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valuable tip to know just what were tne
presents that have been most appreciated
that have come to a number of their
friends of the public prints. Cabinet
officers. members of Congress, the initi-
ators of great national movements. are
no more or less men Of average likes and
disiikes than are the rest of us. They
have been boys that We're little different
from other boys. They have homes.
most of them have children. The things
that pleased them when they were boys
will please the boys of today. Things
that have pleased them as men will
please other men. So may the presents
that have meant most to them be hand
ed to the men and boys of the present
Christmas. So may the people who are
puzzled over the present emergency have
the question solved for them.
The Official position that demands the
center OF the stage when selection of
men is being made who are most in the
eve OF the public is that of the presi-
dency. OF course. the President is never
10 oe quoted, but 1t comes from a source
very near to him. from an authority that
is not to be questioned, that his one
best present has been Pauline, the big
Hoistein COW, that was given to him by
senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. and
ply of the White House and taking prizes
at the cattle shows over the coun-
try ever since. Yet Ho!stein cows do
not make convenient packages for Christ
mas presents as a general proposition
so it Is wise to hasten from the most
appreciated present that the President
mas received to those of some of his as
Sociates in official life
The most appreciated Christmas pres
ents 1 have ever received said Secre-
tary Charles Nagel of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. have been the
presents that my children have first
made with their own hands and presented
to me. would not like to boil the
answer down to one present. 1t proba-
bly, would not be possible to reduce it to
one present for the simple reason that l
have five children and each Of them have
bestowed upon me this sort OF gift
Il think the present that the donor
makes with his own hands is always
more highly appreciated than a similar
present that has been bought. There Is
no question of a sacrifice of time and
energy upon it. There is no question of
It's containing some proportion OF the in
dividuality OF the giver
In addition TO this there is the added
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Back of the most appreciated Christmas
present that was ever received by Dr.
Harvey w Wiley there is a romance
This present came but two years ago, and
TO it is attributed the conversion of the
chief chemist from the ranks of the de-
cided old bachelors to those of the bene-
diets. DR.. Wiley tells the story himself
and exhibits the magic-WorkinG present.
1t was just two years ago this Christ
mas" says Dr. Wiley, that l got my
best present. ] was attending a wedding
and was officiating as best man. During
the wedding supper such so often fol-
lows these events, a wedding cake was to
be cut. In such cakes IL is no uncom-
mon custom to SeCrete ring, and it is
firm belief on the part of everybody that
the person getting this ring in the divi-
sion of the cake will be the next in
dividual to fall victim to Cupid.
'On this occasion / found the ring in
my piece of cake. Here it Is on my
watch chain. | have worn it ever since.
1t is perfectly good baby ring. | was
not merely an old bachelor at this time,
but | had never for moment considered
matrimOny. Under these conditions there
Is strong argument in favor of the virtue
OF the ring in the wedding cake, for,
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IF the faculty of Paris, if particular
doctors. or even individuals whose taste
is delicate, wish greatly to have raw
milk at their disposal it can be ar
ranged for them. 1t will be sufficient to
the cows will be fed and stabbed under
special conditions and the narrow, con-
slant surveillance OF veterinaries who
Will gve-separately for each and every
quart-the Indispensable stamp, which
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postmaster General Frank H. Hitch
cock the bachelor of President Tafts
cabinet, and likewise its athlete. tells of
an early Christmas present that had
much to do with his tendency toward an
outdoor life. but for which, he alleges
there is no responsibility for his bachelor
hood.
1t all happened at about that period
of boyhood when the mind is running
riot in its tendencies to absorb all posi-
BILE information with reference to the
living things of the out of doors One
Christmas young Hitchcock was given a
book on natural history. No particular
Importance was given the event by any
body but the boy. But the boys mind was
already prepared for the sowing of natu-
raj history seed. The book came at lust
the right time.
voured it, The things of which he
studied led him into the feds and from
the fields to the woods and from the
woods into the hills and mountains
They kept him in the woods and the
fields for a good part of his boyhood
and aside from the natural history
he became strong and lusty. When he
ing for athletics. and in his college ca
reer he distinguished himself as a foot
ball player and as one of the wiriest
whirlwind boxers that Harvard had ever
known.
