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Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
(From the Era.)


Hon. Lamar Cobb has been in
Maricopa, Pima and Cochise
counties this week visiting with
Democrats in those counties in
the interest of his candidacy for
Congress.
The first annual fair will be
held at Wilcox under the auspi
ces of the Southern Arizona Ag-
rlcultural association, beginning
September IA and lasting three
days. Great preparations are be-
ing made to make this fair a
complete success. There will be
many exhibits of stock and of the
agricultural products of the Sui
phur Springs valley.
Announcement was received
in Clifton this week of the ap-
preaching wedding of Mr.. A.
Ferber of the Bazaar store and
Miss Rose Stein, of Los Angeles.
Miss Stein is the Secretary of the
Won Stein Academy of Music in
Los Angeles. The wedding will
take place in Ell Paso on October
9th and Mr.. and Mrs. Ferber will
be at home in Clifton after Oc-
tober 18th.
James Hagan is the owner of
the newest automobile in town.
This automobile has no particular
name, unless it can be christened
''Hagan's Model 1911," for it is
one of his own making or rather
one of his own assembling. Mr..
Hagan had his own ideas regard
ing a machine suitable for this
district. He ordered the engine
from one manufacturer, the AK
les from another and the wheels
from another and upon the ar
rival of the parts he put it to-
gether and it works perfectly
satisfactory without single
hitch.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
immigration Agent Chasing Hin
docs.

Mr.. Jack, immigration Inspec-
tor, with headquarters at Dem
ing, N. NJ, arrived in Duncan
Friday and madet,a trip up the
river on the lookout for three
Hindoos who passed through
Lordsburg Thursday evening
headed toward Duncan. When
caught they will be deported to
China. These men all wear long
hair, striking them below the
shoulders, dressed in regular
savage style. Constable R. S.
Stewart received a telegram Fri
day evening informing him to be
on the lookout for these men.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
An Editorial Boycott.

Because President Grant M.
Bigelow, of the Chickasaw Qa.)
County Fair association ordered
all the job printing to be used in
advertising the coming fair from
Mason City printers, the Chicka-
saw County Editorial association
has resolved not to accept adver-
tising for the coming exhibit,
and also have declared they will
not mention the dates of the fair
in any manner. Advertisements
were sent to every one of the
county papers by President Bige-
low, but not line was printed
in any of them relative to the
coming fair.
This is new and somewhat
radical method of showing local
organizations and business men
who are in the habit of patroniz-
ing out of town printing concerns
that the home printer, who is ex-
pected to do all the free boosting.
should be given such work. The
success of the editorial boycott
will be looked forward to with
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
Where Will This Thing
Stop

A press dispatch from Con-
stantinopel of recent date says:
For the first time in the Turk
ish history the Sultan has receiv-
ed a deputation of women. He
promised them he would do what
he could to improve the lot of Ot-
toman women. Members of the
delegation wore eastern costumes
and were heavily yelled.
And this in Turkey! Was there
no bowstring with which to gar
rot them, no sack in which to tie
them and throw them into the
black waters of the Bosporous! O.
shade of Abdul Hamed, how have
the mighty fallen! And the next
thing they'll be asking for the
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06

With this issue we are author
lied to officially announce the
candidacy OF Col. H. L. Pickett of
Cochise county for the United
States Senate.
Col. Pickett is a native of Ten
nessee but has lived in Arizona d
generation and knows the needs
Of Arizona, perhaps, better than
any man in the Territory; legis-
lative experience in his native
state together with years Of leg
al practice, honesty ard devotion
to that which he believes to be
for the best interests of the peo-
pie fit him for the national halls
of congress. He is a Democrat of
the people and for the people; he
believes that the people can be
best served through the principles
of true Democracy; he believes
in adirect primary in which every
man has a voice in saying who
shall be the nominees for office,
and he claims to be the first man
in Arizona who advocated the
primary for the nomination OF
United States Senators, This
within itself, shows that Col.
Pickett trusts the people fully.
If Col H. L. Pickett is nominated
he will, no doubt, be elected and
the people of Arizona will have
for one of their first Senators a
clean man politically and social
ly, an able representative and
one who will never betray that
trust thus imposed. They call
him here in Arizona the Grand
old man from Cochise, in Wash
ington he will be the Grand old
man from Arizona,
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
Crutchfield Becomes Col.
lege President.

