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Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
GOES TO COAST

President Johns of the Oatman- Combination departed recently for San Francisco, to be away until Oc- tober 1. He announced before leaving that the company had been financed for development by Pennsylvania
 capitalists. The property has never been shut down for a day for want of funds during the past several months.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
PIONEER RETURNS

George J. Miller, a pioneer of the early nineties of this region, and owner of the Hardy mine, has re- turned from a sojourn of several weeks at Los Angeles. He says it was too foggy there for him and he had to come back to the desert. He will be at Goldroad today and then proceed to Kingman on business. The Hardy, under bond and lease to F. w.
 Crossley, will start work soon he says.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

The road camps on the Chloride road are now but seven miles apart and it is expected that work on the north end of the highway will be com pleted by October 1. The building of this road has been an achievement of which the road building department of the county may well feel proud.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN;
 MORE SPACE NEEDED

The public schools of Kingman opened yesterday with large attend ance. Only two new teachers have been employed, Miss Hathaway, in the kindergarten department, and Miss Smith, in one of the intermediate de- partments. The schools, both high and grammar, are overcrowded and the new high school building will provide much needed school rooms.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
AUTO RACES WILL B BE BIG FEATURE
 OF PHOENIX FAIR

An announcement of interest to au- tomobile drivers and dealers of the state was made recently from the of flee of the state fair commission when the plans for the 1916 auto races were given out.
 Saturday, November IS, will be given over to automobile racing eX- clusively, and the main feature will be the 1OO-mile free-for-all track race for cars and drivers of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas under sanction of the A. A. A. A purse of $20O0 has been hung up to be split first 5000, second $500, third $500 and fourth S1OO.
 This is the opportunity that the drivers and automobile fans of the Southwest have been wanting for years. The fact that Barney Oldfeld, Earl Cooper and other professional ex- hibition drivers have raced at the state fair in the past and run away with all of the money has had a tendency to discourage the drivers and car own CTS of Arizona. The state fair com mission this year decided to confine these events to the Southwest and dis tribute this money among local driv- CTS, from whence it will find its way into the regular channels of business, and besides keeping the money which is annually spent on automobile racing at home, will no doubt provide more interesting sport than has ever been staged heretofore. The local interest which will attach to car from any given community in the state will, in the estimation of the state fair man. agement, more than offset the drawing power of drivers of the Barney Old field type.
 In addition to the above race the fair commission has made application to the A. A. A. for sanction for a road race from Douglas to Phoenix for Monday, November 13, the opening day of the fair. A purse of s1250 is offered for this event, divided $500, $45O and $2OO.
 All cars entering in the road race will be expected to enter for the track events and will no doubt take a chance at both purses.
 The road race is already creating considerable interest in automobile circles in Douglas, Phoenix and inter vening towns. It will be a splendid advertisement for the Borderland highway, as well as furnishing some excitement for the residents along the route.
 A fve-mile elimination contest will be run immediately preceding the 1OO- mile track race on Saturday, and a $100 silver trophy is offered for the car named for entry" by any city or town in Arizona making the best time. Competition for this cup is limited to cars entered in the name of some city in Arizona, and in addition there will be cash prize of s15O for the driver of the car winning the cup.
 A series of novelty races by Ford cars will constitute an amusing part of the afternoons program and be of interest to the thousands of Ford own CTS in the state. These events are limited to stripped down Ford ma chimes owned in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and driven by drivers from these states. A purse of S250 is of fered for these events, and there will undoubtedly be a deluge of entries.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

The Mohave Daily Miner is issued every morning except Monday. Save time in the organization of mining and other companies by having it pub fish your articles of incorporation.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
l. P. BOYD DEAD

J. P. Boyd, formerly proprietor of the Mohave eating house, died a few days ago at San Francisco, following an operation for cancer of the stOm- ach.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
oATMAN SCHOOL HOUSE

George Long, school director, states that the new Oatman school house will have four departments. Building op- erations will commence as soon as the county supervisors sell the bonds, which were voted here recently. The issue will be S1O,000.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

Lloyd Kier, who has been in the employ of the Arizona Stores company for the last six years, left last even ing for Washington, D. C., where he will enter the Bliss Electrical school.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

