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Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
SOTO ISFREE
 IF CHARGE OF
 KNIFE ATTACK
Frcm Sundays Daily)

Jesus Soto yesterday afternoon was given his liberty, a charge against him of assault with deadly weapon having been dismissed by Judge C. H. McLane of the justice court upon motion of the county at torney. Insufficient evidence to con vict, and the refusal of Jack Hughes, the complaining witness, to press the charge, were said to be the basis of the dismissal.
 Soto was arrested Armistice night, November II, following the stabbing of Jack Hughes, and charged with this crime. Hughes rushed into the Antler's pool hall on Montezuma street, bleeding. He had been stab bed in the right side, partly from the back He declared a Mexican had done it.
 Hughes was taken to the hospital and officers meanwhile arrested Soto, who was pointed out to them by a bystander. A pocket-knife with a three-inch blade was found on him. His face was bruised in two places. He protested innocence of the crime. It was at first thought that Hughes life was in danger; but he later re- covered; and at preliminary examina- tiCn of Soto recently, refused to press the charge against the defendant.
 Of interest in connection with the case IS the accidental wounding of Henry L. Smith in the Antlers pool hall the night of Wednesday, Novem- Der 29, by a man giving his name as Benjamin F. Marney, said to be a half-brother of Jack Hughes. Marney, according to Smith, was looking for the man that stabbed his brother, '" and in the course of talk accidentally discharged a revolver in his pocket, wounding Smith.
 Transferred from Mercy hospital to the post hospital at Whipple Bar racks, Smith was reported at both hospitals yesterday to have been get ting along well both before and after the transfer. The bullet had severed two intestines and a ligament and it was thought his life might be in danger.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
FLOYD WILLIAMS IS HELD UP ON HIGHWAY
 BY s "RUN-HUNTERS"
(From Tuesdays Daily)

A month in California where he avoided the dangers of the open road and of the crowded city-and now adays banditry is a marked part of city life-was wound up by MT. and Mrs. Floyd Williams and children with a hair-raising experience within a couple of miles of home, when they were halted by six men, claim ing to be liquor seekers for the gov .ernment. The hold-up occurred Sat urday night near the Frank Brown ranch on the inner loop road. Will Hams was driving in by that road when he was commanded to halt, and the command was accompanied by a shot.
 Bringing his car to a stop, the local garage man fingered his own weapon as the six men gathered around. They made no attempt to search the car, but told Williams they were federal rum-hunters and were on official business. He told them who he was and they made no further effort to stop or hold him.
 But m the course of the brief con- versations, MT. Williams expressed himself with some detail on the sub ject of firing guns and frightening women and children, and reminded the six mysterious men that he might easily have assumed them to be road agents and that he might have killed off few of them under that mis- understanding.
 In town yesterday, Williams at tempted to check up on the activities of accredited federal prohibition agents in this vicinity but said he was unable to locate the men or any of them concerned in his hold-up.
 The practice, however, Of stopping cars on the open road by these rather brusque means. is dangerous, Floyd declares, for the average mo- torist is ready at all times to defend himself and his car against the yeggs who are not as scarce as they ought to be on the public highways.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
AUSTRALIAN PEARL
 SHELLS SEEN HERE

A striking window display is fea- tured at Matthias & Lynch's jewelry store this week, Incorporation with the holiday selling campaign of the LaTausca Pearl company. The cen tral figure of the display is a beau tiful pair of Australian pearl sea- shells, more than eight inches in diameter, enclosed in a gray plush, silk-lined cabinet Inside the shells, which are hinged and fastened with a clasp, is a lovely string of the best Sumatra pearls. According to the proprietors, their holiday business on La Tausca necklaces has been very satisfying so far, and he at tributes large part of it to the in terest aroused by the novel display.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
NO RAINFALL? WE SHOULD WORRY! SAY
 BRITISH SHEEPNEN

