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The Parker post., 1912-11-23
AUTO TRUCKS ARE
HAULING COTTON

The Blythe Junction truck line
hauled out 81 bales of cotton at one
trip last Saturday Fourteen bales
were loaded on the six-ton Saurer
and seven bales We're put on the pas
senger auto which will be used for
freighting until the new rate to the
junction is established. The trucks
are running through to the railroad
now without any trouble although the
road is not finished. A car of oil
Is being received each week and Mr.
Brown has force working this in
to the road. w. A. Harrell, who is
Mr.. Browns partner, spent part of
last week in Los Angeles making the
final arrangements for the new
through rates to Blythe. These rates
VIII go into effect January first and
the new schedule will be published
at an early date.
B. F. Hook reports that the cotton
pickers in his field are weighing up
two and One-quarter bales to every
acre, allowing fifteen hundred pounds
of cotton with seed to the bale. This
big yield does not hold good for the
entire field but Mr. Hoch says there
are eight acres that will run over
two bales each. This is the best
record reported yet and is remark
able considering the shortage of
water since August,-Blythe Herald.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
PROGRAM OF TEACHERS INSTITUTE
AT BOUSE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30
MORNING SESSION.

915Address of Welcome
93O-Pano Solo Stukey, "Jap"
945hy Method Attaining ant
Miss Mckee, Schools
Miss Nova Blackwell, Quartzste Schools
Number
Miss
11Oo-Vocal Solo Mr. Tisdale
1110-My Method
Children Miss Stukey,
11.3osome
of
l.3o-Vocal Solo Mrs. B. NJ Snyder
145Nature IN Primary
Miss Grace
2oo-lnstrumental
Miss
of
5.lo--vocal -.
315lterature
3.35The Spanish Speaking Of he Southwest ......
Miss Palmyra Tamboino
4oo-Song by Audience
The Parker post., 1912-11-23

fourth class postmaster at Swansea.
Arizona. The compensation of the
postmaster at this office was $6O5
for the last fiscal year.
Application forms and full lnfor'
nation concerning the requirements
of the examination can be secured
from the postmaster at Swansea OF
from the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, d. C.
Applications should be properly eX
ecuted and filed with the Commission
at Washington within seven days
before the date of the examination
otherwise it may be impracticable tC
examine the applicants.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
HIGH SCHOOL
FOR PARKER
MOVEMENT STARTED TO ES.
TABLISH A UNION HIGH SCHOOL
HERE FOR NORTHERN YUMA
COUNTY.

When in Parker last week County
Superintendent of Schools John M.
Hess stated that northern Yuma
county is badly i'm need of union
high school, and that it is possible
to secure such an institution at
Parker by very little effort
According to law passed by the
legislature any number of adj joining
school districts are permitted to unite
in the establishment of a high school
having an average daily attendance
of two hundred or more pupils. The
districts located in this end of the
county can show the required at
tendance, and steps should be taken
to establish high school at the
earliest possible moment
The method of procedure for Sc
curing such union high school is
contained in Section rs of "An act
to provide for the establishment and
maintenance of a general and uni
form public school SYSTEM" and is
as follows:
Sec. rs. When majority of the
board of trustees of a district, or a
majority of the trustees of each of
two or more adjoining districts, shall
unite in a petition to the county
school superintendent, accompanied
by a petition for the establishment
of such high school, signed by not
less than one hundfsd resident
school electors of such district or
districts; or when fifteen per cent
of the resident property taxpayers of
two or more adjoining districts shall
unite in a petition for the establish
ment of such high school, it shall be
the duty of the county school sup
erintendent to call an election with
in twenty days thereafter for the
determination OF such question.
If majority of the votes cast in
the districts are in favor of high
school, another election must be
held within fifteen days thereafter
for the purpose of locating the said
school
Parker would undoubtedly be the
logical location for such school and
the citizens here should take the
initiative in it's establishment. From
now on there will be many pupils
graduating from the eighth grade,
and if they desire to attain any fur
ther education, under present con-
litions, they will have to go away
from here to obtain it.
Superintendent Hess is enthusiastic
over the outlook for the location of
union high school at Parker, and
every effort should be made to es-
tablsh such a school here.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
FREAK ELECTION BETS.

