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The Parker post., 1918-08-03
ATTENDED To
OWN BUSINESS

There is at least one Office in Ari-
zona that has been storm proof dur
ing the tempest tossed days which
have fallen to our, lot since we as
sumed the garb of statehood.
The secretary Of state handles the
detail of a great corporation, guard
Ing. compiling and certifying the vast
mass Of documentary evidence" that
accumulates from day to day and
year to year; having in charge the
tremendous automobile license de
partment; vising all state papers;
acting as chief executive in the alb
3enee of the governor. and In general
keeping the lid firmly in place.
There has never been one success
ful attack made upon the conduct OF
this office Never one single item
that has reflected in any way upon
the man who has held down the job
OF the manner in which it has been
held down.
While the pitiless light of public
ity has illumined many a nook and
Granny of the state house never a
shaft has discovered a grain of dust
or q cobweb In the Office of the secre-
tary
How have you done it?" a friend
asked. why Is 1t that your enemies
can't find thing to kick about in
your administrations"
The answer was characteristic ::
II have attended to my own business
which in this case happened to be
the business of the people of Arizona
/ could not play politics and be on
the job at the same time"
That may be the reason why Sid
ney P. Osborn has made a good sec
retary of state. Many think 1t is the
reason he will make good governor,
If he Is successful at the coming pri-
maries on September 10.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Hidden Cross Ships Ore.

A carload of manganese ore was
shipped Thursday from the Hidden
Cross mine, and it is expected that
regular shipments of three cars per
week Will be shipped from this prop
erty in the future. Manager Fred
w. Hall states that his working force
will be increased to over thirty men
by next week. AS development pro-
crosses the ore body Is growing In
size, and it is anticipated that Par
ker will soon have one Of the largest
manganese properties in this part of
the southwest A company to be
known as the Hidden Cross Mining
company is now being incorporated
for the purpose of taking over the
operation of this property.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
PARADOXICAL PELICANS.

A flock of probably a dozen peli-
cans flew overhead last Saturday. and
after circling around over the town
site In an apparently aimless manner,
finally lit on the home of r. j. Mar
tin, on California avenue. They
were evidently very tired and re-
mained there" quite a long time,
seemingly Indifferent to the presence
of quite a number of townspeople
who gathered about to look al the
strange visitors. Finally at the sig
nal from one of their number they
again took to flight, and after de-
scribing a number of aerial circles
as though to get their bearing,
headed off in the direction of Black
mountain and disappeared from
view.
Somebody said they were not pei
leans at all but war storks,' the
special envoy of old Mars, sent to
Parker to put "crimp" ON "race-
suicide" during the period of the war,
but that must be a mistake. If they
really were storks, then they must
have been experimenting with our
desert "lOcO-weed" as a change of
diet, for no stOrk-save q half -witted
one-would have singled out. as
these birds did, the home of a con-
Armed old bachelor with neither
seed nor breed nor kindred kind as
the proper place to begin a campaign
against "race-suicide.
But whether these birds were
storks or pelicans makes no differ
ence, as their visitation was not
without its humorous phase, what
ever they were. In their circumvo-
lutions one Of their number, prompted
either by Over-Zealous patriotic
fervor and desire to usurp the time
honOred place of the American eagle,
or as paradoxical slam at the
Kaiser and his chosen war bird, lit
on the top of the liberty pole, Just
above the "star spangled banner"
where it posed for a considerable
length of time, to the amusement of
a large crowd of people on the street
below. Now as a substitute FOR our
bird OF freedom" it's figure. it must
be said, was a dismal failure, but on
the other hand, as parody on the
Kaiser's eagle, it was certainly a
screaming success-that Kaiserish
beak and the cultural sound it emit
ted, "GOtt," could not have been i'm.
proved upon had they been made in
Germany"
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
CALL MADE FOR $50 MEN.

