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Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
$500 WAR STAMP
 ATTRACTS ATTENTION
(From Sundays Daily)

A $500 internal revenue stamp on q deed filed yesterday, was the object of much curiosity at the county re- corder's office. Everyone who came in wanted to take look at the tiny blue stamp. insignificant in appear ance, compared to its cost. The stamp was attached to a deed by which F. s. Stephens and Mabel Grace Stephens, of Dundee, Scotland transferred the ownership of the Green Flower and Green Up patented lode claims in the Verde mining dis trict to the Dundee-Arizona Copper Company. for the sum of S500,O00.
 One old prospector looked at the $500 stamp for several minutes.
 "Humph!" he grunted. Eve got a mining claim that's worth $500. but doggone me if I'd trade it for little chunk of paper like that"
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
WILL IS
 FILED FOR PROBATE
(From Saturdays Daily.)

A petition for probate of the will of the late John Lawler, prominent citizen of Yavapai county, was filed in the Superior court yesterday. It will be heard before Judge Smith. April IA.
 Lawler died at Monrovia, Cal, March l6 last. Before going to Cali fornia he left what is believed to be his last will, dated April "A. 1915, in the hands of Homer R. Wood, his business agent and one of his mos. intimate friends. The will involves the distribution of an estate in Yava- pai county valued at S248,732.H.
 Lawler's will calls for the distribu- ton of his estate as follows: Michael ]. Lawler. of Prescott, nephew, S10,O0O: William Lawler, of Prescott, a nephew, Sl00O0; Michael L. Lynch of Los Angeles, nephew, S10,OOO; Michael A. Lawler. Hillside. a broth CT. SlOOO0; John William Lawler, of Prescott. brother. Sl5.OO0, property in Prescott and the Gains ranch; Daniel Lawler, of Douglas, 5000; Daniel Lawler's son. of Los Angeles, $50: Mary Lawler, of Prescott, a sis ter-in-law. S5,O0O. and Homer R. Wood, S5,0OO. The remainder of the estate is to be divided equally be- tween Michael L. Ly1cn and John William Lawler.
 The principal items in the Lawler estate are: Funds in the Bank ot Arizona. S120oS.78; funds in Yava- pal County Savings Bank. S33, ,2o7.76; school bonds, S38.610: onethird in terest in Bashford block. Prescott, 15,17666; three-quarters interest in Lawler block. Prescott, S26.814; one half interest i1 "G" ranch. (56O acres patented lamb. Sl7.7o2.50; one-half interest in "G" ranch. (6,16O acres scripped land). S18,4SO; thrce-quarter interest in Hillside group of mines, Sl4,059.50: three-quarter interest i'll Copper King and Old Dick claims. SLIPS. In addition. there are several thousand dollars invested in Masonic bonds and real estate The will names Michael L. Lynch and Homer R. Wood as executors.
 Mary Godec was appointed admin istratrix of the estate of Tony Godec under S5,0O0 bond.
 Tn the estate of Ramon Lopez, an order was entered allowing the sale of personal property.
 s. F. Deniso1 of Jerome. was ap- pointed administrator of the estate of August West and gave bond for S700
 The case of Alexander Machey, ct al, vs. The Cleopatra Copper Com Dany was dismissed yesterday on mo- ton of !. J. Hawkins. attorney for the plaintiffs. The suit was for S50.- 900 on note alleped to have been executed bv the defendants. The Cleopatra Company was not repre- sented i1 court.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
Poker, Gambling?
 No, Rules Judge

NEW YORK, April 1.-Have you ever sat through the wee sma' hours around the green baize table trying to fill bobtail flush under the i'm pression you were gambling? You're wrong-all wrong, on the word oi Magistrate Levy.
 Poker is not gambling he declar- ed yesterday in the West Side court, and several hardened specimens of mankind suddenly lost their listless appearance as they sat up straight in astonishment.
 Three men were up on charge of operating common gambling place.
 Detectives tesctified they had taken part in a poker game in the rooms. Assistant District Attorney Lazarus, in asking that the men be held, as serted there could be no doubt that poker was gambling.
 "I don't believe poker can justly be considered gambling" Magistrate Levy retorted. Tt is a gcntleman's game and is permitted in many of our most exclusive clubs and in countless homes. 1 know personally that it is played in my club"
 But even in poker there should be some line of demarkation," persisted the prosecutor, "and I think that line is established when kitty IS opened in connection with the game"
 Magistrate Levy demurred.
 Suppose the kitty were turned over to some good charity" he sug' gested. The case was then adjourned in order to allow the brief to be sub mitted.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
DEEP DEVELOPMENT
 PROVES A BIG MINE
(From Saturdays Daily)