The Postmaster General is a man of IN
bounded capacity to work He has
worked long hours in government de-
health is without a flaw. He attributes
this continued good health to his early
life out Of doors. and he lays the out
door program to the credit of natural
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milk-sample, then a drop of the new re-
actlve-called for short the para"
III the milk has been cooked to 176 de-
grees or more, it will not show any coll
grafton But If IT has not been cooked, or
II II has been cooked to any tempera-
ture less-say 10 or Ia degrees-the
scene changes. Instantly the milk ceases
TO be white. and turns an intense blue.
The para test has gone through the
world Ike wildhre. All the countries
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FER New Year
da} raw milk will
DE a curiosity In
France. Only cook
ed milk will be
permitted on the
market. II is a
radical. sensational
hygieniC measure
also il is d govern
mental Christmas
gift 10 little chill
dren.
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t the approach OF
Christmas the
most vital ques-
ton in the mind
of the multitude
is the manner of
present that must
be purchased for
Tom, Dick and
Harry. In that
connection 1t may
give the prospec-
tive purchaser a
inst What were the
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mirably-keeps the milk free from altera-
tions which might affect its sale. Their
sentiment is that OF the beautiful hymn,
Il do not ask TO see the distant shore;
one step enough for me
But not for U.S. thunders NJ. Pans.
minister of agriculture. Another step
OF ten degrees will save the little chill
dren of France from tuberculosis and
cholera infantum. And as soon as we
can rush the law through YOU must take
II. The cooked taste will be Your risk
the babies have taken their risk long
enough, 1t is only question of more
careful heating.
The utensils already exist.
DO not say that YOU Will be put to
heavy expense. says Prof. Bordas. The
machinery which raises all the wholesale
milk OF France to 1G2 degrees to keep it
from spelling can cook il up TO 1T6 de-
Rrees and kill the germs. Weep not for
sympathy, either, over the poor peasant
woman who has Just two cows and not
the means to pasteurlZe the milk which
her faithful dog helps her haul in the
little cart to the suburban village. The
good old dame has done harm enough.
She certainly possesses a big pot TO cook
her merchandise I'll il responds to the
blue reaction-a procedure all the more
useful because ii is reeu arly the strug
Cling two COWS, badly stabbed and parsi-
moniously fed, who are the tuberculous
animals that cause the trouble
This is not utopian dream. 1t is not
the chimera OF a revolutionary hygienist.
They count TO get the law into operation
January l, and the minister of agricul-
ture has, for once. behind him ii solid
block OF all the powers-deputies, sena-
tors. ministers. the president himself. the
Pasteur Institute. the Col eye of France,
the medical faculty and all those admira-
bic societies of drops of milk" ''protec-
ton OF childhood" and child culture
directed by the Calmette, Variot, Strauss,
Dron, Basly, Cornet, etc, whose holy eff
forts have heretofore been stricken pow
erless on the brink of the river of poi
soned milk which still today flows
through AL France-and the world.
Now they are not powerless.
They have new weapon.
Suppose that after January l. only
milk cooked to 176 Fahrenheit may be
legally sold in France. Have the govern
ment inspectors any test? Is there any
reactive to disclose whether the milk has
really been raised above the 176 degrees
which only kill the dangerous germs?
The test exists. Any mother of a baby
can apply 1t before passing him, or her,
the bottle. This is the beauty of il.
Science has at last found the Parapa-
pheny enediamine.
Easier to handle than pronounce.
The fraud inspectors will only let fall,
first, drop of oxygenated water into the
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within the year, was engaged to be mar
ried. In fourteen months j was duly
uShered into the ranks of responsibility
by being duly married. 1t is still less
than two years since | got this Christmas
trophy on a Christmas night and | have
been married for more than third of
that time. Naturally | place a great deal
of store by this particular Christmas
present 1t is a strong argument in favor
of the Christmas custom and the virtues
of the small exchanges of gifts that &C
company it. If this effect could be had
on a man of my years, so many of them
that / decline to mention the number
what might not be the effect upon the
young and easily influenced like the Post
master General
Chief John r.. Wikie is an inVeter-
ate smoker of pipes. In that respect he
is not unlike Sherlock Holmes of
whom he is alleged TO be the American
prototype.
