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chances that such a force would have
 of finding sustenance. Then little groups of soldiers have been started from various possible landing places
 with instructions to make their way
 as swiftly as possibleeto given points
 along the canal, mapping the country they traverse, in order to determine
 what an enemy could do.
 The result of this work of invest1ga-
 ton so far, briefly and wholly unofh-
 cially stated, is that the shores of the
 Atlantic ocean, within a good many
 miles of the zone, are impracticable for landing force because of the na-
 ture of the country; that a landing
 could be made easily on the Pacific
 side some distance west of the zone.
 but between there and the canal the jungle is so dense as to. be virtually impossible; that the dangerous dis trict is that lying immediately east of the zone on the Pacific side. On the last mentioned shores an enemy could well land an army, and the semi-open, rolling savannas between there and the canal would gtveS easy access to the zone.
 The dT1Qy Oh L1O 1SIhhuG make no secret of the fact that their investigations are being carried on mainly with the Japanese in mind. How those islanders could land there and what they could do if they did
 land are the problems engaging the attention Of Colonel Greene and his
 men of the Tenth.
 One defensive measure that has
 been adopted Is the clearing out of
 practically all inhab4ta1ts from the
 zone, except. at the ends of the canal
 and in several of the larger towns,
 which, as have said, may be kept az
 quarters for the soldiers All holdings of land are being valued by a mixed commission and the residents moved | away. When the canal IS completed the jungle, much of which has been cleared out, will be allowed to grow up again, for the expeFtanEe of centuries | has shown that that tungle itself is a powerful defense against an invading
 army. The practicable roads through | it are few and far between, the
 streams not navigable, and the growth
 of trees. brush and great vines so | dense that it is vtFtnalfy impossible l for body of men, to say nothing of cannon and supply wagons. A rapid
 dash through the jungle would be en- tirely out of the question, and when | the zone is deserted all food supplies
 will have disappeared.
 l Some fear has been expressed that l a few men could land. make their way ] quietly to the canal and blow up the looks. But it seems unlikely that they
 could get ashore and transport to the
 canal, undetected. enough explosives to do any great damage.
 On the whole, the canal will be quite
 adequately protected-provi6ed 1t il 1 not attacked too soon-
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-01-23

Monthly reports of city marshal and police judge read and approved.
 Special report of city engineer, rec ommending street work to be done on upper Chase Creek, connecting with new Clifton-Morenci wagon road, read and approved.
 By motion made, seconded and car ried it is ordered that Luciana Gar cia, an indigent person, be allowed the sum of s1O.OO per month until further notice; effective from Janu- ary 1, 1914.
 By motion made, seconded and car ried, clerk is instructed to aut'- pr ize city attorney to draw resolution providing for the issuance of $5O,000.- % Improvement bonds, bearing inter- est at the rate of six per cent per annum.
 By unanimous vote of Council Street Supervisor Tyler is hereby authorized to proceed with street work on the public street on the up- per end of Chase Creek.
 By motion made, seconded and car ried, clerk is instructed to authorize hibiting the hitching of horses and animals to electric lighting and tele- graph poles in the Town of Clifton.
 By unanimous vote of Council it is ordered that Councilman Stevens se- cure the services of an attorney for Of oil ceedings had in connection with the incorporation of the Town of Clifton and that a report be made to the Council on the legal standing of the Town.
 By motion made, seconded and carried, it is ordered that town clerk be granted the services of an assist ant in making assessment of Chase Creek sewer district. , By motion made, seconded and car ried, clerk is instructed to advertise for bids for the painting of the pub lie wagon bridge in the Town of Clifton.
 Complaint having been made by J. J. Coughlin that landing of foot bridge in North Clifton is situated on land belonging to complainant, there by damaging his land; wherefore by motion made, seconded and carried, it is ordered that clerk be instructed to authorize city engineer to check up and survey and ascertain how much of lot Mo- 22 in Morrison Ad- ,dition is occupied by said foot bridge landing, and report his findings to Council.
 In discussion of proposed improve ments in the Town of Clifton, for which bonds are to be issued, Coun- ci decided unanimously to look over the situation and decide as to what improvements shall be made in the various sections of the Town, in or der to give as near as possible an equal benefit to taxpayers.
 Meeting was then adjourned. Attest:
 MAT DANENHAUER, If Town Clerk.
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OLD TIMER IN PRESCOTT.

