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The Parker post., 1914-12-26
sTUNo BY A CRATER

Joseph Barnes allows as how he
he has been swindled by a slicker
who says his name is Clarence
Belmont and whose home is in East
st. Louis. Joseph operates a little
sidehill farm i'm the valley and the
only troubles with the farm is that
the gophers have made his place
their home i'm large numbers and
have played havoc with his crops.
He is a great reader of advertise
ments and one day he saw an "ad"
of this Belmont feller who prom
ised to furnish a sure cure for
gophers for one dollar. Joe sent the
buck and received the following sure
cure prescription:
"Catch a turtle and bore a hole
in his she'll. Then attach a wire
about as long as your finger and
on the other end of the wire tie
couple of rags soaked in kero-
sene. Light the rags and start the
turtle down the gopher hole
He said the turtle would be fright
ened and if the gopher did not get
out of the hole the turtle would bite
him to death. And the gophers
wouldn't return because they would
be scared of the fire and wouldn't
like the smell of kerosene in their
holes.
In conclusion Mr.. Barnes said:
Here's one Yuma Valley rancher
that won't get took in by any fake
advertising again. Yuma Sun.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Riddles Entertained.

Every child in Parker was remem-
bered by Santa Claus at the Christ
mas exercises held in the M. D..
church Thursday evening. A mag
nificent tree was handsomely decora-
ted and it's appearance exuded the
Christmas spirit from every branch.
Presents galore were placed ON the
tree by good old Santa, and the old
boy himself was there on the job
much to the delight of the little folks
For a week or more previous to the
occasion a number of the ladies of
Parker worked hard for the success
OF the entertainment, and it was with
much satisfaction that they witnessed
the happy times enjoyed by the chill
dren. The school children took part
in the evenings exercises, and ac-
qrittted themselves in a most credit
ahe manner.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
COLLINS WINS CONTST.

y The election contest proceedings
brought by J. F. Collins in the SUI
perior court of this county, were con
cluded last Saturday evening, when
Judge Baxter declared Mr.. Collins
elected to the office of justice of the
peace of this precinct.
A recount of the ballots showed
Collins had a total of 63 votes, as
against SO for J. E. Beck, his oppo-
nent. The original returns gave
Beck SO, and Collins Sc.
From the above it will be found
that the recount shows a total of SO
votes cast for this office, while the
election boards count showed a total
Of ia. Beck lost 22 and Collins
gained 7. Members of the election
board explain this discrepancy in
this manner: They counted all the
ballots for Beck which showed that
candidates name written under the
IldIII9 VI COlhOilS O1l II1S I6SuIdI uSAi
ocratic ticket; that where a straight
ticket was voted and the name OF
Beck written in they counted for
Beck, giving as their authority that
part of the election laws which states
that a written name shall be given
precedence over a printed pame, and
that where the evident intention OF
the voter is manifest the board need
not hold to form.
Evidently this was not the correct
construction of the law, as Beck lost
all of those votes which were written
in under the name of Collins, by
the recount. The proper way to vote
for an Independent candidate is to
write the name in the column headed
independent" and mark a cross
after the names of every other can
didate you desire to vote for, as we'll
as after the written name.
Mr.. Collins is still in Yuma, where
he is a member of the jury called to
try the cases of the present term of
court. He is expected home today.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
SALT WELL NEAR BLYTHE Jc.

The discovery of a salt well TWEEN,
ty miles west of Blythe Junction,
the product of which assays SO per
cent pure, seems likely to add a new
industry to the desert. The pres
ence of the well has been known for
years, but If was Floyd Brown who
suspicioned its value and had assays
made and as result company has
been formed and has already shipped
machinery to the ground to secure
the product by evaporation. The ca
pacity of the plant will be 80 tons
a day.
Mr.. Brown had samples of the
water in town recently and secured
three pounds of salt from about ten
pounds of water. The Los Angeles
chemists who examined it stated
that with the exception of the Mich
igan salt wells, the local product was
the purest of amy in the United
States. In Michigan the salt body
lies several hundred feet under the
surface of the earth and is mined
by pumping water into the well and
after allowing it to become saturated
drawing it to the surface and evapor-
ating. At the Brown well the
water lies within six feet of the
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
HOW WE GET THE NEWS.