IT is then not a surprise when Chief
Wilkie asserts that the most appreciated
Christmas present he ever received was
large calabash pipe which was presented to
him no longer ago than last Christmas by
his associates in the Treasury Department
This pipe is SO large of bowl that it re-
quireS filling but once in half day. 1t
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shall certify that this particular sealed
quart is above suspicion. 1t may have to
sell for % cents. Why not? The Jardin
d Acclmitaton's milk de luxe" TODAY
costs ~ cents per quart.
lmprlSonments-not f1nes-will repress
subterfuges. The Paris municipalitv-
which itself has to feed SO many babies
and little children intrusted to her dis
pensaries and creches-can begin by
creating a few sample diaries: because.
here and there. certain difficult infants
may be prescribed raw milk But the
mass of mothers will be forced to steer
clear of it,
In France, at last. the baby market is
improving
AS late as 1907 infant mortality wasted
an average of 10000 babes per year.
In 1910 only $1,000 died
The tragic hole in the WALL still ex-
lists in every ward. 1t is kind Of dumb
waiter. or dish-elevator. pivoting instead
of rising, in the side street facade Of
every local public charities establishment
Up the dark side street comes q wretched
mother. What shall she do with the IN
FAINT in her arms? Shall she put it on a
doorstep? No, she, like everybody. IS
aware of the strange, sacred little hole
in-the-wan.
She waits till there is not soul in the
dark side street. She walks up to the
dumb-waiter. 1t is at the height OF
mothers waist.
She shifts the baby to 1t. She hest
tates. 1t must be done. She pulls the
bell rope No bell is heard, but the little
box pivots-and baby disa ppears. Per-
haps the poor mother stands to look a
moment at the hole. She sees another
waiting box, the size Of another baby.
1t is waiting for another baby.
Inside, dring! dring. Hey. there's a
baby come! Dust! Quicker than thatr'
And nurses fit to the dumb waiter
There is life to save for France. They
lift the pivoting bOx's lid, and baby looks
up on its new protectors.
1t is the oldest and. in many cases. the
only sure method. But there are better
ways. / nave seen patriotic efforts touch
ing. lovable. in hardened Paris business
men.
''Monsieur, I want work.
Have you a baby
mo. monsieur"
Sorry. No place Look in later
1t was at the managers Office of a
Paris shirt factory. of a Saturday morn
ing. when hands are engaged. Women
came and went.
Monsieur, L want work." said another.
Have you a baby?
Wees, monsieur
'All right. Come Monday morning.
And-hey. there-bring the baby!''
What change! Only yesterday UNI
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III the new law gets through in time
me Danes made the first experiments
The Swiss repeated them In lands where
saannce and law agree TO protect bottle
Ted babies from death and growing chill
dren from consumption it is proved that
heating milk to 176 degrees Fahrenheit
destroys all the noxious germs which
swarm In it. notably the most deadly.
the bacilli of tuberculosis
But II must have cooked taste-'
This objection springs to the lips OF
the mass Of honest people
They would rather let 5000 babies
die each year" says Prof Borcas, lectur-
ing IN the College of France
Delicate palates." says Prof Metchni-
ko6 OF the PaSeur Institute. Happily.
they Will not suffer 1t is sufficient to get
into their heads a fact of which they are
ignorant. All the milk sold industriaIiy
to-day In che great cities has already been
raised 30 a temperature OF 162 or 167 de-
gYeee Fahrenheit. Yes, the milk which
you drink daily and imagine to be raw.
Where Is IL done? In the collecting de-
pots. Do you notice a cooked taste?'
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A FTER New Year Only
1 \ Cooked Milk to Be Sold
IN France-Raw Milk Will
Be Medical Rarity-The
Blue Test and Human Life
The Baby Market Brick in
Europe.
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IT is, of course, to avoid the cooked
taste that the wholesalers have never
risked the extra degrees. Heating to 167
Fahrenheit arranges their business ad-
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MEN High in the Affairs
4V4 of the Nation Tell of the
One Christmas Present That
Has Meant Most to Them
Uncle Sans Cabinet Officers
Have Been Influenced by the
Presents That Have Come to
Them in Holidays of the Past
DIR. Wiley Weaves the Ro-
nance of His Life Around
a Christmas Trophy - The
P aster General One
Christmas Got a Book That
Has Affected All His Career
Mr.. Nagel Loves the Pres
ents of His Children-The
Taft Cow-Chief Wilkie and
His Calabash Pipe-Senators
Are Reminiscent.
