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The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
A BIG MELON-A FEAST

AS fair sample of what may be
raised on the lands surrounding Parker,
d. A. Martinez of the Parker bakery
has had on exhibition during a part of
the week, muskmelon, grown on the
tract near town, that tipped the scales
at 80 pounds. This melon was of ex-
cellent flavor and as sweet and juicy as
it was large.
On Wednesday, Mr. MARTINEZ, in
vited all the little tots in town to a
melon feast at the bakery, and it is need
less to say that they responded en-
masse. This big muskmelon was the
first to be cut and passed around, and
when that was disposed of others were
Forthcoming. The kids surely enjoyed
a feast that would have made ''melon
coon's" eyes turn green with envy.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
ANOTHER AUTO PARTY STUCK

Another automobile party got
stuck out on the desert at what
is known as the Big Wash. ="
about five miles from Parker,
on Friday of last week.
The party consisted of William
Besser, wife and daughter, and
Charles Edmunds, the chauffeur,
and they were touring the coun-
try in a 5-passenger automobile.
Mr.. Besser is an invalid. At the
place above stated something
went wrong with the automobile
and it came to a standstill. AS
the party had but little drinking
water, Mrs. Besser and the
daughter started out on foot for
assistance while Mr.. Besser and
the chauffeur remained, the lat
ter trying to find out what was
the matter with the machine.
The ladies' reached Parker safely
and secured the aid of John Rob-
erts who went out and hauled in
the disabled machine, together
with it's passengers.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
NEW JAIL COMPLETED.

The new branch county Jail, built on
the county lot in Parker, was com
pleted and formally turned over to the
county Friday. 1t is built of blocks of
concrete and is 24X30 feet and IA feet
nigh. 1t contains one steel cell for the
refractory prisoners and one cell room
for the more docile ones. There are
also office room, a place for records
and lavatory. Water is provided and
the matter of plumbing has received
due and proper attention. The build
ing was erected under the superinten-
dency of J. F. Collins of Parker.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
HAND COMPOSITION

Owing to a mishap to the limo
type machine in the office of the
Post, we were obliged to revert
to hand composition in order to
get out this issue. This also ac-
counts for the shortage in read
ing matter, but if our readers
will be a little indulgent we will
promise to do better in the
future.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Manual training, agriculture,
and domestic science, under the
direction of skilled teachers,
have become established in the
school curriculum, and few stu
dents complete their courses
without, at least, an elementary
knowledge of these practical
subjects.
A new departure for the COM
ing year is the introduction of
commercial training. The special
work in this department will be
conducted by competent and
experienced instructor. Type
writing, bookkeeping and short
hand, together with special busi-
ness English, will be essentials
taught in the fourth year of the
commercial course. The object
of this course will be to prepare
students for practical business
pursuits.
Students who do not plan to
teach and are not looking for
ward to college training will find
this work in business education
of great value,
Aside from the regular school
routine, there are two literary
societies organized for the pur-
pose of giving students drill in
all sorts of oral expression, Then
there are each year two contests,
one oratorical and one declama-
tory. Further work in public
speaking and dramatic training
is afforded in the different plays
staged by the students.
A big factor in the schools
progress is the character of it's
head. DR.. Blome has built the
normal school from practically
nothing into what it now is. Be-
sides being an able>administrator
and a capable leader of his
faculty who are a unit in their
loyalty to him and his policies, he
if unquestionably one of the big
best teachers of the land.
If for no other reason, the
Northern Arizona Normal School
is a healthful, wholesome place
in which to train young people
because of the atmosphere of life
and progress that permeates the
whole surroundings there. New
buildings are constantly being
erected, the student body is
rapidly increasing in size, new
courses are. being added, new
faculty members come with
each everywhere is the
spirit of growth.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
HELD TO ANSWER

