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The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Here's a Book

Experiments in Government and the
Essentials of the Constitution" by
Elihu Root. published By the Prince
ton University Press. Princeton, ". J.
Diagnostic and expository OF present
day deficiencies Of laws and their ad-
ministration, this book BY Ehhu Root
is at once strikingiy convincing and
commanding of respect, no matter how
vitality the personal opinions Of the
reader may differ from the exposition
Of the author.
The old cry that the country Is going
to the dogs fs always voiced BY some
one. but at the present time, when ths
people of the United States have really
seriously entered upon q re-examinatioa
Of their system OF government, there
must really be something to it-asita-
tors have even gone 50 far as to point
out some Of the dogs.
Granted that changes and modinca-
tons are needed, the author pleads
that IN their birth and establishment
no essential feature Of the original
ficed- Necessarily slow Of growth.
moulded in terms which embrace the
needs of the masses without sacrificing
the personal liberties Of the individual.
the basic principles OF our government
have evolved through many centuries.
only stood the test OF time and change.
but which have, become larger and
moro comprehensive with time, be
broken merely in the purpose Of "ap-
parent sxpediency?' Many Of the
suggested changes are away from
something definite, but not toward
something definite.
The consideration of the ultimate re-
sultant forces of the new laws taken
in connection with all existing laws Is
necessary.
The Initiative, Referendum. and Re-
call and the Popular Review of Ju-
diciai Decisions are cures for existing
evils, tentative and experimental. not
necessarily harmful for the correction
Of a fault but threatening and con-
Trajectory when made and tested as
constitutional laws to the basic prin-
ciplcs of that Constitution. Thus,
states the author
He makes one realize that funda-
mental principles upon which laws are
founded are made. not for special cases
or for a number of cases, but to repre-
sent the fnal word or the greatest pos
sible efficiency applicable TO the greatest
possible exigency.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
MIR. ROTHERMEL'S GAS BILLS.

Congressman Rothermel of Pennsylvania has the
right idea about regulating the public utilities OF
this town. He would 60 straight to the point OF
public ownership
To this end Mr. Rothermel has reintroduced his
measure for the valuation condemnation, and taking
over of the Washington and Georgetown Gas prop
critics. Such notifications have been made as
seemed necessary in view of the creation OF the
Public Utilities Commission.
Regulating the price of gas by law of Congress,
or by order of public service commission, or by
either or both of these processes with few years
of court procedure atop il all, is good deal OF
fraud 1t doesn't regulate. The decision at last Is
certain to be compromise. If the gas for Wash
ington could be furnished by the city at ~ cents,
then it can be set down that the town can't do better
than get 6ocent gas from private concern, because
all the doubts and uncertainties will always be
resolved in favor of the corporation.
Washington ought to own its gas plant, as Ricn-
mond does. There is no possible reason why the
water system of town should almost always be
of private corporation.
Mr. Rothermel will perform very real public
service if he will push his public ownership proposal
For the first time there is good chance to pass it
The House District Committee is in control Of the
liberals; the District Commission will not shy at
suggestion of municipal ownership; il will not even
go through the silly palaver about how neces-
sary it is to give a thorough trial to the plan OF
regulation before plunging into the experiment OF
public ownership" The experiment of public owner
ship is no experiment; the anachronism OF private
ownership is what needs to concern US.
The place to start toward public ownership IN
this town is at the gas business 1t has been very
plain that the present gas company has no intention
of conceding anything to the public interest that is
not wrested from it. Two or three years ago 1t
pledged ITSELF when the price of gas was reduced to
IS cents, to effect further reduction as soon as
possible Yet it has made no move to do such a
thing, and the new management has completely
repudiated the promise Of the former officials of
the company The fact is that there will be no
reduction Of the price of gas till it is extorted from
the company The perfectly plain end OF the contest
is public ownership Shall the town give up five
wears to an effort to TRY out regulation through
commission; then five years more to the light
for legislation looking to public ownership; and then
FIVE years more yet to struggle in the courts before
it will get actual possession of the properties under
the public ownership legislation?
Or shall it start the public ownership campaign
right now, and let the Utilities Commission have
some real business TO start with? II does that
the sensible thing would be to pass the public owner
ship measure and waste as little time as possible
with useless preliminaries.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Good Stories
The Point of View.

