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quarter ending March 3I, 1912 100.S0 Clifton Water Go, water service March ;-.-.. f3.35 R. L. Beckman, blacksmithing
 March 3.25 c. L. Baker, veterinary services 200 Hagan & Co.,, on order of w. T.
 Richards, foot bridge ....... S4.s5 Arizona Cop. Co.,, store, mer-
 chand1se 1850 Arizona Cop. Co.,, store, supplies 6.90 B. B Wall, attorney March .... 100
 Monthly report of police judge for April read and approved.
 By unanimous vote of Council the following retail liquor saloon licenses were approved in the sum of Six Hun- dred Dollars:
 Spezia & Spezia, Antonio Gasoldi & John Barrow, John Barrone, John C. Smith, Quinn & Morris, R. J. Duna- gan, Luis Siriani & Son, Frank Salar- nj, Sam Abraham, Ira Johnson, Harry Wright, Vincenzo Mercurio & Co.,, L. !. Morris.
 Ordidance No 34 relating to post ing of advertisements on public prop erty given final reading and adopted, approved and passed by unanimous vote of council.
 Ordinance No. 95, relating to the boarding and jumping of moving lHITOQuCtu, gwen nTSI and by unanimous vote of council same is adopted and laid on table for regular procedure.
 By motion made, seconded and car ried it is ordered that motion prev iously passed, cutting down price of building trail to North Clifton foot bridge to $75.0O, be reconsidered, and that sum of $100 be allowed for said work, Councilman Hagan voted no on the motion.
 The matter of the Town of Clifton forcing the collection of delinquent taxes of Arizona Copper Company, and other delinquent. taxpayers, was given considerable discussion and iJ was decided that the Town of Clifton secure the opinion of another attor- ney, in addition to .ne advice already given by City Attorney Wall, before taking definite action. Wherefore, by motion made, seconded and carried, it is ordered that l.. Kearney be en- ploye to furnish the Council of the Town of Clifton a legal opinion upon the subject of tax assessment of the Town of Clifton for the year 1911 and that the clerk be instructed to employ der him all. assistance necessary for securing said opinion on behalf of the records in the town office.
 Meeting was then adjourned until Monday, April Sth, 1912, at 7:30 o'clock p. m.
 Approved:
 GEO. w. FRASER, Mayor Attest: Mat Danenhauer, Clerk
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Ordinance No. a4

Be It Ordained by the Council of the Town of Clifton Section 1. That any individual or corporation, their agents, servants or employees who may post or place, in any manner whatsoever, any advertis- ing matter, upon any property, pri- vate or public, real or personal, with in the corporate limits of the town of Clifton, Arizona, without having first obtained the consent of the owner per son or official in control of such prop ty, shall be deemed guilty of public offense, and upon complaint to the po- lice court of the town of Clifton, made by the owner, person or official in con- trol of such property, shall be tried be- fore said police cont, and upon con viction, shall be fined in sum not ex- ceeding $25 and be condemned to pay the costs of court incurred in such suit or in default of the payment of such fine and costs shall be confined in the town prison not exceeding ten days.
 Section 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances contrary to or in con- fiict herewith are hereby repealed
 Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after it's legal promulgation.
 Adopted March 5, 1912.
 Approved April 2, 1912
 Aldermen voting for this ordinance, Fraser, Billingsley, Hill, Hagan, Ste vens.
 Aldermen voting against this ordin- ance, none.
 GEO. w. FRASER,
 Mayor Town of Clifton.
 MAT DANENHAUER,
 Clerk Town of Clifton.
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Value of Grass.

