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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
HIS TOBACCO SAVED
 HUNTER FROM DEATH

The following good story comes
 from Spokane, Wash. As a safeguard
 against attacks from angry bears, L.
 R. Chase, a veteran trapper and hunt
 CT of Coolin, Idaho, enthusiastically recommends tobacco, judiciously dis
 trlbuted in the different pockets of ones wearing apparel. In support of his contention he relates a remark able escape from being mangled by an infuriated cinnamon in the forest re- serve near Coolin few weeks ago.
 Il was engaged with a number of others constructing trails in the for est reserve near Coolin and one morn ing l left my heavy revolver, which 1 carried suspended from a belt, in camp" said MT. Chase. During the afternoon 1 was following a game path up the mountain side, and at point where the trail made an abrupt turn around an immense fallen tree I collided with a big cinnamon coming down the trail at full speed, evidently having been badly frightened by one of my companions, who was working further up the slope.
 "The bear struck me in the Dit of the stomach with his head, hurling me into the undergrowth and knock ing the breath out of me. Before I could recover and get out of his reach he grabbed my thigh and shut down on It with all the force of his power ful jaws. began to realize that I was in serious danger and tried to get my hand into my back pocket where l had small 32-calibre revol- Yer, but the bear had me on my back his weight resting across my hips. and I could not raise myself far enough off the ground to reach the gun.
 "The animals teeth were setting deeper into my thigh all the time and l had about given myself up when he suddenly released his hold,set back on his launches, and began to stran- gle and droll, like a dog with a bone in his throat. He continued the per formance for a few seconds, then rose to his feet and started up the noun tain as fast as he could get away, | making even peter progress than he had coming down.
 "I was puzzled to know what had caused him to release his hold on me, but when I began examining my wounds I discovered that a half plug of chewing tobacco in my pocket had been ground to a pulp by the bears teeth and, have gotten into his mouth, made him sick, causing him to let me go.
 Hereafter when I go into the woods am going to discard my firearms and carry my pockets full of chewin'."
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

Tucson also has an interest in the project.
 Col. Randolph has engineers now at work to show clearly, as it must be shown, whether or not it is worth while for capital to make the great venture. He said in Tucson Saturday that he would be ready in four months perhaps less-either to go ahead or to give the matter up.
 Ralph H. Cameron has furnished the rights he has held almost since a boy near the famous El Tovar hotel on the Hermit Rim road. Col. Ran dolph furnishes the engineering and judgment; Ives the legal skill neces- sary to steer so gigantic an under taking.
 Tt is my guess that it can be done and done profitably," said Col. Ran dolph q am in a position by reason of my engineering knowledge to make a better guess than the majority of the people, and we must know.
 "The plan is to develop a very large amount of energy and sell to the pub lie service corporations at very much lower figure than they are able to make it themselves and in addition to sell to landowners throughout the state, not using power, at a price at which they can afford to pump water and to cultivate profitably lands which are now desert"
 The character of the men interested is a guarantee that the proposal to build a dam in the mightiest of chasms is at last being seriously con- sidered.
 Col Epes Randolph is president of the Southern Pacific of Mexico and of the Arizona Eastern. Ives is acknowl- edged to be one of the shrewdest and most capable lawyers in the state. MT. Cameron was territorial representative in congress for Arizona.
 So tremendous are the terms that must be used to describe the building of such dam and the volume of en- ergy that would be generated that it sounds like fairy tale. The imagina- tion may be trusted to picture the capital required to build it and to con struct electric power lines hundreds Of poi1oc ouar tho state
 It is the waters of the Colorado river at the bottom of the canyon, mile rom the surface of the plateau, that it is proposed to harness. At the top in many places, the canyon is more than 15 miles wide, but at the bottom where the stream flows, it is yer! narrow.
 Dwarfed by such prodigious noun tain shores, which rise immediately from the water at an angle that woult deny footing to a mountain sheep, I is not easy to estimate confidently the width and volume of the river Choked by the stubborn granite al this point, it's width is probably be tween 25O and 300 feet. Its veloclt7 is 15O miles an hour and it's volume and turmoil equal the Whirlpool Rar ids of Niagara. Its rise in time O heavy rains is rapid and appalling. to' the walls shed almost instantly all ths
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
COLORED BAPT|STS ID
 SERVE TURKEY SUPPER
(From Tuesdays Examiner

