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DISTINGUISHED BARRIERS OF HISTORY

] Professional barbers are said i to have been introduced into
 Rome by Menas from Sicily of
 which island he was praetor in 1 the days ot Cicero. Under the em- pire their shops, in some instanc- es, became fashiona ble resorts at
 which every luxury of the toilet
 was enjoyed, and the gossip and
 news of Rome and the empire
 were discussed. The means luxury
 and weaknesses of personal
 adOrnmeut therein carried to cX- cess is amply immortalized in the pages of Terence, Plautus,
 Horace, Iuvenal and Martial. Other barber shops were more retired. as we learn from the an nals oi the Emperor CommoJus.
 who, having wearied at times of the wholesale tragedies of the Coliseum, wherein armies and fleets engaged in murder at his
 savage behest, and being CleS,r-
 ous oi a little humorous diversion
 used, like the Caliph of Bagdad i'll the Arabian Nights, to dis guise himself and sally forth ac
 companied by two or more oI his favorites, aud having hired barber's shop suitable for his purpose would place one of hrs men at the door to solicit custom. Having secured a customer. +he barber would politely affix the towel and apply the father, all the time keeping up a
 running fire of the latest iests and little pleasantries until the customer and himself were al
 most overcome with laughter, Then the keen,edged razor would
 slip and among regrets aud prof
 fers of assistancet the noseless vic. tim would be assisted to the rear
 of the shop, where between
 threats and bribes he was kept from making a riot until one or two more victims were added to
 the number and Commodus, tilcd
 of his demoniac pleasantly, was
 ready to return to tue palace or
 the arena.-Natioual Magazine.
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WHERE MEN GET SHORTER.

A singular result of the experi- ments of Dr. Angelo Mosso on the physiological effects of high alti- tudes is that a mountain ascent may produce such a fattening of the lumbar curve that a man may be an inch and a half shorter on the sum- init of Monte Rosa than when he is in the valleys beneath. The height of Monte Rosa, the second loftiest peak of the Alps, is 15,215 feet. The cause of the shortening is partly the exertion of climbing, The human stature always diminishes during the day.
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THE SALT RIVER PROJECT

It is an interesting fact that the Tonto Basin, back of the RuOse- welt Dam, was the home Ot Geronimo and his bloodthirStv ApacheS It was not very many years ago when any white man who venturcd into that section took his life in his hands: and he was lucky fl he got ont without being scAlpcd. But a new era has come to Arizona since the ,laVs when General Crook hunted the willy Apache chief i'll ihe Tuuto Basin and the mountains that hem it in. Now there iS har,llv an Indian to be found there and the few who do remain are no more ola menluce than tue Eng fish sparrows that add their chatter to the clatter of the ce- Inent mill. And here the Apuciics stronghold is a stronghold for water that will make fruitful an empire that the red men never dreamed of-Paci6c Monthly.
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Supervisors Minutes.

Office of the Board of Super visors of Navajo County, Ariz.
 Holbrook, Arizona, Sept. 26.
 In compliance with the re- quirements of Paragraph 1899 ct seq, of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, the Board met at 1:3O p. m. this date, being the second Monday after the election held September 12th, to
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Wm. Morgan and family were in town a few days last week. They left Holbrook Thursday morning. Mrs. Morgan and the two youngest children left for California, Elizabeth and Dan for Flagstaff, where they will at. tend the Normal this winter and MT. Morgan went to Phoenix where he will attend the Consti. tutional Convention.
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Territory
 Depopulated

