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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
Standard Oil Takes Over
 The Vanderlip Interests

The Standard Oil company is said to have taken over part of the con- sessions obtained by Washington D. Vanderlip in the Kamchatka region of Russia, and will spend large amount of money in it's exploration. The region is barren and desolate, only few isolated inhabitants having their habitat in that territory. Van derlip made a great ado about his concession from the soviet govern ment, and it is possible that this is another of his methods of obtaining propaganda.
 The Kamchatka region of Siberia is one of the most rigorous of all the Russian possessions, the winters rang ing from eight to twelve months. Along the rivers there is some farm ing during the short summers that sometime occur. Mountain ranges as- cend to height of 16,000 feet and are covered eternally with snow. The greater part of the country is vol canic and many live volcanos exist there. The natives are smaller than the Esquimaux and are somewhat sim liar in their manner ot living. The plains are deep alluvials, the greater part being sedimentaries. It is in this territory that effort may be made to secure oil, but the fact that the ter ritory is volcanic and earthquakes are prevalent may have initiating eff feet on oil production.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27

2,750,000,000 stamped envelopes are sold every year.
 More than 326,O0O postal co-workers are daily engaged serving the 11o,0o0,- 900 people, or one postal worker for every 337 persons.
 The postal establishment operates it's railway mail service over rail trackage long enough to encircle the earth ten times. Forty-three thous- and rural carriers go out every morn ing, serving six and one-half million families, and before sundown every day travel 1,170,00O miles total of 353,000,000 miles year overthe high ways of the country.
 We use S00,OO0 miles of twine every year tying the packages of letters, enough twine to encircle the earth thirty-two times. Every year 6,500,- 900 pounds of paper are used in man ufacturing the postal cards alone. Debts totaling $1,500,O00,00O are paid through the Post Office Department annually, with 150,oOo,oOo money or ders. There are 500,0O0 depositors in the Postal Savings, larger number than in any banking institution in the world, and 75 per cent. of them are of foreign extraction. ..
 Sixty-five million mail sacks are in use constantly, and it requires 6,000,- 900 yards of canvas every year to keep up the supply. There are over 1,625,- 100000 separate facing slips used on the packages of letters and pouches of mail. One hundred and eighty million envelopes are used annually for the correspondence of the postal service alone and a billion blank forms.
 There is twice as much business done in the post office in New York City as in the entire Dominion of Canada. An average of more than 250,OO0 letters every day in the New York City post office alone are re- addressed from city directories; 19,- OOO,000 letters every year go to the Dead Letter Office-think of the cost which those services bring to the tax payer because of the carelessness of the public in addressing.
 The Parcel Post is the greatest ex- press company in the world, and will thi swear handle more than 2,50O, ,OOO,- 900 packages; the annual business of the American Railway Express will probably be 400, O,000,O00 packages.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL.

Who? Single persons who had net income of $1,O00 or more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. Married couples who had net income of $2,OOO or more, or gross income of $5,0OO or more.
 When? March 15, 1922, is final date for filing returns and making first payments.
 Where? Collector of internal rev enue for the district in which the per son lives, or has his principal place of business.
 Howl. Full directions on Form 1O4OA and Form 1040; also the law and regulations.
 What? Four per cent normal tax on taxable income up to $4,000 in ex- cess of exemption. Eight per cent normal tax on balance of taxable in come. Surtax from 1 per cent to 65 per cent on net incomes over $5,OOO for the year 1921. (Surtax cut to 5O%6.)
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
THE FUTURE OF SILVER
 Nevada Mining Press

