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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-26
LOUISIANA INSTANCE.

Take Louisiana for instance: al
though the great drainage ditch OF
the Mississippi flows right through
louisiana, the drainage Of Louisiana
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10
MEN ID
 HOLD BANQUET
Stories of Early Railroading. Will Be Retold When Old Timers Meet at Palace Hotel for the Annual Dinner

SAN FRANCISCO. May 9.-The story of the construction of the Cen tral Pacific railroad. now d part of the Southern Pacific company, will be rotold tomorrow afternoon at the Pal ace hotel in this city when the pen stoned employees of the Southern Pa cific gather at their annual banquet At least 25O of these pensioners have already signified their intention of attending this years anniversary ban Guet
 The banquet this year falls upon the forty third anniversary of tho driving of the last spike of the first transcoutinentaI railroad of the Uni ted States. Approximately half of those now on the pension roll of the Southern Pacific were important fac tors in the construction of this great railroad system It is the annual GUS tom now for the road to be built in rcminScCncc.
 Since the inauguration of the SyS fem on the Southern Pacific, January l. 1903. S1,015.0144O has been paid out to former CmplOyes in pensions. The system is absolutely voluntary on the part of the company and 71S former employees have been awarded pensions in those nine years. On the first day of May, this year. there were AT pensioners on the rolls. The pension disbursements during the month of April 1912 amounted to $16, ,450.S5.
 At the annual banquet tomorrow part of the entertainment will be the exhibition of a complete set of 25O actual photographs taken during the construction period of the Central Pa cific Besides this several of the higher officials of the Southern Pa cific company will address the gath ering.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

Constitutional amendments commit tee reported house bill 156. school lands and it was sent to committee cf the whole for today
 Public lands committee reported house bill 120, same action.
 Appropriations committee reported house bill 159, striking out section and recommending passage: and sen ate bill 6, amended and recommend ed for passage. Referred to commit tee of the whole
 Constitutional amendments commit tee reported house bill 156 and house bill 151, recommending they do not pass.
 Senate. bill III passed by the senate was ordered to first reading today
 House bill S6 passed by the senate with amendments; amendments were ccnCurred in and bill was referred to the expressing committee for inspcc- tion.
 House adjourned
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

would. but should not, come under the law. The penalty was finally changed tO read that it should not exceed $500 fine and jail imprison- ment no minimum being fixed. The house bill was finally recommended for passage and senate bill S9 for in- definite pOstponement. The commit tee rose for the noon recess.
 ReconVening and before going into committee the house adopted a res olution offered by MT Jacobs provid ing that as there were only six work ing days of the session left and an extra session is undesirable. all con- constitutional mandate bills should be given precedence in the committee of the whole and all standing commit tees having such bills in charge should 1 be instructed to report at once the exact status of each of them not yet acted upon finally. By common con- i sent these bills were to have right of | way and the chief purpose of the res olution was to put the house on record as not wanting an extra scs- sion
 | Resumng work in the whole com mittee senate bill @, respecting hours of employment in mines and smelters was given consideration, amended and recommended for passage. House bill 95 on q similar subject was rccom- mended for indefinite postponement.
 House bill 145, granting to the gov crnment complete jurisdiction over federal building sites and similar tracts was recommended for passage,
 House bill 14S, respecting fees for legal printing was given the death sentence.
 House bill 116, making the descr- tion of ones family a felony was rec commended for passage.
 House bill 107, amending the civil code was stabbed to death without debate
 House bill 119 consumed some time It is. TO rather it was, the Jones bill
 for repeating the local option segre- gation law. A number of speeches
 were made, one or two in favor but mostly against even those who might
 under ordinary circumstances support
 the bill contending that there was ng
 urgent need for wasting time on il
 this session. MT. KeltOn indicated
 that in his opinion prohibition was all rot anyway and Mir. Barker sug- gested that MT Jacobson. who de-
 tended the measure, had never had Q good jag on in his life, and therefore
 did not know what he had missed The bill was then recommended fol
 indefinite postponement
 House bill 142, regulating the salt
 of poisOns was next amended anC
 recommended for passage. A great deal of amusement was created by the reading Of the bill bv Clerk
 Thum, who, it would seem, has never
 spent a great deal of time around
 a drug store. It included a long and
 wondrous list of names of drugs over
 which the clerk stumbled in sc
 ludicrous and entertaining a way that
 some of the members asked to have the section read over again.
 House bill III, providing sinking funds for school district bonds, was recommended for indefinite postpone iment, on account of lack of time, though it was said the purpose of the bill is a good one
 House memorial 4, respecting the boundary line of the Parker Indian iagency was recommended for passage.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

