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The Coconino sun., 1911-04-14

week from the Navajo Indian res- ervation.
 Julius Herman came home from Tempe Sunday, bringing his fam fly with him.
 John Metz went south Sunday on a short visit to his sheep which are on the road north.
 Prof" K. E. Taylor is accused of organizing singing class, as side line to groceries.
 Miss Florence Alvord is spend ing the week in Prescott, the guest of Mrs. John Lindell.
 Supervisor Wm. G. Dickinson is having a commodious cottage built for himself on the hill.
 MT. George B. Shaw, represent ing the Missouri Paper House of Kansas City, was in the city last Monday.
 David and Joseph Lay, the we'll known Oak Creek cattlemen and ranchers, were in Flagstaff Mon- day for supplies.
 have the finest set of wall paper sample books in the coun. try. Drop card and will call. -J. C. Simmons. If.
 A small forest fire occurred near the; slaughter house, Tuesday eve ming. The fire covered about half acre before it was extiDguished by Ranger Power.
 Fine home cooked food will be sold tomorrow morning at the old Gem building by the ladies of the NJ. E. church. Get some.
 Henry Estes left this week for the ranch of George Black, IT,, where he expects to raise thous- ands of chickens this summer.
 The ladies of the M. E.. church will give another of their attrac- tive food sales of home cooked food tomorrow morning in the old Gem building.
 Ranger Fred Platten came up from the Verde Monday, bringing with him a horse that been stolen two years ago. The horse had strayed back to his old range.
 Dr. R. O. Raymond is preparing to build handsome new office building on lots he recently pur- chased on Leroux street. The building will be constructed of tufa stone.
 Ted Parfet, the carpenter, went to Oak Creek Wednesday to com mence the building of ranch house for Mrs. P. G. Gates. She is making many improvements on her property.
 Mrs. w. E.. Boulton, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. C. Hutchinson, during the winter, left Saturday evening for her home in Caldwell, ldaho.- Phoenix Republican.
 A. K. Starkweather, the genial and exceedingly successful mana ger of the Escalante house for Fred Harvey at Ash Fork, came in Sunday evening for short visit to Mrs. Starkweather, who is under treatment at the Milton hos pital.
 Jeff Venters, who has been guarding evil doers in the peni- tentiary at Florence for couple years, came home last Saturday. He turned the institution over to Capt. Rynning when he left, so
The Coconino sun., 1911-04-14

To be happy.is not the purpose of one being, but to deserve hap piness. .-J. c. Fichte.
The Coconino sun., 1911-04-14
Running An Account

That does you into debt It strange, but it it bank Puts you ahead of the instead of behind The chief end of saving hoard money hut promote happiness. We invite checking counts demand interest bearing certificates of deposit offer safety for and glad be of service in many ways that you would appreciate
 I'll E CITiZE s BANK
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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07

With the present large field of candidates. and new ones
being announced almost weekly, some one may get the Plur-
atty republican nomination for governor with no more than
10 per cent of his party vote. Assuming the two parties TO
be of about equal strength, IN such a case the republicans to
win must do so with a candidate who was the first choice OF
but 5 per cent of the voters of the state.
That's a pretty hard test for a party loyalty that in all
parties is fast becoming as extinct as the hairy mammoth or
the dodo. Were a parry practically a unit for one candidate,
as was the case when Judge Ailshie was being considered. the
one mans personality might be fairly considered as a plat
form. But that can not be so under present conditions. 1t
is bound to become a campaign of issues, not personalities.
Conceding this much, the republican party in Idaho can
not afford to start wrong. First will come the national IS
sues. Idaho is frankly progressive; the u%ntulhlled promise Of
a real tariff revision four years ago looked good. The con
gressional election a year ago was q vivid showing OF ldahO's
progressive spirit. The courteous but passive reception of the
President spoke volumes OF dissatisfaction with the way the
promises have been carried out Except through the pres
ent congressional delegation. the state IS very little in sympa-
thy with the national administration. The name "Repubh-
can, tagged on to any man or measure by the dominant in
terests OF the East, will cut little ice in Idaho excepta as it APP
peals to our own self interest. And it will require a change
of heart from the present administration to do that. In face
of these conditions. it will be almost suicidal to send a bound
and-gagged delegation to the national convention to help de-
feat ourselves at the polls.
Following a rational plan of doing one thing at a time, it
will suffice TO leave the state issues until they arise; but the
national issues are vital right now.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
BIG QUESTIONS BEFoRE CONGRESS-.

