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Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-21

A perpexed reader wants to know how to pronounce Xmas" He says he has always been used to pronoun- cling it just he would if the word spet in full, but when he saw a newspaper headline An Xmas Present" and insisted on reading 1t "An Christmas Present" the whole family jumped into him
Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-21
AT COPPER QUEEN.

Among the guests registering yes terday at the Copper Queen Hotel were C. C. Varwater Phoenix; J. T. Montana. A. N. Tekton, Los Angeles; Edgerton Crouter, Denver; R. F. Koh- Ter, J. G. Simpson, El Paso; H. s. Nc Kay. Cananea; J. B. Cooper, Douglas; A. II. Wyman, Milwaukee
Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-21
NOTICE L. O. O. M.

Lodge meeting will be held Wed nesday. December 22, at D, m, for initiation of class. There will be no meeting Friday Advertisement. 36
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

Vuccas anu the murmur or the cactus as it died of drought. He was really of two minds. One desire was to find the location of the gold. The other was to save his own life and assuage the bit. ter fast which he knew meant death
 At last he stumbled to his feet and peered across the mist yelled valley. Far away he saw light Gathering all his strength, he started toward it, for 1t held out to him the prospect of help for his physical injury, and as he fingered his revolver he feTerishly dreamed of finding Gallon and so averaging himself.
 Under the stars he tramped on. As men see their real world in miniature and their ideal world magnifed, as we all do. the moon, flooding it's light down upon his path, did not appear within his range of vision. It was only the little pin points of stars in the purple black sky that he discerned and in the midst of this Armament, as if horizons had been obliterated, he saw a solitary twinkling light which meant human habitation.
 "I'll get him yet" he muttered thick ly. The mere act of articulate speech died in his throat. He realized that he had no water. and the overpowering thirst burned in his very marrow.
 II can't make it," he thought to him self. "Gallon has got the best of me. He found that place and made the plan and fooled me-" He pain fully lifted his clinched hands toward heaven and cursed vehemently until bis curses faded into a perfect delirium of mad dreams. Far away on the hill the coyotes parked dismally.
 No longer stealthily like a man ob- sessed, but with one desire, he strug- gled down the hill and out upon the mesa. Yet there was still In his eyes all the innumerable stars, and he could not fix his direction in his mind, for to his accentuated sight they all ap- peared brilliant and peculiar. Thus he got lost
 At times. in moments when the dead ly thirst which parched his throat al- lowed him to drink, he saw the one glimmering light, which marked the place where he knew Gallon had gone. Miles and hours became to him as nothing. yet finally through his sharp ened senses he smelled water. and as the sun was rising over San Jacinto mountains he fell face downward into a stream. Some instinct told him that towns were built on hills; that conse- Quently to find the town he should go upstream. So he struggled, stemming the current dragging his feet, his left hand clinched into the folds of his shirt over the wound. In his heart was still smoldering the flame which in the fitness of his physical strength had been hatred of his partner.
 ''Ill get him yet" he muttered.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

yet left him breathless What was the matterf Then he saw huge columns of smoke pouring out from the after part of the ship It was not the in- exorable and averaging sea, but fire. He saw the boats go over the side. He saw two men struggling in the tops yet it was dream. His consciousness held but two facts-one the chest that contained the secret of his mine, the other the key that had locked within that strange and alien depository the picture of little girl
 Six hours later il heavy sea drove a piece of wreckage up the crumbing beach beneath a cliff on the Oregon shore. On it was q man-brine drench- ed. almost unconscious. but still able to crawl beyond the reach of the fin.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
One of Humanity's Curses
Springfield Union.

