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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

T VERY part of newspaper is in- teresting to somebody, else it -0 would not be printed. Perhaps the that which contains the letters to the editor,' for 1t is there that one can learn best of what the people are thinking.
 Here's letter taken from a Philadel- phia paper:
 "One source of serious annoyance to pe- destrians in the congested downtown dis tricts are the minimizing persons who stop in the middle of the sidewalk or at street corners to talk with friends or &C., uuaintances. This interferes greatly with the free movement of others and makes of the offender an object of at least se- were mental censure by those who are compelled to pass around him..
 And in a New York paper we read:
 Among the public nuisances should be cuassed the man or woman-mostly woman, am sorry to say-who stands in acrowded railway train or in an office and discusses in voice so loud and rasp- ing as to annoy all within 10 feet of her.
 Let's all join in a loud "Amen.' to that.
 It is true, is it not. that a large part of the waste of time. lamentably frequent, is due to the man or woman who wants to talk without having anything worth while to say? He or she it is who dark eneth counsel by words without knowl- edge" as the Bible says and who are considered by their neighbors "a voice and nothing else"
 Custom, which is the foundation of courtesy, has made it obligatory on all wno have any pretentions to refinement to listen with patience to the talk oi those who have the claim of friendship or acquaintanceship.
 But how often do we envy the privil ege of those who are called incorrectly the flower classes to say right out loud
 ''Shut up!'
 The flood of talk submerges us. There b . constant clack of tongues in offict and shop and factory and in public con yeSances, on city streets and country highways.
 If the time and energy that are wasted in purposeless talk could be put to use ful service they would give more horse power than many Niagaras.
 If you are guilty of this aimless "gao bing''-
 "Cut it out!'' .
 Let the others do the talking while yo, do the thinking and acting. and in a fev years ses how much further advances Hou Wiu be than the ta1kerh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

and obvious. See the farmer sitting at his doorstep. He slouches over as though he bore the burden of his soil on his back, Or take a ride In a city street car. or 100 passengers. hardly will you see one who holds the body properly erect.
 You never can know too much
 For instance
 At first glance, the connection between philoogy-the science and study of the development of human language-would seem to have very little, if any, connec- tion, with the finding of oil wells. One can understand that thorough grounding in geology and geography would prove Of great advantage to the man who wants to search out the hidden subterranean oil supply but philologyl
 What has the study of language to do with oil wells? Nonsense
 Not so fast
 A F'renchman. M. Durandin, went to Africa to find petroleum. He did not know where to sink ms shafts, but he placed great reliance on the fact that he knew the language of the district in whcih he was prospecting, He inquired of the natives all the names of the neigh boring towns, villages and landmarks, paying no attention to the names unless they had meanings or . syllable or sylla- bles finting at the presence of oil. It was M. Durandins theory that sources of oil unknown today to the natives were nevertheless known to their ancestors of years or centuries ago and that the presence of oil in a district ., vealed by the geographical names. | His theory has been proved correct | The wells have been found. | Prospecting by this method has been SC successful in Africa that an expedition with M Durandin at the head. is being fitted out to explore Indo- China in like
 manner.
 l But for M. Durandin's knowledge ol languages and his shrewdness in turning
 them to account. these oil weils would b. lost to civilization. He deserves the prof | that will accrue to him.
 | In every business, every trade, every profession there is room for the man ol woman who knows things. Sometimes oil wells, knowledge which seems to b. | totally unrelated to the nature of tn business is found to be applicable ant may be used as lever for advancin ones fortune.
 Give your attention first to learnin your business and its details. Giva-you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

