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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-04-15
Items ofCounfyDeWS
neps OF our neisbborins oiiIsees as CLEANED each
week By our staff OF special correspondents

William Hodges is quite i'll with
scarlet fever.
Mrs. William Andre and grand
daughter, Miss Mabel Knapp, left
Monday 10 spend a week with rela-
tives at Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Adamek and
sons. MILFORD and Harold, who spent
the winter i'm Idaho, expect 10 leave
for home about April 20.
Ernest F.. Burchard was in Lam
sing from Tuesday until Thursday
evening to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Burchard.
NJ. and Mrs. Watson elise and son,
Darwin, spent the first of the week
with Lansing friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. c. Barden enter
tanned the supper club at their home
on north street Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry +. Lewis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Price have re-
turned from spending several weeks
in Florida.
Those from Ithaca who went TO at
tend the inter-church conference in
Alma Wednesday were Mrs. NJ G.
Skinner, l.. +. Welch and Rev. l.. l..
Dewey from the NJ. f. church, Mrs. +.
ii. Foust, Miss Mae Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. b. +. McNall, Rev and Mrs.
William Roberts from the Presbyter-
ian church. From the Baptist church
were Rev. l.. S. Slaybaugh, John w.
Myers, Mrs. Henry Curtiss and Mrs.
Charles Hood
Lulu Street has returned from
weeks visit in the home of Mrs.
Mary Thomas of Alma.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dickens re-
turned Thursday after some weeks
spent in Florida.
Mrs. Emma Sackett enjoyed the
company Thursday at her home of
ten ladies who were former school
mates. They served pot luck din
ner and while there tied a comfort
able for Mrs. Sackett.
Mrs. Rex Hoffman and children.
George and June, of Alma spent last
Thursday and Friday with friends in
Ithaca.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-04-15
SETHTON
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h. NJ. Hurd and Abner Belinger
went to Bay City Wednesday morn
ing and returned in the evening with
Union trucks.
Harvey and Ben Humphrey went
to the Chippewa River Friday and
returned Saturday with fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jarvis and Mr..
and Mrs. Verne Gardner spent Fri
day in Alma visiting J. A. Gardner
and family. Mr. Gardner made a
business trip to st. Louis during the
day.
Mrs. Belle Hartman Of De Witt
spent few days last week visiting
her mother, Mrs. Charity Jason, and
family.
The New Haven l.. A. S. cleared
$50 at their dinner election day.
V. II. Gardner and family visited
relatives at Shepherd Saturday night
and Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-04-15

Anita Stewart in "Old Kentucky.
Regent. April 20, 81 and 22.-adv.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
COPPER CHIEF IS
 APPROACHING SHEER ZONE
(From Wednesday.s DaiIyO

NCIOUl " CQHCSQdy Dduy.J
 Superintendent ]. T. Matson of the Copper Chief was in town this morn ing and reports that satisfactory progress is being made on the con tinuation of the tunnel which has been in progress for several weeks. It is believed that the working is ap- preaching the Copper Chief shear zone and a length of 1900 feet has been obtained to date, says the Verde Copper News"
 The objective of the tunnel exten- sion IS a point on the Wonderful claim below the surface workings from the output of which the mill was run for so many years. The bore will reach a depth of approxi- matcly $50 feet under these workings, and Superintendent Matson states that the formation is changing rap idly and that the indications arc en- couraging in the extreme.
 It is understood that the company has under consideration extensive plans of new development and that these will be announced in a few weeks as soon as the legal formalities necessary to complete a practical re- organization are completed
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
BOOKLESS PEOPLE TO
 BE GIVEN LIBRARIES
(Fiom Friday Daily0