House bill 145, jurisdiction of Uni- ted States over sites.
 Senate bill g, employment in mines and smelterS.
 House memorial i, Parker reserva- tiCn boundary.
 A message was read from the sen ate announcing the passage of senate bill III. weights and measures, and house bill S6 as amended, the penal code
 New Bills.
 Two new bills were introduced and under suspension of the rules were read first and second times. Both are to carry out constitutional mandates. House bill 176 bv Linnev, author iZing suits against the state and pro- Viding procedure therein. Referred to judiciary committee.
 House bill IT by Linney, respect ing the willful violation Of section of acticle of the constitution. Re felrcd to printing committee.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

House 137, for the appointment of town marshals. recommending it do not pass
 House bill 91, salaries of county of ficers recommending it do not pass.
 Senate bill 154, Navajo county di vision with recommendation it do not pass.
 House bill 16S, exhuming bodies, recommending it do not pass.
 House bill 15S, creating Copper Queen Co.,, recommending it do not pass.
 House bill 12S. creating Orange Co, same recommendation. Minority re- port that it do pass. The education committee recom- mended that:
 Senate bill F. giving lands to uni versity, do pass;
 Senate bill 73 employing of tuber- cular teachers. do pass; and Senate bill 4S, board of regents, do not pass.
 The labor committee reported rec lommending the indefinite postpone ment of
 House bill 15. licensing stationary engineers.
 Sub house bill 15, same subject; and
 House bill 32. employment of min ors, being covered by child labor bill
 Second Reading:
 Senate bill IT, filing charters ol corporations. referred to ways ant means committee.
 Senate bill 99. boards for state of ficers, referred to judiciary com mittee.
 Senate bill 1O4, tax on private cal lines. referred to ways and means committee
 Final Action.
 House bill 147, providing for county seat removals, was passed by d vot' Of 21 to 6, 8 absent.
 Sub house bill g, for investiga tint water resources, was passed withou ldivision
 House bill 134, permitting super visors to buy county fair grounds was passed without division
 A message was received from tn Igovernor announcing his approval O Ihouse bill B, JOhnSons bill, prohibit ling the collection of licenses iron sellers of produce who were also it growers; house bill 145. giving tn government full jurisdiction over fed leral building sites; house bill 4, re lspecting court procedure: and senat bill 109 by Chase. respecting the fill ling of vacancies. 1 Committee of the Whole. | House went into committee of tn whole with MT. Cooke in the chair A long session followed. in Whicl many bills were considered When tn moon hour arrived the committee ros but did not report and after Luncheon resumed it's session which lasted un til just before adjournment for tn day.
 The first bill taken up was senat bill 91 by Lovin. respecting the debt ot cities and towns and it was quick fly recommended for passage
 House bill 101. respecting schoo lands was recommended for indefinite postponement
 House bill 34 semi monthly pay day, was considered jointly with sen ate bill S9. on the same subject. | called for a long debate on various amendments most of which were lost lbased on the idea that the farmer
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

