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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-03-24

"Don't you know" said the po-
liceman 70 the servant as she was
dumping d pail Of garbage in an
open lot. Ataa$ what you are doing
is AGAINST the law?v
ooh, don't talk to me about the
law replied the girl. Its all I
can do to keep the Ten Command
ments. Ladies Home Journal.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-03-24

Odd surnames.

The most curious thing about the
odd surname is that more often
than not it had in its origin no con
nection whatever with the things
with which it is associated. Thus
Hogg is only a corruption Of Roger,
and Cookies has gradually assumed
that form from the village Of Cock
hill. Oddly enough, this IS cspe-
cially true Of fish names. Cod is a
corruption from Cuthbert, Chubb
comes from Job, Salmon from Sol
onion, and Trout and Turbot were
equally unconnectcd with fish in
their observation-disclosures Chron-
inIa
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-03-24
BATHING A GODDESS.
Liberty, Atop the National Capitol,
Scrubbed Q~uadrennially.

Liberty, ATOP the NatIonai SaPitoI,
Scrubbed ouadrennialIy.
The Goddess of Liberty, perched
uoon the capitol at Washington
about one-ffth of a mile above the
Ground, is twenty feet high, built of
lronzc and weighs 10000 pounds.
Not even the Importance CT the
goddess saves her from the ele-
l.cnts. and she has to be scrubbed
nee in about four years to keep
her from falling to ruin. At each
quuJrcnniaI cleaning she is found to
be covered with great scales Of oXj-
diced bronze, to say nothing Of
bearing on her person the marks of
hundreds of strokes of lightning
that have hit her since the last time
she was washed. All seven Of the
lightning rods on her shoulders and
in her crown are usually completely
fused and burned away and have to
be renewed. Washing the goddess
usually takes Il week and costs 800
or $500, but painting the dome
takes nine or ten tons Of paint and
the labor Of thirty or forty men for
about two months.
The dome has 800 600 square
feet Of surface, or the equivalent Of
about eight ordinary city blocks.
The work is dangerous, especially
for the men who put up and move
the scalroIdings. The timbers have
to be pokod up through a hole Just
under the goddess and put together
piece by piece. The dome is paint
ed from movable ladders, and when
it comes to shifting these over one
OF the ridges in the roof onlookers
hold their breath. However, nc
one has been hurt yet, though there
have been several narrow escapes.
On one occasion a man slipped at
the very foot of the great Goddess
Of Liberty and slid downward along
the thirty foot curve that ends in
midair. When he stopped his legs
were dangling over 800 feet Of
space. One Of the men threw him
a rope and he climbed back and
went on with his work unconcern-
edly.
The hardest thing to reach is the
Indian headdress that the goddess
wears instead of a cap. President
Jefferson is responsible for this
bonnet. He was at the helm of
state when the goddess was cast,
and he objected to her liberty cap.
''The liberty cap" he said, "was
the symbol of freedmen, not of
freemen. When a slave became
free in those days he assumed the
cap. 1t has no place in the herald
ry of men who were born free. We
will have none of it."
When asked what, then, the god
dess should wear, Jefferson is said
to have replied, "The goddess is
now an American goddess, and she
ought to have a distinctively Amer
lean headdress; certainly there is no
other so very American as the In
dian feather bonnet" So she was
fitted out with one and placed on
high to show the nations of the
world what this young country
could do when it really tried
and Fireside.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-03-24

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The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
A Colonels's Version

COL. 1. NJ. DUNN, the secretary of the DanviIle
Ky, fair is thoroughly convinced of the value
of country. newspaper advertising. He ad
versed the fair this year in no other way cut all post
ers, bills and other ways which much but give lit
tie results and confined himself exclusively to the news
papers. The result, Colonel Dunn says, is that the
Danvlle fair made money this year the first time in
many years. He says he will nothing but the
country press the future and advises others seeking
profitable advertising to do likewise.
Take the Colonel's advice and get busy with your
local paper and it will do as much for the congested
condition that exists your shelves and the empt-
that you notice in the cash box did for the
county fair.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
SCHOOL FUND
IS INCREASED

