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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-29
bid. W.nted.

The Albion consolidated school dis
trict will receive bids for 100 tons OF
illinois coal to June 5. 1918. Secretary
Of school board, Albion Savings Bank,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-29

served at the poetoffice Thursday.
There win be no carrier delivery. but
the general delivery window will be
open from 8 to 10 in the morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-29

NIT for passport for Bendlage The
latter probably 10 preparatory to Bend
lage being put In overseas service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-29

Postoffioe Observes Holiday.
Regular holiday hours will be OBJ
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
PUT BAN ON LEGAL MEN OF
RAILROADS,

: Railroads were ordered by Director
General McAdoo this week to dispense
with the services of legislative and
political agents and all attorneys not
engaged in the performance of neces-
-sary legal work, and to observe strict
ly the law regulating free passes.
This, the first economy order under
government operation of the railroads
will cut off large and we'll paid stats
maintained by many companies and
eliminate from payrolls hundreds of
lawyers throughout the country who
draw annual retainer fees. If it is
complied with to the letter, as the di-
rector generals Office intends to see
that it is, thousands of free passes
now held by state, county and muni-
cipal officials and others will be can
celled.
The order sets forth that during
the period of possession, operation
and government control of railroads
1T is necessary that the officers, .direc-
tors and agents of railroad companies
be very careful in the handling of
moneys and in the dealing with
transportation matters.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
PROCLAMATION OF ARBOR DAY
BY THE GOVERNOR.

Whereas, it is provided by the civil
code of Arizona, Chapter Xxx, Section
1886, that the governor shall set
aside by proclamation annually a GER
tain day to be observed as ArbOr Day;
Whereas, it is fitting in every re-
spect that one day of each year be
dedicated by all the people to the
Identification of public grounds and
thOroughfares, and to the improve
ment of private estates, and that all
such work shall be attended by obser-
vances appropriate to the spirit of
Arbor Day;
Now, therefore, l. Geo. w. P. Hunt,
governor of Arizona, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by law do
hereby proclaim and set aside Friday,
the Sth day of February, A. D. 1918,
to be observed as Arbor Day in the
counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham,
Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal,
Santa Cruz and Yuma; I do further
proclaim and set aside Friday, the
5th day of April A. D. 1918, to be
observed as Arbor Day in the counties
Of Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Nava-
jo and Yavapai.
1t is earnestly recommended that
on the days thus set apart the tradi-
tions and purposes of Arbor Day
shall be fittingly celebrated in all
public, private and parochial schools
by the holding of suitable exercises
to inculcate in the minds of the
children the benefits to be derived
from the preservation and perpetual
tion of the forests, and from the
planting and protection of trees,
shrubs and vines, whereby the
grounds surrounding such schools
may be improved and beautified.
1t is likewise urged that every far
ternal order, civic organization and
individual citizen shall enter into
the spirit of Arbor Day, as herein
before designated, and in the ways
recommended, to the end that the
earth on which we live may be beau
titled and made more fruitful, and
that posterity's heritage may. be en-
hanced
In witness whereof, l have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the great
seal of the state of Arizona to be af-
fixed 49,, '--'
Done at Phoenix, the capital, this
21st day Of January, A. d. 1918.
GEO. w. P. HUNT,
(Seal.) Governor of Arizona.
Attest: SIDNEY P. OSBORNE,
Secretary of State.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
WILL DRAW PAY MO LONGER

According to Washington dis
patch Of last Monday, Germany failed
to reply to the proposal of the United
States that German commissioned Of
ficers held as prisoners receive pay of
Germany in return for similar privi-
leges being accorded American Off
GERS held in Germany, so the war de-
partment cut off the payments being
made Germans here. That's a case
wherein silence didn't prove golden
for the "Boches."
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
AMERICAS BIG ARMY,

:. There were 1,428,65O enlisted men
and 11O,865 officers in the United
States army at the opening of 1918,
more than one and one-half times as
large as any force ever mobilized by
this nation, according to a statement
by Secretary of War Baker.
During the war with Spain the
army of the United States at it's max
imum strength aggregated 272,OO0
men and officers. The army in the
field and in training now is practical
'ly six times as great as the maximum
number under arms in the Spanish
American war. go 4
About $4,000 officers we're COM
missioned from civil life in the two
series of training camps, nearly eight
times as many as the number of Off
GERS in the regular army April l,
1917.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02

