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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-25
CHICKENS BEING HELD
FOR OWNERS DEMAND

About twenty hens and chickens ot
various breeds ARE being held hy the
Wright Produce company until the
owners NJ the fowls shall call for them
They were lett by Ernest Young. whom
the police say Is a professional chicken
thief Thursday morning lie was ar
rested when he went to have the chick
ems weighed Hc IL still iu Jail and the
chickens are so far owncrysr Tho po-
lice think they were taken from several
hen houses in the north part OF the city
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-25

Cooking is the hobby Of Miss Flor
cnce Mccullough, prima donna,
whose home is in Detroit. She says
she would rather be fussing around
over a hot stove in the kitchen than
be engaged in any Of the other pas
tines IN which most prima donnas
delight
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22

(The voter shall indicate his
 vote for or against the proposition
 submitted by placing mark (X)
 in the square opposite the group
 of words expressing his choice.) 2. The town council shall cause the ballots to be printed and distri- buted and shall furnish a sufficient number to the judges of election ap- pointed.
 8. No ballot for or against said question shall be received by the judges unless the person offering the same shall be property taxpayer of the town and also in all respects qualified elector therein.
 g. The returns of said election shall be submitted to the town coun- ell of the town of Clifton within 12 days from the date of such election; whereupon said town council shall hold a special meeting on the first Monday succeeding said 18th day for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast at said election, and they shall immediately thereafter by certificate declare the result of said election and said certificate of the result of said election so made shall be prlma facie evidence of the complete per O1 dll Lu0 COHulIlOho o11u requirements precedent to the holding of such election.
 10. If a majority of the property taxpayers in said town who must also in all respects be qualified electors therein voting at said election, shall vote in favor of the creation of such indebtedness and the issuance of bonds for the purpose aforesaid it shall be the duty of the town council immediately upon canvassing the vote cast at said election as above provided to file and record in the of fee of the County Recorder of Green lee County, State of Arizona, certi- ficate showing the subject of such election, the total number of votes cast thereat, the total number of woes cast in favor of the creation of such indebtedness and the total num- Der of votes cast against the creation of such indebtedness; and such cer- tificate shall contain a further state ment that the creation of such in
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cer, from which it is estimated there are 75,000 deaths each year in the
 United States
 The institution supplied the ore, plant and machinery, and the bureau iof mines spent sS5,000 developing the process For its part, the government received at least S100,000 worth of ra- dium which will be used for scientific purposes. The method evolved has been patented for the government and may be used free by any one within the United States
 NThe saving of S20,OOO,O ,OOO worth of natural gas in the Blackwell field was accomplished by use of the bureaus pew method of drilling wells. It in- cludes a process of sealing the gas in it's original reservoir until marking time. Oil operators in Kansas, and other states have adoDted the method.
 The new process of manufacturing
 gasoline was evolved with the Rittman furnace, which makes it possible to take the waste gas oil of California which is worth two cents gallon and make from it gasoline at a cost of six cents gallon. The report announces that the Rittman process is commer- cial success and that the bureau is ready. to give the public the use of the process free of royalty which
 will make available for internal com bustion engines large quantities of otherwise unavailable fractions of pc troleum.
 In studies for recovering metal
 wastes in brass melting, the bureau has developed an electric furnace
 which gives promise of eliminating
 wastes of s10,OO0,OOO year at the
 present rate of great production and high prices.
 In its work of safety for miners the bureau has an improved type of cleo tric miners lamps which are being installed at the rate of 100000 a year and will eliminate the cost of many tai explosions.
 In California, investigation showed a large number of deep gold miners af- fected with hookworm. Measures were installed which are expected to stamp out the disease in a few years.
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NOTICE BOND ELECTION

