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The oasis., 1912-09-28
Organization Effected.

In accordance with law the Re- publican Precinct Committeeman elected in the various precincts of Santa Cruz county at the primary election held on the tenth of Sep- tember, met for organization of a county committee atthe court house in Nogales Monday, September 23, and organization was effected by election of Harry K. Chenoweth as chairman of the county committee, with Frank J. Taylor as secretary and treasurer.
 As several of the precincts had failed to elect precinct committee men the committee, as empowered by law, filled vacancies in such precincts in part. As constituted the committee is as follows:
 PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN.
 Nogales, No. 1: H. K. Cheno- weth, Chairman; Frank J. Taylor
The oasis., 1912-09-28
Santa Cruz Club Auxiliary.

Wednesday afternoon the regular social meeting of the Club Auxili- iary was held, and many of the ladies were present. The hostesses were Mrs. George P. Jones, Mrs. H. R. Renshaw, Mrs. Phil Herold and Mrs. s. F. Noon.
 The entertainment provided was novel and interesting. The ladies. were seate at tables, and each was, given edle and thread, some. scraps of 10th, and a plate of pea. nuts, from which 10 make doll, a prize to So to the most successful artist, the winner to be determined by committee of three ladies, to whom were submitted the com pleted dolls. The prize, silver thimble, was adjudged to Mrs. A ]. Milliken.
The oasis., 1912-09-28
FLATTEaED OUT.
camps, the Revoltoso Commander, Is Defeated Near Altar, and Seeks
 Refuge at Tucson.

At the time that THE OASIS went to press last week Campa, the revolutionary bandit, who had done so much damage about Naco. Cananea and on the line of the Sonora railway, was in the vicinity of Altar, and 1t was reported that his command attacked and sacked that place, committing all sorts of infamies. Later he was overtaken by the federal commander, Colonel Giron, who attacked and dispersed the bandit band, and it's con- mander sought refuge in flight, communicating an automobile be- longing to an American, who took him beyond the danger of capture. Where Campa, with some ten of his followers, left the automobile does not appear. It was reported that they had crossed the line in the vicinity of Sasabe, and were headed for Tucson. Monday Sheriff Nelson and U. s. Marshal Overlook were informed of the presence in Tucson of two men, who were try. ing to engage an automobile to go out to ranche about dozen miles southwest of that place and take a party into town. Snspecting that the party might he Campa and his men the two officers arrested the parties described and went with them to the ranche where they had desired to get an automobile to go. There were found the bandit chief tain and ten men. They were taken to Tucson, under arrest, and notification given the State Depart ment at Washington and the Mexi- can consul, who notified his own government.
 What disposition is to be made of the Mexican rebels in custody in the United States has been a mat ter of much surmise and discussien Whether they will be extradited and delivered to the Mexican gov ernment is question These men have committed no offense against American law, and whether theil acts of war against a friendly nation constitute an extradictable , offence, is legal problem that the astute legal minds in both govern. ments are endeavoring to cipher out.
The oasis., 1912-09-28
State and County Taxes.

As completed by the Assessor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Treasurer, the tax roll of Santa Cruz county is now ready to be put to the use intended, and as soon as turned over to the tax collector by the county board, next week the collection of taxes will begin. The following compilation of details is given TEE OASIS by County Treasurer R. R. Earhart: Total State and, County
 Taxes to be Collected $103,279.S3 Total Tax, Nogales
 School District, Inter-
 est and Sinking Fund 2,024.52 Total High School Tax,
 Nogales District. =. 2,O24,52 Total Tax Calabasas
 District, Interest and
 Sinking Fund .... 420.25
 Total. $1O7,749.l2 Va aluation of Real
 Estate and Improve
 ments Assessed $2,690, ,82S.99 Valuation of Personal
 Property Assessed. 124,30455
 Total .,... .. .$2,S15,133.5 Widows and Orphans 63,5S3.00
 Total. ...... $2,751, 1854
 Messrs. Lee and James H. Rea- gan, from the camp of the Alamos Copper COmpa ny, in the Sierra Azul, eastward from Imuris, ara visitors at the line city.
The oasis., 1912-09-28
mw GIVE AWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
Is This Your Way of Giving the Public 2
 Square Deal, Mr. Legislator?
Globe Daily Silver Belt.)