One hundred and fifty more Ari-
ZOna men are to join the cOlOrs of the
national army, according to a call re-
ceived at state draft headquarters in
Phoenix from Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder in Washington City.
Class in this state has once been
exhausted, but as result of the re-
classification work that has been
going on for some time under the di-
rection Of War Department officials,
sufficient men from other classes have
been advanced to class l to furnish
enough to fill this latest call
The men are ordered to entrain
about August and will go to Camp
Fremont, near San Francisco, Cal
No men who attained the age of 21
years since the first registration and
who registered on last June are to
be included in this call, according to
Colonel Harris, adjutant general.
The quotas of the various counties
of Arizona in filling this call for $50
men are as follows:
Maricopa, 80; Apache, 8; Cochise,
18; Coconino, 10; Gila, IS; Graham,
z; Greenlee, s; Mohave, z Navajo, 5;
Pinal, 5; Pima, Is; Santa Cruz, 5;
Yavapai, 15; Yuma, Z.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY school
SUPERINTENDENT.

Miss Nora E. Morrow is serving her
first term as county school supcrin-
tendent of Yuma county, having been
elected on the democratic ticket at
the election two years ago. Her work
in this important office has been emf
nently satisfactory to the people of
the county She has been careful and
painstaking in the office work and ac-
tive and diligent in the field, or out
side work. AS result largely Of her
work the schools of the county we're
never in better condition than they
are today.
Her office has been administered
with great economy. She has had a
deputy in the Office but little of .he
time and has kept her office work up
to the minute by her own efforts.
Courtesy, close attention to business
and accuracy are among the outstand-
ing features of her work in the office
In the field work she has been ex-
ceptiOnally good. During the past
year she visited every school in the
county at least twice and some of
them Oftener
Miss Morrow is we'll educated and
we'll equipped for the work of the Of
fee she holds and to which she seeks
reelection She holds a B. S. degree,
and has excellent training as a teach
er. She is thoroughly practical both
in the Office and out. She is cap
able public speaker and a fine musi1
clan with a good personality.
Miss Morrow has been very active
in war work among the schools, with
both children and parents, and has
given a good deal of attention and
time to the organization of Thrift
Stamp Savings Societies and Red
Cross Auxiliaries in the schools. Her
work has been so thoroughly sat
isfactory that she has no opposition
for the nomination in the democratic
primary and probably will have none
for the election in November
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
THRIFT STAMPS
BADGE Of HONOR

For many years the so-called travel
Ing card has been part of our social
system We have carried the card,
showing that we are members In good
standing of the Masons, Odd Fellows.
Knights of Columbus, ETC., as the
case may be. 1t is our passport, that
admits us into the inner circles. 1t
shows our friends and acquaintancas
where we stand, and what our con
nectiOns are. 1t has been a valuabls
aid in business and provided a shell
tering roof in many a storm.
! But there is newer, more power
full travelling card, exerting strong
er, wider, more comprehensive in
f1uence, than the credentials of any
lodge, society or fraternity in the
wOrld-Uncle Sans Thrift Card.
Everyone can have one; every nan.
woman and child in the United States
should have one
1t is the passport of the army of
savers, the 100 per cent patriots who
are sacrificing and saving, regularly,
Systematically, and ole-heartedly TO
back up our soldiers and. sailors fight
ing the Hun. 1t Is the enlistment
paper that will enroll us as fighters
in the second line of defense-the
patriots who are lending their all,
that victory may be won.
The boys at the front are watching
us anxiously, and praying that we
will not fail them. They count on
us as the reserves back of them with
every cent of our money, till the
great war on German militarism is
won. If you have not done so al
ready, enlist in the army of War
Savers now. Get Thrift card and
fill it. Then fill another one, and
keep on filling them until the Kai-
ser's dream of conquest is shattered.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03

High Priests being Frank Pascual-
titular Chief of the tribe; Chapo
Jackson, Tribal Counsellor; Cachorra,
Joe Homer, Luke Sheridan and Lin
coin Johnson.
Just as the darkest part of night
lowered it's mantle over the world
fire was set to the temple, amid the
wailing and rejoicing Of the entire
assemblage, and the temple with all
it's contents went up in flame and fell
in ashes, men, women and children
quickly disappearing in the direction
of their homes, and daylight discover
ed nothing alive except a few forag
ing hounds and small wild creatures
of an inquisitive nature. Spirits of
the dead had been fittingly inducted
into their final homes. Proper Of
ferings had been made for the future
of the tribe. The festival was over
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Strohm Back-Preacher Relieved.


