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Winslow News Notes
 From, fhe Winslovu Mail
From the Winslow Mail

K. C. Creswell, one ot the new ly elected county Commissioners, has been appointed by Governor Sloan as representative to the Good Roads convention which will meet at Phoenix about the 2Sth, of December - Winslow feels quite grati6ed for the honor, a delegate to aconvention of this kind meaning much prestige and good results. Mir. Creswell is heartily interested in the matter of roads and will put Winslo W and Navajo County on record as favoring that is the line of prog ress for improvement.
 Every family has need of a good, reliable linimcnt. For sprains, bruises. soreness of the muscles and rheumatic pains there is none better than Cham berlian's. Sold by all dealers.
 Dr Geo P. Sampson, superin. tendent of the county board of health, goes to Phoenix Saturday evening to attend a meeting ot the chairman of each county in the territory the object being a general discussion of the rules ot the Board.
 When your feet are wet and cold, and your body chilled through and through from ex. posture, take big dose of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, bathe your feet in hot water before go ing to bed, and you are almost certain to ward off a cold. For sale by all dealers. <
 Dr. O. s. Brown will leave Sun day morning for St Johns wbere he will perform an operation upon Mrs. J. w. Gibbons,
 Engineer w. J. Jones was taken to the Santa Fe Hospital Wed nesday again suffering from g sprained ankle. Dr. Brown, loca Santa Fe surgeon, thinks that Mir. Jones will be back on the di vision within a short time.
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Lightning Kills Few

In 1906 lightning killed only 169 people in this whole country. Ones chances of death by light ming are less than two i'll a mill ion. The chance of death from liver, kidney or stomach trouble is vastly greater, but not if Elec- tric Bitters be used, as Robert Madsen. of West Burlington, la., proved. Four doctors gave him up, after eight months of suffer- ing from virulent liver trouble and yellew jaundice. He was then completely cured by Elec- tric Bitters. They're the best stomach, liver, nerve and kidney remedy and blood purifier on earth. Only soc at all drug gists. i
 c. P. Cooley, was a visitor ill town during the election looking after votes for himself for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court. Although net successful there IS one consolation that the year will soon roll around and he will have another chance at the offices.
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w. B. Wood, clerk ofthe Sup erior Court, accompanied by his family was visitor here Mon- day
 Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Morgan of Lakeside. accompied by the children were visitors in town for a few days this week.
 A, H. Hanson, assistant cashier of the Bank of Winslow, leaves tonight on number three for Los Angeles.
 The Hon James F. Mahoney, Supt of the Territorial Reform Schoo at Benson, was a visitor the last two weeks with his fam- fly here.
 Fireman w. A. Vanderbeck who was recently injured here Ill the yards returned this week from the Albuquerque hospital
 Mir, and Mrs. w. F. Buster lett Tuesday morning on an extend ed visited with relatives and friends at Hamilton, Cal.
 w. H. Clark of Holbrook was a visitor i'll town Wedneday.
 Sidney Sapp of HolDrook was a visitor in to wn during the ele ction.
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voters on election day.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph F. Woods of Holbrook and son Joe were visitors in town this Week. Joe was around shaking hands with the Winslow voters who helped so literally in making hls run for the office of sheriff decisive.
 Dr. I. w. Bazell of Holbrook was a visitor here this week with relatives and friends.
 Ends Winters Troubles
 To many, winter is a season of trouble. The frost-bitten toes and fingers, clipped hands an1 lips, chilblains, cold-sores, red and rough skins, prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen's Arnica Salve. A trial convinces. Greatest healer of Burns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Ecze- ma and sprains, Only 25c at all druggists. i
 John Donahue, the veteran fife player, gentleman who served in the civil war, was a promi- nent character on election day, his fife being brought into play. MT. Donahue furnishing rigs to see that all went well.
 LUCAS COUNTY.
 Frank J Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.,, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca- tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to sfore me and subscribed in my presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
 [Seall Notary Public, Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimon- 1ials free. F. J. CHENEY 6 CO.,,
 Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation The election returns are now about complete. The rallies and the band concerts are finished, the free dances are a thing of the past, and the various candidates are either satisfied or not satis fled. Navajo county, normally democratic, has this time given majority for republicanism- and the situation as presented IS not objectionable. Good men have been elected to all of the county offices, and those that were defeated are taking theil defeat with good grace.
 The best natured gentleman is Gus Hansen. and be 1t said ir true companionship, that he feels no harm has been done to him The Candidates on the differ ent tickets are congratulatine each other and wishing their op. ponents clean cut and success full demonstration of their abi lity to hold the office.
 A Terrible Blunder
 to neglect liver trouble. Never do t Take Dr. Kings New Life Pills on the first sign of con stipation. biliousness or inactive bowels and pervent virulent in digestion, jaundice or gall stones They regulate liver, stomacf and bowels and build up youl health. Only 25c at all drug gists. |
 Returns at hand today indi cate the election of Wm. Pau Geary to the office of corpora tion commissioner. Speaking for Navajo county, the Mail con graduates Mir. Geary upon hi election and wishes to assure tn, citizens of the new state of Ari zona that they have made nc mistake in his selection. Mir Geary has been district attorne, of the county for some year and has shown his ability, henc it is felt that hls position is de
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