A North Dakota republican has to
he bet on Taft.
An Orange, N. J. man must kiss
mis- wife every fifteen minutes
In Connecticut girl will have to
kiss six cows in the presence of her
friends.
A well known Scotch resident OF
New York will have to wear his
kiltieS to work for a month
One man agrees to hug all the
lamp posts on Broadway, New York
between Herald and LOngacre squares
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
IMPERIAL ROUTE
is IMPASSABLE

The Ocean-toOcean highway route
recently mapped out by way of I'm
,erial valley and Yuma is declared
utterly impossible at the present time
by representatives of the Los Angeles
Tribune who have just been over the
road and tourists are cautioned to
take the Ehrenberg crossing at Bly,
the. The following is the report of
the newspaper men on the road con
ditions:
Ell CENTRIC, Nov. 2O.-Don't at
tempt to drive any sort of automobile
from Los Angeles to Yuma by either
the Brawley- Mammoth wash road or
the Holtville route through the sand
hills.
This is the warning brought here
this week by county officials who
have just returned from round trip,
having tried both roads and found
them practically impossible. Drivers
are getting through. But save for
experienced desert drivers, or those
who have arrangements for teams to
help them through, none of them
make either trip without great hard
ships, without a terrible strain on
the cars, For inexperienced drivers,
or those without knowledge of desert
conditions, the trip is not only beset
with difficulties but with serious
danger.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Times Will Celebrate. i.

Wednesday, December 4, will be a
red letter day in the history of the
Times Mirror company of Los Angeles
On that date will be held the dedi-
cation of the new Times building,
and in celebration of the event ap-
propriate exercises will be held, both
in the afternoon and evening. While
it is the anniversary of the Los Ang-
les Times, one of the biggest news
papers published on the Pacific coast,
the event is also in celebration of
the restoration of the building which
two years ago was destroyed by
dynamite. The new 4if1as ~building
is one of the finest and handsomest
newspaper homes in Los Angeles.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
ANOTHER CAR
EMPIRE ORE
SHIPPED FROM PARKER MON
DAY.-WHAT PROMINENT CON
TRACTOR AND FORMER MIN.
ING MAN SAYS OF THE ARl-
zoNA-EMPIRE MINES.

Another carload OF ore from the
property of the ArizOna-Empire left
Parker Tuesday morning for the Hum
boldt smelter. 1t is estimated that
the car will net the company ap-
proximately $500 The ore will av-
erage around $69 per ton.
AT present only two four-horse
teams are engaged in hauling ore
from the Empire, but General Man
ager. C. W. Mitchell in an interview
Monday evening stated that he ex'
poets to make a contract within the
next few days for the hauling OF
about ten tons per day for the next
thirty days, after which time a much
larger contract will be let.
Work on the roads between Parker
and the mines will probably be start
ed in few days, and as fast as
they are put in better condition the
tonnage will be increased.
Frank O'Hara, one OF the largest
teaming contractors on the coast
visited the mines Sunday and Mon
day for the purpose of going over
the road and inspecting the prop
erty with the view of bidding on
the hauling contract. Mr.. OHara
owns 700 head of stock. and in all
likelihood he will bring in an out,
fit capable of hauling considerable
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Threatened by Chinese.

Cantaloupe growers in the Imperial
valley are planning to ask congress
that a duty be levied on cantaloupes
imported from Mexico to protect Cali
fornia growers. Chinese labor, it is
claimed, is available in Mexico at
$12 month and the American grow
'ers say they will be unable to com
pete with Mexican ranchers who can
i1ffa this cheap help. -r-s=-.s5rr.'-s
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Yuma Holds Siphon Carnival.

Last week Yuma held three-day
festival to celebrate the completion
of the $6,000,0O0 irrigation project
which is to water thousands of acres
of land in the Yuma valley It was
a gala occasion for the River city
and hundreds of visitors were en-
tertained 1t has been seven years
since the first work was started on
the Laguna dam which was the first
step in this project, and Yuma people
have good cause to rejoice after SO
long wait.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
To Prevent Hog Cholera.

The state of California is keeping
in the Imperial valley so that it may
be obtained by the people without
delay Hog-raisers in the Imperial
country have suffered much finan-
cial loss from the ravages of this
disease in the past few years and
this provision by the state should
save them thousands of dollars every
year.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
NEWS OF THE
SOUTHWEST
BUNCH OF BREEZY BRIEFS TAX
EN- FROM EXCHANGES AND
CONDENSED FOR BENEFIT OF
BUSY READER.
Have Sued United States.