The apportionment of the Ter
rltOrial School Fund for the var
lous counties of the Territory
has been made and shows a de-
clded increase over past years.
Below is given the school census
and the appropriation to the va
riOus counties.
Navajo county, ,295 children,
$1942 so.
Apache county, SSS children,
1882 90.
oconino county, sos children
$12O75O.
From the above it will be seen
that Navajo county leads by a
considerable number of children
of school age of any Of the sur
runding counties.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
FOREST SERVICE
FIRE ALARM

The preliminary experiments
conducted on he Williamson
ranch near Glorieta by the rep
resentatives of the forest service
and E. H. Starkwater, Jr., Of the
Western Electric company, have
SO far proven very satisfactory.
The first test was made on Fri
day between the headquarters
of the Williamson ranch and the
office of Supervisor Thomas R.
Stewart on the Panchuela, thir-
ty miles away.
The Williamson ranch is so
situated that it is surrounded
on three sides by the Pecos Ma
tional forest, and the ranch is at
the foot of the Glorieta noun
tain, thus affording an excellent
location for the conduct ofexper-
iments of this nature. Some of
the results were quite remarka-
BILE. For instance during the
trials a mixed line was used
That is, telephone, barb and
other wires, and ground rods
were made out of army bayonets,
pocket knives, signal service
corps ground rods and various
other ingenious expedients.
The instrument used at tie end
Of the line at the Williamson
ranch was combination fire
camp AID portable telephone.
George P. Williamson. mana
ger of the ranch, assisted in the
initial experiment, and is lending
every courtesy and assistance in
his power for the successful fur
therance of the experiments.
The work with the heliograph,
which was inaugurated in the
office OF Supervisor Mattoon of
the Manzano national forest has
been temporarily discontinued in
order that the outcome of the
electrical experiments on the Pc
cos forests shall be first deter
mined = Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

The Winslow Junior ball team
has started out to make better
record than did the league team.
Their start being on the Hol.
brook boys last Sunday after
noon when they handed it to
that team in as nice manner as
did Williams to the Leaguers. A
large crowd gathered to witness
the battle and went away well
satisfied that they had seen as
good a game as they had expect
ed, one that was clean from start
to finish and filled with good
plays. The day was ideal for
baseball and the boys were i'll
fine trim. The Holbrook boys
put up a good game but were
simply outclassed and went
down to defeat with n score OF
ten to four.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

The Pioneer meeting that was
to have been held at the city hall
last Monday night was post
poned on account of the Pioneers
getting on their sporting clothes
and taking in the Santa Fe en-
tertainment. The sentinel, The
odore, tells us that if they do not
get another spell they will have
the next meeting Monday, May
29, and wishes to impress upon
the minds of the prospective as
well as the now enrolled mem
bers OF the necessity of a good
attendance, till the order is we'll
organized at least
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Owing to an increase of buSl
ness necessitating more room for
the busy workmen, the White
Palace Bakery was a scene OF
chaos the greater part OF this
week. Having completely re-
modelled and enlarged their kit
chen, giving the place a new coat
of pant and plaster which
makes the institution quite met
ropolltan III appearance as we'll
as in the product. If few Of the
eating houses and other places
around town where foods tuff is
kept would follow in the wake
of the White Palace in the way
OF general clean up and repair
ing of screen doors and windows
thus barring the much dreaded
house fly that one hates to see
near the barn, to say nothing OF
a dinner table, and tack on 20
per cent more to the price for the
trouble, we believe they would
receive the glad hand OF the pat
rons for their act.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

A new wall case for the pur-
pose of displaying goods and en-
hancing the appearance of the
store that. would do credit to
any city. apothecary shop, was
set in place along the north wall
Of the Palace Drug Company s
store this week The new fixture
is of mission design and work
of art in every particular. One
feature that adds interest is the
fact that it is. a home produce
and was built in the good old
way, not with a com plete plan
ing mill, but with hand tools en-
/tirely, and is q piece of work
that any cabinet maker in a
modern mill could he justly
proud OF. The case is,the pro-
duct of Mr.. Heymer, the jovial
neighbor of the print shop"
force.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
UNIVERSITY CLUBS
ENTERTAIN

