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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
GETTING sIGNERs

" HE FIRST difficulty confronting the sponsors of the
license movement is the matter of sufficient signatures
To obtain referendum This requires ten cent of the vote
The task Of obtaining many names is tedious
the history Of Bridgeport referendum petition has
obtained considerable soale for matter
Cd with the liquor question The waged
pagn of bond issues to the people The
essary petition demanded the signatures of Is cent of the
vote. The submission took place
principle would have protected the city from
raned and debt had been continued But the
recent and largest issue in the history of the city, had
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
Members of Congress
Not Implicated, Sec.
Lansing Says in Letter

Washington, Sept. 29-The German
"slush" fund wrangle broke out again
on the floor of the house today with
the presentation of a letter by Chair
man Pou of the rules COMMITTEES from
Secretary Lansing declaring the state
department had no evidence indicat-
Ing members of congress had any con-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

The shine ball. whatever it is, is not
such a great mystery in the National
eague, according to some accounts,
for stories are told of a number Of
pitchers using it. Some say. it is what
Chief Bender has been using for his
comeback asset.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
WHEELER AND NO-LICENsE

To the Editor of The Farmer
please inform If the Samuel H
wheeler. whose name is appended to
the No-License literature in Fairfield
is the same persons who owns the
stratfield hotel, in Bridgeport; also,
whether the Hotel Stratfield has
bar for the sale Of Intoxicating IL
FAIRFIELD VOTER.
Mr. wheeler, owner of the STRAIT
field Hotel, resides in Fairfield. The
Hotel stratfield does maintain bar
Ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
LIBERTY BONDS

HE FORTHCOMING issue of Liberty bonds may be taken
up to the absorbing power of the American people.
The will be the most striking in the history of world
finance, powerful Prussia in the advantages
of peace
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

The newspaper Qeutsche Zeitung
a pan-American organ, was sup
pressed, according to dispatches from
Berlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
JAPANESE MISSION
GOES TO WEST POINT

New York. Sept. 2s-Members OF
by viscount Ishii. were to make
trip to West Point today, where they
will review the cadets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

There will be no fudge parties at the
wilson College for Women at Cham
bersburg, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

authorization of Assembly, without re
to the freemen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29
present

nection with Count Won Bernstorffs
$1,000 fund.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

Farmer wan. Ads. on Oa.a : ss-A
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02
Medical Science Shows That War Degrades the Race

by the sins of a military caste is a bestower
OF progress and benefit.
There be doubt that war. the editor
Of the London Lancet declares, and especially
the present one multiplies the disastrous eff
fects OF all the factors OF decay in the human
race The sole advantage from the point OF
view OF eUgenics has been the suppression OF
alcohol, but II is doubtful whether after the
war vodka. absinthe and beer will not take
their place again among the vicious habits OF
man Toll discomfort and innutrition not only
light up hidden feel OF tubercle. but AFFORD
favorable soil for the implantation OF germs,
the diffusion OF which is greatly favored by
overcrowding in barracks and workshops
Still more serious in diffusion and effect are
the neuroses. Oppenheim, who in the early
period Of the war found cause for congratulation
In the extraordinary resistance OF the nervous
system in his compatriots. had afterward 10
confess that In the space OF a few months he
had come across a number OF municipalities
largely in excess Of that observed during the
whole OF his career. Nor is the organism OF
woman the static element and preservsr OF tia
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

characteristics OF the race spared by war,
which tends to lower the physical value even
OF the non-com batants.
So far Dr. Dragotti's thesis is difficult to as
sail, but his opinion that morality is not rem
dered more robust by war will not be uniVer-
sally shared. He agrees that II the spirit OF
sacrifice reaches the sublime. on the other hand
the men whom the war has turned into homi
cides thieves fncendiaries and violators can
not return 10 civil life more moral beings
After the slaughter OF the French Revolution
and after the Napoleonic wars in France there
arose a time Of luxury. Men satiated with
blood and strife, give themselves over to pleas
ure; the women, now in excessive mum bers
relatively 20 the opposite sex increased their
wiles and their vices; France abandoned her
self TO the most unoridled libertinage. A SINH
lar position has been observed after many col
lective disasters, and the phenomenon was wit
Eessed after the earthquakes In Calabria and
Sicily
Certainly history does not prove that vic
torious races are necessarily worthy Of a
zreater civilization and the rest OF Dr. Drz,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

