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cates the truth of the assertion. There art those of course who advise that in semi-tropical climate like this, only evergreen trees should be set out, so that in the winter season, the valley will present a green and summer-like appearance to the traveller. The
 homefolhs, however, like tree that
 gives the densest, quickest shade in
 summertime, and one that will let all
 the sunshine through in the winter season. And that tree is the umbrella.
 Down at Riverside Nursery, the three specialties are umbrella, ash and palm
 trees. and each may be seen there by the thousand.
 This Well-nnoWn nursery, on South Central avenue. just a little over a mile south of Phoenix. was established eight years ago by J. K. Wheat, still the owner and proprietor. The soil is
 rich, easily worked mixture of silt and sandy loam. ideal for nursery purposes, | as is shown by the exceptional growth made by the various kinds of nursery stock grown there For instance. the | umbrellas in the accompanying illus i iiotf'H VIII bC lNo NtdiS Dlu III AIIIl, | and their size is indeed remarkable for | their age. as may he judged by cam | parison with MT. Mheats figure An | umbrella root set out last March made | q growth last season of nearly eleven 1 feet in height and three inches in | diameter.
 The Wheat ranch consists of 90 acres, l of which ten acres is used for the nur-
 sery stock of 10000 umbrellas and about 200.0O0 palms and ash, including | the seedlings. In addition large | stock of the Agua Fria deciduous fruit | trees is handled: also olives from the l Armstrong Nurseries at ontario, Cali | fornia. and about forty varieties of ros- | es. The more delicate kinds of roses
 are buddcd on wild rose roots and the l harder species on their own roots Among the palms handled are the 1 standard fan palm. also the Phoenix Canarienss and Phoenix Reclinata, as well as date palms. Beside pomegran- ateS, oleanders. etc, the nursery has a | beautiful row of the hardy evergreen Australian she-oak, whose proper name | is caSuarina StrictO.
 This is the harvest season at River
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calcined borax. The gypsum is saturat- ed with a bOrax solution and burned at red heat. It sets slowly and dries in five or six hours. Scagliola is mix ture of finely burned plaster and lime water, which is made into slabs for wall decorations. Gypsum coarsely ground is called estrick gypsum This material, when allowed to settle slowly. protected from draft and heat, becomes exceedingly hard and is especially rec commended as a floor material. The above are only few of the forms ami uses to which this valuable mineral is utilized, and the reason for drawing at tention to this subject is because we have large deposits of gypsum at our very doors that up to the present time have not been utilized
 I recently made report on one of these deposits which covers a large area. One of the deposits is an accu- mutation of dctrital matter. resulting from very active erosion and weather
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forms is greatly used in the state and with little exception is all shipped in. The deposits referred to are within six to nine miles from railroad and with in easy access over good road from Winkelman. on the Phoenix & East ern. Here is a splendid opportunity for new enterprise in Arizona and one that offers a great and valuable future The adoption of this material for building purposes alone would con- stitute a large enterprise. To give some idea of the importance of this industry, there are 2,323,97O tons mined in the United States during 1911, and it's total value was estimated at $6,- 462, ,055. To anyone interested I should be pleased to give personally any infor- nation concerning the deposits. Varied samples of the gypsum can be seen at Nealrs assay office 301 North First street.
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Gypsum and It's Uses

0JPSum ana It's Uses
 An aggregate of hydrous sulphate of lime usually crystalline. sometimes compact or fibrous; white when pure but tine presence of impurities will giVe It a olor caste of gray, yellow, brown and red. The gray is generally owing to the presence of lime carbon ate, the yellow to lmonite, the brown and red to iron oxide. the three latter resultant from iron pyrite.
 Its composition is: Sulphur trioxide, 46.6; lime, 32.5; water. 20.9-100.
 It occures in crystalline rock and is sometimes a product of volcanoes, oc- curing around fumeroltes. But in the United States and in Arizona it is mainly a product from altered lime stone.
 Gypsum is used after treatment as plaster of paris and for many other purposes where plaster is used. A small percentage of gypsum is occasionally added 10 the manufacture of cement When semitranslucent, white or gran ular, 1t is classed as alabaster. and in this condition it is greatly used by the Italians, especially for carving all kinds
 
 of forms for ornaments, for statues and religious images.
