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The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
BOWIE BASIN A TRUE OIL FIELD
Many Biologists unite In BeIief-De
clare Conditions to Be Ideal

A concensus of opinion expressed in
the reports of number of biologists
who have studied the oil possibilities
of the Bowie Basin, characterizes that
section as rich in promise for the pro-
duction of petroleum. With marked
unanimity they declare that this field
exhibits a happy union of those essen
tials of structure and geological era
that are inseparable from the great
oil fields of the world. AS if check
ing and corroborating the conclusions
each successive student of the field
reads it's geology along converging
lines All agree upon the classified
ton of structure, the presence and ap-
proXimate depth of the oil making and
retaining strata and the freedom of
the oil field from the operation of
destructive forces.
Professor Reneski of Warsaw Pol
and, reported on this field in the sum-
regions of Galicia did much to, elm
mate and remedy haphazzard methods
of explorations and to conform de-
velopment to scientific principles. In
reporting on the Bowie Basin, he was
the first to identify as cretaceous the
zone or origin of the surface oil seep-
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
TO IMPROVE CANAL SYSTEM

On Monday of last week an import
ant meeting of the Gila Valley Water
Users Association was held at Stafford
in Graham county. At this meeting
it was decided to employ an engineer
to survey an estimate the cost of con-
struction of a diversion dam above
the U. S. Guage Station and new
canal fifteen miles in length to replace
the old canal system in that section
of the valley which has been maintain
ed at heavy upkeep cost for many
years.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
MAR|COPA COUNTY
GIVES SUPPORT To
APACHE TRAIL
Delegates From Four Counties Sec
Necessity of Improving Apache
Trail Or Lose Traffic.

b. Vandercook, county engineer and
w. T. Witt chairman of the Greenlee
county Highway Commission, return
ed on Sunday from a meeting at Phoe-
nix on road matters effecting Greenlee,
Graham, Gila and Maricopa counties.
Delegates were present from the four
named counties and it is believed a
great deal of good was accomplished
and that the ground work was laid
for the early Improvement of the
Apache Trail Highway from the Roose-
velt dam west to Goldfelds.
All roads lead to the Apache trail
from the east, and hence to Phoenix,
but they willi lead elsewhere unless
the government road from Roosevelt
dam west is not improved. This was
the consensus of opinion expressed at
a meeting of a strong delegation from,
Gila, Graham and Greenlee counties
and members of the Phoenix chamber
of Commerce and Maricopa county
board of supervisors.
The delegation from beyond the
mountains said they were either build
ing or were about to build connecting
roads, so that the road system from
all points will soon be completed.
They pointed out that all these roads
led to the Apache trail, much adver-
tised the world over, but that the
Apache trail from Roosevelt dam to
point on the desert near Goldfields
is in such miserable condition that
something will have to be done at
once to restore confidence and keep
traffic moving toward Phoenix.
The Phoenix chamber of commerce
members present told the delegation
| that the matter would be taken up
at the next meeting of the board Of
| directors Wednesday, and representa-
tives of the Maricopa county board of
supervisors said that they would CO.
| operate in every way possible.
The meeting was informal. The dele
gates simply wired they would be here
| and would like to talk the matter over
The delegation was headed by j. War.
rem Young, state senator from Gila;
w. H. Keegan, secretary of the Tax
payers association and the chamber
of commerce at Globe; Frank Gates,
clerk of the Board of supervisors Of
Gila county; B. Vandercook, county
engineer of Greenlee county; w. t.
Witt, chairman of the Greenlee county
highway commission; j. T. Owens,
members of the board of supervisors
of Graham county.
Maricopa county was officially rep
resented by Supervisors H. K Bowen
and j. R. Bradshaw. The chamber Of
commerce was represented by F. w.
Griffen, president, and Charles A.
Stauffer, Ralph Murphey, Harry
Thompson, Frank Vault, w. E. FL
lott, George Gam, F. M. Wilkinson.
w. C. Button.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
THORNBERLECTURES
FRIDAY NIGHT AT
AUDITORIUM
ssThe Wild Flowers of Arizona" SUBJ
iect of Noted Botanist's Talk to
An Interested Audience

