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Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
THUNDER BIRD" OF INDIAN
LEGEND Is NOT A MYTH
Rare Specimen of Willow Ptarmigan
Found Frozen on Solitary Heights.

Color has been given to a weird In
dian legend of the thunder BIRD by
the recent discovery on the topmost
edge of the timber line of the noun
tains of Glacier park, Montana, of
rare specimen of the willow ptarmigan
bird, frozen to death at a solitary
height. The thunder bird" legend
has long been regarded as gospel by
the Blackfoot Indians of Glacier park
reservation, but white men have smiled
at 1t. Since the discovery of the strange
bird frozen to death the Indians have
been lamenting the fact as an i'll omen
Here Is the story of the thunder
bird translated literally, as old Chief
Three Bears of the BIackfoot Indians
faithfully repeats it to this day:
Long ago there was an old man who
was called Three Bears. When he was
young man the Blackfeet were camp
Ing on Elk river. 1t was summer The
long time rain had commenced. In the
morning when he went for the horses
Ito bring them into the camp he came
to this river. He saw there was a bird
(that) was sitting near the edge of the
water) lie walked toward it. When
he was looking at it, then he knew
dhat the bird did not belong to this
country. Its feathers were all of differ
ent colors; its bill was green colored;
its legs were colored the same. 1t had
three claws. 1t would not open its
eyes literally, look. He then caught
1t. Then he took it home.
when he entered all the chiefs were
invited. They all entered. The bird
sat at the upper end of the lodge. He
told these chiefs, Now, here is a bird
that you may look at it Ito know what
1t is 1t was not known nobody could
tell what kind of bird it was). After
a long while Four Bears pushed it.
When it opened its eyes Qiterally,
looked) then it flashed lightning. The
flap of the tepee lay open. The bird
flew toward the door. When it opened
its eyes literally, looked) again, then it
flashed lightning again. When it flew,
then the thunder roared. That way the
thunder was seem
The recently discovered thunder
bird was brought to Glacier park sta
tion by Chief Three Bears, who made
the trip over the mountains on sno-@-
shoes in order to intercept Louis W.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railway, and to have him take it to an
expert taxidermist for preservation.
Mr.. Hill went to Kalispell, Mont, in
order to deliver the sacred bird to Fl.
p Stanford, Rocky mountain taxi
dermist and ornithologist The moment
he saw the bird he exclaimed:
This is a very rare specimen. 1t is
the willow ptarmigan, which has been
reported only twice in the United
States, once in Maine and once in
Massachusetts"
The bird will be exhibited in the for
est lobby of the big log hotel at the
eastern gateway to the newest national
park as memorial of the Indian peace
councils that were formerly held.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

behalf individual
worked well hence the complaint OF
Washington
to 70 on any pleasant summer evening
dimes But
gon has been Hooded with first
Instead Of Smelling
rejoicing
The omcials
and subject his case to the Investigation II
professional he cash
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
When Fan Meets Fan

I've been to many ball games
And worked up many lies,
From father having measles
To grandmother demise.
Today l told a whopper
And got off good and proud,
But when / scanned the bleachers
The boss was in the crowd.
No more prevaricationl
To me it now seems wrong.
I'd better raise a dollar
And take the boss along.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
Two Thousand Actors In "The Miracle" !"

Two Thousand Actors In "The Miracle"
THE Miracle" Karl vollmoeller's
wordless mystery pageant, which ere.
ated stir throughout Europe, is to
be presented in Madison Square Gar,
den, New York. the first part of De-
cemher. Over 1000 actors will take
part. The money necessary for the
undertaking has been pledged by
wealthy New Workers. Costumes, seen
cry. mechanical effects and accessories
alono represent an outlay Of 100000.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

that purpose by the commissioner internal
OF
by the dealer that
officials o.
r
citizen opium cocafus
The Will
purely medicinal
a physician.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
A False impression.

