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The Parker post., 1912-10-19
TWELVE CARS ENTERED,

The fifth annual Los Angeles7to-
Phoenix auto race over the Cal
ifOrnia and Arizona deserts will start
from Los Angeles at II O'Clock of
the night of October 26. The twelve
cars entered will afford one of the
fastest cross country racing events
N history and, according to expert
dOpeSters, the event will be run in
about seventeen hours.
The distance from Los Angeles to
Phoenix over the proposed course is
5ll miles, according to a measure TAX
EN- last week The road is better
than last year in places, although re-
cent heavy rains on the desert have
torn the trails in many places.
A race will be started from San
Diego at the same time the Los An
geleS event will be started and it is
practically assured that they will fol
low their own excellent highway into
the Imperial valley, then through
Holtville to Yuma where they will
join the Los Angeles course.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
MINE SALE RATIFIED.

AT special stockholders meet
ing of the Calzona Mines company
held in Parker Thursday morning the
recent sale of the property of the
company to the Republic Smelling
Corporation was ratified
Attending the meeting We're DR.. R.
M. Vermilye, president; Francis C.
Lea, secretary and treasurer and A.
w. Martin, director.
1t is understood that a large cash
payment has been made on the prop
erty, and the balance of the pur-
chase price is to be paid in full at
the expiration of one year. Ac-
tive work at the mine is already un-
der way, and vigorous campaign
of development is planned by the
new owners.
The principal owners of the Cal
zona Mines company are also inter
ested in mining property located in
the Copper Basin district, and A. w.
Martin stated to a representative of
this paper that work would be start
ed on these claims sometime in No
vember
All of the Officials of the Calzona
Mines company appear to be well
satisfied with the sale to the Repub-
lie Smelling Corporation, and stated
that the new company would assur-
edly make good, and that it is to
bring the Riverside Mountain dis
trict to a high state of development.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
WOMAN TOURIST
LEAPS TO DEATH

When Engineer AL Green lett Par
ker Sunday night on his run to Bar
stow he did not realize that he was
to meet a victim of the grim mes
senger of death before his run was
completed With orders to take the
siding at Pisgah, a small station
four miles west of Ludlow, Engi-
neer Green was slowly running his
train ON the sidetrack when he dis
covered the body of woman about
80 years of age lying alongside of
the tracks. Stopping the train it
was found that the lifeless form was
yet warm, and later events proved
that the unfortunate woman had
plunged through the glass veStibule
of No. 9, which had preceded the
Phoenix passenger train by only a
few minutes.
The remains were taken to Bars
tow and the following note was dis
covered pinned on the dead woman S
waist, and signed Mrs. John L.Camp-
bell of Alma, Mich:
eff anything happens to me please
notify Newton StillweH of Millerberg,
Ohio
The Parker post., 1912-10-19

de settlers. Also, it is pointed out
by the officers of the association
Chat the bonding of the land for a
leVee district would in no way inter
fcre with a second issue for an irri-
cation district in case it was later
iound necessary to organize such a
district. On the other hand there is
every assurance from the legal com
mittee of the association that the
formation of protection district
would make the sale of irriggation
bonds easier.
The meeting of the Improvement
association was called to order at
1920 last Saturday by President Fur
long. Nearly hundred Palo Verde
ans were present. The morning was
given over entirely to a discussion
OF the levee act j. o. Phillips out
lined the measure briefly.
At noon the meeting was adjourn
ed and the discussion was continued
in the afternoon. The petition, to-
gether with the legal description of
the course of the levee, was read
and placed on file for signatures
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
BILLY MACK SELLS
BIG TAILINGS DUMP

R. G. Walker, manager of the
Humboldt smelter, was in town Mon
day and Tuesday and while here ne
gotiated for the purchase of the old
lailings which have been lying on
the dumps of the Billy Mack mill
for many years. There are probably
20OO tons of these tailings, and ac-
cording to the agreement entered in
to between the Humboldt smelter
and Mr.. Mack the smelling company
is to take 200 tons of the taihngs
each month. The price agreed upon
Will net Mr.. Mack handsome sum.
rhe smelter people will let con
tract within the next few days for
hauling the tailings to Parker, where
they will be loaded on the cars
A number of years ago ore from
the Billy Mack mine was run through
small mill located about four miles
from Parker near the Colorado river
This ore netted the owner a large
sum, but the mill was not capable
IF saving all of the values. Much
good money went into the tailings,
and now after many years have
elapsed since the old mill was in op-
grafton, these tailings are to net
the owner another good nest egg,
which Mr.. Mack will devote in fur
ther developing his mine
A force of several men is now at
work on the Billy Mack mine driving
drift on good ore body 1t is
the intention OF the owner to run 100
feet on this ore Shipments Will prob
ably be made within a short time, as
the ore lis OF Il very good grade
The Billy Mack mine has quite a
respectable record as producer and
has been bonanza for it's owner
for the past thirty years. With am
ole capital back OF the property it
could be developed into one OF the
oest gold mines in the state.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
BIG TONNAGE
ORE IN SIGHT