gottrs arguments are incontroyertible. The
struggle for existence IN races Is showing not
only in a destructive competition between indi-
viduals OF the same or allied species but In
the human race, assumes rather the form OF a
struggle toward well-being, struggle by which
man tends 10 subjugate the forces OF nature.
and despof them for the benefit OF the com
munity, a struggle in which the individual sac
rifces himself for the general good
In war, on the other hand man destroys him
self and his works and enfeebes the future
generations in the conflict which they viii have
10 wage against nature. War Is antagonistic %
eugenics II is not like the storm that uproo5
parasitic plants, the hurrican which purias.
the atmosphere, but is the whirlwind hat sha-
ters the forest trees. beats down the corn aHf
deyastates the fields where nettles viii stt~r
ward flourish.
War is not reviving bloodletting 49, -
exhausting hemorrhage, which blanch-s ps
life-producing organs aud prepares gerus Qg
scatters the seeds OF disease, sOrroN, d - ~a<
death. all OF which cause he deteriorArtas =
the race.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

and he wasn't man easily upset He jumped
up to receive me. and then saw that his hand
was swathed in bandages and that there was a
lump the size Of a pigeons egg on HIS right
temple.
The damned villain, he burst out before I'd
sa; down, and then again: The damned vii
lain! asked him what he meant although I
thought ! knew, and he told me that a few
hours before he'd been set on by roughs in
broad daylight, just outside his rooms. There
were too many OF en- he said bitterly. and
they were too quick. only hit out once, and then
something landed here he put his hand up 10
his temple and I remember nothing more at
all. They stripped me clean. and they got what
I'm thinking they were after. They got that
certificate l showed you. and I'll always blame
myself for not being more careful A couple
O. nights ago l told Tony Carberry in a Mall
coffee house what told you and showed him
the paper; 10 Tony. he's white as snow. and
always was. But ii wasn't till an hour ago that
! remembered that soon afte- l told him what
! did / saw George Harradine throwing the
dice at the next table I can prove nothing.
Jack. but here and now I'd lay my life 10 a shill-
ing that he heard and saw, and gave the office
TO Seth Burnett. And after that the rest was
easy. and I'm dead sure that Burnett had that
paper inside the hour after his hired men had
half killed me. And I'll be asking you what YOU
make of that for pretty mess? he finished.
You know what l said-proof forfeit at the
ringside
1T made me mad to sit and listen, and feel
as helpless as l did, and for the life OF me I
didn't know what to say. We talked it over
this way and that, but always came up
against dead wall, and it was plain enough to
see that Adair was half beside himself with
modification. But the finish of it was that he
clapped me the shoulder and said he
wouldn't thrown in his towel till he was beaten.
"Ill meet him at the rinss.de,' he said,
and I might have word to say to him And
Adair didn't look pleasant III tell you, when
he said that and fell to wondering what his
word would be when he and Seth Burnett came
face TO face"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

7 T has been asserted by some that war is
phenomenon necessary for the development
= OF humanity and for social evolution-that
collective assassination is a source of progress.
since in the struggle the stronger races sur
vive. while the weaker succumb and disappear.
They regard war as phenomenon Of natural
selection which iustihes and confirms Darwins
theory or as a hurricane which puriies the
social surroundings, uprooting weak and para
site growths. leaving the earth free 10 nourish
only those more robust and worthy OF living.
and imparting ozone 10 the social atmosphere.
Again. and from a more directly medical
point OF view, they consider war as blood
letting process which depletes society making
the activity Of each part more effective TO the
advantage OF the whole. Dr. Dragotu, In
recent issue OF II Policlinico. combats this view
saying that IL would be difficult to find at the
present day and In any part OF the world, even
in those countries which immune from the
scourge, anyone who would have the courage
to affirm that the war imposed on the world
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02