TIME adjuster Of old wrongs ap-
preached the man Of wealth.
Sir" he said. you have more
money than 1 have-you should
divide with me-"
The man Of wealth received the sug-
gestion with a strong show Of interest.
II think I get the point Of view, he
said, And the man with less wealth
than yourself-will you divide with
him?'
THAT'S his affair."" replied the ad-
iuster coIdly. and stalked away.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

a ESoP relates an old fable as fol-
A slave named Androcles once
escaped from his master and
fled to the forest. AS he was wander
ing about there he came upon lion
lying down and moaning and groaning.
AT first he turned to flee, but finding
that the lion did not pursue him, ne
turned back and went up to him AS ne
came near the lion put out his paw
which was all swollen and bleeding
and Ardrocles found that a huge thorn
had got into II and was causing all the
pain. He pulled out the thorn and
bound up the paw Of Of the ena non, i,cE whfSa iSa
hand OF Androcles like a dog.
Then the lion took Androcles TO mis-
cave and every day used 10 bring MIN
meat on which to live. But shortly
afterward both Androcles and the lion
were captured and the slave was SEN
fenced to be thrown to the lion after
the latter had been kept without food
for several days. The Emperor and all
his court came to see the spectacle. and
Androcles was led out into the middle
of the arena.
Soon the lion was let loose from his
den and rushed bounding and roaring
toward his victim. But as soon as ne
came near Androcles he recognised his
friend and fawned upon him and licked
his hand like a friendly dog. The EN-
peror, surprised at this, summoned An
drocles TO him, who told him the whole
story. Whereupon the slave was par
doned and freed and the lion let loose
to his native forest.
Once upon a time there was human
climber. A human climber is an indi-
vidual who, having ambition plus. tries
10 reach the top Of the ladder. There
are two kinds Of climbers, however.
one kind uses all his own energies at
every step toward the summit, while
the other kind leans on some friend at
every step Of the way. This man was
Of the latter variety.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Hedgeville
Editor
By John 1. Hsbbla

Henry Carpenter says that his new
stenographer has agreed not to tell the
office secrets to more than tnree
The meanest thing that Mr.. Derks
ever said about his wife Is that she
doesn't deserve q better husband
Old Fork says that young men today
are afraid to think for themselves; they
want predigested thought
Mr. Henderson says that when his
wife hears q good story she multiplies
Il by two and then divides It among the
neishbors. -, ..o.s .sss a,s
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
TWO CARS.

A street car. which was possibly
A couple minutes late,
Went whizzins past Q waiting crowd.
Nor did Il hesitate.
With me. that kind Of treatment was
Exceeding popular;
thought II was the proper thing.
FOR ! WAS ON THE CAR
Next day an overcrowded car
Went by the same old spot,
For. even a. the day before.
The motorman forgot"
whereat I grew exceeding wroth.
And showed no little heat
I swore Il was o beastiy shame.
FOR I WAS ON THE STREET.
r. c. K.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

utes one of the interesting aspects of the developing
New York campaign.
The termination of Gaynor is another. The
mayor looks more and more like real live puolcist
with every passing day. He seemed, year ago.
to be completely out of it. Yet now great number
of excellent people making independent effort
in his behalf ari in the complexities of metropolitan
campaigning it is by no means impossible that he
may vet be a real factor in the contest
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Poor Girl!

YOUNG woman failed TO pass
~ her examination for appoint
- ment as teacher in the public
school of a small town.
Her mother was terribly disappointed
and decided to interview one Of the ex-
aminers.
Il am sorry, madam" the man said,
that your daughter did not pass her
examinations, but there Is nothing !
can do about It. You know, madam,
that no one is TO blame but herself"
she 10 blame" exclaimed the woman,
wrathfully. Well. sir, perhaps you
don't know that them examiners asked
her questions about lots of things that
happened years and years before she
vas born."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
MAY

Even street car motormen being hui
man, we are moved to speculate on
the. thoughts of the one who. during
the rain Of last evening. finally made
the wet wheels grip the wetter tracks.
got his car nicely started up the hill
and then heard the bell ring for the
stop in the middle OF the grade.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Why Paterson Silk Manufacturers
Move to Pennsylvania.

