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The Parker post., 1914-10-10
EUROPE DEPENDS ON U.S..
FOR ALL HER FOODSTUFFS
GRAND OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
PRODUCER IN AMERICA
Millions of Acres Of Europe's Finest
Agricultural Lands, Vineyards,
Orchards and Vegetable Gar
dens Destroyed by Armies

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6.-Never have
the great, densely-populated districts
of Europe so completely depended
upon the United States for foodstuffs
and soil products as they will in the
near future and for a long time to
come.
Millions of acres of Europe's finest
agricultural lands, vineyards, orchards
and vegetable gardens are being devas-
tated and destroyed by the warning
armies. 1t will take years and years
of hard, intense cultivation to restore
even part of this vast area to the
producing stage that it occupied before
the commencement of hostilities.
Can anyone estimate the splendid
opportunity this offers the producer in
America? To him Europe will look
for the vast supplies of dried and
canned fruits, cereals and field crops
to feed their teeming millions. And
California should profit to an enor-
nous degree in excess of other Sec
tions of this country, for in her fertile
valleys are produced millions of dol
lars worth of orchard and garden
crops peculiar to this section because
of our remarkable semi-tropical eli
mate.
About III, $4,000 pounds of Califor-
mia dried prunes are exported annually,
and hundreds of millions more of raj
sins, apricots and peaches. Her lima
beans are almost the sole supply in
America. Her walnuts supply IS per
cent of the consumption in the United
States alone, while the California Or
chardist is almost alone in the produc-
tion of almonds in America. Almost
every field and orchard will share in
this wonderfully increased demand
Never has opportunity offered such
golden prospects to the owners of a
few acres Of good land in Southern
California. Demand regulates prices,
and the benefit to the California grow
ers cannot be estimated.
Set out your orchard now, plant your
vineyard, SOW few acres to vegetables
or field crops, for suffice to say that
from the production of wine down to
potatoes there is not a single crop
grown in California which has not
brilliant future as consequence of
the scarcity of all foods due to the de-
struction of life and property across
the waters.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
U. S. TO ENTER AFRICAN
~ WEST COAST TRADE

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-American bus
mess interests have begun a conquest
of the African west coast trade for.
merly monopolized by Europeans.
Papers filed in Albany recently in
corporated the American Tropical
Trading Company Of New York with
capital of $4,000, to trade and barter
foodstuffs and manufactured articles
with Liberia for coffee, palm oil, ivory
and other native products.
The first shipment will shortly leave
New York in a. three-masted trading
schooner flying the American flag, COM
manded by Captain Norman w.
Browne. This is expected to open up
to American manufacturers the west
coast of Africa, which has been closed
to American exporters for $50 years.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
POSTAL MONEY ORDERS
FOR EUROPE DECREASE

SACRAMENTO, Oct g. Officials
of the Sacramento postofice have
watched with great interest the falling
off in postal money orders to the old
world since the outbreak of the pres
ent war, and have been amazed at the
small amount of money sent to the
warning countries by residents in the
United States to residents there.
The laws hold only 100 may be sent
to a single person by any individual
here, but few have taken advantage of
even this limit.
1t is believed the decrease is due to
the supposition that the money would
be held up by the postal departments
of the warning countries, and as soon
as they are assured those for whom
the funds are intended will receive
them the business of the foreign
money order department will increase
greatly.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
FRENCH ORDER CAVALRY
HORSES AT ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 6.-The larg-
est order for army horses since the
Boer war has been given by the
French government to commission
firms at the horse and mule market
OF the st. Louis National stockyards.
The order is for $500 cavalry horses.
One horse dealer at the yards said
the eight representatives of the
French government who placed the
order would remain here for six
weeks. They have permission to place
orders for a total of 100000 horses,
the dealer said
If the French army orders 100000
horses from the st. Louis market the
total amount of the purchase will
exceed $12,0OO,OO0. The present order
involves $75O,000.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
q, 900 GIVEN FREE
| FOOD IN FRANCE

PARIS, Oct. 5.-M. Georges Berry,
one of the few deputies still in Paris,
explained that he considered his pres
ence necessary to assist in organizing
for the relief of soldiers families, and
that of the starving population He
estimates that there are 100000 per-
sons without work in Paris.
Free meals have been given and
already in the ninth ACCOMPLISHMENT,
which he represents, $4,000 have been
served.
The committee of which M. Berry
is member is also trying to set busi-
ness going again, Paris trade being
practically at a standstill, especially
in the wealthy quarters, owing to the
departure of the customers from the
city.
One great problem, he said, was
the manufacturers lack of raw mater
ial, due to the difficulty in obtaining
ships.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
WORLDS SERIES OPEN
IN PHILADELPHIA OCTOBER g

