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Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
OUT OF TUNE

' T is not President Harding, but Mr. Gompers l who is inopportune. Saturday, following the presidents summing up of the industrial situation to congress, the veteran labor leader emitted his periodic squeak. Among the other assaults he committed on the presidential wisdom was the charge that he was nopportune, and to cap all of his climaxes, Mr. Gompers gave voice to the astounding assertion that the labor people would not let the country have law to protect for eigners
 What Mir. Gompers takes to be the inharmony of the president, is the inharmony of MT. Com pers. In other words, everybody's out of step but "my Jim"
 The country is greater than Gompers and all of the federation of labor. Members of the feder- ation appreciate this when they stop to think. Be- cause they are parts of the whole country them selves-as well parts of this class or element that is grouped together as the union organza- ton. If the country has certain laws, needs others, all it requires to enforce the first and ob tain the second is to move. And that movement is the only irresistible" one in America.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
HOKUM

TTIIE citation of official trade statistics abso-
 l utely disproves the assertion that old res trictions on imports can only lead to disaster y which was made by Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, at the National Merchandise Fair, held in New York recently, On the same subject Sena- tor Hitchcock also declared that every shipload of goods that keep out by tariff taxes means a shipload of American products which cannot be sold abroad and the goods must pile up as surplus at home
 Replying to this, the republican publicity as sociation, through its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne Jr., says:
 Was ever one small paragraph so repIete with tariff buncombe as that? Prior to the war. and under the protective policy, the balance Of trade was in our favor from year to year. That meant that more shploads of goods were sold abroad than were imported The Underwood law tarifi-for-ess-t -than-revenuc measure, was in effect but seven months before the balance of trade was turning against month to month. hat meant more shiploads of goods were coming in than were going out Just glance over the following table, expressed in millions of dollars bearing in mind that for the ten years cited we operated under fhe DrOtective DO1iCv.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State of
 Arizona, in and for the County of
 Yavapai.
 r IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF JUAN ARMIJO, De ceased.
 Estate of Juan Armijo, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned Administrator of the Es- tate of Juan Armijo, Deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hay ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said Administrator at the Law Office of w. E. Ferguson, little Building, Holbrook, Arizona (P. o. Box 505), the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said Estate in the County of Navajo, State of Arizona.
 (Signed) AMBROSIO ARMIJO. By w. E. Ferguson, Attorney, Ad-
 ministrator of Estate of Juan Ar
 milo, Deceased.
 Dated Holbrook, Arizona, this 17th
 day of August, 1922. (W4t-1st pub. Aug. B, 1922)
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
WOULD OPEN UP
 LAX GREEK ROAD

l. A movement to induce the national forest service to aid in constructing the Oak Creek road to connect Se- dona with Flagstaff was supported by the Yavapai County Chamber of Commerce and three other organiza- tions of this county at a meeting of the Prescott chapter, American As sociation of Engineers, in the cham Der of commerce rooms last night The other three organizations pledg- ing support of this movement to es- tablish good road linking Yavapai and Coconino counties were the Verde Valley Commercial club and the Clarkdale and Prescott chapters of the A. A. E.
 The importance of the Oak Greek road as means of opening up na- tiona1 forest territory as well as pro viding travelable highway for the two counties was emphasized by several speakers, among whom were H. De Witt Smith, member of the road committee of the chamber of commerce, and Homer Wood of the Prescott engineers. The meeting was led by Mir. Smith, with Grace M. Sparkes of the chamber of com merce acting a secretary, and was attended by County Engineer Joe Mccarthy and members of the coun- ty highway commission.
 Routine business of the Prescott A. A. E. chapter took up part of the evening.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
TAX RATE IS 49c

THERE is no doubt that everyone appreciates ! the reduction in the tax rate. The mere thought of paying 49 cents instead of 60 cents a hundred is sufficient to put glow all over our persons and cause us collectively to smile a while.
 This reduction is due to two chief causes. One is the economical way in which the county's af- fairs have been handled; the ability of the chair man of the board of supervisors to say NO until he earns that word as nickname. The other cause is fortuitous, and comprehends the addition of certain funds to the countys accounts this year. One of these is a school fund, and another goes into the bonded indebtedness ac- count
 But it is ridiculous to call even the 60 cent rate eXorbtant 'prohbitive," let alone "con- fiscatory." Those are words some of the demo- cratic spellbinders have been issuing to describe taxes. Let us look moment.
 The house and lot the average citizen calls ''home' is assessed at between $3O00 and $5OOO. That is liberal bracket" Take the average of the two-$4OOO
 A home valued at $4OOO pays $24 at the higher rate of 60 cents and S196O when the tax rate is 49 cents.
 Surely terrible burdeniqn the person capable of the thrift and good sense required to own home in the first place.
 When the assessed property runs into the mil lions, as in the case of the big mines and ranches the railroad and great tracts of property change of 11.6 cents a hundred in assessed valuation mounts up at a great rate
 But the democratic campaign chapters do not dissolve in tears over the mining companies. They haul off and eXpend all their worry over the poor man.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
0UIETEST OF
 THIEVES ROBS
 VETS MOTHER