Professor F. J. Thornber lectured
on ''The Wild Flowers of Arizona"
last Friday night at the Auditorium.
Although the house that greeted Prof.
Thornber was not quite as large as
the one of the previous Friday night
when prehistoric Arizona was the
subject, still it was fiattering mas
much as the Morenci people who made
up part of the audience before had
been able to hear Prof Thornber in
Morenci on Thursday night.
really have been 'sThe Cacti OF Ari-
zona" instead of the broader subject
given, as the professors talk had
mostly to do with the cacti which COW
er,our beloved state.
We thought we knew quite a bit
about the cactus, but in very few
words were convinced we knew moth
ing at all except that they are. The
fascinating story of this strange plants
manner of protecting itself from the
fierce rays of the sun and the manner
of conserving water was like a fairy
tale told for the first time That
the cactus is leafless as a protective
measure against the too rapid evapor-
alton of water was more than the i'm
agination was prepred for. That a
mass of thorns covering its body was
natures own lattic-work to ward off
the burning heat of the desert sun
found the mind floundering for has it
not been taught for years and years
that the thorns were a measure to
protect stingy sort of Vegetation
against the hungry grazer who might
be in search of pasturage2 Such, it
seems, it not the case. The cactus
is willing to give of the nourishment
stored within it's verdant body if one
is intelligent enough to burn away the
thorns. That man is the only being
so intelligent signifies surely that the
cactus is only awaiting the exploita-
tion of man and not the beasts of the
range.
The Indians, it seems have long ap-
preciated natures benificence through
the cactus and use the fruit freely,
even storing it when cooked in mud
sealed ollas against a season of want.
Water may be found in the interior
of the tub-like varieties, and deli
cious candy is also made from this
same kind.
Professor Thornber told of the ex-
tensive variety of species of cacti in
the world, there being almost thous-
and, and about one hundred of these
are found in Arizona. Arizona too
carries off the banner for having the
handsomest cacti found in any part of
and the Pipe-organ cactus.
The last of the lecture was given
over to other flowers of Arizona and
advice in planting. Questions were
called for in regard to the planting of
roses, and any variety of the Ameri-
can Beauty was declared to be salts
factory at all times. For shade trees
the native ash, the umbrella and the
mulberry had withstood our climate
well. The University is cultivating
a fruitless mulberry which will soon
be placed generally at the disposal of
the public.
All in all this lecture was vastly
interesting and Illuminating and we
hope to hear more on the same sub
ject from Prof. Thornber.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
DEM OCRATS WILL
c 0 n Vim { IN
PHOENIX
Meeting To Be Held In Phoenix, Feb.
21, 1920 To Elect Delegates and
AIternates To National Con-
vention.

Members of the State Democratic
Central Committee from Greenlee
County received this week official
notices of a meeting of the State
Democratic Central Committee to be
held in Phoenix on February 81, 1920,
to elect six delegates and six alter
mates to the Democratic National Con-
vention, to be held in San Francisco,
June 2Sth, 1920, and to transact any
other business that may come before
the meeting.
Heretofore the state has been divi-
ded into districts and one delegate
has been chosen from each district
In arranging the districts four years
ago Greenlee, Graham and Gila were
placed in one district and the dele
gate from this district to the National
convention at st. Louis in 1916 was
Judge F. B. Laine, of Clifton.
1t is reported that at the approach.
ing meeting of the State Central Com
mittee Chairman George Babbitt will
tender his resignation owing to press
of personal business affairs, and that
a new chairman will, be elected.
A resolution will also be presented
to the committee having for it's pur.
pose the holding of state conven-
ton of Democrats to endorse demo.
cratic candidate for Governor in the
approaching Democratic primaries.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
DEBATES