Springfield Union.
 Warden Osborne's efforts to reform the prison system at Sing Sing have encountered an unexpected obstacle in the caste feeling among the prison CTS. The "highbrows", or educated prisoners, refuse to associate on terms of equality with the ''roughnecks," or uneducated prisoners, and in both classes there are other divisions be- tween the big and petty criminals. The feeling has become so tense that some of the convicts have asked to be transferred to another prison. The only solution of the problem thus created seems to lie in providing sep arate prisons for the different social grades among the convicts.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
If They Shirk, Turn Them Out

ANNN VI
 When congress convenes in regular session next December it vii! have be- fore 1t a comprehensive report and rec concentrations upon the military pol icy and establishments of the United States. It will also have the usual report of the Board of Admirals- Chicago Tribune.
 If the Sixty-fourth Congress shirks its duty to the country as the last Congress shirked, every member who proves a traitor to his country should be a marked man. The American pubic Is In no mood to forgive the usual Democratic blundering which has disgraced the nation in the ele. mentals of national defence.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

gering breakers, clutching key. lt was Thomas Gallon.
 He sat down and stared at the burn. ing ship he had left. Dimly he remem bered those strange numbers that marked the position of that vessel flaming to destruction far out on the horizon
 l37. 23 west; 3l. 27 north.
 But how 10 remember them3 How to keep this precious information in his head His grcpine fingers found the key A moment later he wns scratching the uumhers on it's soft sur face
 This be said through his salt parchcd ips. "is the master key" He stared up at the blue sky. and then bowed his head in utter weakness
 
 Tt WilkerSon Is alive he knows. Every day Is the same. When can l dud the secret of The Master KeyT '
 Thomas Cation then picked up his lattci Gle and duly looked over its contents
 Funny" he thought to himseIf "thnt that engineer that 1 wrote to Drake about has not turned up" He fum5led the letter uncertainty. but the name caught his eye-John Dorr,
 At that very moment the motor stage chu.ged slowly into camp. and a tall, heavily built man swung down into the street, suit case in hand. He look. ed about him with trained eye. He saw the opening of mine upon the hill-the trestle crawling toward the dump the pump house-all the para. pheruaha of un active mine. but he also perceived that the stamp mill was silent
 'l'll bet they've lost the ioder' he thought to himself He turned to a miner who was passing and asked. Where Is Mir GallonT
 Up there in that bungalow" was the reply
 John Dorr straightened himself up and went quietly up the acclivity, until ne finally arrived before a typical Call fornia house To his great astonish ment slender. fair haired girl con ftouted him instead of the brusQue rude minet he had been led to ex pect he would meet on his arrival at ''The Master Key"
 I'm John Dorr." he said awkwardly "I came to see Mir. Gallon l am the new mining engineer"
 Ruth looked at him critically. He was nothing like the men she was used to His clothes were good He fairly breathed soap and water. and his very apparent strength gowed be- heath clear. smooth skin and we'll proportioned limbs. Then she met his eyes In frank admiration.
 "rll call father" she said, but she still hesitated- That gentle pause brought the blood to John Doris face. He realized that this was a moment be would always remember.
 Continued next Thursday)
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
Then be recovered himself

to answer Then be recovered himself and said quietly. "I was going to- He paused a moment and looked straight into the eyes of the man opposite him Il was going to save all had"
 "If that's all you had Matias did not get much, and he is considered a pret ty smart fellow" was the curt re sponse. Here comes the sheriff."
 In the west their ordinary speech Is deeds. not words. Appeared other men and then the bulky figure of the sher ifr This man wasted no time in pre- liminaries but quickly roared. (Which wayT
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