There will be turkey supper given at the Colored Baptist church (second door from the Moore blacksmith shop, on Main street south of third). Din her will be served from D. m. to nearly midnight, Christmas eve, De cember "A, and no one should miss a splendid treat. The proceeds will be used toward buying a lot on which to build a church.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
MISS ANITA POST
 PAYS HOLIDAY VISIT

Miss Anita Post, teacher of Spanish at the Universary of Arizona is visit ing her parents.
 Miss Post stated to the EXamnier that this would be her last visit at home until the end of the school when he expects to take a trip abroad in Southern Europe, where she will study the French and Spanish languages in order to be better fitted for her work at the University.
 Miss Post expects to leave about June IT.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.-Records which it is declared upset all the theo- ries of government experts regarding the origin of the Navajo Indians and show a complete diary of the leading events in the life of that tribe for over 1900 years, are on the way from Ari- zona to the University of Pennsylva- mia museum according to an announce ment made here.
 The discovery was due to children of Shewank, present chief of the Nav aios, who persuaded their father to allow the records to be made public for the benefit of science, the an- nouncenlent states.
 Anemone Shewank, a graduate of the Indian school at Carlisle is now in Philadelphia arranging with Prof. G. B. Gordon, of the University mu- scum, for the compilation and trans lation of the records.
 Kept in Prehistoric Structures
 Her brother, to whom the leader ship of her tribe will descend, upon the death of her father, is also a grad uate of an Eastern university. Their knowledge of the futile attempts made by ethnologists to trace the origin of the American Indian acquired in the white mans school, it is said, prompt ed them to intercede with their peo- pie for the publication of the Maya
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
COMMERCIAL CLUB
 NOM|NATES DIRECTORS
(FrOm Tuesdays Examiner)

The Nominating Committee of the Commercial club has reported list of names for directors to be voted on at the next regular meeting as follows:
 J, Homer Smith, A. l. .Verdugo, N. s. Parks, Emil c. Eger, Clarence A. Lindeman, George Michelsen, G. c. Dunn, Paul Moretti, J. H. Westover, J. R. Kerr, James Garvin, E. s. Kirk patrick, A. Ketcherside and Walter MOser.
 Of this number seven are to be elected directors for the coming year The election will take place on Jan- uary 30 and the new board will re- sume office on February 6.
 Undoubtedly a splendid board will be elected from the good lists of nominations.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
SOLVE ORIGIN OF THE NAVAJOS;
 DIARY IF TRIBE FOUND ON STONE

jo records, which have been secretly preserved in prehistoric structures in the West for generations.
 The records are carved on stone, burned on bark, molded in pottery and drawn on skins and parchment with human blood, Indian inks, and in charcoal
 Key Long Sought By Scientists
 One of the remarkable features of the records is the reference to three distinct races on the continent of North America a thousand years or more ago. These people, according to the characters with which +No- perpetuated, were of entirely differ ent blood and antecedents, and their customs and habits of life were at as great variance. Just who these three peoples were, and their possible origin. is expected to be disclosed by the experts who are to examine the records.
 Members of the tribe knew of the existence of the long chain of history but realized neither it's importance or its extent, It was said Several expe- ditions were unable to find even 2 key to the peculiar characters which served them in lieu of written Ian guage and returned with Onlv. scription of their habits and customs. but little in regard to their antece- dents or history.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
WILSON GOES EASY ON
 PEACE ON EARTH' GAG

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 22.- Although one convict gets a Christmas present in the way of a release today, President Wilson announces that ht will grant no pardon simply because 1t is a season of Peace on earth good will toward man."
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
B|G PROJECT STARTED TO SECURE
 ELECTRIC POWER FUR ARIZONA

water that falls on them. Drift is lodged in the crevices 30 feet over head
 Issuing as from a mountain side, it slides with oily smoothness for a space and suddenly breaks into violent waves that comb back against the cur rent. The river is laden with drift
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