 Gypsum. when arenacious or impure is used and is an excellent fertilizer. It is now being used largely in California for this purpose.
 There are many formulas for it's manufacture and for varied purposes. Clements containing gypsum are unus- ually hard. uniform in structure, set slowly, and permit the addition of col bring matter without loss of strength. In hardness they stand half way be- tween Portland cement and stucco. Keene's cement is a slow setting alum plaster manufactured from unground gypsum, preferably of a white variety, which is burned at a red heat, then immersed in an alum solution, burned again at a red heat. and then finely ground If mixed with 20 per cent wa ter it has a tensile strength of 70 pounds and a crushing strength of 800 pounds. Parian cement consists |, parts calcined gypsum and one part
Arizona republican., 1915-01-31
SOURCE OF POPULAR SHADE AND
 ORNAMENTAL TREES IS RIVERSIDE
One of Biggest Supplies of Umbrella, Ash and Palm Trees ill Southwest is Nursery by Brink of Salt Where J. K. Wheat Raises Thousands and Thousands of Hardy Seedlings Every Year - This Nursery Also Handles Some Fruit Trees

As long as it's warm in the summer time in the Salt River valley, says J. K. Wheat, the umbrella" will continue to be one of the most popular of shade and ornamental trees, and the steadily increasing sale of these trees, year af- ter year. at the Riverside Nursery indi-
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side and besides the many shipments being made on mail and telephone ord CTS, many call personally and select their trees, and ali through the many little orchards will be found trees marked with the names of the buyers.
 Riverside stock is known for it's vigor
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ing. Probably the whole mass could be used as a fertilizer, with the exception of seams, nodules and punches of pure gypsum, which is absolutely pure and as transparent as glass. Probably more of this will be found when the altered surface is removed. This is suggested by the fact that the area is cut and separated by narrow deep gulches, and it is in these gulches that the finer form is found.
 The other deposit also covers a large acreage The cliffs are broken down into large boulders that could be load ed directly into wagons. There is very little earth or foreign matter covering this deposit and there would not be the slightest difficulty to it's working, as it is small in quantity and could be easily removed. All of the gypsum is absolutely pure and is perfectly solu- ble in hydrochloric acid. There is no residual matter left whatever. This mineral in it's many manufactured
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Ing the maps the character of the diff tercnt rocks is described in detail and the mineral deposits of economic value are pointed out The folio also con- talns number of halftone views of features that are of geologic interest. including one showing clearly the trace of the fault along which occurred the earthquake of 1906. This folio (No
 193 of the Geologic Atlas of the United States) is sold by the United States Geological Survey at 75 cents a copy.
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and hardness, and for being true to name and there are few homes or ranches in the Salt River valley where trees and roses from tnis nursery will not be found.
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Lodge Notices
~~~~~I~~~~S~~~-~>~~~~ ~~S>~~s~"Ss's~
 LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

tDER DE MOOSE
 Phoenix Lodge, No. 70S; Meetings every Tuesday. Moose home 28 s. Center. Visit ing brothers invited. George N. MacBean, Dictator; Walter R. Van Tyne. Secretary.
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LOVE inc "a
H\JpR S7Ry
<bT GELETT BURGESSQ
ILLUSTRATED 81 RAY WALILB9
SYNOPSIS.
TIC,DT Dy CxzE/T DlH~0E.sS


Hall Bonistelle. artist PHOTOGRAPHER, pre-
Flodie Fisher. his assistant. reminds him
night Mr. Doremus, attorney, calls and
informs Hall that his Uncle Johns will
has left him s4000.00O on condition that
he marry before his twenty eighth birth
day. which begins at midnight that night.
Mrs. Rena Royalton calls at the studio.
