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The oasis., 1910-12-17

disputed truthfully. That com pany, and all other mining com panies, should be prohibited by constitutional provision from en- gazing in the mercantile business and the corporation commission should be given power to enforce the provision. The constitution should provide that all the big mining companies should bear just share of taxation, which they do not, even under the provisions of the much lauded Doran bill, and the corporation commission, with the board of equalization should be given power to bring about that much desired result. With the corporation commission exercising supervision-taking off first the absurd provision in the Doran act taxing but 25% of the output-over the affairs of the cor porations, the board of equalization would be given readily the inform ation that would enable it to fix an equitable rate of taxation upon the great mines, like the Copper Queen.
 The foregoing assertion opens up line of argument which would extend this article to a length that makes it much more advisable to continue the dissertation in other articles. This subject is meaty one: there is no need in exhausting it in one editorial.
The oasis., 1910-12-17
GOT IN HIS FINE WORK AGAIN.

A couple of weeks ago THE OASIS presented an editorial criticism of the provision in the constitution for the state of Arizona that was then in course of construction at Phoenix for regulation of corpora tions, and the action of the conven-
 ton by which the scope of the power of the commission created by the provision under considera- tion for the regulation of corpora tions, was limited to public service corporations upon motion by MT. k. k. Ellinwood, of Cochise county, who has been chief attorney for the Copper Queen Mining Company several years. As presented to the convention the provision would have given the commission super vision and control of all corpora tions. MT. ElIinwood offered an amendment which gave the com mission that power over public service corporations only, which amendment was accepted. The re- suit of the amendment was to avert from the scrutiny of the commis- sion MT. Ellinwood's client, the Copper Queen Company, which is not a public service corporation but which follows a course so com pletely opposed to public policy that it is as fit a subject for govern mental control as any public ser vice corporation that ever existed
The oasis., 1910-12-17

FORMERLY Uncle Sam took to the East Indian chiefs and chieftaina, to show them how great is the United States. The result was always of tanning tendency. Why not try it on some of the wild and woody delegates who were in the Arizona constitutional conventionY
The oasis., 1910-12-17

That was the gist of the editorial of two weeks ago.
 THE OASIS article must have sunk into the minds of some of the mem bers of the constitutional conven- tion (it was sent to them alb for on Thursday of last week, when the instrument was under final consideration, an amendment was proposed to except from that pro- vision such private corporations as offered their stock for sale. Mir. Ellinwood then proposed an amend ment to that amendment which was accepted by the convention, and with the amendment as pro- posed by someone else, to the orig inal amendment, it passed and the power of the corporation commis- sion was extended over such private corporations as "offer their stock for sale to the public"
 In it's account of the proceedings the Arizona Republican remarked that when MT. Ellinwood's amend ment was accepted and became a part of the proposed constitution that gentleman smiled" And we'll he might. His little amend ment of three words gro THE PUBLIC" "again removed his sclient, the Copper Queen Company from the control of the corporation com mission; for the Copper Queen Company is close corporation and its stock is all held-so it is said and probably truthfully-by only sixteen persons, embraced in three or four families, and that stock is neUer offered for saIe to the public No wonder MT. Ellinwood smiled , He had averted from his client all danger of regulation under that constitution for the state of Ari zona, so long as that instrument shall have force and effect as it is framed now. By getting into the constitution those three words 'tC l the public" Mir. Ellinwood has saved his client the munifcent salary i pays him-for the rest of his ma tural life, and a great deal longer There the eminent legal gentleman "got in his fine work again." t quote here the caption of thii article.
 That the Copper Queen Com pany, and kindred corporations should be subject to regulation jus as much as any public service cor poration is a fact that cannot b'
The oasis., 1910-12-17
THE RIGHT OF PROTEST.