LAY before yesterday perfectly
nice lady with tears in her voice
reproved us for not mentioning the
fact that she had friend visiting
her last week. We told her that she
had not ei us know anything about
if and that therefore, We did not
know that she had a visitor. Then
she said, "Well, you should have
known. l thought you were running
a newspaper" Wouldn't that rattle
your Stats? Some people think that
an editor ought to be a cross be-
tween Argus and Anna Eva Fay.
hey seem to think that our five
senses are augmented by a sixth that
let's us know everything that happens
even if We see, hear, feel, taste or
smell it not. Dear lady, editors are
only human or at least, almost hui
man. If you have a friend visiting
you, if you are going away, or have
returned from a visit out of town,
if Johnnie falls and breaks his arm,
if your husband chops his toe in
stead of stick OF wood, if anything
happens that makes you glad, or sad,
happy or mad, call us up. Tell us
in the paper.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26

which will require the railroads to
keep a sort of lookout ON the cow
catcher and a brakeman for every
six box cars in the train, claiming
such law was being enacted for the
safety of life and limb. Such a law
would be just as sensible or as just
as the eighty per cent, blacklist or
mothers pension laws.
1t looks now as if the initiative is
being used only for the purpose of
destroying the development of Ari-
IONA. Therefore it behooves all
voters in the state to acquaint them
selves with the laws referred to and
then prepare to repeal the agency
through which they were made pos
sibles-Arizona Gazette
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
SUITS TO ENJoIN.

Suits to enjoin the enforcement Of
Arizona's prohibition and alien labor
court i'm Los Angeles last Monday.
Attorney General Jones for the prin-
cipal defendant in the prohibition in
junction said that he would propose
to limit the arguments on both sides
to four hours.
There are four petitions for the pro
Inhibition Injunction. One is in the
name of Rev. Thomas Connolly, pas
at Tucson.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
STATE SHOULD
AID MINING
PLAN INAUGURATED FOR CON-
STRUCTION OF LABORATORIES
AND STATE sAMPLING PLANTS
AT u. OF A.

Very recently it was discovered
that mine which was being worked
for lead contained platinum and pal
ladium in very considerable quanti-
ties, giving a total value of $21 200
per ton. For six years hundreds of
thousands of dollars were lost. This
is but one of the wastes in the min
ing industry, that goes to make up a
national loss of $1,O00,000 per day i'm
mineral wastes.
Again they found more palladium
than was believed to exist, and al
though palladium is quoted at $40
per ounce, production OF ten ounces
day would swamp the market. 1t
was then necessary in order to sell
the product, to create new demands,
to experiment and find out for wha
it could be used. Experimentation
proved that if alloyed with 80 per
cent gold it would prove an efficient
one-third the cost. In many ways it
has proven superior to platinum. This
is one of many cases.
The work of preventing waste and
thus increasing the public wealth is
properly the function of the federal
and state governments. How many
people have platinums, palladiums
and other minerals that they did not
know existed, and how many people
such as the above.
The state of Arizona needs particu-
lar attention to this matter. The
small operators need much assistance
and the larger operators will require
assistance 1t is proposed to erect
at the University of Arizona at Tue
son as complete mining and metal
lurgical laboratories as can be OBJ
taired for research work and teach
ing the utilization OF our national
wastes. Such laboratories would be
state laboratories, i'm every way to be
used for the people of the state.
Many times examining engineers
are forced to turn down properties
because they involved something new
in metallurgical practice and they
lave no adequate facilities for test
ing. These facilities do not exist i'm
commercial testing laboratories when
the problem involved is something
new, and there is no place where the
engineer can work out his own prob
lem. The plan as proposed calls for
the use of such laboratories by any
one capable of using them, at no cost
other than for power and material
used. The plans also call for a state
sampling plant. This would be of
immeasurable aid to the smaller pro
ducers.
Every one in Arizona, miner, farm
er and merchant alike, should get be-
hind such movement, as it means
many dollars brought into the state
in invested capital and thousands
more in pay rolls.
The present business depression
and lack of money in Arizona is be-
cause of the fact that mine pay rolls
are not being circulated, but Arizona
contains millions of dollars in min
erals for which the present European
war has increased the demand, but
which we are not prepared to use.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Launches Publication.

The Chamber of Mines and Oil of
Los Angeles has launched the Oil and
Mining Bulletin, a monthly publica-
tom devoted to the development of
the mineral resources of the, great
southwest. ]. Nelson Nevius, the
well-kmown mining engineer, is in
editorial charge, and with the back
ing of the chamber the publication
has every prospect of success. Here's
hoping, and greetings to the
new born.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Secures Ford Agency.

E. F. Lauten last week closed a
deal with a representative from the
Ford factory, for the Parker agency
of that well-known, and much malign-
ed car, and expects his first ship
ment of cars here in a few days. He
will open garage uptown, with
Harry Osborne i'm charge Several
prospective buyers are already figur-
ing up their available cash so as to
acquire new car soon after the first
of the year.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Rain, and Then Some.

