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Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

wished to escape. Well, he did not
escape, but walked away, and be-
fore he had gone many miles was
well armed, for the purpose of kill
ing anyone who attempted to cap
ture him. He never was captured
but was killed by two citizens at
whom he had taken five shots before
he was disabled.
Is it quite fair that the citizens of
this state should be compelled to
take lie in order to protect society
against escaped murderers, when
the law provides means for their
retention or execution. This man
was sentenced to the penitentiary,
yet when given the opportunity he
tried to take more human lives anC
had to be killed to pervent it. AnC
those who were compelled to xii
this man don't feel good about it
either.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
ASHURSTS ROW WITH
FISHER

According to a Washington dispatch
Sen. Ashurst, of Arizona, who got
into a hot verbal encounter with Sen
ator Bailey Of Texas, in the senate
the other day, and was invited by
the Texan to reply outside" is find
ing the life of the new senator not
lacking in variety. In addition to
his collision with Bailey, Senator
Ashurst, since the new year opened.
has got tangled up in a wordy duel
with Secretary of the Interior Fisher.
The first reports were that the
cabinet finister threw the senator out
of his office. but consideration of
the. physique of the two officials in
volved showed the improbabiity of
this. What really happened was a
verbal encounter, at close range. in
which certain opinions of highly
personal sort were exchanged. The
trouble was over a decision of the
department under the Arizona min
ing laws. Senator Ashurst called to
protest. As he warmed to his SUBJ
ject, he turned loose a whole flood of
adjectives against the unfortunate
opinion. Secretary Fisher, who is
somewhat of a linguist, retorted in
kind. The row wound up in Senator
Ashurst asking Fisher If he had
ever tried a mining case and by the
secretary inviting the senator to go
to climate even warmer than that
of Washington in midsummer.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
AREAS BELOW SEA LEVEL

All the continents, with the pos
sible exception of South America
contain areas Of dry land which are
below sea level.
In North America, according to
the United States Geographical Sur
vey, the lowest point is in Death
Valley, California, 276 feet below
sea level; but this is slight depres-
sion compared with the basin of the
Dead Sea, in Palestine, Asia, where
the lowest dry land is 1890 feet be-
low sea level. In Africa the lowest
point is in the Sahara Desert about
los feet below sea level, but the Sa-
hara as a whole is not below sea level,
although until recently the greater
part was thought to be. In Europe
the lowest point known is on the
shores of the Caspian Sea, sc feet be-
low sea level. In Australia the low
est point is at Lake Torrens, about
25 feet below sea level.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
LARGE COAL MINE

There are 735 coal mines in the
United States which are producing
more than 100000 short tons of coal
each annually. In 1911, according
to a statement by Edward w. Park
er, the coal statistcian of the United
States Geological Survey, 269 bitum-
inous mines and 16S anthracite mines
in Pennsylvania produced in excess of
this amount. The average produc-
tion of these Pennsylvania bitumln-
Gus mines was 321, ,773 tons and of
the anthracite mines 444, ,697 tons.
The largest anthracite mine had a
production of 1,02Q, ,420 long tons
u, ,l42.8 $40 short tons). The largest
bituminous production from the mine
(aPennsylvania operation)was l, 1856,
483 short tons. Thirty anthracite
mines produced over half million
tons each. Illinois was second to
Pennsylvania in large mines, having
SO mines which produced more than
200, 900 tons; West Virginia was third
with SO; and Ohio fourth, with 3S.
The total production of these 735
first class mines was 253, ,459. .639 tons,
or SIT per cent of the total produc-
ton of the country.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
The Mormon Temple

Last summer moving picture
man from the east succeeded in get
ting into the Salt Lake temple
through a caretaker and photo
graphed a number of the rooms.
This man attempted to get money
from the church to withhold his
pictures from the public. President
Joseph F. Smith wrote him that the
church did not buy stolen property,
nor patronize a thief. Then Presi-
dent Smith had the temple photo
graphed and the interior of every
room. These photographs are pub
lished in book written by DR.. J.
r. Talmage, one of the greatest
scientiest of the world, entitled
THE House of the Lord" each pic
ture being fully described. The
work takes up every temple from
Solomon's down to the Salt Lake
temple. The work is interesting
from begi9ning to end. 1t gives
forty-six fine eaeraviHss th,st ere
intensely interesting. The work
covers from King Solomon to Joseph
F, Smith, and is for sale by John
Rilby, agent for all church works,
at y 80 each. Orders may be left
at The GUARDIAN Office. AdVlt
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