Two MeXicans giving the
names respectively of Jesus Don
oells and Babe Doe, were arrest
ed on Friday of last week at
Ehrenburg by Cattle Inspector
Guy Rounds, on charges specified
in four counts, namely: For
slaughtering a bovine without
having first submitted it to exam
nation; for mutilating or altering
brand; and for selling meat
without having first had the
same inspected, each of which
constitutes a statutory offense.
The defendants were taken be-
fore Judge Collins who released
them on bail, pending the pre-
liminary hearing which was set
for Monday.
At the time appointed for the
examination, the defendants ap-
peared with their counsel, M. M.
Gordon, while the prosecution
was conducted by Attorney Ben
jamin Dick, of the Cattlemen's S
Association.
Several witnesses were exam
ined. AS there appeared to be
an insufficiency of evidence to
warrant the holding of the de-
dendant with the infantile name,
he was accordingly discharged.
But with the defendant Jesus it
was different. The preponder-
ance of evidence was against
him and he, like his namesake
in biblical lore, "opened not his
mouth" in his own defense, so
he was held to answer before the
superior court with bonds fixed
at $500, which he furnished.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

pleasant, well-regulated dormi-
tories. Under the guidance of
Miss Barber, who has charge of
the Bury Hall, and Mrs. Robin
son, the perceptress of Morton
Hall, both of them charming
ladies. The girls are taught
habits of orderly neatness in
household affairs, and the art of
gracious and ladylike behavior
wherever they may be. In tae
mems dormitory, the boys have
the advantage of the real moth
erly Watchfulness of Mrs. Blome.
One lad said to me last winter:
'Pll tell you, Mrs. Blome hiss
given me some good straight talk
better advice than | ever got
at home. And | sure appreciate
it too." In the coming year, Mr..
Rosenberg, the Manuel Training
teacher, will alao be in the dor
mitory, and the influence of his
sturdy manliness ought to be an
inspiration to many a boy who
needs good example even more
than wise precept.
The school offers three distinct
courses: The Normal Course,
which may be completed in five
years by a student entering from
the grades, or in two years by a
high schaol graduate, or even in
one and one-half years if advan-
tage be taken of the summer
school session; the Academic
Course, which prepares the
student for college entrance; and
the Commercial Course, which is
designed as special preparation
for actual business life.
The training school is run in
connection with the normal
school proper. There the candi-
date for a teachers diploma
must do practice work under the
guidance of trained critic teach
ers until he has gained a certain
degree of proficiency in discipline
and in presenting subject matter
to the children. In regard to
the work offered at the Northern
Arizona Normal School, it is a
matter of Importance to say that
every effort is made to offer the
student those things that will
best develop him, first, into an
all around man, second into a
good teacher. In doing this the
school seeks to correlate, as
much as possible. the established
academic studies with the newer
technical training in the practi-
cal things of life,
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
MORE INTERESTING BY FAR THAN CRATERS OF
VOLCANOES, LAVA BEDS CLIFF
DWELLINGS OR CAVES.

The summer visitor at Flagstaff
who has come from less favored
places to enjoy the cool mountain
breezes and the varied and mag
nifcent scenery of this region,
ought not to call his stay com
plete until he has paid at least
one visit to the Northern Ari-
zona Normal School, For more
interesting by far than craters
or volcanoes, lava beds, pre-
historic cliff dwellings, mile long
caves, or even a Grand Canyon
that may chance to be in a land,
must be it's young men and
women earnestly preparing for
the work of the morrow, When
these people, in turn, happen to
be the teachers or prospective
teachers of a still younger gen
GRAFTON, our interest must deepen.
We are just beginning to realize
the tremendous influence eXerted
by just the everyday school
teacher. That is why the really
most important thing at Flagstaff
is the normal scoool. Here are
gathered some of the most wide
awake and progressive teachers
of a big state studying that they
may better grace the great and
noble profession to which they
belong
The business of preparing the
teachers of a great common
wealth such as Arizona is a grave
task. The Northern Arizona
Normal School has taken that
task to heart, and, under the
Splendid leadership of it's earnest
and able president, DR.. Blome,
has seriously set itself to the
problem of training real teachers
for our public schools. That it
is gloriously succeeding is not
questioned by anyone acquainted
with the school.
The first thing that strikes the
attention Of the visitor at the
normal school, is the air of activ-
ity about the buildings. Closer
acquaintance proves this activity
to be very hearty and good ma
tured. Perhaps the most strik-
ing thing about the Northern
Arizona Normal School is the
natural, spontaneous life of it's
students. 1t is much like big
home, where teachers and STU
dents mingle as a sort of large
family devoted for the time being
to educational pursuits,
Most of the students live in tbs
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
FOR ASSEMBLYMAN