Upon motion by Springer, seconded by Stephens, the town council by unanimous vote, passed and adopted the following resolution and order:,
 Resolution and Order.
 WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Council of the Town of Clifton, Ari- zcna, the interests of the town re- quire that bonds of the town be issued for the purpose of acquiring funds for the construction and reconstruc- tion of river walls, the construction Of bridges, and the reconstruction of reads and highways in said town, and town indebtedness be created there for, and
 WHEREAS, the town council of the said town of Clifton are of the opin- ion that the interests of the town and the public good demand the ac- quiring of funds, for such purpose in the aggregate amount of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000,) the same to be acquired by issuing the bonds of the town in said amount; and WHEREAS, the town of Clifton has no existing indebtedness and has taxable property amounting in value to $5,S29,S0S.93 and the said sum of one hundred sixty thousand k91OO,OOUJ uOSS HOI 0ACSSu four (4) per centum of the value of the taxable property in the town of Clifton; and
 WHEREAS, it is provided by Chap ter II of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, that prior to the creation of such in debtedness and the issuance of such bonds therefor, the question whether such indebtedness shall be authorized shall be submitted by the town coun- ell to the vote of the property tax payers who in all other respects shall be qualified electors in such town, for their determination.
 NOW THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLV- ED, and ordered and it is hereby order ed by the town council of the Town of Clifton, Arizona:
 1. That special election by the property taxpayers who in all other respects shall be qualified electors in such town, be and the same is hereby called for Monday, the 18th day of January, 1917, for the purpose of de- termining whether such indebtedness shall be authorized.
 2. That at said election the follow ing question be, and the same is here by submitted to the property tax
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22
RADICAL ADVANCES
 MADE IN MINING
Saves Twenty Million Dollars Worth of Natural Gas in One Field. Dis covers Process for Making Gasoline at Six Gents Each Gallon.

Washington, D. C., Dec .12-Manu- fracture of radium worth more than a million dollars; a saving of more than $20,000,000 worth of natural gas in the Blackwell field of Oklahoma; :; manufacture of gasoline at cost of six cents a gallon; development of an electrical furnace which promises to wipe out losses of $10,O00, 900 a year in the melting of brass, and the saving of many lives through the promotion of scientific mining methods are am ong the achievements of the federal bureau of mines outlined today in the annual report of the director, Van H. Manning.
 The manufacture of radium was ac- complished in cooperation with the National Radium institution which fur nished capital of $300,00O necessary to develop an economical method of ex- tracting the precious metal from the carnotite ores of the west. Eight and one half grams of radium were pro duced at cost of less than $40,000 per gram, which in open market would have cost between $100,000 and $120,- 900 a gram. The greater part of the product was turned over to two great hospitals for use in treatment of can
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debtedness is ordered and thereupon it shall immediately become the duty of such Town Council to take such steps as are required by law to carry out the object of such election.
 Il. The Town Clerk of the Town of Clifton is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be posted at least five (5) copies of this order in public places within the Town of Clifton, at least 12 days prior to the date of the election hereby called, and shall have, posted a copy of said order at the polling place designated in said town; provided that in addition to the posting of said order, publication of copy thereof shall be made in the Copper Era, newspaper desig- mated by this council, being news paper published in the Town of Cliff tion therein, for at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election hereby called.
 12 This resolution and order shall be entered of record in the minute book of this council and the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to effectuate the various pro- visions hereof.
 Passed and adopted this 11th day of December, 1916
 o. j. COTEY,
 Mayor Attest: . MAT DANENHAUER, Town Clerk. Dec. 15-4tc
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22
G|LA CO. OFFICERS ARE IN BAD
 TANGLE
District Attorney Continues Investi- gating and Files Four Additional Forgery Charges Each Against Pair Accused of Misappropriating Road Funds; Rumor is to Effect That. Supervisors Will Act.