Congress is now in session, and will doubtless be at it I'M
til midsummer--untl time for the members to go home and
get into the campaign to save their own scalps.
President Taft's first message dealt exclusively with the
trust question. 1t is one of the most vital matters before the
nation. and will not be quickly solved; indeed, in the face OF
a great presidential campaign, and with partisan politics rath-
er than real craftsmanship debating the course of action, t. is
doubtful whether a serious attempt is made to solve it this
year. The President promises several other messages; one Of
which is almost certain to deal with the tariff With the re-
ciprocity fasco so recent, and with the membership Of Con
gress almost man for man the same, little better results may
be expected than from that disastrous special session.
These two questions, and the alarming congestion of non
producing population in the cities and the corresponding de-
crease in the rural population, making an abnormally high
cost Of living, are probably the most vital OF all the big things
up for settlement. The man or party that can show a way
to settle them fairly, is good enough to stand enthroned as
The Ultimate American.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
WHY THEIR PARENTS DIED
Applicants for Life Insurance Give
Some Astonishing information in
Filling Out Blanks.

Naturally applicants for life insur,
ance may be expected to put as good
a face as possible on the reports con.
corning relatives and the causes OF
their deaths. but they sometimes make
rather amusing statements Some one
has collected a few of these which
were originally published in the Brit.
fish Medical Journal:
Mother died in infancy" Father
went to led feeling well and the next
morning woke up -dead." Grandfather
died suddenly at the age of one hun
dred and three Up to this time he
bid fair to reach a ripe old age "Ap.
plicant does not know cause OF
mothers death, but states that she
fully recovered from her last Illness"
applicant has never been fatally
sick" Applicants brother. who was
an infant. died when he was a mere
child Grandfather died from gun
shot wound caused by an arrow shot
by an Indian" applicants fraternal
parents died when he vas a child"
Mothers last Illness was caused from
chronic rheumatism. but she was
cured before death" Father died
suddenly: nothing serious. journal
Of the American Medical Association.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
1T WAS "DELIGHTFuL POISON"
Pretty Legend of the Origin of Wine
in Persia. Where 1t First
Was Made.

The making of wine is said to have
originated with the Persians, who dis
covered the process quite by accident
One of their earliest kings. Jensheed.
who, it is said. was only five or six
generations from Noah, was the dis
coverer. or rather a of his
household was.
He a i~mmoderately fond OF
grapes" SAYS the narrative. which is
found in Sir John Malcolm's History
Of Persia" and desired to preserve
some, which were placed in a large
vessel and lodged in a vault for future
use When the vessel was opened
the grapes had fern ented and their
juice in this state was so acid that
the king believed it must be poison
GUS.
"FIe had some vessels filled with 1t
and Poison written upon each. These
were placed in his room. 1t happened
that n Of his favorite ladies was az
fected with rvo headache; the
pain distracted her so much that she
desired death Observing a vessel
with Poison written on it. she took
it and swallowed its contents. The
wire, for such il had become, over
powered The lady. who fell down into
a sound sleep and awoke much re
freshed
Delighted with this remedy, she re.
peated the doses so often that the
mCnarch's poison was all drunk He
soon discovered this and forced the
LADY to confess what she had done A
quantity Of wine was made and Jen
sheed and all his court drank of the
beverage. which from the circum
stance that led to its discovery is to
this day known in Persia by the name
Of zeher-e-khoosh. or the delightful
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
MISTAKE OF BUSY SENATOR
Rubber Stamped Form Letter to In
fluentiaI Constituent Brings
Forth a Reply in Kind.

