Arizona republican., 1912-04-29

black eye into blue.
 w. k. B. are the letters appear ing on one big case which is longing to get out of >he clutches of the gov ernment. Collector Gardiner ,lci.:cd that the identifying letter could be construed Co mean we hc Dolly Blues" At any rate the case COT r- tains an assortment of cOlors or dyes in little cubes. They are blues. tin.s. fast dyes ard some not So speedy. They are marked |, penny apiece" English :iOne"-tWo cents over here The lttie dollies came ovAr the steamer Celtic. There are seventeen gross of them ard they are down on the list as being worth $4239. :'here seems to be Il chance for somebody 10 get some coloc at a small price. The man who sent :he cubes over is named Edge.
 For some reason or other, 20 pounds of raw Egyptian cotton in three rolls was not claimed. It's free of duty
 Also in the assortment of goods is an from implement. It was sent here from Italy. Apparently it was pound- ed cut by hand, for the marks of the hammer are easily to be seen. To all appearances it may have been in- tenGed as s grub-hoe IL also ap- pears like Q pair of Willie's sho.t trousers h&~ging on the wash line the slack of the raiment facing ob- server It's valued at g cents.
 The only perfect window Fastener ever invented" is the printing on q light of glass set in complete win dow frame with sash and the fasten- CT. The big crate in which the pat ent came over, with the frame. Sds h and the window, bears the lettering. NOW" but it is over year sin 70 then.
 It was a case of lead. kindly light, when Collector Gardiner examined . package containing three combination ash trays with auto~iatic lighters He eXperimented with ;he lights to see what they were worth. He found out. The lighters were set in the upright place of the ash tray where matches usually rest He Aidn't know they were lighters. He found a little bulb. He pulIcl tha bulb. There was a splut;eriag of flame. He jumped back and waited for the explosion. But it was not an in- fernal machine The wick on the other end of the rcd would have lighted, il there had been any fuel to feed il. The lighters aud the ash trays will go out in the sale.
 An interesting article in the col lection is an old tin trunk. Some thing is coming to the person who annexes this contrap;ion. l. is paint = ed and it contains work boxes and I lot of straw hats. 1t ais, contains other things which are automatic.
 There also is a tin can in :he tot It could probably hold eight or ten gallons. But it is empty
 Somebody thought we'll of one young woman and sent her three ! rolls of prints, or posters. showing d roller skating dancing girl in action And then there is a package of cir | culars which have no value. 1 According to law, all of these ar ticles have to be advertised for .aIc at least three weeks before they are 1 bid for. They are disposed of NiIn- out any allowances for depreciation or appreciation of their value. 1 Every shipment that is held by cus- ] toms officials in the divers station. | is charged against the local offict of that station. Accordingly the col lector of customs has t1 dispose o 1 them. From the sale tha f.uetionear': fees must be paid and other accounts which are to be deducted from tht proceeds of a sale are charges fo l carriage. duties to the government storage and other expenses accruins from the sale, and all the incidental! that lead up to and away from it. Sometimes railroads file q lien ol the property for transportation 1 charges. Liens for freight come last 1 however, on the reckoning day Tn,
 expenses are adjusted pro rata or ar
 appOrtiOned against articles that cos
 10 cents which is figuring some an, then some more.
 It has been known for a certain
 collector of customs to mail a checI
 for five cents to a railroad compan, that sum being left over for liel
 purposes after all other expense have been deducted.
 The person who purchases any 0
 the articles so sold has nothing t
 worry about as concerns the intricat
 details. He simply pays down tn
 amount of his bid and gets his pur
 chase as free of all claims and lien
 as he does in the purchase of l ShOeString or a rubber nipple
 There is also distinction betwee
 sales of seized" and 'unclaimed I goods by the government The sal 1 of May q will on down Op tba ranord
 as an unclaimed" sale, and the GUS
 toms men don't care how far down
 goes. so long as the goods get out c
 sight, they say
 1 E. F. Yoakun. chairman of the Saj | Francisco avacntiva conn on