Flagstaff, Ariz,, Sept, 27-A territory fifty mlles square and extending from here to the Grand canyon of the Colorado river tonight stands practically depopulated because of earth quakes and rumlings, which, be- ginning Saturday or steadily in creasing in magnitude and vio. lence.
 Gudians, of whom there are many i'll the region. fled when the quakes began, terrified by sinister imports which they i'm agined to be contained m the cracking of the solid ground tribal tales of the ancient activ- 1ty of the now burned out crat. CTS, of which there are more than fifty in the region, hastened thelr flight. The whites remained uu. til their houses fell about their ears. B. Chavez, the first ol the refuges to reach Fla ystaff, re ported that h1s adobe house has cracked open before he left, 9th CTS who arrived later reported that lava stones weighing many tons had been torn from their beds and sent crashing down the mountain sides, and tha+ the whole district was in state of unrest. They refused flatly to go back for any reason. The whole district is of volcanic ori- gin, Present phenomena at tributed to slipping of the earth crust.
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 In this week issue we have on page 8 items and editorials taken from the 2nd issue of the St. Johns Observer" Apache Coun- ty ably edited by Col. A. F. Banta. Editor and Prospector Banta is we'll known to old timers of both Navajo and Apache Counties he being the first owner of the Holbrook Ar gus. There is no doubt that editor Banta will make a success in his undertaking i'll that promising section of Apache County.
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Miss Charlotte NJ. Hall, who has been spending the last few months at St. Johns, Cooley's Ranch, Springerville, Navajo Indian Reservation and many other places of interest, gather ing facts and information for a history of Arizona, left for her home at Phoenix Monday.
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Attorneys E. M. Doe, T. J. Norris, E. S. Clark, ]. M Smith, Henry P Ross of Prescott, AL fred Ruiz of Gallup, and Issac Earth of Albuquerque, passed through here Saturday on their way to St. Johns, where they will attend court which will be in session this week.
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K. M Jackson aud wife of Showlow spent last week at Holbrook, Mrs. Jackson lett Sat urday morning for San Francisco where she will spend the win ter and Mir. Jackson returned tu Showlow.
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Q. K. Gardner of Woodruff, Q. B. Sutton of Winslow, James Scott of Pinedale and (. Hess Jr. near Heber are in town attend ing tue Board of Supervisors meeting which convened Mon lay morning.
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Fred Saunders of Williams spent last week with his brother Arthur who has been quite sick with typhoid. Arthur Saunders accompanied his brother home, where he will stay until he is able to resume his duties,
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Fred Nelson and sous passed through Holbrook ou tbeir way from St. Johns to Wiuslow where the boys will attend school this winter Mir. Nelson returned Saturday morning.
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T. F. Tucker of Denver Col arrived in Holbrook last week to receive cattle.
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E, $, Perkins came i'll from his ranch uear Heber to meet his wife who has spent the last month at Prescott.
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Two young couple who were married at Snowflake last week passed through here Friday on their way to Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Orville Martin, known better by the name Gulliver, v;ls ir town last week.
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Captain Henry Warren and family have returned to St. Joe after spending some time in Fl Paso.
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Henry Kempenich returned from his trip to the White Noun tains last Wednesday.
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Julius Wetzler left last week for Kansas City, with a ship ment of cattle.
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Wm Morgan and James Scott having each received a majority of the total votes cast are hereby declared elected delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
 Having created new School District at Showlow the follow ing election notice was ordered:
 An election is hereby called in School District No. 10 for the election of trustees for said dis trict as follows:
 Trustee to serve 1 year.
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Wallace Newman and family arrived i'll Holbrook Friday from their ranch home. Mrs. Newman and son Theodore will spend the winter at Holbrook.
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Geo. Wilbur came in from his ranch Thursday to see his parents who arrived here Thursday even- ing from the east where they have been visiting relatives. Dr.
 and Mrs. Wilbur left for their home at Mesa City Saturday morning and George Wilbur will return to his ranch this morning.
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K. s. Teeple, who has been em. ployed at Springerville for some time, returned to Holbrook.
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The dance held at Wetzler's S Hall Friday night was enjoyed by all present,
Holbrook argus., 1910-10-04

Jack-Which do you prefer, Vir- ginia, one ring or two?
 Virginia-Oh, this is so sudden, Jack But 1 guess-guess one will do for the present.
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1 Trustee to serve ? years. 1 Trustee to serve 8 years. Said election to be held on Sat urday, October Sth, 1910, at the town hall in Showlow and the polling place shall be open from ] P. m. to 5 p. m. on said day.
 Q. R. GARDNER,
 Chairman. Attest: C. HESS. Jr, Clerk. By C. M. C. HOUCK
 Deputy
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Burr Porter aud Uncle Jim Porter were in town for few days.
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Dr. Sampson was in sown one day last week.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
The R. r. Oil Lands and False Issues

is astonishing what the great corporations and special
that have robbed and obbng the and
interested the welfare OF the unfortunate
when anything said about ecamng any OF the proceeds
of their robbeies disseminating them,
The of steel have protective tariff great that en-
Morgan float the United States Steel Corporation with
ZOO million dollars of property and 800 million of in its
100 million dollars OF securities and pay dividends and
upon all this huge of which represented no money
whatever Yet investigation showed that OF the
employed the Bethlehem steel works than $40
$16S for wevehour day. and 28f OF the total
this pfu wage Yet whenever anything said about lowering
the tariff steel Immediately met by potestation from the
steel manufacturers that the poor aDoer Woulo DC te
the tariff lowered, when fact that they have
already reduced the wage the poor abore such point that
they can no further reduce because to DO so would mean TO
him that he would be physically able work at all And
the government reclaim the mineral lands which have been
given the railroad companies contrary the OF the acts OF
the conditions expressed the patents by which the grants were
these grants should not be disturbed because individuals and oil
bought OF the lands which they and these
purchasers by having lands taken away
from them,
utterly baeess of this argument shown by the
reclaimed
ronguy held under void this has been done
Of ms-the always protected the innocent
would be done in the case of the California oil
mineral lands wroguy held by railroads. if these lands
reclaimed by the government
nanuch the whole scheme which the has
heretofore administered its mineral lands has been adopted and
RED out to the end OF getting these lands into the possession the
individual who would locate and develop them there would be
which had found their way the possession individuals
panes by purchase from the railroads wronguy holding them
might adopt
justice and right preVaipovisiOn would be made
ectng the innocent purchaser from the railroad who had
bought these lands and entered their develop
nen Inasmuc as the government has always done this heretofore
where lands held under wrongful fraudulent grants have been
claimed there is not only why should not be done the
of the oil and mineral lands that may
road the future but every
done.
No would for injustice being done
the individual the company who have purchased any
lands from the railroad and tm
that appeal which the representatives of the railroads making
tor allowing the railroad companies continue holding
they not entitled principle of justice equity
therefore should not be entitled upon any principle law
irely unounded
We conceive individuals and companies who are now
holding these lands under purchase from the
permit themselves be deceived and
less mor raised by the hired defenders railroad corporations
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
WHY HE PREFERS BELL

