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The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
INCOME TAX MAN
 COMING, SEE HIM
Will Be In Prescott From Jan. 21 To Jan. 31, Inclusive, to Assist All Persons Subject to the In- come Tax Law.

It is the purpose of this office to county to assist all persons subject to the income tax law in making out their returns; to answer their ques- tions about the law and to assist them in the measure of his ability. This officer will be at Prescott continuously from Jan. 21 to Jan. 31, both dates inclusive. He will have his office in the court house, and may be found there every day. He will have an ample supply of income tax forms, rendering it unnecessary for taXpay- CTS who shall call upon him to ask for forms from this office, or for you to ask for them in advance of his ar rival. Inasmuch as his stay at Pres colt will be limited to the dates speci- fled and will not be returned to your county tor city) again, it is of the utmost importance that all prospec- tive taxpayers take advantage of his presence there by calling upon him on one of the dates suggested, the earlier the date the better
 Every single person who has an in- come over $1,000.00, and every mar ried person who has an income over $2,000.00 is liable for a United States income tax and must assess before March 1st, 1918.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
OLDEST WEATHER
 IN THIRTY TWO YEARS
Mercury Dropped Last Night Here to z Degrees Below Zero, Declared By Old Residents COldest Since 1886.

Do YOU remember 'cold Friday" in Prescott in the year 1886, when even the keyholes in the doors were frozen? ? If you can't recall that day, just tell your grandchildren that you can re- member "cold Friday night" 1918, when everything else but the key holes were frozen.
 On cold Friday, 1886, the ther- mometer registered in Prescott 14 be- low zero, according to a number of residents of the city who had occasion to look at the mercury and this still stands as the coldest on record. But last night, according to the govern ment thermometetr, was the coldest since the memorable '86, the mercury still holding ' below until daybreak this morning.
 We still have something to be thankful for during this cold snap. According to the papers, gas users at points north of here are suffering in- tensely from the lack of gas, while Prescott still has a small flame to cook with and imagine one is warm ing by, and if necessary one can get out and bring in little wood, but the residents of Little Rock are without wood, coal or gas and the public build ings where there is steam heat, have been thrown open and many spent last night by the radiators Or if that don't chesr you up, just think of the boys-and American boys, too, who are over in France fighting waist deep in snow.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
CHURCHILL WANTS
 MORE TROOPS SENT
Great Britain and United States Having Issued War Aims, Must Now Bend Every Effort to Work of Enforcing Them.

London, Jan. 11.-Winston Spencer Churchill, British minister of muni- tions, addressing the American Lun- cheon Club today, made a powerful appeal for the sending of American soldiers to Europe quickly and in as large numbers as possible.
 The reception of Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson's war aims by the central powers, the min ister declared, showed a gulf that no bridge could span. He added that Great Britain and the United States, having issued their war aims, they must now bend every effort to the practical work of enforcing them on the enemy.
 "We have found complete agree ment on our war aims," MT. Churchill said, "so let us concentrate our whole souls on practical measures whereby those aims may be achieved"
 England must melt all her resources he continued, into war work. Women must draw nearer to the firing lines and do more manual labor to relieve working men for the ranks of the army. Rations. he said, must be cut down.
 "The only way to shorten the suf- fering and torment" the minister as- serted, lis to increase the pace"
 Referring to America's participa- tion in the war, Mir. Churchill said:
 You have accepted an immense re- sponsibility. Never in history has so great a nation undertaken so great a task. Your aid is vitally needed in this great struggle and needed soon."
 Mir. Churchill said that England had sufficient reserve material to equip the several hundred thousand Americans when they landed in Eu- rope. He advocated that shipping should be devoted to bringing men and finished or half-fnished products rather than bulky raw materials.
 MT Churchill said England had guns. men and fuses waiting for shells Preparations were under way, he added, to meet the German hordes coming from the east.
 Although he had no doubt of vic tory, MT Churchill declared the com ing year would be the hardest of the war.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
URGES NECESSITY
 OF CONSERVING GAS
State Fuel Administrator Couch Requests All Consumers of Gas to Conserve Supply in Every Way Possible.