Henry Strohm returned to Parker
Wednesday after enjoying the breez-
es of the coast for about two weeks.
During his absence his drinking en-
porium has been In charge of Elder
Theodore A. Woodruff, and Mr..
Strohm freely acknowledges that he
was surprised at the volume of busi-
ness transacted by this reverend gen
tleman during his absence, all Of
which goes to show that even q
preacher is not out of place tending
bar, so long as he behaves himself
or rather, follows that scriptursl in
junction, Render unto Caesar" ETC.,
whereby he won't mix religion with
the drinks he serves, for it is written.
"Woe unto those that seeketh mixed
drinks!"
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
For County Attorney.

H. Wupperman is seeking re-elec-
tion for the Office of county attorney,
and announces his candidacy in this
weeks Post. Mr.. Wupperman made
many friends during his incumbency,
and no doubt has made few enemies
as a prosecuting attorney is bound
to do after serving a term as county
attorney. Mr. Wupperman has prac-
ticed law many years in Yuma and is
we'll known to everybody in the
county.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

Mrs. j. H. WestOver, who has all
The democratic nomination for repre-
Sentative from Yuma county to the
state legislature. has been a resident
Of Yuma for almost ten years, coming
to Arizona from Kentucky, her native
state. During her residence in Yuma
,he has been active in woman's club
work and has assisted along civic
lines TO better conditions in the city
md county. She was president of
The Yuma Woman's Club before it's
merger with the Ocotillo Club. When
Ihe new Delta Club was organized in
the fall of 1917 with membership
from the two old clubs which united
10 form it, she was elected president
of the new club. This club has a
membership of one hundred reprcsen.
tative women Mrs. Westover has
but recently retired from the presi-
dency of this club.
Mrs Westover says thaI the next
legislature will have five or six Wo-
men members and she believes that
Yuma county ought to send one wo'
man, as the women of the county
constitute nearly half of the voting
population. While the men are being
,alled into the service, the women,
wherever possible, should do, the work
which men have been doing
In war work Mrs. Westover has
been very active. She has tWo boys
in the service, which acts as an in
spiration for the work. She is Com
mandant of the Yuma Red Cross Can
teen, which organization OF the Red
Cross takes care of the entertainment
of all soldiers and sailors passing thru
Yuma, as well as the soldiers located
in Yuma.
Mrs. Westover came from an old
Southern family. Her people were
democrats, and when Arizona was ad-
mitted to statehood and the women
were granted suffrage she identified
herself with the democratic party.
Now she submits her candidacy TO the
democratic primary election and asks
the vote of forward looking and we'll
meaning members of the party.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
To Start Operations.

Dan McGlOne, superintendent of
the Arizona Enterprise mine, about
twelve miles from BOuse, spent the
day in Parker Wednesday, renewing
the acquaintance of old-time friends
and making arrangements for the
work of placing in position the huge
engine and compressor which will be
used in the development work that
will be inaugurated this coming fall
A number of men were employed and
work on the foundation for the ma
chinery will begin at once. Mr.. Nc
Clone returned the following day.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
An Old-Timer Back.

Frank Hampstead, Familiarity
known here by the sobriquet of doc"
Hampstead, an old-timer of Parker
arrived in town Wednesday, accom-
panied by his wife. After leaving
Parker about three or four years ago.
Mr.. Hampstead went to Bowie. Ariz,
where he engaged in business and was
doing very we'll, but failing health
obliged him to dispose of his inter-
ests there and seek a more congenial
cline. He will remain q short time
and his many friends here will GER
tainly be pleased to meet him once
more
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Seeks Reelection.

r. l. Winn, the efficient county re-
corder annoucnes his candidacy for
reelection in this weeks issue of
The Post. Mr.. Winn has served the
past two years in this office, and has
given general satisfaction to the pa
irons of his office. Previous to his
election as county recorder he served
the county in the capacity of clerk Of
the board of supervisors He Is very
we'll known in the northern part of
the county and has many friends
who hope to see him returned to
office
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Boy Breaks Arm.

O. B. Toladay, the young son of l..
P. Toladay, of wendcn. broke his
left arm Wednesday, and arrived in
Parker the same evening for surgical
treatment The injury was suCh
that Dr. Nettle, after putting on a
plaster cast, advised the young man
to go to Los Angeles and have all X
Ray examination for proper setting
OF the injured member He left last
night for the coast
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Mr.. Harrington is Candidate.