Miss Annette Benton, on returning
from a visit, brought gift to each of
her mothers colored servants. 1t
was the "day out" for Lily, the house
maid, sc. Annette distributed her gifts
reserving. for. Lily scarlet-silk
blouse
THAT won't do said Mrs. Benton,
'Lily's in mourning"
"Mourning?"
eyes, for her husband; he died in
Jail, and Lily's wearing a long crepe
veil"
When Lily returned, her young
mistress expressed regret. 'I'll give
the blouse to Lizzie" she said, "and
get you something else"
Lily looked at the blouse, then
she swallowed Don't you give that
blouse to no Lizzie, Miss Annette,
co.'s mex mont Use gwine outa
mournin' from the waist up.-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
BROOM CORN PAYS BIG.

Chas. Moore has just received re-
turns on his broom corn crop He
received $500 a ton for the broom
straw, f. O. b. Blythe, and says there
is market for all that can be raised
here. He believes that this product
will bring big returns to valley farm
ers and his results this year would
bear him out in this belief. He ex-
poets to plant broom corn extensively
this year.-Blythe Herald. ..
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
BOOZE FOUND NEAR ROAD,

Some unidentified bootlegger is
mourning the loss of 1877 pints of
whiskey which were found concealed
in the shrubbery along the side of the
highway near Winterhaven few
nights ago. A Los Angeles tourist
returning from trip through Ari-
zona made the find. Yuma police Of
ficials learned of the matter sunday.
According to the information re-
ceived by the local police. the tour
ist whose name is withheld and who
is wealthy resident of beach town
near Los Angeles, was on his way
back to California. Near Winter
haven his car had breakdown and
the tourist happened to step off the
road into the shrubbery. There be-
fore his unbelieving eyes in two large
barley sacks were the TASKS of whis-
key When the tourist reached Win
terhaven he told of his find and dis
tributed number of the TASKS to
people whom he met The remainder
he took with him to Los Angeles
1t is believed by the local officers
that the stock of whiskey found by
the autoist is part of the LIQUOR that
has been finding it's way into Yuma,
A considerable amount of whiskey
has entered the city and the police
are puzzled as to how it got here
Yuma Sun.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
WILD TURKEYS TO BE RAISED,

Wild turkey hunters of Arizona
will learn with pleasure Of the re-
ce1pt by the state game warden's s
office of six pure bred Southwestern
wild turkeys, one male and five fe-
males, from which pure bred strain
OF wild turkeys will be popagated for
release in the four game preserves of
the state
The turkeys were purchased from
wild turkey farm at Blabon, North
Dakota, where the finest turkeys are
raised with which to- stock depleted
wild game preserves. As these
birds multiply rapidly when given
protection, it may be expected that
there will be excellent wild trukey
hunting in this state in few years.
Reports from deputy game wardens
to the office Of State Game Warden
Willard are that wild turkeys are
plentiful in but one of the four wild
game preserves of the state, the Blue
mango preserve IN the Apache Ma
tional Forest in Greenlee county. In
the Huachuca preserve in Santa Cruz
and Cochise counties, the Mount Gra
ham preserve in the Graham noun
talns in Graham county, and the
Pinal Mountains preserve in Pinal
county the wild turkeys are very
scarce.
These last three game preserves
will be the first to be stocked with
wild turkeys raised from tho pure
bred ones just received from the
North Dakota turkey farm, according
Republican.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
REPORT ON ARIZONA OIL.

PHOENIX, Jan. Milton T.
Allen, mineral technologist of the Ar
izona State Bureau of Mines, has
made an exhaustive study of the oil
situation in the Chino valley field
and other portions of Arizona, and
his recently issued report is very IA
vorable as denOting the presence of
oil in commercial quantities. These
findings of Mr.. Allen have been
awaited with considerable interest
by the investing public and by Oil
men generally.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Rounding up Mavericks.

r. Nichols of BOuse arrived in Par
ker Monday, having taken the con-
tract to round up all the stray cattle
on the reservation belonging to the
Parker Cattle company. These
mavericks inhabit the jungles on the
banks of the Colorado river princi-
pally, and are : as wild and fleet
footed as deer. having never been in
captivity. When roped or cornered
they will fight with the fierceness of
an African lion and the tenacity of a
bulldog, and the. task of capturing
and subduing them is not one that
would in the natural order of things
appeal to the fancies of the tender
foot.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Not the Surrendering Kind,

Albert Gates, who was quite i'll for
some time past, has sufficiently re-
covered to be able to be up and
about. Mr. Gates, who is veteran
of the civil war, has passed the four
score mark by several years, yet de-
spite his advanced age and his recent
sickness, he carries himself remark
ably well-true to that militant
spirit which knows no such word as
Surrender.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
OPENING MANGANESE DEPOSIT.