The constitution of Arizona pro- vides that the people of the state shall have the right to vote upon any law, on the filing of a referen- dnm petition signed by five per cent of the voters. The people of Arizona demanded that such right he guaranteed them in the consti- tuition, and the governor and the members of the legislature were pledged to that principle.
 The legislature of Arizona, dur ing it's short special session in June, passed law affecting every county in the state. It was done quietly, and no copies of the Session Laws were sent to any county in the state until it was too late for the filing of any referendum petition against the granting of any iran chise that the board of supervisors may wish to grant.
 The law provides that it shall be necessary for the people to file a petition signed by more than fifty per cent of the voters of the county, in order to interfere with the grant ing of any such franchise by the board of supervisors.
 That law was approved by Gov ernor Hunt on June 20, 1912:
 Here is the law:
 "An Act granting rights of way to public service corpora tions under regulation and control of county boards of supervisors.
 Be it enacted by the legis. lature of the State of Arizona.
 "Sec. 1. Every public ser vice corporation organized or authorized under the laws of the state to do any transporta ton or transmission business within the state, or any person or association of persons en- gagged in transportation or transmission business within the state, shall have the right to construct and operate lines connecting any points within the state and to connect at the state boundary with like lines; provided that within the con- fines of municipal corporations the use and occupancy of streets, alleys or other thor Oughfares shall be under such rights as may be acquired by franchise according to law, and subject to control and regulation by the municipal authorities; and, provided further, that the use of high ways, roads and thoroughfares, except state highways, by public utilities not within the confines of any incorporated city, town or village shall be regulated by the board of supervisors of the county, by license or franchise for con structing and operating public utilities along, over and across the said public roads and high ways, except state highways, and under such restrictions and limitations and upon such terms as such board of super visors may provide, and not inconsistent with law or the order of rules of the corpora ton commission. Provided,
The oasis., 1912-09-28

any time after the same is granted, shall have power to impose such restriction and limitation as to the use of such public roads as may be deemed best for the public safety or welfare; and provided further, that every franchise granted hereunder shall include pro. visions requiring the grantee thereof to bear all expenses, including damage and com pensation for any alteration of the course, direction, sur face, grade or alignment of any county road necessarily made by such grantee or by the county on behalf of such grantee, for the purchase of such franchise, and in the event that the surface of any county highway is used by any grantee for trackage, all such franchises granted here under shall include reasonable regulations for the mainten- ance of by such grantee of such portion of the highway as may he used.
 Sec. 2. That the board of supervisors of any county be- fore granting any of the pri- vileges herein contemplated, shall give public notice of it's intention to make such grant, by publishing such notice in some newspaper of general circulation, published within
 the county, for at least once
 week for three weeks prior to the certain day set for the consideration of such action.
 If on or before such date
 more than fifty per cent (50 per cent) of the qualified elec-
 tors of such county, shall peti-
 tion said board of supervisors
 to deny such privilege, they
 shall so act, and any privilege granted against the petition of
 more than fifty per cent (50
 per cent) of the qualified elec-
 tors of any county, shall be
 void and of no effect"
 Approved June 20, 1912"
 The corporations of Arizona, iii the corporations of all other state have trained men watching f laws that are not favorable them. They are always organize to fight against laws they do n want and to lobby for laws they want. The masses of the peep have no such watch dogs on guar They elect men who promise guard their interests and to legi late in a manner that will gi them square deal. They entru their law making to the men tn, elect. When the men they ele legislate against them, and in fav of the corporations, they have | Special employees" on guard warn them. And so, in this cas the people did not know that t Arizona legislators, who were loud in their pledges of fealty the people and to the initiative al the referendum and the reca when they were playing for vot' had raised the limit" on the until it was too late to stop t work by resorting to the refere dun as provided in the constit tion, They knew that the peol
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
CURIOUS CONDITION.