Z. c. Harrington of Wenden an
nounces that he is a candidate for
justice Of the peace OF that precinct
at the forthcoming primary election
Mr.. Harrington is one of the most
enterprising citizens of Wenden, and
with his popularity in that cOmmun-
ity he will undoubtedly be successful
in landing the nomination and prob
ably the election. At least his friends
predict his success at the polls.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
To the Beach,

Owing to i'll health, Mrs. A. l..
Preston has closed her restaurant.
and will leave with her children for
Long Beach for a rest. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. Mae Price and
little son, and Thomas Kirby They
will travel overland in their auto
and expect to spend the month OF
August on the beach
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
To the Coast.

To the Coast.
j. D. Mathews, manager of the
Parker Motor Company, and J. E.
Beck left for the coast Monday, by
auto, Mr.. Mathews to spend the re-
mainder Of the summer with his
family in San Diego, and Mr.. Beck to
join his wife in Los Angeles.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Candidate for Supervisor.

w M. Winn of Yuma announces
his candidacy for the office of super
visor, subject to the primary election
on September 10. Mr.. Winn is a
we'll known resident of the county,
and is engaged in the automobile
business at Yuma In the first state
election Mr.. Winn was a candidate
for sheriff, and received q very large
vote at the primary election but his
y opponent was nominated.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
New Restaurant.

j. A Lovejoy has opened lunch
room in the building adjoining Lew
clean place, and we bespeak for him
a fair share of patronage.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Leave for Prescott.

Mesdames Frank Ewing, Earl Bur
rift and Smith departed for Prescott
Wednesday night for few weeks
vacation in the Mile-High city.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
LOCAL NEWS
HAPPENINGS
To Flagstaff.

To Flagstaff.
Miss Rose Nelson leaves for Flag
staff on the seventh, where she will
enroll for the ensuing term Of school.
Visited Phoenix.
c. H. Hosfelt returned Wednesday
after spending a week in Phoenix on
business
Gone to Texas.
Mrs B. B. Rea and little daughter,
Myrna, left Monday for her old home
in Texas for an extended visit.
To San Francisco.
Mrs. Mat Turk left last week foI
San Francisco where she will spend
the remainder of the summer.
Returned from Outing.
r. w Michael, superintendent OF
the Illinois Arizona mine, has return
ed after a weeks outing in Los An
geles.
Back from Los Angeles.
J. B. Flanagan, editor of the Post,
after spending about month in Los
Angeles with his family, returned to
Parker Saturday.
To BOuse.
Ed Minnick went to BOuse last
Wednesday to work on the installa-
ton of the engine and compressor at
the Arizona Enterprise mine
Leave for Prescott.
Mesdames Frank Ewing, Earl Bur-
ritt and Smith departed for Prescott
Wednesday night for a few weeks
vacation in the Mile-High city.
New Restaurant
A lnnah h
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Back from Los Angeles.

J. B. Flanagan, editor of the Post
after spending about month in Lo!
Angeles with his family, returned tt
Parker Saturday.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
To BOuse.

U DUUS6,
ED Minnick went to BOuse last
Wednesday to work on the installa-
ton of the engine and compressor at
the Arizona Enterprise mine.
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
Returned from Outing.

r. w. Michael, superintendent OF
the Illinois Arizona mine, has return
ed after a weeks outing in Los An
geles
The Parker post., 1918-08-03
To San Francisco.

Mrs. Mat Turk left last week fol
San Francisco where she will spend
The remainder of the summer.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24

correspondence, and let it breathe
nothing but sunshine and cheer. II
doubts assan you, keep them to your
self, and give the soldier boy letters
breathing optimism and confidence.
If daily cares and worries beset you,
remember that his care is Infinitely
much greater than you own. Your
burden is a personal one, while on
the soldiers shoulders rests the cares
of a nation.
Bright, confident letters from
home, breathing of love and conf
dence in our cause and in the heroes
who are upholding it, will do more
to help win this war than any other
agency. And gloomy forebodings
and wailings will as surely retard If
not defeat us. Your boy should
hear none but good news from home
unless it be absolutely necessary.
Not that his love and devotion is
my less than of old, rather greater.
This he is proving by his presence
on the battle front. But his one SUI
preme thought now is to strike with
the utmost of his power for the safe
" and sanctity of his home, and his
heart should know no other care.
Keep the gloom at home, if they
must exist, and send the sunshine to
the boys.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24
Stand By The President.