Charles Sangster, of Los Angeles, was an arrival in the city Wednesday and has gone to Cherry Creek to make an inspection of the new roadway with the view of taking up construction under T. .C. Snyder, who was awarded the con tract. The return of MT. Sangster was made a pretty occasion among the Hassayamper colony for the req son that in the early sos he was one of the contractors in building the old Atlantic and Pacific railway through the northern portion of Arizona, and was a freouent visitor in Prescott.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Of GreenIee County, State of Arizona
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of P. J. Summers, deceas- ed. Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned administrator of the Els tate of P. J. Summers, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hav- ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at Clifton, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business Of said estate, in said County of Green lee.
 JESSE B. SUMMERS. Administrator of the Estate of P. J.
 Simmons, deceased.
 Dated this 17th day of January, 1914. IJ-23-4t.
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MAT DANENHAUER, Town Clerk
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TO BUILD ROAD.

PATAGONIA-Many carloads or railroad ties are being shipped sodtn from this point daily, and it is said they will be used in the construction of 9 cut-off on the Sonora railroad from Maytorena station to some noint on the MazatIan line below Empalme. to allow the resumption or traffic on the West Coast road below Guaymas, which for months has been impossible on account of the occunation of the Sonoro port by the sedera1s It is not known whether the cutoff will be built by the rall- road company or by the state or Sonora.
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Riley.
 Absent: Mayor Fraser.
 Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
 The following claims were audited and ordered paid:
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AFTER THIEF.

MIAMI-Deputy Sheriff Wilson re- turned last night from Solomonville,
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PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL

Regular meeting of Council Janu- ary 5th, 1914, 7:3O p. m.
 Present: President Tyler and Councilmen Stevens, Dunagan, and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-18

Indicative of the spread of the
cooperative idea, a dispatch from
BeltoD, Texas, says:
"A carload Of hogs was shipp-
ed from here under the coopera-
tive plan by farmers in this Sec
ton. The plan is for each farm
er that is a member of the organ
ization and who has a few hogs
for sale, to assemble the porkers
at a point, holding them until a
carload is secured and then the
shipment is made. The plan has
proved to very profitable to the
farmers in this territory. Coun-
ty Agricultural Agent Thomas
Youngblood acts as sales agent
without charge"
This is good work, and there
are hundreds of other southern
communities where this plan
might be employed with equally
good results. Progressive Farm.
or.
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Diversified Crops.

Speak to some men about div
ersification of crops and they
will say: I'VE tried cantaloupes
and sometimes the price we got
hardly paid for the Grating and
freight; then we tried onions and
that didn't pay, and then we
tried peanuts; they paid a while,
but there is little profit on pres
ent prices, and hard to sell at
that. So is cotton still harder
to sell. But that is no diversity
ing at all; it is a one-crop busi-
ness, as much as one-crop cotton.
Diversification of crops is the
planting of numbers of kinds of
farm products-oats, corn, cot
ton, grasses, peas, potatoes
both kinds-peanuts, cane. pump
kins, cabbage, collards, turnips
and all kinds of fruits and ber-
ries. Then diversity these with
stock and poultry raising, which
is very profitable. Breed horses,
mules, cows. hogs, sheep. goats,
turkeys, geese, ducks or chick
ems. We do not know a man who
thus diversifies agricultural in
dustry that is not a prosperous
farmer, neither do you. There
is always enough waste on an or
dinary farm to half feed a pretty
good bunch of hogs. which are
the most prolific of all farm ami
mails, and the meat is always
saleable-a good market for it
all the time and so there is for
beef, mutton and fowls. Of
course, all these require careful
attention and protection from
disease to make the business re-
quire close attention to succeed.
-Ruston Leader.
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A Bull Moose Heart.

