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The Parker post., 1918-04-27
TIE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
By Herbert Quick
Member Federal Farm Loan Board

own land, haul grain OF drive STOCK
to town, 1t would have done only q
little more than it accomplished y
It's interdict against the freedom Of
the sea. What was the order against
which we rebelled when we went In
TO this war? Look at the condition Of
the American farmer In the latter
part Of 1914 and the frat half of 1915
and see.
When the war broke out, through
surprise and panic we partially gave
ZIP for while the use OF the sea 80
highway. And the farmers of
America faced ruin. I know an Iowa
farmer who sold his 1914 crop Of 2S,.
600 bushels Of wheat for seventy cents
a bushel. Farmers in the south sold
their cotton for half the cost OF pro.
ducing 1t. All this time those por-
tons Of the world whose ports were
open were ready to pay almost any
price for our products. When flnaNy
we set our ships In motion once mora.
it never returned for the farmers Of
those nations which remained cut OF
from ocean traffic.
Take the case OF Australia There
three crops have remained unsold on
the farms. No ships could be spared
to make the long voyage to Australia.
So in spite Of the efforts Of the Gov.
ernment to save the farmers from
ruin, grain has rotted in the open.
Millions Of tons have been lost for
lack Of market
Such conditions spell irretrtevabls
disaster. Such conditions would have
prevailed in this country from the out
break of the war until now if our
Government had not first resisted with
every diplomatic weapon, and finally
drawn the sword
Why did we draw the sword? To
keep up the price OF wheat and cot
ton, and to protect trade only? II
someone should order you to remain
on your farm, and not to use the pub
lie highways, would your resistance
be based only on the fear Of loss In
profits from failure to market your
crops? BY no means! You would
fight to the last gasp! Not to make
money, but to be free!
When a man is enslaved, all he
loses in money Is his wages. But the
white man has never been able to 40
cept slavery. He has never yet been
successfully enslaved. There rises UP
In him against servitude resentment
SO terrible that death always is pref
erable
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Names of Those Who Subscribed.

The follow is the list Of names Of
subscribers to the Third Liberty
Loan, through the Parker Valley
Bank, at the close of business, April
25, 1918:
E. M. Tuttle, c. w. Graves, G. A.
Marsh, Mrs. G. A. Marsh, A. f.
Childs, A. F. Duclos, A. H. Strohm,
A M. Green, A. Fl. Ltttlefield, Lee
McGee, Mrs. A. F. Duclos, Mrs. Celia
Fl. Raney, Mrs. Ida NJ Wells, Miss
Johnnie Meet, Miss Elizabeth Dobbs,
J. A. Joplin, Lawrence Nelson, A. F.
Rath, Jr., Elias Eng, Clay Sharpe,
Rafael Navarez, w. H. Gundy, Geo.
Irving, Edgar Booth, Theodore Hod-
son, Joe Mccullough. Trinidad Con
zales, Mrs. Cecilia Feeney, Browning
Yellowffsh, Obey Mathoul, F. s.. Nor
ton, John Ryder, c. A. Engle, John
Monroe, R. ]. Martin, Chas. F. Wells,
Merritt Lafoon, Dr.. Anna l. Nettle,
Perfecto Leivas, Harold Wade, H. A.
hcdIuS, -. EulDSuOu, 1d0Qh41
Booth, J. E. Randle, Jose Romo. B. B.
Brown, B. NJ Fuqua, Mrs. Carrie e.
Fuqua, John Hugh, Lydia Ann Giber-
son, Ruby Welsh, Mrs. Katie Childs.
j. D. Mathews. Beryl Mathews. Mrs.
j. d. Mathews, John Roberts, B: Fl.
Denison, Lincoln Fisher, Emil Fenger.
F. NJ Hall, Geo. Bray, Paul Sehnei-
der, Mrs. Jane Flanagan. Miss Mary
E. Seward, c. H. Carlisle. A. Roland,
Nellie T. Bush, Fred J. Moll. Jr., j.
Thornton Price, Chas. G.. Wallace.
Julian Gibson, Guy Terry, Effie L.
Smith, Earl Burrett, J. E. Beck, Peter
Townsend, o. c. Byrnes, VIM. M.
Boyce, Ruth F. Fuqua, James G. Flu
qua, Phillip Marsh, John King,
Frank Ewing, Mrs. Frank Ewing,
Clyde Stewart, Mrs. Geo. Irving. Al
Marks, William Williams, Ruussell
Bros, Neva Everett. Rosa B. Mars,
Bernard Roberts, William Rea.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Auto Versus Burr0.