Sixty million persons i'll the United
 States today, more than half the pop ulation are practically or wholly without library service. For a large proportion of the other 40 per cent
 libraries are not readily accessible Opportunities for self-education through the best books are therefore limited to a relatively small num- Der.
 In order to overcome this situation the American Library association has launched a Books for Everybody movement with the ultimate aim of bringing to every man, woman and child ill the country free and easy access to the best reading and op- portunity for self-inStruction.
 Recent investigations bu the U. s. Bureau of Education show that a very small percentage of the coun- ties ill the nation have one library with 5000 volumes or more; that 30 states serve less than 50 per cent oi their population and one serves less than 2 per cent. By promoting library service wherever needed, and ill CO., operation with existing library agen- cies. the association plans to set aside this condition and open up every ave nue of self education for those now deprived of facilities.
 In the knowledge that better books make for better citizenship, the as- sociation will encourage the transla- ton of the best reading into the va rious foreign tongues for the bene- fit of the 15,000,000 new Americans and for those millions of others who have been without benefits of a li- brary service. It will also work for the extension of the county library 5ystem which will take the best books into the distant hamlet, village l md town. To carry on this broad 1 d fund of $2,0OO,0O0 will be | obtained not through an intensive | lrive, but by individual efforts of Ii- ,rariaus, library trustees and friends ,f libraries. ]
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
HIGH BUT CLIMATE
 NOT MOIST
The climate of Yavapai county is not growing more moist.

The climate of Yavapai county is not growing more moist.
 Despite the fact that there was an excess of l7.15 inches or rainfall dur ing the year ending February 29, 1920, this does not indicate a tend ency toward heavier precipitation, according to Milton Updegraff, naval Observatory meteorologist, who lives in Pinecrest
 According to Commander Upde- graff, students of weather and climate have long been trying to derive a for mula for weather and climatic changes from the masses of data ac- cumulated during historic times. It has been impossible to arrive at def mite laws, but it has been claimed that there are cycles of wet and dry and cold and warm seasons, recur- ring approximately every B years.
 The Journal Miner" noticed monthly cxcesses in rainfall during 1919, and asked the weather expert for a report on the actual conditions The report, together with some in teresting comment, has been supplied. and the following figures are present. ed for 1919 and the first two months of 1920:
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
SUPERIOR COURT TO
 BE BUSY MARCH 20
(From Thursdays DaiIy)


 Out of a total of over thirty crim- inal cases on file ill the office of the clerk of the court. some 17 have been set down for trial at the time the jury reports, beginning March 20. The county attorneys office an nounccs it's readiness to begin action on all of the more important cases, including two involving homicide.
 The first case to be tried will be that of w. B. Clegg, also known as William Parker, who shot and killed James E. McNeeley in Scholey's pool hall on the evening of October 20 last. Clegg was taken into custody immediately following the homicide and on November 2l before Justice of the Jcace McLane, waived his pre- liminary examination.
 The second murder case, and one that is expected 10 involve even more sensational issues i'll the trial, is that of Aichan Martin, an Armenian, former soldier in the United States army, who is accused of having shot and partially inCinerated the body of Arthur De Stcundcr, d Canadian war veteran, near Yampai, Arizona, on or about October 1 last Martin was arrested in California after d remark able search based on the simple clue of the victims war service button. On his return to Arizona, Martin es- capped from custody at Needles and was loose for number of hours un-I til finally found lying wounded near the railway west of Needles. His preliminary was held on November 21.
 Following arc the cases that have been set, together with the dates upon which they will be tried:
 March 20: W. 5. Clegg (Parkcr), homicide.
 March g: Nichan Martin, homi- eide. saut; Francisco Ramirez, robbery.
 March 7: Charles Burrus and Pete Busicll, assault.
 March g: Clarence Sage, R. ?. i Giles, Fred Woods and George Floyd, rape.
 March 3l: rcservcD W, $. Ad- ams
 April |; rcscrveD Jerry Fitzpat- rick, cmbczzlcmcnt; Scrahua Her dandcz, transporting liquor.
 April ,: J. A. Carpcr, nanufactur ing liquor; ". 5. Adams, gambling -four counts).
 April 3: J. C. Crowley, gambling; J. C. Crowley, false imprisonment.
 April ; l. C. Crowley, Gcotge Floyd and William Kirby, false i'm
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
PATIENTS HOMES IN
 ARIZONA PRESENT A
 PROBLEM IN HOUSING
tFrom Fridays DaiiyJ