house announcing the passage of house joint memorial concerning home steads.
 Substitute house bill 57 to investigate water resources.
 Senate bill SO steam binding iocomo- tives amended
 Substitute house bill court report CTS.
 House bill 134 purchase of county fair grounds.
 House Dili 61 irrigation districts. The senate concurred in the amend ments to senate bill 60 and sent sub stitute house bill and house bill 61 to committee of the whole.
 New Bills.
 Two new bills were introduced in accordance with constitutional man dates.
 Senate bin 167 by Homer Wood per taining to court commissioners. Senate bill 16S by Homer Wood for publishing the expenditures of public money
 The irrigation committee reported house bill 70 reeommending passage and it was sent to committe of the whole. Public health committee recommend cd the passage of house bill A which was sent to the appropriations commit tee: and senate. bill 149 which was re- ferred to committee of the whole Senate bill S3 employers liability was read second time by title.
 Final Action.
 Substitute house bill 46 the mining code bill, amended to fix the salary of the mine inspector at $3000. was passed without division, after which the sen ate took d recess to 8 r. M.
 Night Session.
 Constitutional mandates committee reported senate bill 90 compulsory compensation, recommending that it do pass as amended
 The finance committee reported sub stitute senate bill 102 recommending it's passage as amended.
 Public lands committee reported sub stitute house concurrent resolution g. House bill 74 and senate bill 149 rec ommending their passage They were referred to committee of the whole. Committee on appropriations report ed senate bill 4. militia code reducing the appropriation to $500 and limiting the number of men to $50
 Final Action.
 Senate bin g pertaining to the in tlcterminate sentence was passed IT tC Senate bill 42 for the teaching ot agriculture in high schools was passed without division.
 Senate Oin 4 the militia bill was passed IS ayes, Lovin no.
 Senate bill 147 was sent back to en- crossing committee for correction. The style committee reported senat' bill 21 the Kinney bill with the state mcnt that it was ineffective without { penalty clause and it was rccommitteC to the judiciary committee.
 New Bills.
 169 by Harrison. respecting inmate of public institutions was introduced by consent and referred to the public health committee.
 Senate adjourned until this morning
 THE HOUSE.
 Immediately after the opening tn house listened to a communication from Harry WeIch, representing tn Phoenix board of trade urging favor able action on senate bill 134, relative to paving in cities. It was referred to the judiciary committee.
 Committee Reports.
 County affairs committee reported on a host of bills as follows:
 House bill =, classification of coun. ties. recommending it do not pass. House bill 167, providing for ar election this year with recommends ton that it do not pass. A minority report asked for passage of the bill. House bill 193, classification ot counties and salaries of officers. with recommendation that it pass as amended
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

always voted against a saloon when ever they had a chance The others had varied reasons. Some favored the idea but said time was too valuable to waste talking prohibition now and it could go over others thought it was never a timely subject and still others said there was never any hope Of passing the bill and it's sole pur- pose was to put the men on record. They said they would kill it without consideration as it's motive was not commendablc one.
 For Third Reading.
 The following bills were sent to the expressing committee to have a third reading in regular order:
 Senate bill 91, debts of cities and towns.
 House bill 34, Semi monthly pay day
 House bill 142. sale of poisons.
 House bill 116, failure to provide for families
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

Sub house bill 131. free text books went over until today to be consid- cred with house bill 56 on the same subject
 The committee then rose and re- ported and the house took the fol- lowing action:
 Indefinitely Postponed.
 House bill 101, school lands.
 Senate bill S9, semi monthly pay day.
 House bill III. school bond sinking. House bill TOT. amending civil code. House bill 1lS, printing fees bill.
 House bill @, employment in mines. House bill 119. repeating segregation local option bill The vote on this was rather interesting though it was not close. being 90 to ,. About half the members took occasion to explain why thev voted for the motion and the few who voted against killing the bill also explained why they did so. The latter said it was because they
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10
$7.5O Silk FOulard Dresses S5.69

More than 75 of these pretty Dresses. We advise early shopping, woman, however cxacting should miss opportunity extraordinary. Style and quality form happy combination here. Fashion able Dresses made of all Silk fouard in spot ring and figures, embracing such wanted coors as brown navy, coral, sky, wsteria and black. Low neck styles that cannot be duplicated, for twice tomol1ow's price
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10
S7.5O Lingerie Dresses Now $500