GLOBE, Dec. 3.-Superior Judge w. G. Shute announced yesterday that the grand jury will be impaneled on December 12. At this time com plete and thorough investigation of the alleged irregularities uncovered in the load department will be made.
 District Attorney Norman J. John son continued the probe into the af- fairs Of this office, which he has in stituted, and filed four additional war rants each against George Foster and M R. Lesher, chief clerk, charging them with forgery Similar charges were sworn out against the pair We'd nesday at which time Foster was ar rested and is said to have admitted that he and his alleged accomplice falsified road certificates.
 No trace can be found of Lesher, who left for Los Angeles on Nocem- Der II on an ostensible business trip. The district attorney wired to both the police department and the Thiel D6IeCIlNG AS0uCy Ol lOO AhSOlCo ciOh- ing them to arrest the missing clerk, but up to a late hour last night had received no word from either source
 When it became generally known yesterday that the call for a grand jury had been issued, rumor gained circulation to the effect that the board of supervisors contemplated hir- ing disinterested engineer from with out the county to resurvey the roads which have been constructed since the last bond issue was carried, and to hire expert accountants to audit the books of this office. In this man. ner check could be established and errors, if any, discovered.
 This course is rendered imperative if for no other reason than that it would be a precautionary measure, as the greatest loss would inevitably lie ir this branch if an attempt was made to systematically defraud the county And, presuming that the sus- poets are guilty of forging the road
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payers of the town of Clifton, Arizona who in all other respects shall be qualified electors in such town, fol their determination, to-wit:
 Shall the town council of the
 Town of Clifton, Arizona, be au-
 thorized to create an indebted
 ness on behalf of the town and
 upon .the credit thereof by issu-
 ing the bonds of the town in the
 aggregate amount of one hundred
 sixty thousand dollars ($160,000),
 for the purpose of acquiring funds
 for the construction and recon-
 struction of river walls, the con-
 struction of bridges and the con-
 struction an reconstruction of
 roads and highways in said town
 said bonds to bear date
 the 1st day of February, 1917,
 and to mature serially eight
 thousand dollars, ($S,000) on the
 1st day of February, 1918, and
 eight thousand dollars ($S,000) on
 the 1st day of February of each
 year thereafter to and including
 the year 1886, said bonds to bear
 interest at the rate of six per cent
 per annum, payable semi-annually
 on the first day of February, and
 the first day of August in each
 year.
 B. Such election shall be held in conformity with the provisions of the election laws of the state and by the officers of election provid- ed to be appointed by and who shall qualify under such laws.
 4. That the question submitted shall be voted on at said election by the electors qualified as aforesaid at the following voting place in said town, and the following named per- sons are hereby appointed as the judges, clerks and inspector. of cleo tion, for the purpose of conducting such election:
 Voting place-Town Hall
 Inspector: D P. w. Eylar
 Judges: c. H. Love, Sam Side botham.
 Clerks: Dean K. Mason, Peter Riley.
 5. The polls shall be opened at 6 o'clock A. M. on the day of election and shall be closed at 6 o'clock P. M |. 6. Such election shall be by ballot The ballots shall be printed with black ink on white paper of suffi- clent thickness to prevent the print ing thereon from being discernable from the back. The ballots shall be headed Official Ballot in heavy faced plain letters not smaller than long primer nor larger than great primer, with a heavy rule above and below the same. The ballots for said election shall be provided by the Town Council of said town and be in the following form:
 OFFICIAL BALLOT.
 Election January IS, 1917
 Town of Clifton, Arizona
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22
HUNTS cohTEST VERY
 NsoPuLAR IN cocHIsE