The commercial practicability of furnishing cheap power to all Arizona from a dam in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado will be known in four months to Colonel Epes Randolph, as sociated with Ralph H. Cameron, who has held rights for years, says the Ari zona Democrat. Eugene s. Ives, of
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
THE ORIGIN OF
 THE NAME 'AR|zONA'
ORIGIN OF THE WORD ARIZONA

ORIGIN OF THE WORD ARIZONA
 The controversy over the origin of the name Arizona" now being waged makes interesting the story J. George Hilizinger had to tell about it in his Treasure Land" published in 1897.
 When Shakespeare insinuated that there was very little in a name, he had no phophetic vision of the time when the commercial world would regard a name as one of the most important matters to be con sidered. Any person who wishes to advertise a new nostrum or sell city lots in the wilderness, hunts up a name that will attract purchasers either by reason of it's beauty or it's inexplicability. Sometimes the name means something and sometimes it is merely a seductive combination of syllables.
 "We do not know how to classify the name Arizona" It certainly is not of Spanish origin and our Indian scholars cannot agree upon any part of it. It was originally applied to a place a short distance south of the boundary line, and was then Arizon- ac' The Hon. Sam Hughes claims that it is derived from two Indian words 'Ari' and Zonac,' Gas nearly IS they can be expressed in English letters), meaning the place of mas sacre or chastisement, the inference being that the Indians had a tradi- ton to the effect that they were pun ished somewhere in that section.
 There is nothing unreasonable in this explanation, but as some of our readers may not be willing to accept it on account of it being con- monplace, we offer them the follow ing romantic legend:
 The Sun-BeIoved Maiden
 There is an Aztec tradition that the earth is born of the sky, which, with certain scientific explanations, accords with the nebular theory, and shows us that the Aztecs could make as shrewd a guess on cosmologicaI matters as some of our own astron- omers. There were giants in those days, of course, but they did not find their environment satisfactory and died off, leaving the sky-born world uninhabited.
 After a while it happened that a the thirteen great deities, fell into a decline (probably brought on by high living), and the court physi- clan recommended that she be sent to the Santa Cruz valley, where the climate was so excellent that it was able to revive the gods.
 His advice was followed and the virgin was the sole inhabitant of the earth until one night, while in a deep sleep, a drop of dew fell upon her, and she bore two children, a son and a daughter, from whom have sprung all the dwellers upon earth.
 'The name of the virgin was Ari- zunna, and the locality she honored with her earthly residence was near Tucson. The exact spot is not defin- ;tely known, but this uncertainty en- ables all who visit here to make their own choice, which none can dispute.
 Naturally enough, the place where the present race of men orig mated was called after the mother of all, but as generations passed the or iginal spelling was lost and the pro- modified.
 "The meaning of Arizunna' as giv- en in the ancient record from which we have complied the above was is the sun-beloved maiden,' and this is what the modern Arizona should mean anyway.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
THE SELLEW FAMILY
 HOME FROM SAN DIEGO
(From Yuma EXaminer)

Sibley and Kirk Sellew, accompan- jed by Mrs. Sellew arrived on Saturday nights train from Imperial They came by Automobile to Imperial from San Diego and had splendid trip.
 MT. Sellew went over to meet them. The auto was sent over from Imperial by freight, this was done to avoid the sand in the Mammoth wash. MT. Sel- lew went by automobile through the wash expecting to meet them which which he failed to do until Fl Centro was reached. Then they all took the train.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

The average young lady thinks it is perfectly awful if there isn't bath tub in the house. Her mother used to splash around in the family wash-tub after the men folks went to bed,
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

It is told in history that the maids of ancient Sparta wore their gowns slit to the hips. Now you know the origin of the expression Sparatan cour- age-tbe courage required to peep at one of the danes when she went out walking.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
DON'T FORGET THE
 BIG REBEKAH BALL!
(From Yuma EXaminer) Come one, come all.

