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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
BLACKLEG PREVALENT
 IN CATTLE HERD

DOUGLAS, Oct 17.-Important in- formation was contained in letter submitted for publication yesterday by Dr. James Garfield, of AIS Ninth street, in which he said that three case of -blackleg, fatal disease of cattle had made their appearance in the herd of Julius Wellgehauser, ten miles northwest of Douglas.
 The letter containing this informa- tion and advising vaccination follows:
 Douglas, Oct. 16, 1919.
 Gentlemen and dairymen in the vi- cinity of Douglass:
 q have the honor to invite your at tention to the recent outbreak of blackleg, ten miles northwest of this city, in the herd of MT. Julius Wellge- hauser. His loss from the disease IS now three within the last fifteen days, ages g and IS months, and two years. So don't wait till the spores of black leg bacillus gain entrance to your herd Vaccinate now all the cattle in your herd up to two and one-haif years old. A preventative measure of better than 10000 pounds of cure, as the disease is always fatal. The blackleg filtrate agressin germ free serums is the safest, and best to con- trol the disease. You know not the hour that danger will come. "Yours sincerely,
 "DR. JAS. GARFIELD, ] w. M D., V. s"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
SILVER SHORTAGE AT
 PARIS CAUSES UNIQUE
 PLAN FOR RESTAURANTS

So short of silver is Paris that res taurateurs have ordered all patrons to bring the necessary small change with them so that the cashiers at these places will not be stressed in the making of change. Silver has ai- most disappeared from trade in that great city and effort is being made to have the government coin some 1. form of money to take the place of the silver coins. France now has about the smallest small coins of any country outside of China or Japan, but silver has always passed current as the staple coins of the realm. With these coins unobtainable the shopkeepers are in distress.
 For more than 100 years France has been the one country of Europe that has taken an active part in the standardizing of silver coin, it's treas ury paying out silver or gold on its own initiative, without regard to the request of the payee. In this way the people have come to accept silver as one of it's basic money metals.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25

Jimmie James was over from Oat- man Sunday to spend the day.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ed. Williams motored to Kingman Tuesday from Hack berry.
 Agnes Kelley spent the week end at Blackberry with MT. and Mrs. J.. P. Rice.
 MT. and Mrs. Earnest Graham ot Blackberry were in Kingman a few days this week.
 Mrs. Wm. Neagle and Mrs. Floyd Donavan of Blackberry motored to Kingman this week.
 Mrs. Allen Ware accompanied by her son, Edwin, is expected to arrive home from the east Sunday.
 w. K. Ridenour is back from the coast and again busy with his Mo have County mining interests.
 J. A. Christie, superintendent of the Arizona division of the Santa Fe, was a Kingman visitor yesterday.
 Mrs. J. c. Herndon, of Prescott, is spending a few days in Kingman visit ing with her son, Senator C.'W Hern- don.
 Mrs. D. w. Staten, after pleasant visit with MT. and Mrs. Lear Staten. returned this week to her home on the coast.
 MT. and Mrs. R. N. Richardson of the Blackberry Mine are in Kingman this week MT. Richardson was serv- ing as juror.
 M. F. Ryan and Blaine Teraoutll motored to Kingman Tuesday with Mrs. J. P. Rice and Little Agnes Powell of Blackberry.
 Mrs, Polly Clack returned to hel home in Kingman Sunday after spend. ing a visit with her daughter Mrs. ' w. Mcclellan of Miami.
 Mrs. E. F. Cagle left for Goffs the early part of this week where she
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
RAY CON. WINS ITS FOURTH
 DAMAGE SUIT IN US. COURT

PHOENIX, Oct. 16-When the jury in Judge Neterer's court yesterday re- turned a verdict for the defendant, the Ray Consolidated Copper Com pany won the fourth of the four dam age suits aggregating $47,O0O brought against it and tried in the federal court in the past few days. Only one of the suits did not come to trial, and that was dismissed on motion of the plaintiffs attorney.
 The $7,5OO personal injury suit brought by Joe Skokan was the last suit on trial, and after deliberating two hours the jury again found for the copper company, which claimed that the fall by which Skokan was in jured did not occur because of the condition of his employment, but through his own fault.
 While the jury was returning it's verdict an action was being filed against the company in the office of the United States district court. The suit was previously filed in the super for court, and petition for its re- moval having been granted, it was yesterday filed in the federal court.
 The plaintiff, Isaac Cvijanovich, was employed as a timberman at the Ray Consolidated Copper Company's prop erty when he alleges caye-in oc- cured, rocks and timbers striking his lower back and knocking him to the ground. He claims to have been per manently disabled and asks for $15,, 900 damages.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
WALLAPAI OIL COMPANY
 LEASES 4OOO ACRES LAND