250 of this seasons most predominatng styles and patterns. We want you to look them over before making purchase The values are extraordinary more than that they truly wonderful And there is no reason why you should not find your Dress amongst this superb collection. Only $5.OO Saturday
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10
SENATE BURNS MORE OF

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Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

Something like 400 white Shirt Waists, or Lawn, Linen, Pique, etc, beautifully trimmed in Lace and Embroidery; also some mannish styles; every one a Spring 1912 style; none that could be bought elsewhere short of S15O.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-10

House adjourned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-10-05
FANS CIRCULATE WARM AIR
Householder Raises Temperature Of
Room Twenty-Five Degrees In
Short Space Of Time.

In very cold weather 1t is often the
case that the radiators are warm, yet
not hot enough to start and maintain
a circulation of air. The result is that
the air in a room remains stagnant
and does not reach the radiator to be
warmed.
BY directing against the radiator a
current of air from an ordinary small
electric fan placed on the floor, all
the cold air in the room will become
heated by contact with the radiating
surface in a few minutes.
One householder reports that he
raised the temperature OF room 25
degrees in half an hour by this simple
method and without expanding
greater amount OF energy for heating.
simply making the radiator more ef-
flcient by directing constant stream
of air against it.
The use of electric fans to keep
frost from forming on show windows
of stores is a well-known and very
practical winter application.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-10-05
NOTES OF \ /.
~ SCIENCE RbI
RN IND Sl@e0l
Y 1NVENT1ON -

Sunlight is declared the best known
germicide.
Keep to the right is the universal
rule of the air.
Worlds rubber consumption yearly
is 100000 tons.
Chicken coops are now being made
out of stamped sheet metal.
Finger prints for Identification were
used by the Chinese as long ago as
the seventh century.
A Tennessee doctor has patented a
pneumatic bed-bath, which permits a
sick person to be bathed without re-
moval.
For travelling statesmen there has
been invented valise with folding
sides and legs with which 1t may be
converted into table.
To prevent mice entering pianos
there has been invented a simple slid
ing plate to be mounted on pedal so
that 1t covers it's opening.
The average weight of a mans
brain is three pounds and eight
ounces, while that of woman is two
pounds and eleven ounces.
OAJ6Cu SOhbtit0tCp vi tlo
solid earth. nine-tenths OF water and
one-fifth of the atmosphere, and Is the
most abundant OF all substances.
An Ohio man has Invented simple
variation of the motion picture ma
chine to project advertisements upon
sidewalks and other public places.
An invisible airship" is made Of
chromium, an alloy which takes ON a
high polish and the theory Is that its
inyisibility will be accomplished by
the rejecting qualities of the metal.
A method for stopping leak III a.
vessel with compressed air, at the
same time preventing injury to other
parts of the vessel, has been success
fully tested In the United States navy.
new sanitary drinking fountain Is
equipped with cups in which the wa
ter bubbles over the edge as they are
raised to the lips instead of requiring
person to lean over stationary out
let
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-10-05
Selling
the House
copyright. 1912. by Associated Literar
Press.)
BY Herbert Drocer

Times were hard out in Kansas dur
ing the fall OF 1907, and the real estate
concern OF j. Bixby a. Co. felt Itself
30 hard pressed that Mr.. Jenny Bixby
president, sole proprietor and only rep
resentative of said above business, Elk
periences sincere regret when he
came down to his office one morning
following a night on which he hac
mortgaged his brain to HIS heart that
he had proposed marriage to Miss Jes
sic Carter, the village schoolmarm
And. worse, he had been accepted.
Jermy's affection for Miss Jessie
was OF the deepest and most sanguine
sort. He had felt 1t for years, since
he had FIRST settled In the place, but
further than showing her little atten
lions and accompanying her to church
each Sabbath evening, he had made
no open profession of his feelings to
ward her until under the spell OF the
moonlight and that October evening
the night before, he did the thing he
meant not to do.
All In good time, Jenny had intend
ed to ask Miss Jessie to become his
bride. But he was awaiting the day
when he could feel himself establish
ed before making an offer of such
serious character. And that day hac
almost arrived.
Out in one of the new additions tc
the town that had been plotted only
the preceding summer, Jenny had
erected q house on n couple. of lots
that had fallen to him as part oil
the commission due him for promot
ing the new section. For balance OF
account with the town site company
he had accepted more lots.
So far as short-sighted mortal car
Judge, Jenny considered that he was
on the high road to his hearts desire
He took every dollar he had, and Dor
rowed little besides, to put Into the
new house, which he intended as o
home for himself and Jessie. OF
course he would have to have some
cash to get married on, to buy house
hold furniture and to pay living ex
penses for a month or two, or until
he should be able to get a commits
sion somewhere.
For such exigencies, he had recI
oned on the additional lots. With
things booming in that end of town
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-10-05