Development on the Davis gold mine of Slate creek has reached a depth of 365 feet. and Joseph Caspari one of the leasers. with Eric Bloom stated yesterday that the best show ing in values given and ore bodies yet determined, had been made al that point. He also said that an air compressor to drive drills was making excellent headway. and production al the present time was the heaviest in the history of the property. It is his belief that the Davis is entering q period of being rated later as one oi the biggest and best gold producers of this county, due to carrying out a line of deep development.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05

The following consideration, was received the Board:
 Prescott Arizona, March 1916 Hon. Supervisors Yavapai County Prescott Arizona 
 The undersigned hereby offers sell for l3 Prescott and Goodwin Streets for the of S2OOO ST. 5000. - "
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05

The following payrol having ordered drawn the Fundt to-wt: iCm. War.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
FINE OUTLOOK
(From Fridays Dsily.)

Charles Rose, who owns valuable mines near Stoddard, was an arrival "Wednesday. and reported that field as assuming a better outlook than k1own for many years. since the Stoddard Mines Co.,, and the Copper Queen are ready to resume on permanent basis. The joint reduction works. he says, will solve two big mine propo- sitions, and create new and attrac- tive investment field.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
S25 AND 10 DAYS
(From Thursday's DaiIY.)

Julius Jacoby, well known barber of this city. was yesterday sentenced n the Superior court 10 serve ten lays and pay fine of S25 for convic- ion on charge of violating the State prohibition amendment.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors Of
 Yavapai County, Arizona.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA
Prescott. Arizona


 Board ournment Monday March, lol6 at a m Present. William Stephens Henry t. nW. Heap, Member; R. T. Belchcr. Clet,. The payroll of county officials employees Board corder salaries to-wt:
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-05

For quick and artistic job work. the Journal-Miner is the place.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
RIGBY NIGHT
INFORM US

The Rigby Star announces the
resignation and departure of the
county clerk of Jefferson county last
week. No reason was assigned as
to why he resigned, but The Star
stated that the gentleman had a fine
position offered him in Montana.
That ought to be satisfactory if
1t was all correct and true; that is,
If it was the whole truth. What we
want The Star to explain is the solu-
ton of that certain "spool Of thread
story that originated in a big store
in Rigby town last December in the
middle Of the night. 1t was such a
queer time for man to be getting
thread for his wife; and the lights
were SO low and other matters were
so related to the lame thread story,
the resignation of the county clerk
brings Rigby again to mind, and we
wish the editor of the leading paper
in that fair county would speak up
and explain matters. We have had
county clerk stories in Bingham
county and have refrained from
recommending anybody to fine posi-
ton elsewhere unless he was Untitled
to it. The Star has the floor.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
Republican Preferential
.igs 70 ~
Primary and Delegate
Convention
PEOPLE RULE

The Republican county central
committee have called q preferential
primary in each precinct of Bingham
county to be held on April 8, 1916,
to elect delegates to county con-
vention to be held in the Court
House in Blackfoot on April 13,
1915, at 1880 o'clock, p. m. The
call for said preferential primary will
be posted in each precinct by the
precinct committeeman Of that pre-
cinct. The county convention will
elect Is delegates to the state con-
ventioH to be held at Twin Falls,
April 20. 1916.
The number of delegates to which
each precinct is entitled to send to
the county convention has been COM
puted by allowing to each precinct
one delegate for every % votes or
major fraction thereof cast in that
precinct for Secretary of State Bar
ker at the last general election, to
wit:
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
COURAGEOUS BUSINESS
| WOMAN