At a meeting of the directors of the Wallapai Oil Company held n Kingman last Monday night, plans were completed for the leasing of 4000 acres of the company's holdings in southeastern New Mexico.
 The company leasing the ground will make five monthly payments and Is royalty. Their contract calls for the sinking of we'll and it is ex- pected that drilling will be under way within 60 days.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
A GENERAL HELD UP BY MULE

A general in the A. E. F. found his ration train held up by slow moving mule driven by sleepy negro. Get a move on you!" he shouted.
 ""Sorry, boss" replied the negro. "Dis mule ain't got but two moves, an de others slower than dis, one."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
And He Won't Be Bothered with

Friend (preparing for fishing trip) Why don't you bring along the new reel you bought yesterday?
 Absent-minded movie magnate: It hasn't passed the board of censorship yet.-Cartoons Magazine.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25

Socrates lifted the cup.
 "What is this stuff" he asked. "Hemlock." "Oh! that's all right. thought it was one of thos substitutes for cof- fee n-Cartoons Magazine.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-25
How It Seemed to COstleigh

Before they got mapried she used to be very pensive and he didn't like it."
 "Well?"
 "Since the wedding she has been ex- pensive, and he objects to that!- Cartoons Magazine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
Details Carried to Absurdity.

Trivial details not in%frequently be-
come the pivot of mOmentOus deci-
sions, In which cases an element Of alb
surdity is supplied by the breadth of
the contrast. A case in point arises
In the discussion among English lit
terateurs concerning Shakespeare's al
legged hand" in the play Of "Sir
Thomas More" in which one expert
occupies almost a column of small
type in the literary supplement of the
Times of London in describing the
construction of the letter b as found
in one Of Shakespeare's autographs
documents. The imposing array OF
warlike and nautical terms in the mod
est letter, such as keel, baseline. ram,
fOrellmb and boundary line, may as
tOnish many who have been accus-
toned to form II with comparative
ease. while the division of the letter
into sections and subsectiOns by this
savant for purposes of discussion en-
dows the old ~scrivener's art with I'M
expected dignity.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
HOME r.
TOWN -
PAYS TO MAKE USE OF PAINT
Apart From Adding to Appearance Of
Structure II Also Tends to Re-
tard Deterioration.

The foundation reasO for painting
is protection of the thing painted.
The owner Of property should never
forget that. No one can look upon
painting as an expense if he is con-
WINGED that it prevents a greater ex-
pense.
There is, however. another great rea-
son for painting and that is the appeal
of pride in appearance. This is quite
human. 1t is seen in the matter of
clothes. Primarily clothes are to keep
us warm, but a suit is discarded while
1t Is still warm because it is shiny, out
of shape, or slightly faded. In other
words, one feels that 1t would COM
promise their standing were they to
wear it.
So 1t is with the painting of houses,
both without and within.
In progressive, proud communities,
houses are painted every three or four
years through pride In appearance.
Progressive citizens are not satisfied
with the looks Of their houses after
three or four years exposure to
weather.
AS good citizens we should not only
see that every person knows that
structures will deteriOrate If unpaint-
ed, but we should also try to make
people as proud Of the appearance of
their homes as their more progressive
neighbOrs. We should deliberately
set out to make them ashamed of their
dingy homes which are a reflection up
on the whole community.
This work Is peculiarly one for local
example and community cooperation.
Everyone knows that a newly-painted
house is likely to start the whole neigh
borhood to Sticking up. 1t becomes
contagious.
Every person who wants to see his
community prosper will join In such
a movement.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05

ton. Here is combined economy in
cost of construction with beauty com.
fort In the interior arrangement with
convenience In room arrangement.
This six-room stuccO house Is a pop
ular one. 1t is a rectangular struc-
ture. 80 by % feet. And yet 1t has
not the plain appearance that charac-
terizes such homes. The hip roof, the
living porch. and the break In the roof
line over the entrance give 1t an artis-
tic exterior appearance, and at the
same time the extra expense that is re-
quired for broken wall lines to get a
pleasing exterior effect Is eliminated,
The house may be of either frame,
brick or hollow buildlng-tile cOnstruc-
ton, and covered with stucco. The
living porch and the terrace walls are
of face brick. which add greatly to the
beauty Of this home.
1t Is in the interior arrangement
that the women members of the family
of the prospective builder will be most
Interested. The floor plans that ac-
company the picture of the house show
how well the architect has utilized the
space in this comparatively small
house. The rooms are large, but are
SO arranged that the work Of caring
for them will not be arduous. The
living porch or sun parlOr is 10 by IL
feet 9 inches, and is equipped with
broad easement windows, so that 1t Is
all that the name. sun parlOr. implies.
Double doors open into the porch out
Of a living roo that extends across
the whole front of the house. The liv-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05