with a plan, later approved, for Il lar
ger ship, carrying heavier and more
powerful guns. II is decided that send
ing the older ships against vessels OF
tho newer type and larger size would
be sending their crews to certain death
without the possibility OF inhicting Sc
rious damage on the enemy. The new
er vessel Is built. the older ones are
placed first "in reserve" then "out of
commission" then dismantled and final
ly sold at auction to the highest bidder
for whatever they will bring, small
fractions of their original cost In the
millions. Some few are retained to
serve as receiving ships or for other
purposes, but they never again know
the JOY Of the green water squirting up
to their bows. They are doomed to
rust In ordinary forever.
According To reliable estimate, the
United States has invested within
twenty years t19s,597.0i2 IA warships
which are either obsolete or SO nearly
obsolete that they cannot be considered
frst class fighting units OF the navy.
A glance over the list OF naval back
numbers" shows such comparatively
modern vessels as the Maine. built TO
take the place Of the vessel OF the same
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

An exception must be noted In the
case of the famous armored cruiser
New York. known ln-her day as. one OF
the biggest and fastest vessels iuneia
Sam owned Time was when she was
called the equal of battleship. She
has been remodeled at cost of more
than 100000 and has been renamed the
Saratoga. yielding her former designas
tion to the new monster battleship New
York which has been planned The
others are scattered among the navy
yards and stations Of the country.
Some. like the New York aud the
Texas. have lost their names to newer
ships. The Texas was selected recent
ly to serve as q target for the big guns
The Katahdin. Il famous ram in. her
dsy. which never rammed anything
bigger than pier underwent a simhar
fate The yesuyius. famous "dynamits
cruiser OF other days. is not ipcludsd
In the list, but she is shown in the pic.
ture as a type of obsolete vessel. She
never proved her worth or JUSTIFIED tbs
money spent ON her. the scheme OF
hurling dynamite from the deck of :
naval Vessel having >been proved I'm
practicable. even Ia the Spanish Amor
lean war. when II WAS tried.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