Figures on the production and con- sumptio nof silver for 1921, gathered from official sources by the Financial Review of New York, show that the worlds use of this metal, for coinage and commercial purposes, was approx imately two and one-half times the en- tire output. Production was the low est for thirty years, amounting to but 14S, 100000 ounces, with a consump- ton of 356,0O0,000 ounces. The out put of the United States was greatly decreased by the closing down in April of the gteat copper mines, which pro- duced 16,050,000 ounces, or as much as the straight silver mines, in 1920.
 There are evidences of an increased deman dior silver for coinage pur- poses to replace at least part of the huge issues of flat money in Flu rope; and for an expanding trade with China and Japan. Our trade with the Orient has been handicapped by the low price of silver, compelling the Far East to settle trade balances in gold. Our own government has still 121,- 100000 ounces of silver to purchase under the Putnam Act at $1 per ounce about four years production based on the output of last year. It is the be- lief of close students of finance that the open market price for silver will pass the dollar mark some time be- fore this amount of the metal is pur- chased.
 Taken all in all, the situation is ex- tremely promising for the future pros perity df Nevada. There is much evi- dence that capital is again turning to- ward mining and that large sums of money will be expended in the devel- opment of the mineral resources of the West.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
PROCLAMATION OF ARBOR DAY By the Governor

The custom of observing Arbor Day has become an established and bene- ficient practice among our people, tending as it does, to increase the beauty of our surroundings and the earning power of our unused land. The abundance of sunshine which we enjoy can be employed advantageous ly in tree growing, which is always gainful, whether confined to one or more trees set out to beautify and shade the home, or carried to larger extent to the end that our rugged hills may be re-forested.
 It is of particular importance that advantage be taken of this day to in struct the pupils of our public and private schools in silviculture and the beneficent results of forestation. The day should be marked by the plant ing of trees on school grounds and in school gardens in order that the Younger generation may be imbued with a realization of the great values, both tangible and intangible which trees alone possess for mankind.
 In accordance, therefore, with the mandate contained in our statutes and with the earnest hope that the day may be spent in the planting and cul tivation of trees which will material ly add to the beauty of our State and will be a patriotic contribution to the pleasure and welfare of future gen erations, I, THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me, and in conformity with the provisions of Paragraph 2S37--2S40, Chapter xxx of the Revised Statutes of Arizona, do hereby designate and set apart Fri day, the 3rd day of February, 1922, as ARBOR DAY, to be observed in counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Yuma; and similarly do I designate and set apart Friday, the 7th day of April, 1922, as ARBOR DAY for due observance in the Coun- ties of Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Mohave and Yavapai.
 In urging the observance of these Arbor days, I do so in the confident explanation that they may be marked by appropriate exercises in all our schools and that through general rec ognition of their important meaning thousands of young trees will be started on their future growth to bless us in the years to come.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arizona to be affixed. Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this 18th day of January, 1922.
 (Great SeaD
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL,
 Governor of Arizona. ATTEST: ERNEST R. HALL,
 Secretary of State.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
THEY'VE OPENED THE MINES

THEY'VE OPENED THE MINES
 IN BUTTE" Whispers ran wild through the coun
 try,
 Striking the listener mute, Couldn't be true but they hardened, "They've opened the mines in Butte" The bees in a southern jungle, Wintering soft on fruit, Grabbed at the grits of the flyer Over the hump for Butte. Prospectors out of Nevada, Miners from Bisbee to Nome, Riding tho rods and the bumpers. Burning the trail for home. Ere ad lines blew up in Scale, F''.r-bouses cmptied in Chi; Mconshiners moved with their ;ettes God knows a miner gets dr.7. Mad ;s the wor'i with it's troubles, Famine and misery acute; Glimmer of hope in the darkness They've opneed the mines in Butte.
 Butte, Jan. IA, 1922. 70. P. G
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
SMALLEST GOLD COIN

The smallest modern gold coin in the world, so far as is known, has just been minted in Geneva. It rep resents the gold franc and is the coin on which the budget of the League of Nations is to be calculated. In shape it is octagonal and on one side is en- graved the initials IS. D. N." (Societe des Nations). It is valued at about two cents and weighs .o3225805 of a Vramn1e
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
Annual Turnover
 Postal Department Is $3,OOO,OOO,OOO

Following are some interesting fig lures on the volume of business done " the postal department of the pited States:
 The Post Office Department spends 100000 annually. The annual yer, the in and out of the busi- which measures any business, is Lthan $3,0O0,O00,00O.
 (ery single hour of the twenty OO,000 letters are mailed; in of the 365 days, 33,000,0 900
 sent; during this year more
 p,OOO,000 letters will be
 Fourteen billion postage
 20, ,000, 900 postal cards, and
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
High Life