ing room is 70 feet long and IL feet @
inches wide, and has n large fireplace
a. the end opposite from the porch.
Opening OFF the living room at right
angles is the dining room, also large. II
Is - by 20 feet. In the l., which Is
formed by the living and dining rooms.
are the kitchen, adjoining the dining
room ami the wide, open stairway out
of the living room. The kitchen Is o
feet o inches by ~ feet 9 inches, large
enough to accommodate the needs of
the family. but not so large as to
make the work performed In II a tire
some task. Two doors lead out of
the kitchen. n to the porch Mt the
side and the other adjacent to the
rea door of the garage. which Is of
the same architectural design as the
house. Upstairs there are three large
bedrooms, the bath room. and a good
sized sleeping porch. equipped with
n s~pace-saving bed, which also makes
the room available as a sewing room
or upstairs living porch.
A study of the floor plans and Of the
exterior view will show the prospec-
tive builder what a fine home can be
built from this design. II not only
will provide a place for the owner and
his family to eat and sleep, but will
be- a real home-Smfortable and COM
modious, and one of which the occu-
pants may well be proud.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
PRETTY HOME
OF SIX ROOMS
Comfort and Convenience Inside,
Coupled With Most Attrac-
tive Exterior.
ROOMS ALL WELL ARRANGED
Are Large, but So Laid Out That the
Work of Caring for Them Is Re-
duced to a Minimum
Ideal Kitchen.
BY WIN. A. RADFORO.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
9Hssfions and give advice FREE OF
C0 Sia on an subjects pertaining to the
paper; On account of his wide experience
8 Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
is. without doubt. the highest authority
to William A. Radford. No. 1897 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
A house Is a place where we eat and
sleep; a home is the place where we
really live, and enjoy living. That
expresses the difference between a
house rented and a home owned, and
supplies the reaso why the United
States is fast becoming a nation Of
home owners
Building Is the most satisfactory
way of acquiring a home of your own.
The design of a house represents the
ideas of the person who built the
house, or of what a house should be. or
the investment builders opinion of
what should appeal to the greatest
number of prospective purchasers. But
when you build your own home 1t will
represent your ideas and contain those
little touches that you want. BY far,
building is the most satisfactory way
of securing a home.
The United States has no recOg-
nized school of architecture. 1t is a
comparatively young nation, and there
fore could profit by the development
of the arts Of other nations. Ameri-
can architecture represents what is
best In the architecture of the older
cations, but where the United States
excels is In providing cOnveniences
that make a house a home-cOmfOrt-
able, efficient and healthful. Archi-
tects have borrowed from other ma
dons the beauties of their architectu-
raj designs and discarded that which
s not beautiful.
In utilizing the space In a home.
DR. any other building, the American
architect is without a peer. In the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
Eireproofinq Concrete Columns.

We have been won to look upon
concrete as capable Of resisting a great
deal Of heat, and 1t may seem strange
to think Of coating it with a fireproof
material. However, there are condi-
lions under which this is necessary.
The bureau Of standards has been in
vestigating the condition of concrete
which has passed through confiagra-
lions, and has found that II the con-
crete Is made with gravel, particularly
siliceous gravel. there is a tendency
for the stones to burst In extreme
heat, which disintegrates the concrete.
Accordingly It Is recommended that
gravel be avoided wherever possible,
but II impossible the gravel concrete
may be protected from extreme heat
by coating II with an inch of cement
held in place by a wire mesh. Plasters
may also be used In which asbestos Is
the principal cOnstituent.-Scientiic
American.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
CHICKENS LIKE FISH HEADS
Satisfactory Protein-c Containing Food
for Poultry Flock Is Simple and
inexpensive.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
A simple and inexpensive substitute
for meat scraps, which often are hard
to obtain at the average butcher shop.
is to utilize fish heads In the poultry
ration. Arrangements usually can be
made with local fish dealers to save
these heads, particularly If the poui-
tryman will furnish buckets in which
the refuse may be kept until he calls
for them. As they come from the
dealers shop, the fish heads are tough
and covered with heavy scales and
gristle. However, underneath is fine
tender meat which the hens relish
keenly. The poultryman can soften
the coarse outer shell by boiling the
fish head In water for FIVE to ten min
utes and then pouring OF the water
and throwing the fish heads In among
the chickens. In many instances the
dealers are glad TO get rid OF the fish
heads, and on the basis of actual food
value the poultry keeper can AFFORD to
pay 4 or 5 cents for a quart Of fish
heads which provide a satisfactory
proteln-containing food for his flock.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05

sign. The architect can work out
the prospective builders ideas, and
at the same time protect him from
costly mistakes.
There are. however. home designs
that will suit the ideas of almost every
prospective home builder. Many thou
sands of homes have been built that
are different in some respects from
any other. And 1t Is by studying these
designs that the prospective builder
gets good ideas-ideas that appeal to
him and ideas that have proven good
in actual construction.
A home that will meet with the ap-
prevail Of discerning home builders is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
Boosters and Boosters.