Hall asks her to marry him. She agrees
10 give him an answer at the party that
night. Miss Carolyn Dallys calls. Hall
proposes to her. She agrees TO give him
an answer at the party. Rosamund Gale,
art model calls. Hall tries to rush her
Into an immediate marriage. She, too,
defers her answer until the evening. Flo
die tries to show Hall a certain way out
OF the miXup, but he Is obtuse. Jonas
Hassingbury. heir to the millions In case
Hall fails to marry on time, plots with
Flodie to block Halls marriage to any of
the three women before midnight F'lodie
arranEes to have the three meet at the
studio as II by chance. At that meeting
much feminine fencing ensues, in which
Flodie uses her own foil adroitly Hall
newspaper with the story of the queer
legacy. The ladies' alliance to humiliate
Hall dlssolves and they retire to plan war
for the AO00,0o0 prize. successive tele-
phone messages from the three ladies' In.
form Hall that he Is accepted by all
three. Desperate, he asks Flodie 10 save
him from the three-horned dilemma by
marrying him. She refuses, and goes with
Alfred. who has long been humble
suitor to get marriage license. Jonas
arrives for the party.
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say" he besun pointblanS to Rosa

say" he besun pointbiank to Rosa
mund. "be you any relation to Abijah
GaleY believe his mother was a
Nettleton."
Rosamund glared, and Hall, selling
the happy chance. had already begun
to edge of. with a mumbled some
thing about duties and guests. People
had. in truth. begun to arrive and the
place was filling rapidly. The musl-
clans had begun to play; Flodie looked
In, with distressed face, and beck
oned. Still Rosamund held him by
the sleeve.
Jonas fred again. Amt never been
down Branford way, have ye? Say.
you ought to run down to our village
some time. miss. and git mess o.
clans. We got some fust-class Holsters
down home. Know lt?"
Rosamund turned the full glory OF
her gaze upon him. "Oh. yes" she said
sweetly, 81 can easily believe thatl"
But alas for her irony! This indul-
gence had cost her her prey. Hall was
already across the room, and Jonas
clung like leech. She could not,
with all her insolence. detach him.
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CHAPTER XII.

Guests were coming in lunches.
an hour that he had no time TO plan
how he should escape from the other
two women with whom he must in
evitably have matrimonial converse.
So far, he was not particularly anxious.
Rosamund he thought he could dis
pose of somehow, putting her on TIL
Flodie should change her mind; and
from Carolyn Dallys and Mrs. Royal
ton he feared little. He would trust,
at any rate. to the inspiration OF the
moment. With four millions-and Flo
dle-he didn't much care what they
thought of him. 1t was caddish trick.
perhaps, but--four millions! The end
would have to justify the means.
So, handsome and elegant and popu-
lar, witty and well-bred, he laughed
and gossiped with his guests. started
the dancing. introduced one to another.
showed his color prints. and between
times, watched the mousy girl In white
who had so suddenly assumed an ex'
traordinary Importance in his life.
Flodie, merely bowed to and patron.
lied by most of the guests. had discov'
cred an unexpected friend In Mr.. Dore
mus. He. finding her his only &C
quaintance. had stuck to her like a
burr. Flodie liked him. At one-steT
he could not cut much of figure. but
seated in the Office with Flodie. where
she could keep an eye on Alfred ant
the caterer. It was not long before she
felt impelled to make him her ally
With all his elephantine wit and his
manners Of the old school. Mr.. Dore
mus treated her In jocose, fatherly
indulgent way that inspired her trust
And, that evening. Flodie had dir'
need OF a coadjutor. She began t.
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give him her confidence, bit by bit.
watching his face more than listening
to his replies, and decided that she
could trust him; he had sympathy and
tact. When. at last, after many inter-
ruptions, her story was told, Mr.. Dore-
mus took off his misty glasses and
wiped them.
Miss Fisher" he said soberly, "if
can help In this crisis. let me implors
you to tell me how"
Flodie got up slowly. and looked into
his kind blue eyes. Would you mind
coming into the studio for few min.
utes?" she asked. I'm SO afraid we
may be interrupted or overheard.
want to tell you something"
Mr.. Doremus offered her his arm.
and escorted her into the studio.
BY eleven o'clock both Carolyn Dali
lys and Mrs. Royalton had come. They
had. in fact. arrived together. having
shared Mrs. Royalton's limousine. This
preconcerted action was caused less
by friendship than a mutual suspicion.