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 6.-The Ma
tional Baseball commission, in ses-
sion at the Bellevue Stratford hotel,
announced the dates for the world s
series games.
The first two games will be played
in Philadelphia, October and 10. The
third and fourth games will be played
in Boston, October IL and 13; the fifth
game in Philadelphia, October IA, and
the sixth game in Boston, October Is.
In case of a tie the National com
mission decides where the seventh
game shall be played. The umpires
will be KLEIN and Byron of the Ma
tional and Dineen and Hildebrand of
the American leagues.
President Gaffney of the Braves
called the toss of the coin to decide
where the opening games will be
played, and lost.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Plan 1915 Raisin Day

FRESNO, Oct. g. Announcement
was made officially at the meeting to
perfect the Fresno County Raisin Day
Festival Association that the literary
work was already commenced on the
1915 plan of celebration. George H.
Hunting of the Normal School and
Lionel Dalton are collaborating on a
pageant pantomine for this 1915 spec
tacle: 1t will be pictorial develop
mentgof the history of the raisin from
the earliest days of man to the pres
ent, and because Of the worlds fair
year emphasizing CALIFORNIA; role as
the host of the nations of the globe,
the scenario of the spectacle to be
kept, of course, within the bounds and
means of the association to carry it
out mindful of local conditions and
the fact that the celebration will be
the second effort in the line of max
ing Raisin Day a prominent California
festival.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
1915 TAX LEVY LEGAL
DECIDES LAW COMMITTEE
SUGGEST CHANGE IN RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR ASSESSMENT
Want Two Cents, Out of the Six-Cent
Levy, for Advertising, Leaving
Four Cents for Exposi-
tion Purposes

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7. = AS a
result of the meeting of the law
committee of the 1915 general commit
tee, it is believed that a logical and
legal way is open by which the neces.
sary fund may be made available fo1
the great work of publicity and enter.
tainment planned for next year by the
committee.
The law committee went over very
minutely the transcript of the proceed.
ings of the board of supervisors occur
ring at the meeting in which the expo
sition tax levy was made. The mem
bers were unanimously of the opinion
that the supervisors intended to pro-
vide a fund for advertising and enter
tainment. The remarks of the county
legislators preceding and following the
resolution making a six-cent levy for
Exposition purposes" as disclosed by
the transcript, convinced the commit
tee that they supposed they we're pro-
viding the entertainment fund.
The resolution of the supervisors
states in effect, however, that levy
of six cents on every $1O0 of taxable
property is made for exposition pur-
poses.'
The section of the polictial code with
which they were complying provides
that tax levy of not more than six
cents may be made for exhibition
purposes"
Still another section of the code, of
whose existence they were then evil
IDENTIFY ignorant, authorizes tax levy
of not more than two cents for "adver-
tising, exploiting and causing to be
made known the resources of a coun-
ty."
The question now is: May the term
exposition purposes" be made to
cover the two terms, exhibition pur-
poses'' and advertising, exploiting" "
etc.?
1t is suggested by the law committee
that the resolution making the tax levy
be interpreted to read as follows:
There shall be a tax levy of six
cents for exposition purposes, to-wit:
Four cents for exhibition purposes, and
two cents for advertising and enter
tainment."
ut was evidently the understanding
of the supervisors that they were max
ing tax levy which would provide the
three cents for the Panama exposition
and three cents for the work to be car
ried out by the 1915 general committee.
"The fact that they made the levy
for exposition purposes, whereas the
language of the statute is exhibition
purpoes,' would seem to furnish a way
of clearing up the question. 'Exposi-
tion purposes is manifestly a broader
term than exhibition purposes and
may be made to cover that and also
the other term, advertisement and en-
tertainment.'
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
BOTH SHIPS BLAMED
FOR SEA COLLISION