Ana so on tnrouSn tne loHb hst ol iie with which human beings have to con- tend
 Don't accept a handicapl
 There's a new movement abroad in tho land
 It has for its object the teaching of school children and factory and office workers-and, in fact, everybody-to as- sume an erect posture in standing and spend their time launched over." say the leaders of the movement, and they want the American backbone straightened.
 Too many ills come from it's curvature.
 The American Posture league, say its incorpora tors. is to concern itself partic- ularly with the sitting and standing pos lures of children in schools and of work CTS in shops. offices. factories and else where. It hopes to effect more general use of scientific and healthful principles in seating accommodations for such pur- poses and for public audience rooms and vehicles.
 It is a worthy movement It is aligned with the recently born Life Extension institute, which aims at keep ing people we'll by warning them of any incipient diseases in their systems and thus enabling them to take steps to pre- serve their health.
 It is well known to physiologists-and they are never tired of preaching it to the rest of us-that the way in which we hold our bodies has a marked effect on oul physical well being. Their constant cry IS Hold the torso erect. so that the lungl may have room to take in enough air te feed them properly"
 It is the man or woman with tn, cramped chest who gives the tuberculosis germ a chance to do its fearful work. Especially should the children in tn, schools have this lesson impressed or them. and 1t is gratifying to note tha educators are fully alive to the import ance of this matter. still there is grsa deal of work to be done among the %. 0oo.0OO school children of the Unite, States.
 l One investigator. writing very recent. in a leading worlan's magazine. said tha I there is not a properly constructed desl
 in all of the schools of the country, bu that is probably an exaggeration. mad
 strong purposely in order to call and hol,
 the attention of parents and educators t.
 the matter.
 Everywhere, in country and city, tn
 evils of incorrect posture are sDparen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

idle" moments.
 Life. the humorous weekly, prints a pie ture of two lads carrying a wash basket, seemingly filled with clothes and heavy. Behind the boys is winding road. The artist evidently intends to convey the idea that the boys in the foreground have come down the long road.
 Under the picture is the following joke:
 'The Pessimist-Gee. Toml Look how far we've got to go yeti
 '"The Optimist-Cut that out, Joe! You want to look back and see what long way we've come"
 Permit us little pun:
 As it is in Life, so is it in real life.
 You should not worry about how fai you've got to go yet.
 You must think always of the distance you have already covered Surely the back road is marked by mileposts oi things achieved, of trismphs won in your own walk of life. of temptations over. come. of joys experienced, of happiness that has made existence not burden but something to be manfully borne ano willingly carried on. The way ahead seems long? Yes, but the spirit that has travelec with you so far will surely accompan, you further. How hard and stony il seems? Yet perhaps you will find as you reach the rocks in your path that there il an easy way among them. The obstacles always defy the optica law of perspective, you know, and look larger at distance than they really are. In this they differ from materia things. And they are not material things after all. since determined, resoiute | cheerful attitude of mind will dispe them.
 He who looks forward with apprehsn sion and shrinking of the spirit to tn, ! road which lies ahead is like tho mai who travels backward. He adds to tn difficulties and dangers of the forward road all the trials and disasters whicl
 have been overcome. He travels tn
 same road. in spirit. twice and more. H
 makes his own way to the goal doubl,
 and trebly hard.
 Think of the long way you have coma not the long way you have to %. Il And if youhawe-A lpadr to s,tote'' aHhMS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

the two boys in the picture. take for your companions not dismal thoughts but cheerful reflections. They are the very best travelling companions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N. Lure


spare time to learning other things. It will be found to be time well invested.
 Nowadays, with books and magazines and newspapers as plentiful they are and the country dotted with libraries, there Is no excuse for any one having idle moments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26
Got Off Cheanly

From the Kansas City Journal.
 "I'il bet you . dollar you don't re- member me-" exclaimed the aesdy look ing stranger, As hs extsnded his hand. You Win," replied the busineDs man. "HeeasnsupnEz4glap DeAAAtP
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

It is true, Is 1t not. that most persons handicap themselves moro than they are Handicapped by others; that tho greatest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-26

And so on through the long list of ills with which human beings have to con tend.
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
RAILROAD NOTES

R. G. Smith, of the accounting
department, spent the past week
in Winslow, securing data in con=
nection with valuation statistics,
X
Harley Gibson, of Canton,
Kansas, has accepted a position
in the office of Agent Fouts.
4 4 4
Division Accountant Harris
spant the week in Los Angeles
on business
\ X
Superintendent Tuttle left
Monday morning on No. 8 for
Los Angeles.
Brakeman B. H. Moxley is
spending his vacation in Chicago.
X 4
Water Inspector W. A. Davis
left Thursday morning for Los
Angeles.
+ X X
Conductor E, /. Tanning is
visiting friends and relatives in
the east.
X
Conductor Uphoff has been as
signed to a regular car on the
second district.
X X
Conductor V. E. Butner left
Monday morning for San Fran
cisco, where he will spend a two
weeks vacation.
Miss Martha Downs, Piano
Sol0lst-Airdone.
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
A NEW DEPARTURE

