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people get more fun out of talking about Mis- ouri
than they do by going to comic opera. Missouri Is
one Of our national pIeasantries and helps make
life happier in this commercial and busy nation.
Missouri is plain, downright oldfashioned state
and is proud Of it. 1t has $500 900 people divided
into two classes-those who call 1t ''Mizzoury'
and love 1t and those who call It Missouri" and
wish 1t had more society and less mules. 1t is the
seventh state in population the third in corn. 9Th
In railroads. sixth in number of school children
first in mules and first in incredulity. Owing to
the passion which Missourians have for being
shown and showing each other up. politics in
the state has been an earnest and wakeful opera
tion for the last seventy years.
Missouri is modern at the eastern end in ST.
Louis and at its western in Kansas City 1t is also
being modernized in the legislature at JefferSpn
City. the capital 1t is historic along the Mississ-
ippi. with French accent unreconstructed in
Clay county. and primitive in the Ozarks whe e
the locomotive Is less familiar to the children III
the Ozarks. 1t is divided into two varying parts
by the restless Missouri river. and by the local
tion fight It has produced Mark Twain. tt e
James boys. Joseph Folk. Adolphus Busch. the
science of osteopathy and the new Democratic
hymn. They gotta quit kickin' my daws aroun"
Missouri is so backward that antebellum picnics
are still held in some parts and is so advanced that
when an octopus reaches tentacle across the
state line. said tentacle is cut off and hung up
in the state as a trophy.
Missouri was settled $50 years ago but has re-
mained unsettled ever since 1t fought itself Wig
orously in the civil war and has been revolving
politically with extreme rapidity. 1t was once
this fifth state in population in the union. but has
been passed by Massachusetts and Texas. owing
to the vast humber of Missourians who strayed
across the stnte line at Kansas and st Louis
and have settled on suburban but alien soil How
ever. one Missouri man can brcate much inter
est and excitement as two ordinary men and the
state will never be Observation-Disclosures Mathew
Adams.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-05-10
A Brief Sketch of Missouri.

Missouri. the patriarch of states west Of the
Mississippi is big state with real boundary liner.
When you get oct # it you can notice the diff
ference without looking at the map. Missouri
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-03

ing-room. I was in dark passage, l
was frightened and I cried out. 1t
was quite dark, but for a faint red
glimmer at a distant corner OF the
wall. ! cried out. Ny voice was the
only sound, for the singing and the
hand was laid on mine or
rather a stone-cold, bony thing that
seized my wrist and did not let go. l
cried out again. An arm took me
round the waist and supported me. /
struggled for a little while and then
gave up the attempt I was dragged
toward the little red light and then
saw that was in the hands OF a man
wrapped in a large cloak and wearing
a mask that hid his whole face.
made one last effort: my limbs stiff
fened, my mouth opened to scream,
but a hand closed it, a hand which !
felt on my lips, on my skin a
hand that smelt of death. Then /
tainted away.
When l opened my eyes, We were
still surrounded by darkness. Ian
tern, standing on the ground, showed
a bubbling well. The water splashing
from the well disappeared, almost at
once, under the floor on which l was
lying, with my head on the knee of
the man in the black cloak and the
black mask. He was bathing my tenn
pies and his hands smelt Of death 1
tried to push them away and asked,
Who are you? Where is the voice ?
His only answer was a sigh. Sud.
denly, a hot breath passed over my
face and ! perceived q white sbapa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-03

peared before my eyes. Raoul,
you have seen deaths heads, when
they have been dried and withered by
the centuries, ano, perhaps. if you
we're not the victim of a nightmare,
you saw his deaths head at Perros.
And then you saw Red Death stalk
ing about at the last mashed ball But
eli those deaths heads were notion
less and their dumb horror was not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-03

tcontInuec on rage Temp
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01
1911 GIN STATISTICS
Over Fourteen Million Bales Of
Cotton Ginned up to Jan.
l6-Texas Leads