A prominent middle western sen
ator fell into a practice Common in
Washington of allowing a secretary to
sign the formers name to much OF
his correspondence with a rubber
stamp. He was warned against the
custom. but laughingly remarked that
the farmers out there wouldn't know
the difference. Likewise the senator.
as many have. have a ~stereotyped re
ply to communications 1t so hap
pened that one of these form stamped
letters was sent to a substantial and
influential constituent. Nothing was
known of the break until a few
months later. when the senator. en-
~deayoring to rebuild his fences, wrote
a letter to the constituent inquiring
of political conditions If the home
state. A prompt reply was received
at the capitol, addressed to the sen
ator. and in the exact form which he
had written to the constituent. 1t
read:
Dear Sir: Your valuable communi-
cation of the 9th inst. duly received
1t gives us much pleasure to consider
the suggestions contained therein"
The letter was signed with a rubber
stamp. not once. but several times.
In each instance urside down. For it
seems the secretary had hastily
stamped the original outgoing letter
downside up.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
syrIan peasant superstltIon.

A law suit for libel brought by an
%apothecary in Pollau. in Syria. against
a young peasant reveals al extraor
binary superstition prevalent among
the country people The believe that
a~pothecaries and doctors have the
right to kill at least one mar and n
woman every year in order to make
medicines out Of their bodies
An accidental movement of the
apothecary at Pollau, Herr Kobermau-
ser. when giving medicine to a boy
named Putt led the latter to believe
he was going TO be killed He ran
away but got such a fright that he
fell i'll The inhabitants believed his
story and boycotted the ~apothecary.
who was at length compelled to prose
cute. Putt was sentenced to fourteen
days Imprisonment. but his parents.
wE0 had spread the story. were
acquitted on the ground that they had
acted in good faith.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
WHY HE USED THE BAD WORD
Little Matt Explained That the Two
Pigs He Was Driving Got
His Goat.

Matt Perkins, engine driver on the
New York Central. thought his little
farm. out near Peekskill, wouldn't be
complete without pigs. So he bought
a couple and had them sent out.
much to the dismay of Willie. his
Oldest boy. who tearfully protested
that the family would be disgraced II
their acquaintance found they kept
pigs.
But the father was obdurate. and
assigned to Matt. Jr., his six-year-old
and youngest hopeful, the task OF
caring for the pigs. This has proved
a hard task. and little Matt has been
having his troubles during the hot
weather.
One day the pigs, being pigs. roamed
far afeld Matte. rounding them up.
drove them past the veranda. where
his mother happened to be. Matte
was talking to the pigs in no uncer
tain terms. and it must be confessed
he used a word which he really should
not. Where he got it no one knows
The mother promptly called him to
task, and Matte. having penned in
the pigs, returned, hot and red OF
face, to the veranda
Matte" said his mother. sternly.
Il shall have to punish you | heard
0 say a naughty word"
We'll. | guess | did" was the lads
penitent reioinder. but you see.
mamma. them pigs jest got my goat"
New York Herald.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
A GOOD THING FoR ORGANIZED LABoR.

1t is alleged by the prosecution that between 20 and 30
prominent labor leaders will be implicated as the men be
hind the series Of explosions and acts of violence which had
their elimination in the Los Angeles disasters. The govern
ment is to take a hand, and if t is possible the men who in
what they are. 1t is undeniable that the vast mass of the la
Dor unions will stand. as they always have, for law and order;
and that whatever of violence has been practiced, is without
their sanction. No greater criminal ever escaped the gallows
than the labor leader who, ostensibly working in the interest
of humanity, and with his followers standing for order and
the rights of mankind in general, deceiveS his peoplei into sup
porting him in the yiest of crimes.
The class of labor leaders who have objected to the con-
fession of the McNamaras, even though guilty, because Of its
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07

Denver Named for General Denver.
Denver was founded by rowing pros.
pectors. the first of these pioneer min.
ers settling on the site OF the city and
erecting their rude cabins in 1858. So
rapid was the growth of the settle
ment that in the following year it was
incorporated as a city by the Provis-
ional Legislature. and named Denver
in honor OF Gen J w. Denver. then
governor OF Kansas. and a mar identi.
fed with the early growth of the great
west.
The city was reincorporated in 1851
by the first territorial Legislature. and
in 1867 it became the capital 0: the
Territory of Colorado
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07

harmful effect on organized labor, have started at the wrong
place to shield their organizations. They should have been
honorable themselves, and so had a right to appeal to the hon
osable people of the nation as representing q righteous cause.
The confession will destroy that class of labor leaders, it is
true and it can't come too soon; but the real laboring men,
the honest men who think and SO are strong before the peo-
pie, will reorganize tne union labor movement on a different
basis. 1t should not be five years until union labor, working
honestly for the rights Of man, and with the present chance
to destroy the false leaders who have been SO close to a league
crime and intimidation, could rule the whole country
a rule of reason.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07