Jack Quartermaine seemed to see that picture
he had just called up, because he came 70
long reverie. and l would not interrupt IT,
AN hour later he said at last John
Burnett gave US HIS story in Dene Manor
There were four listeners-Adair and myself
the White Prince and Seth Burnett-and
In all my life / never saw such evil hatred
on a mans face l on Seth Burnett
that afternoon. as he listened and slowly
came to the knowledge that he would never
reign at Dene Manor
Burnett told his story. and he did not
excuse himself when the story was against
himself as II was in parts. When he was f.
the early twenties. he had fallen in love with
a village girl She was miles below him IN
position. but that didn't matter-then He
married her-taking his first two names 81
John Harding-in a parish a score OF miles
from Dene; and then Burnett set the cir
UP in little house at Bilstock half a dozen
miles from Dene Manor. His father was alive
then, and John knew what a terrible scene
there would be II ever his father knew what
he had done.
81 showed the white feather Jack he said
20 me, and when a man does that he paws
l paid the price OF losing the only woman
ever loved, for no other ever came into nv life
Yes, that's the price I paid for showing the
white feather, Jack he finished. and / never
saw a greater distress in mans face than
I saw in his just then. He went on 20 tell us
that several years ago the chief OF a roaming
party OF Bypsles mao cailed on MIN and given
him a sealed letter. II just told me her last
message Burnett said. That she had loved
me al her life. and loved me then but that
she knew she had done the right thing
1T was meet that ] should pay-as ] did
In bitterness Of spirit he said soemnly. but
the good God has been merciful 10 an old man
And then his voice dropped to a whisper. and
he walked over to the White Prince Nv
dearly beloved son, he said as gently ae 4
woman and the two OF them, the old mar
and the young one, left US"
"Tu try some OF your tobacco old Qusrter
maine said after a time. How did Won Ike
the story"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02
BY Frank POxon

4 didn't have to wait long. either. because
Seth Burnett and Harradine. and one or two
more OF their set, came up to where Adair
and / and old John Burnett were standing.
thought young Burnett looked a bit scared
and though he. too. was wondering what
was going to happen But he plucked mp heart
10 ask his question:
Your man has won. Adsir. and a damned
good man. too. say all OF US But I'd like your
proof now, that he's what you said he was
Gloucester born and bred He said that. but
for the life OF him he couldn't meet Adairs eyes
And then Adair spoke. and. from FIRST 70 last
he might have been passing compliments 10 d
lady, so cool he was
My man was born In Bilstock. twenty
years ago he said. and his father vas Johl.
Harding and his mother was Ann Harding
the lads birth certificate myself as did
my friend here Jack Quartermaine and also
Tony Carberry. That was my proof and II wa
stolen from me yesterday in London town by
gang of numbering cutthrosts he stopped
just for half second. and then smiled across
at Seth Burnett What did YOU do with e. NJ
Burnett" ne drawled. and he was never moro
polite in his life
q knew my men, and knew that anything
might happen then But what dis happen
knocked me all OF a heap. Old John Burnett
had stepped forward between Adair and his
nephew; he held up his hand, and 7 made 3;
out that he was trying to soothe things down
a bit He stood there. and never said a word
and then at last he did speak. but e was g.
himself and not to US
Harding he said in whisper, and then
of stone.
Still for a moment and then that he
was trembling like a leaf and when I looked
at his face again wondered what had brought
that look on to #; he looked for all the world
as though he'd just seen ghost Frightened
jim just frightened
~Just then the White Prince and his seconds
passed behind our group. and old John
Burnett step forward and put his hand on o..
White Princes shoulder The boy was still
IN his fighting kits with an ulster thrown owe.
him, and heard old Burnett say something
him couldn't catch what The White Prince
smiled and flung back his coat and as he did
that Burnett put out his hand and TOO "a
that gold charm Id seen the boy touch as he
stepped out TO begin that fourth round. And a
moment later / saw that the locket had opened
and that old John Burnett had taken something
out He'd taken out two wisps OF hair sim
one black and one golden. and there he stood
With the hair curling round his finger, and not
a man moved or spoke.
He stood there, jim. and then, all of a
sudden, I saw that he crying. The tears
were trickling down his hard old face as though
he'd never stop. and then something happened
that I'll carry to my grave. Old Burnett drew
himself up TO his full height and there was a
look on his face can't describe. But-but kind
of proud, Jim; proud and very happy And
then he put out HIS arms toward the White
Prince and gave out a great cry.
My boy! my boy he cried. and then he
drew back and barred his head The Lord is
good he said, in voice I'll never forget
Blessed be the name Of the Lord
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