Grass Is a soil protector, a soil re- newer and a soil builder. Covering the land with grass Is natures way of restoring fertility to old, worn-out soil. True grasses do not add nitrogen to the soil, as do clover and alfalfa, yet they are nitrogen. gatherers. They collect the nitrogen of the soil and store 1t up in their roots, and by the decay of these roots humus is formed. Thus grasses prevent the waste of ni- trogen and other plant food elements, protect the soil and maintain it's fer tility and tilth. By their extensive and penetrating root systems many grasses tend to break up and to deep- en the soil, thus improving its texture and increasing its moisture-holding ca- pacity. The roots gather the mineral plant food in the deeper subsoil and store 1t, in part, in the great fbrous root growth nearer the surface. This causes an increase in the supply of available plant fc<3d in the soil for the .sse of more shallow roofing crops.
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Notice

NOcICG
 Proposal for furniture and fixtures for Court House and Jail.
 Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office nf the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County, in the Town of Clifton, Ari- zona, until 10 o'clock A. M. Monday, May 9th, 1912, on furniture and fix lures for the Court House and Jail of Greenlee County, Arizona. Bids to be on the following or their equivalent and all furniture to be dull golden oak finish and to match. All bids to be rendered as a whole on furniture and fixtures, F. O. B. Clifton except safe, bids on which are to be made separ- ate.
 Fourteen revolving office chairs, Crocker No. 2S-6, sadie wood, seat, quarter-sawed oak, Peck & Hills cata- logue, 1912.
 Forty-five arm office chairs, Crocker No 2S-2 saddle wood seat, quarter sawed oak, Peck and Hill Catalogue. Five typewriter chairs, No. l0-ST Crocker, polished to match, Forty-two arm office chairs, No. 3S2 G Crocker Peck and Hill Catalogue, saddle wood seat, quarter sawed oak.
 One Judges chair, No. 146O John son Chair Co.,, quarter sawed oak.
 Twelve Jurors chairs, Crocker No. 2I2-1S spring tilting top, non-revolvilS,
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 ent, fire and burglN- proof, Yale type triple moven mt time lock with one solid piece bcly having door ground in, with liquiC roof joints; Door to be solid free frOIa holes, spildles or perfora5;ons. Appropriate size for County Treas ;rer's office. Size 10 be given in bid. A certified check of 10 per cen: of the amount of bid must accompany each bid. The Board re- serves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids will be opened and con sidered by said Board at it's office in the Town of Clifton, Arizona, Monday, May 9th, 1912, after 10 o'cloch, A. M. All Bids must be sealed and addressed A. L. Terry, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Clifton, Arizona and marked Proposal for Furniture and Fixtures for Court House and Jail. 7" Drawings will be furnished on appJi- cation.
 By order of the Board,
 A. L. TERRY, Clerk 4-12-3t..
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Notice


 Sale of School Bonds, District No 3 Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office ot the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County in the Town of Clifton, Ari zona, until 10 o'clock m Monday May 9th, 1912, for the sale of eighty bonds, Five hundred dollars (S500. 0O) each, twenty year, six per cent bonds amounting in all to the Sum of Forty Thousand Dollars, said bonds to be dated February 1st, 1912, shall be due and payable twenty years from date, or at any time, after ten years from date thereof; both principal and inter est payable in gold coin of the United States of America at the office of the county treasurer of said Greenlee County. Interest payable annually Said bonds to be delivered to the pur- chaser thereof in the town of Clifton, at the office of the clerk of the board of Supervisors of said Grenlee Coun- ty.
 A certified check of 10 per cent of the amount of bid must accompany each bid.
 The Board reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. Bids will be opened and considered by said Board at it's office in the town of Clifton, Ar izona. Monday, May 9th, 1912 after 10 o'clock a. m. All bids must be sealed and address Supervisors, Clifton, Arizona, and marked Proposal for Purchase of School District No. Bonds,''
 By order of the Board,
 A. l.. TERRY, Clerk.
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GEO. w. FFtASEh, Mdy Attest: Mat Danenhauer, Clerk
Notice by Clerk of Day Fixed for Hear ing Return of Sale of Real Estate.