j. P. Yagle secretary OF the Gen
eral Securities company, who visited
the property of the Arizona Empire
Copper Mines company on Friday and
Saturday of last week, left for Los
Angeles Saturday night. He was
much gratified with the immense
showing of high grade ore and he
stated that were half a dozen good
mines placed side by side on any
of the ore shoots on the property
there would still be room for as
many more. Some of these ore bod
les are 60 feet in width, and aver
age more than 500 a ton in gold
and copper from wall to wall, ac-
cOrding to smelter and assay returns
secured by the company.
Accompanying Mr. Yagle was Carl
G. Gross of San Francisco, and from
statements made by Mr.. Gross af-
ter visiting the mines Parker should
be greatly interested in the develop
ments of this property. Mr.. Gross
stated Saturday evening that in his
opinion there is enough ore in sight
now to run a 1000-ton smelter for
forty years, and then some, and he
believes that with what is to come
with further development the Ari-
zona Empire mines will prove one of
the greatest mines in the west if not
in the world. Few mines have ever
shown what the Arizona Empire can
now show, and, therefore, the deduc-
ton necessarily follows that it will
be a great producer.
The developments that are taking
place at the Arizona Empire are of
great interest to the people of Par
kel and this place will benefit con-
silerably from the operation of the
on the big scale contem-
1 lated by the management.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
ROOSEVELT FINE.

CHICAGO, Oct. 16. = Roosevelt
aWoke at 6,20 this morning feeling
fine" as he expressed it. He had
more than three hours of unbroken
rest. His condition showed a mark
cd Improvement since 10 O'Clock last
night. He ate hearty breakfast.
The police declare that John Sch
rank, who shot Roosevelt, comes from
an ancestry in which insanity was
frequent and he was presumably de-
mented slightly for several years dat
ing probably from the time of his
aunt'S death in 1907.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
OUT
FOR LEVEES

BLYTHE, California, October II.
"A petition asking the Riverside
county board of supervisors to form
levee district in the Palo Verde
valley is being circulated among the
land owners in the valley
This petition was started last Sat
urday when the Palo Verde Valley
Improvement association, after an
all day discussion of the levee pro-
position, voted to appeal to the coun-
ty supervisors for a protection dis
trict
Practically every land owner pres
ent at the Improvement association
meeting signed the paper and several
copies of it are at the present time
being circulated in the valley. The
levee act under which this protec-
ton district is to be formed requires
the signatures of a majority of the
land owners and in case this major
ity cannot be gotten here in the val
ley petitions will be sent out to the
nonresident owners for their sigma
lures.
There is some opposition to the
formation of a levee district on the
part of settlers in the lower end of
the valley, but as many of these
have not patented their land it is
thought that there will be little diff
ficulty in securing the required sig
natures. Those who oppose the
measure do so on the ground that
the formation of an irrigation dis
trict under the Bridgeford act would
be more desirable
The fact that the Mutual Water
company is bending every effort to-
ward the completion of a water sys-
TEN for the entire valley has made
me irrigation district very unpopu-
Ian with a majority OF the Palo Yer
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
PART PAYMENT. ON PARKER
TOWN LOTS is DEMANDED
Notice of Requirements to Be Met by Purchas-
ers Has Just Been Issued by Depart
ment of the Interior.