Rev. James E. Crutchfeld OF
Phoenix, presiding Elder of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
South of Arizona, has just been
elected to the Presidency of Co.
lumbia College at Milton, Oregon,
This College is considered the
Church's leading institution of
learning on the Pacific Coast and
Mr.. Crutchfeld considers the
election a promotion in his life
work for good and usefulness.
Mr.. Crutchfeld was a very
prominent member of the Con-
stitutional convention which
drafted Arizona's famous char
ter, since then Mr.. Crutchfeld
has been solicited time and again
and too, by the most prominent
men OF the Territory. to enter
the race for the U. S. Senate.
but his heart and soul is in the
ministry and kindred work and
political office, even though it be
the United States Senate, has no
temptation for him.
The thousands of friends of the
Rev. ]. E. Crutchfeld will con-
graduate him and congratulate
Columbia College on his becom-
ing it's president.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
Kemp Not Guilty

In the case tried in Justice
Billiards. court against Steve
Kemp of Sheldon for failure to
deliver water to H. H. Tiff when
his turn came the jury found the
defendant not guilty.
This case had been tried on
last Thursday with the result of
a hung jury, on Monday the case
was retired and the jury, stood
nine to three.
The case from first to last
brought nearly all Sheldon and
Franklin citizens to town, either
as witnesses or jurors.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
A Pleasant Party.

Last Saturday night the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Pittman a
short distance above town was
the scene of a nice little party.
The merry crowd played games
of different kinds till a late hour,
after which refreshments were
served of watermelon and cake.
A hay-wagon was provided for
the conveyance of the young peo-
pie to the party, after which they
all remounted their vehicle and
returned to town.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
MOtherly Goat Caring For
FaWn

A few days ago a herd of An
CORA goats belonging to w. A.
Heather, came into their pen in
the afternoon as is their habit,
and with one of the mamie goats,
whose kid had died, was "a wee
bit of fawn that had been lost
from it's mother. Evidently,
when the little spotted waif
found the kind hearted mamie,
he was very hungry, and pro-
ceeded to suck his fill, and a
strong attachment for each other
was at once formed, and when
the old mamie started for the
pens the little fawn followed her.
Mr.. Heather brought them to his
home in the city where he could
give them better care, and the
faWn is getting fat, and is the
cutest and friskiest little deer IN
all New Mexico, and it's foster
mother is just as proud of the
little fellow as she can be, and is
taking all the care possible to
bring him up just right. Enter
DriSe
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
Injunction Served

An injunction issuing out of
Justice Billiards. Court of this
Precinct was served on Prof.
Wiggs, principal of the Duncan
school, restraining him from
further services as principal.
The papers were drawn by
Attorney E. E. Wall of Clifton,
the complaint sworn to by Henry
Sullivan and the schools were
closed Tuesday pending a hear
ing.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
Succeeding In Lordsburg

Mrs. James 7. Tong, formerly
of Duncan but now located in
Lordsburg, is doing a splendid
business in the junction city.
She is running a restaurant and
has for her patrons some of the
best citizens in the town and
everybody seems to be pleased
and Mrs. Tong is highly elated
with her success there.
Her friends here will be pleas
ed to know she is getting along
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
LOCALS