Editor Herald: I have just read
communication in your paper from an
old-tlme Republican, an insurgent Re-
publican. This man surely voted for
Mr.. Bell four years ago, as he Is now
an insurgent Republican, and therefore
he could not conscientiouslY vote TOT
a machine candidate. If he voted Tor
Mr.. Bell four years ago, he ought 10
vote for Mr.. Bell at the coming electloh'
since Mr.. Bell is still preaching the
doctrine he has been preaching lot
many years. Mr.. Bell advocated the
same reforms four years ago that ne
is now advocating. These issues were
not as popular with the voters four
years ago as they are now. Where was
Hiram Johnson four years ago? some
may say that he was at the mourner
bench. 1t may be that he was When
was he converted to the peoples cause
and the peoples fight for their freedom
and independence? l desire 10 con-
gratulate Mr.. Johnson for leaving the
old corrupt party which he has voted
for. and worked for, for so many years.
but AT the same time / have sincere
doubts as to his genuine conversion as
7 read in the papers from dlnerene
narts of the state that the old-time
Renublicans and the insurgents have
met and held love feast. 1t Is plain
to even a blind man that the old South
ern Pacific machine Republican party
is not near so corrupt as 1t seemed to
be lust before the primary election.
since his nomination he has some hopes
of their support at the November cleo
+ion He desires and wishes to clothe
them in purple and fine linen, and have
them to fare sumptuously every day
after his election to the governors Of
flee. Well, WE'LL How things do
change! VIRGIL L, PENLARD.
Oranpe. Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06

any man may be expected to resort
when he has a weak case. Captain
Fredericks is not unaware Of the old
legal maxim, when you have a poor
case, abuse the plaintiffs attorney"
This is a very serious matter that
Captain Fredericks should not be per-
mitted to dismiss with a wave of his
hand. The matter of his subserviency
to Walter Parker Is important, but
not so vital His baneful influence
over grand juries and use of the ma
chinery of his office to shield accused
or suspected parties is important, Of
course, as is the fact that he employed
as his assistant Percy Harmon, one
of the men involved in the river bed
scandal, instead of prosecuting Ham
mon.
But none of these things Is so i'm
portant as the case of the forged wills.
That goes to the root of the whole
matter by revealing CHARACTER,
the cause of all good or bad deeds.
Captain Fredericks must TAKE
TIME to meet Mr.. Woolwine's very
grave charges.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
BEACH IMMoDEsTY

Editor Herald; one of your corre-
spondents this morning (September 20
writes on "Immodesty at Beaches L
don't know whether 1t Is lady or
gentleman, as the letter is signed mot
a Prude," but l agree with the WRITER.
The display of flesh at the beaches,
especially of the men, my own sex, has
dsgusted me so that l gave up going
to the beaches two years ago. l nave
seen great big husky loafers lying
around in the sand with at least nine
tenths of their bodies exposed, and
have seen young girls of IA ana 10
eyeing them, passing repeatedly TO
gaze at them, finally sitting down a
little ways from them and peeping un-
der their parasols at the almost nude
men and seen them laugh and giggle
to each other, then take another look
and act in every way like the help-
less victim charmed by snake. L
have been surprised to see laules
who call themselves respectable go
down to the beaches and expose thenl-
selves to every dirty loafer, but II
a gentleman in their own parlor should
ask them to pull up their dress ana
show their calves would be shocked,
angry. insulted and order the gentle
man out of the house. Young people
who wish to expose their flesh TO the
opposite sex and the dirty, nasty nltny
should go off in the backwoods where
they will not force others to be wit
nesses and not monopolize the beaches
and drive decent people away.
Why, 1 almost believe 1t would be
better to follow the example of the
Japanese nation and all go in batnins
naked entirely than to have sueh I'M
modest halfway business as we nave
at present. 1 am told the Japanese
custom is not provocative of any i'm
proper conduct-while our method GER
tainly is-but the people are better be-
haved nude than Americans are half
clothed. CHARLES ELLloAA l.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
The CAR smoke RULE