Come one, come all
 The date is December 29th.
 Give fifty cents and dance to your hearts content Music by the Re bekah five-piece orchestra. Refresh ments to suit the most fastidious.
 Buy a ticket NOW or pay the price at the door. 79-tf
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25
(huge tree trunks), which it losses likes chips in it's terrible play.
MAJOR LA DUE |S NEW
 CHIEF OF ENGINEERS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec 22.-| Major Wm. B. LaDue, new chief of the corps of engineers for Jacksonville district, assumed office today.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-12-25

Ruv Magazines at Shorey's.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
GEO. IT.. CLARK FOR CIRCUIT
 JUDGE.

The Log Cabin Democrat takes much pleasure today in presenting the formal announcement of Hon. Geo. w. Clark of Faulkner county as a candi- date for judge of the Seventeenth ju- dicial circuit of Arkansas. subject to the Democratic primary to be held the last Wednesday in March
 MT Clark is peculiarly product of this judicial district, being native of Lonoke county. one of the compon ents of the circuit, and having lived since early manhood in Faulkner county Even more closely identify ing him with the district is the fact that he served as it's prosecuting at torney for four years.
 He is a man of strong legal attain ments and fine personality. Begin ming the practice of law in 1894, he has become one of the most successful state. He was a member of the leg islature from Faulkner county in the session of 1899 and was reelected in 1901. During this service he was a member of the committee which draft ed the act creating the railroad com mission and was the author of one of the first fellow-servant bills, his meas ure passing the house but being de feated in the senate. Later practical the same bill became law.
 In 1908 he was nominated for prose cutting attorney of the district, receiv- ing more than double the vote of his nearest competitor. He was reelected in 1910 and retired without seeking reelection at the end of his second term. His record in this position con stitutes one of the best reasons why he should be promoted to the office he now seeks.
 Since its formation in 1873 Faulk ner county has never had the honor o1 supplying a circuit judge and there has never been but one candidate fol the position from this county. With the exception of Arkansas county, ev cry other county in the present judi l cial circuit has elected judge since ! the district was organized.
 ! As was indicated by the action oi the Faulkner County Democratic Cen itral Committee in unanimously en
 dorsing him for the position, MT Clark will go into the race with thu united support of the Democracy O
 his home county, and his friends herr believe he will receive the nomination 1 by large majority.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
School of Character.

Ian Maclaren makes Dr. Mcclure the village Doctor of Drumtochty. thui sum up the results of his observa ton:
 Ave watched the glen for mony . year, an the maist hertsome fcheer ing) sight a hae seen is the makin O men an weemen. They're juisi shochtless bairns to begin VT, as ws were oorsels. but they're no dune vi achule after they leave Domsie (th< schoolmaster). Wark comes first and fechtin (nshting) ava vi DOT caIld land, and wringing eneucl (enough) oot o't to pay for rent and Twin pits omsddum tputs grit ol so'ric into . man. Syne fafterwardsl comes iuve tae maist o's, an teache, some selfish shallow eratur to play .he man for a woman's sake; an lais comes sorrow that gars (makes) thu loudest o's tae hand (hold} his peace Tt's lang schulin, but it has done it wark well"-"Beside the Bonnie Briel Bush
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
MAYFLOWER.

Health is very good here at present
 Our school is doing nicely.
 Miss Ola Carter has returned, after two weeks visit at Conway.
 Mrs. Gentry and Harrison Boyds ton of near Chadwick visited relatives here Tuesday.
 Dr. Summers made business triI to Leslie. Ark, last week
 Miss Etta Merriman of Conway wis tied her sister, Mrs. Summers of this place, last week.
 The young folks enjoyed an enter tainment at j. O. Naylor's Thursday light
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
EASY TO BECOME CITIZEN
Now Fereian-sorn Woman. Married
 or Single, May es NaturaIixsd In United States.