If the Standard Oil Co. cared to
test the matter, we doubt if the ac-
ton of the council wherein it revoked
the permit granted to erect tanks and
buildings. would stand the test. If
it would, the council would have the
power to prevent the handling of all
kinds Of explosives and oils within
the town limits. But we understand
that no test will be made as the
company has expended but very
little so far and they say they can
handle their business just as well
from Thatcher or Pima as from SAT-
ford, and both these towns are anxi:
ous to have the company locate
there
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
cHIRoPRAcToR
Rodsyick williams
cHlRoPRAcTOR
Stafford, Arizona
ASHURST VS.. BAILEY
From the International:

From the international:
After all is said pro and con thai
can be said concerning the resigna
ton of Senator Bailev from the
United States senate, and the causes
which led up to it, but one conclu'
sion can be made, and that is he
was virtually compelled to retire
under the stress of public opinion.
which had listed him justly with that
class of 81 called statemen who fail
to catch the spirit of the times and
keep their skirts clear of corporation
entanglements.
That Bailey was mixed up in COM
promising and suspicious positions
with the Standard Oil Company.
there can be no doubt. That he
borrowed money from that COM
pany, which was afterward given to
him and listed on the company's
books as legal fees, was proven.
That he refused to surrender his
connection with the Pierce Waters
Company as legal advisor. and argued
that he could properly continue as
a representative Of the people in the
senate without relinquishing his
hold on the Golfers of the oil com.
pany, is a matter of general know
ledge. And it all meant that Bailey
had but two alternatives, withdraw
ing from the senate voluntarily or
waiting until the people of his state
set him aside. This made his with
drawal equivalent to that of For
aker. and leaves him little less
ground to stand on in the way of
justification than Lorimer had. And
there is little doubt that the future
history will place him beside the
coterie of senator's who failed to
meet the standard required of rep
resentatives to make this truly a
government Of, for and by the peo-
pie.
Service of the kind rendered by
Bailey will suit such democrats as
the Ell Paso Times. and some few
others. who are yet in the breakers
which have logged the ship of state
toward dangerous shoals. but the
great mass of American people can
not afford to wait on such people,
democrats or republicans, when the
actual conditions are for a re-
turn to pure and undefled democ-
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

rscy and the establishment of a
government which means prosperity
and happiness for the masses by a
control of the interests.
Little else could be expected of a
man of the Bailey stripe than the
speech of which he delivered himself
as he was compelled to lay down the
senatorial toga. His attack on the
reform principles of the democratic
party, was only in accord with his
pronounced monopolistic tendencies,
and, therefore, not surprise to the
people Of the country. Its influence
will be meager, as the people under
stand the underlying cause of his
invectives.
The international cannot help, in
this connection, contrasting the
speech of Arizona's able Senator
Ashurst. made in answer to that of
Senator Bailey, on the floor of the
senate. For pure dictum, logic, elo-
quence and inspiration, nothing equal
to the speech of Senator Ashurs.
has been delivered in the United
States senate for many a day He
showed wherein the Texas senator
miscomprehended the temper of the
democracy of the nation; wherein
he misdirected the attention Of the
people in an effort to justify his own
questionable course as a public ser
want, and fairly burned the Texan
up with eloquent argument on the
topics introduced in the senate on
that recent eventful day. Every
democrat In Arizona should read
the speech Of Senator Ashurst. 1t
appears in full in the Congressional
Record of January 2.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

troubled with constipation. and have
tried many remedies, all of which
seemed to cause pain without giving
much relief. | finally tried DIR. Miles
Laxative Tablets and found them ex-
cellent. Their action is ples SAINT and
mild, and their chocolate taste makes
them easy to take. ] am more than
glad to recommend them
"Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean" is the advice of all
physicians, because they realize the
danger resulting from habitual con-
stipation. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are a
new remedy for this old complaint,
and a great Improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
will convince you.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at IS cents
a box containing rs doses. If not
found satisfactory after trial, re-
turn the box to your druggist and
he will return your money.
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIkhart, Ind.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