Possibilities" of grazing sheep on drouth-stricken desert ranges are contained in the use of plants of the cactus species, according to an an nouncement of the southwestern dis trict office of the forest service at Albuquerque, quoting a British eX- pertinent. In regard to sheep raising methods in Grootfontein, South Africa, "where sheep grow without water" the forest service asks:
 Shall we import Australian sheep into the southwest, or reseed our drouth-stricken ranges with pure stands of Australian prickly-pear- which? The mere habit of drinking water which American sheep seem to have gotten into apparently means nothing in the young lives of Australian 'woolies.' A recent news paper item credits the British Royal Agricultural farm, Grootfontein, South Africa, with this experiment.: Sheep existed for 200 days solely on a diet of prickly-pears, and if a little lucerne plant is added, for 500 days, without a drop of water
 "We have written" concludes the forest service announcement, flor the rest of the story!"
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
LEGION LOOKING FOR
 LOST SERVICE MAN

The American Legion, department of Arizona, is prosecuting search
 for Robert Carter Page, on behalf of his father, w. H. Page, of Washing ton, D. C., and has advised Ernest A. Love post through Commander Albert D. Akin to determine whether young Page is in Prescott. The following description of the young man was made public yesterday:
 Robert Carter Page enlisted in the army as a private in the flying school detachment, January 9, 1918, at San Diego. He was honorably on June 20, 1919. Age, 25 years; height, 5 feet inches; eyes, blue; hair, dark brown; has deep scar in the rim of his right eye; complexion, sallow when last seen. It is believed Page may be from a mental relapse (as- phasia), and that he may be in Cali fornia or Arizona. He was formerly by the Sellers Manufactur- ing Co.,, Chicago; Cuyahoga works, Ohio. Any information relative to Page should be forwarded to his father, w. H. Page, 150 The Porter Apts., Washington, D. C., or to the information section, U. s. eterans' Bureau.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
ONE WHEEL ON CURB,
 AUTO BODY IS LEVEL
Gordon Clark Demonstrates FIexi- bility of New lyle of Automo-
 bile Spring to Crowd

An automobile spring of such flexi- bility that even though one wheel of car may be from six to eight inches higher than the others, the body will remain level, was demon strated around town yesterday by Gordon Clark.
 The new spring is the "No-Shock, :" for which Clark has recently been appointed state agent for Arizona. He has a set on his own car, and demonstrated them yesterday by parking his car with one wheel on the curbing, leaving the other three on the ground, and the body of the car level. The springs are manufac- tured by California concern.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
VISITS BROTHER HERE

Miss Helen L. Byrnes, sister of Harry Byrnes, manager of the Yavapai club, has arrived in Pres colt on her way to Los Angeles to spend several days visiting her brother Miss Byrnes is an evange- list and an accomplished musician, and for eight years has been con- nected with the Stephens evangelical party in the east. She plans to spend an extended vacation in California. She is registered at the Congress hotel.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
ON
 RADIO HEARD HERE

A radio message from the far eastern coast was received Monday night by H. B. Hinman of Vyne Brothers company, when he listened to complete program broadcasted by station WHAZ of the Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute at Troy, N. Y. Hinman's set is at his home in Mil Ter Valley, and despite the great distance he had no difficulty in catching every note of the concert. The following program was given: "Homesick," foxtrot, orcrestra; Carolina in the Morning" foxtrot, violin, flute and piano trio, Barcarolle Schubert; violin solo from Traumerei; clarinet duet, sex tette from Lucia; march from the Queen of Sheba," by symphony or and Loving Sam. the Shiek of Alabzam'" by the orchestra.
 It is the intention of the Rensse- laer Institute to broadcast a trans continental program from station WHAZ on the second Monday of each month, according to announce ments made during the course of the concert Monday night. They will begin at midnight, eastern time, and will be given by the best talent avail able, playing both classical and popular music.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
WINTER SEASON
 OF CLUB DATED
Entertainment Committee of Yavapai Club Issues Calendar for Winter Season; Informal Dances and Formal Affairs.