Il must tell you this. jim" Quartermaine
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-02

"Tu try some OF your tobacco" old Qusrter
maine said after time, How did you Ike
the story
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
Joined the Navy
Corporal French Here
COUNTY SALARIES REDUCED

Resulting from a suit brought
by C. w. Hicks, ex-county treas
urer of Cochise county who set
up a claim in the Superior Court
that he had received less salary
than was due him, Judge McAlis-
ter, of Graham county, before
whom the case was tried at
Tombstone, rendered a judgment
September 1st, to the effect that
all county salaries in the State
are now fixed by the old salary
law of 1901.
This decision has materially re-
duced the salaries of several of
theprincipal officers in the county,
notably that of county treasurer,
assessor, county school superin-
tendent and others.
The school superintendent sal
airy has been reduced from So, 400
per year to 81. 500, with the order
for refunding the excess salary
which has been paid that Office,
affecting Miss Toles, the present
incumbent and her predecessor,
Miss Minnie Lintz.
The office of assessor was cut
in salary from So, ZOO TO So, 400.
Treasurer Ross was caught in the
cut and also a judgment was
rendered against him for excess
salary already paid him.
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
PIMA NEWS
<HNNNNN/HNN%NNHNN

Miss Winnie Foster and Miss
Thelma Norton left Sunday MORN
ing for Tempe, where they will
attend the Normal.
The Public School opened Mon
day, with Miss Edna Ledwich as
principal, and the following
teachers: Miss Mary E. Flynn,
Sixth and Seventh Grades; Miss
Olive Veal, Fifth Grade; Miss
Eunice White, Fourth Grade;
Miss Rhona Lines, Third Grade;
Miss Stella Norton, Second Grade,
and Miss Esther Mcbride. First
Grade.
Two of our most popular young
people, Miss Zola Webb and Will
ford Burlington, left Wednesday,
for Salt Lake City, Utah, where
they will be married in the
Temple. They were accompanied
by Miss Della Marshall, who will
attend the b. Y. U., at Provo,
Utah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Foster re-
turned home last week from
Colonia Juarez, Mexico, where
they visited with Mrs. Fosters
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
MINING CLAIMS PROTECTED

The following joint resolution
to relieve the owners of mining
claims who have been mustered
into the military or naval service
of the United States as officers
or enlisted men from performing
assessment work during the term
of such service, was approved
July II, 1917.
Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the pro-
visions of Section 1924, of the
Revised Statutes of the United
States, which require that on
each mining claim located after
the 10th day of May, 1872, and
until patent has been issued
therefor, not less than $l00 worth
Of labor shall be performed or
improvements made during each
year, shall not apply to claims or
parts of claims owned by officers
or enlisted men who have been
or may, during the present war
with Germany, be mustered into
the military or naval service of
the United States to serve during
their enlistment in the war with
Germany, so that no mining
claim or any part thereof owned
by such person which has been
regularly located and recorded
shall be subject to forfeiture for
nonperformance of the annual
assessments during the period of
his service or until six months
after such owner is mustered out
of the service or until six months
after his death in the service:
Provided, That the claimant of
any mining location, in order to
obtain the benefits of this resolu-
ton, shall file, or cause to be
filed, a notice in the Office where
the location notice or certificate
is recorded, before the expiration
of the assessment year during
which he is so mustered, giving
notice of his muster into the SER
vice of the United States and of
his desire to hold said mining
claim under this resolution.
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
STATES GET FEDERAL FUND

Apportionment of $14, $50, 900
to the states from government
funds to aid in the construction
and maintenance of rural post
roads, in accordance with the
federal aid roads law, was an
nounced Sept. 7th by Secretary
Houston, of the Department of
Agriculture, for the year ending
June 80, 1919. The law calls for
apportionment 500, 100000 for
1920 and S25, 600, 900 for 1921.
Amounts to western states for
1919 follow:
Arizona, $205, $40; California,
$456, l67; Colorado, $257, 278; New
Mexico, $238, 634; Texas. $S76, 906.
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
CHA VALLEY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
by The Guardians Cor
respondents
THATCHER NEWS

