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Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
.RANCHERS 4 ODDLY FOLK
 CLEAhLy AT ANY RATE
Way the Suburbanites Absorb Bath
 tubs is Just a Caution

George Hageman company, plumb CTS. are unloading carload of Stan dard" bathtubs. MT Hageman ad- Vises that this is the twelfth carload of these Standard" tubs that he has received. Each carload includes S7 tubs. These facts indicate that evil dently the people in Phoenix intend to keep clean. Mir Hageman says that there has been a decided increase during the past year among farmers in the purchase of bathtubs.
 This, however, is true with all lines of business because the number of farmers in the valley is rapidly in creasing and Salt River valley ranch CTS are prosperous, being satisfied with nothing but high-c;ass and mod ern improvements in their homes One rancher during the week pur- chased two tubs which he hauled out of town on a hay-rack
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
THE ONE WHO KNOWS HOW.

Tt pays to know how" declared an Ohio manufacturer, quoted by the Shoe and Leather Reporter. T quoted a price on some goods the other day to a shoe manufacturer and he told me he could buy the raw materials in those goods for a great deal less. I admitted it and proceeded to tell him this story:
 "A hobo sat on a factory fence and watched the factory superin tendent sweat and storm because 400 operatives were idle because of a faulty safety valve.
 CT used to work in the plant that makes those valves,' drawled the hobo. and I'll fix your valve if you want me to-
 He did. Again the wheels whirred and the operatives were busily en- ployed and the men in charge re lieved. All the 'bo' had done was to cut a little leather washer from his shoe and fit it in the right place.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

Radcliffe college girls say that young men lean to the turkey trOt'' and other outlandish dances because those young men do not know how to dance like society gentlemen. They dance like elephants, in the main. is the charge, and we rise to ask if the young men will be good now and learn society manners = Springfield Union
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
WILLIAM VINCENT ASTOR.

William Vincent Astor, who be- comes head of the great American family of Astor through the tragic death of his father in the Titanic dis aster, is not yet of age With his sister Muriel he will inherit fortune estimated at 50,00000O His great great grandfather, at his age, was working for a baker on Pearl street. New York, and looking about for a chance to get into the fur business.
 William Vincent Astor was born on November 15, 1891, in the old William AstOr mansion at Fifth av- enue and Thirty-fourth street, where the Waldorf Astoria now stands Shortly after his birth his parents moved to the new Astor residence at Fifth avenue and Sixty-sixth street He was not strong as a child and until last fall, when he entered Harvard he spent every year at his fathers coun- try home on the Hudson, three months at Newport, and three months at the town house. He is tall and slim with dark, straight hair and dark blue eyes He bears a marked re- semblance to his father
 His father, wishing to keep him out Of doors on account or ms deIcaIe health, encouraged his fondness for yachting and autOmobling. He ac- companied his father on the Nourma- hel on a voyage to the West Indies two years ago when T storm inter- rupted communications and the Astor yacht WaS not hearl from for several weeks IL was feare1 that the Yacnt had been lost and revenue cutters were despatched to hunt for it, but it turned out that the Nourmahel was safe in harbor at San Juan.
 As an autOmobiliSt he has a reputa- ton for fast driving. Just before he went tc Harvard last fall he was called up before a police magistrate in Newport and lectured about his habit of driving through the streets to rapidly. Once while driving his car through Tarrytown he ran into q. tree to avoid striking a man on a motorcycle.
 There have been many rumors of Vincent Astor's engagement to var | ious young women in society and out Last month he had occasion to deny
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

terest in the safety of life on ocean steamers
 It seems right to observe from the passionate predilectiOn for the salva- tion of life in deep sea ships that the excursion traffic, which will soon be- gin in the waters of New York, is as secure as a good insurance company; as for the railroads they are practice ally immune from accidents; and nei- ther their passengers nor their em- ployees have anything to worry about.
 The majority of us habltualiy fre- Quent luxurious" steamers, and if these can be made reasonably safe human life in the United States is Safe-NeW York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
VALUABLE BLANKET
One of Rarest Ever Brought to Phoe
 nix Now on Exhibition Here