Editor Herald: / read with interest,"
the letter of Common Sense" in be-
half of the poor workingman." 1t Is
assumed the only opportunity work
ingmen have to smoke is the ntteen
or twenty minutes of riding 10 ana
,frcm work. Having been brought lnto
contact with all classes OF men 10.
more than Atty years, l have notlcea
that the first thing TOBACCO user
thinks of and gets after getting
dressed in the morning IS ms pipe ol
ouid, also the same after eating anu
rho last before retiring at night. What
about his home II he cannot smoke
there2 Again. the kind of work most
worlxingmen do admits of a smoke
MANY times a day, including an hour
AT noon. l often see them smoking at
work and at lunch.
The permission to smoke on the cars
Is not granted for the sake or poor
worlSingmen, but at the demand Oh
street car magnates, judges, poilt'-
clans. counclmen, OF al. Let Mr'
Huntington and a few more like MN
demand a prohibition smoking ordi-
nance on street cars, and 1t would pe
granted II special session had 10
be called to expedite the matter, Is IL
rot true that a few years ago we nao
smoking on cars prohibited? And that
Mr. Huntington, returning from some
weeks or months absence, when IN
formed by a conductor that 1t was
against the law to smoke on the cars,
replied with emphasis that he would
have that fool law repealed? And 1t
was repealed in a very short time.
Los Angeles. j. N. -.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
Common Sense and the Court
(PaciAc outlook


We have noted occasionally in these
columns, with concrete instances
where obtainable, the growing tenden.
cy of courts, particularly those Oh
progressive western states, to square
their findings with common human
sense. instead of with fantastic legal
tCchnicalities. Our own state supreme
court has not yet been affected py
this tendency; but the supreme court
of Illinois, in limiting the hours OF
labor for women. actually took Juul,
Cial notice of the fact that the sacreu
function of motherhood belonged 10
her sex. and now the supreme court
of Kansas, passing upon an employ
ers' liability law, turns Its PACK Oh
the handsome collection of technlcah-
ties cooked up by shrewd attorneys.
and decides the case on OASIS Oh
practical reason.
A laborer in a scrap iron establlsh-
ment was ordered by the foreman TO
go up a ladder to adjust belt over
some unguarded moving machinery
The ladder broke, and the man fell into
the machinery and was killed. his
widow sued for damages under the
Kansas employers liability act, ana
the case finally brought up in the su-
preme court. The defense was that a
scrap iron works was not a factory
and that the law called for the cover
ing of only such machinery as WORKERS
naturally came in contact with, whlch
would not include the wheels into
which this particular laborer fell. Also
the usual claim of contributory neg
hgence was set up.
On the question of whether the scrap
iron works was a factory or not the
court suggests caustically that the law
has some deeper purpose than that OF
affording "a rowing quest for the
meaning of words" Its real end ana
aim, according TO this court is TO
protect working people from mutila-
ton, physical deformity, pain, mental
anguish and death, occasioned by the
absence of practical safeguards from
the environment of their toll
Is not this new doctrine for a su-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
TAEr,s WARNING UNJUST

Editor Herald: I am beginning to
think President Taft has positive
genius for saying and doing the thing
that is absolutely wrong. Viewing re-
cent developments N the Ballinger and
railroad cases one would have sup
nosed Attorney General Wickersham
precisely the member of the cabinet
who should not have been detailed to
welcome the International Prison con-
qress Be this, however, as 1t may,
am certain that when the president
cautioned them dhe delegates)
against making prisons so comfortable
as to furnish'a motive for violating
the law" he said Just the thing that
nobody. and much less the president
of the United States, should say.
No decently informed person believes
+odav that our prisons are other than
outrages on humanity, with very,
very few possible exceptions. l wish
anyone who may doubt this would read
the article in the October Cosmopolitan
entitled "The Gray Brotherhood of In
fanny" 1t Is obviously written with
the utmost moderation and the writer
admits that he was In one of the best
prisons in the country In particular
notice his warning as to the false inn
pressions made on casual visitors and
the passage in which he sums up the
real conditions, with the conclusion:
"Then he, too, Will unheSltatlngly say:
Prison is hell "
Also notice how, following his arrest,
the authorities at once assumed that
he was guilty and man-handled him
in the most brutal manner, knocking
him senseless. When / observe how
invariably the presumption of inno-
eence-the corner stone of all civilized
judicial systems--is ignored in this
country ! find myself driven to the
conclusion that America has lost all
sense of justice. VIM, G, OWEN.
Los Angeles, Cal.