SEATTLE, Oct. 6.-Blame for the
wreck of the Pacific-Alaska Navigation
company's steel steamship, Admiral
Sampson, which went down off Point.
no-Point, twenty miles north of Seat.
tie, August 25, with the loss of a dozen
lives, was placed on both the Sampson
and the Canadian liner, Princess Vic
toria, with which the former steamer
was in collision. The blame was
placed by the findings of United States
marine inspectors. The inspectors
found that both vessels were at fault
in failing to observe the pilot rule re-
quiring steamships in fog to come to
a stop when it is impossible to locate
the position of an approaching vessel.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
THREE-FOURTHS OF STATE
TAXES PAID BY CORPORATIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.-The cor.
porations of California paid 76 per
cent of the state taxes in 1912. This
was S11,OOO,OOO of a total taxation of
$l4,S63,0O0. In only two other states
in the union did corporations pay a
larger amount-in Pennsylvania and
New York.
These and other surprising indica-
tions of the prosperity of California
corporations are brought out by a.
report submitted by Joseph e. Davies,
commissioner of corporations of the
department of commerce.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
MOUNTED NURSES TO
SEARCH BATTLE FIELD

FOLKENSTONE, Oct. 5.-Among a
party of nurses who left Folkestone
for the front we're number of women
wearing riding breeches and spurs and
long coats and helmets similar to
those worn in the tropics. Their du-
ties will be to ride over the battle
fields and look for the wounded and
render first aid, after which other
nurses will convey the stricken SOL
diers to the base hospital in motor
cars. 1t is pointed out that m nv
wounded have died owing to not hay
ing received immediate attention.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Disturbances on Coast

SANTA CLARA, CAL, Oct. 6.-Fa-
ther Rickard of the Santa Clara obser.
vatory predicted disturbances in the
following groups:
Oct. 9, II, Oct. 1S, Is, II, Oct. 20, a.
Oct. 26, %, 80, Nov. 8, 4.
Some of these disturbances, said
the forecaster, "will pass unnoticed
in these parts; others will develop a
rainy spell approaching. The north
west will notice them all, and South
ern California hardly any. Each dis
turbance brings a warm spell and
sometimes a hot one."
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Pacific Paper Men Organize

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.-With
$13,O00,O00 capital, the Crown-Willa-
mette Paper company is being organ
lied by men now connected with the
Willamette Pulp and Paper company
and the Crown Columbia Paper COM
pany. The articles of incorporation
will be filed in few days, and the
officers chosen at meeting to be held
after the formal organization of the
corporation.
The decision to form the new COM
pany was reached few days ago at
Portland. The main object is to en-
able Pacific coast paper makers to
meet the competition from British
Columbia and from Sweden, which
has been brought about by the
changes in the tariff.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
TIME TO LOS ANGELES
CUT TWENTY MINUTES

SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. Given
ty minutes will be cut from the run
ming schedule of the Pacific Electric
cars out of San Bernardino for Los
Angeles in few weeks, when the cut
off from Lordsburg to North Pomona
is completed.
Ground was broken several days ago,
and the work will be rushed to COM
pletion. The right-of-Way has all been
cleared, and grading work is being en-
ergetically pursued.
The cutoff will do away with the
loop. from Lordsburg down to Pomona
and back to North Pomona, giving the
P. E. practically an air line into Los
Angeles.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
NEW REVOLVER
KILLS AT ONE MILE

PARIS, Oct. 5.-Much interest has
been aroused by new type of Mauser
revolver which is being supplied to
German officers.
1t is asserted that it will kill at a
mile. 1t is sighted for 500 yards, and
fires eight cartridges. 1t is provided
with a leather arm rack, which en-
ables the officer to rest his left arm
and take careful aim. 1t is regarded
as miniature machine gun. Only
500 Of these revolvers are now in use.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Mt. Lassen Again Eruptinq

REDDING, Cal, Oct. 6-Five dis
tinct eruptions of Mt. Lassen lis the
record for one day. They came at
sunrise, a. M, noon, 1:30 and 4 p. m.
The eruption reported from Man.
zanita lake was reported as being the
most serious yet The earthquake
awakened the Northern California
Power company's watchman with the
sensation that the houes was moving
toward the lake. Loud rumblings &C.
companied tn earthquake.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
RESERVE BANKS TO
OPEN BEFORE OCT. 1!