There will be no postponement
of unpaid balances due the govern
ment for Parker town lots purchased
at the sale in May, 1910, except in
certain cases, where part pay
ment on lots may be made. Accord
ing to an official order just re-
ceived by The Post from the Phoe-
nix land office the requirements to
be met by purchasers of lots are as
follows:
On bids where purchase price
did not exceed $50, it is required
that the full purchase price of said
lots be paid on or before Novem-
ber 1, 1912.
On each bid exceeding $50, and
not over 500, it is required that
a payment of $25 be made on or
before November I, 1912.
On each bid exceeding 500, it is
required that a payment of $50 be
made on or before November T.,
1912.
Where payments leave an unpaid
remainder, this balance must be
paid on or before November 1, 1918.
Purchasers who fail to make the
payments on or before November I,
1912, as above required, will forfeit
all rights to-, and the money there
10 paid on, the lots for which such
payments are required.
The payments above required must
be made for and on behalf of the
purchasers at the public sale in
casn, currency, or postoffice money
order made payable to the Receiver,
u. S. Land Office, Phoenix, Ariz.
NO transfers will be recognized.
Final payments on lots in the
Parker townsite were postponed by
the department in 1910 and 1911,
and efforts were made to have these
payments again postponed for one
year. but they were unavailing. Sen
ator Ashurst took the matter up with
Acting Secretary Adams in a let
ter dated September 26, 1912. A
copy of Adams reply has been re-
ceiyed by this paper from the Ari-
lOna senator, and is as follows:
The Parker post., 1912-10-19

''W;>S Shington, D. c., Oct. 8, 1912.
MY dear Senator:
Your letter of September 26th
in regard to the question whether
purchasers O. town lots at Parker,
Arizona. should be required to make
final payment, came some time ago,
but a reply was delayed because
the question was not settled in the
department.
Il can now state that by an Or
der recently signed the requirement
of paying the balance is reduced to
the following: That in addition to
the $25 paid at the time of sale
there must be paid Oh or before No
vember 1st of this year, on each
bid from $50 to $1OO, $25; on each
bid exceeding 800, $50; the re-
nlainder to be paid on Or before
November 1, 1913. This, I believe,
will strike you as being thoroughly
reasonable.
Sincerely yours,
SAMUEL ADAMS,
First Assistant Secretary
Hon. Henry F. Ashulst, Prescott,
Arizona"
While events toward the opening
Of the reservation lands adjoin-
ing Parker have progressed to
considerable extent, it is the opinion
of those who purchased lots at the
sale that the government should not
exact final payments, or even par
tial payments on the lots until the
lands become available to settlement.
At the time OF the sale held here
in May, 1910, the purchasers were
led to believe from statements made
by the then secretary of the inter-
ior-Mr. Ballinger-that the reserva-
ti0r would be opened in a few
months from the date of the sale.
Under this belief many residents
Of Parker, as Well as non-residents,
bought heavily at the sale
However, the terms given by the
department are much better than if
it had exacted full payment at the
present time, and no doubt these
terms have been decided upon be-
cause of the fact that the opening
Of the reservation lands will un-
don ta Ia nj
time.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
LA PAZ TO BOOM.

Operations are to be resumed at
cnce in the La Paz placer fields, ac-
cording to news advices received
from Yuma. The company that OWNS
the field is now preparing to build
reservoir four miles northeast of
l q Paz. AS soon as the reservoir lis
completed the gold bearing ground
VIII be worked by hydraulic process.
A report has also reached here that
Henry Ramsey has discovered a rich
ledge of gold bearing ore near
Quartzite.
The Parker post., 1912-10-19
BOSTON WINS.

After battling for ten thrilling in
ningS the Red SOx Wednesday beat
New York to and thus won the
worlds championship and the long
first series in which two extra
inning games were played, also the
first series where eight games were
required to settle the matter.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
FRIENDS START
ON KENNETH TONIGHT

The Friends School basketball team
will meet the Kennett Square High
School team IN its first game Of the
season in Frietnds' gym tonight.
The Blue and White team is entire
~ new this year, but several of the
men made the scrub five last year and
Coach Ross has worked them into q
pretty fast aggregation.
Friends schedule follows:
AT HOME.
December 1l-Kennett Square High
School
December 20--Alunani. evening.
January 1O-Swarthmore High
School.
January Chester High School.
evening.
January 21-Temple Prep.
January 24-Friends' Select School.
January -Ceadrcroft School.
January 31-Germantown Friends
School
February 7-w Woodbury. High School.
evening.
February -Coatesville High
School
March 4-SWarthmore Prep.
AWAY FROM HOME.
January Friends Select School
February -Swarthmore Prep.
February 19-Chester High School
February 2S-Cedarcroft School
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
uFCTnnrrA1
UkJIUNtUHL
SOCIETY HAS
new COMMITTEES