An interesting series of social events is planned for the present season at the Yavapai club, in the calendar of social events now issued by the new entertainment committee, copies of which have been mailed to all club members.
 The first affair will be an informal dinner-dance on Friday evening, De cember Is. This is everybody's party" the entertainment committee announces. A choice of either cards or dancing will be afforded. Dinner will be from to 9 and dancing from 7 to F.
 New Years Ball
 On Monday evening, January l, will be held the Yavapai clubs an- nual New Years ball, a formal af- fair which will start the new year happily. Dinner will be served in the cafe from to 8, and dancing will be from 9 to F. This will be one of the important affairs of the winter.
 A second informal dinner-dance in the series which is proving popular at the club is arranged for Wednes- day evening, January 10. Every body's party" again, and a merry evening assured.
 Cards will be available at these in formal dinner-dances, but they will reign supreme at the big card party arranged for Friday evening, Jan uary 19. Bring guests if you wish, " the entertainment committee an- nounces to club members, adding We'll have more of this if you show by attendance that you want it."
 Fine feathers make fine birds," is the motto adopted for the. grand masquerade ball arranged for Fri day, January %, at which the great est variety and ingenuity of costume will be seen. Rivalry in costuming is expected to be keen, for the man agement has offered prizes for the best.
 Friday evening, February 9, will see another informal dinner-dance with a choice of cards if desired.
 Masonic Lodge Week
 The week of February F will be Masonic grand lodge week, at which time the Masonic grand lodge will meet in Prescott. The facilities of the club will be placed at the dis posal of the visitors, and when def mite arrangements are made, the en- tertainment committee will announce the event for this period.
 Masonic grand lodge week will be followed on the evening of Thurs day, February 22, Washington's birthday, by a second formal ball. Dinner will be served from to 8 o'clock and dancing held from 9 to F. Well have cherries if they're ripe" announce the entertainment committee, with whom Manager Harry Byrnes is cooperating.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
ODD FELLOWS ELECT
 AND ADMIT MEMBERS

At their regular meeting for cleo ton of officers Wednesday night, Arizona lodge No. l, of the I. O. o. F., chose the following leaders for the coming year:
 Albert Rau, noble grand; C. E. Rogers, vice-grand; C. E. Ryer, re- cording secretary; F. C. Moore, finan- cial secretary; George NJ. Payne, and George H. Bishop, trustee.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
COURT CLOCK
 PULLED UPON
 THE ATTORNEYS

Using the trial of Manuel Mendez las a vehicle, Judge Sweeney yester- day launched out upon journey of exploration into the involved subject 'of the status of the Arizona bench. He halted the lengthy and rather drawn-out proceedings to indicate in the record an inquiry as to just where the introduction of collateral evidence can be stopped, and when the state and defense had rested and both announced no rebuttal, he indi- cated a period to the argument that caused the final stages Of the case to take on the semblance of a horse race.
 You gentlemen should be able to argue this case in 20 minutes to a side Will that be sufficient"
 It seemed that the opposing at torneys thought 20 minutes would be plenty.
 "Very well. MT. Clerk, make a note Of the time!"
 MT. Keohane cast his orbs on the official court clock.
 Without any preliminary lingering and shuffling of notes and docu- ments, the deputy county attorney stepped rapidly up to the rostrum and said: "Gentlemen of the jury
 The argument was confined well within the specified 40 minutes Judge Sweeney had indicated a desire to take up the instructions later. They were taken up later, but no time was wasted in their consideration, draft ing and delivery. Before the dinner hour, the bailiff had been sworn and the jury was en route to it's room.
 The point upon which the court sought to curtail time-taking testi- mony was that of credibility of wit nesses. The state had used wit ness against Mendez whom the de- fense considered from its cross-ex- animation a narcotic peddler, a boot logger and a proprietor of place of prostitution The questions of the defense indicated desire to inn peach the states witness, or at least to display him before the jury in such a light as to whittle down his standing as a stickler for truth and morality. The prosecution naturally sought through this opening to de- lend the credibility of its witness, and this, in turn, opened the flood gates to more rebuttal testimony by the defense.
 Judge Sweeney said that since the supreme court had made its famous ruling on credibility in the Fuller case Ca Yavapai county triaD the superior court was at loss to un- derstand where the limit to such tes- timony might be found. The admis- sion of any testimony bearing on the credibility of an adverse witness was, the court said, the apparent purpose of the appellate court in its Fuller ruling, but it was believed that this latitude would not be so broad when the supreme court again had an opportunity to rule on this question.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
AGA. SECRETARY TO
 SPEAK TO GENTLEMEN

H. NJ. Rice, secretary of the Ari- zona Cattle Growers association, and C. U. Pickrell, Yavapai county agri- cultural agent, will address meet ing of cattle raisers of the Lower Oak Creek association at the Red Rock school house Saturday.
 Both speakers have a message of to stockmen of that dis trict and open discussion of local problems will be invited. Many cattle raisers have signified their in tention of attending the meeting.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
SAYS RANGE GOOD.