She Cat the dance): "Where have
 "Do you remember your class yell?"
 "Yes, and it wasn't very expres- sive. I've got son in college now, and you ought to hear me when l audit his bills" s."-Kansas City Journal.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
So He Was Fired

What happened to your new clerk?"
 "Too business-like. He wrote an important letter the other day that spoiled a big order for me-"
 "How was that?"
 "He closed the letter by saying: Hoping for your immediate execu- tion, we remain.'"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27

Our idea of a real yellow peril is lovely young woman wearing yellow stockings.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
OBSCURE ARTISTRY

The life-sized figure of a woman carved in solid rock was recently found by campers in a remote corner of Crater Lake, National Park, Ore gon. It has been impossible to learn' so far, when the carving was done or by whom. The initials M: A. Y. and markings which appear to be 1S43 are seen near by. This region was practically unknown by white men Tn 1843. ..,
 Strict Parent-From my observa- ton of him last night l should say that that young man of yours was rather wild.
 Daughter-Of course. It was your wanted you to go upstairs and leave wante dyou to go upstairs and leave us alone.-Boston Transcript.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
SUMMONS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF Mo
 have County, State of Arizona.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27

WE DO THE CLASS OF PRINTING
 THAT BRINGS RESULTS.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-01-27
PAUL M. HARRIS, Defendant.

ZETTA HARRIS, Plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

chased In 1919 fot $4,000. u sold
today 1t the present value Of loss
In that immediate neighborhecA
would bring no less than e7e,0e0.
In other words, ten Year, -.
lay would have meant . loe6 Of
$4,000. While the present mar
ket price for buildings and build
ing material IL high, the Tnariest
price for vacant ground 10 rslar
lively low. In fact. It ID . natu-
raj consequence Of high building
costs to lower rather than en-
hance land values. Moreover,
mlny Of these sites. which must
OF necessity be in the immediate
vicinity Of existing schools, II not
acquired now. are likely 70 %
built on. and thereby made un.
attainable except at prohlbttive
cost. Purchase OF these play
ground sites 10 manifest econ
omy.
These playground items. there
fore, should be restored unless
the resources OF the District are
utterly inadequate for their &C
Quisition. This cannot be the
case 10 long az taxes actually
collected remain unexpended.
While the Federal Government
must match the local money In
the ratio Of forty to sixty. its
contribution represents and meas
ures the Governments share In
the cost of upkeep of the great
city which It enjoys and controls.
Presumably the contribution 10 .
Just one, made upon that special
2 consideration; otherwise IL would
be changed. The whole District
appropriation IL, and must re-
main. essentially q local sxpendi-
ture.
AN OBVIOUS ECONOMY.
such being the case, the obvi-
Gus economy would seem to war
rant increasing the appropriation
by the $4,000 necessary to pro.
vide for these items.
The original estimate Of the
Board Of Education was Inclusive
of fundamental needs on the part
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
eeuseusx3ssaAlAlssuss

that for two days out Of five
these very young chfldren--six
to ten years old--do their school
work under the most disadvantage
Gus circumstances
Instead of. going to school at
the normal hour. fresh and in
full vigor. these little. children.
having more or less exhausted
their energies during the morning,
are herded indoors and instructed
during the hours of waning
energy. Not beginning until l
D. m, they must be confined
until 4:30 p. m. In the winter
months, that means until practi-
cally dusk. And in many, many
schools II means without any
artificial light! This is a mani.
fest wrong to the childlife Of the
community and bad example
to the nation,
Another wretched consequences
of this shortage is the portable"
school. The portable is at once
unsafe and unsanitary. 1t II
built of wood and heated by q
stove. It does not, therefore, ad-
nit of q properly regulated
Temperatures, and II cannot be
ventilated except by chilling the
overheated children. 1t is the
fruitful parent Of colds, grippe
and influenza. The children are
almost constantly subjected to
the fumes Of coal gas. They are
required, even in the worst winter
weather, to 60 out Of doors to the
main building to answer the calls
Of nature.
Such a school would hardly Be
tolerated in the most remote.
backward. and impoverished coun.
thy district before the days Of
hygienic science. Yet in the
Capital there are seventy-eight Of
these make-shifts. That In these
days children in q great and
wealthy city should be knowingly
subjected to such conditions IL
nothing less than an outrage
against public health.
CLASSES CONGESTED.
The third evil consequence Of
the school-house shortage II con-
gested classes. Experience has
demonstrated that there Ia q
miximum limit of efficiency in
respect Of class numbers-any-
thing beyond that miximum 10
simply a drain upon the physical
and intellectual resources Of the
pupils and the teacher.
Tho character. ~ well as the
intelligence. Of the pupils should
be built up on sure founda-
ton. This cannot be done when,
for sheer lack Of school.rooms.
classes are crowded beyond ali
possibility of effective teacher In
nuenoe. Thus the whole intellsc.
tuAl and moral life Of the rising
generation 10 stunted; and It be-
{. comes a serious question whether
instruction under these circum-
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