A foreisn-born unmarried woman may become . citizen by being natur- aiiyed. To do this she must be twen- .y-one years of age. and have lived live years in this country. one full year of which has been lived in the state in winch she makes her applies ion. Or she can marry a man who Is . citizen, for the wifes citizenship fol lows the husband, and she continues 10 retain her citizenship If she con tinues to reside In the United States unlesa she renounees the sovereignt, of the United States
 4 foreign-born woman living in the United States whose husband is a fer eigner. who refuses to become natur sliked. cannot b>come . citizen unless separated from him by divorce o, aeath.
 A nstive-born woman who marries . foreigner losses her citizenship dur. ing the time of the married relation. but upon the death of her husband. O, divorce from him. she may resume her citizenship by registering. within ons year. with the American consul in the country of her residence a declara ton that she desires to do SO: or she may resume il by returning to the United Stares to reside.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
HAS NEW THEORY 1N GOu!
6minsns Man Declares That the Harm of Meat Eating Has Been Over
 estimated.

As for the calamities and disaste1 ~hich have been so luridly depicted as following in the train of meat eating uric acid and all it's brood; rheums- tim, gout and kidney disease-they may be dismissed with the statement, hrst of all. that meat has little to do with the production of uric acid in ex cess. Several 'blameless" vegetable products. such as beans. lentils. coffee and tea. contain more uric acid mak- CTS than meat. Second. that uric acid b not s cause of gout, but a symptom Of various forms of chronic local in lection. Third, that both rheumatisp, and Bright's disease have little or nothing 10 do with meat. CT with any other kind of food or form Of diet, ex- eept insofar as these may increase or decrease the general resisting pow CT of the organism, but are the results ot infections. Rheumatism probabl. from specific germ: Bright's disease from any one Of a score of the germa or toxins of our coramoner infections such as scarlet fever, typhoid. dyseA tery, pnemoria. or even common colds snd sore throats. In fact, most of ou, chronic rheumatic patients are greatly improved by being taken of their ex purgated diet list and given plenty of roast beef in combination with other nutritious and digestible foods. And patients with Bright's disease usually do best in the long run on a liberal and varied diet containing consider able amounts of meat.-Dr Woods Hutchinson, in Good Housekeeping Magazine
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
Never Heard of Great Elnanel.r.

A member of the Morgan family ia New York has received letter from an old lady of ninety living in the heart of New England and asking for some particulars abou. J. Pierpont Morgan. MT. Junius Morgan-father of the late financier-she knew wei and had often been in his house. bu she can find nothing about the son and would be grateful for particulars Inc old lady says: T take a semi weekly Hartford paper, a dollsr-a- year paper, but can not find anything about it. Please tell me about it ii yon can. Did he ever marry any one It is all such a mystery to me-" And yet there are still those who pursue same's feeting phantom.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The young ladies 0f the arf department Of Central S0Is lefe will hold an exhibiti0n and sale at the College toe m0rrOM at 4p. m. DraWin6o appropriate for Xmas 6ifts will be on sale. The public is jnvitee.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

D. F. Gibson has his new barn about completed. John Mitchell and Will Samson went to Plumerville Sunday. Jim Mosley was here Tuesday. L. NJ. Webb visited his sister, Mrs.
 Pauline Mitchell, Sunday and Mon-
 day.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The cost is low compared with the benefits. Missouri State Life policies are free from restrictions and techni- calities. Ask us about it.
 J. n. DUNAWAY,
 General Agent, Conway, Ark.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12
INCOME INSURANCE.

A good Christmas present for your wife would be a monthly income life insurance policy. It would keep your salary coming every month for the next 20 years, in case of your death.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The Log Cabin Democrat Is authorized to announce C. R. ELLIOTT of &e~ton Town chip as a candidate fer Tax Assessor of Tranlkner County. subject to the action of the Democratic party.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The Leg Cabin Democrat is authorized tt announce R. C. CAMPBELL of Newton township as candidate for Treasurer O Faulkner county subject to the action of thu Democratic party.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The Log Cabin Democrat h authorized to announce GEORGE M. CORNELL of New. ton township a . candidate for a second term as Representative of Faulkner county.
 .ubject to the action of the Democratic party.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The Log Cabin Democrat is nusborized to announce J. $. JOHNSON Of Cadton town ship as s candidate for Circuit Ciafk and Re corde- of Faulkner county. subject iU the ae- tion of the Democratic party.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-12-12

The Log Cabin Democrat is authorized to announce CLEVELAND R. BERRY of Cad ron township as candidate for Treasurer of Faulkner county, subject to the action os ths Democratic party.