She-How can baseball men wear
furs in warm weather when they're
playing?
He-Wear furs? OF course they don't
wear furs. That's nonsense.
She-Well, saw in paper describ-
ing game that one of the players had
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

Il understand Mrs. Neurich has had
her house done over"
"Yes; and herself Also"
How about her husband?"
againw-Judge.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

than anything ever before attempted
along this line. This law, the com
sideration of which by the senate COM
mittee on finance has been delayed
for many months, will require that
every person who imports, manufao-
lures. sells or gives away opium. NOR
phine, coca leaves. cocaine or any o4
their derivatives or preparations shan
register his name with the collector
OF internal revenue of the district.
Further, he shall not sell this
opium, cocaine. heroin or morDhfnai
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

by Frank H. Mann of New York be-
fore the sociological section Of the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis. The
speaker reported on series of ex-
periments carried on jointly by the
New York committee on the preven-
ton Of tuberculosis and the board of
education, in which three groups of
children were studied to note the ef-
feet of fresh air upon them.
In one group the children were
placed in fresh-air classes and were fed
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
His Triumphs.

"A farmer ought not to complain Of
his life as a failure"
why not?"
isn't every day field day with
him Pr Baltimore American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28

II bIaD1ed by the beggars. the nlckeIS
and dimes obtained from citizens OF
prosperous appearance during the old
rich years have gone. Instead the
"panhandler" now is given a first
aid" ticket
When somebody devised the ticket
plan packages of the tickets. done up
like mileage books, were issued to
the business and professional men Of
Washington.
The first aid" ticket is the print
ed application of citizen for help on
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
Tender Hearted.

why does Miss Screamditi always
close her eyes when she sings?"
well, you know she is so tender
hearted that she cannot bear to see
any one Philadelphia Ledger
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
The Brute.

Coed What tense do use when
say Il am beautifuIY
Bold Soph- Remote past.-vermont
Crabbe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
Effort to Stop Traffic in Habit-Forming Drugs

desperate effort habitformng
States
the weeks place
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
Tests Show the Value Of Fresh Air Schools

HAT school children who taught in fresh
children REGULAR
Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-05-28
Business" Is Now Dead for Capitals Beggars

DANHANDIERs" who hang
blocks
business here dead" The FIRST
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
The Best Way

When this physiological develop
ment is completed the nervous sys-
TEN is stable organism, capable of
great resistance. 1t is highly i'm
portant therefore, that this delicate
mechanism be protected against the
destructive effects of StimuIants and
narcotics during the developmental
period.
But this end is not attained by
attempting to frighten boys with
groteSque and easily disproved ex-
aggerations, such as those found in
some Of our school physiologies, or
by painting the picture Of the demon
rum in such lurid colors that it
arouses a morbid curiosity which
will be gratifed at any cost. There
is no period of life at which this
sort of deception will cause so much
resentment, or be as certainly
doomed to failure, as the period of
adolescence.
A far better period is the one out
lined by the speaker on temperance
at the National Conference on Race
Betterment at Battle Creek recently.
/ would urge the fundamental
principle that the real safety must
come through the development of
self-controI and seIf-reliance in the
individual rather than through the
attempt to make it absolutely i'm
possible for the youth to secure al
cohoI," said the speaker. The lat
ter is an impossible ideal; the former
is in accord with the fundamental
principles that underie the develop.
ment of civilization itself. Bacon S
celebrated maxim to the effect that
the virtue which requires to be ever
guarded is scarce worth the Senti-
mel, expresses a profound truth. ;"
EDWARD II. WILLIAMS, M. d.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
LIQUOR CONTROL AS RACE
PROBLEM

The need of rational handling of
the liquor problem was never 50
urgent in America as it is today; be,
cause our race is changing more
rapidly than any race. perhaps, ever
changed before. Yet in recent
years the question of liquor contr oil
has become almost exclusively a po.
litical issue. And, as might be ex-
pected, the results have not been en-
couraging. Politics and fanaticism
are not the best mediums for solving
important race problems.
AS a direct result of active prohi-
bition campaigning, more than 70 per
cent of the area of the United States
is now "dry" territory; and in everv
State there are laws which make the
teaching of scientific temperance"
to school children compulsory. So
that at the present time every per-
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
Notice of Forfeiture
Stafford, GRAHAM COUNTY,
STATE OF ARIZONA,