1fthe Governor S Special now touring the East will but
Stir up a few immigrants for Idaho, it will be worth while.
Being largely an Idaho project, it should bring a larger pro-
fit to this state than to any other in the West. Idaho land
has developed faster than her population; we have too many
thousands of good, high priced farms without farmers to till
them. With most commendable enterprise and gameness,
the local people have bought heavily--too heavily; for the
average farm in irrigated Idaho is twice too big. The people
simply must sell, and we must have new people to sell to. 1t
is a profitable if not an absolutely necessary investment to get
in some more settlers.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07
Soft Water for aoou Tea.

New York water is too hard to
make good tea" said the English
matron. The use of soft water is one
secret of tea making that New York
people seem never to have learned.
Before we found that we could buy
soft water bottled We softened the
water for making tea with inch OF
soda"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-07

While it is true that there are new candidates coming out
almost daily for the republican nomination for governor, only
one name has made real progress, S. d. Taylor, the present
state auditor. He has been an efficient auditor, and has a
strong following all over Idaho.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06

CLUB MEETS

Al regularly called meeting OF
the Tanana Valley Democratic club
in the city hail Saturday night a
great deal OF enthusiasm was man
ifeSted by tn, Sc pre- sent
The question OF increasing the
membership seemed to be the i'm
pOrtant topic OF conversation. And
remarks We're made along the line
OF adding strength to the body by
canyasSing for new members. II is
believed that within a few weeks
that there will be enrolled a fighting
force Cf at least 250.
Another meeting is TO be held on
December > when the committee
appointed by Chairman Roth. con
sisting of j. H. Caskey. Fred
Heilig and j. +, Clark. will re
port a set OF bylaws for the con
sideration OF the club. At this time.
too, it is more than likely that new
officers will be elected.
John Moe who is leaving for the
Outside ON today'S stage was Civ
en- authority to represent the club
among the party leaders in the
states. and 10 confer with Demo
clatic congressman about Alaska $
home rule bill, and to assist in every
way possible to the end that Alas
ka may have home rule according
to the Democratic conception of
the term.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06
F airbanks Men Tell
Stories Of ulitzer

The press dispatches announced
during the past week. The death of
Joseph Pulitzer. the grand old man
OF the people. and The father of
modern journalism in America. Pull
itAtr was b.rn in Hungary. aud at
the time of his death was 81 years
OF age. He came to the United
States in 1864. and served in rhe
federal army until the close of the
war After the war was over he went to
-. Louis and became a newspaper
reporter. Later he became its man
aging editor and proprietor. In 1879
he bought the Dispatch. and unit
ing il with the Post created the
present Post-Dispatch
After his s.. Louis career he
moved 10 New York His work of
building up the New York World is
so we'll established that no com
ment is necessary. He displayed
more ingenuity and enterprise than
had hiths RIO been the practice of
newspapers and thus became the
father OF the modern newspaper.
which Id conservatives referred to
As yellow.
For the purpose of throwing a
few sidelights onto the character
Of the man the Citizen will give a
few "reminiscences by Two of the
World staff who We're actively on
gagged in the daily work of getting
out the paper when the w rid and
Pulitzer were both coming into pow
er. These men. who are now mem
b"rs OF the Fairbanks community
are G-ogre /. Bellows, of the
Citizen. and Fred Crew. Sr. out on
Cleary creek.
Mr.. Bellows and Mr. Crew we,e
employed Oh The World staff for
years Bellows began i'll 1852 and
continued until 1889 George held the
position of makeup man in the
composing room When il was time
to 90 to press Pulitzer. with his
associata editor. Ccl. Cockrell. would
come in and hang over the forms to
see il The makeup was TO their
liking. Pulitzer was not only partiC-
ular about the language. but also
about the position that each news
item should have in his paper He
played every known law of finesSe
iii getting his stories before the
public in the most impressive man
ner-and his fertile brain was ever
searching Tor new methods of i'm
pOyement.
He offered prizes to his working
force for ideas and suggestions that
would improve and add - the
Worlds prestige and usefulness.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06
NEWSY LETTER
FROM DEADW0OD