NotiCc py SicTN oI Lay Ti~co TOT r1SdT-
 ing Return of Sale of Real Estate. In the Superior Court of the County
 of Greenlee, State of Arizona In the Matter of the Estate of A. D.
 Mclean, Deceased.
 Pursuant to an Order of the Super for Court, made on the 9th day of April, 1912, notice is hereby given that c. H. Mclean administrator of the estate of said deceased, made to the said Court, and filed in the office of the Clerk thereof, on said day, a 1st day of April, 1912, under a prev ious order of said Court, of the fol- lowing real estate, and for the fol- lowing named sum, to-wit:
 The undivided one-half interest in the Imperial lode mining claim, notice of location of which is recorded in Book Record of Mines, at page 16S, and the first amended notice of loca- tion of which is recorded in Book office of the County Recorder of the County of Graham, Territory of Ari- zona (now the State of Ali :onal an1 the second amended notice or 10. a. tion of which is recorded in Book 1, Record of Mines, at page 233 in the office of the County Recorder of Green lee County, Territory of Arizona, (now State of Arizona) said mining claim is situate in Copper Mountain Mining District, County of Greenlee, State of Arizona. Said property was sold for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars in gold coin of the United States as will mere fully appear from said retnrn filed as aforesaid, and to which refer ence is hereby made for further par ticulars.
 And Notice is Hereby Further Civ en, that Tuesday, the 23rd day of Ap- Til, 1912, at two o'clock M, at the court room of said Court, at the Court House in Clifton, County of Greenlee has been fixed for hearing the said return, when and where any person in- terested in the said estate may ap- pear and file objections to the confir- nation of the said sale, and may be heard, and may produce witnesses in support of such objections.
 Stated April 8th.
 BEN M. CRAWFORD,
 Clerk
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VITAL FARM SUBJECT
Means of Fighting Drought
 Cause of Much Discussion
Government Crop Report for August Shows Many Crops Are Far Below Average and Loss Runs Into
 Millions of Dollars.

Deep tillage has become vital sub ject among farmers all over the United States. The government crop report for August has stirred up discussion everywhere of means of fighting drought Something must be done. The report shows the greatest de- cline in the condition of crops during a single month since 19O1-a general slump throughout the country. due to drought and intense heat.
 Taking into account both acreage and condition, indications are that the wheat crop will be Al per cent less than the average annual production of the last five years. Corn will be per cent. less, oats 12.3 per cent. less. barley 16.2 per cent. less. buckwheat 8.8 per cent. less, potatoes 21.9 per cent. less, tobacco 25.5 per cent. less. flax 2.3 per cent. less. than the aver age production of the last five years The total loss will run into hundreds of millions.
 In all the states where the losses were heavy the early season defh- ciency in moisture was a big factor. Following the shortage in rainfulI dur ing the fore part of the growing sea son, the continued drought and hot winds caused irreparabIe damage.
 From many points come reports that farmers are already taking time by the forelock to prevent a repetition Of their losses by drought. They will do it by deep tilling this fall. Soil put verized to the depth of 12 to 16 inches absorbs the rain falls, the melting winter snow, and the early spring rains. The water soaks to the bottom of the deep seed bed below the point of evaporation. and Is held there as reserve against the time of need. There Is no Tack of subsoil moisture" in ground pulverized 12 to 16 inches or more.
 If the ground is only shallow piowed the water runs of or readily evap- crates. In running ofr, not only is the moisture lost, but the ground is dam aged and often ruined by erosion. E. R. Parsons, the Colorado dry farming expert. says:
 We talk and complain all the time about dry years, as if they were not always with us. It is the wet year that Is the exception, not the dry year. and if a man blows six or seven inches only and produces ten or twelve bush els in these dry years, then what's the use of farming? Every year the land is plowed ten or twelve. inches you carry over more and more mois- ture and your subsoil eventually be- comes in such permanent moist con- ditioE that you can raise a 30-5ushel crop in the dryest year that ever struck the west.
 This may seem like a fairy tale to those who have never tried it, but I would remind them that in California they raise every year, without irriga- tion, a bean crop worth about ten millions, without drop of rain after the plants are up"
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No. 21333