Mr.. Chas. Calm, one Of Wins
lows most enterprising mer-
chants, whose business methods
are thoroughly modern, has start
ed a new departure IN connection
with his dry goods department,
and is making some special in
ducements for cash buyers and
they are real inducements, in-
deed. Mr.. Calm made a first an
noQncement of this cash trade
innovation last week, and fol
lows with further specific bar
gain quotations in this issue of
the Mail. Special weekly sales
will be regular features of the
Calm store. Mr.. Cahn's stock
is made up of first grade goods
and a staff of efficient clerks
render buying at his store a
pleasurable experience,
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
POISON SENDER
DEEMED INSANE
Mrs. Georgia Simmons Burke Con
fesses Crime for Which She
Is Under Arrest

The case of Mrs. James Burke,
nee Georgia Simmons, charged
with sending poisoned candy
through the mails to the family
Of W. H. Dagg at San Diego,
seems likely to result in an ex-
animation before a lunacy com
mission rather than a trial in
court. The woman who commit
ted the mad and criminal act,
totally without justification, was
arrested last Friday at Point
Richmond, Cal, near San Fran
cisco. After first defantly deny
ing any knowledge of the occur
renee, she suffered a nervous col
lapse and, losing all her forti-
tude, confessed her guilt.
The exact text of Mrs. Burke s
confessions can only be deter
mined later, when a formal ex
animation Of some kind shall take
place. The only data presented
as yet is contained in the sensa-
tional reports in the Pacific coast
daily papers, which have contain
ed throughout, a considerable
percentage of fiction mingled
with the actual facts.
There is no question as to the
Continued on Page y
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
FLAG DAY

Winslow Lodge No. 536, B. P.
0. B., will observe Flag Day to-
morrow, regular ritualistic ser
vices to be carried out at Elks'
hall at 2:30 p. m. DR.. G. P.
Sampson, R. B. Eastman and G.
E. Cornelius comprise the COM
mittee in charge of arrange
ments. The public are cordially
invited to attend the services.
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
HOME TALENT PLAY
DRAWS LARGE HOUSE

Under the management of Mrs.
Giles, a home talent company has
been organized, and their first
production last Sunday night at
the Christal proved a success be-
yond expectations. A farce COM
edy was staged in which the fol-
lowing characters appeared:
Mrs. Carter.----- Frances Parks
Gladys Bailey Leonora Shipley
Mr.. TickleWit Geo. Sampson
Peggy the Maid Mrs. c.. Parks
Tom the Butler Harry Madden
Leonora Shipley and George
Sampson played the leading roles
and their production would have
reflected credit on many vaude-
vile veterans.
Two special features, Sands
of the Desert" and Gee, But
It's Good to Meet a Friend From
Your Home Town." by Harry
Madden, were greatly appreciat-
ed the hit of the evening.
BY special request the company
reproduced the play at the Chris
tai Sunday night, and were greet
ED bya large audience.
Mrs. Dean Moore will, on Sat-
urday morning, accompany her
two sons, Sidney and Harold, as
far as Albuquerque, from which
place they will go on to Kansas
to visit relatives for the summer.
Mrs. Moore will return home
Sunday.
The Fraternal Brotherhood
held their regular monthly meet
Tuesday evening in the Macca-
h3e hall. A considerable number
of the members were in attend
ance and after lodge dancing and
a social time was enjoyed. On tie
23rd Of this month they will hold
a dance and card party and ex-
pect to have a good time.
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
W|NSLOW BEATEN WITH
HALF A TEAM
Gallups Take Advantage of Lo-
cal Baseballists' Patched
Lineup

