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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-11-13

The motor cycle race of last Friday
was not near as exciting as the auto
mobile race. There was not so many
Of them, they we're not so big, and it
was a business day, so that many peo-
pie did not watch them. 1t was 1920
when the first racer reached Lords
burg. 1t vas George Ashley, in No.
2. Half a minute later Al Rhoades, on
No. l, arrived. Fifteen minutes later
E. G. Baker, a professional arrived,
having passed all the other machines,
and gained a minute on Ashley and
two minutes on Rhoades.
Baker was second cycle into Doug
las, first into Tucson and first into
Phoenix, and took first money. His
time from FL Paso to Phoenix was 16
hours and 81 minutes, which is nine
teen minutes faster than the auto
mobiles last year.
Al Rhoades second money. his
time being 1923.
George Ashley won third money,
his time being 1854.
E. r. Highfall, who started No. II,
took fourth money, his time being
1924.
There was eleven hundred dollars
divided on this race the winner get
ting so per cent, second getting %,
third 10, and fourth 10.
There was considerable interest In
the race among the motor cycle men,
and the race will be made an annual
affair.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-11-13
The RACES.

Hugh B. Miller, in car No. "a, the
big Pope-Hartford, won the FL Paso-
Phoenix automobile race. His time
was l4;45, at 1856 miles per hour. Last
year the time was I7:l0, running time
5000. Miller cut down the time 2:45,
and raised the miles per hour GAL. A
great record.
John Hutchlns, in a No. IA, a
Buick, was second. His time was 1851
l.. B. Cornu, in car No. %, a Stutz,
won third money. His time was 1852
Tom Brewer, in car No. 10, a Mar
mon, took fourth money. His time
was 1887.
Only eight cars finished. The other
four we're No. 30 in 1923, No, 26 In
19;4s, No. % In 2O:O5, and No. 3 In
2O:40.
Sunday about ten O'Clock, the peo-
pie began gathering at the checking
station, which is where the cars
turned south, looking for the cars.
Pretty much the whole town was out,
together with a delegation from Cliff
ton and the surrounding ranches. At
lO:28 the first car appeared, coming
down the street 40 miles per hour. 1t
was George Leonard in car No. 2. a
Buick. Chasing him close, and only
a minute behind him came Naquin In
car No. 5, a Velle. HaQuin was ICON
tender last year, and was in for a por-
ton Of the money, and was a favorite.
Following him, at varying distances
came seventeen more cars, the last to
arrive being E. Z. Welsman, in his
Ford, at two minutes after one
o'clock.
Several Of the cars had dropped out
before reaching here.
Car. No. ID, II. B. Ferguson driver
went into the ditch at the Salt River
crossing, and did not get here.
The Simplex car, No. q, as 1t was
leaving the checking station made a
bump and the mecanician fell off,
landing on his shoulder, and breaking
it. DR.. DeMoss fixed 1t up, and he
went back to Ell Paso, on the train.
N. II. Womelduf, the we'll known
local driver, took his place, and went
on with the car.
Miller, with the winning Pope
Hartford, was the oath car to leave
Ell Paso, was the thirteenth to get to
Lordsburg, was the eighth to get to
Rodeo, fourth into Bisbee, and first
into Phoenix, running around every
car that started ahead Of him.
Lou Gasser, in No. 3, The StutZ
Bear Cat, the a took second money
last year, ran into a bump just before
getting to Rodeo, and his mecanician
was thrown out. Gasser went back
to him. He was o badly injured,
but Lou lost much valuable time.
NJ. L. Naquin, the only driver that
was In the race last year, broke 3
wheel, neal Vail, and was out of the
race.
The D,otOr cvcla raco of lact ErIdau
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
The Infinite Procession,

We look through the microscope;
physicists, chemists, biologists, pry
into the inner recesses of matter, only
to find energy-energy heaving, toss
ing, turbulent, imprisoned, perhaps, or
bound to other energy, but every
where, in the egg, In the spermatozoa,
in the minutest particles of matter
animal, vegetable or inorganic, rest
less energy, eternal effort. If we
turn to the history of past life upon
our globe, what do we find but records
Of energy, whether physical, chemical
or of that seemingly peculiar form
which marks living organisms, every
where energy leaving its trace in in
Vulnerable forms. In this history OF
life, according to our human stand,
ards, there has been long procession,
in which the principle Of organic life,
from the earliest period of vegetable
existence, has advanced through mani
fold forms, upward, upward, in the
depths OF the sea, in the air, on land,
by devious routes and strange pas
sages, up. up, to the fish, to the bird,
to fOurfoOted beasts, and finally to
man.-Atlantic
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
LONG ENOUGH FOR TWO.