e$AGJ GaIlOD ndu redllIeu tudC ue was a murderer. What would happen to Ruth if he were convicted of killing his partner? This was the thought which drove him on-onward toward the little speck across the mesa. Care less of the cactus, of the Sagebrush, ab- solutely unmindful of the little gull lies made by last years rains, he tramped steadily onward, and as he did so there was formulated in his mind a plan not only to save the gold for his daughter. but to save her fathers honor.
 It is true of lights and ideals that the farther you follow them the fainter they grow, and it was with astonish ment that Thomas Gallon suddenly found himself in the street of Valle Vista.
 There is a lot of silent influence in the mere sight of closed doors. Gallon looked down the street, and every door was closed except one. No hospitality. One single sign showed that law and order, always vigilant, held their sway. He staggered on toward the green light which marked the sheriff's office In there he found an alert deputy.
 "Who are your
 "I am Gallon" he said firmly. '"The outlaws haN got my partner and near ly got me!'
 The deputy looked at him shrewdly a moment and seemed satisfied. An in- stant later he was on his feet, buckling on his belt and revolver, and in a sec ond instant he had brushed his way past the old miner and was bawling out into what apparently was a vacant street Gallon dimly heard his call. His one thought was to play his part to the end. Would these men find by accident his gold? A moment later a curtain on the saloon across the street was lowered and the door opened
 "What's the matterT yelled a half drunken fellow. reeling out
 "Matias is out againT cried the dep uty. "Get the sheriff. They have got this fellows partner" Then he turned to Gallon authoritatively and said, How much did you haver
 Nothing" said Gallon. "We did not strike anything. but they thought we had"
 But with quick gesture the deputy grasped Gallons wrist and opened his hand. disclosing a nugget "Where did you get this?" he asked.
 The old man stared down stupidly at that warm bif of gold. He had carried 1t clear across the mesa, emblem of his thirst symbol of his undying desire. For the moment he did not know what
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

According to Prof. C. G. HopHins' agronomist of the University Of H. linois, unless the United States mahes a wonderful improvement in the na'' ter of getting food from the soii we shall go to beg hungry in few years He says that during the last census decade population increased 2l pc, cent while the production ot loou grains only two per cent. ot eouise we eat something besides food grams strawberries and grapefruit .o' instance-but the figures Will uo ioi the purpose. What are we gong '" do. buy our food abroad produce more at home or go hungry? It seems " be up to us.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04


 weaken and finally part
 A moment later he was making his way to where the horses were tied. He leaped upon the nearest one and within second was on his way down the bill into the mist which filled the valley
 But the noise of his horses hoofs on the rough shale of the hillside awak. ened the guard
 "l think will have cup of coffee" he said to himself seepily and slug. gishly stretched himself A moment later he flung the empty coffeepot into the darkness Sheriff" he cried. "he's gone"
 The sheriff lifted his lanky form as if by a single movement "Who's gone?" he yelled
 That man. Gallon" replied the guard
 I've must get him. boysr the sheriff said They rode to the edge of the hill and looked down into an irldescent sea of mist, d mere pool of curdling moon. shine.
 Hes got away from us. boys" said the sheriff wen never find him there"
 Gallon rode quickly on. no longer seeking for a light, but for darkness, and yet as he felt the pony quiver un. der him he himself felt strange trem. Wilkerson was still alive-some where behind that veil was his enemy and the man who knew the location of the richest mine in all golden Califor. nia.
 Mission Street pier marks the point on the San Francisco water front where sooner or later every one in this world passes. and among the multitudes strange, subdued and unsubdued by the tremendous forces which make our civilization. Gallon found himself abso lutey unobserved in this throng-he was as be hoped to be. Berthed at the pier was steamship, quartermas. ters at the gangway, and a sign hung on the rail saying. I've sail at 9:45 D. m."
 
 stealthily took out from his pocket folded paper and looked at it. He laid 1t on the white covering of the bunk and once more dipped into his jacket This time 1t was the picture of a girl "l will save 1t for you," he murmur ed to himself. The bare room held but one movable article of furniture a chest of strange workmanship and redolent of alien lands. Gallon stoop- ed over and pulled at the lid It came open to his touch, and he saw then a strange conglomeration of articles. An idol lay there. inanimate, but impor- tant He picked it up. and as he did so one of its coral eyes fell out
 To him it was sinister omen. and he stared for moment, clutching at hs breast Then he gave way to the hysteria of the hunted and the haunted. "l don't know whose god you are" he muttered but If you must have it he thrust the paper that held the SC cret of his mine.
 That sleep which is like a shot in the heart overlook Gallon before the Santa Clara was well to sea. He was awak- ened from it by the sound of an alter. cation
 You've got to put back to port said voice in an ugly tone.
 There was fusilade of shots, and then the deck beneath him tilted slow iy. The chest slid down the deck to- ward shore Gallon locked the chest dragged it across the sill and then looked back to see an enormous wall of water This wall crumpled. faded.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