AS will be seen by his card under the
proper heading in this issue, j. B.
Flanagan of Parker announces himself
a candidate for the assembly from
Yuma county, on the Democratic
ticket, subject to the decision of the
electors of the county at the primary
election to be held on September 8,
1914.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
FOR SUPERVISOR

We are authorized to announce the
name of J. H. Shannessy, as will be
seen by mis- card in another column, as
a candidate for supervisor of Yuma
county, subject to the decision of the
voters of the county at the Democratic
primaries on September 9Th.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
THE SUPERIOR
JUDGESHIP
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LIFE OF
THE CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE
OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THIS COUNTY.

best known men in Yuma county.
He is now a candidate for super
.ior court judge, seeking the
democratic nomination for that
office. Since coming to Yuma
in 1901 he has been active and
conspicuous in many lines of
work and has contributed his all
to the upbuilding of the Yuma
country.
Mr.. Ingraham is a native of
Ohio, having been born in the
Buckeye state in 1868. His
father, Richard Ingraham, was
a merchant and farmer, and
his mother, Lucy Lewis 'Ingra-
ham, was a descendant of one
of the pioneer families of that
state.
Mr.. Ingraham obtained his ed
ucation from the public schools
of Ohio and Michigan. He after
ward graduated from the law
and literary departments of the
University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. After completing his
course he was for a time instruc-
tor in English at Ypsilanti, Mich,
where he established an excel
lent reputation as an exponent
and teacher Of pure English. Mr.
Ingraham practiced law for two
years in Chicago before coming
to Yuma.
Coming to Yuma in 1901 he
settled OH a homestead below
Somerton, the title to which he
later acquired and which he now
owns. Since 1903 he has been
an active practitioner at the Yu-
ma county bar, during which
time he served four years as
town attorney and is now sery-
ing his third year as county at
torney.
When delegates to the consti-
tutional convention were elected
which wrote the organic law Of
the state, Mr.. Ingraham was
elected a delegate from Yuma
county and took a conspicuous
part in that memorable body.
The inserting in the constitution
of the progressive features was
largely due to Mr.. Ingraham's
skilled hand. No member in
that body made a better record
than he.
When the first election for
state and county officials was
held, Mr.. Ingraham was elected
county attorney on the Demo
cratic ticket without opposition,
this being conceded to him as
mark of appreciation for his good
work in the constitutional con-
vention. He made an able and
efficient county attorney.
Mr.. Ingraham married after
he came to Yuma, married a Yu-
ma valley girl, Miss Inez Jacobs.
To this union one child has been
born, a girl, Alice.
All his life Mr. Ingraham has
been identified with educational
work and has taken a deep in
terest in all educational matters
He is at present the president OF
the board of trustees of the Yu-
ma Union High School district
and has been member of the
board of education of that school
since it's establishment four years
ago.
No man has done more toward
the upbuilding Of the Yuma
country than Fred L. Ingraham.
All his interests are here. Every
dollar he has in the world is in
vested in Yuma. Here he mar
ried and here his child was born.
He is an able lawyer. a good cltl-
zen and would make an upright
and an able judge. He seeks
the Democratic nomination at
the primary election which is to
be held on the 9Th of September.
Yuma Dailv Sin. Advt.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
Home Again.