The ball game at Gallup Sun
day, between Winslow and Gal
lup, was won by the latter team,
the score being 16 to 7.
The game was a very poor ex-
hibition of the national pastime.
due principally to the fact that
a very high wind prevailed, max
ing fielding a very difficult thing.
WinsloW was also minus five of
her regular players. Kline, Har-
mon, Smith, Stone and Faye
were out of the game. What reg
ular players that did play were
injured some time during the
contest. Baughman, whose hit
ting featured the contest, was
out in the fifth inning, when he
was struck on the right ankle by
a pitched ball while at bat. Kel-
ly strained his back sliding into
home plate in the first inning,
but finished the game. Kelly has
been unable to work since the
game and it is feared that his in
juries are mere serious than was
first thought. One of Gallup's
big huskies" plunged into Ar
zilla on third base and laid him
out for about five minutes, and
Morand was spiked in the foot
during the seventh inning. TAX
ing the game as a whole, it re-
sembled more a game of football
than anything else, The Gallup
boys seemed inclined to play a
get-even" game regardless of
how done. Roughness should not
be tolerated in any ball game,
and it is hoped the Gallup team
will see the error of their ways
before another contest is staged.
Nestor Baca pitched for Wins
low, and considering the fact
that this was his first game the
present season, he did remark
ably well. Had he been given
better support the game would
have been much closer and it is
possible that he might have won.
The game Sunday brought out
a new player that the Winslow
fans are not acquainted with, in
the person of Madriaga. This
little fellow played short for the
local team, and his fielding was
one of the bright spots. of the
afternoons sport.
1t is quite probable that a game
will be played at Winslow Sun
day between the first and second
teams of the local club. The sec
ond team will be given the reg
ular battery and this should make
the contest very even. With the
material at hand two teams can
easily formed and without doubt
the game Sunday should be far
above some of the exhibitions
that have been pulled off during
the season.
The box score for last Sundays s
game was not available.
R. C. Taylor, bonus clerk at
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
quire a searching Of the county
records at Holbrook.

quire a searching Of the county
records at Holbrook.
The right to license insurance
agents was established.
Mr.. Ellis of the Airdome ap-
piled for rebate on license dur
ing two months he was not show
ing, but the council could not
grant him anything but sym
pathy. Mayor Bly, announced it
to be the policy Of the new coun-
Gil that all ordinances were to be
strictly enforced, with special
faVors to no one.
T. F. Dye secured permission
to suggest that the mayor act as
police judge during leaves Of ab-
sence, but the inconvenience of
haling culprits to the mayors
mountain home was presented in
rebuttal.
Councilman Beck stated that
he had the water wagon on his
mind (aughter), and thought the
town would do better at present
to let the street sprinkling be
done bY contract rather than 90
to expense Of a new wagon. Ee
understood Mr.. Hibben had stat
ed the water company would
grant the town free water for
streets in the business section.
He also asked the attorney as to
the statute on members of the
council taking contracts from the
city. Being informed that it was
misdemeanor, it was suggested
that this would prevent Council
man Daze figuring in a sprinkling
contract. Mr.. Daze stated that
he is a laW-abiding citizen and
that he would present no bid
thereon.
Councilman Beck asked for an
ordinance empowering the town
officers to make arrests in GER
tain cases Especially poker
games) so that incidental rev.
enues could go into the town
treasury. Mr.. Daze suggested
that there is a deputy sheriff
here to handle such matters. But
it was voted to draw up an ordin-
ance to such effect, with a clause
preventing the serving of drinks
in restaurants from adjoining
saloons.
The town marshal was directed
to see that wagons left on streets
over night, as we'll as unfinished
construction works, displayed red
lights.
Councilman Gillard brought up
the matter of saloon regulation.
Mayor BLY, remarked that with a
state wide prohibition vote in
prospect this fall, it was super
Huous to go into minor aspects
until after the election. Mr.. Gil
lard thought regulations would
cause saloons to be considered
more favorably by some voters;
that he thought the town needed
the revenue from the licenses
they paid.
Mr.. Daze favored saloon regu-
phase, incidentally stating that
he personally favored such clos
ing. Mayor Bly, suggested a
lation, even Sunday closing if the
Continued on Page p
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
FAIR AUTO TOURISTS