One of the rarest and most valu- able Indian blankets ever brought into Phoenix is on exhibition at the Graves Indian shop, East Adams street
 The blanket in size is nine bv cIev- en, is a fine hand twist Navajo weave. very old but in perfect state of preservation. Only about four specimens are known to collectors that contain this rare chcckerboard pat tern, which is woven in red and black of old vegetable dye. The blanket is bordered on each end with the so- called medicine stripes" seldom seen in a modern blanket
 MT. Graves obtained the blanket from the Manning collection at Fort Defiance and a reproduction of this same blanket was used as a frontis piece for MT. Chas. Lummis' book.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
THE APPETIzING BEEFsTEAK.

In an article on The Appetizing Beefsteak" in the May Woman's Home Companion. Fannie Merritt Farmer. the welI-known cooking authority. pre- sents a number of recipes ana gives the following general advice about steaks:
 The underlying principle which gov erns good broiling is this: One side of the meat must be quickly scared, the meat must be turned. and the other side quickly scared. This prevents the escape of any of the juices. Turn ai- most constantly for the first minute Of the cooking, then the meat must De cooked on one side, turned. and cooked on the other, to suit individual taste
 The best cuts of meat for brOilInS are pOrterhOuse, sirloin, cross-cut Of rump-steak. and second and third cuts from top of round. Porterhouse anl sirloin cuts. although commanding about the same price per pounl as the crosscut of the trump, prove most ex- pensive on account of the greater loss in bone ana fat. Round steak is very juicy, but. having cOarser fiber, is nev. CT $ tender. Neither is the flank end of porterhouse very tender. For this reason, 1t is a good plan to cut it off before cooking the steak. anu use 1t for meat cakes (Hamburg steak,) or d small stew, or perhOpS q small beef steak pie. Cut out the tenderOin and reserve 1t to be cooked for one meal: cut off the flank and save it to De prepared for another; then broil the sirloin for 'iinner. The bone may bn used to give added richness to the stock, if the flank end is utilized for a stew"
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

a report that he was to marry girl in Broadway musical comedy. He said then that he wasn't engaged and' didn't intend becoming engaged for a long time to come.
 It is understood that following the Astor custom col. John Jacob Astor made a marriage settlement of cash and securities on both of his wives, they in turn giving up their dover rights in the estate. The purpose of the settlement was to keep the Astor estate intact If this was the ease then neither Mrs. Ava Willing Astor nor Mrs. John Jacob Astor will re- ceive widows third of the estate, which will be shared by Vincent Astor
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
NEW COMPANY
 MAKES RECORD
Arizona Insurance Com pany Does Large Amount of Business in First Fort night Since Organizing; Officers All Good Men

Two hundred and fifty-four thou sand dollars worth of business writ ten. at a premium income of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, is the phenomenal record made by the agency force of the Arizona Life In usrance company. which began do- ing business two weeks ago, and evidences the appreciation the peo- pie of Arizona have for q home in suranCe company whose aim is to save for the people of Arizona and keep within the state thousands of dollars that have annually been sent to eastern companies, little of which is ever returned to the state. The Arizona Life Insurance company be- gan writing business April 20, and has already received application for over q quarter of million dollars. and the premiums will be kept in the state for the development of the states vast resources, a fact which should strongly appeal to thinking people.
 StOckmen. farmers. merchants, bankers, cannot fail to realize the importance of keeping within the
 
