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The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Parsonage Fire.

The home of Rev. j. B. Rice, pas
tor Of the Methodist church, had a
narrow escape from being totally de-
stroyed Monday forenoon. When the
alarm was given the flames had
spread to the roof, but the prompt
arrival of the chemical fire exiting
usher kept in the office of The Post,
across the street, quickly quenched
the conflagration. The place would
undoubtedly have been destroyed if
it had not been for the extinguisher
If every business place was equipped
with a fire eXtinguisher and all
brought to a fire when an alarm is
sounded there would be few big fires
get started her. Rev. Rice desires
to thank everybody who assisted in
saving his home.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Hines Damage Suit.

The case of Frank Hines VS.. the
Santa Fe Railway company is being
tried in Ell Paso this week. Smokey"
Wallace and Fireman Potter are at
tending the trial as witnesses. Mar
tin Baker and Fred Riddle were sub
poenaed and expected to leave for the
Texas city last Tuesday night, but
a telegram received the same even
ing notified them that their testimony
was not required by the railroad COM
pany 1t will be remembered that
Hines, fireman, was injured in the
yards here about two years ago by
the blowing out Of a water gauge on
one of the locomotives. AS a result
he lost one of his eyes, and is now
sueing the railroad company for dam
ages,
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Copper Basin sam county, and

others
All these coming to the front show
that we have not yet reached the
zenith OF it's production in copper. In
gold the same conclusions are to be
arrived at There are large ton
rages of gold ore blocked out with
improvements and additions of the
old reduction plants and new plants
heining installed. This is going to
cut important figures in Mohave
county alone This county has alsC
the largest zinc producing mine in
the southwest. Few people in our
community outside of those engaged
in actual mining are aware ct our
own Importance. | suppose it is be-
cause it is all around them and they
distance are astOnished at our stand
ing in the production of metals and
even some times they express doubt
and wonder if We are not exaggerat-
ing There is none of this for all
the figures are taken from actual re-
tarrs. However, We are not as big
as we are going to be and this year
will excel all that has ever gone be-
fore. We are a state to be proud
Of. not only for our mining, but for
other interests as we'll But of all
the interests mining is the greatest.
w E. Deity, in Arizona Republican.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
New Agent at Blythe JIG.

On May l R. W. Phillips assumed
the duties of agent for the San
ia Fe at Blythe Jc., to succeed J. T.
Gather, who resigned to go into busi-
ness at Los Angeles Mr. Phillips
was formerly the agent at the above
place, but resigned over a year ago
to go to Blythe, where he was for
some time engaged as freight agent
and bookkeeper for Floyd Brown.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Return to CHICAGO.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Crosby, who
have been spending the past several
months at Osborne's, Well, departed
Thursday for their home in Chicago
Mr., Crosby has mining interests near
to return here next fall to remain for
the winter.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
REGISTRATION
IS NOW OPEN
AL ELECTORS NOT REGISTERED
HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GET
ON THE GREAT REGISTER BE-
FORE AUGUST 2s.