The Colorado Delta Canal COM
pany has sued the u. S. Government
for nearly a million and half dol
lars, which amount is asserted to be
due it because the secretary of the
interior deprived the company of
the right to irrigate the arid lands
zof the Yuma valley.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
To Control Artesian Flow.

County officers are taking steps to
enforce the laws regarding the flow
of artesian we'll water in the Coach
ella valley. The law provides that
it is a crime to fail to equip any ar
tesian we'll with mechanical appli-
ances that will readily arrest and pre-
vent the flow from such wells. This
law has been violated and much
water been wasted in the past.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Slash S. p. Rates.

The railroad commission recently
gave decision in the case of Geo.
A. Long against the Southern Paci-
fic company. The decision reduces
the rate from Imperial to Los Ange-
les on fresh meat in carloads from
"a cents hundred pounds to 81 cts.
The rate on packing house products,
in carloads, between the same points
is reduced from AZ cents a hundred
pounds to 30 cents
The commission gave a decision
granting permission to the Southern
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Calexico Stays Dry.

The Calexico Chronicle says: Cal
eXico does not want saloons. BY a
vote of 152 to 8O-amOSt two to
one-the question was decided. There
is no question or room for argument
that. That the vote was so strongly
against the saloon was surprise to
all, for here, if in any town, there is
the argument in favor of the liquor
license.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
New Track For Santa re.

One million dollars are to be eX-
pended by the Santa Fe railroad dur
ling the next few months in the con-
gstruction of second track of low
4grade between Summit and Keen
sbrook on the line between Blythe
Jc and San Bernardino. This is
Santa Fe to double track it's entire
system.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
California Utilities company to is
sue bonds in the sum of $4,000, 900.
Boom in the Desert.

Boom in the Desert.
A big Los Angeles realty firm has
acquired eleven sections of land,
more than 1000 acres, in the upper
end of the Coachella valley, around
EdOm.
The intention is to lay out town
and develop the whole tract. A new
well-rig is on the ground now, and
contracts for grading, fencing and
buildings are being let.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Sat
urday, Jan. 9, 1913 an examination
will be held at Bouse. Arizona, as
a result of which it is expected to
make certifications to fill con
templated vacancy in the position of
The Parker post., 1912-11-23

For the convenience of those in
Parker and northern Yuma county,
the Treasurer has arranged to have
taxes paid at Parker Bank & Trust
Co.
The Parker post., 1912-11-23
Millions in Gold Hill

Mr. O'Hara is one Of the best in
formed men on mines in the west,
having been superintendent some
years ago in several of the big mines
of the country. Since leaving min
ing he has been eminently success
full in the contracting field, and has
made fortune.
O'Hara said that it Was the big
gest proposition in the way of a
mine on top of the ground that he
had ever seen.
1T was great surprise to me"
he said, ito see such massive ore
bodies with such high values. Gold
Hill is astounding when one at
tempts to compute the tonnage expos
ed right on top of the ground. There
are millions of dollars lying there
just waiting to be converted in the
coin Of the realm.
The other workings all show large
bodies of ore. and while not so mas
olNt DIS lHOSt vi iOlu lIlll, lIlC wa
ues are much higher in copper. The
excellent showing at the Empire Is
truly wonderful sight and l believe
Manager Mitchell is going after it
in the right way by shipping as
much of the ore as possible until a
railroad is built to the mines, which
is bound to come at no distant day.
With a smelter and railroad | can
not see why this property should
not rank with some of the biggest
copper mines in the country"
Developments at the Empire.
General Manager Mil chell is at
tack'ng Gold Hill On both sides of
that Aassivc CatcrOE 0i gold and cop
per ore to ascertain its values be
low the surface. AT a point on the
east side of the mountain a face of
ore approximately % feet i width
and about thirty feet in heigth has
been exposed. and from all in
dications further developments will
only add to the dimensions of the
ore as fast as they occur At. this
place the ore is running around $50
per ton in gold, with copper values
from 8 to 10 per cent. This is of
shipping grade even under present
conditions.
On the opposite side of the Gold
Hill tunnel is being run into the
g big mountain of ore. This working,
it is planned, will penetrate through
the great ore body The ore show
ing on the west side of the hill is
equally as good as on the east side,
and an enormous tonnage can be Sc
cured by quarrying the ore.
Work at the lower and upper Eagle
tunnels is being prosecuted with
vigor. and the ore continues to main
tain high values in copper with some
gold.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