The first young women ever to
attempt alone the trip by auto
mobile from San Francisco to
Chicago, arrived here early yes
terday afternoon. They are Miss
Mary E. Burns and Miss Agnes
M. Kellogg, both of whom live
in Chicago. Both are of promi-
nent families.
Shortly aftet their arrival they
called upon Col. d. K. B. Sellers,
president of the Ocean-to-O Ocean
Highway association, Miss Burns
having been directed to see him
by Barney Oldfeld.
The young women found the
roads good except in New Mex
leo, they said. They were sent
over the extension of the Old
Trails route by garage men at
Winslow. Between Laguna and
Albuquerque they were forced
to hire men and teams eight
times to pull their machine, and
at a wash near Santa Rita four
horses and nineteen men were
required to move the car.
Colonel Sellers had been in
formed that the two young wo-
men were on their way by tour
lists who came by way of Spring
eryille and arrived here ahead of
them. Miss Burns and Miss Kel-
logg spent four days coming from
Holbrook to Albuquerque.
Miss Burns related an incident
of crossing the Santa Fe railway
trestle over the Rio Puerco just
twenty minutes ahead of a pas
senger train. There was moth
ing so very thrilling about that,
but when they got their car
across they found they could not
leave the track on account of the
embankments and had to run on
the ties for some distance. They
escaped when the train was near
ly upon them. Their tires were
badly cut with the malpais bal
last. Albuquerque Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1914-06-13
MANY MATTERS
BEFORE COUNCIL
Red-Light Removal, Saloon Reg
ulation and Other Proposed
Legislation Inflated

The town council held a busy
session Wednesday evening, all
members being present except
Stoddard. While the legislative
grist was not large, many ques-
tions were brought up and pro-
posed measures put under way.
Following the reading of the
minutes, Clerk Grocer read a
communication to the WinsloW
Commercial Club from Congress-
man Carl Hayden, regarding the
purchase of the quarter-section
in which the local cemetery
is situated. This land is not now
subject to homestead entry, but
the government will sell it for
So. SO per acre, a total of $400;
the cemetery now occupying four
or five acres, and the proposition
being to use the surplus for park
purposes, or sell to private per-
sons. Councilman Beck thought
it a better proposition to let town
wait until some settler in the fu-
ture filed on the land and then
buy the actual cemetery acreage
from him; that cemeteries and
parks were not desirable combin-
ations, and real estate adjoining
a cemetery stagnant in values.
Councilman Daze thought it
would be a good business stroke
to buy the land some time and
not let it go too long. The pres
ent poverty Of the town was TAX
en- into consideration and the
matter laid over for further con-
sideration.
The bonds Of C. W. Harp as
night marshal, and T. H. Shut
lin as street supervisor, were ap-
proved.
Police Judge A. III. Hansen ap-
piled for ten days leave of alb
sence, which was granted, and
Alex. Robinson was appointed to
serve in his stead.
District Attorney }. E. Crosby
appeared before the council and
called the attention Of the body
to the fact that the present red
light district conflicts with state
statutes in that it is within $50
yards Of a public building (the
jaiD and within 400 yards of a
school building (the High SCHOOL,
1t was therefore seen to be up
to the council to select a new re-
stricted district, and to notify
the owners of property in the
present district that buildings
now occupied must be vacated,
in a reasonable length of time.
The governing statute as given
by Town Attorney Moore, is that
such resorts are at all times sub
ject to removal as nuisances, but
that where the town set aside a
segregated district the inmates
we're relieved Of misdemeanor
charges.
Mr.. Beck stated the Street and
Alley committee had gone into
the matter OF a new district, and
had considered all possible loca-
tions. 1t is not feasible to thrust
this district outside the town
limits, as it makes regulation and
definite establishment impossible
to the town. Mayor Bly, appoint
ed Beck, Daze and Calm as a
committee to confer with proper
ty owners, and arrange a pro
gram Of removal if possible. Mr..
Beck favored high board stock
ade around district.
With respect to bills for side
walk surveying, Attorney Moore
presented the legal rights of the
town in levying on property own
er for such charges. He also
brought up the necessity of col
lecting certain delinquent taxes
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