The BEACON is in receipt from
Mr.. E, ]. Rees, of the Colonial
Mortgage Co., of several copies
of the Emporiam, Kan. Gazette,
edited by the famous author and
Bull Moose politician. William
Allen White.
The associate editor of this pa
per, by the way, is the famous
prose rhymester, Walt Mason,
whose doggerel is of such quail
ty that it is now published in
every high class journal in this
country.
AS moulder of public opinion
Mr.. White has probably been the
greatest force against stand-pat
Republicanism of any man in
the west, though he first became
noted by an editorial in his paper
during the Mckinley Bryan cam
paign entitled What is the Mat
ter With Kansas, which was
used as a campaign document by
the Republicans at that time.
The change of heart political.
by Mr.. White, is best illustrated
by the following clipping from
the Gazette entitled "The Mar
vels of Surgery"
Under the above head an item
is drifting through the Kansas
press that reminds us. At the
Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minn.,
all sorts of gorgeous lies float
about concerning the wonderful
things the Mayos can do with the
knife. One story says that Doc
tor Will put a sleeps stomach in
Doctor Charley. who then turn
ed around and put a calf's liver
in Doctor Will. One day, de-
pondent was sitting in the great
lobby of the clinic reading and
waiting, when a well-dressed,
handsome woman sitting next to
US, touched our arm and asked,
DO you know, sir, if it is true
or not that the colored doorkeep-
fs4s.sa.ssr re has an elk's kidney in
place OF his own"
We looked at the big, hand
some colored boy in uniform, and
shook our head and replied: mo,
madam; | cannot say as to that.
But know this for fact: |
have a Bull Moose heart p
She looked at our handsome
chest in wonder and explained:
my They can just do any
thing, can't they?"
They sure can," we reflected.
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Learning to Know One an Other.

In the school houses in Belle
vile. Wis, a few evenings ago,
upon motion of the Catholic priest,
the Methodist minister was elect
cd president of the community's
social center for the coming win
ter. Then three basket ball teams
we're formed, including the priest,
the minister, the blacksmith, the
editor, a farmer, the keeper of the
village restaurant, a dentist, a
clothier, a teamster, a druggist, a
garage owner, the banker, the sa
loon keeper, a hardware merchant
and a house painter.
They differ in religion, in poll
tics, in income, in most other
things about as widely as men
ever differ. But in the common
school building, in the free dem
ocracy Of the social center, they
agreed to lay aside their differ
ences for the purpose of discover
ting how much goodfellowship
there was in the meeting together
now and then as equals, as broth
ers. In the democracy of play, in
the democracy of frank, fair dis
cussion of public questions, they
are finding out, these differing
men Of Belleville, that, as human
beings, they differ only in incl
dentals but are one in the funda-
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Vardaman Still Fiel,ts the
Wilson's Adnlinist tration

Washington, Dec. 14.-Senator
Vardaman, ef Mississippi. intends
to fight the shipping bill both in
the commerce commission and on
the floor of the senate. The bill
will come up in the committee to-
morrow. The Republicans are ex-
pected to fight it, but so far as
known, Senator Vardaman is the
only Democratic member of the
committee who does not favor the
measure which has been urged so
strongly by the president.
While early in the session for a
break away from the administra-
tion and his Democratic collea-
CUES, there is nothing inconsistent
in Senator Vsrdaman's alignment
as reported in the quoted Wash
ington press dispatch. He is
standing shoulder to shoulder not
only with the Republicans but
with the shipping companies, COM
monty known as the subsidy trust,
that led the fight against repeal of
the tolls exemption clause of the
Ishhmian canal act.-Vicksburg
Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-18

