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The oasis., 1911-03-18
oppoRruAITy GIVEN FOR UNFAIR
 ALLEGATIONS.

One of the best intended efforts of President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock to eliminate the deficit in the postal department and make it self sustaining was defeated by the very fact that their proposition was open to criticism and an unfair allegation in that if adopted 1t would put into the hands of the department a potent instrument to annoy and harass opposition magazines and periodi- calls.
 The proposition advanced by the Post Master General and recom- mended to Congress by the Presi- dent was that the postage upon those portions of magazines devoted to advertisements should be raised to four cents per pound, and that the reading matter should continue at the present rate of one cent. Immediately the cry was raised that the administration was aim- ing blow at the magazines in re- taiation for the criticisms that they have levelled. And where that allegation was not presented there was advanced another that had the same effect, viz: that the proposition would give to the de- partment power of discrimina- tion which could be used to fore ifend criticism, and prevent that frank utterance which is the duty of an untrammeled press.
 The latter point was the really weak one in the proposition of the administration. Not that the power of discrimination would be used to silence criticism, but the very fact. of the discrimination itself. In other words the proposition vio- lated every sense of fair play. There is no reason whatever why the government in it's adjustment of postal rates should not treat alike all publications and all parts
The oasis., 1911-03-18
SONORA SETTINGS
Shaken Out Mere and There tn the
 Great State Just Over the LIne.

Shaken Out Mere and There ln the
 Great State Just Over the Line. "
 Gambrinus; Qua mas: Beer, Lunches. ,.
 Mir. Ramon Moreno and family from Nogales, are visiting at Mag dalena.
 Cantina Central, HermosilIO, opposite Banco de Sonora, A. A. Monteverde, proprietor. Lunches and Oyster Cocktails. Finest Mex ican cigars.
 In the vicinity of Magdalena a number of ranchers have installed recently capacious pumping plants for irrigation, which are bringing under cultivation mesa lands that have not been covered heretofore by ditches taken from the river.
 At Magdalena MT. Carlos Dur ieux, who has the concession for lighting the city, under which he has supplied gas hitherto, has just completed installation of an electric lighting plant. Many of the stores, offices and residences have been wired and are using tho new light.
The oasis., 1911-03-18
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Oi thO oduio puulICdtlOn. II tH6 government is carrying in it's mails newspapers and magazines at prices that are too low when taking into consideration the cost of the ser vice, that fact extends to all the newspapers and magazines. And if the department is to recoup itself in whole or in part for the loss sustained by the service, the addi- tional burden should be laid upon all the newspapers and magazines contributing to the loss. If the charge for second class postage is to be increased at all let every newspaper and magazine in the land bear it's fair share of the in- crease in proportion to it's use of the service. If an increase from
 
 one cent to four cents per pound on the advertising sections of the magazines would eliminate the deficit, surely an increase from one to two cents per pound on all newspapers and magazines would accomplish the same elimination. There is not newspaper or a magazine in the United States which cannot stand that increase. If there be any such they are use- less cumberers of the mails and they have no right to expect the post office department to contribute to their uselessness by carrying free-or nearly so-their issues to their readers.
 The great majority of the news papers pay but few cents for the mail carriage ofeach edition. Take a newspaper like THE OASIS. A single copy wrapped and ready for mailing weighs about two ounces eight to the pound. So each week THE OASIS can send 800 copies to subscribers for one dollar-at the present rate of one cent per pound. Does anyone, knowing the fact, believe that it would be very great additional burden upon TIE OASIS to pay two dollars each week where 1t now pays one? The larger the circulation and consequently heavier and more profitable the advertising patronage the lighter Is the burden of postage. Some of the great magazines and periodicals which have raised the most stre1. uous objection to a proposed in. crease in postage, command from $500 to $1 ,000 per page for advertis- ing space, realize from $10,0O0 to $50,000 for special articles of a dozen or more pages, and are tremendous money makers. The valuation of some of the great periodicals is rated in the millions. Yet whenever there is advanced proposition to make them pay a fair price for transmission of their issues through the mails, they raise macedonian cry of oppres- sion and ask the litfla dollor '.
The oasis., 1911-03-18

BoRN:-In Eogales, Arizond, Thursday, March IS, 1911, to the wife of Milton Bohall, son.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
CHAPTER K.
. HARD TASK.