these sites now rather than pay
enhanced prices later on. In the
second place. immediate purchase
will advance by at least year
the time Of buildings which.
needed now. will be doubly needed
by the time they can possibly be
built.
REQUESTS REASONABLE.
Meeting the school house short
are should not be made to depend
upon the adequacy or inadeQuacy
OF the facilities Of the municipal
architects office; but obviously,
the acquisition Of sites in advance
win greatly shorten the time Of
construction. We submit with
confidence that your committee
will deem the items just men
toned real necessities. Why, then.
should they not be restored by the
committee on its own initiative.
We recognize that this 10 q
period OF enforced economy. We
freely concede that there are other
items which do not rank in i'm
portance with these already men,
toned. But candid examination
will show that some at least Of the
others eliminated are of almost
equal Importance. For example,
we believe that all appropriations
requested for items heretofore
authorized by law should be
granted for the full amount asked
for, because the partial sums al
lowed in the budget will only re.
tard the construction OF buildings
admitted to be necessary.
Up to the present point, the
total of the items asked to be re-
stored In by no means Staggering.
The remaining items are for
needed extensions of school yards
and play grounds. 100000. I'm.
portant a. these Fairgrounds are,
Il IL undeniable that they can be
postponed II there Ia in truth an
iron limit ALREADY touched by the
total of the items we ask to have
restored. But we submit that a
beginning at least should be made
in this regard. II we are to have
modern, healthfui, public schools.
then these Fairgrounds must
eventually come.
PURCHASES URGED.
The issue. then. 10 whether 1t
would be wiser to stretch the
financial resources little further
and acquire these sites now or to
screw down the appropriation
now and pay more for the sites
hereafter. All local experience
shows the great saving made by
purchasing as far as possible In
advance Of land requirements.
Purchase OF these sites at the
present time will effect a great
saving to the District taxpayers
and the Government itself. As
an example. a school site In the
northeast section of the city pur-
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
ee Makes Report on Conditions in u. C. Schools

on behalf Of the parents and
citissns OF the District, thar all
items diaapproved by the bureau
Of the budget be restored.
The schools Of the District of
Columbia are Of national i'm.
portance. There is q growing
interest In Washington as the
Nations Capital. and the people
everywhere are coming to look
upon Its school system as some
thing they are bound to consider
In appraisins what their Capital
really stands for. Washington il
now the headquarters for various
national organizations interested
in the efficiency of American
education.
These organizations, and the
people al large, want the public
schools OF Washington literally
supported. 20 that by collabora-
ton between the experts of the
National Bureau OF Education and
the experts Of the Capitals school
system. the best ways and means
for educating children can have
adequate demonstration for the
benefit of schools all over the
country. Research by the bureau
of Education and demonstration
by the public schools of Washing
ton, both having the support of
Congress. will result In enlighten-
ment for the whole nation as 10
the best methods Of training and
developing the children of Amer.
lea.
The schools at the Capital can
be made q national glory. BY the
same token, they can become a
national humiliation.
The Washington times., 1922-12-24