Ira Richardson, Democratic nominee for constable in the 0atman precinct, was a Kingman visitor yesterday. He says that every indication of pros perity is evident in that camp.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

John MullIgan, jr., is visiting the coast on a vacation and will be absent for some time.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23

Al Jagerson of Chloride, was a Kingman visitor yesterday.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
Training

It is always a mistake to show ami mals that have not been properly trained. This may easily be done by taking a little time each day to get the animals to stand properly and go where directed. This work is an art, and it requires considerable experience to make an animal show to best ad- vantage. Before show time the ani- mals will require considerable exer- else and this may be had by leading, which will also help to train the ami mals to respond to guidance with grace. Dr. R. H. Williams, animal husbandman, University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
If All Advertising Stopped

would than the absence of advertising in the pages of the periodicals and newspapers would that the grocer would not have his business his door his win dow The druggist would display the globes of coored water The minister would the topic of his next from the pulpit
 There would be signboards country crossings street the cities you wanted go stOre par cuay the best could direct you for that adver Using by word of mouth Frankly would find it practically impossible to live without advertising although you might age to exist after fashion.
 The great agents civilization those which time and increase the comfort and convenience of the people These the things that make the railroads and the many appca tOns for eectrcit-the telegraph the telephone light and power-sO enormously valuable There way estimating the capacity of advertising for saving time and for increasing comfort.
 -Womans Home Companion.
Mohave County miner., 1916-09-23
SHOWING LIVESTOCK
 AT ALL THE FAIRS

It is important that every breeder of improved stock show his animals at both county and state fairs. AL though the expense of showing may be considerable, yet this is the best way to keep up-to-date in business, to effect improvement, and also adver- tise your animals. The show ring is the years measure which is used to compare the relative merits of the ami mals owned by the different breeders.
 Selecting Animals
 One requires several years of eX- perience to enable him to select the best animals in his herd for the show ing. Commence as early as August to prepare for the state fair which comes in November. Select the best animals you have, and if there is any question about this choice 1t is always wise to include all the animals that may develop into proper show form. This is especially true of growing ami mals, for one cannot tell with cer- tainty how they may develop with age.
 Feeding Animals
 Livestock intended for shows should be fed a well balanced ration over a sufficiently long period to make them fat and sleek at show times. This is called "bloom" in the show ring. Many of the most fancy animals are kept in roomy box stalls during the day in the warm weather, but are turned out at night for exercise and some grass. A pasture field consisting of mixed alfalfa and Bermuda grass would be splendid for this purpose. Nothing is better than oats for any kind of livestock, and a mixture of oats, corn and barley in equal propor- tions should prove satisfactory. This should be ground finely and the ami malls fed three times a day. Rough age may consist of alfalfa hay, silage, Sudan grass and other folders. One of the secrets of making "bloom" on animals is to give them a great vari- ety of feed as possible, and feed them often. Most of the winning animals at the best fairs are fed four or five times day.
 Training
 It is always mistake to show ami mals that have not been properly trained. This may easily be done by taking a little time each day to get
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
Stories of Stories
Plots of Fiction Masterpieces
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
THE SENDING OF DANA DA.
TIE called himself Dana Da. lIe ex
II was a Hindu. very old bnd very II

TIE called himself Dana Da. He
n was Hindu. very old and very
disreputable. But when whisky
or opium possessed him he used to lay
claims to magic powers.
An Englishmah once lifted Dana Da
out OF tho gutter. giving him money
and clothes and much food.
Dana Da begged leave 10 show his
gratitude by Furnishing any enemy 'he
Englishmen might possess. -.
Let me dispatch Sending he
suggested. Il can send Sending any
cent In the shape Of a man"
The Englishmsn had dabbled in Orien-
tai magic. He knew that a Sending"
was n mysterious visitation in the shape
OF some animal. which was guaranteed
TO poster the recipient almost to death.
Now It chanced that he owed long
standing Srudge to n fellow English
man named Lone. who was a believer
In such magic. So he geye Dana Da 10
rupees md badc him afrlict Lone with
"Sending."
Write n letter to Lone sahib." di-
rected Dana Da, telling him ard all
who believe in him That YOU and
theirs"
The First Sending.
Lone. In distant government station,
was reading this letter. when his serv-
ant announced to him that there was a
cat under his bed
Now. Lone had a positive horror of
cats. He scolded his servant for allow
ing one to get into the house.
The servant timidly reported that all
the doors had been shut and that no
real cat could have gotten in. He pre-
ferred not to touch so mysterious an
| animal. he said.
30 Lone himself went to eject the in
truder. He found It WAS not grown
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
Influence Of Family
Life on Character Is
Better Than Eueenics
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsBERc.