Dee Cheatham was in town
Friday.
The political pot is beginning
to sizzle.
j. A. Gamble gave this office a
pleasant call Friday.
Prof. Wiggs went to Clifton
yesterday afternoon.
w. F. Foster was in town
Thursday on business.
Fresh Graham Flour 3Oc for
small sack at Campbell's.
Ed head of York was in town
yesterday greeting friends.
Judge Geo. H. Cosper, of Rich
mOnd, was a Duncan visitor
Friday.
Judge Waters returned to
Clifton yesterday afternoon for
further treatment in the hospital.
Mr.. Ecklin, representative of
the international Correspondence
Schools, passed through Duncan
Friday.
B F. Billingsley went to Clifton
yesterday afternoon to attend a
meeting of the board of super
visors.
Clarence and Irene Martin left
last week for Silver City where
they will attend the State Nor
NAL school again this year.
Judge Frank B. Laine and Sup
ervisor George Webster passed
through Duncan yesterday en-
route to their homes in Clifton.
I School did not open Monday
owing to that day being a holi-
day, Labor day, and owing to
two of the teachers not having
arrived.
Miss Tillie Spoon is back in
Duncan to the delight of her
many young friends having re-
turned with her father from Ell
Paso.
Rev. J. E. Crutchfeld. presid-
ing elder of the M. E. Church of
Arizona, came over from Phoen-
tx last Wednesday and held SER
vices at the M. E. Church in
Duncan that evening.
Miss Helen Fisher left yester-
day afternoon for Clifton where
she will teach in the public schools
this coming term. Miss Fisher
has been spending several months
here with friends during the
summer.
O. T. Cartright of Whites
boro, Texas, is here visiting
his old-time friend, w. D. Nc
Keehan. Mr.. Cartright is rail
road agent and will relieve Mr..
Gray in the local office while the
latter takes a vacation to his for
mer home, New York City.
Hon. w. E. Cureton returned
last Wednesday from a five weeks
vacation on the Pacific coast.
While there he visited places of
interest, among them the famous
Lucky Baldwin" racing ranch
OF several thousand acres in COM
pany with his old friend H. c..
Day. Mr.. Cureton is one of the
leading citizens of Grant county,
loyal Democrat and would make
some of the best legislative tim
Der for the new state of New
Mexico to be found in the state.
1t was Mr.. Cureton who drafted
the lease law in the state of
Texas while he was a member
of the Legislature; this law gave
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-09-06
improvement in The Cop
per Era.

Our esteemed contemporary,
The Copper Era. came out last
week in improved form, an eight
page paper all home print and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
"A Bad Speculation"

There are pentitents and penitents.
Some are sorry that they did wrong;
others regret the unpleasant conse-
quences of their evil deed. Governor
Baborur of Virginia once defended a
man charged with stealing a pair of
shoes. The man was convicted.
One day, years after, the governor
was standing conversing with several
lawyers in front of the courthouse,
when a man approached and said he
wished to speak with him. They walk
ed off together, and the man asked:
Squire, do you remember | once
hired you to defend me?"
Eyes"
well, squire, the taking of them
shoes was the worst job I ever did.
didn't keep 'em week. They put me
In Jail; | gave You the only horse
had to defend me; my crop was lost
cause | couldn't see to it; and then
squire, they gave me thirty-nine lashes
at last. l tell you, squire it was bad
speculation"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
An Incomplete Landscape.

Mr.. KreeZus, the multimillionaire,
was entertaining a friend at his ele-
giant country home. 81 was born and
brought up in this neighborhood," he
said, "and when / was a boy I used
to think what a fine thing 1t would
be to have house on this hill. It's
the highest point of ground, you will
notice, within circuit of several
miles, and the view from here is ex-
tensive."
"It is magnificent" exclaimed the
visitor.
Eyes. and when the time came that
/ could afford it | gratitied my boyish
ambition by buying the land round
here and putting up this house"
Il have been in great many places,
and | have never seen finer land
scape than this"
That's what | used to think, but l
don't like it now as well as l did when
] was boy"
what makes the difference?"
ut isn't complete"
Not complete? Why, you own the
landscape, don't your"
That's the trouble. I own all of it
but that eight-acre patch over there
beyond the creek, about six miles
away. The old curmudgeon that owns
1t won't sell it to me at any figure"
And Mr.. Kreezus sighed dismally.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
EARLY TRAINING OF SINGERS,
Many of the "GoIden Throats" Were
Perfected by Nature.

AS some of us know, Adelina Patti
sang as child. Her voice required
little or no training. It's beauty and
placement were God-given. All PATHS
wise guardians did was to protect her
against exposure of all kinds. Patti
made her operate debut at an age
when it would be crime to begin the
vocal training of the average girl.
Nellie Melba is another whose gold
en- throat was perfected by nature
When Melba left her Australian home
for Paris, where she acquired some
"frills," her voice was perfect, so no
one, unless it be the unknown teacher
in far-away Melbourne can honestly
claim any credit for Melba's vocal
method"
Nine. Tetrazzini, who came rather
late into her own was always a nat
ural singer. 1t is reported that she
studied tone production but five
months. But TetrazZini lived in the
home of her sister Nine. Campanini.
who is singer, and hearing this sis
ter practice for years supplied the
clever listener with ideas which en-
enabled her to curtail her own studies
by several years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Demonstrating the Elephant.