David Crismon of Mesa has COM
plant to make in regard to the
length of the tickets used at the pri-
mary election, and from what he says
the complaint has substantial basis.
According to Crismon, while he was
in the booth marking his ballot, the
latter began to move away from him
about half of it disappearing through
d crack into the next booth.
Peeping through the opening be-
tween the boards, Crismon found a
man industriously marking the ballot.
AS he has an objection to voting by
proxy, Crismon made a protest, and
succeeded in recovering the long
sheet of paper upon which the names
of the various democratic candidates
were printed. Naturally, he is now
an ardent advocate of the short bal
lot-AriZona Gazette.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
DRUG FIEND KILLS SELF.

Bert Hopkins, a character about
Yuma took his life by jumping into
t;ie Colorado river sometime after
midnight of Thursday night. He was
character about town and a slave tC
the drug habit The following let
tor addre ssed to the coroner was
found in the pocket of his old coat
found on the river bank on Friday
morning:
To the Coroner: Sickness, pain,
q slave tc habits. No future, nothing
but the grave or Jail. l will save the
trouble, cost, etc. Eliminating my
self in the Colorado. Don't trouble
20 find friends. l have none. My
relatives need never know. Good luck
to all. This is the easiest way.
BERT HOPKINS.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
He Understood.

There is d celebrated specialist in
Washington, as we'll known for his
bluntness of speech as for his profess
siOnal skill.
On one occasion a rather pretentious
and elderly woman, the wife of a cabi-
net offit er. sought his advice. He lis
tened to a long recital of her symp-
toms and then prescribed as follows:
An egg and a cup of tea for break
fast, then walk for two hours; slice
of cold beef and half a glass of wine
for luncheon, then walk again for two
hours; fish Except salmon) and a bit
of chicken for dinner, with a single
glass of wine; to bed at ten and rise
at seven, etc. No automobile eXer-
else, please
The patient listened with surprise.
But, DOCTOR she eXpostulated, do
you know my position?"
"Perfectly, madam" said the doctor,
81 am prescribing for an old woman
with deranged stomach"
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
NEW WAR TAX BILL.

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. - The
democrats of the ways and means
committee began the preparation of a
new war revenue bill with the pro-
posed freight rate tax eliminated and
designed to raise $105, 5,OOO,O 900, by di-
rection of the party caucus last night
and with the approval of the presi-
dent
1t is proposed that the bill include
the Spanish-American war stamp tax
on commercial and legal papers, bills
of lading, telegraph and long dis
tance telephone messages, special
taxes on bankers, brokers', theaters
and other amusement places, &c
per gallon on gasoline and a special
tax on tobacco manufacturers and on
domestic wines and beer.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
YUMA COUNTY HOMES.

The United States census depart
ment at Washington has just issued
a bulletin dealing with the owner
ship of Yuma county homes. The
important facts contained in the
bulletin relative to this county are
as follows:
There are 21S5 homes in Yuma
county. Of this number 2S4 are
farm homes; 200 of the farm homes
are owned by their occupants and are
free of mortgaged incumbrance. The
mortgaged farm homes number "a.
Renters occupy 26 farm homes in
this county.
Out of a total of 21S5 homes in
the county 1901 are urban homes.
There are 675 urban home owners in
the county. Of this number 32 are
mortgaged. 613 Of the urban homes
are free. There are 104 rented ur-
ban homes in the county.
The census enumerators were un-
able to secure data pertaining to
the ownership of a small percentage
of both the rural and urban homes
in this county
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
DOCKS STRETCH FOR MILES
Millions of Tons of Shipping Annually
Use the Quays and WhaTves
of London.