When THE OASIS went to press last Saturday the constitutional convention, in session at Phoenix during the sixty-one days preced- ing, had completed its work and adjourned. Sunday there were received at Nogales the Phoenix newspapers of Saturday with ac- counts of the closing scenes of the convention which are of consider able interest as throwing light upon the temper of that body to far better effect than anything that had transpired throughout the term of it's organized existence. When the instrument was put upon final passage ten of the re. publicans voted against adoption as did two democrats-Tuthill of Graham county and Ellinwood of Cochise. One republican, Langdon of Gila, voted for adoption.
 The instrument adopted there remained affixing of the signatures of the delegates to the engrossed copy. The ten republicans and Mir. Ellinwood asked to be permit ted to sign with an expression of dissent; but the majority refused them that privilege. So they elect ed to let the instrument go into the record without their signatures. Langdon, the republican from Gila county, who had voted for adoption, signed, as also did Tuthill one of the democrats who voted against.
 The republicans who refused to sign the constitution are w. F. Cooper, $. L. Kingan, Carlos Jacome, George Pusch, and James L. White, all of Pima county; c. c. Hutchinson and E. M. Doe, of Co., conino county; E. w. Wells ol Yavapai; Bracey Curtis of Santa Cruz county.
 In refusing to sign, MT. Ellin' wood, the solitary democrat acting with the republicans, explained his vote, expressing a belief that as drawn the instrument will defeat
The oasis., 1910-12-17

ALL good Xtians will do their Xmas shopping early-as early as they get the price. That is what X himself would do were he on earth now. And those who would be X-llke follow as near as possible such a course as X would be follow under like circumstances.
The oasis., 1910-12-17

A MINORITY should not be de- prived of ALL rights. The pro- lection of minorities is one of the objects of a written constitution. An untrammeled judiciary is need ed for protection of the rights of a minority.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
FOUR MILES AN HOUR.
Not 50 Easy to Walk at That Rate as
Many Persons Imagine.

There is nothing that the aver
ace person believes more implicitly
than that he can walk four miles
in an hour easily. Almost any n
will say: eve were out walking for
an hour and a half today. Let me
see-four miles an hour; that
makes six miles we went" And he
is convinced that is the ground his
party covered.
That same average person has
only to try to walk four miles IN
sixty minutes to discover that it is
good stiff going. There are many
more folks who cover three miles
in the time when they think they
are going at the rate Of a mile
better than there are who actually
know the pace they are making.
1t is an easy thing to determine.
For instance, II man started at
One Hundred and Tenth street
on Central Park West and walked
down alongside the park. He noted
the time when he started and swung
along at a gait hat he fondly be
loved was a mile in ten minutes.
That. for instance, would be about
one-half The speed that the average
mile runner would make when he
vas fairly new to the game, but he
would have had to train for a time
ID do that.
The walker didn't take out his
watch until he had reached Nine
t.ath street, the end Of his first
mile. Then he looked. 1t was fif-
teen minutes almost to the second
when he ended that mile.
III was d little Of a shock, os-
pecia ~ as there were only a couple
Of cresswalks in the way and there
was a nice stretch Of gravel path
alongside the pavements on which
to walk. But he started off again
for the second mile. This tive he
walked steadily, using his hips, and
eventually got strldlng at a CLIP
that convinced him he was going at
least four minutes better than the
other time. At Seventieth street
the inexorable watch showed four
ten minutes for the second vile.
"And then | was all OUT said
the walker, "and | made up my
mind | wouldn't try to make time
for the rest of my walk downtown.
Those two miles in twenty-nine
minutes were about my best. Per
haps | could have done the two
in a little better, but to go or for
two more would have pulled the
average down. 1t taught me some
thing about that four miles an hour
idea."-New York Sun.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10

A shrewd old Vermont larmor
went into a lawyers Office the other
day and proceeded to relate the cir
cumstanccs in a matter about which
he thought it would be profitable 10
$50 to law
"You think l hev got a good
case?" he finally asked.
every good indeed" the lawyer
assured him. "You should certain
ly bring suit"
What would your fee be fer the
whole thing" the old farmer asked
"Fifty dollars" was the prompt
response.
The client pulled out an old wal
Let, extracted a roll of bills and
counted out $50.
Now," he said, ''you hev got a.
you would get out of this case any
how, so s'pose you tell me honesty
just what you think my chances OF
winnin' a suit are"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
BIRTH OF THE MOON.
When the Earth Was a Sphere of Lava,
Molten and Flattened.