Otto KOrn recently purchased an
automobile, to use in his business,
which he has remOdeled, adding
thereto all the little ins-and-Outs that
go to make ii specially adapted to
the use Of the desert prospectOr
With this machine he can now make
distant inCursiOns into the trackless
desert, camp wherever he pleases
and return when he gets good and
ready. Under the old system, with
the pack animal, this was not always
possible, as care had to be taken that
material to supply the needs of the
beast of burden were Obtainable,
consequently the burro is mo longer
in it, with the machine This faith
consort of the prospector has done
good work in his day, but he is being
rapidly relegated to the rear and be-
coming an honored fixture Of the
past,
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
GILLEN RUDELY JARRED.

James Gillen of the Parker water
works, had rather rough experience
last Tuesday when he went to crank
up his gasoline engine to'pump
water for his patrons. 1t appears
that during Mr.. Gillen's absence
from the engine house, which was
left open, some miscreant, with NAL
ice prepense born of the devil, entered
the place and screwed down the
time set, so the engine when start
ed would back-kick. The engine is
a large one, and, while we don't
know it's horsepower, it's mule-power
when it's kick" is considered must
be very great. Gillen primed- the
engine and when he gave the crank
a turn, back it went and off he
went-plumb across the room, bring
ing up against a post with such force
as to ''rattle his Stats" and cause his
brittle bones to creak under. the i'm
pact.
James got mad at the time and has
been sore" ever since, declaring
that if it weren't for the fact that
Arizona is SO dry" he would quit
working in the cause of water and
either go to fighting or espouse the
cause of some other drink that hadn't
such an alfred, outrageous "kick"
behind it,
The Parker post., 1918-04-27

The farmer everywhere loves
peace. The American farmer espe-
cially loves peace. Since the dawn of
history, the farmer has been the man
who suffered most from war. All that
he possesses lies out OF doors In plain
sight and is spoil of war-his house.
his grain, his livestock The flames
that light the skies in the rear of
every invading army are consuming
the things that yesterday represented
his life work, and the life labors Of
past generations Of farmers.
Everywhere the farmer is a warrior
when war Is the only thing which will
make and keep him free. He cannot
rally to the colors as quickly as can
the dwellers in the cities, because it
takes longer to send to the farms the
call to arms. It takes longer to call
the farmers from the fields than the
city dwellers from the shops. Many
do not hear the first blast Of the
trumpet Others do not at first under
stand it's meaning because they have
not had the time to talk the matter
Of reading half dozen extras a day,
the farmer may read weekly papers
only. He must have more time in a
sudden emergency to make up his
mind.
It is impossible to set the farmers
Of the United Stae%s on fire by means
of any sudden spark of rumor. But
when they do ignite, they burn with
slow, hot fire which nothing can put
out. They are sometimes the last to
heat up; but they stay hot. In long
fight they are always found sturdily
carrying the battle across No-Man's
Land in the last grim struggle. The
American farmer will give all that he
has and all that he is to win this
great war against war.
This war was at first hard to under
stand No armed foe had invaded the
United States. The night skies were
not reddened by burning ricks and
farm houses. No raiding parties
robbed us of our cattle or horses. No
saberrattlers insulted our women. 1t
seemed to many Of US that We were
not at war-the thing was so far off.
We did not realize what a giant war
had become--a monster with thou
sand arms that could reach across the
seas and take from us three-fourths OF
everything we grew. But finally we
saw that it was So
If the Imperial German government
had made and enforced an order that
no American farmer should leave his
(Thls is the first of three articles. I
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
WILL MOVE THE POsTOFFICE

A room in the new hotel building
is being fitted up for the postoffice,
which will be removed there at an
early date. The postmaster is hav-
fittings and will establish a thorough
ly up-to-date office, one that the pa
irons may be proud of The new
site is much more convenient for the
majority of the patrons, and the
government has expressed a wiling
mesa to make the change.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Farewell Banquet.

banquet was given at the home
If Mr.. and Mrs. John Roberts last
IOnday afternoon, in honor of Ed
Manning, on the eve of his departure
or Los Angeles to report in response
his call to the colors. A boun-
eous repast was partaken of and
pleasant afternoon spent, the guest
If honor receiving the kindly adieux
nd most cordial good wishes Of all
those present were Mr.. and Mrs ].
toberts, Edward Manning, Mrs. Guy
Ferry, Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson and son.
William Manning, Bernard and Irwin
Roberts.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Darling McPhaul.