The two ladies dared not trust each
other out of sight. and each for fear
the other might gain an advantage,
sacrificed her own desire to be be.
forehand with he- plans.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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PedIareed Trees.

]. p. Stewart. an eastern authority
on orcharding. recently stated in a
public talk that "pedigreed" trees are
still on the fence OF horticultural opin-
ion. The influence of scion selection
on young orchard trees in Pennsyl.
vania experiment was not conclusive.
he said. but was slightly In favor of
such selection.
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His Plea.

"Well, Cuddyhump." said Squire
peavy. addressing colored citizen
who was suspected Of having wan
dered from the straight and narrow
path, what have you to say for your
self?"
"Des dis. yo' honah-dis yuh am
muh prevarication," was the reply.
"Nemmine wadder is guilty or not.
but dess tempt mercy with jestice and
tuhn me loose. Tuhn me loose, sab.
an sho's yo bawn I'll do as much for
yo' some time!"
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what Women vii, %.

Suppose you tried to think what
fashion never could do. Wouldn't
you have fixed on furs in summer as
the final imposs'bllity7 And yet they
did wear furs tits summer with the
thermometer at "a, the humidity at
81. the breeze absent, and in that
month in which the Bastille fell and
the Declaration OF Independence was
signed OF course you left your coat
at home during those dog daysY--
Golfers Weekly.
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seeurIna nset. Of Alfalfa.

One OF the most successful plans for
securing good "set" OF alfalfa is to
SOW 1t in the corn at the last cultiva
tion. Soil conditions usually are ex
cellent at that time, weeds have beer
held well in check and the shade add
in protecting the young alfalfa plantl
while conserving the moisture.
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Cement Floor for Swine.

A cement feeding floor is a JOY to
any lover of swine II is rather ex.
pensive to commence with. but its
durability makes II a paying invest
ment In the long run,
Brick makes a fairly good feeding
floor. but to be effective fequires a
deep foundation of broken stone. sand
and cinders, and this is expensive.
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pIstIllerles on old Farms.

On all the old farms in the United
States there was a little distillery.
though on some farms 1t was not so
little. Just as there was an icehouse
and smokehouse. where the peaches
and apples and grapes could be dis
titled into fruit brandy.
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Why Just In the Movies.

There's one thing in the mower,
you can always tell what's coming aft
er the picture OF the man at howe
with his wife bending over him walt
ing to light his cigar"
why. | never noticed. What does
come next?"
"A picture of the man writing .
check"
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n Made a Difference.

How far is It to the next town"
the motorist asked the farmer along
the road.
Bout ten miles as the crow flies"
said the farmer.
Yes, l know" said the motorist.
but. you see, the crows riding with
me today"
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Not oeneraIlv under.tood

There is nothing impossible about a
white blackbird or brown black
bear. In this connection BLACK"
means q variety. not color. The
Yellow sea 10 rot yellow. and the
White mountains are not white
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Experienced.

What experience have you had"
demanded the hotel proprietor to the
applicant for the position OF mana
ger.
Experience? Why say. I've had q
home in the country for years. and
every friend I've got in the world
owns an automobile"
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Mr.. Moss (at the art gallery This
catalogues an absolute svindle.
Dere's no prices In ".
Mrs. What! You weren't
thinking of buying anyf
MIR. Moss-Thertainly not. But how
can you be expected to appreciate pic
lures II you don't know the prices Of
them?
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Naturally.

Wasn't that a terrible fight among
the animals In the zoo?"
Yes; one OF the keepers told me II
was q beastly row."
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Artist--Your wife's portrait will be
a speaking one.
Customer-Couldn't you make Il
more on the order of still life?
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skIrtIna the Difficult,

she-How do you like my skirt.
dearie?
He-Well. pet. suppose It's all
right; but isn't It q bit long for .
kilt7
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Answered.

Barber (flnishing upl-How do you
part your hair. sir?
Customer-With a comb.
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lake ALONG a Hammer.

She-Have YOU been up to break
broad with the new bridegroom yet?