Washington, Jan. %. The
1911 cotton crop Of the United
States had been ginned and
baled TO the extent or l45l0, p
GIG bales January rs. according
TO the census bureaus report
ISSUED today showing 1864
bales were ginned during the
period from January ] 10 Jan
uary l5. inclusive. Gins this sea-
son have been f0red to greater
actively than ever before by
the enormous crop. A consid
cradle quantity still remains to
be ginned before the close of
the season. The exact amount will
be made known By the census
bureaus final ginning report
March %, giving figures up to
February %.
Today's ginning report is
about 375. 600 bales less than the
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01
POISONING PRAIRIE DOGS
Ranchmen and Farmers are Get
ting Tired Feeding These
Little Pests

We notice in many Of our eX-
changes that the ranchmen and
farmers throughout the country
are preparing % eXterminate The
prairie dogs if possible and as
this is the proper time Of the year
DO 90 this the war is waged. and
many of the little dogies are
turning their toes To- the sun as q
result Of an itching dose of
trychnine wrapped up n a
grain Of wheat a dispatch from
Roswell states that J. j White
left for the Four Lakes ranch,
part Of his 100000 acre ranch.
where be will begin the war of
annihilating the prairie dogs
on his holdings. After starting
the work at the Four Lakes
ranch Mr. White will go to the
yellow House ranch. where the
work viii begin in earnest He
viii use strichuine and caynide,
mixed with wheat and molasses.
This is the most favorable time
Of the year to poison the destruc-
tive creatures. for there is little
or nothing OUTSIDE for them to
eat and they readily eat the pois-
oned wheat.
Lubbock county is reasonably
free from prairie dogs, but they
multiply rapidly and a little at
tention Just at this time might
save your range from becoming
infested with them.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01

department of agriculture esti-
mate Of production. which was
IA. 1856, 600 Of 500 pounds gross
weight. The report follows:
United States, l4,5l0, SIG bales
compared with II, 263, 147 bales
last year, when 97.3 per cent of
the 1910 crop was ginned prior
to January rs, 1866, 2O3 bales
in 1909, when 96.8 per cent Of
the 1908 crop was ginned. and
~. 767 600 bales in 1905. when
949 per cent Of the 1904 crop
was ginned.
Round bales included were 81. e.
66S. compared with ll1079
bales De the 1910 crop las. 37S
halas IN the 1909 and 232. $40
bales in 1903
Sea-island cotton bales INCLUDE
ed were l09. 592. c0mnared with
S6. l2i bales in the 1910 crop, 92-
29l bales In 1909 and 90 287 bales
in 1908.
Texas leads the list with 1864
632 Mississippi third with 1857
094
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01

Since the weather has warmed
mp the farmers are getting busy
with the pillow. but those who
have sticky soil say that it is
almost too wet to plow good.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01
PROMINENT RANCHMAN DEAD
7, A. Robertson Prominent Citi-
zen and Ranchman Of Semi
mole Died Last Week

Information has been received
at this place Of the death Of 7.
A. Robertson, who was fatally
injured by becoming entangled
in a belt in the Gin az that place,
Saturday and died Monday. Our
information is chat several Of
his ribs were broken and his
face badly lascerated by the ay-
ing belt and he also received
some internal injuries that caus-
cd bis death.
Mr. Robertson Is oneof the most
prominent citizens of Seminole.
and was extensively engaged in
the cattle business IN Gaines
county and had a large range
OF acquaintences among the cat
tie men of che western part of
the State. who viii regret to
learn Of his sudden death.
He leaves his wife and three
sens to mourn his departure.
In the death of Mr. Robertson
the town of Seminole and Gaines
county suffer a heavL.loss.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-02-01

Judge Swayno. Of Fort Worth.
last week ruled that a juror who
read accounts Of cases in the
newspapers YVES not a diSqual-
flied Juror end STATED that he be
hsyed man thar hd not read
newspapers WAS hardly it o. SIT
on a jury
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-22