Probably one of the most sat
isfactory and well rendered en-
tertainment ever given in Wins
low was that rendered at the
Winslow Opera House last Mon
day evening by the California
Glee and Mandolin Clubs of the
University OF California. This
was the second appearance OF
the Club under the auspices OF
the Santa Fe, they having ap-
peared here about a year ago in
almost the same popularity that
they enjoyed on this appearance
The house was 6lled to its capa-
city and standing groom was at q
premium. Quiet reigned through
out the entire performance with
the exception of one or two out
bursts from an infant too small
to enjoy the treat or realize the
need for quiet. If it were only
possible to bar such fakes as
frequently blow in, and have
people of this class in each and
every show that comes to Wins
low we probably would not have
noticed so much the perfection OF
each feature OF the entertainment
but when you consider the differ
ence in these people and the
COMEDY Companies that have
appeared here of late we feel that
there is more due the Clubs than
is usually given them.
The program was one well Sc
lected and as we'll rendered, ev-
cry number bringing cut some
surprise and adding new interest,
and the only disappointment
was as the curtain dropped for
the last time, and we aWoke to
find that the time had passed too
fast and we were left only to en-
JOY the entertainment over again
in reflection.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Report of c. M. Bledsoe, Town
Marshal, read, audited and ap.
proved in sum of $637.OO.
Report of c. M. Bledsoe, Tax
Collector for month of April
with reference to special tax,
read, audited and ordered ap-
proved in sum of $393.O1.
Moved by Kelly, seconded by
Seeger, that the sum of $3.50
be deducted from the salary of B.
F. Ketchum for May on account
of the sevices of F. F. Flicken-
ger.
Ordinance No. SIS regarding
collection 6f street tax read.
Moved by Seeger, seconded by
Lamb, that said Ordinance No.
55 be approved and passed.
Motion carried.
Moved by Seeger, seconded by
Kelly, that the Automobile Or
dinance, designated as Ordi-
nance No. 55, be passed. Mo.
tion carried.
The application of John E.
Campbell for refund of license
appearing before the Board, 1t
was moved by Kelly, seconded
by Lamb, that the refund due be
applied to the next license ISSUED
Mr.. Campbell.
A petition for a retail liquor
license was presented by F. c.
Demarest and John E. Campbell,
said petition being regular in
form. M owed by Kelly, second
ed by Seeger, that said applica.
tion and petition be denied
Motion carried.
There being no further bust.
ness the meeting was, upon mo-
ton, declared adjourned.
]. ]. COLLINS,
Town Clerk
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
MUST VOTE
ON RECALL

Washington, May 23.-The
joint resolution admitting Ari-
zOna and New Mexico to i'm.
mediate statehood, but with
holding approval of the consti-
tutlons Of both until the people
have voted on proposed amend
ments, passed the house of rep
resentatlves this afternoon bv a
viva vOCe vote.
The roll call was demanded on
the final vote.
The resolution requires Arizo.
ma to vote on an amendment re-
moving the recall provisions as
it applies to judges; and requires
the people of New Mexico to
vote on an amendment making
the constitution of that state
more easily anendable. Neither
state is required to adopt the
amendments proposed by CON
gress. Whether they are APP
proved or rejected by the pro
posed referendum, the constitu-
tions OF the new states will
stand finally approved when the
respective votes have been taken.
The resolution passed in the
form proposed by the democrat
ic majority of the committee on
territories. Efforts were made
by the republicans to force Ari-
zOna to vote out of its constitu-
tion the recall of judges; and to
give the immediate and unquali-
fed approval to the New Mexico
constitution. Both provisions
were rejected singly; and later
when Mr.. Mann embodied them
in a motion to recommit the
measure they were voted down.
The democrats said the propo-
sal to force Arizona to reject the
recall was an effort to keep that
state out of the union. The dem
ocratic resolution, said the
chairman of the territories com
mittee, presented the fairer meth
cd, namely, to leave to the de-
termination of the people there
call question.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

