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The Parker post., 1911-07-01
CAUGHT STEALING
FROM RAILROAD
Conductors and Ticket Agents of S.
F., p. G. p. Worked Clever Scheme
to Defraud Company Prescott
Ticket Agent Has Disappeared.

Evidence duplicating three S. F. p,
& p conductors and several ticket
agents in a conspiracy by which the
road has been defrauded out of hun
dreds, perhaps thousands of dollars,
has been discovered. The conductors
and several of the ticket agents will
be arrested. One ticket agent, A. E.
Widmeyer of Prescott, has disap-
peared and his whereabouts are un-
known All others known to have a
hand in the plot are being closely
watched and can be arrested the in
stant the railroad authorities decide
to proceed with the cases.
A simple method was used by the
conductors and ticket agents in de-
frauding the road. A purchaser does
not have to use any ticket he buys
under 4S hours. A conductor receiv-
ing a ticket sold today, would not
punch it but mail it back to the agent
who sold it, The agent would then
dispose of it to the next person ask
ing for a ticket to the same desti-
nation Of course the ticket agent
and conductor had to have a close
working agreement and not cross
their wires. AS nearly all purchasers
of tickets at depots use them almost
immeGl lately, 48 hours is good, long
time to mail a ticket and sell it
again If the second purchaser no
tices that it is dated the day before
he thinks it is a mistake. AS he in
lends to use it himself right away
he Goes not complain. 1t is rarely,
however, that the holder of ticket
notices the date.
According to Phoenix papers
none of the A. e G.. conductors are
Implicated. Conductor J. A. Graves,
who is we'll known here, was on the
A. G. c. run when the conspiracy
was first uncovered and has since
been transferred to the Phoenix-Ash
Fork division, succeeding another
conductor who is now i'll in a Pres
colt hospital. Earl Kanaga, the local
depot ticket agent, is the only per-
son in Phoenix who has been a con-
federate of the conductors.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
HEAVY LOSS AT BARsToW.

Within six hours after af ire had
destroyed its shops and roundhousc
at Bar3tow last Friday morning with
a loss estimated at $3.50 900, plans
were being drawn for reconstruc-
tiOn of the buildings at the general Of
fices of the Santa F'e in Los Angeles
The fire started in the wooden round
house and destroyed the roundhouse,
sixteen locomotives, store, oil houses
and machine shops.
The new buildings will be of re-
inforced concrete, and will be of a
permanent nature, as against the
frame type burned. The new power
house of the Santa Fe built when
the big new reinforced concrete sta
tion and hotel were built, and the oil
and water supplies were not destroy
ed in the fire. The station building
was not exposed to the fire.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
SURVEYORS BUSY.

A large crew of Santa Fe survey
ors have been working out of Blythe
Junction for the past two weeks. Ac
cording to reliable information it has
been learned that the United States
Gypsum company is to build plas-
ter mill at it's property, which is To-
Gated about half way between
Blythe Junction and Blythe, and that
railroad is to be constructed from
the former point.
Rumor is also rife to the effect
that if the Santa Fe builds to the
gypsum deposits that it will continue
on to Blythe. A route has also been
surveyed from Calzona and Videl, but
it is believed that the present crew
of surveyors is now engaged in max
ing a final survey of the Blythe June
ton route. Construction of the pro-
posed new line will probably begin
as soon as the heated term is over,
which will be early in September.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
STANDARD MAY BORE.

Two large timbers, IA x IA inches
and eighteen feet in length were last
week unloaded at Randolph, a station
II miles west of Blythe Junction,
consigned to the Standard Oil compa-
ny. This is the section where oil in
dications are the strongest, and it is
claimed the timbers are to be used
for an engine base and that the
Standard Oil company is to put a
rig on the ground and bore for oil.
Around Blythe Junction the coun-
try is located for several miles, and
it appears from the recent shipment
to Randolph that the big oil cOrpo-
ration contemplates prospecting the
territory If oil is encountered in pay
ing quantities in that section it will
be big boost for this part of the
country. AS yet no other shipments
of machinery have arrived, but they
are expected within the next few
days.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
ORDER 80 LOCOMOTIVES.