about In the order named. The South
American republics are making valiant
efforts to provide themselves with big
lighting ships. but they are as yet fee
BILE folk" on the water despite the pos
ession OF a few OF the biggest and best
Of battleships.
What shall II avail all these nations
% sink millions and scores and hun
dreGs of millions I'm battleshlps which
VIII In a few years become almost as
obsolete as the old wooden shlps2 The
problem of deterioration and progress
sive uselessness Of naval vessels Is one
that Is veNing seriously the whule
world Of statecraft at present. II Is IA
live issue In every country which has
IA big navy--more so In some than In
others. Of course. since it's seriousness
is proportioned to the length Of time In
which each nation has been engaged I'm
the launching of ironclads doomed TO
rust out their lives IN lnglorious ways.
A few years ago Great Britain inaugu-
rated the policy OF selling her old war
ships for whatever they would bring.
The United States is following the Brit
lsh lead IN this matter, and the others
viii fan into line. a few years will
see the biggest battleship of today cut
down and altered into coal barge or
reduced TO other ignominious service
Sad end for vessels each termed in
her turn the thunderer or the seas"
the inyincible Dreadnoughti"
Doomed BY Development Of seisnes.
IL is the advance IN naval science
which doons these ships. big and lit
tie-or perhaps IL would be better to
say big and bigger-to the fate or dis
mantlement and disuse before ever
having chance to measure guns and
exchange projectiles with an enemy Ia
battle. They are built 10 carry aud
hght a certain number OF guns OF
certain size. Along comes designer
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11


That is why the great prizes
- OF the air offered for extended
flights In the present year are attract
Ing the attention OF the worlds most
famous fiers. Some of the biggest
money prizes have been offered already
among them being unwon "holdoyers"
from last year. England Will be the
principal center OF interest. but other
countries will also have their air Der
bies. Early In the summer the most
noted aviators win gather In England
to try for two of the biggest prizes OF
the year. the Gordon Bennett cup, rep
resenting tie speed championship OF
the world and the 1000 mile tour
around England. For the winning OF
the latter event a prize Of 10000 Zap
proximately $50. .000) IL offered. The race
is TO be contested during the second
week In July, the prize being awarded
TO the competitor who. starting from a
point near London. completes In the
shortest time the circuit shown on the
map. No competitor may touch the
ground when hying from one city TO
another one week IL allowed.
The greatest of the international con-
tests Of the year will be the London
Ai6hel AOA NAiNh
prizes aggregating nearly $4,000 are
offered by newspaper OF the French
city. They win be awarded TO the win
ner OF race from Paris 10 Berlin.
10 Brussels to London and back 10
Paris, the event comprising thus two
crossings OF the English channel. The
distance Is about 1900 miles, and the
date Professionally set for the event Is
A
the southern France circuit flight, the
route including six large cities. for
prize OF $4,000, the Rome to Turin cross
country night without return. the Ber-
lin 10 Hanover circuit and the Frei-
burg to Wiesbaden circuit. The last
named two flights are open TO German
aviators only, Other big English events
are the Liverpool 10 Manchester and
London to Newcastle trips.
Fifty thousand dollars Is a lot OF
money for an aviator TO win by one
fiight, but IN the veInacular OF the day
a light from New York 10 San Fran
cisco or from San Francisco to New
York viii be some night" The big
purse is offered by New York pub
Usher The conditions call for the ac-
eompllshment OF the journey within
thirty consecutive days before OCT. 10
by any route which includes Chicago.
Any number OF stops may be made EN-
route, The flight win include the sur
mounting OF the high mountain ranges
" the west. the traversing or arid re-
pi"ns remote from sources OF aid In
.ss ~ mishap and the crossing OF
oAshtJ itysts.
ARvBua J. BRINToN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11
Hammond Chosen to Represent Us
When King George Is Crowned

rruger saw In Hammond. as he did In
every reformer, AN enemy to his rule
over the Boer country and he put
Hammond In Jail and had him con-
demned to death by the rope. The
sentence was commuted to fifteen
years imprisonment and later TO the
payment OF a fine OF sl25, 900 II was a
narrow squeak for Hammond.
That IL one OF the pages OF written
history on which the name OF John
Hays Hammond figures big. There are
other pages, many OF them. on which
his name is written or deserves to be
written. He1has zlgzagged his inter-
esting way over the world. dotting the
globe with places from which precious
metals have been dug. Probably no
other man In the history OF the world
has so extensive history as an ex-
plorer for purely utllitarian purposes
lie Is like the fairy In the old tale In
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11
- =
BY CHARLES N. LURE.

n vERE'S problem In proper
s- tion:
IL the cost OF a warship
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