AT Phoenix, on the 18th instant,
richard j. Darling and Miss Hortense
McPhaul were united in marriage
fhe groom is the superintendent of
he Copper Chief mine near Quartz
iite, and is we'll known as a man of
lffairs and a worthy and exemplary
Gentleman. The: bride is: niece of
Deputy Sheriff w G. Despair of
3ouse, and has many friends in. that
own, having resided there for some
ime with her grand parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Despair. She is an ac-
2omplished young lady, being a grad
tate of the Yuma and the Calexico
nigh schools.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
The Hippodrome Show.

The Charisty Hippodrome Show
held forth in Parker Monday in a
large tent or series Of tents erected
IN California avenue, and was fairly
veil attended, the occasion being as
Usual red-letter day for the Indians
Who turned out Ell masse The per
ormance was of the usual order
rapese performances and acrobatic
eats; trained animals-ponies dogs
md goats. There were also the side
'hows which took in their quota of
latronage. AS a whole the enter
ainment was up to the average.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Supt. Visits Parker School.

Miss Nora f. Morrow, superinten-
dent of public schools of Yuma coun-
ty, paid the local school a two days
visit Monday and Tuesday. Miss
Morrow expressed herself as being
very highly pleased with the work of
both the pupils and the. teachers of
the school.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Making improvements.

DR.. A. H. Littlefield had force of
carpenters at work during the week
on his residence on B street, building
a stOrerOom connection besides
porches and other improvements.
The black locust and fruit trees
which he planted around his home
recently are growing splendidly and
promise to give an abundance OF
shade in due course of time. All of
this goes to to show that the doctor
rightly has confidence in the future
of the town and is doing the proper
thing taking time by the forelock"
by improving his property. ...,
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
DISPOSITIONS. Taken.

Dispositions Taken.
Dispositions were taken before
Notary Marsh last Saturday, in the
ease now pending before the superior
court, entitled, w w. Dunbar VS.. A !.
II. Littlefield. This is an action
commissions alleged to be due in the
matter of the recent sale of the Horn
Z Kelton mine. Quite number
of witnesses deposed, and the streets
presented lively scene during a
part of the day.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Good Fishing.

Fishing is said to be good in the
Colorado river at the present. time
several parties have been fishing
with good results, and the other day
". l.. Mckay caught several large
,atfish in short time. one Of them
measuring over eighteen inches in
length. But, withal, the time for
good fishing in that stream is a great
leal like it's shifting sandbars or the
Droverbial old wOman's soap-"It
comes and gOes"-a mighty uncertain
thing to bet on.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Farewell Dance.

A Social dance was given on Fri
day night of last week in Horsfelt's
hall. as a farewell in honor OF John
Ryder. who has been drafted for mil
itary duty and left this week to re-
port at headquarters. The dance
was we'll attended and all had a very
pleasant time.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Picnicked in the Valley.

Picnicking and fishing was the
order of the day on the 21st instant.
Several auto loads of town folks mo-
tOred down the valley to one of the
lakes and participated in the above
passtimes. A good time was report
by all.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Will do Some Drilling.

j. A, Lovejoy, the we'll known we'll
driller from California, has gone to
Wenden where he will arrange the
preliminaries for putting water on
the Fuller Bros cattle ranches there.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Drafted Men Depart.

Ed Manning and John Ryder,
who are among those drafted from
these parts for military service, took
their departure this week-the for
mer for Long Beach and the latter
for Casa Grand--in order to visit
their respective parents before leav-
ing for the training camps.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
Doing Sampling.

Doing Sampling.
AL Marks, after an absence of sew
eral weeks, came down by auto from
Needles Wednesday. Mr.. Marks has
been doing some sampling on num-
ber of mining claims in the Chimehu-
hua mountains, out from Yucca, with
Il view to consummating a deal with
parties interested He will return
in few days.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
indians Have Domestic Troubles.

Verify, the Indians are falling
more and more into the ways-gOod,
Dad and indifferent-of the whites.
rs evidenced by the fact that Merle
g. Reynolds last week filed suit for
divorce in the superior court at
Needles against Frances Reynolds.
his wife. The couple are members
Of the Mojave Indian tribe. For so
many years in the past that "the
memory Of man runneth not to the
contrary such a thing as a divorce
among Indians was unknown. The
buck ruled the roost with unquestion-
ed austerity and the squaw-if she
knew what was best for herAobeyed,
and that generally put an end to
irrelevant arguments that would
breed "incompatibility of tempera-
ments' or domestic infelicity," as
the records of divorce proceedings
felicitously termsit
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
A Visit to Relatives.

Sylvester Gillian of Phoenix, ar
rived here Monday and is visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. j.
Mathews. Mr.. Gillian is an uncle of
Mrs. Mathews
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
To the Capital.

j. e. StOvall has been in Phoenix
since Saturday, arranging business
matters pertaining to the potash
claims above Parker.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
From the Coast.
To Los Angeles.
From Planet.