Members of the Historical Society
of Delaware were. much disappointed
last evening when it was announced
that John C. Higgins, former counsel
to Dandee, Scotland, could not appear
and read paper on the life services
of his brother. the late Anthony Hig-
gins.
It was voted to make proper
acknowledgment to General T. Cole
man dupont for the wooden statue of
George Washington which he pre-
scented to the society.
This statue was erected in Battery
Park, New York, in 1892. Mr.. DUPONT
purchased it and made a gift of it to
the society, and it has become per-
manent part of their collection of his
torical relics.
President Joseph Brown Turner an
nounced the following committees to
serve for the ensuing year:
iography-General Charles Bird,
chairman; Bishop Frederick ]. kins-
man, Judge Henry G. Conrad and
Alexander b. Cooper
FinanceAJohn S. Rossell chair
man; Joseph i. Carpenter, Jr., Henry
Whiteley, Alfred ID. Poole, James L.
Banning and Josiah Marvel.
Literary Exercises-RobertH II. Rich
ards, chairman; Thomas f. Bayardi
Willard Salisbury, General James II,
Wilson and the Rev. Joseph H. Craw-
ford. s
Donations Francis II. Hoffecker
chairman; DR.. A. R. Spaid. William S
Hilles and l.. Irving Handy.
Library-John B. Bird, chairman;
Major William G. Ramsay, ]. Dan
forth Bush and A. L. Bailey.
Membership George A. Elliott
chairman: c. l.. Ward. DR.. J. A. Ellie
good, A. B. Magee and William Bush
Publications-Dav T. Marvel
chairman; H. II. Ward, John P. Nields
John r. Nicholson and Dale B. Turner
A request. was read for information
of the full name and address of a
Judge Boole, who is said to have come
to Wilmington from the Bermudas
late in the eighteenth century. Robert
H. Richards, Ignatius c. Grubb and
Mr.. Turner we're appointed a commit
tee to inquire about the purchase OF
collection of letters written in con-
nection with the Springer estate and
containing bits Of local history early
In the nineteenth century.
Chief Justice James Pennewill will
make an address on the life and ser.
vices Of the late Chief Justice Char
les b. Lore at the next meeting of the
society which will be held the third
Monday in February.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
Mil. ENHANCE THE sPnRT.

RISING SUN, Md, Dec. 17-New
York sporting interests have pur-
chased from Orrian Taylor, of Perry
Vile, the John Graham farm, near
Blythesdale, Cecil County, and rented
the one-half-mile track at Jackson's
Park, from Norman Jackson.
On this track horses will be trained
for future Havre de Grace meets.
Jackson Parks tracks will be i'm
proved and quarters erected for the
accommodation of so horses, which is
expected to stimulate horse racing in
Cecil county,
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
ZONES no SELL HORSES.

The entire racing stable of John f.
Jones, the we'll known cigar dealer
and horseman of this city, will be Of
fered for sale at Nichols Bazaar, in
Philadelphia tomorrow. The horses
to be sold are Lady Bess, race record
of 214 IA, trial of 21O, and Obese,
trotter. race record, 2.2O IA trial of
2I5 10
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
TRAIN KILLs n0RsEs

William Paschall. colorod, employ
ed by s. Q. Walker & Co. Of Chadds
Ford, narrowly escaped being killed
near tho railroad junction at that
place The man drove his team
across the tracks Of the Reading
Railway when train bore down on
him. Paschall, his horses and WAGON
escaped but two horses tied at tbe
back of the wagon We're tossed into
a ditch and J ad to be killed.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
TO SELL THE Gn.LIs FARM.

The heirs of the late Sheriff Paul
ellis will offer at public sale on the
premises on January IA the valuable
ellis farm on the road from the New
Castle causeway to Hare's Corner.
zhs farm contains 1873 acres of fast
'end and is regarded as one of the
lest N the county. The farm Is to be
so1d to close the estate.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
EAST END DANCE.

The East End Athletic Club will
give their fourth dance tomorrow
evening, in the Hall 2OS E. Fourth
street. This dance promises to be the
most elaborate the club has ever
given. The committee in charge COM
prises: Charles Wahl, chairman: Jas
Carr, r. Goodwin, c. Pyle and l. Keil.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
SURPRISE Party.

A party was given by the v Social
Club on Friday evening as a surprise
to Miss Elizabeth Newkirk at her
home at Montrose.
Elizabeth Nevkirk, Agnes z. Fox,
Marguerite Mirch, Helen Burke.
Catharine Fox, Catherine Mullin,
May Heinel, Reba zebley. Ada Sch
watka. Mary Jones and the Mesers.
Joseph J. Hurley. Henry MacFarlin.
George Wanson, Harold Morris. Wal
ter Ridgway, Charles T. A. Baird,
c. Jaeger Wilkes, George Sahlin,
Alfred Newlirk, William Minner and
James Donohy, Mrs. Newkirk. Mrs.
Salloway Mrs Elizabeth Bright.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
WAIT FOR ArTO TAGs.