No. 21333 FRANK c. JORDAN,
 Secretary of State
 FRANK H. CORY, Deputy.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
 Department of State I, Frank 0. Jordan, Secretary of State of California, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the annexed copy of Articles of Incorpora- tion of THE L. w. BLINN LUMBE R COMPANY with the certified copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same is a correct trans cript therefrom, and of the whole thereof Also that this autnentication is in due form and by the proper off cer
 Witness my hand and the Great Seal of State, at office in Sacramento, Cal ifornia, the Twentieth day of March A. D., 1912. (SEAL)
 (Signed) FRANK c. JORDAN,
 Secretary of State
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AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORAT TON
 OF THE
S. J. -HAGAN e COMPANY

At a meeting of the StOckh olderS of the $. J. Hagan & Company, cor poration, organized under the laws of the Territory (now State) of Arizona, held at the office of the company, at Clifton, Arizona, on February 27th, 1912, purusant to call for that pur- pose, at which all of the stockholders were present in person, representing all the capital stock of said company, and at which meeting the following resolutions were put and carried by vote of all of said stock:
 WHEREAS, Article 1 of the Articles of Incorporation of this Company reads: Art. 1. The name of this Cor poration is and shall be s. J. Hagan & Company, and whereas it is the wish of the stockholders that the name of this corporation be changed, therefore, be it Resolved that the name of this corporation be changed from the said s. J. Hagan and Com pany, to Hagan & Company"
 Whereas Article of the Articles of Incorporation fixed the Capital Stock of this. Corporation at S15,000 divided into 15,000 shares of the par value of $1 each and whereas it is deemed advisable to increase the Capital Stock of this corporation for the purpose of extending or enlarging the business ss,-therefore, be it Resolv- ed that said article of the Articles of Incorporation be amended to read as follows: Article 3, the capital stock of this corporation shall consist of $50,00000 the same to be divided into 50,0OO shares of the par value of S1." WHEREAS, the bylaws of this company has fixed the annual meeting of stockholders for the 2nd Saturday in September, and the stockholders desire to change the date of said meet 4I@E 4I,<, annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held the 2nd Tuesday of each following November"
 D. D. BOYLES,
 President Attest:
 R. w. HAGAN,
 Secretary. State of Arizona, County of Greenlee, Personally appeared before me, L. Kearney a Notary Public, in and for said county, on this 18th day of March 1912, D. D. Boyles and R. H. Hagan, known to me to be the president and secretary and the persons whose sig natures are signed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the foregoing in- strument as the free act and deed of said corporation, by each of them vol untarily executed for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and official seal this 18th day of. March, 1912.
 My commission expires Feb. IS, 1916.
 (SEAL) L. KEARNEY,
 Notary Public. State of Arizona, County of Greenlee. SS.
 I, w B. Kelly, recorder of said county of Grenlee, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the amendments of the Articles of h. corporation of the Hagan & Company. now on file in my said office, as the same appears of record in Book No. l, Articles of Incorporation, at pages 35 36, and of the whole thereof. ;, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereupto set my hand and official seal this goth day of March, 1912, at Cliff ton, Arizona.
 w. B. KELLY,
 County Recorder. (SEAL)
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the day and year last above
JOHN E. HAMILL,.

| (SEAL)
 JOHN E. HAMILL,.
 Notary Public STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Sacramen ento, SS. On this 10th day of June, in the year 1881, before me, Benj. D. Kennedy, 8 Notary Public in and for said County personally appeared O. P. Goodhue known to me to be the person describ ed in, and also known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknow. ledged to me that he executed the same.
 BENJ. D. KENNEDY,
 Notary Public Notary Public Seal
 Sacramento County, Cal STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Francisco, SS On this ninth day of June in the year A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and eighty one before me, John F. Hamill, a Notary Public in and for said City and County, personally ap- peared c. A. Hooper and F. P. Hooper known to me to be the persons de scribed in and whose names are sub- in instrume ent and acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In Witness Whereof, I have hereun- to set my hand and affixed my offic- ial seal, the day and year last above written. JOHN B. HAMILL,
 Notary Public. (SEAL)
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Francisco, SS 1, Wm A. Stuart, County Clerk of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, hereby certify the foregoing to be full true and correct copy of the original Articles of Incor- poration of the l.. w. Blinn Lumber Company filed in my office on the Twenty-second (22nd) day of June A. D., 1881.
 Attest my hand and official seal, this 22nd day of June, A. D., 1881 WILLIAM A. STUART
 County Clerk.
 By EDW'D F. DEADY,
 Deputy County Clerk (SEAL)
 Endorsed-Filed in the office of the Secretary of State the 25th day of June 1881.
 Book 37, page 292
 D. M. BURNS, Secretary of State.
 By VIM. H. REYNOLDS,
 Deputy. April 5 to May 10.
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE

L. w. BLINN LUMBER COMPANY
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- SENTS, that we, the undersigned, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation, under the laws of the State of California.
 And We Hereby Certify,
 First: That the name of said cor poration is The L. W. Blinn Lumber Company.
 Second: That the purposes fol which it is formed are the dealing in lumber, building material and general merchandise and the acquiring and disposing of such property real and personal as may be deemed advisable in the premises.
 Third: That the place where it's principal business is to be transacted shall be the City and County of San Francisco, California.
 Fourth: That the term for which it is to exist is fifty years from and after the date of it's incorporation.
 Fifth: That the number of it's di- rectors or trustees shall be five and that the names and residences of those who are appointed for the first year are
 Names Residences l.. w. Blinn, Tombstone, Arizona. O. P. Goodhue, Sacramento, Cal. F. P. Hooper, San Francisco, Cal. c. A. Hooper, San Francisco, Cal. Geo. w. Hooper, San Francisco, Cal.
 Sixth: That the amount of the Capital Stock of this corporation shall be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars divided into fifteen hundred shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each.
 Seventh: That the amount of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed is $150,OO0.0O Dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 City and County of San Francisco, SS.
 On this eighth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty one before me, John B. Hamill, Notary Public, in and for said City and County residing therein, duly com missioned and sworn, personally ap- peared L. w. Blinn and Geo. w. Hoop CT, known to me to be the persons de scribed in whose names are subscrib- ed to and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they each duly ack- nowledged to me that they executed the same.
 In Witness Whereof, I have hereun- to set my hand and affixed my official seal, at ny office in said City and
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

April 5 to May 10.
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FRANK c. JORDAN,
 Secretary of State
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-09-06
4 MILES FROM CORK
Location of Famous Blarney
Stone in Ireland.
II Has Curious Hlstory-Some Say
Kissing Rock Gives Eloquence-
Others Merely the Ability
to Bluff.

Dublin.-The story of the Barney
stone is surrounded with a careless
vagueness of historical detail charac-
teristic of it's comfy of origin and
quite appropriate to the nature of the
yarn itself.
Barney is a village four miles
northwest of Cork, with 500 inhabi-
tants. 1t is situated on the Barney
river and has some celebrity for its
tweeds, but the castle and it's stone
are, of course, the main glory of the
place.
The castle is little more than a
square tower 120 feet high, with
machicolated battlements, and it was
the stronghold of the McCarthys.
The famous stone is of triangular
shape, and it lowered from the north
angle of the castle, about 20 feet from
the top. 1t bears the following in
scription:
"Cormac Mccarthy Forts Me
Fieri Fecit, A. D. 1446."
How the stone acquired it's reputa-
ton is disputed, but the version given
by Wheeler's Familiar Allusions"
holds the field, probably because 1t is
the only connected story offering any
thing like an explanation.
When or how it first got its singular
reputation is not known, but the SUI
perstition concerning it is firmly fixed
in the minds Of the Irish peasantry
hundreds of whom resort to the castle
every year for the purpose of kissing
q stone endowed with a property sc
marvellous.
The story runs that in 1902 Cormac
Mccarthy, the lord of Castle Barney
concluded an armistice with Carew,
the lord resident, on condition of sur.
rendering the fortress to the English
garrison, but whenever the fulfillment
of his pledges was demanded he in.
vented some smooth and plausible ex.
cuse for delay, till Carew became the
laughing stock of Elizabeth's minis
tiers.
Thus" says Wheeler, the term
'blarney' became byword and was