Home Again.
Herman Roeder, who has been up at
Flagstaff for a couple of months, re-
turned to Parker Saturday and Is now
at the Empire camp.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Vol. V.
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGs OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Has Reopened.
The Oasis Restaurant has resumed
business and will be open day and night.
To San Diego.
Attorney M. M. Gordon left this
week for San Diego where he will
spend the summer.
Home Again.
Herman Roeder, who has been up at
Flagstaff for a couple of months, re-
turned to Parker Saturday and is now
ot tbo Eropira canop
Building Cottage.
Chief Manitaba, of the MoJave tribe
of Indians, has been engaged during
the week in building himself a cottage
near the agency.
Leasors of Indian Lands.
We are prepared to sign your bond
at once.
PARKER BANK & TRUST co.
Land Leased
LIP. Tolloday leased, this week, a
tract of eight or ten acres OF land on
the reservation from the Tupper Bros.
and is preparing to plant the same to
alfalfa.
Haying Time.
Manv of the Indians on the reserva-
tion are now engaged IN cutting nay
and in stacking and baling the same.
The crops as a rule are much larger
than ordinarily.
Regular Ferry Service.
At any hour of the day. The best
route to and from the coast For IN
formation address
THE PARKER TRANSP. CO.
Entangeled in Barbed Wire.
Four horses belonging to L..P. Iol-
lodav got entangled in barbed wire
fence, down on the reservation. about
twenty-five miles from here, one day
last week and all were badly mutllated.
Taking Vacation.
R. H. Fuller, the Santa Fe agent in
this place, accompanied by his wife,
left last Monday for Los Angeles for
months vacation. During his absence
M. D. Burns of Mayer will fill his
position.
Back from Yuma.
The auto party consisting of Mrs.
H. A. Goodwin. Miss Lucy Turk, nj.
M. Gordon, H. E. Buckingham and
Charles Waite, who went to Yuma last
week, returned to Parker Monday.
Yuma Visitors.
D. L. Bailey, the Yuma pharmacist,
and Rev. Father c. F. Feige of the
same place, were in Parker Saturday
and Sunday. Mr.. Bailey is candidate
for the nomination, at the Democratic
primaries, for county treasurer. He
says that everything so far is looking
very favorably.
Melon Festival.
At the home of j. E. Beck, last
Saturday evening, quite number of
friends gathered, the occasion being an
extemporaneous melon festival pre-
pared ny Mr. Beck. Upon the arrival
of the company several large, ice-cOld
melons were cut and served out on the
lawn and all enjoyed most bOuntiful
feast Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Fuqua and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Hull, Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs Osborne, Mrs. Graves, Mrs.
Flanagan and children, Mrs. Clayton,
Misses Gladys Evans, Irene Bryant,
Clara Tolloday, Messrs. Sullivan, Bry-
ant, Saufley, Graves.
FOR SUPERVISOR
We are authorized to announce the
name of J. H. Shannessy, as will be
seen by mis- card in another column, as
a candidate for supervisor of Yuma
county, subject to the decision of the
voters of the county at the Democratic
primaries on September 9Th.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARkE X
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.

Has Reopened.
The Oasis Restaurant has resumed
business and will be open day and night.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

To San Diego.
Attorney M. M. Gordon left this
week for San Diego where he Will
spend the summer.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Leasors of Indian Lands.
We are prepared to sign your bond
at once.
PARKER BANK & TRUST CO.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
Building aCottage. a

Building a Cottage.
Chief Manitaba, of the MoJave tribe
of Indians, has been engaged during
the week in building himself cottage
near the agency.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Land Leased
l.. P. Tolloday leased, this week,
tract of eight or ten acres OF land OF
the reservation from the Tupper Bros
and is preparing to plant the same tt
alfalfa.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Entangeled in Barbed Wire.
Four horses belonging to L..P. Tol
Today got entangled in barbed wire
fence, down on the reservation. abou
TWENTY-FIVE miles from here, one da!
last week and all were badly mutilated
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
Taking a Vacation.

R. H. Fuller, the Santa Fe agent In
this place, accompanied by his wife,
left last Monday for Los Angeles for a
months vacation. During his absence
M. D. Burns of Mayer will fill his
position.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
Back from Yuma.

Back from uma.
The auto party consisting OF Mrs
H. A, Goodwin. Miss Lucy Turk, nj.
M. Gordon, H. E. Buckingham ano
Charles Waite, who went to Yuma last
week. returned to Parker Monday.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08
Yuma Visitors.