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PARIS. Novrnser e. 1.r-
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history present that was given him on
Christmas.
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LABOR

charm to a present that has been made
by child. To accomplish the same re
suit requires much greater expenditure
of energy on the part Of a child than
grown person. The child has not been
trained to the performance of tasks So
when ones own child applies itself and
manufactures a present for its father
there is little question of the amount of
appreciation that will attach thereto
Mr.. Nagels family is made up of
five children, none of whom have as
yet left the family roof. The eldest
daughter Is twenty-five. There are two
younger girls. fourteen and sixteen, re-
spectively. who are attending school in
Washington. Then comes the only boy
In the family. who is twelve years old
There is one little girl still younger
With this family gathered about him
there is little doubt that the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor will have plenty
doing during the Christmas season. 1t
is likewise a good guess to suppose that
he will get his share of the presents OF
home manufacture, although the days
of the first present are passed.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
MR.. MURPHY NEED NOT APPLY.

few Arizona week been
discussing tie proposed candidacy M Murphy
the Phoenix Ry. United
Arizona Murphy possesses the
ability will question; that he would and
influential of the would deny; that he
saying BUT there goodreason why Mr. Frank
Murphy by the
people people country, through their
constitutional departments of present
regulate the public service corpora
ons of the country notably the Interstate transconnena
railroad lines Good the interest of the shippers and
already this direction The
work still going forward through the Interstate Commerce
Commission Congress- the Supreme Court and State Legsa
Discrimination, rebates charges
either being completely abolished regulated
of the people whole and placing all shippers upon
equal basis the having regard the rights
capital railroad enterprises
F. NJ Murphy has been closely identified with
these railroads past twenty years.
present subsidiary
the The People the Railroads Mr. Murphy
peudced the interests of the latter naturally
by his environment long association
intimacy with corporations who may said
people, Mr. Murphy should precuded
sitting jury Railroad presidents
minded capable Arizona neither FOR AGAINST the
public the country determined egs
greatest good for the number the
the There place
capaistc selfish interests radical wild eyed
demagogues Whenthe proper time arrives and hope will
soon people of Arizona will the selection
with deberaton-bu
Mr. NJ Murphy, President Fe Prescott
nix, need not apply
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23

outlook this little brighter There
that the Senate committee will the House
joint with committee amendments the Senate early
what these amendments consist of
unknown strike the Arizona
Recall of the Judiciary doubt the House will
Once the House Joint Resolution placed
calendar will be passed at this special session
believe that the Senate amendments will
President Taft The time growing
indications statehood better than
congress special session The Senate
Territories will have its final hearing today and
agreed report the resolution the Senate tomorrow.
appeared before committee last week
statehood included Hon. Mark Smith, Hon. Ralph Came
ron Hova A. Smith, Hon. Lin Orme and Hon Leroy An
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
United States Land Office
Phoenix. Arizona,
Serial No Ol46l5

June D, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Francis n. Flynn,
OfCliftou, County of Greenlee, Territory of Ari-
IONA, the legal assignee of Thomas B. Valen-
tine has filed in this office his application TO
enter under the provisions of the Act of Con-
gress approved April 5, 1872, the following
described lands viz:
Tract "A" Beginning at a point 1920 #. W.
q & $ r Il 4 NJ. thence S. 1878 #; thence ). 60
Deg IL Min. w. along line 50 No. NJ. s. Sur.
No. 1880 b 1928 #. to Cor. Nos PC said No 2 NJ .
S. and No. NJ. S Sur. no. 1881 respectively;
5 of said no. NJ. 5, thence Il. so Deg. ~ Min. W.
527 #. to cor. no. NJ. S. no. Sur. no. 1892 );
thence II. 50 deg. AZ min. W. along line 81
of said no. NJ. S. IS Al #; thence II. 421 - #:
thence 1920 # to the place OF beginning.