If not the meanest at least the quietest thief on record has been found Ill Prescott.
 He, she or it-as the case may be stole into a room at Al West Will lis, where Mrs. Mary C. Hyer ol Clarksburg, w. Va, was taking an afternoon nap, after finishing an eight-day strike-delayed journey to the bedside of her sick son, and stole out again with a watch, a skirt and a sum of money.
 A much larger sum, which Mrs. Hyer had carried i'll her stocking, and had not removed when she slip ped them off before lying down, was undiscovered, as it lay near the bed side.
 Mrs. Hyer is most regretful over the loss of the watch, which was a gift to her daughter and highly prized for that reason. A railroad ticket, good for a trip from here to the coast and back to Clarksburg, was left with the money in the first national bank" An embroidered jacket, on which Mrs. Hyer had pin ned a jeweled emblem, was in a near by room.
 It was to be with her son, a for mer patient at Whipple Barracks, who for the past ten days has been critically i'll, that Mrs. Hyer came to Prescott. She endured delays on the road due to the strike and finally arrived at the bedside She had gone into the room near that of her boy to rest. A hallway leads past the door of her sleeping apartment, and she told officers yesterday she thought someone had sneaked in, seen her sound asleep and had enter ed the room The skirt and hand bag containing the watch and money were on chair near the bed. When Mrs. Hyer awoke, she saw the hand oag on the floor, opened and empty
 Why the skirt was taken, she says 'he simply cannot understand.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
EATING CONTESTS

|ME believe in eating plenty of good nourisll-
 w ing victuas, and doing it three times day, with at titbit in between once in a while. But we never did believe in men competing with pigs in the pen or oxen in the field.
 Therefore, it always has been with a feeling of disgust that we hear of these eating contests. There was a mayor in an eastern town, a number of years ago, and he obtained the cheers of the groundlings once upon a time by devouring eleven pounds of beefsteak at one meal But forever after we took no interest in this abnormal feaster, and he went his way unhonored and unsung as far as we were concerned.
 Thus it was that we read only with offended interest of the notwithstanding contest in New Orleans. The winner of this unhoIy competition devoured five bucketfuls of crawfsh, or craw- dads as they are called in Missouri and Arkansas These fish are small and look like baby obsters and in their shells the five bucketfuls weighed sixty pounds. Perhaps the meat forced into the overworked stomach weighed about 16 or Y pounds. No one can envy the pig that ate three bushels of corn on the cob and sErieked for more.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
MAKING GooD ON ECONOMY

Arizona's state tax rate is reduced from 73 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to 51 cents Good news for taxpayers. The rate is lowered in spite of the fact that assessed valua- ton of property has also decreased.
 Former Governor Hunt and C. B. Ward, both democrats, are fighting each other all over the state for their partys nomination for governor. But neither of them has cut this tax rate. When Mir, Hunt was governor any revision in the tax rate apt to be upward
 It is Governor Campbell republican, and a republican administration down the line from his office, that deserve credit for this achievement in money saving.
 The lowering of the rate also shows what the budget system does in the right hands,
 Arizonans shouted themselves hoarse for econ- omy in state expenditures. Now they have it under a republican administration Will they turn around now and elect democratic governor to raise taxes again?-El Paso Herald.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23

1918, when we were exporting huge bills of goods to the Allies, and the years 1919-1921 when Flu rope was buying heavily from us for reconstruc- ton purposess for the democrats are still trying to make political capital out of the blood and disaster of Europe.
 MT. Hitchcock would have been much nearer the truth if he had said that every shpload of goods that we keep out by tariff taxes means a shipload of American products which can be disposed of in the American market. Since the American market is worth fifty billions annually to American producers, while the foreign markets will not reach five billions for some years to come, under normal conditions, it is evident that the home market is tenfold more important"
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF YAVAPAI COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA.