July 81, 1914.
To William Collins, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that / have
expended six hundred dollars in labor
and improvements upon the following
named and described six mining claims,
situated in the Lone Star Mining Dis
trict, Graham County, Arizona, as the
same are recorded ilsthe Book of Mines,
at the pages hereinunder noted, to wit:
Baptist Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page 10.
Methodist Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page Ill.
Mormon Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page liz.
Atheist Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page ll3.
Catholic Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page ia.
lnfdel Mining Claim, recorded in
Book of Mines, %; page lis.
Same being county records of Graham
County, Arizona, as will appear by
certificate filed January %, 1913, in the
Office of the Recorder of said County. in
order to hold said premises under the
provisions of Section 1924, Revised
Statutes of the United States, being
the amount required to hold the same
for the year ending December 81, 1913;
and if within ninety days after this no.
tice of publication you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such eX-
penditure as co-owner your interest in
said claim will become the property of
the subscriber under said Section 1924
adV-24-l3t d. c. HOOVER.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
NOTICE
of
CALL FOR BIDS ON SUPPLIES

Sealed proposals, addressed to the
Board of Control of Arizona, at Fort
Grant, Arizona, and endorsed PRO
posal for furnishing supplies for the
Industrial School" will be received by
the Secretary of the said Board at the
office of the Superintendent of the In
dustrial School, until 1000 clock a. m.
Friday, October 9, 1914, and will be
opened in the presence of the bidders
at the above time and place and there
after considered.
Bids MUST be in duplicate. Certi-
fed check for five per cent of the
amount of bid should be enclosed with
same, to be retained as liquidated dam
ages if successful bidder fails to sign
contract. Bids not plainly marked on
envelope, as required, will not be con-
sidered. Prices MUST be F. o. B.
Wilcox, Arizona. Specifications may
be obtained upon applics tion to the
Board of Control.
The Board reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject part or all of any bid, or
to waive any informalities in any bid.
By order of the Board of Control.
CHAs. r. OsBURN,
adv-3l-3t Secretary,
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
The Insbriate

The problem of caring for the in
ebriate, although difficult. is one of
the most important features of the
liquor question. Indeed, it is Of
such importance that many thinking
persons believe the ultimate solu-
ton of the liquor question will be
dependent upon some direct form
of legislation for eliminating the in
ebriate and preventing the perpetu-
alton Of his defective stock. In any
event it is evident that some method
should be adopted for treating this
diseased individual instead of i'm
prisoning him for brief periods and
then turning him out to be arrested
and imprisoned again. For the in
ebriate is an irresponsible sick man
and should be treated as a patient,
not as prisoner.
This is recognized in some states
at the present time, and special laws
have been enacted which. provide for
the treatment of these unfortunates.
California has such a law and sew
eral of the other states are follow
ing her example. And, although
the present law has its defects, no
one need doubt that it represents a
step in the right direction.
The problem of keeping liquor
away from adoIescents is probably
the most difficult and at the same
time, perhaps, the most important
single item in liquor legislation. For,
aside from the relatively small COM
pany of detectives who inherit an
unstable mental balance, there is
little danger that any man will be-
come addicted to liquor in excessive
quantities who does not acquire the
taste for liquor until after reaching
maturity-that is, until reaching the
age at which his nervous system is
fully developed.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
WRIGHT WRONG AGAIN