The Juvenile B0s(0nIan8. whose
Wish here I1sI year 6eII1h[eI Iho1s.
Yacht club cruising ii foreign waters
Miss HELEN had scarcely stepped a.
tie stage when r|u0'|1& noise WIS
heard among the audience: then she
saw man dash down the aisle to-
ward the STAKE entrance Later she
heard f1an.s q whisper Il
.I4[e I16< l|1< 81 >6nr coat Miss
HELEN sco@Ie1 d return and sent ont
e1n<.t'c one
The u1n1&er o| the 1oI1o. for Ne
Il WIS. then SOUGHT I61her 1nt'
.11 M.1t re105.1 q her +.1t l|s
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-22
PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
IN PALAN|A DISTRICT

The Palama Improvement Club
which was started some time ago
has begun an active campaign fol
members. and so far eighty seven have
heen interested in the line Of work
which win be taken up BY the Club.
Il IS the idea or the Club to improve
the sanitary conditions of the Palama
district as well IS to take up the mat.
ter Of improving the lighting system
and the roads.
The officers Of the club are Harry
Aud. president, p Il Horne. vice
president: w. 8. Bowen. secretary:
Fukamura. treasurer; and James A.
Ratll, delegate to the Central I'm.
provement Club Other members are
John Lane. Noah Hull and Wills
Hoke.
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W6m,s City Tr>asoreh
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12
INITIATIVE PETITIONS FOR KINNEY BILL
 IN DOUBT
LeqaI Questions Involving Legality Of Petitions and Sufficiency of Sign
 CTS is Raised at Phoenix.

According to the exchanges from Phoenix the fate of the Kinney Bill at the coming November election hangs by a thread. With a petition rom Morenco counted in favor of the Bill which was not certified to as requlr- ed by the Initiative provision Of the Constitution, the Initiative petition has a bare majority of thirty-four names. In the event the Morencl pc tition should be held to be null and void. for the Jack of certification, the Kinney Bill would fail of sufficient names by one hundred and hfty-tWo.
 That certain signers to the petitions are not qualified electors, within the meaning Of the statutes, at the tune they signed the petition, is also charg- ed. With the Kinney Bill hanging ln the balance by such a close margin, it is more than likely that the con struction of tn elegality of the ln1tia- tive petitions will find it's way into the courts. In connection with several disputed points raised by the contend ing parties, the Assistant Attorney General rendered the following opin- ion:
 July 11th, 1912. Hon. Sidney P. Osborn, Secretary of
 State, Phoenix, Arizona.
 Dear sir: Your request for the opinion of thisoffice, filed here in July 9th, upon several questions relating to the initiative petitions which have been filed in your office, has had careful consideration. I beg to advise
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12
COURT DEFINES THE TREASURER'S
 DUTIES

