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Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
THROW LIGHT ON
 FORTUNE TELLERs
Devious Methods of Seeresses Ex- plained by Mrs. Williams in As
 sauIt Case in J. P. Court

The light of publicity was thrown upon the fortune telling business yes- terday by Mary Williams Serbian woman who has been operating on East Adams street near First for several months. She is one of three or four gypsy women who for consideration have been lifting the veil of the future for curious Phoenicians.
 Yesterday she swore out a warrant for the arrest of William Williams, her father-in- law, charging him with as sault, and in making her complaint, be- fore Justice De Sousa by whom the trouble was sawed off on Justice Parker, she opened a chapter of do- nestle and professional history. She , said that she was one of three daugh- ters- law of Williams who are en- gagged in the fortune telling business | in Phoenix under the supervision of Williams, also a Serbian, who is more of a tryant than Peter Karageogovitch His dutiful daughters-i law were re- quired every night to turn over the proceeds of prophecy to him and when he thought there was not as much as there should be, he rewarded them with curses and sometimes. blows
 Mrs. Williams said that he urged
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
NORMAL PR0F. (JNEARTHs BIT
 IF SCANDAL OVER BAD BRICKS

The walls of the boys dormitory were constructed largely of broken 1 bricks only the outer face being made of whole bricks, the inner face i being constructed largely of halves and quarters, etc, while the space between was chucked with scraps of brick and mortar. This was done because the bricks could not be hauled for a distance of less than a mile without being broken.
 Some other things may also prove interesting. The man who manufac- tured and sold these bricks to the state was made superintendent .of the works. The men who authorized the use of such material are the mem- bers of the board of education of the Northern Arizona Normal school, George Babbitt Richard White and | C. 0. Case. The first two were ap- pointed by Governor Hunt.
 The letter from MT. Waterbury re- garding the bricks, together with two contracts let by said board of educa- tion after the initiative measure had gone into effect making it illegal to let contracts on public works, were referred to Governor Hunt, who con- sidered the matter of too little i'm r,ortance to receive his attention and referred it to the Hon. c. O. Case.
 Other items may also be of inter- est. Recently an advertisement for bids on materials was published in the Flagstaff paper. This should be noted as the exception; the board does not commonly take the trouble to advertise, it merely supplies the necessary building and furnishing material from Babbitt Bros. stock. On this occasion however, bids were called for and the advertisement said they would be opened February 7th at 12 o'clock One of the bidders called up the secretary of the board the afternoon of the 7th of February ard asked if the bids had been open ed He was informed that the board did not have time that day to give the matter it's attention. At 10 o'clock the next day. the matter was still not attended to. When it was final ly done, the furnishing of small part of the material was awarded to q Mir. Switzer, another small part to a MT. Jaeger, but the bulk to Bab- pitt Bros. It may have been legiti- mate but men who will construct public buildings of materials that will endanger the lives of students from all parts of the state will fix up bids to suit themselves.
 January IA. 1916
 MT. Leslie N. Goodding, Northern
 Arizona Normal School, Flagstaff
 Arizona.
 Dear Sir: Your letter of January 7th, to MT. Gressick, together with the two bricks for tests. were turned over to me, and the two bricks have been tested. The results of the tests were as follows;
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Leslie N. Goodding Has Building Material Tested At University; Worst Ever Put Through Pro- cess, Says Prof.
By LESLIE Ns GOoDDING

The report of Lelsfe A. Waterbury, professor of civil engineering of the State university, on brick samples from the new dormitory of the Flag staff Normal. may be of interest to the people of the state and may give them some idea of the way the money they are paying in taxes is being appropriated. The bricks mentioned were samples taken from a pile be- ing used in the construction of parts of the girls dormitory of the North ern Arizona Normal school. The same sort of bricks were used in construct ing the entire east wing of the boys dormitory.
 TWO well wrapped bricks were sent to Tucson by parcel post but were broken in transit. Then two others were sent by express, labeled glass The results of the test are shown by the letter, which closes this article.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
HE GOT \ JOb
 OUTSIDE FAMILY
Chas. E. Marshall, Deputy Internal
 Revenue Collector.