Louis Schrade and Paula Schrade, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, versus U. S. Johnson and Ida Johnson shis wife, Frank Wagner and Millie Wag- ner his wife, and Clarence Herrick, if alive; and the Unknown Heirs of said J. s. Johnson and Ida Johnson his wife, Frank Wagner and Millie Wag- ner his wife, and Clarence Herrick, or of any of them, deceased, if such persons or any of them be not living; Mrs. S. B. Mayer. Mamie Mayer, Wilber J. Mayer, Winifred L. Thorpe (formerly Winifred L. Mayer), Mrs. Martie c. Looney, and Walter Moe as Administrator of the Estate of Lizzie Otherwise known as E1izabeth) Moe, deceased; the Un- known Heirs of F. C. Venator, de- ceased; the Unknown Heirs of Lena | F. Bark, deceased; FRED VENA- lTOR, INCORPORATED, a cor poration; COBURN BROS. CAT TILE COMPANY, a corporation; ARCTIC ICE AND MEAT COM PANY, a corporation, Defendants.
 Action brought in the Superior Court of Yavapai County, State of Arizona.
 The State of Arizona sends greet ings to each of the above named de- fendants.
 You are hereby summoned and re- ,...-oJ t ,DDa,- ;,, ,,, act;o,, brourI,+ against you by the above named plaintiffs in the Superior Court of Yavapai County, State of Arizona, and answer the complaint filed with the Clerk of this Court at Prescott in said County Ca copy of which complaint accompanies this Sum- mons), within twenty days (exclusive of the day of service), after the serv- ice upon you of this Summons, if served in this County; ill all other cases thirty days, after the service of this Summons upon you (eXclusive of the day of service.)
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the complaint as above required, plaintiffs will take judgment by default against you and judgment for costs and dis bursements in this behalf expended.
 Given under my hand and seal of said Court, at Prescott, this Sth day of August, A. D. 1922,
 (SeaD J. C. WOODS, Clerk. By Lillian McNeely, Deputy. Ziba O. Brown, Attorney for Plain
 tiffs.
 (W4t-1st pub. Aug. 9, 1922)
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
SPECIAL INDIAN
 'ACT'' AT FAIR
Camp Verde Agent w ants Chance for His Wards to Show What They Can Do; Chairmen Meet at 3 o'clock Tomorrow.

Chairmen and workers of the Northern Arizona State Fair as sociation have been requested by President H. D. Aitken to attend a meeting to be held Wednesday after noon, in the chamber of commerce assembly room at o'clock. Busi- ness of importance is to be transact ed and all workers should be on hand. The final proof for the prize list has been read and within a very short time copies will be available for general distribution to all inter ested exhibitors.
 It is the plan of 1922 fair officials to make this year fair excellent from every standpoint. The program will be good from start to finish and the displays will be made attractive.
 We want the Northern Arizona State fair to assist us" remarked J. o. Bard, the Camp Verde Indian agent, fin showing not so much what the Indians hereabout cannot do as what they are capable of doing and to this end we are going to ask the association to encourage these In dians by having a special class for basket weaving, rug weaving and other work at which they are ex- pert"
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
TROUBLES OVER, HE
 WILL ATTEND FAIR

A. NJ. MacDuffee, the genial fair commissioner from Mohave county, who took a great interest in seeing that the mining department of the Northern Arizona State fair was made a success, has written to friends in Prescott, advising that he is in Holbrook at present.
 MacDuffee is president of the Ad- amana Oil & Land company and says in part Again, after having worked a year to overcome difficult ties from collapsed casing and other drawbacks which kept coming up, the outlook seems favorable for all oil well within short time, if no more unexpected difficulties arise then you'll see us at the Northern Arizona State fair"
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
HUMBOLDT NOTES