The Beeyille Bee remarks: "3200
Bcevillions did not darken the doors
Of any church last Sunday. Only
about 400 church members out Of a
total Of about 1900 attended church
This is interesting. However il
would be still more interesting to
know whether the 400 hundred
faithful ones were all church mem
bers'', and if not what percentage
of them had no church affiliations.
1t Is hard to say which would be
the more alarming fact; the fact
that fifteen hundred alleged Chris
tians in n small city attended no
church service, or the fact that none
or very few of these who did 20 were
"unchurchedr On the first SUPPOSE
ton we may in fer callousness on the
part Of professed believers; on the
other we infer the inability of the
churches to attract the non-Chris-
tians. Bad showing either way. Won
der what the showing was in Browns
Vile yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
THE RIGHT KIND OF WIFE.

Arguing the question whether
a wife is a luxury or a necessity
the Galveston News succeeds in
producing the deduction that
she is either. The News might
20 farther and prove that the
right kind of a wife is a bless
ing-BrownsVllle Herald.
We have overlooked the ar
gument referred to IN the above,
but we can hardly conceive of
how our contemporary could
come to the conclusion that a
wife j. not a luxury. If she Is
good, IL is a luxury to be with her.
If she Is bad it IS a luxury % be
away from her. Ia ordet TO define
orr own position we will agree
with the editor of the Herald
who by the way Is a woman, a
wife is a blessing if she is good.
Rio Grande Clarion.
Oh, we'll I'VE can seesns-Eeed
argument. A woman is a luxury.
necessity, a blessing. all in one. "
know whereof we speak. We've g,
)ne.-McAllen Monitor.
"rM#
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
Fish Hatcheries.

Austin, Texas, July THE Game,
Fish and Oyster Department announ-
ces that over forty proposals have
been received from different loca-
lions to establish h~atcheries but that
no definite announcement Of selec-
tons would be made public until af-
ter the coming election. Among the
most prominent cities to file appli-
cations with the department are San
Angelo and Cuero.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08


10 those who believe in the church
III Christ as the teacher Of good
and the given Of inspiration which
SHAH keep men from evil and bring
them unto life everlasting, it is en-
%cOuraging to read the testimony to
the power Of the church recently Ut
tered by Judge Lewis L. Fawcctt, OF
Broo Ign. Judge Fawcett declares
that out Of approximately 200 cas-
es brought before him during five and
one-half years service on the bench,
he has not tried a man who was, at
the time Of the alleged offense; or
ever had been, an active member
of the church.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

Did the rain-makers make il rain
in west Texas? Let the facts speak
for themselves. There was no rain in
west Texas. The rainmakers went to
West Texas and administered some
medicine to the West Texas atmos-
phere. After that, in fact before the
rainmakers had time to put up their
umbrellas, it rained, and the drought
was busted in West Texas. If the
patient II sick. the doctor comes. adj
ministers the remedy, and the patient
gets Well. Did the doctor cure him?
Maybe 20. Anyhow we pay the doc
tor his bill. If W are the right kind
OF people we pay it joyfully-depend-
ing somewhat on who the patient was
and how sick he was. Jury finds for
the rainmakers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
PREPARE FOR MEETING
OF SOUTH TEXAS GARDENERS

The annual meeting OF the South
ILexas Gardeners Association will
take place at the Sclth Texas gar
den on Monday and Tuesday July u
and Is.
a very interesting program has
been arranged which will appear la
ter in the columns Of this paper.
The South Texas Gardeners pro-
gram will occupy the whole t Mon
day. In the evening the Chamber oi
Commerce will provide a smoker in
honor Of the visitors.
The South Texas Gardeners will
continue their meeting Of the fore
noon Of Tuesday. and the afternoon
of that day will be devoted to the
10 urande Horticultural Society.
The evening session will be occupied
BY the Rio Grande Cane Growers
Association.
Several noted agricultnralists will
make addresses. and take part in the
discussions. amongst whom will be
Professor e. C. Green here from
expressly for this meeting.
Lindsay Waters Of Harlingen. sec
rotary Of the Gardeners, was here
Saturday attending to preliminary
matters in preparation for the meet
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

a call has been formally issued
for the convention Of the new party.
Call signed by Senator Dixon. New
ertheless, as in the case Of Mr. Long
fellows ship, We know what master
laid its keel. what workmen wrought
its ribs of steel-if 50 be that they
are steel-whose anvil rang, whose
hammer beat, in what a flame and
what a heat we're. forged the ranch-
ors Of its hope. Y
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
success on he island 81 TerscheIi