Have been appointed deputy rev enue collector for Arizona" It was with particular pride that Charles F. Marshall wired the above to his fath- CT, who is internal revenue collector in Kentucky in the Seventh District. Young Marshall was keen for the posi- tion of deputy internal revenue collec- tor and his father flatly refused to con slider his application.
 My boy" he said, this holding of flee is not a family affair" In some thing of d huff the boy came west and now he holds the very thing he wanted the most in the world and it was not given him by his kin"
 Internal Revenue Collector Lewis T. Carpenter made the appointment yes terday and the first thing Marshall did was to advise his harsh parent of his good luck
 Marshall came to Arizona three years ago from Kentucky. He was connected with the reclamation service until last June, when he accepted position with the T. C. x c. railroad.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

went east to draw the money out of the bank but she does not know wheth- CT he had done so.
 Yesterday morning he called at her parlors and told her that the profits were so low that he was going to in stall another seeress in her place. Thereupon he kicked her out into the street. Justice Parker issued the war rant and Williams was brought into court accompanied by two of his sons. He was placed under bonds in the sum of $200. That amount was put up promptly.
 Later in the day, Williams returned to the court and said he would plead guilty at once. He was fined $30. That was rather light fine but it was made light on the condition that he should take himself and his family out of town within the week. So Phoenix is to be deprived of much rich color and many accordion plaited gowns.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
FOR POSSIBLE PERILs

A natlonal leader in the movement TOT preparedness was asked by one of ms auditors the question: What en- emy do you anticipate for whom you wish to prepare?"
 Madam he replied, If you will tell me what storms the captain of the At- iahtic liner anticipated that he provid- ca ms steamers with lifeboats, I will tell you what enemy I anticipate"
 rhis is the argument for prepared ness Tn a sentence. It is the duty of the Nation to prepare. not merely for hrohable perils, but for possible per- ills, and no one can aver that there is TOT America no possible peril for war. From the Outlook.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

them not only to tell fortunes, but to rob their victims when they had a chance. She said that there are many ways in which that is done by fortune tellers but the safest way is to ask the victim for his bank roll as a part of the rite; of course, it is to be returned to him. If the roll happens to be in the form of bills, it is not difficult for a gypsy practiced in the art to extract bill or two without apparently hay ing disturbed the roll. A fairly adept fortune teller when business is running well ought to make about $60 day.
 T have wished to obey my father in-law and steal" said Mrs. Williams. 'but my heart would not let me. had to be content with what I could make in the regular way and that was bad enough for our fortune telling and all fortune telling is a fake. We tell one what we think he would like to hear For instance, we say to a man when he has put fifty cents or dollar: You are liberal, generous man; you have had a hard time of it, (and every man thinks he has had hard time.) but shortly things will be coming your way. The victim woes away satisfied We have told him what he thinks has happened to him in the past and he is sure that the future is going to break right for him.
 Mrs. Williams said that the money taken Tn by three daughters-i law went to the support of her father-in- law and his three sons in good clothas ana ldieness. Besides collecting this money the most arduous employment or Williams was poker playing. She said that sometime ago Williams had SSo'ooo on deposit in a Chicago bank Later he feared that the war was co-
 ing to shake the whole world and he
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Especial to The Republican)