The gold-mining industry Of the
United States was generally normal
in 1912, according to H. D. Nc
Csskey, of United States Geological
Survey, but early figures indicate
the smallest production SINGS 1907,
when the output was 800, ,435, 100. In
1908 the output increased to $94,-
$4,000, in 1909 to $s9,673,4OO, in
1910 IT dropped to sg6,2S9, 100; in
1911 it increased slightly to sos, $780,
900, but in 1912 it decreased to
$9l, 1886, l68, according to preliminary
estimates Of the Bureau of the Mint
and the Geological Survey.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
Frightful Polar Winds

blow with terrific force at the far
north and play havoc with the skin
causing red rough or sore chappe1
hands and lips, that need Bucklen's
Arnica Salve to heal them. 1t makes
the skin soft and smooth. Un-
rivaled for cold.sores, also burns,
boils, sores. ulcers, cuts, bruises and
piles. Only 25 cents at Stafford
Drug Co., Stafford Arizona. 46-5t
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
Save Your Property

The many valuable buildings that
have been destroyed by fire in
Stafford could have been saved if we
had had water works. Subscribe
for mountain water and do away
with fire danger and reduce your
rate Of insurance, The loss recently
sustained by Geo. II. Birdao, when
his residence and all it's contents,
was burned, would have paid the
cost of mountain water for more
than 200 years. Don't fail to have
mountain water. Adv.lt
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

| NNA TAS ~Ay$StANASA>~
The question of capital punish.
ment has been discussed for the last
hundred years by the greatest minds
in the world, and it will 20 on for
another century without being solved
to the satisfaction Of a majority OF
the people in the world. 1t Is q de-
batable question with convincing
arguments on both sides. We all
realize it is terrible thing to take
human life; many question the right
to deprive a human being Of his
life, but on the other hand, what
are we to do with men who murder
innocent women and children. The
fact that such characters. after be-
ing imprisoned, rarely ever serve
out long sentence, some only very
short terms, so the question comes
home to us all, what are we to do
with such characters? We confess
we are at sea when confronted with
this tremendous problem. 1t does
not seem just right for the state to
deprive a man of his life, yet how
can society be protected from men
who have a mania to kill?-Arizona
Democrat.
We are very much surprised that
Brother Dunbar is at sea on the
above problem. When a man COM
mits deliberate murder, why should
he live to again commit the same
heinous crime?
1t is a serious matter for the state
to take human life, but it is more
serious for the state to turn loose
upon society a hardened criminal,
who will murder again on the slight
est provocation. 1t might be diff
ferent if the murderer. sentenced
for life, knew that he must end his
life in the penitentiary. but the fact
is that most of them are turned
loose in comparatively short time.
The fact is that the notoriety
given to criminals who have COM
mitted deliberate murder makes
heros of them. and makes fools of
large numbers of people, law abid.
ing but misguided by the notoriety
given the criminal.
Let those who believe that capital
punishment should be abolished have |
the same thing occur to their family |
as that which occurred at the Roose-
welt dam few years ago, when that
brute, Baldwin, ravished Mrs. Nor
ris. then crushed her head with a
boulder and followed up this fendsh
crime by crushing the head of her
innocent little daughter. Is there
a human being who will say that
such a wretch as this should be
permitted to live, with a chance of
such a dastardly crime?
Or the murder at Tutte's station!
Where two innofensive men were
for their ponies and what
little money they had! What dis
gusts the people is the fact that this
class of murderers are paraded over
the state before place can be found
where the government can execute
such criminals. The only reason
that can be given for not executing
them is the fact that human life
should not be taken. But this should
apply to the murderer first, then
there would be no reason for the
state to step in and either execute
Or extend sympathy to the man who
deliberately plans the destruction of
MS fellow man.
The folly Of giving to murderers
clemency was clearly prov
en- in the case of Gutierrez, a mur.
lerer, who was placed in the road
yang near Globe. He was placed ,
IN his honor, and there were no ,
means Of stopping him in case he}S
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH

The Woman's Home Missionary
Society sf the NJ. E Church, South
will meet at the passQnage every
second and fourth Wednesday oil
each month at 2:30 p. m.
Rev. BARKER NoRTHRUP,
Pastor:
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

Cut the old cottonwoods down
and plant new trees. We take con-
tracts for this work; also blowing
and arranging new yards. See By.
Smith. 3a-tf
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
"Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean"

There are many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diff
Guilty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
Overland Auto For Sale

One 40 horse power overland au-
tomobile for sale. Good condition.
Will sell dirt cheap for cash. See
Young REALTY Co.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

:
does not perform
b y force W h a t
should be accom-
plished by persua-
sion is DR.. Miles
Laxative Tablets.
After using them,
Mr.. N. 4. WadicU
3I5 Washing gton
ST, Waco, Tex,
says:
almost all my
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

The parcel post is great conven-
fence. Of which people are rapidly
taking advantage.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17
For Rent

Four room houses all with water
in them also front and back porches.
41tf B. r. FOSTER.
Graham guardian., 1913-01-17

Burial caskets carried in stock by
The Gila Valley Furniture and Hard
ware StOre. If
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
As To Ben Davis.

Burlington Hawkeye:-The Ben
Davis apple has suffered more filings
and slurs at the hands of the news
paper photographers than it de-
serves. While the Ben Davis does
not rank high in the list of desirable
apples, it is a really useful fruit
hardy, and helps to steady the mar
ket from excessive prices. The Bur
lington road is going to start out
on an apple special this fall to teach
the farmers how to pick and pack
apples. Where upon the Marshall
town Times-Republican pertly sug-
gests that IF it will kindly overlook
the Ben Davis it will confer a real
favor on a long suffering apple con-
Stunning public There are house
keepers who value the Ben Davis as
a serviceable cooking apple. 1t has
its place in the domestic economy
Withdraw the big Ben Davis and
apples will cost more.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
Making Roads Patriotic Labor.

Man must use his whips and
goads driving Ger the rutty roads,
he must often push the wagon and
assist the horse or mule; and he
rears and jerks the lines, and he
quickly undermines all the healthy
moral lessons that he learned at
Sunday school. And his wagon oft
gets stuck in the gumbo or the muck
and a man can hear him praying
seven verses or so away; and he
dances and he rants, swearing by
his sacred aunts that an hour on
such a highway turned his golden
ringlets gray. This fool things
been going on ever since the ma
tons dawn, and it's really only
lately that the farmer took his tools
and got busy making roads, singing
merry little odes, as he pushed the
shining scraper and the swaybacked
sorrel mules. Now Ger all the
western lands there are joyous toll
ing bands blasting up the blasted
gumbo, filling up the ruts and holes;
and the farmer views the sight with
a spasm of delight, and he's glad
that he is living, and he whoops and
caracoles. And all cheerily he
tracks into town to pay his tax, for
there's fun in paying taxes when the
moneys wisely spent; though this
thing of building roads OF our
wealth takes mighty loads, no one
who is patriotic will begrudge a
blooming cent.-West Mason.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22

boX-scores, and you old newspaper
men know what telegraphing a box
score means,-the big chance of
confusion in wiring the players
names and the string of six separate
figures after each one, and then the
summary of the game. 1t isn't like
wiring a Supreme Court decision
either; you haven't got all night to
do it. The news editor will stand
for hold-over once in while, but
there is nothing doing in hold-overs
with the sporting editor nor with
the fans. Now if you recall how
many mistakes you have noticed in
all the thousands of box-scores you
have read, you will have good rec
ord for the service"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
A Successful Year.