NJ. A. Perkins was in the city yes terday, having come in from his ranch at Perkinsville on business at the forest service office. Perkins says range conditions in his part of the country are good for this time of year. He has turned off some beef this fall, and his cattle are in good shape.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
KERSEY AND EVANS
 ADMIT CALF THEFT
 AND ARE SENTENCED

Bert Evans and Vernon Kersey surrendered their rights to trial, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 each before Judge Sweeney yesterday.
 Charged with the illicit butchering of veal, the defendant, who had been out on bond, appeared with P. w. O'Sullivan and entered their pleas yesterday, received their sentences and began serving them. They were accused by John C. Stephens and Fitzhugh Lee of having stolen the calf, the quartered carcass and hide having been found concealed in the rocks near Iron Springs.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-13
SUES FOR $15,OOO FOR LOSS
 OF HIS EYESIGHT

Damages of $15,O0O for the loss of an eye are asked from the United Verde Extension Mining company in suit filed in the superior court yes terday by Juan Lavin.
 Lavin on November l4 was em- p1oyed as a ,drillcr in the Little Daisy mine of the United Verde Extension, his complaint recites, and was in jured by rock blown from the drill he was operating. He alleges that the injury to his eye caused by the rock resulted in the loss of the eyes sight, and that the injury was caused by no fault of his own.
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
THE TANGLE OF DEBT.

By all odds the most difficult, vexatious,
disastrous, exasperating and dangerous condi-
ton the world has found since the war is that
created by the tangle of international finan-
cial Obligations So many nations owe each
other and have nothing with which to pay
that they do not know which way to turn in
seeking a way out of the economic and finan-
cal labyrinth. That is what is holding back
the program of industrial progress on which
is bound to be based any plan for economic re-
construction. The war just about ruined the
world by practically bankrupting some ma
lions while making others rich.
Great Britain always said it would pay to
the last dollar its obligations, the major por-
ton of which concerns the United States.
For more than 200 years the British govern
ment has met its obligations, thus establish
ing a credit unsurpassed in history. 1t easily
can be seen how British pride alone would
demand that the debt to America be paid
some time, for failure to pay would be equal
to the confession of inability to do so, and
the Englishman does not like that Notwith-
standing the British adherence to principle
in the matter there comes the realization that
d debt cannot be paid unless the money is
on hand, which changes the aspect of the
case materially Great Britain today would
be glad if it were able to pay the United
States in lump sum, but it would be glad
der still if it also could collect what other
governments owe it. In fact, the representa-
ton has been made by Lord Balfour that
such a necessity exists.
The note to the allies asking payment Of
the obligations to Great Britain has not been
well received in this country, according to
the official or sem-official opinions reflected
in dispatches from Washington. 1t is taken
that Great Britain intimates the United States
will not receive payment unless the other
governments pay England what they owe,
Then, it is also inferred that the Balfour note
cunningly suggests some sort OF round table
cancellation OF debts as way OF out of the
difficulty, which really would put Great Brit
ain in a position to say it had lost by the
transaction because the allies owe England
more than England owes America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
THEY DIDN'T Do IT.