"I guess the strikes over now. isn't
it?"
How many men came back today?'
About how much did you lose on
account of the striker
What were the men striking for?"
do you know Mr.. Hsyward?"
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Monthly Cantonment, Canton Washing
ton, No. /, Patrtarchs Militant, tonight.
Special meeting Of active members OF
National Press Club, 3 p. m.
Meeting OF John c. Daley Council, No. :.
Independent Order. Sons. of Jonadan,
Temperance Hall, 64S Louisiana ave-
nue. northwest, p. m
Concert by the United States MarinS
Band. the White House. p. m.
Special meeting of the active members
of the National Press Club. Fifteenth
and F streets northwest. 3 D. m.
Amusements
Columhia-'Prince Otto" 2:i5 and SIS
2:15 and s:l5 D. m
Glen Echo-Amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Concert by Marina
Band, dancing, and other amusernents.
Great Falls-Music and other amuss-
Luna Park-DancIns and other amuss.
ments-
street wharf 10 a. m. s:3o D. m. and
$50 p. M
river View Park-Boats leave Seventh
street wharf 10 a. m. and D. m.
Colonial Beach-Steamer ST. Johns
leaves Seventh street wharf every
day except Monday at Q. m. Satur-
day. $40 p. m
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

r. c. X. is to consider himself ad-
vised. In no uncertain language. that
two rhymes make quite hit with US
in a four-line verse. - Don't men
ton II.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

So pienteous are the news Of today
that we must proceed carefully for fear
Of leaving something out. Arthur Hoe
accuses Miss Sullivan Of extortion. Mrs.
stuyvesant Fish gives q Mother Goose
ball, there In Q ciew In the Narragan-
sett Jewel robberies. Evelyn Thaw Is
bankrupt. and We are thinking about
taking q vacation. That seems to be
all of Importance.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
How To Grow Rich Over Night.

A. B.: Achieve the talking novIe-
with an attachment making It under
standable"
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

For the Futurists' Club: Intervention
in Mexico.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

To the Nationals. doubtless, they are
known as those D-troits.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Consi1er. for the moment one W. d.
E.. who uses a regular two-cent stamp
TO advise us that D. Kanto sells wines
and liqLJ on VI street. that Mr.. Rossle
is an Omaha dairy inspector, and that
Mr.. Turnipseed is a living. breathing
farmer Of Bloomington. Neb,
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
Our Humor Department.

G. s. X: A number Of people were
talking about the awfulness OF Arctic
exploration. An Arctic explorer" re-
marked one man, lis isolated from the
world for months" Don't you think he
meant ice-olated? JP s.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
THIS& THAT
Wat Sometimes a Ldt1 ortAe Other
TO w. JOHNSON.

To-day, old man, phen slipping fane,
Do not forget the baseball game
For one ecstGtic minute;
What time the battle RACES hot,
Give It your undivided thought
I'd Ike to see yor ,oin It.
Go In, say I, and fan them all;
Wind that deceptive, crooked ball
Around their taddled thatches;
Proceed, o ttOirltn0 sharp adroit,
To hold ambitious young Detroit
To too pell-scattered scratched
Make Of the day great success
Though even then must CONFESS
. probably too1ld thru not;
But WIN, I pray, to fool the ,otse,
Sophisticated, know-aH guys
Who're Saying thot you tDtR not.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
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Some day, no doubt, the Capitol
Will casually collapse
About day or two before
The Climbers pass the Maps.

Not one occupant OF THE MUNSEY
BUILDING" states the Munsey build
ing. was even disconnected by
Wednesdays storm" The gentleman
should have seen our bed.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
The Stories of
IFamOus Novels
By Albert Payson Terhune
sACAMILLE; BY Alexander Dumas, j..

birth French girl to
Nh q
Jvl IN a namess
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Work on the Arlington is about to be
resumed. and the hotel will be open
for business-oh. very well, then. But
you might at least listen.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02
PARCEL POST SCALES!

