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Tombstone epitaph., 1921-02-27
LEOPARD GETS OUT CF EXPRESS CAR CAGE;
 SHOT BY PASSENCER

DOUGLAS, Feb. Waking up in the faint gray dawn to find s leopard scrambling over ones blankets seems out of place anywhere except in the dark recesses of some African forest or in the movies. But an American Express company messenger yester- day was confronted with just such a hair-raising spectacle when he opened his eyes near Maricopa station. The leopard had escaped from a cage in which it was being shipped, and the barking of frightened dogs crated in the same car awakened the messen- ger. probably in time to save him from being clawed to death.
 Frightened. but maintaining his self-control. the messenger remained motionless until he saw his chance to reach gun. Before the animal had time to sense his danger and put up a fight it was stretched on the floor with a bullet wound in each front leg. The leopard passed through here yesterday on No. ?, still alive and moaning in it's cage. where the two had managed to put it af- ter it had been wounded.
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-S BEES TO WORK FOR
 STATE OF ARIZONA

PHOENIX, Feb. 25.-ActiHg on the recommendation of the state bee in- spector. and the superintendent of the Fort Grant Industrial school, the board of directors of sta.- institutions yesterday granted acquisition :nr 10 colonies Of bees Gnd the cncessary equipment
 S;;::I;v. intendent Larson advised th. board that the bees would do well .t Fort Grant with profit to the institu- tion. He pointed out the saving in sugar and molasses if the boys gave attention to the industry He said that l.. F.. Mattisan. the state bee in spector. had recommended the man1- facture of honey at the institution
 William J. DOnohue. purchasing agent, in announcing that the requisi- ton had been granted said that the number Of colonies had been cut from % to 10 for a start The bees and equipment will be shipped from here within week according to Mr. Donohue.
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TooMeY fo BE
 STATE HEAD OF
DRUG SlEUThS

TUCSON. Feb. 24- John A. Toomey prohibition enforcement agent for Arizona has been appointed narcotic agent for the state This announce ment was made here today by James Shevlin. federal supervisor of the bor- der department. As state enforcement agent TOomey has had hts headquar- ters in Tncson for the last few months.
 Toomey has devoted mucn of his time to breaking mp illicit traffic in drugs. He hunted down leaders of big drug rings in St Louis. Kansas City and Fl paso before coming here
 There is an exaggerated idea of the amount of liquor being smuggled across the Mexican border into ;ae United States" Shevlin declared.
 The drug situation is far more ser ious. Most Mexican liquors have been adult-rated by bootleggers and per sons on this side of the border are in danger when they drink them
 Mir. Shevlin believes that outside or Fl Paso. Nogales is the most import ant point on the border for liquor and drug smuggling.
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METEOR MOUNTAIN MAY
 BE WORLDS RICHEST MINE

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz.. Feb. More or less has been heard lately about the work now being done at Meteor mountain. in the hope of locating the siart metor which is supposed 10 have formed the immense crater. Drilling for this purpose. was done several years ago: then abandoned when more than thousand feet down.
 Many people have an idea the drii:- ing is being done in the interest of science. merely to find out what the big visitor is made of This isn't the idea at all It is pretty well known what. the meteor is made of. If it is found it is believed by scientists and mining experts that it will develop into by far the richest and most profitable mine in the whole world-a mine that it will take scores of years to exhaust: a mine that will yield i'm mense stores of platinum, mineral far more precious and rare than gold.
 The United stases smeIting com pany, an immensely r:cl corporation, back by EAeiish capita;, IS financing the drilling now being done at Meteor mountain. They say that they will keep at work until they locate the meteor.
 They began drilling early in tho winter. with standard oil rig. using If inch casing at the top. After 9 while they will use 10-inch casing, then drop to S. They have gone down more than 300 feet SO far, and are now finding the going hard. for they are in the limestone strata. shattered by the metetor. and are having lot of trouble losing drills.
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GRAHAM SHERIFF WAGES
 WAR oN eooTLEeesss