ing 1t Q bit fine.
 Lucy Cleveland was the belle of Wide Plain. She was not the belle be- cause she was the only young woman there, for there were others. Others young and beautiful, but while some of the others were as young none of them were as beautiful as Lucy.
 Consequently Lucy had suitors a. plenty. In fact, she had eight suitors, that being the available unmarried portion of the population that she would consider And she managed to give the eight the impression that she was not considering them very much
 George Freeman endeavored to in duce her to consider him. Georges policy in life was to get what he wanted by one of two methods. One was to go where it was and take pos session, the other was to ask for it. Inasmuch as Lucy was not building site nor quarter section, he could not claim her by right of discovery. Sc he had asked her. And she had as sured him that while she esteemed him highly she did not see her way to be his. George had not asked her fl there was some one else to whom she had pledged her affection or plighted her troth. He did not care. He went on selling agricultural implements and striped overalls and brooms and nails and putty and canned goods and other groceries, whistling little melo dies to himself and wondering how Lucy would want their house painted when they got married.
 Every now and then he would pro pose again to Lucy. By every now and then 1 mean that he would pro pose, say, once a week. Some weeks he proposed twice. He saw that i pleased Lucy to be proposed to ant George was gentleman who believed in making himself agreeable to { young lady when he was fond of her
 So 1t came along toward Christmas
 We must have a Christmas tree fol tho children Lucy said.
 Lucy was teacher in the Wide Plain Sunday School. Her pupils idolized her. George and the other seven sultors had tried to join hel class, but she had insisted that they must attend the Bible class for older students, which was presided over bJ Mrs. Henry Gillup, most capable married lady, who had brought one husband and s..x children to help up | build Wide Plain.
 ! The fact that Lucy had demanded { ] Christmas tree occasioned man! ! smiles, especially from Georges rivals
 "A Christmas tree!" laughed VIII i fam Skidmore. There isn't tree fol a hundred miles in any direction"
 Let's get one shipped in by freight then" suggested Luke Morton.
 'No time now," Wesley Perkin pointed out. Its only two days t, Christmas"
 Tho seven rivals were not so par ticular about the tree Each of then knew that Lucy would be disappolnte.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

the seven rivals for Lucy. But at last the final package had been disposed of. Mrs. Gillup drew the curtain A front of the tree again and the aAdY- ence filed out. laughing and chatting over the success of the entertaipment. Lucy did not hurry away with the rest. She stepped back of the curtain with Mrs Gillup.
 Tt was just lovely, Mrs. Gillup!" she exclaimed. But why wasn't Mir. Freeman here? After his hard work and cieverness in helping you, should have thought he would have wanted to see how the tree looked"
 T expect he was pretty busy"
 "And-of course, haven't any right to expect such a thing-but he was such a good friend of mine, Mrs. Gil- iup-I really thought 1t little odd that he didn't make me some kind of Na pfesent-just a remembrance, or" 2 T didn't forget you. Lucy" said the tree. You can have me-"
 And Mrs. Gillup says that Lucy knew all about 1t all the time, because she had sharp eyes, and no tree that wore shoes could fool her.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

Plain association to have real trees growing in their thriving little city. But just at present they are so busy getting the town established that the trees must wait.
 George Freeman was one of the most energetic young men in Wide Plain. He was one of the pioneers. He was almost the Oldest Inhabitant. sltho, gh he was but twenty-five years of age. You see, George located in Wide Plain when it was practically nothing but width and plain. He fore saw future for the town, and be- came it's leading dealer in agricultural implements and groceries and hard ware and so on. He became the lead- ing dealer, because he was the only one.
 In a few months Wide Plain had a population of 2,500. And so social life became feature of existence there.
 Social life requires two factors. One of tn. m is women. The other is men. You may have thought that one fea- ture would be sociability and the other would be life, but that would be draw
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13
Newark Drug Company, Special Agents
Christmas Plum Puddino.