and i.ss! Of hts descendant: have bsen
identified, Two hundred and ninety.ave
were college graduates. One was vice
President Of the United States. three
were United States Senators. twelve COLI
lese presidents. sixty-nve college profess
sors, sixty physicians. 100 cIsr6ymsa,
seventy-nve army and navy officers. sig
~ prominent authors. 100 lawyers, thirty
judges. and eighty were pubic Office
holders.
These records off-hand seem TO condrm
the notion that blood will teii." that
the apple does not fall. hereditariiy
sumsnts Of the opportunists. inheritsnos
here seems to get "resuits."
Unluckiiy. science" loses sight of other
possible expla nations, namely, the power
of the family life and IL cohesive In.
The family is the unit Of society, ana
II is nowhere better proved than In these
supposed effects Of heredity in the Jukes
name was Jukss. was a dissolute. shame
less character. who. like most persons,
never moved or Travelled far from his
peiGhborhood. tho s,ums Of London. His
Wife knew no other social sphere. Thsaf
children. equally walled In BY Ignorance
and depravity, never had a chance to Be
virtuous or educated.
could have taken those same Jukes chill.
dren into his own family. where therS
was an atmosphere Of perfect purity,
eraciousnsss. sducation. and elf-discip.
line. and most likely have made many Of
them the ancestors Of Presidents, college
graduates, and '. '".h.while ns4n.
Copyright. 1875. New r'~'per Feature servtce)
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
How Weapons Began.
Guns.

sythe. was responsible for the next big
advance. the percussion cap, which ~
gun was the first successful military
breech- loader, although the principle
was not new-the Spanish had them
aboard the ships Of the Armada.
Rifling also IL very old. Gaspard
Roller. OF Vienna, and August Kottor.
OF Nuremberg. are rivals for the honor
Of the invention, about 1870. As has
been pointed out. however. these :;
provements had to be laid aside until
q day Of better workmanship.
Most of the hghting UP to 1850 wos
done with smoothhores. even Napoleon
discarding the rife. ech-loaders
were used near the close OF our civil
war and very soon the .muxsle-loadsr
became q curiosity.
Winchester. an American, inverted
rifles and the Turks used them
against the Russians In 1877. Then all
the great military powers began rearm-
ing their troops with small caliber re-
peatcrE using high power smoxeless
powder. One Of the best is our own
Springfield rifle.
No one need wonder what the weapon
OF the near future will be. All war de-
partments Of the world are eagerly
searching for the perfected automatic
rife. which will be terrible weapon in
deed-a miniature machine gun.
Copyright 1870.
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
Housekeeping
COnveniences

IT. HE shops are showing a new rim
cutter which will remove the core
and slice an apple at the same
time. II Will work equally we'll whether
sppis Is pared or not. There Is also a
tntoes for the French fried variety.
which makes It possible to serve A dish
OF equal-sized Pieces. The POTATOES arc
simply peeled and washed and pressed
on the cutter. when the long. slender
pieces OF potatoes Will fall into the dish.
There are new coffee and tea pots
with removable handles. This will be
a great convenience to the housewife
who finds II SO difficult to prevent the
burning OF handles on the gas range
All that Is required to remove the Old
handle and adjust the new one is a plain
screwdriyer. Handles may be purcha sed
Mechanical dishwashers have not been
In common use because the average
housekeeper feared to trust her good
china to its ravages. but there is now
a dishwasher on the market that the
salesman claims will efYectually wash
the most delicate china without a
scratch. 1t consists Of a metal basket
into which the crockery Is placed.
smaller basket. This Is placed into a
tank and hot water poured on, A ham
die at the side Ia turned a little while.
and then hot water poured over the
dishes In the baskets. Prento! The
dishes are wAshed-and Il Is ali so very
easy.
For cleaning cutlery there Is a de.
vice-a spring coil attached to aboard
base-that is easily adjusted to either
forks or knives. In the former case
the coils slip between the tines and Nm
the latter II grips the blade. All tina,
Is necessary Is to place a cloth
sprinkled with cleaning powder ovel
the cleaner and rub knife or fork
over II.
In small kitchen utensils there is a
nickeled milk and cream bottle cover
that has a spout arrangement which
makes Il easy 10 pour the LIQUID. The
cover 10 hinged and automatically opens
when the bottle 10 tilted. These covers
are ten cents.
An ice pick that 10 rust-proof will
appeal to the housewife. but when ali
she has to DO is 20 stick the point into
the Ice and give the handle a sharp
quick push and the ice will break but
not scatter pieces In every direction
she will have n great convenience.
Such an instrument " now beins
demonstrated. II 10 neat looking and al
the head is hexssonai in shape IL will
lie where placed and not roll back OF
the refrigerator to try the patience OF
che housewife. 1t sells Il Is cents.
Copyright. isis)
The Washington times., 1916-09-11