AS a result of the loss through the
Barstow and Seligman fires, of prac-
tically half a million dollars worth
of motive power which has crippled
the freight and passenger service on
both the Los Angeles and Arizona di-
visions, and to supply a rapidly in
creasing demand all along the sys-
tenn, the Santa Fe has placed an order
for eighty new locomotives Of the
most modern type to be delivered
within the next three or four months.
The order will total almost $4,000
900, and the Baldwin Locomotive
works will build the new locomo-
tives.
The eighty new locomotives will
all be of the modern type and the
number includes twenty-five great
Mallet engines of the prairie type,
similar to the locomotives of the
"13O0" type which were built in To
peka last year. There will be thirty
five of the fast Pacific type locomo-
tives and twenty switch engines. The
twenty-five Mallet locomotives will
cost about $33, 900 each, or $685. 900
for the group. The thirty five Pacif-
ic type passenger locomotives will
cost approximately $4,000 each, or
$SO5 900 for all. The switch engines
are estimated at $4,000 each or
$3.50 900. The total amount of the
equipment order from these figures
is $1,999, 900, or almost two million
dollars.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01

Monday afternoon John Roberts was
the official auctioneer, and for a pro-
hibitionist he did a right smart buSi-
ness for a few hours. Owing to the
probable closing of the Oasis club on
July l there was a good-sized crowd
on hand at the sale eager to stock up
for the dry days ahead. Many good
prohibitionists were there to bid on
the stuff, and much of it was knock
ed down to them for a song. A coup
lie of prominent "drys' laid in a
stock of champagne, while others were
satisfied with less expensive liquors.
The stock was quite evenly distribu-
ted among those present and even if
the saloon is compelled to close to-
night the town will be pretty we'll
stocked up with all kinds of liquor.
The sale brought in about $235,
while the judgment amounted to
$27O. Hart formerly conducted a
saloon up the river, but after the To-
cal option election he was compelled
to close down. He left the country
for parts unknown thereafter, forget
ting to pay numerous bills.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01

trance to which would appear to have
been blockaded by a landslide, for
within were found many evidences of
ancient occupation by human beings.
This cavern, too, has within it rich
copper ore in abundance
Small caves, sometimes chambered
and sometimes merely crevices in
the lime and granite Gaping of the
region, are found in connection with
copper deposits north of Williams,
ten or fifteen miles south of the
Grand Canyon Within the Grand
Canyon, one of the richest copper
mines of the southwest, for years
operated by Congressman Ralph H.
Cameron, is notable for the beauty
and extent of a cavern included with
in the mining claims.
Somewhat similar is great cave
in the old Buffalo group of copper
claims, couple of miles north Of
toe notable sights of the Globe dis
trict, and it's entrance was kept
locked in order to prevent access by
unautb orized persons who might mar
tie white beauty of the interior.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
ALL ABOARD FOR WIckENBURG

The Parker baseball team has been
putting in some good licks the past
week practicing for the big game
with the Wickenburg aggregation
next Tuesday, July 4th. The follow
ing players will make up the team
for the Wickenburg game: G.. G.
Dunn, Merl Williams, G. A Marsh,
R. c. Saufley, G.. w. Graves, Ed EW-
ing, Tom Williams, Guy Short, Harry
Mitchell, M. Baker and doc" Sthol.
A large contingent of rooters is ex-
pected to accompany the team from
here The Wickenburg people have
arranged for the entertainment of the
Parker club and those accompanying
the players. A dance is to be given
in their honor on the night of the
Fourth, and assurances have been re-
ceived that a general good time can
be expected.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
CAVERNS ABOUND
IN COPPER CAMPS
Some Are of Great Size and Beauty
Peculiar Formations Found BY Elk
Santa Rita Mountains.