Wilmington automobilists are put
ting in their order for license tags for
1913. Owing to a delay by the manu-
facturers, Secretary of State Richards
has not been enabled to issue the new
tags. Charles G. Guyer and w. Scott
Vernon are taking orders for the new
tags in this city.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
TO SEE BERMUDA.

Joseph p. O'Toole and Timothy A.
|O'Toole the former erstwhile head
of the Wilson First Voters Club left
Wilmington yesterday for New YORK
to take passage TO Bermuda. The
brothers will remain at the resort
-Wo weeks.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17
STANTON GOES uNDER.

In the eight man pocket billiard
tournament at the Crescent Parlors
last night, Hudson defeated Stayton.
The score:
Hudson-11. 7. 9. s, 10, 9. 1, s. .. 6,
,. 8, 300.
stayton-s, 7. .. 6, 4, 5. 10, 6, 5. s.
O. 8. $50.
High runs-Hudson, IS; Stayton,
49, Scratches-Hudson, 6; Stayton, 8.
Evening journal., 1912-12-17

The Wants present a means by
which losers and finders may commu-
nicate with each other quickly and
at trifiing expense.-Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15

Chief Meyers Joins Baseball Heroes
in Hall of Fame for Big Leaguers

cupies no place in this great OUT
field, but Cobb's best work was not
accomplished when he was member
Of a championship team. His record
last year OF 400 In batting and .SbT
in fielding surpasses that OF the three
named. Ross Barnes still holds the
best batting record In the National
League with .453. made In 1878. but
J. E. O'Neiil. OF the 1887 st. Louis
team, OF which Comiskey was man
ager. hit for 400.
That Was a team! 1t included Foutz.
Carruthers, Bushong, Latham. Welcn.
Gleason and O'Neii, as well as
Comlskey, all entitled to a place In
the baseball Hall Of Fame. That was
the year, however, OF the great De-
troit team. with Baldwin. Bennett.
Getzem. Camel. Brouthers. Rowe,
Richardson, White. Twitchell. Han
lon, Dunlap. Thompson-slugger
every man of them. They beat the
Browns In a championship series.
too, ten games to four.
1t win be noticed that Chief Meyers
appears in the Hall OF Fame. the
work OF Meyers last year ousted
Johnny King from the position ne
has held since 1905.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
Y. NJ. c.. A. PROPOSES
10 FIGHT A. u.

PHILADELPHIA. jan. 1.-THE
first step in an attempt to break the
power Of the Amateur Athletic Upion.
the controlling factor In amateur
sports In this country, was taken At y
meeting of the directors OF the Y. M.
C. A., of Philadelphia district and
territory.
The Philadelphia district includes.
besides this city. Wilmington Del:
Baltimore, Md: Washington. D. c.:
Trenton and Camden. N. J. The meet
ing was held In tho Central Branch OF
the Y. ~. c. A. here and the con-
sensus OF opinion amonE those pres
ent was that amateur sport should
be conducted ON more Democratic
and less despotic lines
This resolution was adopted:
THAT It be the sense Of this
meeting that the c. A.
branches here represented consider
all future competition between them-
selves closed"
1t IL understood that other Y. NJ.
c. A. districts throughout the coun-
try will adopt . similar policy, and
that q determined effort will be made
to remove all Y. M. Z. A. athletes
from the control Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. This certainly will be
done 50 far ~ Y. N. G. A. <ompeu-
ton Is concerned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
COLUMBIAN LATEST
LEAGUE CT OUTLAWS

CHICAGO. Jan. 14.-Threats Of an
OUTLAW baseball league entering
cities now occupied by American A.
ISOLATION. National or American
League teams took concrete form here
yesterday when the Columbian League
was organized. Men who are inter-
ested In the new movement say they
do not wish a baseball war. but admit
that they will attract just az many
big league players to their fold a.
possible. II Il asserted. however, that
no fancy salaries are to be paid In
order to get famous players to leave
their present berths.
John r. Powers. the first president
of the Wisconsin Illinois League. was
elected president. No other
officers were selected today, but VIII
be at another meeting two weeks from
today.
The following men. who propose to
place eiubs In their home cities. were
present J. c. Masker. Kansas City;
Thomas Farley and Willis Melville.
Milwaukee: A. John Roesink. Detroit.
and w. G.. Nelsan, Chicago. William
Urlan. OF st. Louis. and w. III. Pierce.
Of Louisville, were represented by
President Powers.