The earth reyolyes on its axis
once in twenty-four hours. Mil
lions Of years ago the day was
TWENTY-FIVE hours: millions Of years
before it was t%wenty-one hours. rs
We lock backward into time We find
the earth revolving faster and
faster. There was a time ages ago,
long before geology begins, when
the earth was rotating in a day Of
five or six hours in length. In the
rcmctcst past the earth revolvod in
q day Of about five hours. 1t could
rcr0.yo no faster than this and re-
main a single nbroken mass.
TWAS at this time that the moon
was born, separated, broken of
from the parent mass Of the earth.
The earth WAS then a molten, flat
toned sphere OF lava. Its whole
body vas 0uid. The tides. which
now are small, superficial and, so to
say. local, were then universal and
immense. They occurred at short
intervals. The whole surface Of our
globe was affected. And the cor
responding lunar tides in the fluid,
mo.teA moon were indefinitely
greater still.
o.. day is now t%wonty-four
hoar-. The distance Of the moon is
now 100000 miles. When our day
was about five hours long The moon
WIS in contact with The earth's sur
face. It had just broken away from
its parent mass. As the length Of
the terrestrial day increased, 50 did
thc distance of the moon. The two
quantities are connected by ineXo-
rablc equations. If one varies, so
must the other. Whenever the ro-
tation time OF a planet is shorter
than the period Of revolution Of its
satellite the effect Of their mutual
action is to accelerate the motion
Of the satellite and to force it to
move in q larger orbit, to increase
its distance, therefore.
The day Of the earth is now
shorter than the month-the period
Of reyolution-of the moon. The
moon is therefore slowly receding
from us, and it has been receding
for thousands Of centuries. But
the day Of the earth is, as we have
seen, slowly growing longer. The
finger Of the tides is always press
ill., upon the rim Of our huge fly
wheel and slowly but surely lessen
ing the speed Of its rotation. So
long as the terrestrial day is shorter
than the lunar month the moon
will continue to recede from u.s.
llarpcrs.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
The Third Handle,

Henry ". Of France while hunt
ing became separated from his COM
panions and, feeling thirsty, called
at a wayside inn for a cup Of wine.
The serving maid on handing it to
him as he sat on horseback neglect
ed to present the handle. Some
wine was spilled, and his majesty's
white gauntlets were soilcd. While
riding home he bethought him that
a two handled cup would prevent
a recurrence Of this, so his majesty
had a two handled cup made at the
royal p~otteries and sent it to the
inn. On his next visit he called
again for wine, when, to his aston
ishment, the maid, having received
instructions from her mistress to
be very careful Of the kings cup,
presented it to him by holding it
herself by each of its handles. AT
once the happy idea struck the king
Of a cup with three handles, which
was promptly acted upon, as his
majesty quantity said, "Surely, out
of three handles | shall be able tc
get one" Hence the loving cup.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
A Tale Of Two Hats.

Fl. NJ. Pcmberton in IA descriptive
article in the English Art Journal
on Blewbury writes of Morgan
Jones, a miser who vas once curate
in charge of that place. He died
worth 100000, and some curious
stories T given of his economy. 1t
IL said he wrote his sermons on
pieces of paper torn from the walls
and was obliged to lie in bed while
his one shirt VS. being waslrN. On
one occasion when walking IN the
heils he saw an old scarecrow hav-
ing a la. tho brim of which was
sound. Jones seized the hat and
took off the one he w.s wearing,
replacing it by that Of the scare
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Michiuan Iron.

The first discovery by white men
Of the iron ore Of the Lake Superior
region was made Sept. Is, 1914,
near the eastern end of Teal lake,
in northern Michigan, by William
A. Burt, a deputy surveyor of the
general government. In June,
1915, the Jackson Mining company
was organized at Jackson, Mich,
ana in the same year it secured pos
session of the celebrated Jackson
iron mountain. The ore from this
mountain was first used in a bloom
cry at Jackson, Mich, and after
ward, in 1917 and subsequently, III
blo~1aer.e3 IN northern Michigan.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Jolts For Mr.. Graytop.