 and q quarter dollars annually which would otherwise go to fatten the purses Of foreign insurance compa- nies. To distribute this money in mortgage loans throughout the state for a period of years will accomplish q step in the development of the state and increasing the prosperity, which would otherwise require much more time Besides reinvesting among the farmers, stockmen and business men, the premiums paid on life insurance this home company will, as soon as possible; place at the service of the people of the state the entire capital and surplus of the Arizona Life on loans.
 The Arizona Life Insurance com parry of Phoenix is strictly an Ari- zona institution. The stock is owned entirely by nearly three hundred Arizona men, who have stood by the company and rendered every assist ance possible in securing the large amount of business already written To this aid the company looks for ward for large business in the coming years.
 The agency director is Col. L. II Morgan, who is life insurance man of many years experience and well known ability Under Mir Nor gan's agency dictatorship the com pany has made a start that is highly gratifying to the stockholders Mir Morgan was known during a long connection with the Indiana State Life as one of the largest persona producers in the state of Kentucky He organized the Lone Star Life al Dallas. Texas. and was also one oi the agents of the National Life h. surance company of Montana and was agency director of the same until he resigned to take the agency director ship of the Arizona Life Insurance company.
 Col. Morgan is at present assisted by Messrs W. L. BobO, w. F Hodges, NJ IT. Lloyd and H. w Rountree. who have also been associ- ated in placing the stock of tho
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

company and who are hustling. wide awake insurance producers.
 The par value of it's capital stock amounts to $100000; but, inasmuch as none of it's shares have been sold for less than two and q half times the face value the company really has a working capital, including sur plus, of $250,O00. Incidentally, there has been no stock used for promo tiOn purposes-no presentation shares or bonuses. The work of organizing the company and placing it in op- erating condition was undertaken by MT W. A. Gordon. an expert in corporation and fiscal matters. under guarantee that it should cost no more than twenty per cent of the subscriptions; and not only has this been done, but we understand that Mir Gordon. now secretary and gen eral manager of the. company, will secure and turn over to it, free of cost, insurance contracts representing $25,0O0 year.
 Occupying the executive offices in the new company are: Hon. C. F. AinsWOrth, notable as a jurist and legislator, president; pr. II. H. Stone. a leading physician and surgeon here in Phoenix. first vice-president and medical director; w. H. Cox. prom inent cattle man and part owner of the COcOninO Land and Cattle com pany. second vice. president: J. Fred Cleaveland. president of the Union Trust company, Phoenix, treasurer; w. X. Gordon, formerly a broker and fiscal agent in Los Angeles. secretary and general manager: c. P. Lee, of Lee and Plunkett, auditors and public accountants, assistant sec retary; NJ. D. Evans. formerly with the Pacific Mutual the Golden State companies actuary; and I. P Mantz, of Oklahoma City, one of the most notable actuaries in the southwest. consulting actuary.
 On the companys board of direc- tors besides Messrs. AinsWorth, Stone Cox, Cleaveland and Gordon. above mentioned. are: Henry Leppla, for merly a banker in South Dakota now an orange grower here; K. B. Myers. rancher at Tempe; Andrew Nelson, real estate. insurance and banking, Tempe: W H. Slaughter, banker and real estate operator. Glendale: N. F. Bailey, superintendent of the United Verde X Pacific railroad and ex- speak; of the territorial house of representatives: Henry Brinkmyer banker and merchant at Prescott; T. N. Clanton. banker and rancher, Buckeye: z. c. Prina, cattle man and banker at Stafford; Conrad Hess, Jr. sheep man at HolbrOok. and John T. Dunlap real estate and investments. Phoenix
 There are. in all about two hun dred and fifty stockholders in this new corporation and their aggregate wealth amounts to four. or possibly five million dollars. It is these pro- gressive individuals of large means who stand back of the underwriting g contracts of the company.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
THE SoLACES OF LABOR.