The Christmas plum pudding is de scended from the plum porridge and is time-honored dish at every Christmas feast To be properly made, each person in all the house hold must stir it before it is boiled and the mistress of the house must add the spices with her own fair hand" and so she favors fortune for 8 year. If she Is an American and mixes her pudding in an ancient china bowl, stirring 1t with as ancient a spoon, whose handle is adorned with an old English crest, so much the bet ter, for in the new land she is help ing to keep alive the customs that made old England merrie.
 The pudding should be boiled in a well-foured cloth "six hours upon the day of mixing. six hours upon the day of eating. and the steam should not cease to arise from the pot while the pudding is within it.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

a bit, but each of them felt that the gift he had selected for her would help to overcome her disappointment. For, in any event, there was to be Christ mas Eve party at the church.
 On the evening of December 23 George called on Lucy. She was stin unhappy because the dear children could not have tree.
 Now. Lucy" he said, I've arranged 1t all for you. Therell be Christmas tree"
 "Oh, have you got 1t? Where is 1t? I didn't know you could get one."
 Tt isn't here yet, but therell be one Christmas eve. Now, don't ask ques- tions. Mrs. Qillup and will fix 1t up all right"
 But must trim it up"
 No. Mrs. Gillup and I have ar ranged for 1t all. You are not to worry yourself about anything. Just you gather your class together and be at the church at o'clock that evening, and the tree will be there"
 So Lucy. scenting mystery, and too diplomatic to ask anything more. was compelled to content herself with that much information.
 Towards dusk of the day before Christmas George was seen carrying several bulky bundles into the church. Mrs. Gillup had spent some time in conference with him that day. The seven rivals had attempted to quiz her. but she would not gratify their curiosity further than to say that there would be tree. They had asked her-separately-if she would hang their presents for Lucy on the tree, and she had agreed to do so.
 She and George, behind the drawn curtains of the church. labored long with curtain poles and string and a profusion of green paper, to say noth- ing of several bundles of artificial palms and the like. which George had unearthed among his stock.
 When the audience was assembled for the Christmas eve exercises Mrs Gillup slowly drew back curtain which concealed one corner of the room, and there, with candles glowing and green paper and green palm branches rustling. stood Christmas tree. It was not an evergreen tree l It was not a genuine fir or cedar. but it looked like tree. And the candles and the strings of popcorn and glitter ing ornaments hid many of it's faults
 To the surprise of Lucy, George was not in sight. She looked all about for him, in her delight, wishing to thank him for his ingenious way of provid ing this make-believe tree for the lit tie ones
 Mrs. Gillup went Jlithely on, taking presents from the tree and distribut ing them. After passing out the gifts for the children she picked off pack ages and bundles for the older folk
 It was noted that the tree sort o shook every time she took off one o the gifts which had been provided b,
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13
MIstIetoe and the pruId..

The custom of decorating strategic points in the household with sprigs of mistletoe at Christmas dates far back to the time of the Druids, who held the little plant in great veneration. At the approach of their winter festi- val. twigs of 1t were placed above the doors of their houses to serve as talis- mans and signs to the sylvan deities that shelter and comfort awaited them within.
 Present-day customs relating to mis- tletoe represent the evolution of the Druidical legend.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

DE PLAIN is in Sas- katchewan, It was so named because 1t is so. It Is wide. The town does not cover the entire plain. Far be it from me to con- vey such an impress sion, inasmuch as the plain extends east, west, north and south ostensibly as far as there is anything.
 No doubt somewhere in the distance there are trees, and hills, or something to stop the plain from spreading any further. And some day 1t Is the intention of the Greater Wide
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13

At first Christmas was what is known as movable feast, just as Eas- ter is now. and owing to misunder- standings was celebrated as late as April or May. In the fourth century an ecclesiastical investigation was or dered, and upon the authority of the archives December 25 was agreed up on as the date of the Savior's nativ- ity. Tradition fixed the hour of birth at about midnight, and this led to the celebration of a midnight mass in all the churches, second at dawn and a third in the later morning.
The Newark journal., 1912-12-13
A Costly Gift.

Those Billyunnatres have been aw- full proud since Christmas" said the Envious Neighbor.
 What makes them so?" inquired the Curious Friend.
 "Oh, their parents filled their stock inss with eggs"