AS London is the worlds largest
market, so, also, is it the worlds lead
ing port Yet few people-least of all
LOndOners-seem to realize what mar.
velous hives Of industry are the docks
of the metropolis.
In the course Of a year more than
30,000,000 tons of shipping use the
Quays and wharves that constitute the
port of London; and the value OF the
foreign trade alone is something like
800, 100000 Sterling-abOut quarter,
that is to say, of the annual exports
and imports of the United Kingdom.
1t would take d million men year
to produce the amount of tea that
passes annually through the port The
figures relating to other imports, such
as grain, timber, wool, meat, sugar,
wines and tobacco, are on the same
enormous scale.
In the wine and spirit vaults at the
London docks the gangWayS where the
wine is stored are 2S14 miles in length,
For the wool trade the port of London
authority provides space OF 80 acres
and it can store at one time more than
million frozen carcaSes of mutton
and the 10000 tons of beef that Aus
tralia, New Zealand and South Amer.
lea send to London each year.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
LAST GREAT EUROPEAN WAR.

History repeats itself-but with
variations A hundred years ago
France alone, under the leadership of
Napoleon, faced Germany, Austria,
Italy, Russia and Great Britain, and
won.
At thirty-six, Napoleon had con-
quered very nation of Europe, and
in the battle of Austerlitz in 1905,
practically brought the continent un-
der the subsection of the French
army. Then Austria, Germany and
Russia formed the great coalition a
gainst France, only to be beaten IN
battle after battle until they were
compelled to sue for peace. England,
thanks to her impregnable navy, was
the only nation not forced to ack-
nowledge NapOleOn's rule.
1t was the snow covered steppes
of Russia rather than the military
science of Europe that finally turned
the tide against him.
within a hundred years" said
Napoleon, Europe will be either Cos
sack or Republican. The present
conflict will go far towards determin-
ing the truth of that prophecy, and
day by day it will furnish an absorb
ing illustration of the advance which
has been made in the art of warfare
since the days, only a century ago,
whenFrance alone had Europe at her
feet.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
NOTICE FOR POSTING AND PUB
LlSHING.
Serial No. 024360
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office

Serial No. 024360.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office.
Sept. 10, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that the
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company,
by Geo. G. Millett, it's attorney in
fact, has this day filed it's application
Serial No. O24360, in this office to
select, under the provisions of the
Act Of Congress approved June 4,1897
go Stats, 36) the following describ-
ed lands, towit:
The Southeast quarter of the South
west quarter of section two, in town
ship nine north of range twenty-one
east of the San BernardinO Meridian,
California.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or de-
string to object because of the min
eral character of the land, or for any
others reason, to the disposal to ap-
plicant, should file their affidavits
OF protest in this office on or before
the 18th day of October, 1914.
JOHN ID. ROCHE,
Register.
First pub. Sept. 10Th, last Oct. oath
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
Take Rest in Time.

Rest is mental When the mind
wearies the body relaxes Drudgery
is mental monotony. The climate of
the mind loses its distinct seasons
when drudgery steals away vivacity
and variety. Idleness is not rest, but
rust. A change of air refreshes the
whole man. What most people need
for vacation is new duty, not a new
climate. If you would rid yourself OF
an old trouble and escape from a gall
ing condition, take up a new task. In
action leads to atrophy. Rust does as
much harm as friction There is no
reward for the idler whether he be
rich or poor. The lazy man is seldom
an optimiSt.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
AJO is PROMISING CAMP.

Had it not been for the war in
Europe Ajo, it is said, would have
been town of 1000 or more in
side of twenty-fOur months. There
are now six automobiles and trucks
making daily journeys from Gila
Bend to the mines, a distance of
forty-two miles, and that before the
autos were put on, more than 100
head of stock had been freiglfting
machinery and supplies from the
railroad to the experimental leach
ing plant built by the A. & C. Cop
per company.
1t is claimed that the Ajo deposits
are the greatest of their kind yet
uncovered in America.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
SECOND GREAT BATTLE.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE second
great battle in northern France since
the German invaders met their check
is now apparently progressing north
of the River Aisne. The opposing
lines are arrayed from the Argonne
hills through RetheI to Chateau POr-
cein and near the practice camp of
Sissonne.
Whether the Germans propose to
fight to the finish at this position or
merely to cover their retreat to the
River Meuse is not yet clear. The
German commanders are showing the
same skill in their retreat and are
keeping the forces intact as the allies
showed a fortnight ago.
The German rush into France and
retreat thus far has brought no de-
cisive result Until a pitched battle
on a huge scale has been fought and
won neither side can claim that it
has secured an opening advantage.
For the moment the allies have
turned the tables on the Germans,
whose armies are still in great force
on ground more or less selected by
themselves. The war indemnities de-
manded by German troops in Belgium
and French towns total $144, 300 900.
Only a small part of this has been
maid
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
NOTICE FOR POSTING AND PUB
LISHlNG.
Serial No. 024361.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office