sheriff ]. D. Skagss. Of Graham county. is some real battler If there is one thing more than another he is determinedIy against. it is bootleg ging and he has lately been staying up nights and days too in order to effect captures. He has only an un- der sheriff. a jailer and one outside man. yet he is always on the job
 There is one man. Mike Rojas. jan itor of the Solomonville school, who has been under the sheriff's suspi- cion for quite a long time, but it proved quite an undertaking to catch him. X couple of days ago he sue ceedeG
 Mike seems to be in the habit or getting in supplies O. tequiIa from Mexico. They had dance in the schoOlhouse the other night and three youths, the oldest of whom is only seventeen summers, went to Mike for bottle of tequila. Said bottle was forthcoming when SIP was produced.
 This time Skaggs caught him pro- periy and he was brought before Uni ted tSates Commission John F. Hecht- man. al Miami. for arraignment.
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Tde WEST COAST OF
 MEXICO SHOWS ACTIVITY

BlSBEE. Feb. e5-A glowing pie. ture of conditions in Mexico was painted by F. II. Howard of tiYts city who returned this week from a busi- ness trip 10 Mag titan and the west coast.
 Howard went into Mexico to in spect tract Of 15.0o0 acres Of land on the west coast owned by Marshall P. Wright. ThIs tract, Howard said. extends for % miles along the coast About 32.000 acres are under cultiva- tion, being planted to sugar cane, gar banzo and other beans. The crops were shipped last year to Cuba and Spain. Howard said that Wright de sires 10 interest capital in the tract with the idea of making a coloniza- ton project of it.
 With Gunner Johnson, oi this city, Howard visited a mining property in Y !iich he is interested, about 90 miles from the coast in the state fo Sonora. He will return to Mexico shortly 70 start active development of this prop erty. The ore is copper with. high values in gold.
 Howard said that the Anaconda company has property near the one he is inteersted in. and that there is general renewal of activity in the mines of that section The Menies PTetas. famous gG;c property about 20 piles to the south, with a record of s0.000,000 production. has been opened up again by New York com pary that is trying out a new electric process of extracting the metal
 Most of the ranches between No gales and the coast. Howard said, are now under cultivation. Chinamen are cultivating most of the ranches and own much of the business of the seS- tion. Practically every store in Her mosillo. Howard said, is operated by Chinamen.
 With a growing confidence in the stability of the new government, Howard believes that Mexico is about to enter upon an unprecedented era of prosperity.
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ting eight or twelve shoes on a horse where four do just as well.
 Then we have representatives of the dog family" continued the Doc tor. including wolves. foxes. coyotes. etc. There are two species of wolves, one quite large. and one represent ed by d single tooth. The latter belong to very large animals. about as big as black bear. more like ! n.y. ena than a wolf.
 Along with the enormous bones of the mastodon We also found bones of rodents and of the smaller carnivor- ous animals. There are several spe cies Of turtle. but not securities as was announced in the papers.
 Dr. Gidley said that the report in the papers that the remains of sea turtles had been found in company with those of a mastodon had got back to Washington and that he re- ceived letter asking him what kinl of d formation he was in. It appears that sea-turtles and mastodons posi- lively never associated on terms of equality. although fresh-water an1 land turtles were admitted into high. CT Pliocene society.
 The speaker said that the specimen found near Charleston consisted of three fragments of the fossil remains of an elephant. and that there was not enough there to be of much i'm portance.
 Dr. GidIeys talk was particularly interesting as showing what science has accomplished in the way of ac- curately determining the habits. na ture and appearance of the prehistoric inhabitants of the earth A scientist like Dr. Gidley needs but the casual inspection of few bones 10 recon struct the entire beast He is give. q fossil tooth and says That belong ed to very large animals of the vol. family. or q piece of bone and says. That was the heel of camel
 Dr. Gidley said that he will be in this section for several weeks yet. de pending on further discoveries q. Curtis Flats. He declared that It i, an excellent field for research and d. serve mo-S thorough exploration than he las been able to give it
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geological formations. The Pliocene represents the close oi the Tertiary period"
 Having thus established the anti. putty of his antique menagerie. and shown beyond doubt that they were among the earliest pioneers at Curtis Flats and SO entitled to due distinc- tion. Dr Gil!ey proceeded with a more detailed description It seems that an animal of the Pliocene age is some thousands of years older than one of the Pleistocene. and would not think of association with one of such meagre antecedeAA Pliocene ani. mals in other words. are geological aristocracy.
 The mastodon and the giyptodon. continued the speaker. have been fully exploited in the papers. It is interesting to note however. that the ciyptodon is relatedt the armajiliO The siyptodon was about IT feet long including head and tail. the sheel coy ering being about five feet long. II was covered with bony armor. and had an armor plate over its s.ead The tail was encased in rings of armo- The skeleton is q new find in the United States
 Dr. Gidley did not say so but il ap- pears that the tanks used in the late war are nothing more than a species of highly developed glyptodon.
 We also have at Curtis Flats two species of camels. One of these had long legs and long neck and looked more like the present day giraffe than camel It was q true camel. however.
 There are also four species of horses, one of these probably retain ing two lateral toes of the original threetoed types. This animals repre- sents the last of three-toed horses. and was small. not larger than a Shet- land pony. The others were larger and more nearly ike the present day herse"
 Dr. Gidley neglected to say what tn. Tertiary period or why they have since dispensc1 with .nem. i. was suggested by someone that it was rrobSJly to save the trouble of put
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ENGINEER DERAIlS CARS
 PREVENTING RAIL WRECK