Mrs. M. E. Boyd, manager of
Blackfoot's play houses, won the
plaudits of the community recently
by securing the great play, "The
Birth of Nation and having it pre-
sented to so small town as this.
AS announced last week it is a very
expensive production, and it involves
considerable risk to bring it to a
small place. Besides being moving
picture show presenting some Of the
notable battles of the Civil War, it
carries fne orchestra and other peo-
pie making 35 in all. The syndicate
is putting it on in 10 cities and towns
at once and when Mrs. Boyd investi-
gated it, she decided to bring it to
Blackfoot, even if she did not make
a cent and she took pleasure in pre-
senting it to crowded houses each
night.
Not everybody agrees as to the
matter represented in the show, or
the best way to teach its lessons, but
everybody acknowledged it a great
achievement to show these big battles
and other scenes in the movies.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
LONE BANDIT TRICK AGAIN

Saturday night when the 11:45
north-bound left Salt Lake it bore
strange silent passenger on the
blind baggage Cal At least that is
the way they are accounting for the
fact that he climed over the tender
before the train reach Ogden, forced
the engineer to uncouple the mail
car, fooled the mail messenger into
opening the car door by telling him
it was the engineer. then held him
UP with a big revolver, while also
keeping the engineer and fireman at
bay, and got away with bag of
registered letters. He then told the
trainmen to keep their heads inside
for ten minutes and fed. It is
thought he had an automobile or
horse nearby to help him escape.
From what the mail clerk could sur
mise the bandit didn't get away with
very much money. Posses were or
ganized in Ogden, Salt Lake and IN
the neighborhood fthe robbery.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
WILLARD WHIPS MORAN

Champion Jess Willard won over
Moran on counts and general sup
eriority in their ten-round fight Sat
urday night After the first few
rounds it even looked doubtful that
Moran could stay till the tenth round
Willard was battering him so savage
ly, and every round was Willard's
except the eighth and NTH which
were declared even. The men fought
hard all thru. Willard broke his
hand in the third round. More than
$4,000 people saw the fight, and
probably many millions followed 1t
by bulletin. The Republican, to-
gether with the Club Cigar store, Sc
cured the fight returns by wire from
The Pocatello Chronicle and bulle-
tins were shown at both places.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
Dy JAMES o. MORROW,
In the Philadelphia Record.

n yoND Of the Weekses. save John
~ Wingate, the senator and the
> y Massachusetts, candidate for
president -toiling as they all did
among the granite humps Of New
Hampshire-was ever noted for his &C.
cumulation of cash or property.
They were farmers mostly, begin.
ming with Leonard Weeks, who, emf.
grating from England In 1856, became
the head and source of the family.
Agriculture sternly. practiced among
the embedded rocks and irremovable
powders taught them to be resource.
full and to keep at least one eye open
to opportunity.
So William D., the father Of the sen.
ator, was a probate judge, and once
essayed to be q manufacturer. With
the cooperation Of neighbors, likewise
alert and adventurous, he started
factory at Lancaster for making starch
from potatoes.
Il will never forget the look on my
fathers face" Captain Weeks told me,
when, ON Sunday morning, just as
we were leaving church, we saw men
and boys running down the street and
heard them crying: The starch fac
tory is burning
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

Now dad, don't you work the boys
and the horses too hard right at the
start. Don't get the idea that be-
cause you got them all toughened
last year so they could work all day
and then do another shift after sup
per and still have an elastic step that
you can do it that way again with
the first days Of spring. The boys
are just out Of school and the horses
have been loafing, and the first few
days of heavy work constitute criti-
cal time for them. Work them too
long and they collapse and take dam
age by it. Work them moderately
and have them quit quite a while
before dinner time. In the after
noon give them only a short shift,
and be sure to have them quit when
they begin to show fatigue. One
hours work performed after their
vigor leaves them does more harm
than it will later when they get
hardened to the work.
Sore hands and feet, sore should
ers, a finicky appetite and tired
bodies among the boys and horses
deserve the most serious attention
of anything that confronts daddy on
the farm in the whole year. Beat
them to it, daddy, call them off
early; humor them in their spring
notions for a while and when they
get used to it and interested the
work will move better. Even tho
you increase your crop yield dollar
an acre or more, you can't afford
to have the boys remember the first
of spring work as "a period of abso-
Lutte discomfort and lack of interest
and sympathy on dads part. There
is your chance to show the boys and
the horses that you are all right and
human.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
MAX BRING
him BACK