bEAi'Nool). SEPT =. Mining
looked prosperous Tor the tlI'Ie
district duilhE III" early summer,
her Vas plenty OF ram ana
good water supply TIL the last OF
July The h'ads OF most OF the
large operators had 10y This tim"
grown like dtumhead rabbase-
since the long drou'h which follow
"d Hey have shrnnN to their nor
maj SlI,.
Her" Oh D"ad"ood We small PICK
uLd--huI'I miners mad enough va
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06

called by the entire force and drew
many prizes for inaugurating new
schemes for the betteTment Of The
working departm, of the paper
Until his eyes failed him Pulitzer
never missed day and was al
ways there standing over the forms.
like a fond mother nun sing her
child He was not only Democratic
in his politics but carried his idea
into his daily life He took up the
cause f the poor underpaid work
men and commenced rracticing his
doctrine right at home by paying
his help more than the regular
scale of wages.
II" knew intimately every one of
his PAP compositors and the army
OF galley boys. stereotypers. press
men. reporters and sub-editors.
Knowing them he was watchful Of
all their failings and merits and was
never al an end for resources 50
far as human help could aid.
one Of his notable achievements
was the breaking up Of the boodling
aldermanic gang which was bought
by Jake Sharp in the Broadway
street railway franchise scandal
Another was the securing of Mel
lie BLY, This talented woman was
introduced into the activities of the
World life as a woman reporter. She
was a most capable and ACCOMPLISHED
actress. Pulitzer was going after the
authorities of the insane asylum at
BlaCkWells Island on account OF
the inhumanities that were being
Rracticsd on the inmates. He sent
Nellie OUI on the streets of New
York She was taken up as insane.
carried to Bellevue detention hospi-
tai. And in half an hours time
was made to understand some of the
things she was sent to find out
The doctor in charge made improp-
er advances on her person. Upon eX-
animation by the physicians she
was pronounced insane and sent to
BlackWelIS Island. which was the
Obj ctive point and the facts she
sarnered while there led to the
overthrow of the administration of
thar institution, and complete
cleaning up of the entire place. and
an inauguration e right treatment
and a new set OF officials through
out. After this and other good
work Pulitzer sent Nellie bly, on the
world famous tour around the
globe
Pulitzer was particularly impress
ed with the idea that printers. com
poSitOrs and men who had been
brought up in the newspaper bust
ness made better reporters than
college men hence he always went
out into the composing room when
he needed a new reporter.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06
Will LET CORDOYA
CONVENTION ALONE

The Commercial club through its
secretary Mr.. Mcdonald. has mott
fled Cordova that Fairbanks will not
participate in the convention pro-
posed to be held in that city or some
adjacent town.
Mayor Gordon received the wire
extending the invitation to join
with the civic bodies and CONNER cial
organizations in a convention for
the purpose of agreeing on demands
fer Alaska and for formulating plans
to secure legislation from congress
toward achieving the results sought.
The city government on receipt
of the invitation turned the mat
ter over to the Commercial club and
notified Cordova CT its action.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-06
CAPT. BOWMAN HOME AGAIN

Captain Bowman arriving recently
from Eagle creek in the Circle dis
trict brings optimistic reports OF
that section. He says that if it
rains enough 10 insure water sup
ply that section will produce a lot
of money next year.
The hydraulic plant OF Berry on
Eagle was handicapped by short
age of water during the past season
and did not sluice up but $4,000.
over the divide on Mammoth. Berry
Lamb did not DO SO we'll, as their
attention had 20 be given to laying
new pipe lines and moving OF the
plant.
Another season will bring Dead
wood creek to the front with a big
hydraulic plant in operation. The