Continued on page ~
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
STUDENT BODY COUNCIL

On Monday, February 9th, the Stu
dent Body Council held a special meet
ing for the purpose of winding up the
business of the basketball season,
and making arrangements for train
ing track team. Other questions of
less importance were presented to the
council.
DEBATES
On the twentieth of this month, a
debate between Stafford High School
and. Clifton High Sctc~' I'll be held
at the Auditorium. Since Safford's
representatives will be the visiting
team, they were given the choice of
sides. They perferred the Affirmative
side of the question: Resolved: That
Capital and Labor should be compell-
CONTINUED on page A.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1920-02-13
CATTLEMEN IN TOWN

Virgil Leonard, Dud Elrage, Harlem
Walker, Johnny Mccullough, VIM.
Barnes Johnny Thompson. George
Montgomery, Dewitt Cosper, Johnny
Cosper, Wapne Cosper and Pete Train
or, cattlemen of the district, spent
the past week in town on business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20

half columns of matter every week ;
another with a circulation of a million
received plate matter. Statements
were also supplied to three special
classes of country daily and weekly
papers, their combined circulation be-
ing in the neighborhood of three mil
lion. The most difficult papers to get
matter into are those independent in
politics. They are particularly desir-
able as mediums and special matter of
a higher class is usually prepared for
them- During one of the Bryan cam
paigns, the late Murat Halstead, Re-
publican, and Willis J. Abbott, Demo-
crat. engaged in a debate in the COL
umns of the Kansas City Star, a paper
hostile to the Nebraskan.
The Party Bibles.
Most of the literature is written
around the campaign text book which
both sides usually get out after the
letter of acceptance is made public.
The text book is not intended for gen.
eral circulation. It is more of guide
for the various committees and SPELL
binders. The book, however. may be
purcha sed by anyone. During the
campaign of 1895 Mark Hanna sent
out campaign literature prior to the
publication of the text book, but that
was because he was fearful of the in
fluence of Coins Financial School"
on the voter in the west. That year
two hundred million documents were
distributed by the Republican cam
paign committee. They were printed
in English, French. German. Spanish,
Italian, Swedish, Norwegian. Finnish.
Dutch and Hebrew. over two million
copies of the letter of acceptance of
President Mckinley were distributed.
The poster has come to be a big
factor in every campaign The Re-
publicans circulated five hundred in
the campaign of 1896. Several car
ICONS by Homer Davenport and
Thomas Mast have been widely used
by campaign committees.
All of these methods may be ex-
pected to crop up in the present cam
paign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20

Stories Of Ksnsans who have gone
east and made marked successes in
business. literature or the professions
appear frequently in the newspapers.
But the Kansas politician. when he
emigrates, goes west, and just as fire.
quently attains prominence in his line.
William E. Borah went to Idaho and
was elected United States senator;
Lafe Pence. a Kansas Democrat, went
to Colorado and later served that
state in congress; B. F. Pankey mi
grated to New Mexico and became
lieutenant governor. and now TuiIy
Scott. formerly a leading Democrat of
the short-grass country. has been
nominated for United States senator
by his party in Colorado
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
LITTLE BERNT'S NOTE BOOK
81 UEE PAPE