H. N. Maberry of San Diego was in
Blythe this week, says the Herald,
making arrangements to open up his
manganese property near the gyp-
sum mines at the summit. He has
four miners at work and expects to
begin shipments at an early date
His manganese runs 43 per cent
pure and will be shipped to Pennsyl-
vania. There is surface evidence of
a large deposit on the property.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
COPPER COSTS
on INCREASE

DOUGLASS, Ariz., Dec 29-Costs
attending the mining and smelling of
copper ore have increased about two
cents the pound over the state since
the price Of copper was fixed at 23b
cents in September. Where ore is
concentrated before going to the
smelter, the increase in cost has been
still greater. The advance in fuel has
been main item in the creation Of
the higher cost of copper production.
Advances have also occurred in other
supplies. The higher cost of fuel,
and the prospect that it will advance
still more, however, is the main cause
OF present concern. In some camps
they have turned to cutting wood.
Adding two cents to copper cost on
board car at the smelter and then
adding 2 II cents forsfreight and cleo
trolytic charges before the copper is
put on the market in New York, re-
duces the price actually being receiv-
ed for the output of the Arizona
smelters to Is cents. War taxes are
yet to be added to cost and will range
from cents pound for some COM
panies to IL cents the pound for
others. Accepting the minimum of 3
cents, copper will be put on the mar
ket in New York for actually Is cents
N Of Of
higher wages and higher cost of all
supplies,15 cents the pound for cop
per is less than IL cents represented
in 1914
These approximate figures are
based upon returns recently made to
the Arizona Chapter, A. M. G. from
all over the state. They apply equally
to copper producers throughout the
west, those of some of the other states
being indeed under more of a burden
of costs than Arizona. AS applied to
the small producer, the leaser and the
little operator, their burden is, of
course, much greater. The small
producers have heavy costs in all I'm
stances for transportation, both OF
ore and supplies, which are minimized
by the big producer with their own
railroad facilities direct to the mine
and plants. The smaller producer has
also charges for ore reduction to meet
which must be based on allowance
Of fair profit for the work. For
electrolytic treatment in the east and
freight to the New York market, he
pays the same as the large producer,
and adds,as the larger producer does,
the commission for marketing his
metal, So the small producer, as a
matter of fact, must have consider
ably higher return from his ore than
the larger producer or he cannot pos :,
sibly get by. He gets the higher re-
turn by mining high grade ore When
he is depleted of that he is through
His only salvation is in a price for
the metal that will enable him to
lower the average value of his ship
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Assessor in Town.

County Assessor A. B. Ming arrived
in Parker Sunday night and spent a
couple of days here arranging for the
assessment of property in the north
ern part Of Yuma county. Mr.. Ming
has appointed G.. A. Marsh as deputy
assessor for this end of the county,
and the latter will devote the next
few weeks in rounding up everything
pected that the actual assessed val
uation of property in this end of the
county will approximate over $5,-
100000 this and this amount
will be sufficient for the organiza-
tfon of new county.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Pleased with Our Climate.

= Mrs. Gertrude Cox, daughter Of
Albert Gates and sister of Mrs NJ. E.
Brown, arrived here last week from
Winona, Washington. having been
called to the bedside of her father
who was quite ill. Mrs, Cox is. de-
lighted with the mild climate of Ari-
zona, as compared with that of the
locality she has just left, and intends
to remain here indefinitely.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
LIMIT EXTENDED.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-The food
administration tonight extended un-
til February the time when bakers
must use at least five per cent of
baked by them. This percentage
must be increased rapidly until by
February "A they are using 20 per
cent of other cereals. No baker will
be entitled to advertise Victory
bread until he has reached the 20
per cent ration.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
THAT MATT
MYSTERY