A HA6O TASK.
A already indicated. up 20 this
a time there had not been the
"A slightest clew as to where the
. pirate had established his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26


position, as at a command. and in the
second it lost fits rigidity and wander
ed all around the compass. The con-
vesation lasted only two or three
minutes. and Payton spoke perhaps
half a dozen times. l observed the in
dications of the needle with the ut
most exactness and entered them In
a notebook. They were perfectly def
felt an immense exultation over my
success. Presently Mr.. Grantham call
ed to me again.
Hello! It's all over. You can come
down"
You can imagine how eagerly l
descended to Grayman's sanctum.
carrying my precious instrument As
I entered saw by the expression Of
the two mems faces that all had gone
well on their side.
How is itY' demanded the secretary.
ibid it workr'
"To perfection" I replied.
Good! GoodP' And Mr. Grantham,
forgetting his dignity. fairly jumped
up and down. while Grayman smiled
patrOniZingly.
Have you got the direction sureT
asked the secretary.
I've got the axis Of progression of
the waves to a nicely. They came
from the north, but Of course as yet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

Ito Be Continued.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
The Lost and Found.

II win be ever grateful 30 the
Want Columns for the return Of en-
article of iewelry. an heirloom, that
I lost one evening, and which was
returned to me the next evening"
You have heard such expressions
from many who have had praeticsl
experience with the remarkable eff
cheney OF the Want Columns in re-
covering lost articles.
One great convenience OF the
Wants IN returning lost articles is
the fact that they work so quickly.
A few hours after you send your
Want Ads TO The Fl Paso Herald,
telling of lost article, thousands
of people are reading the Wants, and
the losers and finders of lost articles,
naturally enough, are the first to
make a critical examination of the
lost and found classification.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.


Capt. Alfonso Payton. the sky pirate,
kidnaps Helen Grayman, New York
richest girl. and carries her away In
his airship, the Chameleon. He poses
as commodore Brown
She thinks her abduction is a prac-
teal joke Paytoh takes her to his
lodge in a Labrador wilderness. Will
liam Grayman, her father. secretly
summons the police.
By wireless telephone Payton de-
mands S10,000,0O0 ransom from Gray
man, who agrees to meet him at
Tribes Hill with the money. Grayman
plans to trap the pirate.
Helen and her maid are well cared
for by Payton, but are closely guarded
by indian John. Helen suspects that
they are prisoners.
One after another Payton captures
four police aeroplanes sent to trap him
and kills several policemen before
Grayman reaches the scene.
Grayman and police commissioner
Braman reach Tribes Hill. Payton
kidnaps Grayman. who again promises
to pay the ransom.
Payton takes Grayman home. Helen
receives a forged letter from her
father, which treasures her. She re-
plies to her fathers letter.
Grayman fears Helen will fall in
love with Payton. Secretary Grantham
offers government aid and assigns
Lieut. Allan the task Of locating Pay
tons lodge
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

A already indicated. up 10 this
a time there had not been the
"a slightest clew as to where the
- pirate had established his
headquarters.
sit is just here" he said. "that your
invention ought to prove Invaluable.
The first thing to do Is to find out
where he harbors. That once known,
l will give you plenty Of help to run
him down."
'Pn try 1t, SIR" replied promptly.
"And you'll not disappofnt me-" he
returned with a most engaging smile.
'Get your apparatus into shape at
once. I'll see that you are from this
moment detailed for special service.
AS soon as you can get ready come to
see me here, and wen discuss the de-
tails"
| hurried to my boarding place and
overhauled my all but forgotten ap-
paratus.
l shall not give long description Of
It because the majority Of readers
HOQ1o uOl Q40Cl0tdkk0 LILO tCCAA14(ol
details. The principle. however. was
quite simple.
The object being to locate the origin
Of the electric waves used in ethereal
telegraphy and telephony. the first es-
sential was to determine their direc-
ton Of transmission This / had eff
fected by means Of a most delicate
needle. which had the property Of set
ting itself exactly at right angles to
the axis Of the incoming waves. II
the latter radiated In all directions
from a center it was only necessary
to place two Of my instruments a long
distance apart and note their indica-
tons. l can make this clearer with
the aid Of little diagram-thus:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

