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State of Arizona,
 SS. County of Greenlee.) CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION
 RESULT

It is hereby certified by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Greenlee, and State of Arizona, that on the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1919, there was held in the County of Greenlee, State of Arizona, special election of the property taxpayers, who were also in all respects qualified electors of said county.
 That the object of such election was to vote on the following propositions, to-wit:
 Shall the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County, Arizona, be author ized to create an indebtedness on be- half of the county and upon the credit thereof by issuing the bonds of the county in the aggregate amount of two hundre dthousand ($2000, 100000 dol lars, for the purpose of acquiring funds for the reconstruction of the present highways of said county and constructing a highway between the
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Clifton, Arizona, April z, 1919. 7 State of Arizona, u, =st , County of Greenlee.)
 The Board of Supervisors of Green lee County, State of Arizona, met in special session at the office of the Board of Supervisors in Clifton, rAri- zona, at the hour of 1 o'clock D.. m., on Monday the 7th day of April, A. D.. 1919. being the first Monday succeed ing the 12th day after the special cleo tion held in said county on the 22nd day of March, A. D: 1919, at, which special election there was submitted to the qualified electors of said coun- ty the question of issuing the. road bonds of said county in the aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars; said special meeting being for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast at said election. el'T'V
 At this meeting there were present, Pickens Anderson, chairman; W. H. Moon and Duncan McNeil, members, and A. L. Terry, clerk.,o. :Tt -
 Thereupon the Board proceeded to canvass the vote cast at the special election held in the said county on the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1919, for the purpose of voting on the ques- tion authorizing the issuance of road bonds of said county in the aggregate amount of $2oo,000,0o0, which vote was as follows: ,o. z.f ..s,...ps =. D,
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For the Against