William Manning paid Parker a
short visit Tuesday, coming from
Planet where he has been for some
time.
The Parker post., 1918-04-27
LOCAL NEWS
HAPPENINGS
PERSONAL AND LOCAL HAPPEN
INGS OF THE WEEK IN PARKER
AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.

FURNISHED ROOM-For rent;
close in; price reasonable. Apply,
Mrs w. H. Clayton, Parker. Ctf)
...
FOR SALE-Well equipped res
taurant, doing good business; cheap
rent; will sell cheap. Address j. N.
Price, Bouse, AriZ
To Phoenix
Attorney F. NJ. Hall went to Phoe-
nix Wednesday night on legal busi-
ness.
From the Coast.
E. S. Osborne arrived from the
coast Thursday night, and will stay
in Parker a short time.
To Los Angeles.
Otto KOrn, the mining man, left
for Los Angeles Thursday on bust
ness trip.
From Planet.
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CHAPTER XIV.

Is
When he slowly grew conscious It
was with the glad realization that he
had found her. He felt her hands,
supple and warm, binding d handage
round his arm. He opened his eyes to
see her face bent over his. And 1t was
dawn.
Vague cries rang In his ears, distant
cries, blending, surging, swelling and
dying down, but never ceasing. The
rattle of small-arms was continuous,
and punctuated by the loud timbre Of
guns. 'et '.esa
He was lying amid q heap Of debris
that had been the village Jail. Not far
away he saw the Colonel sitting with
eyes closed, propped up against the
fragments Of wall, q blood-stained
bandage round his head.
+ 20 thank God!" cried Eleanor.
"You have been unconscious so long,
Captain Mark! And the Colonel is
badly hurt. saw the Red Cross wag-
on pass and cried, but they could not
hear me-, & - i 80 -, : 80 -
4 round them the guns were BEEN lll:
ling, Gil round them they saw Khaki sIkl.i
clad Americans swarming over the
fields, and yet the village seemed de-
serted. They were alone In q little
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Continued from last week

At nightfall Mark was sitting in his
cell. He had eaten, he had composed
himself to meet his end according to
the traditions Of his caste and race
but he could not meet 1t calmly. He
had deliberately flung everything
away; he had let Kellerman goad
him to madness he was going to
die without even the soldiers salts
faction of duty honorably done. And
he could not compose himself.
Suddenly he heard the outer gate OF
the prison click; then came the sound
of voices, footsteps, woman's swish
ing skirts: Eleanor and Colonel How
ard stood at the barred entrance with
the guard. SCI ~ ~
Mark rose from his bed and stood
staring at them; he could hardly be-
lieve them real. The guard unlocked
the door of the cell. Eleanor shrank
back against the corner of the ma
sonry, her kerchief to her lip, her face
chalky white. Suddenly she started
forward. The Colonel whispered a
word, she brushed him aside as II she
had not heard him. Her arms sought
Marks neck and found it. She pressed
her lips to his. .f@<
captain Marki Dear Captain
Markl" she sobbed.
And, holding her closely to him, and
forgetting Towards presence and ev-
erything else. Mark found his peace.
Colonel Howard was trying to calm
her, to assuage her frantic grief. AT
last he persuaded her to sit down. he
took Mark by the arm as If he were a
child, and placed him beside her.
''Mark, my dear boy-Mark, heard
Of it only five minutes ago." he said.
IL had to spend the night here, and
Eleanor had got leave to meet me. I've
just learned the outlines of it. I'm
trying to get the General. Yes, yes, I
know he refused this morning, but he
didn't know. Pm only going to ask for
a respite till / can see him personally.
1t will come out all right. Now tell
me, Mark, what happened? How did
Kellerman meet you? Why did you
strike him? I don't ask about the
charge of cowardice., because that
isn't worth speaking about. I'll settle
that with the General haven't for
gotten Santiago. But about that blow,
Mark-how did it all happen? Tell
me exactly, SO that T." =
It was unlike the old Colonel to
gable SO fast. Perhaps he was afraid
OF breaking down.
"Can tell the General. Now begin,
Mark. Tell me from the beginning"
But Mark did not open his lips. And
before Colonel Howard could resume
Eleanor had sprung up and faced
Mark eagerly. @ ~
"Now, Captain Mark, listen! If
you've never listened to me before,
listen nowr' she cried. IT know you
aren't going to tell the Colonel. It's
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SOCIETIES.