has been intensified by conditions
during and following the war.
For practical purposes. there
fore, II 10 unnecessary to go back
beyond the close Of the war
WORK DOUBLE SHIFT.
On November /, 1920, there
was an accumulated shortage Of
103 class-rooms. This may be
termed a sheer shortage; that Is.
an absolute incapacity to respond
to a constant demand under pre-
vailing conditions. The increased
enrolment for the year 1922
brought this shortage up to 207.
To meet 1t there were opened in
1920-21 and 1922 total Of
forty-eight new class rooms. The
school year 1922. therefore.
ended with an accumulated short
age of 16s class rooms. The In
crease in enrolment for 1922-2S
has created an immediate demand
for twenty-five more class rooms.
Thus at the beginning of 1922
20 there would have been an ac-
tual shortage of 184 class rooms
as against the shortage Of 1873
class rooms in 1890. In other
words, the situation would have
been left unchanged. In the
meantime, Congress had acted.
The deficiency appropriation Of
1921 made provision for approx
mately fifty-two class rooms,
which have now become available.
mains q net sheer shortage OF 132
class rooms. Having started un-
der 50 heavy q handicap. supply
has never been able to catch up
with the constantly accelerating
demand.
So far the figures relate to
what may be termed an absolute
shortage-sheer incapacity to
meet q growing demand. But 1t
must be remembered that $50
class rooms In grades one and
two are worked in double shifts.
That Is. one teacher conducts q
class In the morning; a second
conducts another class in the
afternoon. Each Of these classes.
under normal conditions. would
have q full days instruction. OBJ
viously. then, there II an addi-
tional element of shortage Of pre-
cisely $50 class rooms.
A third item must also be taken
into account. At least ten school
buildings recommended for aban-
donment az Tar back AZ 1908 are
still in service. Including these
and other wholly unsuitable quar-
ters the indisputable shortage In
physical accommodations mounts
up to the appalling figure Of more
than 400 elementary class rooms.
CONSEQUENCES CITED.
But what does statistical short
ago mean? Translated into terms
Of human conditions, It means.
first of all. part-time. that is to
say, the children of the first.
second. third and fourth grades
are put upon what amounts to
half-tims schooling. In other
words, they are robbed Of nearly
half the educational care and at.
tention which they would receive
under normal conditions. Nor
does this tell the whole story.
For the part-time system means
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
Mobile Schools
Outrage, Says
Citizens Report

TyHE portable" schools In
j use In the District a. =
maIseshift 10 relieve the con-
gestlon ''would hardly be tol-
Grated In the most remote,
backward and impoverished
country before the days Of ny.
gienic science" according to
the brief Of tho committee Of
five.
Further On the subject II
reads:
Another wretched conse-
qucnce Of this shortage h the
portable school.
Tho portable II Mt once un-
safe and unsanitary. tits built
OF wood and heated BY . stove.
II does not, therefore, admit
OF . properly regulated tenn
perature, and It cannot be ven
ttlsted except by chilling the
overhested children. II ID the
fruitful parent Of colds, grippe
and Influenza. The children
arc almost constantly subject
ed to the fumes Of coal gas.
THAT in these days children
In Q great and wealthy city
should be knowingly subjected
10 such conditions Ii nothing
less than an outrage against
public health"
The Washington times., 1922-12-24
Class Congestion
Called Peril to
Pupils Health

A B one ef the transcending
"A OWLS o. the school short
age ta,e brlsf a. The confmittes
of five cites tho congestion of
classes. II says:
"Experience hss demonstrated
tlnst there b . is,sxinssm Limit
d efficieucy IN respect 10 cIass
numbers-anythhg beyond that
maximum ID s1nply = drah
upoa ~ physical md intel
lsctuaI resources of tho pupils
.and the teacher.
Tho character, - wen ~
the Intelligence. Of tf,e pupils
should b built up On . sure
foundation. This cannot be
done wissu, for sheer lack Of
schoolrooms, classes arc crowd
I'd beyond all possibility Of ef.
fective teacher Influence.
'"rhus tho wbole Intellectual
md moral life 0f the rising
generation b stunted, and II be-
comes . serious question
whether Instruction under these
circumstances b not oftsntisnes
. positive normal injury and
not msreIy . lessensd benefit"