$1,000 900 a year salary and the Gug-
genhein payTolls are not open 10 in
spection by the public. IL Is quite
likely that Hammond works for the
Guggenheims for no salary at all, but
on d percentage basis which yields suf-
rcient income for him 20 indulge In his
few hobbies. such as aspiring to such
high offices as vice president OF the
United States. neighboring with Presi-
dent Taft on the north shore OF Massa-
chusetts, running the National League
OF Republican Clubs, OF which he is
president, helping to run the National
civic federation, lecturing before uni
versities on abstruse min ng problems.
etc.
Here come the biographical details
Mr.. Hammond is fifty-six years old. a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

ssest thou a man dlligent In his bust
peas, he shall stand before kings; he snail
Dot stand before mean men.-Proyerbs
kxli. -
- o II is with John Hays Ham
- mond OF New York, London,
Gloucester. Mass, and any
49, where else on the earth's sur
face or under its superfcies that val
liable mines are To be found. He has
, been dlllgent In his business therefore
he shall stand before kings, or, at any
rate, before one king. The place and
the occasion OF the standing viii be
the coronation of King George V. Of
Great Britain and Ireland, etc, In
Westminster abbey next June. Mr..
Hammond viii be there In virtue Of his
appointment by President Taft as spe-
cial ambassador OF the United States.
John Hays Hammond has stood be-
fore kings on prior occasions, and he
has not been abashed Indeed, why
should he be? To let off little fiam-
boyant patriotism he is an American
citizen and therefore as good as any
king. And he Is king. or at least king
pin, In his own profession, which re-
quires at least as much brains as being
king OF Montenegro or Dahomey or
Sarawak or any other out OF the way
rrincipality. When a man is the best
known, most experienced, best educat-
ed. highest salaried mining engineer
IN the world he does not need TO bow
his head before any mere hereditary
king or emperor. Fonors and money
and position and other desirable things
have come TO him I'm too abundan.
inessure Cor that
Lets Gig up a little ancient history
abcvt -smmond Qts got to be done.
To- every mention OF him In connee-
tion win the special ambassadorship
has told Of his involvement In the Jane
son raid. and we might as well follow
the lead. II was really an important
incident In career crowded with Inn
p0rtaEi thIngs.) lie happened TO be In
Johan nnesburg In 1895 when DR.. Lean
der 5 Jameson (now Sir Leander
S.aT Jameson by grace OF King
oeoEge) conceived the idea OF over
sprnlng the government OF the South
African Republic with GOO men, enter
Ing with lightness OF heart upon task
wh.cl required most OF Great Britain's
army and some Of its navy a few years
saler. Jameson believed that Ham
inond then Ia charge OF Cecil Rhodes
gold mines In South Africa, was Ia
syrnps;hy with his movement. as the
A merlcan engineer was one OF the four
leacer% for reform government In the
Transvaal Contemporary records show
that Hammond wired TO jameson as
follows, Experts report decidedly ad-
verse: ! absolutely condemn further
development nt present" and that he
.iaso up his mon ana made them swear
sl,sxtaacs O. ,he Bpsr government.
l5eersfhss~s6Snc tate ola President
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

name, the victim OF Havana harbor;
the oregon. Clark's famous ship which
got around the Horn IN time 10 fight at
Santiago; the st. Louis the Charleston
and the Milwaukee crack armored
cruisers of the beginning Of the present
century; the Alabama the Kearsarge
and the Kentucky. famous battleships
OF few years ago. which went on the
famous around the world cruise
these and many Others. some costing
over {5,O00,000 apiece. are headed for
the port Of obsolete ships, destined new
er again to hear the thunder of big
guns In battle unless II be that they
shall be sent to certain doom as last
desperate hopes of the nation.
List Of Obsolete Ships.
Here is list OF American naval yes
sells which have been noted possibili-
ties as sea nghsers and which are re-
sarded no longer as good fshtins
units:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