Caverns are very common phenom
ena in the copper mines of southern
Arizona Within the Copper Queen
workings at Bisbee have been found
caves of remarkable size and beau
ty, one of them being used a mum
Der of years ago for Grand Lodge
session of the Masons of Arizona, its
stalactiteS glittering in reflection
from thousand incandescent lamps.
The cavern was caused simply by
the washing away of lime and iron
The copper carbonates left were OF
unusual richness, as we'll as peculiar
ly valuable as cabinet specimens OF
character never found at any con
siderable depth. Much the same con
dition has been found in the Dragon
some of the richest workings being
Immediately around caverns, Incl
dentally found in the course of
development
In the Santa Rita mountains last
week, one of these typical caves was
struck on the Evelyn Horder claim
CT p. j. Mccarthy and t. B. Titus,
Thev started on working shaft, and
by noon had reached a depth of four
feet. A blast, which was fired during
the noon hour, blew the bottom out
Of the shaft During the afternoon
erilg man to a depth of 156 feet,
the fl st man down dropping from the
rope about forty feet, his fall being
broken and his life being saved by a
large pile of guano. A depth of about
250 feet was reached by the eXplor-
ing party, but the cavern still con-
tinued through a tunnel in which
water was flowing. On the north side
of this tunnel, large deposit of
carbonate of copper ore was found,
rich samples being taken to the sur
face. The owners are considering
how best to work this remarkable
scenic mine.
Along a similar line was dis
Graham mountains, where miners in
a tunnel several hundred feet in
depth Unexpectedly broke into an
enormous cavern, the original en-
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
MAIN LINE TRAINS VIA PARKER

According to employees of the San
ia Fe all the main line trains are to
be detoured by way of Parker within
the next few days pending the cut
ting of the Topock railroad bridge
across the Colorado river. A new
pier is being put in at Topock and
during the process of placing the
all trains will be run over the Parker
cutoff. The work will probably not
be attempted until after the heavy
excursion trains of the Medical asso
citation return east.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
THE CALL OF GOLD
Continued from Last Week.)

In 1896 the song of the gold ST
ren was heard in the Klondike-
the lone, white, silent land of the
north. Coming from such frozen
waste, it seemed like a mocking gibe
at human cupidity. The Klondike
was not even the outer edge of civ
ilization. 1t was two thousand miles
farther There was no road-noth
ing but a choice between the river
way for those who preferred to
drown and the mountainway for those
who preferred to freeze. Yet men
rushed to the frozen valleys of the
Yukon as if it were the promised
land. Half came back or dropped
by the trail; but the others seemed
immune from either death or de-
spair. They found gold-scores OF
tons of it-built railways, and plant
ed a city of ten thousand people un-
der the shadows of the Arctic Cir
Gle.
Then the gold cry came from Cape
Nome Not even the Pole could have
been much more remote than thai
desolate spot 1t was almost as far
from Seattle as London is from New
York-a bleak stretch of dark sand
on the shores of Behring Sea. Moth
ing could live there but gray moss
and mosquitoes. Yet a party of five
hundred, led by couple of mission
aries who had forgotten their church
es in the excitement of the gold
rush, trudged thither over the Alas
kan snow fields. Hardships mattered
nothing Fifty below zero mattered
nothing. There in the frozen land,
when they had thawed it with bon
fires of driftwood, lay the precious
dust that pays all debts and rewards
all labors. No matter what their
sacrifices had been, they were the
envied victors of the world, for they
had found gold.
Following quickly after Alaska
came Nevdaa. AS if she were try
ing to test the passion of men to the
utmost, the fantastic gold sprite next
sang her song in the great Ameri-
can desert. This particular region
had been the horror spot of the west
The Parker post., 1911-07-01