TUCSON, Feb. 25.-Prompt action by the engineer of an eastbound Southern Pacific train prevented what might have been a serious accident at Casa Grande yesterday morning. An operator of a tractor. which had an- other tractor in tow. attempted to cross the track a short time before the approach of the freight train, but when his machine was on the cross ing. the engine stalled. In order to avoid a wreck. the engineer of the train applied his emergency brakes with the result that five cars were de raiIed. The wrecking outfit was sent from Tucson to the scene and cleared the track. Traffic was delayed for only about four hours.
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Interesting Talks On Mastodons, Gigantic Turtles And Other Pets Of Long Ago Given By Dr. Gidley

BISBEE. Feb. 25.-Dr. ,. W. Gidley, of the Smithsonian Institution. who is in charge of the work of uncoverins
 and preparing for shipment the fossils of ancient animals recently discover. cd at Curtis Flats. near Tombstone, addressed the Warren District Lun. cheon Club yesterday noon at the Copper queen Hotel and gave an in teresting description of his prehistor- ic pets.
 Dr. Gidley is by no means partial. and displayed no favoritism Tn the matter. and although he admitted that the mastodon is the largest of his household he was equally enthu- siastic with regard to such oddities as thre, tOed horses. camels with extra ordinarily long legs and necks. longer even than the modern variety. carn.- yorous animals of the dog family. as big as black bears and dispositions like hyenas. and even diminutiye ami mals of the rodent family rabbits and sophers.
 The speaker declared that he had nOt come to Arizona on a lecture tour but to see if he co.id collect d few fossils He said that he had not select ed any subject for his address. but that as he knew the people here are interested in the work he is doing tt Curtis Flats he woul confine himself to that
 These remains were found first" said Dr. Gidley. by MT Bryan. of the geological survey. In his work on the water course of that section it is necessary for him to know the geolo- gical formation. and this is best de termined by fossils. He sent some bones to Washington. hut these were so fragmentary that il was hard to determine He found what he thought were the remains of an elephant MT Bryan was working under the i'm pression that the formation was Pleis- tocene in age, but first examination convinced me that they were the re- mains of a mastodon. belonging to the upped Uliocene age This being the case the lind represents new nof'- zon of exploration in the United States. Most of you are more or less with mining and know tn,
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take such action. Until yesterday IT, quor in bond was allowed to enter en route from CaI9da or permitted to re-enter Mexico at this port after it had been shipped across Texas and points.
 Following is the telegram; ''Pu-- <uant to attorney generals opinion, you are directed to refuse transporta- tion and eXpOrtation entries for all intoxicating liquors in your district no, covered by prohibition permit
 A W. MCLEAN.
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SHIPMENTS OF LIQUOR
 BANNED ev NEW ORDERS