The drizzling rain which started
last week is still with us, and from
all indications We are in for a spell
of Oregon weather. Not within the
memory OF the oldest inhabitant has
anything like this been known. If
the desert were planted at this time
it would indeed blossom as the rose.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26

brown kids, who entered into the
spirit of the occasion with as much
zest as their little white brothers and
sisters were doing at the same hour
down town, in the M. E. church. An
appropriate program was carried out
by the children, and the affair was
an eminent success from every stand
point
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
surface of the ground and the prob

surface of the ground and the prob
lem of pumping and evaporating it is
simple.
Ordinary salts, secured from ocean
water, or rock salts mined direct,
usually have from 10 to 25 per cent
impurities. Theunusually high grade
of the product o. the Blythe juno
ton we'll will give it a premium ON
the coast as the nearest competing
salt works will be in Kansas and
Michigan. Herald.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Xmas Tree at Indian School.

The children of the Indian school
were made happy Thursday evening
by the magnificent Christmas tree
which the school management prepar-
ed for their pleasure. 1t was heavi-
ly laden with presents for the little
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Depart for Prescott.

Mr. and Mrs. ]. Jewel departed
Tuesday for Prescott, where Mr.. Jew
ell will be employed in the Santa Fe
shops at that place. For the past
several months he has been working
in the local Santa Fe yards as car
inspector.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Hunting Party.

J. E. Beck, Mr.. Thurman and Hub
Fuqua went duck hunting Monday in
the vicinity of 30-mile slough. They
made the trip in a Ford, and the rain
of the past few days made the going
somewhat difficult in places. They
returned the following day with 21
ducks and a quantity of quail. The
sloughs in the reservation are lousy
with ducks, the hunters report, and
everyone owning shot gun is itch
ing to get shot at some of them.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Home for Holidays.

Spencer Graves, who is attending
the l.. A. High School, accompanied
by his mother Mrs. lone Graves ar
rived from the coast Monday night
to spend the holidays with his
parents in this city For the past few
weeks Mrs. Graves has been visiting
her son i'm Los Angeles.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
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.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
LOCAL NEWS
PARAGRAPHS

PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Occupied the Pulpit.

Presiding Elder Cheek of Phoenix
was a visitor i'm Parker Sunday, and
occupied the pulpit of the M. E
church Sunday evening. A good
sized audience greeted Rev. Cheek Z
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Leaves for Vacation.

Fritz Riddle left Wednesday for
San Diego, where he will spend the
holidays visiting friends.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Happy New Year.

The Post wishes all of its friends
and patrons-and enemies-a Happy
and Prosperous New Year.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Here for Xmas.

Mrs.J. T. Martin arrived from the
Bill Williams last Sunday to spend
the holidays i'm Parker.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26
Here from Ash Fork.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester White arrived
Tuesday from Ash Fork. Mr.. White
is relieving Fritz Riddle as foreman
in the Santa Fe yards.
The Parker post., 1914-12-26

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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-05-08
She Was Too Careless.

According to a Kansas paper a mar
In that state bought his wife a re
,olycr With which 20 defend herself,
but after q bullet had been dug out OF
his leg and the COW had been buried
he decided she had better do her de-
4 nding With an aT-Kansas CITY
MO Journal
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Il understand YOU got into JAIL
said IN, warden. on account Of a
glowing mining prospectus \ was
quite optimistic admitted the gen
tIemanly prisoner. Wen, the gov
crnor wants . report ON conditions 10
ny iail want yo1 ro write tt
Pittsburgh Post
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BrotherI. Amenities.

We don't have any grass growing
on our streets. sueered the Ne"
Yorker. NO, | dare say not replied
the Philadelphia. 4 suppose your
street car horses nibble II on as they
browse along -Lippincott's Maya
zine
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n,,nsr spelIed the Effect.

My wife Wa 10 give a rose tea'
everything scented With roses A
delicate crlrcit. Yes, but things
went wron~ The people in the next
fat tool hat occasion to have Onions
and cabbage Kansas city Journal.
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The hard Knock

This old world at best ~ only an
anvil and life a sort Of Plutonian
blacksmith that. with varying blows
strikes us into form tn" blow that
hurts us most may shape Ms best
Exchange
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Rule for lite

so live uith men a. II God saw
you; so speak with ',cd az II men
heard YOU Senecs
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Dry batteries for ,hr engine AT
Millcr's Drug Stor. II
'li"n" your orders for HAY.
corn 90 bran to IarUruuuh. De
hv"rcd. #
For Sale; Three lots, suitable
for BUSINESS locations, at special
bargain prices J A. MooRE.
For Sale Heavy rabbit proof
fencing at u sacratsc. Inquire
ol Mr.. Lingo at the blacksmith
shop itp
W horsc puwcr Overland auto
mobile equipped 10 burn cheap
fuel, fine condition. will exchange
ior decided hand en- town proper.
~, Write BOX /, Srpar, y NJ.
For Sale cine horst, good
saddle and driver; IN" good
second hand buggy and harness;
on" handy barrel cart; al>u Il few
pieces ui furniture, See Roy
Baker or j. \ Moore. 2tc
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The Courier Cenl-A-W Wore
Classified Adds