Tract u" Beginning at a point 1920 IT. w
and $50 30 fl of the S. W Cor. Lot 8. Sec.T TIP 5
S, r. 80 E., G S. r. B. & NJ. thence $ $50 6Sft;
thence ". 1920 IT, thence II. 61O SO #; thence s..
so deg - min e. 6i2 IA # to cor. no. ,, no. M.
s. sur. no .1O31 b: thence n. IS deg. O5 min e.
along line 81 of said no. 8 m S. 7O9s6 f. to the
place of beginning.
Tract &C" Beginning at a point 234O #. W
of the cor. lot 3, sec tp. 5S T. 30 e. G.
r. b. & NJ thence S. 42I AZ f.: thence n. IS deg.
no. 1882 and no IN. :. sur no 1898 b. reSpec-
lively. SO it,; thence 3O2 SO it, to the place of
beginning.
Tract ID" Beginning at point 67s.35 it. W
of the : cor. lot g. Z, tn. s., T. 8 Z. G &
) X b & NJ thence s. 60 deg. II min. W. along
line 80 no. m. $. sur. no. 1880 b 739 80 it.;
thence 1878 #: thence 64l65 #. to the place
of beginning.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because
other reason, tn the disposal to applicant should
file their affidavits of protest in this office on
or before thp l2ih day of July 1911
FTsnk Parker, Register
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
EDITORIAL OPINION.

Now that the statehood resolution
has reached the point where the re-
sponsibility for failure must rest on
republican shoulders we notice that
the Arizona Gazette has about aban-
doned the subject. The Gazette will
probably blame Mark Smith for kill
ing statehood should the republican
ma jority in the senate refuse to pass
the measure.-Internat
Nothing has been said about pre-
liminaries before the great fight at
the primaries for two Arizona
Seua tors and the news from Prescott
telling OF the fist fight between two
prominent aspirants to the 'uga not
only comes as 4 surprise, but suggests
that if the people want two pugilists
to represent them in Washington,
the roped arena might solve their
doubts as to the fitness of the candi-
dates, and incidentally might reveal
"white mans hope" so long and
vainly sought since one johnson
prevailed over Mr.. Jeffries. In fact,
] if the desires of the people of Arizona
have been rightly Judged by tt e
militant candidates of Yavapai,
there will be little need to hold
primaries 1t would be cheaper to
nlre nail, invite all the CdouludIeS,
and let their 6stic proves decide the
question.-Review.
Col. Bryan is one of the really great
men of this country and is as honest
as a BILE. But he is also human, there.
fore possessed of human weakness, OF
which fact there could be no better
evidence than his persistent efforts
to dictate the course of the demo
cratic majority in congress. Years
of abiect obedience to his wishes on
the part of the great majority OF his
party seems to have impressed hin
with the idea that he embodies all
the democratic wisdom in the country
and is the only oracle to be consulted
on the subject of democratic policies
We regret this attitude on the part
of Col Bryan, for we cannot refrain
from remembering that he has beer
steadfast 10 no issue, but raised new
ones in each successive platform he
has written, and to that weakness The
repeated defeat of the democracy
under his leadership is properly at
tributab BILE. II is time tor him tc
defer to Tire collective Judgment an6
wisdom of the democratic majority il
congress and become an associate
counselor instead of an autOcratic
dictator in the affairs of democracy
! FLORENCE Blade.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
(Serial No. OI4384.)

Phoenix, Arizona, Land Office, May II. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Francis n. Flynn,
of Clifton, County of Greenlee, Territory of Ari-
zona- the legal assignee of Thomas B.Valentine.
has filed in this Office his application to enter,
under the provisions of the Act of Congress ap-
proved April s. 1872 the following described
lands, viz:
Beginning at the s. W. Cor of Lot 3, Sec. I,
T. S. 80 E.,.G. & 5. r. & NJ, thence W.
1920 #. thence 1920 it. thence E 1920 # theme
S. 1920 # to the place of beginning.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described or desiring to object because
of the mineral character of the land or for any
other reason. to the disposal to applicant,
should file their afdavits of protest in this Of
fee, on or before the Goth day of June, 1911.
FRANK H.-PARKER,
Register.