Spencer Kimball left Monday
for Provo, Utah, where he will
enter the B. Y. University.
w. A. Moody left Wednesday
evening for a business trip to the
northern part of the State.
Mrs. Karl Cluff and children
left for their home at Miami,
Friday evening, after spending
the last six weeks at their home
here.
Cleon Payne gave dancing
party on his lawn, Saturday eve
ming, to about twenty-five Of his
young friends.
Mrs. d. ID. Jones has been
dangerously i'll this week. She
was brought here Sunday eve
ming and taken to the home of
her sister, Mrs. Jennie Brooks.
She took one spasm after another
for over twenty-four hours, but
by the faithful and competent
work of DR.. Platt, she is slowly
recovering.
Mrs. Inez Lee entertained the
Stake Board of the Relief Society,
at her home Monday afternoon.
After a brief business meeting,
Mrs. Lee served delicious fruit
salad, cookies and punch. The
parlor was decorated in unique
manner. Mrs. Lee showed her
originality by adapting names of
the General Board as her menu
for luncheon. The social was
most thoroughly enjoyed.
Bishop Frank Tyler and wife,
with Hyrum Claridge and wife,
left Monday for an automobile
trip to Los Angeles. They expect
to have about a months pleasure
trip.
Miss Hazel Moody returned Sat-
urday from her vacation trip to
Tacoma, Wash. She was accom-
panied on her trip by Miss Car
lotta Hays.
A new baby girl came to the
home of Mrs. Zilpha Allen last
week. Mrs. Allen is staying
with her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Cheney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Watson left
Friday for Alabama. Mr.. Wat
son expects to go into business
there and make his home among
his people.
The Stake Officers held their
monthly meeting Sunday af&r-
noon, at the Academy, with an
unusually large attendance.
Walter Haymore, of Douglas,
arrived here Saturday to attend
the Academy. Several other new
students entered Monday.
Ray Richardson has returned
home from Globe, where he has
been working during the summer.
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
For SALE-Gray horse, buggy
and harness. Apply to DR.. H. J.
WARNER, Stafford. adv-28-3t
Never Bothered Since

After suffering with terrible pains in
his back and around his kidneys for
eight years. and after having tried
several doctors and different medicines,
Alvis Souers, Ade, Ind, writes. Foley
Kidney Pills were recommended to me
and the first bottle removed the pain.
After taking three bottles the bloating
was all gone and has never bothered
me since" When relief can be had so
quickly why not Danish backache, rheu-
matte pains, stiff and swollen joints
caused by disordered kidneys? Stafford
Drug Co. adv-30-4t
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Nc
Clellan. They made the trip by
auto.
Fred Webb left on a business
trip to Miami Sunday night, re-
turning home Tuesday night.
Mrs. Lena Hundley and little
son, Joe, returned home Sunday
from a visit with friends at
Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Snedden
and children motored over from
Miami on Sunday. They returned
home Tuesday.
Frank Taylor has accepted a
position as clerk in Lines Bros.
store, in place of Harvey Follett,
who resigned and purchased an
interest in the Royal confec-
tionery.
The play, presented at the
pavilion Saturday evening, by
the Buz Buz Club, was a great
success and drew a large crowd.
Miss Mabel Matthews has ac-
cepted a position as bookkeper at
the creamery.
The Young Ladies and Young
Mems Mutual Improvement As
sociations will hold a conjoint
meeting at the church, next Sun
day evening. A short musical
program and a lecture on "Elec-
tricity," by Alma Sessions, of
Thatcher. will be the special
features.
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
Will Be Repaid For Their Work

Women everywhere suffer from kid
ney trouble-backache rheumatic pains,
swollen and tender muscles, stiff joints
and it is to help those who suffer as
she did that Mrs. C. j. Ellis, sos 9Th
Ave, Sioux Falls, S. D., writes: Il
feel sure if any one bothered as | was
will give Foley Kidney Pills fair trial
they will be repaid for their work. 1t
seems foolish to neglect an ailment
when there is such remedy to be had. I"
They correct bladder disturbances, too.
Stafford Drug Co. adv-30-4t
Graham guardian., 1917-09-14
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to thank our friends
in Layton and Stafford for their
many acts of kindness, shown
us during our hour of bereave-
ment, caused by the death of our
beloved son, Stephen Boggs.
Mr.. AND MRS. H. T. BoGGS
AND FAMILY.