reality; Nick Rogers. $2.75 for road
work, district 4; Henry Love, for same
G. V. Cotton, $50 for work in district
4; W. E. Weaver, petition for release
of Jarod Hudson from road tax.
w. T. Showers aud w. R. Swindle,
committee, reported verbally that tney
had decided that ferry at Bounsson' S
crossing would be the most desirable
pla'e and would serve the best inter
ests of the county. 1t is therefore or
dered that the ferry at Giles be dis
continued and ferry established at
Bounston.
Committee appointed to oinspect bridge
over Shuqualak creek, known as Jor-
dan bridge, reported that "said bridge
does not conform to plans and specifica-
tions in that the hand rails on said
bridge are constructed of pine instead
of oak lumber, and we recommend that
B. Lagrone be paid $3.50 instead of $137
contract price,,
The new road petitioned for by 7. B.
Nicholson, ct al, was granted; A. II.
Bush and w. A. Walker. members OF
board having reported that same YVES
practicable and necessary.
W. N. Haynes was appointed super
lntendent of the County Home for 1916
at a salary of $40 per month, upon his
entering into contract and furnishing
bond in the sum of $3.50, said employ
ment being subject to the rules and
regulations adopted by the board.
Contract for tents for convicts was
let to the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
of Atlanta, Ga.
Contract for convict supplies was
awarded to Peterson Bros.
Contract to build flat boat was let to
l. G. Guy for the sum of 5000.
Champion Bridge Co. was allowed
81, 100 for iron bridge across river.
A loan of 1000 was made from the
Interest ard Sinking fund of district 8
to the General County fund.
L. L. Cole, county treasurer, made
regular monthly report.
The following accounts were reject
ed: ]. F. Upton, statutaIy reward; R.
T. Wells, same; W. M. Hunter & Co.,
cutting wood five days.
w. A. Walker and W. R. Swindle
were appointed committee to inspect
and pass on practicability Of road petit
toned for by Mrs. F. X. Harrison to
run throughtland Of Mrs. Chas. Hardin
b h'x'etition on f. J. EdtSonds Is letStock
run at large was rejected.
The order allowing W. B. Helm to
put gate across public road was reclind-
ed.
Petition of Mrs. w. C. Aust for re-
lease from dog tax was granted.
Petition of l. G. Guy of notice of IN
debtedness of Champion Bridge Co. for
lumber was received and filed.
w. A. Walker and A. H. Bush were
appointed to inspect change of road
petitioned for by W. NJ. Roger ct al.
Contract was awarded to E. O. Kirby
to repair bridge across Jordan creek.
Petition of z. T. Dorroh for extern
tion of loan was granted.
Clerk was ordered to advertise for
bids for supplies for County Home land
convicts.
Members of board and officers were
sllowed per diem and mileage.
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We again take occasion to re-
mind would-be livestock farmers
that this is a business best
grown into," rather than "gone
into. l." In other words, the man
who has made cotton, for in
stance, his main crop, cannot
possibly possess sufficient prac-
tlcal knowledge and experience
to make a success with livestock
on a large scale, and must neces-
sarily learn the details by close
application and frst-hand study.
Progressive Farmer,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-18

The following were rejected: Tom
Lockett, petition for refund of poll
tax; L. P. Spinks, petition for release
of taxes for 1914.
The following petitions. etc., were
received and filed: j. R. Jackson, sup
erntendent; H. Thornell, road report;
DR.. ]. M. Stanley, report for October;
Mrs. Eugene W. Straus, communication
as to Ola Ladies Home.
M. o. Byrne was released from poll
tax, being over age.
W, E. Mauldin was employed as con-
yict overseer for 1915. at SIS per month;
DR.. c. R. Bush was elected physician
for Jail and County Home for 1915.
A. H. Bush and W. A. Walker, COM
mittee appointed to inspect steel bridge
erected across slough, reported that
same had been erected in strict com
pliance with plans and specifications
and recommended that payment for
same be made.
The tax assessor having filed his sep
crate assessment of Public Service Cor
norations for the collection of good
road taxes. and same having been con-
sidered and approved by the board, it
was ordered filed and auditor is order
ed to charge the tax collector with the
said assessment
Contract for building bridge on
Crawford and Louisville road was
awarded to D. B. Cade.
E. o. Kirby. keeper of County Home
and W. E. Mauldin, over s-er OF con-
yicts made regular monthly reports.
The following were rejected: 6. M.
Neville, petition for refund of Shelton
Stewards taxes; account of W. e.
Stewart for s22. so for building bridge e
and removing drift.
Account of D. e. Ferris for publica-
ton for district 8, was continued.
The following were continued: ]. A.
TYSON. account of 81 rs against dis
trict 2: W. M. Dowdle, $25 for damage
in change of road; in re bridges across
Pumpkin and Grow creek; D. c. Ferris,
publication for districts and D; Nunn
&Co.. $3.50 for lumber; Austin-West-
orn Machine CO.. IS for repairs.
The following were rejected; Nunn
q Co.. for nails and lumber; J. u.
Weaver, petition for refund OF taxes on
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Governor Strong, of Alaska, es
Inmates the number of white peo
pie in the territory at $4,000.
There are about 150 cities in the
United States each of which has
a population larger than that, but
how many of them shipped out
products last year to the value Of
S61, ,000, ,000f
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Newspaper Enterprise on the
Gulf Coast.