Parker Post: Having read in your
last issue about that mysterious
hanging of that poor shoemaker in
Yuma county, your description Of the
dead man brings back to our mind
having talked with him at Blythe in
the fall of October, 1915.
At our stopping Off on our return
trip from the seashore, we we're look
ing for new business enterprises at
that old and new town, Blythe, that
had just been put on the railroad
map for the first time in it's existence,
and during our stay, having been de-
tanned longer than we expected owing
to a breakdown on that new rail-
road, we naturally interviewed every
body in that burg about land, out
side the real estate business, and
finally we stumbled across Matt's
shoemaker shop, which he conducted
on Main street, in a little tent, at
that time We still remember we'll
that homemade sign on his tent:
1--WE Repair Everything in Leather
Goods"
1t seems he had built up quite a
harness trade with Parker Indians,
buying and selling harness at a good
profit. In his talk he warned us
against certain real estate men en-
ployed by the toWnsite company
whom he claimed were trying to run
him out of the town and country
He said ''they didn't wanted floaters
round their town, but wanted inves-
tors only" But it seemed to us he
was talking too much, or in other
words, was knocking the country
He informed us that he came in be-
fore the railroad was finished. well,
how did you come in here,'' we asked,
and this is where he gave us little
history of himself:
Prom Idaho I drifted from place
to place. When 1 reached Needles
made the acquaintance OF man who
had good size boat and we worked
our way down to Parker, Arizona.
where l bought enough lumber and
built me boat of my own. I put
my camping outfit in it and slowly
fioated down to Ehrenberg, Arizona,
where l sold my boat for a good
price to some fellow, and have been
trying to get foothold ever since
here in Blythe, but it seems an awful
uphill pull; those real, estate peo-
pie are blocking all my movements
here"
This ended our interview. Judg-
ing from his work, he was capable of
doing most any kind of work success
fully, but in all of his talk he always
played the part of very poor man,
and we were surprised to read that
he left so much money behind. On
the other hand we are sure he is the
man we met at Blythe in October,
1915, and are inclined to believe he
met with foul play.
TWO PROsPECTORs.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
ONE PRIVATE, SEVEN OFFICERS,

According to a recent dispatch
from Omaha, Governor Neville has
disbanded the Seventh Nebraska reg
iment, leaving the Nebraska national
guard consisting of one general, five
majors, one captain and one lone pri-
vate. The private is D. Mccullough,
who is stationed at the general S
headquarters at Lincoln and his duty
is to guard the officers.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
NOT K. C.. B.

1t followed her to schoolone day
Which was against the rule
Moreover. it was Mary's plain duty
To sit right down
And clip the thing ..
And spin some yarn
And make sweater
And send it to soldier
And then take it to the butcher; j.
Who would blackjack it --..
And get dollar pound
For chops
And prove the cost of living
Has not gone up at all 's
And that Carlyle was right
When he said :.s 81
We're all sheep
And we live on mutton chops.
Much obliged,
: -. =. ...,
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
TO INCREASE NAVY AvIATORS.

Senator Tillman, says Washing
ton dispatch of Monday last, intro
duced bill to increase the number
of naval aviatOrs from $50 to 1O,-
900 and raise the enlisted personnel
of the navy to 10000.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Frank Alexander Dead.

1t is reported that Frank Alexan-
der, who was very ill at the Preston
home here for some time and who
went to a hospital at San Bernardino
week or ten days ago, died last
Wednesday night. He was. afflicted
with tuberculosis, and twas Quite
apparent when he left here that he
could not last very long.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
THE GREATER NEED.

Western railroads are putting bi-
bles in their smoking cars Obvious
ly it would be more conducive to
Christianity if they would spend that
money on car windows that won't
stick. We dare say the Recording
Angel gets more business from that
source than almost any other.-Ruf-
falo News.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
MUST PAY TAXES
!. BY MARCH FIRST