IL the cost or Warshlp
twenty years ago Is to It's
present worth as sl.2S3.O39 Is to $4,000,
how much win be the value OF the ships
Of the United States navy one year, five
years or ten years from the present
timer
We are spending millions each year
for new ships The latest navy bill
calls for an expenditure Of more than
ssi, 600 600 for vessels, with other appro-
priations bringing the total OF money
TO be expended on the navy In one year
10 more than l250000O0. That Is a
eCnsiderable heap of cash even for "a
"two billion dollar country especially
when IL is considered-and hoped de-
voutly, OF course--t that the ships and
raen and armaments FOR which II is to
he given out may never be called upon
t0 fire anything more terrifying than "A
salute to the assistant secretary Of the
HAvy or visiting admiral OF the Hal
.tian fleet.
Rating Of Nations In Naval Power.
We are building Dreadnought after
Dreadnought ON the latest approved
lines OF naval architecture ia the ef-
tort t. retain our place as the second
greatest naval power of the world. II
is well known that We are second In
tiis race To Great Britain and that she
nas no intention OF permitting us 1r
any other p9Wer tn.qass her In the con
test which she deems OF Vital impor-
tance 10 her national safety and the
preservation OF the empire. Close Ia
our wake comes Germany. taking very
seriously the kaisers dictum Of sew
srn years ago that "Germanys future
lies on the water" France, Japan.
italy, Austria and Russia trail along
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

whose footprints flowers sprang mp.
only his footprints are not marked by
flowers. but by quartz crushers and
stamping mills and smeiters and other
but extremely useful things.
Ia finding gold for others Hammond
has found fortune for himself. lie Is
the famous man with the sl.0OO,OOO
salary which igure made the world
gasp several years ago. He Is said 10
have received and 10 be receiving that
amount yearly from the Guggenheim
Exploration company for finding new
mines or passing Judgment upon those
found hy otheiA liut Hammond has
Eeiw s6-.lUsr tss @:ts about rhs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

native OF San Francisco. a grnfus;e al
the Sheffield Scientific school " yal.
university and Of the Royal Sshcel O;
Mines at Freiburg, saxony. Ne wSe
married thirty years ago 10 Miss Nata-
lie Harris of Mississippi She has been
with him In various parts Of the world,
notably la South Africa whea Kruger
and his advisers dangled n rope over
her husbands head. Mrs Hammond
resembles her husband mentally. She
shares his interest In econOraia mat
ters and has Just been elected national
chairman OF the woman'a wabs-s de-
partment OF 'hs National Civic seasr-
st@p. WALTER ". yoUs.oCN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11
BkTTLEsHIPs
GREAT PRIZES OFFERED
FOR LONG DISTANCE
AERIAL FEATS THIS YEAR

~ PROFESSIONAL flying OF today
- is less sport than business
That Is why the great prizes
~ az ths In nffared for extended
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-11

essst thou a man dlligent In his bust
peas. he shall stand before kings; he shall
pot stand before mean men.-ProVerbs
kxii. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

The committee on the sixtieth ami
versary of the Rebekah degree met III
the reception room Of Odd Fellows Hall
Tuesday evening and perfected arrange
ments for holding the exercises next
auditorium The committee on program
promised an interesting series of num-
bers, both musical and literary. The
evenings entertainment will close with
dancing until midnight. The committee
will meet tomorrow evening for instruc-
tions and a final arrangement Of the
events.
Several of the subordinate lodges con-
ferred degree work during the past
week, and reported additional applications
for admission. Several Of the lodges to
master and his grand officers. commencing
with Washington Lodge No g, October
10, made special arrangements for q
proper reception of the grand officers.
The grand master will urge a large at
tendance of the membership at all of the
Owing to the fact that the board Of
trustees of Odd Fellows Hall is having
the lodgerooms redecOrated, renovated
and recarpeted. and the floor of the audi
torium renewed and put in first-class con-
dition for dancing, the work of several OF
the lodges was considerably hampered
shall have been completed several OF
the lodges that meet in Odd Fellows Hall
have arranged to hold social sessions
open to all members and their friends.
Reports from the session Of the Sover-