Us fellows was setting on Pubs Sim
kins steps tswking about different
things sutch as wat would happin &c
you If you swami out TO the middle OF
the ocean and suddinly forgot how to
swim. and long pants. and skool, and
Pubs sed, o, 1 don't know. skool amt
so bad, wont be so sorry wen vaca-
tons over.
Me neither, sed Sid Hunt, vacations
all rite in its way, but its easy to get
tired of. Ill be kind of glad wen siSool
starts agen.
So will 1. sed. all you do on vaca-
ton is jest set GROUND vile you mite
as well be getting a education.
Sure, sed Leroy Shooster. you're
lerning sumthing in skool, but all
you're doing dooring vacotion is jest
running exter errands because you
cant tell your mother you got lessins
10 do.
And all the fellows sed they would
ent care how soon skool started. Skin
ny Martin saying. You can sleep Inter
in the morning dooring vacation, but
wat good is 1t to sleep late wen you
amt getting out of enything? I don't
care how soon skool starts, that's the
way I feel.
Me too. that's my motto. sed Sam
Cross. Witch Jest then some tall skim
ME lady came up. saying, Good morn
ing. boys, how meny of you would like
/ to come to my summer skool AMI Tern
sumthing useful dooring vacation
4 Jes give me your names and Ill go
! and see your mothers about It.
| Us fellows jest setting Their without
saying enything. and the lady locke d
at Pubs Simkins, saying, Wouldent
you like to lern sumthing usefil in
sted of wasting your hole vacation?
Come on. now. tell me your name and
tell me these other boys names. Wien
US other fellows looked at Puds as
mulch as to say he better not II he
dident wunt to get bert, and Puds sed.
haff to go sumwares- And he quick
jumped up and wawked up the street
and US other fellows> all jumped up
and ran after him, yelling, Hay Puds,
waite a minnit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
JUST FOLKS
by EDGAR A. GUEST.

CANNYN' TIME.
Cannin time. an the kettles gay
Singin' an steamin' the live long day,
An the air as fragrant as 1t can be
With all a. the spices OF ArRby:
The children, eager an merry faced
Standin' around for a little taste,
Oh / reckon the happ!est time q year
Are the days when the cannin time Is here.
Hey. you youngsters clear out O. the way
Get in the yard II you want to play,
Were all teo busy to tend to You.
An the times too short for the tasks -
Watch the jelly, Don't let st burnt
An give that ketchup n gentle turn
Somehow the peaches don't seem to be
As big as the ones that we used to sec.
The tables loaded with jars an cans.
An rubberS an spoons en- pots an pans.
An out o. the kettles como perfumes rare
From the far off east an they fill the
An 1 can't help thinkin' how strange fs
seems.
Like the curious things that you see In
dreams.
That cloves should grow on a distant shote
An find their way to our kitchen door.
It's a curious curious world. say
How we serve each other, tho far away,
Men that ! never shall know meet
Have worked for the Jelly We soon shall e1e
An from over the sens an the burnin' sC:i
Has Travelled a parcel Of cinnamon,
Bearin the scent of n tropic cline
Into our kitchen at cannin' time
Copyright. 1920. BY Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
The latest statistics regar

The latest statistics regarding the
amount of freight being moved by the
railroads demonstrate. says the Rail-
way Age. that there has been no de-
cline of general business activity in
the United States. In the four weeks
ended August % the railways moved
the largest amount of freight they had
handled in any four weeks of the
present year, but the amount of
freight demanding movement was so
great that the car shortage actually
increased. The acquisitions for cars
made by the shippers of the United
States in the week ending September
exceeded by 1876 900 the number that
the railways could supply, as COM
pared with 1877 200 two weeks before.
It has been charged. in certain quar-
tiers. that the Federal Reserve Board
has been trying to put the brakes on
business. but the fact remains that
business is growing faster than is the
capacity for handling it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20
Dorothy Dix Talks

BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Wrieae,

Absent Treatment-1.
Our Christian Science friends claim
to heal disease by what they call abb
sent treatment.
Personally, I belong to the old
school OF medicine. When I am ill
I want a doctor to feel my pulse while
he keeps his eye on a large, thick gold
watch with a massive chain, and
want to be given large bitter pills
and have hot sticky poultices put on
me; but the absent treatment idea
is a great ard effective remedy when
applied spiritually and to the sick
places in our souls. I know, for
have tried it. and it works.
The difficulty with us is that we
are too close to our troubles. We don't
get the right perspective on them.
We see every little thing exaggerated,
distorted. made unbearably hideous.
instead of the trivial affair it really is
It's like the closeup in the movies.
You know how that is. For four or
five reels we have been following the
romantic adventures of two young
creatures who have looked like young
godlings. The man has been an
Apollo with ambrosial curls and soul
full eyes, and cleaning teeth, and the
grace OF fawn-a youth who had
but to whistle, and any woman from
sixteen to sixty would get up and fol-
low him. and small blame to her. he
was that easy on the eyes
The heroine was the realization OF
every mans dreams. 1.-the and slender
as a reed in the wind, with eyes like
Swallowed pools of light, a complexion
of roses and lilies, the very incarnation
of youth and beauty, and you sighed
a sigh of mingled envy and satisfac-
ton as the two melted into each
others arms.
i Then came the closeup, and in the
huge, grotesque faces that were
flashed on the camera, you saw that
your hero had pimples. and a mushy
mouth, and ears that any psychologist
would tell you denoted a criminal
tendency. and that your heroine had
a pug nose and coarse skin. and
showed no more intelligence than a
block of wood.
And you went away a bit dis
gruntled, your illusions shattered by
your being too near the objects of
your admiration.
That's what makes the absent treat
ment the great cure-all for most of
the things that all US. It's the SOW
ereign remedy for divorce, for the
reason that most husbands and wives
quarrel is not because they have
cease to love each other, but because
they are fed up on each other They
have lost the perspective on their
romance and only get the closeup.
If every time a wife began to feel
peeved with everything her husband
did, and to wonder what she ever
could have seen in him to make her
marry him. she would try the absent
cure on him for only a couple of
weeks. she would find that it would
save the situation and keep the gilt on
the gingerbread of matrimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20

under similar conditions than corn
and are of immense value to the
dairyman. They have proved to be
the cheapest dairy silage. and thus
promise to take the place of corn.
Careful testing showed that sunf1ower
silage kept the cows in good condi-
ton. insuring large yield of milk and
butter fat. In fact all the experiments
we're so satisfactory in all the differ
ent states, it is declared, that the
question is being asked by leading
dairyman: Are sunflowers to take
the place of corn to supply the
dairies of the future with silage?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-20

Q. What is meant by the socratic
A This was the method OF instruction
employed by Socrates, and consisted of sys-
tematic questioning to elicit answers which
would develop, point by point, the general
truth that was the OBJECT OF me i .l Sc-.
metic sealing of foods would preserve
them IS. c. 2.
BILE for this discovery. The French govern
ment offered a prize for the most practical
method of preserving foods for sea service
after experimenting from 1To5 until 1sG7
submitted treatise on means of preserS-
ing foods and received the prize OF 12,O s.
francs His method was to- enclose FRUIT
after heating 1t. in n glass bottle. which
was then corked and subjected to action Of
boiling water.
oatmeal wall papers have a L. II.
I A Sawdust IS used to produce the dis
tinctive surface of this kind of paper.
: Q. Who is the present ruler OF Liberia
A. The name of the president Of IL
@. How deep is Salt Lake. ~ Utah, ana
what is its area s-B. r. NJ
A The Great Salt Lake which occupies
of less than 20 feet. It is said that the
changes in area of the lake are due 10
the fluctuations in rain fall In 1880 the
area was 1850 square miles In 1869 it hac
increased to 2.170 square miles Since 1865
and 1870 the lake has been gradually re.
the waters is the amount used for lrriga-
ton, and n second cause Is the fact tna'
the amount af water contributed to the
lake by the inlets- has decreased.
O.. How many words do the correspond
ents send out to the newspapers from
Washington each day by wire =--E. n. s.
A The officials Of the National Press
club estimate that daily average Of abou'
300. 900 words Is transmitted by telegraph
and cable thruout the year. At certain times
when important news is transpiring this
amount will be greatly increases These
figures do not include the vast amount OF
/ in excess of that haDdled by wire.
O. How soon will the 1920 census b
completed IL NJ. c.
{ A The Bureau of Census says that tbs
completed report for the 1920 census vii
not be ready for at least two years.
fABy reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka Stat