W. H. Burbage left for Los An
geles last Sunday, where he will
visit for a short time.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Miss Fisher left Friday morn
inc for her home in Texas.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Daze are
Frisco visitors this week.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Dr.. Geo. P. Sampson returned
yesterday from Manila where he
has been on professional busi.
ness.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Mrs. E. j. Gibson and grand
daughter, Sarah, returned Thurs
day from a few days stay ih Will
hams.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Just received a car Of choice,
fat Phoenix Beef at the City
Meat Market. /
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Mr. and Mrs. Horace Luce re-
turned last week from a visit to
Kansas.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
MOVING PICTURES
OF GRAND CANYON

terway OF 400 miles which
stretches from the headquarters
Of the Green River in Wyoming
to Needles, Cal.
E. c. Kolb of Bright Angel
Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona,
arrived IN Los Angeles yesterday
to complete arrangements for
the trip, which will be made the
first of September kolb, his
brother, E. L. Kolb, and Reese
Griffith of Fredonia, Arizona,
will be the men who will attempt
the dangerous journey.
To realize the desperate nature
of the venture it is necessary to
know that since Major ]. w.
Powell made the first trip down
the Colorado in 1869, going
through the Grand Canyon on
an expedition of exploration for
the Government, not more than
two or three others of the scores
who have ventured have sue
ceeded, and most of those who
made the attempt were claimed
by the river.
The Kolb brothers have been
photographers n the Grand
Canyon for the past ten years
and have explored it in quest of
unusual pictures. Kolb d1scov-
cred one of the most beautiful
falls Of the CANYON, a stream of
water dropping 800 feet. This
waterfall never appeared upon
the government maps and was
unknown until the photogra-
piers came upon it.
Both brothers have had wild
experiences with the river and
they know much of it's dangers
and how to overcome them. 1t
for that reason that they hop,
their journey will be successful.
1--WE intend to give to the
world moving pictures Of it's
most dangerous water passage,
said Kolb yesterday.
II have never been in the mov
ing picture business and our
work at the canyon has been
confined to art pictures, but we
plan to get good motion pictures
OF this trip and show the people
of the country the dangers of the
Colorado-dangers they might
never see in any other way. Our
moving picture apparatus is be-
ing prepared in New York, and
our boats are beng made there
eve expect to start September
1. Each man will have a sepa-
rate boat. | am having a steel
boat made for myself Long
study of the rivers whirlpools
and rapids has taught me to
avoid the use of a keeled boat
We will have boats that turn up
at both ends with an adjustable
snag keel for use in smooth wat
ers. In taking pictures in dan.
gerous waters, | expect to get
through first and then take pic
lures of the others coming
through.
The trip will require about
three months for completion.
Our route takes us through the
Grand Canyon and we will be in
the canyon for 217 miles, 90
miles of which will be through
the granite gorge, where the
walls are perpendicular. There
are 500 rapids in the Grand Can
yon.
Zone of the chief dangers of
our trip will be the character of
the water. The Colorado is SO
full of sand that man can not
swim in it for any length of time.
The length of our trip and the
waters to be traversed include a
route that to my knowledge has
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Mrs. D. B. Thurston has is
sued invitations for an "At
Home" on the afternoon of May
31st.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

The Friday Club held its last
regular meeting of the year at
Mrs. PARIS on tie afternoon of
May 10Th and elected the fol-
lowing officers for next year;
Mrs. Parr, president; Mrs. Lu,e,
vice president; Mrs. LaChance,
secretary; Mrs Lancaster, treas
rer; Mrs Spellmlre, critic.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