1t might we'll to remind certain
people that the President is COM
mander-in-chief Of the United States
forces, and that the constitution
which we are so fond of invoking,
clothes him with almost absolute
power 1t is supreme folly to suppose
that Congress, mighty as it is in some
matters, can take away one fraction
of his authority. That was delegated
to him by higher power than any
Congress. There is no middle road
the American citizen who does not
give full cooperation and obedience
an enemy, and should be treated as
such.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24
The TRANSFORMATION Problem.

Everybody remembers how bust
ness houses shut down and families
actually suffered for coal a few
months ago. 1t wasn't that we didn't
have the coal in plenty or that we
were shipping too much coal out of
the country-but it was on account
of the railroad tie-up. Of course,
the extreme weather added to the
difficulties, but the prime and very
evident reason was the shortage OF
cars. The Government had taken
over the railroads, was using the
cars for it's own use, and they were,
therefore not available for the trans
portation of coal.
The farmer, a little later on, Is
liable to experience the same diff
Guilty in moving his crops to the CEN
tiers of distribution, unless he has
forethought enough now to prepare
for this emergency.
Groups of farmers should combine
and consult the responsible parties
higher up" about transportation
facilities, and should leave no stone
unturned to get definite expression,
or definite promise of cars, for what
profiteth it the farmer is he raises a
bumper" crop and it spoils for want
of means of transportation.
The farmer must plan now for his
needs and it is none too soon to pro-
vide for moving of crops this fall.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24
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EDITORIAL. MUSINGS.
"Let George Do It"

1t is lamentable fact that thous-
ands of otherwise good, loyal citi-
zens of this country have never out
SmWn that boyish inclination to
vxant George. to do it. They have
mot realized that - both themselves
and George" have grown to mans
stature and assumed mans obliga-
lions.
an fact we as people have been
So1g accustomed to regard with COM
placency that familiar quotation:
That which is everybody's business
Is Dobody's business" until the very
Thought has become a part of our
zaatares.
But we are now being rudely
aroused to the unpleasant fact that
George" is busy-too busy to as
sumo the obligations that we fain
would shirk He has also a task
that is calling for the best that is
IN him In this emergency there are
but two courses left to us-either
30 bravely shoulder our load and
march with the workers, or shirk the
responsibility and be relegated to the
rear with the other SlackerS.
And what a world of shame and
disgrace can be compressed into that
word Stacker" With what con-
tempt we have always regarded the
S3alky horse, rearing and plunging
and fretting himself into fever just
20 escape the task Of drawing a load,
the burden of which would have
been far less tiresome than his silly,
obstinate objections.
Thus with some people who call
themselves good Americans. The
load they are asked to assume would
not prove at all oppressive if taken
up cheerfully and carried patiently
and bravely.
1t isn't only the German spy, the
German sympathizer or even the pro-
German American who is doing most
; 90 clog the wheels of the great war
machine The heaviest drag to that
machine is the man who whines for
George" to do the work that even
his own craven conscience tells him
he. himself, should do. He is not
only not help, but is dead weight
because he is leaving undone that
which his government had every rea-
son to expect he would do.
Reader, if you are expecting
George" to do it, take another
think. George" is busy-desperately
busy, and has neither the time nor
tho inclination to take UP the burden
you have so shamefully cast down
and abandoned.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24
Should Take Precaution.

While we are urging the farmers
to raise hogs, it occurs to us the
Government might greatly facilitate
matters by inaugurating uniform
compulsory incubation of all hogs
against cholera, this to be carried
out through the Department of Ag-
riculture. 1t is safe to say there is
hardly State in the Union that does
not lose a million hogs, old and
young, every year through this
scourge. Compulsory vaccination
and inocculation has almost rid the
human race of several heretofore
dreaded diseases. 1t will do the
same for the porkers. Just now any
plan that will increase the meat sup
ply is we'll worth practicing.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24
Farms For Sale!

The S. ]. Jones. Real Estate Agency,
Hamersville, Boone County, o., Is
ready to supply you with a good
farm, large or small, worth the
money. (14-6t)