Under the state law registration of
electors for the November election
begun in this county on the first
Monday in May, and will continue
until ten days before the county pri-
mary election, or until August 28th
Il which time the books will be
closed for seventeen days. and no
registration will be made until Sep
5ember Is, at which time the books
will again be open and registering
continue until October Is, when it
will be closed until May 1, 1916.
Where it is inconvenient for elec-
tors to register before the county
clerk they can register before the
justice of the peace in the various
precincts Registration blanks have
been received by Justice of the Peace
John F. Collins for this purpose
The qualifications of electors are
as OF age Or over; a citizen of the
United States, either by birth or nat
uraliZatiOn; resident of Arizona for
one year prior to election, and of the
county and precinct for thirty days;
must be able to read the constitution
Of the United States in the English
| language and write his or her name,
unless physically unable to do so.
|. If an electOr is a naturaliZed citi-
Zen Or if naturalized by fathers nat
uralizatiOn, he must present his or
her fathers second or final papers
to the registration officer, else he
cannot be registered. If, however,
such papers are lost Or destroyed, the
elector will be permitted to register
upon executing and filing with the
registering officer an affidavit Civ
ing the time, place and court OF is
suance of such papers, and the fact
OF their loss or destruction and cir
clmstances connected herewith.
The above applies to women as vel
as men. except that women of for
!
zens upon their marriage to citizens
of the United States either by birth
or naturalization, or if already mar
ried the naturalization of the hus-
band carries with it citizenship of
the wife
A person must register in the pre-
cinct where he or she resides, or hold
certificate of registration to enable
him or her to vote at any primary
or regular election The law by
which person, if not on the reg
lister could register at the polls, h
been omitted from the code now in
force. and now in order to vote at
any primary or regular election the
electors name must appear on the
register of the precinct wherein he
or she resides. If, after registering,
the electOr moves to another pre-
cinct or county, he or she must can
Gel his or her first registration and
then re-register in the precinct or
county where he or she then re-
sides. A person must not register
more than once, without first cancel
ling his or her prior registration. To
register more than once is a criminal
offense and subjects the offender to
fine in sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or Imprisonment
not exceeding five years, or both.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Seking Gold.

Herman ROeder and William Man
ming left last Saturday for Black can
yon. Nevada, to prospect placer ter
ritory in that vicinity They are to
net Sandy" Harris, the veteran
prospector of that section, and the
party will spend the summer wash
ing out gold from some of the rich
placer beds along the Colorado river
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Expects to Stay.

M. H. Gillian, who has been en-
gagged the past few weeks in making
an examination of the Mineral Hill
group for parties who recently Sc,
cured bond on the property, this
week rented the Gates house on c.
street and expects to make Parker
his headquarters in the future. It is
understood that a deep working shaft
is to be sunk on the Mineral Hill
property, active development work
to begin at an early date
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Planet Couple Married.

Jusice of the Peace John F. Col
Inns was called to Planet last Friday,
May 3, to marry the daughter of Ra-
mon Esquerra, Miss Rafaela, to JOS
D. Tadilla. The cermony was at
tended by number of the friends
and relatives of the contracting par
ties.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Guests of Mrs. Osborne.

Mrs. Frank Lucas of Wenden and
Mrs. E. E. Lucas of Wasco, Ore,
were the guests of Mrs Harry Os-
borne last Saturday and Sunday. The
former is Mrs. Osborne's step-mother
and the latter her grandmother.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Big Land Sale.

Four thousand acres of the Blythe
ranch in the Palo Verde valley were
sold last week for $3.50, 900. The buy
ers were H. S. Diller of Los Angeles
and w. w. Duke of Pasadena Ac-
cording to reports it is the intention
Of the purchasers to plant the entire
acreage in cotton. The sale of this
tract is one of the largest acreage
deals that have been closed since the
first of the year. The property was
formerly owned by G. j. Rim and G.
Ghiglieri. 1t is the intention of the
new owners to farm the land in a
modern scientific method, using ma
chinery of the most modern type and
installing cotton gin and oil mill
1t is stated that they will plant Sea
Isalnd, Egyptian long staple and 9th
er varieties of cotton adaptable to
the Southwest
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Visit Empire Mines.

Of Los Angeles, accompanied by Gen
eral Manager W. j. Dawson, arrived
in town Thursday morning and spent
the day examining the Empire prop
erty.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09

There is ample time for every cleo
ter to register, provided that every
elector does not put it off until the
last day. Now is the appointed time,
so DO it NOW.
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Visit the Coast.

Mr.. Holiday and family are spend
friends and relatives
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
iNGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Visiting Jerome.

G: A. Marsh is in Jerome this
week on business. He expects to
return sometime next week
The Parker post., 1914-05-09
Visiting Parents.