PHOENIX, July S.-In a lengthy written opinion handed down by the supreme court Saturday morning, that tribunal refused to pass upon the constitutionality of senate bill 29, as far as that measure related to or was germain to any topic of legisla- tion mentiined in the call issued by Governor Hunt for assembling the legislature in special session, maiu- taining that the real question before the court was not the validity of the law in that sense but the right of Treasurer Johnson to pay out of the funds of the state certain moneys for which warrants were drawn upon oth- CT funds than those which held mon ey at the time of the presentation of the draft.
 Further than this, the court held that the treasurer must, when war rants are presented upon him for moneys from certain funds which have no moneys in them at that time but for which an appropriation has been made by the legislature, register such warrants so that the holder thereof shall be able to avail him. self of the interest bearing provision such registration will entitle him to, providing the road fund warrants are not of the current fiscal year.
 The case upon which an alternative . writ of mandamuS was issued by the supreme court some days ago was before the court upon an application made by the Valley bank to compel the state treasurer to pay certain warrants presented to him, and upon which payment was requested. The warrants mentioned were for $74.75 and $27792O upon the state road fund and one for $10 from the general fund, dated June 12, 1912. At the time payment was refused on the warrants the request was made that they be registered, which was also refused on the ground that the treas urer was not sure of his rights and - = .n- z: 4
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12
WILL ASK TAFT AND TEDDY ID BOTH
 GET OUT
Republican OfficehOlders and Candidates Want Both Leaders to Withdraw and Allow Some One to Run Who
 Will Unite Party
FEAR THEY ALL WILL BE
 DEFEATED AT ELECTION
Petitions Will Be Circulated in Every State Requesting Taft to Get Out
 of The Race.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July S.-A nationwide movement to petition President Taft to withdraw as the Re publican presidential candidate is be- ing backed by a large number of Re- publican .officeholders, who feel that they face defeat in November unless the breach in the party be healed.
 These men include members of con gress, members of state legislatures which will elect senators, state and county officeholderS and party candi- dates. If the movement gains any volume, it is said these same men may ask Roosevelt to withdraw as prospective candidate for an inde- pendent nomination and permit a compromise selection or some man agreeable to both factions of the party. It is the desire of the pro- motors of the scheme that a decision be reached before August 5. when the Roosevelt faction plans to hold it's convention in Chicago
 Petitions Within Week.
 The circulation of petitions, it is declared today, would start within a week in every state. Organizers are circulating blank forms of the peti- tions and appointing supervisors who in turn, will engage canyassers to so- licit the signatures of Republicans
 The movement is in the hands of several well known members of con- greSS, aided by many extreme Roose- welt Republicans
 The enlistment of the national pro gressive organization in the move ment has been sought and it is said Dixon's organization is willing to CO., operate. In the circulation of the anti-Taft petitions, an effort well be made to get them signed by organi- zation Republicans and others who nave stood by the president, as well as by the citizens who have occupied neuri-1l sround.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12
TAX COM MISSION WILL PAY VISIT
 ID CLIFTON
Coming Here to Meet With County Board Of Equalization Regarding Assessment of Mines in This
 County.

The Board of Equalization vas buSi- ly engaged this week in consideration of numerous raises and additions to the assessment roll of the county as turned over to the Board by assessor Kerby
 Principal interests centered around the assessment of the large mining companies Of the county, and particu- iarly that of the Arizona Copper Co.,. Ltd.
 After hearing the representatives Of the A. c. Co., in opposition to the ass essment as returned by the assessor, and listening to a detailed report pre- pared by Engineer Girand on the valu- alton of the company's plant, the Board ordered that reduction of$250, coo be made on tEe personal property, including all of it's machinery and plant The figure returned by the as sessor was S1,S45,So6.6S and this was reduced to s1,595, ,sO6.6S.
 reduction of S12,000 was made on the machinery and plant Of the Shan non Copper Company and reduc- tion of $1S,S0O was made on the prop erty of the. Detroit Copper company
 Assessor ker5y requested the Board upon adviceS from the State Tax Com mission, to increase the assessment upon the mines of the companies, in the excess of the assessment return ed by him. In this connection a com munication was received by the Equalization saying the Commission would reach Clifton on Monday, July 18th, and requesting the Board to de- fer action until their arrival which was done. The matter of the assess ment of the mines of the companies of Greenlee county will then be taken up. In the event that the Tax Commission authorizes the assessments of mines according to the figures submitted by Assessor Kerby, the assessment of the three large mining companies of Greenlee county would be as follows:
 Arizona Copper Co. Ltd,, S5,S59, ,3Sl- 34
 Detroit Copper Co.,. $3,2O3, 773.40.
 Shannon Copper Co.,, S2,1S3, ,S03.01.
 With these figures adopted and ap- proved by the Tax Commission the to- tai of all property belonging to the three large mining Companies Of Greenlee County, exclusive of rail- road property, would equal S11,245,- 965.74 and would give Greenlee -coun- ty total assessed valuation of az proXimately $15,000,000.
 It is probable, however, that before the taxation question is finally settled in this county it will find it's way into the courts.
 In addition to the action taken by the Board upon the assessment of the large mining companies the property of the Clifton and Standard compan- ies was reduced $27,000.
 w R. Cosper and Bro. was reduced 50 head of cattle.
 H. M Parks and w. T. Brown was reduced 200 head
 J. D. Parks was reduced 150 head.
 The assessment against Parks Bros. of 200 head was stricken from the roll.
 R. l.. Bailey was raised 50 head of cattle; T. w Brown raised p head; Chitty & Slaughter raised 25 head; Vernon Martin raised 50 headA Other small raises included the Eagle Creek Cattle Co.,, Fred Fritz, J. H. T. Cos per, Dewitt Cosper, ]. H. Jones, J. " Parks. Chas. Thomts, Webster and BoyleS.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12
STEADS' WHITE SLAVE LAW |S
 PASSED