A town that is situated as center for the termination of good roads, or along the public highway, IS indeed fortunate. It has a great future not dependent upon high tariff nor boun- ties given by the state and nation, but only upon the agricultural growth of the surrounding country The town with good roads is by no means dependent upon railroads though trunk lines of railroacs help build towns. Good county roads ana roads that connect the town With oth- CT towns with a trunk line of railroad will be sufficient to build a slna'i town.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

Music is the sound which ones children make as they romp through the house. Noise is the sound which other peoples children make. - Woman's Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
Have Consideration

Jessie-Please, Auntie, the n.y. ,. lady next door says, her comp 'li''ois and will you play very io"' :eaI- her husband is extremely mus""' Chicago Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
Not a Model.

What kind of model is your new automobile ?"
 "It isn't any kind of model" re- piled MT. Chuggins gloomily. "It's a horrible example "-The Furrow.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
Kitchen Repartee

The Vanilla Bean-I have a great association with epicures as a flavor ing for desserts.
 Nutmeg-Ah, but I have a grater, Chicago Herald.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

It's a good brand of fertilizer 'h"' will raise mortgage.-Peoria o'"i'
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
Would Be Some Compensation

Boston Advertiser.
 It would almost justify "rocNins the boat" if we were sure that the re- suit would be to tip off Bryan
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
$ l F T GS farm and Ranch


 Farm and Ranch.
 Railroad orders and nlon
 equipment indicate $5O,OoO,OoO' Q, uaN' new ol ousiness in this line alono "Orlh year. "'ohe this
 Nineteen hundred and fo,,,4. saw the largest apple cron o' lo1rteen duced in the United States H pro ment estimates placed jt at o5o eoyern- ooa GOO bushels. -'O'vOO,7
 In Dun's last statement tber. ported increase in business actini.'. i, .e' steady gain in bank clearinos s,''N ter exhibit of railroad earnings oe', expanding traffic movements ana
 Madascar has the uniouo di.4 ton of possessing the onIy ovon ~,,''' a airy regiment in the world Tho N: a,; mate is so unhealthy for horses +S", " some substitute had to be found Tba oxen have been trained to marorna e with surprising skill, but of couss are not speedy.
 President Markham of the Illino, Central road, returning from Sonth ern trip, says: "The south which wo, hardest hit of all section at hoa;~ ming of war, now promises to be oro of the most prosperous Diversified farming is making fast headwav and will eventually bring big increases in railroad tonnage"
 Eleven distributing centers aro maintained by the public library of Dallas, Texas, six of which are in connection with the public schools The general circulation has increased 12 per cent in the last year, the in- crease in circulation of non-6ction books being 19 per cent. The num- Der of volumes used in homes during the year was 131 ,253.
 Mrs. J. w. Ellington, Dallas, has discovered a new way to hatch chick ems which puts the old-fashoned hen method completely out of business. She uses a fireless cookeri My old hen quit the nest" said Mrs. Efiing- ton, "two days before the eggs were due to hatch. l wrapped them in a blanket and put the fireless cooker to work. They're matching today.'
 The rats of Texas cost Texas Sl9,- 432.72 per day or $4S3,471.30 per month, says the bulletin of the state board of health. In 1910 the United States census showed a population of 3,S96,542, and Uncle Sam says that there is one rat for every person, and that they destroy one-half per cent per day or $5,s11 ,65S.60 per year. No small sum to be appropriated to rats. more than the pnblic schools cost the, state. That amount would equip sev- eral A. and NJ. colleges. It is suff- cient to run the state government for some time.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

Railroad orders and plans fo,
 equipment indicate S5OooO ma oof new of business in this line '0yO w Worth year. ''ohe this
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

Nineteen hundred and fo,,..
 saw the largest apple crop o,,o,' af'een duced in the United States. ', pro ment estimates placed it at 95O gOIern- oal GOO bushels. -'V'VOO,-
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

In Dun's last statement there !,
 ported increase in business ,S re- steady gain in bank clearings. ,'i,sF hst ter exhibit of railroad earrinns oe', expanding traffic movements. 'DO
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
CHAPTER n.
"You are under arrest"

"You are under arrest"
 @0AR away on the same dimly lit desert another man was seek R:ass=s. ing the same light. Thomas kSQEgj Gallon had realized that he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-07
The Navy Plans.