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-Opening of
federal reserve banks of New York,
Chicago and st. Louis not later than
October Is has been decided upon by
the federal reserve board. The direc-
torates of the New York and st. Louis
banks already are complete, and the
Glass G directors to represent the gov
ernment in the Chicago bank probably
will be named Monday, making imme-
diate organization possible.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Cranberry Crop Breaks Records

TOMS RIVER, N. J., Oct. 6.-You
can have twice as much cranberry
sauce as usual this Thanksgiving with
your turkey. The cranberry crop is
nearly harvested and it's the biggest
ever. New Jersey has raised about
80 per cent more berries than last
year; Wisconsin three times her 1913
yield, and the Cape Cod crop is a
bumper.
The growers are discouraged This
big yield means low prices. But the
Thanksgiving dinner will benefit. The
crop of apples and other fruits is cor
respondingly big.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
California Leads in Barley

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7.-Forty-four
million bushels of barley, worth $780,
100000, is CALIFORNIA; crop this year.
The acreage was 100000.
This crop breaks all California rec
ords and the yield is greater than
that of any other barley growing
state.
The hay crop will be approximately
100000 tons, worth $4S,600,O00, while
100000 bushels comprise the wheat
crop.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
U. S. Honors California Woman

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-The first
woman ever recognized by the United
States government in a high legal
capacity is Mrs. Annette Abbott
Adams Of San Francisco, whom the
president appointed assistant United
States attorney for the district of Cali
fornia.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Census Values Made

TULARE, Oct. 6.-The city clerk
has prepared report for the bureau
of census of the labor department,
which shows the value Of the city
property to be about 100000.
This classification includes the sew
er farm, but not the sewer system,
and the school buildings are not in
cluded.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
CHOLERA BREAKS
OUT IN GERMANY

LONDON, Oct. 5.-The North Ger
man Gazette admits the appearance of
cholera in Germany as we'll as in
Austria, says Rome dispatch to Reu-
ters Telegram company, but assures
the public that the outbreak is we'll in
hand.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Iona Beach Rejects Bond Issue

LONG BEACH, Oct 6.-Long Beach
voters, by ballot of 4115 to 3497,
rejected the proposition to issue $780,
900 in bonds for the purchase of the
Long Beach bathhouse property and
100000 for municipal auditorium.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Kaiser's Son Slain by Germans

LONDON, Oct. 5.-Percy J. Phillips.
correspondent at Client, telegraphs:
"a Belgian physician just out of Brus-
sells says Prince Adelbert, the kaiser's
third son, had died in hospital there
and that DR.. De Page, King Albert's
physician, was ordered to hold an
autopsy in the presence of two Ger
man physicians. 1t was found, he
says, that the prince had been killed
by German bullet"
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
$23o,0O0,ooo ADDED TO
EXPENDITURES OF ENGLAND

LONDON, Oct. 5.-Owing to the war
England's national expenditures have
increased nearly $23O,0OOOOO. This
was shown by statement covering
the first half of the financial year.
Revenues approximate $38O,OOO, 900. a
decrease of $13,5OO,OOO, with expendi-
lures estimated at $67,OOO,OOO.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
To Spend $4,000, in U. S.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. Cit was
stated here that agents claiming to
represent the Greek government have
been authorized to spend $10,O0O,000
for supplies, including 100000 BUSH
els of oats, 10000 barrels of flour,
10000 tons of hay and 10000 brides.
blankets, saddles, corn, tents and
leather goods.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
CONDENSATION OF
Current EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISPHERES
Dispatches PiCturng Developments From the Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
BIedsoe Names U, S. Judqe

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Benjamin
F. Bledsoe Of San Bernardino was
nominated by President Wilson as
United States judge Of the southern
district of California.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NEIGHDOR|NC CITIES
BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places ---WiH Allow Rapid Scanning
Beach to Buy Fire Engine

SANTA MONICA, Oct. 6.-This
city is to purchase a new fire steamer
at a cost of $4,000. The purchase
will be made without inviting compe-
tition.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
German Losses Are 100000

LONDON, Oct. s. The London Ex-
press quotes military authority in
Paris who is in touch with official
sources, as estimating German losses
to date at more than 100000.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
CHINA PRESIDENT SEEKS
TO DEVELOP TRADE WITH u. S.