Advertisements In thi, &C nun will
B., ,,.,t;pd In this cul,;nu at = cost Ot
,,c cont A word. each issue. T. YOU
have anything ~ sell, trad" az rent,
or II you want to buy or trade tor
ANYTHING, tell Ia" world about II In
hi, column. Every body rrHds II.
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REIMBURSEMENT close TO
Columbus with improvements
worth more than We are asking
for he place-Sce HellOerg n
Blair r. X Geslcr, Mgr. IL
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Your application Ia prove up
made out free Of charge, also
any information rcgardiL- SAINT.
VIII De- glad tO be- favored with
all your business in any .dnu
matters .-W &. Hoover, L, =.
Commissioner, Columbus, y VI.
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NOrICE: Claimants duvertla
ing tinal proof or homestead anu
desert lands should read their
notices carefully la see Inat there
are no mistakes
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For Sale: Goat ranch 200
head of goats, watering claims
and improvements; located IN
the Florida mountains, a bar
gain at $4,000 part in trade
address the Courier Tor iutur
nation. II
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Eggs For Sale Eggs from
thoroughbred Bun OrphingConS
Setting of ii eggs, - -. Reduc
ton ON two or NOR" settings
good winter layers; bred Ia lay
Leave orders at Courier office or
with W. T.. Cowgirl. 3mu.
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have ANYTHING ~ sell, TRAD" ur rent,
~ n YOU want to- buy or trade Tor
o,ytbing, tell thu world about II In
hi. rnIumu. Everybody reads II.
Dry batteries at MiIler's Drug
Store u
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Courier
Potato slips tor >alr See ~
j Narbrougll. Il
Try our celebrated Plaza cot
tp, Elliott N Company
send Spur pD,t cards - vour
friends. Local views at SiscuN
Shor repairing of all kinds
" Ed G.. Archer.
Buy your spark plug, for your
auto at Millrr'~ drug Stur"
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, welt located,
very cheap, must h" sold soon.
HrlIbcrg n Blair. "
Eighty acres decided land, all
uIrr smooth land at a bargain
HeiIbcrg a. Blair u
List your land with Hellb"rg N
Blair. We have the buyers i"
r. Gosler, local manager
lost:-On Grade near the
Moseley hOusc, a lady'S gold
watch. Reward. Leave At the
Courier office
NorICE: Claimants duyertla
ing hnal proof on homestead anu
desert lands should read their
notices carefully Ia ~ Unat there
are no mistakes
REIMBURSEMENT close 10
Columbus with improvements
worth more than We are asking
for ,he place See HellDerg n
Blair r. Il Geslcr, Mgr IL
Eggs For Sale Eggs from
thoroughbred Bun OrphingConS
Setting of l6 eggs, - -. Reduc
ton ON two or more settings
good winter layers; bred "a lay
Leave orders at Courier office 81
with W. r.. Cowgirl. 3mu
For Sale. Goat ranch ,UOt
head of goats, Watering claim
and improvements; located II
the Florida mountains, a bar
gain 1T $1,000 part in trade
address the Courier Tor iutur
nation. Il
Your application Ia prove ~
made out free Of charge, ais,
any information rcEardiL- SAM,
VIII be- glad tO be- favored wlll
all your business in any IAN,
matters. W. G.. Hoover, I. -
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Tly our celebrated Plaza cot
H.. Elliott N Company
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For Sale Heavy rabbit proof
fencing At q saCratisc. Inquire
Ol Mr.. Lingo at the blacksmith
shop. Itp
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send ,pur pD,t cards T. vour
friends. Local views at SiscuN
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Dry batteries at Miller's Drug
Sore u
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For Sale; Three lots, suitable
Tor business locations, at special
bargain prices j A. MooRE.
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Dry batteries for ,hr engine "a,
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Potato slips tor Nalc See \
j NarbruuglL u
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'li"n" your orders Tor hay.
corn or bran 10 IarOruugh. De
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The Holly chieftain., 1914-08-21

Somebody who wishes explain what the editorial signifies
that expected wife home today refers the editor when
little late with work. includes the whole office
force; but we have hog cholera midst only refers the
who takes the paper three years and refuses for