In adult life it is the obligation to work that speeds the time and sends the years rolling behind us, while we, unconscious of their passing, bun gle away at the given task. building historically away at our little struc- ture of separate life. That the ground was cursed for our sake we can see by the perfectly natural turning of the child, after six or seven years of play and ease, to the desire for work. He envies every one about him their responsibilities and obli- gations. He plays at having to sit still in church or of taking a pun ishment in school and finally he be- gins to plead for tasks.
 But, long before we finish with life work performs other vitally impor- tant functions fO us; it both cOncen- trates and diverts Work it is which prevents us from diffusing vaguely through time and space without any gain of objective reality. Life, we must remember, is only available as it is put into concrete form, and most Of the work of this human world is
 u some way or other that of draw ing lines around the invisible and the infinite, building up and setting in motion the machinery of visible life To do however small a share of this great universal task requires the herding home of scattered thoughts and emotions and the wilful cOnfine- ment of thought to a given object Whether 1t be a house to set in order or q shop to keep, an engine to build or u book to write, We have the same task ahead; to call home our thoughts from Wilful straying through inter minable fields of vague distance and hold them fixed upon the given point. This faithful carrying out of a pur- pose is what makes d personality. The man who has consciously con- trOlled his thought for the carrying out Of his given object has also builded himself. Wherever there is set purpose and power to accomplish there is likewise personality.-Har- per's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

Mayor Gaynor is being boosted as q compromise candidate for presi- dent. though from the way Champ Clark talks it over with his dawg when the two are out for 2 lonely walk We gather that Champ thinks there will be no loud call for a compromise candidate when the con- vention assembles.-Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
HE SURE" WOULD.

A teacher was hearing the class in civics and asked this question:
 'Tf the president. vice president and all the members of the cabinet died, who would officilte?"
 The class thought for some time trying in vain to recall who came next in succession.
 James at last had a happy inspira tiOn. and he answered.
 "The ertaker."-Harper's Maga- zine.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
SAFETY.

one has only to travel in the sub way. on a ferryboat or on the ele- vated or anywhere in the lofty com
 pany of suburbanites and commuters to discover how profound is the gen. eral knowledge of navigation on the high seas and how intimate the in-
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

and his sister Muriel. who is now ten years old. Muriel. it is said, was provided for in the settlement that Col Astor made on her mother.
 The amount was never made pub lie. but it was said to be $1O,00O, ,O00, with a provision that it should later revert to Murtci.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

The simple spoilers have held their sixth annual meeting and their rep resentatiVe says that they did noth- ing of general interest and that, besides, the simple spoilers ''do not court publicity" Six years of eff fort, backed by Andru's money. and the country hasn't even accepted ''thru"!-Boston Globe.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

Aeronauts have adopted the pictur- esque phrase holes in the air" to describe that condition of the att mosphere that makes uniform hori- zontal flight impossible, and causes great danger to the aviator. Among the atmospheric conditions that may cause a greater or less drop of the aeroplane are (a) hOriZonal strata moving with different velocities, (b) columns of air with different vertical components. The boundary between such strata and columns often is quite narrow. and hence the aviator may pass with discOncerting abrupt ness from one to the other. On cer- tain conditions the downward accel- eratiOn may be even in excess of that due to gravitatiOn and thus the aviator thrown out of his seat Science.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-05

One of the most daring journeys conceivable on the Sahara has re gently been successfully accomplished by Count Rene le More, who. almost alone. went from southern Algeria directly across the desert to Tim buctu. The journey of about 5000 kilometers altogether, to Timbuctu and return, occupied about thirteen months, of which three were passed in Timbuctu. The purpose of the in trepid traveller was to study the cOun- try that he might later cross to Tim buctu by aeroplane As a result he knows the best, or the only situation for relay stations, and much of the conditions attending desert travel, and he considers the project as possible ot accomplishment. The result is that le More proposes to cross the desert again, but the next time in the air Whether this difficult task is finally accomplished by le More remains to be seen, but there is lit tie doubt that in the very near future aeroplanes will not be unknown in the extreme southern part of Algeria, since it is said that the French army in the colony has been actively en- gagged for several months in working out the details of an aeroplane corps with headquarters at Biskra.-W. A. Cannon in Science.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

peculiar to the Old Bailey was that
when an accused person was acquit-
ted he was obliged to pay the fees Of
Sewgate or go back for want of mon
ey. So many unfortunate prisoners
died in Newgate through this that AZ,
derman Brown, lord mayor in. 1913.
caused an order of the court to be
made that when any accused persons
were acquitted by their country they
should instantly be discharged in
court without paying any fees what
soever. an order which has been strict
II adhered to ever since
OF the challenging Of jurors one re-
members a tale from Ireland. The
prisoner was hard to satisfy. and jury
man after juryman was asked to leave
the box. However, all things come to
an end, even in Ireland, and at last
the swearing OF the jury was complet-
ed. And then the prisoner leaned
over the dock and sought the ear of
his solicitor. "The Jury's all right
now. think" he whispered. "but We
must challenge the judge I've been
convicted under him siviral times al
ready, and maybe he's beginnin' to
have prejudice."-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21