Yuma Visitors.
D. L. Bailey, the Yuma pharmacist,
and Rev. Father C.. F. Feige of the
same place, were in Parker Saturday
and Sunday Mr.. Bailey is candidate
for the nomination, at the Democratic
primaries, for county treasurer. He
says that everything so far is looking
very favorably.
The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1914-08-08

Haying Time.
Manv of the Indians on the reserVa-
tion are now engaged IN cutting hay
and in stacking and baling the same.
The crops as a rule are much larger
than ordinarily.
Regular Ferry Service.
At any hour of the day The pest
route tn and from the coast For in
formation address
THE PARKER TRANSP. co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
RANDOLPH

Mr.. and Mrs Carl Thresher OF Melrose
Highlands have ccome for visit in town
and are now at the home OF Mrs. Thresh-
er's father, Lyman Hutchinson, on
Randolph avenue.
Miss Mildred Fuller has returned from
Brookfield where she has been teaching
for several weeks and is with her sister,
Mrs. w X. Sargent
DIR. Charles Cushman has arrived from
Chicago to visit his mother, Mrs G. +.
Cushman, and will with his sister, Mrs.
r. A. Eaton, attend the commencement
at Dartmouth college this week.
Fl. III. Howard, who went to the sana
forum last week for an operation on the
stomach, is now in a critmal condition
there and it il thought will not rally.
Miss Myrtle Rogers returned Sat
urdsy after teaching in Pittsfield for the
past year and is to pass her vacation
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. 0mer
Rogers.
Mrs. Don Moore of Sharon has come
for several DAYS vtst with her father,
@, j. Marcott, at the home on School
street.
Another case Of diphtheria has deyel-
Oped on School street, IN the house OF
Charles Burridge, which is now occupied
by Frank Sargent who is employed in
the foundry Of the Sargent, Osgood &
Roundv firm, this case being the Oldest
boy about - years of age While the
case is not considered serious, it is a
well developed case OF the disease, and
tine house is in quarantine.
Miss Hazel Hodgkins, who has been in
Rochester for the last eight weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Lewis Curtis, has re-
turned home, and her grandmother. Mrs
Nichols. also came from there on Satur-
day for few DAYS visit with her
daughter, Mrs. w. G. Hodgkins, of this
place.
The district meeting Of the Montpe-
lier branch of the Methodist association
will be held here on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June 80 and July /, at the
Methodist chuheh.
Rev. Fraser Metzger went to Middle
bury on Sunday night to speak before
the Christian Association OF Middle.
bury college and from there will journey
to Freehold, n. Y, to join Mrs Metzger
and the boys, to remain the balance of
the month.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22
The Finest Rose Garden in America.

In the July Woman's Home Compan.
ion Frank A. Waugh, the well known
horticultural, writes an article entitled
"The Queen of the Garden" in which
he tells how to grow roses In the course
of his article appears the following pas.
sage telling about the finest rose garden
in all America:
"In Hartford, Conn, there is magni-
ficent public rose garden. 1t is probably
the finest rose garden in America. and
almost certainly the best one outside
the Pacific coast states, where roses
really grow. Here the most expert care
is available, and here the expense. which
would be too much for the private fam
lily, is negligible when distributed to all
the taxpayers of the big city. And so
the rose garden in Elizabeth park is one
of the glories of Hartford, and the eiti.
zens GO out by thousands and thousands
every day in June and July to enjoy
their roses. and visitors come from hun
dreds of miles around from all neighbor-
ing cities and states to see this splendid
display.
Chicago has very beautiful public
rose garden in Humboldt park; Mime
apolis has newer and wholly success
full municipal rose garden in Lyndale
park, and there are several Others of
only less renown-"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-22

pany, number six score of artists on
route from Iasal, Utah to Green River,
Wyoming, the company travelling hun
dreds of miles, and travelling deep ra-
vines, giant mountain ranges and ford
ing numerous streams.
This travelling for local color was nec-
essary, owing to the contract between
Mr.. Lasky and the author OF the "Squaw
Man ;" who, when he agreed to allow
MIR. Lasky to produce his play in film,
stipulated in the contract that the film
must be made in the exact locale of
the play and Mr.. Lasky, in order to car
ny out this portion Of the agreement,
sent the company into the Middlewest,
where they remained for eleven weeks
while the production was being made.
Many magnificent scenic spectacles
occur in the "Sguaw Man. The east
was made up Of men and women drawn
from the native population Of the min
ing camps throughout Colorado, Utah
and Wyoming, and are exact types OF
the characters Mr.. Royle had in mind
when writing the play.-Adyt.