It appearing that a ma jority of the property taxpayers who were also in all respects qualified electors of the County of Greenlee, State of Arizona, had voted in favor of the creation of the said, indebtedness and the issu- ance of said bonds, upon motion by Duncan McNeil, seconded by W. H. Moon, the Board by unanimous vote, passed and adopted the following res olution:
 RESOLUTION
 WHEREAS, at special election of the property taxpayers, who were also in all respects qualified electors of the County of Greenlee, State of Ari- zona, called and held on Saturday the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1919, in ac- cordance with law and pursuant to due notice, such qualified electors of said county, by a vote of 376 ballots for the bonds ana 56 against the bonds, did carry in the affirmative by majority of 320 ballots the question of authorizing the issuance of road bonds of said county in the aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars:
 | NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RE. SOLVED, That said question of issu- ling bonds in the amount of Two Hun dred Thousand Dollars, for the pur. pose of acquiring funds for the re construction of the present highways of said county and constructing high way between the Towns of Morenci and Metcalf and constructing a high way through what is known as Wards Canyon in Greenlee County, Arizona has been submitted to vote of the property taxpayers who were also ir all respects qualified electors of said county, and that majority of all the votes cast were for issuing the, bonds | THEREFORE it is hereby declared that said election resulted in favor o issuing said bonds.
 | BE IR FURTHER RESOLVED That there be immediately filed ant recorded in the office of the Count! Recorder of Greenlee County, Arizona the following certificate, to-wit:
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Allowance for Buick car $550.00 or.
 for Dodge car $400.00. Clifton Motor & Metal Works:
 For Studebaker No. 19,
 seven passenger automo-
 Dllo .S6,6oo.Vo Allowance for Buick car $400.00 CT
 for Dodge car $250.00.
 At II a. m. the Board adjourns until March 2S, 1919.
 Clifton, Arizona, March 2S. 1919- The Board of Supervisors met this day in continued regular session with all members and the clerk present. r Meeting called to order at 10 a. m. Upon. motion by Pickens Anderson, seconded by w. H. Moon and carried unanimously, the bid of the Arizona Motor Go. for five passenger, Dodge touring car for $1 1,245.00 less $2S5.OO allowance made in bid for old Dodge car, a net price of $960.00 and the bid of Babbitt Brothers for seven passen- ger Cadillac touring car for $3.647.50 less $550.0o allowance made in bid for old Buick car, net price of $3,097.5O is hereby accepted. faF At II a. m. the Board adjourns. Attest. o} -s' ''.-
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COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA. The Board of Supervisors met this day in continued regular session with all members and the clerk present. Meeting called to order by Chair man Anderson at 10 a. m.
 Bids for automobiles are opened and are as follows: Kelly, Lines & Co.,:
 For Hudson Super-six seven
 passenger automobile -$2, ,490.0O Allowance for Buick car $400.00 CT
 for Dodge car ,$350.00. Arizona Motor Co.,:
 For Dodge five passenger
 automobile $1.245.00 Allowance for Dodge car $2S5.00. Willard Pace: M ai itt,' For Cadillac seven passen-
 ger automobile .$3, ,647.50 Cansler & Webster:
 For Buick, Model H-six-45.
 five passenger automo-
 bile $l,f6I.OO For Buick, Model H-six-49, o seven passenger automo- For yelie, Model 38, five passenger automobile .$1 ,600.00 Babbitt Brothers:
 For Cadillac seven passen-
 ger automobile ..,. ..... $3,647.50
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that majority of the votes cast con tained the words FOR THE BONDS" and were in favor of issuing said bonds, the said Board caused an entry 9f ,;f sa this; # fact te be made upon the mipr WHEREAS, the said Board of Su-i pervisors has filed and recorded i'm the office of the County Recorder o& Greenlee County, State of Arizona, 8. certificate showing the object of said, election. the total number, of votes cast at said election, the total number of votes cast in favor of the creation, of such indebtedness and the number of votes cast against the creation Of such indebtedness and further. state ment that the creation of such indebt- ,edness is authorized; and, ', NshAka
 WHEREAS, the amount of said bonds. in the aggregate will not exceed the limitation prescribed by the con- stitution or laws of the State of Ari- zona, as ascertained by the last assess ment roll for State and County taxes;
 NOW, THEREFORE,, IT. IS OR DER,, That for, the purpose of ac- |quiring funds for the reconstruction of the present highways of said coun.
 ty and constructing 8 highyay be- tween the Towns of Morenci and Met calf and constructing a highway through what is known as Wards Canyon in Greenlee County. Arizona, that the negotiable coupon bonds of .Greeplee. County, State of Arizona, be issued in the aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) Dollars. Said bonds. shall consist of Two Hundred (200) bonds for the sum of One Thousand ($1 ,e0oJ Dollars each, shall be dated June, 1. | 1919, shall be redeemable at the pleas ure of the county any time after ten lyears and absolutely due and payable
 twenty years from the date, thereof:
 and the said bonds shall bear interest
 at six per centum (68e) per annum,. payable semi-annually, on the first day of of December in each year, both,
 principal and interest payable at the office of the County Treasurer Of
 Greenlee County, in Clifton, Arizona,
 or at the Hanover National Bank in
 the City of New York, U. S. A., in gold coin, lawful money of the United
 States of America, of the present
 standard of weight and fineness; said
 bonds shall be signed and attested by the Chairman and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors with the corporate seal
 of the Eoard affixed thereto.
 The coupons for the interest attach
 e1 to each of said bonds shall bel. d facsimile of the signature of the Chairman and ClerK of the Board Of
 Supervisors. And it is further ordered
 that the bonds and coupons shall be
 substantially the following form, to-wit:
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | STATE OF ARIZONA
 GREENLEE COUNTY
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8 A. IL. TERRY, Clerk.

Clifton, Arizona. April z, 1919. Office of the Board of Supervisors. Clifton, Arizona, State of Arizona. The Board of Supervisors met this
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Clifton, Arizona, March 27, 1919. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPER WSORS, CLIFTON, GREENLEE COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA.
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$1,000
ROAD BOND

ROAD BOND
 The County of Greenlee in the State of Arizona for value received, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOL LARS in gold coin of the United States of America of or equal to the present standard of weight and fine ness on the first day of June, A. D. 1889, redeemable at the pleasure of said county at any time after ten years, and absolutely due and payable twenty years from date hereof, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of six per centum per an- mum payable in like medium semi-an- nually upon the first day of June and the first day of December in each year as evidenced by interest coupons hereto attached, both principal and in terest payable at the, office of the County Treasurer of Greenlee County, in Clifton, Arizona, or at the Hanover National Bank in the City of New York, II, S. A, at the option of the holder upon presentation of this bond or said coupons respectively.
 This bond is issued by the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County, Ari- zona, for the purpose of acquiring for the reconstruction of the present high ways of said county and constructing a highway between the Towns of Mo- renci and Metcalf and Constructing a highway through what is known as Wards Canyon in said county by vir- tue of and in full conformity with the Constitution of the State of Arizona and Chapter II of Title LII of the Re vised Statutes of Arizona, 1913, Civil Code, and all amendments, and all other laws of the State of Arizona thereunto enabling; and it is hereby certified and recited that all acts, con- ditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuing of this bond have been done, happened and been performed in regular ad due form as required by law; that the money shall be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in said , Greenlee County for the redemption ! (Continued on Page Seven.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15