farther away-Buffalo would probably
serve our turn.
IAN that you have to do. then, will
be to interrupt Payton after ne has
gone far enough in his communication
today TO enable Allan to determine the
direction OF the waves ana tell him
that sudden imperative call has sum-
moned you to Buffalo and that you
must 20 there tonight. Tell him that
until you have seen your man IN Buff
faio and arranged the affair that you
have In hand you cannot name a day
when you will be free to meet him, but
that If he will communicate with you
in Buffalo tomorrow you win be In a
position TO settle it
''Of course you know the wireless
telephone number Of some Buffalo cor
respondent Give It to Payton ana tell
him to call you up there. Then we
will take the night train for Buffalo
and be ready for him In the morning.
and 1 guarantee that after that Allan
VIII not be ten minutes In uncovering
the hawks nest"
But" objected Mr.. Grayman. "since
/ have already put him of on SINH
lar plea, that Will only excite his sus-
picions."
"Of course it VIII excite his sus-
picions." replied the secretary. HE Is
bursting with suspicion now. But what
does that amount tor He Will not give
up his game simply because he knows
that you are laying a trap for him
He is used to keeping out Of traps.
The beauty OF our scheme Is that let
him suspect until doomsday, he can
never hit upon it He will never have
the ghost of an idea what we are
about. Go ahead, Grayman, and do as
/ tell you, and IN be responsible for
the result"
So it was decided. and Immediately
l made my arrangements for connect
ceiver on the roof Of the building con-
tanning Grayman's Offices. We rugged
up a temporary telephone from the
sanctum to my station. and Secretary
Grantham remained with Grayman to
give me word the instant that Payton's
call was recognized. In order that
might not confuse 1t with some other.
So was left alone TO wait, and 1 con-
fess that the strain made me very nerv-
GUS.
l had to deal with many crooks In
the service, but never with one OF Pay
toms cahber. Besides. 1 felt more and
more the importance OF this affair to
my future. and the secretary's mystic
rious words about a reward which he
thought that Mr.. Grayson ought to
offer me had got hold OF my fmagina-
don. I certainly think that neither Of
the others could have awaited that call
ls anxiously as / did
It seemed to me that had sat there
for hours with my eyes glued upon the
telltale needle. when suddenly it jump
ed round and then set itself In q def
mite position. pointing nearly east and
west, but with a slight quivering mo-
ton.
Almost Immediately the secretary
called softly through the telephone:
Hello. Allan! It's coming. Have you
got it? It's Payton."
"Yes." said. i've got it. Don't In
terrupt me now. please"
could tell every time that Payton
began or ceased to speak. because in
the first case the needle moved into
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

know nothing about the distance that
they had travelled IN coming here"
Then wen get him!'' exclaimed Mr..
Grantham- Hes agreed to communi-
cate TO Buffalo tomorrow"
But are you sure that he sent bis
message from his lodgeT l asked
''Not a doubt of it Mr. Grayman
got that ont Of him by inquirfng about
his daughters health. and he replied
that she had just gone TO her room
with Susan. In excellent spirits"
But win be communicate from the
same place tomorrow
Have no fear about that. BE told
Mr. Grayman that they were going
fishing In the morning and that he
would call him up at O'Clock"
Then" replied, equally unable to
restrain my delight. I'VE certainly have
got himr'
ITO Be Continued
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
COPYRIGHT BY FIELD AND or9fhrA

Of 300 Yards each two large SaHs, one
lance at the end Of an eight-foot poie'
The hook ! used was a No. IL van
Week hook. with 12-foot wire leader,
or snood. but with a few inches Oh
chain next to the hook. Our bait liae
day was fresh mackerel. My two roos
were set up before we left sydney.
each with its reel and 800 yards OF
this No. SO line, and l had on this oc-
casion. as | have had subsequently
a about 20 to so feet Of line doubled
next to the hok.
We reached Ste. Ann bay about 8
m. and commenced trolling. About
II a. m. we sighed large school OF
tuna about halfw way up the bay. After
q about half an hours vigorous rowing
we managed to get the baited hook
lust in front OF the school. Although,
after YOU have fish hooked. you are
kept busy all the time. and have
plenty of excitement, still. ! really
think the most exciting part OF tuna
fishing is just before the strike. and
as YOU strike There must have been
at least 90 tuna in the school. the
leader of which was a monster. PROB
ably weighing anywhere between 600
to 500 pounds. When the boat was
bout 100 feet in front of the school
they all seemed to see it at once. and
disappeared from the surface. only to
reappear in moment when the lead
or was only 90 or 80 feet from the
hook. at which he took wild plunge
over the surface. AS ! struck. which
| I did as soon as felt the line tighten.
I said to Charlie, "Confound it. we
have hooked that big leader"
AS soon as he felt the hook strike
in. he jumped practically clear OF the
water. and. although do not suppose
you could exactly compare it to the
| wild jump of the tarpOn. being more
| of a somersault over the surface OF
the water, 1t would have made a
splendid picture for a very rapid lens
camera: but we. in the dory, did not
have time Just then to think Of a cam
era. even II we had had one. because
as soon as he had made this jump. he
wns of in mad rush with the line
| going out at tremendous rate, even
| AGAINST two of the brakes. with which
th reel was equipped. When 25C
Yards had left the reel It looked des
| perate as he was still going as II he
were bound for Newfoundland for a
record. so Immediately threw off the
brakes and gave him slack line.
After throwing off the brake i'm
mediately reeled in, and as soon as he
felt the tension again he started an
other run. but this time 1t was to
w.rds the dory. and | had to reel In
like mad In order not to give him any
slack line At last the shoal water
| which he approached drove him up
and for ten minutes or SO We had an
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
COFFEE HEART
Very Plain in Some People.