Here is a remarkable explanation Of the Postof6ce
Departments reason for not increasing in the pro-
posed improvements the parcel post package limit Of
weight beyond twenty pounds:
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Cup and at 'em, Climbers!
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Tut, Sir! How Much Proof Do You
want7
F'rom George Adam Smiths Exposition Of
the Book OF Isaiah.'D
But hardly Of THIS AND certainly
not Of THAT have we adequate evi-
dence.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Speaking Of gamblers. which We
thought we'd like to for a change.
there Is the concern that ,advertises on
the back of baseball rain checks. The
infrequenter II rains, Of course. the
fewer times fans carry the checks
around. and the lesser the chances that
they'll spot the ad. Also vice versa.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Drycleaning the subject for another
paragraph, the British Parliament.
which acts as a restraining influence
on the King Of England. might also
be titled a reign check.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

Paterson, n. j.. Aug. l.
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

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Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Notice of Sale of Real Estate.


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MOHAvE
 County, State of Arizona
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 E. P. CHRISTOPHER. Deceased
 Notice is hereby given. that in pursuance of an order of the Superior Court of Mohave County. State of Arizona, made on the 18th day of Janu- y, 1913, in the matter of the estate of E. P Christopher, deceasel the undersigned, the Ad- mnistratrix of the sad estate will sell at private sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States and subject to con- firmation by said Superior Court, before the
 10th day of February, 1913, all the right, title interest and estate of the said E. F. Christopher, at the time of his death. and all the right title and interest that the said estate has by operation of law or otherwise acquired, other than, or in addition to that of the said E. P. Christ opher at the time of his death, in and to that certain town lot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the town of Kingman, County of Mohave, State of Arizona. and described as follows. to-wit:
 The west 5O-foot strip of town lot, in Block 16, in Kingman Townste being fifty feet fronting on Spring Street, and extending back Northery the width along the east line of First street, distance of v feet, with the improve ments thereon; also undivided one-third inter- in two mining claims situated in the San Francisco Mining Districts, Mohave County, Arizona; said mining claims, the Golden Dawn No l, location notice of which is recorded in book F. F., page 729, and the Golden Dawn No. 2, location notice of which is recorded in book F. F., page 73O. mining records of Mohave County, to which records reference is hereby had to the location notices of said mining claims, fully and to the same extent as if said location notices were written at length herein.
 Deed at expense of purchaser.
 Kingman Ariz. January 18th, 1913 ROSE CHRISTOPHER, Admins tratrix of the Estate of E. P. Christopher, deceased. First insertion Jan. 1S-S Feb.
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Rochester Tonopah's Rival.

In the opinion of John Cleghorn, one of the widely known Utah mine operat. ors and one who has pioneered in sev- eral of the camps of Nevada, Koch. ester is going to be one of the largest mining camps that the State of Nevada contains. Cleghorn has just returned from a visit to Rochester, where he succeeded in picking up a group of five claims on lease and bond, which he believes will be found easily within the productive zone of the district.
 Rochester camp formation, he states,
 is practically identical with that of Tonopah, there being series of north and south Assure veins, the vein far thest to the east so far having been given attention. This vein crop, for a very great distance and in very bold manner, one powder from the surface having filled ninety sacks with ship ping grade gold and silver ore. The other veins of the series have values, but they have not been prospected yet.
 The Nenzel property has been leased in blocks of 300 feet each along the trend of the western vein, the Ludwig leasers now being engaged in sacking from five to seven feet of ore that runs from sos to l00S per ton. On the Will son lease they are sacking 4O$ ore, but the day Cleghorn left the camp the values had increased to 70S. As to the extent of this ore Cleghorn is not posi- tive, but that it is not narrow streak is evident from the large pieces of the rich ore which he saw. To the north of these leases other leasers are pre- pairing to begin work without delay along the same vein.
 South of the Nenzel property is the Schick property, holding the same veins and from which several cars of ore have been shipped already, the values going from 4OS to sos ton. The claim is under lease to William Borland.
 Two miles west of the camp is the Lincoln Hill section, in which cuts large porphyry dike, on either side of which are quartz veins ranging from two to four feet in width, the values ranging from few dollars to high grade, with T probable average of be- tween 5OS and sos ton.
 Cleghorn believes Rochester has all the essentials for great producer, and he is backing up his opinion by ar ranging to begin work at the earliest possible hour.-Salt Lake Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Cut the High Cost of Living.

w. H. Chapman, Winnebago. Neb., tells how he hid it. My two children had very bad cough and the doctors medicines did them no good. I got a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Con- pound, and before it was all used the children were free and cured of their cough. 1 saved doctors bill for one 25c bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound" No opiates. H. H.. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Construction is Very Heavy.