Seattle must pay top prices for but
ter and eggs because a British pur'
chasing agent has been on Western
ave. for several days buying heavily
for export TINS IL tho reason given
by commission men for the boost In
the price OF eggs and butter and the
advance In the condensed milk mar.
krt Unlimited exporting 10 causing
the high prices. the commission mer-
chants assert Tho Continued ship
ping Of large stocks OF eggs 10 Alas
ka also ss said 60 he responsible for
price increases.
Novelties on the street Thursday
WERE loaua,r and Kwe~, potatoes. ar.
riving By steamer from Southcrn
California. The small fruit arrived
in pretty fair delivery and was H..
ING sold readily At s. per iux. The
sweet POTATOES were tho forrrunncru
o. future shipments from the south
ern state.
Nest prices were unchanged.
There were Htiil plenty % straw
berries on tho market and u was DIR.
ficult to set more than ta.Ts per
boz Apples were firm. The Npud
market H. steady bu, IL moving very
slowly.
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nY MILTON BRONNER

WASHINGTON. May is.--If Amer.
lean ships can - obtained for the
purposr. and II suitable cargo ar
rangemnts can b. made. and " sew
erai ether important thlnRs-~hy.
then America may have a fighting
chance 20 take from Great Britain
her great coal business In South
America.
Before the war practically all the
coal that came 90 South America was
shipped FROM England and carried In
Enxiish vcssei1 During the war
England had all she could do 60 sup
ply her own needs and 60 ration
France and Italy with coal. South
America therefore. had Ia look 10 us
our coal exports 10 South America
have incronsrd about $50 per cent
since 1914 Right now South Amer
len Is simply oryfng for our coal. and
can't get all n wants. because the
ships are not available.
when something like normal Don.
ditiona arr restored. there viii t~ a
fight between this country and
England for tho South American
business. In the past England had
all the edge" on uA. Sbe had the
shipz. And thoaa ships which carried
British manufactured articles 90
South America never had 10 travel
with ballast Instead. they carried
coal And they didn't have 10 return
with hailasf- They carried bulky
freight. like grain. hay and meat
things England arnply had 20 have
tn order TO live. Hut the British
~crc even moro firmly cntrcnched
than that Their coal trading com
panies have Erca, docks and ~harscs
In tho hsg South American ports
The British had tremendous invest
menis In South American railroads.
public utilities and factories These
concerns were. Of course. the prin-
cipal consumers OF coal. and natural
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15
STATE CAVALRY
VETERANS HERE
100 Troop C Men in Seattle
for Morning

One hundred Washington vetsr
ans. members Of Troop c. OF wenat-
chez. arrived in Seattle at $40
O'Clock Thursday morning. 10 remain
until o'clock In the afternoon. then
proceeded 10 Camp Lewis for dis
charge.
Announcement that the men
would 20 directly 10 the American
lake csntonrnent caused the soldiers
and sailors welcome COMMITTEES TO
plan no reception. other than a vel
come home at the station.
Members Of tn. Red Cross were at
the station. however. with their BIAS
kets of fruit. candles and cigaress.
and a handful Of people who expect.
ed friends with the detachment
greeted the boys.
Troop c left Wcnstchee August :.
1917. and saw much active service in
France with the First army corps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15