LONDON, July S.-The late W. T. Stead's brave propaganda in the cause of social purity is at last bear ing fruit. The time is we'll within a living memory when that champion of forlorn hopes and unpopular causes suffered Imprisonment in con- sequence of campaigning for some of the principles now enshrined in the white slave traffic bi1l which has just passed it's second reading in the house of commons by unanimous vote.
 The measure is really aimed at the sinister monsters who fatten upon commercialized vice. ''England,' said Arthur Lee, who introduced the bill, has become the clearing house, the depot, and despatch center of the white slave traffic, and the head quarters of foreign agents engaged in this business.
 It's principle provision will make the men concerned in this infamous traffic liable to instant arrest It empowers the authorities to fog them on a third conviction, and aims at penalizing landlords who permit their houses to be used for i'm moral purposes.
 The objectors of the bill assert that it places too much power in the hands of the police and that it will facilitate the work of the black mailer who, Sir F. Banbury thinks, could secure the arrest of any man who was seen talking to a woman in the street. The general concensus of opinion in the country favors the measure, however, which is now thor oughly debated by a special con- mittee of the house of commons, with a view to meeting such objec- tions as may be considered unduly to threaten the liberty of the sub- ject. In some measure this law will serve as a national memorial to w. T. Stead.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12

in senate bill 29, passed by the spec ial session of the legislature.
 The Valley bank then made apDli cation to the supreme court for a temporary alternative writ of manda- mus compelling the treasurer to pay or show cause why the same should not be paid. This was done and the case argued before the court of c. r. Ainsworth for the bank and Attorney General Bullard for the treasurer. In the treaSurerS answer he set out that he had no money available in the funds upon which the warrants were drawn, and that under the provisions of the act he was not permitted to pay the warrants out of any other funds. He admitted that an apprO- priation had been made out of a cer- tain tax levy which would provide the money when collected, but that none had been collected. Further than this, deficit in the fund had been created by the legislature when it passed sen- ate bill s, the state engineers bill, which provided that annually sum of $250,0O0 should be set aside out of the general fund for the purpose Of maintaining the good roads of the state
 The court in it's opinion upheld the law that prescribes the duties of the state treasurer with regard to the disposition of the public funds in +r--=+od to hi~n n-1 Stn+ed thot hc
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12

requisite number of signers and :. tu further determine whether or not those who have signed are qualified voters. It is my opinion that none eX- cept qualified voters are eligible to sign any. initiative petition, and that the qualification of voters who sign these petitions must be determined by the existing law at the time the petition was signed. In other words, it is my opinion that those persons are qualified electors who may, by conI- plying with the law, be eligible to vote at the election when these measures are voted upon and for the purpose of determining this fact you need go no further than to ascertain if the pe- titions are properly drawn, signed and presented as required by the con stitutjc il.
 1h1", I believe. answers the ques- tions propounded to me by you.
 Yours very truly,
 LEWIS T. CARPENTER.
 Assistant Attorney General.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-07-12

could not pay the warrants out of any funds except those upon which the warrants were expressly drawn. He could, however, register the warrants on the general fund so they may draw the five per cent interest, and also register the warrants in the state road fund if they were present ed prior to June 30 tn, 1912, so they could draw the interest to which they were entitled. But warrants on the road fund for the current fiscal year, which began July I, Should not be registered or endorsed, as it cannot be known what money will be collect ed for their liquidation. A mandate in accordance with the view of the cO"~t vas therefore issued.