great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for a long
ume before they can get their own
consent to give up the indulgence
from which their trouble arises.
gentleman in Brooklyn describes
ais experience, as follows:
became satisfied some months
tso that owed the palpitation of the
neart from which l suffered almost
daily, to the use of coffee, q had been
: conee drinker for 30 years. but
'ound It very hard to give up the bey.
eraee.
One day I ran across a very SEN
seOie and straightforward presenta-
eon Of the claims of Postum. and
80 50 Impressed thereby that l con-
choed to give it trial.
ny experience with it was unsat-
.slactory till learned how it ought
= % prepared-by thorough boiling
- mot less than Is or 20 minutes.
Alter | learned that lesson there was
aVuUle.
rostum proved to be a most palat-
se'e and satisfactory hot beverage.
ing ! nave used it ever since.
mo effect on my health has been
0st salutary. The heart palpitation
.iom which ! used to suffer SO much.
s.'ucailarly. after breakfast, has dis
ppeafed and l never have a return of
except when l dine or lunch away
aon nome and drink the old kind OF
,oaeo because Postum is not served.
lno tnat Postum cheers and tnvig-
see while it produces no harmful
c.anIation." Name given by Postum
nattie Creek, Mich.
g many.
nssa the little book, 1.-THE Road to
s.siile.' in pkgs. There's a Rea-
- 49, read the above Ietters new
- 1e.rs from time to time. They
Ssssaane. true, and full Of human
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

ing 10 land these monsters consisted
OF a rod of the same specifications as
the TUNA Club of Santa Catalina.
'hough l have used No. 80 line and
special reel that had made to hold
800 yards of this No 80 line. as the
largest reel that was then made only
held 300 yards OF the No. "a. or about
go yards of the No 80 line.
The tuna in the Atlantic are re-
ported to be found as far south as
the New Jersey coast, and some as
far north as Gaspe. in the Province
of Quebec. and they are also seen on
the coast of Newfoundland; but
shall confine myself to Nova Scotia
and particularly to the east coast OF
Cape Breton. where the two places
that l have fished for tuna are sit
uated. namely, Ste. Ann Bay, and Mira
Bay The former place is about 80
miles northwest of Sydney by water.
and the latter place is approximately
Is miles southeast Of Sydney by rail
way. The outer bay at Ste. Ann Is
about seven miles long by six miles
wide at the mouth, but there are two
islands beyond the southern promon-
tory at the north (Cape Dauphin)
that really make this bay almost two
miles longer. There Is also at Ste.
Ann a beautiful inner harbor with
plenty Of water and good anchorages
very we'll sheltered. The channel en-
tering this inner harbor is well buoy
ed. with spar buoys, and has about IA
feet OF water at low tide (the rise
and fall of the tide here is about 4
feet)
Three years ago I hooked q fish,
but during that season | was only
using No "a and No. 36 line, and
did not have strong enough reel.
There were only three fish that held
longer than 20 minutes-one for 8
hours, one for 10 hours and one for
10 hours.
The year following. though I had
only four or five days fishing, l hook
ed Is fish From my experience with
these tuna last year | came to the
conclusion that unless the fish were
hooked properly II was hopeless 10 Try
to land him. By not being hooked
properly. mean hooked in the corner
of his mouth Tor in any way except
fairly in the upper Jaw.
1t was early on Friday morning,
early in September last year. that We
left Sydney on my cruising launch.
the Adine, for Ste. Ann Bay to catch
a tuna. Our party consisted Of five
men, myself. who was to do the fish
ir.g. Captain BILL" WHO was to have
charge of the Adine while We were in
the dory fishing. Lowe. the engineer.
and William the cook. while sailor
Charlie came with me in the dory.
Ny tackle consisted OF two rods and
eeels, With several spare No. 80 lines
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20

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R.FD D., Graniteville, vt.
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
Mcissant's Comparison.

"The late John j. Moissant was a
genial as well as skillful airman,'
said Chicago editor.
Il remember well visit he once
made me, with drawings Of an aero
plane of his own invention under his
arm. ! joked him little about the
machine-it certainly had a heavy.
awkward look. But he said with a
laugh:
...Oh, don't judge even an aeroplane
By its outside. What if the man who
discovered the oyster hadn't stopped
to pry open the SHELF"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-05-20
His Interest.

You are going to interest yourself
In this reform enterprise?'
Certainly" replied Senator Sor-
shum.
But thought it was unfavorable
to your friends
1T is. And I'm going to interest
myself in it far enough to let me
offer suggestions that will render it
impractical"