He-No. I'm not feeling very strong.
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II you want II done, don't send .
committee. Go yourself.
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No man is afflicted with the love
germ II he doesn't act foolishly.
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Eph Wiley doesn't say much, but he
nearly always has sawdust to sell.
The Parker post., 1915-10-09
THE CLIFTON STRIKE.

According to latest advices, Com
pony F of Phoenix, composed entirely
of Indians, was given orders Thursday
afternoon to leave for Clifton to join
the forty other militiamen sent to
the strike zone Sunday evening.
Charles F. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation Of Miners ar
rived in Phoenix Thursday evening
and said that there were no new de-
velopments in the strike situation.
The Parker post., 1915-10-09
HE is NOW A "TEETorALER."

Jack George, the itinerant pros
pector miner and pathfinder, after
a sojourn of several weeks in Parker,
left for the desert wilds last week
with good supply of grub and his
encourage of four burros and a SOW
cat, namely Lord Sholto-Douglas,
Lady Dunraven, Beau Brummel,
Oscar Wilde and Kittie Wilhelmina.
To his friends, before his departure,
be gave the assurance that, while
heretofore he has been a faithful fol-
lower of that Elusive chimera, alias
Spersonal liberty" and has 'tarried
long at the wine," he is now a
strong advocate of teetotalerism and
will vote for that glorious consum-
mation-milk and water-the town
pump and the cow-as a means Of
quenching thirst, every time as sure
ly as election time swings around
Mr.. George, who is something of
philosopher in his way, notwith-
standing his evident partiality for
the English aristocracy in selecting
names for his burros, says that for
some reason money seems to last
ten times longer than it did before
Arizona went dry, and that it is real
ly astonishing how easily ones OBJ
ligations can now be met. He be-
lleves he is not the only one who
feels that way and in support of his
contention cited a case in point:
Two miners who were hitting the
trail" stopped at his camp and ask
ed for something to eat Jack, with
his characteristic goodness of heart
bid them welcome and placed before
them the best in his humble abode,
never dreaming he would ever get a
cent in return. But what was his
astonishment when he went to clear
the dishes, after they had gone, to
find silver dollar under each
empty plate. For years he has been
feeding wayfarers but never before
has such an extraordinary thing hap
pened. And yet, he says, it is easily
accounted for if one only stops to
think. Had those men been able to
secure drink, ten to one their money
would have been gone long before
they reached his camp Booze
would have got the cash while he
would have got their thanks for
feeding them-a darned poor substi-
tute for money when it comes to re-
plenishing the larder of even pros
pector
The Parker post., 1915-10-09
DRY LAW
Is UPHELD
JUDGE BAXTER DECIDES THAR
INTOXICATING LIQUORS CAM
NOT BE IMPORTED EVEN FOR
PERSONAL USE.

In the superior court last Saturday,
Judge Baxter rendered his decision
in the case of the People VS.. w. J.
Sturgeon, upholding the legal status
of the dry amendment, the case hav-
ing come up for hearing on demurrer.
In this action the defendant, who
is a resident of Parker and for many
years an employe of the Santa Fe
railroad company, was arrested for
importing Intoxicating liquor into
this state. A. short time ago Mr.. Stur-
geon came home from Los Angeles,
bringing with him in a grip two
small bottles of claret wine, having
been in the habit of having this char
acter of drink in his home for table
use, and his arrest followed. His at
torneys filed demurrer to the petit
tlOn which brought the question OF
the right to import liquor for person
al use to direct issue.
In rendering his decision, Judge
Baxter in part said:
The amendment means exactly
what it says, and says exactly what
it means. 1t contains no false prom
ises, no futile hopes. 1t is clean-cut
and expressive. 1t is comprehensive
and conclusive. There are no excuses
or evasions. 1t is the first proposal
in the world on this question that
makes no exceptions nor concessions.
We propose prohibitory amend
ment free from leaks, in the form
of exceptions and jokers. The Ari-
zona voter has before him the only
law ever proposed that absolutely
prohibits the Importation, manufac-
ture and sale of alcoholic liquors"