DOUGLAS Feb. 25.-Future ship ments in or out of Mexico will be pro- hibited by the customs officials in Douglas in keeping with the ruling re- gently made by Attorney General Pal mer on the volstead act, c. A. HouseI, deputy collector of customs in charge of the port of Douglas announced yes terday. following the receipt of tel egram authorizing the department to
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MEXICAN WOUNDED IN BOX
 GAR sUccUMes TO INJuRfEs

TUCSON. Feb. 24.-Believed to be one of the two Mexicans who were shot by the police of Phoenix Sunday nisht while committing a robbery. Er- nesto Higuera, died a: Sentinel yes terday He was found crouched in a box car late Monday night by W. A. O'Neill. special oficer for the South ern Pacific and complained of an in- jury to his book which he said w:s caused by being struck by a brake. man.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-02-27
MANN ACT vIoLAToR
 MUST SERVE YEAR

PHOENIX. Feb. 25.-Demetrio Pc povitch, arrested on charges of violat- ing the Mann act at HOlbrook several weeks ago while on his way to Cali fornia, was found guilty in the United States district court yesterday and sentenced to serve one year in the county jail. The woman in. the case is awaiting trial under bond of $500.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-02-27

t.-ns. Mexican, alleged to have ab- ducted 13-year-old Viola Wells from Salt Lake City. was arrested here to- day and | tah authorities notified
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NogaIes-Eitre Peck building being converted into White Front garage.
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For State Relief

The governors bill. known as sen- ate bill No. l26. which was introduced "Wednesday afternoon and thrown into the comimttee of fhe whole for quick action. was recommended for passage. This bil provides means for the fti- ancial relief of the state. which by June %. will owe about s3,0O0. 600 in
 Senator Claypools bill for scolt masters for counties desiring them. known as senate Hill No. I19. was recommended for passage. The bill provides the state shall appropriate so month to each coun;y matching that amount or paying more. The $50 salary is for the months the scout master is actively employed. usually for three or four months in the sum. mer
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HOUSE REVOkES ACTION
 URGING MEXICAN RELIEF
(Continued from Page Une)

tCOntinued rom Page OneD isting or that may be laid out. The memorial says that in Arizona indian reservations under complete jurisd;c- tion of the government lie close to cul tivaten lands and that the general movement for good roads throughout the country, especially in Ar:zona, have met with obstacles by being compelled to stop work on reaching reservations or undertake expensive detours.
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ABDUCTION CHARGED

PRESCOTT. Feb. 24.-Jose M. Mon
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Urge Highway Aid.


 senate joint resolution No. r. calling on congress to enact the Sells bill. providing for continuation or federal aid for good roads. The resolution comments Congressman Hayden for work he did in the house at Washing ton in getting the Sells bill passed
 It urges Senators Smith and Ash urst to use their best efforts to get the bill through the senate.
 A check made of business of the legislature to date shows 2S9 bills introduced in both branches, 24 of which have gone to the governor. who has signed l per cent of them Only 10 days remain or roe session. The house judiciary committee rec commended passage Co amend the con- stitutiOn to provide for the issuance Of bonds by the state for the ipprove ment of irrigable lands.
 The ways and means committee in- troduced house bill No. 15s to amend the code and providing that unpatent- ed mining claims shall be taxed as other real estate.
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in the bank to cover the paper.
 Kin Kinney Bill