Under the head of an editorial entitled
Drank Savannah's Liquor, Then Threw Her
Down" the Columbus Enquirer-Sun says;
"Say what you please about it, ii all reports
be true, or even half true, our Savannah
friends wasted a lot of good booze in their
efforts to properly entertain the Georgia leg
isature and give it a good impression OF
Savannah as the logical location Tor the state
port"
That is not our understanding OF it at all.
More than one solon was heard to COM
plain that Savannah was distressingly dry
when the port" was being looked over,
whereas they were loud in their praise OF
the "unbounded" hospitality OF Brunswick.
AS one expressed it, no one had to rustic for
the wine of Joy. We have no Knowledge con-
corning what did occur at either place, but
it is a fact, nevertheless, that many OF the
lawmakers did not hesitate to let it be known
that they were powerfully pleased with the
hospitality accorded them by Savannah's
rival Perhaps Savannah did not sustain her
reputation in some ways that had made her
famous-for instance, in dispensing the va
rety of Chicken salad" noted admiral liked
so well when visitor to that city some
years ago. We believe that our Columbus con-
temporary has done the Legislators and Sa-
vannah an injustice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
RUDE RURAL RHYMES
CORN.

From southern wales the corn plant came
from lands of gold and Aztec fame where
long it held an honored place in gardens OF
vanished race With gleefu grins the seed
we drop, with honest pride we pick the crop
the flint and dent the sweet and pop. Dame
Nature formed it long ago giant grass in
Mexico. From tribe to tribe the gift we pass
ed. 1t reached our northern land at last, to
serve the early settlers need, sturdy staff OF
life indeed; to swell with grain the yankee
cribs and pad with fat their lanky ribs. Still
on our tables it appears, and in the form of
roasting ears against our rugged features
pressed it spread them out from east to west
A noble food, but what pity the way we
eat it is not pretty We gnaw it off in gulps
and gobs. and on our plates we pile the cobs.
Between the ears we hardly pause to wipe
the butter IRON our jaws. When sweet corn
yearly waves its banners we give vacations
TO our manners. BOB ADAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-08-29
The Mortgage Crop.
From the Cordele Dispatch.

Cotton should not be spoken OF as a
money crop. 1t should always be reterr-
ed to as a mortgage crop. 1t IS the one
crop above all other crops that runs the
farmer in debt. 1t necesstates debt for
supplies and a debt for fertilizers. The
gross returns from an acre correspond
pretty we'll with returns from an acre III
oats followed by hay, but the difference
is the difference in cost OF production.
Cotton may bring more money per acre
than corn and beans and peanuts, but it
also costs more and it wears out the land,
while peanuts and beans build up the
land.-Moutrie Observer.
The Triton Gazette and Moultrie OBJ
server have been hitting some hard ticks
against cotton as a money crop during the
past few days. We feel like saying the kind
of amen" that sometimes rings out in the
high speed revival meeting. Cotton is no
money crop. 1t is worse than writing insur
ance in full field 1t requires too much put
out" for the income. Cotton makes no man
any money.
The weevil has not dashed the spirits of
some of the old timers around here. He
hasn't changed their course on the calendar
one particle They wake up in the spring
time, bar off, the cotton stalks, bust the
"bal<s," lay in that portion of the fertilizer
that does not get in the wind, plant, chop
and side up and turn over to the weevils-
and go off to the late summer diversions.
1ney are iuOIlSdStu up 10 lHtlI ears, up
to their mules ears, down to the last plow
stock, the last ear Of corn-far more than
ever the cotton will meet that the weevl
lets by his devastating bill Nobody can tell
such fellow anythng-you couldn't change
him with a French seventy-hve. He's what
you might call bit hardened.
These fellows have taught themselves to
get what they can on credit-and pay when
there is nothing else that worries, when moth
ing else lures the coin. They have found out
they cannot make living growing cotton,
but the world war changed lots OF things
and it caused these fellows to assume that
the whole world is beating its way. Pity
them. They've got to find another way
they will.
And we have another class-a class that
has COWS, hogs and hens. They still have
their cotton and other crops-but they are
smaller and intensified. They look better
mean more in the final count. They are bring
ing in a new order-the order which is go
ing to save Georgia and still retain an agri-
cultural leadership worth noting in the food
and feed bills OF the American continent.
Cotton is not a money crop. This is the
fourth year our people have tried it under
weevil conditions They are fast reaching the
conclusion that they cannot stake all on cot
ton. There are farming schedules which net
more money, require less worry less labor
and add more to the bank account.