America In tho richest nation OF
bulk Of the population IL hericd In.
cattle In pens. and those whose bust.
ness u should he to amcllorAte
these conditions do not view them
with sympathy or understanding. In
New York there are 100000 R,ruc.
lures officially classified as t-nc.
ments and In which more than
1000. 900 of the 5000 900 inhabitants
dwell Many Of these buildings are
unspeaksbly foul Many Of the
jewellers ar- naturally careless and
slovenly. but little or no effort IL
made to lift them from their sauaior
II Ia the same In factory towns and
mining towns. To n decided degree.
owners Of the dwellings and the mu.
nlcipai authorities are responsible.
One striking Illustration OF this
fact Is Furnished in Philadelphia.
which prsdes Itself In being the
Workshop OF America"
Recently som. of the good women
Of the city made examination of the
tenement districts. what thcy saw
appalled, them They found streets
ami alleys into which the rtr~~,
cleaners had not gone for weeks.
They found plumbing that had been
out Of repair for months They
found buiidingp IN such a state of
dlsrepsir ~ 10 be . menace 20 life.
They found hundreds upon hundreds
Of Cases of foulness and neglect. In.
vtta,ions TO pcrtiiencc. violations OF
iaw and decency and health. They
found. too. that aitho over and over
again the city authorities did moth
Ing 10 correct them. and they found.
In addition. that many cf the wcvy,
structures were owned ny persons Of
wealth who not only w.r. deaf 70
protest. but took advantage Of the
present congestion 20 force the help.
less people 10 pay higher rents.
The ladies' determined TO arouse
the city to the shame Of this affair.
They organized Themselves into what
IL known as the Church Womcn's
Housing Committee. when they
failed 10 grt the owners Of the vile
dwellings to give heed 20 thar ap.
peais they decided TO lay the facts
before the city authorities. With the
pastors of 30 churches. they asked
permission Of Director Of Public
Safety Wilson 10 march from n
church to the city hall 10 present =
statement and petition IN the mayor.
Mr.. Wilson refused to Err Mt the per
init. Thereupon they assembled In
81. Mary's church. and after the
Rev. George l.. Richardson had Of
fered a prayer they went In groups
Of twos and thrres from the church
to city han. accompanied by the 90
clergymen.
They gave hundreds Of instances
OF violations Of the health laws. told
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u. S. Has Good Chance to
Get S.American Coal Trade


ly the managers looked 10 the home
country for back diamonds
Changes In Our Favor
But the war has wrought some
changes In our favor. We. too. have
built ships. Also many OF the British
Investments In South American utiii-
ties ~err sold in order 60 raise money
TO prosecute the war. and Americans
bought those stocks American banks
have begun 20 establish branches IN
South America.
In addition 10 al this. the British
labor cost In the mines has risen TO
such an extent that coal production
there n no longer a. cheap as II was
formerly. And our miners per man.
British. There L. a market In South
America for about s.0on0o0 tons OF
coal. Argentine uses about 4.ooc. 900
tons. Uruguay 500. 900. and Brazil
2 500. 900. while the west coast ac-
counts for .0oo. 900 more.
American vessels. once established
in the South American TRADE. could
fttt~ttNN tttA8 1ktet tt-aktN ~ 49,
81 ballast all the yeA round. thanks
60 the way the ssasonK run. In Amer
len IN winter there IL a falling off In
the demand for cement for building
and construction purposes But our
winter ~ South American summer.
prrcisely the time when that cont
nent needs crment- In America In
hummer there Is = falling off In de-
nand for coaI. But our summer is
South American winter. precisely the
time when that continent needs coal.
SO cur ships could haul cement in
our winter and coal in our summer.
The main trouble would bo 20 ind
a bulky freight for the return trip.
We don't need Argentine grain We
could probably Use some South
American meat But the best bets
would h. coffee. fine grades Of lumber
and hides and taliow.
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Fewer Strikes if Housing
Conditions Were Better

Of ramshackic houses that were a
blight upon the city and should not
be tcnanted by human beings. OF In.
sanitary cas~s without number. or
rows Of houses with surrounding
and Of the utter disregard OF the
owners 20 pleas or threats or legal
notices
''fs u tho wish of the COMMITTEES
that publish the names Of all land
lords violating the law asked Dr.
kruscn-
"Ycs." shouted the women.
You know what happened In Lon.
don during a similar Investigation
said DR.. Kruxcn. when the lis,
was printed Il was found tho king
and prince 81 wales owned some OF
the houses
Let us expose some Of the kings
and princes In this country cried
the church women.
Tho health commissioner said he
would Investigate the cases broaxh,
10 his attention Of failure 20 make
vital rsrsirr 20 buildings and Of
mysterious extensions granted 20
landlords. and then he saw he wss
sorry he rouid not do more. a. his
department was without funds.
There the matter rests and n
likely to rest
The bulk Of nearly all cfti~~' tene.
ment population u foreign horn.
These people see In their sauAisd
SURROUNDINGS herr little better than
they had abroad. THY find few
persons with appreciation or under
standing Of their troubles. They are
unable to rcctIfy what 10 wrong. so
they charge II all against tho rich
and the powerful Their employees
II 10 them the representative Of this
body that crpr~~~es them and when
food prices rise and rents rise and
everything else advances and their
wives drill into their ears night after
night. how much this costs and that
costs. their only recourse AZ they
see 4, IL 10 make the boss pay more
20 them
America has the finaa mansions
and the worst novels OF any pros
porous country ~ the world. Ths
genius Of the architect and the skii
Of the builder are utilized In crcat
ing the wonderful structures we
have In towering piles ~ temples OF
business. Their. Is nothing on earth
to compare with them. But the ten
cments Of the cities. the Hhacks OF
mill towns. they are Disgrace q
civilization. What they cost In re
duccd production thru the dlasatis
faction OF labor expressed in indlf
ferent work or In strike or agitation
for strike or thru I'll health and
death OF children. never can be
measured.
Strikes rarely root In cleaniy
places. Bolshevisrl. never.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15
FAIL TO attend
FARE HEARING
Commission Employees Pre-
sent Figures Thursday