1t was long disputed question
whether the African elephant was
amenable to domestication. Those
who held the affirmative referred to
the experience of the Carthaginians
with these animals, and recalled the
elephants that formed a part of Han
nibals army on his march toward
Rome. At present elephants are being
trained for domestic labors in the
Congo, in the German African col
onies, in Uganda and elsewhere. In
the Congo especially 1t is reported
that the training of elephants is rapid
ly developing into a recognized indus
try. A French society has recently
been formed under the name of
Friends of the Elephant" the object
of which is to prevent the destruction
of those animals in Africa, and to en-
courage their domestication.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
"DeW Ponds"

Among the most singular archeo.
logical remains found in Great Britain
are the ancient dew ponds" the con-
struction of which is ascribed to peo-
of these ponds was to furnish drink
ing water for cattle. An exposed
position, where springs were absent,
was selected and broad, followed
surface was formed, and covered over
with straw, or some other non-conduct-
ing material. Above was spread a
thick layer of clay strewn with stones.
During the night the cold surface Of
the clay caused an abundance Of mois-
ture to condense from the lower lay
ers of the air. Some of these ancient
dew ponds are still In working order.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
AMONG THE HoUYHNHNMs.
Roosevelt Also Does the Obvious In
Hungary.


Luncheon over, the inspection Of
the Government farm began. doubt
whether anywhere west of here In Eu-
rope one could see such beautiful
Arab thoroughbreds as the plume
tailed, full eyed stations which were
led out, prancing, snorting and CULVER
ing, before Mr.. Roosevelt in the sun
ny, sand floored court. The ex-Presi-
dent caressed the magnificent crea-
lures and gave each it's reward Of
sugar. Then he went through the
stables. Each Is a huge loose box,
round the sides of which hundred
brood mares stood tethered, while
foals frolicked in the open space in
the middle on the sweet smelling
straw.
In one stable by the side Of a white
half blood Arab mare stood tiny bay
filly born early this very morning. The
fitting thing to do was obvious. The
ex-President bestowed upon 1t the
name Roosevelt" The visit ended
with rounding up of the herds of
stately white wide horned cattle and
flocks of large breed of sheep-Lon-
don Daily Mail.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Bryan's Daughter Weds.

Grace Dexter Bryan, second daugh-
ter of William ]. Bryan, was married
to Richard Lewis Hargreaves, a
Wholesale grocer of Lincoln, Neb.
The wedding took place at Fairview
and the ceremony was performed by
Rev. Harry F. Huntington, who has
officiated at the weddings of the other
Bryan children.
Mr. Bryan met his daughter under
an arch at the foot of the stairway
and accompanied her to the altar w.
]. Bryan, Jr., of Tucson, Ariz., was
best man; Miss Lilly Tyler, of Vir-
ginia, and Miss Helen Scwind, of Lin
coin, were the bridesmaids, and the
groom's sister, Mrs. w. S. Stein, was
matron of honr
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Rooms to Let Slams In Paris.

The Partisan householder who has
more room than he requires does not
simply put out a card printed in small
type which will lure from across the
street weary man or woman who
Is In search Of "unfurnished," but finds
that here are only Furnished rooms
or the other way about white card
on a Partisan dwelling means that
furnished apartments are to let and
all who run may read. A yellow card
conveys to the passerby the knowledge
that unfurnished lodgings are there
available.-Boston Post
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
The Praetorian Guard,

The Praetorian Guard was select
body of troops instituted by the EN-
peror Augustus to protect his person,
and consisted of ten cohorts, each Of
one thousand men, chosen from Italy.
They had peculiar privileges, and
when they had served sixteen years
were retired on pension of about
$500. Each member of the Guard had
the rank of a captain in the regular
army. Like the bodyguard of Louis
the Fourteenth, they were all gentle
men, and formed gradually a great
power, like the Janizaries at Con-
stantinople, and frequently deposed or
elevated the very Emperors them
selves.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
A Live Town.

Some are inclined to call this a
dead town, when for some time there
has not been a night that something
hasn't been going on worth mentioning.
A moving picture show every night,
revival at the Methodist church, with
a skating rink and lodges, and every
thing that human inclination for varie-
ty could wish, and then to think the
town dead. If there is anything about
the town that is dead you are it. You
had better wake up some. Just think
of town this size with two bands like
urs!-Mount Ayr Qa) Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Hail Destroys Vegetation.