Serial NO. U243bl.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office
Sept 10, 1914
Notice is hereby given that the
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company,
by Geo. G. Millett, it's attorney in
fact, has this day filed it's applica-
ton, Serial No. O24361, in this Of
flcN to select, under the provisions
Of the Act of Congress approved
June 4, 1897, 60 Stats, 36) the fol
lowing described lands, to-wit:
The Southwest quarter of the
Northwest quarter of section twelve,
in township nine north of range TWEEN
ty-one east Of the San Bernardino
Meridian, California.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or de-
sir,ng to object because of the min
eral character of the land or for any
other reason, to the disposal to
applicant, should file their affidavits
Ct protest in this office on or before
the 18th day of October, 1914.
JOHN d. ROCHE,
Register.
First pub. Sept 10Th. last Oct24 tn.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
CAUGHT IN THE CRASH.

1t is given out that unless present
conditions are remedied within the
Roads mines in Mohave county will
be compelled to suspend production
from a lack of supply Of cyanide
with which to treat the output in
their plants. This compound is a
necessity at both mines, and it has
been supplied for over one year
from Germany, the sole manufac-
turer. No other source available,
it is reported.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
TROOPS WITHDRAWN.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA state
ment issued at the White House says
that the troops have been ordered
withdrawn from Vera Cruz, ''in view
of the entire removal of circumstan-
ces which ought to Justify occupa-
ton" While no mention was made
of the fleet, it is understood in off
cial circles that most Of the ships in
Mexican waters will be ordered home
Immediately.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
MORE LANDS SET ASIDE.

The Phoenix land office a few days
ago, received notice from the general
land office at Washington that ap-
proximately 10000 acres of land
within the state had been set aside
for the increased homestead act ap-
plications. These lands are among
the best in the state and some of
them have only recently been sur
veyed
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
FOR SALE OR TRADE,

Good three-room house in San
Benito, Texas, for eight hundred dol
lars. Good, level land, cleared and
fenced. Also two acres of irrigated
land N Cameron county, Texas, three
quarters OF a mile of San Benito.
Good stock range. Will trade for
town property in Parker. Address
Mrs. c. j. Thompson, San Benito,
Texas.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
CURIO STORE BURNED.

Fire believed to have started from
4 cigarette stub caused heavy
damage to the R. l.. Bake curio
store at Phoenix shortly after mid
night Sunday morning. Bake esti-
mates his loss at $4,000. Very small
insurance was carried.
Rare antique Indian articles, and
many others gathered by Bake
through travelling all over the world
were destroyed. Water and smoke
caused great damage.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
NOTICE..

The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Parker Improvement Co. will
be held at the company's officos in Par
ker, Ariz., on Oct. II at 19 a. m.
Books for transfer of stock will be
closed from Sept IL to Oct. II, 1914.
H. G, COYKENDALL,
Secretary.
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
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., 1914-09-19

Rev. j. B. Rice will hold preach
ing services at the M. E. church ev-
cry Sunday evening until further no
tice
The Parker post., 1914-09-19
Has Reopened.

INGVPNTTSU'
The Oasis Restaurant has resumed
business and will be open day and
night.-Advt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-25
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTe
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News serv,c.
WE ST ERN.