-uMBSTt NE, Dec. 11.--Dariug this session of court which has a -rTsn atten' auce of jurors, Iitisapts and with, & es. the Citiz q y,Eaa has been in po sition to feeI out the pulse of the voters of Cochise county on tie prese Il attitude of Governor Hunt and it is the un- versal opinion that he is a ''poor sport" and his attitude is not at all in keeping with his past preach ments wherein he says in so many words, let the people rule,'' yet at the first opportunity he bucks up' and this in the face of his running 13,000 votes behind President Wilson. It is generally conceded that Hunt could not carry Cochise today.
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purpose of acquiring funds for the construction and reconstruction of river walls, the construction of bridges and the construction and reconstruction of roads and high ways in said town, said bonds to bear date the first day of Febru- ary, 1917, and to mature serially eight thousand dollars ($S,000) on the first day of February, 1918, and eight thousand dollars ($S,000) on the first day of February of each year thereafter to and in- cluding the year 1886, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi annually on the first day of Febru- ary and the first day of August in each year.
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warrants as charged, it does not ap- pea:' likely that men of their standing would risk all for sum less than sSOG
 Such action on the part of the board of supervisors would tend to determine the course the grand jury would pursue when it meets on De- cember .12 In the event that the sup ervisors do not see fit to adopt this policy, it is entirely probable that some such method will be followed by the grand jury when it commences it's examination of the affairs of this department.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22
FOR THE BONDS
AGAINST THE BONDS

(The voter shall indicate his vote for or against the proposition submitted by placing mark CX)
 ,c,,o-o tho crnnn
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Question Submitted:

Shall the town council of the Town of Clifton, Arizona, be au- thorized to create an indebtedness on behalf of the town, and upon the credit thereof by issuing the bonds of the town in the aggre- gate amount of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($16O,OOO) for the
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-22

Frank Soto of Seligman has leased the big Martin ranch on the Colorado river below Oatman.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
PHILLIPS CLAIM GIDEON
Baker Says Wild Bill'' Got Fish That
 Doesn't Belong to Him.

Philadelphia, Jan. 5.-President William F. Baker, of the Phillies will protest the sale of Joe Gedeon, erst- while keystone sacker of the Salt Lake Coast league, and who accepted Federal league inducements near the close of the 1915 pennant scrap.
 Gedeon was sold to the New York Yankees Friday last by Harry F. Sin clair, distributing agent of the defunct Feds. In discussing the matter last night, President Baker said:
 Donovan has taken from the line of the Phillies fish that does not be- long to him. We had a prior claim to Gedeon befor the ever cast his lot with the Federals He had practically accepted our terms, but despite this he cast his lot With the Federals last season when the so-called indepen- dent made a raid on the Coast league.
 We had a prior claim to him, and in view of the fact that the Feds have feen absorbed he is our property. I think the Phillies have such good claim to the services of Gedeon that we are going to appeal to the national commission to have him turned over to us.'
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
SIXTEEN TENNIS
 TROPHIES STOLEN
Valuable Pieces of Silverware Taken from H. HI. HOckctts Rooms in
 New York Hotel

New York, Jan. 25.-No trace has been found of sixteen valuable lawn tennis trophies, all pieces of silver ware, stolen nearly a month ago from Harold Fl. Hackett former national and international champion in doubles. The fact of MT. Hackett's loss became pupllc here today through queries from nearby cities where the police had received a list of the stolen ar ticles sent out by the police of New York
 The local police declined to give any information regarding the theft, but the news was confirmed by Julian S. Myrick, president of the West Side Tennis club, of which MT. Hackett is member The pieces of silver dis appeared from MT. Hacketts rooms in 8 New York hotel.
 The articles described in the police circular include the Newport national all-comers tournament cup, won by Eackett and F. B. Alexander in 1909 and 1910; the Davis international trophy for 1913, won by TIackett and Maurice E. Mclaughlin, the other less important prizes.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
WINGO ON MARKET,
Garry Hermann Expects to Secure
 Another BackstOp in Ivy'S Place.

Cincinnati Jan. 25.-Catcher Ivy WingO has been placed on the market by Hermann who expects to secure another backstop for Wingos place. Wingo has a contract calling for $500 a season, which, the player thinks, may prevent other clubs from buying him.
 Fred Toney will pitch for the Reds this year for a $4,000 salary or not pitch at all,' said Hermann, an- swering Toney's demand for $6,OOO or his unconditional release. He was paid $3,200 for 1915
 Hermann returned Toney's con- tract to the pitcher at Nashville today, telling him he expected him to sign, ard that $4,000 was going to be con- sidered a good salary in baseball in the future.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
A FITTING CLIMAX
 TO A SILLY REGIME
(Continued from First Page.)