Especial to The Republican)
 ROOSEVELT, Feb. 29.-Adding it's thunder to the roar of waters falling ever the twin spillways, a section of the cliff below the Roosevelt dam, containing many thousands of tons, fell into the bed of the Salt river at 5:i2 this morning. Outside of dam age to the power wires between the power house and transformer house, no harm was done.
 Preparations were made for the fall Heavy bulkheads. constructed of SKIS timbers had been built against the power house doors. No one was al- lowed to approach the foot of the cliff. it .Ir tt fai
 At 5:12 the face of the cliff was seen to be in motion. This was ac-
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

companied by a loud cracking, and
 aust rose from the crannies in the rock. As the loose section split off and slid down the short talus slope into the river bed, there was a roar that could be heard echoing down the canyon the sound thrown back by the walls of it, and by the gigantic lower face of the dam. In a few sec ends, the tons of rock had come to rest in the river and the diapason of the twin falls rose once more.
 Fragments of rock, splntered off the parent cliff by the fall of it's outer face, crashed against the bulk heads, but did not damage them. All tue wires connecting the two power structures were carried away, and until they can be replaced, service will be discontinued Project Man
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
PUTS BACK FOR REPAIRS
lRepublIcan A. p. Leased wIrel

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 29.-The Mall lory line steamer Lampasas. which sailed from here Saturday for Mo- bile, put back into port today for re- pairs, with her engines crippled from the bursting of steam pipes. Passen-
 gers for Mobile left tonight by train
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

Hire little salesman at The Re- publican office. A want Ad will sec more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Cone Describes Rock Fall.

In a long distance interview with The Republican yesterday, Project Manager W. s. Cone, described the fall of rock into the Salt river bed at Roosevelt yesterday morning. The slab that fell into the river" he said, '1s, roughly, 20 feet thick, 150 feet long and POO feet high. It fell from .be south wall of the canyon ana rolled into the river zbetween the power and transformer houses. No ateiIal damage was done. The cables will be replaced within a very short time
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Average .........

The samples of brick which you have sent to us are very poor bricks. have tested a considerable number of bricks, and have at hand results of over twenty samples tested at various times. Of those that I have tested, your samples are the poorest. The common brick used in Tucson are comparatively soft, but both the modulus of rupture and the crushing strength are just about twice the values for your samples.
 Ordinarily there is charge for tests of this kind. If there is a charge in this case, the bill will be sent to you by the university.
 Yours very truly.
 (Signed) LESLIE A. WATERBURY.
 Professor of Civil Engineering.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

ager w. $. Cone and L. H. McClel- Ian are here to look over the damage and to superintend repairs.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
REMARKABLE PHOTOS SHOWING CHANGE
 RESULT

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Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

Give the solution of the Rebus Then piece of white Write neatly and plain State
  MARvNs MUSIC HOUSE. Ford Hotel by mail tor-
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01

he Preponderance of evidence is in favor of the kimbaIl- Leave it to
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Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
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Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
WHY THIS OFFER IS MADE

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06

and white, the chandeliers being
massedwith flowers and foliage, and
the artistic decorations affording a
beautiful background for the pretty
scene. Fifteen guests were present,
and the party proved a complete sur
prise on Miss Funk. The gift par
GELS were drawn on a prettily dec
Grated cart by little Miss Margaret
Brasnin, who presented them to the
bride-to-be in token of the esteem
and friendship of her many friends.
Upon opening the parcels she found
many beautiful and valuable gifts of
cut glass and linens. A pleasant So
cial evening was enjoyed and dain-
ty lunch was served by the hostess,
the menu being carried out in the
general color scheme of pink and
white which was used in the dining
room.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
COMING APPEARANCE OF
ZOElLNERS Is INTERESTING

Must interest is being shown in the
coming appearance of the Zoellnel
String Quartet of Brussels. The fact
that the Zoellners still have home in
Belgium has given additional inter-
est to the coming of this organization
The success of the quartet here in
America has been nothing short of
phenomenal. The demand for ap-
Dearances has been such this season
that their tour has had to be rear
ranged so as to take in practically
every state in the Union. They are
booked solid from coast to coast, and
the great acclaim with which they
have been received, has most en-
phatically disproved the impression
that music of the highest type is not
appreciated by the American people
at large. The Zoellners have been as
successful in the smallest towns in
their itinerary as in Boston, New
York and Chicago.
They are ranked with the best
string Quartets of the world and it is
said in matter of personal attractive
ness the Zoellners excel all others.
The Zoellner quartet will appear in
Mankato at Normal hall October 81.
This will be the second number on
the Normal School Entertainment
course.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Garden CITY