In conversation with Kornmeyer
Bros. the other day they informed
us that their years work is practi-
cally finished, and that it has been
the most successful since they start
ed business. 1t will be remember
ed that the past year they practi-
cally rebuilt their plant, greatly en-
larging its capacity, but they an
ticipate immediate additional ex-
penditure of upwards of $4,000 in
increasing still more their capacity,
so as to give them drying racks that
i'll hold 100000 brick. They did
not get the plant into operation this
year until the first of June, but they
have made and sold over 100000
bricks, and next year they expect to
increase the capacity by at least
one-half These brick are all sold
in this corner of the state, used for
it's improvement. Still greater sue
cess to this growing institution is
the wish of everyone in DEBORAH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
Rams definition.

We are in receipt of the follow
ing communication: Please give
the origin and meaning of the popu-
lar expression, Tied to his moth
er's apron strings" This is an an
cient term of reproach, designed to
separate pimply youths with peaked
heads from their last vestige or
self-restraint and self-respect. The
judicious employment of this phrase
will convert fairly decent boy into
a loud mouthed staggering tough,
with the vocabulary of longshore-
man and the refined tastes OF
wharf rat. The preliminary SYM
toms are an ability to absorb more
fine cut than a two story cuspidor
and a lying tongue which would
make old Ananias resemble a chro-
mo of Truth Crushed to Earth.
When a boy begins to call his faith
er, 1.-The old man." put in GOOD
share of the night trying TO fill an
in side straight, lay up against
half pint in some convenient alley,
and crawl into the haymow at a.
m.,. from the last dance with SIX
ply headache, the chances are 10 TO
| that someone has accused him )f
being tied to his mothers apron
strings. The boy who allows him.
self to be laughed or sneered into
cheap imitation of four-carat sport
is a pretty weak sister. We notice
that the boy who is tied to his
mothers apron strings usually can {
tell aces from cowpea hay, but when
there are 40 applicants for good
job in the community you can count
on him being tagged No. How
ard l.. Ram in Kimball's Dairy
Farmer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
Baseball Draws 10000, 900 People.

In the American Magazine, in the
department called "'The Interpre-
ter's House," appears a very inter
esting article about baseball-full
of facts and interesting comment.
The following is an extract:
There are over thirty-five
leagues under the National Commits
sion, with six to eight clubs apiece,
playing an average, possibly, of 100
games to the season. l should say
that means daily attendance on
organized baseball of 10000 to
100000 people. Perhaps the unor-
ganized clubs draw half as many
more. Thirty million a year, at a
minimum! The Giants alone played
to 100000 last season. The World s
Series drew a total of $4,000 for
eight games.
And even those figures don't be-
gin to measure popular interest.
You get better idea when you add
up the amount of newspaper space
and telegraph service that is devot-
ed to baseball every day in the sea-
son. Where is the town that
doesn't get the returns by wire?
Think of the Paragraphs in every
major league city and the crowds
they draw! Almost as many saw
the Worlds Series at the Madison
Square Garden Paragraph as actu-
ally went to the games, all the Gar
den would hold, anyway. Then the
bulletin boards! There is no way
OF estimating how many people daily
watch the newspaper bulletins, but
it is an immense number.
And the extras-every play tele-
graphed in by special wire from the
grounds, and the forms made up
and gotten off the press so fast that
they meet your trolley car half way
downtown. One New York paper
estimated that it sold one hundred
thousand extras daily during the
Worlds Series. One Cleveland pa
per sells a twenty thousand sport
ing edition every day. Every NOR
ming daily of any consequence prints
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-22
More About The Rock Island.

Some head guy has promised
to put the Rock Island branch lines
in Iowa in better condition. He did
this because the railroad commits
sioners got after him for the De-
corah wreck, which killed two peo-
pie. But the investigation" held
by the railroad officials proves that
the engineer was to blame" as he
was running his train too fast on a
stretch of road he did not know
This being the case, why fix the
road bed? The engineer can be
made the goat any time the poor,
little, weak rails bend and the rot
ten ties squash under the weight of
the light locomotives and old wood
en- cars on the Rock Islands branch
lines Nobody should believe that
the Rock Island intends to improve
its roadbed or equipment until after
the work is done.-Manson Demo-
crat