HUMBOLDT, Aug. IS.- Ceburn
 D. Rhodes of Prescott visited in
 Humboldt Friday.
 Mrs. R. C. Walters and Mrs. ]. E, O'Brien visited friends in Humboldt
 Friday
 C. N. Green, formerly of Hum
 boldt, motored to Humboldt with the Skull Valley-Kirkland ball team.
 MT. and Mrs. Earl Gilbert and daughter, Wiley, motored from Prescott to visit friends here Sun day.
 Mir. and Mrs. Howard Green and children, Janet and Howard, motor ed from Phoenix to visit Mir. and Mrs. Nelson R. Johnson.
 Mrs. John A. Peel and daughter visited in Humboldt Friday.
 Mrs. C. P. Wingfield and Mrs. Thomas McDermott motored to Mayer Thursday.
 Chester Knight, Sr., returned to Humboldt to live, coming from the Swansea mine.
 C. P. Wingfield went to the White Mountains on a hunting and fishing trip.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas McDermott entertained at five hundred Friday evening in honor of Mir and Mrs. J. E. O'Brien. Those who were in vited were MT. and Mrs. C. P. MT. and Mrs. Sim Ellis Mir. and Mrs James Mulloy, MT. and Mrs. Don McElroy, Mrs. R. C. Misses Evelyn Mulloy, Katherine Walters, William O'Brien, and the honored guests, Mir. and Mrs. J. E. O'Brien. The high score .or ladies was won by Mrs. Sim Ellis; low score, Mrs. Mulloy. Ow- ng to rain some of the men were delayed thus giving the high and ow gents prizes to Mrs. O'Brien md Mrs. Wingfield.
 Mrs Nelson R. Johnson entertain- d the 10th of August in honor of Nelson R. Johnson, Juniors, first The cake was served to he mothers and each baby received
 little rag cat as a favor Those vho enjoyed the afternoon were: ,Irs. John A. Peel and daughter, ulia Bishop, Mrs. Chester Knight nd son Chester, IT,, Mrs. Robert lowell and son Robert, IT,, and Irs. Howard and children Howard nd Janet.
 Walter Geogln and Frank Corwin eft Thursday for an outing at Nor non lake.
 Vernon L. Clark of Phoenix visit d in Humboldt on his way home rom Flagstaff.
 Mr and Mrs. Homer Edwards loved to a house on Main street.
 One of the most charming affairs f the summer was the five hundred arty given Thursday by Mrs. Chas. Anderson at her home on Hill idle Terrace. After the cards de cious refreshments were served. hose who enjoyed Mrs. Anderson's were: Mrs. D. NJ. Reck, lrs. C. P. Wingfield, Mrs. John -eil, Mrs. L. w. Booten, Mrs oseph Thomas, Mrs. E. T. Miner, Irs. L. L. Gilbert, Mrs. Ott Dun p, Mrs Wilcox, Mrs. Marshall, Irs. James McAabb and Mrs. Dan IcElroy. Mrs Booten won high core, Mrs. Miner low score, and Frs. Neil cut prize.
 Mrs. Charles McLane, IT., was the ouse guest of Mrs. James McNabb lrlng the week.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Yavapai County Highway Commission, Prescott, Ari- lona, on August B, 1922, at the hour of 1O:OO A. M., for a reinforced con crete bridge-34-ft span,, 3-girder type-on the Prescott to Wickcnburg Highway, near Prescott
 Approximate Quantities
 95 Gu. Yds. Class "A" Concrete.
 25 Gu. Yds. Class B" retaining
 walls
 5000 lbs. Steel
 40 Gu. Yds solid rock excavation.
 40 Gu. Yds. earth excavation
 70 Lin. Ft. pipe handrail.
 Lump sum, remove old structure.
 Bibs must be submitted on the form furnished by the Commission and must be for each and every item shown thereon.
 Copies of the plans and specified tions may be seen at the office of the Yavapai County Highway Com Prescott, Arizona, and may be obtained upon the deposit of Ten Dollars ($1OOO.
 All bids must be accompanied by a certified or cashiers check for five (5) per cent of the gross amount of the bid, payable to the Yavapai County Highway Commission.
 Satisfactory bonds will be required of the contractor 10 whom the award is made
 All bids shall be addressed to the Yavapai County Highway Commis- sion, Prescott, Arizona, and plainly marked on the outside of the en- velope the nature of the bid.
 The Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
 YAVAPAI COUNTY HIGH
 WAY COMMISSION. Christine F Johnson, Secretary.
 (2t W. First pub. August 16.)
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
A BUILDER

XTTHAT Prescott is, rather than what Pres w colt can say, is the only tribute capable of being paid to William A. Drake.
 For, of the many lives devoted unselfishly to the upbuilding of this community, it seems to us that his stands out apart from all the rest He gave us clear thinking, perfect loyalty and accur- ate foresight
 Beyond that no man could have contributed more.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
SANTA FE LET RAIN
 INJURE MACHINERY
 BINGHAMPHON SUES