Three terrific storms, following each
other, did incalculable damage in the
suburbs of Baltimore, Md. The air
which had been heated, suddenly turn.
ed cold and comparatively light rain
increased in volume until it fell in
torrents. With a surprising SID len
ness there was another change. The
rain turned to hail and stones as big
ns walnuts came down with terrific
force and in quantities. For half an
hour these fell within radius of ten
miles, destroying vegetation, running
orchards and putting out of commits
sion nearly all OF the telephone and
telegraph wires. The property lC 3
was heavy.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
The Great Eastern.

The dimensions Of the one-time
world-famous Great Eastern were as
follows; Length, 692 feet; width, SO
feet; depth, 60 feet; tonnage, $4,000
tons; draught, when unloaded, 20 feet,
when loaded, 80 feet. She had paddle
wheels Sc feet in diameter, and was
also provided with a four-bladed screw
propeller of "a feet diameter. She
had accommodations for 500 first-class,
1000 second class, and 1900 third
class passengers, 1000 in all. Her
speed was about Is miles an hour.
The Great Eastern was finally broken
up for old iron ip the year 1889, after
a checkered career of some thirty-one
years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
The Ashes of Columbus.

Columbus died at Valladolid, Spain,
May 20, 1906, and he was buried in
the Franciscan Monastery of that city.
In 1913 his remains were removed to
the Monastery of Las Cuevas, at Sc
vile. Ten years later they were tax.
en- to Hispaniola, to the Cathedral Of
San Domingo whence they We're later
on transferred to Havana, Cuba. AS
a result of so many removals it is now
next to impossible to say just where
the great mans dust reposes, but
probably they rest at Havana. If not
there, then the whole matter is a mys-
terry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Mrs. Carrie Nation Is Dead.

Mrs. Carrie Nation, who gained
celebrity by her use of hatchet in
the cause f prohibition, died in the
Evergreen sanitarium in Leavenworth.
Kan. She was admitted to the sani
tarium Jan. %, suffering from nervous
breakdown.
Mrs Nation in the sanitarum was
incapable of managing her own bust
ness affairs All trace of the bold pro-
hibition worker had disappeared when
her iron constitution began to fail,
and she spent the last few months of
her life in scclusion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Protection for Miners.

Workers in certain mines, as well
as in glass and mirror factories, are
subject to injurious effects from the
inhalation of mercury vapors. An Ital-
ian savant, Signor Tarugi, believes
that the property of aluminium to alb
sorb mercuric vapors may be utilized
for protection against this danger.
and he has devised for the purpose a
mask of aluminium wire to be worn
over the face. His idea is that the
air breathed will be freed from the
injurious vapors through their ab'
sorption by the aluminium.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Some War Losses,

Southern remittances to the North
began to grow unsatisfactory some
time before the election of 1860. and
after that grew still more uncertain,
stopping entirely the next year. When
the war began there was due from the
South to the merchants Of the North
s300,000,O00. all Of which was practi.
cally total loss, its payment being
made a criminal offense. New York
firms lost $16O,OOO,OOO in this way;
the dry-goods merchant, the clothiers,
the boot and shoe dealers, and the
Jewellers being the heaviest losers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
GENERAL MARKETS

vipar eear 81 5o EEo9K ctx weak miS
fancy, $5.25@575.
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel, So
C5.25.
WHEAT quiet; No. red, S9@90c.
CORN quiet; No. yellow, $50
63Rc.
OATS steady; No. 2 white, 1870
44c.; lower grades, Al 1ac.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, Is
91Gc.; old roosters, 10M11c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 15c.; old roost
Grs, 10c.
BUTTER firm; extra creamery
241ac. per lb.
EGGS steady; selected, 90 @ 22c.;
aearby, 17%c.; western, 171ac.
POTATOES steady; old, per bushel,
i5@S5c.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-16
Safe Blowers Wreck VILLAGE.

The village of French Creek. about
twenty-five miles from Elkins, W. Va,
with the exception of few houses, is
mass of smouldering ruins, follow wng
the blowing up of the postofiice build.
ing by charge of dynamite. The loss
will exceed 100000
There is no clue to the incendiaries
and the burglars who blew open The
postofice safe. Posses are securing the
hills in search of them The big safe
was found in tie ruins, WY. tae door
ajar, and $500 in stamps an currency
missing.