nj. w. w. Granite Lodge No. 533 meets
at /. O. O. Il. hall third Tuesday even
ing OF each month. Visiting members
welcome
#. e. MUNROE, Secretary.
MRS. MARY EDGAR, Project.
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she spoke WIFI Intense QASSlUuS Duks
when she ended, she put her arms
quietly about his neck. "Tell the Colo
mel, Captain, Mark. because Of me-"
she said. d@
There's nothing to tell, my dear"
said Mark, cropping for the words that
would not come. II struck him be-
cause he ~
And he could say nothing. OF KEEL
lerman's blow outside the inn, of his
false offer Of friendship, of the treach-
cry that had risked three lives that
Mark might die on a false Grand
nothing! And, if he had been able to
speak, he could not have told. Yet he
was ignorant of the inhibitory process
that now, as always, held him in
silence.
But Eleanor chung to him. "Yes,
Captain Mark. Because he"
'He sent three Of us out to rescue a
wounded man unnecessarily" said
Mark lamely.
He saw a spasm pass over Towards
face. This was worse than Howard
could have believed. The Colonel was
shaken; his faith was strong, but he
was one of those who accept the obvi-
GUS.
.Listen, Captain Mark !" said Flea
nor, speaking as If to d baby 'That
isn't what you wanted to say. You had
no thought of criticizing your superior
officer. even If you thought him wrong.
That isn't what you meant. Perhaps
he'll tell me, father! Stand back lit
tie. Now. whisper it, Captain Mark !"
But in the shelter of Eleanor's arms
Mark felt altogether at peace. What
did it matter, all this of long ago?
"Are you going to marry Kellerman,
Elcanor?" he asked.
Very softly, in the obscurity, he felt
her shake her head. And the action
had precisely the opposite effect OF
what Eleanor had intended.
For nothing mattered any more. moth
ing at all. He couldn't find excuses
Mark Wallace had never excused HIM
self in his life.
=. Eleanor drew herself out of his arms
ard looked at him. He looked from
her face to the Colonel's. Why were
they worrying him? How could he
hope to save hisslife BY going into the
obscure details and explanations that
they required of him? -
And what long rigmarole, begin
ming back in the war department
Mark could not string a case together !;
his mind was not constructed in that
fashion,
Eleanor laid her hand on his arm.
captain Mark-don't you see that
every moment is torture to us?'' she
asked.
There was terrible intensity in her
tone, as If she were holding herself
rightly in restraint, for fear that she
would fail should she yield to her emo
ton ton.
.I struck him. stammered Mark. II
told you why. ! thought he was wrong
to risk those liyes-I-a
The look upon each face seemed to
be frozen there it was as IL their lives
and not Marks, hung upon his words.
Suddenly 4 shrek pierced the sky,
cutting off Marks speech, and Q shell
burst somewhere by with q shattering
defamation, followed by the dull boom
OF a distant gun. The Colonel started,
and then resumed his gaze.
It seemed to Mark as IL that was an
eternity of torture. He struggled In
his mind desperately to find words to
say when the noise subsidized.
But there came a stunning sound
that seemed to split his ear.drums. He
feH forward, and felt as Ii some one
had lifted him; looked out into dark
ness, sought Eleanor and knew moth
Ing,
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like you, Captain, Mark. You're stub
horn. You have stupid, wicked
streak Of stubbornness In you that al
ways makes you pretend things, and
always prevents you from letting the
world see what q dear, good, splendid
man you are. / know you through and
through. though you've never known
/ did. You've ruined your life by
your silly silences. You seem to like
to be misunderstood. You like things
to 90 wrong with you, SO that you can
saffer 1pinSdieservsllnigly.s But It isn't he
roieai Of yyep, Captain Mark. Ifs stub
born and wrong, and, where others
are concerned, it's criminal. Where
Others are concerned-others who love
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Continued next week
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NOTICE Ii hereby given that DIT i sspe-
Gilil term of county court to be held iii
aid FOL, said county dit the court house
in the city OF, Ladysmith in said coun-
~. on the third Tuesday, (being, the
18th day. Of December, A. D. 1918. at
10, o'clock a. m, the following matters
will be heard and considered: 3
The application Of s. l.. Chicken,
administrator of the estate Of Harriet
McPhai1 late Of the city Of Lady
smith in said county, deceased, for the
examination and allowance Of his
final account of his administration,
and for the assignment Of the residue
of the estate Of Harriet McPhail, de-
ceased, to such other persons as are
by law entitled to the same.
Dated Nov. 5. 1918.
BY Order of the Court:
D. w. MALONEY,
County Judge
j. w. Carow, Attorney.
First publication Nov. g. 1918. 3O-33)