Dan Pittman, local fuel administra- tor, received the following message today from State Fuel Administrator Couch:
 On account of zero temperature and inadequate supply of natural gas, 1 specially request you to urge all con- sumers of natural gas to conserve supply in your county in every way possible and to confne heating of homes to living rooms, for cooking purposes and not burn any more than absolutely necessary. You are also requested to encourage use of wood which will assist materially in solv- ing serious fuel shortage.
 Kindly give this widest publicity.
 Couch, Fuel Administrator.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
WARN AGAINST RUMORS
 OF ENEMY ALIENS

Little Rock, Jan. 12.-Gov. Brough and Secretary of the Treasury Me Adoo warn the people against giving credence to reports that the govern ment contemplates the seizure or con- fiseation of bank deposits.
 Mir. McAdoo points out the illegal ity of such reports, and the utter fool ishness of such short-sighted policy.
 These rumors may have been start ed by enemy aliens or sympathizers by evil design or through ignorance, probably both, but whatever the source, they are most hurtful.
 The government is paying the peo- pie we'll for the use of their money, and securing them for it's bonds, either Liberty Bonds or War Savings certificates.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
Jt ST < SMALL WOMAN,
 BUT SHE DID HER BIT"

Columbia, Mo-, Jan. 12.-She was just a little woman, but she wanted to do her part in the big war. She selected the best place to begin-at home. She wanted a garden because she realized that every available foot of tillable ground should raise food crops, but there was no one to make the garden for her. That, however, was not great obstacle to one with so much determination and so she plowed it herself.
 It was pretty hard work when the sun was hot and the weeds grew but she didn't think of giving up. She remembered that everyone must have something to do if this war for demo-
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

cracy is to be won. So she plowed and raked and planted and hoed and cultivated, and later when her garden began to bear she canned. She re- ported to the University of Missouri College of Agriculture that she had put up 100 quarts of vegetables and had lost but one quart. The canning was done by the cold pack method.
 Her name? Mrs. Cleona Bentley, Caire, Mo-, and she weighs but no pounds.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
HEAVIEST SNOW IN
 23 YEARS AT CAPITAL
Street Railway System in Little Rock Tied Up--Business Gen. orally Demoralized, Schools Suspended.

Little Rock, Jan. 12.-Little Rock is walking.
 For the first time in many years, if not the first time, the street railway system was tied up all day, and unable to run.
 It was not the fault of the street railway company, not of its employees, for they did their best.
 It was all on account of the heaviest snow storm that had occurred here for 23 years.
 Thursday night and Friday there was snowfall of seven inches, as officially recorded, accompanied by a wind which famed it into severe blizzard
 This was the heaviest on record, since Jan. 17-18, 1895, when there was a fall of 13 inches. The normal snow fall for a whole season is only 5.7 inches.
 The snow was preceded by sleet, which froze on the street car tracks. The cars tried to run all night to keep the tracks open, but had to give it up soon after midnight.
 And Friday morning people who had business down town had to "hoof it" through the blinding snow-storm, or take a chance in their automobiles.
 It was hard pulling for the autos even with chains on the wheels, and many of them were stalled in attempt ing to blow through unbroken drifts
 The street car company tried tc open it's tracks. but there was a coat ing of ice on the rails, and snow blows and road scrapers made no impress sion on it.
 1 The sun came out in the afternoon but that made no impression on the snow, either, for it seemed a very colo and distant old sun that was not or duty very efficiently.
 It did not melt, but it blew, and the air was filled with cutting particles of ice.
 The High School and several of the ward schools suspended as the chil- dren could not get to school.
 Many business men did not come down town, and business generally was demoralized.
 To add to the delight of the day, the gas pressure, which is always low dur ing cold weather, had about the heat ing qualities of tallow candle, anc there is very little wood or coal ir the city.
 But with all the discomforts, the people were good-natured and made the best of the situation-they were assured that there would be some thing entirely different to kick about on the Fourth of July.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
MISSOURI WHEAT AVERAGE
 FIFTEEN BUSHELS TO ACRE

