. At about two in
the morning, after a generous flow of
soul and punch, she announced to her
masculine guests that it was time tn
labor. With much joy each of these
became a furniture mover. They bur-
dened themselves with chairs and
tables and bric-a-brac and trailed
with their loads through the silent
streets toward the new studio On
the way they rested in the middle of
an avenue, placing the chairs round
the tables on the asphalt and resum-
ing the social function. A raising Of
windows began, and the sound of n
oell somewhere created an annoying
1ear that a patrol wagon might he
coming round the corner.
mus 1t was that the soiree on the
asphalt was suddenly broken up. The
window gazers, wondering what This
strange proceeding in the night might
mean probably did not realize that
.ney were viewing a process in the
iand Oh Bohemia of laughing carking
care out of conference.-the Sun.
day Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
MAIL SERVICE OF LONG AGO
Records Show That the Ancient
Egyptians Had a Regularly Or
ganlzed System.

How the ancient Egyptians con.
Quoted a state postal service more
than 2.150 years ago is shown by a
papyrus in Berlin. 1t dates from the
time Of Ptolemy Philadelphus, who
reigned from 2S3 to 247 B. c., when
postal deliveries were confined to sta.
tons along the Nile. The papyrus is
Of the nature of waybill and bears
the signature of five postal officials
who would correspond to the present
sorters, postmen and branch superin-
tendents. The document reads some
what as follows:
"On this, the 18th day l,
Alexander, received the following: For
Ptolemy the King, letter packet; for
Appolonius of the Exchequer, 1 letter
packet and letters; for Antiochus
the Cretan, l letter packet; for Memo
dorus, letter packet; for Chelos,
letter packet. Delivered the above
into the hands of Nicodemus, this the
18th day Signed, Alexander.
This morning, the l, Phoe-
nix, junior, son of Heraclitus the
Macedonian, have delivered to Aminon
l letter packet and paid expenses to
Phanias, the carrier. l, Aminon, de-
livered the above to Theachrestus,
etc., etc."
1t is noteworthy that the time of
the dispatch of parcels is given with
routine-like regularity. Mention is
further made of letter packets to the
chief of the elephant hunt; to Theo-
genes, the tax collector; to Zoilos, the
chief Of the excheqner at Hermopolis,
and various other departmental chiefs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12

w. w. Davis from near
Uneeda was in Meade, Monday.
Mr.. Davis said that farm work
is going along well and crop
prospects good down there, and
that people acquiring land along
the survey of the proposed
Englewood extension of the A.
II. & S. F. railway.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
Official Directory.

]. E. Nc Nair, Member of the
Legislature.
Gordon L. Finley, Judge of
the District Court.
William Jobling, Com. of 1st
Distaict.
James Wilson, Com. of End
District.
Frank NJ. Paul, Com. of 3rd
District.
J. H. Randolph, Judge of the
Probate Court.
John Elliott, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court.
W. W. Pressly, County Clerk.
Moses Black, County Treas
urer.
W. II. Gray, Register ofDeeds.
Mrs. Matte Haigh, County
superintendent of Public In
struction.
J. S. Price, Sheriff.
N. C. Galloway, County aSur-
veyor.
D. P. Wysong, County Attor-
ney.
c. B. Leslie, Health officer.
City Directory
S. D. Adams, Mayor.
Louis Boehler
O. Hamilton
H. L. Jones ICouncilmen
Thos. Thacker
John Wehrle
Frank Wehrle, City Clerk.
Frank S. Sullivan, City Attor-
ney.
E. w. White, Police Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12

At the meeting of the COM
mercial club Friday night, the
members of the G. A. r. re-
ouested the club to take charge
Of the arrangements in prepare
ton for and the management of
the ceremonies of Decoration
day. The request was complied
with, and the following persons
selected by the club for the
work. o. Stevens President
of the day. Comrades Capt.
R. M. Painter, Capt. w. c. Os-
good and Capt. Franklin Sour
beer were appointed by Presi-
dent Stevens as a commute to
arrange for a speaker. The
commute on music appointed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
Safest Season.

"And you consider autumn the best
month for calling in your profession? q"
Intercepted the housewife, as she
handed out the pumpkin pie.
"Ah, yes, num-" said Truthful Tim,
as he tipped his hat, ut is den dat de
lawn mower has been laid away and
de snow shovel isn't working yet"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12
His Reason.

The Model-How is that friend Of
yours who went to study in Paris?
The Artist-oh, he's getting on IA
mously.
The Model-How do you know?
Have you heard from him?
The Artist-No, that's how 1 know
he's doing so well.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-05-12

Ice delivered after May IS.
See or phone M. F. Martin.
FOR SALE: Cement block plant
in Meade, Kans. A nice bust
ness for the right man. Bust
ness already established. Only
plant in town.
Keller & Brannan, Props.