NEW YORK, Oct 6.-President
Yuan Shi Kai of China is seeking to
develop the commercial relations be-
tween his country and the United
States. He has written letter to the
National Association of Manufacturers
setting forth his ideas. He also has
requested the association to nominate
a commercial adviser to the Chinese
government.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
1851 Leave Isthmus

COLON, R. P, Oct. 5.-The net emil
grafton from the Atlantic and Pacific
terminal ports during the year ended
July 81 amounted to 1851 persons,
mostly laborers going home
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
Epidemic Spreads

ROME, Oct. = 5.-From the front
comes news that Austrian efforts to
check the cholera and dysentry epi-
denies among the soldiers is failing.
The Russians were taking stringent
precautions to prevent the diseases
from spreading to their armies.
All captured Austrian food is being
destroyed.
The Parker post., 1914-10-10
BoIivia's Population 100000

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Oct. 5.-The popu-
lation of Bolivia is placed at 100000
and this figure is about the same as
that recorded sixty eyars> ago. Half
the population is Indian.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-08-25
WISHED SHE
 COULD DIE And Be Free From Her Troubles, but Finds Better Way.

Columbia, Tenn.-"Many a time. " says Mrs. Jessie Sharp, of this place, q wished [ would die and be relieved of my suffering, from womanly troubles. l could not get up, without pulling at something to help me, and stayed in bed most Of the time. could not do my housework.
 The least amount of work fired me out. My head would swim, and would tremble for an hour or more. Finally. l look Cardui, the woman's tonic, and am. not bothered with pains any more. and don't have to go to bed. In fact am sound and we'll of all my troubles" ]"
 Cardui goes to all the weak spots and helps to make them strong. It acts with nature-not against her. It is for the tired, nervous, irritable women, who feel as if everything were wrong, and need something to quiet their nerves and strengthen the worn-out system.
 If you are woman, suffering from any or inc numerous symptoms of womanly trouble, take Cardui. It will help you. At all druggists.
 ,W,iff te: Chattanooga Medicine Co.,. Ladies' AosIsoIy Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for Stsciai 11rn,kcrions on your case and 64-pags book, Home treatment for Women" in plain wrapper NC. l22
The Prescott daily news., 1914-08-25

township, two Justices of the Peace for each township, one Coroner, one Cotton Weigher, for Road Tax, against Road Tax, for License, against License, for Sale of Native Wine, against Sale of Native Wine. for Act No. l, against Act No. 1, (Child Lab or); For Act No. 2, (Bank Guaranty Against Act No. 2; For Act No. 3. (Publicity); Against Act No. 3; For Act No. 4.( Mining Board); Against Act No. i; For Amendment No. IA: Against Amendment No. 14: For Amendment No 15; Against Amend ment No. 15; For Amendment No. 16; Against Amendment No. 16.
 Said election will be held by the judges in the several townships, to- wit:
 Alabama township.
 Albany wnship-Laneburg box.
 Albany township-Sutton box.
 Caney township-Rosston box.
 Caney township-Cale box.
 Boughton township-Boughton.
 Emmet townshop-Emmet.
 Georgia township-Rock Mound
The Prescott daily news., 1914-08-25
MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW
 AGRICULTURAL OCCUPA-
 TONS IN ARK ANSAS

Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.-There are 672, ,4G3 persons in Arkansas that work for a living and 473,16S of them are employed upon the farm, accord ing to report which has just been issued by the United States Census Bureau. Of the persons engaged in agricultural pursuits, the bulk of them are farm operators and farm laborers. The farm operators number 209,000 and 197, ,000 are men and 12,000 are women. There are 253,000 farm la borers in the State. and 151 ,000 are males and 102,000 females.
 There are 249 dairy farmers in the State and they employ 1S9 laborers and 7 foremen. There are also 229 persons in the State whose pricipal source of income is from stock rais- ing. The number of cowboys and sheep herders in this State is l30
 In the entire United States there are 71,5S0,270 persons over 10 years of age and 3S,167,336, or 5 per cent of this number are engaged in gainful occupations. Of the gainfully occu- pied 12,659,2O3, or 33 per cent are engaged in agriculture. There are 5,S65,000 farm operators in the na- tion and they employ 5,975,O0O labor CTS.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-08-25

Georgia township-Caney box. Jackson township. Leake township. Missouri township-Prescott box No. 1.
 Missouri township-Prescott box No. 2.
 Parker township-Bodcaw. Parker township-Union. Redland township-Wire Road. Redland township = l. k a Springs.
 Taylor towrship--W Willisville. Taylor township-Delta. Union township-Bluff City. Union township-Theo. Given under my hand this the 17th day of August, 1914.
 D. l.. DILLARD. Sheriff and Collector of Nevada County, Arkansas.