Mrs. Genevieve Sweeney of Los An
geles is visiting with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Fred Hall
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

dured. He lost his hold, not of the boy, but OF the
mast, the waves swept over them and they perish
ed together.
Or take, again, an incident which is related in
connection with the cool heroism and gallantry of
the MILDLY who was detailed to guard the spirit
room of the Abergavenny when that vessel went
ashore. Some of the men, overcome by selfish
ness and fear in their panic-stricken state, came
down determined to breach the rum casks, since
they might as well die drunk as sober. Il knew
we must die" exclaimed the midshipman, "but let
us die like mem" And he maintained his guard
until the ship sank under him. 1t is unnecessary
to relate the wellknown example of courage and
self-devotion shown at the loss of the ~troopship
Birken head. From the captain downwards, with
out exception, seamen and soldiers all exhibited
the utmost calmness and disregard of self. 1t
has been said that the instinct OF discipline was
stronger in them than the instinct of life. And
only recently we have another Instance of forti-
tude and courage in the behavior of the bandsmen
of the Titanic, who, amid that last terrible scene,
continued to play until washed from their feet as
the ship went down.
There are few more pathetic pictures of ship
wreck than that presented by the loss of the
Halsewell, an East Indiaman, outward bound in
1886. She had for her captain a man named
Pierce, one of the most popular and experienced
of the company's commanders. When she drove
ashore in a gale under 81. Adams Head the sea
was running too high and with too much fury to
afford any chance Of getting away in the boats.
Among the many ladies on board were the cap
tain's two daughters, and he called his chief
mate to the cabin to ask if he, could think of any
method of preserving the lives of the girls. Morn
ing may bring up a chance" was the reply; there
is nothing to be done tonight, sir" The ship lay
with her %broadside to the shore, under the high
and almost Perpendicular cliff, with her deck ex-
posed to the overwhelming rush Of the seas. All
the. women were assembled in the round house,
where Captain Pierce, with his arms round his
daughters, sat holding his girls to his heart,
speechless with despair. The only lights afforded
to these poor women were a few wax candles in
glass lanterns. Out of 240 people only IA sur
vived, and the third mate tells the story of how
the people persisted in the round house. The
morning was Just breaking when he went on deck,
grasped a hencoop, was washed overheard, swept
against the vessel. and then washed away again
on the strand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

"You do?" said President Tyler.
What office on earth do you think you
are ft for?"
why, n O. these '~sinecurees.' l
hear so much about-no work and good
pay" Dade promptly replied.
well, Jack" said Tyler deprecat-
ingly, you know that l am president
now and must have some kind Of war
rant for making an appointment Can
you get anybody to indorse you? Could
you bring me a letter Of recommends
toni"
"Oh. yes" said Dade. TT fixed for
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Dreams Do Come True.

Have you ever had a dream that
came true?" x $50,
Yes. 1 had one only a few nights
ago that came true. 1 dreamed that
I was going to receive a telegram
which l would be afraid to show to my
wife,"
"And you got it! Was it from an
other woman"
YES"
Say, old man, I never supposed
you would be guilty"
wait! 1t was from my mother who
notified me that she was coming to
visit us for two or three weeks"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

The Trade and Labor council Of
Danville, ILL.,, had about 700 negro
members in the Miners union and 40
in the Brick, Tile and Terra Gotta
Workers alliance. The Springfield
Federation of Labor included negro
members in local unions of miners,
BARRIERS. hod carriers and cement wsrk-
ers.
While there is undoubtedly consid-
cradle discrimination against negroes
when they seek work at profitable
skilled trades, 1t is nevertheless the
fact that this hostility is by no e
universally employed among union
men, and union leaders in many in
stances are making progress in over
coming such feeling among white
workmen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Consistency.