That the Santa Fe carelessly left a pump and electric motor exposed on the station platform at Mayer and got it damaged to the extent of $500 by reason of the rain, is the basis of a suit filed for the Arizona Bing- hampton Copper company yesterday.
 The complaint alleges that for a good consideration. the Santa Fe was hired to deliver the machinery, but in doing so, let it be injured by rust This is said to have occurred in September, 1920
 Ellis & Loveridge represent the mining company.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
FOOTBALL COMES BACK

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 1z. Football is coming back at the University of Santa Clara here with all the power 1t held before last year when no varsity team was put on the field until late in the season.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23
he protective policy:
S13,S25
S1S592
10 yrs.

'In other words, we imported $l3,S25,OO0OOO worth of goods during that ten year period, eH- ported $1S5920O0,000 worth, and recorded favor able trade balance of $4767 100000 or al the rate of little under $50O0OOOOO annually The low est favorable balances during those years were in 1909, (S351O0Oo0O) when commerce was awaiting the rates of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law and in 1910, (S1880OO0OW when the democratic party secured control of congress and began tinkering with the tariff with its so-called pop-gun' sche- dules.
 To offset those figures Senator Hitchcock would no doubt quote the figures from 1914 to
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23

Ladies with concave and convex knees view with cheerful resignation the fact that dresses are somewhat longer. But those with the Fol lies limbs will flout the Paris fashions. Which makes it perfect-from our point of view
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23

Princess Mary's husband was the principal shareholder and director of typewriter company which has gone on the rocks. Even marrying a l-ns daughter is sometimes easier than making both ends meet
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-08-23

Charleston.-Work on 55,000-acre dam project to start about January l, 1925.
Evening star., 1922-08-27
ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY

Mrs. F.. D. Maisne ard two daugh-
ters. Miss Mariane NJ. Maigne and
little Miss Frances Maigne, left Tues
day for Markham, Fauquier county.
Va. to spend. the remainder of the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll woollf and
two children. left last week for Au-
burn Hill, Va. for visit of two
weeks.
Mrs. Charles T. Nicholson. Mrs. c.
William Wattles and Mrs. Emmett C.
Dunn have returned from a motor trip
through Maryland. Virginia, and West
Virginia, with short visits to DR.. and
Mrs. William NJ. Smith at their coun-
try home, Rosemont, near Berryville.
Va: Mrs. F. G. H. Hatchell, in Clarke
county, Va: Mr.. and Mrs. David ].
Howell. at their country place, Hope
well, Jefferson county, w. Va, and to
The Hill Farm, the home of Mr..
Thornton Perry, near Charles Town.
w. Va; 80 -
Mr.. and Mrs, John G. Graham have
returned to their home on Braddock
Heights, after visit in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Shepperson and
Miss Esther Holiday Green attended
the American Legion Auxiliary con-
veption in Charlottesville. Va, last
week. Mrs. Shepperson was accom-
panied by her mother and little
daughter. Mrs. NJ. c. c. Peyton and
Evening star., 1922-08-27

Mrs. Harry Kreamer have returned to
their homes in Baltimore. after a visit
to Mr.. ana Mrs. Edward Corbin, in
North st. Asaph street.
Mrs. stephen Field and little son
nave returned from Fauquier county,
Va. where they spent the suTamer.
Miss Margaret McbIanemin and her
nephew. Master Lacy Baber, left last
week for a trip to Philadelphia
staten Island and New York city, to
stay several weeks.
Mrs. James Bayne and her sons
Whitcomb Bayne and Lewis Bayne
are spending the remainder of the
summer at Round Hill. Va.
Miss Louise Spencer is the guest OF
friends in Danville, Va.
Mrs. Percy Bass has returned to her
home In Jersey City after a visit to
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs J. S. Black
well. In Rosemont. Mr.. and Mrs
Blackwell and sons spent the past
week at Potomac Beach.
Mrs. F. p. Carr Of Pittsburgh, Pa, Is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Har-
rison, at their home on Cameron
street. .-.
Mrs. Roger B. Adams and Master
Roger B. Adams of Rosemont left last
week for a visit to relatives in Char
lottesville. Va.
Mrs. Charles Hall has returned from
visits in Connecticut and Massachu-
setts.
Miss Mamie Whiting is spending
the remainder OF the summer at Brad
dock Heights, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Preston have