from fridays Gallv.
Several from town attended the
farewell party at the home of Andy
KnewtSon last Saturday night.
Floyd Wilson is still on the sicE
list. His many friends hope for q
speedy recovery
Blyth White, accompanied by his
wife and mother, motored down from
Huntly Sunday and called on AL
bert Beer and family.
Ed Ward, who is employed in 4
garage at Hastings, spent Sunday
and Monday in town visiting relatives
and friends. r.
The young people from Watonwan
will have dance in the M. w. A
hall next Friday night.
S. ~ w. Buckles and family OF
Lincoln attended church here Sun
day @C-t5gys@
c. j., vefald and family returned
from trip to Renville county last
Monday. 90 III
j. K. Osgood and family accom-
panied by George w. John and family
autoed to Fairmont last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Buck went to Lake
Crystal Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora wan and Mr..
and Mrs. j. P. WOlvertOn enjoyed
an auto trip to Mankato Sunday.
E. H. Monroe transacted business
in Mankato last Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Gates, who has been
visiting relatives in Minneapolis for
the last two weeks, returned home
last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Roberts &C
companied by Mesdames Buck and
John were Mankato shoppers last
Saturday.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold work meeting at the
home of Mrs. T. H. Hazel next Fri
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Case and
family of Good Thunder attended
church in the Baptist church here
Sunday.
Mrs. J. X. Osgood was Lake
Crystal visitor last Friday.
Mrs Nora Piper of Minneapolis
visited relatives in town several
days last week, returning home last
Saturday.
Mrs. Jessie John, who has been
seriously ill with gall stones, is
much improved at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Van Sickle
and daughters were shopping in
Mankato last Monday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Lime and Jamestown
From Mondays Daily.


Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Baumgartner
and Miss Clara Baumgartner, who
were here from Bird Island returned
home after spending the week with
their aunt, Mrs. William Oehler of
this place.
Miss Laura Moeri returned home
from from Alden, where she spent a
few days with friends.
Miss Hattie Oehler came home from
the Emmanuel hospital Monday
night, where she underwent an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph Baumgartner
and Hattie Oehler spent Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Edward
Koch.
Misses Irene and Laura Moeri and
John Moeri, Jr., were Mankato shop
pers Thursday.
Misses Cassie and Alta Lentz and
Carlton Lentz spent Thursday even
ing at the home of w. Oehler.
John Miller drove to Mankato
Thursday to visit his son, Floyd, at
the Emmanuel hospital and who had
his leg broken a week ago Thurs
day. The young lad is doing nicely.
Fishing seems to have been good
on Eagle Lake the past week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Vernon Center
From SATURDAYS Daily.