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 12.-The wheat crop of Missouri in 1917 shows the yield to have averaged fifteen and a half bushels an acre on the states wheat acreage of 1,748,8S3 acres. If the wheat were divided equally among the men, women and children of Mis- souri, there would be TIC for each person, according to estimates here.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
TAXABLE WEALTH OF
 MISSOURI SEVEN BILLION

Jefferson City, Jan. 12.-Seventeen counties reporting the new assess ment have a total taxable wealth of $5O5, 5,665,000 as compared with $1,- 527,300 valuation for tax purposes in 1916. At this rate of increase, the total taxable wealth returned by Mis- souri for last year should be nearly seven billion dollars.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
ELDERS SON CHOSEN AS
 INTERPRETER WITH PERSHING

Kirksville, Mo-, Jan. 12.-Arthur Fay, son of Dr. F. c. Fay, presiding elder of the Methodist church of Kirks vile, has been chosen as an interpre- ter with Pershing's forces in France. He will be attached to Pershing' s headquarters as an interpreter in French.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12
GROUP AT MIDNIGHT; WELL IN
 MORNING

"A few nights ago one of my pat rons had a small child taken with croup about midnight" writes M. T. Davis, Bearsville, W. Va. "They came to my store and got bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. Before morning the child was entirely recovered, The fathers name is c. c. Craven Isn't it unwise to experiment with unknown cough medicines when you can get the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar? Best for coughs, colds, croup and lagrippe.
 Hesterly Drug Store. 5
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

A scientific society in Germany of fers a gold medal each year for the best device or process for safeguard ing life and limb or promoting health in the electrical industry.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

This country is suffering from shortage of foods and a plethora of fools all at the same time-Florida Times Union.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

Let us sell you a scholarship in one of the best business colleges in the world. You need a business course and we will save you money.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

Women will fill vacancies in the ranks of street car conductors in St.. Louis as fast as they occur after Jan uary 1.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

Nearly every silk producing center in China maintains a seri-cultural school or an agricultural school with a department of seri-culture.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

Get the news first in Ire Prescott Daily News.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-12

Go to church tomorrow. ! f,'~Ta =
 Go to church tomorrow.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
FORNIsGsT THE GOVERNMENT

It is really funny when you to think it of it, the way some of the eastern newspapers and espe- ciay the trade journals pick flaws in the various projects of the government. few weeks ago Sec retary Lane forecasted the return of millions of sol diers and civilian workers civil life after the war, and the necessity of providing them some means of earning a livelihood In laying his proposition be- fore the president he suggested that millions of might be induced to take up farming and that the millions of swamp lands and irigabe lands of the country could be turned over to them with govern ment aid in the matter of reclamation. To this of the newspapers demurs the ground that the United States was essentially manufacturing try and that the trend of population will always be cityward; that while the percentage of population rural in 1880, it is urban and would continue to be so. This is really baseless theory, because
 greater and greater population will have to be em- ployed in the rural countries to bring forth the materials for the uses of the manufacturers And at the same time the tendency to handle products close to the point of production is growing day by day. And it will be but few years until manufactured products will be hauled on the railroads just as cheaply aa the raw material, especially when the same cars and trains are used to haul it. Insurance ot materials in transit surely ought to be con g.lered, the liability, believe, is the main fea- ture in rate making.
 Under the new order of things the building of great concrete highways, interior railways short line rail connections and the further utilization of trucks we believe that the era, looked forward to by MT. Lane wiH convince the fellow who looks forward to greater manufacturing activity in the tciies that America has had real awakening to it's possibilities for the making of wonderfully content ed people. The interior upbuilding of the country will be brought about by the utilization of its great rivers for power and water, the bringing under cul- tvation of it's millions of of wonderfully fer tile lands in the southwest and south where several crops may be grown each year, and the manufactur- ing Of its metals into saeabe products at the mines as well the utilization of all it's agricultural prod ucts
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
PAYS EMPLoYEs BOUNTY