Bacon is n of the most consistent
optimists l have ever met"
Consistent? What do you mean by
that?"
H is always cheerful himself and
willing to believe others mean it
when they say they are satisfied with
the kind Of weather that happens to
be prevalent"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

that" and he produced a letter OF four
pages written by Tyler himself to
President Harrison, whom he had just
succeeded, urging the claims of his
dear friend and classmate, Col. John
w. Dade, for a good, fat office. Cast
your eye over that!" he exclaimed in
triumph.
Tyler read the letter attentively to
the end, folded 1t carefully and said:
Jack, your backing is irresistible.
Come up here tomorrow, and I'll have
a place for YOU"
The next day Col. John w. Dade was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Social conditions in the United
States are tending to develop in the
negro a racial consciousness and to
organize a negro nationality, declared
Robert E. Park, professor of soci-
ology of the University of Chicago, be-
fore the American Sociological society
at Minneapolis.
Professor Park was speaking on
Radical Assimilation Within Sec
ondary Groups" with particular refer
ence to the negro.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Satisfied.

He never grumbled when he ate:
He took things as they came;
When hash was piled upon his plate
He gave nobody blame.
He did not kick when things were high,
Nor fret when they declined;
When others rose h edid not sigh
At being left ehind
He thought the world was simply grand;
He loafed from day to day:
His wife sang in opera. and
She let him draw her pay.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

II am to address an audience OF
woman suffragists." said an orator.
and I don't know exactly what to
say"
"Oh. that's easy" replied Senator
Sorghum. Your usual line OF talk
will do. Only don't forget and say
friends and fellow citizens instead Of
ladies and gentlemen!'"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
COULDN'T GO BACK ON THAT
President Tyler's Own Endorsement
Used TO Secure Good Office for
Incompetent Friend.

President Tyler had a curious office
seeking experience at the very begin
ming of HIS administration. Old Jack
Dade, a character about Washington,
who had been the presidents class
mate at college. went 70 the White
House, and said he, Jack. ] want an
Office"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
hla Greatest pav.

George, which do you regard as
the greatest day Of your life? The
day your married me or the day our
child was born?"
The day ! married you, dear. 1t
did not seem as If my presence was
needed then"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

You grumble at fate and you call it
nance
When others receive the rewards they
earn;
You call 1t the evil of circumstance
When your envy has done you a pain
full turn;
You shut the sunlight out of your soul
And think that the world is a gloomy
hole.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Not Much Relieved.

81 suppose you felt when you got
back from Reno as If a great weight
had been lifted from your mind?"
"oh, no. / really didn't notice much
of a difference. You see he hadn't
made any effort at all to get posses
sion of the children"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

down. On the second night seven
men saw the ghost. 1t appeared
again another night. and disappeared
through a window The form was
that OF a man Of stout build. It ran
under an engine, in front Of it, be-
hind II, and everywhere.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

The total production Of sugar beets
In 1919 in the following countries,
Prussia, Belgium. Bulgaria, Denmark.
Spain. France. Croatia-Slavonia Italy,
Roumania, Russia in Europe, Swe-
den. Canada, is estimated at 77S,9S9,-
900 hundred weight, against 57S, S00,-
900 hundredweight in 1911, showing
an increase Of 35.9 per cent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Miss Margaret Montgomery of Still
water, Okla, picked 700 pounds of cot
ton in one day, the record for the
world, although she weighed only 12l
pounds herself.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

California vegetables growing is on
a big scale. From n place this ca
son 20 car loads of rhubarb and from
another "a car loads of fresh aspara-
gus went east. One association can
merry packed 4,500, 900 pounds Of ber-
ries In 1912. )
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