The volatile Mr.. Wright is very
much like the Irishman's flea when
you put your finger on him, he is not
there.
He starts out by saying | have
voluntarily taken up the cudgels in
behalf of Mr.. Chafin, and he knows
that this is not true.
| said distinctly and cmphatically
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02

son over 10 years of age knows the
dangers of alcoholic excesses; and
more than so per cent of the people
are living in territory in which it is
impossible to get liquor except
through unusual methods of barter.
This is certainly sweeping legisa-
ton" that should bring results. And
yet the average American today
drinks more liquor than ever before
almost six times as much as the
average American of 1850.
The record of this increase is re-
ported by the government as follows:
The annual per capita consumption
Of alcoholic beverages in 1850 was
4.O8 gallons; in 1860 it had risen to
6.43 gallons; in 1870 to TO gallons;
in 1880 to 1908 gallons; in 1890 to
1915 gallons, and in 1918 to more
than % gallons. So that, whatever
the significance, it is a matter of
record that there is now about five
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
Milder Drinks

1t is evident, therefore, that less
harm would be done to the consum-
ers if they cou.d be induced to give
up the use of ardent spirits. and
substitute the use of miIder drinks.
Moreover, this attempt at substitu-
ton stands far better chance to
succeed than radical legislation. In
deed, this idea is the basis of a
method of dealing with the liquor
question, which is being tried in
some parts of Europe at the present
time with gratifying results.
The immediate aims of this form
of Legislation may be summarized as
follows: To discourage the drink
ing of ardent spirits; to eliminate
the inebriate, either by curing him Of
his disease or cunfining him perma-
nentIy, and to keep all liquor from
adOIescentS. Prohibition does not
accomplish any one of these three
things, as government and State
records abundantly prove.
THIS more rational form of legis-
lation discourages the sale of ardent
spirits by increasing the tax rate on
this class of liquors. At the same
time the sale of temperance and
mlider beverages is stimulated by
lowering the tax upon them and
a bonus for the sale Of
such drinks. This increased tax
upon the strong liquors forces the
dealer to raise the retail price and
thus discourages consumption; while
the low TAX on the milder beverages
allows him to reuuce the price and
encourages temperance traffic. AS
this system seems to be working
we'll in some European countries,
there is every reason to believe that
a similar system would be even
more effective here on account of
the higher average intelligence of the
people of this country.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
Not So Dry

When stated in such plain figures
the records of these towns do not
impress one as being the sort of
thing to boast about. Forty-seven
thousand arrests for drunkenness
indicates that" these dry" towns
had a greater number of damp
GASES" than any group of strictly
model temperance towns are entitled
to. Nevertheless the records are
instructive as indicating very con-
cIusively that the dry" territories
are furnishing their full quota Of
consumers in these days of increas-
ing liquor consumption.
No one with any considerable
knowledge of human nature will be
surprised at this. 1t is a result that
has long been foreseen by those who
are familiar with the history of
legal measures and human traits,
and who appreciate that the prOhi-
bitiOn movement is based on a mis-
conception of human psychology and
pathology.
The Fundamental idea at the bot
tom of all prohibitive Legislation is
the belief that most men would be-
come drunkards if given access to
! liquor. This conception is entirely
wrong, and is just as untenable as
the suppOsition that all men would
become thieves if given an oppor-
tunity to steal. AS a matter of fact
both assumptions are disproved by
existing conditions. Every man has
hundred chances to steal each day,
and yet very few men become
thieves. And most men have access
to liquor all their lives, and only a
very small percentage Of them be-
come drunkards. 1t is not merely
a case of prOpinquiLy that deter
mines whether a man becomes an in
ebrite or remains normal, but rather
one in which inherent mental quail
ties and education are determinant
factors.
Another important item in the
liquor problem which the advocates
of radical liquor legislation overlook
is the fact that the ultimate effects
of drinking are dependent upon the
kind, as well as the quantity of IL
quor consumed. The physical struc-
lures of the body are more easily
affected and more likely to be per.
manentIy injured by the highly con
ccntratcd liquors. And it is signi.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
NOTICE
of
CALL FOR BIDS ON WIRE
CLOTH
NOTICE