That much discomfort on the part
of those who must be accommodated,
and greater embarrassment of those
who must perform the work in COM
plying with the provisions of the in
come tax, may be avoided through
appearance of those affected at the
office as soon as possible, was the an
nouncement made from the office of
Collector of Internal Revenue Lewis
T. Carpenter, last Monday
1t was stated that the people have
apparently failed to take seriously
the announcement of the government
that those. taxes must be paid, judg-
ing from the small number thus far
appearing. Up to date not more
than $50 persons have come to the Of
flee it is declared.
Every unmarried person whose net
AhNOAAC 10 l,UUU, LUZ Iu0
year 1917, every married person or
head of family, man or woman,
whose net income is as much as $2,-
900 must report at the office of the in
ternal revenue collector at room 248,
in the federal building, on or before
March 1, 1918. Those who fail to
do so are subject to fine not exceed
ing $4,000 and to Imprisonment not
exceeding one year. Blanks may be
obtained at the office of the collector
in the federal building.
The only exceptions made to those
affected are employees of the state,
county or city, whose total income is
from this source. This includes also,
school teachers
The district which comes under the
jurisdiction of the local office, in
cludes all of New Mexico and Arizona
and is known as the district of New
Mexico. While all collections are
handled through the local office, dep
uties will be sent out shortly to cover
ali--the outlying territory Deputies
will not be sent out in the district
included in Maricopa county. People
residing in this section are expected
to call at the Office in the local fed
eral building, although deputies may
be sent out later when it appears that
some have not responded to the
chance given them to comply with
the law In all there will be IA
deputies@in the two states.
/. 1t is expected that there will be ap-
proximately $4,000 tax payers in the
two states from which it is believed
the revenue will aggregate between
$8,OOO,0O0 and $1O,0O0,00O.
The local Office is prepared to han
die from 1000 to 1000 persons per
day and it is expected that this ca
pacity will be taxed to the limit from
now on, blanks having been obtain
able only since last Monday.
OF interest to Arizona farmers is the
announcement that water assess
ments are not proper deductions from
gross income. This means that
farmer who owns stock in a water
project, irrigation ditch or the like,
or is one Of the owners in a co-opera-
tive organization of this character,
may not deduct from his total gross
receipts, any money paid out for this
purpose, when making his report, for
the obvious reason that it is not in
reality disbursement, but repre-
sents it's equivalent in cash on hand,
in the eyes Of the government.
Provision is made by the govern
ment for married and unmarried per-
sons for amounts proportionate to the
size of the family, which are allowed
to be deducted from the annual in
come, and which are classified as ex-
emption allowances.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Sickness Subsiding.

The epidemic of measels and
whoOping cough, which was preva-
lent in these parts, is rapidly disap-
pearing. Nearly all the patients
have recovered and there are no new
cases reported.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Welcome Rain.

This locality was treated to
little rain last Saturday night-the
first of the season. The precipitation
seems to have been quite general
throughout the southwest, and a
goodly quantity of snow fell in the
mountains far to the north.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02

A fine line of Kokomo tires and
inner tubes-the best tire made.
Parker Motor Co.-Adv.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
SHORT STORIES
ABOUT PARKER

NJ c. Webb came in from Phoenix
last Saturday.
O. r. Reed of San Diego was in
town Tuesday.
o. B. Marston of Phoenix was in
town Thursday.
r. E'Robier of Twin Falls, Idaho.
stopped in Parker Tuesday.
j. M. Abbot of Newark, New Jer
sey, was a Parker visitor this week.
Leroy A. Palmer of San Francisco
registered at the Manitaba Wednes-
day.
j. o. Phillips, an attorney from
Blythe, was here the fore part of the
week.
r. E. Price of Humboldt, Ariz., ar
rived in town this week and will re-
main some time.
w. Matthie and Ray Stevenson of
Needles, officials of the Santa Fe
railroad, were in Parker Wednesday.
L. V. w. Brown, president of the
Theresa Hall Cotton company, of
Riverside, arrived in Parker last
Tuesday.
r. H. Wood, F. E. Armstrong and
j. Burke, all of Los Angeles, were
among those who arrived in Parker
this week.
Woman's Club Meeting.
The WOman's Club of Parker will
meet at the Indian School Saturday,
February 2, with Mesdames Little
field and Flanagan as hostesses. A
good attendance Is desired.
.
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Gathering Data.

A. F. Cruspan and w J. Moore
were here from Phoenix this week,
engaged in securing data for the gov
ernment concerning the output of
our mines
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
Woman's Club Meeting.

The Woman's Club of Parker will
meet at the Indian School Saturday,
February 2, with Mesdames Little
field and Flanagan as hostesses. A
good attendance. is desired
The Parker post., 1918-02-02
GOING INTO HALF MOURNING.

- =, A. B. G.