Hundreds of people come 10 Ari.
 zona every month suffering from
 tuberculosis. Some of them go to sanitoriums but more are seeking places, especially out of town, where they can live quietly and oan be fed simply with plenty of milk and eggs IS foundation for getting well. There arc many ranches and countrc places in Arizona that could accom- modate one or more such individuals to advantage and at the same time perform a very decided service for humaniy. Persons, anywhere in the state, arc requested by the Arizona Anti Tuberculosis society to send their names to the Society's headuuar- terS at 800 East Adams street, Phoe- nix, together with the information as to the class of boardcr desired, accommodations, location, costs, etc. A list IS being arranged of places where health seekers will be wei comed. This date will be of enormous value since many who are only slightly ndisposcd and are prepared to pay we'll now go away because they can find no satisfactory place to stay.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
TWO PIONEERS
 CALLED IN FEW HOURS
(Fron Wednesdays Daily.l

The second death in 24 hours claimed George C. Carey, aged S2, at the Pioneer Home yesterday af- ternoon. MT. Carey passed away at 4:45 p. m. yesterday. Stephen Hen kle died the day before.
 George C. Carey came to Prescott in 1864, very early in the life of this community. Later, he went to Mari copa county, where he was living at the time he applied for membership and was admitted to the home. He crossed the plains with Judge E. w.. Wells, president of the Bank of Ari- zona and one of the Arizona dele gates to the coming republican na- tionaI convention. Judge Wells has visited his old "pard" frequently Of late, and on being informed of his passing away yesterday afternoon by Superintendent Shea, expressed much sorrow.
 The account of the death the day before of Stephen Henkle of Mo- have county was telephoned to this office by Mir. Shea, but by reason of the tempcramental condition of the wires, the message was misunder stood, and the story of yesterday morning was rather erroneous. The funeral of MT. Henkle will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from Les ter Ruhner's chapel.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
VERDE LEGION'S
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS

JEROME-The most rousing, poppy meeting ever held by the Je- rome post was held in the Hampton House recently. First oil the pro gram came the election of officers, which resulted as follows:
 Post commander-H. Christensen.
 Vice-commander-A. C. Bilder- back
 Post adjutant-W. A. Harwood.
 Finance oficer-R. A. Trimmer.
 Welfare committee-J. J. Jackson, Chick" Darnell, J. Sharp.
 Membership committee-W. Bar GUS. w. T. Walsh, H. Sharp.
 Publicity-W. T. Walsh.
 After the election, the members retired to the banquet room, where they were entertained with speeches from the new officers. Music was furnished by Brodie and Darncll on mandolins. One of the hits of the evening was made when the duet played tunefully "HindustSn," tho oriental favoritc, while the audience smoked "nameless" cigars which an- swercd the purpose of incense, mak- ing the atmosphere quite like Kipling said it is. After many humorous an ccdotes were told by the different members, and the bunch had eaten all they could painlessly consume, all departed feeling it was the best meeting in the history of the post.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
DAM CANYON ID |RR|GATE PLAN
 OF r. X. LANE

LOS ANGELES, March 1O.- Franklin Lane, former secretary of the interior, in an address here to- day outlined a plan he said he was working out for impounding the waters of the Colorado river and ir- rigation of 1,500,000 acres of land in the southwest. The plan includes making the Grand Canyon the greatest impounding reservoir the world has ever known" he said. The land to be irrigated, Lane said, must lie idle until somebody with the money, coupled with the ability to organize engineering sense under takes to store the waters of the river and its principal tributaries from Wyoming to the Grand Canyon for the purpose of spreading it over a vast area which is unproductive which the world will presently need"
 Lane said he had recently had en- gineers of his own at work on the plan.
 Lane said the large self-sustaining herds of reindeer in Alaska, the pro duct of band of 1000 placed there s years ago, now are capable of sup plying the whole Pacific coast with fresh meat, as. good as beef, and ad- yocated stocking Alaska with musk oxen from Canada to build up a cheap meat supply for the country.
 He declared America was to be- come the leader of the world not so much by virtue of development of her resources as by "her conscious ness of the greater responsibility which now rests on our democracy"
 He continued: Money does not seem to be of as much consequence as it was. Many of the worlds rich est men are wondering how best they can make their money serve the world"
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17