This office desires to tell the pub
lie that 1t is not q mark OF good
character or Of good citizenship to
be Matching up old stories about a
person, whose character Is under
fire, and adding them to current re-
ports affecting designations or vanish
ing from the state. Anything that
you refrained from bringing to light
and having considered during the
campaign when man was running
for office, is not a proper subject
to raise against him now. Recent
conduct is all that need be consid-
cred ,and the simple truth about that
is enough. We refrained from pub
fishing anything more than seemed
necessary last week, and we expect to
continue that generous policy. It
seems proper to say at this time
that those to whom the greatest
mercy and consideration was extend
ed in official action and who had
the most reason to accept results in
silence, are making the statements
that there was no offense against So
ciety and that there was simply q
put up job. This effrontery has in
cited some temper among persons
who have the facts and who now in
Fist upon bringing matters to con-
clusions in the courts. Those who
were extending mercy last week are
busy standing pat, tho they are say
ing in nisome disgust that If a man
is 1obbed In way tlat affects his
family name he generally puts UP q
fight instead Of vanishing, and that
it isn't too late yet to bring an Of
fender back and have naughty case
tried in open court will, all its dam
aging influences, or behind closed
doors If that course is preferred. In
either event the lid would come off
and there would be information to
spare.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

Miss Gresl made short trip to
Moreland last Saturday.
| James Henefer and wife, of
Thomas were in town Saturday.
Louis Felt, out at Rose, is putting
in new Reliance pitless scale on
The Model Farm.
J. H. Toland, of Arco, spent a
day in Blackfoot last week visiting
his friend, DR.. B. H. Hudson,
Mrs. M. Myers and Mrs. Eta Had
lock, both of Pocatello, made visit
ing trip to Thomas last weekend.
Miss Gertrude Kinney visited her
home in Pocatello for a few days
last week, returning Friday evening.
William Varley, superintendent OF
the Utah-Idaho sugar factory, made a
business trip to Arco last Saturday.
Robert H. Hoare drove in from
Thomas last Saturday with his wife
and baby for shopping and business.
Mrs. Hopkins, of Rexburg, after
trip to Salt Lake, stopped in Black
foot to visit a few of her friends last
week. q
Mrs. H. c. Evans came down from
Arco, Tuesday, to visit a few days
with friends and relatives. Mrs.
Evans is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Rogers.
Mrs. M. Watson returned last week
from Salt Lake where she had been
called on account of the serious ILL
ness of her sister, who was much
improved when Mrs. Watson left for
home.
w. A. Vanderwood, a former town
marshall of Blackfoot and now living
in Mackay, came down last Friday
afternoon escorting to Pocatello
quartet of candidates for entrance
into the mysteries of Elkdom. The
four were duly initiated the same
evening by the Pocatello Elks lodge,
with Mr.. Vanderwood's gentle assist
ance, and as there were only five
novices in the class they received
full attention one and all. They
went, they saw, they rode the goat,
and returned Saturday little sleepy,
but wiser and more instructed than
they ever were before. Speaking Of
Mackay Mn. Vanderwood said that
everything up there has bright and
shining prosperous outlook and that
quite a rush is anticipated when
spring opens.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

ers in the pavement district want to
pave; the town and all its visitors
and patrons think 1t ought to be
done or should have heen done sooc-
er, and yet the formality of holding
a bond election has to be gone thru
in order to secure the street improve
ment. It is up to che voters within
the city limits to be doing some
thinking on the subject and decide
what they are going to do about it
for they are the rulers in the matter.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

Importance In the nation, just pike
out alone and see how little differ
ence II makes when you 60 along the
way Or when you enter the building.
You don't know when they are to
meet in your precinct? Well. Just
watch for . waller" notice posted on
a tree or post or q school house
door, and read it: 1t will probably
tell you about the primary in your
precinct.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31
PAVING BOND
ELECTION

The bond election announced for
the ninth Of May at Blackfoot is for
the purpose of authorizing the city
council to issue bonds for $4,000 or
SO much thereof as may be neces-
sary to expend for paving the inter-
sections Of streets and. alleys in the
business district where the property
owners are preparing to pave the part
abutting their lots.
The law provides that this method
must be followed: The property own
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