Il feel young" said Mr.. GraytoP'
sand fondly | fancy that | ioo1
young, but every now and then
got q jolt.
"As when sometimes a young
man in q car gets up and offers Inc
his seat.
"Or when some well meaning
young truck driver holds up for IN,
on a crossing and looks down ana
swings his head and says, 10
ahead, old man
"But the worst came today wneu'
in my own street, IA }oung ltailaA Az
/ was passing looked down upon me
from the lofty summit OF a load o.
waste paper he was stacking on =
wagon standing BY the curb L
said:
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
a Curious Chinese Custom,

According to the rule sanctioned
by centuries of Chinese observance,
no document can have the authority
of the imperial throne of China UNI
less it bears a red spot placed there
by the sovereign. To the grand
council the tsung-li-yamen and all
other departments of state take
their business, and the grand coun-
Gil in its turn considers all docu-
ments and attaches to each a piece
Of red paper on which its own de-
cision is written. Each morning at
daybreak the grand council pro-
ceeds to the palace to submit the
papers to the sovereign, who as each
document is produced signifies APP
prevail by making a small spot with
a brush on the margin Of the red
paper. With the red spot upon it
the paper is The most sacred thing
in the world TO a Chinaman. With
out it it may be torn to shreds with
impunity.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10

Business men of the town Of
Mcintosh were severely censurcd
by Che Twin City Homesteaders'
club in a resolution adopted by
unanimous vote, according to the
Minneapolis Journal. The resoIu-
tons say that the Mcintosh bust
ness men misrepresented their
facilities and persuaded a local
newspaper to %repremand DR.. Tan
nef, president Of the club, for not
recommending that members 90
via Mcintosh to their new homes
instead of via Mobridge.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10

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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
LAGOON SHARKS.
Aitutaki Islanders Catch Them BY II.
Tails With a Lasso.

The island of Aitutaki, n Of
the Heryey group. in the Pacific !. !
surrounded by islets nndorno,.h
mh;oh nro snHnar;no oararna ~
e,.40 TLNa 'Is
n"inc u ai-D- i,' NATIVES cI1'sl'
y them Is -aoo'a snaFNs' "l.lcA are
quite 1eToclouS at nne5 and spare
nothing they can seize. The lagoon
shark, about SIX 1eet lone, IS eS-
teemed a dellcacy, and the natives
supply Their feAsts with the tooth
some Dish BY a remarkable style Of
fishing.
Arrived over the entrance to the
shar. cave, the fisherman leaves his
canoe to the care Of his coupan-
ions ard dives to the bottom, ear
rying with him 2 s.ipl0lo. Of atrong
cord. He expects 10 find two OF
three sharks at home, well satisfied
and drowsV after feeding in the
lagoon, with their tails toward the
entrance. Selecting the largest, the
diver adgoitiy adjusts a moose oyer
the tail, taking care that it hangs
loosely. II he has another moose
he secures q second shark.
The shark catcher now, with one
bound or the white, sandy bottom,
rises TO the surface in order to as
sist has friends IN hauling UP the
fish. he astonlshed sleeper be-,
meath suddenly lind themselves as
cending tails first to the surface.
Once insilo the canOe q smart blow
from an AK between the eyes or on
the n0sc ends the career Of the fish.
One Of the most successful shark
catchers at Aitutaki was Reubena.
Long practice had made him almost
smphih.ous. One morning he start
ed Of with two companions to one
CT the more distant islets.
On entering it Reubena found
several sharks lazily resting them
selves. II d trice a slipknot was
akillfully passed over the tail Of the
nearest shark without exciting it;
ire. TIE shark at this critical june.
lure moved SO that there was not
room enough for Reubena to get
ont.
He gently stroked the side Of the
shark and succeeded in inducing it
to move away 50 as to permit his
exit. This operation is said to be
very agreeable to the fish, but if
through nervousness the shark be
atroked the wrong way its anger is
sure to be excited and the divers
l;fo v,o,rl No tbo oortoiD forfoit
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Why Snakes Are Blind.