The program which VIII be laid he
fore you by the Secretary OF the
Navy ~ similarly conceived. II In
wolves only n shortening Of the time
within which plans long matured
shall be carried out; but u docs make
Definite and explicit pro gram which
has heretofore been on.y implicit.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-07

We viii not MAINTAIN a standing
army except for uses which are as
necessary in times 81 peace as IN
times of war. and W shall always
- TO "a that our military peace cs-
tablishment ~ mo- larger than Is aC-
tually and continuously needed tor
The uses OF days IN which no enemies
move against Us. Bat W. do believe
in body ~ free citizens ready and
sufficient 10 take care OF them tciNrs
and Of the governments which they
have set up To serve them ln our
constitutions themselves we have
commanded that the right or
the people 10 keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed, and cur con-
ndence has been that our safety In
times OF danger would lie in tho ris-
ing Of the nation 10 take care 81 IT,
self, as the farmers rose at l.eNing-
IN.
But war has never beeu mere
matter of men and guns. u u
thinR OF discipllned micht. ~ our
citizens are cNc- To hght enectiNciy
upon n sudden summons. they must
know how modern Fighting l. done,
aud what to do when the summons
comes TO render themselves iTmei'i-
steiy available nnd immediately ef-
fective. And tho government must
I've their servant IN uts matter. must
supply them with the training LheV
need To take care NJ rrrrrrs- ---rv--7 p =
4 II The military arm ~ <elr gov
eminent. which they viii III a tuN
use 10 serve them and make tncir IN
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-07
BANK PLANS TO
DISTRIBUTE BIG
CHRISTMAS FUND

Starting Dec. 10. the American
state bank Is TO distribute over
s1oO. 900 to members Of the Christ
mas Savings club. Amounts vary
ing from sl2.7a to s63.75 VIII he re-
ccived with interest by each mem
Der whose payments are made 10
date.
The Christmas Savings club was
introduced in Detroit two years ago
bv the American State bank and
hrs grown to such magnitude that
new department has been created
10 handle the business.
Many members not only utilize
the amount received for Christmas
shopping but deposit a portion In
the bank as a nucleus for savings
account. The membership increased
nv several thousands last year and
the banks officials predict big
increase in the 1916 club which
starts Dec. 20.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-07

merchant marine would give n. hut
also that the American hemisphere
as whole should enjoy "A like indc-
pcudeuce and Self-sufncienCy. III II ~
not TO hr drawn into the tanglc Of
European affairs. Without such in
dependence the whole question OF our
political unity and self determine
tiou is very seriously clouded and
complicated indeed.
should Aid Capital
Moreover. we can develop no true
or effective American policy without
ships OF our own--not ships OF war
but ships OF peace, CARRYING goods
aud carrying much more: creating
friendships and rendering indispen-
sable services To all interests on this
side the water. They must move con-
staatly back and forth between the
Americas. They are the only shuttles
that can weave the delicate fabric
~ sympathy, comprehension. comb
dence. and mutual dependence in
winch we wish To clothe our policy Of
America for Americans.
The task OF building up IN adc-
qudte merchant marine for America
private capital must Ultimate-F l--
dcrtake and achieve. Rs Ia has I'M
dertakcn and achieved every other
task amongst us in the past, with
admirable enterprise. Intelligence.
and Nigor; and IL seems To- me a
manifest dictate of wisdom that we
should promptly remove every legal
obstacle that may stand i'm the way
or this much 20 be desired revival or
our old independence and should ia