The Copper Queen, the corporation that the alfalfa gentlemen have been taking fling at during the past several years, has initiated bounty system at the mines that is intended to keep good workmen from wandering away from that institution Men who have continuously worked for the company for pc riod of six months receive $50 and those who have worked year get S1OO. Those working a longer period, and there men who have been in the pany's employment fully 20 years, will receive greater bonus. And at the same time this company is paying the best wage of any employer in the coun- try. No one hears of the employees of the Phelps Dodge company decryng it. It is only those who are unable to get into their service that has avail coming against this big copper corporation.
 Have you heard of any of these alfalfa fellows of fering bonus to their workers, or have you heard of alfalfa fellow offering real wage of any kind to their employees. We realize that the farmer is a necessary adjunct to the welfare of the world, but also realize that had it not been for the metal miners of this state there would be farmers within it's confines. And when we find corporation that is willing to make the life of the wage earner little comfortable feel that it should be given the credit that is due it. Without the copper miners of Arizona there never would have been state there would never have been reason for its existence. Tn miners made the state not the other fellows who have been trying to put them out of business.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
ONE PECULIAR ELECTION LAW

In its haste to frame law relating to the voting of soldiers at the encampents the legislature passed law that is practically impossible of observance. In the first place requires the county recorder to sup ply the names of all enlisted men to the clerk of the board of supervisors 50 days prior to the primary election And it also requires every one knowing the location of soldier voter to report same to proper officer and any making false affidavit to such information may be convicted of felony and suffer incarceration in the pen from one to three years lit also requires the clerk of the board of supervisors to prepare and send out to soldier voters the printed ballot, which ballots are to be in the mails not less than 40 days prior to the primary the general cleo ton And yet the act refers to the old primary and election laws, which sets out that nomination peti tons shall be filed with the board not than 60 days and not less than 20 days prior to the primary and the ballot at the general election shall be sent out about ten days prior to the election.
 An opinion of the attorney general has been asked for and his opinion indicates that the law cannot qure impossibilties and that, therefore, all candi- dates should file their nominating petitions than 60 nor less than 50 days prior to the primaries This would compel the filing of petitions not earlier than the 10th day of July and not later than the 2Oh day of July. Of course it will be understood that all candidates may circulate their petitions at any time, the filing being the essential thing under the law On the other hand we take it, that if candidate fails to have his petition filed before the 50 days have expired he may file up the 20 days, set out in the old law although he will lose the vote of the sol ders in the primary. All ballots are sent out sngly to the sOdiers and others in the employment of the nation, but the other ballots will have to be sent out in the usual way, in pads of 100.
 The law while in way complete in itself, is pc cuIar one The author tried to reinforce the law by an amendment to the general primary election law, which would have prevented the mixup and do away with the necessity of guessing what the bill really meant, but the bill was killed in the senate
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
THOSE HEARST ADVERTISEMENTS

Many of the newspapers of the state are carrying the advertisements of the Hearst campaign against Roosevelt which is supposed to be the supremd eff fort to offset the charges of proGermanism lodged against the Hearst papers Just how the newspa- pers getting by with the paid matter, which is run news, we cannot conceive, but it is possible that few of them will lose their second class rating in the mails if the subject is put up to the postal partment by the councils of defense. Hearst may canouflage some things but he cannot play the cha meeon with the American people, .noh can his paid newspaper organs in Arizona and elsewhere put over any such stuff as he is now sending out. The peo- pie have read his papers and have been surfeited with the pro-German dope that he has been giving them. The American people have not forgotten the poetic couplet" on the morning of McKinleys as sassinatOn nor have they forgotten the many other disloyal spasms of Willie Hearst and especially the many attacks on the administration of Woodrow Will son. No attack that Hearst may make on Roosevelt will blind the people to his disloyal utterances against the United States and its allies.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
WHAT INDIVIDUAL
 SAVING DOES
WHAT INDIVIDUAL SAVING DOES