since the days of Pike and Fremont
With it's dry and desolate valleys
it's purple-pink hills, and all the
Weirdness of it's painted scenery, il
had always been looked upon as an
unreal, theatrical country, wholly un
FL for any living creatures, except
it's own horned toads and lizards
But when the gold cry came, it's
terrors were forgotten in the twink
ling of an eye, The desert became
alive. The towns of Tonopah, Bull
frog and Goldfield sprang up by
magic The sage brush wastes sur.
rendered their treasures; and today
the fatal land of drought and mirage
is sc tanned that it's new-made mill
iOnaires and their wives travel
through it in Pu1lmans and automo
biles
Gold has always been a hide-and
seek metal. hard to find and easy to
lose. Hundreds, possibly thousands
have hunted for those famous lost
mines of the west-the Breyfogle
and the Pegleg; but the mystery
that hides them is as deep today as
fifty years ago. Some day, possibly
they will be rediscovered by a golf
player or a post hole digger who had
never heard of them before.
No metal is so tricky and elusive
as gold, and yet the commerce of the
whole civilized world depends upon
it. Nations rise and fall, prosper or
become bankrupt, as the golden tide
flows toward them or recedes. What
is international trade, in fact, but a
tug-Of-war with a rope of gold? 1t
the precious yellow stuff is coming
in, what joy! If it is going out,
what trepidatiOn! Like group OF
misers, the nations cram their treas
uries with gold, and then toll and
battle like frenzied giants to get
more
There is nothing impressive about
a shipment of gold from the treas
ury of one nation to another A mill
ion dollars, for example, appears to
be no more than dray load of TWEEN
ty small kegs. Each keg contains
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
ASSESSOR COMPLETES WORK.

County Assessor G.. V. Meeden has
turned over the assessment rolls for
the year 1911 to the board of super.
visOrs. The total assessment this veal
for Yuma county is $4,096, ,615.SO, as
against $3,746,338.77 for 1910, showing
an increase for 1911 of $3.50, O,277.O3
Much of this increase is due to the
assessor boosting up values in the
northern part of the county.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
SHERIFF'S SALE.

A Sheriff's sale of the machinery
tools, ETC., belonging to the Inland
Copper company was held at the
company's property, 16 miles east OF
Parker, Wednesday. The property
was sold to satisfy two judgments,
each amounting to $500, held by W.
r. Williams and Merl Williams, for
labor. 1t was bought in by the
MesSrS. Williams.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
FOR POSTMASTER.

A special dispatch to the Phoenix
Republican last Monday stated that
Delegate Cameron has recommended
Chas. w. Graves as postmaster al
Parker. Mr. Graves appointment is
expected to be made most any day.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
100000 MILE AUTO
REACHES PARKER
Gets Into Parker Sunday Night Af'
ter Completing a Total Milage Of
azine in Charge.

With a total milage of 29,O40 miles
to it's credit and forty-one states,
Canada and Mexico travelled in since
last July, the Abbott-Detroit Bull
Dog" arrived in Parker at 6 o'clock
Sunday evening in charge of DR..
Charles G. Percival, editor of Health
Magazine of New York City, under
whose auspices the proposed 100000
mile trip of the Abbott is being
made.
The car is attempting the longest
automobile trip ever before known in
the history of the industry, 100000
miles, and judging by it's performance
up to date, it bids fair to accomplish
the feat. The car which is a 1919
stock car, was purchased from the
Kansas City agent after it had been
used as demonstration for 5000
miles and been a contestant in many
endurance and reliability runs. Leav-
ing Denver, on October 10 the car
Travelled to Detroit, Mich, and from
Detroit to Portland, Maine, arriving
on Thanksgiving day, it's farthest
eastern point From Portland the
trip went to CINCINNATI, carrying let
ters from the mayors of Detroit, Port
land and Boston to President Taft,
who received the car on Dec. 5th. at
the White House. From Cincinnati
the course lay due south to Jackson
vile, Fla, by way of Nashville,
Tenn, Washington, ID. c., Philadel-
paia and New York City, which was
reached on New Years day. 1911.
Then the trail led back to Detroit,
Chicago, Minneapolis, Des Moines
and Omaha, which city was left on
March z4th, for the City of Mexico
by way of Oklahoma and Texas.
The two men carried a letter from
President Taft to President Diaz con-
veying the greetings of the Ameri-
can people to the chief executive of
that ltpublic, and after visiting all
the important cities in Mexico, the
trip lead to Phoenix, and across the
desert to Los Angeles, and up the
Pacific coast, as far as Vancouver,
British Columbia and back across the
british Canadian territory for 5000
miles to Montreal, and down the At
lantic coast to the ISthmus of Pana-
ma, thus completely circling the bOr-
der of the United States, visiting ev-
cry state and crossing the continent
twice, a journey equal to twice the
distance around the world and never
before equalled by men or autOmO-
bile
The car is equipped with American
products entirely, being furnished
with Splitdorf magnetic, Casgrain
speedometer, and Vacuum carafes
the climate, cooking and camping
utensils, sleeping bags, block and
tackle, shOyels, axes, and all the nee
eSSary equipment needed on a trip
of the magnitude of this one.
At the completion of the 100, 900
miles, the car is to be torn down AMI
subjected to an exhaustive examina-
tion by a technical committee com
posed of prominent automobile au-
thorities, and it is conceded that
both the industry and the Abbott Mo
tor Co. will benefit greatly by what
has been accomplished by this $500
American automobile.
The car left Parker Monday morn
ing on its way to Los Angeles.
The Parker post., 1911-07-01
LIQUOR STOCK SOLD.