The first month of school was complet
| reward for being neither absent or tardy
ed yesterday and large number of pu-
pills are enjoying quarter holiday as a
during the month.
Eddie Bailey. a high school student, has
been out of school since Tuesday suffer-
| ing with a severe attack of tonSilitiS.
The potato crop is almost a complete
| failure and of inferior quality. H. c.
kraus will have car load of potatoes
on track the first week in October
These were grown in the Nebraska sand
hills. Many know the quality of these
potatoes, and orders are being rapidly
| booked
BY another week if the weather per.
mts, silo filling will be completed. Lee
| Cox, T. d. Hays, C. Force, r. F. Low
ell and Fred Mertersdorf filled during the
week.
George Seawright has returned from
a motor trip to Mason City on short
visit to his sister and family. His moth
er who accompanied him, remained fol-
q longer visit.
Mrs Bessie Long McMurry of Gerald
inc, Mont, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Fred Flemming in North
Vernon, was in town this week calling
covering nicely from a very serious
| operation, which she underwent in ST
Paul about two months ago and expects
to return to her home in a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Flemming are again
! residents, having moved from Winneba
go back to his fathers farm, which he
has leased Mr.. Flemming was engaged
in the garage and auto business with
that city. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elem
ming are contemplating a southern trip
Lawrence Butler is at home for a
short visit with his mother and sister
Belated but very pleasant news has
just reached Strawberry Point. telling
of the marriage of Mr.. David Flemming
and Miss Nettie Schram, which occur
red nearly two weeks ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Flemming have gone to house
miles north of town, where the latch
string is always out to their friends
Heartiest congratulations are extended
to the newlyweds and wishes for joy
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwan are resi-
dents of Vernon Center, having been
costly settled in the village since the
first of the week.
Alice drove over to the Watonwan coun-
ty seat Friday to spend the night and
Saturday with the formers nephew,
Bert Gates and family
H. c. Kraus has disposed of the 1900
lambs, which arrived from the west the
latter part of the past week, to the fol-
lowing farmers, who will fatten them
Spence, Homer Miller of North Yer
non, Clarence Gilchrist and NJ. B. Rus
sell in West Vernon and Jack Bunce
of East Vernon. The 1900 sheep were
driven to the Cooper pastures to the
east of the village, where they luXurat-
ed for a few days, until the owners could
get them.
c. c.. Cornish resumed his work as
petit juror in Mankato Tuesday morn
ing after a few days stay at home. He
was accompanied by H. c. Kraus, who
is attending to business pertaining to
the company Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Millard who has been Wis
iting at the homes of Will and Carter
Rambo in West Vernon, and with other
Iends in the village for a few weeks,
was called back to her home in Can
ton, s. D., by the serious illness of a
grandson.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Indian Lake
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
F. S. Edney and Ole and AXel
Erickson went fishing Saturday and
caught a large number of fish. They
were accompanied by Horace Stew
enson, Mrs. Edney's brother-in law
from North Dakota.
Mrs. S. F. keenan, returned from
Fairmont last Friday, where she
had been visiting her sister, Mrs. B.
u. Lingston and Mrs. J. E. Palmer.
Walter Dodge took his mother and
Harry, Ralph and Clara keenan, in
his car on a trip to the southern part
of Martin county last Sunday. They
stopped at Tall Oaks farm and took
supper afterward with Mr.. and Mrs.
1. E. Palmer.
Mary keenan, is on the sick list
and is losing a week of school Thurs
day.
Many Of the Indian Lake farmers
have threshed within the last few
weeks and many have also finished
cutting corn.
Roland Quinn, whose father form
erly owned the Spring Valley farm
visited some of his friends in this
neighborhood last week and spoke in
the Adventist church last Saturday
evening.
Ben Van Patten spent part of Sat
urday with his sister, Mrs. Ben
keenan,
Indian Lake school will begin on
next Monday
Harry keenan, has rented James
Billiards. farm for next year.
Miss Ella Ballard is planning to
study music in California.
The little Tronvold twins are re-
covering from pneumonia. Eleanor
has been dangerously ILL.,
Walter Ferguson has left for the
state university, where he will at
tend this year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
ALL Minnesota Development
Society In Action
NORTH STATE PROJECT
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist Has
Given His Strong Support
To This Proposition
UNITED Press Dispatch.l

rom Saturdays Daily.
St Paul, Mimi, September 30.-The
All-Minnesota Development associa-
ton today decided to ask the next
state legislature to appropriate mon
ey for the purpose of retaining vast
areas of wet lands in Northern Min
nesota. 1t is designed to bring about
half the area of the northern part of
the state under cultivation.
NJ. L. Barnes of New York, an ex-
pert at the meeting, gave his opinion
that to provide such drainage as is
necessary and utilize the water that
now mandates the land so much as
to prevent cultivation, would require
an expenditure of about 100000.
Governor Burnquist has promised
his support to this project State
Drainage Engineer E. V. Willard has
prepared sketches of ditch plan for
the control of the waters of Red Lake
and other bodies of water in north
ern Minnesota.