BY the appointment of Caief
Clerk Fouts to the agency at
Holbrook, several changes in the
local office of the Santa Fe has
been necessitated, Cashier Hook
assuming the duties Of the Chief
Clerks office with {. A. Nave as
assistant. Joe Daze succeeds
Mr.. Nave as night ticket agent
while Clark and Senninger take
up the duties of tn baggage
room formerly handled by Mr..
Daze.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Last Saturday evening the cit
izens of Winslow were entertain
ed for few minutes on the cor
ner of Kingsley and Railroad
avenues by one of those able or.
ators that occasionally drop in
town on the quiet and depart in
the same manner. The orator
had evidently spent much time in
study on his chosen subject from
the enthusiasm that he injected
into his speech. His main plea
seemed to be to have our worthy
citizens throw off the robes OF
civilization and "beat it" back
to the primitive when all ram
bled over the face of Gods
green earth, free from the cares
that education has brought to
bear upon lis. But despite the
volley of argument hurled forth
it seems that the listeners went
away content to let the past be
forgotten and to battle on with
the cares of the progressive age,
tor we have failed to find any OF
them roaming over the prairie as
did the savage in the days gone
by.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27


Work on the new building be-
ing erected by ]. E. Campbell
and Geo. Hubert to be used as a
pool and billiard hall, is progres
sing rapidly and the structure al
ready assumes the stately ap-
pearance of the modern building
i is destined to be. A few more
such buildings will bring the
progressiveness of our citizens to
the attention OF the transient
and will undoubtedly hasten the
rapid growth already notice
able.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Attorney Jones of Flagstaff
was III the city Monday.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27

Shipments OF nic., fresh berries
received daily at the City Mar
ket
Some tima last week John
Sutherland fell from a scafold
while working on a cottage lay
ing brick and broke his arm. He
left this week f0r the mountains
to stay for. a. mouth OF 80 and
expects by that time to be able
to come back to Winslow and
continue his work.
The Winslow mail., 1911-05-27
Proceedings of Town Council

A special meeting of the Coun-
Gil was held last Friday, at 4 p.
M, with Mayor Burbage, pre-
siding; those present w ere:
Councilmen Kelly, Seeger, Lamb,
and Mayor Burhage; absent:
Councilmen Schaal, Henderson
and Clark.
The following bills were read
referred to auditing committee
and ordered paid:
Jacobo Candelaria, removing
trash, $500.
Theo. H. Shufflln, work anG
removing dogs, $19.25.
Hanks & Daze, drayage and
removing dogs, $12 25.
John Donahoe, sharpening
drills, $3.50.
Theo Shuff1in, work, SIS
The Bauer Company, printing,
SALTS.
The report OF Theo. H. Shufflin,
Supervisor of Streets, read and
approved in sum of $1O5.6O.
The following regularly con-
tracted bills ordered paid.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-29
TIE AMERICAN BLUEIACKET.

Todays parade bejace would have been good for
ouTforepn critic, different than made good for
to beforehand what was going to be like
No superstition prevailed in foreign longer than that
which calls the American sailor nondecrp Generally deep
the phrase applies but the time is past when
apply But first impressions die hard In the revolt
picked by American captains in any port;
Of John Paul Jones fighting craft especially when
home couple revealed strange
mixture is cited proof of Paul Jones genius
that he rabbe of Frenchmen Spanads, Portuguese
negroes Yankee wharf into mt to meet the
of nations but sailors like these not SO depend
commanders of the sort Until the CIVIL War
however the majority before the mast or made
strong After that chapter of history closed the American
back shore work leaving for naval the rrd OF the
marine and of sailors picked from alien recruits
existence with the white squadron
undue proportion OF forward whom the flag
of patriotism but PERIOD OF years
policy completely changed There but short
gn nterregnum Now the majority of the bueackes are American
the naurazed young Except when the Civil War
the dincively American as And
free of the whara and merchant classes
which when navigating matter of saipower
farm village boy will make macfn stoker
electrician forward and preferred
youth of waterfront bringing And it comes about that
manned by healthy
vigorous. patriotic and virle American youth. n'''