Jared well at the expense of the enemy.
The prisoners taken thus far numbered
about 1900. and Forrest paroled the
Tennesseans and sent them home The
others. numbering several hundred.
were sent on ahead under escort 10
serve a further purpose. Simultaneous
with Trenton the neighboring town OF
Humbolt fell. with more prisoners.
After burning all war material that he
could not carry along northward Dor
rest started for Union City. picking up
Rutherford Station and Kenton Station
on the way.
The general alarm had called small
Federal force to Union City and a
STAFF captain TO organize defense On
the afternoon Of the 22d flag of truce
appeared on the southern outskirts an
nouncing a party of prisoners under
Confederate escort on the way to Co
lumbus. While the captain was par
leying and trying to get instructions
from his superiors by wire Forrest
swooped down on the place and cap
tured all the Federals he could get
SAShl VI anu o1l NO"Al W AdhC
account Of stock, as it were. AS he
/ stated in a dispatch 10 Bragg, he had
made a clean sweep of Federals north
of Jackson and west of the Tennessee
river. He had killed and wounded JOG
Of the enemy; had captured 100. in
Guiding four colonies. four majors, ten
captains and twenty-three lieutenants.
/ His own loss was eight killed, twelve
wounded and two missing. He was al
the end OF his northward journey.
Raiders Burn Grants Storehouses.
After destroying four miles Of trestle-
work and the bridges on the Obion
river Forrest started to return Il
middle Tennessee. Meanwhile his al
most unopposed progress northwarc
had spread confusion among his enc
/ mics from Washington all along the
southern border TO Grants headquar
tiers in Mississippi.
1t was believed at army headquar
tiers and in Washington that Forres
would push north to Columbus. KY.
and perhaps recapture island No. 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
Two Freaks Of Nature.

Two contrasting freaks of nature are
the island Of Fire and the Lake of
Snow. The Island Of Fire is called
the Home of Hot Devils. 1t is situat-
ed in the midst of large lake of boil
ing mud in the island of Java. The
steam and gases which arise from the
sticky mud form themselves into bub,
bios attaining diameter of five or six
feet and sailing high up In the air like
balloons. carried hither and thither by
the wind and finally exploding with q
loud crash.
The biggest snow lake is seen from
the summit of Hispar pass, in the Ka'
rakOran range. 1t is more than 30C
square miles in area. In Switzerland
the sea CT ice might better be called
the sea Of snow. as the surface is bro
ken up by solar heat, which makes q
minute assuring in the ice, giving II
the appearance Of snow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Relatively low pressures prevail in
southern Canada and from the Missouri
valley to the north Atlantic coast, with
the greatest barometric depression off
the coast of Maine Light precipita-
ton has resulted on the north Pacific
coast, at occasional stations in the
northern Rocky mountain states and
in the lake region and Minnesota. The
barometers are also relatively low in
the southern plateau sections and on
the west gulf coast, and precipitation
is occurring in the lower Mississippi
valley and the coast of Texas. An
area of high pressure and generally
fair, cool weather extends from Wash
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-21
To Identify a Child.

My small son did not return at the
regular time oir day while out with &
maid. The thought terrified me that
in case of an accident there would be
no way of Identifying him should he be
lost. The next morning l cut pieces Of
wide tape. on which I wrote very
clearly his name, address and our tel
ephone number in indelible ink.
sewed one Of these pieces to each of
his underwaists, in front where it
could be plainly .een.-K. Z. A. in Har-
per'S BaZar