The gun 10 the little brother OF the
cannon. Artillery was made first. but 1t
was easy to see that something man
could carry was needed. and In the four
teenth century the Fleminss were the
proud possessors OF hand cannon. small
copies OF the bigger weapon ftted to
stock. They were interesting more than
effective. however. and did little damage
beyond soaring badly every one who
faced them for the FIRST time.
Improvements came In the course Of
time, and the arquebus. also called the
caliver, and which was modelled some
what after the crossbow, came on the
market. The work the Spanish did with
them In Italy In 1875 proved that the new
weapon was not a joke. And under the
Duke OF Alva. q little later. they also in
troduced the musket, an improvement on
the arquebus. but still a clumsy affair
fred by a match and 40 heavy that 1t
could only be aimed from rest. 1t had
a tremendous bore. however. and could
stop a horse at 600 yards. SO II soon be-
came the universal military arm.
Early in the eighteenth century the
flintlock displaced the matchbox. The
Charleville musket, introduced by
Lafayette and the first regulation gun
in the hands Of American soldiers, was
A Scotch clergyman. Alexander For
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
THE movement In favor Of the
science OF eusenies which few
years ago swept into prominence

THE' movement In favor OF the
science OF eugenies which few
years ago swept into prominence
has almost beaten itself out upon
the Gibraltar Of practical reality. Eu-
genics, or the science Of breeding q su-
perior race. 10 possible when you can
deliberately shuffle your matings to suit
q physical end. ~ man does with swine.
goats. cattle, and other animals. For
mankind, however, where the desire9
ends are higher than the physical. ana
moved about and mated At Will. there
10 different story to tell
In . word. under present conditions
eusenics II not practicable. Most OF tne
for publicity to the tail OF the eugenic
movement overlooked many facts.
Among them that the surrounding., So
cial environment. vicissitudsn' ana "a.
ssS's: .sa ssan IN intent. s ":sd ana make
some men and women defective Tor
breeding q super-race, yet actually they
would be the veritable Abrahams OF
mighty line Of better men and women: ,nn..
Of the plow can become the father OF
q mighty race Of prise- winning horses.
The same may be said OF human pro9e-
nitors. The mistake Of the laws on the
aim at the prevention OF marriage IN
diseases; in order 70 breed a superior
race. lies not In the worthiness Of such
law. TO safssuard health. b. but ~, IN the the
OF heredity and so-cailed eugsnics.
From the People.
DR.. A. l.. Sweet Of Geneva. N. T.. In
his researches upon this matter. points
to the fact that there are more In
stances OF great men arising from the
scum Of the earth than Of any disun-
guished person being outshone by his
immediate successors.
Abraham Lincoln's father was IN In
competent, nondescript fellow. Shake
speare's father was q wool sorter.
Bobby Burns father was mn incapable
peasant. Thomas Carlyle's stone ma
son. Almost every child mas ridicuIcusly
inefficient and far from virtuous folk
somew acre among his ancestors. Simi-
larly, there is nobility OF character in
nearly every family line.
At first blush, you might fail into the
slough OF fallacious reasoning 90 COM
mon to many persons. that OF neglect
ing to remember that many other possi-
bilities exist as causes besides the one
forced under your nose by Its PROM
Thus "eussnists" and superficial stu
dents OF heredity overlook the sur
roundings. habits. lack of completeness
Of education and social position OF many
famous and Infamous families studied
through numerous generations and sew
eral hundred years. DIR. sweet calls at
tention to the Jukes and Edwards fam
lilies as examples.
Max Jukes was born In ITO. and had
|, 30 Identified descendants. Three hum
dred OF these died In the poorhouse. zoo
died in childhood, 40 Of them were
viciousiy diseased. 100 others were rhysi-
cal wrecks. 50 were notorious prostitutes,
were murderers. 60 habitIal thieves
with an average OF twelve years each
In Jail. On the face Of II. all this might
be blamed "eugenically" IN inheritance.
Wait q bit.
Two Contrasting Families.
Jonathan Edwards was born In l708
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
THEY stand apart from all.
Their Hopping hats bump neigh
l borly with one another, but
the crowd