~euStVSS vi lAe ISldhu 81 lerscheii
ing.
DR.. Hennicks, one Of these COM
m~issioners, has recently described the
system in a lecture before the Ger
man Society for the Protection Of
ird Life. The Dutch experiment,
he says, is based upon the belief
that birds are not killed to any great
extent, as commonly supposed. by
dashing themselves against light
houses in the darkness, bul that they
try in vain to find a resting place
on their sides. after flying around
a long time. dazed and confused by
the bright light of the r~eflectors,
and finally drop to the earth from
sheer exhaustion and are killed. At
T~erschelling broad ladders are fas-
tened on the sides Of the light house
tower. the rungs Of which serve az
perches for the birds. Near the TOP
the rungs are placed about 4 inches
apart, but lower down; the inter-
walls are occasionally considerably wi
der in places so as to accommodate
the larger birds. According to DR..
Hennicke, the destruction Of birds
has bee ngreatly diminished by this
device. 1t is assumed that the sys-
TEN will be tried on German light
houses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

The election Of Mrs. Percy V. Pen
'nyhacker Of Austin as president oil
the General Federation of Women's
clubs in America was an honor well
bestowed. Mrs. Pennybacker's chief
distinction perhaps is the work she
has done for the cause Of education
in Texas. though her fame i BY no
means confined to this state. She
has filed the positions Of auditor and
treasurer az the national federation.
She has served as president OF rhe
American History Club. and has had
a very prominent part in bringing the
public schools Of this state to their
present excellent condition. Her his
tory Of Texas. designed for school
use. has been an accepted tex book
IN the schools Tor twenty-four years.
IT i 4 most excellent work. not on
IL In it, relation Of facts. bur in its
literary form. and ia its adart alton
70 uses Of the school room. Alto
gether the state il rather proud Of
the recognition won BY this most gift
"a daughter or the south. who Il a
daughter Of the commonwealth BY
adoption.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
HE ANTI-FLv CRUSADE.

ne quantity Of flies killed in the
al Swat-the-Fly contest was small,
Is true, but perhaps some Of those
YES, had they lived, might have cost
lives. II even one fly has been
(which carried typhoid or tu-
Pculosis germs on its feet, the re-
Suit was well worth the price paid.
Still, the failure of the children
10 respond Il discouragins. II shows
that this means may ut be epn, d.
ed upon in Brownsville to rout me
dangerous house fly.
Perhaps the failure may prove a
benefit in the end. however. Of
course, everyone realizes that the
logical and truly. sanitary way to
fight the fly IL through cleanliness.
Flies breed only in filth. No filth,
no flies! Therefore by cleansing Nv.
cry place whore the vile insects may
find a place in which to lay their
t6So anu l1dNinS ~ nALn 4 nN MIN
the flies may breed. there viii De no
need of fly swatters. This. Of course
%aR4be done only through the rigid
enforcement OF the sanitary regu-
\ lations.
Perhaps the Civic League might
induce the city authorities to enforce
Sc regulations more rigidly. IT
ght be q good idea to offer a prize
the scavenger Keeping his part
f the city %cleanest. The citizens
| might be induced to cooperate by
Kissing the garbage ans required BY
A the ordinance.
But. be an this As il may, the fact
remains that the fly swatting CON
test IL over. and the dangerous fly
Is still with us. 1t ~ up to the good
people Of Brownsville To use their
best efforts to eXterminate the pest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

We quite agree with the Brooklyn
Times that june ought to be taken
OF politics. We cali On our re-
preventative ia congress to introduce
a bill for the conservation of thu
month Of roses, brides and commence
mcnt days. II should b felony With
out benefit Of clergy to IBID lt It'll
cal conventions III that mos IN.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

Two young men were crippled for
life on July 4. hy The blowing ont
OF the lining of MA ola mortar used
fir firing salutes. Which suggests that
obsolete firearms and pieces AZ ordi-
rance Of the period Of the late civil
war are cll right a. curiosities. but
should never be put ID any other use.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08
GERMANS DISLIKE
TITANIC REPORT
Z
Newspapers say Congress Was Ac-
tuated by Desire to Injure Foreign
owned Ships.