Whooping cough killed 6, scarlet fever ?, diphtheria and croup Is.
 The heaviest mortality was from tuberculosis. These deaths totaled 470, a little more than 3 per cent of the total Most of these should not be charged to Arizona, however, since they were non-residents who came to Arizona seeking to better their condition.
 Next in number were l86 babies under two years of age who died of diarrhoeal troubles. Most of these deaths could have been prevented and large proportion of them were due to ignorance or carelessness. There were also 127 deaths, mostly of new born babies. from congenital debility and malformations. Many deaths of this character result from improper care of the babies or their mothers. Blood poisoning following childbirth caused F deaths and there were 20 deaths from other puer- peral accidents. Influenza caused only 20. Bronchitis caused 10 deaths, of which 0 were from acute attacks.
 Bright's disease caused AS deaths, cancer 65, old age 43.
 There were 145 violent deaths, oi which were homicides and 8 were suicides Of the accidental deaths the causes were: gunshot wounds 47; mines, B; railroads, 10; horses and horse drawn vehicles, 4
 Typhoid fever killed 2S. These were reported as follows: Apache, 6; Cochisc, l; Greenlee, 1; Maricopa 9; Pima, 5; Yavapai, l; Yuma, 1 There were no deaths from typhoid fecvr in Coconino, Gila, Graham, Mo have, Navajo, Pinal and Santa Cruz counties.
 Syphilis killed 21. These were re- ported from Cochisc, Gila, Greenlce Maricopa, Navajo, Pima, Pinal and Yavapsi counties.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
SWASTIKA MILL
 GETTING UNDER HEADWAY
(From Thursday,s DaiIyO

Active construction of the new mill at the Swastika mine was re- ported yesterday by General Manager Giroux to be under headway, and will be in commission early this summer. It is of the ball and tube type, with which is attached cyanid- ing. The going going in has a Ca pacity of 50 tons per day. Provision is also being made for another 5O-tor unit, from which can be judged the immense tonnage this silver mine will afford after development plans are crystalizcd.
 At present the property is active. and the conservative and practical manner in which it is being handled prccludcs any shutdown of the plani after once it gets to moving.
 The Swastika is one of the histori. cal silvers of this field, and during the 7Os the Black Warricr and the Silver Prince claims of this group produced millions from what in this day might be termed hole in the ground. It is understood a strong company is behind the present move mcnt, and of a successful outcome there is not the slightest doubt, ill the opinion of practical mining men.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17

which, it is said, has already become known and has created interest among the growers of both long and short staple cotton. A company is to be formed at once, Norton says.
 Conway is railroad man, but is also an old cotton gin expert. He was brought up in the ginning business like his dad before him. About four years ago, he lost his business in fire ill a Texas ginning plant. Then, for the third time i'll his life, he moved to Arizona, and after working in gins in the Salt River valley, he took up railroading as a section foreman in the BradshawS.
 Conway had hesitated about mar keting his invention, for fear he would run into more bad luck, but after becoming acquainted with Nor ton, decided to go shares with him on the deal. He showed Norton how he conceived the idea back of the new gin, the little accident that may lead to revolutionary changes in the business of sorting the fiber from the seed. He was idly rolling a small boil of cotton with a-pencil, when he noticed the fiber could be made to adhere to the pencil in such way that the seed was pushed out of the cotton. He found that rubber sur face gave a better sticking quality to his rollers, and soon the idea was in patentable form. He found that there was minimum of butchering of the fiber and that the seed could be stripped cleaner and more nearly ready for the oil presses.
 Examples of the cotton ginned with the model have been appraised at from to 7 cents a pound higher than that ginned by the older meth ods. it is said. In an age where mil lions of pounds of cotton is being the saving will be vast. Moreover, the fiber is of better quail ity, and will make up into better thread and fabric The advantage of the long staple cotton of Salt River valley is in the strength Of! the fiber, and any method that will conserve that length in the ginning process is sure to mean pickup for its inventor.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
BOARD REPORT IS
 SIGNED BY THE BOARD
(From Saturdays Dailyl