Sealed proposals, addressed to the
Board of Control of Arizona, at Fort
Grant, Arizona, and endorsed Pro
posal for furnishing 600 feet of double
crimped wire cloth, 6 mesh, l6 wire, 40
inches wide, for the Industrial School, :"
will be received by the Secretary of
said Board at the Office of the Superin-
tendent of the Industrial School, until
1905 o'clock a. m, Friday, October 8,
1914, and will be opened in the pres
ence of the bidders at the above time
and place, and thereafter considered.
Bids MUST be in duplicate. Certi-
fled check for five per cent of amount
of bid should be enclosed with same, to
be retained as liquidated damages if
successful bidder fails to sign contract.
Prices MUST be f. o. b. Wilcox, Ari-
zona. Bids not marked on envelope, as
required, will not be considered.
The Board reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject part or all of. any bid, or
to waive any informalities in any bid.
BY order of the Board of Control.
GHAS. r. OSBURN,
adv-3l-4t Secretary.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
EoW's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Cous surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
In Prohibition Communities

average man drinks five times more
liquor
In Prohibition Communities
But it appears that this increase
in intemperance is quite as conspicu'
Gus in prohibition communities as in
the unregenerate ones. Thus the
highest record for drunkenness in
1912 was made by the city of Bartles
vile, in the prohibition State OF
Oklahoma. In BartIesvile they ar.
rested one drunken person for every
SIX inhabitants-a little less than one
arrest per family for intoXication
But Bangor, in prohibition Maine,
was a good second with one arrest
for every nine inhabitants
In the same year the city of Mem
phis, in prohibition Tennessee, estab-
ished the worlds record for homi-
cides, by killing Cd 3 persons for
each 100000 inhabitants; while in
Philadelphia, which is u wet" city,
there were only IA homicides per
100000.
Government records show that in
the country as whole there is an
increasing tendency to degeneracy
in conditions that are distinctly in
fluenced by the amount and kind
of liquor consumed. There was a
gain OF a 4 insane persons for 100,
600 population in the United States
during the census period. But dur
ing this same period the gain in the
eight prohibition States, was 7 3
per 100, ,000-a gain almost twice as
great as in the country as whole.
Or, stated in another way, if the
license States had been as degen-
crate as the eight prohibition States,
we should have had about double
the increase in our insane popula
ton. which already numbers more
than a quarter of million souls.
If the actual records of drunken
ness, crime and degeneracy were
generally known, one can hardly
conceive that any thinking person
would wish to contine, or extend,
the prohibitive form Of attack in the
fight against alcoholism. But, very
naturally, these records have not
been given great publicity by the
prohibition partisans. On the con-
trary, either through ignorance or
for reasons even less eXcusable, they
constantly reitelate statements that
are entirely at variance with we'll
authenticated facts
Thus they proclaim repeatedly
that the consumption of liquor is
decreasing steadily, and is almost
completely suppressed in prohibition
communities. But, as frequently
happens, these misstatements de
veIop decidedly disconcerning flare
back when examined critically. For
example, the last Year Book of a
weIl-known temperance organization
with strong political affiliations,
names 122 cities where prohibition
was being tried in 1912, and offers
these places as models Of good citi-
zenship.
Since these 122 cities have been
as models, it is obvious that
they must represent the very best
examples of successful prohibitive
Legislation that the organization is
able to find. Yet it appears from
the official reports of the chief of
police Of each of these cities that,
the average number of in.
habitants was only 17,200, the total
Of arres's made by their Of
hcers in 1912 was 143, 720, of which
AZ, ,6l5 were arrests for drunkenness
one arrest for every eight voters
in the community-more arrests per
capita than in such great centers of
vice as New York and Chicago.
NOT So Drv
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
Silos for Sale

Two 20x30 Silos, complete, can be
seen at Solomon Wickersham Co.
These silos belong to the Maury
Grider estate and are for sale.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02
Open FORUM FOR DEBATING
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION

issue of Statewide prohibition has been raised
of constitutional amendment being instituted
all other questions has Sides each of which
found honest and intelligent persons
THE GRAHAM GUARDIAN has decided provide reasonable discus
this allowing each side for signed articles
which there will be charge.
Graham guardian., 1914-10-02

ficant that most ineJriates and al
coholic lunatics are addicted to ar
dent spirits rather than the milder
alcoholic beverages.