he figured it would be matter only
of form to go to the local bank and
pledge his property for whatever
small sum he might ask. And so 1t
would have been, but for the panic
As he entered his Office the morn.
Ing after that night when things had
gone riotous in his breast, Jenny
flung the mail he had just taken from
the postofice on his desk. An enve
lope on the top of the package caught
his eye. He opened 1t and found a
statement from the local bank, calling
attention to his overdrawn account.
1t was this little printed slip that
had caused Jenny to regret his pro
posal as he went about kindling a fire
in the fiat rectangular wood stove
that stood In the center of the room
At first he thought of going to Miss
Jessie and calling off the engagement.
After more deliberate consideration,
he resolved to take his troubles tc
Mrs. Balm. the landlady, who had
watched his courtship encouragingly
during the last two years.
That evening he arrived home late
for supper, purposely and manages to
LIS meal dlL6r The
other boarders had left the table
Then he arose to assist Mrs Balm
with the dishes, in the course OF
which he led up the conversation to
Jessie and finally succeeded in telling
the kind-hearted matron of his dilem.
ma"
"But. laws, you needn't worry" ex.
claimed Mrs. Balm. Jessie, you
know, has saved up money from her
teaching. and wouldn't hesitate to ad.
vance you little, If you need 1t, es.
pecially you be going to marry her" :
but that's just 1t, Mrs. Bain," he
demonstrated. 81 couldn't think of let
ting her do It,"
Let her? Shed just do it anyhow,
IL she knowed"
But she doesn't know, and won't
know, and besidee she couldn't draw
more than just small amount from
the bank at present. even IL she had
a million dollars on deposit"
Don't you just be too sure,n re.
turned the woman "rhat,s mighty
smart girl. and IL sb vprfe9 10 I >
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-10-05
WIRELESS FROM a BICYCLE
interesting Experiments Conducted
by Young Massachusetts Inventor
Makeup Of Apparatus.

While others have been experiment
ing with wireless telegraph appara-
tus adapted for use ON aeroplAnes and
automobiles, Mr.. l. Wolff. a young In
ventor living In Cambridge. Mass,
has been endeavoring to develop a
system that can be used successfully
on a bicycle. He has succeeded In
maintaining communication between
his own wheel and that of an ascot
ate three and one-quarter miles away
This communication was obtained
without n ground. for the rubber
tires insulated the apparatus com
pletely from the earth. For an aerial,
he uses three double spreads OF phos'
phor bronze wire, each 12.5 feet long
joined In one loop at the top of ten
foot mast, which Is tied to the back
of the bicycle. The sending apparatus
comprises an induction coil giving a
thpee-inch spark, a series of Leyden
jar condensers connected In multiple,
a battery secured under the instru
ment board, and sending key. The
receiving set comprises a tuning coil
of variable inductnnce, a silicon de
tector, and receiver wound to 1000
ohms resistance. For the aerial.
three-wire single spread of phosphoi
bronze is used. Experiments with
this apparatus were indicted at nigh
In order to avoid too much publicity
The greatest distance was obtained al
the hour of 2 a. m. The assistant
with the sending instrument rode
ahead, sending messages as he went
while the receiver managed to keel
IN constant touch with him.