The Daily Herald in a spirit of
enterprise-and the desire and
intent to be helpful at this busy
season to its advertisers and
readers, and to please the chill
dren," of Gulfport and Biloxi
issued Sunday, December 18th, a
Christmas edition of thirty-two
pages.
Among other things, it says of
| its efforts:
Much time and effort have
been expended on this edition in
the hope it would carry a bigger,
better message of good cheer
and happiness to its readers this
year than ever before"
This issue of a special edition,
preceding the holidays, is we'll
considered and timely.
1t is peculiarly appropriate,
that newspaper publishers should
adopt such time and manner of
hanging up their stockings"
The act assures a bit of money
in the till for the use of them
selves and the entire force of
their respective publications for
merry-making, when the yule-
tide, crowns the departing year
with joy and gladness and fills
the souls of men with summer
and the glorious sunshine of good
fellowship, however the winter
of discomfort may work its bale
full efforts at other seasons.
1t also benefits the merchant
W h Sc advertisement happily
discloses the reader where ne
may go to find seasonable goods
at generous prices. Thus profit
ing the vendor it. at the same
time, blesses the purchaser, be
he old or young, and fills the
hearts of the youngsters with
glee at the information impaired
to Santa Claus so that that tutel-
ary of the stockings hung up on
Christmas night may enter no
plea of ignorance of where to go
to get the very things for which
the Innocent tots have 50 long
hope1-lorged ard prayed
The Herald Christmas edition
is, so its editor claims, the big
gest publication of the kind ever
issued on the Gulf Coast.
That it has proved the success
hoped for by the Daily Herald
management is consummation
wished by the BEACON, for the
energy and enterprise it displays
together with the evident liberal
ity and progressiveness of the
business men of Gulfport and
Biloxi, the wide-awake sister cit
les of South Mississippi, is an ex-
cellent advertisement of the re-
spective communities and will
not fail to contribute much to-
ward calling attention to the
people, the products, the soil, the
climate and the joy of living in
the heaven blest region along
the Mississippi sound.
THE BEACON's congratulations
and good wishes the compli-
ments of the season-go out, in
unstinted measure. to it's esteem
ed contemporary upon its fine
achievement in tha realm of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-12-18

The humble peanut = which
America gave to the world along
with maize, cocoa, tobacco, and
the potato-has never gained much
popularity in Europe, where the
children call it the "monkeynut. "
Japan, however, is coming to like
peanuts. Last year the Japanese
raised nearly two million bushels
of them,
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Board Of Supervisors.
DECEMBER TERM.

Board met in regular session, all
members and officers present. After
proclamation by the sheriff. the fol-
I.-:-.. oUo,rooooc uoro vuodo.
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1t is not at all a violent assump-
ton that the German Emperor's
illness is due to over work, over
worry and a load of responsible
ty greater than any ruler ever
before incurred. 1t took centur-
les for Rome to grow great, The
Kaiser aspired to extend the
dominions of the two German
empires from the English chan
mel to the Persian gulf in a sim
gle campaign. While the armies
he assembled for the gigantic
conquest were greater by millions
than even Napoleon, Caesar or
Alexander led, the obstacles-as
he now must realize, with vivid
forebodings Of the dire conse-
quences of defeat-are proving
greater still. .-Vicksburg Herald,
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mentals, the great experiences
and trials and sorrows that are
the common lot.
And out of this agreeable dis
covery will come, for Belleville,
more tolerance, more kindliness of
feeling, more give and take than
it had ever known before. Even
when they shall differ again-as
of course, they often Wilt won't
be with as much bitterness, as
much bigotry. as much hate as of
yOre. 1t will not be a bad word
when we have more brotherhood.
-PittSburg Press.