A miniature panoramic reclamation
project modelled after the Shoshone
of Wyoming. will be placed on exhibi.
tion at the San Francisco worlds fair
by the United States reclamation ser
vice.
Carl Haag, contractor, at Los
Angeles, Cal, shot and killed Mrs.
Edna Skies a widow, because she re-
fused to marry him. Then he commit
ted suicide. Haags son, six, witnessed
the tragedy.
Mine operators and miners OF Dis
trict No. 81, United Mine Workers OF
America, In conference at Fort Worth,
IL was announced practically had
agreed on the CHECK off" system or
paying union dues and the eight-hour
day for Texas miners.
An adverse report was recommend
ed by the state Senate committee on
constitutional amendments at Atlanta
on the measure to give Georgia wo
men the right to vote In state and
county elections. Similar action was
taken re Gently by House committee
An appeal for financial aid for more
than $4,000 Ohio coal miners, who
have been out on strike since March
because of difficulties with the opera
tors In the forming of new contract,
was made to unions of the United
Mine Workers of America throughout
the country by officers of the Ohio
union
The theory that the body Of the girl
h,t,, he ftal3 80
Mount Hope cemetery at Urbana, H..
was the missing Catherine Winters OF
New Castle, Ind. has been shattered
The body was identified by Nicholas
Larry, a well-to-do implement dealer
as that of his daughter Margery, who
had died thirteen months ago, at the
age of two years.
Provisional President Carbajal OF
Mexico does not intend to surrender
Internationally to General Carranza
and will concentrate his military
forces and resist an invasion rather
than permit the constitutionalists to
enter Mexico City without previous
agreements not to wreak vengeance
on the lives and property of those who
supported General Huerta
Finding OF charred fragments of the
bodies of two men in the ruins of
log cabin and reports of an attempt to
destroy the surface workings of an
other mine owned by the Bache-Din-
man Coal Company, were develop
ments in the conflict between strikers
and non-union coal miners and other
company employees in the Hartford val
ley coal fields at Fort Smith, Ark.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-25
Stays Two Children and Self.

Glenwood Springs.-Drugs made a
madman OF DR.. T. L. Hutchinson, one
of the best-known surgeons of this
section, and when his course of frenzy
had run his two daughters, Fay and
Lois. 10 and u years old. respectively,
lay dead, victims of their fathers de-
sire to slay. and the physician him
self was a suicide. And had it not
been for the bravery of a nurse, Miss
Mary McCahan, his wife, too. would
have been killed. Ill from a beating
he gave her two weeks ago, she lay
in a room of a local hotel when the
husband entered. He dragged her
from the bed and pointed a revolver
at her. AS he was about to pull the
trigger the nurse seized him. She
pushed him from the room and locked
the door. Mrs. Hutchison may die.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-07-25
CROP OF s1oO,000,oOO
CAUSES COLORADO FARMERS TO
WEAR PLEASED SMILE.
State Ranks Sixth in Increase Of Asri.
cultural Products Showing Gain
Of 10 Per Cent.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Colorado farmers are jubi-
liant over the 1914 crop outlook. The
prospects are for an increase OF 10
per cent over the best yields of TWEEN
ty years past. The showing is re-
garded as remarkable, since agricul-
tural conditions in Colorado for the
last ten years have been 1898 per
cent of normal.
According to a report of the bureau
Of crop estimates of the Federal De-
partment OF Agriculture, crops over
the whole country are IA per cent bet
ter than the ten-year average. Only
six states are ahead of Colorado in
point of increase of production. The
states and their ratings are: Kansas.
l17-2 per cent; Nebraska, 115.s per
cent; South Dakota, has per cent;
North Dakota, 110.2 per cent; Iowa,
110.2 per cent, and California, no per
cent. The high showing of these
states is due in part to the fact that
they have bumper crops and in part to
the low normal rating for the last ten
years.
Colorado's ten-yeaT period has been
well up to former standards, so that
her rating means a greater relative in
crease than is shown by the many
other states
Not only has the yield per acre
greatly surpassed former years, but
the acreage under cultivation is also
much larger, SO that the general agri-
cultural output will show an increase
much greater than the 109.s per cent
estimate of the agricultural bureau.
Prices also are better than before. and
the total wealth that will flow into the
farmers pockets will be far more than
for any other year The value OF all
crops is estimated at sl00000.o0o.
Estimates put the corn cror 10 per
cent larger than ever before. The
price, according to the dope" will be
per cent greater than the average for
the last five years. The average on
July l of this year was s0.755, while
for the last five years it has averaged
50 695 bushel. This means that Col
orado's corn crop will be worth about
IS 900, 900.
The price of wheat has fallen off 20
per cent, but the 80 per cent increase
in the production will more than off
set the fall in price. The price has
dropped from s0962 for the five-s ear
average to s0.769 for this year.