Hardly is one construction job com pleted at the Copper Queen shelter in Douglas than announcement is made of another being ready to start The first units of the reverberatory plant added to the Queen smelter were com pleted late last spring and now comes the announcement that other units of this plant will be started at once, as soon as the required material can be secured.
 The original construction plant at the Queen consisted of two reyerba- tory furnaces and six McDougal roast CTS. Now another reverberatory is to be constructed and three more roast- CTS. Also work has been started on four additional converters of the more recent type installed.
 All of this work will add to the capacity of the reverberatory plant at the Copper Queen shelter about fifty per cent.
 One of the most important improve ments installed at the Queen during last year was the new type of convert CTS, known as the basic Inning process which takes the place of the old and expensive acid lining that has been a feature in the converter process in the past. By the old method of lining con- if n nrnvi1n o new Inning for every ten tons of metal treated; the new system known as the Basic Lining Process, more than three thousand tons of metal may be treated with one lining. This new lining con- sists of magnicite brick and is some- thing new in the mining industry. By new lining method the refining de- partment has been done entirely away with at the Queen and with it went forty.five men who were required in the department.
 With three reverberatory furnaces at the Queen shelter it will enable that company to keep two constantly in operation, whereas before repair on one or the other of the two quite often necessitated a shut down of one.
 There are now employed at the Queen shelter a force of nine hun dred men, not more than were en- ployed when the capacity of the plant was much less than it is now. Many new labor saving features have been added since the plant was first started ten years ago. .-Bisbee Review.
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Copper is Found
 Near Abilene, Tex.

There is considerable activity in the copper district Tn Jones county, north of Abilene, Tex. A tract of several thousand acres of land has been leased by eastern people who believe that recent discoveries of copper in that section will prove by development to exist in commercial grade and quan- tity. The copper was found at depth of 70 feet below the surface in stra- tum of clay. Several people of Abi- lene are also interested in the same copper field and will proceed to do de- velopment work.
 These copper beds belong to the same deposits that have been known for many years, occurring in the Per- milan deposits. similar to those in Ger many, and which were worked during the Civil war, the copper being used for manufacture of cannon and cart ridges by the confederates. This belt extends for over 100 miles from south- west to northeast, through Jones, Shakelford, Haskell, Baylor and Ar cher counties in the Panhandle of Texas, between the lines of the Kan sas City, Mexico and Orient, and the Wichita Valley railroads, as well as the Denver X Fort Worth railroad which crosses the zone on the north- east. About 35 years ago Maj. Moves Rand, of Fl Paso, mined considerable quantity of copper from this field, which he had hauled in wagons all the way to Fort Worth, and thence shipped to the copper smelter at Balti- more, Md. At that time the surface for miles was covered with nuggets of high grade copper, which resem bled in form Irish potatoes and shells. These nuggets were high grade in cop- per, and were of a lead color, soft and not crystalized, and assayed about 65 per cent copper. Maj. Rand employed hundreds of farm hands and boys to gather up the copper from the surface Finally the rich surface nuggets be- came too scarce to pay to gather by hand and operations ceased. These deposits were known to the Comanche and Kiowa Indians and the buffalo hunters among whom were w. T.. Stewart and Bob Robinson, formerly of Fl Paso.
 Subsequently, Col. Jones, of Fort Worth, and associates, expended a
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18

large sum in trying to extract the low grade copper from the clays of that region, but, were unsuccessful.--El Paso Herald.
Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
Hints For Housekeepers.

Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Con- pound always on hand, and you can quickly head off cold by it's prompt use. It contains no opiates, heals and soothes the inflamed air passages, stops the cough, and may save big doctors bill. In the yellow package. H. H. Watkins.