Taxpayers and residents Of RAJ
nler valley may be interested In the
effort OF the Seattle a. Rainier Val.
ley Railway 90. 10 obtain n tix'cent
fare from the public service com.
mission or they may not be.
Anyway. no resident OF the val
ley was present Thursday morning
when the commission resumed TAX
Ing evidence for and against an In.
crease In street car fares from five
TO Xix cents The Thurtday session
~ the commission was consumed
by taking the evidence OF ID. J.
McCIrrach. chief engineer for the
commission. c A. gladden., artist
ant engineer. and T.. ID. RIDLEY. the
commlsslon's accountant.
grom the evidence sdduccd Thurs.
day u IL probable that the comfnis'
sion viii net attempt rate MAKING
until the valuation OF the stree:
RAILWAY company's property - fixed.
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Chained to Bicycles,
Pair to Cross u. s.

LOS ANGELES. May l5.--Chained
to two bicycles with sealed hand
cuffs that are no, TO be opened even
for eating or sleeping. c. J. Devine
and Tony Pizzo. two discharged ma
val petty Officers. are planning TO
start on a coast-to-coast expedition
in a few days. They expect TO reach
New York In time TO eat their
Thanksgiving dinner. The young
men intend bearing a letter from
Governor stephens TO the White
House. They say they will demon
strate endurance in boosting navy
eniistinents. and viii re-eniist upon
their arrival In the East Both sail.
ors have seen overseas service.
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PORTLAND Ore. May ls.--Cattie-
Receipts. iee head. market steady. Beet
steers. si99ls.so: good TO choice steers,
sii9it.bo. medium 90 good stecrs. $40
rie; fair 90 good et~srs. ss1s; common
TO fair steers. s7.50ds; choice cows and
heifers. fioGii. good to choice cows and
heiferr. ssweTs. medium 20 good cows
and hcifers. ssgT. fair to medium COWS
aud hetfers. Is o $40: Gamers. $500.
bulls. t5.soak: calves, Ss0ls.5o; stockers
and feeders. Ss9s5e.
Hogs---Receipts. SOL head; market
steady. Prime mixed. $40 20 eo.s5: me-
dium mixed. $3.50 o 30; rough heavies,
tismIs.ss. pigs. sis.ko@is.1s; bulk.
t2o.sh6 90 so.
shecp-Rcecipts. none: market steady.
Prime lambs. sftels; fair TO medium
lambs. ei2als.so; yearlings. Sii ola:
wethers. spmi1; ewes. ssmio.so 1905.
Butter--City creamery. 6s95sc.
Eggs--solected local extras. ss0tbc.
Hens---as % asc; broiiers. Is q toc.
Gcese---l7 u2oc.
checre--caiifornia trtplcts, s7@sso.
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Public Markets


stall ~. lbs. fine cane sugar. Tsc.
Stall 10. pure. fresh pasteurxs milk. 1ec
1t. &c pit Stall 1914. red snapper. Toe
~. haiibuf. SOC NJ. fsering 80 hwrinG.
. for Csc: Hing cod. ma SIC. salmon
srosrf. soo each. Stall 90, tail can carna-
tion milk. lie. Stall So. fr~~h peanut
busser. lie NJ: s5e bottle finders cassnp
&c. stall 81. extra sharp cream cheese.
Gee n. new California butter. Use n.
Stall IS. swifts bacon. soc n. home
made ham loaf. toc N. stall 1898.
cakes Pain Olive soap. -sc- stall al.
creamery butter. bse NJ. full cream
cheese. sse n. sisii ~. strs~terr1e~. soc
boz