Berlin July S.-The report of the
American Senate Comittee of Inves-
tigati0n OF the Titanic disaster is
lstrongly criticized in a published
statement by Captain Won keuhl-
wetter, retired. of the German navy
who sees in il a further attempt on
the part Of the United Sta es TO
cripple the foreiSn-owned steamship
lines, always a thorn in the eye Of
America and to build up her own
lines at their expense. He looks upon
it as a preliminary to one-sided legis-
lation aimed to admit the foreign
owned steamers TO american haif C1s
law. The German maritime expert is
only under conditions and eXamina-
ton dictated by the United States
able to agree with only -four of the
seven main conclusions of the Sc
nate Committees report-that the
captain Of the Californian saw the
Titanic's distress signals and failed
to respond to them; that the life
boats were not loaded to capacity
becaus Of tie lack Of discipline Of
the Titanic's crew; that partly fill
ed lifeboats Jailed to return to pick
up more victims, and that the pro-
visions for lowering the boats would
not have permitted their launching
in a heavy sea.
1t was not shown says o Keuhl-
wetter that the Titanic's watertight
compartments were not actually wa
tertight, as is alleged in the Senate
report, and the proposal to require
a double bottom throughout each
ships hull involves a changes in
construction which cannot be accept
ed without deeper consideration. An
alarm system, by which each pass
enger could be instantly notified of
danger, would in the German experts
opinion, be pretty sure to Il a
panic and is not advisable. The
blame ascribed in the Senate report
to the Titanic for disregarding warn
ings of ice by Q Keuhlwetter shift
ed to the steamship cmopanies. which
have, he reclares established their
present courses with full knowledge
that they lie inside the danger zone
and have thus presented a tempta-
ton to all captains to be careless as
well.
captain Won A%neuhlwett declares
that the inquiry in London is pre-
ceeding much more quietly and thor.
oughly than was the ease with the
American Investigation, 5 o that the
decision to be reached there will
stand upon a much more firm basis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

WANTED-A ma nand wife for pos
ition in hotel. Man to act as cook.
Colored people preferred. McAllen
hotel, MacAlfen, Texas. 7-S-2t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

The reduction of the Imperia
banks discount rate to 4 IL pei
cent. on June IL, after it had beer
maintained unchanged at ) per cent
since September 10, 1911, put an enc
to the longest period for which the
bank ever kept up % high 2 rate
without change. Its adherence to the
high rate so long is due To the be-
liefsof the managers that the bank;
extend credit to manufacturers and
merchants far too, libeerally, SO thai
the whole business system Of The
country rests too much upon an ar
tifcially expanded basis of credit.
The Imperial bank, With its zoe
branches in all parts Of the Empire
is the bank Of rankers' in every
community, hence The burden Of eX-
cessive credits falls back upon itfin-
ally. Owing to this state Of things
the President has been for sever
years carrying on a campaign Of XIII
form in banking practice, looking
chiefly toward restricting crcd ! Nj
safe limits. Several years AGO he in
duced eight of the leading joint
stock banks Of Berlin to publish ev-
cry two months a balance sheet. 30
that the business community may be
kept fully informed as to the changes
going on in the financial movement.
Last winter he succeeded in having
the banks adopt a much more detail
ed form for making their returns.
and most Of the larger banks OF the
country have now Joined in publish
ing returns. and the Imperial bank
issues regularly every two months
a compilation of the balance sheets
of IS large banks.
The Presiden has. at various
times during the present period Of
dear money. warned the banks and
the business interests Of the coun-
try q take in sail. and this year
his warnings have become more fire.
quent and more arncs than '
On the day Of the rate reduction
he plainly told the committee of Ber-
bankers composing the Imperial
banks central committee that the
banks would have 10 continue to reg
trict credits. as otherwise the lower
discount rate would be Of but short
duration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-08

LaFollette also II not drifting FROM
the ancient moorings Of the I. D y.
tie my unmoor. however. when he
sees an exhibit Of Colonel Ecose-
velt's campaign expenses The exhib-
II may be forthcoming al any minute
now.