The difference between the effective
booster and the rooster is that the lat
ter has no responsibility and the for
mer must make good. There was a
time when the boosters from a town
would go on a visit asserting that they
lived in the biggest city. had the tall
est buildings. the largest stores, the
wealthiest people. and so on. using
words without stint simply because
they wished to say something favor
able about home. They would be
placed In the rooster class now unless
they could show by facts and figures
that their assertions were true.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
Landscape Gardening.

The great mistake made by most
novices is that they study gardens too
much and nature too little. Now gar
dens in general are stiff and grace
less, except just so far as nature. ever
free and flowing. reasserts her rights.
in spite Of mans want of taste, or
helps him when he has e~ndeavored to
work In her " spirit. But the fields
and woods are full Of instruction. and
In such features of our richest and
most smiling and diversified country
must the best hints for the embellish-
ment OF rural homes always be de-
rived.-Andrew Jackson Downing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05

the farm without using special tools.
A stacker will last from 10 to Il
years under ordinary conditions, and
the cost of repair is small. On q
farms in central Kansas, which stack
an average of IA tons of hay a year,
all charges against the stackers
amounted to less than z cents a tor
when the yield was one ton an acre :
Small Stacks Not Economical! 30
In building a haystack with a stack.
err 1t is scarcely economical to make
one containing less than 10 tons, ac-
cording to experience. In. locating
stacks long or difficult hauls should be
avoided whenever possible. It is very
common on many farms to see stacks
of hay at the end or corner of the field
next to the farm buildings. the site be-
ing chosen In order to have the hay
handy for feeding. The total distance
travelled in bringing hay to one side OF
n square field Is approximately 80 per
cent greater than in hauling to the CEN
ter. If the stack is located at one cor
ner of the field the distance travelled Is
100 per cent greater.
To minimize damage by moisture
from the ground, care should be taken
to keep the hay In the bottom of the
stack from coming into contact with the
soil. The aim of all good stack build
ers is to make a stack that will not
take water" This can be accomplish
ed by tramping the middle well and al
ways keeping 1t higher than the edges
during the process of building. To give
the stack further protection, many
farmers provide a canvas cover or
sheets of corrugated galvanized iron
roofing which, when properly put on.
practically eliminates loss from rain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
What's In A Name.

Naming a plant or flower after a
celebrity Is a delicate compliment. and
one that no doubt at times adds some
thing to the market value. But there
are exceptions. That beautiful variety
of the lObella. for instance. known as
Emperor William" would perhaps
hold up its imperial head a little more
proudly just now II 1t had had a more
fortunate christening.
Stray thoughts on these lines may
have been pickering In the mind of a
vendor in a London market-place as a
likely looking buyer, while examining
a box Of the old favorite, asked what
variety 1t was. Without deranging the
muscle Of an eyelid the coster (and
she was a "lydy," tool replied
douglas 'Aig! Four-and-a-tanner a
box"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05

and the different phases of the moon
to its position in relation to the posi-
ton of the earth and the SUM-. When
there is a new moon, half Of the sur
face of the moon is Illuminated, but
the greater part is turned from the
earth and only a delicate crescent ap-
pears to us. At the first quarter half
of the Illuminated surface is turned
toward us. and at the fifteenth day
the reaches a point in the heav-
ems directly opposite to that which
the sun occupies. She is then in oppo-
ton. and the whole Of the Illuminated
surface IL turned toward us. and we
have a full % From opposition
the moon passes on In her orbit. grad
ually decreasing In size. or rather
less and less Of the Illuminated par
being TUNED toward the earth.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-09-05
HOME CITIES ALSO NEEDED
Well to Remember That There Are
Other Things in Life Besides
"Business."

II a writer on ~present-day industrial
economics is right, the next few dec
AIDES will be marked, In the United
States, by an amazing amount of self
study by individual cities, towns. and
villages. He foresees Intensive
study undertaken by every municipal
ity to determine what can be manufac-
tured in that place." Within limits he
is probably right. but there will be
many who will honestly hope that the
limits will not be too widely extended.
and who will believe In all seriousness
that an occasional municipality with
out manufactures has Its place In the
scheme Of things for a well-balanced
nation. Business first" may be a
good slogan, but business all the
time" and business everywhere"
might weaken enthusiasm for desir-
able industry by Overemphasizlng 1t.
One is reminded that since somebody
gave current meaning to the term
business efficiency" about 1000 books
the subject have been written and
printed In English christian Science
Monitor.