ashamed of my record as a commits sioner of public safety.
 While you may continue for a time to be placed upon pinnacles of world ly grandeur I hope to glide more se- curely in the humble value of obscur- ity, trying to do my duty as a good citizen ought to do it, standing, l trust, four-square to all the winds that blow-not shifting with every little zephyr of discomfort that may happen to cross my pathway--but believing, as I firmly do, that a clean and honest citizenship is worth more in the long run than the perpetual playing to the galleries for popular approval or for reelection.
 By the terms of the city charter there must be two political parties represented on the safety board and I have had the honor of representing the democratic party. The sacred emblem of your party I understand to be the elephant, sometimes pictured to us democrats as on a rampage how appropriate at this time?
 The emblem of my party is the patient donkey whose skin may not be as thick as his rival, but probably as tough, as he honestly does his work and receives his reward in cuffs and now farewell; may your sunset Tn April be as beautiful as your light nings of January. E. B. ALLING.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
SWASEY ESTATE S41, ,377.
Appraisal Shows Considerable Amount
 In Cash.

According to the report of the ap- praisers, Frank c. Vibberts and Will liam F. Brooks, filed late yesterday afternoon at the probate court, Dr. E. P. Swasey left an estate valued at $41,377.63.
 Cash in savings banks represents a large part of the estate. The ap- praisal in detail follows:
 Bonds, 1000 International Silver Co. 1st mortg. 6s@$105., $1,05O; 1000 Syracuse & Suburban Rd. Go 1st mortg. 5s $60, $500; 1000 Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific Rd. Go. gen. eral mortg. 4s@$85, $850; stocks, 10 shares of National Fire Insurance Co.,, at $370, $3,70O; 16 shares of New Britain Machine Co.,, at $75, $1,20O; shares of Stanley Rule 6 Level Co.,, at $3S0, $760; 1A shares of Hall Switch & Signal Co.,, pfd., at $45, $56.25; 2z shares of the same, com mon, at $20, $50; 4 shares of Russwin Lyceum stock at $5, $20; deposits | Savings Bank of New Britain $11,- 484,S3, Burritt Savings Bank $9,495.- | 92, Pennington Savings Bank S5,136.- l S2, Middletown Savings Bank $5,792.- 1 40, New Britain Trust Go. $131.41 miscellaneous, automobile $400, ac. counts receivable $1OO, library $50 household furniture $500, office fix lures, tools, instruments and supplie | $200; total S41,377.63.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
WATER POWER SITES.
Division of Jurisdiction Between Gov.
 crnment and States Proposed.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Division of jurisdiction over leading water pow CT sites in the United States between the federal government and the states is proposed by the senate public lands committee in a substitute for the Fer ris bill recently passed by the house. Interstate business in connection with water power grants, the substitute provides would be under control of the Interstate commerce commission and intrastate business under state con- trol. Fifty years lease terms, or short CT, under certain conditions are pro- posed.
 ''The bill distinctly recognizes the ownership of and the right of control in the states of the use of the waters in the flowing streams of the states, reads the committees report.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
SLATER AN AMATEUR.
Former Giant Reinstated by United
 States Golf Association.

Los Angeles, Jan. 25.-E. B. Tufts, President of the Southern California Golf Association, has issued a state ment with regard to the rumors in the Eastern States that Arthur Shafer. former third baseman of the New York Giants, would be barred from playing amateur golf because of hls connection with professional base ball team.
 Shafer applied for reinstatement as an amateur last August through MT. Tufts, who presented the matter 10 the United States Golf Association at it's annual meeting last August in Detroit. Shafer gave an affidavit to the effect that he had not played pro- fessional ball since October, 1912 and had no intention of taking it up again. His application was favorablv acted upon, and he was reinstated as an amateur by the Executive Com mittee of the U. s. G. A. He is handicapped at 6 in the Southern California Golf Association and has won several tournaments this Fall.