WHAT INDIVIDUAL SAVING DOES
 The Railway Conductor, the official organ of the Order of Railway Con- ductOrs. says:
 Individual saving will curtail the production of nonessentials and thus help the production of war neces- sities. We cannot win the war unless we manufacture munitions and sup plies in tremendous quantities. As enc writer has put it, when we are threatened with flood and must build dam to save ourselves we must drop other occupations for the time be- ing and build the dam.
 'The wrold is threatened with Ger man atrocities. Therefore we must drop many of our usual avocations and work on the dam of guns, muni- tions, and military supplies of all kinds. We must save as individuals and loan our money to the govern ment. We must also sell our labor to the government for the production of ships and other war necessities.
 ''The money we save as individuals will not only help to furnish the gov ernment with money, bug it will also help to furnish it with labor. It there fore becomes the patriotic duty of ev- cry wage earner, as we'll as every other person, to save as individuals and thus strengthen the hand of the government and support those who are offering their lives that we may continue to be free"
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
FRANK N. VAN MARTER
 ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY

Frank N. Van Marter, clerk of the board of supervisors, this week an- nounces his candidacy for the office of county recorder. Mir. Van Marter has been a resident of the county for practically IA years, being absent but short time, during which he was ticket agent at Phoenix for the Santa Fe Railroad company, and was also in the service of the Wells-Fargo ex- press. He has had years of experience in office work and if elected to the office to which he aspires he will give the people of the county efficient ser vice. During all his encumbeney of his present position he has been oblig- ing, accommodating and honest. He has host of friends who will boost for him until election day.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
MANY METALS
 ARE IN DEMAND

There has been great demand for various metals that are supposed to be alloyed with steel in the manufac- ture of the high class product, but the greater number of these inquiries come from people who know nothing of the use or value of the metals. As an instance of this we cite the fact that the government has placed a price of from 86 cents to $1.3O per unit (2O lbs.) on ores west of Chicago, with 15 cents per unit added for east of Chicago delivery. No ore under 35 per cent will be received. Above 35 per cent and under 50 per cent the price is 86 cents per unit. Over 50 per cent it is S1.3O. Some people figure that manganese is worth better than S100 per ton, but that is not true, no matter how high grade it may be. Forty per cent ore will bring about S35, out of which the miner must pay for the mining, hauling to railroad and shipping to smelting point. This will not leave a big surplus for the hand ling.
 The market price of the other ores, metals and chemical products is as follows:
 METALS BAR SILVER-991z. MEXICAN DOLLARS-77 LEAD-7.9O. SPELTER-Easy; spot, East St.
 Louis delivery, 8.4O@S.6O. COPPER -Electrolytic, 23.5O. TIN-Spot-95.00@19O.OO. ANTIMONY-13.25@16.OO cwt. QUICKSILVER-Per flask, 116OO. PLATINUM-Per oz. 1O8.OO@118.O0 NICKEL-Per ID. 38@4O. BISMUTH-Metallic, per ID. 3.15@ 3.25.
 CADMIUM-Per ID. 1.30@1.50. CERIUM-Per Ih. 8.OO@9.OO. COBALT-Per ID. 2OO@25O. MAGNESIUM-99 per cent.i per lb. 2OO@2.5O. SELENIUM-Per lb. 3.O0@5.OO. ALUMINUM-No. 1 virgin, 98 to go per cent pure, 60c per ID.
 ORES ANTIMONY-5O per cent metal, 1.10 per unit. CHROME-48 per cent and over, f. o. b. cars, per unit, 1.25@1.50. MAGNESITE-Crude, per ton, 1000 500.
 MANGANESE per cent (under 35 per cent metal not desired) S6 to 1.3O per unit.
 TUNGSTEN-6O per cent WO3, per unit 23.00@24O0. MOLYBDENITE-1.5O per ID. FERROMANGANESE-1.75 per ton. FERROSILICON-5O per cent, per ton, 10000. FERROTITANIUM-lb. .0S@1212.
Mohave County miner., 1918-06-29
PANGUINGI UNDER BAN

Attorney General Wiley E. Jones has made a ruling under the anti gambling laws of the state, in which he classes panguingi as a gambling game, and those who engage in it will be in bad, just as though they had taken hand at blackjack. Panguin- gi has an allurement to men who don't gamble" and they usually lose as much as four bits during a nights play.