The house labor committee majority report on house bill No. l2s providing that only those who can speak English may engage in hazardous occupations. was that it do not pass" The ma jority consisted of G. x. Hall. F.. 4. Stewart. F. W. Perkins. and O. T Schupp. The minority returned d ia yorable. recommendation. The minor ity consisted of J. B. Wylie. w. J. Barry and ] I Mccullough This is the old Kinney bill that has failed in every legislature since statehood and strikes at the Mexican miner.
 The house educational committee returned favorable report on the house bill for Americanization in the house public systems. The committee on appropriations recommended de feat for house bill providing money for the paving fo streets and sido- walks in and about the Tempe Nor mai school
 The senate went into committee of the whole and on motion of Senator w. P. Sims held up considerable Of the house bill to validate the Marico- Ia county road bond issue until the attorney general had been consulted. The motion seeks 10 ascertain how far the state may go in validating such bonds
 Tho committee recommended for passage the pool hall ihense bill as amended. The bill as introduced by Senator C. F.. Burton Of lavapai call ed for sl0 for every table and bowling alley in place The license now is slo for place per quarter
 The senate developed many angles and Senator Curtin of Mohave finally got a second to motion 10 cut tho license fee from s10 table to s for the first table and s250 for every al ditional table or bowling alley.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-04-08

EN- Congress with tine railway
vote and such raises. bonuses OF
other demands will be speedily
forthcoming.
But the people will have to pay
the bills-e,en as they are now
paving the bills for the expensive
government experiment. Mr.,
Mark ham has done we'll to sound a
warning against the lnsldiouS effort
to reopen the most wasteful and
extravsgant regime the world has
eyer seen in the whole history or
transportation. The high rates the
railroads charge now are a neces-
sarv legacy from that period.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-04-08
DR.. BEAUCHAMP
TALKS SANITATION
Would Establish a Health
Unit for Oktibbeha---
Wants $5.oOo.oo
Appropriated.

DR.. Beauchamp, director OF
rural sanitation OF Yallobusha
county. delivered an address be-
ifore the Board OF Supervisors
Tuesday. He is working under
tue auspices of the State Board OF
Health and the object of his address
was to get an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purpose of establish
ing ia health unit in Oktlbbeha
| county, which means the establisho
| ment of an Office in Starkyille in
| charge of competent physician
and several co.workers whose OBJ.
ject it will be to improve the sani~
tlry condition OF the towns and
IL q rural districts of the entire
c'unty, examine all school children
for defects and correct same. This
work will last for a period of one
year and will cost $40, 900 to main,
tain it. The National State Board
through the Rockefeller fund coll.
tributes Une fourth of the amount,
and tho State Borad from .appro'
prlatlons made by the last legls.
la.ure, contributes one fourth and
tue county is to contribute the
remaining half of $1,000.
There are several of these units
established throughout the state
ard the State Board of Health
hUpes soon to have the entire State
covered. --
The Board of Supervisors are
willing to make the appropriations
provided the taxpayers Of the
county desire it.
DR., Bsauchamp's address was
listened to with great interest by
q large number of citizens, aud
several ladies were present.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-04-08
Preserve Your Health.

Editor East Miss Times:
1t is the duty of every citizen to
obey the orders of the health officer
and the city authorities in all
sanitary measures. 1t is not
question of whether or not such
measures can be enforced by fines
and punishment, but a question
of civic duty and self protection.
so let us all cooperate, Let every
citizen clean his own premises aud
thoroughly screen his dwellings
and the city will look after tie
cleaning of the public thorough.
'A1res and the screening of public
buildings and business houses.
A united effort will make the
city one hundred per cent sanitary
and this will mean health instead d
Of sickness and death. p. Nj,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-04-08
Rebeckah's Elect Officers

The Rebeekah Lodge which is
Q woman's auxiliary to the Odd
Fellows Lodge was re-organizsd
here Monday night bv, Grand Of
ficer of the State Assembly, Mrs.
Staines and Mrs. Lindsey, of West
Point. The Following officers were
elected: Miss. Ediline Ware, N. q.
Mrs. Kitty Bush, V. G., Ms. E..
l.. Parker, Chaplin. Mrs. Maud
Buntin, Secretary, W. F. Pierce :.
treasurer, b, F. Bell Right Sup,
porter N. g., Z. E. Scroggin,
Left Supporter N. g., VIM. Ward ;,
Right Supporter V. g.. Edgar
Buntin, Left Supporter, " G..
This Lodge, is a new Organization
independent OF the old assemb ,
which existed here about two ye, r.,
ago and starts out with a meul ,er.
ship OF about thirty.