The evidences are many and graf
flying that the people of the new
south are realizing and meeting in
a very high degree the obligation and
duty they owe to the negro.
The negro problem is the south's
greatest problem. 1t has passed
through the era of passion. and is
passing safely through the era of rae
ial prejudices.
The idea which SO long a time had
currency in the south was that the
negro had no qualification for living
and competing with the dominant and
superior race-that he complicated all
their problems of industry and soci-
ETY., and that the wise thing to do
was to help him to enter another
country, where, after 200 years of con-
tact with this people, he might work
out his own destiny by their counsel
and cooperation, but with absolute in
dependence and in his own right.
That idea has entirely passed away.
Every thinking man now believes that
so long as u republic endures the
white and black races will dwell side
by side in the south.
1t was therefore both logical and
humane that the more advanced and
better developed race must, as a mat
ter of policy and prudence, help the
negro and develop him along the best
lines, and cooperate with him in every
worthy measure, with h%elpfulness and
consideration. They must build up
the negro to the higher conceptions Of
his duty to himself and to them, and
establish the understanding that
since they must live with him, the
white race must help him to be the
worthier of citizenship and a%ssocia-
ton.
More and more the northern people,
whose philanthropy has been lavish
and well directed, r holding off
their hands and their money in the
development of the negro, and are
coming to trust the south more and
more completely in dealing with prob
lens looking to his welfare.
This feeling and spirit are entering
the minds of both races, and it is safe
to say that the relation between the
two races of the south have never
been more friendly and safer than
now.
From April rs to 20 of the present
year, in Atlanta, the southern socio-
logical congress, made up of leading
university presidents, with other
noted publicists and thinkers Of the
south, discussed with rare courage,
great moderation and remarkable abil-
ity the religious, educational, hygien-
ic, economic and civic conditions of
the negro of the south and the white
mans relation to him
The speeches at the congress were
epoch making because Of the accuracy
and abundance of data, and because of
the startling frankness of stating the
deficiencies disclosed in the program
of the whites of the south in dealing
with the negro problem.
An especially striking feature of the
congress was the fact that the negro
delegates were invited as a body, for
the first time in the history of any
program of a similar character, to
seats on the floor in each of the sew.
en- conferences held simultaneously in
seven different white churches of the
capital Of the south.-Editorial in the
Chicago American.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
NoT COMPLAINING.

so you don't think the high cost Of living has
made any difference in the family table?"
NO" replied the very young man with a hear
ty appetite. I'VE don't have as much company
as we used to and aren't afraid to ask for a
second Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

At the fair held in Yakutsk, Siberia,
last July. 46.946 pounds OF bones OF
the mammoth were sold. Other ar
ticles sold we're 10000 white polar fox
skins, 1000 red fox skins. 10000 err
mine skins, 10000 squirrel skins and
100 black bear skins.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Eaaer Tor PartlcuIars.

I'VE had two b~aronesses and a
countess at Jul reception yesterday"
How splendid Did they sing,
dance, or merely talk about the crud-
ity Of art In American"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
The Advance Of Culture.

People who are inclined to doubt
hat culture is making Roadway in
this country should be reminded of
the fact that nearly everybody knows
how to pronounce Mardi Gras now.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

The new money-washing machine
has been installed in the Philadelphia
mint by Burgess Smith, its inventor.
1t weighs $500 pounds, has a capacity
of 5000 notes an hour, and has two
parts-one scrubs the note, the second
gives 1t a cold-water bath.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Because the tonnage owe the ia
nous Forth bridge in Scotland was 60
per cent. heavier last year than in the
year when it was opened, much Of the
structure will be rebuilt.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Few turtles are being caught these
days in the Bahamas, the annual catch
ing having diminished for some time.
Expectation of turtleshell may soon
cease.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Large deposits of sulphur have been
found in southern Texas and are to be
developed in a similar manner to the
development of the Louisiana sulphur
fields.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
Mol Immediate nannar

"Pm afraid we are drifting toward
imperialism"
"Oh. cheer up. The indications are
that the drifting is going to be poor"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31
HIS STANDING.

Paying Teller-You must get some one to
identify you before l can pay this check. Have
you any friends in this town.
Stranger-Not one. I'm the dog catcher-Our
Animals.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

Many a man remains a bachelor be-
cause by the time he gets over feeling
he is too young to marry he begins to
feet he's too old.-Cleveland Plain
pealey
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-31

You think you are cheated when others
win,
You are glum when another has cause
to smile;
You hunt for trouble and drag II In,
You are always sure that your luck
is vile;
In a cave that is gloomy and damp you
hide
And think that the world is dark out-
side.