 Announcement was made at the office of the board of supervisors yes terdsy that the formal report of the county highway commission had been signed by all members of that body and was on file in the office.
 A call for d special meeting of the board of supervisors has been issued, and at least two of the members, w. w. Midgcly of the Verde district and C. (. Stukcy will be present next Monday to accept the report for mally. Chairman J. A. Jaeger of the board is on a business trip in Colo rado, but two members of the board may hold legal meeting
 Following the submission of the report to the supervisors. it is pre- scnted by publication to the people of the county. An election is then called for the bond issue to carry out the proposals contained in the re- port, which is also said to contain an estimate of the cost of highway improvements. and the division of that cost ($1, 5OO,OOO) into units coy cring various pieces of work.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
MINE INVESTORS
 COMING HERE TO RESIDE
(From Wednesdays DailYO

N- AC%4A W @N--"N-lNte~f ~ any -
 Charles A. Thorne, a prominent and successful oil man of Oklahoma, also principal of the J. 6: ]. Mining O., left for the coast yesterday after concluding an inspection of the J. & J. interests. He expressed himself as decidedly we'll pleased and con- mcnded the administration of o. w. Blickcnstaf, general manager.
 This proposition is silver, situated in Copper Basin district, and near the summit of the range. That it is 10 be a leading factor in its mineral class of that field is the general be- lief of miners conversant with recent developments.
 Aside from his mining mission 10 the camp, Mr. Thornc impartcd the somewhat surprising information that some of the biggest sharehold- CTS of the ]. G l. had decided to leave Oklahoma 10 come to Pres colt 10 reside, and they would build
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17

fine homes here. The inducement is the climate, which when combined with their excellent mineral holdings, makes an ideal situation all round. Mir. Thorne stated as the train was moving out: "I have made my wealth in Oklahoma oil, am on the road to California to buy a big farm, and from appearances 1 am lucky to be- come interested in an Arizona silver bonanza, so what I got out of the ground is going back into the ground"
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
SHIP ARIZONA" HAS
 RECORD OF VOYAGES
By Lieutenant F. H. H. Gilmer
 u. s. Navy


 The mighty battleship Arizona is doing a lot of boasting these days in regard to her career as a globe trotter. The following are some of the achievements that she is proclaim ing to the world. The Arizona is the first battleship to make the run from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Hampton Roads, Virginia, at a con stant clip of 20 knots. Then, too, the Arizona" left Hampton Roads cX- actly eight hours after the termina- ton of that voyage, and proceeded to BrcSt, France, making Y knots throughout the entire passage.
 When it comes to globe trottiug, the Arizona" tells those two facts, and defies any ship to go them better. On January 2 the Arizona" was lying in New York harbor; February 2 found the Arizona" in Guanta- namo, Cuba; March 2 the crew went ashore in Port of Spain, Trinidad; i; April 2 they were in Brest France, waiting to bring the president home; May 2 saw the Arizona" swinging to her anchor in the harbor of Smyrna, Turkey; and on June 2 she was at anchor under the guns of Gibraltar, and on the same day in the month of July she was back in New York. Also within the short period of four weeks, the Arizona" has seen the coast of South Africa. North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Going some! isn't it?
 Applicants for the Arizona. are being enlisted daily at the Navy Re cruiting Station here.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-03-17
VERDE APEX WILL
 LOWER SHAFT 22O FEET
(Fron Saturdays DailyJ


 A contract for sinking the Verde Apex shaft an additional 220 feet has been let to E. L. Bartholomew and the work will be commenced just as early next week as weather condi- tions will permit, says the Verde Copper News"
 Bartholomew will not be in per sonal charge of the work as he is constantly busy at the Combination, where he is pushing three drifts along the contact and is expecting cry round of shots 10 open a real ore body. He has taken Jack Robey into partnership with him on the Apex contract and the work will be done under Robey's supervision.
 It is understood that this deepen ing of the shaft is but a preliminary to a season of active exploration of the Verde Apex ground and that with ample finances in the treasury, the company intends to make a wig orous effort to find the ore bodies which the best qualified geologists and miners of the district believe will be discovered on the property. It is expected that the resumption of active work on the Apex will lead to a new activity in all the pros poets in the southwest part of the district.