Don Marquis, a man. writes a column
called THE Sun Dial' in the New
York Evening Sun. Don 10 masculine.
you know. Anyhow. tho other day he
published this paragraph Just a. It ap-
pears here. nice and wide in the print
Ing. SOS grandma could read II with
out her glasses.
Don oushta be ashamed Of himself.
but he probably isn't. We publish II
because It sounds so much like what
lots Of men try to say but can't. with
out being fresh:
Letter -writers-to-the-p papers are still,
shocked at all that is revealed BY
current. feminine styles In dress--or.
at least. they pretend to be. Our own
idea is that they write letters to the
papers on this thrilling subject because
they like to think about It and talk
about It and dwell upon It. II women
hid themselves In hoopskirts again
some Of these shocked critics would
be frightfully disappointed--secretly
We don't mind saying that there are
lots Of things we'd rather look at than
hoopskirts ourself."
The Washington times., 1916-09-11

~ "
NN Of q Maid OF 1850 with . Man.
N And the way Of . Damsel OF
For verify. verify. the wisdom Of
Woman hath increased IN hundredfoId
concerning everything save the work.
inss OF the masculine heart.
Come not unto ME, oh, ~ Simple
Ones. saying, WHY DO men no longer
marry Nay. hsarken and BE- wisel -,
rros ros,i ssy ~ unto thee, There reasoni"
ed her beau"
Le she did not rush to greet him with
cordiality and come hithers." but kept
him waiting for half an hour In cold
dered her nose and arranged her curls
before descending.
She did not invite him to sit beside
her upon the upholstered divan. but
suffered him to sit afar upon the most
She did not chit to him Of soul
mates' and The higher love-" but Of
pleasant triviAlitiss; neither return his
glances with dasslins fervor. but kept
her eyes and her Opinions. like unto her
And when he sought to be tender she
did not lift her llps with eager gracious
ness. but FROzE him quickly with re-
proaches and ooynsss and "How-dare-
Yea. verify. she did not seek to make
him happy. but to make him miserable.
And, 10! he said IN his heart:
Alas. II 1 would approach within SIX
feet OF this woman, then must marry
her!"
And, behold! he married her.
But the Damsel Of 1916 Is 30 cordial.
Behold! she maketh every man 80
She llghteth the f,rs and dimmeth the
lamp and drtvsth the family to the ut
feel more "at home"
She sreeteth him With smiles and
handclasps ana "How-delighteds"
She leadeth him to the Morris chair
and and Ssnts s y: eS:nSr ~. ss e, f h: hs:a
"pO smoke, for Il 10 20 chummyi'
She nixeth him . warm drink and
feedeth him from the chahng dish with
her own hands: she patteth his shoulder
and sitteth more near; she calleth him
tender nicknan,es: she bStheth his fore
head with eau dc oolosne; she display
eth her ankle unto the third ana fourth
crets--and her troubles and her opinions.
She dissecteth her soul" for his Bono
ft,
She ktsseth him--at the third askins
And 10! the man saith In his heart:
Verify. verify. WHY shall I mArryf
For home was never like this, and what
WIFE could Be more devotedf Nay.
ONE woman for life. when there are
seven tinee seven women WORKING over.
time to make him COMrORTAHLEf
And. behold, he doth NOT marry her.
Sciah.
Copyright 1870.