Rattlesnakes as well az other spe-
cieS of the snake family are blind
three, sometimes four, times q year.
As a rule, they shed their skins in
the spring, midsummer and fall,
during which time there is 4 short
period Of a few days in which they
are more or less blind, causing them
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Breaking q Will.

A wealthy woman named Silva
died at Lisbon and left her entire
property to a rooster. She was a
fcrvid spiritualist, a believer in the
transmigration of souls and imag-
inel that the soul of her dead hus-
band had entered the rooster. She
ea1scd-a special fowi house to De
built and ordered her servants TO
pay extra attention to their mas
ter's wants. The disgust of her
relatives over the will caused the
story to become public, and a law
cuit might have followed had not
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Canada's Gold COINAGE.

Canada's legal gold coinage is
that Of the United States. If a
man goes to a Canadian bank to de-
mad gold for notes or for a credit
Of any I'D the law says that he
shall be paid IL United States gold.
Again. Il Canada gold from a
Canadian gold nine u - h sold it
must go to the United States mints.
There is no place in Canada whs1c
this a be assayed and stamped
witt. an official estimate of its value,
Chicago News.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10

1t may appear strange to some.
but it lat rue nevertheless: There
are not enough proper names to
60 around and two or more people
have been known to bear the same
name. A case in point is Frank
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
Tho Temple or Burma.

ANON the many interesting fca-
Tres to be found in Burma the
Gu..or'oss temples figure most
prominent. One group consists
81 no fewer, than 40 pagodas, on
each Of which IS recorded on stone
a sectioI Of the law Of Budd..G. thc
founder OF tie Buddhist religion,
which embraces :c;li.3ns of dcyo-
tees. The reverence and awe With
which the images Of BuG..a.. are re-
garded are hardly less woA il. ii
than the fabulous sum which h.1
been spent on the erection Of ten
pies to his fame by poverty stricken
communities. In India and the adj
joining countries the proceeds of
lie sacrifices offered BY the people
a~c Gcyoted toward to erection OF
gorgeous temples, which accounts
for the thousands to be found n
districts where Buddhism holds
sway.-Wide World Magazine.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
tcad of via Mobridge.

No more important gathering
OF South Dakotans has Leen UNI
taken than the Conservation and
Development Congress which will
meet at Pierre June %. 30 and
July LIST. The conservation Of the
soil, waterpower, minerals and the
public health will be among the
topics treated as as we'll as the
development Of the entire state
through immigration and advertis-
ing. Many attractive features will
BE- provided to MAKE the occasion
Il genuine summer holiday as well
as Of great pr&ctioal Importance.
AS a rule legal notices are dry
~roadiro.' Savs tho Leader of Long
lrlrie. Miun.. Duo ~ n last
@a the Mohridgc, south Va
kcta. News we note a PROBATE no.
tee advertising IA petition IN The
y ter of the estate Of Henry
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-10
The Hipoopotamus.

Next to the elephant the hugest
beast in point of bulk and weight is
the hippopotamus. One White Nile
specimen measured fourteen feet
three inches from snout to tip of
tail. The crocodile never ventures
TO attack the hippopotamus, which
for it's part disdains to attack the
crocodile. Although, lie Tho rhinoc-
eros, this monarch of ML-Alrican
,.ivers is not carnivorous, it is very
form. I've to man, bsing easily pro-
yokcd 49, ! assaiI.a5 the object of
It's resentment with reckless fury.
It can ape; he largest boat and in
one instance perforated with its
tuskS the iron ottom of a steamer.
causing ii rl7u-vrous leak. The
flesh Ct the hippopotamus is always
pa,atahlc. and when the animal is
young it Is delicious. The skin
makes excellent turtle soup. The
tusks were formerly more valuable
than those of the elephant, being IN
request by dentists because they
never turn yellow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10
Midgley-Bedel Conpany,s

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