There was no insurance-the pol
icy had lapsed-and the fire sweep
away all of my fathers means and put
6 burdensome mortgage on his farm,
two and half miles in the country.
II there had been navy Of re-
spectacle size in 1881 John Wingate
Weeks would now be captain in
stead of q senator. Nor would he
ever have become banker and thus
have set at naught all the traditions of
the Weeks family for selfrespecting.
capable and wholesome poverty.
And yet psychological analysis Of
Inherited traits might show that the
senator comes naturally by his talents
for public affairs and finance. Amy
inquiry into his personality must in
clude the Wingates, the chief of whom.
John, an Englishman, emigrated to
New Hampshire in 1860.
The Weekses and the Wingates in
termarried during the second Ameri-
can generation-the Weakses to con-
tinue as farmers, with an. excursion
into potato starch, as has been re-
corded, but the Wingates to become
soldiers, preachers and statesmen.
Paine Wingate, for example, the great
grandson of John, was member Of
the Continental congress and later q
senator from New Hampshire.
A Big Man Physically.
John Wingate Weeks of Massachu-
sets, in his name, therefore, goes back
to the middle Of the seventeenth CEN
tury Perhaps his gifts are equally as
ancient. Wherever they originated,
he has made good use of them. He is
well-to-do-but has less money, per
haps, than is often represented-and
Republicans in Massachusetts, have no
titled the country that he is their can
didate for president. II he is nomi-
mated at Chicago in June, the main
reason will have been that he is
business man. His candidacy. then.
will be something entirely new in ma
tional politics.
In his measurements, Captain Weeks
is a large man. A reasonable guess
at his weight would be $50 pounds.
His stature. perhaps, Is five feet and
eleven inches. His eyes are gray and
his manner is frank and hearty. While
at the naval academy he could slowly
raise 112-pound dumbbell above his
head with his right hand. Then, kneel-
ing with one leg, he could slowly raise
an S7-pound dumbbell with his left
hand. More than that he could lower
his hands to his shoulders and slowly
and simultaneously put both dumb
bells above his head the second time.
A muscular youth, he was recon.
mended by his principal to the "pru-
dental committee" that called at the
academy in Lancaster on a hunt of a
teacher for their district school. The
school was then olosed-a group of
the large boys having carried the
teacher into the road, slammed him
down in the dirt and warned him
never to return.
Lick 'em and Ink 'em good" the
prudential committee said. "Weu
back you up If you do"
"The third day, Captain Weeks
told me, "a big, red-faced boy took
his pen in hand and laboriousl. be-
70 to write letter that is, he was
seemingly engaged in writing a let
ter; as a matter of fact, he was show
ing Oft before the school and expert
nopting with the new teacher. When
The Idaho Republican., 1916-03-31

ordered 20 yut his pen and paper
away, he smiled around the room at
the pupils, who had stopped work
Ing, and then resumed his writing.
II took him by the collar. dragged
him out Of his seat and gave him Q
thorough whipping. He turned out
to be the son of the chairman Of the
prudential committee. The old man
never spoke to me again, not even
when met him In the road, he rid
Ing In q buggy and walking to or
from my work"
Went 20 Sea for Two Years.
On his graduation ut the Annapolis
Naval Academy, young John Win
gate Weeks went to sea for Q cruise
OF two years. Seventy men were In
his class. but there was room for only
10 of them In the navy. The navy
itself consisted Of but Ave steam YES.
sells classed az flrst-rates. and they
were obsolete and unfit for active
duty. George Barnett. his roommate,
went into the Marine Corps and 10
now q major general and the COM
mandant Of that branch Of the naval
service.
In Florida, where he had been en-
gagged "a q surveyor on railroad, the
late Midshipman Weeks learned that
an old firm In Boston was going out
of business. One Of the partners had
died and another had become blind.
Henry Hornblower, q son Of one OF
the partners, and the youthful Mr..
Weeks bought the business, the lat
ter borrowing the money with which
to begin his career as banker and
broker.
Hornblower acted for the firm on
the floor of the Boston Stock Ex-
change. Weeks kept the books and
waited on the customers as they ap.
peared. In a few years the two young
men had offices all over New England
and in cities as far away as Chicago.
II got my first valuable business
idea from q famous New England
dressmaker," Captain Weeks said to
the writer of this articl "A friend
Who came to spend the night at our
house was talking to Mrs. Weeks
while was reading newspaper.
heard her say that she had bought a
dress in Boston, and that soon after,
on returning to the store. the pro-
prietor, noticing her at the counter,
asked If she had purchased the dress
she was wearing at his establishment.
On learning that she had. he said:
1t is not right, Please give your
name and address to the clerk and we
shall correct the matter at once \