The public sale of the stock of liq-
uOrs formerly owned by E. Bert Hart
and attached by the Colorado River
Supply company occurred at the lat
ter's warehouse on California avenue
The Parker post., 1911-07-01

Continued on Page g.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-10

Tried in jasper, Il Has Stood a. lest

The hardest test is the test of
time. and Doan's Kidney Pills
have stood it we'll IN Jasper
Kidney sufferers can hardly ask
for stronger proof than rhe fol
lowing:
WAiam J. Lampert, Fifth and
Clay SITS Ja-per, Ind says:
Backaca. chung 10 me Tor a
ong time and often | wa in sea
great misery that | could hardly
iinisn the days work | had
dizzy spells and the secrenons
from my kidneys were too fre
quent in passage My ambition
and energy left me and | always
felt languld and depress d. Al
ter | had tried several remedies
without being b refited. | earn
ID of Doan's Kidney Pills and
procured a box at Flick and
Pfau's Drug Store Before |
nad taken them long. | improved
md ccstinued use entirely rid
ne OF my troub e. Statement
r. April 1907
10 TROUBLE SINCE.
dr i.amDert was interviewed
IN Zach %, 1910. and he added
the abos,: Since Doan's
nidney Pills cur q me three
ears ago, my health has ben
excellent and | have been free.
rom every symptom of kidney
complaint | take pleasure in
again recommending this rem
edy."
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buff
falo. New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan'S-
and take no other.
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Notice to Nnn-R~>ident

Notice to Non-R~>ident.
State of Indiana
County of Dubois s S
August II Koerner
VS.
Sarah A Schafer
The plaintiff in tire above en-
titled cause having lied his cor :
plant therein. together with the
affidavit that the defendant is a
nonresident of the State of Ind
lana:
Now, therefore, Sarah A. Scha-
fer. defendant in the .bove en-
titled cause. is hereby notified
that unless she be and appear on
the 18th day of April, 1911. the
same being the 18th Judicial dav
of the March Term 1911. Of the
Dubois Circuit Court. at the
Court Housein the town of Jasper
IN said County and State. to ans
wer or demur to said complaint.
the same will be heard and de-
termined in her absence
In witness whereof | have
hersunto set my hand and the
seal of this court this 4th day of
February 1911.
(seal.) VIM. BoCkEInAN
Clerk Dubois Circuit Court.
A. l. GRAY, Atty.
Feb 10, 1911, 3w
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OI5l's alj PERU Counties.

Have b placed in the 1st
IL ttt m tie Airport onment
Committee at the Legislature
an rs liable 10 ecOme the law
Indiana l0cses one member of
CONGRESS az riding to the 1910
census.
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